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Chapter 7: Back to the Future"Mikomi?" Rekka called softly into the wind.
"Um…" Mikomi yawned and opened her eyes.
"Mikomi, are you okay now?" Rekka asked.
"Guess I should use the 'miko' side of me more often," Mikomi muttered, she was in Rekka's arms and she blushed. He gently set her down.
"Oh," Rekka looked into her eyes.
"Um, thank you for stopping my fall," Mikomi stared at the grass beneath her feet.
"Um…" Rekka began.
"Mikomi!" Tora yelled happily and ran to Mikomi.
"Hey Tora, sleep well?" Mikomi asked her.
"Yeah! Sanhi told me stories! It was so wonderful!" Tora squealed, causing both half-demons ears to go flat. "Oh! Can I play with your ears?" Tora asked.
"Um… no, they're very sensitive, and well, just not right now," Mikomi sighed.
"What about his?" Tora pouted, "Please?"
"That's up to Rekka," Mikomi replied.
"No," Rekka replied and walked away from both of them.
"Tora, why don't you go talk to Sanhi for a bit," Mikomi stated.
"No, I'm staying with you!" Tora pouted.
"Tora… I'll come back later, okay?" Mikomi sighed.
"Fine, but I won't have any fun!" Tora sulked, as she went to go find Sanhi.
Mikomi decided to try and find Rekka. She walked the way he'd gone, only to be ambushed by Mijin! Mijin tried to grope her! Mikomi swiped at him with her claws, only to have him make another grab at her posterior. "PERVERT!" Mikomi screamed angrily and threw him against a tree. "I hope that hurts!"
"Mi…komi?" Mijin blacked out. Mikomi glared at the pervert, and grabbed his hand. She took him right to Miroku.
"Good grief!" Miroku stared at her.
"Tell your future son and law, that if he doesn't mind his manners and keep his hands to himself, he won't live very long," Mikomi snorted and dumped him on the ground in front of Miroku. Mikomi took off, the thoughts of Rekka and plans for finding him had flown from her mind, she went to her father's tree, to let her anger calm.
Rekka heard her anger, and raced toward the sound. But when he got there, she was gone, and Mijin's scent was mingling with hers. Rekka growled and followed her scent to Miroku's castle where he found Miroku, glaring at Mijin's slumped form on a chair. Rekka wondered what had happened, and took off after he found Mikomi's scent again. It led him to the tree from earlier.
"Stupid lecher is a pervert," Mikomi mumbled and began to cry. Rekka's heart hurt to see her cry. Had Mijin tried to grope her? If he had, he was about to find an angry Rekka about to slit his throat.
"MIKOMI!" a high pitched voice screamed.
"Tora!" Mikomi stopped crying and raced to the noise, with Rekka a few feet behind her. Mikomi saw Tora crying, as a demon laughingly held the teenage girl over the well! "Let her go, demon," Mikomi snarled.
"Oh, so it's a half breed!" the centipede laughed.
Mikomi pulled out her sword and her battle cry echoed with her furry, the centipede dropped Tora into the well. Mikomi grabbed Tora as she fell, but Rekka was behind her, and the centipede hit him, causing all three of them to fall into the well.
Mikomi was the first to wake up, only to find she was at the bottom of the well. Tora was breathing, and Rekka was on top of Mikomi. Mikomi sighed and waited for him to wake up. "Rekka…" Mikomi sighed.
"Mikomi?" Tora coughed.
"Glad to see you up, kiddo," Mikomi smiled at the younger girl.
"Why is he on top of you?" Rekka chose that moment to wake up and he quickly removed himself from his comfortable position on Mikomi.
"Well, let's see where we are," Mikomi sighed, snaked an arm around Tora's waist, and jumped near the top of the well. "Shit!"
"Mikomi?" Rekka was at her side in a second. Loud noisy metal things surrounded the place.
"Shit! We've got to get back," Mikomi gulped and quickly grabbed Rekka's hand. They all jumped back into the well.
"Mikomi, what was that?" Tora asked in awe.
"My world, a place of death," Mikomi answered. Rekka looked down, and was surprised she still held his hand. "I'm going to take you back to Lady Sango and Lord Miroku. I'm going to have to go away for a little while… I want you to stay with them, okay kiddo?"
"Okay, but I don't like that Mijin," Tora looked up at Mikomi.
"Hey, no one said you had to! So don't worry about him, just stay close to Lady Sango or Sanhi. I bet if you stayed close to Lord Shippo, that he would protect you from Mijin," Mikomi winked at Tora. Tora giggled and smiled as she went in and sat by Sanhi. Mikomi turned and went to find Lady Sango and Lord Miroku.
"Mikomi, what is going on?" Rekka asked.
"I have a promise to keep. I have to go back, Rekka. I want Tora to be safe, but I'm going to keep my promise and my promise to you as well."
"Mikomi, what is it?" Miroku asked as she entered the library and found Lady Sango and Lord Miroku.
"Lord, Lady, I have to go back to my world. I have a promise to keep," Mikomi stated. "Could you watch Tora for me?"
"Yes, of course, and I'll keep the lechers away from her."
"Thank you Lady Sango, Lord Miroku. I'll try to return, but if I don't… I'm sure you understand."
"Yes, we understand," Miroku sighed and looked at her guiltily.
"Thank you, for understanding," Mikomi nodded to the two and left with Rekka following her closely.
"Where are you going?" Rekka asked.
"I… have to… go back to my world," Mikomi glared at the ground, as she continued walking. Rekka stopped and stared at her as she walked on. Mikomi found Shippo, he knew something was wrong.
"I'm sorry, Lord Shippo, but I can't stay here… I have to go back… I have to avenge my family…" Mikomi whispered.
"I understand," Shippo nodded, a lump in his throat, as she walked away, "But Rekka won't."
Mikomi walked to her father's tree, she touched it and then ran to the well. Rekka found her scent and began to follow her, he couldn't let her go; he just couldn't!
"Mikomi!" Rekka yelled as he saw her jump into the well.
"I'm sorry," Mikomi cried softly as she crawled back to her time.
Rekka wasn't going to take this sitting down, and he jumped in after her.
