Dark Moon & Midnight Shadows
ch 7
"Nasuti, how's Kasura?" Shin asked as Nasuti shut Kasura's door.
"She seems to be doing just fine. It's a good thing that Seji can heal, or otherwise she would be in a hospital." Nasuti replied as she ushered them away.
"So then, we know that somehow Lao and them are involved with the gargoyle and that panther. But then when we fought those two, did any of you sense at least two others with them somehow?" Seji asked as he crossed his arms and laid back in the chair.
"Now that you mention it, yea I did, and they definitely didn't feel like they were exactly happy with us being there with Kasura." Touma replied with a nod of his head.
"And what's with the silver ball that we found next to her?" Ryo asked as he looked around the room.
"You mean this silver ball?" Kasura asked back as she leaned against the railing as she carefully made her way down.
"Kasura, you shouldn't be up. Come on, I'll help you back upstairs." Nasuti replied as she walked over to her.
"That's ok, Nasuti," Kasura said as she took her silver ball and tossed it to the nearest person. "When ya look at it, what do ya see?"
"Just a regular silver ball. Why?" Shin asked as he looked up at her with a slight confusion.
"Take another look, a closer one, if ya would." Kasura replied.
"Ok," Shin said as he took a closer look. "Wha?"
"Shin?" Shu asked as they looked over towards him.
"Everything's not what it seems to be, now does it?" Kasura asked as she raised an eyebrow at them.
"This isn't what I think it is?" Nasuti asked as she gave it back to Kasura.
"What do you think it is?" Kasura asked back.
"It's a kanji ball, isn't it?" Touma replied as he leaned back.
"You got it, genius." Kasura said with a smirk.
"Then do you.." Ryo started to ask as he and the others looked towards her.
"No, I didn't know, but I did suspect when you guys seemed to be debating about something when they attacked at the University." Kasura replied.
"Can you, can you read minds?" Ryo asked out of nowhere. "Is that how you knew?"
"What?" Kasura asked with a small laugh. "No, I can't read minds, I just read people."
"So then, how long have you had your kanji ball?" Shu asked as he looked towards her with an interested expression. Kasura looked over towards Shu, she seemed a little hesitant about replying, but then when she looked closer at him. For some reason, she felt for the first time in a very long time that she was, well she didn't know, all that she did know was that it somehow felt right, so then she gave a small smile back.
"Actually, I'm not sure." Kasura replied as she looked back at it.
"Not sure? How can you be not sure?" Nasuti asked in slight confusion. "Wasn't it given to you?"
"No, I think that this is going to sound majorly weird, but I think that it was in my body when I was born." Kasura replied.
"When you guys first found it, where was it?"
"It was laying right next to you, right where your wound was when..." Touma said as he remembered where they found it.
"I thought as much. It must have happened when that gargoyle took a swipe at me." Kasura replied. "I'm not sure if I have the right, but I am curious to know, um, what kind of armor do you guys have?"
Each of them looked around at each other. They all thought pretty much the same thing, it couldn't hurt if she knew.
"Mine's Rekka." Ryo replied.
"Korin." Seji said.
"Sukio." Shin said with a small smile.
"Kongo." Shu replied as he flexed. Kasura gave a chuckle as Shin knocked him on the back of his head.
"Tenku." Touma said, "Ok, you know ours, so what's yours? It's only fair."
"You're right it is only fair, mines Tora." Kasura replied as she put her kanji ball back into her pocket.
"Tora, as in tiger?" Nasuti asked to make sure she heard right.
"Yea, you've got it." Kasura replied with a smirk.
"Interesting, and I thought that they were mainly forged from human emotions, and things like that." Nasuti mused with a slight frown.
"I guess not, but why a tiger?" Shu asked.
"It could have been an ocelot, or a falcon for all I know." Kasura replied with a teasing grin. "But it chose a tiger, so
hey, I'm not going to argue with it."
"I have a question." Touma said as he looked towards her.
"Don't you always?" Seji asked in mock annoyance.
Touma shot Seji a look, and then preceded with his question. "Kasura, since you have the Tora armor, would it be possible for you to talk with tigers, telepathically?"
"I..I don't know, I've never tried anything like that before." Kasura replied as she was taken back by Touma's question.
"Do you feel up to trying it here?" Ryo asked as he motioned for Byauken to go in front of Kasura.
"I guess that I could." Kasura replied with a slight frown. Kasuara and Byauken locked gazes, no one said a word as she was trying to communicate. Kasura's slight frown furrowed more to show that she was trying harder. But then she and Byauken broke their gaze and Kasura gave a disappointed sigh. "Looks like we have our answer."
"Don't feel bad Kasura, it was a good try anyway." Shin replied with a supportive smile.
