­I do not own Yami no Matsuei. Hell, I don't even own Hisoka's heart. Anyways, on with the chapters.

The 3rd. Task

(Part Four)

"Uuuuhhhh…. Mmmm …… What happened?" Saya said. "Where …… am I?" She asked.

"So you woke up?" Muraki said as he walked into the only light in the dusty basement. "My you are a pretty specimen." Muraki said as he lightly ran his fingers from her chest on down her breast and ending at her belly button. "Wouldn't you agree?" He asked as he looked to the figure that was in the shadows. The figure turned his head away and did not say a word.

"You …" Saya tried to moved but it was only then that she realized she was bound to something, Something that was cutting into her skin and making her bleed out from them cuts. 'Why am I so weak?' She thought to herself.

Muraki laughed. His laugh echoed throughout the entire basement. He grabbed Saya by the top of her hair and forced her head back which cause the hairs that bound her to dig deeper into her already bleeding neck. "Don't you try to move. I want you alive when they come to see you die." He whispered in her ear.

"That's enough!" The figure said.

'That voice.' Saya thought to herself.

"Oh? Does it bother you?" Muraki asked as he looked at the figure that was in the shadows still.

'It can't be.' Saya thought to herself as she knew the voice very well.

"Guess you should have just killed her instead of bringing her to me." Muraki said. "Jacob." He added.

Hearing this Saya's eyes grew wide. This monster couldn't be the sweet young man named Jacob who she has been thinking of spending the entire night with when the job was over. "It can't be." She said quietly to herself.

"What are you trying to do Hisoka?" Yuma asked as she and Tsuzuki were watching Hisoka. "Hiso--" Yuma was cut off when Tsuzuki put a hand up to her.

"He is trying to get an imprinted image of where she might be at." Tsuzuki said.

"If it hasn't been to long I should be able to get an image by just touching where she had been standing at." Hisoka said as he was feeling around. "Come on … The dumb thing happens when I don't want it to. Just please even if it is a small spark.' Hisoka thought to himself. Hisoka felt around for a long time when his eyes went wide.

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"Jacob? Let me see … you please." Saya asked. Jacob gave a sigh and came into view. He looked the same as when she had last seen him earlier on in the day. "Where you the one that done those horrible things?" Saya asked. Jacob lowered his gaze and nodded. "Why? Why do that?" She asked as this brought tears to her eyes.

"Because he is my father Saya." Jacob said.

"What do you mean by that? You look nothing like him." Saya said.

(The Bold Italic words will mean something that has gone on in the past as Jacob tells his story.)

"Let me explain it." Jacob said as he got an old empty crate, flipped it upside down and sat on it looking up at Saya. "It started when I was just in my mother's belly.

"I am sorry that when I found your grandson someone had done something to him." Muraki said as he handed baby Jacob to his grandparents. "It will be hard but I think I can help you out by helping him adapt to this strange thing while I look for away to fix whoever made him into a Chishio." Muraki said.

"So he saved you from someone that had done something to you" Saya asked as she was trying to understand this.

"Hai, I was happy with them. Muraki would bring by some pigs' blood that would last me the whole week since I can only feed when I am a Chishio." Jacob said. "But then something happened when I was eight years old. Something that shocked me so much I became silent.

"Someone humans had killed your grandparents." Muraki said as he was talking to a ten year old Jacob. "They knew you were going to be in danger so just before the humans came in they called me and asked for me to take care of you." Muraki added.

"However when I got there I saw their dead bodies and you were in so much shock we went silent for three years." Muraki said.

"Silent …" Jacob said as he looked up at Muraki. Tears started to form in the boy's eyes.

"Yes but I knew you would come out of it one day so I took you with me. I didn't know that once you spoke the first words this morning that you had lost your memories of the past three years." Muraki said.

"I'm sorry." Jacob said as he started to cry.

"It is alright." Muraki said as he embraced the crying boy. "You are safe now son." Muraki said. "But to keep you safe we have to leave tonight. Or they will find you." Muraki said. "Now go pack."

"Hai."

