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Chapter 3
Mysteries in the Night
Momiji was turning restlessly around and around her bed while her matama was still glowing. She was having another nightmare. But this time it was different. She was standing in a black room completely by her self; well she thought she was by her self. She looked around the room to no avail, nothing in sight. Just when she was going to panic a voice called to her. "Momiji…. Momiji…"
"What? Who's there?"
"Momiji… You have been feeling down about yourself lately. You don't think you're good enough for Kusanagi. Well, I'm here to ensure that. You'll never be good enough to have him, not by yourself. I can help you Kushinada. With me you can do anything."
"What are you talking about? Who are you?"
"Haven't you figured that out yet? I'm your matama." When it said that Momiji looked down at her chest and saw the matama that was glowing even here. She knew it was true. "Yes, I've been with you all along, but you've never given me a chance. If you let me out I can make you anything. I can make you powerful, beautiful, and even smart. You'll be able to compete with your dear sister Kaede. I'm going to get out whether by generosity or by force. Either way I'll be getting out. I will have my way. But I'll let you have some time to think about what you want to do."
The voice faded away and Momiji was left with her thoughts. Was this really happening? She kept going over questions in her head trying to figure out what to do.
Momiji woke up very casually at about midnight. She stretched out and got up out of bed. "This feels so great! It's been a long time since I've smelled the air for my self. I have the perfect opportunity to have some fun with this body while the little princess ponders away in her dream. Unfortunately, my presence here is fleeting and I'll have to go back to my dormant self as soon as she wakes up. But thankfully my power is growing with the help of the re-birth of Susanoh-oh and soon I'll be able to be free. But for now I'll enjoy this body and explore this so called town." Momiji, or rather the Matama, jumped out the window with great ease. Kusanagi was still patrolling so he wasn't there to even notice Momiji's disappearance.
She floated all around Tokyo trying to decide what to do. The town was pretty interesting but she was interested in some action. Just when she thought she'd have to give up because it was getting towards the time Momiji would be getting up she found an interesting bunch of thugs in a nearby ally trying to take advantage of a young lady. Thinking this would be a great way to get rid of some of her pent up anger she decided to join them.
"Hey pretty lady you want to play too?" asked one of the thugs.
"Actually, yes, but not the way you think." Right when she finished she went soaring towards the head thug knocking him clear across the ally. Startled the thugs disregarded the other girl so they could combine their efforts on this new threat. Circling around her they thought they had the upper hand. One of them went in for the kill, but instead was met with force. Many punches were thrown and much blood was on the ground.
The alarm clock went off and a very reluctant hand came to turn it off. Momiji sat up still very groggy. Gosh, it feels like I haven't slept one wink but I know I did. Well, at least it's Saturday. She started to get up and walk towards her bathroom when a voice was heard. "Well, princess, if I didn't know better I'd think that you'd been out all night." came a voice from her window.
"Kusanagi! What are you doing here? You know better to be in a girl's room or least know enough to knock before you come in." "I'll keep that in mind princess," and with that he was off again. Oooh, darn that Kusanagi! Who does he think he is? Momiji had no chance to think any more of her rude intruder because at that moment Mr. Kunikida came in. "What is it Mr. Kunikida?"
