Dragon Vision: DANG IT! STUPID THING!!! I wrote a bunch of stuff here for you guys to read...my explanation but it didn't save....DARN! Okay a quick overview of the note that was so detailed is as follows. I'm so sorry for the long wait, my beta spaced out a little but that's okay because finals are coming up...and if she actually sent it the time of the last three or two weeks like she said...sorry beta I'm not trying to be mean PROMISE!!! Anyway, if she had sent it then I'd probably would have deleted it...All the teachers thought it would be funny to see us all run around and do our homework for everyone else at the same time...actually no. All they did was make everything due when everything else was due and tests when something was due...and a whole bunch of GAHHH!!!! Fourth chapter is coming up sometime this summer? I can't guarantee it though. But I PROMISE to start the next chapter in the summer!!! THANKS TO YOU WHO READ THIS AND WERE PATIENT!!! THANK YOU VANILLA FOX!!!!!

Dragon Vision: HEY!! I'm back with a popular demand!! Heehee...not really. Anyway, here's the third chapter. Thanks so much V. Fox!!!

Disclaimer: You know the jist, don't make me repeat myself...again...and again...

Voices obstructed the hallway as Subaru neared the office. A woman's voice dominated over the continuous shuffling of papers.

"WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU DOING?!?!?!"

"I have to find something." A man's voice responded in agitation.

"I JUST CLEANED EVERYTHING YESTERDAY!!!!"

"Look, will the both of you stay quiet?!?! Stop wasting your energy yelling and help out!!!!"

"I would gladly help out Suoh, but unfortunately I have no idea what you are looking for. And fortunately for me, I have a meeting to attend to, in your absence."

Subaru reached the door by this time and rapped on the door heavily, in hopes of being heard over the racket coming from within the room.

As Subaru entered, the woman exited the room, but stopped at the sudden sight of Subaru. This lady had straight blonde hair and wore a black skirt, with a white blouse. Her hair was tied back with a black scrunchie and she held a briefcase. He looked around the room to see that Suoh was hunched over the main desk in the middle of the room, in front of a large book case that reached the ceiling of the room. Akira was looking through the cabinet files and was tossing papers out of the manila folders and was tossing them, and the folders everywhere.

All the while, a small wind was forming in the corner, near the main desk where Suoh was at. Looking more closely, Subaru found out that it was Nokoru shuffling papers about on the floor searching for something on the ground.

"Tch tch tch. She's done it again hasn't she?" The lady placed her hand on Shisuzu's forehead.

"She who?" Akira stopped his shuffling to look up and see the woman blocking the face of the person who Subaru was carrying in his hands.

"Yes, who is she, Fumiyo?" Suoh stopped his shuffling as well, the only one throwing around papers was Nokoru.

"Who do you think?" Fumiyo stepped aside to reveal Shisuzu passed out in Subaru's arms.

"Should have known." Nokoru stopped his shuffling and finally looked up to see Subaru and Shisuzu.

"Glad you could join us Nokoru." Akira said, looking over his shoulder and glances at his friend.

"Fumiyo? Could you do us one last favor and lead Mr. Sumeragi to the back room, where she's usually kept?"

"No problem. Follow me, make sure you watch were you step."

With that, Subaru followed Fumiyo to the back of the ransacked office to the door located a little off to the right of the main desk, and the three continued their search. When he entered, Fumiyo closed the door behind him.

"Please, set her there."

Fumiyo pointed to a bed that was in the northwest corner of the room. The foot of the bed was just a few feet away from the door and the side was about three feet away from the west wall of the room. A chair was set in the small space between the wall and the bed. There was a window in the middle of the east wall of the room and Fumiyo made her way to it. She parted the drapes to light up the room. Looking directly out the window, you could see the main concrete pathway. She then turned to face Subaru and saw him place Shisuzu on the bed.

"She's been doing this ever since she transferred to this school. It used to be in the afternoons but lately...it's been in the morning. But this isn't normal," Fumiyo walked over to the bedside and pulls the covers over Shisuzu. Afterwards, Subaru sits on the chair.

"This is the first time she's ever passed out this early in the morning. I take it you are staying?"

"Yes, I intend to stay, for I need to talk to the three out there."

"Ahh...those three won't be done for a long time."

"Then you don't mind if I stay here until they have time?"

"Are you sure you want to miss your classes?"

"I don't mind."

"This is a prestigious school. Are you sure you want to mess up here?"

"I don't mind."

"I'll tell them to check with you when they find whatever they are looking for...or they'll get tired and come to you for relief." Fumiyo smiled in hopes of seeing Subaru smirk. Subaru's expression did not change. It seemed weird to her to see someone who didn't smile or cared about his schoolwork. He seemed a little cold to her.

