Chapter 63: ch 63: Mikoto's change.
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Year 58 of the ninja calendar.
In the tomb of Archon, Second floor.
Mikoto over the past two years has been getting slight PTSD whenever she leaves to go outside, due to the red sky and red ground, it kept reminding her of the night, she saw the red moon in the uchiha residence.
To make matters worse she keeps seeing people with black wings flying throughout the sky along with them appearing out of thin air, to only just walk away like it was a standard thing to do.
She later learned from a woman with white braided hair in a maid suit that they weren't human but devils, this shattered her world view completely.
Especially the pressure the maid gave her it was terrifyingly a lot for someone who wasn't releasing it on purpose.
And mikoto over that time has gradually accepted the devil's, especially the two nekomata's, although the black haired one is on the aggressive side the white one is easy to talk with.
Right now she was in a mansion seated with pakura who was looking after her child, it was the only person on this floor she could speak with normally.
And Pakura who was with her child was holding her gently while staring at mikoto with a complicated look.
Pakura: you want to see your son, I'd recommend you just forget about it.
Mikoto bit her lip, feeling frustrated "I just want to see if he's okay".
Just as they were about to continue the conversation the door to the mansion opened up aggressively soon after miko walked in holding a small white stick, while she was pointing towards it.
Miko: hahaha, you see this, I'm not the only one though, the other four red heads are positive too.
Pakura who was seated and talking to mikoto stood up with a slight reprimand, but upon seeing the person speaking she quickly calmed down, then with the fast entering of miko coming over, pakura said "you mean?".
Miko: yep, that's right.
Pakura sat down again and gestured for miko to sit down with them, yes even though miko is exactly like mikoto, this one is more cheerful.
Miko joyfully took the seat and looked at the child in pakura's arms with a hint of longing, while she put her hands on her chin.
Miko: I'm already getting impatient, I want it to pop out, hold it, and shower it with affection.
Mikoto who was sitting beside them and was feeling a little tense, shook her head a little in shock, and thought [is this the fierce and straight forward other me, she's totally a different person now].
Miko feeling a strange look at herself, turned towards mikoto with a smile and she thought [should I do what rias did with pakura and fool her into an eventful time].
Miko: you know there's this event that's happening soon why don't you come and see it.
Pakura upon hearing this tensed up, looked towards miko with a bit of cold sweat then looked at mikoto with a sense of pity, her face that looked worried was quickly masked away.
Pakura inner voiced 'sighed' at the sight cause she knows, just hearing 'event', and that others are going, she'll naturally become interested, and would want to go due to her own curiosity.
Pakura stood up and said she's putting the child to sleep and she was thinking [perhaps this would do her good, it did me good, I feel like I've found something important in life rather than killing senselessly before I died].
Mikoto who was listening to miko, looked at pakura with a pleading look, a look that said *don't leave me alone with her* pakura saw it but chose to ignore it.
Mikoto screamed internally [traitor!] She saw miko's playful grin.
Miko: well I can't go to the event due to certain issues, but others will be there, I'm sure you'll have a wonderful time.
Mikoto: what is the event exactly.
Miko stood up and said "well I'm heading back, I need to buy stuff for the future" miko waved her hand at mikoto before saying "bye".
Mikoto: wait!?.
Miko was already gone, and mikoto had a bad feeling something was strange about the event, and was gonna ask pakura about it.
Just as pakura came back mikoto who was waiting for her to return was interrupted before she could speak.
Pakura: sorry mikoto, but I've been called to do some stuff, so I'll be seeing you.
Pakura pulled out some paper tore it and vanished, mikoto was dumbfounded and she muttered "something about this event is definitely not normal".
A couple of hours later.
Mikoto was standing with the massive group of women and felt out of place, [what is this. No I must see what it is] she encouraged herself to hold it together.
When the group started to shorten it was finally her turn, she to wanted see why they were here, it was gnawing at her.
When she entered the room, she fell to the ground almost instantly too shocked to move but the man with silver/white hair in front of her left her no chance for thinking.
8 hours later.
Mikoto was on the second floor in her own home, she was on her bed looking at the ceiling, dazed with disheveled hair and a blush she was currently rethinking life [was it always that intense or was that just him, himself].
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