Chapter 2: Living with a Seed
Amon opened his eyes upon hearing his phone ringing. He reached over and picked it up and placed the phone to his ear.
" Hello," he said
" Amon, it's 6:30 Sakaki's on his way," Karasuma said
" Alright," Amon said
He hung up and grabbed his cane and got out of bed weakly. He was in so much pain, but he took it each step at a time. He pulled out his daily attire and then made something to eat. He dressed and walked to the kitchen and ate his breakfast.
By the time 7 was got closer Amon had managed to make it to the door without help, Sakaki knocked on the door and Amon let him in.
" Morning," Sakaki said
" Your on time for once," Amon stated
Amon slipped one shoe on and placed a special shoe on his other foot.
" How's the leg this morning?" Sakaki asked
" Painful," Amon answered
" Did you take the medicine?" Sakaki asked
" I don't need it," Amon said, " It only last 6 hours and then I have to retake."
Sakaki nodded and grabbed Amon's coat and helped him with it.
" Where's Miho?" he asked
" She's already at work," Sakaki replied, " She called from the office to let you know."
Amon nodded and grabbed his cane and then walked out, with Sakaki locking up behind. He walked Amon downstairs and helped him into the car and then got on the other side. Sakaki turned on the heat and fastened his seatbelt. Amon looked out the window as Sakaki sped down the main street. Amon of course didn't care for Sakaki's driving, he preferred Miho's. They pulled up and Sakaki got out and helped Amon out, Sakaki took his things out the car and followed him up.
" One step at a time," Sakaki said
Amon opened the door and started up the steep flight of stairs before the elevator. Sakaki followed behind lugging all his and Amon's bags up. Sakaki pulled out his phone and called up to the office.
" Where are you?" Karasuma asked
" Getting up the first flight of stairs," Sakaki said
" Alright," she said
They got into the elevator and took it the rest of the way up. They then walked to the office and Karasuma helped Sakaki with the bags.
" I hate stairs," Sakaki moaned
" I think some one can agree with you," she said looking at Amon
Doujima yawned and Amon gave her a look.
" If your so bored perhaps you should do some work Doujima," Amon stated
" Oh, come on Amon, we've been picking up the slack since you've been injured and Robin's been gone," Doujima said
" Apparently not enough," Amon said
Sakaki sat on the top of the desk by Karasuma's work station as she looked into a possible hunt.
" I got one, Yurika think you can check this one out," Karasuma said
" Can't Sakaki do it," Doujima said
" Higher power doesn't give you a blessing to sit on your ass," Sakaki said, " Your obvious here for a reason."
" I can have you pulled for that Sakaki," Doujima said
" You should know I'm like that," Sakaki said
Amon stood up and walked to the back and Doujima and Sakaki looked at him. He didn't say anything he just went to back. Amon put his injured leg up and leaned back, he turned on the computer in the back and went into a file. He then went into files that read: History of Hunts. Amon clicked one folder which led to another folder he wanted.
" December 21," he thought
Past
Amon looked at the snow falling and he felt two arms embrace him.
" Your watching the snow?" she asked
" Yeah," Amon said
He looked up at his mother and smiled. She lifted up Amon into her arms and kissed his head.
" Why don't you come meet Mr. Yoko. He's really nice and he has a daughter about your age that you can play with," his mother said
" Yuck girls," he said
" Oh Amon," she said, " They don't bite."
" I don't want to meet new people, I want to go see dad," Amon said
" There's no way sweety, right now things are a little hard for us to do that," Seiko said
Amon lowered his head and got down from his mom's arms. They walked in and the young man stood, like any gentleman would when a lady walked into the room.
" Is this him?" Mr. Yoko asked
" Yes, this is my little Amon," Seiko said
" Hello Amon," Mr. Yoko said putting his hand out
Amon looked up at his mother and she nodded. He then shook Mr. Yoko's hand.
" Amon, this my daughter Sakura," Mr. Yoko said
The little girl looked at Amon and hid behind her father and Amon stood there.
" It's alright," her father said, " He's your age no one older than you."
She looked at him and said, " Hi."
