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Once Aled had successfully gotten Shiori out of the pod, a thick blanket wrapped around her, his gaze fell on the 'experiment' which Po-ar was undertaking.
"We're trying to syphen the blood and whatever cells Konton put in me. Hopefully, we can get all of the ones that combust, out..."

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Tap... Tap... Tap...
A long red leather coat and dark black pointed boots, also of leather, came into Morrigan's view through the darkness.
As the shadows lifted and the figure drew nearer, one was able to tell many features.
The man's skin was fair, though perhaps a bit pale. His body was slim, and his stature reminded one of a person of Asian descent.
His brown hair was cut short, though the bangs of the right side were longer than the left, wafting around his face as an unknown and unseen breeze teased the short strands.
Under his coat he wore a suit made of the same shinny leather, a long blood-red sword strapped to his side.
Delicate hands were encased in red leather gloves, of the same material as his coat, and black leather armor plates adorned his shoulders.
He wore one earring, on his right ear, a beaded feather of sorts.
But the man's eyes...
Were a piercing and haunting shade of blue, almost sparkling in the dim light.
With a smirk on thin lips, the man spoke.
His voice was deep, seductive, calculating, and yet mocking all at the same time...
And as he spoke, two large black feathered wings appeared from the back of his jacket, arching up into the air and coming to rest comfortably behind him.
"How nice to see you again... Morrigan-chan..."
Aoikage...

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Morrigan frankly didn't know what to say for once. She gaped at the daemon, wide-eyed and certainly paler than before.
He had control of the very start of the Tarnb family...
If he so desired....
"W...what did he do to you....??" she asked in horror, reeling in disbelief.
How..?!!
"You... you were in, the portal, just before he tricked us..."
They were in some s**t now.

Yuki looked grim at this. "We need Kazuhiko to teleport the machine out of here before the day's out. We should have a few hours to spare, but I'm worried the reaction of the other cells might've set off some sort of self destruct process..."

Yuki didn't answer.
Shiori shook her head. "She doesn't know yet. We'll see what can be done. Where's your son?"

Morrigan blinked a few times. "Aoikage... His name is Aoikage, not Genesis..." she shook her head, anger filling her eyes. This was actually the most passionate he'd seen her in the past few days; she was starting to get tolerant of some of his other methods.
"What did you do to him?!!!" Morrigan shouted, blue tattoos starting to pulse.
She couldn't quite grasp the Goddess here, but she was trying. The longer she was here, the harder it was.
"You b*****d, you sick twisted ******** was trying to stand, hissing as she did so.

"Huh?" Eara blinked, holding Kazuhiko's true form.
The him in the cell had disappeared into smoke like his uncle Avaon, but the boy himself was still a bit off.
He didn't exactly have much other than Bright Eyes to be chipper about; in fact, he crawled down from Eara, moving to the girl and linking arms.
It went unspoken that he wasn't sure if he wanted to talk right now, but they could talk without talking. They had that sort of connection thankfully.
His first real friend. She'd understand him better than they would, he bet.
"We're going to go talk to someone else." she answered Fir, "Nemetona I believe... Kazuhiko needs to get a few more things and we should be done. When are you getting that wound checked out??" she shook her head. "I would have hoped our hosts more polite than to neglect someone injured..."
It was a not-so-subtle hint, but it was made all the same.

"Naniyo?!! Again?!!" Morrigan blinked in astonishment, looking back at him. "When?!"
What the hell was going on?!

Kaguyo tapped on her temple and shrugged. "Certain things were too alike I suppose." she answered.

Konton smiled, mirth in his dark eyes. "Your lover took those memories from you. Those memories... the feelings... I wonder how great the burden that he bears is..." the demon mocked.
Even Aoikage was smirking at this. "Soon, everything will be under our command, Morrigan-chan..." he knelt, withdrawing the sword and tilting Morrigan's head up with one gloved hand. "And soon, you and your family will live happily... without your power... without any knowledge of your power... with only your love for one another..." the man smiled softly, "Sounds wonderful, doesn't it? To put aside the pain and fear, the worry and waiting..."

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Frowning, Hapushi shook her head. "We've kept it a secret for so many years..." the woman whispered softly.

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"What else would I do?" Itachi replied, as if her job were the most normal thing in the world. "I kill as per ordered by the Ou. There's no higher calling than to be his hand."

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Morrigan glared at him. "I am the High Priestess Morrigan of the Morrigu." she spoke proudly. "I won't sacrifice it. I.. I know that once I was missing something... I think I know why now. I won't endure that again."

Kaguyo nodded. "You were damn good at it until I met him." she shrugged. "I just grew to know you both too well... I consider him a brother, and you a sister. What are the odds??"

Kazuhiko moved to Fir quietly.
They were more alike than they thought.
Eara was stunned into silence herself.

"Oh?" Aoikage asked, his voice dropping low. "Well... we'll see about that, hmm?" he stood, moving away from Morrigan to stand at Konton's side.
The demon smirked, "My side just keeps getting stronger, Mor-chan..." he taunted.

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Hapushi smiled sadly. "I wish I could consider him more of a brother... demo..."
"You haven't seen him in a long time, have you?" Ainsu asked softly.
The woman nodded. "Ha... hai..." there were tears forming in her eyes. "And now... now that I see him... and see what's happened... I'm frightened I might never get to see his smiling eyes again..."

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Itachi shook her head. "I've never had time for dreams."

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