Note: We're back to Koganei's point of view.
Chapter Six: Silence Before the Storm
The kuchibashio flew at me and I blocked it barely in time with kyoku. The impact sent me flying backwards and made my arms hurt. Switching to mikazuki, I threw it at Domon, who got hit in the chest and was knocked over. I grinned as I caught mikazuki easily in my right hand.
"What's wrong, Domon-niichan?" I said, still smirking. Feh, he's not that tough. I can do this…I'll beat that bastard to a pulp and save Yanagi before Recca. Domon sat up, rubbing his chest.
"Ow...now I know how Shiju felt..." he complained. I smirked again and walked over to him, holding out my hand.
"Niichan, I think you're getting too old for this." He grabbed my hand and I pulled him up. He immediately whacked me on the head and got me in a head-lock. "Itai!! Ni-chan let go!!" Asshole! He better fuckin' let go or I'll...
"Who's old, huh? You're still just a kid Koganei!" Domon bellowed in my ear while in chibi mode. I glared at him also in chibi mode. I'm da same damn age as you guys were when you fought in da Urabutosatojin! How fucking stupid can this guy get?? I was about to hit the gorilla in the stomach with the kougon anki, when the doors of the house slid open. Kagero and Yanagi stood in the opening holding what seemed to be bento... My stomach growled.
"Everyone, take a break," Kagero said, holding up a box of food. "We've made something for you to eat." Yanagi nodded and smiled at us.
"Hai, kaa-chan!" Recca shouted, jumping away from Fuuko who was still in a fighting stance, and ran towards the three most important things in his life. I grinned to myself. His kaa-chan, his hime, and food, heh… Domon ran after him, releasing me and the chain of the kuchibashio simultaneously, letting both of us drop into the dust.
"Baka!" I shouted, standing up and wiping the dust off my pants. What sorta fucking idiot…I looked at Domon's madougu that was left carelessly on the ground and shrugged. Not my fault...I glanced up as I heard shouting and saw that Domon and Recca were competing for the food, with Fuuko and Yanagi trying to calm them down. Ganko sat outside eating quietly with her legs dangling off the porch of the house, Kondo sitting next to her. I looked around for Mikagami. He's probably inside...as damn uncommunicative as usual I bet... Ganko looked up from putting a piece of chicken in her mouth and gave me a glare. I sweatdropped. Does she have nothing freaking better to do then try and burn a hole through my head??
"Recca-kun....please slow down, you may choke...." Yanagi murmured to her ninja, who was attempting to stuff down the bento in record time.
"It's delicious hime!" He replied between huge bites of rice and chicken. I ran up to the rest of the Hokage and did what was expected of me. Something stupid... I jumped for the last remaining bento that Domon was reaching for upon finishing his second. We both grabbed it at the same time and started a tug of war.
"Domon-nichan no baka!! You already ate some!" I shouted, tugging at it with one hand, the other occupied by holding kougon anki. He pulled back with one hand also, the other still holding the empty box.
"I'm bigger then you Koganei! I need more food!!" He shouted back at me, tugging it also. Damn it...why the hell am I acting like a fuckin fool...?? Just cause a little girl's glaring at me? I sweatdropped as a certain yellow fox landed on the open box of bento and devoured its entire contents, sending rice and chicken flying through the air.
"Ah…." The best word I can think of is "Ah"....??
"...." Domon was silent for a moment…then he smacked the fox with the empty box. "You damn fox!! What the hell did you do that for??"
"I need food also!" The fox shouted back, and the two started beating each other in chibi mode. The rest of the Hokage looked at the scuffle with small smiles on their faces. Apparently they still find this funny...? I shook my head and grinned tolerantly, until my stomach growled. I jumped into the fight and started beating the two of them up. While being bitten on the hand by that stupid fox, I saw Ganko's face light up in a smile. Cheh…doesn't take much for her to be happy... I smirked and showed my fang, pausing in the fight, and then was squished underneath Domon who was attempting to use a wrestling move of some sorts.
"Itai!! Domon-niichan no baka!!!" I shouted, holding a whole string of insults much worse than "baka" back. I felt something suddenly, it was inside the house. "Get the hell off of me Domon!!" I yelled, throwing my arm back to try and knock him off.
"What's wrong kid? Can't get lose of someone so old? Huh?" Domon said, grinning at me.
"No you idiot!!!" I practically bellowed at him, throwing him off of me and breaking his hold. At this point, the rest of the Hokage finally deemed this event important enough to look up from their food.
"Wha~?" Recca mumbled around a mouthful of food. I ignored his mumbled remark and dove for the kougon anki that was dropped in my mad dash for the bento.
"It's a killing ki you idiots!!" I shouted, diving for the anki. My hand nearly closed on the anki but a dark object flew from the ceiling and neatly slashed me on the forearm, knocking me off course and sliding into the wall. "Itai!!!"
The shadows that had obscured our view of the ceiling started moving and shifting about. Chicken and rice went flying through the air as Recca jumped up to grab Yanagi, dodging out of the path of multiple shadow blades that stabbed into the ground where they had been kneeling moments earlier.
"What the hell??" Recca shouted, getting slashed slightly on the arm by a blade. More blades flew towards him and Yanagi. "Madoka!!" He wrote a character in the air and the shield that appeared blocked the deadly shadows. Domon jumped up and ran underneath where the shadows were the darkest and shouted up at them.
"Stop messing around asshole and stop hiding!!" he shouted, raising a fist. Like that's gonna do anythin... I scrambled back onto my feet and pushed up the cloth that hid the scar on my wrist up to cover my newer wound. The patch of shadows darkened and lengthened, turning into a larger blade. Not a blade, it's a fucking spear! I dashed for the anki and grabbed it, spinning back and running towards Domon who was giving the shadow his middle finger. What a fucking idiot!!!
The shadow spear appeared from the rest of the shadows and shot towards Domon, who had time to gape in amazement and look around wildly for his kuchibashio, which was laying in the dust outside. I leapt forward towards Domon and saw a spurt of red fly in front of my eyes and my vision turned black.
TBC
Yami no tenshi: I guess Recca was under a lot of stress because he wasn't sure if the dragons will listen to him and if he can be strong enough to protect his hime... And, I guess if someone calls you by the same name then suddenly stops it...you usually notice it.