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The clinic, early morning,
Kotori laying down on the bed. Maki and Lilith performed a few check-up and treatment on her. Honoka and Umi standing stiffly next to a wall, their eyes blank and they haven't done a single thing other than standing since morning. Rin, Hanayo, Niko, Eli, and Nozomi standing further back as they wait Maki to tell them the result.
"Pssst… Eli-chan…." Rin called.
"Hmm?" Eli turned to Rin,
"Are those two alright-nya?" Rin asked.
"Yes, they're… they're just currently under my control…" Eli said.
"Can you release them? It's kind of creepy to see someone acting like a soulless robot…" Hanayo said.
Eli considered it for a while,
"The spirit said it will be fine, Ericchi… the effect of it should be gone by now… we already destroyed the village…. The curse is gone with them…" Nozomi said.
"Sure?" Eli asked.
"Yup, they're very sure…" Nozomi replied.
Eli nodded slightly before she snapped her fingers. Honoka and Umi began to move freely again.
"Hah—ha—ha…. What happened…?" Umi said as she tried to catch her breath.
"My head spinning… what's happening?" Honoka said.
"We should be the one who ask that to you two, why are you two bathed in blood last night and why Kotori wounded badly?" Eli asked.
"K-Kotori?! Wh-where is she?!" Umi said in panic.
"Calm down, look there, she is peacefully being treated…" Nozomi said as she pointed to where Kotori being treated. .
"Oh…" Umi relieved.
"She is currently unconscious, we will ask her later, but tell me what you two remember about yesterday…?"Eli asked.
"About yesterday…." Umi said as she tried to remember it.
"I remember we were checking out on the hot spring… then I ran in as I see the pond. The water is extremely pure and refreshing— but suddenly, I feel like denying everything that I have believed, I don't really remember well about the topic, but I think I was arguing with Umi-chan because of it…" Honoka explained.
"All I remember was…. you were saying something and we began to argue and you started to hit me…" Umi said.
"I did? I don't remember hitting you…" Honoka said.
"You were dragging me to the pond and started to hit me… then I started to lose myself since then…" Umi replied.
"I…I'm sorry… if I really did that…" Honoka said.
"It's fine, I know you're lost that time…" Umi replied.
"You didn't drink the water, though, yes?" Nozomi asked.
"I decide to not to… it smells terrible around there so I thought, maybe what Maki said is right. It will be very gross of me to drink water from a stink place like that… even if it is transparent and looks safe…" Umi said.
"I wish you think the same too, Honoka-chan…" Nozomi sighed.
"Eh? Well! It's still should be safe, right? I'm a Chimera too, remember?" Honoka said.
"We still don't know what kind of Chimera are you… you never transformed…" Nozomi said.
"Hehe, right…I don't know when I become one too…" Honoka said.
"I think I can handle that…" Lilith said as she approached them after she washed the medical tools.
"Eh?" everyone turned to her.
"There's someone who lives a little further from the city, his name is Leon… he is a professor who has been helping me out in my research…" Lilith said.
"Human, helping you on your research?" Eli flustered,
"Yup, he was a homeless when I pick him up… I took care of him from since he is a little kid…" Lilith said with a chuckle,
"Then I suppose he is like your son?" Eli said teasingly.
"My son? Probably… but anyway, he is a very caring person, very handy and loving too. He is already married to a woman— though he has no kid yet. You can submit your form to become his kids…" Lilith said playfully.
"Oh, ok…—huh, wait, what are we doing with him again?!" Honoka asked.
Lilith giggled,
"I thought you bit it… but anyway, get a sample of your blood and give it to him… he should be able to tell you about what you are…" Lilith said.
"Isn't that a little risky though? I mean.. to show that you're a Chimera…" Nozomi said.
"He has been dealing with their problem from long ago… and he is a Chimera himself too… a werelion… he really looks like a king, you know… but he is super gentle… you won't even guess that he is a Lion undercover…" Lilith replied with a playful smile.
"So…how does it sounds, Honoka?" Eli asked.
"I'll give it a shot…" Honoka said.
"Then, I'll give you the detail later… but as for now, we should be a little worried about your friend…" Lilith said.
"What with Kotori?" Umi asked.
"Hmm...so far, we couldn't find any serious problem with internal organ, the only fatal wound is the one in her stomach, it seems something long and sharp stabs her and close to break her intestine… but she survived it…we have a professional to take care of that…." Lilith said.
Umi bit her lip,
"Will she be able to go back home?" Umi asked.
"No…not any sooner… but I'm sure she will be healed in a few months…" Lilith said.
"Then, what we should worry about?" Niko asked.
"I think you're trying to say something about her fashion business?" Eli asked.
"Kind of…I don't think you'll be able to get a contact without her… and to make her running the business in this condition is impossible…" Lilith said.
"We will have to freeze the business temporary… I'll make a letter for it…" Umi said.
Suddenly, they could hear a gentle knock on the door. Rin quickly ran to open it. Meg politely gestured before she came in.
"Excuse me, I'm here to report on my investigation…" Meg said.
"Investigation?" Everyone wondered,
"Ah, I was the one who asked for it…" Maki said as she washes her hands.
