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Chapter List
- 7
- 8
- 9
Disclaimer 1: I don�t own X/1999, I didn�t come up
with any of their brilliant characters, they�re the geniuses not me!

The character of Alex
though is definitely mine!

WARNING!: this chapter contains icky yucky gory things

A.N: today� motto;
Love & Peace (said in heavy Japanese accent)

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Part 8 �
The Battle

Sorata, Karen, Aoki,
Arashi and Alex stood on a rooftop before the city hall building.

For now they were to
stand and wait. They should see two harbingers leave the building soon. Then
they�ll receive a message from two Seals and begin their attack.

Kamui stood a good
distance from them enjoying his vampire vision again, looking at the city
lights and the people walking in the streets. From time to time he turned to
check out on the five people standing away from him. He exchanged thoughts with
Alex from time to time.

Subaru was waiting in Ueno Park pacing about nervously. When he
called the dark onemoji Seishiro sounded a bit strange on the phone, he sounded
confused and dazzled. He agreed to meet Subaru immediately, no mind games and
no questions asked besides �Where do you want to meet?� and �What time?�.

Subaru hung up the
phone feeling a little strange, perhaps there is a chance that they�ll
really actually just talk!

The Seals waiting
outside the lair didn�t see Seishiro leave the lair, he wasn�t in his the lair,
but Sorata�s mobile phone rang Subaru�s phone number
twice and stopped.

It was a code they set;
they won�t have a conversation, simply two rings and hang up. Satsuki might
hear the conversation if they�d actually talk.

�Good, Subaru is with
Seishiro then� Alex whispered, sighing

�When did you tell you
tell him to call me?� Sorata cleared his cell phone screen from Subaru�s
unanswered call.

�When he can see Seishiro
approaching him�

�Good, one down, one
more to go�.

�Look� Karen pointed
at a man leaving the building, it was Kusanagi. He turned towards the direction
of Tokyo�s Ginza district, where all the best shops
and restaurants are. �I hope Yuzuriha-chan won�t be too tired or put up too
much of a show for him and exhaust herself, poor girl� Karen was playing with a
little fire in her palm. She was nervous; she needed her power�s encouragement.

Yuzuriha stood at The
Big Ice Cream Palace�s entrance. She did not stop quaking nervously until she
saw the burly figure of Kusanagi approach her. She pulled her cell phone out
and dialed Sorata�s number then listened for two
rings and hung up quickly. Her hands shook as she pocketed the little machine,
after that they quaked no more.

Not until they
received the two rings signal from Yuzuriha did the five people move towards
their plan.

�Well Sora, looks like
it�s time, are you ready?� Alex turned to the monk.

Sorata nodded quietly.

He could be extremely
silly to the point of wanting to smack him, but when it really counted this guy
knew when to be serious and do what is needed. Alex knew he could trust him and
not just because he�s the strongest of the bunch after Kamui.

Sorata took Arashi�s hand in his and smiled at her. She looked up at
him with watery eyes. �Don�t worry babe, I�m supposed to die for you and since
you won�t be in there I�m going to be fine� he laughed.

Arashi grabbed him for
a hug.

Alex watched them and
sighed. He looked over to the distance and spotted Kamui standing in a tree,
partially hidden amidst the lush leafs. �Good luck my knight� he heard him say
�see you inside my prince� Alex answered.

*************************

Alex and Sorata leaped
off the rooftop and entered the building through the lobby, passing the usual human
traffic in the huge office building casually. Turning to the elevator no one
knew of but the Harbingers, an elevator hidden by magic, they broke out of the
small mundane crowd.

No magic in this world
could blind Alex. He prized the doors open letting Sorata in. He left a crack
in the doors for Kamui�s fog form to slither in
through.

They stood in the
moving elevator on it�s way to the hidden basement,
two normal passengers in a seemingly normal elevator.

