Chapter 5
Subaru and Yuzuriha entered the house in silence, Subaru having nothing to say, and Yuzuriha not wanting to offend the onmyouji more then he already was. Despite hardly knowing him, she knew saying such a thing would be taken to heart immediately by the older man, especially coming from someone as close to him as Kamui was. So she kept quiet, leading him through the halls and back into the room where Kamui and Seishirou were both giving each other looks that, despite accompanied by a smile, promised bloody murder.
Subaru glanced from the boy in the chair to the man leaning on a wall, smoking a cigarette in an eerie silence. He didn't like the feeling he got from the two of them. "What's going on...?" Subaru asked, looking to Arashi and Sorata, then to Seiichirou and Karen.
Kamui smirked slightly, "A fight," was his simple response. Subaru blinked twice, then his eyes darted to Seishirou then back to Kamui. "Why?" he asked gently, hoping not to irritate the Dragon of Heaven any more, but he couldn't see a reason. Seishirou had stopped working for the Angels, so why did Kamui feel the need to fight the former assassin?
Kamui pulled himself from the chair and walked over to Subaru silently, smiling ever so slyly. "Well, there are several reasons. He's an Angel, he attacked me once before and I didn't get to finish him, and," the boy paused, leaning close to Subaru to whisper softly, "One of my Seals is more loyal to him then he is to me, making him dangerous."
Seishirou pulled himself off the wall, smiling, "Under who's kekkai shall we fight?" he asked softly, pulling Subaru into an embrace.
"I don't like this," Subaru muttered gently to Seishirou, and Seishirou smiled softly, then pushed some of the younger onmyouji's hair from his face.
"I know, I'm yours to kill, m'dear," he whispered back, in what he hoped was a reassuring tone, but simply earned him a pleading look from Subaru.
The younger onmyouji shook his head and pulled away, "You can fight under my kekkai," he announced softly, stepping away from both of them. Yuzuriha and Arashi both looked up at him, but neither said a word. Subaru laced his fingers together slightly, holding his hands palm up as a green light formed slightly, then it grew larger until it covered several blocks of the area, the star-shaped kekkai projecting all within into another dimension. "There," Subaru whispered simply, dropping his hands to his sides.
Kamui smirked slightly, "Outside, ne? Not enough room in here," he whispered, leading everyone outside, and all followed mutely. Subaru looked at Seishirou then dropped his head, lingering behind slightly.
"I don't think I could stand it if Kamui killed Seishirou-san..." Subaru thought silently, glaring at the two as he followed them.
~*~*~
"So Seishirou and Kamui are going to fight?" Fuuma asked quietly, leaning back lazily in Kanoe's throne-like chair.
The Beast beeped a few times, then the wires came loose from Satsuki's skin, swinging about several times before they reached their appropriate places. The helmet Satsuki was wearing slid off, lifting up, allowing the teenager to jump from her spot and land easily on one knee on the floor, half caught by Yuuto. "Yes," she confirmed, nodding to the Dragon of Earth.
Fuuma stood up and cracked his back lightly, "Well we need to help our fellow Angel, don't we?" he announced, grabbing a jacket off the back of the chair.
Satsuki blinked, then hopped back into Beast, taking the Dragon of Earth's announcement as an order. Yuuto nodded, and Nataku looked up from where it was sitting. "Okay, daddy," it said softly, standing up. "I'll help as best I can," the comatose yumemi replied telepathically. Kusanagi shook his head, "Count me out, I'm not fighting little missy," he said softly.
Fuuma shrugged. He didn't think they'd need the older man at any rate. He knew that the odds of the Seals defeating them was slim, even if they were outnumbered. After all, if Kamui killed Seishirou, Kamui would also lose his second most powerful warrior. Subaru would not help Kamui if the older onmyouji were killed.
The group all started out when they were suddenly stopped by a voice. "Am I not allowed to come?" Kakyou asked, and they all turned around to gawk at the sight. Kakyou, the nine year comatose yumemi, was standing there in a pair of white pants and a loose white long-sleeved dress shirt.
