I Found A Friend: Finale- Past Fears Overcome
Kimmu had never teleported before, due to her genetic make-up. She had trained and honed her Human side, but she had never provoked her Cyniclon powers. She could not fly, or materialize items. But most of all she couldn't teleport.
As she and Ichigo landed in the main room of 'their' headquarters, Kimmu fell to her knees in exhaustion, while Ichigo dizzily stumbled behind her. Ichigo was like Kimmu; she had never teleported before. But the effects were worst on the younger girl. As Kimmu fell on her knees, she pretended to bow, and tried to regulate her harsh breathing. She would not look weak in front of 'their' leader.
"I see," a man said from where he sat, high on a throne in the shadows, "You really did bring Mew Ichigo to us." Ichigo narrowed her eyes in thought. She could have sworn she had heard that voice before. Ichigo heard the tapping of shoes on stone, as the man stepped down from the throne and out of the shadows. Ichigo's eyes widened in realization. He was the man- brown hair, green eyes and all- who attacked Kimmu the other day.
"Yes Hatake-sama," Kimmu responded, still trying to keep her wavering strength. The man- whose name was revealed to be Hatake- snapped his fingers, as two men came out of the shadows and groped Ichigo. She struggled, and freed one of her hands from the men's grasp, and reached for her pendant.
"MEW MEW STRAW-"
She was about to transform, when Hatake swatted her pendant away, and the men tightened their grasps on her.
"Don't hurt her!" Kimmu breathed, still catching her breath, and failing desperately to stand straight. Hatake turned towards her and scowled. He lashed at her, and Kimmu whimpered as she hit the stone floor.
"Silence!" He spat, "Your mission is already over!" He huffed. As Hatake turned around to screech at Kimmu, Ichigo saw something familiar from the day when the rebels first attacked in the Mews presence. It was a lotus, with ancient scribe etched around it in a circle, on the back of his clothing. Ichigo gasped.
'They' were the rebels, and he was the rebel leader.
Kimmu coughed as she weakly sat up. 'Kisshu-nii. Please get here on time,' she thought as she clumsily stood up, and ran at Hatake, meaning to spar with him. He easily dodged her advances, as she was attacking with very little force. He was starting to get annoyed with her petty and continuous to no avail attacks, and so, pulled out his sword. Kimmu stopped mid-thrust, and stared with wide eyes at the glistening sword.
'…To her horror, she saw her father stabbing her poor, begging mother…'
Kimmu stepped backwards, and fell onto her bottom as she tripped over her own shaky legs. She put a hand up to block her face defensively. Hatake smirked. He walked closer to her, and raised his hands to bring down his sword…
'…He lifted his bloody hand, to bring down the dagger…'
"NO!"
When the blow never came, Kimmu opened one of her watery, sapphire eyes, to see a golden bo staff, with pink swirls decorating it, had materialized in her hand. She gasped.
"Yatta!" Ichigo cheered from where she was still struggling to free herself.
Hatake frowned, then growled and pushed his sword down on Kimmu's staff. She hopped back, not being able to handle the weight in her current condition. Hatake roared out in anger, and thrusted his sword in a downwards slice. Kimmu jumped up, out of the way, and stood on top of the bo staff. Hatake looked up at her in disgust. She leapt down and did a dropkick into his chest. He stumbled backwards and fell over on his back. He growled.
"Bring me back up!" Hatake commanded. Just then, more rebels appeared and surrounded Kimmu. She stood to face them, but fell over in exhaustion. As she hit the ground, her staff disappeared. Ichigo saw this, and struggled even harder, but still to no avail.
Hatake stood up, and casually walked over to Kimmu. He haughtily brushed his clothes off in her face, and smiled down at her victoriously.
Oh, poor little Kimmu," he said in mock sympathy. "Let me help you there." He kicked Kimmu in her side. She yelped as she flew across the room violently, and hit the wall behind her.
"You leave her alone!" Ichigo screamed at him. He turned around and walked over to her.
"Oh yeah? What are you going to do about it?" he asked, smiling deviously. Ichigo bit her lip. What were they going to do now?
"Knock, knock."
Everyone turned their heads towards the door, which had suddenly burst open. Kisshu, with the Mews to one side of him and Pai and Taruto to the other, stood in the doorway grinning cheekily. His troops not far behind. Hatake's jaw dropped, and so did his sword. When he was out of his dazed stupour, he reacted.
