Disclaimer – I do not own any of the characters of Blue Seed, I only own
Akina, Kisho, Kameko and Katsuhiro. Everyone else is borrowed either
from the series Blue Seed or from Japanese mythology.
Note – While I am writing this for fun and as a vacation from the other stuff
I am working on in the so-called "real" world, I would greatly appreciate
it if people would let me know how I am doing. Whether you like the
Story or hate it I would love to know what you think. Keep in mind
that suggestions are always welcome. Updates will for the most part be
pretty slow as I am working around 2 advanced placement classes and
some other big obligations and the wonderful muses seem to have cursed me with writers block in the area of this story. I will update as much as I am able…but updates more than likely will be slow in coming until the break for winter holidays.
Chapter 3 – She What?!
The members of the TAC were all trying to stay busy in hopes the night would proceed faster. Momiji was in the kitchen when suddenly there was a loud "pop" and she felt the world turn and slip from beneath her feet. Before Kusanagi would catch her, Momiji crumpled falling limply to the floor in what appeared to be a faint. Worried Kusanagi picked her up and carried her through the hall into the living room and laid her down on one of the couches, grabbing the throw blanket from the back of one of Momiji's oversized chairs and wrapping it around her. Finished Kusanagi stood up looking for Matsudaira, to see if there was anything she could do for Momiji, instead he found Katsuhiro unconscious by the front door. Sighing Kusanagi lifted him onto the other couch and covered him with the throw blanket from the other oversized chair. Shaking his head Kusanagi started searching the house for Matsudaira. Finding her, he told her what had happened before rushing back to check on Momiji. He found that nothing had changed, both Momiji and Katsuhiro were still out cold.
Then with little, non-blinding, flashes of light animals began to appear in the house. The smaller animals sitting on top of tables and on Momiji and Katsuhiro. The larger animals appearing in the oversized chairs, in front of the fire place, on the rugs covering the floor and under table. While the many birds perched where ever they could, the backs of the chairs and couches, lampshades and the branches of Momiji's sturdier houseplants. Suddenly with a blinding flash a woman appeared; tall and slim with long, thick golden hair and large sapphire blue eyes. Surprised they could only stare and were startled when she spoke.
"Ummm….Excuse me for appearing like this but could you please tell me where my sister Akina is?"
Kusanagi was still shocked by the woman standing in front of him so it was Matsudaira who answered.
"I'm afraid that we have no idea where Akina might be. She left a while ago with no mention of where she was going, other than that she was going looking for something the could prove helpful"
"Oh well then…how odd. That doesn't sound like Akina at all…"
The woman suddenly sopped talking when she was the animals and Katsuhiro. Ignoring Matsudaira and Kusanagi she made her way to where he lay, carefully stepping over and around the animal obstacle course. She stopped when she reached his side and scooped up the mouse who was sitting on his head.
"Akako what is going on here?"
The mouse gave her a look that screamed "duh" and twitched its tail like mad.
"WHAT! Is Akina Insane, He'll Kill Her!"
Matsudaira and Kusanagi looked at each other in confusion as the woman leveled on evil glare at the mouse. Running footsteps announced the arrival of the other members of the TAC, brought by the woman's yell. As the woman stood glaring at the mouse Kome Burst in.
"What is Hell is going on here?! And who the Hell are you?!"
"What? Oh sorry, I', Akina's sister, Indaliai (not sure where this name comes from but it means Sea Feather, feather from the sea). I came to see if Akina needed any help, I saw her confrontation with Kisho earlier and thought she might be in some sort of trouble. I managed to get where she was from Uncle Susano-oh but I wasn't expecting Katsuhiro to be here…the rumors about his being given back his life are flying around the heavens of course but one can't believe the contents of a rumor."
"What do you mean there were rumors? And that sill doesn't explain what is going on here!"
"Oh, you didn't know? Katsuhiro was killed a ling while back by Murakumo. It was a long before any of you where born. The rumors were saying that Mother gave him back his mortal life today. When I asked she said something about getting tired of watching them mourn for each other day after day. Didn't really make much sense to me, but it obviously got her off the hook with the elder gods, and boy were they cranky from what I hear. shrugs As for what is going on I'm not sure, might have something to do with Murakumo and the arigami who follow him waking up, but I'm not all together sure. shrug Truth be told I'm not sure that the Elder Gods know very much about what is going on."
Before Kome could get anymore frustrated with Indaliai Matsudaira inched forward to talk to Indaliai.
"Is there anything you can do for Momiji or Katsuhiro? Can you wake them or find Akina and see if she can do anything?"
"I can try and if there is nothing I can do, then maybe Uncle Susano-oh can help. Akina is going to be a bit busy for a while I'm afraid."
Frowning in concentration Indaliai moved to stand behind Momiji's head. She held her hand, the one not holding Akako, over Momiji and rose colored light engulfed the unconscious form of Momiji. Suddenly the light darkened to a deep red color, flashing once before dissipating. As the light vanished Momiji's eyelids flickered and she began to wake. Heedless of the animals in the room Kusanagi made his way to Momiji's side and picked her up, cradling her close to his chest. His concerned eyes were the first sight she saw. As everyone in the room watched Momiji and Kusanagi, Indaliai walked over to stand beside Katsuhiro. She tried doing the same thing with him, but it didn't work.
"Darn It! I don't know what to do now! Hat should have worked…maybe it is because he isn't human. But in that case I should still be able to do something!"
Anything else that Indaliai might have said was cut off by a groan from Katsuhiro. Opening his eyes he groaned again.
"What are you doing here Indaliai? And what just happened?! I feel like I fell from Heaven and crashed into the earth with my head."
"Well, in a way you did earlier. But that isn't what caused this. It has something to do with Murakumo and his bunch waking up, both you and Momiji are connected to them somehow. I came to see if Akina needed help, I was afraid that she might have been effected, but according to the animals she is safe on her island, or rather she was."
Slowly Katsuhiro sat up resting his head in his hands making his speech slightly muffled.
"What do they mean by that? How could they not know where she is? She's their Goddess!"
"Calm down Katsuhiro, it's not their fault, in fact they are just as worried as we are. That was part of the reason I cam to see if she needed help, I can't sense her. More than likely she is just hiding her presence from Murakumo…What Akako?!…Oh well that puts things in a different perspective. According to Akako it could just be a byproduct of her fight with Murakumo…a shield of some sorts to protect the earth from the fight…"
"WHAT?! She promised that she wouldn't go looking for him. Is she insane?! He could kill her!"
"She didn't go looking for him, he found her according to the animals. As for the rest I agree with you, but Akina always manages to come out on top no matter what is thrown her way, we just have to hope that holds true in this instance."