The Purity of White Seems To Be Red - ShiMayu fanfiction | Sousei no Onmyouji

Chapter 2

A/N: Hello and welcome to chapter 2 of this story!^^ I wish you a lot of fun reading.

Chapter 2

Did you know that she is the only case a Kegare ochi was reverted?

Of course he'd known. They had discussed the event, that lead to the first appearance of Ijika Yuuto and the following fight between Seigen and him in a meeting of the founder families. But somehow he had never connected the Mayura, who suffered being a Kegare ochi to the Mayura he got acquainted with. For him Mayura was the embodiment of innocence and purity since the day they have met. Some people might call her faith and her honesty naive but he recognized it as strength. How could he imagine her as something essentially impure?

As he went to the hospital the day after his talk to Arima-san he tried to remember signs of her behaving any different after waking up. Being spell power depleted, she might be exposed to negative auras...

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"... Besides we have no knowledge on people who suffered an Kegare ochi. There might be traces left."

"Arima-san, did the oracle show you Otomi's fate?"

"The oracle does not show the path, it just tells me about certain events. We can't expect the future to write itself. We have to make certain that Otomi-chan won't fall into impurity again."

"Hai."

"As her partner you know her the best and I want you to keep an eye on her. She was exposed to a high rate of miasma."

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Kegare ochi. If he could, he would try to protect Otomi from this fate. He just hoped he wouldn't have to relieve her if it ever came to this point...

When Shimon arrived at the hospital, he was feeling nervous. Although he had overcome his self-consciousness and timidity in the past, some things still made him nervous. How was he supposed to act normal while keeping an eye on her?

As he reached the door of her hospital room, he heard genuine laughter from inside. He instantly frowned before he knocked on the door being suddenly unnerved.

Her cheerful voice invited him. "Come in!"

When he entered the room, Rokuro and Mayura both grinned at him. Rokuro stood at the side of Mayura's bed, where she was sitting on. "Oi, Shimon. What is it with that cold face you're wearing?"

"Rokuro! That's not a polite thing to say to Shimon!" Mayura complained.

Shimon crossed his arms. "Typical, he has no manners and no respect for his seniors."

As always Rokuro exploded, yelling: "Hey, it is not easy to talk to you. You're like a wall."

"Totally immature."

"And you're just cold."

Suddenly Mayura intervened. "Stop quarreling, you two! Jeez... You're both imperturbable nuisance sellers."

Rokuro chuckled about Mayura's odd expression while Shimon couldn't hold back a smile. He and Rokuro liked to bicker but since the day Rokuro helped him save his cousin ,who was like a sister to him, he was grateful and came to accept Rokuro's abilities as an exorcists. Although he had no manners, Shimon had grown to be grateful for the unlikely companionship. That what irked him the most were the moments he saw Rokuro with Otomi. At some point Shimon noticed the blush she would get speaking to Rokuro or her glazy eyes. It was very irritating. Just thinking about it made him feel cranky.