Chapter 20

"Subaru-san!"

The white onmyouji blinked as he was greeted with a near teary-eyed "Fuuma" who had burst through the apartment door and was now clinging to him around his waist. Subaru sweatdropped at the sight. Seishirou, who was standing a few feet behind them, twitched.

"M-Monou-san?" Subaru asked nervously.

"Subaru-san! You have to help me! It's Fuuma! He's…he's..!"

"Whoa….calm down now, Monou-san. We're here now, so tell us what's—wait," Subaru paused, "Did you say Fuuma? But…aren't you…?" The younger onmyouji looked down at the near hysterical Fuuma and studied him. The look in his eyes, that desperate look of pleading and hopelessness, and those tears…they seemed all too familiar. "Kamui?" Subaru gasped when it finally hit him, his eyes widening. "Fuuma" smiled slightly and nodded frantically.

"Yes! It's me. And I'm here because I need your help! Fuuma is in danger! We've got to help him!"

"How is he in danger?" Seishirou piped in, even more wary than he was just seconds before now that he realized it was Kamui clinging to his Subaru-kun, and not Fuuma. The possessed body of Fuuma turned to look at Seishirou, only now fully realizing he was there and he now began to feel a bit uneasy. He did not exactly trust the Sakurazukamori, Subaru's boyfriend or not.

"Uh…it's the two Kamuis! They've completely lost it and they're going to kill each other and possibly Fuuma if we don't do something quick!" Subaru blinked.

"Two Kamuis?"

Kamui sighed exasperated. He really did not want, nor thought he had the time, to explain all this so he tried to sum it up in as little words as possible.

"Yes! There's a Light Kamui and a Dark Kamui awake inside of Fuuma and we need to stop them before Fuuma gets hurt! Please!" Kamui shook Subaru lightly. Subaru put a comforting hand on "Fuuma's" shoulder.

"Don't worry Kamui. We'll do our best. Though…" Subaru looked away and over at Seishirou for a moment, "I don't know how much effect Seishirou-san or I will have against the two Kamuis. We are merely a Dragon of Heaven and a Dragon of Earth, and former ones at that."

"That's okay! They haven't realized their full powers yet, but we have to work fast!"

"Alright," Subaru nodded and began guiding "Fuuma" to the couch, "In that case, lie down here and leave the rest to us. We'll see you shortly." With a smile Subaru gently pushed Fuuma's body onto the couch and cast a spell that made him fall asleep instantly.

Seishirou came up behind Subaru, wrapping his arms around his lover's shoulders as he watched Fuuma flop into a coma like state. Subaru leaned into the embrace contently.

"You are coming with me aren't you?" he asked the taller man.

"Of course," Seishirou smirked as he nuzzled against Subaru's neck affectionately, "I don't think I can trust Kamui-kun alone with you for too long."

Subaru rolled his eyes and gave Seishirou a playful nudge before approaching Fuuma's sleeping body, Seishirou still behind him.

"Let's go in together."

"Right."

Within a few moments, two more bodies had fallen atop Fuuma's static one as the two yin yang masters entered Fuuma's subconscious.

Kamui paced the area of Fuuma's inner pentagram nervously, mentally debating whether or not to run to Fuuma as fast as he possibly could or wait for Subaru to arrive. Fuuma's entire mindscape was trembling as if a never-ending earthquake was occurring and even though the mindscape normally contained random pieces of debris and rocks, the way everything was arranged seemed so much more chaotic. Kamui had a sinking feeling in his stomach. He was so worried and almost wished he had the Light Kamui's powers back to be able to just sense Fuuma's presence again. Luckily Kamui did not have to dwell on that for long though, as two new figures materialized in the center of the pentagram he was pacing around.

"There you are!" Kamui ran towards the pair while both Subaru and Seishirou studied the atmosphere, Seishirou because he had never been here before, Subaru because he could sense something was wrong.

"It's very unstable here, this could be dangerous," Subaru deducted as he approached Kamui. "Take us to Fuuma. Quickly."

