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A well-sized rock smacked into the side of Oikawa's head.
He had been squaring off with Kageyama, who, although feeling nervous, knew this was his only option left, despite knowing that the odds were against him. He couldn't let Oikawa try to kill anymore of his friends, he couldn't be shielded by them any longer. They had done enough for him already. He needed to save his mother.
However, it wasn't Kageyama who threw the rock.
It was Iwaizumi.
Oikawa slapped a hand to his head, looking around to stare at his friend. 'Ow! What the hell, Iwa! What'd you do that for?'
Iwaizumi looked heavily pissed off. 'Don't you dare stand there and talk like we are going to just accept it if you died and leave. This is our town and we're staying regardless. Instead of showing off and playing your stupid games, just end it already, like I told you to back in the church.'
'Kageyama, you can't accept this deal with Oikawa if the other Angels aren't going to keep to the arrangement,' Daichi shouted from behind. 'Even if you do somehow manage to kill Oikawa, what do you think the others are going to do?'
'You can't trust anything Oikawa says.' Tsukishima added.
Kageyama clenched his fists to his sides, looking down at the floor. 'I don't have a choice. He has my mother, he could kill all of you. What do you want me to do?'
'See, Tobio is smart enough to know what's best,' Oikawa smiled over at the group, whilst still rubbing the spot on his head where the stone had hit him. 'You're all welcome to close your eyes if you don't want to see me lobbing off his head.'
'Hurry up, Oikawa.' Iwaizumi snapped.
Without warning, Oikawa attacked.
He wasn't using his Angel magic, it was apparent that he wanted to do this with his own hands, and probably cause Kageyama some humiliation during. He had swept out his leg and knocked Kageyama off his feet, before driving his elbow into Kageyama's face.
Tsukishima stepped forwards, obviously wanting to intervene, but Iwaizumi stepped out to block him, blade in hand. The other Angels had also appeared overhead, flying above the trees.
'You're all talk, Tobio,' Oikawa said, as he slammed Kageyama against a tree and watched him slide down it. Kageyama had tried to use his magic to knock Oikawa back but it wasn't powerful enough. He couldn't concentrate, there was too much going on around him and his nose was bleeding. 'You're never going to be more powerful than me, so you might as well quit while you're ahead. It's lucky for you that you lasted this long in this town.'
He began to walk towards Kageyama, but something came flying at him and knocked him over.
Hinata appeared, black wings spread out, hands curled into talons. He slashed at Oikawa, who ducked, but managed to grab hold of his arm and twisted until he heard a snap and Oikawa shrieked. He now used his magic to blast Hinata backwards, sending him disappearing into the trees, and Kageyama cried after him.
'Dammit, all of you, make sure this lot keep back!' He barked orders at his other Angels and nodded towards where Daichi and the others stood, clutching at his broken arm. 'This is between me and Tobio.'
A little way over, Tsukishima and Iwaizumi were stood face to face, not fighting, but throwing very witty insults at each other with smiles on their face that said 'if you try anything, I'm going to kill you'.
Kageyama, using this distraction that Hinata had provided for him, focused his mind completely on Oikawa and summoned all the energy he could to his palms. He moved quickly, rising and sprinting towards Oikawa. He wanted a direct hit.
The palms of his hands connected with Oikawa's chest and a flash of blue light followed. Oikawa was flung backwards, only stopping when he crashed straight through a tree, which split in half and crashed to the ground, sending hundreds of noisy, dark birds scattering into the night sky.
'Oikawa!' Iwaizumi had turned his head to look, and Tsukishima had seized this opportunity. Quick as a fox, he took hold of both of Iwaizumi's wings and pulled.
Screaming followed and it wasn't long before Tsukishima was blasted backwards by Oikawa, who had run forwards to help Iwaizumi.
Blood splattered the ground and Tsukishima lay some feet away, clutching one of Iwaizumi's white-feathered wings in his hand. Yamaguchi yelped and rushed over to him, trying to help him but he was dazed and had a large black scorch mark on his chest.
'Oh God, Tsukki! Tsukki! Please be alright!'
'Get back from him Yamaguchi!' Tanaka was shouting. He marched over to drag Yamaguchi away, with much protest. 'Stop it! You can't touch it, it'll burn you! He used Angel fire! Stop struggling and listen to me, dammit! Tsukishima is the only one who can withstand Angel fire, so all we can do is hope Tsukishima is strong enough to heal himself!'
