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Worthy

Kagura and Sadaharu stayed behind the wall, careful not to make a single sound. The alley was dark and it was a waning crescent moon tonight. There was nearly no illumination for her to make out the silhouette she had followed here, but she knew who it was, probably.

Her breath hitched when the figure stopped moving. Kagura immediately turned to her gigantic dog, which was looking at her with its huge, concerned eyes. It made a small whimpering sound, but careful to keep it soft so as not to alert whomever it was Kagura had been following.

'Sadaharu,' Kagura whispered, 'I don't have any paper with me, so I can't have you deliver a map. But will you remember this place? Please go get someone here. So if anything happens to me, I won't be classified "missing".'

Sadaharu blinked once, twice, pushed its head under her palm and raced off.

Kagura took a deep breath and flattened herself against the wall, her eyes fixed on the shadow a few feet away from her.

'How long are you planning to stay there?'

Kagura stopped breathing. The voice came from behind her, and the figure in front of her had disappeared. She whirled around and pushed her back as far into the concrete wall as she could. '…how?'

'I knew someone was following me, but I didn't know who.'

Kagura looked at him. He had the same, easy smile and familiar eyes. Strands the color of tangerine fell forward to frame his face as he leaned forward to tilt her chin up. She barely stopped herself from trembling. 'I never expected it to be you.'

'Onii-chan,' Kagura breathed out.

Kamui grinned at her. 'Haven't you grown a bit, little sister?'

Kagura didn't answer. Damn, I got found out. What's he going to do to me?

'Well then,' Kamui stepped back and leaned against the wall, crossing his arms. 'What did you want?'

'Why are you here?'

Kamui studied her. 'Because I want to be.'

'Why?'

'Takasugi will be here in a few weeks.'

'What?' Kagura back stepped. 'What does he want?'

'Why should I tell you? What are you going to do about it? You're just one girl. Do you really think you stand a chance against us?'

'Takasugi is a bastard, onii-chan! Why are you working with him? What's in it for you?'

'Power,' Kamui stated as if it was obvious. 'Blood.'

'What's wrong with you?'

'What's wrong with you?' Kamui answered with a lazy smile. 'Kagura,' he drawled, 'as a Yato, it's normal to want these things. You're an alien. Face it. Were you trying to be human? Do you actually believe that if you behave like them, you'll be a human? But you won't,' Kamui started to walk away. 'Because you'll never be. You'll always be an alien to them. And one day it will be you who will lose control to your blood and kill all these "friends" of yours.'

Kagura inhaled sharply, slapped by the blunt truth in her brother's relaxed tone. 'Onii-chan—'

'Why do you call me that?' Kamui interrupted smoothly. 'I don't want a sister like you. Don't call me that.'

'Kamui…' she felt a hand slamming her against the wall and her brother's face smiling down at her. She reached out weakly but he was gone, his long orange braid swinging in the night breeze.

Kagura slid down the wall and lay sprawled on the ground. Her head stung and her line of vision blurred.

My brother doesn't acknowledge me.


Kagura awoke to someone shaking her shoulders.

'Get up! Open your eyes!'

Her eye cracked open painfully, her ears still ringing with the force of her brother. She inhaled sharply and found that her chest hurt. She let out a soft whine and squeezed her eye shut, cringing at the difficulty to breathe. My brother did this.

'Thank God you're all right. Damn you China,' Sougo bent down and enveloped her in a hug, pulling her up to lean against the wall. 'What the hell were you doing?'

'I saw him,' Kagura whispered.

'You saw who?'

'Kamui,' she started to sob quietly. 'I saw him, and he knocked me out. My brother,' the first tear was followed by many. 'He used to be so nice to me, but he… the blood in him awoke.'

'Correct me if I'm wrong,' Sougo turned her to face him. 'But you were stalking the number one alien on our Most Wanted list, and he knocked you out?'

'You could put it that way,' Kagura swiped at her eyes hastily and looked up at him. 'Problem?'

'I never knew you were this stupid. I mean, I know you were stupid,' Sougo glared at her. 'But not this stupid.'

'Shut up. I'm injured.'

'Yeah, but you haven't lost your hearing. So you're going to have to hear this. China, you know he's dangerous. Why did you do this?'

'You don't understand,' Kagura said, exasperated. 'He's my brother.'

'But does he treat you like a sister?' Sougo shot back.

Kagura winced, recoiling at the reality in his words.

'I'm sorry if what I'm saying is hurting you, China,' Sougo continued, but more softly. 'You need to face this. He doesn't think of you as a sister. Look at what he did to you. Don't you get it?'

'But why? Why not?' Kagura knew she sounded like a whining kid, but she didn't care.

Sougo watched her. 'I can't answer that.'

'I'm not good enough, aren't I?' Kagura looked away. 'I'm not worthy enough to be called a sister.'

'Maybe to him, but you're worthy of many things to me.'

The firmness of his voice made Kagura turn back to him. 'Why, is that a compliment?' she let the ghost of a smile tug her right lip up.

'See it however you want,' Sougo muttered. 'But first,' he helped her to her feet. 'We need to get you back. Look at you, all beaten up, and you call yourself a Yato?'

'Shut up,' Kagura growled.

'Aren't you going to thank me for saving your life?'

'How'd you find me?'

'Your monster pet,' Sougo glared at her as they walked, slowly. 'He totally clamped his teeth over my head and dragged me here with it still in his mouth.'

Kagura looked closer and noticed a thin trail of dried blood running down his forehead. She stifled a giggle.

'If you don't control him well enough, we're going to arrest that alien animal and put him to sleep, damn it.'

'Don't you dare.'

'Oh, I dare.'

They exchanged glares and finally Kagura looked away, pissed off.

'Thanks.'

Sougo turned, surprised. 'What?'

'I said, thanks.'

'Never in a million years would I have thought,' Sougo smirked at her. 'Humbling yourself now, are you, China?'

'Can you stop it before I bash your head in?'

'In this condition? No way.'

He still pissed her off, but at least she knew how much he thought of her.

He said she was worthy.


A/N: Hands up for Kamui! Haha a lot of you requested for me to put Kamui in this, so... I tried to stuff him in, awkwardly, but nevertheless, he's here! :D How was it? Review please!