Fate seems to be against this story because since my last chapter my older sister got married (YAY) but then my mom was in a car accident and broke 11 of her ribs. (Thankfully she is healing well) Then swine flu came around. Luckily I didn't get it.
But never fear my OCD will make sure I will finish this story.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters except Akito who is bad so I'm not sure if I want him. LOL
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Chapter 8
The Beginning of Battles
Akito ran his finger tenderly over the white and pink feather. "One month ago this lovely feather fell from the sky. It is mine now." He no longer looked cool and composed. He looked obsessed. And it was not a pretty sight.
"Please Porter-san. We need that feather." Sakura begged him.
Akito stood up. "I think it would be best if you left."
Sakura's face fell, but when she stood up she made no move to leave.
Syaroan had risen at the same moment as Sakura. He looked Akito directly in the face. "I'm sorry but we can't leave. Not without that feather."
The others rose too. For a few seconds they stared at each other.
Then, Akito raised his right hand, the one that held the feather. He began to chant in English. They weren't sure what he was saying but they didn't have to wait long to find out the effect.
The ground seemed to ripple beneath them. Or more specifically, the ground that was covered by shadows. The group was shocked when creatures began to rise from the floor, created entirely from the shadows. They were black and seemed almost to be made of smoke. Tiny yellow eyes glared out of their faces. They were not very tall, only about 4 feet but they had long thin arms and legs that ended in sharp talons. Unlike the rest of its smoke-like body the talons looked very real and very sharp.
The one nearest to Kurogane's chair made a leap of him, slashing with his claws. The ninja moved out of the way with ease. The blow meant for him, slashed the chair almost in two.
Sakura reached a hand to her neck and pull out a small necklace. At first Fai thought it was the sakura necklace she had but when he looked at it he realized his mistake. It was a pink key. On the top was a circle with a yellow star in the centre. Small white wings were on either side of the star.
Sakura placed the key in her hand. "Release" She called. Under her feet appeared a magic circle with a star in the centre.
There was a flash of light and when Fai looked next the key had disappeared to be replaced by an identical looking staff.
Sakura then seemed to pull a pink card from nowhere. She threw the card up in the air and lifted her staff. Instead of the card falling down it seemed to hang in the air directly over her staff. "WINDY" she called. The wings on the staff grew larger and the star began to spin.
A white figure flew out of the card. She was shaped like a woman and like her name implied she was made from wind. She cast, from her hands, white tendrils of wind that wrapped its self around one of the shadow creatures and threw it into the wall.
As it flew through the air the shadow creature made no sound whatsoever. When it collided with the wall there was no thud or any sound that would indicate an impact had just occurred. The creature hit the wall only to be flattened onto it. Like paint thrown on a wall. The blackness that was only moments before a shadow creature slid slowly down the wall. When it reached the bottom, Akito pointed at it, muttering under his breath. There was a few seconds pause before it once again formed into the creature. It rose again and with the others began to advance on them.
Meanwhile, Syaoran had summoned his sword. Tomoyo had opened Sakura's backpack and let out Kero and the Mokonas. White Mokona had opened its mouth and released Kurogane's sword. He grabbed in and charged at a group of three shadow creatures.
Watanuki was shocked to see tiny little Kero's wings suddenly spread out and engulf him. A magic circle appeared beneath the floating cocoon. The wings opened to reveal a golden lion with wings. Watanuki's jaw dropped. "Kero-san?" he asked taken aback. But Kero had already jumped away to slash at a shadow creature. Watanuki half turned to glance at the Mokonas almost expected them to sprout wings and multiple in size. However, they simply stared at him. That was until Kurogane grabbed Watanuki's arm and he realized the fighting going on.
Kurogane had moved Tomoyo to a corner of the room. He then placed Watanuki in front of her with his hands outstretched. Any attempt to protect her. Tomoyo looked scared but Watanuki was surprised to see that no matter how frightened she was her camera never shook.
The shadow creatures were very bizarre to fight. They made no noise, not every a screech as they were cut. They seemed to feel no pain or any emotion at all. They quickly learned that only a sword cut would destroy them. When Fai hit or kicked the creature would simply absorb the blow. Sakura tried a couple of other cards but none of them had a lasting effect on the creatures. A sword cut the creature in a way that Akito could not reform it quickly so it would sink to the ground, to resume its old job as a plain shadow.
But even so it was not going well. There were seven of them but only three could really fight effectively. Kurogane and Syaoran had their swords and Sakura had even transformed her staff into a thin shiny sword, but Tomoyo and Watanuki had no fighting experience. Fai was coping without a weapon but he could feel his energy fading. Kero was batting them away with his paws. But he couldn't use his magic in such close quarters.
Sakura and Syaoran were in the middle of the room trying to keep the shadow creatures at bay. Kero had placed himself near Fai. Kurogane positioned himself in front of Watanuki and Tomoyo. Although Watanuki had the feeling that Kurogane was more worried for Tomoyo's safety then his.
Kurogane was impressed by Syaoran's skill with a blade. He had personally trained his Syaoran so he knew his skill level. He was a natural swordsman but nothing at the level this new Syaoran was at. Kurogane could tell the he had much practice and was truly a master of the blade. Syaoran moved around the room at lightening speed. Slashing at enemies and then running or even jumping to the next one. His sword was only a flash of light, it moved so fast.
The shadow creatures were not the strongest of enemies but their numbers were the real fight. Also no matter how fast Kurogane and the others were, no matter where they moved a creature would be there. This resulted in a number of minor, and one or two major wounds on all of them but Tomoyo.
Akito had been standing by the fireplace when the fighting began. He had ordered the shadow creatures to stand in front of him, creating a living barrier. Kurogane, Syaoran and Sakura tried to get close to him but every creature they cut down Akito formed again. It was turning out to be an endless battle and their strength was slowly ebbing away.
No one noticed that when he was not reforming creatures Akito would raise his hand towards the door chanting. Sakura thought that perhaps he was trying to break it down with magic. But there was no mark upon the door.
Suddenly Akito raised his arms up into the air and yelled something. The shadow creatures in front of him moved to create a path that he used to run to the door. Kurogane jumped forward to stop him but the shadow creature jumped on him almost pulling him to the ground. Akito made it to the door and pulled it open to reveal a frightening sight.
The hallway was filled with even more creatures. They parted to let him by but not before he turned to face Kurogane who was still trying to make it to the door. "Well," Akito said as if he had not just spent the last few minutes fighting. "I must be off now. And I'm taking the feather with me. Have fun with my friends." He indicated the shadow creature which began to pour into the room. With a wave he disappeared down the hall. Leaving them to face hundreds of shadow creatures.
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Another cliffy. I am so bad. But this is no where near the end of the story. I believe that there will be at least 14 chapters maybe even 15 depending on how big chap. 13 gets.
