I Will Find You

A Recca no Honoo fic

By Tenshi no Ai

No, I do not own Recca no Honoo. I mean, I've only stated it in every single story I've ever done for the series.


Ch. 12: Thornless Rose
(Fuuko, Tokiya and Neon's POV)


(Fuuko's POV)


I feel so alive.

I can feel the winds push me up off the ground, spinning around and around in an endless loop, howling my name

FUUUUUU

and I adore it, I love every second of this.

This is me.

And I'm not going to let anyone hurt my friends.

Or Raiha.

Tendoujigoku stares up at me--I'm lifting higher and higher--and I smirk down at him. Now he'll have to look up at me. I won't be that scared little girl that couldn't do a thing while the big bad monster approached, that went down with one hit. This time I'm in charge.

Kirisawa Fuuko... There's something in Kurei's voice that sounds so much more...old, but new. Kinda like how the madougu Tendoujigoku was old, but the creature that burst out of that womb-thing was very new. A little girl like you...has powers like this? These winds...under your control? Tendoujigoku lowers his head, then directly stares into my eyes.

Those same eyes that stared down at me in SODOM...those eyes that I was powerless against...

NO!

Only under MY control, I snarl, you couldn't even use them right to fart.

At this, Tendoujigoku takes a step back, then blue fire bursts out of both his hands.

Shit! I forgot that he'd have Kurei's powers!

He raises both hands at me and angry jets of fire shoot out at me. I dodge, diving down at him, controlling the wind in front of me to deflect the flames, then I let myself fall, landing on my hands and quickly spinning my body with a leg outstretched, tripping him.

He falls, but then disappears!

I turn around and look up just in time to see a fist coming down at me. I bring my arms up and cross them, blocking his hit, then I hold my hands out and fierce winds blow him away, his body slamming against a building's wall. I stand, easily making the winds blow around me as a mini tornado, just as another streak of the hottest kind of fire races at me. Tendoujigoku stands up, a smile unlike any Kurei would normally use stretching on his face.

What a... He pauses, weak little child.

Don't get angry, don't get angry, he's trying to make you trip up... What do you mean by that? I shoot back, Kurei's a hell of a lot better than you are in his body! Why don't you absorb something more suited for you, like a wasp? They're just as annoying as you, I smirk, raising my right hand and flipping him off.

He slowly walks towards me, with a smile better suited for perverts disfiguring Kurei's face. Oh, I intend to. I'll absorb you and any other well-meaning protector for Neon and the healing girl. Neon will be one of my loyal slaves by then, and the healing girl... he licks his lips, I'll enjoy her powers and...

His smirk could have split his face apart.

Over my petrified body, asshole, I snarl, the heaviness of my voice very apparent. I reach into my jacket, grabbing a few of my special knives and throwing them up in the air.

You missed, he states, and it sounds way too much like Kurei in that instant.

Doesn't change things though.

Each of my daggers falls into my protective tornado, making the wind motion apparent with the metal glinting off the neon-streaked sky.

He called me brother...

Sorry, Raiha...
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(Tokiya's POV)


A few hours ago, everything was almost normal. I was just about to go to my hotel and get some sleep.

Then, for some odd reason, I just had to follow Neon to a Kurei apparently possessed by Tendoujigoku. I don't know how Kurei had been possessed, but I think I can hazard a guess. Next, I just had to rescue Neon and put up with her for a few hours. For the benefit of doubt, she was, and still is, slowly turning into stone.

From the neck down, she's virtually a statue.

Because we're so much closer to Tendoujigoku now, the petrifying process is faster, I assume.

And now I'm watching Fuuko fly around, tiny glints swirling around her body, holding her own against Tendoujigoku-Kurei.

Yanagi's voice brings me out of my thoughts and, well, self-pity. I look over at Yanagi, who's kneeling next to Raiha's head.

That's another thing I don't understand. Why are Jyushinshuu Raiha and Neon's imouto here? I'd ask, but the fight between Fuuko and Tendoujigoku, in which it seems as if Fuuko has somehow regained all her madougu powers, is far more enthralling.

How does Fuuko have her madougu powers, and nobody else does?

Let me see if I can do anything for Neon-san again, Yanagi stands up and walks past me, sitting directly behind me. Our backs are touching, and I feel a slight tremor from her body.

I state, not turning around, get some rest before you start trying to heal her. It'll be harder to heal someone under the possession of Tendoujigoku.

There is a slight pause, then... Okay, Mikagami-senpai.

I suppose that we'll all need to be at our strongest.

I think I understand.

I turn to Kagerou, who's sitting next to me, watching the elemental battle going on. Exactly what do you understand? There seems to be too many things going on at once.

Kagerou looks at me and smiles. Yes, but there's a difference between the important ones and the unimportant.

I raise an eyebrow.

Kagerou turns back to the fight. How did you come across Neon-san, anyway?

I saw her, became suspicious at the sight of her, and followed her, I continue staring at Kagerou, how did the rest of the Uruha come with you?

Kagerou turns her head towards me again, I believe that either Fuuko-chan or Yanagi-chan could answer that better than me. I nod, not in the least interested anymore. But I think I can explain one thing.