She left and closed the door behind her as she exited the back room. She saw the three still shuffling papers, she also caught a glimpse at her watch and then at the clock on the wall.

"Well, I better get going if I'm going to make your meeting."

"All right then. Have fun."

Fumiyo made her way to the door, watching her step and stopped abruptly, for Nokoru darted across the floor in front of her.

"Gezz...you guys really want to find this thing don't you?"

"You have no idea."

"I don't want to. Anyway, I need to tell you something real quick before I leave. Mr. uhh...Sumeragi was it? Well, he wishes to talk to you three when you are done."

"Oh…thanks Fumiyo."

"No problem you three." Fumiyo says this while she walks out the door with her back turned and her hand waving goodbye to the guys in the room.

back in the room

Subaru sat there waiting patiently and thinks to himself.

What were you thinking? You've passed out before here, why do you come back when you know you are going to dwell in your dreams? What are you doing here in the first place? It's been hours since you passed out this morning. A little longer than usual. A little TOO long.

A knock on the door broke his trance of thought. He opens his eyes as he glances towards the door as it opened.

"Sorry for the long wait Sumeragi. I thought that we would find the parchment by now."

"The parchment?"

"I would like to explain the old manuscript when everyone is here."

"Everyone?"

"I asked for Kamui and the other Dragons of Heaven to join us here."

"Why here?"

"Because she's the last of a dead breed. And she knows about the end of the world."

"Hey." A knock on the opened door announced the arrivals of the Dragons of Heaven. Four heads turned to see and greet the arriving Dragons.

"What's wrong with Yuzuhira?" Akira asked as he saw Yuzuhira almost at the brink of crying.

"Oh..Don't worry about her. She thought that something happened to Subaru."

"But I'm fine now."

They averted their attention to the girl on the bed.

"Who's that?"

They all stared at Yuzuhira as if she'd done something bad.

"Wha...wha'd I do?!"

"I don't know who that is either."

"Neither do I."

"I think I have seen her...but I don't know who she is either."

"Wait. So you four don't know who this is?"

"Should we know her?"

Yuzuhira, Kamui, Karen and Aoki all look at the others in question.

"No. It is just, she's very well known, or should be well known to your shrines. It just shocked me. I understand Kamui and Karen, but Aoki, Yuzuhira, weren't you ever told about the sudden disappearance of-" Suoh was cut off as he was answering their confused stares.

"The Kinuhana clan?" Aoki suddenly remembers the old tale that he always thought as a myth.

"Yes. So you do know her."

"I always thought that was a myth. I never really thought of it as the truth. A powerful clan just disappear, erased from existence? It just didn't seem real."

"If it's too much of a problem could you PLEEEEAAAASSEE tell me who that is?? Why did they disappear? HOW did they disappear?" Yuzuhira spoke and was confused more than ever.

"The Kinuhana clan, well known as the true equal adversary to the Sakurazuka clan," Subaru responded before anyone else could, his voice held a tinge of envy. "Everyone of the race disappeared, nobody knows how, only that it happened just recently; but the legend was set a long time ago. One of the very first heads of the clan made a prophecy and everyone regarded it as a myth as the years flew by. Now she's the last one." Subaru glanced over at the girl on the bed.

"That still doesn't answer ME!!!"

"What more do you want to know Yuzuhira?"

"WHO is she???"

"Her name is Shisuzu Kinuhana."

"Really? It doesn't ring a bell. My grandmother didn't say anything about it...and she's the one who taught me."

"Some try not to talk about it at all."

"Why is she unconscious Subaru?" Kamui asked while examining her like some of the others, as she lay on the bed.

"We don't know. She's been passing out ever since she transferred to this school." Akira anwered before Subaru could, even though it wasn't much of a feat because Subaru seemed to be spaced out.

"Hey, Subaru you okay?" Yuzuhira was all worried, hoping that he's all right and not pushing himself over the limit.

"She's been dwelling to long. It's been ten hours since she passed out this morning. It's not like her to be out this long. A few more hours and she'll be lost."

"What do you mean Subaru?" Kamui asked, he didn't really remember what it felt like, dwelling, he wasn't even sure it was the same thing as being lost.

"You mean, she's acting like Kamui did a few months ago? But I don't get it." Yuzuhira was perplexed, she didn't understand at all. What was the point of all this?

"Are you sure that's the case? She's woken up several times, I doubt she's dwelling in her mind and soul."

"She's different. What were her patterns?"

Suoh was the only one to answer for he understood what Subaru wanted to know.

