Pure Life

Rating: not bad some hints

A/N: Gah! I just noticed something…… Falcon is Hawk’s dad; Hawk is the one with Akira. Sorry…… sigh so I went and fixed everything and I found out I’ve been misspelling Keir’s name. I feel like a bad author now.
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Muddied finger tried to climb the wall again. Every time the thunder roared he would flinch and fall back down. He was barefooted, having tossed his shoes up out of the rainy water. The water was half way up his calves and cold. Planting a foot on the wall he placed the other on the other wall. His leg was screaming in pain. The bleeding had stopped only to start again. His hands pulled himself up as he moved his legs up.

A few feet away was a small creek and the water was rising.
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Marianela opened the closet and pulled out some rope. “Ransom I’m going to need your help.”

“Okay.”

“Jett stay here just incase Daisuke gets back.”

“I wouldn’t be much help out there anyways.”

Mitch patted his shoulder, “Hey don’t sell yourself short.” He followed after the two and they ran out the back door. Hawk was leading them.
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Zev ran out the front door and stopped, “Okay Akira went out the back door. So he went towards the old highway.” He pulled his coat off and kicked his shoes off. The door opened and Dawn was behind him.

“His wounds will need to be cleaned out.”

“I know.”

“I took a look at the city map of the area around Akira’s house. There’s a small creek that runs through there.”

He glanced over his shoulder at her. “Is there a point?”

“The creek expands.” Standing he looked at her. “If he’s in a hole then…” She watched as he walked off towards the woods. “Stupid boy, walking off when I’m still talking to him. He can be so mean to his mama.”
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His head was on his knees and his eyes stared at the wall. Akira’s body had long since gone numb, from both the fear and the cold rain. He didn’t move even when the thunder made everything shake. Akira finally glanced up when something wet splashed on his head. “Is that water?” Water splashed into the hole again and he stood up just as some of the ground fell away and a steady stream of water poured into the hole. The rain was falling fast and heavier now.

His body froze as the water started to raise faster. His back fell against the wall and he slid to the ground. Scared gray eyes stared up at the tree covered sky. Was he going to die here? He started laughing as everything seemed to shatter around him. He found it very funny, and then he shouted. “Fuck you world!” His head started to hurt.

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The five year old was tied up and he hung in the hole. It was a far drop and he’d be lucky if he didn’t break something once he fell. “If you won’t listen then you’ll suffer.”

“I won’t do it!”

“Then stay here for the rest of the day.” He fell and hit the ground. When he opened his eyes he was laying in an inch of water. Looking up he found dark clouds, it was barely lit outside. Light streaked across the sky and it felt like the ground was shaking when a loud boom sounded after it. Soon the rain was falling and the hole started to fill. His body shook, he was going to die here.

He shouted and screamed. But the storm covered his cries for help. Trying to stand he found himself face first in the water. His leg hurt, his arms were tied back behind him and he was stuck in a hole filling up with water. It was getting darker and soon the only light was from the flashes. He couldn’t see anything and then the hole would light up. The water was at his neck now as he sat huddled against the wall. He was cold and wet and his body was slowly going numb. “Help…” His voice cracked as he tried again. “Please… help…”

A single rope hung in front of his face.
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He raised his head as he saw a rope hanging in front of him. Reaching out he grabbed it and stood. He could get out now! Tugging on it to test its strength, he smiled and tied it around his waist and started to slowly climb up. He was going to be okay. Every now and then he would slip but he still climbed up. As his hand grabbed the edge he weakly pulled himself up some to look over. He saw the raising creek it was close to flowing over. His foot slipped and he yelped as he leg smacked the dirt wall. Griping the wall he huffed and grabbed the rope again.

The rope jerked, he was able to see how it was tied to a tree but then he saw the way it was starting to break. Gripping the edge he tried to pull himself up, clawing at the ground as he tried to get out. It was close to breaking now, a tread was holding him up and his face paled when he felt he was slipping again. He dug his fingers into the soft muddied ground. “No… damn it… no!” His feet tried to get a good grip on the dirt wall.

