Explain Yourself (Specialty Flashback)

The original Shimiko had tasked herself with interrogating Yua whilst the clone would handle Yui. Shimiko knew the Twins were close, closer than any natural born siblings. They had shared a body for most of their life and they consistently spoke in unison. She played no favorites and treated them equally, but part of the reason why that was so easy was because they were essentially one unit.

That wouldn't be the case today. Today, Shimiko would treat them very differently. As close as they were, they were still separate people with separate personalities. Yua was meek, timid, and easily frightened. He could be brave when the situation required it but he often faltered without the help of his sister. Shimiko didn't want to prey on his weakness, but she had a hunch that if she questioned him separately without her there, he'd crack like an egg. Shimiko didn't want to use their psychological profile against them but what they had done was grounds for death as a matter of Church and State. Most targets would be subject to extreme torture but what Shimiko had in mind was gentle in comparison. Aside from the fact that she had raised them, she was genuinely concerned that they were being used by a nefarious third party. She had to use every tool in her arsenal to get the truth out of them, even if it meant saying things she thought she'd never have to say.

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Shimiko gripped Yua's arm harder than she ever had before. The two marched down a long hallway. They had exited the arena and were now in the portion of the palace reserved for private meetings. The individual rooms were luxurious. They consisted of settees, living spaces, entertainment hubs, and even the occasional bedroom. Shimiko pushed her way into one of the suites. This particular room was like a miniature hotel room. She forced Yua to sit on a nearby couch while she got down on one knee so that she could look him in the eye. He had grown since she had adopted him, but she still had to crouch down so that she could meet his eyes. The two were face to face with mere inches between them. Shimiko's Ketsurygan was rather intimidating but she wasn't going to put him under the influence of Genjutsu. All she did was stare into his soul. She wanted him to see how much he had hurt her by doing what he had done.

"How could you?! HOW COULD YOU!" she shouted at him. "You know what the Church means to me! You know what Mora means to me! Why did you and your sister make up all those awful lies about her?!"

Shimiko dashed some of the papers to the ground. She had analyzed them on the way here and although she wasn't the sleuth she had once been, it was painfully obvious that the Superior Sacristan's signature had been forged. It wasn't particularly convincing and there was no way it would have stood up to even intermediate scrutiny by a junior ANBU analyst. Someone had to be setting the Twins up.

Shimiko's shouting might scare the boy, and ordinarily, to see him afraid would break her heart. It didn't matter. She had to be strong. She was doing this for them, for Kumo, for the Church.

"This is all bullshit Yua and you know it! Mora isn't guilty of anything except being a bit headstrong. Who put you up to this?!"

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Shimiko's clone would handle Yui much the same way, physically speaking at least. She would take Yui to the opposite end of the Suites area. She didn't want her overhearing her younger brother being shouted at. The moment was emotionally charged and the last thing Shimiko needed was for Yui to go into Initial Jinchurikki Mode. She sat Yui down in a suite much like the one previously described. Shimiko wouldn't kneel down though. Instead, she'd remain standing and force Yui to sit. She looked down at her daughter. There was no use yelling. Yui didn't scare easily. She was the leader of the duo and Shimiko would treat with her like she would the head of a foreign state.

"You made up those charges about Mora" she said. The eerie calmness of the clone contrasted sharply with the emotional fury of the original. "Why Yui....Why? You two mean the world to me. I'd do anything for you guys. I love you so much and then you pull something like this." She slammed the other half of the documents on the ground. "I thought you guys loved me. I thought you cared about the Church and our faith. Was it all just lies?"

Shimiko didn't think the Twins were using her but she knew that's what people often said about them. The tabloids had found out that they were technically older than her. Some of the more bold and insane magazines had speculated that they were just mooching off her by pretending to be Jashinsts. Shimiko couldn't just up and kill them but she had always fantasized about doing so. And yet, a part of her was afraid that the Twins were like Sakata. That they were just with her for convenience and the moment things got tough and she showed them her true colors, they'd abandon her. Just like her parents did, just like Seigi did, just like Sakata did.

