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Chapter 10 – Powers?
As she woke up, Yuya had no clue where she was.
She had a feeling in her stomach. She felt somewhat... excited.
It had been about a little more than one month ago she got the news about her pregnancy.
She looked around. She was in their bedroom in the bed. She had her white yukata. And it was warm and comfortable. Then she felt the rhythmic breathing of the person which who's arms was wiped around her. She looked up. She looked straight into his red eyes.
"Kyo!"
"Good morning, sleephead." his voice was teasing but at the same time soft.
Yuya ignored the teasing part and yawned. She smiled and placed a gently kiss on his lips.
"Good morning, demon."
Then she raised. As she stood up she stretched.
"Ahhh, feel good..."
Then she felt a breathing in her neck. She turned around and almost jumped in shock as Kyo stared down at her, his expression impossible to read.
"K-Kyo?"
"..."
She decided to not think about it. She changed into a purple kimono and then went to the kitchen. Not much had happened the last month. But Kyo was back to normal and everyone decided to give him and Yuya some private space.
Kyoshiro and Sakuya visited every day, but along with that they worked out with their medicines as well.
Yukimura was away to talk to the Mibus about what was going on. Akira and Tokito followed. The rest walked their own parts.
And about Hikari. There was no trace of her at all. Hotaru was very worried. He was around in town and searched for her every day. All tried to help him so much as they could. Kyo was pissed off. He didn't trust her anymore. Well, everyone wondered about it. Hikari just showed up and everything was so clear. To then just disappear... it was a little suspicious. But Hotaru was always on Hikari's side. Everyone was worried for him as well and didn't hope that he had been betrayed.
However, Yuya trusted in her. She didn't know how, she just did, like she trusted Kyo from the very first time she had met him.
I really hope that Hikari-san return soon. Yuya thought, worried for her new found friend. She looked at her arm. The wound was almost gone and Hikari was right, there was not going to be a scar.
As Yuya got a worried expression on her face, she felt Kyo straight beside her. She looked up. He stared down with worry in his eyes. Yuya was confused.
Kyo was back to normal, that's for sure. He was arrogant and acted all mighty.
But, whenever he was around with Yuya, he was overprotective. Whenever she tripped, gasped or anything like that, he was immediately by her side to protect her. She could felt his eyes watch over her almost all the time. Deep inside she liked this, but it was also a little kind of annoying. Sometimes she felt how she wanted to fight with him again, those small silly fights.
Yuya sighed.
"I'm going to town today..." she said.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"...alone."
"No you don't!"
Yuya got a smirk at the corner of her mouth. She got him! She smiled at him with one of her sweetest smiles.
"Oh, I do! What can happen on the little innocent road to town?"
Silence.
Completely silence.
Kyo quietly began to count on his fingers. Yuya's smile faded away.
Crap! I didn't get him!
He he looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"Innocent road..."
"Alright, alright! Maybe I was wrong!"
"..."
As Yuya prepared something to eat, Kyoshiro and Sakuya came. As Yuya ate breakfast (Kyo didn't want to) they discussed.
"I'm so worried... Hikari-san just disappeared." Yuya said between her chews.
"Yeah, I'm worried to... She was a very nice girl." Kyoshiro said in a little sad voice.
Kyo didn't say anything but they could see that he was a little troubled as well.
"Don't worry, Kyo! She isn't a bad person!" Sakuya said to him.
He looked at her.
"Trust me, I felt her nature when she was here. All she said was true."
Yuya felt really happy that her friend was a shaman. Sakuya could sense if the person was bad or good.
Yuya sighed. She was just about raise and clean up, when she felt her stomach ache.
"Ouch..." she said as she put her hand over the aching.
Kyo was there in an instant and held her shoulders.
"I'm fine! I ate a little to fast, that's all!" she tried to calm him.
Kyoshiro stared at his friend. Was Kyo always this overprotective?
"You sure ate a lot..." Sakuya said as she looked at the plates.
Yuya laughed.
"Aha, yeah, I was quite hungry... my appetite has grown again..." she rubbed her stomach.