"I'm sorry but I have to say that I don't want to just believe on your story, Nozomi…." Maki continued.
"That's fine for me… everyone can believe whatever they wanted to believe…." Nozomi said.
"For this case, I think you should keep your spiritual story away. I found that the water in that village is indeed contains a drug substance that caused hallucination….it's more like a water poisoning than a spiritual work…" Meg said.
"Then, can you tell me how it works?" Nozomi asked.
"There's a small river near the village, they're also containing the same substance, but in a very small amount…so I'm suspecting the poisoning came from the village itself. I've added something to help the purifying… then as for the hot spring explanation— it's not a hot spring, it's a pond with electric stove all over the wall… the water still contains a large amount of drugs and electricity.. the air aren't very healthy either..." Meg replied.
"W-what?" Everyone flustered,
"H-how is that even a hot spring…." Niko smirked.
"Apparently, they're trying to make profit from it, though they couldn't actually do it… If only I could see a few dead bodies, then I can simply say that it is made and caused a big chaos— I only can state this from looking at the blueprint that I found…"
"You can't find any dead body?" Maki asked.
"No… only ashes and ruins… nothing more…" Meg replied.
"That's the power of spiritual wolves…" Nozomi said.
"It's hard to believe for a normal human to use such power… I can't simply comprehend how that works or how such thing even possible…" Meg said.
"Well, I thought it was impossible for a creature to transform to other creatures too— yet your kind have an ability to transform into anything… it's magical, it's not scientific… before you can explain how that works— I cannot explain how my power works…" Nozomi said.
"Fair point…. You never fail to impress me, Toujou-san…" Meg said.
"Thing is, Nozomi is indeed has a power before everything…. But either way, thanks for investigating it, Meg…." Eli said.
"Yup, what Ericchi said!" Nozomi said cheerfully.
"Thank you, Eli…." Meg smiled softly.
"Rin, Hanayo, can you two get these medicine from the apothecary?" Maki handed a paper to Rin and Hanayo.
"Oh—Okay!" Rin said.
"Thanks, I'll still have to clean a few more wounds with Lilith…" Maki said before she returned to where Kotori is. Rin and Hanayo left the room immediately.
Maki sighed a little. She waited for a moment before she began to speak,
"Alright…. Now that they're gone…." Maki said.
"Hmm? Is there anything you're trying to say without Rin and Hanayo?" Nozomi asked.
"Yes… it's about Rin…." Maki said.
"What about her?" Honoka asked.
"She wanted to become a chimera… she texted me last night… asking me about my chimera blood…. Then she just somehow feels like trying to hint me to give her my blood once my transformation is complete…" Maki said.
"I thought she is fine with who she is…?" Eli asked.
"I'm sure she is, but, she just wanted to be a little more useful for everyone…. Considering what we are all dealing with…" Maki said.
"That's easy, we can take some pure blood from our world…" Lilith said.
"No… that's not quite the point, Lil, I've been considering that too…." Eli said.
"Then what makes you not doing that?" Lilith asked.
"You did know that Chimeras are very vulnerable to charms? I can't simply plant all my charm inside them… I don't want to make them my puppet… like them…" Eli said as she turned to Umi and Honoka.
"W-wait… what are you talking about?" Umi asked.
"Yeah? What with us?" Honoka asked.
"There's two kind of charms that Elichika have… one is temporary— a very weak one and only could last for a few hours… then the other one is permanent, she put in a seed inside your mind— you can be controlled any time and you might never realize it as well because she make you do her bidding at any time she wants…" Lilith explained.
"W-what kind of wicked magic is that?!" Umi protested.
"It's a magic that Eli inherited from someone in our kind…" Meg said.
"Ah— that sounds… powerful…." Umi said.
"That she is… she always impress anyone… but anyway, her point was, if everyone here is a chimera, then she will have to be aware of back stabs… she may have to put everyone her seed of charm as a protection to keep off the other charmer from trying… Elichika is being nice like always too…" Lilith explained with a smile,
"There-there, you're giving too much compliment…" Eli said.
Meg smirked wryly.
"Wait, I think I've heard that Eli's magic is always permanent…? Then what about the weak charm?" Niko asked.
"Ah—my bad, then if I may restate it again, she can do a weak charm that is permanent, but can be dispelled by one's will… if you're strong to your true self, then you can shake off her charm… it usually only last for a few hours— or just until Elichika want to release them from it…" Lilith said.
"I had to put the strong charm in you because I was scared that you'll shook off on your way back to camp and screw up things… sorry…" Eli said to Umi and Honoka.
"Your state that time was also hard to handle, you deny almost everything we thought you'll believe…" Niko said.
"We can't shook off the strong one…?" Honoka asked.
"You won't even know that you're under control…. Your mind will be put into an eternal dream…" Lilith said.
"How could you know a lot about her skill?" Nozomi asked.
"I explained that to her long ago, didn't expect her to still remember that…" Eli said. Nozomi squinted her eyes at Eli,
"I….I'll explain you everything too later…" Eli said.
"Good! I don't want to lose from your cousin!" Nozomi said.
"Ohoho-ho… I'll probably still winning if you're trying to beat my knowledge… you can only beat me with muscles…." Lilith said mockingly.