"Thanks Shin, I appreciate that," Kasura said as she started to go back up stairs. "Oh by the way, Seji, thanks for healing me from the attack at the University."
Seji and the others were slightly taken back from Kasura's statement, "how did you know that it was me," Seji asked as they looked up towards her.
Kasura gave a small soft laugh, "just before I went totally out cold, I recognized ya. What? Just because you guys wear helmets, your faces could be hidden?" Seji faltered a little bit and then quickly recovered as he leaned back again into his chair. The others gave chuckle and then Seji closed his eyes and gave a small frown as he crossed his arms.
"Don't mind him, Kasuara, you've just hurt his pride a little." Nasuti replied with a small smirk.
"Oh..I'm sorry Seji, I didn't mean..." Kasura said apologetically as she looked somewhat guilty.
"Seji!" Touma whispered to him as he nudge Seji to see Kasura's expression.
Seji frowned over at Touma, and then he turned his attention over to Kasura, she was still showing that same expression of guilt. He could tell that she didn't intentionally mean to hurt his pride. "It's ok Kasura, I'm already over it. And anyway, you're welcome." Seji replied with a smile. Kasura smiled back and then headed back up the stairs again with Nasuti right beside her.
While the others were standing up and started to move around, Shu just stayed right where he was, and he kept his attention to the stairs. "Shu?" Shin asked as he looked towards him in slight confusion.
Shu gave no response to Shin, he just kept his attention towards the stairs. "Shin, what's up with Shu?" Ryo asked in curiosity.
"Isn't obvious?" Seji asked back with a smirk.
"Isn't what obvious?" Ryo asked as he looked over at him.
"Shu has feelings for a certain guest. Isn't that right, Shu?" Seji teased with a grin. Shu faltered back a bit, and then looked at Seji in shock.
"No, I do not!" Shu replied with a slight frown.
"Come off of it already, Shu, I know the signs, so just admit it already?" Seji said with a grin.
"Besides Shu, I think that Kasura feels the same way." Shin replied with a grin.
"She does!? I mean, she does?" Shu asked as he quickly got over his surprise.
"Well sure she does, didn't you notice how she kept on getting shy around you all of a sudden. I think that she just finally
realized it." Shin replied.
"So then this means that I actually get the girl, and not Seji!? Alright!" Shu exclaimed excitedly.
"That's right, I don't get the girl, you do," Seji replied with a quick nod, and then Seji realized what he just said, "hey!"
ch 7
"Nasuti, how's Kasura?" Shin asked as Nasuti shut Kasura's door.
"She seems to be doing just fine. It's a good thing that Seji can heal, or otherwise she would be in a hospital." Nasuti replied as she ushered them away.
"So then, we know that somehow Lao and them are involved with the gargoyle and that panther. But then when we fought those two, did any of you sense at least two others with them somehow?" Seji asked as he crossed his arms and laid back in the chair.
"Now that you mention it, yea I did, and they definitely didn't feel like they were exactly happy with us being there with Kasura." Touma replied with a nod of his head.
"And what's with the silver ball that we found next to her?" Ryo asked as he looked around the room.
"You mean this silver ball?" Kasura asked back as she leaned against the railing as she carefully made her way down.
"Kasura, you shouldn't be up. Come on, I'll help you back upstairs." Nasuti replied as she walked over to her.
"That's ok, Nasuti," Kasura said as she took her silver ball and tossed it to the nearest person. "When ya look at it, what do ya see?"
"Just a regular silver ball. Why?" Shin asked as he looked up at her with a slight confusion.
"Take another look, a closer one, if ya would." Kasura replied.
"Ok," Shin said as he took a closer look. "Wha?"
"Shin?" Shu asked as they looked over towards him.
"Everything's not what it seems to be, now does it?" Kasura asked as she raised an eyebrow at them.
"This isn't what I think it is?" Nasuti asked as she gave it back to Kasura.
"What do you think it is?" Kasura asked back.
"It's a kanji ball, isn't it?" Touma replied as he leaned back.
"You got it, genius." Kasura said with a smirk.
"Then do you.." Ryo started to ask as he and the others looked towards her.
"No, I didn't know, but I did suspect when you guys seemed to be debating about something when they attacked at the University." Kasura replied.
"Can you, can you read minds?" Ryo asked out of nowhere. "Is that how you knew?"
"What?" Kasura asked with a small laugh. "No, I can't read minds, I just read people."
"So then, how long have you had your kanji ball?" Shu asked as he looked towards her with an interested expression. Kasura looked over towards Shu, she seemed a little hesitant about replying, but then when she looked closer at him. For some reason, she felt for the first time in a very long time that she was, well she didn't know, all that she did know was that it somehow felt right, so then she gave a small smile back.
"Actually, I'm not sure." Kasura replied as she looked back at it.