�Now
what?� Sorata
looked around the elevator nervously, suddenly he felt claustrophobic.

�We have a few floors
to go before the lair. This elevator has a little camera Satsuki uses to spy on
people for security reasons�.� He leaned on to whisper in Sorata�s
ear �Hopefully by now she�s spotted us and will try to attack us�

�Why
would you want that?!� Sorata whispered back.

Alex smiled calmly,
ignoring the rising panic in his partner�s eyes and voice �Sora?�

�What?�

�What are your shoes� soles
made of?�

�What?!� Sorata jerked his head backwards, sure that Alex has lost it now.

�Shhhh!
Answer me!�

�I don�t
know�.rubber?!�

�Good, good� Alex
looked around the elevator still smiling.

Sorata was giving Alex
a funny look, he did lose it! Just to be sure of it, he checked his shoes while
shooting puzzled looks at Alex.

The elevator stopped
dead with a strange mechanical creak.

�Beautiful, just as I
planned� Alex hissed.

Satsuki noticed them before
they entered the elevator. She expected them to run around the building looking
for the right entrance, she didn�t expect them to find it so quickly. She
called out to the Harbingers around her when the elevator began it�s journey towards her

�Warning! Warning! Dragon of Heaven on the
way! Inside the secret elevator!� She called out, the
mechanically enhanced voice ringing through the large hollow marble halls.

Yutu, Nataku, Kanoe
and the Dragon himself rushed over to Beast�s room.

�What?! Inside the elevator?! How did he
know it�s there!?!� Kanoe swore under her breath.

�Since when do the
Seals attack?!� Yutu huffed as he ran to the icy room.

�What�s going on
father?� the panic of those around him seeped into Nataku�s
voice.

�He�s not alone� Satsuki�s
lethargic voice cut through the panic, calming the people down �the Alex person
is with the DoH�

�I knew it!�
shouted the Dragon �He�s changing everything in this battle! He�s turning the
table. Fuck!� he grabbed the sides of his head.

He fought to clear his
mind; everyone was looking at him, depending on him! He better snap back or
they�re all screwed.

�Satsuki� he said
calmly to the girl inside the computer �is it just him and one Seal?�

Satsuki took some time
to answer �Yes, only one Seal in the elevator. There are three more Seals
outside the building�.One Seal with Harbinger Kusanagi in an ice cream
parlor�.One Seal with Harbinger Seishiro in Ueno Park�.Kamui is a little away
from this building�

�So, they�ve called
out two of our strongest men outside and now they�re planning to launch an
attack, he�s got brains this Alex� the blond harbinger rubbed his chin
thoughtfully.

�Be quiet Kigai,
you�re not supposed to praise the other side!� the Dragon snarled �Satsuki,
fend them off!!�

�Already working on
that� she grinned maliciously, bettering her position in her cockpit.

Inside the elevator
the control panel was violently torn out of it�s
place. Thick electric cables burst out wiggling and lashing like tentacles of a
mechanized squid. Electric currents danced a blue little dance on the
protruding wires inside each cable.

Sorata prepared a ball
of electric currents between his palms. He was stopped by Alex.

�No need for that
Sora, just shut your ears and jump when I tell you� Alex�s voice was so calm.

Death pulled out his
sword, pressing an unseen button on the hilt. In a flash it turned into what looked
a little like a long rusted metal hockey bat or a pole in a big fence. A single
short barbed wire twisted around before the bend on the top of it. The pole
buzzed with electricity, the voltage in it rising to levels which eventually
forced Sorata to shut his ears

�Jump on my signal,
remember Sorata�.

The cables neared
them, almost touching.

In the world outside cables
rose from the building the three Seals stood on. Each readied their powers;
Karen developed an intricate circle of little fire balls around her, Seiichiro
surrounded himself with gushed of sharp wind circles,
Arashi pulled her sword from her hand.