She didn't want to live in a world without their love.

It hurt to use that line of interrogation on Yui but she knew it would poke a sore spot. They were just as aware about what the gossip rags said as she was. They'd do anything to fight against those rumors even if it meant telling the truth about where this "evidence" had really come from.

Yua had been dragged off from his sister, he knew why he was seen as the weaker as he felt Shimiko squeeze his arm hard, he made no flinches, however. This pain was nothing compared to the torture they suffered as children, Shimiko, of course, knew this and likely knew torture would get literally nothing from the pair. She did know his fears however and he was well aware of this. He knew why they did this and he would tell her the truth, he was sure Yua would also speak the truth as they had nothing to hide.

When she began to yell he could feel her pain in her words, he could tell she was suffering so much but deep down this suffering they had caused was to save what he and his sister desired most. She was the light that shined on them in their darkest days when they were barely surviving she could have simply killed them that day but instead she offered her hand.

He would take a deep breath as he would explain best he could, he knew Yui would explain things much better and while he was an individual they both had one thing in common their undying love for Shimiko she was their god.

"W..we did this for one reason Shimiko, we had two choices either help the church change.... or watch as both our religion and likely you fighting on the side of the church parish. Do you remember the day you saved us... we remember it as the day a light finally shined into our life, you could have killed as any Jashinist would have but instead, you offered your hand."

He would reach up and pull off his black wig exposing his white hair, Shimiko, of course, knew they both wore a wig but there was a reason. They had to become idols and those loved by the nation in order to inspire others to become good. They had to help those in suffering by becoming the light to the entire nation, this is why they became idols.

"Do you know why we choose to put on this persona, this idol form, and began to sing and gain popularity. We wanted to become like you, we wanted to become a beacon of light to those suffering under the cruel reality of this world. If we can inspire those who suffered as we have to never give up then maybe someday when we have the power we can save them as you saved us."

"When Ryuko came out of the coma we had a long talk and she made it very clear unless the church changed, it would be annihilated, she may have changed her mind because of our actions but either way we couldn't take a chance. We knew Mora would never change, did you know some of the church secrets, Like the fact, Sacristan Lee-hei and Mora are planning to remove the tailed beast from us. I doubt you know of this because Mora knows of your soft spot for us. If you want to know how we know about this we heard them discussing this "

"If you do not believe us then fine search our mind for the truth, but let us warn you there are truths you do not want to know, things deep down you suspected, deep down you had doubts about Mora and you know it."

Yui would take a seat with Shimiko preparing to go in on her, of course, she blamed Yui directly. She knew Yua was not the mastermind type as she continued to speak she heard her say was their love a lie and many other hurtful things she knew Shimiko didn't mean what she was saying. Yui clinched her hand tight as blood would begin to flow out of it.

"You are so WRONG Shimiko, HOW DARE YOU question our love of you, CAN'T YOU SEE WE LOVE YOU BEYOND ANY NORMAL LOVE. You are beyond a mother to us, no you are like a god to us, without you being in this world what would be worth living for. You are the very reason we live to this day, as for why we did this. Mora isn't someone you can trust, when Ryuko woke from her coma we had a long talk and she made it clear. She refused to accept the Jashin church as it was and wanted to destroy it, we knew you would fight to the death and we would lose you. So we promised her to change the church, if we failed she would crush the church and in return crush you. We knew if you found this out you would start a war this is why Mora must be made to fall, her and the church elders, they cannot accept change.

She would pause for a moment as she calmed town loosening her clenched fist the church had many dark secrets and some they had learned about made them sick. They would convert children to the church, but they did not do this with normal means, no they tortured and mentally made them suffer breaking every once of their freedom. If the child broke to bad they killed them, if the child continued to resist they would be put through more and more torture until they made them completely brainwashed and under control.

