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The Night n Gale II Chapter 7
Catherine's Trap
Izumi sat quietly on her bed she sighed remembering the events that happen two months ago. Her father being Seroas and her step sister Catherine the one that tried to kill all her new friends. She was as ends at what to do; her father had asked her to join him and in a way she wanted to because he was her father how ever by the things that Taichi and the others told her about him she wasn't sure that she wanted to go with him and therefore declined his offer. Ultimately her father's decision to disown her was his and his alone. She didn't believe his words for some reason that shouldn't explain.
The ship came to a halt and Izumi looked out the window, they had reached the dock port of Sora's home town, Hikari was sent a message through by Takeru and they were summoned immediately because of monsters that had begun to appear from no where.
Izumi exited the cabin and headed up on deck where the others were. "Izumi!" said Koushiro as he waved her over to where they all were.
"Hi," she said giving them a small wave.
"Come on, we are going to see Takeru again, Sora lead the way," Taichi replied motioning with his hand for sora to lead.
"I had Hikari send them a message just before we came so they should be-" she was interrupted by a high pitch voice shouting her name.
"SORA!" Mimi cried she was on the dock followed by Yamato and Takeru.
"Mimi!" Sora called and quickly ran off board the ship gave her friend a hug as well as Yamato and Takeru, "Takeru you look much better from the last time we saw you," she commented.
"Being human again helped greatly in that department," Takeru answered her.
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"So this all started about one month ago?" Taichi questioned.
Yamato, Mimi and Takeru nodded in agreement, "They have been relentless," Mimi said with a sigh.
"Is it only around the town?" Koushiro asked.
"Yes, we have asked other villages near them but for what ever reason the monsters are only around our village," Yamato said looking out the window that was facing the field.
Sora was standing at the window as well looking out on the field she didn't see anything at the moment but she turned around to everyone, "Is it only when someone tries to leave?" she questioned.
"Yes," Mimi answered she stood up and walked over to her.
"Two month's ago was when Catherine was resurrected from the dead," Taichi said.
Mimi, Yamato and Takeru gasped. "Are you sure?" Takeru asked.
"Yes, and as it turns out Izumi is her half sister whom she tried to kill previously," Taichi motioned over to her.
Izumi was sadden with the mention of what had happened. She only remembered
bits and pieces but slowly for the past months her memory began returning. The more she remembered the more upsetting she got. Frowning she got up and left the house.
Sora, Hikari and Mimi watched the door she had departed through, "I'll go see if she is okay," Hikari said standing and left the house.
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Hikari concerned looked around she couldn't find Izumi any where. She closed her eyes and tired to sense her magical powers but she couldn't. "Izumi, where did you go?" she said out loud as she searched the streets.
While Hikari searched for her, Izumi was running away from the village heading to the outskirts of the town and continued to the forest. She stopped once she reached the forest and looked back toward the town with a sigh.
"You might have survived my attack on your village long ago. But this time you don't have your friends to save you," said Catherine's voice as it echoed.
Izumi looked back and forth and didn't see anyone around her, "I don't need them I remember my magic," she said quickly.
Catherine laughed viscously, "Lair!" she shouted then with a flash of light she appeared in-front of her. Her eye narrowed at Izumi, "You and your mother ruined my father and now that your back he is returning to how he was before."
"It would be good for him to do so!" she cried out.
"SHUT UP!" Catherine screamed at her.
Izumi took a step toward her, "No, I won't. Evil will never win over good you have to face that fact."
"Evil will win and I intend to start with getting rid of you," she said pointing at her.
Back in the village Hikari ran back to Mimi and Yamato's house, "We have to go find her, if she gets out of the village she can be attacked!" she told them.
Soon everyone started a search for Izumi all the around the village. The village was small yet they didn't find any sign that she was around about ten minutes later they rejoined back at the house.
"The only thing I can think of where she would have gone is outside the village," Yamato said to them.
"There are no other places for her to hide, that I can think of myself," Mimi said she looked toward the forest.
