"Seriously, why keep that from your own father?" asked Yuki.
"Really? You wanna talk about that right now?" said Rei.
"Then why take me with you?" said Yuki.
"Too cool me off. I've seen Asaki do this once. Air, earth and water are simple to command because they are more natural and stable, but fire's heat energy overload in the user's body so I need you to keep my body temperature cool." Explained Rei.
"Okay and where are we going?"
"To the highest point of the village." Said Rei and pointed at a not so steep peak. "I can cover more ground there."
They reached the top and Rei turned to the village. "What now?" asked Yuki.
"I need to summon the elements in their natural order. I'll start with fire so you should be controling my temperature at all times." Said Rei.
"And how would I do that? I can't really freeze you." Said Yuki.
"Just hold me and keep my body cool. Keeping your hands around my face should be enough." Said Rei.
Rei put her hands on her chest and Yuki stood behind her and put his hands on either side of her head. Rei pulled out her arms and fire came following her hands. She then pulled her hands up and earth joined fire. She made a circe with her hand in the air and summoned air. She then pulled her hand back to herself and summoned water.
"Great! Now those vamps are done for." Said Yuki.
"Not enough, gotta ake it bigger." Said Rei and she began to concentrate. The sphere of elements in her hands began to grow. As it got bigger Rei got hotter.
"Okay, now it's enough or you're going to explode." Said Yuki.
"Not enough." Said Rei as she continued to blow it up.
"I said enough." Said Yuki.
"No! Just cool me more. I can do this." Said Rei.
Yuki didn't talk back and kept cooling her off. The sphere grew enormously. Rei began to not handle the heat and screamed. Yuki grabbed her from her waist and pulled her closer to sent more cold.
"Enough! If you keep going on you're going to kill yourself!" yelled Yuki.
Rei didn't say anything, but she didn't stop.
"Rei. Fire it already. Please." He whispered in her ear.
Rei finally threw the sphere at the village. One by one the crows started to fall. The felines started to cheer. Rei sighed with relief and smiled.
"You did it." Said Yuki gladly as he lookedat the village. He suddenly heard a collapsing noise. He turned to Rei and saw her lying on the ground. "Rei? Rei!" He kneeled down to check if she was sill breathing and after he confirmed she still was he let out a sigh of relief. He picked her up and went back to the village.
"Unreal!" said Konoe. "Your daughter, our little Rei! Can you believe it!"
"Who knew she had it in her. We raised her well." Said Kiyotora.
"Would you two stop acting like an old married couple!" yelled Yukino.
"Still up to no good I see." Said Gin as he came with Jin and Masaru.
"Gin, old friend! And you've brought your son!" laughed Kiyotora.
"And Masa-chan! I see you have overcome your fear of wolves." Said Konoe.
"What are you talking about? He cried twice on our way back." Said Jin and threw and arm over Masaru's shoulder.
Masaru flinched, but couldn't get out of Jin's firm grip. The men all started to laugh.
"Men... " sighed Yukino as she sighted two figures. "Look it's them."
Yuki was carrying Rei and she was still unconscious. Everyone gathered around them. "What happened? Is she... alive?" asked Jin.
"Yes, I don't know what happened she just passed out. I didn't know what to do." Said Yuki.
"You did good son. Give her to me. Her mother will heal her." Said Kiyotora.
"No!" said Yuki as her father reached for Rei. Everyone turned to him with weird glances. "It's just she's burning up right now and I'm trying to keep her cool."
"Very well, her mother is in the large tent down the path." Said Kiyotora. Yuki ran down the path. Jin and Masaru followed right after him.
"So technically he just said he is the only thing that's keeping her alive." Said Konoe.
"Yes, we can all read between the lines without having you explain them to us." Said Gin.
"I was making a point." Said Konoe.
"And that point would be?" mocked Gin.
"That my son is very cool." Laughed Yukino as she went down the path. "Like mother like son. No one ca resist us."
Back at the village the guys had made it to the tent. There were two women sitting back to back. One with long blond hair and the other with dark brown hair. Both their hands were covered in blood.
"Are you Rei's mother?" asked Yuki.
The blond woman looked up at him and saw Rei in her arms. "Rei! My beautiful child! Bring her to me!" she yelled in terror.
"What happened?" asked the other woman.
"She used all the elements at once to defeat the vampires." Said Yuki as he layed Rei down.
"I told her not to use them at once." Said Rei's mother. "It's impossible for a female's body to handle that much power."
"No, it's my fault. I told her not to use her powers and because of that when she used them her body wasn't used to it." Said the other woman.