Kamui watched as
cables burst from the earth under his tree. He frowned at them and sent his
explosive force towards them. The rest he burned with his newly acquired Fire
Gift, one by one as he grinned at them.

At Ueno park the earth around Subaru burst with electric wires, they
soared above Subaru and prepared to launch themselves back down right through
the onemoji. Seishiro shot himself
towards his countering star, grabbing him into his arms and hurling them both out
of the circle. �Subaru-kun! Damn that crazy cyber
girl� Subaru heard his opponent/lover scream.

A computerized cash
registry shot from its place in The Ice Cream Palace, landing in the middle of Yuzuriha
and Kusanagi�s table. The cables burst out from under
it madly lashing out at the two.

Kusanagi grabbed Yuzuriha
and hurled the both of them through the window into the street. Yuzuriha
screamed.

�Are you ready Sora?� Alex
was still calm. There was a strange toothy grin he wore now; Sorata could only
describe it as bloodthirsty.

�Just do it already!� he tried to scream back through the
double electric noise and the cranking metal around him.

Alex sent the buzzing
pole straight into the middle of the cables, touching three of them. The world
around them buzzed and flickered as electric currents tore through the air.

Sorata jumped and
stayed floating in the air as the metal floor under him flowed with electric
currents. He realized why Alex asked about his shoes; if he landed he still
wouldn�t be electrocuted. Alex, he realized, would never activate a plan unless
it had a backup option ready and sure.

Satsuki�s scream of
pain and horror tearing through the frozen air chilled the blood of all those
who heard her. Her Beast was taken by electric currents leading them straight
into her body. She was twitching and dancing a little electric dance on her
seat, her body rising off of its seat with convulsions. Then it stopped
forever.

Outside the building,
before they could do anything, the cables that attacked Kamui and the three
Seals danced as well. Then danced like that for a few moments, their original
aims forgotten for the sake of this strange art. Then they fell to the ground lifeless.

At Ueno park the same thing happened to the cables attacking Subaru
and Seishiro.

They lay on the
ground, cables falling dead all around them. When it was finally over Subaru
noticed he was lying under Seishiro and that the man was still clutching him
protectively, arching himself above him to protect him as much as possible. Something
happy skipped in Subaru�s chest.

Outside the ice cream
parlor Yuzuriha noticed the cables died. She raised her head to see it and
smiled �The plan! It�s working!� she giggled, sitting straddled on Kusanagi.

�What plan Missy?�

she stared at the man under her and
blushed.

Satsuki sizzled in her
computer�s seat, the voltage baking her flesh. The sweet stench of burnt human flesh
made the Harbingers freeze on their spots with shock and fear.

Yutu leaped to her
seat the moment currents stopped flowing through what was once the Beast. �/Kamui/�..they�ve�they�ve�.killed
Satsuki� he muttered, looking down at his leader with tears in his eyes.

The Dragon gritted his
teeth.

The wrecked elevator
creaked and began dropping, without control, down its shaft. It crushed at the bottom
floor with a great cacophony of crushed metal, shaking beams and snapping
wires.

�Sora, are you all
right?� Alex helped Sorata back to his feet

Sorata rubbed a tense
muscle in his back. �I�m a little shaken but fine, did you kill her? The cyber
girl�

�Sure did, the rest
will be easy-peasy�.hopefully�.come on�.

Alex prized elevator
doors open.

The doors opened to a
scene never written in advance by that world�s stars, dreams, tarot cards or
any other future reading methods:

The Dragon of Earth
stood with his shinken ready to fight, his dark red eyes blazing. A Harbinger
stood on a dead computer monster with water circling around one hand, his
deadly whip in the other and tears streaming down his eyes. Another Harbinger stood
by the dragon with his ribbon floating around him ready for battle. One sister-of-a-dreamgazer running away to take cover, trying not
to slip on the marble floor with her high heeled shoes.

