Chapter 4 : Remembering the Past
Edo Period, 1800s, in a hidden mansion somewhere in Japan
"She is dying" The doctor said. Masanobu Seiji had remained silent but his sister, Noroku gasped…
"Isn't there anything you can do for my sister?" Noroku asked the old doctor. But the doctor shook his head….
"Im afraid…that she has the same illness that took you mother away…" he said… "..I'm sorry…but there's nothing I can do…"
Noroku ran outside crying… Masanobu remained with his guest…. "It is better…" the doctor said once more "for her to stay here and rest…" he said "…it may not cure her…but the fresh air might prolonged her life…"
Masanobu thought for a moment and thanked the kind doctor… after awhile he had escorted him outside the mansion.
Masanobu was a man with much authority in his hands…he is after all the current head of the Seiji Ninjas…He often display his cold-like side to all his subordinates and even his own sisters…but he cared for them as much. He had sworn he would be protecting his sisters no matter what... however, this time, his fighting a loosing battle...yet again...he would be loosing someone important to him…he watches as Naoku comforts her sister.
Naoku Seiji, strong willed and free spirited…will die at a young age of 18…he can't changed that…
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Nighttime
"There he is" the guards rushed outside. The women pointed at someone running on the roof.
"Stop Thief~!" Several ninjas were also in pursuit. The thief wasn't an ordinary one…he is actually a youkai…Swift and agile he had taken advantage of this time…for the master of the house had left for an errand…Apparently, he was only afraid of entering the mansion because of him…
The Youkai however had not expected them to be this persistent in following him…plus he hadn't expected one of them to be able to inflict a wound on him…it had caused him to move relatively closer …he was a bit worried…since he still haven't been able to leave the mansion's premises…he has to hide for the moment…he jumped towards the veranda… but the wound had been bleeding badly. He stopped to check his wounds just then a silhouette of a young woman appeared and open the door revealing the young youkai…
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Ningenkai, 2am, Shuiichi Minamino's Room, Tokyo Japan
Kurama has awakened. He was sweating really badly… and was catching his breath…it feels like he had been running … He felt his hands trembling and decided to go down to get a glass of water…
It was already 2 in the morning and people in his house are all already sleeping…he felt a slight relief…if his mother had seen him shed be worried...it was the last thing he wanted to give his mother…he sat down and pondered about a dream… It wasn't really a dream he thought…it's was more like a past memory…His memories of being Youko Kurama, the silver fox thief…is always been clouded…he often thought…ever since Yusuke died and reborn to be a youkai…if he should die…if his human body should die…would his youkai side reemerge again…his memories would all come back to him…but would he want it? He looked at the family picture on top of the cupboard….he would have to leave this house…his mother if he did….he absentmindedly touched the part where the wound was in his dream… "What is it that you want to tell me…" he whispered…and them mouthed the word "Naoku"