[Kamikaze Chinchilla]

But this could be a new drug, Arata put the stick partially into his mouth, having it exposed like a cigarette. Nobuo stood there, reflecting on the words. So the word seemed to spread quickly, that he was back, and the fact that it meant a lot to his father was hammered into his head. Nobuo didn't bother to say his farewells to the man, and instead urged the two to move forward.

[Kaguya]

'A new drug? I never thought of that... but are you willing to make him mad? I know I'm not She sent back to him. Watching Xashino move away she pulled the cinnamon stick out of her mouth and flung it on the ground. She had made sure that the only thing that it had touched was her lips as she had to close her mouth.

“Nobuo, Xashino is blind... but he is scary” she say looking up to him her foot coming down on the would be reward “He is the elder of the snow tribe that live up in the snowy mountains” she say wanting to give him some back ground “But he is nice compared to his son... his son is a tyrant, and enjoys causing pain to others for no reason than his enjoyment” she say taking her brother's hand and walking off

Being urged to move forward she did so “Today we meet the elder's children for the first time as they will be our next tormentors... If we don't meet Mr. Death first” she continued as she walked “Daddy made us study stuff about them so we wouldn't feel so different... but we know they are going to treat us different, after all they are normal” she sighed, stopping to look back at the temple

'I wonder how many more of us they will try and make' she placed through their bond, but this time it also reached Nobuo's mind 'Until we can take that temple down, we will never be safe and even then we would have to take down the elders and their children.' she continued as she began to walk out of the area once more

[Kamikaze Chinchilla]

"And I wouldn't suppose that son of his is the stranger who attacked Fumiko earlier.." Nobuo had a gut feeling on it, but then again he could be wrong on it, after all he was pointing fingers at someone who almost fit the description without further support. And if that was the case, they weren't going to get along very well. But whatever the case, he was going to have to meet the guy eventually, him and the others. But he sincerely hoped that it wouldn't be something related to being an elder for a day. It was too soon, especially after he had just been brought back. To him, it meant that his father was desperate.

Nobuo flinched with the sound of Rie's voice ringing through his head. At first, it surprised him, but he became unusually accustomed to it quickly, as though he had just tripped and got back onto his feet to go about his original business. Of course, he was aware that they wouldn't do harm to him or his father since the two cared about his father greatly, "Well it is obvious that something needs to change to stop this. Killing other people should be a last resort.."

[Kaguya]

Rei looked to Nobuo and shook her head “No, I am quite sure that he is the son of the dragon lady” she stated pretended to blow out fire but coughing, showing she thought that elder was full of hot air and old to boot “Xashino's son has snowy white hair, matching hair and is albino... he is like a ghost” she would explain, but then again his father was the exact same, it had something to do with their gene's she thought.

“The one you are looking for is called Alter... He's just as bad” she said bringing up her brother's top slightly to show a bruise “I bumped into him... But because of how we are Arata jumped in front of me and took the beating” she hugged onto her brother tightly “I should have shielded but we are not allowed to use ability’s in the temple... Daddy doesn't like it” she continued, she smiled contently as she continued walking, deep down she was glad that the one that cared for them done such actions, they just wanted to be normal.

Rei got the top thoughts of Nobuo's mind and blinked “Daddy set this up months ago... that's why everyone is here.” she stated looking at him “He wants us to try and make some friends and see how we would do if someone wasn't around to look after us” she closed her eyes tears welling as she thought of Mr. Death coming to meet their beloved daddy “That is the only method open to us... and this is what we will do, starting with the children... if we get rid of the next generation no more can be made to suffer” she stated her voice cold as she wiped the tears from her eyes

[Kamikaze Chinchilla]

"Not even negotiations, huh?" Nobuo wasn't entirely against the idea of killing the other children, considering he had a bad run-in with one, but he wasn't entirely for it either. He thought about the other children, and that maybe not all of them were people who agreed to the torture and experiments that were going on...or...maybe not all of them were even aware that the experiments were happening, "All of them? And what of the ones who are opponents to the system?" It would have been a rare case, but there was still that chance in there. He didn't want to be a part of a killing spree and have it include innocent people.

[Kaguya]

“You are the only one who didn't know about it, the other's are raised knowing this” she stated coldly “That is the only negotiation we need” she stated her hand went to the sky “You have till the moons align at that point they are all dead” she stated once more, her voice showing she wasn't kidding about this, the moons aligned in three months which gave very little room for error “If you can prove even one is innocent, then we will make other arrangements to get this sorted, but considering what we have been put through do you really blame us for this course of action” her voice was colder than any blizzard, but her eyes pleaded with him to find just one child like him

[Kamikaze Chinchilla]

Nobuo felt as though he would have done the same if he had memories of the brutal experimental treatments. Of course he didn't, so he wasn't as compelled to do it as much as Rie and Arata. He nodded, "And if there is no one, then you are welcomed to carry on your plans before the time. But I will thoroughly make certain that I know each one, enough to determine their fate."

