Hellboy leaned forward, catching her limp form.
"Kid…kid, are ya alright?"
He pulled the sword from her chest, heard her weak gasp of pain.
He cringed, seeing her eyes misting over with pain.
Blood bubbled from her chest, more pumping out with each heartbeat.
Putting his stone hand on her cheek, he tried to keep her awake.
"Come on, kid. Ya can't leave us now…"
"I-I'm sorry…"
She nearly whispered, voice weak…
"Yer not giving up."
Mitsukai stepped forward, and her tears sparkled in her off-white eyes.
"…Let me…"
Hellboy was reluctant, but he handed the nearly lifeless body over, growling threateningly at the vampire.
"If ya take one step towards her, ya'll wish ya hadn't!"
Mitsukai's wings glowed white, and she smiled.
"Let her live…and breathe life into another…"
She seemed to glow, the white light surrounding Kit like a blanket.
The blood seemed to move back into her heart like molasses, and the skin and muscle started stitching itself together.
Suddenly, breath seemed to rush back into her, and Kit coughed.
Mitsukai smiled sadly as she seemed to disappeared like a ghost, giving her daughter a feather-light kiss on her forehead.
"Be safe, my daughter…And remember, we always loved you…"
She disappeared, and the cat-girl sat up.
Kasai moved towards her, and she saw the mist in his eyes.
"Don't…"
She saw the pleading in his eyes as he raised a dagger.
Tears filled her eyes, and she shook her head.
"No…"
She knew what he was asking of her…
But she just couldn't…
The dagger swiped her cheek, and she reacted on instinct.
Her claws cut his throat, and her eyes widened.
"No…No!"
Leaning over him, she started crying.
"…Th-Thank you…"
"I'm sorry…so sorry…"
Kasai touched her cheek softly, feeling her wet tears.
Leaning closer, their lips were almost touching…
'Like before…when that vampire had control over him…'
She took the last centimeters and kissed him, her energy radiating from her skin in a pink mist.
She pulled back in time to see the happy spark in his eyes before the life left them.
He seemed so…HOLLOW now…
Standing up, Kit looked around at the soldiers.
"Is this what you want?!" She shouted.
"Do you want your comrades to die because someone else had to have their way?!"
Looking at the Ookami as well, she made sure they were listening.
"I've lived my whole life taking care of others, of making sure they were safe!! Evil is as much a part of me as it is of the creatures I fight!! But only because of what I am!! What WE are!!"
She tried to dry her eyes, but just shook her head.
"Just because we look different doesn't mean we ARE!! Why fight?!"
She felt so queasy, sick…seeing the blood of her family and her love on the snow…
"JUST STOP IT!!"
Pink light escaped her back, morphing and solidifying and twisting, making large pink angel's wings.
Instead of darkening, her eyes lightened, and she turned to the vampire.
"…It's time to end this…"
Her shoulder flared, but she just closed her eyes.
"…Dark magic won't work on me…not anymore…"
Raising a 'paw', she shot what seemed like an arrow of light.
It went through Yokoshima's chest, and he seemed to disappear.
The light around her died, and her wings disappeared in flaking feathers.
Kit started falling forward, and Abe caught her.
He sensed something, and looked at the cat-girl in surprise.
As he stood her upright, he put a hand on her forehead.
"Kit…"
She focused on him, still seeming dazed.
"…You're pregnant…"