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Dream Maker: Okay, you know the drill. *clears throat* I do not own Blue Seed. *sniffs* I wish I did but I don't. The blue seed boys and girls all belong to their respectable owners. I am only borrowing them for this twisted fic and promise to return them, only slightly worse for the wear, when I'm through with them.
Christa: Okay, well, just to let you know, all thoughts will be inside {}'s because it got too hard to try to do it the other way when there is no way to have italics.
Dream Maker: Okay, here's the next chapter!
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Naya stood at her apartment window looking out at the scenery stretching out before her. It was another beautiful day and it looked like it'd be a warm one.
{How can he be their father? Did Murakumo not tell me because he wanted to test me? Or did he just not know? No, a soul as perfect as him would know. There's no way he couldn't have. But still, I have to wonder how I'm suppose to kill him without hurting the children. The TAC are much too easy to get out of the picture. Koume, Mr. Kunakita, and Ryoko are already taken care of. I should have the rest gone by sunrise tomorrow. Ah, but then again, I also have to take care of Sakura. She will be a thorn in my side until she _is_ dealt with if she gets wind of a new Aragami.}
Naya sighed as she turned away from the window and flopped down on the couch. "If only I knew what to do. Murakumo taught me not to doubt my mission. I will have to kill the children anyway, no?" But the very thought of causing them harm made a cold lump form in her stomach. "So why am I starting to doubt myself now?"
"Naya!"
"Murakumo!" Naya yelped as she sat up. She mentally cursed herself for being caught unaware by him yet again. One of these days she would make sure that he no longer snuck up on her.
"Why haven't you completed your mission yet?" Murakumo snapped.
"I am taking care of the TAC first Master Murakumo. I thought it would be wise to take care of the weakest prey first, then move onto the bigger game."
"Huh, you think they're going to get in the way do you?" he scoffed at her. "You're just stalling because you've been left to your own devices for a whole three days. You're not sure what to do without me guiding you are you?" he sneered at her. "I guess I was wrong about you. You are just as imperfect a soul as that Kusanagi."
Cold hatred bloomed in Naya's heart and she wanted to strike him down with all her being, but she kept her temper under tight rein, forcing herself to remember that he was much too powerful for her. "I'm sorry Murakumo. Please forgive me."
"Forgive you? Forgiveness comes from the merciful. I will not forgive you, but I will not kill you either. I will give you one more chance Naya. I want you to bring me the imperfect souls heart within three days. And all the Kushinada's within three days of his. If not, I will be forced to kill you. Remember Naya, I can find you anywhere. You wont be able to hide from me if you fail to complete your mission."
"Yes Murakumo. I understand."
"Good. Now, a little reminder I think." He said as he raised his hand and a stream of electricity shot out from the matama and wrapped her in its iron jaws. Naya writhered in agony as it gripped her, making her wish only for death. Death had to be better than the pain. Yet somehow, Murakumo's voice floated through the pain induced fog surrounding her brain saying, "You know that you need only to scream to make the pain go away. I will not tolerate insubordinations Naya."
{I must not give him the pleasure. I must not. But it hurts. I have only to give in. Oh how I'd like to do that so much.} The pain increased one- hundred-fold until she could stand it no longer and a blood-curdling scream of agony tore itself from her throat. Immediately the electricity vanished, and without it to hold her suspended in the air, she dropped to the ground like a bag of discarded stones.
"So glad you did that. I was beginning to think you'd fainted. Now remember what I said. Three days Naya. The clock starts now." And with that Murakumo was gone.
Naya stayed panting on the floor for a few minutes, wallowing in self-pity before she dragged herself off the ground and changed out of her now charred clothes. {He's right. I am stalling. I should kill the imperfect soul tonight. I must get to the Kushinada's house after I take care of the rest of the TAC. They'll still be in one place right now.} When she was redressed, she opened her bedroom window and leaped out into the sunshine.
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"Aiko, what do you know about that girl?" Kusanagi demanded for the hundredth time that night. Again Aiko kept her mouth shut. "Darn it Aiko, why won't you listen to me? She's dangerous and she needs to be taken care of! If she isn't she will try to kill you and Shen!" He threw his hands up in a gesture of defeat and started to walk away.