It snapped and he shouted as he fell again. His hands grabbed the rope and he jerked to a stop.

Zev growled as he tugged on the rope. He bit down on it as he hooked it around his hand and under his elbow then over his shoulder. His feet dug into the ground as he pulled. Mud dripped off of him from when he had slid across the ground trying to get the rope. Turning around he leaned against the rope and walked backwards. He saw a hand grip the edge and he saw a muddied Akira. His feet slipped and he slid a few feet across the ground as Akira shouted.

He watched as a hand grabbed the rope. Ransom grinned, “Oi, Akira you need to lose a few pounds!”

“Fuck you Mutt! Get me out of this fucking hole!”

The two pulled and Zev looked down to see a rope tied around Ransom. Looking back he found Marianela and Mitch pulling. He leaned back and then Akira was coming over. Zev let go and grabbed him by the arms. The both of them fell back into the mud as he came out. His arms wrapped around the shivering Akira. He was cold to the touch and both were muddy as hell.

Wrapping his arms around Zev he quickly muttered out, “Don’t let go.”

“I won’t.” They all looked at the waging tail.

Marianela sighed, “Well I think we should all get out of this rain.”

Mitch added his agreement and Ransom nodded.

Hawk moved over to Akira and she smiled, “Told you I’d be back.”

He smiled and tightened his hold when there was a loud crack. “Relax.”

“I want to go home.”

The three looked at each other as he buried his face against Zev.
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The shower was running as he looked down at Akira. He wouldn’t let go, for nothing. Akira kept his grip on Zev’s shirt and they both stood in the bathroom dripping water. “Hey come you need to get those cloths off.”

He looked over at Marianela and she shrugged. “Get what you can off him and toss it out the door. I’ll grab them.”

She walked out of the room and left them in Akira’s bathroom. Zev pulled his and Akira’s pants off and sighed when he wouldn’t move away from him long enough to pull of the shirts. They were standing in their undershorts and shirts. “Hey let’s get the rest off. Come on.”

They didn’t get far so Zev sighed and pulled him into the shower with their shirts on. They both stood under the shower spray and he watched as the mud was washed away. “I didn’t mean to run.”

“Don’t worry about it.” He ran his hands through his hair. “I shouldn’t have reacted like I did. I’m just so scared of hurting you.”

“Zev I was speared through the gut and I didn’t die.”

He grimaced, “Don’t remind me.” Akira reached up and pulled his head down. They kissed and Zev took the chance to push Akira’s shirt up till it was around his shoulders. When they pulled away he took the shirt and tossed it out up the shower. He grinned and kissed him, his shirt was soon out of the bath room.


Marianela walked into the room and found the door to the bathroom opened a crack and a pile of wet clothes on the floor. She picked them up and called out, “Don’t take too long!”

The door slammed shut and she grinned as she walked out. Daisuke walked past her and she called over her shoulder, “I wouldn’t go in there if I was you.”

He stopped and looked at her, “What do you mean?”

“Akira and Zev are in the shower, because Akira won’t let go of him.” She kept walking as she said. “I don’t know what’s going on.”

He sighed and turned, “I’ll go back down stairs with you then.”

“Okay!”
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Zev grinned as he washed his hair. Akira had finally let go and he was working on getting the mud out of his hair. Glancing over he could see out the door and he made a sound in the back of his throat at the sight. The male had let the towel drop and then he walked out of sight. He had to shake his head so he could finish up. Looking over his shoulder at his tail he sighed. “Damn tail.”

Looking back at the bathroom door Akira gave a smirk. He pulled on some pants and reached up to pull his bag off the closet shelf. He had about three of them. Why, he was still trying to figure that out. Tossing it on the ground, he pulled a few shirts off of hangers and tossed them into the bag. He never packed neat it was just a waste of time. Next was a couple of pants and then he zipped it up.

Marianela walked in just as a duffle bag flew out of the closet. It landed on the bed and she looked at it. “Akira?”