"We had been safe her ever since and I led a double life." Jacob said. "School boy by day and revengeful monster at night." Jacob said.

"But why you killing then?" Saya asked.

"I owe it to him. I owe him my life and my death." Jacob said as he stood up and walked to a window. "The sun …" Jacob said quietly to himself as it was getting ready to set. He turned quickly to Saya. "Saya-chan, you are going to see something. Something that might frighten you. It is something that I can not control. But I can leave the room if you wish to not see me in that form." Jacob said.

"Don't talk silly thing." Saya said.

"Saya …" Jacob said.

"I want o … No I have a right to see who the one I love really looks like. Both during the day as well as night time." Saya said. Her eyes did not show a hint of fear and yet her vision started get blurry from the loss of blood.

"Saya." Jacob said. He walked over to her and was leaning in to kiss her on the lips.

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"Hisoka are you sure it is this way?" Tsuzuki asked as he was trying to keep up with Hisoka as he had to run at a faster speed just to keep up with Hisoka who very much resembled an enraged bull chasing after that elusive red cape. That red cape being Muraki.

"Hai! Now hurry up!" Hisoka said. They were running through the dark woods that seemed to climb up the mountain. Tsuzuki had sent Yuma to go and get help since the monster that they had yet to see might be more then what they could handle.

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Their lips were about to touch when Muraki turned up. "Jacob they are coming." Muraki said. "Once you change I want you to kill the girl and do not fail me again." Muraki said. "I am going out to see if I can have a little chat with them." Muraki added and he was gone again.

Before Jacob could speak sharp and burning pains came over his entire body. This made him double over and it worried Saya to the point that she was bleeding out more just because she was trying to reach him. When the change was done Jacob was now what he had been before a monster that killed many women.

Saya really worried about this and tried hard to get free but the bleeding continued with each effort. Jacob in his monsterious form walked up and freed Saya. "Jacob ..." Saya said.

"I won't let him have you." He said. Saya was to weak to stand up because of the blood loss. Jacob then picked her up. "Hold tight." He said as he opened his massive wings and gave just one flap. They sored through the air and crashed through the window. The only one that got cut was Jacob but he was alright with that. They landed on the roof and Jacob was about to take off again when Saya grabbed his arm.

"I won't let you."Saya said. But just then Jacob brought her into a kiss. The two embraced each other and did not let go. They only let go when Tatsumi got there.

"Take care of her." Jacob said and he flew off.

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Muraki was fighting with Tsuzuki, Hisoka, and Yuma. They weren't doing to good as Muraki still had his monsterious birds. However just when Tsuzuki was about to summon the fire bird something killed off them birds in an instant.

"What!" Muraki said as the birds fell to the ground. Someone landed behind him and Murai looked. He was surprised to see it was Jacob. "Jacob? Why?" Muraki said.

"Because I am tired of your lies." Jacob said. "I am taking my life back." He added.

"Jacob ..." Yuma said.

"Is he really Jacob?" Tsuzuki asked Hisoka who gave a small nod.

"Hai, he may look different but his emotions are still the same." Hisoka said.

"Hell," Tsuzuki said. This angered him a lot since he did not like the fact that Muraki used Jacob and did this to him. Jacob charged at Muraki and the two ended up fighting each other. However the final blow was given when Muraki ahd took a eight inch dagger and stabbed Jacob right in the abdomen. Jacob fell to the ground and Muraki continued to stab him.elled. Hisoka and Tsuzuki were about to run to save Jacob by stopping Muraki when Muraki turned to face them.

"I'll be going now." Muraki said and he was gone.

Jacob was slowly getting to his feet but it was hard since he was stabbed eight times. "Try not to move." Yuma said as they went to Jacob.

"Saya is safe on the roof of the building just that way." Jacob said. When they looked they way he pointed Jacob vanished.

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Back at Meifu Saya was in the hospital wing of the area just staring out the window. Some of her friends stopped by but she did very little talking. Saya was out of the hospital a week later and she looked in better spirits. She had decided that she would keep going and wait for the day that she would see Jacob again.