"You can walk," Yuuto stated flatly, surprised by the long haired dreamgazer's sudden appearance.
"When I need to," Kakyou stated simply.
Fuuma smirked. "Come on then, what's taking you so long?" he asked in a sly tone.
"I thought you might like to know, that Kamui is no longer going to submit to you. His dragon has risen," the yumemi countered, tilting his head, expression not changing in the least.
Fuuma grinned widely, "Took him long enough," he muttered, starting out, followed by the four other angels, who were joined by Kusanagi a few minutes later.
"Peer pressure?" Yuuto suggested, eyeing the other. Kusanagi blinked at him, "You could say that, and I assume Satsuki-chan will be joining us?" Yuuto nodded, and all of them took off, each hopping building to building, Fuuma holding Kakyou. The only way to travel.
~*~*~
The Seals all stood silently near the walls of the house, Subaru leaning against it with his head bowed, unable to watch. Seishirou and Kamui were standing a few feet away, facing each other. "Tell me, how would you like to die? I could be poetic and string your guts around Ueno Park, if you'd like," Kamui whispered, smirking slyly.
Seishirou simply smiled, calm as ever. "I'd rather remain in one piece when I die, so Subaru-kun can stuff me and keep me in his apartment," he replied and Subaru's cheeks turned bright red.
Kamui smirked, "I'll try, can't promise you anything though," was the Dragon of Heaven's response. Seishirou smiled slightly more, "Shall we get this over with?" he asked.
Kamui folded his arms over his chest, tilting his head in genuine curiosity. "Are you in a hurry to die?"
Seishirou smiled at this, pulling out a few ofuda and holding them lightly between his fingers. "Of course, Kamui-kun," he replied snidely, earning himself a glare from the Dragon of Heaven.
The glare lasted only a few seconds before the younger boy had jumped into the air and flung several beams of energy down at the dark onmyouji, who leaped out of the way and flung a few ofuda at the beams. In response to the enchanted papers, the energy blew up sending dust around. Seishirou landed with unusual grace on a piece of cement that had been pushed up from the energy blast, and Kamui landed equally as graceful on one knee.
"You're pretty fast for an old guy," Kamui commented, smirking slightly.
Seishirou simply smiled, waving a hand at him, ignoring the insult. "Why thank you, Kamui-kun, I'm proud to be fast."
Subaru gawked at the two of them, unable to find his voice, therefore remaining silent. He didn't like the idea of the two people he cared about fighting, so he looked away unable to watch.
"Subaru-san, it'll all turn out alright in the end," Yuzuriha said, putting a hand on his shoulder. Subaru looked at her silently, then turned his attention back to the two fighters.
Seishirou leaped into the air, throwing several ofuda down at Kamui. In response, Kamui's body started to glow and the ofuda turned to ash on contact, gaining a slightly surprised look from Seishirou.
Taking advantage of Seishirou's surprise, Kamui jumped up and fired a large wave of energy that engulfed the dark onmyouji, and caused smoke and dust to ripple around them. Seiichirou waved a hand, wind whisping around and blowing the dust away, and when the dust cleared, Seishirou was standing with his arms over his eyes, his clothes tattered and torn.
Coughing a couple times, Seishirou moved his arms to glance up at Kamui. "Neat trick you've got there," he replied, smirking. "Shall I show you one of my own?"
Kamui and Subaru both realized instantly what Seishirou meant, as the air around them turned black, transporting them inside one of Seishirou's illusions. In a quick instant, branches had wrapped themselves around Kamui and suspended him mid air, and shards of glass spun up to crash into the Dragon of Heaven's arms. Kamui winced, surprised at such quick attacks, and glanced at his arms. Blood. Closing his eyes, Kamui tightened his fists, more blood oozing from the wound, causing the maboroshi they were trapped in to shatter.
Seishirou smirked, lifting his cigarette to his lips. "Wounds caused in a maboroshi do effect the real world, you know," he pointed out, gesturing to Kamui's bloody arms.
