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Disclaimer: I do not own X/1999, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

Chapter List
- 8
- 9
- 10
Disclaimer: 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
and any Lost Dimension characters are mine�.almost�.

TianZhu, I�d like to thank you both for a wonderful story (Guns
& Roses) and for inspiring me (more like giving me the guts) to put the X
characters completely into the world I created like you did with Akuma�s hell. Dankeshein.

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Part 9 �
The Lost Dimension

One moment they were in the DOE�s
lair, in Kanoe and Yutu�s room, the other they were
no where.

The next thing they
knew was they were falling towards somewhere, dropping very fast.

Whoever managed to
look down through their panic saw a grey land, a ruined land.
That is, if they landed at the populated part of the one-planet dimension,
which didn�t happen to them all.

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

Yutu had found himself
falling quite quickly towards a small group of buildings surrounded by a fence.
He was falling towards a long shed, crushing down right through its roof. A big
haystack under him softened his landing.

He lay
there, thinking about Kanoe and his world. He knew he wasn�t there anymore. He
stared up through the hole he made in the roof. It was nighttime outside and
the air was rather chilly outside. Here it was warm and cozy, the nice little
haystack was comfortable never mind where it�s exact location.

He checked and found
his sharpened ninja whip was still with him and with that some of his
confidence returned. He could sense there was water close by which gave him
more confidence. If he needed it, he could defend himself pretty well.

Into his sight came
the head of a grey horse. The animal sniffed the hand Yutu reached for it and
exhaled air through its large nostrils.

Yutu chuckled,
caressing the silky soft skin on the horse�s nuzzle �Hello there big fellow,
how are you tonight? A bit chilly outside, isn�t it?�.
The animal began sniffing away at Yutu. He smiled to himself and chewed down on
a long strand of hey he found.

He could easily fall
asleep like this, warm and cozy. He was a bit weary from all that happened in
the last half an hour of his life so far. Though he no longer felt the heavy
dizziness of anemia he was mentally exhausted. He needed some rest and here was
a nice place to do it.

The horse turned its
head to someone coming into the shed; Yutu heard a strange foreign language
spoken by what he imagined would be a young woman, almost a girl.

He froze on the spot
and readied his whip. He heard the voice draw nearer to him,
the girl must have noticed the horse looking at the haystack and wondered who�s
there.

The hole in the roof
must have also been a rather big clue to his appearance.

Into his view came a
young looking woman, perhaps in her late teens, wearing a strange looking
helmet. She looked at him with innocent surprise and smiled merrily �Hello� she
said in English with a heavy strange pronouncing of the �l�.

Yutu smiled back at
her. His English, as a ward office worker, was a little better then the usual. He
guessed her English wasn�t that good but decided to give it a try anyway.

Before he could say
anything she smiled a street-wise smile at him and asked him �Newcomer?�

�Eh?! Oh�eh�.yes�my name is�.err�call me
Yutu. Did you understand me just now?�

She nodded and sat by
him on the haystack.

Yutu flipped to lie on
his tummy and took some time to look at her strange outfit. She was wearing a
blouse half blue and half red, the colors meeting in an angular separation that
started from her right shoulder and ended at her waist to her left. The collar
of her shirt was black. Her left sleeve was stark white with an orange light-reflecting
plastic band at it�s bottom. She was wearing a
mid-shin length black skirt and a pair of high black boots finished with a
white strip.

Her helmet is what was
quite strange; it wasn�t completely covering her head, it was more like a cap from
under which her flowing light brown hair descended. The helmet was designed so
that it had the texture of some animal�s fur with two ears poking out of it which
reminded Yutu of some small mammal.

She noticed he was
staring at her helmet and smiled. She pointed at the ears and said �Ferret�.

Yutu�s English wasn�t that good �Ferret?!
Is that your name?�

�No
and yes. You
should call me Ferret; my real name is for my base members�.

�Base? Am I in some military facility?!�
only then did he notice she had a black band across her shoulder. He thought it
a bag before and paid little attention to it. Now he followed the band and
noticed it was carrying an M-16.

�Oh�.oh my�.�

�Don�t worry� she
smiled �you�re a newcomer, I won�t hurt you�.

Yutu smiled a weary
smile back at her. He was a newcomer, a newcomer where?

Another woman appeared
at the horse shed�s door. She was slightly fuller in body and wore the same outfit
Ferret did. Her helmet was designed to look like the ears of�

�Is this Cow then?� Yutu
asked Ferret and the girl nodded ,smiling happily.

