A/N: Sadako? Sadako desu ka? Wah! Kowaii da yo!!
"Everyone… Everyone will suffer…" Hakkai's eyes snapped open. Unfortunately, Kouryuu wasn't in the room. He was outside, making sure that no one would dare come near Hakkai.
"Sou na…" Hibiemi felt a shuddering in the wind, "Hayaku, minna… The Silver Apocalypse is rising…"
"This is bad… We must get these sutras to Kouryuu quickly…" Quietus said worriedly.
"But will Kouryuu agree to help us?" Komyo wondered, "I sense his resentment against this council becoming strong again…"
"He must help us!" Hibiemi snapped, "If he doesn't then everyone will die!"
"Well then, let's get going…" Nii nodded as he teleported away. The other immortals followed suit.
A dark aura surrounded Hakkai as he got out of bed. His silky brown hair covering his right eye. His yukata lay loosely around him as if he didn't care how he appeared. He slowly walked out of the room, whispering Kouryuu's name every step he took. Every now and then he stumbled. His body was weakened by the power surges he was experiencing lately and he couldn't travel far. As he continued to walk, the small shrubbery growing along the base of the temple wilted and died. Hakkai was carrying death with him and he needed Kouryuu to help him.
Kouryuu spun around as he heard footsteps. Hakkai was stumbling towards him. His face contorted in despair, whispering his name in desperation.
"Kouryuu…" Hakkai stretched his hand towards his lover before he collapsed to the ground. Fortunately, Kouryuu caught him before he hit the floor. Hakkai looked at him with sorrowful eyes and murmured, "Everyone will suffer… Kill me… Before… I… I…"
"Hakkai!" Kouryuu shook the brunette in his arms as his mouth stood dry and open, trying to relay his message, "Hakkai! Don't give up! Please!" Hakkai only laid his head against his lover's chest; his hands grasped the immortal's dark clothing, desperately wanting to be saved.
"O…negai… Kouryuu… Tasukete…" Tears started to trickle down Hakkai's cheek; "Everyone will suffer… Because of me…" Kouryuu held Hakkai close against him. Although the dark aura around him was giving him a burning sensation, Kouryuu continued to hold Hakkai tightly.
"Kouryuu!" Komyo's voice rang in the air.
"Get away from him, immortals…" Kouryuu gave the immortals a dark glare.
"You don't understand Kouryuu! Please, help us seal his power…" Hibiemi pleaded.
"I won't! I'll only hurt him!" Kouryuu angrily snapped back.
"Hurt him? Letting that power surge through his body will only hurt him more!" Quietus argued, "Do you desire your love to die?!"
"Get away, immortals… Leave him alone!" Kouryuu pushed the older immortal away with a blast of telekinesis.
"You leave me no choice…" Hibiemi stepped forward, "As the mirror of Astraea, I must fulfill my duty and save my brother from Asura…"
"What do you mean by that…?" Kouryuu asked harshly.
"Hakkai is the descendant of Astraea. Asura took over his body to make use of his hidden power. Only the sutras can drive away Asura, but only other people born with Astraea's powers can seal Asura again. But since you won't help us drive out Asura with the sutras, I have no other choice but to drive him out the hard way… And that will surely torture Hakkai…" Hibiemi signaled for her companions to move away from her. She stretched her arms in a summoning position and a blue pentagram appeared underneath her.
Music brought out from the color-changing tears of innocence… Drive out the evil you have sealed so long ago… Play upon the wind… Pierce the souls of your tainted descendants and purify…
"Play upon the wind… Song of Astraea!" The blue pentagram underneath the youngest immortal suddenly glowed green. The wind began to blow from all directions, hitting Hakkai from everywhere. The music began to play in his ears, making his body ache with pain.
"What's happening?" Quietus asked as he watched his brother squirm in pain. He also felt a sharp pain hitting him in the head, but it was just about the same impact as a regular headache.
"Astraea's song drives out Asura's darkness away from whoever hears it. It doesn't hurt me. But I can understand that it hurts you and it hurts Hakkai even more…" Hibiemi explained as the song continued to play. But as Hakkai screamed in pain as Asura was being exorcised from him, Kouryuu's anger flashed and he fired a bullet at Hibiemi. Unfortunately for him, Nii had stopped it in mid-air and made it drop to the ground.
Sparks of dark aura emanated from Hakkai's body in reaction to the song. The sparks jumped and shot the summoning immortal down.
"Hibi-chan!" Quietus looked with worry to his fallen sister. Kouryuu stood unmoved and looked at Hakkai. The mortal brunette slowly got up from his fallen position.
"Serves her right for defying me…" Hakkai spoke as the black aura continued to protect him, "Puny immortals… You demi-gods can't certainly win against the dark deity…"
"Hakkai… Let's leave these pesky immortals alone…" Kouryuu said.
Hakkai glanced at Kouryuu and shocked him with a blast of his dark aura, "You are not to address me as Hakkai, peon… I am Asura… The dark deity that was sealed in the Chameleon Heart for over a thousand years. I am not this Hakkai of which you speak. I am only using this pathetic body to bring forth the Silver Apocalypse. Oh well…" The possessed Hakkai looked at the fallen immortal lying unconscious on the ground, "I don't need anyone bothering my master plan… I shall take away your powers then, immortals, and transfer them to me…" The possessed brunette laughed evilly as the auras of the other immortals were sucked up.
"Kuso!" Nii exclaimed as he tried to use his sorcery. None of his immortal powers could work.
"We can't do anything… Not even levitate…" Komyo said as he looked at his hands, "What do we do now?"
"At least I can do something…" Quietus sighed in relief when he found out that his innate ability of shape shifting was still intact, "Hmm… What if try…" He looked at his sister's unconscious form.
"Now for the final act…" The possessed one rose into the air. The mark of the immortal was carved under his right eye, "I shall destroy this whole world…"