"Your Mora is no damn saint, did you know she plans to remove the tailed beast from us. You know what happens if it is removed, we die she doesnt care her and Sacristan Lee-hei had plans to kill us. She doesn't like the fact we spared Miyu and lost the exams we show to much kindness and to much of a good heart, your Mora wants to kill the very lives you saved and yet you think shes perfect you are blinded by your love of the church. This is the figure of the church Ryuko cant accept, we plan to change the church to become a beacon of hope. We will become the light in the darkness of those suffering as we have as idols, this is why we accepted this persona. We became the light for those like us, they would come to the church seeking salvation and a future free of suffering but MORA WOULD RUIN this hope instead. She's a god damn monster, a freak, someone who should not exist in the church, we cannot let her ruin our religion."

As she spoke her eyes began to glow red the rage and demonic chakra could be felt in the room, she would not harm Shimiko but her rage was real, it was clear this is truly how Yui felt. She would take her black wig off and look directly into Shimikos eyes, showing her fiery determination as her beautiful white hair would flow down her back, it likely had been ages since Shimiko saw her natural hair color. Yui would stand and rip her dress off her scars visible to all to see, this was the wounds they had suffered under protected monsters, they knew Ryuko would end people like this but they also had to change the church.

"DO YOU WANT OTHERS TO SUFFER LIKE THIS, do you know how painful this was, being used to service men, being tortured burned whipped, having your skin torn clean off your body as the whip sliced into your flesh. We can make the church help lost souls like we were, we can help those who cannot get justice get the justice they deserve. If the church refuses to change we will fall if we do change we can become a state religion, you know that's something that's huge an accepted religion people worshipping our god with us and being open about it. She hides behind her religion but is she truly who you think she is. When you revere someone so much you can't see their flaws right in front of your face, it means others have to remove the blindfold."

Shimiko listened as Yua explained that the Twins had done what they had done to save both herself and the Church. By their words, they made it sound as though no one else was responsible for fiasco. Ordinarily, Shimiko wouldn't beleive it. She couldn't fathom the idea that her darlings could attempt an act so blasphemous and disruptive. But when she examined the facts carefully, the truth became obvious. The evidence supporting the accusation was flimsy and the assassination was outright idiotic. Shimiko loved her Twins and she guessed that they wanted to take after her but they were woefully inexperienced in running black ops. They didn't have the requisite knowledge to frame Mora and so they had done the best they could with what they had.

Shimiko listened with a pained expression as Yua said that they were just trying to keep her safe. It was touching but it rendered her spirit asunder. Mora was like a grandmother to her but far beyond that, she was the shepard for Shimiko's soul. For her own kin to conspire against the Church's leader would put her in an impossible position. If it was anyone else Shimiko would have killed them on the spot. Brutally, painfully, and without mercy. She'd cut them down and anyone else they were associated with. But staring directly in front of her was her own baby boy. White hair, innocent expression, and heart full of unconditional love. The same love that had caused her to defy the will of the Necrossiah himself. Shimiko couldn't even draw her weapon against him. When Yua confessed that Ryuko had threatened to destroy the Church if changes weren't made, the Chinoike became incensed. The introduction of a third-party would normally have been a welcome solution to the cognitive dissonance that threatened to rip her mind apart. However, rather than being some target that could easily be erased, it was none other than her sister. The same sister that wouldn't fight her no matter how much she had begged and threatened.

Shimiko was crying now. She tried to stay strong but it was all too much. It seemed like every cornerstone of support in her life wasn't just crumbling but actively attacking each other. Mora had attacked Nariko and the village, Ryuko had threatened the Church, the Twins were attacking Mora, it was like a never ending cycle of conflict. Sparks of black lightning began to circulate around the Defender of Faith as she struggled to get her anger under control. She could hear it now. The whispers of the Necrossiah telling her that she was wrong to have spared her friend. A pulse of pure hatred and anger flashed in her eyes as she seriously considered the fact that the new Queen had betrayed her and used her own Twins against her. Was this her end game the whole time? Turn the Twins into a living weapon to be pointed the Orthodoxy? Shimiko fired a bolt of lighting at the nearby wall. She had to break something. The rage inside her was to pent up. The wall shattered and electricity danced around the area. Not a spark of it would hit Yua.

