Author's Notes: Hey everybody! I hope you liked chapter 6. I've definitively decided to make this story 8 chapters long, with the small possibility of an epilogue (that would take place about nine months after Blue Seed 2). I'm not sure though. Hehe, I'm really liking the reviews though. Keep them coming. With all of the feedback that I've been getting so far, I know where I need to put the focus of the story more on. So please review. I know you readers out there get that way too much, but the more I get the better off for your viewing pleasure it'll be.
Rated – PG – 13 (Kusenagi, Koume, and Sakura being the main culprits)
Feelings Revealed! Koume Blows off Some Steam! Blue Seed 1.399 – Why You Should Not Try To Kill A Cat-Eyed Half-Aragami's Girlfriend
Kusenagi circled worriedly overhead, his senses in overdrive as he looked left and right, trying to place where Momiji was. The large explosion that shook the park had alerted him to the general area where her whereabouts would be, but the dense smoke and dust that had resulted after the explosion made it tough to see.
"Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn!" Kusenagi swore repeatedly as he flew around above the dense rising debris. Kusenagi contemplated going down into the dense cloud of smoke and ash and dust to find her, but retracted that idea as he figured that he'd probably only hurt Momiji more than helping her, should he be blindsided by whatever was attacking her. Wait a minute…whatever was attacking her? "
How did I know that something was attacking Momiji?" Kusenagi wondered to himself. "Normally I would've just rushed on down, but why in the hell am I thinking that I'll get blindsided by something?" Grunting, Kusenagi pondered this thought until he heard a familiar female war cry and the sounds of squealing breaks and car horns to his right. Looking down below, he saw Koume, running through six lanes of a very busy street, her bazooka and various other gigantic weapons that'd make most people run the other direction strapped all over her body (or being carried). Behind her, crossing the crosswalk like most of the other (intelligent) bystanders, was Yaegashi. As Koume made her way towards where Kusenagi was, he called down to her.
"HEY DOWN THERE!!! WHAT'S GOING ON?!"
"I SHOULD BE ASKING YOU THE SAME QUESTION PLANT-BOY!!!" Koume shouted up to him as she raced towards affected blast area. Closing the gap between them, Yaegashi sprinted awkwardly to try and keep up.
"KUSENAGI!!!" Yaegashi hailed at the levitating, green-haired man.
"WHAT?!"
"IT'S THE ARAGAMI!!! I KNOW IT!!!"
"THE WHAT?!" Kusenagi exclaimed, suddenly realizing why he hadn't gone down into the decimated area after Momiji.
"Wait up Koume!" Yaegashi panted as he sped up after her.
"Shit!!!" Kusenagi cursed to himself as he levitated above the smoke, noticing that it was starting to clear. Suddenly, another female voice cut the air. One that Kusenagi had prayed to God to never hear again.
"NOT MUCH HELP UP THERE PLANT BOY!!! OH WELL, YOU'RE SMART TO LET THE REAL ARAGAMI BUSTER HANDLE THIS ONE!!!"
"GO TO HELL!!!" Kusenagi yelled at the voice.
"AMATUER!!!" Sakura yelled back from below, her priestess robes flowing as she trotted towards the now-clearing blast crater. Royally pissed off at that comment, Kusenagi decided to throw caution to the wind and show her what was what. Flying into the retreating cloud of smoke and dust, Kusenagi squinted to see if he could find his troubled girlfriend.
"Looks like he's going in." Yaegashi said as he watched Kusenagi fly from overhead down into the area and dissapear behind the smoke.
"Not without me he isn't!" Koume said as she cocked her bazooka and started running in after him.
"Koume, wait!" Yaegashi said as he, once again, raced after her.
"Both of you stop!" Yaegashi and Koume both stopped at the command of the voice, and turned around to see who it was.
"YOU?!" Koume yelled in an exasperated and annoyed tone.
"Let the professionals handle this one." Sakura said, winking at the angry bazooka-clad red-head. Having more than her fill already of the American-raised blonde, Koume aimed her bazooka at her.
"Say that again. I dare you to." Koume said in a threatening tone.
"Eheh, um, you know what? I think I'll take the other way in. See ya!" Sakura said as multiple sweatdrops formed on her head and she backed up.
"Crazy bitch." Sakura mumbled underneath her breath.
"GRRRRRRR!!! I HEARD THAT!!!" Koume yelled as went to pull the trigger. Alarmed as to what she was going to do, Yaegashi flew up next to Koume and grabbed her hand before it got a chance to link it around the trigger.