"No you won't…. I can beat you with knowledge… I'll show you!" Nozomi pouts.
"Then— quick question, what's Elichika's favorite food?!"
"Chocolate!" Nozomi said quickly.
"W-what?! How did you even know?!"
"I'm her girlfriend, of course I know! Stupid ass! Get a better question!"
"Then, who's the name of her idol-club in her high-school years?" Lilith asked.
"µ's! I'm the one who came up with the name!" Nozomi yelled.
"No way! No! That can't be!"
"I'm the member of that idol club too! Do you even notice me?!"
"Huh? Why would I look at you? I don't even watch µ's in TV, not even the one with title Dancing Stars on me that was aired in Halloween!"
"Then how do you even know the details, are you an idiot?!"
"Not your business! Witch!"
The two began to argue. Everyone sighed…
"….and here I thought I'm the only one who gets into an argument daily…" Niko said.
"Hey-Niko, you sucks…" Maki said as she is busy taking care of Kotori.
"What the heck? Get back to work!"
The apothecary,
Rin and Hanayo just got there and started to ask,
"Uh-excuse me-nya!" Rin called. A woman with short dark purple hair appeared,
"Welcome to the apothecary, how can I help you?" she asked sweetly.
"We're here to get these medicines…" Hanayo handed the paper. The woman reads it for a moment. Rin tried to take a peek on her name, it says, "Eve Faith"
"Eve…." Rin said.
"Hm?" Eve replied.
"Ah—nothing, I was just reading your name-nya!" Rin said.
Eve smiled softly.
"Please wait for a moment for your medicine…" Eve said again.
"Ok!"
Eve went away from them. As they waited Eve to work, Rin could feel someone watching them. She turned around to look for that someone, though she couldn't find anyone suspicious— or so she thinks.
"What's wrong, Rin-chan?" Hanayo asked.
"Mmm…. Nothing-nya…" Rin said.
Hanayo smiled softly,
"Tell me if you're troubled with anything, ok?" Hanayo said.
"Yup…" Rin said.
After a moment, Eve returned with the medicines.
"Thank you for waiting, here is your order…" Eve placed all the medicine in a plastic bag. Hanayo picks it up,
"Thank you!" Rin and Hanayo said.
Eve smiled softly, they remained quiet for a moment as they stare into each other.
"What's wrong?" Eve asked.
"Uh— well… I was just thinking, you look familiar-nya…" Rin said.
"Do you know my twin sister, Lilith…?" Eve asked.
"Oh! She is your twin sister! No wonder-nya!" Rin said.
"Yup, we have a very similar face with each other, but as you can see, I cut my hair short and I'm working as apothecary…" Eve said.
"Are you working as model too?" Hanayo asked.
"Sometime, but that's only if she asked me to go…or more like, insisting me to go…." Eve said.
"I see…"
Eve seems to notice someone watching them as they talk, though she remained quiet about it and pretend like she didn't know.
"Now, you two should go to turn in those medicines, you're running errand for Maki, right?" Eve said.
"Yup! Thanks!" Hanayo and Rin said before they walked away from her.
Eve sighed slightly, then turned into a direction.
"Come out now…" she said.
A woman came out from her hiding,
"Why are you even stalking them….. stupid…." Eve sighed.
Back at where Kotori treated,
Meg, Umi and Honoka already gone to somewhere else, Nozomi and Eli still waiting for Kotori to be awake, Niko remained in her seat as she reads a fashion magazine, Maki and Lilith taking a break after they completely finished with Kotori's treatment.
Maki sighed weakly,
"That was one difficult wound…I'm glad our doctor can help with it…" Maki said.
"Yeah, I didn't expect human to be so fragile too…" Lilith said.
"She will need her medicine soon, I wonder how's Hanayo and Rin going…" Maki said.
"They'll be fine…" Lilith said.
"I hope they're not taking too long…" Maki said.
"Can you tell us about the result…?" Nozomi asked as she started to play with Eli's hand. Niko noticed it, but she pretends to not see it.
"Huh? Well… I'll just tell you the thing you need to know, ok?" Maki said.
"No, tell me everything, in details… I might can figure out what happening in that night…" Nozomi said. She tentatively brushes her fingers on her arm,
"Oh— you want that one? Then I can make it simple… She has a few bruises on her chest, a pair of deep wounds on her stomach, a broken hips, then a few scars all over her body…The force is pretty strong— though from the position of them, looks like she isn't the actual target…. Maybe she is trying to get in the middle of them?" Maki said.
"Hmm… high possibilities, maybe she is actually trying to get the situation in control, but she can't?" Nozomi said as she glanced at Eli's fingers with a slight blush on her face. Lilith noticed it, though she tried to ignore it.
"I believe that so… but sheesh, that two… how do they even get into such a big fight." Maki said.
"Can't be helped, they're lost on their mind… even the most loyal pet will betray its master at that state…" Lilith said.
"Well, at least Umi and Honoka are responsible about it…" Eli said.
"Well, yes, they do, I'm just glad they didn't kill her…." Maki said.
"To begin with, you all could've waited for us… we know about that village from the spirits… so even though we couldn't give you a scientific explanation like Meg, we still could've prevent this to happen…" Nozomi said as she still playing with Eli's hand.
