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Chapter 8
While the limo was taking them home, Jackie asked Vinnie if anything had changed over there in the last three days he was out. Vinnie said "We were able to push some of them back, Jackie and we were even able to capture one of the assholes that was behind some of the hits." Jackie then asked "Who is this guy?" Vinnie then said "The guy is some lowlife punk named Swifty. Jimmy sent the new guys in to deal with this asshole, once all his men were dealt with, we took him under our 'protection' he should be able to tell us what the hell is going on soon."
Jackie nodded and said "Whatever information they're able to get out of him I want to know immediately." Vinnie then replied "Sure thing boss, we'll know the identity of the fucks who hits us soon." Jackie nodded looked out the limo and tried to figure out who would want to come after him after all this time. The enemies that he was able to bring under control during his two year reign shouldn't have been able to band together. Plus anyone that was dumb enough to come up with the idea to hit him by teaming up, he made examples of them to keep the peace.
Whoever was dumb enough to lead this coup Jackie knew his family would be able to handle it, hopefully. When the limo finally made it to the inn Jackie looked at Vinnie and said "I…I'm going be staying here a while longer." Vinnie looked at Jackie and said "It's nothing boss, Murakawa hasn't called us for anything yet and I'll keep you updated on anything else." Jackie nodded and said "Thanks Vin." Vinnie waved it off and Jackie and his girls left the limo to go home while the limo drove off.
When Jackie and his Sekirei left the limo they saw Minato, Musubi, Kusano, Miya and even Kagari waiting for them outside. Jackie looked at them and asked "What are you guys doing out here?" Miya chuckled and said "Uzume called us and told me that you were finally awake and made a miraculous recovery. So I got everybody to come out here to welcome you home." Jackie was surprised that they would do this, but Uzume gave him a comforting smile and gently pushed him forward. Before Jackie moved two steps forward Musubi came up and embraced him in a big hug. "I'm so happy that you're okay, Jackie. We were all really worried about you."
While Jackie was alright with her hugging him considering his wounds have healed up, because of her strength he could feel his ribs beginning to crack. Jackie then groaned out "Thanks Musubi… it really means a lot but…..please put me down." Musubi did as he asked; after which Jackie took in a breath and felt better, Musubi smiled brightly at Jackie and said "Thank you so much for saving Minato's life." Jackie smiled then looked at Minato who was coming towards him and he put his hand out.
Jackie looked at his hand and Minato said "I would also like to thank you for saving my life and Kusano's." Jackie smiled a little and shook his hand saying "No problem." Jackie then looked to see the little girl from last night hiding behind Minato's leg. Jackie just thought the kid was shy, he then knelt down and asked the kid "How are you doing?" Kusano then looked at Jackie still unsure but after a couple of seconds she smiled brightly and said "I'm okay. I'm glad you're okay elder brother." Jackie smiled at the child and said "Thanks kid, glad you're okay too."
When Jackie stood up he heard a voice within him say "That was disgusting." Jackie smiled at the entity's discomfort and walked up to Miya who just smiled and said "Welcome home, Jackie." Jackie thought about that and he actually liked the sound of that. Ever since coming to this country these people have treated him like one of their own, it almost felt like he never left New York. Jackie had come to view these people as another part of his family, he smiled at Miya and said "It's good to be back."
The group then went inside the inn and moved to the dining room where Miya prepared a lunch for them all in celebration for Jackie's recovery. After lunch the day progressed rather normally, Miya and Musubi began to train again while Uzume and Kusano watched. Jackie on the other hand sat with Akitsu watching the News while Jackie began to drink some of the sake that Saito gave him and the twins left the inn to go to the café that they worked at. Later on in the evening Miya made dinner for everyone and when it was over Jackie helped Miya with the dishes and then they began to get ready for bed, while getting ready Jackie received a call he got from his cell.
Jackie saw form the caller ID that it was Vinnie, when Jackie answered he heard Vinnie say "Boss we got some good news…I think we know about the guys that hit us." Jackie was happy, but was also a little confused about Vinnie's tone of voice "Why don't you sound so sure Vinnie?" Vinnie coughed and said "Well boss the information that Swifty gave us is a little weird. According to him he said that a couple of people came to him as well as reached out to the others that had a score to settle with you. The little shit said that they wanted them to hit our operation for one reason….to kidnap you." Jackie was confused "Why would anyone want to kidnap me?" he understood maybe for leverage but still didn't make sense, why not just kill him.
