Disclaimer: I don't own

Kaze no Stigma, or Titanic

although that's only mentioned.

I hate that movie.

I'm really getting sick of how
these pages are set up..
anyway this is the second
chapter. And now since my
friend, my sister and my
brother are "in love" with this
story I have to finish this..
the world hates me.


Kazuma pushed the door open with

his foot before sliping off her

clothes and putting her in one of his

baggy shirts. He turned to air on to

45 degrees and watched as she

slowly started to breathe.

He lifted her head up and softly told

her to open her mouth before letting

the pink, sweet and sticky medicine

fall down her throat. She was

running a fever and was sweating and

that was the most natural. In the past

few days it had started to get more

and more frequent when she used her

power.

Sometimes she'd cough up blood and

start puking, other times she'd stop

breathing all together.

There wasn't much they could do

though, eventually her powers would

overcome her body and kill her,

that was the reason he had returned

to Japan.

He had heard that the spirits of water,

here,may have a cure that would at

least save her. And yet his pleas of

assistance from the Eastern Water

Gods were going unanswered. He

couldn't blame them, he had come

from a fire magic family, and the

exact family who had caused the

Water People to be on the verge of

surprised him though

that they would not offer help to the

last Water Spirit of the South.

He looked over at her from his seat

in front of their bed.

The Kannagi were a proud and

stubbron people,

they could never believed they were

wrong,even if all of the evidence

proved that they, in fact, were.

"Ka..zuma?"

He hurried to her side.

"Yeah Mizu?"

She smiled at him, "It wasn't your fault"

He gasped.

"It wasn't -you,you saved me"

Kazuma grasped her hand and buried

his head in her throat.

"I'm so sorry, Mizu"


He heard the phone ring and slowly

picked it up, speaking softly into the

reciever.

"Huh?",he whispered.

"Oh, yeah, put him through"

"Kazuma, I'm surprised you picked up"

"Been a while, old man"

"Sorry but calling you father doesn't

seem appropriate"

"You can call me whatever you like"

"I'm guessing you didn't call just

because you wanted to hear the son

you haven't seen in four years' voice?"

"Of course not, you know damn well

what I'm calling about"

"The old park, be there"

He looked over at Mizu and brushed her

hair behind her ear.

"Damn Mizu, I don't know what I'm

doing anymore"

She opened her eyes slowly and brushed

her lips against his bareback.

"Kazuma"

He tightened his hold on her.


Mizu gave him a smile and tugged his

hand.

"Come on, Kazuma!", she yelled, smiling,

"The bakery is selling half off, we only have

ten minutes left!"

"Let's go!"

He smiled.

"Race you!"

She quickly took the lead, grining at him.

Mizu smiled at the cheif, who blushed.

"Hello, !", Mizu yelled, waving.

"How are you,Mizu?"

She saw Kazuma looking over at a table

where Ayano set.

Mizu felt jealousy in the pit of her stomach.

Grabbing Kazuma's jacket she kissed him,

surprising him before he settled into the

kiss, holding her shoulders.

"YOU CAN'T DO THAT HERE!"

Mizu smiled.

"What are you talking about I was just

fixing his colar",Mizu replied, turning to

the cheif, who used to their behavior, held

out today's specials.

"WHY YOU!"

Kazuma shook his head and leaned over

her shoulder, pointing at the assorted

cakes.

"THEY JUST MAKE ME SO MAD!", Ayano

yelled.

Mizu giggled as they left the shop, waving

goodbye to her friend the chief.

Mizu stopped suddenly, before pulling him

into an alley.

They kissed deeply for a few moments,

gasping and whispering to one another.

She pushed him away suddenly, and

slapped him angirly across the face.

"What was that for!?", he yelled.

"Are you happy with me Kazuma?",

she whispered, tears starting to fall.

"Where'd a stupid question like that

come from?",Kazuma replied, rubbing his

cheek.

"Please, we don't have to stay here, we can

go back to Hong Kong and I can die and

that will be just fine with me

and you don't have to risk your family for

me!"

Kazuma grabbed her by the shoulders,

"You think I give a damn about the Kinnagi

Family, the only reason we're here is

because I need to save you"

She stared at him wide eyed for a moment

before giggling.

He looked at her.

"You said need",Mizu said, laughing.

