SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 5 out, this is Chapter 6 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review other than just simply putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

Disclaimers: I own nothing, except for the plot and pairing.

Chapter 6: Blazing Flames

"Shura!" Yukio's voice sounded over the cellphone.

"Oh, it's just Yukio." Shura replied. "What's up over on your side? Things have gotten pretty bad over here. Yukio!" she spotted the younger Exorcist, whose team had just arrived at the Kyoto Branch Office. "What's going on?"

"We couldn't contact you earlier because of signal interferences." Yukio explained.

"'Left Eye' Recovery Squad Captain, Tarsem Mahal." the team leader introduced himself.

"Reinforcement Squad Captain, Kirigakure." Shura shook hands.

"Kyoto Branch Office Chief, Shima Yaozu." the older Shima added. "Welcome. All the people in charge are here. I'd like to call an urgent meeting right here. Is that alright?"

"Sure." Tarsem nodded.

"As embarrassing as it is, we, the Kyoto Branch Office, have also had the 'Right Eye' stolen by a traitor." the Shima head confessed. "The probability that attempt on the 'Eye' earlier on was orchestrated by this traitor too, is high. Her name is Houjo Mamushi." he presented the Middle First-Class Exorcist's photo. "A Middle First-Class Exorcist, she was the Captain of the Shinbu First Division. Right now, Mamushi has escaped with the aid of Todo."

"I see." Tarsem nodded. "That means both the 'Left' and 'Right' Eyes have fallen into the hands of the enemy, huh?"

"Wha?" Yaozu echoed.

"Actually, the vehicle we were following turned out to be a decoy." Tarsem explained. "We found the corpses of two Exorcists in the car. What's more, they even went as far as to interfere with the signals. Such elaborate stalling probably means..."

"That Todo already has the 'Left Eye' in his possession." Ami interjected. "It would be the most natural to arrive at that conclusion."

"How can that be..." Yaozu was shocked.

"Branch Chief Shima, sorry to interrupt." Yukio cut in. "Just what are the 'Left' and 'Right' Eyes of the Impure King'?"

"Over the past two hundred years, the Myou Dha has been keeping numerous secrets." Yaozu admitted. "Even we, the upper echelons, know not what exactly they are, much less those below us who do not know of their existence. The only one who knows all these 'secrets' and who keeps them is our temple's most high priest, Suguro Tatsuma. And according to the legends of the Myou Dha,when the 'Left' and 'Right' Eyes are together, it is said that they will produce a new, even more noxious miasma."

"No way..." Shura breathed. "To release that new, even more noxious miasma, is that their objective? The fact that it's something new doesn't sound good. Depending on the situation, we, the True Cross Order, may not be able to handle it on our own."

"In any case, we have to locate Todo and Houjo Mamushi as soon as possible." Tarsem remarked.

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