"She would never hurt me! I've known her all my life! She's nice and she's always been nice to me and Shen! She's not mean like you! She didn't try to hurt you for no reason!" Aiko yelled at his father before she got off the couch and sprinted up the stairs to lock herself in her room.
"Aiko wait! Come back here!" Kusanagi yelled after his daughter desperately. Upon hearing her door slam he gave up and turned back to sit down on the couch. Momiji came up behind him and started rubbing his shoulders.
"Kusanagi, I think that this girl is their protector, just like you were Kaede's, and mine after hers."
"Then why in the world would she attack me? And why would she try to kill me?"
"You did threaten her life first Kusanagi. I will admit I was scared, but you didn't see the look on her face when Shen called you daddy. It was like someone had dumped a bucket of ice water on her."
Kusanagi sighed. "I think I'd better go talk to Aiko."
"Yes, I think you'd better." Momiji agreed.
Kusanagi walked up the stairs and down the hall to his daughter's room. Shen was already mad at him and wouldn't talk to him. He tapped softly on the door but received no answer. He knocked again, a little louder this time, but again his daughter didn't answer. So Kusanagi opened the door and flipped on the light in the dark room. He looked around but his daughter was no where to be seen. "Aiko?" he called, but no reply came. He knew he wouldn't get one when he spotted the sheets hanging out the window.
{No, she can't have run away! Doesn't she know how dangerous that it?! Oh no, this is all my fault.} Then Kusanagi froze when he senced two Aragami not far from the house. {That girl! If she harms one hair on Aiko's head I'll tear her limb from limb!} He leaped from the open window and went as quickly towards the Aragami as he could.
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{What in the world is Aiko doing?} Naya wondered as she watched her climb down her "ladder." {What happened to her that would make her run away? Oh well, I'd better follow her. It wouldn't do for her to get killed and have us all sent back to the. other world.} She shuddered at the thought. She was enjoying the light.
She followed Aiko for a good five minutes before she stopped in a field to rest after running. She was just getting up again to continue when some sort of Lizard-like Aragami waddled out of the forest at the edge of the field. Aiko froze and so did Naya. That is, until the Aragami looked straight at Aiko and smiled.
"A Kushinada. Perfect, I can kill you myself!" It hissed as it started towards her.
"Aiko RUN!" Naya screamed as she deployed the blades from her arms and jumped down from the tree she was in to meet the thing halfway to Aiko. "You'll never get to her you lowlife Aragami scum!" Naya screamed as she charged him. The beast only laughed at her.
"You think you can defeat me? You are mistaken little pest." It laughed again before it took a deep breath and when it exhaled its breath came out almost like fog. But the fog held something deadly and Naya knew it. She jumped out of the way just in time to evade it, and was glad she did because the fog quickly condensed into ice crystals that all shot straight at where she'd been.
"Holy smokes! Be careful Naya!" Aiko yelled to her. It only distracted her.
"Aiko, I said run! Now do what I tell you!" She chanced a glance back toward where she was. "Darn you! Are you an idiot? Run! NOW!" She was forced to turn her attention back to the task at hand so she didn't know whether Aiko obeyed or not.
"Ha, ha, ha. You were lucky to evade that attack little pest. You won't be so lucky this time!" It laughed as it breathed out the fog again. Naya had to fly this time to get out of the way so the beast was wrong, but not by much.
{What the heck am I going to do? I can't keep this up forever, but I don't want to kill it in front of Aiko. She's still much too young to know the true meaning of death and evil. What? Why am I thinking like this? I know I'll have to become evil itself and kill her within the week. Why am I feeling this way when I think about killing her? Ak!} She dove quickly out of the way of another icy attack. {That was close. If he keeps this up I'm going to be killed. Murakumo would be most displeased if he had to raise me again for another fifteen years or so.} She shot a bolt of hot energy at it and was rewarded with a sizzling sound and the smell of scorched flesh.
"So, you want to play games do you little pest?" it roared at her. "I will play your game! Your Kushinada will die!"
"You can't kill him! He may be the one to lock us all back into the darkness!!" She screamed, playing her only card to keep him alive.
It only laughed at her. "I think not little pest!" It exhaled quickly and the fog condensed into more ice crystals, but instead of shooting at her, they headed straight for Aiko, who was frozen in place from shock.
"RUN!!!!!"