She looked at Kyo which was staring at her with worried eyes. She didn't want to tell her friends about the pregnancy yet. She and Kyo had agreed on that.
And he seemed to be excited about it as well. Yuya had never felt this happy before. But still it was a little tight atmosphere. Hikari was gone and Aki was still out there.
"No! Now I need to get to town! It's the market today, after all!" Yuya said.
They all decided to go. Kyoshiro and Sakuya walked ahead out on the road. Yuya smiled at her demon.
"I'm fine, Kyo! You don't have to be so on guard all the time!"
The look she got back made her laugh. His glance said clearly "Don't wanna!". He was like a kid.
She tiptoed and put a kiss on his cheek. He smiled.
"Time to go out on that innocent road of yours."
"Ahw, forget it already!" she whined.
They walked outside.
XxXxX
"Well, any reason to join our fight?"
Yukimura smiled at Shinrei. They were standing in front of the gate to the Mibu land. Beside Shinrei stood Akari and Shihoudou.
"I'm so worried about Kyo! I'll go with you!" Akari said as she got all emotional in her eyes as she thought of her beloved knight being in pain (she thinks of Kyo that way).
"So you are sure about this?" Shihoudou asked.
"Yes! That crazy girl was once a part of the clan, but now she's on our side." Tokito said.
"And you can trust her?" Shinrei sounded a little suspicious.
"She's very attached to Hotaru. They have traveled together for a year..." Akira said.
Shinrei stared. It actually exist a person that can travel alone with Keikoku for a whole year?
"But I'm worried about Yuya-neechan. That Hikari said that the symbol was some kind of detector." Sasuke said.
It was silent for a while. Then Shihoudou spoke.
"Shinrei! Akari! I need both of you to go and check this up! I trust in you!
"Yes!"
They began to discuss about what was going to happen next.
"I hope it won't be another war..." Shihoudou sighed.
And the fact that she is still alive... This won't be easy. Kyo, this will be up to you. You're the only one that can stop Aki now.
XxXxX
"Ahw, that's a horrible wound!" Hikari put bandages around the shoulder of the blonde man.
"What did you get that from?"
"A fight..."
"Oh, right!"
Hikari had taken Hotaru to her village. They were now sitting in her little house. Or rather, the house she shared with the old doctor.
"What kind of fight was it?"
"Ahh... It was some kind of robber... He looked strong so I thought that it would be some good exercise."
Hikari stared at his face. He looked so calm and didn't seem to mind the pain of his wound at all.
"There, done!"
Hotaru looked at his shoulder and then at Hikari.
"Thank you, umm... Hikuku."
"It's Hikari!"
"Oh... Sorry, Hikari."
She put back the first aid kit on it's place. Then she turned and faced him again.
"Hotaru-san... Why are you fighting?"
"I want to be stronger than Kyo." it sounded like the most ordinary reason in the world as he said it.
What a weirdo! Hikari thought to herself.
Hotaru looked around in the house.
"You're a doctor?"
Hikari looked sad.
"No, just an assistant. I really wanted to become a doctor, but..."
"But?"
Hikari glared at a spot on the floor. She really didn't want to talk about this but for some reason she felt a little comfortable at the strangers presence. It was the first time she felt like this.
"I... I wanted to help people but... I'm not very popular in the village. Only the doctor can think of taking care of me. But he doesn't like to learn out so I have to sit and watch and learn by my own."
Hotaru looked at her with sympathy.
"Why aren't you popular in the village?"
"Cause I'm causing trouble they say. I'm childish and hot tempered and... Well, they don't like me cause when I get excited or angry I use violence. I pick fights and... Ah, I really don't know!"
"You like to fight?"
The question made Hikari look up. She stared at Hotaru. He looked at her with interested eyes.
"Are you strong?" he sounded hopeful.
"Uhh... So what?"
"I wanna fight!"
Hikari stared.
Really, he is weird!
XxXxX
"Ugh... What the hell..."
Hikari slowly opened her eyes. She had a big headache. She was lying on a cold stone floor. The smell was horrible.
