Just for your information, it's four in the morning and I just finished the second chapter x3 Word doesn't want to correct my grammar nor spelling at the moment so I have no idea if there are some grammar mistakes in it. I can only check spelling with Chrome xb

I had no idea how I should do this second chapter and I got a writers block after every paragraph xD I think the chapters after this one will be a bit easier though. I don't think I got into Matoba's character that well during this chapter but I'll work on it. :)

Natsume looked shocked up at Matoba. Matoba had been pretty surprised to when he suddenly had felt someone crashing into him. Luckily he hadn't fallen. He looked down at the boy and his lips formed a small grin.

"Takashi-kun, long time no seen." Matoba said, almost making Natsume shiver. Natsume forced himself up on his feet's again and he backed a couple of steps. It was no secret that he disliked Matoba, after all that had happened between them he didn't see a reason why he should like that exorcist. He was cruel against youkai and even humans, he had kidnapped Natsume and threatened him. Even their first meeting was a catastrophe, Natsume had almost been strangled by him. At that time Matoba had mistaken Natsume for a youkai and had tried to kill him for the youkai blood he needed to wake up a strong youkai that were sleeping in the forest. Later he noticed that he couldn't control that youkai so he simply killed it off.

That was what Natsume hated most about that man, he used youkai's as if they were his possessions which he could do whatever he wanted with and if he found out that they were useless then he just got rid of them.

Natsume noticed that Matoba looked around as if he were searching after something, or someone. "You don't have the cat with you, did he abandone you?" Natsume didn't answer the exorcists question. Matoba took a step towards Natsume but Natsume immediately took two steps back. Behind Matoba was three of his youkai servants, which made Natsume feel even more uneasy than he already had done.

Matoba let out a small chuckle at Natsumes reaction. "I really thought you would have become a bit less hostile towards me since the last time we met. Seems I was wrong." Matoba said with a bit of disappointment in his voice on the last words.
"I can't recall you doing anything that would change my opinion about you." Natsume now replied. Last time they met Natsume had been threatened by Matoba to come with him and find out who had been possessed by a youkai. A memory he would rather forget than remember.

Matoba got a bit surprised that he actually got a response from the boy this time. Natsume watched every move the exorcist were doing, he would rather just walk away from there, or run away, but Matoba were a person that would send his servants to get Natsume back if he hadn't finished talking to him yet. Even though they had only met on a few occasions it was still enough to have taught Natsume that much.

"Were you running from something before Takashi-kun? A youkai?" Matoba asked as his eyes went away from the boy to look what was behind him. Nothing. Natsume had almost forgotten about the youkai that had chased him not too long ago. Why had it stopped chasing him? Maybe it knew that there were an exorcist in the forest.

Natsume remained silent. He weren't certain what was worse, being chased by that youkai from before or standing there with Matoba. Matoba once again fixed his eyes on the blonde haired boy. He took some steps closer to Natsume and just like before Natsume started to walk backwards.

"Why not join the Matoba clan Takashi-kun." It didn't really sound like a question. Somehow it were more like a demand. Natsume had known very well that Matoba would bring it up at some point. Had there been a single time they had met without him mentioning it at least once? Probably not. "You wouldn't have to run, you wo..." Matoba got silent and Natsume had no problem figuring out why.

He felt the same uneasy feeling as when he had met that youkai before. "Natsume, give it to me." The inhuman voice didn't seem to make Matoba worried at all while Natsume had to force himself to stay calm. Matoba seemed to be as lost as Nastume when it came to finding where the voice came from. It sounded like it came from the ground, the air, behind every tree. It was just an echo that was impossible to locate the beginning of.

Then he felt both his feet's getting pulled and he fell forward. In just seconds he had been pulled far into the woods. He tried to get a grip of a tree or a root to stop the youkai from pulling him further, but in that speed he didn't have a chance to get a grip of anything. But then the hands lost their grip on Natsumes legs and he stopped. His body was a bit sore and he had some cuts after being dragged threw a bush but it didn't seem like he had taken too much damage.

He didn't have any time to waste so as fast as he had realized that he weren't moving anymore he had almost jumped up from the ground. Natsume started to run but he felt the youkai chasing after him. This time though he actually looked behind him, at that moment the youkai had gotten close enough to get her hands on Natsume again. She took a grip around Natsumes throat and held him towards a tree. He could barely breath and he felt the youkais nails, or maybe it was claws, going threw his skin.

"Give it to me." The youkai repeated again. Natsume didn't have a chance to say anything because of the lack of air. Everything started to become black. Natsume fell down to the ground just as he passed out. He had no idea that Matobas youkai servants just had gotten there and attacked the youkai.

Phew, hope you enjoyed it :3 I tried my hardest but I had no idea what Matoba would have done xD hahah I love him but he's impossible to understand xD As I said earlier, I shall read Natsume Yuujinchou tomorrow (or later today, after I have slept) and then maybe I will be able to act like him a bit better x3