“Yeah.”

“I’ve found some clothes that I thought might have belonged to Zev the other day.” He looked out the door. She was holding up the pants and he looked away. “I didn’t think Zev owns these type of pants so I’m going to ask when he gets out.” Her face gave him that look as he turned away. “I thought so. So I washed them and their clean.”

“Hey Maria.” She looked at him and he was waving at her from behind the door. “Akira, toss me the towel!” The towel flew at him and he caught it. Marianela sat the pants down and walked out of the room.

Zev looked out and then finally walked out of the bathroom. The towel was wrapped around his waist. “Marianela found some pants for you. You’ll have to wear one of my shirts.”

“Okay.” He walked over and looked at them. “Um…” looking at the tag he glanced over his shoulder at Akira.

“What’s wrong?”

“These are Keir’s.”

“Well they should fit then.”

“Uh… not really, he’s a size smaller than me.”

“Well looks like your wearing a towel till your clothes are finished.”

“But…” He whimpered and then sat on the bed. Akira pulled the duffle off his bed and sat next to him. Leaning over he looked at Zev and smirked. “I don’t like that smirk of yours… means you’re up to something.” His back went straight when Akira’s hand brushed over his tail. “H-hey… what are you doing?” He shivered when Akira bit down on his ear. “Hey your still hur…ack!” The wolf was looking up at Akira as he climbed over him. His head dipped down and he ran his tongue over Zev’s chest.

“Holy shit! Lock the fucking door!” Akira gave a grin and looked at the door.

“Close the door mutt.”

Mitch glanced over Ransom’s shoulder and started laughing. Sitting back Akira looked at the red faced wolf. Ransom had gone pale and then he turned, he shoved the dry cloths into Mitch’s arms. He was gone and shouting. “Damn it Maria I swear you and Akira think alike!”

He walked over and looked at the two, “Done playing?”

“Sorry. It’s just fun messing with Ransom.” Zev gave a sigh and Akira looked down at him. “Sorry Zev.” He climbed off him and grabbed the dry clothes. They were dropped on his lap and Zev muttered something.

He patted Akira on the shoulder, “What’s with the duffle bag?”

“I’m going to Zev’s for a week.”

The wolf sat up and looked at him, “What?”

“Yeah.”

Mitch nodded; he waved to them as he walked out of the room and closed the door. Akira grinned as Zev went red in the face again. “What’s with the blush?”

“Nothing…”

“Sure it is.” He stood and then grabbed a shirt out of his closet. “I’ll be down stairs.”

The door closed and Zev closed his eyes as he took a few deep breaths. ‘He’s going to kill me one day.’
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The bag thudded on the ground in the room. He looked around; Zev had to go talk to Caden so he was on his own. Walking over to the desk he looked at the top, there was a candy wrapper stuffed off to the side and a bottle of warm water sat next to the keyboard. He sat on the chair and gave a quirky grin. Zev’s room really did fit him.

Turning the chair around he saw the bed and walked over to it. It wasn’t made, but then again, Zev didn’t look like the type to make his bed every morning. He touched the top and his eyes moved over to the headboard. Climbing onto the bed he took a closer look at it. ‘Wow.’ His fingers touched it, as they moved over the headboard he felt the grooves and cuts in the wood. Leaning over, he looked closely at the corner and his eyes widened. “Asta.”

“You looking like that is just so tempting.” He looked over his shoulder and saw Rune. “And I bet Zev would jump your bones.”

“Ha-ha.” Sitting back he watched as Rune bounded over to him. “What are you doing in here?”

“I smelt your scent and wanted to ask why is it I smell some of Zev mixed in it. There’s also a sweet smell coming from you.” He sat down next to Akira.

“What are you talking about?”

He shrugged, “I’m still getting use to the nose man. I went to one of my gigs and almost passed out from all the smells. Silver had to help me out.”

“Why are you here and not with Keir?”

“Mama Dawn called him.”

“Mama Dawn?”