"Hey, what'd you do that for? I had her in my sights! I would've done the world a favor!"
"Save the favor for the Aragami, sweetie. You kill her and you'll cause an international incident."
"She was born in Japan first!"
"Yeah, but she works for the American CIA."
"Damn." Letting the last syllable roll off her tongue, Koume picked up her bazooka and grabbing Yaegashi's hand, started running towards where the Aragami was.
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Having dove in, Kusenagi began looking around frantically as he put his cat-like-eyesight to its best use. Suddenly, a high pitched scream filled the air.
"Momiji? MOMIJI!!!" Kusenagi yelled, his heightened awareness and fear of what might be being done to his girlfriend causing him to screw any ideas of being careful and start running blindly towards the direction of the noise. A sudden gust of wind from above head blew down onto Kusenagi, and the smoke and dust was cleared from the sky. Confused, Kusenagi looked up at the source of the wind to find a helicopter his most favorite faith healer hanging out the side.
"Thought you could use some help!" Sakura yelled from above as she tied a rope in a loop and, sticking her foot inside, began lowering herself from the helicopter. The growls of a nearby Aragami shook Kusenagi from his confused thoughts, as he looked back at the direction of Momiji's earlier scream. To his horror, he saw the Aragami using three vines to hold Momiji sideways, her back towards him, with one wrapped around her feet, one wrapped around her waist, and one wrapped around her neck.
"Alright you, give it up!" Koume's voice echoed from behind Kusenagi. Turning around, he saw the ex-commando taking aim with her bazooka, her nerdier half behind her aiming a handgun at the mitama, which was on the side of one of its legs, protected by a small plethora of vines. Firing a round, Koume smiled in triumph when it hit the Aragami's head. A small explosion resulted, and the Aragami cried out in pain.
"Got him!" Yaegashi said as he lowered his handgun to assess the damage. The Aragami swayed, then righted itself.
"What? It didn't do anything?" Koume questioned in alarm.
"What do you want with Momiji?" Kusenagi exclaimed,
"Why, I, Kodansha, leader of the Aragami, am going to get rid of her." The Aragami stated, bewildering Kusenagi.
"That sounded like a bad introduction to a political speech. NOW HAND HER OVER!!!" Kusenagi stated, throwing his bewilderment aside and replacing it with anger.
"KUSENAGI!!!" Momiji hollered, Kodansha having rotated her around so that she could see him.
"MOMIJI!!!" Kusenagi yelled in return, "LET HER GO!!!" he threatened, turning his attention towards the hybrid beast. Kodansha chuckled at the response, really infuriating Kusenagi.
"GRRRRR, YOU ASKED FOR IT!!!" Kusenagi yelled as he launched himself at the Aragami, arm-blades poised in front of his body to kill.
"I don't think so." Kodansha replied as it used one of its vines to grab Kusenagi by the waist, and fling him back at the ground. Hitting the ground with a sickening crack, Kusenagi let out a yell of pain, then all was silent.
"Kusenagi? KUSENAGI!!!" Momiji yelled in desperation. Koume, Sakura, and Yaegashi, all of whom had been standing (or flying in Sakura's case) nearby, simply looked in awe at the small crater in the ground where the half-Aragami lay unconscious.
"Well, looks like it's my job, as usual, to take care of business." Sakura said as she picked six incantations from her pocket, and chanting a prayer with each one, threw them at various trees and spots on the ground.
"That should do the trick!" Sakura said as she chanted a final incantation, and watched as a red pentagram (yes, like the one in Blue Seed 2) form around the Aragami, with it being in the center.
"That won't work." Kodansha said as it held Momiji up in the air, right side up. "Any of you try anything more, and I will hang the Kushinada girl!" As it said the last part of its phrase, Kodansha let the lower two vines that held Momiji's waist and ankles go, leaving on the vine around her neck to hold her up.
"MOMIJI!!!" Koume and Yaegashi yelled at the same time.
"Crap." Sakura said, stopping her incantation and giving in to the threat.
"Good, I knew you'd see it my way." Kodansha said as its vines wrapped back around Momiji's waist and ankles, easing the pull of gravity on Momiji's body off of her neck and the vine that was wrapped around it. Gasping for air, a tear escaped Momiji's eye as she muttered Kusenagi's name over and over. Not knowing what to do, everyone stood very still, eyeing each other uneasily when the sounds of squealing tires diverted their attention. Looking towards the sidewalk, everyone sweatdropped when a TAC van came to a screeching halt behind Koume and Yaegashi.
