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¤ By: Telpelindewen ¤
¤ Chapter Three ¤
"What do you mean gone? I thought he was weak." Momiji gripped the phone tightly.
"He's just... He broke the window and left. We don't know where he is but we do know that he is still weak." Koume said back to her.
"He broke the window? Jesus, I hope that he's not hurt." Momiji heard Daitetsu say in the back round.
Momiji had a flash of silver the same one where Kusanagi ripping off his oxygen mask. She dropped the phone and put her throbbing head in her hands.
"Momiji? Momiji?" She heard Koume call from the phone.
"Yeah I'm here." Momiji s voice was rather scarce.
"Are you okay? Listen… Ryoko and I are gonna go out now and see if we can find him. So don't worry about him. But if you hear from him call us right away. He shouldn't be moving around or else he could open up his healing wounds." Koume finished and they hung up.
"Oh Kusanagi you fool." Momiji slide to the floor and wrapped her arms around herself.
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Kusanagi was stumbling in the rain. It was supposed to rain harder later and he was walking around in it. He had the bag that Momiji packed in his left hand. When he had opened it in the laboratory he saw that she had placed the picture of her in the botanical gardens on top of all his things. He knew that she must have seen his photo wall and ran scared away from him and TAC.
He stumbled into his apartment building and reached for the doorknob. He stopped when he got hold and tried to turn the knob and it slide open easily. He walked inside to the dimly lit one room apartment. He switched on the lights and headed towards his bed. He flopped down on it and groaned when his wounds pressed against the bed. He looked over at his wall. It had a photo board and it was covered with photos of Momiji. In the park, at home, eating, talking, sleeping, and even when she went to school.
"Oh shit, Momiji you saw it didn't you?" Kusanagi rolled over and stuffed his face in his pillow. He had to find her. Even if she didn't want to be with him he still needed to protect her. She had already been gone a week so what if she was hurt already?
He decided that no matter what he would find her and so he got up and slowly dragged off his clothes to replace them with clean ones. When he was finished he reached in the bag for his gloves and only found one.
"What the hell." He bent down only to have his chest and wounds protest against the movement, "Okay forget it." He placed the one glove on and went out the door not realizing that his coat and his camera were missing, and that the door never shut.
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"Okay here it is." Ryoko said as she stared at the address on the piece of paper that Momiji had given her earlier that day. She and Koume headed towards the brick building where they thought they would find Kusanagi.
"Ryoko look it's open." Koume and Ryoko saw from down the hall and they ran towards the door.
They pushed it open it creaked the whole time. The walked into the room and the lights were all on.
"Doesn't keep it too tidy does he?" She laughed at all the papers and film and clothes everywhere.
"He's already been here." Ryoko said walking towards the shredded clothes on the floor.
Koume joined her by the bedside. She stood up first and turned towards the wall.
"Holy shit, Ryoko check this out." Koume walked a little closer to where his photo wall was.
"What… oh my goodness." Ryoko stared at hundreds of photo's of Momiji. Sitting, walking, talking, playing , laughing.
"Je-wiz. I think he likes her just a little bit more than we thought." Koume said going over every picture on the wall.
"Come on Koume, we shouldn't be snooping. We still have to find him." Ryoko dragged her back out of the apartment by her sleeve.
"Let go back to TAC maybe they found something."
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The next day Momiji got on a bathing suit and her snorkel mask. She planned on going in the ocean and doing some swimming. Ever since her phone call she checked in with TAC every two hours to see if they had found him yet. They reassured her that when they did they would call her first. She decided that she would swim to take things off her mind. She looked and grabbed Kusanagi's coat from the rack and put it on. It was clean and warm… and it smelled like. Well him.
She went down the stairs and headed towards her car where she would drive to the beach. She was halfway there when she swore that something in the shadows was watching her. She quickly walked to her car and went into reverse.
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It was almost six o'clock when Momiji got out of the water and dried herself off. No matter what she did she couldn't stop thinking about her friends. She noticed that she was the only one on the beach and walked back to her car. When she walked she felt a cold shiver go down her spine. She rushed a little bit quicker to her car and got in. When she was in she sighed with relief.
"What's the rush? Are you in a hurry Kushinada?" It was the same man who had persisted to help her the day before in the elevator.
She was about to squeal with horror when she kept her cool and pushed herself against the back of her door. Reaching for the handle but it was locked.
"What do you want with me?" Momiji squeaked out.
"I just want to talk." He removed the hat that had disguised him the last time. He turned out to be a handsome younger man than she thought. Momiji started to relax a little when he let her see his face.