Kazuma rolled his eyes and wrapped his

arms around her.

"I'm going to save you, Mizu"

She shook her head and buried it into his

chest.

"Who's going to save you Kazuma?"


Mizu stood on top of the railing, trying to

balance as she walked across.

She sent him a smile and a peace sign.

"This sun's so beautiful", she smiled,

holding her arms out.

Kazuma nodded.

Mizu laughed and started to make fun of a

movie they had seen in America.

"I'm flying, Jack!", she yelled in an offbeat

voice.

Kazuma grabbed her arm and pulled her off

the railing.

"Who's Jack?"

"My secret admirer!", she said, pouting.

Kazuma laughed and grabbed her chin.

"Since when did we change my name to

Jack?"

"Since I said so"

They kissed for a moment before she sighed.

"Are you worried?"

"Of course not", he replied.

Mizu rolled her eyes and nodded,

"Of course not"

"I knew they would send someone but I

never imagined...it would be him", Kazuma

whispered into her hair.


"Father, please, forgive me!"

"You lost to a girl younger then you, this is

pathetic, you're supposed to be the next

head of the Kinnagi Family, this is a

disgrace"

"Stop crying", he said harshly.

"I was wrong to try and force you to learn

fire magic, now leave, you will not cause

me anymore disgrace then you already

have"

"Pack your things and go"

"Wait, please, Father, no!"

"I'm not your father anymore, I only have

one son now, and that's Rin"

Kazuma reached for his hand, begging.

Ginga looked down at him with nothing but

contempt and tossed him away.

"Leave!"

Kazuma remembered his mother, how she

too hated him for his inability to use the

magic of fire.

He remembered feeling more out of place

then ever among that family.

He also remembered meeting Mizu, who's

life was forever changed when the Kannagi

family had went to search for Water User.

He remembered how when the Yomi had

tried to eat Mizu's soul and he had rescued

her, he remembered.

looked down at her and saw

nothing but love and acceptance and that

was all he'd ever wanted.

"Back then Kazuma, Mizu whispered

breaking him out of his resatune with the

past, you were put down by

your family and your father for your

strengths and upheld by your weaknesses."

"You believed you were weak but learnt

different and now, she said, brushing away

his tears, we're going to see if you're

strong enough to push back"

Kazuma nodded.

Mizu waved her hand in the air as if she

smelled something bad, "Now come on,

lets get going, this tense air causes

wrinkles"

He rolled his eyes and allowed himself to

be dragged off.


Mizu shook her head for a second before

nodding.

"Three minutes"

He nodded and kissed her on the cheek.

"Go wait by the fountain"

She nodded and back flipped of the steps

and to the fountain.

Kazuma watched her as she started to play

with the water before slipping off her shoes

and sticking her feet into it.

"Make this quick",Kazuma said, giving

Ginga one of his signature smirks.

"Turn yourself in, guilty or innocent, you

still have alot to answer for", Ginga said.

"Like what?",Mizu whispered.

He looked over at her for a spilt second

before turning his attention back to Ginga.

"That the first words you say to the son you

haven't seen in four years?"

"What if I say no?"

"Are you going to take me in by force?"

"Like hell he will",Mizu thought, her eyes

bright.

"If it's a fight you want, then I'm ready"

"Don't make me laugh, you have no

chance of winning against me, boy!"

"I'm not a kid anymore, I'm strong now!"

"By studying the lesser art of wind magic

for four years, I doubt that"

"You're a weakling"

Mizu started to shake with anger making

the water around her boil.

"Why is he weak?"

She looked over at Kazuma and thought

quietly, "Wind isn't weak,

it's not as destructive as fire, but it's not

weak"

"You don't know a damn thing about me,

I'm not taking orders from

the Kinnagi ever again, you can count on

that, Old Man", Kazuma yelled, defiantly.

"I'm not surprised, I had a feeling it would

come to this",Ginga said.

"Yeah, well hows this for a surprise?",

Kazuma yelled, aiming a quick air attack.

Mizu stared, curious at Ginga's defense.

He was cocky, although he tried to hide it

behind pride and arrogance.

She watched them again as Kazuma aimed

another attack at him.

"He's strong, but I highly doubt Kazuma

will use his true power against his father"

Mizu stared at the father.

"He's proud", she mumbled.

She shrunk away as the fire spirits started

to swarm in.

