AUTHOR'S NOTES:

Text - Yuya's good conscience

Text - Yuya's bad conscience

"Text" - Yuya's neutral conscience

"Text" - Obviously, what the characters are saying, DUH!

Text - Kyo's positive conscience

Text - Kyo's oh-so-negative conscience

"Text" - Kyo's neutral conscience

Text - Other characters' thoughts (if any)

From the last chapter...

Can't you run faster?

Kyo also gave her bruised legs remember?

So what?! She has to run faster! Choose: bruised legs or eternally bruised life?

"Bruised legs! Huh? Where did that come from? Kami-sama, what am I saying?"

Yuya can hear Benitora's voice – she's near. Yuya was now making her way through the crowd, just to get to her huband.

Chapter 5 – Change of Heart

"Kyo, admit that you killed my men!" Benitora demanded.

Kyo's hands and feet were tied with a strong rope. His Muramasa was tied with a chain and was being restrained by Benitora's subordinates. Kyo's Muramasa was trying to get out of the chain but it was too strong.

"Fine. I did. So what? I'm doing the right thing, Hidetada." Kyo retorted.

"Give respect to the high official!" one of Benitora's subordinates kicked Kyo in the gut.

"I order Kyo to be beheaded!" Benitora laid down his judgment.

"Stop!" Yuya demanded, panting as she reached the front.

"Look who's here." Benitora said pathetically.

Yuya sat near to Kyo and Kyo looked at her, "What the hell are YOU doing here?"

"Benitora, you're doing this because you're jealous, aren't you?" Yuya said.

"What are you talking about, Yuya?" Benitora replied.

"Oh, you think I don't know? You liked me before. But when the news reached you that Kyo and I were getting married eight years ago, you didn't show up in our wedding although you were invited." Yuya wisely stated.

"L-liar!" Benitora shouted as he aimed his Muramasa to the couple.

"In those eight years, did you care to visit me, Benitora? I have my five children now with Kyo, and you did not visit me since then? You are jealous. Don't speak any blasphemy about it. You're proven undoubtedly jealous of Kyo because I agreed to live a married life with him."

She's defending you.

And why, of all people, does it have to be her?!

You regretted what you did to her last night, don't you? Look, even though you mistreated her last night and gave her the black and the blues, she still came to your aid. Because what? I say because she loves you. How about you? Have you proven any of your REAL feelings towards her? You didn't Kyo, you didn't.

"Personal things don't come here, Yuya! Now move! I still have to kill this criminal!" Benitora said.

"After you kill my husband, could you kill me and my children, too?" Yuya requested with a smirk.

What the hell are you saying?

Can't you see she's luring him?

Well, let me see... NO! Benitora will kill Kyo more!

"Excuse me, Tokugawa Hidetada." Mahiro suddenly approached Benitora, "But before you do behead this family, I want you and the people know the truth."

Mahiro helped an old man to walk infront. Mahiro said, "This is one of the elders who witnessed the 'killing' that Demon Eyes Kyo made to your men. Now, people, the killing happened just outside his village and hopefully, he saw everything. This man's name is Mitozuma Akashi."

Akashi spoke, "Demon Eyes Kyo is innocent. He killed Hidetada's men to prevent them from killing everyone in our village. And they wanted to get something that's very sacred to us. They wanted to get the golden statue of Buddha from us. Hidetada's men have been forcing us to give it to them a few years back but now, they wanted to take it away from us. If you want proof, you may ask anyone in my village about it."

The crowd was shocked and started ranting.

"In addition to that," Mahiro said, "I've been working for Tokugawa Hidetada for almost a decade now, and I know some of his dark secrets. Hidetada wanted to kill Kyo because of a personal reason – because Kyo get to marry Yuya. And else, Hidetada also wanted to get the golden Buddha of Akashi's village because the statue was said to grant wishes to the beholder. And Hidetada wanted this because he would wish that Kyo's family would disappear."

The crowd was once again shocked. (A/N: You know that 'Oh...' or 'Ha!')

Mahiro continued, "This must have justice! People, it's upto you to decide whether to release Demon Eyes Kyo or behead Demon Eyes Kyo and the rest of his family."

After a little ranting, the crowd said, "RELEASE! RELEASE! RELEASE!"

"Alright then." Mahiro replied.

"Traitor!" Benitora shouted at Mahiro.

Yuya started to untie the ropes from her husband while he was staring at her. His scarlet eyes focused in the eyes of Yuya and saw that her eyes were getting watery – she wanted to cry.

"Yuya." Kyo whispered, "You don't have to hold back your tears."

"I don't want to cry infront of people."

"Why do you want to cry?"

Yuya finished untying everything.

"You wouldn't understand me anyway, so it's better if I don't say it." Yuya said as she stood up with Kyo.

Kyo approached his Muramasa that was now lying on the ground without the chains. He picked it up and Akashi asked, "Demon Eyes Kyo, why did you save our village?"

Author's Notes:

Yes! Another cliffhanger! Now, you have to see to the last chapter!!!

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