"At first it was late in the afternoon, a couple of hours and it was only for a few minutes, ten minimum. For some time it was in the middle of random classes. But lately, it's been happening earlier in the day. Each time, the blackouts lasted longer and longer. Just yesterday it happened when she entered homeroom and she passed out for the longest time..but it was expected because her patterns were spaced out. She was out for about eight to ten hours. Now, it's just ten-"

Subaru turned his attention back to Shisuzu. Subaru places his hand on her forehead and closed his eyes.

"On ka zunhi ra ruma un ka sha..."

"Her mind has changed...usually the mind stays relatively the same. But this..."

Subaru drifted into Shisuzu's mind, going in relatively quickly, not paying mind to the probability of causing her soul to shatter. He neared the mirror of glass and blood at the end of his path way into her mind.

"Unusual. Blood has blended with the mirror..."

As he leant into the glass, hoping to shatter the illusion, he extended his hand out to touch it first. As the soft touch was made, the mirror shattered, making his mind become like the glass and cracked. Subaru yanked his hand from the mirror and clenched his head, his mind was back to normal with a quick shake.

"What's going on...her mind is rejecting me, trying to kill me."

Subaru jerks his head over his shoulder to see what was lurking behind him, only to find that an image of a dragon made from some red liquid was there. The image of the red dragon attacked Subaru when When it saw that he was aware of the fact that he was not alone. Subaru jumped up to evade the attack, but even though the dragon missed, Subaru got splashed with the red liquid which left a stain across his shirt. Daggers, dirks and knives flew at him as he tried again and again to evade the dragon.

With luck, Subaru dodged the flying objects and dragons, and for some reason they receded. Subaru was left alone and out of breath, with the mirror of glass and blood no longer shattered. The red that stained his shirt started to burn through the cloth.

Agony spread through Subaru's body as the red ate through. Pain. Suffering. Subaru's screams of pain, not heard by any. The feelings of pain, anguish, anger, and malice broke his mind, causing him to black out.

"Is Subaru okay? He doesn't look all that well."

Sora asked no one in particular, just the sight of Subaru was enough to raise concern. Subaru was concentrating hard no doubt, he was out for about twenty minutes now. Just a few minutes ago he started to sweat and his breathing pace was off by a mile. Kamui's gaze outside the window was averted to Sora at the sound of his voice, and of his question.

He then turned his gaze to Subaru's figure leaning over the girl, his hand on her head. A flash of light passed through Kamui's mind, and Subaru's body started to fall forward. Then the girl shot up, clenching her head, breathing hard and choking for air. Aoki swooped down to sabilize Subaru's falling body. The girl coughed and gasped for air, while Aoki laid Subaru's body next to the girl on the bed. As her breathing went back to it's normal pace Suoh asked her a question.

"SUBARU!!!" Yuzuhira yelled as she saw Subaru's body lose the balance it once had. Sora and Karen were there to stabilize Yuzuhira to her normal state, reasuring her that he was fine.

"Mr. Nokoru? Should we call for a doctor? For the BOTH of them?" Karen asked calmly.

"No, not yet." Akira's voice answered Karen's question. Yuzuhira, hearing the response, was about to break down in tears. It's just like the time when Kamui was lost...

"What happened, Shisuzu?"

"Uhh..." Her eyes held a lifeless gaze. A quick shake brought her back. Her hands supported her head as she leant against the back of the wall.

"Gah...Mr. Suoh...How long have I been out?"

"Longer than usual, as always."

"Then how come I feel like I've been killed through my mind?" Her hands flopped down to her side, her head supported by the wall as she looked up, her eyes closed in exhaustion.

"Maybe you can answer that for us."

As she breathed in deeply, her body was engulfed with light and as it receded, her breathing was back to normal and her tiredness was swept away.

Yuzuhira recollected herself during the minutes. The sudden glow attracted her attention and she stared in amazement and thought to herself. Whoa...she can heal herself? Her energy level was close to dead and she healed herself all the way...wow...

Shisuzu stretched and was her normal self. She then notices the limp figure next to her on the bed.

"Huh? Who's..."

She places her hand on Subaru's head. Her cheeriness died away as she closed her eyes.

Subaru? Whoa..I didn't even recognize him...how ironic... What ARE you doing here? Agh. You were never the one to take hints from my mind were you?...You haven't changed a bit. Now here you are, passed out next to me like when we were little.

She started to gather energy to heal Subaru's mind and body. The all too familiar glow that once surrounded Shisuzu's body was now concentrated on one goal, to heal Subaru. The glow dissipated and Subaru's eyes opened and blinked. He warily got up and looked up, the first thing he saw was Shisuzu's smiling face.