"Ki-Kioshi Rebels! Attack!" he ordered, as scores of rebels ran forward. Kisshu raised his hand, and, with the signal made, his troops ran forward to clash with the rebels. In the middle of the clash, the two men restricting Ichigo released her, as they ran for their lives. Ichigo was relieved when they did so, and she scrambled to find her pendant. When she had it she transformed, and then ran over to the now unconscious Kimmu. She picked the girl up and studied her. She had a few bruises and her face and her clothes were covered in dirt. Kisshu soon found the pair, and froze when he saw Kimmu; lying limply in Ichigo's arms.
How could they have done this to her? Abuse her so? Use her? She was a child, for crying out loud! And she was practically a sister to him. He would not let anyone hurt her! He clenched his fists and shook with anger as he scanned the room for the rebel leader. Kisshu found him trying to ascending his throne, into the safety of height and to be concealed by the shadows.
"Ichigo, get Kimmu to a safer area," he said without turning to face her. Ichigo knew full well that he was pissed. To make even worse, he said her name. Not Kitten.
Kisshu walked ever so calmly through the fights and clashes. He quickly took out any of his opponents that came after him, only having concerns for one person in particular.
Hatake.
As Kisshu reached to the base of the throne, Hatake saw him and quickly ascended the remaining height. He had completely forgotten that he could fly or teleport, in exchange for fear. Kisshu quickly climbed the throne and reached the frozen-in-fear Hatake. He grabbed the frozen Cyniclon by the neck of his shirt and lifted him above ground.
I'm going to tell you once," Kisshu said in an awfully cheerful voice, that gnawed at Hatake's nerves to no end, "Tell your troops to retreat… or you'll have to pay the price." He said the last part so coldly, that it could have frozen anything. Hatake whimpered in fear.
"O-Okay, okay! We surrender!" Hatake pleaded in a mousey voice.
"Now tell that to your troops," Kisshu said coolly, and let go of the trembling man, who fell to his weak knees. He then ran to the edge of the throne.
"E-Everyone," he said in a weak tone, but then cleared his throat, "Everyone. I, the leader of Kioshi Rebels, and the rest of us, surrenders." Kisshu troops erupted in cheers. Then, Kisshu pushed Hatake aside and stepped up.
"And all the rebels will be arrested," he said, as more cheers erupted and the rebels surrendered.
The next day, Kimmu was given the details after she had passed out, and she giggled at Hatake's reaction to Kisshu's threats. She now stood, on the stage in the dining hall, next to Kisshu, waiting for the crowd to settle down. A small smile lighted on her face, and her cheeks slightly rosy. All the Mews, Pai and Taruto also stood in a line behind them.
"I would like to thank every one of you, for helping with the defeat of Kioshi. Although there were minor casualties, you all did a great," Kisshu said happily. Cheers went up from everyone in the hall. They were all glad to be over with the Kioshi Rebel fiasco, and finally have time for their economy to grow. All soldiers would report to their families after today, and enjoy time with them. Of course, when need arises, they would report back.
"Although," Kisshu started, "The rebels would not have been terminated so quickly, if it wasn't thanks to this young and brave soldier." He paused, and stretched his arm out to Kimmu, who stepped forward shyly. Most of the crowd gave confused expressions, while some others look somewhat amused.
"She may not look like much, but she is the one who secretly lead us to finding the rebels headquarters, and also what lead us to victory," Kisshu explained. The crowd looked at Kimmu incredulously. One person- who everyone on the stage recognized to be one of the S-rank examinees- stood up.
"It's true," they said, as everyone stared, "This girl has amazing skills and power. Surely, she could be the one who had lead us to victory." Suddenly, another examinee stood up, and started to clap. Soon, the whole hall was clapping. Everyone one the stage- yes, even Pai and Zakuro- had smiles, as they too clapped for Kimmu.
She felt overjoyed and happier now than any other time in her life. She could not help but give a wide, pure, true, and happy smile.
As Kisshu allowed the crowd to settle, he spoke again.
"I now bestow upon Kimmu, a brave and talented young warrior, the second highest title in our military. Lieutenant General." The hall cheered as Kisshu pinned a badge to Kimmu's jacket. He looked down at her and smiled. She couldn't help but smile and tears of joy welled up in her sapphire orbs. She jumped up and clung onto him, hugging him ever so tightly as her tears spilled over.
"Thank you all so, so much!" she cried.
~End
A/N: Aww! This was a really cute fiction. I didn't anticipate that it would be so cute. I wanted it to be longer, but I have so much going on, even if I am on school break. Hope you all enjoyed it and review please. ^_^ I might post another story!