Sorry for the long wait! I was busy studying and stuff and had a few blocks in the middle of this, and I had some trouble sorting out my thoughts. Well, enjoy!

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Kazama's POV

Well, that was annoying. I saw Kanari sighing as she heard the news, and walked out immediately. I then asked Amagiri, "Why did they decide that?"

"Apparently, the Choshuu and Satsuma as busy preparing for a war which might probably come anytime. And due the restoration of imperial rule, it's still undefined whether the Bakufu army will remain as the imperial army."

"Not that we have a choice. We need to repay our debt to the Satsuma. And after that, we will go back into hiding."

"I'll continue trying to find where the Tsukikage has relocated to. And I'll send word back home." Amagiri then left.

I then decided to walk out of that stuffy hut. However, something told me that Kanari wasn't alright.

"She'd probably be taking a bath right now," I thought, as I teleported through the forest to the nearest fountain.

However, to my dismay, Kanari was lying on one of the rocks naked, with several dead men sprawled around her. She was unconscious. Ignoring the dumb humans, I carried her and got her clothes, and walked back to the hut.

"This woman is really annoying," I thought.

Once I reached the hut, I touched her forehead and realised she had a fever.

"Why do I have to do this," I muttered.

I got a wet cloth and put it on her forehead, and got her into the futon. Her body was sure weak. Oni didn't really catch colds, and yet she caught a cold staying the cold for too long. I decided to wait for Amagiri to come back for answers.

When Amagiri returned, he was shocked to Kazanari unconscious and his mouth was wide open. He immediately ran to her side to check on her, and questioned me, "Kazama, what did you do to her?"

"Nothing. She found her unconscious at the fountain she was bathing at. There were men dressed in white all around her from what I saw."

"So, that healing power? And why she fainted last night? Even if she is a girl, her demon powers are strong and those ronin would have been done with easily."

"This could be…similar to what happened two nights ago…is it because of…that?"

"Are you hiding something from me?"

"Since it has come to this, I shall tell you about it now. The heal powers, and a portion of the reason why she fainted that night. Kazanari's healing powers come from the previous generation of the Tsukikages. All the females of the family are gifted this power and they can heal different injuries. However, I'm only partly sure about that, but it seems that she has a special power inside of her. There was once where she was really angry and fought her brother. Her power overloaded and she was unconscious for 3 days."

"What is that power?"

"For that, I do not know. They usually tell me a lot of things, but they kept this issue under wraps and only told me to look out for her when she was fighting. Apparently this issue can only be told to the members of the Tsukikage clan."

"The Tsukikages usually keep many things under wraps, especially who their heirs are, but I didn't expect them to not talk about these issues, especially to someone close like you."

"After all, I am still an outsider from another clan to them. But her parents were kind enough to tell me that much about her, and I'm thankful. "

Well, she might have some power within her, despite her size."

"Kazama, I'll need you to help me take care of her right now, because we need to find someone from her clan fast, since I don't know when she will wake up again. The overload can even cause her to sleep for months."

I sighed again. It wasn't my style to take care of women in the first place. I could have used this time for more useful things, such as finding Chizuru. That was just an excuse. The Shinsengumi was the reason why I was always wanting to go to their headquarters. They had such interesting men.

Soon it was dark, and it was extremely quiet today. I decided to take a rest on the floor, since Kazanari was using the futon. Suddenly, I heard someone call out my name.

"Kazama Chikage." I looked around. It couldn't be coming from Kazanari, and there was no one around. I had to be hearing things.

"Kazama Chikage." I turned o Kazanari. To my astonishment, she was awake.

"Oh, you're awake, what's up with you calling me by my full name, Kazanari?"

"I'm not Kazanari."

What? Did she have amnesia after that overload? Her voice and looks were exactly the same, how could she not be Kazanari? I turned to look at her again, and this time, I noticed the colour of her eyes. They had turned from blood red, to a dark purple.

"Who the hell are you?"

"Relax dear, I'm the ancient Oni who is currently residing in dear Kazanari's body right now. Kill me, and she dies too."

"What? All ancient Oni should have died centuries ago…how did you revive?"

"No…we are special. Due to the never-ending clash of light and dark, we keep reviving in 2 families to continue this never ending fight…for no reason…because there was never a winner."

"I have heard of that legend before, of the two families, light and dark, fighting for the rule over all Oni. I didn't know it was true."

"It used to be like that, until we decided not to fight over the rule of the Oni. Now, only hatred is left at the side of the light. However, I still cannot defeat him, and I do not know why."

"Has light become evil?"

"Yes. I'm the Kage-hime, the princess of darkness, and the lord of the light wants to kill me for his pure satisfaction. We both agreed to a truce, but why…"

This princess sure was interesting. I decided to divulge a bit more about the legend between light and dark, and the relation between that legend and the Tsukikage clan.

"So, why are you telling me all of this? I believe that this is a secret between you and the clans involved in this fight, or war, as you call."

"It's because I feel an immense power coming from you. Besides, your blood smells extremely tasty." She whispered as she came closer to me.

"Did ancient oni do that previously?"

"We only did that to the ones we liked…such as you…"

"I'll let you have my blood, since you are a far superior oni compared to me."

The Kage-hime came towards my neck slowly, still in Kazanari's body. Her fangs shone in the darkness as they sank into my neck. There was a short pain, but it soon resided.

"You know the Kazanari who currently inside of you isn't going to be very happy." She didn't reply to that, as she was busy sucking away.

After a while, she soon spoke. "I believe she's okay with it, since she has been holding back herself from drinking any for 2 weeks."

My eyes widened. "So the Tsukikages got your traits, and had to drink blood, huh? You sound like those Rasetsu."

"Ancient Oni used to drink each other's blood to retain our youthfulness. You are a pureblood, aren't you? Like Kazanari. No wonder you blood's so tasty." The Kage-hime said as she wiped the existing blood from the side of her mouth.

"Are you going to tell me more about yourself yet?"

"Be patient, dear. The members of the Tsukikage clan are my direct descendants. In order to continue the battle, I had to reborn in one of the descendants every generation. But I don't understand; I used light to destroy the king of light already, I should have been able to rest. Furthermore, the family of light should have been destroyed too. Why did they still attack us?"

"Interesting. Would you allow me to check up about your history? However, I'll need to know your name."

"I'll allow you to, since I don't feel any evil from you. My real name is…Kazuri. And…I sense someone coming. I shall withdraw for now. Kazanari will awake soon."

"If you say so," I muttered.

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