Kamui looked up at Subaru with fearful violet eyes, already dreading the worst but nodded anyway.

"R-right. Follow me."

The sight that the trio soon arrived at was not a pretty one. In the air were two dueling figures, Shinken and blood already drawn. The expressions on both of their faces were utterly beastial and anyone could tell that they wouldn't be stopping on their own until one of them fell. The scene directly below them was even more gruesome. On the ground lied Fuuma. He was on his stomach and drenched in a puddle of what had to be his own blood judging from the oozing slash mark on his back. His golden eyes were shut and his chest barely moving. Kamui could barely contain his scream of horror.

"FUUMA!" he shrieked as he ran to his lover, gently turning him over onto his back and cringing at the damage. On Fuuma's front was another slash, twin to the one on his back but went from his chest to his stomach. It looked as though Fuuma was their first target once the two Kamui decided to bring out their swords, most likely merely seeing him as an obstacle to get rid of as soon as possible. "Fuuma…:" Kamui whimpered again, tears already streaming down his cheeks seeing all the blood. You could hardly tell that Fuuma was wearing a white shirt anymore.

Subaru and Seishirou were right behind Kamui, looking down at him and his fallen lover regrettably. Subaru eventually spoke up,

"Kamui….," he kneeled down next to the boy, placing a hand on his shoulder. He wasn't sure what to say since he wasn't exactly sure of the extent of the damage but he tried to offer Kamui a small piece of hope, "it's possible that these wounds won't take affect on Fuuma's real body since you were the one possessing him when it happened."

"Is he gonna be okay?" Kamui choked through his tears, clinging to Fuuma desperately while looking up at Subaru expectantly. It almost made Subaru want to cry with Kamui. If Subaru were the young man he was over nine years ago, he probably would have.

"As long as Monou-kun remains alive in here, he'll be able to return to his body normally again," Seishirou piped in as if sensing his lover's distress, "just make sure he doesn't die until then."

Kamui and Subaru were both about to say something but a weak cough caught their attention.

"Ka….mui…" it croaked. The violet eyed boy in question whirled around with a gasp and broke out into a wide smile realizing it was Fuuma who had called his name.

"Oh thank God you're alive!" he cried as he threw his arms around Fuuma who weakly returned the desperate hug.

"I'm alright, Kamui," he whispered near the younger boy's ear while stroking his back soothingly, "Just a couple cuts and a bump on the head. I'll be fine." Kamui let out something between a sob and a whimper.

"B-but you….you're bleeding so bad Fuuma…and you feel so cold….oh God don't leave me…not again…not again!"

"Shhh….I'll be okay. I'm not going anywhere," Fuuma tried comforting again, but Kamui was so terrified of losing him that none of it seemed to be heard.

Surprisingly it was Seishirou who broke up the moment by removing his black suit coat and offering it to Kamui.

"Do with it what you must to help stop the bleeding. Not like it's going to matter much once we get out of here," he said in defense to the wide, knowing smile Subaru was giving him over Kamui's shoulder for doing such a….nice thing.

Kamui, who was completely oblivious to the exchange between the onmyouji, sniffled and nodded, mumbling a quiet "thank you" before he began wrapping the garment around Fuuma with some help from Subaru.

A loud clang of metal and a strong tremor that passed through the ground alerted the four men back to the presence of the two Kamui above.

"How are we going to stop them now?" Kamui asked hopelessly, still holding onto Fuuma protectively even after the tremor was over. It looked like both the Light and Dark Kamui were at full force now. What could they possibly do?

Kamui loosened his hold on Fuuma a little when he felt Subaru's hand on his shoulder and turned to look away from the duel above.

"You just worry about taking care of Fuuma, okay? Seishirou and I will handle the Kamuis," he smiled. Kamui was about to retort in protest but something about the way Subaru said that was comforting and yet demanding. Even if he did say something, he could tell Subaru was going to try and help anyway. It was Subaru's nature to help people after all. So Kamui only nodded and allowed himself to believe Subaru's words so he could focus his attention on where it was needed the most.