Mizu gave a small smile as she watched her

Kazuma staned against him.

She gave a small gasp and tried to blend in

with the water...so many.

"God's Fire"

She'd seen that before when the Kinnagi's

had marched upon her house.

Her people's greatest power was forbidden

so the Kinnagi's had, had an uneven match.

Although many still thought her family's

defeat a joke.

She shook her head as Kazuma laughed.

He fell to his knees, grasping the stones

with his hands.

"Please, tell me, what do I do, Seishen?",

he whispered as Mizu walked to him.

Kazuma wrapped his arms around her waist,

"What do I do?"

Mizu stared at him as he mumbled her

real name again.

She kissed him.

"I'm here, Kazuma, I'm here"


Kazuma kept his arm wrapped around

Mizu's waist as they walked back to the

hotel, never once giving up his tight grip.

She didn't mind really, beating his father

had been a victory but at what cost?

Kazuma stopped suddenly, making her

stumble.

"Come on out"

"I never though anyone could do it, if

you're here then that means only one thing,

you beat him"

"What are you talking about?",Kazuma

asked.

A little boy with blonde hair and sweet

pea green eyes.

"Who are you?"

"Come on, don't tell me you've forgotten

what your own brother looks like."

"Brother?"

"You're Rin!",Mizu squealed.

"Yeah that's me",Rin said, looking at her

like she was crazy.

"He's so cute",Mizu said, giving him a hug.

"Wow, you're so big", Kazuma said,"What's

it been like a million years"

"It's only been four,Kazuma"

"No kidding, do you remember when I left?"

"Yeah, you didn't even bother to say

goodbye"

"Ah, you jerk",Mizu said, hitting his

shoulder.

Kazuma smiled as he watched them talk.

They were so much alike.

It surprised him that Mizu wasn't going off.

She must really like him.

"Wait, hold up, Mizu said, what are you

doing here, I mean wont the Kinnagi's get

angry with you?"

"I don't know", Rin replied.

"Oh, well", Mizu said, shrugging, turning to

the door.

"Wait, Rin said, watching them leave, where

are you going?"

"Upstairs, want to come?",Kazuma asked.

"Yeah"

"Oh and don't worry about your old man, I

made suire he got to a hospital",Mizu said,

smiling.

"You took him?", he said.

Kazuma answered.

"No that would have been too much of a

pain in the ass, I just called 911, told em

where to find him"

"What!"

"But he's your father"

"I had to almost break his arm for him to

even do that", Mizu said, shaking her

head.


Mizu started to make tea in the small

kitchen and opened the fridge to heat up

the cookies she had made earlier.

"You're him, aren't you, the contractor?"

Mizu shook her head, and delayed her

journey to the small sitting room.

This was a conversation the two needed to

have for themselves.

The state of a Contractor was private,

almost a mystery. The only reason people

even knew of the Contractors was because

they had mated with humans. Besides

that only the symbols and their powers.

Eyes as Blue as the Azure Sky-

Eyes as Red as the Volcano Pits-

Eyes as Green as the Eastern Mountains-

Eyes as Purple as the Rare Lilies-

Given the powers of their element's King's

Domain.

She shook her head and brought the tray

into the room.

"Are you the wind magic user who's been

killing off Kannagi's?"

Mizu snapped the tray down.

She sighed,

"Sorry, Rin"

Mizu slipped into the couch beside him and

put her arm around his shoulders.

"No, I've told that to every Kinnagi we've

run across and none of them believe me."

"Even though I'm innocent"

"Then why don't you do something to clear

your name!?",Rin said,"Come to the

compound, someone's got to believe you"

"I don't know, Jugo might, Kazuma said, if

I talked to him..maybe.."

"Then come on-"

"And give in?!",Kazuma said,"I'm done with

the Kinnagi's and following their orders"

"But, why?"

"I don't hate the family, but I can't forget

what they did to me and I don't think I

ever will"

"That's why I took on a different name, the

old Kazuma may have but Kazuma Yagami

will never yield, not an inch!"

"I could swallow my pride and try to patch

things up with the family but at this rate it

won't even matter."

"What do you mean?", Rin whispered.

Mizu gave Kazuma a look and turned to Rin,

"Ayano?, isn't strong enough to handle the

one behind the killings-"

"And dear old dad's down for the count",

Kazuma said.

