dragonelf 8:Hello again. Sorry again for the long wait.

Chapter 8: Kamui Promise

"You know where my sister is?" asked Kamui to Nadil in disbelieve it was like an answer to his prayers.

"Yes," answered Nadil as walked up to the boy, examining him closely.

"Then tell me were is she?" demanded Kamui, well more or less begged.

"I'll tell you where she is but you had to do something for."

"I'll do anything!" cried Kamui as a memory of his past flashed past his eyes.

Flashback

Kamui was sitting right next to the cherry blossom tree. Ryu was right beside him, her brown hair slightly blowing in the wind as the cherry blossoms fell making a beautiful sight before them. Falling delicately in their hair.

"I can't decided weather they're more beautiful when blooming or falling," said Ryu to her brother.

"That is a hard decision to make for both are very beautiful," admitted Kamui.

"In a book I read it said 'The Cherry blossoms are pink because they soak up the blood of someone that died.'"

"Really! That's weird, were did you get that."

"Tokyo Babylon By: CLAMP."

"Again with anime."

"What I like it."

"You live off it is more like it. I mean give you a single manga and you act like it's Christmas," criticized Kamui watching his sister pout in indignation.

"Maybe… In the book the main character protected a girl he met long ago even when she turned him down to find out if he loved her, and even though she hurt him he still saved her."

"You saying you want to be protected?"

"No! I get enough of that!" cried Ryu looking slightly ill.

"So what are you saying? You want to be saved is that it?"

Ryu thought about it for a second, then finally answered.

"… Yeah! By a knight in shining silver armor, who's really nice to me and understands me!"

"Fine then… It might prove difficult for you to get in trouble, but I'll save you."

"Really? You promise!" cried Ryu jubilantly.

"I promise," replied Kamui as the two hooked their pinkies together.

End Flashback

'I made a promise to save her,' thought Kamui urgently. Nadil watch the boy before him intently, with his crimson eyes.

"I'll do anything to get her back," repeated Kamui to Nadil as he slowly got to his knees begging. Determination flared in his cobalt eyes, so much that even lord Nadil had to admire him for his willingness.

"Very well, your service will be of great use to me. Come this way," commanded Nadil. Kamui followed Nadil down a staircase to an area like a dungeon. Kamui looked around the unusual room there was an table in the middle of the room, the window was closed shut, blood stained the stone walls and floor, and a pile of scrapes were in the far corner. Kamui ran to the scrapes as soon as he recognized them. 'This was the T- shirt that Ryu was wearing,' thought Kamui as he looked at the very intricate designed butterfly on the back. Kamui went to turn but before could turn fully; chains from the table sprang to life and grabbed him. He was pulled to the table and held down tightly.

"I never told you what I wanted in return," answered Nadil to the confused boy. " I want you as my demon servant. That should be a satisfying reward for Ryu."

Kamui looked shocked at first then his expression change to vibrate rage, as he tugged at the chains uselessly trying to loosen them desperately. He should have paid more attention to Ryu when she was explaining her comics to him.

"You tricked me!" accused Kamui struggling to get free.

"Oh I assure you Kamui you will see your sister through me," said Nadil as two other shadows appeared behind his shoulder. Both Kamui recognized for certain, Naraku, for the Inuyasha cartoon series that Ryu watched every morning, and the other Darcia form wolf's rain, it was through his wolf's eye that Kamui recognized him. Then Kamui looked more carefully at Nadil.

Flashback

"Wha cha reading sis," asked Kamui looking over her shoulder.

"Dragon Knight," replied Ryu still absorbed in her book.

Kamui looked into the book after seeing what was on the page, he gave Ryu a look of disgust.

"Ryu who's that and why is he put a head on his body?"

"That the Demon Lord Nadil and that's his head. It got cut off along time ago," explained Ryu in exasperation.

"People coming back are a pretty common theme in comics huh?"

"Yep!"

End Flashback

Kamui began to get nervous was Nadil approached him. Naraku then spoke up.

"You going to call up Kharl again to make him a demon?"

"Last time the girl slipped away because of him. This one I'm going to take care of myself instead of leaving it in the hand of that idiot alchemist," replied Nadil, then he paused for a second then began again. "Darcia."

"Yes," asked the blue haired man.

"I'm certain he's the one, be prepared."

Darcia nodded his head just as a little lizard appeared on his shoulder. The lizard was dark blue with a clear crystal on it's head, but was most unusual was the fact it wasn't a lizard at all it was a little dragon. Kamui looked utterly confused by the dragon just as Darcia replied.

"Very well as the Ice Dragon Knight I will do just that."

Kamui was in shock, 'Ryu told me there was only five dragons,' thought Kamui. But before he could react any further, Nadil approached him and whispered in his ear.

"You better brace yourself this is going to hurt." The next thing Kamui knew Nadil thrusted his hand into Kamui's stomach. Kamui screamed in pain as he felt Nadil moved his organs around placing something everywhere. He had not been prepared.

"RYU," screamed Kamui.

Elsewhere

Ryu felt a chill run down her spine; she had a very bad feeling that something happened. Ryu shivering didn't go unnoticed by Rath as he continuously watched her. Something was wrong, someone was in trouble but who.

The Dragon Knight were showing Ryu around the castle.

"You cold Ryu," asked Rath the other knights turned around to see what the problem.

"No it's… nothing I'm sure," replied Ryu, still feeling the horrible dread.

"Well we can't have you getting sick let's take you to Dr. Laira.

"Okay," agreed Ryu.

She had been, wanting to see Dr. Laira for a while ever since she found out, aka when she had read the book in her world and had gone to this one.

dragonelf 8: So what do you think you like it? What's with these new dragons showing up? What will happen to Kamui? What did Ryu find out? You'll find out soon.