Which would be?

Turning her whole body around in my direction, Kagerou looks directly at my face, her own very tense. Kokuu has been appearing ever since...Recca's powers appeared again. For everyone's safety, Kokuu has taken Recca into the world of the dragons. However, Kokuu has shown up again fairly recently, talking about how we could most likely die in this battle. Fuuko-chan argued with him, and then Kokuu said something very interesting.

He said that Fuuko-chan was more powerful than she thought, and that all of us who controlled madougu...weren't as normal as we thought, Kagerou nods in the direction of Fuuko and Tendoujigoku-Kurei, obviously this was right. However...I don't exactly understand how Fuuko-chan's powers emerged so quickly...

I understand, Yanagi's voice rings out over the sounds of fierce winds and raging flames, because it happened to me.

Kagerou blinks in surprise. I feel Yanagi's back tense, then she sits up, no longer using me as support.

It's easy to use your power once you have it, but in order to release latent powers...you have to go into some sort of extreme stressed state, Yanagi pauses, yes, that sounds right. That's how I had healing powers before I met any of you. When I was younger, I had a pet parakeet, and the day it almost died...I held it and wished that it could live and...something inside of me changed, Yanagi pauses again, probably remembering the whole situation, I'm sure that's why Fuuko-chan's powers emerged, because she cares a lot for Raiha-san.

I lower my head, in other words, Yanagi-san, Fuuko just snapped.

...That's a good way of putting it, except that, like adrenaline, Fuuko-chan will eventually run out of energy to use her powers, Yanagi sighs, I wish she wouldn't fight so strenuously, but that's her way.

I close my eyes, willing out the sounds of battle from my mind. Unless Raiha suddenly decides to wake up, Fuuko will probably fall soon.

It's hard to admit that I'm powerless in this situation.

The element of surprise only works once.
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(Neon's POV)






Grudgingly, I open my eyes, only to see two blurry looking faces above me. I close my eyes. Miki, Aki...what are you doing here?

We know that you didn't want us to follow you, Neon-sama, but Aki and I had to, you know we had to... Miki rambles on, and I smile at her childish antics. Sometimes I wonder who is the older of the twins. I try to raise a hand to shush Miki, but nothing is responding.

Nothing at all.

Aki, how far has the stone covered me? I ask Aki only because I know that she will give a straight answer, unlike Miki, who doesn't like to talk of unpleasant things.

Up to the middle of your neck, Oneesama, Aki's quiet voice is laced with hatred.

Who are you angry at, Aki? It's starting to become harder to talk.

I'm angry at Kurei.

I sigh mentally. It isn't Kurei-sama's fault, it isn't anyone's fault except for Tendoujigoku's. If this didn't happen now, it would've in the future.

I don't care! Aki's voice slices through the sounds of the wind and fire...why are there sounds of a fierce wind like this? It was only supposed to snow tonight... If Kurei knew what was happening to himself enough that he would flee to a Tokyo district, he could've gone to Yanagi's house and asked her to heal him and get rid of Tendoujigoku!

But Aki, I state gently, that isn't Kurei-sama's way.

And look where it's gotten us, Miki's voice has none of the anger that Aki's has, but simple acceptance of what is happening now.

I wonder if she will accept when I am gone...

a small voice that I haven't heard lately enters this discussion', I'm going to try and heal you again. I don't think I can do much, because of the rate that you're being drained, but I'll try to stave off the effects, okay?

Ah, the healing girl...Sakoshita Yanagi. Whatever you like, I say, not adding that there's not much I can do anyway.

As a measure of warmth spreads over my face and chest, I try to think of all the happy things I've gone through in my life. The twins, working as maids in Mori Kouran's house, Kurei, becoming Uruha and then Jyushinshuu Neon...

Hmm...
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(Fuuko's POV)


All of a sudden I'm feeling very tired.

It's all I can do to block and counter with gales of wind and stuff, but I can't actually attack.

As Tendoujigoku throws another fireball at me, I duck underneath it, feeling some of my hair singe away, and then I smash his face with the heel of my hand, knocking him back a few inches. Quickly I think of razor blades, conjuring up razor winds that slash at Kurei's robe...but do nothing else.

And then I fall.

My body...feels so heavy...what the hell's wrong with me?

I stagger up into a kneeling position and look up...

Tendoujigoku's right in front of me.

Oh, shit...
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(Kagerou's POV)


Mikagami and I stand up as soon as we see Fuuko fall. We look at each other, immediately understanding the other.

We can't let Tendoujigoku-Kurei touch Fuuko.



I look down. Raiha is trying to sit up, trying to get to where Fuuko and Tendoujigoku-Kurei are. Raiha-kun, don't try to do anything, I warn. It wouldn't do if two of our best fighters have their souls and potent powers absorbed in the space of minutes.

In front of us, Kurei's figure bows down slightly, reaching out to touch Fuuko's face.

Mikagami and I share a look again.

Too late to do anything...

Raiha shrieks out, reaching out towards the two fighters.

A single streak of lightning falls from the sky, right into Tendoujigoku-Kurei's body.