Happy with Kamui's compliance, Subaru stood up and motioned for Seishirou to follow him. Once they were both closer to the Light and Dark Kamui, they began to assess the situation.

"This shouldn't be too difficult. We can pretty much do whatever we need to. Both of them don't even realize we're here," Subaru pointed out as he watched the Light Kamui attempt a stab at the Dark one who easily avoided it.

"Indeed that's true but I'm not sure how we're supposed to handle this." Another clang of metal sounded through the air, making both onmyouji cringe. "They both wield the power of God, how could we possibly stand a chance?" Seishirou inquired once he recovered.

"We're not trying to kill them though. We just need to stop them….restrain them somehow. Make them come back to their senses."

"Well how'd they lose their senses in the first place?"

"I don't know. Kamui never said exactly what happened."

"Hmm…."

It went quiet for a while, as quiet as it could be anyway with an apocalyptic battle taking place in the air while both Subaru and Seishirou frantically tried to come up with….anything. Subaru was quickly losing his composure with every fatal strike the Light and Dark Kamui took at each other.

"We have to do something. I promised Kamui!"

"Well this is Fuuma's mindscape….Fuuma should be able to do anything he wants to anyone he wants as long as they're in here," Seishirou began insightfully, slowly pacing forward and pulling a few ofuda from his sleeve, "But Fuuma's out of commission right now….so we'll just have to take them somewhere else. Somewhere where we…or at least one of us, has control." The Sakurazukamori flung the ofuda into the air where they dissolved into sakura petals and began to chant as they slowly showered down on the Angel and the Seal above.

"What…are you intending to do Seishirou-san?" Subaru asked distractedly, watching with a raised eyebrow as the Kamuis STILL remained oblivious to anyone but each other, even with the petals surrounding them.

"You should recognize this, Subaru-kun," the dark onmyouji purred after finishing his chant. A large black mass had encased the four of them, leaving Fuuma and Kamui on the outside. Inside, all that greeted the men was a void of endless black. Subaru was still clueless as to what Seishirou was doing, but it became all too clear when a tree branch sprouted up out of nowhere and snatched ahold of one of the Dark Kamui's feet.

"Maboroshi…"

Another branch tangled itself around the Light Kamui's feet. This FINALLY seemed to get their attention and both of them began hissing and growling at the offending branches, auras already flaring out and Shinken slicing through the air already starting to cut them away. Seishirou was not going to be pushed aside that easily though and he summoned branch after branch from his dear sakura tree. The tree had been around for generations storing and supplying magic to Sakurazukamori, it was almost as old as the Kamuis themselves. If anything could threaten the power of Kamui, it would have to be the tree. However, there was a slight problem.

"The tree has been weakened from not being fed in a while," Seishirou told Subaru, turning to look at him, "I'm going to need your held to keep them bound." Subaru, while feeling a little guilty knowing that it was his fault the tree was weaker, nodded understandingly and waited for his opportunity to do so. The Light and Dark Kamui were still quite resilient in their attempts to fend off the branches even if almost half of their bodies were being tightly constricted and re-constricted already.

Seishirou eventually managed to get the Shinkens away from the boys but the Kamuis still put up a fight. It was not until both Kamuis were practically mummified in sakura branches that Subaru was safely able to cast his spells, using two ofuda to seal them within their makeshift wooden coffins. Needless to say, the Light and Dark Kamui were absolutely infuriated. Their dragon-eyes narrowed into slits as they bore their wrathful glares at the onmyouji.

Subaru still had his hands clasped together in formation to keep a firm hold on the bindings while Seishirou merely smirked up at his two new prey.

"DON'T get cocky Seishirou-san," Subaru warned, "Those two are still dangerous."

"I know Subaru-kun, don't worry. I'm not sure what to do with them now though. We can't hold them here forever."

"We have to calm them down. Right now….it looks as if they're not even human….like they're possessed or something…" That struck a chord in Subaru but he could not think more on it as Seishirou interjected.