'Daichi! Daichi! You can do something, you can heal him!' Yamaguchi turned his head to screech at Daichi, who was frozen to the spot, white as a sheet, staring between the limp form of Suga and Tsukishima's burnt torso. He pulled a pained expression and shook his head.
'My blood won't work on Angel magic, let alone on Tsukishima.'
Meanwhile, Iwaizumi had fallen to his knees, his right hand pressed against his left shoulder. Oikawa was trying to get him to his feet, but Iwaizumi was swatting at him to get away.
'Finish the job already! I will find a new vessel later. Get it over with, I'm sick of this!'
Hesitant, Oikawa nodded and turned back to Kageyama, cracking his neck in the process. He had a few cuts down his face but they were healing and his broken arm had mended. The most Kageyama had managed to do was burn a hole through Oikawa's shirt. He'd drawn a small amount blood, but not there were no wounds to prove it as they'd already healed over.
'You know what, Tobio,' his eyes lit up a shining blue. 'The deals off. I'm just going to kill you, your friends and your mother.'
'Like there was any deal to start with.' Kageyama spat back. 'I have no choice but to kill you.'
Oikawa smirked. 'Heh, you can try, but that attack from before did nothing more than ruin my shirt. You've got nothing against me, Tobio. You might as well give up now, but I guess it's more fun watching you struggle to keep going.'
The two of them collided again, Kageyama trying to muster all of his strength to keep Oikawa's hands from reaching his neck. He kicked out, aiming for Oikawa's shin and stomped on his in-step, making him howl.
Just because he was an Angel didn't mean he didn't feel pain, especially having to possess what was once a human body.
'End it!' He heard Iwaizumi shout, which was followed by a groan. Yamaguchi had kicked him in the side of the head and was now being pulled back by Tanaka, who was shouting at him to keep out of it and not get himself killed or Tsukishima would be furious.
Hinata had appeared again, racing forwards to jump between Oikawa and Kageyama, but that was when an Angel swooped down and picked him off of his feet, carrying him high above the tree tops.
Kageyama had been worried for a split second, before remembering that Hinata had wings of his own and he could fly. He broke apart from the Angel and the pair of them began battling in the sky.
When Kageyama had paused to look up at Hinata, Oikawa had taken this moment to overpower him and slammed him to the ground. He knelt down on either arm, pinning him in place and withdrew his blade.
Daichi immediately sped forwards but Oikawa was quicker, sending a flash of blue light straight at Daichi, which hit him in the stomach and sent him reeling. He collapsed a little distance away, still visible in the trees, and lay still.
The others cried his name while Asahi and Noya ran over to him. Saeko was hoisting Suga into her arms and getting to her feet. She gave Kageyama one last pitying look, muttered something to her brother, nodded to Natsu to follow her, and disappeared into the swallowing darkness of the forest.
That was alright, Kageyama found himself thinking. It was safer to get Suga out of there.
'Well, Tobio,' Oikawa held the knife above his head. 'It's been fun. Not.'
Kageyama squeezed his eyes shut and waited for the blade to pierce his heart. He remembered what it felt like to be stabbed in the chest from when Hinata had done it previously, and he couldn't deny he was scared. He didn't want to know he was dying, he didn't want to have all the breath in his body taken from him in one sharp movement, he didn't want to Hinata to see him lying there, motionless.
He should have never come to Sunshine Harbour.
However, the pain never came and the weight on top of his shifted.
There was a yelp and a thud and Kageyama opened his eyes, frowning. Oikawa was no longer knelt on top of him.
Quickly, he rolled onto his side and got to his feet, turning to see a man with huge white wings stood over Oikawa, who had been flung against a tree and was looking a little dazed. Slowly, the man turned and locked eyes with Kageyama.
Then he smiled.
'Hello, son.'
It was unsurprising that people recognised Kageyama as this man's son. He had the same dark hair, slicked against his head, and piercing blue eyes. Kageyama definitely resembled his mother more but he could see the similarities in his father's face to his own.
Speechless, Kageyama gagged, trying to say something- anything- but he had no idea what to say to a man that he had never even thought about his entire life.
'Holy crap.' He heard Tanaka say from the sidelines. 'Where did he come from?'
'Oh, uh,' a little voice said from their right. Kenma appeared through the trees, looking down at Iwaizumi who was slumped against a large oak tree, breathing heavily. He had lost a lot of blood. 'I brought him. I figured out some possible locations he might be after reading his journal and tracked him down.'