Alex stepped out of
the elevator, an evil smirk on his face, his eyes blazing green. His electric
pole turned into a sword again. He swirled his weapon in the air playfully,
enjoying the effects the little �woosh� it created on
the harbingers.

Sorata stepped out as
well, creating a ball of force between his palms. The plan started its second part.

***************

Outside the building
three Seals did as they agreed in advance; each formed a Kekkai; triple
protection over the battle zone already damaged by the cables Satsuki sent at
them.

Hearing Alex�s call, Kamui
willed himself into fog and floated towards the building.

Subaru pushed the
other man off of him and got up. He reached a hand for Seishiro to help him back
on his feet. the hand was slapped away rudely. Seishiro
got to his feet on his own, he was in a very bad mood.

�What�s going on
Subaru-kun?� he growled �Why did you suddenly call me out here? Are you ready
to die?� in a moment of pure rage and humiliation Seishiro drew his right hand
backwards, ready to lash out at Subaru.

�So that you would
kill me the way you killed my sister and activate the spell she cast on us two?�

The assassin blinked a
couple of times, his hand fell to his side like a rag.

�No, I don�t want to
lose you Seishiro, I love you�.

Seishiro snapped
himself back to reality �So that�s what he told you, about the spell. How did
he know?�

�In some of the
dimensions he traveled to find Kamui our story was a manga. He read it and told
me what happened to all of us. He also told me that when you activated the
spell, as you died in my arms, your last words were that you love me. Since the
spell is now confirmed to be true I assume you love me in this dimension as
well� Subaru smiled, nearing Seishiro.

The assassin pulled
his black ofuda, ready to throw them, his expression as dark and angry.

�Are you angry? That�s
an emotion Seishiro-san, I thought you had none, especially towards me� Subaru
kept walking towards Seishiro, he didn�t even pull his own Ofuda to counter
whatever Seishiro�d throw at him.

�Subaru-kun, don�t �.�
He didn�t finish his sentence.

Subaru grabbed the hand
holding the black cards and gently moved it lower, away from Seishiro�s body.

Subaru wrapped his
arms around his countering star �I love you too Seishiro-san. I know you�ll
never tell me the same but at least I know that you do�

Seishiro trembled;
this day was starting to take its toll on his nerves.

Black Ofuda scattered
on the floor, redundant.

�There�s something
going on in the lair, am I right?� he managed to say once his nerves resumed
their strength.

�How do you know?�

�I assumed�.now I
know�

�Yes there is, do you
mind that you�re here and not there, helping?�

�Not really, I
couldn�t care less. If this whole battle to the end of the world didn�t include
meeting you in the process I wouldn�t join in never mind how much they�d call
me here�.

Subaru raised his head
to look at Seishiro �Really? That�s so sweet Seishiro-san, you�re so kind� he
giggled.

�Don�t push your
luck!� the Sakurazukamori snarled.

�You�re cute when
you�re angry� Subaru giggled onwards.

Seishiro didn�t get angry.
He stared at Subaru with a funny look. �Subaru-kun�.�

�What?�

�I haven�t heard you
giggle like that in such a long time�

Subaru held him a
little tighter �I love you� he whispered into the black suit.

Seishiro caressed his
hair �I�d like you to grow your hair to the way it was once, my style only
suits me.� he could feel the man smile through his suit. �Get
back to the way you used to dress in general, but�.just don�t wear that
terribly gay hat�

Subaru poked him in
the ribs and giggled.

�What plan missy?� Yuzuriha
felt fear dripping down her spine like cold water. He wouldn�t hurt her, would
he? He saved her from his own kind just a few days ago.

�Kusanagi-san�.what do
you think about this whole battle to the end of the world?� she finally asked
hesitatively, hanging huge hopeful orbs at him.

�What do you mean?� they
were walking down the street. People passed by them gathering to watch the
wrecked ice cream parlor.