"Who are you?" She asked warily.
"I am called Leis. I knew your sister." He said sadly but then looked at her.
"Why have you followed me here?" She asked one of her eyebrows arched.
"Well it's a bit complicated. I look for people… with certain… well… certain aptitudes." He finished lamely.
"But I don't have powers." Momiji lied.
"Why are you lying? I know that you have a mitama well if you do still have it, and I know about your silver dreams. Your sister had one too. It's in the color of your blood. I knew that you were her twin when I saw that vampire attack you. You fought him off well with your powers." Momiji was shocked at this and gasped. He smiled with recognition, "Ah ha see I knew that you had them."
"What do you know about silver dreams, and why does the color of my blood matter? It's red like anyone else's." She asked him her curiosity taken over.
"Well I know what I do. See the dreams are things that are either happening or things that will happen or things that have happened. It's kind of like your mitama but in your heart. It senses things… and your heart will glow a silver power that will send messages into your head so that you can see what's happening."
"That explains the headaches, but you're saying that I can see past, present, and future? But how do I know which is which." She asked.
"You don't." She looked at him confusingly.
"Well then how can I…this is anything but ordinary…" But he silenced her.
"I don't know everything but I know that your sister also had these powers but of a different sort. But she died before they could have surfaced completely. I must go! You will have a visitor soon enough. If you see me again don't approach me… I will find you when more information is known to me."
"But Leis how will I know…" But he had disappeared.
Momiji frowned and realized that he must have had some sort of power of his own. She leaned her head against the steering wheel. "Damn everything is changing."
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It had cleared up raining for the day and it was sunny and bright. He knew that he had to find her soon. Something was up he could feel it. He needed to protect her. Kusanagi had arrived in Akida late last night and felt that his mitama glowed knowing that he was in the right city he walked around hoping that he had enough strength to find her. He had called her mother and asked where he could find her. Caring and all she wanted to know where he was so that she could call TAC and let them know that he was on his way to see Momiji and that they had to stop him before he got hurt. Well anymore hurt.
He told her that no matter what he had to find her even though she over reassured him that she was safe. In the end he had won and she gave him the address. He only had one thought on his mind.
"Momiji."
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Momiji walked up the flight of stairs and to the door of her apartment. She was still confused about the strange visit with the handsome man named Leis. When she entered Ira's cat came up and purred at her feet. She had exposed herself the second day that Momiji had arrived. Becoming attached to having someone there she loved it. After turning on the lights she walked towards the bedroom where the two windows were open and she walked over to them frowning as the dark storm clouds rolled over head. She laid her clothes down on her bed and started to change. She had just taken off her shirt when she heard the thunder.
"Eep!" She jumped at the sound and then laughed at herself. She finished dressing into warm pajamas and then headed towards the kitchen to fix herself and the cat a meal.
The storm continued and she headed towards the couch to light up the fire place.
"Well at least the lights still work around here…" She spoke too soon just as the power went out. She rolled her eyes at the cat who looked at her innocently. She continued to work on the fire and then when it was high in flame she walked to the kitchen to find a flash light.
When she went to her knees on the floor to search the cabinets for the flashlight that she knew was there. Anatal came over to pretend she was curious in what Momiji was doing. But she perked up her ears and ran away towards the bedroom.
"Anatal? What's wrong… Anatal where'd ya go?" Momiji followed her steps into the bedroom after failing to find the flashlight.
She saw that the windows were still open during the storm and the wind was blowing in furiously. She strained against the cold and walked over to it and closed the windows with a sigh. She then turned around and went to look for Anatal who escaped to under the bed. Momiji went again to her knees and looked under the bed into total darkness.
"Anatal." She said sweetly, "Common out sweetie." After many tries she got up and was very aggravated. When she turned around she was about to scream because a shadow loomed in the doorway of her closet.
The scream dispersed as the lightning flashed and she saw it was her beloved Kusanagi leaning all his weight against the doorway with his mitamas glowing faintly.
"Kusanagi!" She was happy to see him, but shocked at the same time.
"Hello princess." He weakly smiled and then fell forwards not able to stand anymore. She jumped forwards to try and catch him but his weight was too much and she struggled slowly to the floor. He was only wearing torn pants along with his bandages.
"Oh Kusanagi you're soaking. Where in the world have you been." But Momiji was talking to him unconscious. He had obviously spent all his strength on finding her. She wasn't trapped under him but she grabbed him underneath his arms and dragged him the short distance to her bed. Before she could do anything else she had to get him out of his wet clothes. She blushed when she realized that he was at her mercy.