"Not sure? How can you be not sure?" Nasuti asked in slight confusion. "Wasn't it given to you?"
"No, I think that this is going to sound majorly weird, but I think that it was in my body when I was born." Kasura replied.
"When you guys first found it, where was it?"
"It was laying right next to you, right where your wound was when..." Touma said as he remembered where they found it.
"I thought as much. It must have happened when that gargoyle took a swipe at me." Kasura replied. "I'm not sure if I have the right, but I am curious to know, um, what kind of armor do you guys have?"
Each of them looked around at each other. They all thought pretty much the same thing, it couldn't hurt if she knew.
"Mine's Rekka." Ryo replied.
"Korin." Seji said.
"Sukio." Shin said with a small smile.
"Kongo." Shu replied as he flexed. Kasura gave a chuckle as Shin knocked him on the back of his head.
"Tenku." Touma said, "Ok, you know ours, so what's yours? It's only fair."
"You're right it is only fair, mines Tora." Kasura replied as she put her kanji ball back into her pocket.
"Tora, as in tiger?" Nasuti asked to make sure she heard right.
"Yea, you've got it." Kasura replied with a smirk.
"Interesting, and I thought that they were mainly forged from human emotions, and things like that." Nasuti mused with a slight frown.
"I guess not, but why a tiger?" Shu asked.
"It could have been an ocelot, or a falcon for all I know." Kasura replied with a teasing grin. "But it chose a tiger, so
hey, I'm not going to argue with it."
"I have a question." Touma said as he looked towards her.
"Don't you always?" Seji asked in mock annoyance.
Touma shot Seji a look, and then preceded with his question. "Kasura, since you have the Tora armor, would it be possible for you to talk with tigers, telepathically?"
"I..I don't know, I've never tried anything like that before." Kasura replied as she was taken back by Touma's question.
"Do you feel up to trying it here?" Ryo asked as he motioned for Byauken to go in front of Kasura.
"I guess that I could." Kasura replied with a slight frown. Kasuara and Byauken locked gazes, no one said a word as she was trying to communicate. Kasura's slight frown furrowed more to show that she was trying harder. But then she and Byauken broke their gaze and Kasura gave a disappointed sigh. "Looks like we have our answer."
"Don't feel bad Kasura, it was a good try anyway." Shin replied with a supportive smile.
"Thanks Shin, I appreciate that," Kasura said as she started to go back up stairs. "Oh by the way, Seji, thanks for healing me from the attack at the University."
Seji and the others were slightly taken back from Kasura's statement, "how did you know that it was me," Seji asked as they looked up towards her.
Kasura gave a small soft laugh, "just before I went totally out cold, I recognized ya. What? Just because you guys wear helmets, your faces could be hidden?" Seji faltered a little bit and then quickly recovered as he leaned back again into his chair. The others gave chuckle and then Seji closed his eyes and gave a small frown as he crossed his arms.
"Don't mind him, Kasuara, you've just hurt his pride a little." Nasuti replied with a small smirk.
"Oh..I'm sorry Seji, I didn't mean..." Kasura said apologetically as she looked somewhat guilty.
"Seji!" Touma whispered to him as he nudge Seji to see Kasura's expression.
Seji frowned over at Touma, and then he turned his attention over to Kasura, she was still showing that same expression of guilt. He could tell that she didn't intentionally mean to hurt his pride. "It's ok Kasura, I'm already over it. And anyway, you're welcome." Seji replied with a smile. Kasura smiled back and then headed back up the stairs again with Nasuti right beside her.
While the others were standing up and started to move around, Shu just stayed right where he was, and he kept his attention to the stairs. "Shu?" Shin asked as he looked towards him in slight confusion.
Shu gave no response to Shin, he just kept his attention towards the stairs. "Shin, what's up with Shu?" Ryo asked in curiosity.
"Isn't obvious?" Seji asked back with a smirk.
"Isn't what obvious?" Ryo asked as he looked over at him.
"Shu has feelings for a certain guest. Isn't that right, Shu?" Seji teased with a grin. Shu faltered back a bit, and then looked at Seji in shock.
"No, I do not!" Shu replied with a slight frown.
"Come off of it already, Shu, I know the signs, so just admit it already?" Seji said with a grin.
"Besides Shu, I think that Kasura feels the same way." Shin replied with a grin.
"She does!? I mean, she does?" Shu asked as he quickly got over his surprise.
"Well sure she does, didn't you notice how she kept on getting shy around you all of a sudden. I think that she just finally
realized it." Shin replied.
"So then this means that I actually get the girl, and not Seji!? Alright!" Shu exclaimed excitedly.
"That's right, I don't get the girl, you do," Seji replied with a quick nod, and then Seji realized what he just said, "hey!"