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Chapter Seven:

Hinoto watched through a crimson haze of anger as /Kamui/ came into the Chi no Ryu's headquarters, the Sumeragi leaning heavily against him and the Dark Kamui supporting him with a gentleness she hadn't seen the man use since he had been Monou Fuuma. She was furious. No, more than that, she was pissed.

'How dare that little flaming faery become so familiar with my /Kamui! Before that fag came along, he was all mine! This isn't fair!' She didn't listen to the part of her that automatically went 'life isn't fair' and instead continued to seethe over the fact that Dark Kamui seemed to be quite enamored with the newest member of the Chi no Ryu.

Those beautiful golden eyes looked up at the yumemi with coldness as the two went past her, and she let a soft growl rumble in her throat. "Why did you interrupt their fun/Kamui? You'd kill anyone if they did that with you...isn't that sort of hypocritical,

/Kamui/-sama?" Her voice was mocking, harsh.

"I am /Kamui/. What I do or do not do is none of your business," he answered sharply.

"Well, I think that when you go around harassing your own people, it should be someone's business...especially since what they were doing was none of yours." She moved closer to them, ignoring the looks the Sumeragi was shooting back and forth between the two, obviously having put two and two together from the fact that Hinoto was playing very much the part of scorned lover.

"Whatever my Dragons do is always my business, yumemi," his voice cut through the air like razor blades.

Hinoto's mouth formed into a sneer, her features contorted from the delicate beauty of before into something just as attractive, but in a definitely scary way. She noticed the onmyouji's uncomfortable looks and felt a brief satisfaction. 'Let him squirm...he deserves whatever he gets, the little bitch.'

The Dark Kamui fought off a frustrated growl and stepped forward again, ignoring the dreamseer as she attempted to stop him. He continued on, not paying attention to the words she hissed after them, and promising that she would regret trying to interfere.

'I'll make him regret he ever laid eyes on the Sumeragi,' Hinoto vowed silently, whipping around and storming back to her room, ready to immerse herself in dreams of the future and forget about the present.

Subaru sat down in one of the chairs lining a large, rectangular table that the Chi no Ryu used for planning. Leaning back he watched /Kamui/ from beneath thick, black eyelashes as the leader of the Angels paced towards the far side of the room. The Dark Kamui was obviously angry, and the Sumeragi couldn't help but be amused by that. After all, the yumemi had brought up some good points.

'Although, maybe it's for the best that /Kamui/ interrupted us...what would have happened afterwards?' He gave a mental sigh. 'I guess I'll never know, now...'

"How long should I be staying with the Ten no Ryu?" the onmyouji asked after a long silence.

The man formerly known as Fuuma stopped moving and his golden eyes flicked over towards the other Dragon. "I don't know. Try for as long as you can, but pull out if they get too suspicious."

"Or if the seventh Seal shows up."

The Kamui snorted. "Well, duh. Obviously it's mostly your looks that's allowed you to stay in this game for so long."

Subaru pouted, getting up from his chair and walking over to /Kamui/. "Are you saying that I'm stupid/Kamui/-sama?" he asked sadly, staring up at the taller boy with hurt eyes.

"No, just that you're not as smart as one would think the Sumeragi to be," /Kamui/ leaned down, slightly, smirking at the other boy.

Subaru's pout deepened, bottom lip sticking out as the groan man looked like an adorable little boy...in smeared makeup and wrinkled clothing. Leaning in closer to /Kamui/ he brought his hands to rest on the taller man's chest, balancing him as his mouth hovered only centimeters away from Dark Kamui's. An intake of breath from their side caused the two to look over, Subaru mentally swearing.

'Why is it that everything must interrupt me?' his mind moaned in despair as he glanced over at the red faced blond Chi no Ryu standing in the doorway.

Kamui sighed, leaning back against the tree and eyeing Yuziriha. "But...couldn't you get one of the others to help you? I'm not exactly the best student here..."

"Come on, Kamui! The others are all older than us and therefore have probably forgotten how to do this sort of thing! Besides, moping about never got anyone anywhere!" the inugami mistress stated boldly, staring up through the branches at her leader.

"And homework is supposed to cheer me up?"

"No, it's supposed to get you off your butt and thinking about things besides the end of the world!"

"I..."

"I'm not going to take 'no' as an answer! Either you help or I sick Sora on you! And you know that even I'm not half as annoyingly perky as he can be!"

Amethyst eyes narrowed. "But at least if he wanted me to do something it wouldn't be about school."

Guileless wide eyes stared up at him. "I've got Pocky..."