She took off his shirt and noticed that the bandages had been drenched with water and green blood. She decided to leave his pants on and dragged him on top of the bed. The lights were still off but she had lit some candles in the room so that she could see what she was doing. She went into the kitchen and brought back a pair of scissors and started to cut the bandages off.
She looked at the pink scars that were still raw and healing… only one had split open some to reveal blood. She went and got some medicine that would help rid the pain and came back with cotton stripes to wrap around him. Momiji then realized that his pants were soaking the bed, but she bit her lip and continued to work. She noticed that she couldn't wrap the bandages completely around him and wondered how she was going to keep them on him without falling off. A light bulb went off in her head as she went back into the kitchen and came back with tape. She sat down beside his form on the bed and undid his belt. She blushed and turned away while she took off his pants… she was relieved and yet disappointed to see that he had boxers on concealing her view. She got a towel and wiped the water off of him and then placed the medicine on the wounds that needed the most help. Two on his chest, one of his arm, and three slight ones on his left thigh. She placed the cotton stripes over each wound and then taped them down at each end. It looked like a mess of a job but at least they stayed on.(Not another long paragraph!!)
She noticed that he still only had one glove on his hands but he at least had changed his clothes. She also found that he had a slight fever and the chills. She placed a cool washcloth on his head and left two pills and a glass of water by the bed for him when he woke up.
When she was done she wiped her brow and found that the thunder and lightning had slowed but the rain was still pounding. She was angry at Kusanagi for coming out after her in the storm when he needed rest and recuperation.
She headed back into the kitchen and dumped the rest of her food down the drain not hungry anymore. She remembered Anatal but was too distressed to do anything about it. She grabbed three blankets out of the hall closet and walked back into the bedroom. To her shock Anatal sat curled upon Kusanagi's chest sleeping just as soundly as him. Momiji moved the cat who protested silently and placed the two blankets around him and then replaced Anatal who just went back to sleep. She blew out the candles and then went to the room's heating thermometer. She cranked it up a few degrees and then took her blanket to the couch by the fire and set up her own little bed.
As soon as her head hit the pillow she fell asleep.
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Momiji was woken by the start of the telephone. She groaned with anger as she didn't get the sleep she needed. She walked into the bedroom where the only phone was plugged in.
"Hul-lo?" She said scratching her head.
"Momiji! Where in the world have you been! I tried calling you all last night." It was Koume's voice.
"There was a big storm… uh… power.. yeah it went out."
"Well we found out that Kusanagi talked to you mom and that he's on his way to try and find you right now."
"Yeah I know."
"Okay so… wait you know?"
"Yeah he's here. But don't worry his wound's are almost healed and I'll send him home if I can." She heard Koume sigh.
"Well it's okay. As long as you take good care of him… Matsudaira said that she would send you his medicine and that it will arrive there this afternoon. Okay?"
"Yeah."
When she stood up she noticed that her eyes had become adjusted to the dark and saw that Anatal was now sleeping on top of Kusanagi's head. His hair had come undone out of the pony tail and now it was strung all over the pillows. She went over and sat down. She untapped the bandages, glad that he wasn't awake to feel the tape coming off his skin. She checked his wounds and noticed that only the two on his thigh we needing attention. She examined his chest with her fingers and he gasped.
"Damnit that tickles." He took a deep swallow of air and then went back to sleep while Momiji laughed.
She checked his forehead and the fever was still there but slightly going down.
She went into the laundry room and put all her laundry and Kusanagi's shirt in to wash. She then planned on taking a shower and noticed that she had used Kusanagi's coat as a pillow the night before. She didn't want him to find out so she placed it under the cushion on the couch. Satisfied that it wouldn't be found she popped into the shower.
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Kusanagi smelled fresh tea and he also heard a voice coming from far away. He also felt like his head weighed like a dead weight. He reached beyond his head and found something furry. When he grabbed it and put it in his face it purred with discomfort and clawed his hand at the sharp grip.
"Damn kitty." He pushed her off the bed. He looked around in the dark and saw that he was in his pants and that someone had done an awful job at bandaging his chest. He looked down at the tape,
Shit, that's gonna hurt.
He sat up but it took a lot of strength. He foggily remembered seeing Momiji as he climbed in through the high building's window. But he had fainted before anything else could happen. He heard the voice and walked towards it… almost stumbling the whole way. He didn't notice his surroundings but saw that someone, most likely Momiji, had fallen asleep on the couch. He walked towards a small room where the voice was singing louder as he approached.