"I'm here!" Matsudaira said as she opened up the door and hopped out.
"Er, way to drive on the sidewalk." Yaegashi said, the weirdness of the sight noticeable on the edge of his voice.
"Never did drive well when in a hurry." Koume mumbled underneath her breath, the comment meant for Matsudaira, who was currently opening up the back doors and taking out some artillery shells for Koume's bazooka.
"Where's Kusenagi?" Matsudaira asked, her face hidden behind the immense amount of shells that she carried. Everyone went silent at that comment, a sullen look going on each one of their faces.
"He's dead!" Sakura hollered from the low-flying aircraft that she was currently perched beside.
"KUSENAGI IS NOT DEAD!!!" Momiji yelled from the side of Kodansha, tears streaming down her face as fear gripped her entire body.
"MOMIJI?!" Matsudaira yelled in surprise, having taken notice that Momiji was in the clutches of a very ugly-looking Aragami.
"KUSENAGI!!!" Momiji yelled downwards,
"SHUT UP YOU KUSHINADA!!!" Kodansha said, wrapping one of its vines around Momiji's mouth to gag her.
"M-M-M-Momiji…" A shaky voice softly floated from the crater where Kusenagi was. Looking his way, everyone's eyes went wide as Kusenagi slowly but surely clawed his way out of the hole, his body badly beaten.
"I won't let you hurt her." He said, his shoulders slumped over in pain.
"And what will you do about it, half-breed?" Kodansha challenged,
"THIS!!!" Kusenagi said as his eyes snapped opened and he launched himself once more at the Aragami. Giving a cry in surprise, Kodansha tumbled backwards as Kusenagi plunged his arm-blades into its midsection at full force. The force of the hit sent Kodansha flying back and loosing its grip on Momiji, who was flung high into the air.
"Momiji!" Matsudaira cried out as she looked up at Momiji's hurtling upwards.
"HEY PLANT BOY, YOUR GIRLFRIEND IS IN TROUBLE!!!" Koume screamed as she pointed at the flying girl. Upon hearing the word girlfriend, Kusenagi turned around to see his beloved flying high into the sky, her ascent slowing down, then stopping. Screaming, Momiji began plunging back to the Earth. Letting go of his position on Kodansha, Kusenagi flew as quickly as he could towards Momiji.
"KUSENAGIIIIIIIIIIIII…!!!" Momiji cried, her arms held outwards towards her other half.
"GET HER KUSENAGI!!!" A male voice cried from behind Kodansha. Matsudaira and Sakura, both of whom had heard the cry, looked over to find Sugishita looking upwards at Momiji, an alarmed look plastered on his face.
"Looks like he got my call." Matsudaira commented to herself as she averted her eyes back up to the flailing torso hurtling back down towards the ground.
"I'VE GOT YOU MOMIJI!!!" Kusenagi yelled as he held his arms out to her, catching her halfway through her decent. "I've got you." He repeated, more softly than before.
"Kusenagi." Momiji said as she smiled, and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Blushing, Kusenagi silently and seriously lowered himself to the ground, setting Momiji down by Koume, Matsudaira, and Yaegashi.
"Keep an eye on her. I've got a score to settle." Kusenagi said as he turned around and flew back towards the direction of Kodansha, who was trying to right itself to fight.
"Kusenagi…" Momiji whispered as Koume reached an arm around Momiji to help her sit up.
"Is she alright?" Sugishita asked as he rushed up to the group.
"A bit shaken, but otherwise she seems to be fine." Matsudaira commented as she tapped Koume on the shoulder and motioned for her to come with her.
"So what's the plan? Do we let Kusenagi handle it?" Sugishita asked as he kneeled down next to Momiji and, putting her arm around his shoulders, helped her stand.
"Well, while Kusenagi is distracting the Aragami, I've devised a chemical compound that should dissolve the wooden structure that holds up the torso. This should leave the mitama open for either Kusenagi or Koume to destroy." Matsudaira answered as she gave a shell to Koume.
"GREAT!!! I'm in!" Koume said, delighted that she was both making a difference and getting to fire her bazooka legally as many times as she wanted to. Kusenagi flew overhead, giving repeated slashing blows to Kodansha's neck, head, and chest area.
