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"Yakumo, don't you know there is a kind of love that you dare not to speak of?"
"I don't understand Mr. Koizumi. Shouldn't words of hatred be the most forbidden things to be spread about?"
".....sometimes to love someone is more painful than to hate someone, boy..."
The old man resting on the rocking chair breathed out gently with his pipe. The room was filled up with smoke and the strong flavor of tobacco, so strong and foggy that may hallucinate one in ecstasy. The boy, sitting beside the old man, coughed and felt dizzy while the old man was reminiscing in his sentiments of joy and sorrow.
The boy moved to the window trying to catch some fresh air outside.
"Snow flakes! Sir! Look!"
It was august in Kyoto and it was not abnormal to call that supernatural a snowing scene.
"Mr. Koizumi?" The boy was now more concerning about his master when he saw tear running down his old and wriggly face....
They noticed that a girl with whitish skin was standing outside their house, staring with her beautiful eyes as beautiful as two glittering diamonds in the darkness.
6th December 2022, it is now snowing heavily in Kyoto, as heavily as in the snowy night that the boy first saw the mysterious snow girl. Now that the boy has grown up, and he had never seen the girl agin after that night. Just that catastrophes seemed unstoppable since then: Mr. Koizumi was found committing suicide after murdering his wife. No words were ever spoken from the boy's beloved master before all happiness were shattered and vanished all in a sudden.
Go find THEM, get the EVOKER and you can find out the murderer!
That were the last words from the boy's mother, the one that Mr.Koizumi married a few years after he decided to adopt the poor widow with her starving kid from a slum.
"I have passed all the trials and I have got the thing now"standing in front of the tombs of the beloved deceased, the boy is now holding weapon in hands -
A Kyoketsu Shoge!
"Now!" Yells the boy, "Show yourself, Yuki-Onna!"
It has been a month,
Yakumo has been assigned as Summoner with his Evoker.
"Mr. Yakumo, just wanna let you know we share the same frustration as you have right now.....but we cannot take this into account of our expenses. Time is running short and the BIG SUMMON may occur at any time from now on. So HOME has no choice but giving you a deadline -within 7days if you still cannot figure out how to summon, we need the Evoker back from you. And our exposure to your good self may render us some.....inconvenience that we may need certain rectification."
This is the recent call from [IV] which summarize the situation precisely.
Yet nothing from [IV] or even HOME has given Yakumo any pressure.
All that matters is the girl.
"Don't trust your mother."
These were the only words that heard from the girl, the same girl that Yakumo saw before in his master's room, during the first time he summoned her, right in front of his parents' tomb.
From that on, he can no longer summon her, the snow demon Yuki-onna. After that Yakumo has been assigned with several missions of assault. Strangely did he discover in several missions that he could only identify corpse instead of living target - all the demons targets were found killed, and frozen.
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I KNOW IT S YOU BUT WHY DID THIS?
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I WILL PROTECT YOU. THIS IS THE PROMISE.
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Yakumo left messages in every battle scenes and the day afterward he would discover reply from the other side.
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WHAT PROMISE? AND WHY SHOULDN'T I TRUST MY MOTHER? WHAT DID YOU KNOW ABOUT HER?
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YOU SHOULD NOT TELL ANYONE ABOUT ME! I WILL KILL YOU IF YOU DID!
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NONSENSE! LET S TALK! FACE TO FACE! NO LONGER HIDE LIKE A RAT!
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But it was the last mission that matters him much - in addition to demon corpse found on site, there were blood stains, colored weirdly blue, that Yakumo can certify not belonging to any of his targets.
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YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN SOMETHING ABOUT PARENTS! TELL ME!
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NO MORE HIDING! SHOW YOURSELF!
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YOU MUST BE INJURED. TELL ME ALL BEFORE YOU DIE!
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Yakumo can no longer leave any questions. Neither can he find any reply in the scenes, for the following missions he handled by himself alone.
Until tonight, the night ahead of deadline as prescribed by [IV], Yakumo just received a box mailed to me from anonymous address. Having carefully examined with no signs of trap, he opened it.
Pictures, of young Mr. Koizumi and a beautiful woman, a woman with snowy white skin and glittering eyes, as beautiful as diamonds shimmering in darkness, he finds inside.
Yakumo is shocked and puzzled. Then he finds a note inside the box as well -
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YOUR FATHER'S CORPSE IS IN THEIR HAND. HE IS THE EVOKER. I WILL TAKE HIM BACK. IF I FAIL, DESTROY THE CORPSE AND I SHALL VANISH AS WELL.
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Yakumo sets off immediately with no hesitation, no questions and no careful planning. He dashed to HOME with anxiety, anticipation and excitement, hoping to meet his DESTINY COMPANION!
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The fight is far more intense than Yakumo thinks. Number of casualties exceed far beyond [HOME]'s acceptance. The intruder has successfully broken into the chamber, destroyed most of the "experimental specimen" but sallied out with "remains" of it.
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Yakumo sneaks in by stealth, knowing that assassins were already sent out to hunt down the intruder and to get back the "specimen".
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[IV] is in charge.
"I will vanquish every single demons on Earth that are not on our side."
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Yakumo knows so well how big is the rages and disgusts [IV] has with Demons, though the reason behind remains mysterious. And that's really worries him on his way to stop the order from [HOME].
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I just want to know the truth!
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Yakumo keeps reinforcing himself the motive behind such "traitor's" act. He must do that because he knows the consequence is just irreversible and harmful, to both himself and to [Home] as well!
