Chapter Thirty
Had to put some drama back in, I promise more fluffies later.
Kayura pulled off the dress almost the second she stepped foot in her room at the mansion. She wiped the makeup off roughly, messed up her hair, and pulled on leggings and baggy sweater. Steve and Tony had stayed while Maria went to debrief Fury about the situation. She was mad at Rowen, he was such a moron. Always had been, she looked at herself in the full length mirror of her room and shoved it over with a large crash.
The door opened and Steve came in, he was still in his uniform with his shield on his back and he pulled it off as Kay threw a vase at him. It shattered with a ring, "Kay, are you mad?"
She scowled at him, "I told you not to get involved!"
"I thought we went over this?"
She threw an empty picture frame and he ducked closing the door, "Kay, can we talk without throwing things that are made of glass?"
She picked a figurine and threw it before saying, "fine."
He put down the shield slowly and held up his hands, "I understand, you were upset about Black Cat..."
"But you didn't tell me that Black Cat worked with Mr. Koji and Spencer Smyth..."
"And Genichirou," he added.
She grabbed another figurine and threw it near his head but he didn't flinch, "you didn't think that was pertinent information?"
He calmly said, "I'm still a S.H.I.E.L.D agent, Kay. I had to get approval before I told you anything. Why didn't you tell me you had worked for until the last moment?"
"It's not about that..."
"Well, you're involved in my world too and you're not telling me everything either."
""Spencer Smyth was freak," she said sitting down on her bed and pulling her feet up to cross them. "He worked with a man named Doctor Octavius under Osborne. He was ecstatic that his son got into Hashiba. Had I stopped them then..."
He saw tears rolling down her face again and she sobbed into her hands. He pulled off the jacket portion of his uniform, he was in a tshirt, and he hugged her close, "you didn't know though..."
He could hear her cursing under her breath, and she said, "don't ever do that again."
He said, "as long as you promise not to work with the mob again."
She looked up at him, "I've worked with terrorist groups too..."
He sighed, "fine, honesty at all cost from here on out?"
She nodded quietly and looked up at him, "sorry, I wigged out."
He shook his head, "you haven't met Bruce yet."
She laid her head against him again, "it's just that Rowen...is not dead."
Steve looked at her, "what?"
She sighed, "his body didn't go missing, it was reanimated."
"I'm sorry you've lost me."
She laid her head against her knees, "honesty, right?"
"Yeah," he added.
"I was only gone one day in the nether realm," she paused, "but...I wasn't alone. The nether realm was frozen, like I've said, which never happens and I collapsed in the cold. I woke up and I was in the castle. Hoshi forgets that Rowen wasn't just bearer of Strata, he was the bearer of Yomi as well."
"Yomi?"
"The armor of the undead," she said, "and it didn't allow him die. He was reanimated in the nether realm to serve under the heart."
"You mentioned it before, what is the Heart?"
"I didn't know until I found my way there. I told you that the infernos are not the same as the rest of the armors right," she said and he nodded. "The crystals in the valley of the armors, I think they were her armor once upon a time. It must have fallen to Earth or something and the two armors were born from its remains."
"Did she tell you that?"
"No, that's how it felt when I met her, I felt connected to her," she paused. "Like she knew everything in my heart and mind. She left me with the fervers...but I lost them in the battle with Raijin just before I made it out of the nether realm."
"Fervers?"
"The swords that belong to Ryo."
"Why did you keep this so quiet?"
She looked at him, "I feel them at the door Steve. Thousands of them. The Akuma in the mirror are only a small portion of those who are sealed away. Raijin, he sits in his castle waiting for me to open them. He knows I need Rowen and the swords."
He could see how that would turn out badly, "and why would you open the doors?"
"The way things are falling into place, they are trying to force the gates open. We might be able to fight back but..."
"Why do you need Rowen and the swords?"
She shook her head, "because, the cycle will continue if I don't."
"I don't …."
She looked at him in the eyes and kissed him, "Steve...I."
He realized she was scarred and tears were falling down her eyes, "what can't you tell me?"
She shook her head and pulled her knees up tight and she was quiet for a long time. It was like she couldn't figure out what exactly to say, "Steve, please...don't involve yourself in this."
"Kay, I can't just stand by..."
She looked at him and shifted to her knees so she turned to face him more comfortably. She took his face in her hands and starred at him for the longest time, "do you know what I dream when I am not in your arms?"
He shook his quietly and placed a hand on hers.
She smiled sadly, "I dream that we have a child and I see him as clear as day. He looks like you in so many ways, and strong...not your sort of strong but normal I guess. His hair is the color of midnight and his eyes are like violets. I see him holding my staff in one hand, your shield in another, and he's alone. No one by his side to guide him and then there's Talpa. He lives the life that the Ancient One had, and dies in vain. The armors are born again..."
Steve saw tears falling from her eyes, "how did you see this?"
"The first time we met, and fought the Nendo, I saved Wanda and I had a terrible vision. At first, it was unclear but I knew it was about Talpa but after I came back it became clearer every night I spent without you. I don't want that..."
He pulled her close as she cried heavily. No wonder her heart was aching and he felt like she was hiding as much from him as he was from her. He kissed her temple softly and then said as he pulled away. He kissed away her tears slowly and slipped his hand to the nape of her neck, "you can't tell me what scares you?"
She shook her head.
He leaned his head against hers, "a son, huh?"
She turned scarlet, "don't get any ideas."
He kissed and pulled her her close as they laid back on her bed.