Vinnie continued "Well it gets weirder boss it turns out that these guys are high rollers with enough influence to tear Swifty's gang apart as well as screw over anyone else that didn't decide to play ball. But here's the kicker according to Swifty the guys who hired him are what he called 'some crazy fucking monks'" Jackie sighed and said "Please tell me you're joking?" Vinnie then said "I wish I was boss but the one that 'extracted' the information from him was one of the new guys, Shoshanna so I don't know whether or not he is just fucking with us or is telling us the truth."
Jackie knew that when it came to torture in order to get info Shoshanna was a pro so he had no reason to doubt her, with her being a former Mossad agent. "Anything else?" Jackie asked. Vinnie then said "The only other thing Swifty told Shoshanna before she put a bullet in his head was that the leader of this cult was some weird looking fuck with a limp." Jackie shook his head when he said that, but for some reason he heard The Darkness roar in anger at the mention of this. Jackie then said "Thanks, Vinnie. Keep me update on anything else alright." Vinnie then said "Sure thing boss."
Jackie then hung up the phone and checked to see if anyone was in the hall once he saw nobody there he shut the door and locked it to keep anyone from entering the room. Once he was alone he decided to get down to business "You know something about this don't you?" The Darkness growled out "You will not ask questions about this and forget about what that maggot said. Leave it alone, Jackie." Jackie then said "That's not going to happen, now tell me who the hell are these guys are." His tenant responded "THIS IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS HOST, YOU WILL BE SILENT. FORGET ABOUT THESE PEOPLE, JACKIE!"
Jackie was about to continue until he heard a knock on the door, Jackie then said "This isn't over you bastard." Jackie went to the door and unlocked it to see Uzume in the door way along with the twins. Hikari then asked "Why the hell did you lock the fucking door?" Jackie then said "Sorry, but I was on a call and I just wanted some privacy." Hikari was about to say something when Uzume interrupted and asked "Well we just got out of the bath and we want to get ready for bed." Jackie nodded but asked "Where is Akitsu?" Hibiki said "She was with both Musubi and Ku in the tub she will be here in a moment." Jackie nodded and after a while Akitsu entered the room and they all went to bed.
But it took Jackie a while to get to sleep, he knew The Darkness was hiding something from him and whatever it was it was angry. Jackie knew that it had something to do with whoever was attacking his family, he wondered what the connection was between them. Before Jackie could delve further he began to hear footsteps outside, Jackie looked towards his door and wondered what the hell is going on.
When Jackie was able to wiggle his way out of his Sekireis' arms he got up and grabbed one of his pistols and slowly opened the door when he was out of the room he slowly shut it and went to investigate. While walking down the hallway he was about reach the stairs when he heard something walking on the steps, he quickly moved and aimed his pistol at the intruders and said "Scream and you die." But when he got a good look at them they turned out to be a frightened Kusano, a terrified Minato with a bat and a confused Musubi. Jackie then lowered his gun and said "What are you three doing up?" Minato answered with another question "Why do you have a gun?" Jackie said "I have two for protection. Now why are you three up?" Musubi then said "Poor Kusano said she saw a ghost."
Jackie looked at Kusano who was still shaking, but was mumbling something about a ghost lady. Minato then said "Yeah we thought Kusano saw an intruder, so we thought we would check it out." Jackie understood and decided to help them check. The four of them checked every inch of the house but they found nothing. Jackie just finished checking outside and the kitchen, while Minato checked the dining room and the entrance to the house but they found no sign that someone had broken in. When the four of them met up Minato said "I guess Kusano might have gotten spooked by a shadow." Jackie nodded and said "I didn't find anything. No one's here."
Minato then said to Kusano "See Ku there's no ghost here." but she just shook her head no and was still scared "I'm afraid that the ghost will get me. I saw her and she is going to get me." Kusano was terrified, Jackie knelt down to Kusano's level and said "Hey…hey it's going to be okay. You know when I was your age I went through something similar." Kusano looked at Jackie listening "When I was a kid the dark used to scare me. Every time I tried to go to bed I always believed that there was something out there trying to get me, it was so bad that I stayed up all night because I was afraid."