"Let's go then," Taichi said making the first movements toward the outskirts of town.
"Be careful," Mimi called staying behind with Yamato.
With Taichi leading the way, Koushiro, Jyou, Hikari, Takeru and Sora headed out once they crossed the house line there was a wind then the next thing that came where skeleton warriors that suddenly risen out of the ground and encircled them like predator on prey.
"This never gets easy does it?"Jyou asked as he drew his sword.
"Life would be great if it was easy," Takeru answered him as he too withdrew his sword.
Catherine looked away from Izumi briefly to look behind her and see that her skeleton warriors had stopped Taichi and his crew from advancing and toward where they were.
"You may not believe me, but I do know how to use my powers...I have recently regained my memories of all the classes that I had went through...even the higher level spells," Izumi said.
Catherine frowned, "Prove it!"
"My sensei's name was Dilano. He showed me how to focus and how to release the magic that I wish to cast. Before when we met I could only create energy that didn't require words to release the magic. But now I can do either or," Izumi paused to watch her sister's reaction how ever she was cold to showing any kind of emotion.
"How come they aren't doing anything?" Koushiro asked looking at the skeleton warriors that hadn't moved.
"They are waiting for a signal from their creator...and I can only guess who it is," Hikari replied with a frown.
"Catherine," Sora said.
"Exactly."
Catherine angered with Izumi then shouted, "Attack!"
The Skeleton warriors moved in on six, "You shouldn't have said anything Hikari!" Jyou said then he cut one in half.
Taichi swung his sword into one then a second skeleton warrior that was beside it, "Hikari magic!"
The number of skeleton warrior was about one hundred to the six of them, Takeru covered Hikari as she began to light a fire ball then launched it into the skeleton warriors that where infront of her causing a huge explosion which knocked everyone off their feet.
They all got up quickly getting by a the gaping whole and the stunned skeleton warriors only to be stopped in their tracks by a large reptile that stuck it's tongue out at them.
"Catherine is making sure we have alot of trouble isn't she?" Takeru said a little bitterly.
Sora turned around and found the skeleton warriors starting to approach them, "Guys we have a problem," she said tugging on Taichi's sleeve.
Taichi turned around, "Great, can you take out the skeleton army?" he asked
"I can," Takeru said quickly.
Hikari and the others shot a quick glance his way before keeping there eyes on the enemies that approached them.
"I learned magic from my time as a hawk...while I was here I learned to use it from a sorcerer. He showed me how to use white magic. So let me try," Takeru replied.
"Please, by all means help us out," Koushiro added.
"Call them off!" Izumi turned around and saw the reptile she knew her friends where trying to reach her. "Now! before I make you," she said turning to face her once more.
Catherine laughed, "Your lying to me or else you would have used your magic right now against me."
Izumi clenched her fists, "Fine," she answered she closed here eyes, "Trees of the forest lend me your power." As she said this her hair began to fly about she opened her eyes and they were glowing green she made a motion with her hands like she was going to grab something in the air.
Within seconds vines came from the forest at lighting speed and took hold of Catherine. Whom look of fear spread across her face as Izumi's eyes turned to normal and looked at her step sister now at eye level, "You think I'm bluffing now?" she questioned.
"Let go of me!" Catherine demanded.
"Call them off!" Izumi said pointing at the reptile.
Catherine pressed her lips together tightly not wanting to do what she wanted how ever Izumi had the upper hand and she had to get out of this predicament, "STOP!" she said aloud.
Takeru released a ball of energy and sent it flying into the skeleton warriors sending them flying into pieces everywhere.
"Good work Takeru!" Sora said smiling and gave him a high five.
"That's not all," Koushiro said looking at the reptile that now stood frozen.
"How did that happen?" Taichi questioned in awe.
"Izumi," Hikari said quickly she waved into the distance they all looked and saw her she was signaling them all to go over to where she was.
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Izumi glared at the witch that she had in her grasp.
"This is not going to be over," Catherine said angry then she disappeared into a puff of smoke.