"Hmm…. Someone insisted that we don't need to wait for you two…" Maki glanced at Niko.
"H-hey?! Don't give me that look! I didn't know!" Niko said.
"Just next time, please call us if you want to do something risky…" Eli said.
"Will do…" Maki said.
Eli stood up quickly before Nozomi able to sniff her hands,
"We will leave you for now, just tell us when she is available for some long chat and interview…" Eli said…
"Of course…" Maki said.
"Come on, Nozomi… I know you want it…" Eli pulls Nozomi out from the room.
"Ahh— Ericchi so understanding!" Nozomi said playfully before she and Eli gone through the door.
Niko and Lilith sighed,
"I'm glad they still know common sense…" Niko said.
Lilith giggled,
"Marriage is such a beautiful thing, don't you think?" Lilith said with a faint smile.
"Huh? Common sense? Marriage? What is this all about all so sudden? " Maki said.
"Nothing…" Niko and Lilith said.
"Are you two being sarcastic? I mean… For Niko to talk about common sense… and for Lilith to talk about marriage…." Maki said.
"W-what the hell? Do you think I don't have one?" Niko protested.
"Y-yeah?! Do you think I never think of Marriage?" Lilith protested.
"It just out of character for me… I mean, look… Niko is always go with her own logic, then Lilith is always gone with random man every night…"
"I-I'm just having my own clever way to deal with the world!" Niko said.
"Yeah! I'm just trying to figure out the perfect mate for me!" Lilith said.
"Doesn't mean to let you put your own logic in— or trying on every single man in the world…" Maki said.
"S-shut up! You just don't understand our suffering!" Niko and Lilith said all together.
"The hell is that, I don't get it…" Maki sighed.
At the clinic hallway,
Hanayo and Rin trying to wander around to search for information section,
"W-waaaa…this clinic is so big… and I forgot to remember the number of Kotori-chan's room-nya!" Rin said.
"M-me too! Uuhh… what was her number!" Hanayo said.
"We should be fine if—Ah! Meg!" Rin yelled,
Meg remained quiet as she noticed them.
"Ahh! What a relieve!" Hanayo said.
Rin and Hanayo approached her,
"What's the number of Kotori-chan's room nya?" Rin asked.
"Zero…Eight...Zero…." Meg said.
"Oh! Thanks-nya!" Rin said.
The two turning around from her,
"Koizumi-san…" Meg called.
Hanayo stopped, she turned around to her.
"Yes?" Hanayo replied.
Meg remained quiet for a moment, she stole a second of glance at Rin before she fix her glasses.
"It's nothing…" Meg said.
"Oh…" Hanayo smiled faintly.
"Please hurry up and give the medicine to her… I'll be here if you need me…" Meg said as she rested her back on the wall. Hanayo seems to understand something.
"Ok-nya!" Rin replied.
The two continued to walk through the hallway until Hanayo stopped,
"Rin-chan…" Hanayo said.
"Yes, Kayo-chin?" Rin replied.
"You go on first. I have something to take care of!" Hanayo said before she shoved the medicines to Rin and ran away so quickly.
"W-wait! Kayo-chin!" Rin about to hold her, but she is already gone…
"What with her I wonder-nya…." Rin mumbled.
She sighed weakly before she continues to send the medicines with a cheerful walk.
Abandoned factory, afternoon,
Honoka and Umi walks through the empty buildings, they're searching for the addressed building that Lilith told them about.
"Hmm… I think we're going to the right direction now…" Honoka said.
"Good, because once we know what you are… we can get into the business again…" Umi said.
"Hehe… why do we have to do it anyway, we can always wait until I actually transform…" Honoka said.
"No, that's not the point… the point is… we have to know what can prevent you to randomly transform…" Umi said.
"Oh…."
"If possible, we can get a cure for you too…" Umi said.
"For me? What about you?" Honoka asked.
"I….uh…. I believe the cure will be expensive, you should get it first… I'm fine to stay a bit longer…" Umi said.
"Oh—okay! Thanks, Umi-chan!" Honoka said.
They stopped in front of a building with a big iron door. Umi knocked it politely. After a moment, the door opened slowly and a big strong looking guy with black hair and lion-like hairstyle appear,
"Ah— new visitor….wait…" the guy paused,
"Aren't you two… the prosecutor Sonoda Umi and Attorney Kousaka Honoka?" he continued.
"Yeah…" Honoka said.
"Owweeeee! I'm a big fan of you two!" He cheered happily,
"Ah…really?" Umi asked.
"Oh yes, baby! Those coolness in the courtroom— I can't believe I'll see it in my own eyes, more importantly, in front of my doorstep! Let's take a picture!" He said cheerfully.
"Uhm…Okay?" Honoka said.
The guy quickly ran back in before he returned with a digital camera.
"Cheese!" he said as he takes the picture with them.
"I'm sorry for the mess in our latest show…" Umi said.
"What mess? It's clearly not a mess since you managed to make everyone doubt the guilt and reveal the truth— even though it's not quite the way it usually to be… but it's not a bad show, really, I'm very entertained!" He said.
"Ah….alright… Sir…uh…"
"Leon, my name is Leon Faith…" He said as he offers a handshake.