�I mean, did you want
to be a part of it�

�I liked the idea that
the earth gets it�s say against humans. I can hear nature scream to me when it�s
hurt but�.the way it runs, this whole battle, something is just wrong about it�
Kusanagi looked up at the stars above them fighting to blaze stronger then the
city lights.

�What is?�

�The fact that nature itself
doesn�t do anything on it�s own but sends human messengers like you and me and
those young men Kamui and /Kamui/ to do it. The way nature suddenly yanks them out
of their normal life and into this battle�.it�s not fair
towards all of us, isn�t it� he turned to her.

Yuzuriha�s eyes filled with tears �No, it�s
not�.so you wouldn�t mind if there wouldn�t be a battle at all�.would you?�

He stopped dead in the
middle of the street, turning to face the young girl �What do you mean? What�s
this �plan� missy, tell me the truth, don�t evade my questions. Please, be
honest with me� he held her palms in his.

�Promise me that you
won�t do anything there, promise me!� she was crying, torn from the inside by
her bipolar interests. She wasn�t supposed to do this, only to distract him
mindlessly away from the lair. Her fatigue returned; she was shaking and
slightly woozy. Oh where was Inuki when his warm furry body�s comfort was most
needed?

�I promise I won�t do
anything to you� his voice was calm and soft.

�Not just to me, to anyone,
promise!�

He looked at her for
sometime, thinking �I promise�.

She took his hand and
started leading him back to his lair, praying he would keep his promise and
that Alex won�t be too angry at her. After a few steps she nearly collapsed to
the ground. From that point on she was carried by her love�s strong arms.

�Where are we going
Subaru-kun� Seishiro felt ridiculous being led by the hand by the younger man
across the watching passerby crowd.

�You don�t care about
this Harbingers and Seals stuff?� Subaru lashed a short powerful emerald stare
across his shoulder.

�No�not
really�definitely not now, why?�

�Then come along, I�m
sure Alex would forgive us�

�Alex!� Seishiro dug
his heels in, stopping their pace ��..would I meet him there?�

�That depends; he
might be someone else�.why?�

�Nothing,
nothing! Just
that�.he�s creeping me out�

Subaru laughed out
loud �Sakurazukamori Seishiro�scared shitless, that�s a good one!�

�I�m not scared
shitless!� a shikigami hawk flew inches from Subaru�s ear with a
deafening screech.

The light onmyouji
giggled. He never giggled so heartily in his life but tonight was an exception.

********************

�It�s no use to try
and fight me with that shinken, you can�t wield it against anyone while the
other one is still sealed remember?�

�Care to find out?�

�I don�t need to find
out, I know! You�re just wielding it because it�s longer then mine, not
that it proves anything��

If Sorata wouldn�t be
too busy fighting off two Harbingers with one hand tied by a ribbon and another
by Yutu�s whip he�d laugh.

�Alex! Where�s Kamui?�
he yelled at the man sizing up the Dragon, walking in circles around each
other.

Hearing Kamui�s name Alex involuntarily spun around to look at
Sorata. Could something go wrong with his plan? He wanted to spin back to face
the Dragon when he felt a shinken pierce his chest where his heart should be if
he had one.

As he spun quickly back
it snatched the shinken from the Dragon�s hands.

The Dragon didn�t plan
this. Alex grabbed the shinken by the hilt and pulled it out of his body moving
it sideways, cutting thought what�s supposed to be his own flesh.

�Watch carefully and
start shaking� he said gleefully, the bloodthirsty grin smeared on his face.

The Dragon did shake
when he saw the shinken left no bleeding wound, no gap, not even a scratch!
Instead where the shinken cut through Alex a white light beamed and the rip was
quickly closing.

The Dragon now shook
in anger along with fear, what could he do against this thing?!

�You can�t do anything�
Alex answered his thoughts out loud.

