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Title: 31 Trials from Hell
Rating: 18
This chapter: PG
Main Characters from: Gacktjob, Malice Mizer
Main Pairing: Gackt X Kami
Summary: When his lover dies Gackt will do anything it takes to get him back even if it means following him into the depths of hell.
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Trial 30: The old God
Gackt left the bedroom first, now fully dressed in clothes he had stolen from the wardrobe, they hung loose from his slender frame but didn't look too bad. He'd be fine as long as the belt held the jeans up anyway.
As he walked into the hall shock raced across his face, he had just caught You and Chachamaru kissing! Kami had warned him the demon was here, explained why he had come and Gackt hadn't been entirely happy at first, but he understood Kami's motives. It was You's betrayal that stunned him now. Did You not realise how horrible Chachamaru could be? Did You not care?
“Gackt?” Kami spoke up resting a reassuring hand on Gackt's arm as he glared at the couple who were now pulling apart, neither looking in the slightest bit guilty. In fact You looked annoyed with him which was strange given the circumstances but was caused by the fact he had taken being kicked out of the bedroom a little bit too personally.
“I'm OK.” Gackt reassured his lover. “Really this is kind of amusing when you think about it. The same demon and Valkyrie who were helping me find you ended up being the ones to help you find me.”
“Are you sure you're OK?” Kami asked knowing Gackt well enough to tell he wasn't but was hiding it well.
“Well Cha, thanks for your help but Kami doesn't want to make a deal, he was stringing you along.” Gackt cheerfully informed the demon who suddenly felt Lucifer's full attention on him.
“Kami is this true?” Chachamaru asked pleading with Kami to deny it so he could stay but the man knew for whatever reason Gackt wanted Chachamaru gone so with real apologies he admitted he didn't want to make a deal and let Chachamaru be dragged back down into hell.
“What did you do that for?” You demanded. “He could have helped us!”
“I don't want him around.” Gackt replied firmly. “Need I remind you he's the one who dragged me to hell? He's the one who gave me to Közi in the first place. If it weren't for him Közi would have never attacked me!”
“You summoned him! This is all your fault!” You exclaimed. “Don't blame Közi's actions on Chachamaru!”
“What? You're defending your demon lover now?” Gackt snapped angrily.
“I just think you acted rather hastily in getting rid of him.” You replied. “Especially as he might have known what that creature is in the bedroom. I notice things Gackt, I know there was something in there with you. How do I know it's not controlling you now?”
“It's dead! It never entered my brain!” Gackt exclaimed realising now that was what the creature had been trying to do. It had hatched and matured inside him and had been trying to reach his head when Kami had killed it.
“Chachamaru was still our best hope.” You complained.
“Well perhaps I didn't want to see you and him kissing all the time!” Gackt snapped.
“Well if you and your lover hadn't so rudely kicked me out before I wouldn't have been in the hall kissing him now would I?” You exclaimed.
“So what, a couple has to do everything in public? Nothing is private?” Gackt demanded.
“Guys please, stop fighting!” Kami interrupted. “We didn't mean to upset you You, we just needed some time alone. You must understand that right?”
“I suppose.” You replied with a sigh. “Fine, I won't be mad if Gackt isn't mad at me.”
“We're even.” Gackt eventually decided. “But Közi and I aren't. I need to kill him and it has to be permanent.”
“Well it's going to be hard to even hurt him, where is he anyway?” Kami asked. “I thought he was the one who had attacked you?”
“He was, he must have left. Let's get out of here before he comes back.” Gackt suggested not wanting to hang around here for any longer.
It wasn't until they had returned to Gackt and Kami's home that conversation on how to defeat Közi returned. They all knew they'd been incredibly lucky that Közi hadn't hung around to guard Gackt before as he was already stronger than Chachamaru had been and even You wasn't sure he could take him alone.
“You shouldn't have sent Chachamaru away.” You sulked after they'd gone over a dozen plans concluding they were all doomed to fail. “We needed him and now he can't help at all. Lucifer won't fall for the same trick twice, he was probably suspicious the first time.”
“We don't need your lover.” Gackt responded. “Maybe Hyde will help?”
“Hyde isn't a fighter. He's already got involved far more than I ever expected he would have.” You responded.
“We could still ask.” Gackt replied.
“Is there anyone else who could fight? Another Valkyrie perhaps?” Kami suggested.
“Maybe, I could ask but I'm not sure if they would get involved. We Valkyrie are rather cautious off each other, who knows who will end up on each side when Ragnarok comes.” You explained.
“Shame we can't just feed him to Cerberus.” Gackt muttered. “That dog knows how to kill a man for good.”