Paying his wounds no mind, Kamui flung a few more energy balls at Seishirou, who jumped around them easily. Quick as Seishirou was, Kamui was quicker and calculated Seishirou's jumps to land an energy beam right where Seishirou landed, causing the dark onmyouji to fall over. Then Kamui waved a hand to knock some of the building's roof free, waving an arm slightly to send the pieces of wood down at the dark onmyouji.
Seishirou looked up quickly and flipped out of the way, glancing at where the wood hit. He was lucky to be able to move so fast, or he would become very similar to a pancake, had that hit him. Flipping up some, Seishirou shook himself a little to regain his composure. Taking advantage again of the other man's surprise, Kamui sent another wave of energy at Seishirou which hit him and sent the dark onmyouji back into a tree. Smirking, Kamui held out his hand as lightning formed around it, and the shinken appeared.
"You know, I've never used this before. It'd be interesting to get to test it out on you," he announced, walking to Seishirou who was still disoriented from hitting his head.
Kamui held the sword up then stopped. Seishirou blinked at him, surprised at the sudden stop. He was pretty sure the Dragon of Heaven was going to kill him, and then he just... stopped. Seishirou gently pushed the sword's blade away from his chest then tilted his head when Kamui stumbled back. The Dragon of Heaven held his head, muttering something gently as his eyes flickered from yellow to purple.
"What the..." Seishirou asked, tilting his head. He was almost concerned.
Kamui shook his head. "Don't kill him," something whispered inside Kamui's head. The Dragon of Heaven made a disgusted face, "Why not?" he thought in retaliation.
"If you kill him, you'll hurt Subaru, and Subaru is the only person who cares about me!" Kamui's voice replied to the Dragon of Heaven. The boy's eyes returned to yellow, and he stood up. "Looks like you get to live," the Dragon of Heaven announced.
Subaru, from the sidelines, looked like someone just took a load off his shoulders.
"Why?" Seishirou asked, blinking.
"Because Shirou Kamui does not want me to kill you. He says that will hurt your little whore, and he could not bare to have that on his conscience. Especially since he cares about him," the Dragon of Heaven retorted, irritation lacing his tone.
~*~*~
Fuuma paused in jumping from roof to roof, and all the Angels stopped as well. "It seems as though my counterpart has decided that killing Seishirou is not such a wondrous idea," he announced, raising an eyebrow slightly.
Kakyou blinked up at him, "I knew that." Fuuma looked down and raised an eyebrow at Kakyou.
"Why didn't you tell us then, pray tell?" the Dragon of Earth asked, irritated.
"I wanted to get some fresh air," Kakyou retaliated, smiling innocently.
Fuuma rolled his eyes and turned back, carrying the comatose yumemi, followed by the Angels who seemed pretty aggravated themselves.
~*~*~
Kamui lead the Seals and Seishirou inside, after instructing Subaru to take down his kekkai.
"Going to explain now?" Sorata asked quietly.
Seishirou raised an eyebrow. "We need to clean up, we're both pretty beaten up," he explained.
Kamui nodded mutely in agreement, and then the Dragon of Heaven walked to a bathroom, cleaning his wounds and wrapping them up. When he was finished, he gestured to the bathroom. "I left the bandages out, so feel free to help yourself. When you're done, I'll explain everything," Kamui whispered, walking away.
Seishirou raised an eyebrow then walked over to the bathroom, muttering a thank you to the Dragon of Heaven on his way. Subaru followed and whispered, "I'll help you!" Kamui raised an eyebrow, muttering, "You'll help him what? Satisfy his sexual urges after a near death experience?"
Subaru turned around and raised an eyebrow. "Yes. On the counter, or in the shower. Whichever Seishirou-san thinks will be more fun to press me up against," he muttered in retaliation.
"Ah, that reminds me. Subaru-kun is not my whore, he's my uke, my prey, and my boyfriend," Seishirou added, pulling Subaru into the bathroom, while Subaru smirked at the surprised expression gracing Kamui's features.