“She’s more of a mother then my own.” The small male was kicking his legs. “So I’m going to call her Mama Dawn. She likes it.”

“Of course she’s a mother.” Akira yawned and fell back on the bed.

“Akira!” He sat up. “Akira!”

“She’s calling you.” The brunette hid under the dark blue blankets and growled out.

“I’m not going to see her. She’s going to give me foul tasting shit and want to look at my wounds.”

“Akira!” Dawn was standing in the door way. “I know you’re in here.”

“I’m not coming out!”

“Excuse me Rune.”

Akira shouted as his abused body fell onto the floor. “What the hell… owowow!” She had him by the ear, “Let go! That hurts!”

“That’s the point!” She dragged him down the hall passed Zev. Zev watched as he was dragged away.

“What the hell?”

“Dude your mom just kidnapped your boyfriend.”

“What for?”

“What else.”

They both sighed and then went their own ways. Rune went to find Keir and Zev went after Akira.


Akira hissed as the antiseptic was placed on the slices on his arms. She clicked her tongue and shook her head, “I swear you get hurt more than normal.”

“I have crummy luck.” Zev slipped in behind them and closed the door. “Damn it! That hurts!”

“Stop acting like a baby. Jeez, you’re worse than a child.”

He watched as she tried to get clean the rest of the cuts. “They were fine the way they were.”

“Sure they were. You were stuck in a pit of dirt with dirty water. No doubt you were covered in mud. If not cleaned the right way you’ll get an infection and get sick.” She dropped the dirt cotton in the cup and started to work on his other arm. Both arms had bruises on them in the shape of hands. His upper chest had scrapes and cuts. On his left arm were four gashes and small holes here and there. The other arm had small cuts and holes. She turned him and quickly cleaned the gashes. “I’m going to close these so you don’t have any scars.”

“Don’t care.” He held up his tin and she waved her hand. A cigarette soon hung from his mouth as she went to work on closing the gashes.

“Zev.”

The wolf jumped and he looked up, “Yeah.”

She looked at him and smiled. “So when did you two finally settle the deal?”

Akira inhaled the wrong way and started to choke on the smoke from the cig. While Zev ducked his head and muttered something.

“What was that?”

“Full moon.”

She faltered and Akira winced, “Sorry. When?”

“Full moon.”

“I thought you said that.” Once she was done she wrapped his arm and turned him around. She started to work on the right one. Zev could see Akira’s back, the wing tattoos and there were two scaring marks that were barely visible. He was told it was normal for winged people. His eyes traveled down and he saw Akira’s hand it was pointing at him and then up.

He sighed and looked elsewhere. His eyes shifted over to look at his back again. Smiling he leaned back against the wall.

“Alright time for your leg.” Akira stood up and started to undo his pants. He pulled them off and sat in his boxers. She looked at him and then shook her head.

“What?”

“You’re too skinny.”

“Can’t help it.”

Dawn started to clean the gash and he would hiss as it was cold and stung. His leg jerked when she poured some over it. “Fuck, that’s cold!” The gash was closer to his knee on his upper thigh. Turning she picked up some surgical thread and started to close up the wound. Once it was closed she wrapped bandage around it and then started to clean up her mess.

“Well I’m done. You can put your clothes back on.” Once done she left the room.

He muttered something and pulled his pants back on. Zev crossed the room and sat down in front of him, “Are you sure I didn’t do anything to hurt you yesterday?”

“Yes.” He was pulling his shirt on when he said it.

“Then why do your arms have bruising where I was holding at?”

“You didn’t do it!” The cig was back in his mouth as he walked over to a window. He pushed it opened and looked out. The sky was still cloudy and there were chances that it would storm again tonight. Two arms wrapped around him and he sighed. “You didn’t hurt me.”

“Stop lying and tell me.”

“So you can hate yourself more. Nope, not going to happen.” Zev’s chin rested on Akira’s shoulder as the slim male stood there looking out the window.

“If it storms I’ll distract you.”