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Kusanagi followed his ears to the place where the fight was going on. He was surprised to see the young woman fighting some sort of Lizard-like Aragami. But his surprise turned to fear when he saw that the Aragami was aiming its attack at his son. He acted as quickly as he could.
"RUN!!!!!!" the woman yelled at him as the dove in front of the attack to, hopefully, save his life. Kusanagi leaped down from the tree, snatched his son up, and got away from the clearing.
"Naya!! NAYA!!!" Aiko screamed as she saw the crystals tear into her body. She fell limp and bleeding on the ground.
"Get him away from here Kusanagi." Naya managed to choke out before she stilled completely.
"KUSANAGI!" Momiji screamed from somewhere just inside the tree line.
"Momiji! Take Aiko and run!" He said as forcefully as he could when he got to her. He handed his screaming child over as gently as he could before he took off again. Her pitiful screams of, "Naya!" followed by sobs followed him through the darkness.
{So her name's Naya. Why in the world would she give her life for him? Was Momiji right? Was she really sent here to protect them?} Kusanagi wondered as he charged into battle. He deployed the blades from his arms and leaped straight at the beast, turning aside when he remembered the crystals. Instead, he changed tactics and came at it from behind.
"You'll pay for what you've done!" he yelled as his blades searched for and found the living flesh just behind the monsters head. Blood oozed from the two wounds as he quickly freed his blades and cut downwards and across. Is blades met bone, which resisted for a moment, before they cut through entirely, coming out the other side of the creatures neck.
The lizard fell to the ground and lay there twitching for a moment before it was completely still. Kusanagi quickly found the matama and destroyed it. He was just about to turn and go home when he heard a small groan emitted from what he thought was a lifeless body.
{Huh? She's still alive after all that? Not even I could have lived.} He walked over to her and knelt down beside her. Feeling her pulse he found it was weak and growing weaker by the second. {She's dying. Do I dare?}
"Please Kusanagi. Take care of the Kushinada. Do _not_ sacrifice them. They're much too precious." Naya said as her voice trailed away with every syllable.
{I have no choice. I need the information she has. I have to save her. No!} Naya's breathing stilled entirely. Kusanagi hesitated for a moment. {If I revive her, will she be even more bent on killing me?} He shook his head at himself. {That's a chance I'll just have to take.} He thought before he started CPR.
She started breathing again weakly on his third try and he was able to breath a tiny sigh of relief. But she wasn't out of the woods just yet. She was still bleeding from the numerous wounds the Aragami had inflicted upon her.
{I haven't used my powers in such a long time. I'm afraid I'll kill her if I try. But its either that or let her bleed to death. I guess that there's really no choice in the matter.} He stood up, managing only to wince at the pain he was feeling from not moving as fast as he had been for a long time.
He stood over her for a moment before he raised his hands and a green light descended from the matama's on his hands to Naya. Slowly, very slowly the wounds from ice shards started to heal, and at the same time the ice shards that were still in her body started to melt. Five or ten minutes later Kusanagi stopped and wiped his forehead with the sleeve of his coat. Naya's wounds were all scabbed over or half healed.
{Well, I guess I should take her home before Momiji starts to worry that she killed me. Phew! I think I'm going to sleep for a week. That was more tiring than I thought it would be. I'm _really_ drained.} He thought as he bent down and picked her up. Heading back towards his house a million questions ran through his head, but for the moment, he hadn't any answers.
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Murakumo frowned as he looked into his scrying bowl. {That Aragami came much too close to killing the Kushinada than I am comfortable with. It looks like I'm going to have to take more precautions than I thought. Oh well, at least some good came out of tonight. Naya is in a perfect position to kill them all. One by one. It will be so sweet to watch through her eyes as she looks into the faces that know who their killer is.} He chuckled at the thought.
{I must wonder though. What is Kusanagi up to?} Murakumo wandered off into the dark underground of his lair to think more on the matter.
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Dream Maker: How d'ya like?
Christa: Is it any good? Hope it is!
Dream Maker: Okay, I apologize again. I've only seen 8 episodes of Blue Seed so I really don't know what powers Kusanagi has. And I really don't know if he killed Murakumo or not, so I'm probably warping a few things to fit my story.
Christa: *sweatdrop* A _few_?
Dream Maker: Shut. Up. Okay, well, gotta post the fic! Please R&R. That means read AND REVIEW!
Christa: Bye!