By his disbelief he saw Momiji doing laundry and singing a sweet melody at the same time. It was the same song that she had sung while sitting next to him at the laboratory back in Tokyo. He loved her voice but remembered that he couldn't reach out towards it. He glanced at her again and almost groaned with hunger. She was clad in a white fluffy towel, water was dripping down her legs and neck. She had her soaking wet hair pulled over one of her shoulders.
She looks… ahh… delicious. He thought and smiled but caught himself from almost falling.
"You have a great voice princess, I don't understand why you don't use it more often." He said from the door way.
Momiji wipped around and almost fell but she caught herself and blushed at his compliment but then she realized that he wasn't resting. "Kusanagi! What are you doing out of bed! Get back there right now." She started to walk towards him.
"No, I'm fine now." He said with stubbornness.
"Oh really? Well then let go of the wall and walk towards me without faltering."
He knew she got him there. He was too weak to stand yet walk. But the determination was in his eyes and he took a step towards her.
Momiji could see his legs shake against the unwanted weight. They were too weak to be moving yet. He took two more steps and then grinned foolishly at Momiji who was standing with her arms crossed. She watched as he practically fell but she was there to catch him and together they stood back up.
"Are you going to lecture me now?" He asked with tiredness.
"No I'll be generous and wait till you're stronger so that I can unless my full wrath upon you." She said sternly and they started to walk back towards the bedroom. It was too much and they sat on the couch. Momiji huffed at him. They both looked at the door as it rang with an annoying buzz.
"Oh you're such a kind princess." Momiji rolled her eyes and swatted him with a pillow.
Momiji still in her towel went to answer it. There was a young man standing outside with a package in his arms.
"A package for… Ms. Fujimiya?" He asked looking her up and down appreciating her slim figure.
Kusanagi glared from the couch and wanted to rip out the mans throat as Momiji signed for it and shut the door.
"What's that?" He asked craning his neck to see.
"It's your medicine… Matsudaira sent it over."
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After Momiji set the package on the counter she walked back into the bedroom and stripped the sheets off the bed. They were dirty and a little wet. She popped those into the washing machine and got fresh ones to put on. She went back and passed Kusanagi who was eating lunch by the fire and watched her.
When she was finished and Kusanagi was too she helped him walk into the bedroom and sat him onto the bed.
"What now?" He asked grabbing her towel. He was teasing not pulling hard enough to pull the towel down but enough to make her mad.
She slapped his hand away, "I get dressed and then apply your daily meds." She smiled at his frown and headed into the bathroom where she got changed into different pajamas. There was no point in dressing considering she wasn't going out anywhere.
When she came out Anatal was back at Kusanagi's side and purring contently as he scratched behind her ears. Momiji was envious of the cat but she turned to where the package was sitting. She came back with the orange vile, clean bandages, and a cloth.
"So I take it that you did this mess." Kusanagi smiled at her frown at her bandages work from before. Momiji sat down beside him and then smiled with a glint in her eyes and ripped off one of the bandages that contained tape on it.
"Aw shit Momiji! That hurt." He winced and felt another rip off.
"Just stay still you big baby and it won't hurt." She gleamed but stopped when she noticed the red marks that the tape left. She examined his cuts thoughtfully and placed her hands on his scars that were already disappearing. He watched her and sighed and fell back against the pillows.
She dragged her hand towards his thigh and he sat up straight but his chest complained and he groaned. "Momiji what are you doing?"
"Checking over the worst of you cuts." She moved her hand over his thigh and to his relief she didn't notice his growing desire for her.
She placed the medicine on the cuts and then told him to sit up so that she could wrap the cotton around him this time.
"No more tape?" He asked sheepishly.
"No more tape." And he sighed.
"How did you get in last night Kusanagi yesterday?" She asked
"You really need to learn to shut your windows." But then he continued on.
"Momiji?" He placed his hand on top of hers. "We need to talk." For once he was serious.
"Tomorrow Kusanagi, you need to rest."
He slowly nodded, "Tomorrow…" He turned his head into the pillow that smelled like Momiji and was about to fall asleep.
All of a sudden he felt her start to pull on his pants.
"MOMIJI! WHAT THE HELL!" He scared her as she jumped. He saw someone glinting in her left hand.
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DISCLAIMER
All the characters appearing in Blue Seed are copyright of someone else. No infringement of these copyrights is intended, and is not authorized by the copyright holder. All original characters in The Silver Shine Series - Blue Seed are the creations and the property of Telpelindewen. Even if they are out of character.
BLAH!!!!