'Kenma told me you were in danger, Tobio.' Malpas said, his many feathers ruffling in a slight breeze. His wings were much bigger than Oikawa's. Perhaps this meant he was much older. He looked to be in his late-thirties, but that was probably the human body he possessed. 'I never wanted this life for you. I wanted to protect you, it's why I left your mother behind before you were born. Please understand that I would have given anything to have had a family-'
'I'm aware.' Kageyama cut him off. He didn't really want to hear it. He'd already decided he didn't hate his father, but he still didn't have to particularly like the man.
'You're scum,' Oikawa spat, getting to his feet. He looked severely pissed off, as though Malpas being in his mere presence angered him. 'Breeding with a human, how disgusting.'
'Is that no better than attempting to breed with a demon?' Malpas laughed, raising one eyebrow. Oikawa shot an angry glance at Kenma, who shrugged and took a seat next to Iwaizumi, who didn't look impressed and shuffled away. 'Yes, Kenma filled me in on everything. You should realise, Toru, that this world does not belong to us, this is humanity's domain. You cannot take control of it, you cannot own it. It is because of the Sin of Greed that you were cast out of heaven.'
Gasps followed. Mainly from Tanaka.
He pointed his finger at Oikawa and cackled. 'And you were talking about how great your God was! He didn't even want you! No wonder you're so bitter! HA!'
A vein throbbed in Oikawa's forehead. He bare his teeth. 'I'll make penance by killing off the scum that our Father regrets creating, and that disgusting Abomination that you helped spawn. How dare you bear those wings when you are nothing but a traitor!'
'Ah, little brother, if only things that been different between us.'
'WHAT?!' Tanaka wasn't the one who shouted this time, although he did look like a baffled fish. Kageyama strode forwards, standing next to his father. 'He's my... my.. UNCLE?!'
Malpas turned to him and chuckled. 'Well, yes, but all Angels are kin, because we were created by the same person. Our Father, God. Every Angel here is your relative, technically. It's why it hurts more, when one of them betrays you.'
'You would know all about betrayal, wouldn't you?' Oikawa scoffed. Malpas sighed.
'Yes, Oikawa, I'm sorry. I left you behind when we fell together, but I couldn't resist seeing this world through my own eyes. You only focus on the hate and lies that have been fed to you about our Father, that you cannot see the beauty of the world for yourself. It's unfortunate.'
'Don't talk to me like you care!' Oikawa shouted, looking livid. 'You abandoned me. You only cared about yourself, you didn't want to be an Angel anymore, you just wanted to be human- so why would you want to continue associating with me?'
'Is this what this has all been about?' Malpas sighed, digging his hands into the pockets of his jeans. He was dressed very casually, in jeans and striped sweater. Kageyama couldn't help where he was when Kenma had found him. 'You want to kill my son to get back at me?'
'He has Mum too.'
For a few moments Malpas was silent and then he took a step towards Oikawa. 'You've got two choices, Oikawa. Either you return her to me, leave my son alone and you will get out of this town and stay out, permanently, you can take all your little Angel buddies too, or you can stand up against me and we'll see who wins.'
To Kageyama's surprise, Oikawa started laughing. Proper laughter, the kind where tears end up rolling down your cheeks. Oikawa looked quite smug once he'd stopped and wiped at his eyes. 'That was funny, you acting like you've got a chance anymore.'
Oikawa had raised his hand before anyone could stop him.
Both Kageyama and his father were flung back, landing together in a heap. Malpas was quick to his feet, drawing his Angel blade from his sleeve.
The pair of them began slashing at each other, ducking and diving, dodging each blow. Hinata landed by Kageyama's side and took hold of his arm, trying to drag him away. The Angel that Hinata had been battling again was badly injured and had landed next to Iwaizumi and was pulling him to his feet.
'Let's get out of here, your Father will deal with this.'
'No! I'm not leaving him behind! I need to talk to him! I need to know everything! And I have to get my mother back!'
'More Angels are coming, we need to go!'
Just as Hinata said that, at least twenty more Angels appeared above them, wings so vibrant and glowing against the night sky. One of them was carrying Kageyama's mother.
Without a moment's hesitation, Kageyama was up in the air, soaring towards the Angel that held his mother. He wasn't sure how he could fly so easily, it just felt natural to him in that moment.
All he had on his mind was saving his mother.