"Where am I?"
She slowly sat up and rubbed her head. Then she looked around. She was sitting in a keep. It was cold.
"This is...?" she felt weak.
Then she knew the reason. She hand was in handcuffs. She felt how they sealed her powers. Then she remembered. She had been in this cell for almost a month.
I wonder what the others are doing. Hotaru, are you looking for me? And that Kyo... he probably doesn't trust me at all, now...
She sighed. Then she hear steps down the stone stair that led down to the "hole" Hikari was sitting in.
Foodtime... Great, another day in paradise. she thought sarcastic to herself.
When she saw who the person was, she shone up.
"Sora!"
It was a small boy, with long black hair. He wore beautiful clothes with golden patterns. And on his left sleeve he had that symbol, of the Saturnus clan.
His eyes were ice blue. He looked to be around ten years old.
He smiled widely at her. In his hands he wore a plate with something that looked like food. As Hikari saw it she felt her stomach jump. The boy saw that.
"I'm sorry, Hikari-san! I really tried to get you the best they had..." he looked down on the plate with sad eyes.
"Ah, don't worry about that, Sora! As long as it doesn't kill me, then it's eatable!"
As she said it she smiled to the boy. He smiled back.
"So how are you today, Hikari-san?" he said as he sat down outside the cell, in front of the grid.
"Same as always..." she muttered as she ate. It didn't taste that bad.
"Ah, of course..." the boy sadly looked down at the floor again.
"But when it's you that come, Sora..."
"Huh?" he looked up.
"...my mood gets a little better. Thank you! I feel great!" she smiled.
The boy smiled back.
"Hey, Hikari-san! I got more time today! Last time you said something about you teamed up with the enemy!" as he said it, he looked around so no one heard. Then he lent forward to whisper to her.
"I heard that it was Onime no Kyo..."
She looked at the boy. He was very excited. She smiled.
"Promise to keep this veeeery secret!" she said in a low voice as she put a finger over her lips.
He nodded.
"A secret! I promise!"
"Good boy!"
Hikari began to explain. The boy's eyes became big. Hikari was a good storyteller. And as she told her friend she felt much better.
I hope you all are alright! Everyone... Hotaru...
XxXxX
"Wow! Look at this!"
Sakuya turned to Yuya as she looked at a map. They were standing in the middle of the market. There was many people gathered.
"This is... the world?" Yuya was amazed.
Japan was so small!
She turned around.
"Hey, Kyo! Look!"
Kyo looked at the map and he looked amazed by it to.
"Think of travel the world! That would be amazing!" Kyoshiro said as he also studied the map.
Yuya couldn't help but stretch out her fingers and touch the small piece of painted land that was Japan.
"Interested in anything, miss?" an old man said as he walked towards them.
Yuya felt how Kyo got closer and his hand was resting on Tenrou.
Damn, can he ever relax? she thought.
The old man saw how the group gathered around the map.
"Oh, you aren't the first ones to be amazed by that!" he said as he laughed.
"Is it your map?" Sakuya asked.
"Yes, it is! I've painted that myself!" he said proudly as he stepped beside Yuya.
Yuya felt Kyo's arm around her waist. He held her close.
I wonder if I actually should have told him about the baby back then... I could have waited... she thought, a little annoyed. But she couldn't help but feel a little happy.
"Have you traveled the world?" Kyoshiro asked with an excited voice.
"Nae... Almost! Actually I've painted the map after looking on another one..."
Kyo snorted.
"But that map was on the other side of the world!" the man said, with a little angry tone in his voice as he glared at Kyo. However, to glare at a demon is not very smart, so the man backed as he saw the red demonic eyes.
Yuya put a hand on Kyo's shoulder.
"Geez, Kyo, relax!"
Then she smiled at the old man.
"Can you tell us a little short about the world, mister?"
The man looked a little suspicious at Kyo but as he saw the very cute smile of the blonde he shone and began to talk.
"...and this part here! It's called 'Europe'."
"Wow! What does it look like?" Kyoshiro asked.
"Well... It depends on..."
The man showed with his hand.