Kusano looked at Jackie and asked "What did you do?" Jackie smiled and said "Finally my Aunt Sarah came to me and said "Jackie either you control your fears or they control you" and when she said that I tried to control my fear and when I did I wasn't afraid of the dark anymore, do you know why." Kusano shook her head no. Jackie said "Because it is through our fear that the monsters and ghosts can get us. Fear is what gives them power when you stop being afraid they lose their power over you." Kusano looked at Jackie and smiled before nodding her head she then went and hugged Jackie who was surprised "Thank you elder brother."
Jackie was smiled and said "No problem sis?" Kusano backed away and said "I'm glad that I have both big brother and you to protect me." Minato smiled at Kusano while Jackie also smiled at her and patted her on the head and said "That's right and we brothers will always protect you, because we're family." Kusano smiled brightly. After that the group went back to their respective rooms, but when Jackie followed behind the three in front of him he noticed a faint glow coming from the bottom of the wall near the stairs. Jackie thought 'That's impossible…unless.' But before Jackie could do anything Minato called out "Good night, Jackie." Jackie turned around and said "Good night, Minato." Jackie decided to check this out in the morning and promptly went to bed.
The next morning at breakfast Minato told everyone what happened last night "A ghost in the inn." Uzume said skeptically everyone's reaction to the news was different Hikari didn't care, both Hibiki and Akitsu felt sorry that poor Kusano was terrified while Miya and Kagari listened to the story their faces ranging from amused to emotionless. Miya then said "Ah so that's why I didn't find Kusano in my room. For a moment there Minato I thought you decided to abduct Kusano for the night." Minato looked creeped out and said "Miya that is so creepy, besides I'm not like that. Anyway Musubi, Jackie and I checked the entire house to see if anyone broke in, but we didn't find anybody."
Jackie watched Miya's reaction to the story he had a feeling that the wall near the door was fake and was in fact a door, but he wanted to know why Miya didn't tell them about someone else living here. Musubi said "Maybe she had a nightmare or like Minato said saw something in the shadows that wasn't there." Kusano shook her head and said "The ghost lady is a girl with red hair with two braided ponytails and she was wearing glasses." Miya looked at Kusano surprised and said "Did you say glasses and red hair?" Uzume then perked up and said "Hey that sound a lot like…"
Miya then interrupted and said "Uzume what was that." Uzume turned to Miya and instantly became afraid by her Hannya Stare. Uzume then quickly said "I mean i-i-it sounds like nobody I've ever heard of." Miya then smiled and said to everyone "Why don't we just forget about this little fable. After all the idea of a ghost being in Maison Izumo is just ridiculous." Miya then began to chuckle darkly and everybody decided to do just that lest they suffer Miya's wrath. Jackie on the other hand was immune to her tricks and decided to ask Uzume what she was talking about.
After everyone was done with breakfast Miya had help from Minato with the dishes while Musubi and Akitsu went to take a bath and Hikari and Hibiki sat and watched TV. Jackie then went up to Uzume who was about to go upstairs "Uzume can I talk to you in private?" Uzume turned and said "Sure Jackie." The two of them then went to their room and Jackie shut the door "So what's up?" Uzume said. Jackie turned to her and said "Uzume I want to ask you about the conversation we just had, about the inn's ghost." Uzume then began to get nervous "W-w-why, why would you want to continue talking about it."
Jackie then said "The reason I want to talk about it is because I know that there is a secret door near the stairs." Uzume then began to sweat bullets "Come on Jackie…that is just a regular old wall there's nothing weird about it." Jackie crossed his arms and said "I saw some light coming from underneath the wall and I can tell you know something." Uzume was in a dilemma she can either lie to her Ashikabi or go behind Miya's back and tell Jackie the truth. One option would make her feel terrible for not being honest with Jackie while the other probably promised a slow painful death from the landlady. Uzume then decided to come clean and hoped to whatever gods are up there that Miya wouldn't find out "Alright Jackie I guess I can tell you." She sighed "The wall is actually a door to a secret room where another tenant lives, her name is Matsu and…"
Before she could finish the door slammed open and Miya stood in the entrance with a bright smile that promised lots of pain and suffering. "Uzume, what are you doing?" Miya said sweetly, Uzume freaked out and said "Nothing I swear. I refused to talk, please don't punish me Miya." Jackie found the situation a little humorous even if he felt sorry for Uzume. Miya then said "Maybe you should clean the fences, they look filthy." Just as she said that the face of a demonic creature appeared behind her with its eyes bleeding Uzume then immediately ran out the room to be far, far away from Miya.