�I�m here!� Kamui
called before he leaped at Yutu from behind and sunk his fangs into the man�s neck.
Yutu let go of the whip, the water spinning around his hand splashing to the
floor. He began stumbling as he was now gaving the
young Vampire of Heaven a piggyback ride.

�Don�t kill him, take
enough blood to stun him but keep him alive for god�s sake!� Alex hollered back,
watching his lover with pride.

�Alright but I wanna eat Kanoe!�

�Don�t start, she�s
just a bitter exhibitionist little sister that�s all�

�O you�re no fun
anymore!�.

Yutu collapsed to the
floor in a faint and Kamui leaped to his feet. He saw Sorata in a very poor
state; the monk was so stunned to see his friend suck blood off of someone that
he let his guards down and was now bound, slowly choked by Nataku�s
ribbon.

Kamui sent his Fire Gift
to the fabric, burning the ribbon into two. Sorata was released, gasping as he
knelt on the floor.

Kamui rushed over to
him �That son of a bitch! I�ll show him�

�No Kamui, he�s mine!�
Sorata jumped to his feet, starting to slam the bioroid with his power.

Alex sheathed his
sword hinting the Dragon the battle is over, preparing for his real role in
this plan.

The Dragon had other plans;
he was building up an energy ball in his hand, an evil grin on his face.

His enemy kept his
attention on him and that wasn�t good, Alex needed a distracted Dragon if he
wanted to posses him.

The Dragon sent his
energy ball forcefully, but not towards Alex. He gained a direct hit on Kamui.
The boy was smeared into the wall as a pulp of blood, flesh and bone.

That didn�t bother Alex;
while the Dragon was eyeing his success he leaped and worked his power to
posses the Dragon.

The battle between
Nataku and Sorata stopped at the bloody sight smeared on the wall just past
their noses. Yutu, who was just wobbly getting back to his feet, very weakened
saw it too. Kanoe was staring on the verge of sickness at the stain of Kamui on
the wall. They all heard a scream erupt from the Dragon�s mouth.

�AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA get out of
there! GET OUT!!!! NOOO!�

The Dragon clutched
his head with his hands, shaking it madly. He stumbled around, hitting the wall
and bashing his head against it.

�Stop doing that
you�re hurting yourself�I don�t care, I�m hurting you as well�.no you�re not
you silly boy you�re hurting poor Fuma here too now stop that, it�s silly!� The
body spoke for two men at the same time.

Hearing Fuma�s name the stain on the wall started reacting. The
Harbingers, Seal and dreamgazer�s sister turned to
look at it. The revolting sight was changing in front of their eyes from moment
to moment.

The Kamui pulp was
scraping itself off the wall until it could stand on it�s
own smashed legs. It was reforming and rebuilding as it stood there. Once he
had eyes again it looked at the men before him �What? Don�t tell me I look that
bad!� the rebuilding pulp man said.

The men and woman only
stared more, feeling their last meal rising up for release.

The Dragon stopped
twitching, walking or talking. He just grabbed his head and screamed
constantly, until his voice was a creaking, until he was spitting blood.

The Kamui pulp which
by now started looking like himself again walked
wobbly towards the Dragon. Once he reached the man he laid a hand on his
shoulder.

The Fuma/Dragon/Alex
stopped screaming, his eyes ogled at the pulp-Kamui, almost popping out of
their sockets. Then the eyes rolled upwards and the body collapsed on the floor
unconscious.

*****************

With great alarm three Seals in reserves saw two onmyoujis hurry towards the building through their Kekkai.

�Oh no!� Karen screamed
as she noted Seishiro holding Subaru�s hand as they ran �He�s got Subaru!
Shit!� she did not know Seishiro was merely the one in better shape then the
slim and heavier smoking Subaru that made him be the one running faster.

They were even more alarmed when they saw Yuzuriha
carried by the huge Kusanagi into the building a few seconds after the onmyoujis entered.

�Damn it! It�s all crumbling! We have to get in
there!� Seiichiro said, almost leaping down to the street.

