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Orochi's heads swiftly swooped to Yaegashi's eyelevel. He shouted, but the others were unable to get close enough to save him, due to the danger. Orochi did not gobble Yaegashi up in one bite, like he thought, but instead, he only breathed heavily on him, his mouth watering.
"Please…" Yaegashi squealed, lifting up his hands, shaking. "…I promise you I'm not appetizing."
Orochi smiled eight smiles, which was eight too many that Yaegashi wanted to see before death. He then swiveled around him, like a snake surrounding its prey. It got to the point were Yaegashi was unable to be seen by the others.
"Yaegashi!" Kome shouted, lifting up her gun. "Stop being a fool and run!"
"I can't…move," he replied, not being able to catch his breath. He tightly closed his eyes, praying to be at home on his computer.
Kusanagi and Kaede were still going at it. They constantly rolled around, both trying to gain control of the fight. It was hard though. They both were equally strong and determined to win domination. It was like an epic crusade against the good and the evil, only in this one, it was hard to see what is truly good and evil. Each side has their own opinion of what should be what. Neither side is absolutely good or completely evil. They are both in the same spectrum, though they would never know it.
"Why won't you just die already?!" Kaede exclaimed, trying to pin him to the ground.
Kusanagi grinned and tossed her off of him. "Isn't there a saying like, "Hero's never die." I'm the hero, and you're the villain."
She quickly got up and went to punch him when he caught her hand in the air. "It's legends, Kusanagi, not hero's," she said, grunting.
He shrugged his shoulders. "Same thing."
She struggled to get loose from his tight grip, but it was useless. He wasn't going to let go. Never. It was the first time he was able to decide between her living or dieing with just one squeeze of his hand. He wanted to strangle her right there, keeping oxygen from touching her lungs. He wanted to take away every breath she desperately needed to survive, but no matter how hard her tried to make himself do it, he couldn't. a force stopped him. Could it be he didn't want to kill her because of their past relationship or is it that it would be too easy to just kill her? Either one doesn't matter, because the fact that he can't murder her still remains.
His grip lessened, but he still had a tight grasp of her. "What's the matter, Kusanagi?" she asked, after taking a couple of breaths. "You can't do it, can you? Coward."
With all of his might Kusanagi kept his anger from tearing her into shreds. He sucked it all in and ignored her.
"Come on, Kusanagi," she coaxed. "You know you want to do it."
He looked at her. In her eyes he saw pure terror radiating around the pupil. It amused him. She pretended to be courageous and a villain, but in reality she is nothing more than a scared rabbit in front of a wolf. It was a good sign, though. It showed how much human responses she has. She may be part demon, but she has at least a small percentage of human inside of her, though she would never admit it.
In a quick flash, Yaegashi felt his body being grappled to the hard ground. He shouted, without opening his eyes. He did not want to see his body being squished by Orochi. If he got a glimpse, he would not be able die in piece due to the horrible sight of him being eaten alive.
However. Just as he was about to cry painful tears, a voice screamed, "Yaegashi! You're shouting in my ear!"
His eyes shot open and he saw Kome laying on top of him. They were under a set of bushes, layered with branches and leaves. Orochi was unable to see them, due to the thickness of their surroundings.
"Kome! What--what happened?" he asked loudly.
"Shut up, moron! He'll hear you," she said, and took a deep breath. "He was about to eat you, dummy. You just stood there cowering in front of him. What did you expect me to do? Just let you die?"
He blushed. "Wow, Kome. I didn't think you cared that much," he said, and started to wrap his arms around her waist until he was stopped by a gun being pressed against his temple.
"Watch your wandering hands, Yaegashi," she warned.
"Sorry, Kome, " he said, his face a dark shade of red.
In search of Yaegashi and Kome, Orochi's heads wandered the area. His attention was being caught, which meant for a perfect time to attack him, but neither the Kusanagi or the TAC could get to him without disturbing his hunt. The idyllic moment of battle was so close, but yet so far from being taken.
Momiji opened her eyes and slowly sat up. Pain trickled around her stomach and back, but she couldn't lay there while her friends were risking their lives. She stood up, her legs shaky. She gradually made her way down a tiny hill where the rest of the TAC was.
"Momiji!" Matsumara exclaimed. "What are you doing down here?"
Takeuchi turned and quickly gaped. "It's too dangerous for you to be down here!"
Both Matsumara and Takeuchi grabbed a hold of her and began to guide her up the hill. Momiji, in protest, kept her legs stiff to decline their effort to get to the top of the hill. It hurt her to be unyielding, but she did not want to leave them to die just to save her.
"No!" Momiji shouted. "I don't want to leave you." She turned to face them. "We have a chance to get rid of Orochi and Susana-oh."
Takeuchi shook her head while folding her arms. "I will not let you participate in risking your life, Momiji."
"Neither will I," Matsumara chimed in.
Momiji took in a deep breath and then bowed. The next thing she was going to do she knew she would regret, but she figured it was the best thing to go. She whispered "sorry" and then quickly charged towards them, pushing them to the sides with her arms. They both fell to the ground, but she kept running down the hill until she was about a few yards away from Orochi. She stared up at him. One of his heads was trying to suffocate the vulnerable Susana-oh, and the others were looking for Yaegashi. How has the world become overshadowed by evil and still be able to support life? She did not know the answer. All she knew is that life is a delicate thing, it can be created and destroyed so easily. It's important to take care of it and not take it for granted. Violence and hate are the only real enemies we have, but it's also the virtues that everyone bears within them. She knew she could not stop everyone from hating each other, but she knew she could stop the violence and do away with the evilness laid before her.
Her arms reached out as if she were trying to embrace the air. Her eyes closed and she began to radiate a dim red. The glow encircled her, creating a thin barrier. Everyone stopped and watched as she became a weightless body in a red dome.
Kusanagi used a power deep inside himself to create shackles of electricity around Kaede. She was pinned to the ground, unable to move. He then stood up and moved closer to Momiji. He was drawn by the light and the soft hum it made.
No one knew what was going on at the time, but they knew it may or may not have a good ending.
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To Be Continued…
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