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He sees them. Yuki lies on the ground, in front of her stand [IV] and her Demon -Hōkō!
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Not far from [HOME], [IV] has tracked down Yuki. The fight did not last long and predator has finished her job already, except the final blow that is about to make.....
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"STOP!"The Kyoketsu Shoge flies towards the summoner and her demon.
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Rocks and stones raise from ground, spinning around Yakumo's target like a mini tornado. The protective shield bounces back the flying Shoge.
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Yakumo receives his blade in the air, with his feet tipping on the spinning stones, he manages to fly over the "tornado" and reaches Yuki on the other side.
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"Yakumo....you dare to betray [HOME]....you know who are you saving? The murderer of your mother."
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Yakumo helps Yuki to sit straight. But he doesn't intend to interrogate her. Instead he finds himself more worrying about her.
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"Now, tell me the truth...."
"Yes...I killed your mother...becoz my father, Koizumi san, summoned me against his opponent -your mother and her demon."
"What? Your Father? ....Mother is a summoner?"
Yakumo is more than confused now.
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"[VI] is my best friend." [IV] and Hōkō steps forward, ready for another battle.
"She approached Koizumi, trying to figure out WHY WE CANNOT ACTIVATE THE EVOKER..."
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"because Yuki-onna has never been summoned by anything else than her LOVER." The girl uses her last strength to stand up, with Yakumo's assistance.
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"Your father has fallen in love with the last Yuki-onna, your mother and you were born. But the love was a curse, your father could never speak of love with your mother otherwise the Yuki-onna will kill her lover with no mercy."
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THERE IS A KIND OF LOVE THAT YOU DARE NOT TO SPEAK OF!
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Yuki remains silent. Saving every breath for the last battle.
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"As long as [VI] figure that out, she had no choice but to kill his husband - so that we can activate our Evoker, hopefully."
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"But Master fought back and summon the demon -" "and to his surprise his lover did not show up, instead it was me, her daughter that fought along with him. We won but my father died in sever injuries. So he made his last effort to free me up from the bond, the undesirable control by the Evoker made by selfish humans..."
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"He forced you to make a Blood Covenant: to protect ME to my death. And I am now the Evoker."
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"Yes... but different from LOVE Affair, you cannot summon me ACTIVELY IN YOUR OWN WILL. I was summoned once YOU FACE DANGEROUS."
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"That's why you fought my targets many times before...you still want to get back Koizumi body because he is your father-"
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"You fool! She stole the body is just a DECOY! She wants to hide the truth that YOU ARE NOW THE EVOKER!"
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Yakumo and Yuki are looking at each other, seeing a sophisticated mix of emotions with each others' eyes: REGRET, HATRED, COMMISERATION, GRIEVANCE, and perhaps LOVE.
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"So" [IV]'s face suddenly turns from raging to wicked with a crafty smile. "I can now finish what [VI] could not do now!"
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"SHE is not my real mum, is she?"
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"ISN'T IT TOO OBVIOUS! IDIOT!" [IV] dashes and thrusts her Dagger towards Yakumo.
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Yakumo blocks with his Shoge while Yuki bursts crystal spikes to [IV] -immediately being disintegrated by the flames firing from Hōkō!
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Hōkō IS A DEMON WHICH CAN CONTROL THE 5 ELEMENTARY POWER -WATER FIRE WIND EARTH AND LIGHTING.
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"What?" Yakumo is busy in his combat with [IV] while voices of Yuki echoing in his head.
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I CAN TRANSMIT MY THOUGHT TO YOUR BRAIN. THAT IS THE SECRET POWER OF YUKI-ONNA.
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FORCE HOKO TO USE WATER POWER AND I CAN FREEZE HIM
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Yakumo examines the proximity -gasoline! There are luckily tanks of gasoline placing on a truck newby. He rolls backward, tying one of the tank and throw to [IV]. Right in the mid of its parabolic path, Yuki shoots a crystal spike, just manage to make a spark to lit up the liquid inside!
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Bang!!!!
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A great explosion follows by a sea of fire covering half of the sky! Without any command, Hōkō shoots a water curtain trying cover up his summoner and himself.
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"Yuki! Now!"
With her last resort. and the last strike she can made, the Yuki-onna blows a huge blizzard all across the battle field. [IV] can just manage to throw herself away from it. But her demon is now frozen with thick ice wall, mostly formed from the water curtain from himself.
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"Yuki!" The girl faints after the blow, almost hits the ground before her summoner holds her in his arms.
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The fight ends
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"Leave. Yakumo,"[IV] proposes it to be a draw. "and prepare for the endless hunt from [HOME]!"
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Yakumo leaves with Yuki.
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"Why...why did you risk your life...to save me?"
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"I want to know the truth...."
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"The truth is...I get use to bearing someone in mind and that makes me feeling ....so comfortable and warm. It is just like... my existence has found some meaning..."
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"I always sees you, don't you remember?"Yakumo says while recalling memories from the long long past,
"And don't you remember those hidden words we used to write on the freezing windows inside Master's house? Mother thought it was my puppy love with the neighborhood girl..."
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"And those silly HIDE AND SEEK riddle games on the battle field...."
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The summoner and his destined companion are resting in a forest, far away from the last battle field. So peaceful and tranquil. They are enjoying the silence just now.
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WORDS THEY NEED NOT TO SPEAK OF. NO WORDS ARE NEEDED.
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