"There's been an attack," answered Mr. Kunikida. "It could be aragami. We'll have to meet the others at the scene." At that, Momiji gave a nod and they headed for the site. When they reached there they found that Yaegashi, Tachiuchi, Kome, and Ms. Matsudaria were already there and working away. "Last night four thugs were brutally beaten in this ally. Under normal circumstances I would think it was just the remains of a common street fight between two gangs, but there was a witness. Apparently, these four men were trying to rape an innocent woman here in this ally. They would have succeeded too if it weren't for this mysterious stranger that showed up. The woman stated that a longhaired woman came and broke up the fight. She claims that the woman had incredible strength especially for the size of the woman, but she also claimed that this illustrious woman had a shiny blue thing in the middle of her chest. And if that's not enough to convince you, she also stated that this mysterious woman told her to give her regards to the TAC and especially to Kusanagi." After he said that, a voice came from behind. "Hmm, well that is interesting," said Kusanagi, "How could she know us?" "I don't know, but I definitely think that this points to aragami." The others all agreed with Mr. Kunikida. "Kusanagi, did you by chance see anything out of the normal last night." Kusanagi shook his head. "What about you, Momiji, do you feel anything here?" Momiji, then, examined the area. She couldn't feel any aragami presence, but she did somehow feel familiar. How could this be? She'd never seen this place before. But even when she looked at the pictures, she had some feeling that she knew what happened. Unfortunately, that's all that she could tell. And with only strange feelings, she decided not to tell the rest of the TAC since she herself didn't know what she was feeling.
The rest of the team spent another three more hours on gathering information. After they were done, they headed back to the TAC headquarters. When they got there they found Kusanagi already standing in a corner of the room. He had a disgruntled look on his face. "Have you found any more information yet?" asked Kusanagi. "Unfortunately, no. But we've only done the preliminary findings. We should know more this evening." "Well, I hope you find something soon; I'm getting restless. Come on Momiji, let's get out of here." Momiji set a little off guard, just followed suite not able to say anything in protest. Right when they were leaving the room, in walked Sakura. She was dressed in her usual red dress, but she had added a complimentary pair of sunglasses. "So, Faith Healer, are you in cognito are you just trying to hide your beautiful face?" Kusanagi asked sarcastically. Before Sakura had a chance to respond, Kusanagi had swiped her shades off her face. There in plain view was a giant black eye. After seeing that, the whole room, again, broke out in laughter. Feeling completely embarrassed, Sakura grabbed for her glasses and quickly put them on. "Ha Ha Ha. Very funny. The next person who laughs is going to get their own matching black eye." The room went quiet then. Momiji was staring at Sakura still surprised that she could have done that to her when a hand grabbed her and pulled her out the door.
Kusanagi and Momiji were walking around Tokyo looking for arigami. This time Momiji hadn't been foolish enough to think that this was a date, unlike last time. How stupid she had been to ever think that he would ever have feelings for her. Bashing herself, Momiji hadn't noticed that she was about to walk into an open manhole. She took one step forward and came in contact with nothing. Just when she was about to fall, Kusanagi swooped her up. "You know, princess, you really should watch where you're going. I don't know how you survive without me." Not really paying total attention to what Kusanagi said she just replied a thank you while he placed her back on the ground. He really was sweet, though, Momiji thought. He always manages to be in the right place at the right time. And he is so cute with those nice muscles and his firm embrace, remembering how his touch had been like. Oh how I want to be with him. He's the perfect man, but there's no way I can compete with Kaede. 'I can make you powerful, beautiful, even smart. You'll be able to compete with your dear sister Kaede,' came the distant words from the dream she had last night. Was her dream real? Is her mitama really 'alive'? If so, can it really make me all of those things so I can get Kusanagi? Oh how I'd give anything to be with him. She decided to think more about it before she made a decision. She still wasn't sure if the dream had been real or even if it were if it could actually have the power to give her what she wants. Still not knowing enough about the whole thing, she decided to wait on telling the rest of the TAC. She had no idea how they would react.
Nothing eventful happened for at least an hour. Kusanagi feeling restless decided it would be best to go home. He grabbed Momiji and began jumping from place to place trying to get Momiji home before dark. If nothing else, he thought, he could look some more this evening while she was asleep. He wasn't completely positive that it had been aragami, but one thing he knew for certain was that there is something more to this whole thing. He wasn't for sure how, but he knew for sure that there had to be something if they had known his name. Kusanagi kept thinking about this the whole trip without speaking to Momiji. He was about two miles away from Momiji's house when Momiji's mitama glowed. Oh no, Momiji thought, not now.
That's it for now. I should have more soon. I hope you liked it. Please Review.