The new girl spoke
with Ferret in their strange language, the word �newcomer� repeated a few times
in english. The new girl
obviously ordered Ferret to do something for the girl got up and took Yutu�s hand. �Come with me� she beamed at him.

�Where are you taking
me?� Getting to his feet and walking so
fast was making him dizzy.

�Don�t worry�

�I will if you won�t
tell me�

�Infirmary� she said,
pulling him outside the horse shed, taking the reins of the grey horse and leading
it out with her other hand.

Ferret and Cow led Yutu
to a shed right next to the horse shed. They dragged out (with Yutu�s gentlemanly help) what looked like a roman style
designed racing carriage painted in red blue and white. The carriage had the white
symbol of a side view roaring lion on its front. Something was written in white
under the lion. The letters rang a bell in Yutu�s
mind.

He pointed at the
writing �Kabala?�

The two girls stared
at him confused �No, almost� Cow smiled at him. The girls exchanged a few words,
sneaking peeks at Yutu from time to time. In the meantime they tied to the grey
horse to the carriage and rode it aiming at the big gate in front of the two
sheds.

Kabala was something
Satsuki knew about and the memory of Satsuki still hurt Yutu. It made him less
resistant when Ferret and Cow ushered him into the carriage and climbed on by
his sides.

They began riding
outside their base, aiming towards a hill in the distance.

Yutu noticed the young
black girl in the same uniforms and a different animal helmet who opened the
gate for their departure. She smiled the most charming smile at him and yelled
�Welcome� after him, waving her hand merrily.

Yutu snapped out of
his initial shock and turned to his two new companions �Tell me, is your base full
of such pretty nice girls?�

Ferret turned a cheeky
smile and him, poking his ribs playfully. Cow smiled quietly.

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

Yuzuriha and Kusanagi
found themselves in a desert of ice. Wherever they looked around was either an
endless landscape of ice for ground or icebergs erect from the frozen land in
dangerous sharp angles. Wild razor sharp winds whipped cold around them.

�Where are we?�
Yuzuriha whispered, looking around in terror.

�I don�t know�is
this�the dimension this Alex person came from?�

�Y-yes, I think so, we
were taken the way Kamui was taken when he was taken so I suppose we�re there
but�.� She was shivering violently. Her short skirt, the thin fabric of her
shirt and school vest did not help her with the brutal cold around them.

�It�s cold here, so
cold� Kusanagi finished what she wanted to say.

They were standing in
an ice land like nothing they were told this world would be like.

�W-what do we do now?
Kusanagi-san�.it�s�too�cold here�..� her voice was broken by tears, tainted by
fear.

He collected the little
girl into his arms, attempting to share the body warmth with her.

The freezing wind
blazed around them, sharp like icy knifes. If Inuki was here would they be able
to join their warmth all together? It didn�t seem so; it seemed so deadly cold
here�.

The two huddled
together on the icy earth, hoping for some sort of rescue or at least a quick
death instead of this freezing nightmare.

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

Karen and Seiichiro
landed in a huge wonderfully blossoming field of daisies.

The stretches of
yellow and white flowers seemed to last forever wherever they looked.

A small house in the
distance broke the sea of daisies, standing solemnly atop its little
flower-covered hill.

Above them the huge
moon hung shedding a brilliant light all around them. The weather was
wonderful, if not a bit chilly, little gushes of air swirled the chamomile
scent of the flowers from the ground into their nostrils.

Karen opened her eyes
and found Seiichiro leaning over her �Are you alright Karen-san?� he looked worried
sick.

She fought her
blushing off �Y�yes�.where are we?�

�I think�I think we�re
in the dimension Alex and Kamui came from�

She sat up, forcing
Seiichiro to take a little distance from her. She looked around at the white
and yellow stretches �Oh�. This is a wonderful place! I don�t know why it made
me think of this place like a war zone, look around us� she grabbed a handful
of daisies and inhaled their wonderful perfume.

Seiichiro did not
answer her for a few moments ��..I think this field is�magical? Look Karen, the
flowers from where you just picked them�.�

Karen looked at what
she remembered was a small hole in the endless flowers. On every stem that once
held a flower, a new flower grew. �And flowers aren�t supposed to bloom like
that during nighttime, are they?� she mumbled.

They shot to their
feet, sensing there was something strange about this field. Where they landed, crushing
the flowers, the plants now revived and returned to their healthy stand.

�Hello� they heard a
cheerful female voice behind them and turned around. They saw a man and a woman
standing a little away from them.

The woman was the most
beautiful blond in her late teens, beaming under the moonlight. She stood there
in the chilly night air completely naked. She sent a radiating warm hearted
smile at them. Seiichiro tried not to choke; Karen tried not to be jealous at
her friend�s reaction.