" Well, Sakura its nice to meet you," Seiko said
Amon stood there and slightly rocked back on his heels.
" Hi," he said back finally
" Amon, why don't you show her around the house," his mom said
Amon nodded and looked at Sakura and she looked at her father. He encouraged her to go with Amon, so she followed.
" Seiko, you don't seem like your taking care of yourself, is there anything the matter?" Mr. Yoko asked
" I just feel so, out of it. Something's wrong," she said, " I feel like there's something pushing up to the surface."
" Maybe your awaken," he suggested
" But why would I feel so ill?" she asked, " Sometimes I can't have Amon around me because he's such a needy child."
" He's not a needy child Seiko, he's fatherless and maybe it's time you demand that his father see him."
" No, Roku doesn't want to see Amon. He seems so closed up to the idea that Amon has dormant blood of a witch in him," Seiko said
Amon showed Sakura around and then sat down by the window and she looked at him.
" Amon, are you scared?" she asked
" Why would I be scared?" Amon replied
She shrugged and said, " Because of what you are maybe."
" What I am? Why would I be afraid of what I am. I'm a normal human being," Amon stated with questions
Sakura looked at Amon and sat down next to him.
" My Daddy says that we're not normal," Sakura said
" He lies," Amon said, " I'm normal, there's nothing special about me."
" What about your craft? Don't you have one?" Sakura asked
" What's a craft?" Amon replied
Sakura took a deep breath and looked at Amon.
" It's a special power given to us…but we can't use it or the bad people will come and get us. They're called witch hunters and they have guns that kill witches. My Daddy and I ran away from the bad people," Sakura said
" Bad people," Amon said, " There are plenty of bad people in the world."
" They killed my mommy and took her away," Sakura said, " I'll never see her again."
Amon looked at Sakura and began to wonder if what she says was true. He had to find out some how.
" Did you know if you have the blood of a witch or anyone in your family in the past was witch…your called a seed?" Sakura questioned
" A seed?" Amon questioned
Sakura nodded and looked at Amon.
" For the son of a witch, you don't know much," Sakura said
" My mom's not a witch," Amon said, " You take that back."
" It's true," Sakura said
" She's not a witch," Amon growled
He pushed past her and ran into the living room. Seiko turned around and Amon ran to her. He hugged her and she looked at him, then lifted him up.
" It's getting late, it's good to see you again," Mr. Yoko said
" And as always it's good to see I still have a friend," Seiko said
" Sakura, let's go," he said
Mr. Yoko and Sakura left and Seiko sighed. She looked at Amon and kissed his head.
" Come on my baby boy let's get your things ready for school," she said
" Ok," Amon said
Seiko got him his uniform and laid it out. The cat jumped down onto the bed and did as it always did, laid on top of Amon's uniform. Seiko sighed and Amon shoed the cat off, the Shimi went after it.
That night Amon laid awake and looked at the clock.
" A seed, why did she say that?" Amon thought
He closed his eyes and pulled the covers tightly around him as the fierce wind blew against.
By next morning Amon dressed and headed out.
" I'm going," Amon called
" Alright sweety," Seiko said
She watched Amon join up with some other young students from the neighborhood, to catch the bus. She smiled and looked across the way and saw a black car parked in front of her neighbor's house.
" Amon," she thought, " Be careful, they're watching."
She walked inside and locked the door. She sighed and started to bake cookies and cleaned up around the house. She looked at Amon's stuff all over the floor and picked it up. She placed it in a box and placed the box in his room. She looked at the pictures taped up on his wall. Seiko picked up one that seemed like a very dark picture for his age, she stared at it.
" Amon," she whispered
She walked out his room and Shimi barked at her. She picked up the pug and walked into the living room.
Amon ran across the court yard upon seeing a familiar face.
" Nagira!" Amon shouted
The boy looked over and smirked and gave a wave to Amon.
" Hey Amon," he said, " Long time no see."
Amon stopped and breathed deep and then looked at his half brother.
" How come you're here?" Amon asked
" Oh, Dad wants me to come this school," Nagira said, " A good school."
Nagira kind of ruffled his half brother's hair.