"The south part is quite warm. And this northern part of Europe is colder."
They continued to be amazed by the map (except for Kyo, which was glaring at everyone that dared to look at his woman).
Then they walked down the road. The old man stared after them.
I wonder if that was that legend... Onime no Kyo... a demon, a slayer of a thousand men... No, impossible! There's no way that such a legend would be walking around on a market, studying maps with his woman! Not a chance! (Oh, if that poor man only knew...)
There were many people, but it was no problem for Yuya, since Kyo walked straight behind her and his presence got the closest people to keep a little distant.
Kyoshiro lent to Sakuya and whispered.
"Don't you think Kyo is acting a lot more protective than usual?"
"Well, no wonder after all the happenings..." she answered, also whispering. They both knew how low they had to talk so Kyo couldn't hear.
"But he acted normal afterward, and then just like that, he's acting... Overprotective. I mean, he never take his eyes off Yuya-san!"
They both kept reflect about it, not thinking or knowing of what it was inside Yuya's womb.
xxx
The man was well hidden in the shadows of the roof. He looked down at the road and saw the blonde woman and the samurai.
"Damn that demon! He never leaves her alone!"
He kept cursing his enemy, the demoneyed man.
"That damn Aki! She doesn't do her job! Is she taking vacation?"
The man glared down at the samurai.
"How the heck am I supposed to do this swiftly?... Damn you, Aki!"
xxx
Kyo flinched and his demonic gaze hit Yuya. She immediately turned around and looked at her demon. He was looking at one of the roofs and his hand had a tight grip around Tenrou.
"K-Kyo...? What's wrong?"
Kyoshiro and Sakuya turned around. They both looked worried at their demoneyed friend. He stared at that spot for a couple of seconds.
The feeling is gone... he thought. Then he turned around and faced his friends (and his woman, of course!).
"Nothing's wrong..." he said.
They stared at him for a while and then they turned around again and walked down the street again.
They stopped at a tea house. They decided to eat a little. Three of them sat down. Kyo looked at Yuya. She stood and looked at him. He nodded at the empty spot beside him. "Sit down" was the translation of that.
"I... I need to get to the bathroom!" she said.
Kyo gave her a look that she couldn't read at all.
"Don't worry, I'll be right back!" she said and then walked through the tea hose to the bathroom area.
Kyoshiro and Sakuya stared at Kyo. He was already impatient.
"Hey, Kyo..." Kyoshiro started. But as he got a killing look by his friend he decided to stay silent.
Yuya-san, please hurry back!
xxx
Yuya actually didn't need to get to the bathroom. She just felt that she needed a little time alone.
She loved Kyo and she loved to be around him. But this could even get on her nerves. She was about to lay her hand on the doorhandle when she heard a voice in her head.
Get out of here. You need a little time for yourself.
She gasped. The feeling was horrible. It felt like the voice was taking over her.
Just a few minutes of fresh air doesn't hurt.
Yuya's mind was captured by the voice. She wanted o do exactly as the voice said.
But Kyo will...
Never mind him! He is always around anyway! Just a little time alone...
Her mind was on full concentration on the voice.
Follow the road, just a little bit, and then... you can turn around.
Yuya slowly walked outside at the backside of the tea house. Then she turned left and followed a road that led into the forest.
XxXxX
The old woman looked at the ships. She was in deep thoughts.
Doing this will mean that we will with biggest possibility turn Aki against us. However, we are not that weak!
The old woman turned around and looked at the forest. She had told Asura to be extra careful.
I think my suspicions were right! This will be perfect!
XxXxX
"Huh? What am I doing here?"
Yuya looked around. She was standing on a small road a bit outside the town.
Wasn't I in the tea house?
Then she remembered something about a voice in her head.
"...Targeted..."
Yuya heard Hikari's words in her mind. She felt how she got scared.
What the hell? What's this?
She felt tears in her eyes. Tears of panic.
"Weaklings sure likes to cry."
Yuya exploded. She flew around and stepped back in fear. She stood face to face with the demonic woman.
Their eyes met, her emeralds against her red.