The man wore a
nighttime robe and glared at them suspiciously. �Are you newcomers?�.

Seiichiro and Karen
looked at each other confused. Karen knew English well because sometimes she
had foreign businessmen over as clients, Seiichiro knew English well because it
was essential when it came to translating foreign articles for his magazine.

They smiled at the
couple wearily �Are�we�in the lost dimension� Karen finally asked.

�Oh? So you�ve heard
of this place?� the naked woman asked. She didn�t seem at all worried at her
appearance before strangers.

�Yes, from Alex and
Kamui, perhaps you know them?�

Seiichiro made the
couple�s attitude change completely. The man�s suspicion melted completely, he
walked forward and offered his hand for a friendly shake. The woman beamed an
even wider smile. Karen noted that she actually really beamed a little.

�You know Alex?� the
man asked Seiichiro, his strong palm shaking the editor�s unprepared one into a
frightened little forced dance �Where from? Never mind we didn�t introduce ourselves,
forgive us. I am Jacob and this is my lovely wife Venus� he wrapped his arms
proudly around the naked blond�s shoulders.

�Why won�t you come in
with us, it�s chilly outside, and we�ll make you something warm to drink� Jacob
offered happily.

�Oh but darling� Venus
placed her delicate beautiful hand on her husband�s chest �they�re newcomers
they need to go to the infirmary� she softly caressed her husband�s unshaved face
with the other hand.

�You�re right my dear.
Well, I�ll go prepare the cart, make them some nice warm tea with some honey
and lemon while I�m at it�

�Yes my darling� she
kissed him lovingly then took Karen and Aoki�s hands leading them towards the
little house. Her steps were light, as if she was walking on air. She didn�t
crush the flowers as she walked, Karen noted, she was walking on the air
above them.

What was she? Her
name�could she actually be the goddess Venus?

�Eh�Miss Venus, why
should we be in the infirmary? We�re not ill� Seiichiro managed to stammer
through his embarrassment of the nonchalant naked woman who was holding his
hand.

�It�s because all
newcomers go to the infirmary as soon as they arrive. That�s where you go
through a little physical checkup to see you�re not hurt from your arrival,
where they find out what you�ve been in your dimension, where they�ll find you
a job and accommodation�

�That�s very organized
of you� the windcaster noted out loud, wiping his
glasses with his jacket.

�It took us some time
until we got this organized, I�m sure there are still flaws in the system but
we try to do our best� she smiled radiantly at them.

They were in the little
cottage now, sipping some hot tea and chatting with Venus when Jacob returned
�So, you said Alex is back?� he asked them.

�Yes, I should think
so�.� Karen mumbled. Her attention was grabbed
by something hung on a coat hanger by the door. It was a shirt and a pair of
pants in white and dark blue stripes. By
his enthusiasm of Alex�s return Karen guessed that it was Jacob who once wore
the stripy uniforms, as Alex had a long time ago.

�Ah, thank god, I
missed him� with that Jacob gestured them outside.

They were led to a
roughly made carriage with two plump work horses reined to it. Karen, Seiichiro
and a chirping happy Venus climbed on the hey-padded cart while Jacob took the
reins on the driver�s bench.

They spent their
driving time explaining Venus and Jacob of what happened before they arrived
there.

Venus still didn�t
seem very bothered about her looks never mind how many times Seiichiro stared,
shook his head and looked away changing into a deep shade of crimson.

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

Kakyou was falling down
very fast without even knowing why he was falling, let alone knowing where he
was falling into.

He fell through high
trees into the midst of a forest, hitting the ground with a light thud. The
thick lair of fallen pine needles and leaves that covered the ground softened
his landing.

It was nighttime and
the forest was so thick Kakyou could hardly see the big moon above the trees; he
could only see some of its rays piercing through the lush treetops.

He sat up, clinging
his aching head that must have gotten hurt hitting something hard under the
layer of thick leafs.

Wait! He set up?!

Kakyou froze in shock�..
he�. can�. move�. like�. he�.was�.never even damaged?!
Is he healed?!

Could he�..do other
things? All he could do before was to somehow hold himself
upwards when seated in a comfortable enough chair.

Desperately, he clung a nearby branch and heaved himself onto his frail
legs.

Yes! He can stand! He can pull himself
that much! Kakyou was amazed, he is healed, whatever it is that did it, however
it did it!

He looked around, where
was he standing?! This isn�t a dream, he knew, so where is he? Its pitch black,
he can�t see a thing, it�s chilly out here, where is he for the god�s sake!?

