I was a little stingy and waited until i got some sort of response which i did yay.. and they were happy ones even better. Ok these next part is a little violent just to let you know... oh and in the cartoon Opacho is a boy but in the comic shes a girl and i liked her as a girl better so that was the decision making skills there. ok these are the last two chapters i have typed up so now i have to start writing new stuff. YAY ( a little nervouse but still exciting) Enjoy.................
I don't own Shaman King just my characters
Chapter 8
With the sword just a few inches away from your chest he was trying so hard to pierce your chest but no matter how hard he tried the sword wouldn't budge. You were holding it in place the sword however was starting to open up the fresh cuts you had on your hands. Blood started dripping from your hands and onto your clothes, it was a good thing that your shirt was red or else the blood would have been even more noticeable.
With your eyes closed you took a deep breath, you knew it was time to finish this. You opened your eyes and pushed the sword away from your chest with so much force it sent Susaku flying back. You took that opportunity to get up off the ground you looked for Susaku and then scanned the area to find the girl. She was being held back by Susaku's men, the tears in her eyes were gone but you could still see the dried up tears on her checks. That brought a sad look on your face; you turned your attention to Susaku who was just getting up off the ground. The sad look on your face quickly turned into the same emotionless expression with which you started this match.
"Let's finish this": Star
You quickly start running towards Susaku, you were so fast he couldn't see you move at all until you were right in front of his face. In a lowered position ready to strike right when you were about to deliver the final blow something caught your attention. There was a giant explosion coming from the town you were in before just a few miles away, there was smoke rising up to the sky.
It looked like there was a fire burning through the town. You weren't the only one to notice the smoke Susaku and the rest of his followers noticed the smoke as well. They were immediately concerned about what was going on, where they being attacked or was it some sort of accident. You weren't too concerned with the town your first priority was to say this girl. Susaku however immediately placed blame on the situation.
"You retched witch this is your fault isn't it. Those friends of your they did this didn't they.": Susaku
Right as he said that it hit you "friends", you had completely forgotten about Hao's followers in town. They must have noticed that you were gone but you would have never thought they would go looking of you, Hao must have sent them to find you. It was the only explanation you could think about why else would they go looking for you.
With all the confusion you took the opportunity to escape, you didn't particularly like running away it wasn't the way you were raised. Running away from a fight or a problem was not the way to solve it, you have to stand up and face it head on but with this situation the matter of honor didn't apply.
You quickly ran towards the little girl, you knocked out the guards, placed her on your back and started running away from there as quickly as possible. Susaku was ready to go after you but he stopped when there was a giant explosion inside his compound. There was fire everywhere form what you could tell, you were running so fast and you just looking over your shoulder. You turned your head over one more time to get a better look at the situation, you could see that Susaku was swinging the sword at someone but from all the flames you couldn't see who it was. All you could see was that Susaku was no match for whoever that was; you quickly turned your head back. You decided it was a good idea not to leave a trail; your hands were still bleeding from the new and freshly opened cuts.
"Hold on tight ok.": Star
The little girl didn't say anything but she did nod her head and wrapped her arms around you even tighter so you knew she heard you. You quickly tightened your grip on the legs and leaped off the ground and onto a tree. When you found your balance you started running again from tree to tree, being careful that you didn't hit a branch and knock the little girl off your back. You were going so fast that the trees looked like blurs of green; you finally stopped when you reached the top of a cliff next to a waterfall. You turned to look back to see if anyone was following you, you didn't think so at the speed you were going at there were very few people who would be able to keep up.
From the looks of Susaku's people you were pretty sure they weren't fast enough to catch you and that wasn't even as fast as you could go. With no sign of anyone following you, you relaxed a bit and took the little girl off your back and placed her on the ground. She was right in front of you; looking at you with surprised eyes she didn't say anything but you could tell that you surprised her a bit. You were about to bend down and ask her if she was ok but right as you were about to you were hit from behind.
It was an arrow it was right in the center of your back, you were caught off guard you were so concerned with the little girl you didn't notice anyone following you. But they weren't following you they were coming from the front which you dint expect. In a second you were surrounded by a group of men, which didn't look a bit like Susaku's men there were completely new. Before you could say anything to them they launched their attack.
They were launching arrows from all different directions. You quickly moved closer to the little girl to shield her from the arrows right as you hovered over her you her hit with multiple arrows each one hitting their mark. You were covered with arrows and now there was blood all over you. The blood was starting to drip down onto the little girl. You could see that her face was now covered in your blood; she looked up at you with horror in her eyes at the sight of blood. You're so weak now that your legs gave out from under you and you fell onto the floor at that moment one of the men in the ground grabbed the little girl while you were on the ground.
"Honey, are you ok?": Man
"…..D….dad…d….": Little girl
It was her father, he must of come to save her after Susaku's men kidnapped her, they must have been on their there when they say you with her. You were a little relived that she wasn't in danger anymore but now you were the one in trouble. You tried to get up of the ground but you were knocked back down when an arrow went right through your hand. The leader was the father but he was so concerned with his daughter, his followers were the ones attacking without hesitation.