The rest of his speech was even more disturbing. As if the civil war between the loves of her life could not get worse, Yua revealed that Mora and Sacristan Lee-hei wished to remove the Shukaku from them. Shimiko froze as she comprehended his words. It was possible to survive a Bijuu extraction true but it was incredibly risky. The odds were less than 10% and that was assuming Fuuinjutsu expertise on par with Akihiro's. There was no way the Church could confidently say that Yui and Yua would survive. Shimiko also knew that Mora didn't discuss anything with Lee-hei unless there was a real possibility of it coming to fruition.

"No...it can't be true....it can't..."

Shimiko shut her eyes and shook her head violently. She couldn't believe that Mora would even entertain such a thought. The twins were well loved in the Church. Their voices glorified Jashin and their reputation for killing the scum of the world was irreproachable. Shimiko wanted to blame that bastard Lee-hei but then she remembered how Mora had risked it all just to assert her authority over Nariko. She was angry that she had done such a thing without Shimiko there to protect them, but she hadn't allowed herself to even consider the possibility that Mora wasn't acting in the best interests of the Orthodoxy. It was blasphemous to even think about overthrowing the Church but how could she let Mora harm Yua and Yui? Unable to deal with what she had been told, Shimiko began to hit every aspect of the room with streams of lightning. She drew her Sai and began cutting down every wall and piece of furniture in sight. She wasn't going to hurt Yua but she had to hurt something even if it was a series of inanimate objects.


Shimiko's clone was taken aback by Yui's defiance. Even though she was the more assertive twin, Yui had never raised her voice against Shimiko before. Yui declared that she would never betray Shimiko and that their relationship was more akin to a God and his creation than just a mother and her daughter. She was touched but didn't know how to respond. She knew the Twins loved her but now it was clear that they literally worshiped her. Shimiko's clone could see that every word Yui was speaking was true and her reaction to the news that Ryuko had threatened the Orthodoxy was much the same as the original. Sparks flew and things were broken as she struggled against the urge to take action against the Queen.

Yui's words regarding Mora's plan were just as disheartening as Yua's. The possibility that Mora would be willing to kill the twins so that their power can be transferred into another member of the Orthodoxy was too much for her to bear. Just like Shimiko, Yui's temper was something to behold. A faint red glow began to emanate from her daughter. Like Yua, she removed her wig and showed how serious she was. Shimiko's clone settled down in a way that the original had not. They were more alike than she gave them credit for.

Shimiko fell silent. The idea that Mora was wrong was incomprehensible to her. But if the Twins could see Mora for what she was then could she as well? She silently prayed to Jashin for answer but she heard nothing. She prayed to the Necrossiah for guidance and shockingly, even he had nothing to say. The warrior sank to her knees and wept, completely uncertain how to solve this life-defining conflict.

I thought I had it all figured out....I thought everything would go back to normal.....Jashin please.....please give me a sign.......

Yua heard Shimiko's pain, the look in her eyes the tears she had, and the rage, everything he said was the truth though, not a hint of a lie. In order to survive, they had to get rid of Mora, they also had to change the church to prevent its destruction, anything less then Mora, and the council's removal would be unacceptable if they planned to be a religion. He then saw her rage as she began to stab the wall and destroy the walls with her lightning, Yua cowered some despite him knowing Shimiko was not going to harm him he could not stand seeing her like this as he would stand and even if he got struck slightly he would attempt to move behind her and hug her, hoping this would calm her down.

"Shimiko... I know you trust Mora but she's never been a good person, she isn't like you, she manipulated you and I worry about how blind you have been to her actions. They planned to kill us by removing the tailed beast, how did you expect we would react, no way we were going to die, we refuse to die. We love you Shimiko and even if you don't see it everything we do is for you, everything we do is to protect the one person we cannot lose in our lives."