He began limping at a
random direction; his gentle body so out of shape he constantly needed to lean
on trees for rest.

He�s healed so this
can�t be that bad whatever it is�. all he needs to do is get out of here and fins
some form of civilization.

To his left he saw a
dim light though the thick forest branches bushes and trees. He began wobbling towards
it, hoping his dwindling strength would hold all the way over there.

He found a small
cottage in the middle of a little forest clearing. It was like, the houses you
see in picture books of western fairytale books. The way he was right now Kakyou
couldn�t be picky, strange house or no strange house. The faint smell of food
came from the chimney along with soft pale smoke.

Kakyou wobbled over to
the hut and knocked faintly on the door, feeling how weak he really was from
the faint sound it made. He had to repeat the process after some time, noting
no one must have heard him inside.

The smell of food made
his stomach turn; reminding him it hadn�t worked properly for a long time.

The sound of furniture
moving gave Kakyou a touch of hope; maybe he was finally heard. The door was
swung open and Kakyou toppled over into the house, unable to hold his body upright
anymore. Before he passed out of exhaustion he felt strong arms delicately catch
him.

Kakyou opened his eyes
and found he was in bed again, but not in the hospital bed he so knew; he had
nothing up his vain and no machines beeped around him. Where was he?

Climbing out of his
daze, he distinctly remembered that he actually had some physical activity that
worked his body into such exhaustion as he felt right now. He tried to get up
but his whole body was cramped. Walking for several meters in the forest was
like running a marathon for his under-worked body, now his muscles were
complaining.

Kakyou did manage to
raise his head a little and look at the man who stood alone by a fireplace in
the big room.

The man was tall, strapping,
standing confidently with his chin a little upwards. He was dressed like
something between a hunter and soldier. His more modern looking clothes were in
a bright khaki color, looking old fashioned and foreign. Around his shirt
collar fur was tailored into the fabric, giving the modern looking outfit
something tribal and ancient. His heavy modern dark brown boots were mended here
and there by raw skin and decorated by fur at their lining. The man had a
shortly cropped mucky blond hair and a healthy tan.

He stood by a
fireplace set in a big room which, according to, Kakyou�s
calculations was the whole hut. A little away from the fireplace stood a table
and a chair, a little distance from it stood the bed Kakyou was laid on. Those
were the only furniture in the room. They were all made, like the hut itself,
out of wood and looked hand made most lovingly.

This man, whoever he
is, built this house all by himself with his own hands, it made Kakyou fill
with awe.

The man noted Kakyou�s awakening and rushed to the bedside. He placed the
back of his fingers to Kakyou�s forehead and talked
something to Kakyou, speaking in a language that sounded heavy and strange, yet
soft and musical in a way.

Kakyou stared at the
man confused, the man stared back and smiled.

He kept talking, asking questions by the tone, without thinking Kakyou
could not understand him.

He got up and brought
something from the table, not stopping the chatter for a moment. Perhaps he
knew Kakyou couldn�t understand him and didn�t bother to try and explain
himself, Kakyou didn�t know.

He was far too
confused now to start thinking such elaborate things up. He was snatched from
his dreamscape into this forest, healed from his crippled state and then
abandoned, weak and frail in a foreign land right in the middle of the thickest
forest he ever saw.

The man returned with
a wooden bowl and a crude spoon. The bowl contained a most delicious smelling
liquid with blobs of meat and vegetables bobbing up and down the surface.

Kakyou gathered the
bowl and began eating despite his muscles� complaint at it�s weighed in his
hands. He hadn�t eaten properly since Hokuto�s death
and his hospitalization, now his stomach ached for nutritious that weren�t
liquids pumped into his veins.

The man looked at him
eat and smiled. When Kakyou�s hands began to tremble
with the weight of the bowl he took it and hand fed the frail man.

When he finished Kakyou
sighed and wiped his mouth with the sleeve of his hospital gown.

He looked at the man
who still gazed at him curiously and smiled faintly. �Arigato� he made a humble
little head bow.

The man crossed his
eyebrows, puzzled. �Ah, Japanese� he finally spoke something Kakyou could
understand even through his thick accent.

�H-hai�.�

The man got up, took
the bowl away shaking his head and scratching it looking puzzled.

Kakyou dragged himself
to sit up on the bed, leaning his back on the wall. He watched the man struggle
to find a way to communicate. Then the man froze, jerking a little as
realization grabbed him.

He went back to crouch
at the bedside, looking up at Kakyou hopefully, his eyes shining. He pointed at
himself and said �Dimitry� then looking at Kakyou
asking with his eyes if what he said was understood. He pointed at Kakyou,
trying to get a message through.

