. : Inazuma : .
: . By Akikazu . :
. : Chapter Fifteen : .
"Stupid perverted boys."
Kagome had grumbled the words many times in the past hour as she bounced slightly from her position on Itsuki's back.
"You fell asleep on me first!"
"And?"
Itsuki sighed, he just couldn't win. He felt Kagome slip a little and hefted her higher. Her hands tightened on his shoulder.
"Thank you for doing this," he could barely make out the words.
"Whatever," he saw a fork in the road in the distance. "Do we go right or left?"
"Left, right takes you to a small town by some caves."
"Where are we going anyway?"
She didn't answer so he bounced her without warning. Kagome gasped and struggled to maintain her balance.
"Well?" He questioned.
"You'll see when we get there. It's not that much farther."
He grumbled at her words. Not that much farther? Hadn't she said that when they start a couple of hours ago? Itsuki had the feeling that their idea of 'not that much farther' vastly differed. He must have made a noise that signaled his skepticism to her because Itsuki soon received a 'light' tap to his head.
"Don't whine, you volunteered."
"That was before I walked for hours on end carrying over a hundred pounds."
She huffed but relented, "fine we can stop for a break for a while."
"There is a god!"
"Baka."
Itsuki dropped her to the floor but Kagome caught herself before impact.
"And such a kind one at that."
A light snow powered the ground, but being at the altitude that they were it was to be expected no matter what time of year.
"I don't see why you couldn't just get a ride or something."
Anger she had never felt burned in the pit of her stomach. This boy had dared to follow her and then criticized her on a matter he knew nothing about. She felt as if chains of darkness were holding her down and she could do nothing but watch as another force took over her body.
He body rose, ignoring the pain it caused her to stand on her injured ankle. She approached Itsuki, he was turned away from her and she suddenly blasted Itsuki from behind.
"You foolish boy."
"Kagome, what are you doing?"
"You stupid, stupid boy."
Another blast came at him but Itsuki pushed himself into the air with a gust of wind. He looked down at Kagome in alarm and saw that her eye had changed into a darkened red color, an exact match for split blood.
"How I despise your kind."
"You're not Kagome are you?"
"Oh, but I am."
I . I . I . I . I . I . I . I . I . I .
"Sota, you have to wake up."
"Six more minutes."
There was a muffled giggle at his grumbled reply.
"In six minutes the food might all be gone."
That got a rise out of the boy. He was out of bed and pulling on a white and blue training gi before another word could be said. Within seconds he was tying his bandana on securely.
"Kagome's such a pig. Can't even wait to eat for six minutes," he mumbled.
"Who's Kagome?"
Sota jumped and another fire spontaneously sprouted on his curtain. Sakura's water was there instantly, taming the errant flame.
"Ack, Sakura!"
"You're so silly Sota."
He mumbled nervously and a soft hand took his, tugging gently.
"Come on, you're hungry right?"
Sota let the girl pull him out of the room, making sure to shut it behind them. They walked for a couple of minutes, Sakura chatting happily while he listened attentively. Soon her talk led to the subject of training.
"Kimi nee-san teaches most of the students, especially the new ones, so you'll probably have her at some point. Then again Noya did bring you here so he might train you himself if you're lucky. Noya nii-chan is the best sensei."
Sakura stirred him around a flock of students and through some doors.
"What exactly are they teaching?"
"Kimi teaches defense and power control for the beginners. Other instructors divide the advance students by power type and they start working on advanced martial arts and refining their natural abilities," she bounced excitedly. "Noya's the only one that teaches how to combine martial arts with you powers, though."
"I see."
They entered what Sota believed to be the dinning room, for there were many Arayashiki aura gathered closely together and the mouthwatering scent of breakfast wafted to his nose.
"Come on Sota, you can sit with me," Sakura said, tugging on his arm.
I . I . I . I . I . I . I . I . I . I .
Itsuki rolled out of the way as claws came at him in an attempt to take his head. He came to a stop out of her reach, resting on his knees and clutching his injured shoulder.
"Let Kagome back out."
"I'm afraid that I have no desire to return to my cage, I enjoy this freedom too much for that."
She charged him again and Itsuki flipped over her, landing in a nearby tree.
"Who are you?"
"I'm the heir of the Belial."
Itsuki hissed as a sharp pain streaked from his side. 'Kagome' stood opposite of him, licking the wet blood from her claws. His mind quickly processed the information she had given him.
Belial had been the Crown Prince of the Dark World, the ruler since neither a king nor emperor had ever existed in the Dark World. He had ruler, completely and bloodily till he was killed and the Dark World destroyed, by an E.G.O. assassin. Belial's death marked the beginning of the Aquarian Age.
"How can you be Belial's heir, he died thousands of years ago."
She snickered and straightened from her crouched position, her movements fluid and graceful.
"The Darklore have long bread a line and though the folly of the E.G.O. I came into being. The man bloodlines that this body holds make it possible for me to exist."
His attacker started to approach him, taking slow deliberate steps. Part of him demanded that he kill this threat but a more ferial part of him demanded he stay be her side no matter what the cost.
"I do not understand why Mythrel approves of you," she continued.
"Who's Mythrel?"
"Mythrel is the Eraser part of Kagome. She's the one that was channeled through you when you fought the Erasers."
Itsuki could remember the voice that had screamed in his head, the guidance that had channeled unfamiliar powers through his body. He realized that Mythrel must have gained access to his body when Kagome had kissed him.
"Mythrel was the only Eraser that Belial would even consider to be an equal. She was widely known as the Angel Knight. She was the only Eraser to admit her taint, she was a fine warrior, till the E.G.O. slaughtered her."
It always came back to the E.G.O. the organization had a dark blood stained past no doubt.
Belial's heir raised her hand ready to strike him down but she suddenly froze, her eyes widening as the color begun to change rapidly. First red, then a pearly glow, back to Kagome's sapphire, and back to red again. Finally the colors settled and leaving the right sapphire and the left the pearly glow.
"Itsuki," it was Kagome's voice, however her voice changed after his name, becoming more silky and wispy. "Leave."
He was tempted to do as she said but he couldn't bring himself to leave her.
"Didn't you hear, leave!"
Itsuki didn't, instead he moved closer to her, holding out a hand to her. Kagome reared back, stumbling as her eye color flickered more frantically now. A dainty clawed hand trembled as it made its way to his face, it cupped his check softly. Then red burned brightly in both of Kagome's eyes and a single claw scratched his check creating a diagonal trail of blood on his right check. He didn't flinch.
"Very well then," her voice was husky, and smoke like.
She was suddenly closer, her hand cupping his check again. His head was turned and a wet tongue slid across his cut. Belial's heir rock back on her heals for a second and looked deeply into his eyes. She gave a nod and stepped back.
"Very well, I shall accept you, for now. If any harm is inflicted on our person, I shall hold you responsible."
And the red faded from her eyes and the blue returned. Kagome's eyes were hooded as she looked at him. Her hand rising up towards him, reaching out to him, but it dropped and her unconscious body fell limply to the ground.