You managed to pull out the arrow that was in your hand and with all the strength you had left you manage to stand. You were about to say something to them but you were interrupted when they started launching arrows again, but these ones were on fire. These guys weren't going to listen to anything you had to say, you needed to get out of there if the little girl was with her father she was going to be ok.
While you searched around to find any way to escape one of the arrows hit you in the leg and the other hit you in the shoulder. You were now on fire surrounded by enemy and exhausted things weren't looking good. You tried to put out the fire but they weren't giving you the chance, they were driving you back with each and every attack. You were now at the edge of the cliff you couldn't even see the bottom it was surrounded by mist from the water fall.
You were trying to look though the mist to see if there were any sharp rocks at the bottom but you were stuck in the back again with a flaming arrow. You hair caught on fire too, right as that arrow struck your back you lost your footing you were too close to the edge. You tried to turn back around to grad on to the edge but right at you were about to another arrow stuck you in the stomach.
It sent you over the edge of the cliff and you were now falling straight down. You didn't have enough strength to try and grab the side of the cliff or call on your spirit for help it was pointless. You decided to accept what you couldn't do; you closed your eyes and took in one last breath.
You fell into the water hitting your right leg on one of the sharp rocks at the bottom; you bounced off of it and fell in the water. The water put out the fire that was around your body, the fires weren't that big you had managed to stop them from getting any bigger however they left burnt marks over your body. The arrow that hit your stomach left a large burned mark and the arrow that hit your back caught your hair on fire it wasn't that bad it hadn't gone that far buy the time you hit the water.
But the rest of you was covered in blood with cuts and bruises everywhere and you still hand some arrows inside your body. You were being swept away by the current and you were being pulled down into the river. You opened your eyes for the first time since you fell into the water; everything around you was a haze of blue. Everything was unclear out of focus, there was nothing you could do in this situation, right before you close your eyes again you say something. A blurry shape was in the water coming towards you, you couldn't keep your eyes open anymore as your eyes closed you could see a haze of red coming closer and closer to you.
You're eyes were shut and I seemed that the rest of your senses where the same. You couldn't hear or feel anything it seemed like you were in a completely different space. The pain from your wounds were gone; everything seemed to be at peace at that moment. You felt safe nothing could touch you here, for a moment you considered where you might be. For all you knew you could be dead right now and that thought didn't bother you.
Death was just the inevitable part of life; if you really were dead there was nothing to regret you accomplished what you needed to do. You saved that little girl and that was enough for you, however there was one thing that did bother you when you regain yourself awareness. Hao, even thought you had only spend a few days with him you were going to miss him. He treated you differently from anyone you had ever met before. Your only regret was that you didn't have a chance to say goodbye.
A sudden jolt went coursing through you, that jolt brought you back to reality. You were surrounded by nothing it was cold and black. You tried to find a way out to find some sort of light but there was nothing. With each passing second you grew more and more anxious you didn't like this feeling. The feeling of being alone it was becoming more than you could take; you closed your eyes and covered your ears with your hands not wanting to feel this anymore.
As you were surrounded by darkness you felt another jolt go through your body which caused you to open your eyes. As soon as you open your eyes you could see a light that light was so warm and inviting. You came closer to the light as soon as you reached it that feeling was gone all you felt at that moment was a warm sensation that you couldn't describe.
When you opened your eyes again you discovered that you weren't in the water anymore. All you say was a ceiling made of rock from the looks of it you were in some sort of cave. You sat up but as soon as you did you could feel all the pain coming back to you. You closed your eyes and gave out a small scream from all the pain, in an instant something changed.
That same feeling came rushing back to you that warm sensation took away all the pain. You opened your eyes so find a familiar face gazing down at you. You weren't sure how he did it but it was Hao he was there in that cave with you. Holding you in his arms as if he never wanted to let you go as you looked up at him you could see a mixture of rage and sadness in his eyes.
Don't be mad….
"I'm not mad at you. I should of arrived earlier I'm sorry.": Hao
You shouldn't be mad at yourself, I let my guard down it's my own fault. If anyone's to blame it's me.
"I don't blame you I blame them….": Hao
You shouldn't they were just trying to get back that mans daughter. As for Susaku I don't think I'll see him again.
"I'm sure you won't but what they did to you is …..": Hao
It my own fault I let my guard down………….Hao
"Yes": Hao
I don't want to be alone
"You won't be.": Hao
Promise
"I promise. You need your rest go back to sleep.": Hao
You raised your head close to Hao check and gave him a kiss. You moved closer to his ear and whispered "Thank You.".
You sat back down on his lap, moved in as close to him as you could resting your head on his chest and fell asleep. You wanted to be as close to him as possible, you didn't want to be way from him; you wanted to be with him always.
Hao didn't say anything; he just wrapped his arms around you bringing you closer to him, lowered his head to shield you from anything and gave a sincere smile.
