***Disclaimer: I don't own Blue Seed

Chapter Five

"I'm waiting Kushinada." Murakumo said, grinning.

Momiji put her hand over her mitama and closed her eyes. 'Please help me fight Murakumo.' She prayed to herself. Her veins felt like they were full of power. 'I have to have faith in myself,' she told herself. She opened her eyes and stared evilly at Murakumo.

"I waited long enough." He said, and blasted Momiji with energy. She fell to her knees, and cried out in pain. "You should've thought twice about challenging me to a fight."

Her body hurt all over and her breaths got shorter and shorter, taking in less oxygen. 'I can't give up!' She told herself. But instead of listening to herself, she lost all hope in defeating him. Then suddenly she felt the urge to try to get her mitama again. So she did.

Momiji clasped her mitama. "Please help me!" She shouted.

A red glow circled around her and a sweet melody played. Her eyes glowed an iridescent green and her mitama glowed blue. She felt pain where her mitama was. She looked down and the mitama that was once there was gone. She couldn't believe it. 'It couldn't just disappear… Or could it?' She thought to herself.

The light grew larger and the melody grew louder. Murakumo shouted out in pain as he fell to the ground. His jet-black hair stood on end and his eyes turned to black.

"The Kushinada Pulse!" He shouted and then pounded his fists off the ground.
"So that's what this is." She said.

His eyes turned to emptiness and sorrow. In a way she felt sorry for him. In all his life he was lonely and had to work for the evil Arigami. She wondered if he ever felt happiness…

"This isn't the end Princess." Murakumo guaranteed her. "Where ever you go and what ever you do, they will be there always watching you, they are the Arigami." He grinned, and then disappeared into the darkness.

Momiji felt a shiver slither down her spine. The light faded away and so did the music. She felt light headed and fell to the ground, restlessly. She panted out in tiredness. She turned onto her back and felt water dripping on her forehead. 'Did I really beat him?' She asked herself, skeptical of what she just did.

Her eyes filled up in tears and her mind clouded, only showing what happened to Kusanagi. Her heart broke into a thousand pieces.

"Kusanagi…." She said, faintly, and then slowly fell into a deep sleep.

Before Momiji closed her eyes she heard the footsteps of people coming toward her. She was afraid, she thought it was the Arigami coming to get her. They walked into the cave.

"Momiji!" She heard a familiar voice screamed. The person ran to her side. "Are you ok?" Kunikida asked with worry scratching his voice.

Momiji smiled. "You came." She said weakly, and then her eyes closed tightly.