"Aki..." Yuya whispered.
The woman stared. Yuya flinched. Aki's eyes weren't demonic and hateful as she remembered them. Instead they were curious.
"Hoh, you know my name..." Aki sounded a little surprised.
"W-what do you want?" Yuya was on her guard.
Aki suddenly looked bored.
"What?"
"I asked what do you want?"
"Want? I want nothing."
Yuya felt strange. For some reason she didn't felt fear. The feeling around Aki wasn't that horrible one which Yuya had experienced.
"Oh, what are you doing here, by the way? You always crawl around that Bratty Kyo. Maybe he dumped you?" Aki's voice was provoking.
Yuya slowly felt anger grow inside her head.
"Why you... Hey, wait... You didn't answered my question! Don't change the topic!"
The woman laughed. The laugh was warm and Yuya was stunned by how natural it sounded.
"Haha! You're good! For others it takes AGES before they recognize it, that I'm running away from the answer, you know, changing the topic."
Yuya stared.
"Huh?"
"You see, I like to play around with peoples mind." Aki smiled at her with an arrogant smile.
Then she turned serious.
"Okay, I'll answer, honestly. By me standing here, and you there..."
Yuya gulped.
"It was nothing more but a mere confident."
"Huh?" the answer shocked Yuya.
"Like I said, a mere confident."
"Can this really be a confident?" Yuya asked.
"Yeah. And what's up with that nervous attitude? You think I'm gonna attack you or something?"
"Yes, I was thinking that..."
Aki looked bored again.
"Sorry to disappoint you."
"What?"
"You see, my orders says to not hurt you, physically. And besides, if this is just a confidence, then I really don't see a reason to fight you. I mean, I haven't been planning on that, I just met you at the road, just like any mere person and I just got a feeling that I'm not in the mood of killing you right now..."
Yuya stared as the woman was blabbering on and on.
She resembles Kyo so much! But only in the looks... She's the total opposite of him! She talks so much! And she answer my questions... Seriously, what is this?
"By the way, why the hell are you crying? Something bad happened?"
Yuya didn't know what to answer. She was so confused. Aki sounded interested and at the same time not. She seemed curious but at the same time not. Yuya couldn't read her.
Why would she be interested in me?
"Kyo showed up a certain side of himself and you got annoyed?"
Yuya jumped in surprise.
"H-how the hell...! How did you know?"
Aki smiled devilishly.
"Just got the feeling..."
Yuya glared.
"Why do you want to kill him? Why do you want to hurt Kyo so badly?"
Aki flinched and her smile disappeared.
"Why do you care?"
"I care so long it's about Kyo!"
"This isn't your business. It's between me and Kyo!"
"Has it anything to do with you two being siblings?"
Aki's eyes were shadowed. She stared at the ground. And Yuya could see her shaking.
"Has it something to do with the Aka no Ou, that is defeated? Or is it something else?"
As Yuya said it Aki raised her head and looked at her.
"What? Aka no Ou defeated?"
"Yes! Kyo defeated him five years ago!"
It was silent. Aki stared at Yuya and then flew out in laugh.
"Haha! No wonder I felt so good these years! Kyo defeated that guy, huh? But of course, that old stinking fart was weak!"
"You didn't answer my question!" now Yuya was pissed of.
Aki glared at her.
"None of your business!"
"Yes it is!"
"No, it isn't! Why don't you just go and say goodbye to your beloved Kyo? After all... I'm going to kill him one day!"
Yuya felt anger.
"Kyo won't lose to you!"
"What?"
"Kyo won't lose to you!"
Aki smiled devilishly.
"Hoh? And what makes you think that?"
"He's strong! No, he's the strongest! And I believe in him! That's why he wont lose!"
Aki's smile faded away as she stared at her.
Then she took a few steps against the blonde.
Yuya, however, stood at the same spot and didn't flinch. She just glared at the demoneyed woman. Aki stopped in front of her.
"Hoh? Not scared today?" Aki's voice was teasing.
"No." Yuya's voice was strong.
