As Kiara and Bon ran towards the two of them, some more exorcists had run into the room, all of them prepared to fight.
This wasn't going to end well.
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From the newly made hole in the ceiling, a man started to float down, hands in his pockets and a smile on his face. "Why hello Mr. Shima. So good to see you again."
"Todo! You devil!" Juzo shouted as he ran closer to the two of them. "You tricked Mamushi into this!"
Todo started laughing as he landed on one of the railings. "Devil, am I? I like it. But you're wrong about me tricking her. Actually Ms. Hojo asked for my help."
"What he says is true. Stealing the eyes was my idea." Mamushi confirmed.
"I don't believe that! He's brainwashing you! Come on Mamushi, can't you see he's messing with your head? Snap out of it!"
Behind her, Kiara heard and felt the panic of the other exorcists as Mamushi opened the jar, placing the eye in front of her own. "I know what I'm doing. You're the ones being tricked." She said.
A black vortex of fog rose up from the ground, and as everyone was trying to protect themselves from flying debris, Kiara rushed forwards towards the vortex, watching as both Todo and Mamushi dissolved into black particles just seconds before the vortex disappeared.
Chatter started up behind her, and Kiara just stood where the edge of the vortex had just been. She glared at the spot Mamushi had just been in, her hand tightening around the sword. She might not of been at this sect for long, but she had gotten to know many of the people who had been inflicted, as well as some of the people who worked at the temple, and to know that someone had betrayed some of the people she had become close to— that someone Bon had been close to— just pissed her off.
"Quiet everyone. Now's not the time to panic. We have to regroup!" Someone shouted, and Kiara looked over her shoulder to see Yaozo walking towards the group. She also noticed Bon had started walking towards something— or someone— as an older man in orange robes walked past the gathered exorcists. Bon caught of to him and grabbed his robes, a look of anger on his face. She turned and walked up to where exorcists were circling around the two and pushed her way to the front.
"Long time no see, dad." He said.
The man, Tatsuma Kiara assumed, chuckled and looked at Bon. "Ryuji, it has been a while. That sure is one heck of a Mohawk you got goin on!"
"Going somewhere?"
"Actually yeah, to go find Mamushi. Can't have her out there with that eye, can we? You mind lettin' me go?"
"You're going after Mamushi, huh? You know why she betrayed us? Why we're in this mess now? It's cause of you. This is your fault. You should of been at the meeting instead of fartin' around! You better start talking, dad. Is it true what Mamushi said? That you betrayed us?"
"I... what are you saying? Of course not!"
"Okay then, why don't you tell everyone right here right now what you've been up to!"
"You really wanna know, huh?" There was a small silence, and Kiara could of sworn she detected a small trace of fear rolling off of Bon. "Sorry, son, it's a secret. I can't tell anyone what it is. Ever. Not even my own son." That response only caused Bon's fear to rise— as well as the fear in other exorcists start to rise and fill the room.
"How can you say that after what just happened here?"
"Yeah, well, I have to go after Mamushi. Listen, be a good boy and do what you mom and teachers tell ya, oh and stay out of trouble." he placed a hand on Bon's shoulder, "Got it son?"
Bon slapped Tatsuma's hand off of his shoulder, "Drop the act already! You're only ever around when it's convenient for you. This time if you bail now without explaining yourself, then as far as I'm concerned, you're not my dad anymore!"
At those words, a new fear made it's way to Kiara, and she looked across the way to see Rin staring at Bon with wide eyes.
"I... I uh really should get going." Tatsuma said as he turned and looked away from Bon and walked away. "Try and forgive me."
Though as he was walking away, he was grabbed once again, not by Bon, no, this time Rin had reached out and grabbed Tatsuma by his robes.
"Wait."
"O-Okumura?"
"Why're you walking away?" Rin asked, "you're supposed to be a dad, ain't ya?"
"Rin, I-" Tatsuma said, only to be interrupted by Rin.
"Well, are ya?" Rin shouted, his tail waving furiously behind him as he turned to glare at Bon. "And as for you, Sugero," he let go of Tatsuma's robes and walked towards Bon, bringing his fist back before bunching Bon square in the cheek with a flaming fist, forcing the boy to fall to the ground and land at Kiara's feet, "Stop being an ass!"
Kiara looked from Bon to Rin, the fear rising up in both of them— as well was the exorcists around them— causing a pressure to settle down on her and make it hard for her to move from her spot.