Dimitry, it was a name Kakyou knew, a
Russian name�.this man was Russian�.was he in Russia?! It wasn�t that cold outside but
he supposed though forest would match a Russian one.

So he�s in Russia, however he got there, this man
was Dimitri and now Dimitri wanted to know what�s his name. �Kuzuki Kakyou� the pointed finger received an answer.

The man stared at Kakyou
a little puzzled and said something, making a gesture for something big with
his hands to make himself clear.

Dimitri must have
thought that Kakyou� full name was the first name, like Dimitri.

Kakyou gently shook
his head and said again �Kakyou�.

Dimitri was still
puzzled �Kuzuki?!� he asked.

Kakyou shook his head
again, then faintly pointed at Dimitri �Dimitri, Kakyou�
he pointed back at himself.

�Aaaa!�
Dimitri flashed a broad smile at him, his cheeks gaining a golden aura as the
fire sent light through the unshaved spikes on his skin.

Dimitri pointed at Kakyou
again and pointed upwards looking asking something.

Kakyou stared back
puzzled, knitting his eyebrows.

Dimitri sighed and
made a little puppetry with the wooden spoon: He showed Kakyou was the spoon,
saying �Kakyou� at the spoon, then showed the spoon
falling from the sky while making a long �eeeeeezooooooooom�
sound as if Kakyou the spoon was a crushing plane.

Kakyou thought for a
while, he was falling when he noticed that he�s not in his sickbed anymore, and
he did remember falling for a very long time. Dimitri pointed heavenwards again
and repeated the show, asking.

Kakyou nodded.

Dimitri made another
long �Aaaaah�. Then he clapped his hand, got up and
began talking a lot, too fast for Kakyou to even try to understand. He was
taking something off of the table and wrapping it with some fabric, and then
gave it to Kakyou. It was bread, which Dimitri signaled should be eaten by Kakyou.

The big man took Kakyou
gently in his arms and carried him outside towards a big black horse that stood
nibbling grass by a tree he was tied to. Kakyou faintly tugged at Dimitri�s shirt to catch the man�s attention and stop him but
he was still carried to the horse.

He was sat on the
horse before Dimitri himself leaped and sat on the horse behind Kakyou.

Ice cold fear ran
through Kakyou�s spine, he never met a horse in real
life let alone tried to sit on one. This horse was one big muscular beast, it
must be capable of running as fast as the wind, Kakyou felt sickness rise in
him at the thought of sitting atop of this thing with no experience.

The feeling of Dimitri�s strong body behind him melted some of the fear
gathering into a heavy ball at the pit of his stomach. Two strong arms almost
hugged Kakyou as they held the reins of the horse from each side of him.

Dimitri made a gentle
clicking sound and the beast began moving forward�..very fast�.

�Dimitri� Kakyou asked
faintly, looking back at the man puzzled and miserable.

Dimitri said something
in his language then made the spoon show again without the spoon, repeating Kakyou�s name. He then said �Infirmary� and pointed
forward.

Kakyou looked at that
direction confused, shaking his head to say he didn�t understand.

�Infirmary, hospital�
said Dimitri in a heavy Russian accent.

Hospital?! Kakyou knew that word! But he
didn�t want to go to a hospital, he spent all his life in a hospital, he didn�t
want to go back!!!

He walked today, he
ate food, he sat up, and he held something! He was in a forest, a real forest
and talked to someone with his own voice! He�s healed; he doesn�t need to go to
hospital!

�No hospital�no�.� he
tried to beg his new friend in his faint Japanese, tugging at the sleeve on the
arm near him.

But Dimitri only
smiled at him, a soft and kind smile. One hand held the rains while the other gently caressed Kakyou�s
face. His eyes held such softness and kindness as they traveled over the
newcomer�s features.

Kakyou blushed so
badly he was unable to think or talk for a very long time. He just turned to
face the direction they were heading and remained silent. A captive or a
survivor, he didn�t know.

They were exiting the forest,
past a lake and into a built area; Kakyou could see little dots of light in the
distance and shady buildings gathering to become a city.

Where was he?! He
wasn�t in Russia�where was he?!

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

Arashi and Sorata
landed straight into a big shallow lake.

The two who never had
a swimming class or visited the seaside in their life splashed the water
hysterically for a while until they realized they could stand in the water.
They stood there, the water up to their necks, and stared at each other
puzzled.

