Note from author: A change of plans, all my followers. There will be ANOTHER act of the Butterfly Chronicles. As I will not spoil anything for this act, I just wanted to let you know that this is no longer the last act of the Butterfly Chronicles. There will be one last one and then it will end. : ) –ROSEY
Chapter 8
That evening, Kurama returned to the room looking pale and angry. He stormed in and slammed the door shut behind him, realizing too late that Rexi was there to witness this uncontrolled anger. What was he supposed to say? He'd just got done being threatened by Yomi. He'd sent her away so he could come and help Yomi and now he was being threatened into staying.
Rexi jumped up from her seat on her bed when he entered. She was still dressed in the dress, but the jacket hung on the wall at the foot of her bed. The heels had also been thrown off the moment that she entered the room. The two locked eyes then as they stood off. She remembered the words that she had heard at the party: As long as she's happy, I will support any romance that she has. Be it with myself or Ethan over there. She wouldn't tell him how much it had hurt her to have him think she was truly interested in Ethan, and then to have him see that kiss. Kurama was thinking about how she had seemed so happy when talking to Ethan.
"What's wrong?" she finally asked, breaking the building silence along with the eye contact. Now that she knew that it was Kurama and not some demon assassin, Rexi returned to lounging on the bed. She had gotten back an hour ago when she had left the party and Ethan standing on the walkway.
"Can you still contact your spies?" Kurama demanded, pacing the room as he tried to think of a way out of Yomi's control. He had changed the rules. He had involved his human family and Kurama was going to make sure that he could get nowhere near them.
"Of course I am. Why? Kurama what's wrong? You look like—"Someone threatened your mom. She finished mentally and her eyes grew large. He simply looked at her, knowing that she figured it out by herself. She frowned then and jumped from the bed to the place where their packs were. She rummaged through it and found a small device much like a cell phone and began to talk into it.
She collapsed back onto her bed as she began speaking rapidly. "I want three following her on the plane. Get them around the outside of the plane as well. I want any demon- Yes I know. Take them off Keiko. They don't need as much protection now that Yusuke's left." It went on like this for an hour as she rearranged her spy network to fit everyone in as tightly as she could. She and Kurama may have broken it off but she still cared about Shiori for sheltering him unknowingly.
Kurama continued to pace and tried to think of how he could get out of this mess. He had thought he'd be able to show up, speak with Yomi, offer his help and then return quickly enough before his parents returned home. Now Yomi had essentially locked him into staying in demon world and helping him finish off this crazy revolution of his. Raizen had lived for hundreds of years. He'd been in power when Yoko Kurama had been an up and coming demon.
Finally Rexi put down the communication device and looked at Kurama. "There is a demon following your mother's plane. But if he goes nearer to it, I've instructed them to attack. We'd have to fight our way out of here if that happens." She reported before standing and going to his side. "Are you going to be okay? I promise my spies will do everything to keep them protected." She reached out to touch his arm as he passed by in his pacing.
He stopped and looked down at her hand. "Thank you." He replied softly before going back to pacing. "I'll be fine. I'm going back to human world to recruit some demons that I met in the Dark Tournament. Lord Yomi will need all the help he can get if he is to win against Mukuro. I leave in a week's time to go talk to them. Will you come with me?" He wanted her away from Yomi in case he tried anything else.
Rexi thought about it. She hadn't gotten any threats to remain here or to help him. Before she could answer, a knock on the door got both their attention. She walked towards it and opened it with a smile. "Yes?" she asked the demon that stood there.
"Lord Yomi wishes to speak with you Mistress Rexi." The demon said, "He was quiet insistent on it actually. I'd go as fast as I could if I were you. It's a pleasure to have you back among us." He seemed nice enough from Kurama's viewpoint and Rexi seemed to like him well enough.
"Of course, I'll be right there. Where is he?"
"He's in the planning room with Yuda and Ethan." The demon said before trotting off.
Ethan's name sent a shock of dislike through Kurama and a wave of interest and embarrassment in Rexi. She trotted over to where her shoes sat and chose the flat ones that she was more comfortable with and grabbed her jacket. "Well, seems like I'll be able to tell you after this meeting if I can go back with you or not." She replied before running off.
She entered the room quickly and bounced over to Yomi, "Yes my lord?" she asked as she sat on the chair arm next to him. Ethan rose an amuse eyebrow. She was acting like a child who came to see her father. Her blond hair had been let down from its earlier pony tail and splayed around her shoulders as she beamed down at the demon king.
"Hello Rexi. I just wanted to ask you a few questions. Do you think that Kurama will betray me? Bring in the spirit detective when he goes to the human world to bring back helpers? Or perhaps he will bring back an army to make sure I don't cause any troubles." He asked, looking at his advisors that had joined them after she had entered.
Rexi's eyes scanned them and frowned. She felt like she was being forced to say things against her will. "My Lord, we are loyal only to you. The likelihood of Kurama back stabbing you is very small." She replied, though she knew that wouldn't account for Kurama really since he had technically backstabbed Yomi before. "So no, I don't believe that he will do anything like that. He was just speaking to me about who he was going to gather up. I've seen them all battle and they are definitely good choices. They would be assets to your army when the time comes." She could only assume that it was true. If it wasn't, she might have reason to fear for her life.
"I trust you my dear." He told her before motioning Ethan forward. "I would like you to take Ethan here on a little fact finding mission. We need you to see how many demons would be willing to join us who have no determined their allegiance just yet. We have one year before Raizen dies, or so Yuda says."
One year? She thought in surprised and let it show. Raizen had always been feared. And if it was true that he was Yusuke's ancestor… For him to die would be a strike to everyone's understanding of the demonic world. And with that it set it. She would not be able to return with Kurama to the human world.
