Escape Chapter 6 A Day of Memories

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It took awhile but finally Kusanagi managed to fall asleep. When he woke again the sun stunned his eyes. After a few minutes of wrestling he reluctantly got up. This sure did bring back a lot of mixed memories. It was pretty hard to relive them all. They all rushed through his head some great and some to horrible to bear.

Kusanagi had to sit down again as the memory of Momiji's sacrifice surfaced again. Kusanagi made one last plea with his memories, but it did not obey. His mind has already started its story.

"Momiji?" Kusanagi said as he landed on the platform. As he walked closer he noticed that something wasn't right. "Momiji? What's going on over. Momiji!" Kusanagi screamed as he ran to Momiji's side. Kusanagi quickly scooped her up into his arms. He then started to cry, but these tears did not last for long. These tears turned into flaming, uncontrollable, anger! Kusanagi stood to his feet and with out a word to the others he ran to the end of the landing and leaped into the air with Momiji tightly in his arms.

When he landed he did so in front of Kaede and Soshano-Oh. "Fix her! Bring her back to me! You have to be able to do something!" Kusanagi hadn't really listened to all of Soshano-Oh's speech for his temper was too high. After what seemed like a century he could feel something twitch in his arms. When he looked down to see Momiji's deep emerald eyes staring back at him he almost lost all control.

"Oh! That was a horrible feeling." Kusanagi said as he started to stand. This was just to many emotions for his mind to with stand. Kusanagi decided to get out of there. Her didn't know where to go but anyplace would be better than this.

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It happened all the time. Kusanagi would often forget that he was no longer a pure human. But that feeling would always pass quickly. Someone or something would always remind him of his difference. When he would pass a window and see his own reflection he would get so sick that he could barley stand. "Look at yourself! You're a freak!" Kusanagi would think to himself.

"Excuse us, but aren't you Kusanagi the Kushinada's protector?" a giggly voice asked from behind him.

"Huh? Oh yeah, that's me alright." Kusanagi said as he turned around to face two teenage girls standing in front of him giggling. To Kusanagi this was no complement. He hated being noticed.

"Wow! It's amazing to meet you!" the other girl squealed.

"Girls get away from him! An angry voice yelled.

"But mom this is Kusanagi!" the first girl said.

At times like these Kusanagi really wished that his mitama's didn't make his hearing better.

"He's a trader! I just heard that he was arrested for kidnapping that Kushinada and then he escaped last night from jail. I'm on my way to the police and I want you to get in the car now!" the woman whispered to the girls.

"Look at yourself you freak!" Kusanagi's thought's screamed. "Of coarse your normal. What's not normal about flying, having green hair with four eyebrows, and blue seeds that glow a vibrant blue. Not to mention having eyes like a cat and fangs." All Kusanagi could do was laugh about his thoughts. He didn't enjoy feeling like he was always putting himself down, but he also knew that it was going to take a lot of energy and time to convince himself to think otherwise.

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"Get it away from me! Leave me alone!" Momiji screamed as she ran through the house. Everyday her nightmares were getting worse and now they haunted her daydreams also.

"Momiji, Stop! Calm down." Ryoko shoke her.

Momiji gasped for air, shocked by the memory of her dream. "Oh Ryoko it just won't leave me alone now."

"It's odd are you so tired that when I was talking to you about Kusanagi that you would just fall asleep?" Ryoko's look of confusion quickly turned to fear. "Kunikida come here!"

"What's wrong?" Momiji pleaded.

"Did this just appear?" Kunikida questioned.

"Yes. I'm getting a little worried now." Ryoko admitted.

"I know, but what can we do?" Kunikida asked.

"Get Kusanagi! I know I would be safe with him around. Deep down you know it to!" Momiji yelled.

"No! You're wrong. He is a criminal and a traitor!" Kunikida retorted.

"No he is not! He is Kusanagi! The same Kusanagi that has always saved me, been completely trustworthy, and I believe has even loved me!" Momiji started to cry.

