chapter71:this afternoon ..

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"Can you smell that as well Mother?" Kunou innocently asked her mother as she held onto her nose.

"I do." Yasaka replied as she placed a hand on her daughter's shoulder.

Seeing the look on Yasaka's face, it seemed like this was something terrible. "What is it that you smell Kunou?" Daniel nervously asked.

"It smells weird, but it also smells a lot like Iron... Lots of rusty Iron." Kunou answered as Daniel and Scáthach's eyes widened in horror.

Daniel knew that this heavy smell of Iron could only mean one thing. "Yasaka... I think it's best you get your daughter out of here." Daniel's voice sounded hollow as Killian looked at his brother in confusion.

"Agreed." Yasaka replied as she grabbed a hold of Kunou who along with Killian didn't seem to understand what was happening.

"This is gonna be tough." Scáthach stated with a morbid tone.

"Let's just hope it's not as bad as we think it might be." Daniel replied with the same tone as Killian snapped.

"Okay, can someone tell me what's happening?" Killian asked as he received sorrowful looks from both Scáthach and Daniel.

"Killi. The smell of rusted Iron, matches the smell of Blood." Daniel replied as he faced his brother. "And most likely we won't be walking into a pretty sight."

"He's right Pup." Lina stated out in agreement. "While I still hold the Girl's scent. It's still overpowering my nose right now. I need you to leave this place as well."

Killian looked between Lina's gem and Daniel in shock at this news. "It's your call Killi. But you might not like what you see." Daniel stated with a sad look on his face.

"I'll stay." Killian replied as he steadied his nerves. Before he followed Daniel and Scáthach further down the

When the trio walked into a large opening with the sewer they came upon a sight which etched itself into their minds. Lying around them were the mangled remains of the missing Children. But there were four more kids than the ones missing from the Orphanage.

Spats of Blood covered the areas around the bodies as it appeared the Children put up a small amount of resistance. But more shocking was the fact that each body appeared to have a different part missing, some were missing their eyes, other their arms, their legs, some even had their chests cut open.

Their bodies were layed out in a circular pattern, there was what Daniel thought was a pentagram. However on a closer look, he noticed it was something else. It was a Transmutation Circle for creating a Philosopher's Stone, again just like from Full Metal Alchemist. 'Oh fuck no... There souls have been ripped out of their bodies. But these wounds tough... They were caused after death.' Daniel thought to himself as he collapsed to his knees.

The scene though became too much for Killian to take any longer. "Oh dear God in Heaven." Killian spoke out in horror as he could no longer hold back the feeling in his stomach and threw up.

Scáthach was silent as she walked over to one of the bodies. It was of a little girl, she appeared to be the youngest one there.

"Jesus, Mary and Joseph... Why would they create something like this! What kind of monster could do something like this." Killian stated out as he was now able to hold back his stomach a little bit better. However Daniel was now becoming worried about Killian's state of mind.

Rubbing his brother's back, Killian looked up at Daniel with tears in his eyes. "I've failed these children Danny." Killian stated out in sorrow. "The Church was meant to protect them like we were when we were kids."

"I know Killi, but at least we've found them now... So at least we can make sure we give them a proper burial." Daniel replied as he brought his brother up to his feet.

"You're right, I need to be stronger for these children..." Killian nodded in reply as he psyched himself.

"It's alright Killi... I understand." As Killian and Daniel began to pick up the children, Scáthach called out to them.

"None of these children appear to be the missing Youkai." Scáthach stated as he held onto one of the children.

Looking at the children once more, Daniel began to count them. "She's right. The numbers don't add up." Placing a hand on Killian shoulder he looked over at his brother. "We might not have been able to save these kids. But we can still make a difference."

"I've lost the scent though." Lina stated out. "This room is a dead end."

"It's not though." Daniel replied as he looked at the jewel on Killian's hand. "Don't forget this monster we're dealing with is a master with Alchemy. So they'll cover their tracks by blocking the hallways."

'Structural Analysis.' Placing his hand on the wall Daniel felt the room for changes. "They've made changes to this room. So while we have our lead to their hideout further down from here. I think we have other things to take care of first." Daniel finished as he moved over and picked up one of the dead children. "Once we've looked after the kids, we'll plan our attack."

"We'll only get one chance at this. You know this right?" Scáthach stated out as she picked up a child of her own. "Because I want to gut the bastard who did this."

"Agreed." Killian added as he narrowed his eyes. Daniel was silent in his own reply as he spotted another black feather in the corner of his eye just like earlier that morning.

(Evening)

Once the bodies of the deceased Human children had been taken back to the surface, their bodies were returned to the orphanage for resting.

But with little rest, Daniel, Scáthach, Killian and the Youkai soon planned out their assault. "This is a map of Kyoto's sewers like you requested." Yasaka stated as she placed a large map that covered the entire city. "We've over lapped multiple different layouts of the sewers Kyoto's had throughout the city's history. Every pathway and open space area will be marked here."

"This is how we'll smoke them out." Daniel stated as he pointed to the room they had found the children in earlier. "We'll start at the same place from this afternoon."

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