Forbidden Love
Eps. XXIV
Somewhere deep in the cold summit in the northern part of Russia, a small home covered in snow stood strongly as the blowing wind. It has been a number of months since that day, and the person who seemed to be sleeping still remained in a tank filled with red liquid pumping from clear pipes attached to it. It seemed to be an isolated place, but this small home had supplies that could last a lifetime.
Months prior…
"I will take them with me now," Jijirou said as he scooped both girls in his arms. Standing in his true form, the man was a giant flexing his wings out ready to take off. "You will do no such thing with our daughter," Shusuke roared readied to attack. "Tohkiha-kun, without my granddaughter, your daughter will withered away. Do you want to be the one responsible for that?" his words halted Shusuke of his rash actions.
"Hey Jiji, what's the chance of her being alive?" Nao asked looking up at the towering demon. "If I am to get her there on time, very likely she will recover. I can't be sure if she will remember anything though," Jijirou explained. "You mean that she won't remember any of us?" Natsuki finally asked after getting over the initial shock of seeing Minagi Jijirou's transformation. "Yes, it will be like a blank slate and she will have to learn everything all over again. What I just did was an exchange of a vow used only by royal demon bloodline, as Mikoto's lifespan will be longer than Mai. By exchange a small amount of blood, a vow between the is made and they shall share their life together from now on. It is known as the pact of blood, it is stronger than even the threat of fate and bind two person together throughout eternity. No matter how many lifetimes they go through, they will find each other without fail. That is the true meaning behind the pact of blood," he said.
"You mean it's different than contract of blood?" Natsuki asked as she never heard of the one Jijirou spoke of. "Of course child, contract of blood is common knowledge amongst demons and magic user as some of you here. Pact of blood is something only us of the royal bloodline know of, as it is ingrained into our gene." Jijirou smiled at Natsuki as she nodded her head still lost in thoughts.
"Minagi-sama, when do you think she will be able to be back here?" Yukino asked shyly. "Could be months, a year, or a few years. Don't worry child, with enough care she will recover in no time." Jijirou sugar-coated as he himself isn't sure if what he had done was right on time or too late. With that, they trusted him and let him disappeared into the night's sky leaving it all behind. Nagi stayed behind preparing to get the others back to where they belonged.
Heaving a heavy sigh, Mai stood in front of the tank covering in metal showing nothing but the person's head breathing lightly through the oxygen mask on her face. "Mikoto…" she whispered placing her still in bandage right hand up against the glass like she's touching the face of the person that's inside the tank. The small machine next to the tank monitored the temperature within the tank and also the heart of the one within, and everything on it shown that nothing had changed since Jijirou first placed the girl inside it.
"You really are making a habit of staring at her every other hour, don't you?" Nagi asked as the automate door slid open with him standing there in his usual white suit. "What about you? Checking up on them everyday, don't you have something to take care of?" his father asked him with a raised brow causing him to jumped slightly. "Hey, she's my niece after all. Either way, you know Kanzaki Shinji? He's like a roach, the man somehow escaped from death that night. I'm tracking him down and he's good at covering up his own track that's making things all the more interesting for me." Nagi shrugged uncaringly. Mai shuddered at the mention of the person that Mikoto assumed dead now somehow still alive, but it's not like they're in Japan to worry about it and there's Nagi tracking that man down. "Looks like she's still in the same condition, I'm outta here then." Nagi said as he disappeared just as he come.
Just as her left, bubbles suddenly erupted in the tank and the small machine started beeping loudly. "Grab a towel," Jijirou said as he rushed up to the machine and pressed a few keys to drained the liquid off and turned off the tubes that attached into Mikoto's back to inject liquid nanonite into her body in small dosages at a constant rate for the last few months. While Mai scrabbled out of the room and went to grab some big bath towels and rushed back in just in time to see the tank lifted itself up, Mikoto ripped the oxygen mask off with eyes still closed. Quickly, she wrapped the towels around the feral girl standing tall in her nude form, Jijirou come over and pulled out the tubes on Mikoto's back and heard his granddaughter hissed for the first time in a while.
In the next few days, the two poured over teaching Mikoto how to talk, walk, doing everyday things, telling her name and the girl learned rather quickly but neither mentioned about anything else besides the fact she had friends in Japan. Finally, Jijirou left due to some important matters leaving Mai behind with a Mikoto who doesn't remember her or their relationship. Though this would be a good opportunity for them to rekindle… no start their relationship all over again, and this time it won't be forbidden like the last time.
Mai was preparing dinner as Mikoto stumbled into the kitchen half-asleep, even though she had been sleeping in the tank for months she still spent most of her times sleeping as her body tried to adjust to things outside the tank. "Mm… something smell good, you really will make a great wife someday." Mikoto said in her half-awake state causing Mai to once again got distracted and cut her finger as she was cutting carrots for the curry she's preparing. Still with sharp senses, Mikoto become fully awake at the smell of blood and Mai hissed holding onto her bleeding finger. "Ah, you're bleeding…" Mikoto was already beside the teen and took her hand sucking at the cut finger. Mai couldn't help but blushed at the familiar scene, "Wow… de ja vu…" Mikoto shook her head slightly feeling like she had done this to the teen before but she just can't seemed to remember to the life of her.
Suddenly, Mikoto started breathing hard almost panting as she moved closer to the teen, letting go of Mai's hand as she rested her hand on the teen's face leaning in closer. Unconsciously, Mai closed her eyes as their breathes mingled, the pots on the stove was forgotten as their lips touched. Tilting her head just a little bit, Mikoto angled herself and parted her lips tasting the teen's soft lips tracing her tongue on Mai's lips asking for entrance and was granted just like that as they deepen the kiss. Mai grabbed onto Mikoto's t-shirt for support as their tongues danced together in harmony, and Mikoto wrapped her other hand around Mai's waist as she slowly lowered them both down onto the marbled floor without stopping from what they're doing.