"How can you be so cold, this is your family

and you're just going to turn your back on

them!?"

"It's not my family",Kazuma said in a

dangerous voice.

"Yes it is", Rin said desperatly.

"Now let's get one thing straight Rin, I

didn't abandon the Kinnagi Family, they

abandoned me!"

"But why-"

"What help them out after the way they

treated me, I don't think-"

His hot tea hit him square in the face.

Kazuma glared at Mizu who was trying to

comfort Rin.

"I thought I could convince you but I couldnt

and and I've failed"

Mizu shushed him and caught the rag,

thrown at Rin and washed his face.

"Stay here, I'll take you home tomrrow"

"You're the best!"

Mizu gave him a small smile and walked

over to Kazuma to clean his face.

"I never could stand to see him cry"

Mizu smiled and kissed him.

"What do you want for dinner?"

"Uh, rice balls?", Rin said.

Mizu stopped moving suddenly, making

Kazuma look at her.

She grabbed Rin and hugged,"You're just

so cute!"

Kazuma rolled his eyes as Mizu pulled him

into the kitchen.

"He really does love you, you know",Mizu

said, rubbing Rin's head.

Rin nodded.


Mizu pulled the blanket over his chin before

turning to Kazuma, she slid into his lap and

smiled at him.

"He's so sweet",Mizu whispered.

"Sweet, you should have seen him when we

were kids, he was such a brat",Kazuma

whispered back.

They both started laughed.

Shing!

"Rin!",Mizu yelled, jumping up.

"I'm awake, what was that noise?"

"Some idiot just sliced this building in

half with wind magic!", Kazuma yelled.

Mizu grabbed Rins hand and pulled him to

Kazuma.

He grabbed hers and threw open the

window.

"That's not the exit!",Rin screamed.

"Why's she here?",Mizu whispered,

thightenly her hold on Rin's hand.

They landed slowly on the walkway.

"I barely saw that coming!"

"Don't worry about it, Mizu replied, you

couldn't have interfered with the wind

currents anyway"

They both took note of Rin's scared face.

"Hey, don't worry about it, Kazuma said,

now I can keep track on this guy's attacks!"

Mizu nodded, patting Rin's head.

"Go on, Kazuma yelled, suddenly, get out

of here!"

Mizu grabbed Rins hand again and raced

off.

She led him out of the forest and slid.

"Give us the boy!", the men yelled.

There were ten, this should be fun!

Mizu stood infront of them her fingers

crossed,"Go to hell!"

She froze the water and aimed it at their

heads.

Out of the ten only one dropped.

The one who had fallen started to stand

up again.

Water burst from the trees and from the

plants and wrapped around their body's,

tightning their hold on them.

"Damn it!", she hissed as they aimed their

attacks.

She wrapped Rin and her in a shield, when

a black wind hit her square in the back.

Blood fell from her mouth and down her

chin.

"Mizu!"

Kazuma watched as the figure disappeared.

He ran in the direction he had seen Mizu

run off to.

Kazuma felt bile coming up his throat as he

watched her wound heal.

As a Water Contractor she had the power to

heal in fast amounts of time, but that shot

to the back had hit her spine and that would

take at least thirty minutes, an hour at most.

"Hold on tight Rin, we'll get you back, I

promise!"


There, I'm done dammit!
Sorry for the cursing, but I'm done,
yes, it's about damn time, and no
I'm not going to edit this, tell me if
there's a problem and I'll fix it but
besides that no it wasn't edited, now I'm
going to go watch Spirited Away, bye!


Mizu's sickness- Mizu basically replaced
Sui Leng or however you spelled her
name. Although she wasn't entirely
eaten by the Yoma, most of her
soul was eaten and her spirit altogether
but the Eastern Water Spirits being the
natural domain for Water Spirits and
Water Contractors or Healers were said
to have the power to heal Souls and
Spirits, which is why Kazuma returned to
Japan.


Mizu's Grudge Against the Kinnagis-
When she was younger her family
was murder for supposedly hoarding a
water magic user, at the time the
Fire and Water were at war, her mother
took the punishiment and died, saving
her daughter and planting a seed of
hate towards the Fire Spirits. She
was taken in and taught Water Magic
by the Water Spirits, when she met
Kazuma.


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