Arata didn't like waiting one bit. He wanted them all dead, but he had to play by the rules of the game that Rie had set. He leaned into her shoulder, "Can you play your pieces well?"

"This isn't a child's game. This is much more serious..with lives on the line," the two were still children. But two..very messed up children. They had been pushed to the point where they wanted to shed blood, and no child should ever be pushed into doing that. He lifted a hand and steadied Arata's face, looking at the giant red mark, "Before we return, let's take care of this. Medicinal ointments...do you know where they sell them?" It was the least he could do since he felt bad about slapping them just to make a show. He wanted to give them something to help bring down the redness and help soothe the pain.

[Kaguya]

“We will not strike before the aligning of the moons... wither you can find one or not. There is always a chance for a change of heart” she stated taking her hand from her brother's she moved into the near by forest and knelt down looking at the plants “I need your gifts, will you give me some?” she whispered to the plants her head tilting to the left her hand going to the plant she giggled a little in a childish innocence as she took what she needed.

Coming back she brought the ingredients needed for the ointment “Why buy what nature can provide?” she asked gently she looked to Arata's face and moved to him keeping her hand out with the herbs, her other hand going to her brother's cheek “Moon and sun, spirit and soul... we call to you...” she gave off a faint blue glow “misery has found us once again, we call for your gentle kindness, remove the harm that has befallen us” she whispered, the moment she finished the glow vanished and so did the markings on both their cheeks.

She listened to what her brother stated and looked to Nobuo “I hope he can” she whispered, it wasn't their fault they where like they where it was how they where born, raised and treated. The only one they would never hurt was their daddy as he treated them well and as if they where normal children even though he knew it couldn't be further from the truth.

“To us, this is nothing more than a game... We have done much worse as a game” she pointed to what seemed like ruins of another village “Kitsune use to live there, the game that day was to go in get a special item and kill as many as we could without being caught” she bit her lip and tears fell “We completed the game, we killed everyone in daylight... Every man, woman, child.” she stated pointing to the parchment out of the pouch “What makes you believe that the person that wants harmed isn't innocent?” she asked quietly

[Kamikaze Chinchilla]

For some odd reason, Nobuo felt like he went through this before, completely deja vu like...and stuff. Nobuo was a sheltered...sheltered child and watched them with fascination when they used the plants. But then he frowned when they talked about the story of the kitsunes. A lot had happened while he was gone. He was no fan of the foxes, since they often were pranksters, and shuddered when a sudden image of being teased flashed in his mind, as though he were imagining being in place of one of the lesser tengu since he knew the high borns never stopped them from having their way with the lessers of their tribe, "Amazing...kitsunes are tough to battle. They have stronger magics than us tengu, and even I would have trouble fighting them if I moved with a group. But still.." Everyone, dead. He only heard stories of such things happening, but he was standing before what was clearly proof of it happening, so it was his first time getting this close to something like it to his knowledge, but what he had memories of did not match the way he was feeling. He lifted his arm, as if reaching out, and then clenching as if crushing something in his hands, and for a brief moment he felt something warm and wet running between his fingers. It was like a horrible scar left behind, "I didn't do something like that before...did I?" He hoped not, but the two seemed to know more about him and the village than he did, "And this friend you talked about earlier...was he a kitsune?" Nobuo brought his hand down and sighed, sitting down on the ground.

[Kaguya]

“You?” she shook her head “Nope, you don't have the ability to take out a Kitsune tribe by yourself, however...” she paused for a second and looked to him her hand coming down “You and your reincarnated self can easily take down Kitsune... but then again this was with the taboo magic of past” she said as if going off into a dream world, sighing she smiled a little.

“As it stands at the moment you couldn't take down a Kitsune village even if your life depended on it” she giggled a little “And besides nothing is tough to battle if they don't see it coming” she smiled brightly knowing that fact was true “You done more than take down a Kitsune Village, you took down a Tengu village in the same night” she grinned brightly at him as she pointed to two villages on the horizon “Your home village and your tormentors village” she smiled gently “Yuu got tormented a lot though pure blood, he was raised as a tainted to protect him from Mr. Death” she say gently

Hearing him enquire about their friend she nodded “He came from that village” she whispered her smile fading and being replaced by one of sorrow “We met him a few times and he didn't mind we where different, he was glad in fact” tears began to well in her eyes “But because we fought back... because we didn't want to do this any more... “ she started crying and fell to her knees and hugged into herself, they blamed themselves for the death of their first and only friend and it still ached as if it happened only a few hours ago.