The veins unraveled and returned to their rightful owners, the trees. Izumi still stared at the area where Catherine had been just seconds, "Izumi!" Hikari reached her first panting.
"I'm okay," she said as Sora, Takeru, Taichi, Koushiro and Jyou came up to her putting away their weapons.
"Izumi, you shouldn't run off like that," Taichi said still catching his breath.
"I'm sorry, I should have known better," Izumi started she looked at all of them. "I owe you all and explanation."
"Let's go back to the village and we can discuss," Koushiro said the others nodded in agreement.
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Izumi explained what she had remembered to everyone. About her abilities to use her elemental magic and bits and pieces of her life in the village where her family and friends once where.
"I realized that I made a slight mistake when I ran out all the way there," she pointed to the east.
"It's okay...we were worried because of the monsters and the fact that you couldn't defend yourself. But now that you can, it would be a good practice not to run off like that anymore," Jyou said.
She nodded, "Catherine was behind the monsters," she said.
"We suspected that she was," Taichi replied.
"She did it on purpose to lure you back to Sora's home town. In order to get her revenge on me. Little did she know that I can now use my powers to the fullest. Just before you guys arrived I had her trapped and I scared her...she won't be making the same mistake again."
"She is supposed to be your step sister why is she like that toward you?" Yamato questioned her with frown.
"I don't know why she is like that, I don't remember everything yet," Izumi said looking down at her hands then back to the rest of them.
"Don't worry so much about it. We know one thing and that is that Catherine is out to get you," Jyou said.
Izumi nodded, "And I'm prepared."
"Taichi, if it is alright with you I feel that I'm ready to get my revenge on her. I want to come with you," Takeru said to him.
Taichi looked at Yamato and Mimi who seemed like they knew he was going to ask that question then nodded, "Sure, if you are ready."
"It won't hurt to have too many magic users onboard right, brother?" Hikari added.
"Right."
"Might I add," Koushiro began, "That; how ever way we find to rid the world of Catherine that there is danger in it as well."
"Koushiro's right, we have to remember that Seoras is still very much a large and there is no telling what he might do," Jyou agreed.
Everyone nodded in agreement, "That is why having three magic users is a good idea," Taichi said.
"How are we going to ever beat her though?" Sora questioned.
"There is someone my teacher told me about. He lives in the southern ocean on an island said to be inhabited by creatures unseen by men before. He considers himself the highest level white magic magicians and over the years he has destroyed some of the most famous black magic magicians. His name is Mavolo," Hikari said.
"How come you never mentioned it before?" Taichi asked.
"Well for one you never asked and two we were never out to kill her she was out to first make her your husband then she was angry you rejected her and then she wanted to kill us after she came back to life."
"That was not my fault, she was not my type is all," Taichi replied. He soon found that everyone but Sora smiling at him with amusement. "Okay honestly..." Taichi said turning away from them.
"It didn't mean anything," Sora added blushing faintly.
Hikari, Jyou and Koushiro laughed with the other four looked at each other confused, "Why what happened?" Mimi questioned.
"Nothing!" Sora said quickly, "Nothing really."
"Nothing it has to be something if you are both blushing," Yamato noted eyeing both Sora and Taichi.
"Yeah, you don't just kiss someone for nothing," Jyou said with an amused smile.
Yamato, Mimi and Takeru nodded in understanding all the sudden.
"Okay Takeru ready? We are heading out," Taichi announced standing up
"Not yet, I have to gather some things," Takeru headed out of room and into his bedroom. He came shortly later with a couple of books in hand and a pack with some personal effects.
"Ready, lets go find Mavolo," Takeru said.
To Be Continued...
NEXT:
On the next chapter of Night n Gale II Chapter 8: Remembering the Past; On the way to their goal...to find Mavolo; the crew stops at a an island in need of supplies. They come to realize that something is a skew. When a tyrant leader tries to invoke a war between the tribes. The crew is forced to be the peacemaker; and later learn the people involved in the war was Taichi's old crew-mate, Tsukasa is behind it all.