"Doesn't matter now. I have to heal her." Said Rei's mother.
"You can't, you were just done with dozens of soldiers." Said the other woman.
"It's me or my only living child. It's a pretty easy choice." Said Rei's mother.
"Then we'll do it together." Said the other woman. "Let go of her son."
"But—" said Yuki, but he was cut off.
"We know what you're doing and it's okay to let go now." Said Rei's mother. Yuki let go and the two women started to heal Rei. Their eyes, mouths and hands started to glow.
Outside of the tent the adults had finaly made it. "How is she?" asked Konoe.
Jin shrugged. "They've been in there for awhile now." Said Masaru.
"This is killing me!" said Kiyotora. "I'm going in."
"Me too." Said Konoe and went after him.
"Wai—" Jin tried to stop them.
"No use son. Rei is all hey have left now." Said Gin.
Inside the women were continuing with the treatment. Color had come back to Rei's face, but she was still unconscious. "See, it's better than you've thought." Said Konoe. Kiyotora sighed with relief.
"What are they doing?" asked Yuki.
"They are giving part of their life energy to Rei." Said Konoe.
"Isn't that dangerous? She just said they helped a dozen soldiers." Asked Yuki.
"It's what they do. The train and mediate all the time so they can store lots of energy to give to others. Our wives are amazingly strong." Said Konoe.
"Your's will be too." Said Kiyotora as he slapped Yuki's back.
"Will you two keep your mouths shut!" yelled the dark haired woman.
"Aren't you supposed to be healing Rei, love?" smiled Konoe.
"She's waking up, slowly, but she is. My ears on the other hand just want to go to sleep."
"She's one of a kind that woman." Said Konoe.
Rei's mother let go off Rei. "All better. Now all of you leave. I want her to see only me when she wakes up."
"Are you crazy woman! I have to be the one she sees first. I mean look at me, I'm a sight for sore eyes." Said Kiyotora.
"I know, my eyes have become so sore from looking at you all these years." Said Rei' mother.
"I see who she takes after." Muttered Yuki.
"And what are you trying to do sneaking your face in front of hers?" said Rei's mother pulling Konoe from his collar.
"Well you know she has always liked me most." He smiled.
"Out all of you!" yelled the dark haired woman. "Acting like children. You should be ashamed."
"Nice try. You just wanna be in here alone." Said Rei's mother.
"Okay we'll have a race. Whoever comes back in first from the mountain gets the be the first to see her." Said Kiyotora.
"Deal." Said everyone and went straight out. Leaving Yuki to be the only one in the tent with Rei.
After a few minutes Rei got straight up wih her fists covering her face. "Huh? Where are my parents? All four of them?"
"They went out to race from the mountains." Said Yuki.
"Sucks for them, I woke up before they finished and now you have won the prize." Said Rei.
"What's the deal with that really?"
"They just really love me." Said Rei.
"They love you too much." Said Yuki.
"They love me for two more." Snapped Rei.
"Sorry. Well it's refreshing to learn who you take after. You are nothing like your father, or Shin's father."
"Girl's take after their mothers and their dead betrothed's mother." Smiled Rei.
"So they told you to hide your powers." Said Yuki.
"So they talked about that." Said Rei. "They are the wisest ones in their own respective clans."
"Yeah, seemed very much so." Said Yuki sarcastically.
Rei laughed. "Don't judge a book by it's cover. They are stronger than any one of us. Being a healer is unimaginably though."
"So I've heard. Your dad said— Nevermind."
"What did he say?" asked Rei.
"Nothing important."
"He said something. He said something embarassing didn't he? What did he say?"
"I said it's nothing." Said Yuki.
"You're lying." Rei got up and walked up on him. "Tell me what he said."
Yuki began to defend himself, but Rei was pushing him strongly which made him go backwards. "I'm not telling you anything."
"Tell. Me. Now." Said Rei, but she pushed Yuki a little too hard that they got out of the tent and Yuki tripped over Jin's foot. They both collapsed onto the floor with Rei on top of Yuki.
"See, what did I tell you. Irresistable." Said Yukino.
"Nooooo!" yelled Kiyotora.
Yuki quickly got up. "It's not what it looks like."
"So you're telling me we didn't ran all the way up and down for nothing." Said Kiyotora.
"Oh, then it's exactly what it looks like."
"Since you're feeling better it's time we had a talk." Said Yukino.
"Mother, feel me. I think my fever is rising." Said Rei.
"Nice try." Said Yukino. "But you're coming with me."
"I wasn't trying to bail, I was just expressing how much I don't want to." Said Rei.
"Either way, we will have a talk."
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