"DIE YOU ARAGAMI!!!" Kusenagi yelled, his war cry echoing loudly over the deserted park area as he delivered a blow to the lower part of its neck. Kodansha swiped roared in frustration as it swiped repeatedly at Kusenagi with its vines. Anytime that it managed to get a hold of him, Kusenagi would swipe his blades at them, cutting himself free. Momiji, who hadn't torn her eyes away from her love for the entire time, let go of Sugishita's shoulders, and tried unsuccessfully to walk, her legs too shaky to form a step. Catching her as she fell, Sugishita grumbled his wishes for success as he helped her stand once more.
Matsudaira handed Koume the shells, which she loaded into her bazooka. Running up a few yards, Koume knelt down and let her experience take care of the rest. Taking into account where Kusenagi was, and where she estimated he might be within the next few seconds, Koume too specific aim and pulled the trigger. Upon hearing the sound of a gun firing, Kusenagi instinctively flew upwards, having learned more than once that when a gun fires, it's usually at whatever he was fighting.
Sakura, having seen her favorite (not) TAC member aiming her bazooka, quickly retracted back into the helicopter that she had flown in, and instructed the pilot to retreat, as she could plainly see she wasn't needed anymore (as well as because she knew that being on the wrong end of Koume's bazooka was a bad idea). "Damnit." She silently swore to herself as they flew away. Looking below, she could see many police cars surrounding the affected area, blockades holding back literally hundreds of curious Tokyo citizens as they tried to get a glimpse of what was going on. "I hate it when I don't get my way." She commented, noting that there wouldn't be any glory for her today.
With a small explosion and a puff of smoke, the shell smacked into the side of the Aragami. Swaying and righting itself, as like the first time, Kodansha looked down at Koume.
"I told you that that wouldn't work." It hissed as it whipped some of its vines the former GSDF operative.
"KOUME!!!" Yaegashi yelled as Koume stood, rooted to the spot in fear. Suddenly, the vines stopped moving, and Kodansha let out a tremendous painful roar. Retracting its vines to itself, it backed into a tree and flopped over, writhing about as its body began to dissolve. Running up beside her, Yaegashi grabbed Koume's arm and pulled her back towards where Matsudaira, Momiji, and Sugishita stood, watching the Aragami as it slowly dissolved into foamy dust. Kusenagi followed suit, flying over to the group and landing next to Momiji, taking her from Sugishita and holding her in a tight embrace.
"Wow, that's some shit you whipped up Matsudaira." Kusenagi commented,
"Um, thank you." Matsudaira commented lightly, trying to disregard the curse word as a reference to her ingenious recipe slide off her back.
"ALRIGHT!!! That kicked ass! Let's do that again!" Koume said as she pumped her fist into the air triumphantly. Everyone else sweatdropped at the comment, Yaegashi sliding his arm around her shoulders and commenting, "Er, let's not but say we did."
Kusenagi picked up Momiji princess-style and informed the TAC that he was taking her back home. Everyone nodded in agreement, the sight of a very pale and shaken Momiji making it very clear that the poor girl needed to get back to her own home to calm down.
"The rest of you can go home as well. I'll take care of the remainder of the Aragami corpse." Matsudaira said seriously as she whipped out a new set of Petri dishes. Chuckling at the sight, Kusenagi, Koume, and Yaegashi shook their heads, the apparent earlier incident with Matsudaira's Orochi-slime completely forgotten.
Tightening his grip on his shaken girlfriend, Kusenagi bid everyone farewell and flew off towards the Kunikida household.
"…Thank…you…Kusenagi…" Momiji said unsurely,
"Hm?" Kusenagi replied, surprised that she managed to speak.
"I love you." At this, Kusenagi's face turned dark for a second, before he suddenly cracked a small smile.
"Yeah." He commented, leaving Momiji to interprate what he meant, which, as she knew with Kusenagi, was not very easy. Deciding to take it up with him later, Momiji snaked her arms around Kusenagi's shoulders and squeezed him close, just happy to be in his arms. Not one to complain (as that yeah that he had said in his mind meant while it maybe wasn't love, it was sure one hell of a like), Kusenagi's smile widened as he flew towards the horizon.
The End of Chapter 7
Please review! Hehe, there are going to be 8 chapters to this, so there's one more to go! I hope all of you Kusenagi and Momiji fans liked this installment, it was written with you guys in mind. I try to keep this as true to the series as possible (character wise), so hopefully I accomplished that. This chapter was definitely the hardest to write. Well then, stay tuned for the conclusion of Blue Seed 1.399!