In surprise, I look at Yanagi. Her eyes are wide, too wide for her small face; her fists are clenched too tightly for a person that has never thrown a punch before in her life. She stares at Raiha's back.

Raiha, who has passed out again.

Why did you do that, Raiha-san, why did you do that? Yanagi continues, seemingly not realizing that Raiha has fallen once again, don't you realize that Tendoujigoku is draining energy off of Neon-san? Don't you realize that he's draining her soul into his own mind? Don't you realize that, in order to heal, Tendoujigoku will...

She breaks down, sobbing into her hands.

What are you talking about, Yanagi-chan? I try to say in a comforting voice, but then I look past Yanagi's trembling body, and I freeze.

There's Miki and Aki, staring at Neon's body.

Neon's completely petrified body.


~Owari to the 12th part~


Technically I should be studying for my Japanese test today, or at least try to get ready for school, but I wanted to get this out before I found a way to delay finishing this chapter again. I was too busy playing video games most of the time ^^;; Hence, none of my usual ramblings!

Reviewers!

Hey Rhiannon, you were the first reviewer out of a whole multitude of people! Yeah, I think you better leave the comforting of Raiha to Fuuko or else she just might blow you away! Um, considering that I *sorta* answered most of your questions in this chapter (you'll find out who else has their powers in the next chapter!), I guess there's only the question about who *her*' is that Fuuko mentions. I had forgotten the name at the time, but Fuuko's friend was named Maya.

Yo, NurikOo Mikagami! I'm happy that the Raiha's flashback scenes actually helped you like Kurei more...that's really a nice compliment! Yeah, I know that I suck at writing fight scenes, but I hope that you like this chapter! Yeah, your review came true, but it was a good thing...well, not really, but sorta...

+Killua+, here's the next chapter! I hope you like it!

Hello Sacharine, I'm happy you like the flashbacks! I don't know about realistic, but I did try my best!

Nice to see you, Tenken86! Nah, Raiha never (as far as I know) calls Fuuko Fuuko-sama'. The only person that does that is Domon, sometimes... Don't worry about not reviewing or whatever, I never asked anyone to review this fic! I just want people who actually want to post their comments to do so, I'm not going to beg for reviews. Yah, it does mean that everyone (sorta) has the power of their madougu inside of them, as the explanation in this chapter shows. Hey, I'm going to continue this fic until there's no more to say!

Hello, A! Um, I'm not sure how a lot of the later chapters are cute', but I'll take any compliment! Of course I'm going to write more, I'm not going to leave anyone hanging!

Yo, ChibiRaihaHK! Yes, suspense is always a good thing...would I kill Raiha? I can't think of any reason why the plot would call for it. Besides, isn't Neon's death enough? Yes, the plot keeps on thickening...it's going to be cement soon, at this rate... Yes, more action is a good thing! And I'm happy that you're happy...as long as people want to read, I'll keep writing!

Ah, Foggy, it's okay. I just didn't want to answer any questions because...well, they were probably going to be answered anyway! Shinshuu'...well, y'know how there's Jyushinshuu'? Since jyu' or juu' means ten', and Raiha was the first one...I just thought it was simpler to use shinshuu' instead of ichibanshinshuu' (first shinshuu...forgot what shinshuu' meant!). Yeah, Raiha really did grow up that day, but meeting Kurei somehow made him be *sorta* kid-like again, I guess... Thanks for the suggestions, btw! You were the only one with them!

Yo, gilA_gurl! I'm happy you like the flashbacks, and Fuuko and Raiha, and the chapter! Yay!

Hey Showstopper, I guess I finally explained something right for once, huh? I was pretty weirded out doing Raiha's past', just because I wasn't supposed to (hell, technically, the series should've been over with this chapter), but hey, it's all good! Yeah, just cause Fuuko said the words doesn't really mean anything...but it'll be interesting what will happen in the next few chapters. So, have you heard Hikari' yet? Oh, and have a good day!

Blue, thank you! I thought I put too much past' in that chapter, but then again, writers always need to complain about something ^_^ I always feel bad if I take too long with a chapter, because I could *technically* write a chapter every few days, but I'm too preoccupied with reading other fanfics and video games (never mind school, not at all preoccupied with that ^_~). Looking back, I guess that chapter wasn't so bad...if nothing else, this was my trouble chapter. I'm looking forward to more of your comments!

Hey Flutter, I actually do post pretty quickly, don't I? I'm happy that you went to my site, I'm actually planning on adding lots of new stuff in the next few months! I think that Raiha is incredibly kawaii everytime I pick up the manga, but in this fic? Wow, Kurei reminds you of Hotohori? Hotohori would look at Kurei's burn mark and say that he's more beautiful than Kurei... Fuuko always kicks butt, I'm just going with how I imagine her to be, y'know?

Hello, Kakambing! Interesting nick you have there....I'm happy you like this fic!

Wow, if I count that out, that's...13 reviews for chapter 11, not counting Flutter's two reviews ^^;; Thank you for showing your support for this series, this wasn't even supposed to be a multi-chaptered fic!

Ch. 13: Miki and Aki, the twins who owe their lives to Neon. In the wake of Neon's death, how will they react? And, a trip into the psyche of Kurei...