The Soulbond

Disclaimer: Kishin Douji Zenki belongs to Yoshihiro Kuroiwa (deceased), Kikuhide Tani, Shueisha and licensed entities. I'm just borrowing the characters for a bit of non-profit fun.

Chapter 9

Just after the failed kidnapping of Chiaki...

"Zenki, I think you went too far!"

"What! I only did what he deserved for threatening Chiaki!"

"I'm not arguing about that, It's only that being half-dead is not conductive to getting answers out of him, like why he targeted Chiaki-sama!""I think we were so focused on supernatural threats that we overlooked the so-called 'normal' people!"

"Hey, guys, I have a problem... I used so much energy to make my flame aura that I don't think I can walk more than twelve steps. Zenki, please, can you carry me home?"

"Either on your back or your arms would be fine, I'm sorry to be a bother, but I don't think I can reach home without aid..."

"I'll carry you in my arms, Chiaki, but Gokimaru has to be the one looking out for threats, I'll be protecting you as well as carrying you!"

"We failed you, Chiaki-sama, we almost lost you because we were looking for ill intent or killing intent, and that guy radiated neither!"

"We were paralized, Chiaki, afraid that if we moved he'll kill you, and left you to get out of a bad situation on your own!"

"We should go home now, and explain what happened to Saki-baasama, she's not going to take this well."

After this talk the three started their way back to the Enno shrine, ocasionally talking mind to mind.

.:Ne, Chiaki, how did you cover your entire body with flames?, until now you used to cover only your hands with flame.:.

.:I reached for the flame deep in my soul, pulled at it to bring it out and used most of my physical energy making it manifest physically around my entire body:.

.:So your flames are like my lightning, something inherent to our souls...:.

.:I'm sorry, Chiaki, I almost lost you because I wasn't paying enough attention to my surroundings. I thought 'normal' humans weren't a threat to you unless they were possessed. I was wrong...:.

.:Don't worry, Zenki, we've survived worse things!:.

.:I'm not looking forward to explaining things to Saki-baa!:

After they arrived at the Enno shrine...

"...So you say that after you were done with the errands, someone grabbed Chiaki and put a knife to her throat, and you were paralized with the fear that he'll kill her before you could do anything, then Chiaki manifested an aura of flames and made him drop the knife?"

"Yes, Saki-baa, then I fried him with lightning, but I might have been too hasty..."

"Zenki means that he left the guy half dead, and in no fit state for asking him questions, I would have liked to know why he targeted Chiaki-sama!"

"Chiaki, how are you feeling, my child?

"I'm OK, baachan, just very tired, I used a lot of my energy to manifest the flames physically."

"Well, then, you should eat something and go to sleep soon. Zenki will be going with you, and Gokimaru and I shall confer on what to do if a similar thing occurs again."

After eating and getting ready for sleep, Zenki embraced Chiaki:

"Tonight you're sleeping in my arms, no question, I need to reassure myself that you're alive and well, and that I haven't lost you!"

"OK, Zenki, that's a good reason, and I feel safer in your arms too!"

In a remote, underground location, there was a man completely covered by black robes, talking to a spirit in the form of a ball of flame.

"...So, Dokuro-sou, you say that your mission was a partial success even if you lost the body I gave you. Explain!"

.:I managed to get Zenki to fall into my trap and threw him into the pond with the water from Yomi no Izumi, then his master and the other kishin appeared, It was the kishin called Goki who destroyed my body, he's much more powerful than when we met before! However, Zenki was in the pond enough time for his body to dissolve, and unless they managed to reincarnate him before he lost his memories he's out of action as a kishin!:.

"Well, Dokuro-sou, you'll have your opportunity for revenge later. It's such a pity that I can only raise one soul of the dead from hell and give it a body once every new moon, in total darkness. Amon, you'll be next, you will test the descendants of Enno Ozunu and the kishin!"

.:Hai, Shishaou-sama!:.

"Chiaki, NO!"

"What? Zenki!"

"Sorry to wake you up, Chiaki, I was having a bad dream about what happened yesterday with the guy with the knife and you being almost killed..."

"Calm down, Zenki, I'm here, in your arms, where I feel protected. Would you like to kiss me to reassure yourself that I am alive?

"I'd like to, very much, this scare has made me more possessive of you and part of me considers you my mate already, even if we haven't mated fully yet!"

The two of them started kissing passionately for a long while, until they both felt sleepy enough to go back to sleep.

At the Kidou shrine...

"Father, what can we do? Those three are monsters! I never suspected that Chiaki had such power hidden in her, and those kishin, even in human form they are scary!"

"For now we can only observe and wait for the moment when we can learn how she controls them in kishin form, in human form, looks like they have free will."

The next morning...

"Zenki, we have to get up!"

"Aww, Chiaki, it feels so good to have you in my arms! Five minutes more?"

"Not this time, we're almost late for breakfast!"

"Damn, you're right... Let's get up and get dressed!"

At breakfast...

"Chiaki.""Chiaki-sama!"

"Saki-baasama and I have come up with a necklace with a protective ward on it that will prevent your neck from being cut!"" We tested it already!"

"Thank you!"

"Thanks, Saki-baa, Gokimaru!"

"Now, let's eat, we have another day of training ahead of us, and we can't slack!"

Author's Notes:

ドクロ僧: Dokuro-sou, an old enemy, subordinate of Inugami.

死者王 : Shishaou. Original character, main antagonist of this story, a necromancer of great power, and an enourmous hatred of Enno Ozunu. His name means "King of the Dead"

鴉紋: Amon, one of Zenki's first enemies after he was unsealed, an evil sorcerer.

Note: I've been having writer's block with this chapter, so I've been translating chapters of this story to spanish to be doing something while the muse returned when it wanted to. Also, I won't be doing graphic lemons in this story, for two reasons: I'm not good with them and I don't want to get kicked out of this site.