SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 7 out, this is Chapter 8 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?

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Chapter 8: Tatsuma's Resolve

Outside the Myouou Dharani Sect Headquarters...

"So, this is the 'original' Myou Dha Sect Headquarters, huh?" Todo mused.

"Let's hurry." Mamushi urged as she dashed through the forest. "'Goumadou' is just a short distance away from here."

"But is Goumadou really safe?" Todo asked.

"The Fudoubuji was arranged such that the Goumadou is safeguarded at its very heart." Mamushi explained. "The 'Left Eye' is most likely originally sealed here."

"It's a good plan to return it to its original place, no?" Todo mused. "I assume this is Goumadou." he noted, the pair stopping before the abandoned shrine.

"Yes." Mamushi panted. "This was once a sacred place into which no one but the Head Priest was allowed to enter. But now... for doing something like this, huh?" she opened the doors. "The Homa-Mandala's alight..." she frowned, entering the main hall.

"Yeah..." Todo nodded. "There must be a hidden door or something somewhere. Let's search."

"Alright." Mamushi replied.

"So, this is where its hiding, huh?" Todo found the trapdoor in the ground. "Let's go down and take a look. there's a door." The pair stopped before a sealed door.

"I never expected there to be a cellar like this under Goumadou." Mamushi admitted.

"Give me the 'Right Eye'." Todo requested.

"But you said it was dangerous to have both on your body." Mamushi protested.

"We're almost there." Todo assured. "Besides, I'm also worried about you. I'm regretting it a little: the fact that I dragged so precious a student as you into this conjecture of mine, that is... I'm thinking about your future. Do you regret it?"

"I do not." Mamushi replied, removing the 'Right Eye' from her eye socket and handing it to Todo.

"You really are a good kid." Todo praised. "Come now, let's open it."

"This is..." Mamushi gaped when the seals were burnt off and they entered the underground chamber and found the sealed and wilted body of the 'Impure King'.

"The 'Impure King'." Todo stated. "In the fifth year of the Ansei, your founder Fukaku made a contract with the Maken Kurikura which was possessed by the fire demon Kakura. He had fought with the 'Impure King' before, but was never been able to put so much as a dent on him. By taking both his eyes and sealing them, he was able to suppress the 'Impure King'. At the moment, the Kakura left Kurikura. This is the truth behind the legends of the Myou Dha Sect. This is the secret that you of the Myou Dha Sect have kept closely guarded generation after generation."

"This is the 'Impure King'?" Mamushi was shocked. "You kidding me? Are you telling me it was here in the Goumadou all along these past 150 years? Then the 'Right and Left Eyes'..."

"That's right." Todo confirmed. "In other words, we'll be returning this 'Right Eye' and this 'Left Eye' to this dried-up 'Impure King'. And in doing so, we'll be reviving the 'Impure King' in his original form."

"Todo-sensei, just what the hell are you?" Mamushi hissed.

"Houjo-kun, you are a precious student to me and it pains me to hear you use such a tone on me." Todo chided. "However, you've already served your purpose. My, my." he sighed when a burst of flare erupted between him and Mamushi.

"Most High Priest..." Mamushi gasped when Suguro Tatsuma appeared from the smoke.

"Mamushi, everything's gonna be okay." the Suguro head assured. "I'll bring you back to where your father is. The 'Impure King' is a cancer that brings disease to people. I'll end it in this generation and will never let it be passed on to the next. I'll protect everything." he brandished his rosary beads. "I, Suguro Tatsuma, the 17th High Priest of the Myou Dha Sect will never forgive those that try to hinder this determination of mine."

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