Chapter 4

A Few Hours Earlier:

When Kurama arrived back to where Tomoe and Akura-Ou were Tomoe had Akura-Ou pinned to a tree and Akura-Ou was laughing maniacally.

"What can I do to help?" Kurama asked walking in on the fight.

"Nothing! This is my fight!" Tomoe exclaimed as Akura-Ou managed to get away from him.

"Tomoe stop being so stubborn and accept my help! You cannot beat this guy on your own and you know it!" Kurama yelled kicking Akura-Ou in the leg; it would've been his stomach, but Akura-Ou just barely avoided him.

"Fine; but you'd better not get in my way!" Tomoe exclaimed as the two started to attack Akura-Ou together.

"Do you think we should help them?" Otohiko asked Mikagi and the other gods that were there…hiding and hiding their auras so that they wouldn't be sensed causing Akura-Ou to run away.

"No; we need to have Tomoe and Kurama wear Akura-Ou down so that he's weak enough for us to trap him." Mikagi explained.

"If he's not weak enough, he'll just be able to escape us before we can send him to hell." Ookuninushi explained calmly.

"Moron…" Ikusagami muttered under his breath…referring to Otohiko.

Otohiko was going to say something, but decided against it because he knew how Ikusagami's temper could get.

"We'll just wait and watch for a little bit; if they need help we'll send Ikusagami in." Ookuninushi said with a smile on his face as he took a puff from his pipe.

"Yeah… Wait, why me?!" Ikusagami asked quickly, stunned as he made a face.

"Because out of all of us you're the strongest fighter we have." Ookuninushi said appealing to Ikusagami's ego.

"Oh…well…when you put it that way. I guess. I mean I am the strongest out of all of us; being as I am the "God of War" and all." Ikusagami said full of himself.

"He sure fell for that quickly didn't he?" Mikagi asked narrowing his eyes at Ookuninushi.

"Hook, line and sinker." Ookuninushi said with a smile.

"Oh Ookuninushi, you're so brilliant!" Otohiko exclaimed, praising Ookuninushi.

"Thank you." Ookuninushi said with a smile.

"Now, back to them…" Mikagi said simply as they continued to watch the fight in front of them.

Together Tomoe and Kurama double-teamed Akura-Ou by slamming him to the ground and then into a tree.

"Why? Why did you do that to Nanami?!" Tomoe asked enraged.

"Why? Why not? She's got a cute little body. Be thankful that I didn't cum inside of her. I mean aside from the fact that I really don't like her; I don't want her carrying my child. Technically speaking, I don't even want children. All they do is whine and complain and poop and demand both food and all of your attention. To me, children are just a waste of time. She's just lucky you got here in time; if you hadn't I would've sliced her throat." Akura-Ou said pissing Tomoe off to almost the point of no return as he beat the ever living daylights out of him.

As much as Kurama wanted to stop Tomoe…he really didn't want to stop him; so he just let him keep going.

"Ok Tomoe, that's enough! I think he gets the point!" Mikagi said as he grabbed a hold of Tomoe's arm and held him.

"No! It'll never be enough! He raped Nanami!" Tomoe yelled, struggling to get away from Mikagi.

"Yes, we know. But she's alive and that's all that should matter to you. Go to her and we'll take care of him." Mikagi said calmly as Ookuninushi, Ikusagami and Otohiko started setting up a seal or something.

"What are you going to do?" Kurama asked calmly.

"We're going to send him back to hell; you won't have to see him anymore. Please Tomoe, just go to Nanami; she needs you." Mikagi said, pleading with Tomoe.

"Fine… But only because she needs me. Come on you stupid Tengu." Tomoe huffed as he took off, Kurama right behind him.

Half an Hour Later:

"What the hell is this?" Tomoe asked once he got home to find a sleeping Nanami; his eyes twitching in annoyance…and I'm pretty sure he had that red mark on his head.

"What do you mean Big Brother Tomoe?" Mizuki asked confused as he looked up at Tomoe.

"Mikagi said that Nanami needed me… How long has she been asleep?" Tomoe asked annoyed.

"Since Kurama brought her home." Mizuki said seriously all of the sudden.

"Since…she's…been…back?" Tomoe asked through clenched teeth,

"Yes." Mizuki replied.

"Tomoe that is enough. Lady Nanami does need you…even if she is asleep." Himemiko said calmly as she brought a new cloth to Nanami's head.

Tomoe didn't say anything; he just paced for a few minutes before sitting down next to Nanami, taking her hand in his, promising he would do a better job at protecting her from now on…