"I Can't Let Go"

Chapter 5:
Out of My Reach...

Nurik0o Mikagami

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Author's Thanks:
To mia:
Konnichiwa! *Bows* THANK YOU for STILL reading my fic! HeE~ Well, whether or not it'll still be To/Fuu, HeE~ I hope you'll stay on reading, so you'll know! ^_^ Onegai?! ^_*v

To Wind Goddess:
EloZ! ^_^ Thank you for thinking it's STILL good! HeE~ ^0^;; After much thinking, I finally got a plot in my mind! Will Fuuko live? Geez... I'm not too sure myself! *Giggles* HeE~ ^_^ AND of COURSE! THANK U for reading! ^_^

To Darkness VII:
YupZ! HELLO! *Waves Frantically* LoLz... Arigatoo again! GeeZ! So touched! *HuGz* Thank you for reading! YupZ! I realised you're not too much a Rai/Fuu fan! HeE~ In fact, most are To/Fuu ne?! Okie Dookie... Let's see... Hmm... To be? OR not to bE?!! *LoLz*

And also to all others who read this fic, Well, of course I don't know if there are any! Hahah~ But I can't possibly leave all of you guys out (in case there ARE!)! Arigatoo Gozaimasu! ^_^ *BowS* Oh well... Enough talking already... HERE GOES! (after the disclaimer... *LoLz*)

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Disclaimer:
The normal Flame of Recca characters found here do not belong to me. I am merely using them to write a plot. Any additional characters that appear here are created by me. Any resemblence in name or character is purely coincidental. Please don't sue moi! T_T *LoLz* Wow! Rather long and serious disclaimer this time round.

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"Kiri-sa-wa Fuu-ko", said the mysterious voice. "Aww! U had a lil' quarrel with your dearie boy? Tsk Tsk Tsk... When were you so emotional anyway?"

"WHO ARE YOU?!" Fuuko shouted... Nearly on the verge of crying, she wrapped her left palm around the Fujin, as if trying to calm herself down. Fuuko isn't usually such a softie, but after her quarrel with Tokiya, she is still trying to recover, and this mysterious enemy has caught her by surprise, or so she thought. "SHOW YOURSELF U COWARDLY BASTARD!" She finally burst!

"Well... As you wish!"

A teenager, standing at a height of 1.90m appeared. Wearing a school uniform from a school nearby... NO WAIT! Raiha's school! He wasn't near Fuuko, nearly 2m apart. He looked very innocent, boyish looking to say the least, but his mouth curved into a sly smile, as if telling Fuuko that she'll find no other path, than the path he laid for her... HER DEATH! So there he stood, looking perfectly harmless, but had an evil aura surrounding him.

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"Let go of me! What do you want?!" Tokiya said, as he stared into the woman's eyes.

"I would love to let go of you, but not until you tell me why I should."

Tokiya struggled to loosen the woman's grip around his arm, but to no avail. Then he stop! All too sudden, he just stopped struggling, and looked up. Looking pale, he just stood there and stared into space. He heard her, yes, he heard Fuuko's desperate cries for help. He had no idea what was going on, but her cries were too much for him to bear. He started to run, and yes, he COULD ACTUALLY move! He looked back at where he was a few seconds ago, no sight of the woman! He couldn't care less, he just wanted to find Fuuko, HIS Fuuko!

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Panting heavily was Raiha, his legs brought him to the House of Mirrors. Trying to recover from the 30 minutes running, he bent down, with his palms on his kness. After about a minute, he stood straight, still panting, but much lightly now. Just when he was about to enter, he saw a familiar figure running towards him. It was Mikagami Tokiya, looking drenched, and terribly pale.

"Raiha?! What are you doing here?" Tokiya asked Raiha with an astonished look.

"Fuuko..."

The two guys said no more. They realised that this wasn't a time for words, it was time for action. Raiha tighten the Raijin on his arm, while Tokiya took out his Ensui. Tokiya could not activate the Ensui yet, there were too many people around, so he took 2 bottles of half-filled mineral bottles with him into the House of Mirrors.

Raiha and Tokiya decided to go different ways, Raiha to the right, while Tokiya to the left. It was only now that Tokiya poured the mineral water over his Ensui. The search is on! The only factor that bothered both of them, was TIME!