"Rin!" Shura shouted, trying to get past the exorcists that had gathered.
"Are you alright?" One of the exorcists beside Kiara asked, crouching down beside Bon.
"Did you see a flash of light just now?" Someone in the crowd asked.
"I don't know what went down between you guys before, but I know you're both gonna regret this later on! Apologize! Tell your dad you're sorry, while you still can!" Rin shouted.
Kiara looked at him, she heard the pain in his voice loud and clear. Rin wasn't just telling the two of them to do what he thought was right— no— he was speaking from experience. And in all honesty, if Rin hadn't interfered Kiara would of herself. She knew that the both of them were scared, hell, she didn't just knew, she literally felt the fear rolling off of them in waves.
"What do you know, this ain't your business, stay out of it!" Bon shouted.
"He's your dad man! You can't push him away like this!"
"Yeah right, like you're one to talk!"
"Now, now, boys. Let everybody cool down, why don't you shake hands and make up." Tatsuma said, making an attempt to stop the fight, aside from Kiara, he seemed to be one of the calmest ones in the room— externally anyways. She could still sense the fear coming from him.
"What are you still doing here? You know where that door is! Leave." Bon growled, now standing up. "And don't come back!"
Kiara felt a spike of fear from Rin, and she took a deep breath to try to relieve some of the pressure on her. As she was doing that, blue flames started to appear on Rin's body, dosing those close to him in the blue light.
"I used to think you were the coolest guy. But you're not cool at all. You're an asshole!" Rin shouted, his flames growing more with each second until they soon surrounded his whole body.
Around her, Kiara felt the fear rise, and the pressure brought her to her knees, her head starting to spin. She had felt intense fear before, sure, but this intense of fear by this amount of people? It was stronger than she had ever felt before. She looked forwards to see Rin start walking towards Bon, then threw a punch at him, which was easily deflected by some barriers Bon had made.
After breaking the two barriers Bon made, Rin grabbed onto his shirt. "It's not like I asked to be Satan's kid! My situation ain't the same as yours! It ain't is it? Tell your dad you're sorry, it'll be too late when he's dead! Don't make the same mistake I did. Tell him your sorry! Now!"
Before Bon responded, Juzo landed between the two, separating the two of them.
"Juzo!" Bon exclaimed.
"Don't worry Bon, I got this. Hurry, get out while you still can." Juzo said, holding his K'rik towards Rin.
Kiara saw Shura force herself to the front of the crowd, starting to chant, and suddenly, Rin tensed up, starting to scream in pain.
Again, the fear from others spiked around Kiara, causing her head to start spinning Even more than it was before. She had to close her eyes to stop herself from vomiting as the room spun around her.
"Hey, uh, can I get a hand taking this doofus to a cell? He's out cold so he won't bite cha, I promise." Shura said, her voice breaking through the fog Kiara was in. She opened her eyes just barely to be be able to see what was going on.
"I hope so, Miss Kirigakure." A voice said, and Kiara looked to see Yaozo walking through the crowd and towards Shura.
"Uh- director! I'm so terribly sorry for causing such a scene!" Shura exclaimed.
"Yes, well, then I expect you'll stop by to explain it later?" Yaozo asked.
"Of course I will, sir!" Shura said.
With the appearance of the director, the fear in the room started to die down, allowing Kiara to catch her breath. And after Rin was dragged out of the room and everyone started leaving it only took a few minutes for the room to stop spinning and the pressure to lift ever so slightly, allowing her to stand up. She still felt like she wanted to throw up but without the room spinning around her that feeling was starting to slowly fade away.
"Master Ryuji, you should get some ice for that injury." Someone said, and Kiara looked to see Bon standing and staring at where Rin had been escorted out. "Master Ryuji?" The placed a hand on Bon's shoulder and watched as he jumped, seeming to be brought back into reality.
"What did you say?"
"Your injury. You should get some ice on it."
"Right. Some ice." He muttered. He turned and looked over his shoulder, "Hoshino, you coming?"
"I'll be right behind you." She said, not feeling entirely confident in her ability to walk at the moment.
"You sure?"
Kiara nodded. "Positive. I just need some alone time." After a short silence, Bon nodded and started walking, though before he could leave the room, Kiara stopped him. "You know, Bon, some people would kill to have a dad like yours." She smiled slightly as their eyes met. "I know I would."
And with those words, she watched as Bon turned back around and walked out of the room, leaving her alone, the only sound being the crackling of the fires that kept the place lit.