Yasu's POV:
It was practically a mirror of what I saw, and my gut practically twisted in fear, though I kept my smile on my face.
I need to stay ready.
Lin had emerged, immediately reaching up a hand to pull all the negative energy aiming for John away from him.
"Kojou-dàgē! Stop! Kojou-dàgē!" Hikari screamed, running through the watching people, her brothers right behind her.
John suddenly stopped, as seven Archangels and Archeia emerged. I recognised them easily; Amethystia, Raphael, Uriel, Sandalphon, Annunciata, Lucida and Michael. Jophiel was watching with Gabriel from the sidelines, both ready to step in if needed, both leaning on gleaming swords, signifying their fidelity to God.
I looked to Lin catch John as chains twisted around them, floating gently back down as his siblings ran to engulf him in hugs.
I raised a hand, summoning the books, smiling to Lucida, before I swapped into the eldest dialect, pulling Lin and John's books out respectively.
"{{{Unbinding the seal, freeing light from dark, and dark from light, forging the future, forgoing the past, to pass the contract, two to one, one to two.}}}" I pulled my mark out, taking a speck off it to merge the books into one, making twice as many chapters in it for previously written parts. "{{{Two wings of Fate, conjoined to the butterfly, signify the bond and an eternal hold. For the greatness of the Gods from South, East, and West, to the Kings of the North, may it hold eternal guidance for the soul, 「For the Great God」.}}}" Two perfect, crystallized versions of either wing on the butterfly, the central patterns twisting into copies of Lin's and John's Hantenshisue and Hanakumasue, before growing two ring bands, before settling snugly on the duo's ring fingers as the hackles unbound.
Lin looked at his in surprise.
"This is John's Hantenshisue, and it's growing." he muttered.
"You're 「Bound」." I explained, switching back to normal Japanese. "It's one of my abilities Inherited through my chain of reincarnations. There's meant to be another to replace me when I'm too old and young, like Cho is too young, and Cheng is of the right age to take care of that Library in the Demon district."
That was when it happened.
A flaming, screaming blur shot towards Lin, to which Uriel, Jophiel and Gabriel caught, revealing a monstrous Yi, burnt and blackened by the flames, and bits of skin hung loose here and there.
"I'll crush you! I turn you to ash and enjoy watching you scream and cry as I crush your precious 「Bonds」 between people!" Yi screamed, glaring at Lin, her mad anger easy to see. "I'll start with your little siblings, youngest to eldest, then your elders, your friends, even the ones outside the village won't be safe-" she screamed as Amethysta began chanting, the orb with the purple inner flame she owned was claspe in her hands in prayer. "Your Mother's easiest! Locked in a ward with no one to resuscitate her!"
Lin got to his feet, stance stiff.
"Run!" I ordered. "To the Hospital, now!"
He nodded, the triplets right behind him as Yi began to laugh, before turning to ash...
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Lin's POV:
I found her standing in the centre of the room, singing the lullaby from my childhood.
Oh little lotus flower
In sha~dow of great wall.
It really got to me, as I still remember the lyrics easily - they weren't ever sung in this sort of scenario!
Oh little lotus flower
Far~ far awa~y.
She began to sway, and I was frozen in fear.
Oh little lotus flower
Shining like wool.
Oh little lotus flower
Gone, gone too soon.
Go~ne. go~ne too so~on...
I quickly caught her as she fell.
"Māmā!" Hibiki and Hikari exclaimed, as I quickly checked her pulse.
"Mǔqīn." I breathed, quickly laying her down as Ryuuko went for help...
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John's POV:
I watched with the rest of the village as Lin's Mother was loaded into the hospital van, after they had just managed to get a heartbeat back after five minutes.
"We don't want to go back to Uncle!" Hikari said meekly, shrinking into my side as she gazed a the oddly, still-slightly-tipsy Hayate.
"Mum knows." Gene admitted, letting Yasu lean on him - using your powers to both manipulate time slightly and both unbind and bind two sets of people in one day had left him thoroughly tired-out. "She says she wants the four of you to return to Japan so we all meet up with her and Martin."
"Sure." Kaede nodded, too focused on the now-disappearing hospital vehicle.
Lin wrapped his arms around his little brother's shoulder, as Ryuuko smiled, waved, and faded away...
Joker: Weeeell, Epilogue next!
Lin, Ryuuko and Hibari: *glares*
Hikari and Hibiki: *give very tearful looks*
Hibiki: What about Māmā?!
Joker: She's jut gunna be in hospital, theeen... *shares an evil look with Luella*
Lin-kids and Davis-men: *shivers in worry*
Hibiki: Reviews, please... (and maybe an sos, too?)