"Honoka and Umi here!" Honoka accepted his handshake.
"He knew that, silly…" Umi said.
"Oh—right… he does…"
"Haha, I love those goofy things!" He said amusedly.
Umi sighed, Honoka laughed with him awkwardly,
"Now-now, we're here for a business… we should get down to it already…." Umi said.
"Oh, right! We should!" Honoka said.
"Hmm…? What kind of business is it?" He asked.
"Well….."
Ayase's family house, bedroom, afternoon;
It has happened for a while, the two lusting and tending each other's desires. They embrace tightly under the thick bedcover, gently brushes their skins against the other and trading their love through their mouth.
Eli's two fingers penetrated inside Nozomi's hollow— slowly slides on the slippery and warm surfaces. She enjoyed at the tightness of her as she tense from all the tease she get. Nozomi moaned softly as she enjoys herself being treated— she placed her two fingers inside Eli's mouth, demanding to be licked and sucked as well which Eli agreed to.
"Ah— it's been a while for us to do this for real…" Nozomi said.
"You were getting addicted with all the fantasy…." Eli replied before she licked her girlfriend's fingers and sucking it gently.
"It can't be helped, now that I have no idea of how— I want to do it for real again…."Nozomi said.
"I suppose you'll want it again tonight?" Eli asked.
"Of course, Ericchi… I'll want it forever… it just that I had to hold back at some point because I can't possibly do it all day…." Nozomi replied.
"If I have to say, you're very into it lately… your energy seems to be endless too… but I'm glad you could control yourself… I never see you randomly transforming again…"
"Yup— praise me more, Ericchi…" Nozomi moved Eli's lips to her breast. Eli began to lick her gently and penetrate her deeper with three fingers. Nozomi moaned in satisfaction.
At the time she had enough with her breast, Eli moved down to her core— she took out her fingers and started to pull open her hollow before she began to penetrate in her tongue.
"Oh—! This is so good—Ah! You're getting a lot better in this, aren't you?" Nozomi said as she moans.
Eli penetrated in both of her thumbs that she used to open the hollow, she penetrated her tongue deeper and playing its motion inside her before she began to suck her out.
Nozomi arched as it happen, she couldn't describe how wonderful that feels like— she reached an euphoria that she never felt before. Eli is clearly getting really better at everything.
"Ha—ha—ha! Ericchi! I want you!"
Eli crawled up and began to kiss her deeply as she pushed her deeper to the bed— lifting her legs up and pressed her own core against her core, rubbing their core against each other lustfully. She press her deeper and deeper as they tighten their embrace as well.
Eli trailed her lips down to her neck, giving a pleasure that Nozomi always loved from ever since they dated. With the tender lips stroking against her skin, with the gentle hands pressing her body, and with their cores rubbing against each other, Nozomi moaned lustfully.
"Ericchi—fill me….ha—ha—ah I want you…ha—ah I really want you…." She demanded.
"Huh? Are you sure…?" Eli asked.
"Please do—ah—ah…I'm close to my limit…" she begged with lustful eyes.
Eli was about to ask for another question— though Nozomi began to scream out and that arouses her. She couldn't stop herself—she couldn't hold herself, Nozomi seems to be very sure with what she asked…so she did.
She lift her hips and poured her love inside her as she reached her limit, the satisfaction she just felt is something that she couldn't forget—because for some reason, a pride grew inside her as her love flows inside her…and that's also giving her a new experience as she could feel very tired for some reason. She has never felt this tired ever since she dated her.
It's like everything has gone out along with her love… though she wonder, does all of her energy gone inside her as well? How hyper Nozomi can be if it plus her energy?
"Ah—Ericchi…. this is…amazing as always…." Nozomi said.
Eli couldn't respond, she is too tired for everything…
"I feel weakened as your love flowing inside me…. it's crazy…." She said again.
"I just really want to sleep now…hmm…can you take me out of my dream already?" she asked.
Eli sighed weakly. She pinched Nozomi's cheek.
"Huh? What with that, Ericchi? Let's come out from dream world already—wait…." She paused.
"WE ARE NOT IN THERE! I TOTALLY FORGOT WE ARE NOT IN THERE!" Nozomi quickly wake up in panic.
Eli didn't make a reply. She already falls asleep.
"AAAAAA! ERICCHI! ERICCHI! DON'T JUST SLEEP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! TAKE CARE OF ME!"
Nozomi shook Eli but Eli completely ignored her as she stay in her sleep.
"ERICCCHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"
Meanwhile in the clinic, afternoon;
Kotori already woke up from her long slumber, she looks quite fit for a sick person…
"Where's everyone?" Kotori asked.
"Honoka and Umi gone somewhere to look for something, Rin returns home because she need to study, Hanayo went somewhere, Niko gone sleeping somewhere around here, Lilith went out for a bit, said she need to get a little fresh air, Eli and Nozomi have been looking for you— now they're gone somewhere to tend Nozomi's request…" Maki said as she prepared the medicine for Kotori.
"Do you know what Honoka-chan and Umi-chan looking for?" Kotori asked.
"I think it was about Honoka's blood… they're going to run a test on it…" Maki said.
"Oh…." Kotori nodded.