Jackie felt sorry for Uzume and was about to go and comfort her when Miya said "Why don't you stay, Jackie I want to talk to you." Jackie then looked at Miya who had a serious look on her face "Why won't you let this go?" Jackie looked at Miya with a serious look of his own "Why won't you tell us that there is another tenant in the inn." Miya then said simply "Because it's none of your business. What I decide to do in my own inn is my choice." Jackie then said "Don't you think we have a right to know at the very least." Miya then said "This coming from the man who lied about being a CEO of his own company and is in fact the head of a criminal organization back in America."
Jackie was surprised "How did you know about that." Miya then said "I did some digging of my own and I was surprised to learn that I have a dangerous criminal living under my roof." Jackie then said "You had no right to dig into my personal life." Miya then said "Are you not doing the same thing with me, about asking me about this secret tenant of mine." Both of them stared at each other Miya tried to use her Hannya stare on him but Jackie said "Your little evil eye trick doesn't work on me. Trust me I've seen worse." Miya just stared at Jackie each refusing to back down.
Under different circumstances Miya would have been impressed that Jackie doesn't simply crumble in fear of her. Jackie then said "Fine if you think that I'm so dangerous, then way haven't you thrown me out?" Miya then looked at Jackie and said "Because I got to know you and despite your criminal life you are a kind and honorable man. You even risked your life to save one of my tenants from a Sekirei who tried to kill him." Jackie was completely shocked that she knew about that "How do you know about Sekirei?"
Miya smiled lightly and said "My husband used to work for MBI before he died." Jackie was once again surprised by that piece of information. Miya then said "Jackie I let you stayed because I got to know the real you and I gave you the benefit of the doubt. Why can't you do the same?" Jackie sighed and said "Alright I'll let it go, just tell me why you are hiding her." Miya then said "The reason is because Matsu stole something from MBI and they are still hunting her." Jackie then nodded and said "Okay then I will stop asking questions." Jackie was about to leave, but when Miya was about to say something Jackie said "Don't worry I won't tell the others about your husband." Miya smiled and Jackie left.
Later on during the day Miya was about to leave with a bouquet of flowers in her arms Minato came downstairs along with Musubi and Jackie walked in on the scene with Uzume "Where are you going Miya?" Musubi asked Miya looked at them with a smile and said "I'm going to see my husband, today is the anniversary of his death." Minato then said "I'm sorry for your loss." Jackie said the same thing, he knew what it was like the first year when he became don Jackie would always go to Jenny's grave everyday early in the morning. Miya smiled and said "Thank you Minato and Jackie. I will be back this evening take care everyone." She waved good bye and Miya left to visit her husband's grave.
While walking away from the door Uzume asked "What are we going to do for lunch?" Musubi then raised her hand and said "I can cook lunch, Uzume." Kusano said excitedly "I wanna help too." Uzume chuckled and she saw Akitsu sitting at the dining room table with some tea and she said "Ah…I would like to help too." Uzume then said "Well if you guys are going to cook, you three will need the proper attire." She then grabbed Musubi and Kusano and said "Come with me you two." and Akitsu followed after them. Minato was confused and asked "What did she mean by the proper attire?" Jackie grinned knowing what Uzume was planning "Trust me Minato, whatever Uzume has planned you're going to love it." Jackie then went and found the twins sitting outside enjoying the warmth of the sun Jackie decided to grab a beer and join them.
While drinking his thoughts went back to what Vinnie said about a cult after him, he knew there was some sort of connection between them and The Darkness but he couldn't figure anything out. Jackie remembered Johnny Powell telling him that over the centuries people have tried to steal The Darkness from its host, but from what he told them they all failed. Jackie figured that these guys might be just like that crazy satanic fuck in the old subway that he killed while trying to get to the Turkish baths, they probably figured that he was their anti-Christ or something.