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Dream Maker: Okay, you know the drill. *clears throat* I do not own Blue Seed. *sniffs* I wish I did but I don't. The blue seed boys and girls all belong to their respectable owners. I am only borrowing them for this twisted fic and promise to return them, only slightly worse for the wear, when I'm through with them.
Christa: Okay, well, just to let you know, all thoughts will be inside {}'s because it got too hard to try to do it the other way when there is no way to have italics.
Dream Maker: Okay, here's the next chapter!
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Naya stood at her apartment window looking out at the scenery stretching out before her. It was another beautiful day and it looked like it'd be a warm one.
{How can he be their father? Did Murakumo not tell me because he wanted to test me? Or did he just not know? No, a soul as perfect as him would know. There's no way he couldn't have. But still, I have to wonder how I'm suppose to kill him without hurting the children. The TAC are much too easy to get out of the picture. Koume, Mr. Kunakita, and Ryoko are already taken care of. I should have the rest gone by sunrise tomorrow. Ah, but then again, I also have to take care of Sakura. She will be a thorn in my side until she _is_ dealt with if she gets wind of a new Aragami.}
Naya sighed as she turned away from the window and flopped down on the couch. "If only I knew what to do. Murakumo taught me not to doubt my mission. I will have to kill the children anyway, no?" But the very thought of causing them harm made a cold lump form in her stomach. "So why am I starting to doubt myself now?"
"Naya!"
"Murakumo!" Naya yelped as she sat up. She mentally cursed herself for being caught unaware by him yet again. One of these days she would make sure that he no longer snuck up on her.
"Why haven't you completed your mission yet?" Murakumo snapped.
"I am taking care of the TAC first Master Murakumo. I thought it would be wise to take care of the weakest prey first, then move onto the bigger game."
"Huh, you think they're going to get in the way do you?" he scoffed at her. "You're just stalling because you've been left to your own devices for a whole three days. You're not sure what to do without me guiding you are you?" he sneered at her. "I guess I was wrong about you. You are just as imperfect a soul as that Kusanagi."
Cold hatred bloomed in Naya's heart and she wanted to strike him down with all her being, but she kept her temper under tight rein, forcing herself to remember that he was much too powerful for her. "I'm sorry Murakumo. Please forgive me."
"Forgive you? Forgiveness comes from the merciful. I will not forgive you, but I will not kill you either. I will give you one more chance Naya. I want you to bring me the imperfect souls heart within three days. And all the Kushinada's within three days of his. If not, I will be forced to kill you. Remember Naya, I can find you anywhere. You wont be able to hide from me if you fail to complete your mission."
"Yes Murakumo. I understand."
"Good. Now, a little reminder I think." He said as he raised his hand and a stream of electricity shot out from the matama and wrapped her in its iron jaws. Naya writhered in agony as it gripped her, making her wish only for death. Death had to be better than the pain. Yet somehow, Murakumo's voice floated through the pain induced fog surrounding her brain saying, "You know that you need only to scream to make the pain go away. I will not tolerate insubordinations Naya."
{I must not give him the pleasure. I must not. But it hurts. I have only to give in. Oh how I'd like to do that so much.} The pain increased one- hundred-fold until she could stand it no longer and a blood-curdling scream of agony tore itself from her throat. Immediately the electricity vanished, and without it to hold her suspended in the air, she dropped to the ground like a bag of discarded stones.
"So glad you did that. I was beginning to think you'd fainted. Now remember what I said. Three days Naya. The clock starts now." And with that Murakumo was gone.
Naya stayed panting on the floor for a few minutes, wallowing in self-pity before she dragged herself off the ground and changed out of her now charred clothes. {He's right. I am stalling. I should kill the imperfect soul tonight. I must get to the Kushinada's house after I take care of the rest of the TAC. They'll still be in one place right now.} When she was redressed, she opened her bedroom window and leaped out into the sunshine.
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"Aiko, what do you know about that girl?" Kusanagi demanded for the hundredth time that night. Again Aiko kept her mouth shut. "Darn it Aiko, why won't you listen to me? She's dangerous and she needs to be taken care of! If she isn't she will try to kill you and Shen!" He threw his hands up in a gesture of defeat and started to walk away.