“How will you do that?”

He nipped at his ear as his hand grabbed his ass. Akira jumped and Zev smirked against his neck. “And other things.”

“H-hey no grabbing!” The wolf kissed his ear and Akira shooed him away. “Let me smoke.”

He chuckled and leaned against the windowsill. Glancing at him, Akira gave him a wary look and pulled the cancer stick from his mouth. He placed his hand on the windowsill and leaned forward. “Akira?”

“Hmmm?” The cig was back in his mouth and Zev reached over. His gray eyes watched as he pulled it from his mouth. Leaning over, he kissed the brunette one hand rested on his shoulder as he pulled away. “I love you Akira.”

He felt his body tense and then relax. “I’m still not ready to say them back.”

“I can wait.” Akira snatched the cig back from him and rubbed the last of it out. “I’ll say it to you till you finally believe me.”

He smiled and shook his head. His body twitched and Zev looked at him. “You okay?”

“Yeah.” His eyebrows drew in closer as he winced again. “Shit…” The male dropped to his knees and he clutched his stomach. As fast as it came it was gone, “What the hell?”

He found himself in Zev’s arms. “You’re getting some rest now.”

“Hey I don’t need any…” The look from Zev shut him up and he looked away with a huff.
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Zev stood outside the door as he heard a gagging sound from inside. The door opened and Akira came out, he gripped the door frame and held his head. “Fuck this is pissing me off!”

He had stopped by the dinner Zev would work at every now and then. It was in the upper part of the city. The place used to be part of a small town but the city had expanded so much in the last few decades that the dinner was now part of the city. Plus Zev’s family owned the dinner. Akira had just gotten in when his body reacted to something and he was soon hunched over the toilet losing everything he had that morning.

“This would make it day two.”

“Fuck you. I’m not going to the doctors.” He muttered as he walked over to a booth in the back. The wolf had stopped a waiter and asked her to bring some water. She smiled and quickly walked off. “I’m fine. It wouldn’t be the first time. I probably reacted to someone’s emotions.” He noticed the ashtray.

“To the point you get sick?”

“It’s happened before and I hate it!” The cup of water was sat on the table and Zev slid it over to him. He took a couple of sips and grimaced when he felt a sharp pain in his lower stomach. “Oh fuck not again.”

Lately Akira would feel a sharp stabbing pain in the pits of his stomach. Was his body trying to kill him or something? “Akira?”

“I’m fine.”

He had been bunking at Zev’s for more than a week now. Zev’s knee bumped his and he looked at the wolf. “You sure?”

“Yes.”

A waitress walked up with a pad of paper and a pen. “Okay let’s get you something easy to eat since you just tossed everything else.”

“Fuck you.”

“Now now Akira you have to wait till we get home…ow!” He held his leg and Akira gave him that quirky smirk again. The waitress stood there looking at the two, she shook her head and sigh.

“Jeez Zev there is a bar there.”

“What will you two have?”

“Burger and fries.” Zev muttered out.

“Same.” He caught the look from Zev. “What?”

“Drinks?”

“Fizz.”

“I’m fine with the water.” She nodded and walked off. Akira pulled a new pack out and thumped it on the table. The wolf looked at him, “Ask again and I’ll kick you harder.”

“No, I just noticed you’ve been smoking a lot lately.”

He shrugged as he held lit the cigarette. “I smoke when I get this weird feeling. I’ve been feeling it a lot since I’ve stopped going after the hits.”

“I can tell you why.” They both looked at the booth behind them and Cyan waved. Daisuke was slouched in his seat looking at them. Cyan leaned closer and asked, “Better, have you killed anyone lately?”

Akira’s eyes glanced over at Daisuke, he had a frown on his face and with those emotionless eyes it was a little creepy. “What do you mean?” It was the first thing out of his mouth and Daisuke pulled the bill of his hat down to hide his eyes.
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Here is a new chapter. I did the same thing three new ones. You’ll get number two later tonight and the third Sunday night.
Shade:)