The water was warm
around them from the sun it soaked all day long but their heads were wet and
the night was chilly around them. Arashi�s teeth were
chattering as she spoke �Where are we?!�

�I think we�re in that
Lost Dimension Alex was talking about sis�

�What?!�
she screamed uncharacteristically �Great, just great�.and we�re wet!�

�It would help if we�d
get out of the water�.�

They began walking
towards a shore they saw in the distance.

A huge moon hung above
them in the clear night sky. It shone down on a serene shore between the lake
and a thick wall of a forest. Arashi and Sorata stood in the open air, soaked
to their bones and confused out of their minds.

�So�.where do we go?
Where�s everybody else?� they looked around, puzzled, confused, and just a
little scared.

Finally they settled
down on the shore, somewhat enjoying the magical silence and the beautiful
scenery. Little insects buzzed, hummed and clicked in the bushes and trees
around them creating a harmony of natural music around them. The earth they lay
on was warm and soft. Strangely the sky had no stars in them besides the huge
moon.

�Say sis, are you
hungry because I feel like catching some yummy fish in that lake�

Arashi shrugged and
looked away.

She never liked Alex or
what he made of Kamui, now he managed to kidnap them into a completely
different dimension that didn�t sound like any nice place to live in at all. Actually
she imagined this place to be much more hostile and not so�.relaxed and
serene�..

She leaned back on the
sweet smelling earth and took a deep breath, closing her eyes.

This could actually be
nice, she felt Sorata lie down by her, taking her hand in his. Yes very nice.

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

Subaru and Seishiro landed in the middle of what
looked like a half ruined city. Around them were buildings looking shady and
half destroyed but definitely inhabited. Lights shone in the windows and
people�s voices came from within them.

The two onmyoujis looked
around puzzled and bewildered. �I can�t believe it, we�re in that dimension
Alex came from� Subaru mumbled, getting up and aiding Seishiro with the same
task.

�Where?!� Seishiro was
dusting and straightening his suit. He felt weak, unexplainably weak, alarmingly weak, like something vital was taken from him. It
unnerved him.

�We�re in a different dimension I think. This is
how Kamui was taken away so it makes sense�

�You�re telling me we�re in a different world
now?�

�Different dimension, yes we are�.

Seishiro felt horror and shock freeze him. In this
world there was no Sakura, therefore no Sakurazukamori
powers�..

That�s why he felt like half of him was missing,
because that is literally what happened. And with the Sakura gone a spell it
has on him was gone: the emotion-repressing spell.

He stood there, shaking a bit, emotions swapping
through him. A storm raged within him. He didn�t like this entire obsession his
freshly recovered emotions had of showing themselves.

Subaru gazed calmly around, looking more curious
then frightened. Didn�t he realize he was in a different world completely?! It
annoyed Seishiro, unnerved him more then anything.

�Hey there! You two!� came words in English, aimed at the onmyoujis.
Two men neared them talking more English and faster then both could understand.

One of them was dressed in tight black pants, a
golden jacket and had a shoulder length rich bright brown hair. Under hairs
that fell on his forehead Subaru could make out something golden glittering on
the man�s forehead, it was a letter: H.

The other man was dressed in a snappy yet
under-maintained blue suit with a yellow shirt under it. He had a mop of light
black hair, unruly and standing in a strange looking almost Afro style around
his head. He had a cigarette hanging from his lips and a gun in his hand. Despite
his suspicion driven actions his eyes looked like they couldn�t care less.

The golden dressed man sent his hand to the other
and lowered his fellow�s gun �Relax Spike, they could be newcomers�.

Subaru and Seishiro who both pulled out their
different ofuda at the sight of the gun relaxed a little as they saw the open
and welcoming expression on the long haired man with the H on his forehead.

�Are you newcomers? Did you just fall from the
sky?� He asked in English. He had a
correct British accent.

Subaru hardly knew English; he skipped classes in
high school and then dropped out completely.

Seishiro, who had dealt with the odd ambassador
and their helpers and had to read several veterinarian textbooks in English,
knew more.

�Yes we did, we don�t speak very good English� he
grunted, feeling more and more annoyed as the moments pass.

The cigarette smoked by the man called Spike made
both of them want to smoke one themselves. In
matching, almost synchronized moves, the onmyoujis
pulled out their own packs, took a cigarette and lit it (Subaru lit Seishiro�s then his own). It made Spike smile at them.

�Well� the H man clapped his hands, talking slowly
and clearly �we�ll walk you to the infirmary where you could be properly
checked and welcomed. This is Spike, my companion, and I�m Ace. Pleased to meet
you� he offered his hand for a shake.

