A/N: Yay someone likes my story!^^ Thank you reviewer!
I rush out of HQ and instantly launch a powerful kick at the first Noah I see, which happens to be Tyki. He grabs my foot out of mid-air and twists my leg, slamming me to the ground.
"How's that wing?" he smirks. "I see you're still incapable of flying."
"That injury is long since healed," I growl. "I can't fly right now because your damn Akuma ate one of my primaries yesterday."
"That must be unpleasant." Somehow his smirk gets wider. One of his Teez butterflies appears on his finger. My eyes widen in horror. Yeah, bad memories.
I hear my own scream ringing in my ears. The pain is unbearable. My wing feels like it's being torn apart from the inside. Oh wait, it is.
"One minute," the Noah says. "One minute until your wing is gone and my Teez moves into your body. Goodbye, exorcist. Know that your death was caused by Tyki Mikk. Like that knowledge will do you any good now." The Noah walks away, leaving me here to die.
I've gotta do something. Fast. The pain has almost reached my back. If it does, I've got no hope.
I stretch out my other wing and position it over my wing with the Teez. Here goes nothing. I bring my wing down with all the force I can.
I don't look. I know I just cut my own wing off. I also got rid of the Teez, though. I stand up slowly, using a tree as support, and start stumbling back towards HQ.
The clock bell from the HQ rings loud and clear. 12 times. That means... MIDNIGHT! YES! IT'S TOMORROW!
I snap open my wings and push off, leaving Tyki on the ground.
"I thought you weren't allowed to fly," he growls.
"Until now," I smirk. "That bell signaled midnight, which means I can fly now."
"Ikeda!" I hear Reever yell from the ground. "I thought I told you not to fly!"
"But it's tomorrow already," I pout. "The bell just rang midnight!"
"Right on the dot," he mutters.
"Reever-san look out!" I scream, dicing towards the Akuma readying its cannon behind him. He dives out of the way of the firing cannon as my wing slices through the Akuma like butter.
"...thanks," he pants.
"No problem," I reply. "Now get back in-"
I'm cut off by Komui yelling "LAUNCH THE BOMB!"
"...that can't be good," I mutter.
"It's supposed to be relatively harmless," Reever says. "But I doubt it."
I'm about to reply when the area becomes filled with thick smoke. The smoke makes it difficult to breathe, so I burry my face in my hands to try and filter it out. Finally the smoke clears and I find myself in a forest.
"Reever-san?" I call out. "Reever-san!"
"Shhh!" I hear from a nearby bush. A bush that's oddly low for being eye-level with me. "Tai! Quiet down before you get us killed!" I poke my head into the bush and see a cat. It's a red cat with green eyes. And an eyepatch?
"Lavi-kun?" I gasp. "You're a cat!"
"Yeah, so are you," he points out. "Have you seen my hammer?"
I look down at my brown paws in astonishment. In a panic I try to stretch my wings. Ah, good thing they're still there... I'M A FREAKING CAT!
I open my mouth to screech in surprise, but Lavi stops me by covering my mouth with his tail... which I end up biting, causing him to yowl.
"That freaking hurt!" he whines.
"You deserved it," I retort. "Anyway, I think I found your hammer." I trace the mark of Innocence at the base of his tail. "It's become parasitic."
"Really?" he asks, looking at me wide-eyed, ears perked. "How do I use it?"
"...you just activate it," I say.
He rolls his eyes. "Innocence, activate," he mutters. He slams his tail, which has tripled in length, against a tree. The tree falls over.
"Deactivate it!" I screech, slicing the tree into little pieces with my wings to prevent any further damage to the forest. The Innocence deactivates and his tail reverts to normal length. I sigh in relief now that the danger has passed.
"Who are you?" a voice growls behind us. I turn around to see a group of seven cats. Two of them look like prisoners.
One of the "prisoner" cats is dark gray with yellow eyes, black marks under each eye and on his forehead. The other one is dark red with red eyes and a white mask on half of his face.
The other five cats are more normal looking. There's a golden tom, two ginger she-cats (one darker than the other), a brown tom, and a gray tom.
"General Cross?" I gasp.
"Tai? That you?" the red cat asks.
"Yeah," I meow. "And that must be..."
"Noah," Lavi growls, unsheathing his claws and glaring at the dark gray cat.
"Yup," the cat meows. "I'm Devit."
"Yeah, I know you," I growl. "You nearly killed me yesterday."
"So you four know each other?" the dark ginger she-cat meows. I nod.
"Bring them back to Bramblestar," the golden tom growls. We all follow the golden tom, who starts running. The brown tom falls into step next to me, glancing at my wings.
"So," he starts. "Do you really fly?"
"Yeah," I reply. "I can. They're also fairly sharp, so be careful. Now where the hell am I?"
"ThunderClan territory," he meows. "I'm sure Bramblestar will take you four in."
"Like that helps," I mutter. Wait a minute, just four. There were at least ten of us back at HQ fighting. "There should be more," I meow. Everyone stops running. "More of us." I gesture to Lavi and Cross with my tail. "What about them?"
"I...don't know," the gray tom meows. "I'm sure they'll turn up." I hang my head. So it's only us. The group starts moving again.
"We'll send out another patrol when we get back to camp," the brown tom next to me meows. "If they're in ThunderClan territory, we'll find them."
"Being awfully chatty, huh Dustpelt?" the gray tom asks jokingly.
"Shut up, Graystripe," the brown tom growls. Dustpelt... odd name.
"Shut up, both of you!" the golden tom snaps.
"Lionblaze," the dark ginger she-cat growls. "Respect your elders."
"Yes Squirrelflight..." Lionblaze mutters.
"Now now Squirrelflight," the last cat meows. "No need to scold him."
"You scolded me enough, Sandstorm," Squirrelflight meows.
"Guys," I meow tentatively. "Is that what we're looking for?" A large hollow opens up in front of us, and it's filled with cats.
"Follow me," Squirrelflight meows, gesturing to Devit, Cross, Lavi, and I with her tail. The four of us look at each other, an unspoken agreement passing between us.
Stick together no matter what.
I nod and trot after Squirrelflight, shrugging off the curious glances of the other cats.
Yes, I have wings. I mentally snap at them. Deal with it.
Squirrelflight climbs up a ledge and motions for us to follow her. While Cross, Lavi, and Devit struggle to climb, I snap open my wings and fly up to the ledge in one powerful stroke. Most of the cats below are staring. I ignore them and follow Squirrelflight into the cave.
A/N: Yay the story is getting somewhere! I'm happy now. Anyways, I have big plans for this story so stay tuned!