But he thought that as long as they didn't know where he was and that the family was pushing them back, he figured that it wouldn't be a problem for much longer. While enjoying his beer he heard his cell ringing he picked it up and said "What is it Vinnie?" Vinnie said "Hey boss, I just got a call from Murakawa he said he wants to have another meeting with you now that things have started to quiet down." Jackie said "That's good news tell him I'll see him soon." Vinnie then said "Sure thing Jackie." Then Vinnie hung up. Jackie was about to drink his beer again and enjoy the being with his girls when he heard Minato cry out in surprise causing him to choke on his drink. "What was that?" Hibiki asked. Jackie then got up and said "Why don't we check it out." Although he had a good idea about what that scream was about.
When the three of them got upstairs they saw Minato admiring Musubi in a sexy pink maid outfit along with Akitsu in the one she showed Jackie earlier. Musubi then said "Uzume picked this out for me, what do you think Minato?" Minato blushed a bright red while looking at how Musubi's new outfit hugged her figure. Minato then said "Well you look great." Uzume then leaned into Musubi's ear and said "As long as you wear that outfit you have to call him master." Minato then said "What, no she doesn't." Musubi then said with a dreamy look in her eyes "Hello master." Minato then said "Hello" with a goofy grin on his face. Jackie smiled and said "If she doesn't need to call you master, why did you respond?" Minato then became beet red and tried to explain why, but in the end he hung his head in defeat.
Then Kusano made a chirping sound and Minato looked down at his newest Sekirei to see that she was in the cutest bird costume he had ever seen. Minato chuckled and said "What are you supposed to be Ku-chan a wagtail?" Kusano just nodded shyly. Uzume smiled and said "Well I'll let you guys handle lunch, I'm going to take a nap." She then entered her room and shut the door. Musubi and Kusano then looked at each other and began to break into a cute dance ready to do some cooking. Later on Musubi began to cook some curry for everyone while Kusano and Akitsu helped out by gathering pots and other things to cook with as well as getting the ingredients. Jackie sat outside with the twins and Minato. Jackie looked at Minato and said "So what did you think of Musubi's new choice of wardrobe?"
Minato blushed red and stuttered out "W-w-well it was very… I mean it…it looked well on her." Jackie chuckled finding Minato's nervousness amusing. Just before he could tease him further he heard Musubi call out that lunch was ready and when both her, Kusano and Akitsu came out with lunch Jackie was surprised by how big the portions were for each plate. Apparently he wasn't alone because Minato looked at that plate like it was the most terrifying thing he had ever seen in his life.
When Uzume came downstairs the group then began to dig in, Jackie had to admit that Musubi really knew how to cook and he savored every bite. The Sekirei were able to finish everything on their plate and Jackie just ate until he was full, unfortunately for Minato he also ate everything on his plate and he was paying dearly for it. Minato was lying on the ground with his stomach bloated like a pig and the look on his face suggested that he might die.
Musubi then looked at him and asked "Minato are you okay?" Jackie then said "Don't worry Musubi he'll be fine. Next time give him less food, okay." When Musubi carried Minato to his room to rest, Jackie decided to stay downstairs and do the dishes with help from Hikari and Hibiki, as well as Akitsu. While Uzume took care of Kusano and played with her.
While he was doing the dishes with the twins Jackie thought that since he had spent time and took both Uzume and Akitsu out on a date it was time to get to know the twins better. "Hey girls can I ask you something?" Hibiki then replied "What is it, Jackie?" Jackie then said "Well I've been trying to get to know all of you girls better and I was wondering you two want to go out with me." Hikari just said "About time you asked us. I was getting pissed from waiting."
Jackie chuckled and said "How about in a couple of days we go out to a fancy restaurant and tomorrow we can go shopping for you two to get ready for the date." Hibiki then said "Don't worry, Jackie the first time we went shopping we already got something for that." Jackie nodded and when the dishes were finished he decided to get another beer and sit on the porch to the backyard to think about somethings as well as help out around the house. Later on during the day the sun began to set and Jackie was cleaning his guns while a sleeping Uzume and Kusano were right beside him he smiled while they slept and when he finished cleaning his weapons he decided to leave the room and go outside and enjoy the sunset.