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"Kon-ni-chi-wa! My name is Kinichi. Okada Kinichi. Oh! Looks like we're gonna have fun now. Seems like your friendsSs are IN!"

"Come and get me if you can!" Fuuko said confidently. She has recovered! She was now ready to fight. She was determined to finish him off before he could lay his dirty hands on her beloved. "No wait!" She thought. "Friends... There's more than Mi-chan!". She was too engrossed in thinking, that she did not notice Kinichi coming towards her!

Fortunately, she only suffered a small cut on her arm, as she wasn't all too late in defencing herself, but it was too soon for relief, Kinichi wasn't about to give up as yet. He was quick! Way too quick for Fuuko to handle! He cut her, left right, top bottom. When he finally rested, Fuuko was covered with cuts, bleeding from head to toe!

However, Fuuko wasn't about to just whine and give up. She stood up straight, and started her counter-attack!

At the same time, both Raiha and Tokiya are still seraching for Fuuko, and were getting really close, as they could hear the sounds of the mirrors trembling whenever Fuuko used her Fujin. But, Raiha got there first, only to see a bleeding, and half dead Fuuko lying on the ground. Tokiya on the other hand, is still finding his way.

"Fuuko!!!!!" Raiha shouted as he ran towards her, but was repelled by a force. Raiha looked at her opponent angrily, but his expression soon changed into shock.
"Kinichi........" Raiha whispered.

"Raiha-kun..." Kinichi said looking at Raiha. "Is this the girl who has gotten you all gloomy over? HaHaHa... Kinda pathetic I must say!"

"Kinichi... What are you doing?"

"Let me introduce to you Raiha, my madougu!"

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Kinichi took out a necklace from his pocket. It was silver, it was giving out so much shine, that the whole place lite up at least twice! It had a small gem stone as a pendant.

"This.... is my madougu... Yuki... SNOW! She is lucky I've not used the madougu yet! But I'm wondering if I should. Hahahah... Damn! She's LOUSY!"

"Kinichi... I din' know you... had a... madougu" Raiha stammering. Frightened and astonished by the way Kinichi was behaving. Kinichi is his best friend from school. He shares all of his secrets and troubles with Kinichi, except those concerning Kurei and madougus.

Fuuko was too tired. Her attacks were useless on Kinichi. She over exerted herself, and is now suffering not only from the pain Kinichi has inflicted on her, but also shame Kinichi has brought to her, the useless side of her she never thought she was. She wants so much to stand up and kill him, but she could not even move an inch from where she laid.

"Stop your nonsense right now, or I'll cut ur throat."

"Mikagami!" Raiha shouted in relief!

"Hahahaha... Before you slit my throat, take a look at your girl!"

The woman! The woman who held Tokiya back was standing infront of Fuuko. She had the same sly smile across her face. She knelt down now, holding Fuuko's face up with her two fingers, smurking. Her evil eyes wouldn't leave Fuuko. She reached into her bag, and took out a dagger. She lifted her hand up with the dagger, and down her hand went.

However, Tokiya long left Kinichi's side, he dashed towards Fuuko, and went down the dagger into his heart. Ensui's blade turned into water, and so there Tokiya laid in pain on top of Fuuko.

"Hahahaha... Useless bunch of idiots!" Kinichi laughed at the hopeless pair.

Raiha was too stunned to move. He sat where he was. Still unable to reach out to the couple.

"Now Raiha.. It's HER turn! YUKI!"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!" Raiha screamed!"

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"Do you know what I just did Raiha kun? I froze both her kidneys. Yuki freezes a person's internal organs as to my wish. She will not die as yet. I want her to know how her love sacrificed for her. I want her to know how it feels to love someone so much, yet is unable to be together with him. JUST like how you feel Raiha kun!"

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Author's Notes:
Minna san Kombawa! Sorry the chapter's kinda weird! (???) I wanted to continue so that all of you will know whether Fuuko or Mikagami will live, but I kinda got too tired to write. HeE~ ^0^;; Gomen ne?!

Again, I wanna thank you for reading this fic, I am really grateful to all of you for spending some of your precious time! Let me know if I should continue alrightey?!

Once again, R&R is not compulsory, but GREATLY appreciated! HeE~ (-_-);; Yup! I'm VERY long winded and naggy! HeE~

Next Chapter *Hint*
What will Raiha do now? Will he kill his best friend Kinichi? How is he going to save both Mikagami and Fuuko??