Okay, so the lack of KanaXRikuo stories killed me to the point I've decided to write one myself.

Special thanks to: Awesome dt for waiting for my story and to Kup for deceiving me into thinking this story is awesome LOL

Warning: Grammar and spelling mistakes. Read at your own risk. Any construct criticism are appreciated. Also I'm looking for a beta.. So if anyone wants to be my beta I'll let you know that you are highly appreciated.

Thoughts are written italic

Declaimer: I don't own Nurarihyon no mago or Kana would have been badass by now.

Chapter 1

Kubinashi sighed as he continued his morning duty. Ever since what happened last time they all decided to take the duty of protecting their master from danger. He continued sweeping the floor from the mess they made last night when another thought clouded his mind. This mess happened because they were busy celebrating the fact that master Rikuo is finally the supreme commander. Everyone got drunk and partied like no tomorrow. Even master Rikuo joined them.

He smiled fondly at the memory, when suddenly he was cut off from his thoughts when he smelled the strong, familiar scent of blood. He knew so well how it smelled since he drowned himself in it in the past.

"This smell... it is so near." The scent was so strong that it would have awakened everybody if they weren't that drunk.

Quickly putting his guard up, he walked slowly towards its direction, which happens to be the entrance door.

"An enemy?" He thought, getting ready to attack if needed, but he found himself in an unexpected situation. What he saw shocked him on this snowy day.

There lay a girl, soaked in her own blood. The snow around her turned into a shade of pink and she seemed to be on the verge of dying. Kubinashi immediately carried her bridal style and ran inside screaming.

"ZEN-SAMA!"

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"ZEN-SAMA! ZEN-SAMA!"

"What?" Zen said, looking pissed off. What do they want now? He already ran out of hangover medicines.

"Zen-sama!"

When Zen turned to look at Kubinashi, he was taken completely off guard by what he saw. Kubinashi didn't even need to explain the situation to him.

"Get her inside, quickly!" Zen demanded. Kubinashi immediately got inside Zen's room and carefully laid the girl on his bed.

"Kubinashi, call Kejoro and Wakana-san immediately." Zen ordered.

"Hai!"

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Even though both Kejoro and Wakana had no idea why Kubinashi was asking them to go to Zen's room, they followed quietly, feeling the emergence in his voice.

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Rikuo, who also heard Kubinashi shout, (the entire house must have already heard it by now) wondered what was going on. Getting out of his room, he walked towards the direction he thought he heard the sound coming from.

"I have a headache." Rikuo muttered to himself, knowing he shouldn't have gotten drunk yesterday. He was feeling severe pain in his temple. "I shouldn't have given in." He chuckled at the way he was forced to drink.

"Master Rikuo!" The small yokai Natto exclaimed when he saw Rikuo. "You wouldn't believe what happened!"

"What is going on?" Rikuo asked while Natto had his hands on his knees, panting heavily."We found an injured woman. She is in Zen-sama's room right now!"

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Zen never had such a hard time fixing his patient before and on top of it there is bad news he wishes not to speak with Rikuo.

Sewing her abdomen swiftly and professionally with one hand, while his other hand took a dip from the green medicine, he created, and carefully spread it on the injured area. There is a high chance that if she didn't wake up in a week…

He picked up a tiny flashlight and pried open one of her eyelids. Shining the flashlight on her face, he checked her eyes for any response but he got none. His eyes scanned through her injuries again, estimating the time in his head. She will either be in a coma or she will die.

He continued to observe her wounds when her neck caught his attention. Strangle marks?He took a closer look at her neck. Hmm a male hand?It couldn't have been a rope or a female hand either since women hands are smaller than men.

Definitely a male. It seems like he had long nails too, seeing how he must have dug it inside her neck.

"Something is not right... I can't place my finger on what it is." He mumbled. Her body? She was already sewed in other places, like her left arm before coming here. He will have to make another round of check up later, after Kejoro and Wakana clean the blood and dirt out of her.

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Kejoro and Wakana were shocked when they started cleaning the injured girl's body and face.

"Isn't that waka's friend?" Kejoro asked Wakana. She remembered seeing her when his friends came over. Wakana just nodded weakly. After getting over her shock, she finally spoke.

"Who did this to her?" The poor girl seemed broken beyond repair that it brought tears to her eyes.

"She's Rikuo friend?" Zen asked in disbelief. He was suspecting her to be an enemy, but now his doubts flew away when Kejoro said that.

"Yes... I wonder how waka is going to react to this." One thing they know for certain, It won't be good.

"Definitely not calm." Zen answered.

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"A-Are you telling me that the injured woman is Kana-chan?" Rikuo was beyond shocked.

"Yes waka..." Kejoro replied quietly.