While heading down the hall he heard Minato and Musubi talking about something "Hey Musubi." Musubi turned to her Ashikabi "Yes?" "Remember what you told me when you defeated the Sekirei that nearly killed Jackie. That Sekirei who lose in a fight can't stay with their Ashikabi." Jackie stood near the door he believed that what they were talking about might be important. Minato then continued his question "So if you lose in a fight…w-will the same thing happen to you?" Musubi said nothing at first but she put her hand over her chest and said "Yes… the same thing will happen to me as well. Should I lose my Sekirei Crest MBI will come and take me away for that is that fate of the Sekirei." Minato was stunned before replying "Yeah I remember what the president at MBI said from the very beginning we've been playing the game known as the Sekirei Plan. So it makes sense that when the game is over or we lose you'd disappear."
Minato then felt his legs give out from despair but before he could do anything else Musubi tackled him to the ground saying "You're wrong!" when Minato was flat on the ground with Musubi on top of him she looked him in the eyes and said "You're wrong my feelings for you are not a game, they're real Minato. All I want to do is remain by your side forever." Minato was stunned by her affection and felt like an ass for making her feel bad, but before he could comfort her Musubi shot up and said "That's why no matter what I'll never lose, do you hear me." Minato was shocked by her sudden outcry but smiled and nodded.
"What happens to my girls if they lose?" both Minato and Musubi looked at the doorway to see Jackie standing there. Minato then said "Oh hi Jackie how are…" Jackie interrupted and said "Would the same thing happen if my girls lost… ANWSER ME!" both of them were shocked by his tone of voice. Musubi then said "If your Sekirei lose their crest then they will be taken away by MBI too." Jackie was silent for a while he knew if they died that they be taken away, but if they lost their little tattoos it was the same thing as a kill? Jackie then balled his hands into fists, he refused to let anything happen to them he refused to lose any of them. Musubi then walked up to Jackie slowly and took one of his fists into her hands and said "I know you're worried Jackie, but I won't let anything happen to your Sekirei and if they do lose then when I win I'll ask the professor to release all the baby birds that lost their wings out into the world to be with their Ashikabis again."
Jackie looked at Musubi and could see that she was serious about protecting his girls and about releasing them if he lost them, it still didn't change the fact that he would still lose his girls. Jackie was about to say something when the entire house shook from a hysterically screaming Uzume. Jackie and the others rushed to her room to find Uzume hugging her legs screaming while a frightened Kusano was trying to calm her down "Uzume what happened?" Musubi asked Uzume didn't say anything she just began crying Hikari and Hibiki were worried, Akitsu didn't know what to do and Miya just came home and was at the doorway when she heard screaming from outside.
Jackie walked up to Uzume and knelt down and said "Hey Uzume are you okay?" When Uzume looked at her Ashikabi she embraced him and began shaking with fear, Jackie rubbed her back to try and calm her down "Shhh… You're okay Uzume, you're safe. Just tell us what happened." It took a while for her to speak "I had a nightmare and you were in it." Jackie then said "Don't worry its okay, tell me what happened in the dream." When Uzume began her tale Jackie's blood began to run cold "The dream began with me in a cemetery and I saw you coming towards it."
Flashback
Uzume looked around and found herself in a cemetery with a church in the middle and some building near the brick wall of the graveyard. "Where am I?" Uzume said out loud she began to explore when she saw Jackie come from around a building and into the graveyard. Uzume saw him and smiled, she then ran towards him "Jackie do you know where we are?" but it looked like he couldn't hear her, before Uzume could try and get his attention she heard cars pulling up to the cemetery and people started coming in. Uzume thought nothing of it until Jackie went for cover and she heard what these people said "Alright guys, Paulie wants us to find Jackie and puts several holes in the bastard." One guy then said "Why does Paulie want us to whack his own nephew?" the leader then said "I don't know maybe Paulie got tired of his shit or maybe Jackie boy is trying to gun for his position. All I know is that he wants him dead as soon as possible." Another guy said "That really sucks I always liked Jackie."
Uzume then looked to see Jackie moved from his cover and pulled out his twin pistols and began shooting, killing a couple of them. Uzume ducked and began to move towards Jackie while he made his way to that small building near the wall. Jackie was able to kill three more, but it was like no matter how many he killed more kept on coming. When Jackie and Uzume went down into the building Uzume saw that it was the men's restroom. Jackie looked around and found a homeless man "Don't shoot me, kid. I mean no harm."