Yui would watch Shimikos reactions and could see the pain she was in, the feeling dread came over her, Yui and Yua had shattered her image of the one person she idolized above all else, but she had to have that illusion shattered. Yui and Yua knew exactly what Shimiko was and still loved her with all their hearts, no way they would accept death.

"Shimiko, please understand we did this for you, I know what Mora means to you but we did not survive that horrible life we had to die to some stupid and foolish woman. No, I don't respect her in the slightest because she just manipulates you and makes you blind to her real intentions, don't you ever wonder why they have so many meetings without you around. You should be considered one of the church's highest members yet they discuss nothing with you. When they revolted did they say a single word to you, no they just did it and left you out of the loop, think about that how much does she really care about you or the church shes in power for power nothing else."

Shimiko didn't mean to scare her son but there was no bottling up the emotions she felt. The anger, the betrayal, the fear. It was all there and she had no outlet to relieve her stress. Shimiko couldn't imagine turning against her Lady Superior. It was unthinkable. Ever since she was a child she had been told to obey without question and she had done so irreproachably. Yua wasn't a liar, not to her at least, so when he told her that he feared Mora wanted to strip them of their Bijuu, she had no choice but to take him seriously. It was possible he had misheard. It was possible that it was some kind of disinformation. Maybe even a test to see where her true loyalties lay. The possibilities were endless but at least a handful ended with a brutal and dark truth. That Mora fundamentally did not trust the Twins with Shukaku and would strip it from them if she thought it served the Church's interests. Shimiko stopped fighting her imaginary opponent when Yua ran and hugged her. She cancelled her Raiton and stood still as she listened to him.

The tears were streaming down her face as she was now faced with an impossible decision. One that had haunted her every day since she had adopted the Twins. Before Yui and Yua had come into her life, there was nothing Shimiko wouldn't do, take, or give for the sake of the Church. Now that they were her everything, what room was there for Jashin in her life? The Twins said she didn't have to give him up but if she went against Mora, she might as well be cursing him with her own breath. Shimiko stood silent and at a loss.

A long time passed before she finally moved again. Holstering her weapons, Shimiko turned around, knelt down on one knee, and gave Yua a hug. She was angry about what they had done but she understood that their heart was in the right place. Where they'd go from here though was not something she could answer. But irrespective of everything else, there was something she needed to tell Yua. After she broke the hug, she put her hands on Yua's shoulders and looked him in the eye. Shimiko's voice trembled with emotion but she tried to keep her voice clear.

"Yua...I love you more than anything in the world. You're my son. I'll always love you and your sister...but I can't always be there to protect you..." Shimiko remembered the Chuunin Exams. They had almost lost control and revealed themselves as Kumo's jinchurikki. The incident happened in a foreign village no less and if it wasn't for Akihiro, they might have fallen into Kiri's hands. "I don't want to believe Mora would hurt you two like this....hurt me like this....you're right she does things we don't understand sometimes but but...." she wasn't sure how to defend Mora's latest actions. Attacking Nariko while the Defender of Faith was away on a mission was so unbelievably reckless that Shimiko had no choice but to chalk it up to a direct revelation by Jashin. But in her heart she knew that it was wrong. That it could have ended everything that the Church had worked for centuries to build. It was hard to admit, but if there was anything in the universe that could force her to admit it, it was an attack on her children. "...if she did want to do something like this...and I wasn't around to protect you....nor Ryuko-chan or Seigi or Nariko-sensei...you have to protect each other. Yui is strong but she's only half the equation. You have to be ready to fight for your survival and you have to do it in the smartest way possible. What you did today was stupid and immature....but its indicative of a larger problem Yua. You can't just go along with whatever your sister says. You have to be strong too. I need you to become the man you were always meant to be. No more cross dressing. No more acting girly, or scared, or cowardly."


Shimiko gripped Yua's shoulders tightly and gave him a firm shake.