She hasn't changed a bit, unlike her mind.

"Subaru, are you okay?!"

Subaru's attention was diverted towards Yuzuhira, who was looking on intently with cat ears, hoping that there's nothing wrong. Shisuzu's gaze fell to the bed and slowly slipped out of the covers. As she set foot onto the ground Subaru got up and placed his hand behind her back. Shisuzu pivoeted and swerved away from Subaru's touch, she turned her head and looked back at Subaru as she went to leave the room. Subaru stood stunned for a moment, habits die hard...and not just the bad ones either, then he set himself down on the foot of the bed and watched Shisuzu.

"I'm not that little anymore. I can handle myself. No need to worry. I healed myself and you after all."

With that she left the room and was on her way to leave the office when Nokoru grabbed her arm as she neared the exit of the room.

"Please stay, you need to hear this more than anyone else here."

Shisuzu looked down at the grip Nokoru had on her hand, it didn't hurt, for it was loose, but she stared at it...hoping that he would let go.

"Okay. But I need to hear what?"

"The prophecy. A parchment which a certain SOMEONE misplaced." Nokoru shot a quick glance at Akira. While Akira sweatdropped and let out a nervous laugh.

"Okay..." Shisuzu seemed perplexed.

"But first I think we need introductions! I'm Sora! It's nice to meet you!" Sora zoomed in front of Shisuzu and grabbed her hand, starting to shake it up and down, his face full of smiles.

"Umm...hi?"

"I'm Yuzuhira!!" Her trademark cat ears perked up, her face happy as ever.

"I'm Karen." Shisuzu tilts her head towards the feminine voice to see a beautiful lady in a business suit, much like the one that she sees Fumiyo always wear.

"Aoki." The man with glasses that stood near Karen. She knew him...but she couldn't remember where. Then it hit her. DUH! He's the new editor...right? I lost track...I hate this lag time I get when I pass out..gah.

"Arashi." Shisuzu had to turn her head to a full 180 to see the source of the voice. The girl stood near Suoh. Shisuzu felt a weird energy surround Arashi at her first glance into her eyes. Like most things she experienced, the feeling came and went.

There was only one boy left out, he was looking out the window constantly, refusing it seemed, to look at her.

"K..Kamui?" Shisuzu tilted her head to one side and looked at the boy's back. The boy then turned his head to face her, but his body still faced the window. The look lasted less then a second but it was more than enough for the both of them. Flashes of light crossed their minds as they looked at each other, ending their introductions. Afterwards, Kamui returned to his post at the window while Shisuzu's gaze fell onto the floor like so many times before.

"You have all the Dragons of Heaven here. I think I can speak for the rest of us here, why am I kept here to discuss something that doesn't concern me? I don't have a definite part in the end of the world."

"That is what you would think wouldn't it?"

"What do you mean? I was told that I had a part in it, but when you look at it, I don't really HAVE a part. Like so many mistakes that has happened in history, this is one of them."

Shisuzu made her way towards the door and suddenly stopped as something caught and trapped her mind. She shot a glance out the window. She dashed for it and opened it with her energy, and was about to jump out of the window until she was pulled back.

Shisuzu was in a trance. She wanted so bad to get out. Something was calling, a voice that wouldn't stop. She struggled to get free from the grasp that held her back. She sent out her energy in momentous blasts, hoping to injure the person enough to get them off.

Energy was sent, wounds were made, and a fountain of blood was spilled. Energy surging engulfed the two. The one emitting and one receiving. Then an arm came so quickly and locked itself around her neck. It pulled her body closer to its own and her energy decreased. Shisuzu's mind came back to her and she fell asleep.

The one behind her also fell, but through exhaustion, his breaths came in a ragged pace, his blood in a puddle. He caught the girl once again. As her body fell onto his, a soft splash was made, covering her body with his blood.

Her clothes slowly soaked up the liquid, leaving red stains on her uniform. As her hand started to slip to the ground, a light glow emerged from her body. Another soft splash was made, her hand slipping through the puddle. Instantly, her hand emitted a glow as it touched the blood. The glow engulfed everything that touched her body. Healing began and the one that caught her became well. He stood once again, holding the unconscious girl in his arms.

Yep, that's it. I think it was good. I hope so!! I thank you my kitsune beta!! You have no idea how much you've helped!!! I hope that chapter was okay for you guys too!!!! I liked writing it...even though I had another way of writing it, but if I did it the other way....the story would end too soon!!! ;; But, if you want to know the other way just hit the button on the bottom of the screen and send a review!!! BYE BYE!!!!