"You should worry about yourself a little, you're wounded here and there…" Maki said as she served the medicine to her.
"It was my fault… both of them are trying to protect me from each other— but I got into the fight on my own…" Kotori said.
"Tell me more about it…" Maki said.
"Well, they just started to argue about me… said, they're worried if one of them is trying to kill me… I just don't know where they got the idea, but it feels very strange and… I just couldn't stop them…" Kotori replied.
"So they're really doubting each other…?" Maki asked.
"Kind of… they said they feel very responsible of my safety… they don't want me to get hurt and they don't want each other to try protecting me…"
"Ironic, you got hurt…" Maki said.
"Yes, I tried to stop them, but it was an epic failure… they were angry at each other after that and start losing themselves. I think it has to do with the air… I kind of feel dizzy when I got there… and it feels like everyone around me isn't my friend…" Kotori explained.
"The air and the water… Meg confirmed it too…" Maki said as she gestured to Kotori to start drinking her medicine.
"I see…" Kotori said before she drank her medicine.
"Hmmm… what's this?"
"A supplement to help you regenerating… you lost a lot of blood… you need them to help your recovery…" Maki said.
"Oh, thanks…" Kotori replied.
She smiled,
"Don't you wish you're a chimera…?" Maki asked.
"Sometime, yes, but I prefer being a human… after everything…" Kotori said.
"Why? It's a good life, you just need to hold back your instinct…" Maki replied.
"But, is it really a life when you can do whatever you wish? Will you learn from a mistake if you can simply recovered? To begin with, it won't be called as a hard working if we don't know how it feels like when we fall…" Kotori replied.
"I don't get you… we earned something special… something that other human don't have…" Maki replied.
"What if there's one day where everyone started to be special like you? Like Umi-chan, like Honoka-chan… or like Nozomi-chan? Do you think the world is going to be like the world it used to be?" Kotori asked.
"Of course it won't…." Maki replied.
"That's exactly my point, Maki-chan… if everyone own the specialty that Chimera have, this world will turn into a jungle, violence will be done in ease, then people will be doing so to humiliate others and the weak will forever be shamed— they cannot die from it and unable to escape from it, or simply they just can't learn from it. To be mentally suffering is a lot more painful than to be physically suffering…" Kotori replied.
"I still couldn't agree with you. Isn't that a good thing to happen? People will stop dying every day… people will stop suffering physically. You know you can't prevent a mental suffering, this world is made that way… you have to feel both— and with Chimera blood in you, you only have to worry about one…"
"Yes, I know… but that is the exact point I'm worried of… it breaks the current balance of the world… people will suffer more mentally than physically…it will change everything… besides, not everyone can hold their instinct… looking at how hard it is for Umi-chan made me feel like getting as far as I could from that kind of life… and to know Honoka-chan is one of you…. It made me feel like I really want to not become one… besides, without normal human, your clinic won't run well… right?" Kotori said.
"Hey—now that you mention them… it feels like you're saying that you just wanted to make them feel a lot special than you… and you wish to be special for them as well…" Maki said.
Kotori surprised at it— she knows that's the truth that she wanted to hide from everyone.
Maki sighed weakly,
"See? I was right… right? I've heard this kind of problem from someone before.. you really hasn't change much…." Maki said.
"You've changed a lot, you can understand people so quickly…" Kotori replied.
"So you confirmed that…. good. Saving me the trouble… but anyway, I'm not studying for nothing, so I take that as compliment…"
"It is a compliment…"
Maki sighed again,
"Besides, if you're worried about my clinic, we can always change our business into mental-only clinic… or something else that may be useful later…" Maki said.
"true…" Kotori replied.
"Either way, you should get well soon so you can start taking care of your business… Umi froze your business for now…" Maki said as she crossed her arms.
"Ah, that's nice of her… but I think I can still work…"
"Nah— not a chance, can you even move your arms?"
"I can—ow-ow!" Kotori tried to move but everything is too painful for now.
"Guessed so…"
"Aaaah! This is so troublesome!"
"And you just realized it… this is what you call as hard work, you see?"
"Do you not have anything to heal me instantly?! Just for my arms!"
"No… not even a proper Chimera blood… I think Lilith will have something like that though…"
"Don't want…"
"Then deal with it…"
The abandoned factory,
Honoka and Umi sat on the living room, waiting for the test result to come out. Honoka and Umi examining the room, they could see a lot of family photos. There's a specific someone that they knew would be inside the photo, they also already expect that someone will look young and beautiful as always… though what they don't expect is….
"Hey, Honoka… don't you think Lilith is somewhat very motherly…?" Umi asked.
"Yeah… it really feels like she is a true mother…"
"Knowing her as a player…. I mean, look, she plays a lot with random guy every night… it really makes her feel like… you know… whore… I really didn't expect her to own a son that she loves." Umi said.
"Her job as a nurse too…" Honoka said.
"Eh? That one, I can always think it just her way to get free meal from the morgue…"
"True, but I still think, for her to survive in that kind of job… and to do it well… she is still doing a legal job, right? So I don't suppose it just her way to get free meal from morgue…"
"Good point…" Umi replied.
"Let's just think she is a good person…" Honoka said.