“Cerberus.” You repeated. “You know that isn't such a bad idea!”
“Cerberus?” Kami asked. “The three headed dog who guards the after life?”
“Didn't you see him when you died?” Gackt asked surprised because he had met Cerberus both times.
“No. Just a lot of dead souls and then a gate. I wasn't there long. I didn't like it and the gate was calling me.” Kami explained. “I thought 'what can be worse than staying here?' and stepped through.”
“So no creatures at all?” You asked.
“No none. Why should I have met a three headed dog?” Kami wondered.
“Shape shifting dog.” Gackt corrected. “He can be a sea serpent and a dragon as well.”
“Not everyone meets Cerberus, sometimes he's sleeping.” You informed Kami.
“Could Cerberus do it? Could he kill Közi?” Gackt asked.
“I don't know, maybe we should wake up his master?” You suggested.
Cerberus's master and creator was a god so old that his very existence had been long forgotten by living man. It was said that he and his wife had been the first of the gods, always existing though now so tired off their eternal existence that they had both fallen into a deep sleep that had lasted for millennia. It was no easy feet to wake them but You knew how and casting the spell they waited eagerly for the god to answer.
As they sat an old man appeared out of nowhere and shuffled up struggling to stand with his walking stick. Instantly Kami was there offering his help which was instantly denied as the old man stood up straight his winkles flattening out and his features returning to that off a young man though he still carried the walking stick as if it was an extra limb.
“What a nice man.” the old man complimented Kami brushing past them both to claim the arm chair where he sat waiting to find out the reason for his awakening.
“Umm. Are you Yu~ki?” Gackt nervously asked not sure what he had been expecting but sure it hadn't been this. Yu~ki seemed old and frail even now, his mind not entirely functioning as it should. There was something almost crazy about him and Gackt wondered, as powerful as Yu~ki was supposed to be, would he be any use to them at all?
“I'm Yu~ki.” the god replied sounding sure of himself before adding. “I think.”
“Did you create Cerberus?” Gackt asked trying not to be impatient or rude but finding it hard when he suspected the man before him was senile.
“Cerberus? Oh my dog. I left him in death didn't I?” Yu~ki asked.
“You did.” Gackt agreed.
“Is he a good dog? Still doing his job?” Yu~ki asked.
“Yes, very good. I was wondering if he would do us a favour though.” Gackt tried. “You see there is this demon and...”
“Aren't you going to offer me some tea or coffee?” Yu~ki interrupted.
“I'm sorry that was rude of us. Would you like something to drink?” Gackt asked.
“No.” Yu~ki replied. “You have pretty hair.” he added staring at Kami as he spoke.
“Thank you.” Kami replied staring helplessly at Gackt.
“Yu~ki please try and focus. What would happen if Cerberus ate a demon?” You asked.
“Very bad.” Yu~ki announced. “But then he's a demon so off course he is.”
“Who is? Cerberus?” Gackt asked.
“No, the demon is a demon. Cerberus is my dog. You need to listen better young man.” Yu~ki scolded. “Though you're not so young, not so young at all. In fact you've very old. As old as me perhaps? No not that old, only she's that old, but you're still from the beginning. Now what was it that I called you? You had a name, a special name, just for you. Nobody else. Your name. Ragnarok. It's coming, it's coming soon. Run away. Hide. You can't. It's Ragnarok. Hello!”
“He's no help.” Gackt sighed.
“Cerberus can't eat your demon.” Yu~ki spoke up. “Not his food at all. But I could create another dog. One who likes the taste. Yes, I can do that.”
“Would you do that for us?” Kami asked sensing both Gackt and You were too wound up to remember to be polite to this god.
“For a polite man yes. I will do it. I will make a dog for Ragnarok.” Yu~ki decided. “That demon can't win, not against you. Nobody can defeat the end, nobody can stop the beginning.”
“That's true.” Gackt agreed deciding it was better to humour the old man.
“It is. I say so.” Yu~ki replied. “Now where's my tea? I want some biscuits to go with it. Chocolate ones only without the tea, or the biscuit.”
“I'll get you some.” Gackt promised walking out quickly to search for some chocolate reaching the ends of his patience with Yu~ki. It wouldn't be so bad if the god was genuinely crazy but something about him seemed entirely sane. Like he knew exactly what was going on but only pretended that he didn't.
'Did he just call me Ragnarok?' Gackt realised as he found some chocolate. 'I will make a dog for Ragnarok', that's what he said. But did he mean me or the apocalypse? It has to be the later but I swear he thinks Ragnarok is my name!'