Tsurara who was next to her had the same reaction as Rikuo at the revelation. She gulped and braced herself of whatever was coming.

"Let me see her now!" Rikuo demanded. Kejoro already knew this was coming so she just walked towards Zen room knowing her master would follow.

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Two days have passed and everyone was getting worried because of their master. Ever since he saw her, he just sat down right next to her, held her hands and stared at her all day. He refused to eat or drink anything. He didn't even ask about her condition either, which worried Zen greatly.

Tsurara once again entered the room with a tray of food with the conviction of making him eat even if it meant using force.

"Waka," She started quitely. "Eat this so you can get your energy back." she slowly pushed the tray of food next to him.

"I don't want to." He replied coldly, eyes still looking lifelessly at the figure in front of him.

"You have to eat if you are going to go after whoever did this to her..." It didn't take a genius to know that he will do that.

"I said I don't want to."

Tsurara couldn't take it anymore: for the past two days she tried to convince him, but he refused to eat and he never spared her a look at the progress.

"Listen," She snapped. "If you want to avenge her, you have to eat and get your energy back! What are you going to do when you meet that person? Didn't you hear from Zen-sama that the person who did this to her isn't a normal human, but a yokai? Snap out of it waka! You won't even be able to lift a finger at them if you continued being like this! Right now you are weak. You can't protect anyone!" Everyone who were spying on them cringed. Oh no she didn't... She just spoke the forbidden words.

"Avenge her? Ha what a joke." She scoffed angrily at him. When he finally looked at her, he transformed into his yokai form and glared hatefully at her.

"You aren't her friend! You won't know what I'm going through." He shouted. "I let this happen to her! It was my fault that I wasn't there for her! Didn't you read the news? Her parents died! They were murdered!" That news destroyed him completely.

Tears formed at the corner of his eyes, threatening to fall as the heat in his eyes became intense. "They did this to her... if I ever find them, I'll tear them apart!" She heard the hatred and rage in his words.

"I-it wasn't y-your fault..." She stuttered.

"It was my fault!" He picked the tray of food and threw it at her. His aim was off, so it missed her, but it crashed on the wall, breaking the glass, wood, and plates, into pieces. He was breathing erratically now, but he still continued, "Don't lie to me! If I wasn't a yokai," His hand clenched tightly at where his heart was, as if the pain was unbearable.

"If I wasn't a yokai, this wouldn't have happened..." He brought his hand on his face to hide his face in shame.

"If I was a normal h-human, this wouldn't have happened." He cried uncontrollably.

Tears started to leak from her eyes as she stared in silence.

"I wish I never was a yokai... and I wish I never liked her." He confessed. "I should have just stayed alone and never befriended anyone. Being alone is so much better than feeling this pain, right here." He pointed to his heart. "It hurts... it hurts so much that I would trade anything in the world for it to not exist." He choked out a sob.

"It was my fault... it was my fault," He started repeating those words over and over again like a broken record. "IT WAS MY FAULT" He yelled.

"I'm sorry Kana... I'M SO SORRY! PLEASE FORGIVE ME! I'M SORRY! IT WAS MY FAULT!"

"AO!" Kurotabou quickly said.

"I'M SORR-"Ao swiftly knocked Rikuo out before he started going insane. Kurotabo on the other hand managed to hold Rikuo from falling and gently laid him on the floor.

The seldom silence gave everyone a moment to process what just happened. Not only was Tsurara stunned, but everyone who were spying on them were stunned too.

"Tsurara...you should leave." Ao said. The girl left hurriedly as she wiped her tears to stop herself from crying. No one could blame her though, the weak yokai were traumatized while the others were scared of Rikuo. From now on, they will start being careful on what they say in case he might snap at them, like he did at her, and God knows how much they don't want to see him angry again.

"Kurotabou, take him to his room to rest." Kubinashi said.

Kurotabou just nodded his head in understanding and carried Rikuo to his room.

Kubinashi sighed for the umpteenth time today. He doesn't like the nasty feeling that told him something bad will happen. He knew... knewhis instincts were never wrong.

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FINALLY I finished this lol Anyone who feel like they can't review without favoriting or following the story , fear not! I'm not expecting anything to be honest. You are free to review this story without favoriting/following this story. Even if you read this story till the end and still thought 'Hey it doesn't deserve to be in my favorite list' I'm totally cool with it. In fact I'm not expecting any favorites.

Also I'm not satisfied with what I just wrote but I promised Awesome dt that I'll post it today and my best friend Kup insisted it was 'GREAT! My favorite author. COOL! I'll make a fanclub about your stories!' I was literally scared for my life. I almot thought she would eat me lol (She seems always hungry okay...). I'm assuming she lost her mind for a second there so ~ XD

Thanks a lot for whoever reads this! I love you!