"Calm them hm? Well……surely all that raw power isn't helping. I think we need to weaken them a bit…" Seishirou motioned with his hand for some of the branches around the Kamuis to tighten, while some of the others broke free, the tips of them sharpened into deadly points. "The tree usually prefers her meals dead, but …" the branches lunged forwards, impaling into the flesh of the two Kamuis, mostly in their arms and legs, "the blood of both Kamui is too much of a delicacy to pass up."

"Seishirou-san, don't kill them!"

"I'm not, dearest Subaru-kun," he smiled, turning to his lover. There was a glint of that maniacal, predatory killer in his eyes as he spoke, "Merely weakening them, just as you said." Subaru frowned seeing that look but made no further protest, since it did seem to be working. The struggling that the two Kamui were putting up seemed to be dying down until they both looked just plain exhausted, the Dark Kamui sooner than the Light one, but it was the Light one that spoke up first.

"Please…." he panted as he weakly picked his head up to look at Seishirou, "Stop this…if you take too much from us….it could be..dangerous…"

Seishirou, knowing this already of course, made no move to stop right away, seeming to watch in sick fascination as the tree thrived off the blood of the two Kamui. It wasn't until Subaru nudged his arm that he reluctantly stopped the tree, mentally telling it to loosen its hold and dislodge the branches from their flesh.

The Light Kamui winced and hissed at the action, then chanced a look at his lover after it was over. The Dark Kamui was hanging his head, unresponsive to anything, even the pain. What saddened him most though was the fact that Dark Kamui's eyes still resembled those of a dragon, proof that his mind was still too far-gone, lost in the chaos of the Earth's wish.

"Let us go. I won't try to kill him. Neither will he, I can make sure of that now," the Light Kamui near pleaded with Seishirou, who was looking at him skeptically. With a sigh, he looked to Subaru instead and mouthed another "Please".

"What should we do Subaru-kun?" Seishirou eventually spoke up. Subaru was quiet for moment, pondering what the safest route to take would be.

"Get rid of the maboroshi and the sakura. I'll still keep their powers restrained with the ofuda," was the white onmyouji's reply. Seishirou agreed, and with a wave of his hand the black mass that was surrounding the four men disappeared, as did the branches that held the two Kamui captive.

Kamui and Fuuma, who had been left to wait outside of the maboroshi, turned to see with great relief, all four of them alive and well. They both had to smile as Kamui hugged Fuuma to himself a little tighter.

Seishirou continued to keep his ever so watchful eye on the Light and Dark Kamui, ready to act the second one of them decided to go berserk again. Subaru was still in position with his hands folded together to keep the ofuda as strong as it needed to be.

The Light Kamui, who was sitting on the "ground" with his lover after they were both dropped by the Tree, slowly made his way to the Dark Kamui, being ever so careful to not look into his haunting eyes again. He wrapped his arms around his counterpart's neck and pulled him towards his chest, allowing him to rest his head there while he brought one of his delicate hands up and placed it over the Dark Kamui's eyes. The hand began to emit a faintly blue light, but after a few seconds, the Light Kamui pulled it away. Only after that did the Dark Kamui seem to return to "normal". He picked his head up and stared up at the Dragon of Heaven, staring with his usual deep, honey colored eyes. The Light Kamui sighed and leaned down to rest his head against the side of the Dark Kamui's, whispering into his ear,

"That was a close one, my love. Thank goodness you're back…"

The Dark Kamui smiled and wrapped his arms around the Light Kamui in turn, quite impressed that they managed to prolong their battle even further.

Somewhere in the back of their minds, they knew this would be the last time they would be able to do so.

A/N: I FINALLY UPDATED!...AFTER, LIKE, A YEAR OMG! I'm so sorry! College….is evil. But hey! We're getting to the end….slowly. xD; I'm gonna finish it I swear! Hopefully before August :D;;; Anyway! It's about time I thanked my reviewers, so here I go. xD

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