"I guess so…"
After a while, Leon came out from his room. He looks somewhat very happy.
"Thanks for waiting! I have the news right here…" He said as he approaches them with a stack of paper and an amulet with bright red gem and gold chains.
Umi and Honoka remained quiet as they wait for him to announce it. He look through the paper and doing a very quick scan before he said…
"Apparently, your blood is a strange blood. It's like you were already another creature and then injected by another creature blood, resulting you to get a specific error… now you can't turn into any animal form unless you somehow could remove one of it…"
"W-wait? What? Honoka is already another creature? But when is that happen? I mean… I swear… she was able to get sick and getting fat…" Umi said.
"T-there! Umi-chan!"
"The original blood isn't that strong, it only happens to the blood that modified by specific peoples to do something bad…"
Umi frowned slightly, though she remained calm and quiet.
"Huh? But…. if that is so… then my family…?"
"I'm not sure about that, you should ask your parents…maybe you're adopted…" Leon said.
"Hmm… that's very possible, you're the only bright ginger haired girl with blue eyes in the family…" Umi said.
"W-whaaaaat?"
"I…I said that's possible! Not sure!" Umi said.
"You really should ask… even though in the end, it doesn't matter… you are alive until now and well loved…" He said.
"Yeah…." Umi added.
"I see… then I should go and ask!" Honoka said before she ran out.
"Wait! Honoka!" Umi yelled.
Umi sighed,
"Sheesh, that girl…"
Leon laughed.
"That's the attorney Honoka I know!" He said.
"I'm sorry for her… I'll take my leave too…" Umi said before she gestured politely and hurry up to catch up with Honoka.
Leon smiled,
"…and that's prosecutor Umi that I know…."
Suddenly, someone knocked the door softly,
"Excuse me…" A certain girl waited near the door. She is carrying a big book with her.
"Ah— Arisa… here to update the book again?" He asked.
"Yup…" Arisa smiled. She turned at the table and noticed an amulet.
Back into the clinic,
Kotori remained quiet and calm on her bed, staring into the windows as she see the beautiful view outside. Maki has gone to take care of the other patient.
Kotori sighed.
Someone knocked the door softly.
"Come in…" Kotori said.
Meg and Hanayo walks inside the room.
"Ah, Meg, Kayo-chan!" Kotori greeted them.
"Kotori-chan! Let me try something on you!" Hanayo said.
"Eh?!" Kotori flustered.
Before she could do anything, Hanayo began to mumbles something before….
"Aahh!"
A bright light casted from Hanayo's hand to Kotori. Everyone in the room quickly cover their eyes from the blinding light.
As Kotori open her eyes, she just realized that she was able to move her hands and it wasn't painful too.
"Huh?"
Kotori tried to move around. There's no pain that she could felt.
"Does it work?" Hanayo asked.
Meg remained quiet as she fixes her glasses.
"Did you just heal me?!" Kotori said.
"Yup!" Hanayo said.
"H-How?!"
"She were able to pass the test, so she got it…" Meg said.
"What test?" Kotori asked.
"Uhm… I asked Meg about super power that will let me heal, so she leads me to a Dryad den to meet with the leader. The leader gave me a test— and I passed!"
"She has the pure heart, so of course she will pass at ease…"Meg said.
"Ah… sounds awesome!" Kotori said.
"Yup! But what best is, he lets me have this power for as long as I need it!" Hanayo said cheerfully.
"That's great! I want that too!" Kotori said.
"In all honesty, I doubt you'll pass him… I'll look for another, ok?" Meg said.
"W-what?"
"You just look pure…. But not quite pure…. Because your heart is already corrupted by something…" Meg said.
"W-what-what? wait… Corrupted?!" Kotori protested.
Hanayo giggled,
"I didn't know Meg is such a tease at times…" Hanayo said.
"But I'm serious…." Meg said.
Hanayo remained quiet with awkward smile.
"Th-that's cruel! I'm not corrupted!" Kotori said.
"You should take that as an honor… because no matter how you looks, for someone to know where your heart is— especially for someone as honest as me… it's an appreciation…." Meg said.
"That still sounds cruel…." Kotori said.
"T-there-there, Kotori-chan…" Hanayo pat her back.
"By the way, this is just a wonder… can you stand?" Meg asked.
"Eh? Uhm…. well…" Kotori tried to move her legs, she can do it at ease.
"That would be easy to do too, but I'm talking about holding your body weight…" Meg said.
"Oh…" Kotori turned around and she tried to step on the floor— but she fell immediately as she tried to stand up. Hanayo quickly tried to support her.
"U-uh! Kotori-chan!" Hanayo said.
"Ah…. I can't…." Kotori said,
Meg fixes her glasses.
"Then I was right…. you'll have to practice your magic again, Koizumi-san…" Meg said.
"Uh? Okay…." Hanayo replied. Kotori tried to return to the bed with Hanayo's help.
Meg quickly walks away. Hanayo and Kotori flustered for a moment until Meg returned with a wheel chair.
"Here…." She said.
Kotori and Hanayo staring at it in awe…
Meg sighed before she approached Kotori— carrying her on her arms and placed her on the wheel chair.
"You'll have to stay here for a few days or weeks until your friend can heal you completely…" Meg said.