"I need you to grow up Yua because one day I'll be gone forever and if Jashin is good he'll take me before you. I know you say you can't live without me but you have to....that's why I saved you. So that you can live life without having to be dependent on someone else. Doesn't matter if they are good or bad. You have a right to live life on your own terms but that can only happen if you grow up and start being brave."

Shimiko rested her forehead against Yua's and held him close.

"Promise me you'll try Yua....please promise me"

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Shimiko's clone was stunned but she listened as Yui spoke. The clone sat down next to the elder twin and remained silent. Yui was right. Mora had blessed Shimiko as the Defender of Faith but in truth, she was little more than Mora's errand girl. She killed who Mora told her to kill, protect what Mora told her to protect, and bought what Mora told her to bought. How many hundreds of thousands of Ryo had she taken from Nariko just to give to the Church to Mora. The sad part of all of it was that Shimiko was proud of that relationship. She was more than happy to be Mora's little errand girl. It had defined her. It gave her the chance to do the one thing she had relished since she was old enough to acknowledge her own existence. To think of Mora in bad terms was impossible. Shimiko never liked the Twins to see her weak or hurt. She remembered the day that Sakata had left her. They had found her crying and ever since that day, she said she'd be strong for them. But this was so heavy that she couldn't bear it alone. The clone (being an exact copy of Shimiko's identity) looked at Yui and saw how far the girl had come. Yui wasn't perfect but she was far more perceptive and adult-like than she had been when she saved them. For the first time ever, Shimiko considered talking to Yui like she was a peer and not just a child.

"Yui....I...." she began. "The way you see me....is the way I see Lady Mora. She saved me....she brought me into the Church and showed me the glory of Jashin. She's our spiritual leader....our holy text says we must obey her every word. I can't....we can't..."

It was hard to get the words out. It was hard to articulate the impossible.

Yua began to cry when Shimiko hugged him as he would listen to her words he seemed shocked, he never wanted to become the forefront he wanted to simply be in the background. However Shimiko made it clear she wanted him to stop pretending to be weak, she knew he was much stronger then he appeared and his little game of dress-up was to hide his hatred for combat. He would shake his head as he would keep the wig off and smile hugging Shimiko tightly, his sister was strong but he knew sometimes she needed someone to anchor her or oppose her opinions.

"I will change Shimiko... I need to stop pretending to be weak and give Yui more help-, all I have ever done is leech off of her it is about time I became her equal not just a weight weighing down her potential."

Yui listened to Shimikos words and let out a sigh, it was not the same, because Mora wasn't trying to murder her because she disagreed with Shimiko, no Mori treated her like a tool nothing more. Yui was mad she could see this abuse and how Mori kept Shimiko out of power, she had nothing but a glorified desk job for the church, her power in the church was almost non existant.

"Shimiko shes been using you this entire time, you didn't use Yua and myself, no you loved and cared for us. To Mora you are her guard dog if you ever question her she likely will try to get rid of you, dogs are only good in loyal. If they bite the hand that feeds them they get killed, you are her dog and nothing more, why do you think you lack almost any power in the church. She wants us to die to remove the tailed beast, even with our bloodline we likely cant live from removal. You need to open your eyes and realize to last in this world the church must change, we love Jashin very much but I am almost certain they are editing the word to their own ideals. I bet if we find the original book it has been changed by the church, they don't want you to see the true word. If you find this book you will see how the church has betrayed you, us and everyone in the church. I have not witnessed them change it this is just a hunch, you likely can find the book with your persuasive skills, go look and find it and find the truth."

Shimiko embraced Yua. He committed to being a better and stronger person. That was all she asked for. If Seigi and Ryuko were going to demand growth from her, then she'd be derelict in her duty if she didn't do the same for the Twins. What was to become of the Orthodoxy and Mora's position was uncertain. Both Mora and the Twins had done terrible things, with frightening implications for the institution's future. The real Shimiko was glad that Yua had learned from this crisis but that didn't mean she had all the answers as to what would come next. She reached into one of her armour's pockets and pulled out a handkerchief. She wiped the tears from his face and sighed deeply. She wasn't sure what to do next.  She did know that she had to give Yua the opportunity to fulfill his promise to her.