Jackie and the old man began talking and Uzume waved her hands in front Jackie's face to get his attention but nothing happened. Uzume began to remember that Jackie told her about this during their date, this was where he was cornered in the cemetery. Jackie then asked "Is there a way out of this fucking cemetery?" the old man said "The only way out is the front gate, but they lock it to keep the undesirables out." Jackie sighed he didn't want to go through those guys, but he knew he had no choice if he wanted to get out of here. Uzume was worried; but she remembered that some of Jackie's friends came to save him, but from what she saw no one was coming.
When both Jackie and Uzume moved to the exit, the thugs outside began shooting again. Jackie made it half way there before he felt his body stopped moving. Uzume was worried because Jackie looked like he was in pain, then Uzume heard a terrifying evil voice coming from everywhere and nowhere at the same time. "Through you I shall display my power." Uzume had no idea what was going on, but when she looked at Jackie again his eyes were glowing yellow. Then she heard the hellish voice again "Through you I am born."
Then out of nowhere a black tentacle came from Jackie's body from some mass of shadow and destroyed a light near the exit Jackie then moved towards the exit like he had no say in the matter. Uzume then saw something that shook her to the core, two demonic snake-like heads with sharp fangs and glowing yellow eyes came from Jackie's shoulders and moved to one of the thugs foolish enough to come into the dark hallway. The demonic heads moved in on their prey and the man trip over himself from fear and one head bit into his chest to devour his heart, while the other took a massive bite from his face.
Jackie moved outside and the rest of the thugs began firing at Jackie, but to Uzume's surprise the bullets bounced off of Jackie while hitting an invisible barrier and to her horror Jackie or the thing controlling Jackie began to slaughter the thugs. A black tentacle came from Jackie's back and impaled one thug trying to run away while the right demonic head grabbed one thugs be the face using its teeth and threw him against the wall, his face being ripped off and leaving a bloody stain on the wall he hit.
The left demonic head then slithered on the ground and moved to a thug that was using a tomb stone as cover when the thug saw it the head immediately strike, and took a chunk of his face off while another tendril sliced a thug in half right down the middle. Uzume held her hand to her mouth in horror, what she saw before her made even Karasuba look tamed in comparison. But the gruesome spectacle wasn't over yet as both of the demonic heads opened their mouths and what was summoned behind the last of the thugs could only be described as a black hole. When it opened up it began to swallow up the last of the opposition.
Many of them screamed one tried to fight it, but they were all sucked in. Some of them began to have their skin and bones ripped off and crushed and others started crashing into each other before the black hole exploded in meaty chunks of human flesh, bone and organs. While one thug landed on a fence being impaled, Jackie then fell to the ground and once again Uzume heard that awful voice "You are nothing but my puppet." Jackie then stood up again and looked at the horror before him while the two demon heads began to devour the hearts of the recently killed, when Jackie made it to the last thug that was impaled Uzume saw that he was still alive.
He looked at Jackie with fear in his eyes and said "W-w-what are you... the Devil?" he died immediately after that. Uzume once again heard the demonic voice "No I'm not the Devil. I was his teacher." Uzume then began to notice that the light around her began to go dark until she was in a dark void where only she and Jackie with those demonic heads over his shoulders remained. Jackie then turned around and looked at Uzume and the Veil Sekirei felt like he was staring into her soul, then Uzume noticed that little demonic hell spawns began appearing from the black void until there was thousands of them and they gathered around Jackie.
They all looked at her with their glowing yellow eyes like she was piece of meat and they began to drool. Uzume then heard the voice again "I really don't like how you and the other maggots are getting close to my vessel. I must teach you a lesson that you'll never forget. Jackie belongs to me and me alone." The demonic heads on Jackie's shoulders and the little demons surrounding them all began to attack. Uzume with nothing to do to fight back she did the only thing she could…..she screamed "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
Flashback end
Uzume then said "That was when I woke up, oh god it was horrible." Everyone looked at Uzume with compassion, while Jackie tried to hide his shock aside from the ending Uzume just described in detail how Jackie manifested the powers of The Darkness on his 21st birthday. Jackie had no idea how she was able to dream of his past but right now his main focus was to try and calm Uzume down "It's alright Uzume you're safe. It was nothing but a bad dream." Jackie then heard The Darkness laugh when he said those words.
