Ehhhhh, it seems like I've put this off for quite awhile. Time to get it rebooted, yes?
Reviewer Responses
Ippiki Ookami no Kage: Yes, I know, I'm sorry, I didn't really get into the "groove" of writing the story yet, but this chapter should be longer. Thank you for still reading my little story.
KousukeAsazuki: There are some, you can see them in my profile list thing, the one I sincerely tell you to avoid it the Yugioh one…its my only shame…Thank you for reviewing my story! And I think I'll get to work on the Spiral one after this…maybe.
stuck-in-a-tree: Really? That's your name? THAT'S SO COOL! And sorry for it being extremely short, heh, this one should be longer. As for the name of the village, in chapter 8, I actually put both as the name, I messed up then, so I decided to pick whichever was easiest…soda village right? No! it cola, cola village… ;
mercurialgreen: Glad you're still into it, and thanks for the praise, I'll update this story more often me thinks…although when I do a few chapters, I tend to go on a break for awhile, sorry. Thank you for reviewing!
Disclaimer: Only the DVD set belongs to me…what a pity.
"Tenshi-sama! Its horrible!"
Tenshi looked up from the stream to see a running Cherry Lemonade coming towards him. "What is it Cherry?" When Cherry finally reached him, she collapsed on the ground taking in deep breaths. When she regained her breath, she looked up at Tenshi with tear-filled eyes.
"The bandits! The bandits have returned and they're attacking the village! Mama-Mama is! I can't find her!" The young girl broke down as her tears overflowed from her eyes.
"Bandits?" The raven haired one was shocked, he had never heard of the bandits before but it was understandable as he had just recently arrived at Cola Village. He quickly dismissed his shock and grabbed the crying girl's shoulders, effectively getting her attention. "Cherry, calm down and stay here." He made to leave but a shout stopped him.
"Tenshi sama! Where are you going?"
"Cherry, stay safe here, I'm going to protect the village" Again, another movement to leave.
"But-!" She was cut off when he turned his head to face her.
"Don't worry Cherry. I'm going to save you mother" And with that, The pale man dashed off in a sprint to the village.
"Tenshi sama…Mama…please be safe."
The site that Tenshi saw upon his arrival abhorred him. This is horrible, how dare the bandits burn the village! He heard a stick behind him break and quickly turned around.
"Oh? What do we have here? A villager that escaped?" A man dressed in filthy clothes and rusty armor flanked by many others stood before Tenshi.
"What have you done with everyone!"
"Killed them of course." The man grinned a sinister smile while Tenshi could only widen his eyes in shock.
"Killed…them? Why? Why do such a thing?"
"They were being stubborn. We only asked for what belongs to us, but it seems like these idiots grew spines since last we visited. We can't just let it go around that we let people off for not paying our taxes can we?" At this the bandit leader and the men behind him began to laugh. The young man bowed his head down in sadness as he fought his tears, but he jerked his head up when he heard a familiar voice scream. Another bandit came from the woods that led to the stream, holding a struggling figure.
"Hey boss, look what I got? Looks like this one escaped."
"Cherry! Let go of her!"
"Oh? You know each other? Is she your girlfriend?"
"Heh, as interesting as this little play would be, we can't dawdle; we must hurry to the next village to collect our taxes. Kill them both!"
"Heh, whatever you say boss" and with that, the bandit holding Cherry captive quickly pushed her to the ground, drew his sword, and thrust it forward into the young girls back.
"Cherry!"
"Tenshi..sa..ma" And with that, the girl's eyes darkened and her lifeless body collapsed completely to the ground. The one whose name fell off from her now still lips stood still, frozen in overwhelming sadness and anger.
"Heh heh, you're next boy." The bandits surrounded Tenshi and drew their swords, ready to lunge at him. "Get him!" All the bandits followed their leader's command and launched at their prey, each wearing a blood thirsty grin on their face. This grin was wiped off their faced as they were all pushed backwards by some force. "What? What is he…that guy!" In hearing their bosses words, the low-lives looked up to see their previously vulnerable target surrounded by fire. The fire soon began to take shape in the form of a bird.
" For you sins…you will all suffer" A simple flick of the wrist, and the fire charged at the thieves, filling their vision with nothing but red, orange, and gold swirling together until they knew no more. As soon as the fire dissipated, Tenshi collapsed to his knees on the ground. Looking up, he saw that the flames left no traces of the criminals whatsoever. That's alright…for their crimes, they do not deserved to be remembered. He looked up once more to see the village that was left from the fire the bandits had set and cried.
"We're here!"
"Finally, we can get off this stupid boat…"
"Oneesama, you only hated it because you got seasick…"
"Be quiet Tira! I was fine at first , but then the boat started to rock back and forth so much, I couldn't help but barf!"
"Don't tell me to be quiet! I didn't say anything bad about you getting seasick!"
"Shut up both of you. You're bickering is annoying" A gloomy figure muttered as he walked by the two girls.
"Carrot san…"
"Leave him be, lets go up to the village"
"Gateau…" The muscle man gave the younger Misu sister a reassuring smile before he followed the only Glace son.
When they reached the village from the harbor, which was a little ways from the village, they froze in shock. The entire village was burned to ash.
"Wh-what is this? Is this really Cola Village?" Chocolate asked, her voice trembling.
"So it would seem" Gateau responded as he tapped what was left of a sign at the entrance to the village, the letters were hard to make out, but they did indeed say "Cola Village"
"How horrible…" Tira whispered. The group decided to explore the village to see if they could figure out what had happened. There was nothing to be found except ashes, ashes, and more ashes. That is until they all gathered in what seemed to be the center of the village. There, standing in all its glory was a pure white rock, with many names etched on it, surrounded by hundreds of flowers.
"It looks like a memorial…" Every body nodded at the younger Mocha's statement.
"The flowers are fresh…so it seems it was put up recently. But…by who?"
Alpha2nd: WE all know who, right? Yep, and all the names etched the rock are the names of the villagers. He couldn't dig graves for anybody since their bodies were completely burned. I felt sad when I wrote this, but the story must go on, right? Oh, and the attack he used was his phoenix flame thing, except he doesn't need the ofuda anymore. And darn, it seems like they just missed this Tenshi, will they ever catch up? Dun dun duuuuuun! Review please!