Subaru and Yuzuriha entered the house in silence, Subaru having nothing to say, and Yuzuriha not wanting to offend the onmyouji more then he already was. Despite hardly knowing him, she knew saying such a thing would be taken to heart immediately by the older man, especially coming from someone as close to him as Kamui was. So she kept quiet, leading him through the halls and back into the room where Kamui and Seishirou were both giving each other looks that, despite accompanied by a smile, promised bloody murder.
Subaru glanced from the boy in the chair to the man leaning on a wall, smoking a cigarette in an eerie silence. He didn't like the feeling he got from the two of them. "What's going on...?" Subaru asked, looking to Arashi and Sorata, then to Seiichirou and Karen.
Kamui smirked slightly, "A fight," was his simple response. Subaru blinked twice, then his eyes darted to Seishirou then back to Kamui. "Why?" he asked gently, hoping not to irritate the Dragon of Heaven any more, but he couldn't see a reason. Seishirou had stopped working for the Angels, so why did Kamui feel the need to fight the former assassin?
Kamui pulled himself from the chair and walked over to Subaru silently, smiling ever so slyly. "Well, there are several reasons. He's an Angel, he attacked me once before and I didn't get to finish him, and," the boy paused, leaning close to Subaru to whisper softly, "One of my Seals is more loyal to him then he is to me, making him dangerous."
Seishirou pulled himself off the wall, smiling, "Under who's kekkai shall we fight?" he asked softly, pulling Subaru into an embrace.
"I don't like this," Subaru muttered gently to Seishirou, and Seishirou smiled softly, then pushed some of the younger onmyouji's hair from his face.
"I know, I'm yours to kill, m'dear," he whispered back, in what he hoped was a reassuring tone, but simply earned him a pleading look from Subaru.
The younger onmyouji shook his head and pulled away, "You can fight under my kekkai," he announced softly, stepping away from both of them. Yuzuriha and Arashi both looked up at him, but neither said a word. Subaru laced his fingers together slightly, holding his hands palm up as a green light formed slightly, then it grew larger until it covered several blocks of the area, the star-shaped kekkai projecting all within into another dimension. "There," Subaru whispered simply, dropping his hands to his sides.
Kamui smirked slightly, "Outside, ne? Not enough room in here," he whispered, leading everyone outside, and all followed mutely. Subaru looked at Seishirou then dropped his head, lingering behind slightly.
"I don't think I could stand it if Kamui killed Seishirou-san..." Subaru thought silently, glaring at the two as he followed them.
~*~*~
"So Seishirou and Kamui are going to fight?" Fuuma asked quietly, leaning back lazily in Kanoe's throne-like chair.
The Beast beeped a few times, then the wires came loose from Satsuki's skin, swinging about several times before they reached their appropriate places. The helmet Satsuki was wearing slid off, lifting up, allowing the teenager to jump from her spot and land easily on one knee on the floor, half caught by Yuuto. "Yes," she confirmed, nodding to the Dragon of Earth.
Fuuma stood up and cracked his back lightly, "Well we need to help our fellow Angel, don't we?" he announced, grabbing a jacket off the back of the chair.
Satsuki blinked, then hopped back into Beast, taking the Dragon of Earth's announcement as an order. Yuuto nodded, and Nataku looked up from where it was sitting. "Okay, daddy," it said softly, standing up. "I'll help as best I can," the comatose yumemi replied telepathically. Kusanagi shook his head, "Count me out, I'm not fighting little missy," he said softly.
Fuuma shrugged. He didn't think they'd need the older man at any rate. He knew that the odds of the Seals defeating them was slim, even if they were outnumbered. After all, if Kamui killed Seishirou, Kamui would also lose his second most powerful warrior. Subaru would not help Kamui if the older onmyouji were killed.
The group all started out when they were suddenly stopped by a voice. "Am I not allowed to come?" Kakyou asked, and they all turned around to gawk at the sight. Kakyou, the nine year comatose yumemi, was standing there in a pair of white pants and a loose white long-sleeved dress shirt.