Then Aki exploded and her evil aura surrounded Yuya.
"Not?" she asked as she smiled.
Yuya felt how her blood turned to ice. But then she remembered one month ago when she had slapped Kyo in the face.
I was the one who said it! As his woman, I can't be worse!
She didn't know how, but suddenly, for some reason she felt no fear at all. She instead felt like... she somewhat understood the way of Aki's aura. Yuya knew how to dispel it.
She wasn't scared. She felt strong.
She glared at Aki.
"I'm not scared." she said in a strong voice.
Aki stared. The aura disappeared.
"What the...?"
Yuya felt strange.
What is this? I got a strange feeling in my head. I haven't felt like this before!
"Interesting..." Aki said in a low voice.
"You got some nice powers there!"
Yuya flinched.
"Wh-what did you say? What powers?"
Aki just smiled.
"I see... No wonder the Saturnus is interested in you!"
"What?"
Yuya remembered Hikari's story about the clan. The mark.
"Finally this is getting interesting!"
Aki laughed.
"I was wrong about you! You sure got some guts! Funny, I'll look forward to this!"
"What are you...?"
"Sorry, gotta go!"
"You always have to go!"
"Yeah, I'm a busy person, you know!"
Aki smiled. Yuya felt strange. Aki's smile was warm.
"Hope to see you soon! Bye bye, Yuya-san!"
Then she was gone.
Yuya stared.
"What the... hell..."
Yuya had hoped to not get these feelings again.
The feeling of confusion, to not understand at all.
Interesting powers? What powers? I don't understand...
Then she remembered.
Damn it! I was supposed to be at the tea house! And how did I ended up here? Kyo will be pissed of to no end!
She turned around but instead of facing the road, she was facing a man. He was dressed in black clothes and he had a golden mask of a snake. And on his chest was.
Yuya felt her heartbeating getting faster.
"Saturnus..." she whispered.
The man laughed.
"That's right, my dear! I really didn't know how to get you since that demon never leaves you alone. But now it seems that I can do my job without fail or distraction!"
The man disappeared.
Yuya looked around. She reached after her gun.
Then a hand took her from behind and it was held over the mouth. As she gasped she felt how she breathed in something. Some kind of powder.
Then her world slowly turned black.
Kyo!
XxXxX
"That damn dogface! What's taking her so damn long!"
"K-Kyo! Y-you should keep your aura in! Y-you scare people around here!" Kyoshiro said nervously.
Kyo turned to him with a killing look.
"Does it look like I can relax? Huh?"
"Hey, now you two..." Sakuya said, trying to calm them. But she felt somehow unpleasant to.
She raised.
"I'll go and see how Yuya-san are doing." she said.
Kyo gave her a thankful look. And the he returned to glare at Kyoshiro (which couldn't help but curse Sakuya a little, to leave him alone with the demon, the real demon).
But just a few seconds later Sakuya flew back with panic in her eyes.
"Kyo! Yuya-san! There's danger!"
Kyo flew up, his hand already resting on Tenrou.
"Out! The road! Behind the tea house, to the left! Hurry!"
The people around screamed and stared as they saw a demon run like his life was on the line, fast followed by two others.
Kyo!
Kyo flinched.
Yuya's voice?
He had a bad feeling in his stomach.
What the hell! Yuya, you better be safe!
xxx
Aki slowly walked between the trees. She was in deep thought.
Kyo!
The voice in her head made her stop. She turned around.
"That voice... She again?"
Aki got a strange feeling.
"Something doesn't seem right..."
Aki turned around and walked down the same way she came.
xxx
Kyo stopped. The area was empty. The stench he felt was horrible. It smelled like... rotten corpses?
But it wasn't that he was staring at..
He felt his heart almost stop. He slowly kneed down and picked up something from the ground.
It was a gun.
Yuya's gun.
To be continued
Well, what do you think?
About the map... I really didn't know what to write so I simply took Europe, since I live there.
I had to rewrite this chapter a little... I didn't like the dialogue between Aki and Yuya at the beginning.
Look forward to the next one (short chapter!).
Next time: Taken