A/N: I was going to post this chapter in a week, but I think people are still indecisive about the story, so I want to give another chapter so you can make a decision: stick to it or avoid it like the plague. XDD This story is my first really attempt at angst so forgive me if it sucks. I usually stick to humor but it's really hard to write humor when you've seen the end of the X anime. Dead Kamui equals ANGST. So bear with me, if you try to read my angst, I'll try to write it. :)

Discalimer: If only I owned Code Geass, X, and Holic...you guys would get all the yaoi you could ever dream of...but I don't. :'(

Warnings: Subaru angst and mean trees.


Kamui?


Subaru Sumaragi walked through the streets of Tokyo in a daze. He had been this way since the Promised Day, oh so many months ago. In fact, if he were completely honest, Subaru had been this way since Seishiro's death on the Rainbow Bridge. Kamui's death hadn't really helped any, both he and Fuuma were still devastated by it. For a while after the Promised Day, Subaru had met Fuuma and the other survivors at a group therapy session–something that was almost laughable–arranged by Imonoyama Nokoru because he wanted them to heal and move on.

'How can I--or anyone else for that matter--heal when I've lost everything that I had to live for?' Subaru asked himself, hoping for an answer from fate. It had never really helped him before though so he gave up on asking. His thoughts soon turned to the other participants of the final battle, namely Fuuma, and the small part of Subaru that still cared for humanity wondered if they were okay. The other boy was probably hurting, waking up one day only to find out he was a monster who had brutally murdered his own sister and lover. 'I should probably check up on him...even if he killed Kamui, he didn't mean to do it and Kamui would be sad if he knew that I blamed him.' With that in mind, he decided that he would indeed look after the other boy for Kamui, like the savior would have wanted him to. It would be easy enough to find the teenager since he frequented Kamui's grave site often, just like Subaru himself.

/Why do you want to help him?/ A cold voice asked him, causing Subaru to freeze up slightly as the scent of sakura became prevalent in the air. /Didn't he kill your precious Dragon of Heaven?/

Subaru had almost forgotten about the Sakura tree, the awful responsibilty Seishiro had left for him, but he was quick to reply. "I want to help him because that's what Kamui–my precious Dragon of Heaven, as you called him–would have wanted." He heard the tree snort.

/Soft hearted, the whole lot of you. Only my Seishiro was the killing machine I wanted but even he weakened because of this thing called love./ Subaru remained silent throughout the tree's verbal onslaught. He had no reason to explain himself to it, Sakurazukamori or not, because it just couldn't understand a human emotion like love. /You, by far, are the weakest Sakurazukamori to ever serve me./ It didn't really sting since Subaru didn't really want to be the Sakurazukamori but he let the tree think what it wanted, he was a rather accommodating person by nature, after all.

"I apologize, Tree-san," He began rather stiffly. "I shall do better next time." It was an empty promise but the tree accepted any way.

/After you appease your curiosity by meeting that boy, I expect you to feed me a feast fit for a king. I want at least three politicians. You've been shirking your duties lately so that should be a fair number./ If it were the Subaru of years ago, he would have flinched at the blatant disregard of human life, but he wasn't so he just hmmed in agreement and went on his way, hoping to meet Fuuma at the Togakushi shrine where Kamui was buried.


Fuuma was not at the Togakushi shrine. It was understandable, the boy was most likely at school. While that fact slightly disappointed Subaru, he was still happy that he could visit Kamui. He took a seat on the grass in front of the gravestone and began to speak to the fallen savior.

"This is probably an odd thing for me to say, but...I miss you, Kamui." If the boy were alive, Subaru imagined he would flush adorably and shake his head before telling Subaru that, as a human, it was very possible for Subaru to miss someone. Kamui was the only person who made him feel like he was a human again, which Subaru had begun to doubt, Seishiro made him feel quite the opposite. "I wish...I wish you hadn't died. I knew that you were the savior of the Earth but...a part of me hoped that I could be selfish...part of me wished you had killed Fuuma." Subaru knew that Kamui would be shocked if he heard that and he felt a little guilty. "I don't feel that way any more...now I want to make amends to you, I'll take care of him for you." A long suffering sigh ended his one-sided conversation with the dead savior.

/Aren't you done yet!? Kami-sama, you are the most pathetic man in all of Japan!/ Subaru sighed but relented to the tree's not-so-subtle desire for him to leave the shrine. /I am so hungry/

"All right, all right, Tree-san, I'll be off now." With one final goodbye to Kamui he made his way out of the shrine. "I'll just check on Fuuma after he's out of school."

/Good idea./ Subaru wasn't sure if the tree was being sarcastic.


Subaru stared out at the city of Tokyo from the top of the Tokyo Tower. He had just killed yet another politician, who had slighted the government in some way or another, but this fact didn't bother him in the least.

"Maybe I've finally adapted to being the Sakurazukamori?" He wondered aloud and heard the tree laugh.

/Hopefully, I think we both want that./ Subaru wasn't really sure if he did want that, but he was willing to agree just so there were no more arguments.

"Of course, Tree-san." He replied dutifully as he leaned lightly against the railing at the top of the Tower. There was silence between them for a while until he suddenly felt a burst of power from the tree and tensed. "What's wrong, Tree-san?"

/I sense a strange aura...could it be...the Dimensional Witch?/ The Sumeragi wondered who this Dimensional Witch was and the tree seemed to sense his confusion. /She is one of the most powerful beings in the magical world. I heard that old hag, your grandmother, has met her before, but that was a long time ago...you were probably only a child then./ That was all the tree had to say. A powerful being here in Tokyo? Subaru had to investigate, it was his responsibility as a Sumeragi and as the Sakurazukamori. He quickly and efficiently leapt from the tower, one of the bonuses of being a Seal, and made his way to the land beneath. Now he could feel it too, the remains of some powerful magic in the air. /I think she's left, Sumeragi. Too bad, I wanted to see what she wanted./

"You're right, Tree-san. I can only sense the remnants of some powerful magic, not the actual thing." With that said Subaru began to walk away but paused when he heard the rustle of one of the bushes near by. Standing completely still, he could almost hear the sound of something breathing. It sounded weak, as if whatever was making the sound was near death, but Subaru still proceeded with caution. When he finally saw what was making the sound, all the breath in his body puffed out. "Kamui..?"

/Things are getting interesting. He he he./ Yes, Subaru thought, yes they are.


A/N: What did you think? Sucky? Oh well.

Thanks:

Kitsuki: You make me so happy :)

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Asheron Karuma: Thank you for telling me about the Nunally thing. I'm so embarrassed, why did I think it was spelled Nanally?

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