"You can walk," Yuuto stated flatly, surprised by the long haired dreamgazer's sudden appearance.
"When I need to," Kakyou stated simply.
Fuuma smirked. "Come on then, what's taking you so long?" he asked in a sly tone.
"I thought you might like to know, that Kamui is no longer going to submit to you. His dragon has risen," the yumemi countered, tilting his head, expression not changing in the least.
Fuuma grinned widely, "Took him long enough," he muttered, starting out, followed by the four other angels, who were joined by Kusanagi a few minutes later.
"Peer pressure?" Yuuto suggested, eyeing the other. Kusanagi blinked at him, "You could say that, and I assume Satsuki-chan will be joining us?" Yuuto nodded, and all of them took off, each hopping building to building, Fuuma holding Kakyou. The only way to travel.
~*~*~
The Seals all stood silently near the walls of the house, Subaru leaning against it with his head bowed, unable to watch. Seishirou and Kamui were standing a few feet away, facing each other. "Tell me, how would you like to die? I could be poetic and string your guts around Ueno Park, if you'd like," Kamui whispered, smirking slyly.
Seishirou simply smiled, calm as ever. "I'd rather remain in one piece when I die, so Subaru-kun can stuff me and keep me in his apartment," he replied and Subaru's cheeks turned bright red.
Kamui smirked, "I'll try, can't promise you anything though," was the Dragon of Heaven's response. Seishirou smiled slightly more, "Shall we get this over with?" he asked.
Kamui folded his arms over his chest, tilting his head in genuine curiosity. "Are you in a hurry to die?"
Seishirou smiled at this, pulling out a few ofuda and holding them lightly between his fingers. "Of course, Kamui-kun," he replied snidely, earning himself a glare from the Dragon of Heaven.
The glare lasted only a few seconds before the younger boy had jumped into the air and flung several beams of energy down at the dark onmyouji, who leaped out of the way and flung a few ofuda at the beams. In response to the enchanted papers, the energy blew up sending dust around. Seishirou landed with unusual grace on a piece of cement that had been pushed up from the energy blast, and Kamui landed equally as graceful on one knee.
"You're pretty fast for an old guy," Kamui commented, smirking slightly.
Seishirou simply smiled, waving a hand at him, ignoring the insult. "Why thank you, Kamui-kun, I'm proud to be fast."
Subaru gawked at the two of them, unable to find his voice, therefore remaining silent. He didn't like the idea of the two people he cared about fighting, so he looked away unable to watch.
"Subaru-san, it'll all turn out alright in the end," Yuzuriha said, putting a hand on his shoulder. Subaru looked at her silently, then turned his attention back to the two fighters.
Seishirou leaped into the air, throwing several ofuda down at Kamui. In response, Kamui's body started to glow and the ofuda turned to ash on contact, gaining a slightly surprised look from Seishirou.
Taking advantage of Seishirou's surprise, Kamui jumped up and fired a large wave of energy that engulfed the dark onmyouji, and caused smoke and dust to ripple around them. Seiichirou waved a hand, wind whisping around and blowing the dust away, and when the dust cleared, Seishirou was standing with his arms over his eyes, his clothes tattered and torn.
Coughing a couple times, Seishirou moved his arms to glance up at Kamui. "Neat trick you've got there," he replied, smirking. "Shall I show you one of my own?"
Kamui and Subaru both realized instantly what Seishirou meant, as the air around them turned black, transporting them inside one of Seishirou's illusions. In a quick instant, branches had wrapped themselves around Kamui and suspended him mid air, and shards of glass spun up to crash into the Dragon of Heaven's arms. Kamui winced, surprised at such quick attacks, and glanced at his arms. Blood. Closing his eyes, Kamui tightened his fists, more blood oozing from the wound, causing the maboroshi they were trapped in to shatter.
Seishirou smirked, lifting his cigarette to his lips. "Wounds caused in a maboroshi do effect the real world, you know," he pointed out, gesturing to Kamui's bloody arms.