She screamed as Kageyama collided with the Angel and she slipped from the Angel's grasp, falling through the air, but Hinata was there to catch her.
Kageyama tried to get back down to the pair of them but the Angel had hold of him tightly and was trying to stab him with an Angel blade. Kageyama kept sending energy blasts at him but they weren't having much effect.
Just as the Angel almost sliced open Kageyama's throat, a huge cracking sound made them both freeze and then a small swirling black portal appeared over their heads.
It only took a second before the Angel was sucked into it.
The only thing that saved Kageyama was Yamaguchi jumping out of nowhere, as a large brown fox, and slamming him back down to Earth. Groaning, he turned his head and saw Tanaka stood there with his eyes glowing bright, guiding his vortex towards all the Angels in the sky.
They all tried to scatter, but Tanaka had control. He could make it as big as he wanted, and even though everyone on the ground was starting to float towards it, none of the Angels in the air could escape. One by one, they were pulled in, screaming, and then they vanished.
Oikawa was howling, floating about a foot of the ground, wrestling with Malpas, who was trying to push him up towards the vortex.
Iwaizumi, who could not fly with one wing, tried to get over to them but couldn't win against the pull of the vortex. The other Angel ended up grabbing him and flying off, disappearing into the trees.
When Tsukishima's body started to float, Yamaguchi let go of Kageyama and bounded over to him, snatching Tsukishima up in his massive jaws and pounded off into the forest.
Asahi and Noya had already taken Daichi away.
'I'm going to get your mother to safety! Come on, Tobio!' Hianta was shouting over the noise that the vortex was creating. Trees were straining against their roots, threatening to be torn clean away from the soil.
'GO! I've got control of this! Your Dad will get him in!' Tanaka yelled. Kageyama, who was clinging to a large rock in the ground for dear life, shook his head.
'TAKE HER AND GO! I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE WITHOUT MY FATHER!'
Hinata opened his mouth to argue, then closed it, glaring at Kageyama. With a very determined, and rather threatening, look in his eye, he roared, 'YOU HAD BETTER COME AFTER ME, TOBIO!'
'I will! Go!'
Hinata vanished.
If there was one thing he was glad about, it was Hinata's trust in him. He obviously knew Kageyama would be too stubborn to do anything he didn't want to do, and Hinata knew Kageyama was strong enough to survive on his own. He had done the entire year Hinata was away, or when Hinata was possessed. He would always return to Hinata's side, no matter what.
He loved him.
He wanted to marry him and be with him forever. In their case, forever was going to be a very long time.
Kageyama was ok with this.
'Dad! I'm coming up to get you down!' Kageyama shouted, watching his father continue to struggle holding Oikawa in his arms. He was getting too near to the vortex. He would be pulled in if he wasn't careful. 'Throw him in! Do it now! Come back!'
'I'm sorry, Tobio, but if I let go of him he'll get away.' Oikawa was swearing at him, but Malpas was ignoring him. 'I'm sorry it had to end like this. I would have liked to have known you.'
'NO! NO! DON'T YOU DARE! YOU CAN'T COME INTO MY LIFE AND THEN DISAPPEAR AGAIN! IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT! WHAT ABOUT MUM? WHAT ABOUT ME? WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?' Kageyama's voice hurt from how long he was shouting. He wanted to run over to Tanaka and smack him to the ground but he knew if he let go of this rock, which was already starting to wobble, he'd be sucked up there. Although he was quite tempted by the idea, thinking he would be able to kick Oikawa into the vortex and save his father, he didn't trust that this plan would actually work, and even though he wanted a life where he knew his father, he didn't want it more than a life with Hinata.
'TANAKA! CLOSE THE VORTEX! DO IT NOW!'
'Don't do it, Tanaka!' Malpas objected. 'I think it's better I go wherever Oikawa is going. Someone is going to need to look after him.'
'You stupid-' Oikawa began but he never finished that sentence.
With a faint pop, the pair of them were sucked into the vortex and vanished from existence. Or where sent wherever that portal leads.
Tanaka collapsed to his knees and the vortex in the sky vanished and everything that was still floating towards it fell to the earth with a thud. Kageyama, feeling white hot rage searing through his body, scrambled over to Tanaka and grabbed him by the scruff of his neck and began to shake him.
'YOU COULD HAVE STOPPED IT! YOU COULD HAVE SAVED HIM!'
