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Once More With Feeling
Disaster.
Kamui stared, dumbfounded, at the remnants of the huge house. It was now little more than a burning wreck. The rest of the Seal were gathered around him, looking equally dumbfounded.
"...Who...? The Angels found it, d'you think?" Sorata suggested, unhelpfully. This, obviously, earned him a painful elbow in the ribs from Arashi.
Doubling over, Sorata took the point.
"Uh... guys. C'mon..." Waving at the rest of them, he cocked his head towards the side roughly. Everyone looked at Kamui, who was staring face-down at the floor, and slowly moved. Gathering away at the side, they all started talking at once in a low voice.
Sumeragi Subaru had been in the house. Now, the onmouji was no-where to be found.
Kamui sniffled once. and a tear slid down his cheek, dripping into the firey wreak of the previously proud building. Nokoru, Suoh and Akira... and worst... even Subaru. They had all been in the house when it was hit. Kamui felt empty, almost desperate. Staring into the fire dully, it took him a while to notice a figure was knelt in it.
...Kamui?
"Hinoto... look what they've done now... Subaru... Nokoru... all of them..."
..I know, Kamui. But you must go on. After all, you are Kamui, and you have a duty.
"I-I know... but..."
Do it for the Sumeragi, Kamui. And for Imonoyama-san and his assistants. You owe them that much, do you not?
"...Alright."
Thank you, so much. Goodbye, Kamui...
Turning back to the group, who had turned to look, Kamui forced a serious face and held back his tears bravely. "...We're going to attack them. This has gone on long enough." Solemn nods, and Kamui stepped forward, "...I want you to all go wait, at Sunshine 60. I'll lead the Angels allong, to meet you all there..." Kamui faltered.
Of all people, Arashi stepped forward. In a tone of concern that few had heard her use, she spoke to Kamui in a low voice, "...Kamui. I know what you intend. You cannot hope to defeat them yourself."
"I've got no damned choice! I won't let any more of my friends be killed!" The Seal exploded, looking up at Arashi with tearful eyes, "Subaru, Nokoru, Suoh, Akira... My mother, my aunt... Kotori... so many people have died for this, and I don't want any more people to have to die for me! Just because I'm Kamui! If it's my god-damned destiny, I can do this by myself!"
"But... Kamui-.."
The boy rounded on the Kansai monk, who had dared to speak, "What, Sorata? You've got plans, remember? You wanted to go and visit your grandfather, and marry Arashi, and have a family!! You can't throw all that away now! I haven't got a life to return to. I'm going, and don't any of you dare follow me!" A flash of movement, and Kamui was gone, leaving them all.
But he didn't go far. Alighting on a roof, the building that used to be next to the Imonoyama mansion. Clenching his fists next to him, he opened his mouth and slowly began to sing,
"I touch the fire, and it freezes me,
I look into it, and it's black,
Why can't I feel? My skin should crack and peel,
I want the fire back..."
Slowly, he turned, starting to walk away,
"Now, through the smoke,
She calls to me,
To make my way across the flame,
To save the day, or maybe melt away,
I guess it's all the same..."
"So I will walk through the fire,
'Cos where else can I turn?
I will walk through the fire,
And let it..."
Somewhere, on the other side of Tokyo, Sumeragi Subaru sat on a roof, watching. A cigarette hung from his lips, listlessly. Listening to the conversation and song, he found his lips parting as he started to sing, softly,
"The torch out there is scorching me,
Kamui's laughing, I've no doubt,
I hope he fries,
I'm free if that bitch dies,
I better help him out..."
Standing, Subaru started to jump from building to building. Impeccably, the scene shifted to Fuuma, stood on the second observation deck of the Tokyo Tower, looking out into the sky. Slowly, the Angel's lips parted and he, too, started to sing.
"'Cos he is drawn, to the fire,
Some people..."
Flawlessly, Subaru started to sing. Somehow, he seemed to be aware he was singing with someone else, but not knowing whom, or why. The Angel, and the Seal, carried off the verse,
"...He will never learn,
And he will walk, through the fire,
And let it..."
Impeccably, the scene shifted once again, to the Seals gathered around the burning wreakage of the Imonoyama mansion. Sorata, Arashi, Aoki, Karen and Yuzuriha. All of them, sitting in silence, in a loose circle. Slowly, Aoki's lips parted, and he started to sing softly,
"Will this do a thing to change him?
Am I leaving us all in danger?
Is our savior too far-gone to care...?"
Sorata picked up the next line;
"What if Kamui can't defeat it?"
And, surprisingly, Arashi,
"Beady-eyes is right, we're needed,
Or we could just sit around and glare..."
Slowly, all of the Seals picked up the final lines, as they all stood up, starting to make a move to leave,
"We'll see it through,
It's what we're always here to do,
So we will walk, through the fire..."
The scene shifted, once again, to Kamui. The Seal was walking slowly, allong the streets now, towards the Tokyo Tower,
"So, one by one, they turn from me,
I guess my 'friends' can't face the cold..."
Back with the Seals, Yuzuriha chimed in softly; "What can't we face? If we're together?"
"But while I froze, not one among them knows,
I never can be told."
With a slight exertion of effort, Kamui jumped, landing on the first observation deck of Tokyo Tower. Fuuma's smile grew wider. Back with the Seals, they took a group verse,
Arashi, "He came from the grave, much graver..."
Subaru, "First he'll kill him, then I'll save him..."
Yuzuriha, "Everything is turning out so dark..."
Subaru, "No, I'll save him, then I'll kill him..."
Karen, glumly, "I think this line's mostly filler..."
And, finally, it moved back to Kamui, who ended the verse with a gentle,
"These endless days are finally ending in a blaze..."
From the top of the Tokyo Tower, Fuuma turned to face the door of the elavator, just as Kamui stepped into it, singing a soft, "He will come, to me......"
Slowly, each and every Seal picked up the final lines of the group sing, as they all hurried towards the Tokyo Tower's second observation deck.
"And we are caught in the fire,
The point of no return,
So we will walk through the fire,
And let it, burn,
Let it, burn,
Let it, burn.
Oh, Let it burn!"
Even as the final note died away, Kamui pulled the Shinken, seemingly from no-where, and swung it heavily over his shoulder, breaking the elavator door in an impressive display of power.
On the observation deck, Fuuma stood, coat billowing out behind him, Shinken in hand, as the final notes died away.
He smiled at Kamui, bringing the Shinken up, "...Showtime."
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.:Lani:. Kyyaaaaaa!! The cliched-ness!
.:Subaru:. So... I'm dead?
.:Lani:. No, baka. -.-''
.:Kamui:. Uh... you missed out a chapter...
.:Lani:. Screw you, bishie! I'll write it later!
.:Kamui:. B-but...
.:Lani:. I said I'll write it later, wench!!
.:Kamui:. .... -Whines-
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