" Hey, how come dad doesn't want to see me?" Amon asked
" I don't know," Nagira replied, " He never said anything about not seeing you. You are after all his kid, regardless of who your mother is."
" Can I come with you to see dad?" Amon asked
" Shouldn't you ask your mother Amon, she doesn't quite need the extra stress on her," Nagira said
" I'll call her when I get to Dad's," Amon said
" Alright, since I'm your half brother, I guess it's my responsibility to get you on the right track," Nagira said
Later, Nagira waited for his ride and to their surprise his mother picked them up. She gave Amon a look and told Nagira to get into the car. Once he did, she peeled out, the smoke from her exhaust blew in Amon's face. He sighed and walked to the bus, he dropped a piece of paper, but didn't know.
" Hey," a little voice called
Amon stopped and turned around to see a little girl in the pre-school age group coming running to him.
" You dropped this," she said
She breathed deep and Amon looked at the paper. It was his homework that she picked up.
" Here you go," she said
" Thanks," Amon said
" I think it will be very important to you," she said
" Yeah," Amon said
" Come on kid we have a run to do," the bus driver said
Amon nodded and then back at the girl and said, " Thank you."
A car pulled up and honked and she looked at the car.
" There's my dad, your welcome," she said, " Bye."
She ran and got into the car and Amon looked at the car. He climbed onto the bus and sighed. He looked at the homework.
" Describe your family," he whispered, " What family?"
He sighed and stuck it in his backpack and looked out the window. He wondered what his life would be like in the future, but he felt sick thinking of the future.
Once he got home, dinner was prepared and he was starved. His mom looked at him as he ate every last bite. She smiled seeing her little boy was eat plenty and right.
" How was school?" she asked
" It was great," Amon said
She nodded and sipped her drink as she listened to Amon talk about his day. She smiled as he used hand gestures to explain his day.
" I'm glad you had a good day Amon," she said
Amon looked at his mom and saw she was happy, but there was something there. He couldn't just blurt out and ask her, it was after all her business.
2 years later
Amon looked at the same girl who followed him, not realizing who she was, but he would know her in a few years. He sat down and looked out the gates and the girl looked at him.
" Where are you from?" she asked
" Outside Tokyo," he said, " just past the city lines."
" Oh, does your parents live together?" she asked
" No, I don't have parents, I have a parent," Amon said, " My dad doesn't know I exist and personally I don't care if he does."
The girl sighed and patted his shoulder.
" My Daddy and Mommy are divorced, they live in separate places. My mommy lives in Kyoto and my Daddy lives here in Tokyo because of his work," she said
" So, he's a business man," Amon said, " They don't deserve to live…their the monsters of society."
Amon got up and saw his mom pull up.
" Bye," Amon said
He ran to the car and got in.
" Hi, little man," she said, " Who's your little friend?"
" I don't know her name, she just kind of found me," Amon said
" Oh, maybe she likes you," Seiko teased
" I don't like her, she's too nosey," Amon said, " She said her dad was a business man…I told her all business men are evil."
" Amon," Seiko said, " That's not very nice. Not all business men are evil."
Amon folded his arms and leaned back into his seat and Seiko looked at him.
" Sweety," she said, " Your dad isn't evil either."
" Then why doesn't he want to see me?" Amon said
" I don't know why sweet heart, but I don't think that is really the case," she said
Amon looked out the window and sighed.
" I just feel alone," he thought
Present
" Amon," Karasuma's voice broke into his thoughts
He blinked a little and looked at her as she stood there.
" What's wrong?" she asked
Amon didn't answer her, he looked at the file he opened. The file read: Case 7099: Kawachi, Seiko. Awaken at the age of 28. Craft: Telekinetic. Family: Mother, Keiko. Brother: Shinji. Offspring: 1: Son, Kawachi, Amon age (11)
Karasuma looked at Amon as he just stared at the file.
" I'm fine," Amon said, " Just irritated."
He stood up and closed a file, but not all, he got up and walked to the front and Karasuma looked at the computer. She opened the last file and looked at it.
" Seiko, Kawachi," she whispered, " Amon's mother's file…she was a witch that Solomon hunted. I see."