[Kamikaze Chinchilla]

"Taboo magic which I hope still isn't active," whether or not it made him stronger, he still didn't like the idea of being some sort of freak, or at least more than he already currently was after the experiments. He brushed his sides to make sure he wasn't growing any extra arms and sighed with relief. He stopped, looking to where Rie was pointing. He froze, trying to avoid thinking about how he even did it, and all the bloodshed, but it was no use. The thoughts of a blood stained village flooded his mind, "I...so then there is no one left from that village? Was I...Yuu doing that as part of an order from someone else?" He felt disgusted and wanted to avoid it, but at the same time he wanted to learn more about the time he was Yuu. Then, Rie started crying, with Arata following suite and crying into Rie's shoulder. Nobuo stood up and knelt down, embracing the two within his arms to comfort them. He couldn't say that he could completely understand the pain of the loss of a good friend, but he at least knew it had to have been very painful.

[Kaguya]

“Only a priestess would know, and the only one we know that is close enough to that is Fumiko” she continued to cry, feeling her brother's warmth she moved her harms around him and continued crying into his chest. Feeing Nobuo's arms around her she pulled back and sniffled for a moment before crying into his chest. Though he said nothing the fact he wanted to try and comfort them was more than enough.

'Only ones of the village where left unharmed, where, the elder, his heir and Yuu's half brother Kaito and the tainted, everyone else was killed... As for the Kitsune village no one survived... It wasn't an order, Yuu kept getting hurt and eventually snapped, you woke up and took over the form and destroyed the problem.' she stated into his mind which seemed far calmer than her body was, it was almost as if she could run on two different levels so it was hard to see if the crying her was only an act, but then again their eyes proved this was no act

[Kamikaze Chinchilla]

Nobuo tried to convince himself that whatever actions he did back then was done because of the taboo magic rather than his true feelings. He didn't think he'd be the type to snap and lash out at everyone. But more importantly, he wanted to take care of the two in his arms, since they were victims. And since he, as Yuu, was a victim himself then he was sort of in the same situation to a partial extent since he couldn't remember the events. Nobuo rocked back and forth and hummed a lullaby that his mother used to sing for him when he was upset. He hoped that it would work for these two, "When this is all over, you can live like all the normal tengu. You'll be free. And you'll be able to make lots of friends."

[Kaguya]

Rie looked to him and sniffled, she had cried so much she started to look tired “You won't tell them we cried will you? We aren't allowed to show weakness.” her voice was low and her eyes mirrored the worry in her voice when she spoke, though hearing the lullaby she yawned and hugged into him, her eyes closing slowly, soon her breathing was so soft, they crying and sniffling had stopped as she fell asleep, before she could even hear his words.

Ken'ichi came walking down the path and seen the three and bowed slightly to his three superiors “Your father is worried about the three of you” he stated quietly noticing at least one of the younger two where asleep, though he noticed they puffiness around their eyes “Young Lord Nobuo, what is going on?” he enquired, wither or not he would get a reply he knew depended on his young lord, but waited for the moment, as he knew if he wasn't on alert, then if the younger male was awake then he likely would be.

[Kamikaze Chinchilla]

Nobuo now sat straight up, glaring at Ken'ichi almost as if whatever problem they had was Ken'ichi's fault. Ken'ichi wouldn't tell him everything earlier, but at least now he knew some of the truth and believed that whatever Ken'ichi knew was not the result of a taboo spell. Then he relaxed and sighed, "These two were playing around too much and tired themselves out.." Again, he lied. Nobuo hoped he wouldn't make a habit of it just to save his own skin and to keep the two safe. Then he stood up, being careful with the two as he allowed them to sleep on the ground, "Father didn't have to send you out. We would have returned to the temple eventually."

[Kaguya]

Ken'ichi looked at the glaring Nobuo and sighed looking to the sleeping twins, then back to nobuo “Young Lord Nobuo, I know your lying” he stated simply walking forward kneeling next to the three “Their red, puffy eyes and wet cheeks give it away” he stated kneeling next to Nobuo, holding out one of his arms to take one of the children.

“You have changed a lot since this morning” he say his voice sighing a little “I am sorry I didn't mention anything, I am back to being the shield of the main family once more, and if I do anything to displease your father my training can and will increase” he closed his eyes and looked around the forest “But as we are alone, I can answer any questions the twins couldn't, so longs as you do not tell your father.” his voice was respectful but slightly stern on the matter at the same time.

Ken'ichi sighed once more looking to Nobuo “You and I both know how your father works.” he said looking up to the boy “You are his one and only heir, and these two he worrys about in case one of the other elders come across them” he stated looking down at them with love filled eyes, they were the eyes of a father, and sorrow filled as he knew they must have been in pain to cry like they had.