Paying his wounds no mind, Kamui flung a few more energy balls at Seishirou, who jumped around them easily. Quick as Seishirou was, Kamui was quicker and calculated Seishirou's jumps to land an energy beam right where Seishirou landed, causing the dark onmyouji to fall over. Then Kamui waved a hand to knock some of the building's roof free, waving an arm slightly to send the pieces of wood down at the dark onmyouji.
Seishirou looked up quickly and flipped out of the way, glancing at where the wood hit. He was lucky to be able to move so fast, or he would become very similar to a pancake, had that hit him. Flipping up some, Seishirou shook himself a little to regain his composure. Taking advantage again of the other man's surprise, Kamui sent another wave of energy at Seishirou which hit him and sent the dark onmyouji back into a tree. Smirking, Kamui held out his hand as lightning formed around it, and the shinken appeared.
"You know, I've never used this before. It'd be interesting to get to test it out on you," he announced, walking to Seishirou who was still disoriented from hitting his head.
Kamui held the sword up then stopped. Seishirou blinked at him, surprised at the sudden stop. He was pretty sure the Dragon of Heaven was going to kill him, and then he just... stopped. Seishirou gently pushed the sword's blade away from his chest then tilted his head when Kamui stumbled back. The Dragon of Heaven held his head, muttering something gently as his eyes flickered from yellow to purple.
"What the..." Seishirou asked, tilting his head. He was almost concerned.
Kamui shook his head. "Don't kill him," something whispered inside Kamui's head. The Dragon of Heaven made a disgusted face, "Why not?" he thought in retaliation.
"If you kill him, you'll hurt Subaru, and Subaru is the only person who cares about me!" Kamui's voice replied to the Dragon of Heaven. The boy's eyes returned to yellow, and he stood up. "Looks like you get to live," the Dragon of Heaven announced.
Subaru, from the sidelines, looked like someone just took a load off his shoulders.
"Why?" Seishirou asked, blinking.
"Because Shirou Kamui does not want me to kill you. He says that will hurt your little whore, and he could not bare to have that on his conscience. Especially since he cares about him," the Dragon of Heaven retorted, irritation lacing his tone.
~*~*~
Fuuma paused in jumping from roof to roof, and all the Angels stopped as well. "It seems as though my counterpart has decided that killing Seishirou is not such a wondrous idea," he announced, raising an eyebrow slightly.
Kakyou blinked up at him, "I knew that." Fuuma looked down and raised an eyebrow at Kakyou.
"Why didn't you tell us then, pray tell?" the Dragon of Earth asked, irritated.
"I wanted to get some fresh air," Kakyou retaliated, smiling innocently.
Fuuma rolled his eyes and turned back, carrying the comatose yumemi, followed by the Angels who seemed pretty aggravated themselves.
~*~*~
Kamui lead the Seals and Seishirou inside, after instructing Subaru to take down his kekkai.
"Going to explain now?" Sorata asked quietly.
Seishirou raised an eyebrow. "We need to clean up, we're both pretty beaten up," he explained.
Kamui nodded mutely in agreement, and then the Dragon of Heaven walked to a bathroom, cleaning his wounds and wrapping them up. When he was finished, he gestured to the bathroom. "I left the bandages out, so feel free to help yourself. When you're done, I'll explain everything," Kamui whispered, walking away.
Seishirou raised an eyebrow then walked over to the bathroom, muttering a thank you to the Dragon of Heaven on his way. Subaru followed and whispered, "I'll help you!" Kamui raised an eyebrow, muttering, "You'll help him what? Satisfy his sexual urges after a near death experience?"
Subaru turned around and raised an eyebrow. "Yes. On the counter, or in the shower. Whichever Seishirou-san thinks will be more fun to press me up against," he muttered in retaliation.
"Ah, that reminds me. Subaru-kun is not my whore, he's my uke, my prey, and my boyfriend," Seishirou added, pulling Subaru into the bathroom, while Subaru smirked at the surprised expression gracing Kamui's features.