�No! Alex told us to wait!� Arashi held him back
from jumping off. Her voice was still calm through her comrades� panic.

�And what if he�s dead, what if Kamui� dead?� Karen
screamed back at her when she stopped her as well.

�Whatever it is that�s going on, according to plan
or not the balance of power Alex planned changed and we�re needed!� Seiichiro
began gathering bigger wind currents around him and leaped down.

�Come with us if you want to Arashi-san� Karen
said as she leaped after him.

They were right. Arashi gritted her teeth and
leaped after them.

Subaru, Seishiro, Kusanagi
with Yuzuriha in his arms, Karen, Arashi and Seiichiro, each in their own turn
leaped through the secret entrance down the ruined elevator shaft, through the
wrecked elevator and into the very battle zone.

They found a slightly
scared and stunned bioroid, an equally stunned but clearer minded Buddhist
priest, a slightly drained of blood and stunned Harbinger leaning on his very
stunned, frightened and powerfully disgusted girlfriend.

By the Dragon�s body which
lay on the floor motionless stood a young boy who looked like he was made of
veins and flesh.

Kamui�s skin started growing again so he
asked Subaru to kindly bring him a blanket or something to cover himself
because his clothes were all torn just now.

Subaru had to kick
himself out of his shock to do it. He was too late, Kamui had to turn his back
to them and face Fuma�s body once he was completely
regenerated.

That�s when Fuma�s body opened his eyes. He looked up at Kamui towering
above him naked and smiled �I�ve died and gone to heaven�.� He giggled.

�Oh it�s you then� the
young vampire said in a somewhat disappointed tone. The Seal onmyouji held
Kamui a blanket he found. �Thank you Subaru�.stop staring please�

�Yeah Subaru piss
off!� Fuma was grinning evilly.

Subaru hurried away to
hide a little behind Seishiro.

The youth wrapped
himself with the blanket and turned to the older teen �So, it�s you, Alex,
isn�t it?�

�Yes it�s me, the
Dragon is gone, it took quit a fight though but he�s gone�

�And Fuma�.?� Kamui
was too afraid to ask.

Alex got up, not
answering the question. He looked around stunned �Oh, you�re all here? Hang on,
what are those two doing here? Subaru, Yuzuriha? And you three! Plans mean
nothing to you do they?� they stared shamefully back at him.

�Alex!� Kamui
was tugging his shirtsleeve; his nakedness was only harming Alex�s
concentration.

�What is it dear?�

�What about Fuma?�

�Hang on a second,
I�ll tell you later�

�Something happened to
him isn�t it?�

�Kamui,
not now! Look,
the Harbingers are here, almost all of them!�

Nataku grabbed a spare
ribbon he had and launched it at Sorata who was nearest to him. He wrapped the
fabric tightly around the monk�s neck, tightening until Sorata was coloring �What
have you done with my father?� he growled at who once was the Dragon.

�He wasn�t you father
and I�d drop that ribbon if I were you� Alex growled back through Fuma�s body.

Arashi walked over to
Nataku and cut the ribbon from his hand. The bioroid prepared the rest of the
ribbon to attack her, he was grabbed by Kamui powerfully
pulling the ribbon away from him.

�Enough
with this!
Everyone! The battle is over, there�s no need to keep acting by your roles!�
the body of Fuma called out.

The Harbingers looked
at him confused. Looks like he�ll have to do the long explanations to this
bunch as well, hopefully they�ll get it faster then the Seals.

**************

When he finished
explaining they were sitting in Kanoe�s bedroom, the
only suitable place to sit at after the lair itself was either in wreckage or
stinking from Satsuki.

As Alex left Fuma�s body it limply fell, nearly hitting the floor. Kamui
hurried and grabbed his friend�s body. He carried the bigger man to Kanoe�s bed, gently laying him there.

�Alex, why isn�t he
moving?� he turned eyes that began tearing blood.

