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Chapter Four – The New Mantra
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"Yuya-san! Yuya-san!"
"If we still can't find her… we really need help!" Akira shouted to the others.
Yukimura stopped his running and panted. "Jinpachi, Kamanosuke… call the other ten and send the message to Hidetada," he told the two of the ten that hid away with the shadows.
"Hai'!"
"What about the Mibu?" Sasuke asked.
"You go…" Yukimura ordered. Sasuke sighed and he disappeared.
Akari advised that they have lunch first. "Let's eat… we need the extra energy…"
"You're right…"
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Yuya-sama… you will need new words for the mantra… you'll have to change tomorrow's mantra too…
I closed my tired eyes. "Is that so…?" and I sighed.
Let the wind guide you and open your eyes
The path will open
Let the wind guide you and open your eyes
The path will open
Please come back, I need you
I will pray for your safe journey from the other side
Please come back, I need you
I will pray for your safe journey from the other side
My mouth was too weak to move but I moved it anyway…
If I close my eyes and see you in my dreams
Please promise me that you'll also be here when I open them
If I close my eyes and see you in my dreams
Please promise me that you'll also be here when I open them
Please promise me… I thought to myself.
Please come back, I need you
I'm still waiting here and I'll never leave you
Please come back, I need you
I'm still waiting here and I'll never leave you
Just open your eyes and tell me
You'll never leave too
Just open your eyes and tell me
You'll never leave too
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"Okay… what is wrong here!" Shinrei asked them, voice boosted.
"Shinrei… chill man…" Yuan calmed the ex-Goyousei. Shinrei shot him a glare. "Hey… I used to teach your brother!"
"Shush… Yuan…" Anjelica ordered him.
"Yuya-san… is gone… we need more men or women… or cross-dressers to find her…" Yukimura told Shinrei.
"How could Kyo not find her!" he shouted again
All the residence that stayed there for the previous week went quiet. "Kyo… disappeared… but from what we can detect fro Yuya-san is that… Kyo is dead…" Bon informed them.
"WHAT!"
"Stop shouting you dimwit!" Tokito smacked Shinrei's head. Hotaru joined her.
Shinrei touched the big sore bruise on his head. "Ugh… is it true? Kyo is dead?"
Akari shook his head. "We don't know… only Yuya-san knows…"
"Do you think she killed herself!"
Another bruise joined the previous one.
"You are acting like you're much more stupid than Hotaru… Yuya-san's not stupid like you!" Tokito exclaimed.
"Maybe we should search her room for clues or something?" Yuan suggested. "We might even find her delicates!"
A bruise grew on his head. Tokito and Yuan's siblings that followed did this. Hotaru joined to kick him.
"Alright! No more jokes! Let's just trash her room!"
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"Kyo…"
A thought came to my mind. What if I die too?
No! Yuya-sama, this will only upset Kyo-sama!
"Why should I care about upsetting him? He made ME upset…" I said.
Yuya-sama…
You shouldn't think negatively! You have one more day! It WILL bear fruit if you be patient!
"Alright…" I closed my eyes and continued chanting.
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"Found anything!" Shinrei asked.
"Nope… hey… wait… what's this long thing?" Tokito grabbed the long item covered with thick cloth.
"Do you think she stuffed Kyo-han's remains?" Benitora, who just arrived, asked.
"Do we HAVE to have a kicking-hitting spree today?" Akari fisted his hands.
"Hey, stop it, both of you!"
"Tokito-sama, remove the cloth…" Shinrei said, followed with everyone's nod.
Tokito herself nodded and started to remove the thick cloth. "Hey… this is…"
"Kyo-san's Tenro! How did that get here!" Okuni exclaimed.
"Maybe… he IS dead…" Akira fell on his knees. "And I still haven't fought him…"
Everyone went quiet. Sasuke's dog howled at the full moon. Kyo is dead… they all thought. The legendary Onime-no-Kyo is dead…
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A/N: So, how's that? Happy enough? No? Sorry… I wanna upload all of it at once but there'll be no suspense then… ooh, I'm so busy! Review for my happiness coz' I'm sick, so frail to be exact. Is my English up to your taste? English is my second language… no, standard Malay first then it's English, the first one is Bahasa Brunei (not that fluent…).