"She would never hurt me! I've known her all my life! She's nice and she's always been nice to me and Shen! She's not mean like you! She didn't try to hurt you for no reason!" Aiko yelled at his father before she got off the couch and sprinted up the stairs to lock herself in her room.
"Aiko wait! Come back here!" Kusanagi yelled after his daughter desperately. Upon hearing her door slam he gave up and turned back to sit down on the couch. Momiji came up behind him and started rubbing his shoulders.
"Kusanagi, I think that this girl is their protector, just like you were Kaede's, and mine after hers."
"Then why in the world would she attack me? And why would she try to kill me?"
"You did threaten her life first Kusanagi. I will admit I was scared, but you didn't see the look on her face when Shen called you daddy. It was like someone had dumped a bucket of ice water on her."
Kusanagi sighed. "I think I'd better go talk to Aiko."
"Yes, I think you'd better." Momiji agreed.
Kusanagi walked up the stairs and down the hall to his daughter's room. Shen was already mad at him and wouldn't talk to him. He tapped softly on the door but received no answer. He knocked again, a little louder this time, but again his daughter didn't answer. So Kusanagi opened the door and flipped on the light in the dark room. He looked around but his daughter was no where to be seen. "Aiko?" he called, but no reply came. He knew he wouldn't get one when he spotted the sheets hanging out the window.
{No, she can't have run away! Doesn't she know how dangerous that it?! Oh no, this is all my fault.} Then Kusanagi froze when he senced two Aragami not far from the house. {That girl! If she harms one hair on Aiko's head I'll tear her limb from limb!} He leaped from the open window and went as quickly towards the Aragami as he could.
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{What in the world is Aiko doing?} Naya wondered as she watched her climb down her "ladder." {What happened to her that would make her run away? Oh well, I'd better follow her. It wouldn't do for her to get killed and have us all sent back to the. other world.} She shuddered at the thought. She was enjoying the light.
She followed Aiko for a good five minutes before she stopped in a field to rest after running. She was just getting up again to continue when some sort of Lizard-like Aragami waddled out of the forest at the edge of the field. Aiko froze and so did Naya. That is, until the Aragami looked straight at Aiko and smiled.
"A Kushinada. Perfect, I can kill you myself!" It hissed as it started towards her.
"Aiko RUN!" Naya screamed as she deployed the blades from her arms and jumped down from the tree she was in to meet the thing halfway to Aiko. "You'll never get to her you lowlife Aragami scum!" Naya screamed as she charged him. The beast only laughed at her.
"You think you can defeat me? You are mistaken little pest." It laughed again before it took a deep breath and when it exhaled its breath came out almost like fog. But the fog held something deadly and Naya knew it. She jumped out of the way just in time to evade it, and was glad she did because the fog quickly condensed into ice crystals that all shot straight at where she'd been.
"Holy smokes! Be careful Naya!" Aiko yelled to her. It only distracted her.
"Aiko, I said run! Now do what I tell you!" She chanced a glance back toward where she was. "Darn you! Are you an idiot? Run! NOW!" She was forced to turn her attention back to the task at hand so she didn't know whether Aiko obeyed or not.
"Ha, ha, ha. You were lucky to evade that attack little pest. You won't be so lucky this time!" It laughed as it breathed out the fog again. Naya had to fly this time to get out of the way so the beast was wrong, but not by much.
{What the heck am I going to do? I can't keep this up forever, but I don't want to kill it in front of Aiko. She's still much too young to know the true meaning of death and evil. What? Why am I thinking like this? I know I'll have to become evil itself and kill her within the week. Why am I feeling this way when I think about killing her? Ak!} She dove quickly out of the way of another icy attack. {That was close. If he keeps this up I'm going to be killed. Murakumo would be most displeased if he had to raise me again for another fifteen years or so.} She shot a bolt of hot energy at it and was rewarded with a sizzling sound and the smell of scorched flesh.
"So, you want to play games do you little pest?" it roared at her. "I will play your game! Your Kushinada will die!"
"You can't kill him! He may be the one to lock us all back into the darkness!!" She screamed, playing her only card to keep him alive.
It only laughed at her. "I think not little pest!" It exhaled quickly and the fog condensed into more ice crystals, but instead of shooting at her, they headed straight for Aiko, who was frozen in place from shock.
"RUN!!!!!"