�He�s very weak. The
Dragon was tormenting him in there, hurting him and showing him whatever he did
with his body. Let the boy rest, he needs it�.

Kamui crouched near
the bed, holding Fuma�s hand, not taking his eyes off
the older boy.

It irked Alex a little
bit, something in the way there was no �Thank you Alex� no hugs, nothing. He
tried to brush the thought away thinking it nothing but silly jealousy.

He turned to the other
people; they were waiting for an explanation of what happened here and why.

Upon the fancy tea
table chairs and on chairs brought in sat Seals, whoever was left of the
Harbingers and Alex in complete silence once the explanations were over.

Yutu sat on the other
side of the bed holding Kanoe�s hand and caressing
her hair from time to time with hands that still felt a bit weak from his lack
of blood.

Kanoe had to have a
lie down but she promised she�ll listen to the explanation. She didn�t, she
fainted quite quickly after the first few words. Yutu still caressed her, hoping
it sent her to a better sleep.

Furthest from them all
sat Nataku, curled to a ball, he hardly paying any attention. There was no
point to his life now, was there? So why should he listen?

�So what do we do
now?� He asked once the explanation was
over, verbalizing what was on everyone�s mind

�Get back to your
normal life.� Alex answered simply �I don�t know about you but everybody else
here has a life of their own. Get back to your jobs,
your wife and children, you school, your Self Defense Force, whatever, You�re free�.�

Alex stopped talking;
he was feeling something that he felt a long time ago, in the dimension he
originally came from.

Kamui felt it too and
his head shot to look at Alex. The earth under them became nothing. It started
sucking them into it.

They weren�t alone,
the other twelve people in the room wherever they were also began descending
into the floor.

�Alex! It�s taking us
back!� Kamui screamed in panic. He arched himself over Fuma, wrapping his slim
arms around the bigger youth.

Alex hurried over to
Kamui yet the ground was still taking him down with it as he moved.

The room became chaos;
people tried to get up and run but couldn�t, they still sank into the floor. They
called out to each other, screaming questions into the air, frightened and
panicking.

�People�
Alex shot over the noise �hang on to each other, hang on tight, find someone to
hold down to and do it or you�ll be scattered and lost there�.

�There where?!� came Kusanagi�s voice, he was the only one not in panic. He was
cradling Yuzuriha in his arms. He was up to his waist inside the portal.

Alex took some time to
answer, he didn�t know how to say this, too many questions ran around in his
head �Why is it taking everyone with it?!� was the main one, the second one was
�Why the fuck didn�t you take the time and dimension traveling machine with you
now?!� which was a question he asked himself.

Kamui was holding Fuma�s body protectively; Alex was holding him protectively
cursing himself for his stupidity.

Subaru and Seishiro
held each other fast, they were almost completely sunk.

Karen clung to Seiichiro
who grabbed her just as forcefully.

Yutu was not thinking
quite fast enough and still held only Kanoe�s hand. Amongst
the two of them only he was sucked in. He watched Kanoe turn her face faintly
to him looking at him with a dazed confused look.

�Where are you going Yutu?�
she mumbled, the bed under her body was stable and existing while the bit of
bed under Yutu now took him in until only his hand holding hers was there.

Sorata and Arashi held
fast to each other, both too frightened to speak.

Nataku was sitting
alone, looking at everyone sinking as he himself was also sinking, for the
first time he felt something: he felt terrified.

In his hotel room the
sleeping Kakyou sank into a portal as well. All he could sense was that his
dreamscape ended.

Kanoe finally woke from
her daze completely. Suddenly she found herself in an empty room, a room that
was full of people just a moment ago.

�Yutu�.?� Her voice
came out wavering and frightened, like a lost little girl.

��/Kamui/�?�
still no answer.

�Anybody?� her voice came
choked with tears.

By then they were all
in the Lost Dimension.

(TBC)
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