"You trust me to keep you safe right Yua? No matter what? You trust me to protect you until you're strong enough to protect yourself?"


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Shimiko sat in silence as Yui made her case against Mora. If it were anyone else, she'd slap them silly and open their throat but this wasn't just anyone, it was Yui. She knew her Twins would never lie to her so if they were saying Mora was putting them in jeopardy, that was their honest belief. Shimiko couldn't shake the possibility that someone had gotten to them but she decided to trust them for now. She wouldn't mind read them. She didn't need to. She could hear it in their voice and feel it in her own spirit. They were scared and Jashin help anyone who scared them. Shimiko didn't say anything for awhile but when she did speak up, her voice was pregnant with worry.

"Yui....I never wanted to be anything more than a guard dog"

It was a shocking statement but a true one.

"I always wanted to kill not to lead. Mora saw what was best in me and she allowed me to serve her the only way I knew how. I don't want to be in charge...not of Kumo, not of the Church. All I wanted to do was kill for God and Country....nothing else ever mattered to me....until I met you and your brother. You guys are so important to me and if anyone tried to take you away...."

The rest went without saying. After mustering up the courage, Shimiko added:

"I don't know what to do right now Yui but I do know things have to change. I-I'll talk to Mora, she knows how much I love you guys, she'd never risk that by trying to take your Bijuu away. I'm sure its something else maybe she has a plan or some secret method we don't know about"

Shimiko was making every excuse in the world for Mora. She wouldn't even entertain the thought that Mora was acting contrary to the true teachings of the Church or erroneously interpreting Jashinist doctrine. As far as Shimiko was concerned, Mora was Jashinist doctrine. But if the doctrine told her that she had to sacrifice Yui and Yua? What would she do then? Shimiko had ran from that question for years but there was no avoiding it now. She had to face the truth and she had to face it head on.

"I'm going to get to the bottom of this but know this...whatever I find, I'll deal with it. I won't let anyone hurt you or Yua. I promise. We need to get out of here and you two need to get to safety. Go straight to the Tower with Seigi and don't come out until I give you two the okay. Things are going to get dangerous and if what you say is true, then Mora isn't the only one in the Orthodoxy you have to fear"

Shimiko rose from her seat and gave Yui a hug.

"You trust me right Yui? You trust me to keep you safe no matter what?"

Shimiko felt like she already knew the answer but she needed to hear it. She needed to hear them say it with their own lips.

Once she heard it, she'd give each of of them a kiss on the cheek and escort them out of the building. From there, she'd have Seigi take them to the Towers to hide out until this crisis was resolved. After that, Shimiko's next stop was St. Memori's Cathedral.

It was time to confront Mora.

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Yua was happy and shook his head at her words, of course, he trusted her but he had to get strong to not be a bother to his sister, she was so strong-willed and strong but quite reckless. He had to become strong enough to tell her no when he needed to if he wasn't a man she wasn't going to take him seriously. He would simply smile as Shimiko wiped away his tears, he would become the rock Yui needed and help her keep herself in check if he failed to do this then who could keep her in check.

Yui listened to Shimikos words and shook her head in anger, no Shimiko was far more then their dog, even if she did not want it she needed power in the church to keep them in check. Mora would never change her mind, she was going to want the tailed beast removed and would order Shimiko to take part, she just wondered what Shimiko would do. Would she ben her knee or would she defy the church, this was a moment for her to choose the path she would take in life.

"Even if you wanted to be a dog you need to be more if you really care for Mora you need to stop her, she won't change her mind she's going to demand you detain us and remove the beast, it will be up to you to choose the path you want. I am sorry we caused trouble but we felt we had to make a move. We will let you do your investigation and travel with your brother, we will not make any public moves until you say it's okay to come out."

The pair would hug Shimiko before leaving, she likely was going to confront Mora and this wasn't going to end well.

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