Seishiro crossed his arms on his chest and puffed
smoke at the two new men, making Ace caught a bit.

�Ano�..eh�.Sumeragi
Subaru and�.Sakurazuka Seishiro� Subaru introduced with what little English he
knew.

�Subaru?! Isn�t that a
name of a car?!� Spike chuckled, making the other three glare
at him. He shrugged it off and lit another cigarette.

Ace began walking past Subaru and Seishiro,
expecting the other three to follow him, which none did. He stared back at them
puzzled.

�Oi, Ace, it�s almost time
for shift change, why won�t we just tell them where to go and leave the rest of
the directions to Lestate and Vicki?�

Ace turned around looking at Spike reprimanding �we
need to finish our shift properly. We�ll get them to the infirmary, then leave.
We can�t leave a shift unfinished AND besides, they hardly know English, how
will they survive here all alone?�.

There was a little battle of glares and looks
between the two. ��Com on Spiky, come oooon�

Spike sighed and walked over to Ace �Fine fine, come
on car man and tuxedo guy�

�Subaru�

�Seishiro�

�Whatever�.

The onmyoujis looked at
each other, one grudgingly, the other enquiringly �Do we have a choice
Seishiro-san?�

�Humph�

They began shuffling after the other two.

They were walking towards a hill on the edge of
the city where a big square building stoop atop the hill and by it stretched a
large cemetery.

�This is the infirmary?� Seishiro grunted, getting
a bit out of breath with the long walk uphill.

�Yes�

�It�s not very good if there�s such a big cemetery
behind it�

�People die here not just because of the infirmary�
Ace snapped back, he was becoming impatient with the two newcomers ��.err�.that
didn�t come out right, did it�� he looked at Spike a bit embarrassed.

Spike looked back amused and shook his head
stifling a chuckle.

Subaru tugged at Seishiro�s
sleeve to translate something for the two men. After some refusals and
persuasions the older man gave in �Subaru-kun wants to say that Alex had told
him this dimension wasn�t easy to live in�.

That made the two at their front
stop and turn to them sharply. Ace even took some steps back to Subaru.
�You�you know Alex?� he looked hopeful and happy, his eyes glittering with
excitement like the golden H on his forehead.

Seishiro translated the question.

�Hai�

�Yes�

�Really, how? Is he here?
Did he come with you?� Ace grabbed Subaru by his shoulders, shaking him a bit.

�Ace man, calm down would you, you�re scaring poor
car man!�.

Subaru smiled a little awkwardly.

Seishiro kindly but brutally enough removed Ace�s
hands from his boyfriend. �Yes, we know Alex; he came to our dimension looking
for Kamui and when he finally got him back we were all taken to this dimension�

Seishiro�s words took
the glitter out of Ace�s eyes. �Oh� the man said, looking more somber from one
moment to the other.

Seishiro now translated Subaru�s words again
�Kamui was taken back to his own dimension and Alex went to look for him in
every dimension possible. Then he found Kamui again and somehow we�re all here.
Are you familiar with Alex?�.

Spike joined them �Sure we know Alex, we�re this
place�s Special Patrol and Rescue Team. Alex and Kamui used to be part of us, and
then they just disappeared one night. Now we know where they went, don�t we
Ace�Ace?�.

Three men stared at Ace who looked suddenly very
down and depressed �Yeah�right�whatever�.� He shrugged and walked back towards
the hill.

�Come on, we haven�t got all night you know� Spike
said before dragging the rest of them along.

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

Two vampires stood by the building Kamui and Alex used
to live in, where all the Rescue Team members lived.

Lestate, the vampire who turned Kamui to a
Creature of Death the first time, looked at the location of the moon in the sky
and shrugged at his partner �I wonder what keeps them up so late, usually all
Spike wants is to end the shift��.

His partner, a short blond vampire in a tight
short blue uniform dress was looking behind her and didn�t notice the words.

�What do you think had happened Victoria,
Victoria?� Lestate turned around and saw
what Victoria saw.

Nataku lay prone on the floor where he landed,
trying to recover. �A newcomer� Victoria
said, pointing at Nataku.

Both vampires stared at Nataku as the bioroid got
up and shook himself. �Newcomers�� Lestate looked up
at the night sky �Now that you�ve mentioned it there were several of them
tonight, quite a lot in fact, maybe that�s what�s keeping Spike and Ace back�.�
He mused posing an elegant finger on his chin.

�Hey, young boy�girl�what are you?!� Lestate
stared at Nataku who stared back, looking horrified and blank.

