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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