It was Kenma who had to drag Kageyama off of Tanaka before he could start punching him in the face. Despite being so petite looking, Kenma was incredibly strong and didn't even need to try to hold Kageyama back, as he had turned his rage on him instead. Kenma had just hid during that battle and he could have done something to save his father.
'The less Angels around here, the better.' Was all Kenma said, shrugging. 'Besides, your Father told me to do this. It wasn't Tanaka who chose to do this, it was me.'
Silence followed and Kageyama stared at him, falling to his knees. 'What?'
Kenma sighed. 'When I told you father about everything that had happened, he said that he didn't want to kill Oikawa. He has never wanted to kill Oikawa, or he would have done it long ago, but he couldn't let Oikawa try to kill you, so he suggested I take control of Tanaka and have all the Angels transported through the portal, and that he would go with them.'
Tears were running down Kageyama's face. He grabbed the front of Kenma's shirt. 'But- why? Didn't he want to have a family?'
'Those Angels are his family.'
'I'M HIS FAMILY! I'M HIS SON!'
Pulling himself away, Kenma pulled a tissue out of his back pocket and dropped it in front of Kageyama, who did not pick it up. 'Your nose is running. It's kinda gross.'
'I'm his son...'
'Kags,' Tanaka wheezed, falling back on his butt with his head in his hands. 'How old do you think your father is? He has known Oikawa and those other Angels for an infinite number of years, probably more lifetimes than this planet has seen. They will never die. You are part human, so you have an expiry date. Sure, it's longer than the average human, but you're still going to get old and die one day. Do ya' seriously think your old man wants to see that? To him, that would be like the blink of an eye. And Kenma-'
'Mmm?'
'If you ever get inside my head again, I'm going to tear your nutsack off, you hear me?!'
Deciding not to respond to this threat and ignore the scary-face Tanaka was giving him, Kenma turned his attention back to Kageyama.
'It's like what he said. Your father was never going to be in your life from the start, so why does it matter now? It's not like you're going to miss anything.' He put bluntly. 'He was happy enough to have just met you, and he'll be able to live the rest of eternity knowing that you are safe and you are happy.'
'Yeah. Right.'
It took some time for things to return to 'normal', whatever normal was these days.
Kageyama had spent a lot of time locked away in Saeko's bedroom, especially after he had to have Kenma erase his mother's memories.
Iwaizumi and that other Angel were still out there and he couldn't keep her here in Sunshine Harbour. He didn't like the thought of her missing him, or wondering what had happened to Malpas, and Kageyama knew he didn't have the heart to tell her, so he asked Kenma to wipe her memories of everything. Including him.
'Are you sure?' Kenma had frowned.
'Yes, make her believe her life's dream was to travel the world and never stop moving. Make her think she wants to meet new people and enjoy her life, and learn new languages or whatever. She never wanted any children and she's happy she didn't have any. Nothing supernatural at all, it should be all nonsense to her.'
Having Hinata by his side made it easier to watch her go.
All he wanted was for her to be happy and enjoy the rest of her human life. He did not want to see her die, and he did not want to return to Angel's Haven- not ever.
He was going to live in Sunshine Harbour from now on.
They would all work together to rebuild the Sugar Cup and he would work there as a bartender with Hinata to help Suga out, who was doing well in his recovery and had been appointed the new mayor of the town, as everyone in the Harbour thought he would be the perfect leader.
Tsukishima had healed too, but the Angel fire had left a permanent scar across his chest, which Yamaguchi had joked was very 'manly'. It was fine when he was in his human form, but as a fox, he had a bald spot where fur once grew and Tanaka had laughed so hard he'd shot milk out of his nose.
It had taken a while for Asahi to pluck up the courage to bite Noya on the night of the full moon, even though Noya spent a lot of the time trying to shove his arm into Asahi's mouth. The transformation process was painful but Asahi helped guide him through it. Kageyama was interested to see what Noya would look like as a wolf, but he'd have to wait another month to see that.
Since Kenma never fulfilled Oikawa's wish, he was stuck on their side. He was kind of disgruntled by this, but he liked Hinata's company, and he had eventually set off to see his wizard friend, Kuroo.
There were many nights when he missed his mother and wondered what had happened to his father and Oikawa, but it got easier to think about as time passed by.
As long as he had Hinata by his side and a new black feather hanging around his neck to protect him from any harm that may come his way in the future, life in Sunshine Harbour was pretty perfect.