�I don�t think he understands you, look, he�s
dressed like he�s Chinese or something. Do you know Chinese Lestate?� the other
vampire shook his head and shrugged, looking worried at Nataku.

�He looks like a lost little boy, poor thing�.�

He made Victoria
emit a long motherly �Oooh�.

She offered Nataku her white gloved hand. He
didn�t get the hint, she simply took his in hers and pulled him to his feet �Come
along little boy, we�ll take you to the infirmary� she began walking him away.

Nataku�s legs were
planted in the ground, refusing to be led away. He could sense that same
strange, dangerous aura from these two as he sensed from Kamui when the Seals
attacked the DOE�s lair.

He will not let them lead him wherever it is, he
would fight them if he had his ribbon here.

Instead he leaped away to the top of the building
behind him, taking Victoria with
him (she didn�t let go of his hand).

It made the two vampires upset at him �Now now,
that�s no way to behave little boy� she crossed her eyebrows at him gesturing
him she�s reprimanding him. Next he was grabbed and hurled over Lestate�s shoulder and taken away before he could say a
thing against it.

Lestate and Nataku as his captive were flying,
hovering like a cloud over the city towards the hill where the infirmary lay.

Nataku noticed, under him, under the body that
carried him so firmly, that the younger woman was running on the ground towards
the same direction with amazing speed.

They were the same kind of creature only this
woman who reprimanded him couldn�t fly.

Peculiar.

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

Alex, Kamui and Fuma landed a few blocks away from
where Subaru and Seishiro had landed.

Kamui was shielding Fuma with his body still, half
laying on him. He felt Alex�s hand on his shoulder gently pulling him away from
the limp body.

�Kamui, it�s okay you
know, we�ve landed�.

The older youth was coming back to consciousness.
He opened his eyes slowly. Noting Kamui and Alex above him he smiled gently.

Then he took in where they were, definitely not
the DOE�s lair, he sat up quickly �Where are
we?�

�Fuma, you�re feeling better! You�re alive! I�m so
glad! You�re back!� Kamui threw himself on Fuma hugging him longingly.

Fuma embraced him back �Thank you for fighting to
get me back, I�d never be able to do it without you, Kamui� he spoke into the
boy�s hair.

Alex made a little coughing sound; he was getting
a little annoyed with this over emotional reunion.

The lost dimension healed whomever it took in from
whatever it was they were suffering. That�s why Kakyou was no longer disabled,
that�s why Fuma was rested and healthy after the Dragon of Earth�s long abuse
and the battle his body had with Alex. Kamui�s
vampire state was also healed just like when he was taken back to his home
dimension.

Alex didn�t like it, he was tired of changing
Kamui, and he was tired of fighting for him while the boy hardly did a thing to
help.

Where was the Kamui who insisted on sharing
things, on leaning on him when he was sad, on hearing what troubled him instead
of just receiving help? Where was the Kamui who didn�t look past Alex and saw
Fuma?

Hang on, why was he thinking like that?! Fuma was
nothing more then a brother figure; he remembered how Kamui talked about the
shock of the first time the Dragon completely took over Fuma, about the pain of
it.

All he wanted was his friend back, nothing more.
Of all the things in Kamui�s past Fuma was the sole
survivor, Kamui clung to the last relic of his long gone happy days.

He shouldn�t feel jealous of Fuma, he should just
forget about it.

And in that tone Alex smiled and grabbed Kamui�s attention again �Kamui, you know the way from here
to the infirmary right? I�ll go see where everybody else is. You take Fuma to
the infirmary okay?�.

Kamui looked at him for the first time since they
got there and smiled faintly �Sure, go ahead� he returned his eyes to the
bigger teen �Come on Fuma�.

A fragment of a second of eye contact, that�s all Kamui gave him.

No longer a vampire, Alex sighed and took off
flying high to get a better viewing spot. Under him he saw Kamui aid Fuma to
his feet and head out to the infirmary. Were they holding hands or is it just
his imagination? Alex felt a shiver run down his spine.

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

Yuzuriha was crying. Her tears rolled out of her
eyes and froze on her cheeks; it made her cry even harder.

Kusanagi brushed the little icy crystals with swollen
purple fingers, he was getting frostbites.

They were both slowly freezing to death. Will no
one find them? Will they really end like this?

Kusanagi remembered the silence in the park before
the day of the attack, yesterday�.

He was a fool to enjoy the silence a day ago, he should have guessed something was up.

Yuzuriha sobbed, her whimpers softened by the
fabric of his shirt and silenced by the freezing wind�s roar.

(tbc)
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A New World

Part 9 � The Lost Dimension

Part 9 �
The Lost Dimension