"Well then he has changed!" Kunikida yelled.

Momiji got up and ran up the stairs to her room. There she locked the door. Momiji walked over to the corner behind the door. She then sat down and began to cry again. It was hard for Momiji to breathe now. She new that she ceded to calm down, but just couldn't.

Momiji quickly struck the hand that had just settled on her shoulder.

"Hey what was that for?" a familiar voice asked.

"Ku-Kusanagi is that really you?" Momiji asked through sniffles.

Before Kusanagi answered he sat down beside her and wrapped his arm behind her and pulled her towards him. "Of coarse it's me. Now why are you crying?" Kusanagi asked.

Momiji saw concern in his eyes which somewhat surprised her. Ever since he had found her in the forest their relationship had turned into almost everything she had dreamed of. "Oh it's nothing." Momiji lied.

"Of coarse it's something, you're crying!" Kusanagi poked her side to make her smile. "Now come on tell me. You know you can trust me!"

"That's just it!" Momiji started to cry once more.

"That's just what? Oh come Momiji, it's all going to be all okay." Kusanagi said giving her a little squeeze.

"Well, Kunikida said that you could no longer protect me because you were a traitor and a criminal!" Momiji got out through gasps for air.

"Oh really. So what do you think?" Kusanagi asked unnerved by the distrust.

"What do I think? What kind of a question is that?" Momiji asked just a little shocked.

Kusanagi gave her a small smile. "A very good question obviously or you would be able to answer it." He didn't really need the answer but still wanted to hear it. "What did you tell Kunikida and Ryoko exactly?"

"Well I got really upset and I just said that you always saved me, were completely trustworthy, and well I said that I believed that you well. loved me." Momiji immediately turned red from the embarrassment.

"You think that just because I kept you at my apartment because you wanted me to prove that I didn't hate you, and just because I escaped jail and now I'm running from the police that I love you?" Kusanagi said with a huge grin.

The openness of Kusanagi made Momiji feel odd. For so many years she wished that he would be like this but she didn't know it would be so hard to get used to. "Where are you staying now?" Momiji tried to change the subject.

In the old TAC building. in the lab there are some old cots there." Kusanagi said.

"You shouldn't, that place is unsafe, and it could collapse at any moment." Momiji warned.

"Oh you really shouldn't worry that much." Kusanagi teased. "Are you trying to change the subject, Momiji?"

What! No!" Momiji was shocked that he had caught her. "Do you love me?"

"Shhh. I think I should be going." Kusanagi quickly got to his feet.

"Oh no please don't leave me!" Momiji grabbed his hand. She tried to yank him down, but was unsuccessful.

"Why not, your fine, aren't you?" Kusanagi asked.

"Well you know those dreams that I have been having?"

"Yea. What's going on now?" Kusanagi asked again.

"Well not what ever it is, is now attacking my daydreams, also!" Momiji's fear showed full in her eyes.

Kusanagi sank back down to the floor. "I can see your starting to get a black eye. Is that from a daydream?"

"Yes. It looks horrible doesn't it?" Momiji said trying to hide her face now.

Kusanagi gently lifted her chin up. "No, I think it looks fine." Just to prove his point, Kusanagi kissed her forehead.

"I'm so scared to be alone now." Momiji confessed. "Every time I go to sleep or ever daydream I wake up with some new injury. It's really getting out of control."

"Well you still have Kunikida and Ryoko."

"Oh great! All they do is blame you for all of this." Tears once again appeared in her eyes.

"Now don't start that up again." Kusanagi said as he wiped the tears from her cheeks. "All that matters is that you know that I care for you and would never hurt you."

"Well I do know that. I only wish you didn't have to be on the run all the time." Momiji said quietly.

"There is nothing that you can do about it so just calm down and don't worry." Kusanagi didn't know what to say next. "Now I should really go." Kusanagi then got back up and flew out the window.

"I'm sick of this place! Where I really want to be is with Kusanagi, so I will be!"