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Kusanagi followed his ears to the place where the fight was going on. He was surprised to see the young woman fighting some sort of Lizard-like Aragami. But his surprise turned to fear when he saw that the Aragami was aiming its attack at his son. He acted as quickly as he could.
"RUN!!!!!!" the woman yelled at him as the dove in front of the attack to, hopefully, save his life. Kusanagi leaped down from the tree, snatched his son up, and got away from the clearing.
"Naya!! NAYA!!!" Aiko screamed as she saw the crystals tear into her body. She fell limp and bleeding on the ground.
"Get him away from here Kusanagi." Naya managed to choke out before she stilled completely.
"KUSANAGI!" Momiji screamed from somewhere just inside the tree line.
"Momiji! Take Aiko and run!" He said as forcefully as he could when he got to her. He handed his screaming child over as gently as he could before he took off again. Her pitiful screams of, "Naya!" followed by sobs followed him through the darkness.
{So her name's Naya. Why in the world would she give her life for him? Was Momiji right? Was she really sent here to protect them?} Kusanagi wondered as he charged into battle. He deployed the blades from his arms and leaped straight at the beast, turning aside when he remembered the crystals. Instead, he changed tactics and came at it from behind.
"You'll pay for what you've done!" he yelled as his blades searched for and found the living flesh just behind the monsters head. Blood oozed from the two wounds as he quickly freed his blades and cut downwards and across. Is blades met bone, which resisted for a moment, before they cut through entirely, coming out the other side of the creatures neck.
The lizard fell to the ground and lay there twitching for a moment before it was completely still. Kusanagi quickly found the matama and destroyed it. He was just about to turn and go home when he heard a small groan emitted from what he thought was a lifeless body.
{Huh? She's still alive after all that? Not even I could have lived.} He walked over to her and knelt down beside her. Feeling her pulse he found it was weak and growing weaker by the second. {She's dying. Do I dare?}
"Please Kusanagi. Take care of the Kushinada. Do _not_ sacrifice them. They're much too precious." Naya said as her voice trailed away with every syllable.
{I have no choice. I need the information she has. I have to save her. No!} Naya's breathing stilled entirely. Kusanagi hesitated for a moment. {If I revive her, will she be even more bent on killing me?} He shook his head at himself. {That's a chance I'll just have to take.} He thought before he started CPR.
She started breathing again weakly on his third try and he was able to breath a tiny sigh of relief. But she wasn't out of the woods just yet. She was still bleeding from the numerous wounds the Aragami had inflicted upon her.
{I haven't used my powers in such a long time. I'm afraid I'll kill her if I try. But its either that or let her bleed to death. I guess that there's really no choice in the matter.} He stood up, managing only to wince at the pain he was feeling from not moving as fast as he had been for a long time.
He stood over her for a moment before he raised his hands and a green light descended from the matama's on his hands to Naya. Slowly, very slowly the wounds from ice shards started to heal, and at the same time the ice shards that were still in her body started to melt. Five or ten minutes later Kusanagi stopped and wiped his forehead with the sleeve of his coat. Naya's wounds were all scabbed over or half healed.
{Well, I guess I should take her home before Momiji starts to worry that she killed me. Phew! I think I'm going to sleep for a week. That was more tiring than I thought it would be. I'm _really_ drained.} He thought as he bent down and picked her up. Heading back towards his house a million questions ran through his head, but for the moment, he hadn't any answers.
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Murakumo frowned as he looked into his scrying bowl. {That Aragami came much too close to killing the Kushinada than I am comfortable with. It looks like I'm going to have to take more precautions than I thought. Oh well, at least some good came out of tonight. Naya is in a perfect position to kill them all. One by one. It will be so sweet to watch through her eyes as she looks into the faces that know who their killer is.} He chuckled at the thought.
{I must wonder though. What is Kusanagi up to?} Murakumo wandered off into the dark underground of his lair to think more on the matter.
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Dream Maker: How d'ya like?
Christa: Is it any good? Hope it is!
Dream Maker: Okay, I apologize again. I've only seen 8 episodes of Blue Seed so I really don't know what powers Kusanagi has. And I really don't know if he killed Murakumo or not, so I'm probably warping a few things to fit my story.
Christa: *sweatdrop* A _few_?
Dream Maker: Shut. Up. Okay, well, gotta post the fic! Please R&R. That means read AND REVIEW!
Christa: Bye!
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