SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 35 out, this is Chapter 36 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review other than just simply putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

Disclaimers: I own nothing, except for the plot and pairing.

Chapter 36: Treasure

"Nii-san?" Yukio blinked, seeing Rin before them, jumping down. "Let's hurry." he told Kuro.

Rin! Kuro cried, bursting in as Rin was off the zombies that had dropped in.

"Everyone." Rin voiced. "That saved me."

"Who is this?" Yukio pointed to the gravely wounded woman around Rin's shoulder.

"Izumo's mom." Rin replied. "Let her ride Kuro."

What? Kuro exclaimed.

"Kamiki is in a state of demonic possession." Yukio noted. "Don't tell me... it's the Nine-Tails!? We must bring her to a specialist in exorcism immediately."

"Enough!" Kamiki snapped. "It's too late. Can't you tell? Hurry! Just go!"

"Kamiki, what you said earlier." Suguro started. "What was that about?"

"I can do first aid with Aloe." Shiemi stepped up. "Leave it to me."

"Just shut up..." Kamiki hugged her knees and wailed.

"Kamiki..." Shiemi stammered.

"You're a nuisance!" the possessed Kamiki glared.

"Okumura-sensei, how do we exorcise the Nine-Tails?" Suguro asked, the group backing off from the energy surge.

"This is an old and powerful upper-class demon." Yukio replied, firing his shotgun. "We probably haven't found a way to exorcise it yet."

"Technically, the Kamiki Family would be that particular specialist." Ami added. "If only Kamiki's mother could regain consciousness..."

"I... can see her..." Tamamo muttered. "Izumo! I won't let you have my daughter." she looked at the Nine-Tails straight in the eye. "Tamamo asks of you to fulfill my prayers." and begun her 'Divine Summoning' dance, easily dodging the Nine-Tails' strikes.

"This is!" Yukio gaped. "Everyone." he turned to the group. "Work together to eradicate the zombies in the perimeter. Don't let the zombies get close to those two."

"You're a showoff, Kamiki." Suguro chided. "Weren't you going to take the Exorcist Exams in three months?"

"We understand now why Kamiki distanced herself from us." Miwa added. "But as I thought, we'll have to make that habit stop."

"Kamiki, I will definitely save you." Shiemi swore.

"Izumo, we're here for you!" Rin barked.

"Come back to me, I politely ask of you." Tamamo took Izumo into a hug. "The Nine-Tails has returned inside of me," she turned to Gedōin after she retook the Nine-Tails back. "And will die with me. Your plans... this is as far as they go."

"Mother!" Kamiki cried out, seeing the Kamiki matriarch collapse to the ground.

"I'm glad for you, Izumo..." Tamamo muttered. "Sorry..."

"Stop that!" Kamiki shouted. "Why? Somehow, you... always made me save you, and now...! Why would do you something like that only now?"

"You're Tama-chan's treasure." Tamamo pulled her elder daughter closer.

"I... was wrong!" Kamiki wept on her mother's chest.

"It's... all right..." Tamamo muttered. "Everyone.. is by your side...Tsukumo too... Uke, Mike too. So, it's... all right..." with a smile, she shut her eyes for the last time.

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