Part 11 – More Dreams
For once it wasn't Seishirou who was smoking. He merely sat on a leather couch that faced the balcony window in Bara's apartment. He watched as Bara sat outside in a simple plastic white lawn chair smoking a cigarette. Normally for Seishirou it wasn't a disturbing site to see Bara smoking a cigarette. Either one of his she stole or one from a pack she bought but that was rare. Only smoking when she finished a job or when greatly stress. However Bara just bought a whole box of cigarettes and managed to smoke half the box already within a couple of hours. Never, in all his life had Seishirou seen Bara smoke that many cigarettes. He never had done that before.
As any good friend should Seishirou should probably stop Bara before she kills herself with lung cancer before he does. Yet he didn't. When Bara was stressed, mad or really, really worried it wasn't a wise thing to take her cigarettes away from her. However she was going through all three at the same time so to play safe he sat a good couple feet away on the couch let her take all the stress off from her cigarettes.
It's been nearly 5 hours. Five, painfully long hours since Yuzuriha's kekkai has fallen and after at least 3 hours of searching they neither haven't found hair nor hid of the girls body. He didn't even know is the kid was alive or not. Though after the kekkai has fallen Bara was extremely angered with him for dragging her out of danger, though leaving Yuzuriha to her doom. Bara hasn't spoken a word to him since.
Not wanting to wait any longer he got up and walked out on the balcony, leaning against the rail. Taking no notice to Bara but letting her know that he was here still. He looked down at the crystal ashtray on the ground next to her. He could see all the cigarettes Bara smoked. Some half burned, while others all the way to the very tip. Some of them Bara just lit took a deep drag then threw it in the ashtray to burn out. Not caring on how many cigarettes she was wasting.
"At the rate your going, you'll end up dying from lung cancer." Seishirou commented. Bara blew out a stream of smoke and gave her a mere look.
"How long does it take to find one girl? It's been nearly 5 hours since we've sent out the shikigami's to find her. Five long fuckin' hours and nothing! They should be able to at least find her body if she was dead!" Bara shouted, stubbing out her cigarette, then reach down to grab a new one.
Seishirou calmly reached down and plucked the cigarette out of Bara's hand as she tried to light it. He knew he was risking permanent damage but it was rather pathetic to see Bara wasting herself like this. She needed sleep, and probably a few beers to get her on a hangover tomorrow so she'd worry about that for a while. Giving more time for the shikigami's to find Yuzuriha without her pacing back and forth, killing herself with all the cigarettes.
"Give me that!" Bara demanded, not getting up from the chair. Seishirou stubbed it out in the ashtray and waved his hand in front of Bara's.
"I think it's time you get sleep." Seishirou said, weaving a simple spell making Bara fall asleep. She slumped forward in Seishirou's arms. He picked her up and walked back into the apartment and into her room. As he placed her on the bed Seishirou noticed that she was still dressed up in her normal black suit, same with him. Though by now they were wrinkle and slightly dirty after today's events. Another rant he'll be hearing in the morning by Bara. Fun.
He looked up as he heard a faint knock on the door. Who would be out at this hour? With a shrug he left the room to answer the door.
She was in another dream. Yet who's this time? Bara looked around for any signs of the blonde haired dreamgazer but only found the giant clock gears ticking away. However she did see the other dreamgazer. The one that was under the government building, Hinito. However this time she looked different. As if she was trapped under the dark floor. The blind seer looked at her with wide, blind red eyes. They looked sad, yet pleading at the same time.
Please, you must help me! Begged the dreamgazer.
"What is it that I should help you for?" Bara asked, stepping around looking down at the trapped dreamgazer.
You must kill me! Hinito shouted with a great please. Bara blinked; this was something she wasn't expecting.
"Why should I? You are the one that help the dragons of heaven to fight. What would happen to them if I killed you? It's already bad enough that Yuzuriha could be dead! What about the rest? Huh? How many more will die? Will Seishirou be next? Like in the dream the other dreamgazer showed me? Will it!" Bara shouted angrily. Hinito turned away in grief.
What you say is true. The dream that Kakyou showed you will come true. I wish to tell the others but I'm trapped. My other self has taken over my physical body and will lead all the others to their deaths if she isn't stopped! The only way to do that is to kill me! Hinito cried in despair.
"When will this dream come true?" Bara asked coldly, looking down at Hinito.
Late, tomorrow night. Hinito replied, looking down at her hands. Bara thought for a moment. Trying to figure something out. Suddenly the dreamgrazer looked up in grief.
She's coming. You must go! Nobarakyou, if what you say is true, please fight to change this future. Just one turn can disrupt everything. I beg of you kill me to do that. Hinito cried as the dreamscape started to disappear.
"Wait! How is coming?" Bara cried but it was to late. The dreamscape broke and her mind was left to sleep.
Seishirou walked towards the door and opened it. Suddenly a large gray eagle flew in, flapping its large wings trying to get around in the closed in space. Seishirou took a step back to avoid the wings and talons as the shikigami flew and landed on a chair. It gave a small squawk and looked at him. Then a large gray colored wolf walked in through the door next and sat down next to the chair where the eagle shikigami was perched. Seishirou looked at the doorway expecting another strange exotic creature to come bounding through the doorway but what he saw was something else.
Yuzuriha Nekoi stood in the doorway.
-Hahaha! I finished yet another chapter. Though this one was kind of short… I'll make it up in the next one. Now if you'll excuse me. I'm tired and wanna sleep in my nice warm comfy bed while I dream up the next part of this story again because I so suddenly forgot it. ¬¬;