"T…thanks…." Kotori said shyly.
The room is awkwardly silenced for a moment before Meg fixes her glasses again and said,
"Do you want to take a small walk as well?" She asked.
"Uh…..yes please?" Kotori replied.
"Ah—Uhm… Meg, about the blood…." Hanayo said.
"That? I already gave it to Eve, she will do better at it… You should pick it up with your friend tomorrow…." Meg said.
"Oh, okay…." Hanayo replied.
"Now, let's take your friend here for a walk, shall we?" Meg smiled faintly.
"Yup!"
Homura Manjuu Shop, afternoon,
"Mother!" Honoka ran into the shop. Luckily, there's no customer at the moment.
"Honoka! Wait up!" Umi said as she caught up to her.
"Ah? What's up, Honoka-chan?" her mother replied.
"Am I adopted?!" Honoka asked boldly.
Her mother remained quiet for a moment before she sighed heavily,
"What kind of stupid question is that?! Of course you're my daughter, idiot!" her mother yelled.
"Ehhh!?"
"Look—you have my face…" she said.
"But… the color…." Honoka said.
"You're inheriting that from your grandma!" she yelled.
"Oh…."
"Here, look…" Her mother walks quickly to the cashier and pick up a family portrait, she showed it to Honoka and Umi.
"See?" her mother said. The picture is gray… they can't possibly tell the color of the hair and eyes.
"But it's—…"
"Stop asking question and go do something else! Help the kitchen if you want too!" Honoka's mother cuts in before Umi can finish her words.
"Ok!" Honoka said before she gone to the kitchen.
Umi still flustered. Honoka's mother sighed weakly.
"Mmm… mam… sorry to ask, but… is she really?" Umi asked politely,
"She is not— but don't tell her…." she said.
"Why?"
"Because I found her on the street… inside a wooden crate…"
"Oh…."
"There's no one— and no children that want to know that they're dumped by their true parents… just imagine how hard it is for them to keep wondering where they actually belongs to… or perhaps, wondering how special they are for someone who took care of them… especially when they already have one true children…" she replied.
"I…I understand…" Umi replied.
"Good…"
"I'll take my leave, mam, please tell Honoka that I'm going to meet Kotori…." Umi said.
"Ah— wait up, do you want to bring some manjuus? It's a sign of our promise…"
"Y-yes….please…. I mean…. uhm…. thanks…." Umi said shyly.
"Haha, Umi-chan still loves our manjuus…" Honoka's mother laughed.
"I certainly do…" Umi blushed slightly.
The Faith's Estate—Laboratory, night time,
Eve taking a break from her works tonight. She is focusing on what she promised to be done by tomorrow— the blood that Meg gave to her.
She reads the instruction over and over to double check her step. She carefully mixed some liquids from here and there then as she was about to test it on the blood….
"Eveeeeeeeeee!" Lilith came into the room.
"The hell, sis! Don't surprise me like that!" Eve said.
"Ahhaaaa— Eveeeee!" Lilith approached her and hugging her tight and snuggling her face against her.
"What the heck are you—hey!" Eve shoved her away with her elbow.
"Eve!" Lilith called her out again.
"What the hell happening, sis?!" Eve yelled.
Lilith giggled,
"Nothing, I just want to do that…" Lilith said.
"Weirdo…" Eve said.
"What are you doing, Eve? Why you're not in apothecary?" Lilith asked.
"Meg requested me to modify this blood…"
"Oh! Is there anything special? You don't always accept such a crappy job…"
"I always wanted to try it— I'm not a genius on this kind of thing…" Eve said,
"Ho-ho-ho! You are just trying to compete with your lovely twin sister I see…" Lilith said teasingly.
"Shut up…." Eve said.
"Or…. Hmm…. Actually… I think you're….taking shine on Meg?" Lilith said teasingly.
"T-the heck? No… why would I want to be with a psychopath…?!"
"Haha! We agreed on that…" Lilith said.
"Geez…. She is a such a dork… there's nothing you can see good from her…" Eve said.
"Yet you're doing her request…" Lilith said.
"It wasn't her request! It was the request from that Koizumi girl— said this going to be for her friend who really wanted to be a good help for everyone…."
"Oh… Hanayo-chan…. hmm… then it's probably for Rin-chan…" Lilith said.
"Yeah, probably… I don't know…" Eve replied.
"Let me give you a hand…" Lilith tried to get the tube.
"No! Leave me alone! I want to do it myself!" Eve kicked Lilith.
"Aaaahh! So cruel! So cruel! This is a domestic violence!" Lilith said playfully.
"Said the one who elbowed my face when I was asleep—Get out already! Stop being exists around me!"
"Noooooo! I like being a parasite! Let me stick myself on you!" Lilith grabs Eve's hand and melts her hand on her—sticking herself to her tightly.
"Eww! Sis! You're gross! Get off me!"
Alright peoples...
I want to ask you something that I've been considering for later chapter...
Are you really going to be fine with BDSM NozoEli (and if I added 'toys' on it too?) Someone requested it too in review so I just...really... well..In all honesty I've been wanting to write it...but I'm not sure if you will like it!
So tell me if you are fine with it... I know there's already someone who said its ok... but still worry me lol...