Darkest Before Dawn Chapter 11

Tails' POV

I leaned over the banister to get a closer look. There was no doubt about it. That was definitely Amy Rose. She seemed Ok, in good shape, but she was not awake. She was just hanging there in his arm. What did he do to her?

"So he's taken a hostage," Joruri muttered.

I glanced up to her, but quickly returned my sight to the front gates of the castle where all the action was. A general stepped out among the group and into the circle. He clicked his fingers and his men cocked their guns. "Kage," he announced, "you are wanted alive by the Kingdom of Hatsu! Lay down your weapons and surrender!"

"Wanted alive?" Kage asked sarcastically. "Well, I don't feel loved. Why can't I be wanted dead?"

"This is no time for jokes, kitsune," the General snapped.

The black kitsune gave him a reckless grin, "Oh why not? You Hatsu people are too serious." He chuckled, "Maybe y'all should go on vacation!"

The General glared at him.

Kage turned stern. Now he meant business.

"Those eyes," one of the guards on the balcony muttered. "They're the eyes of a hitokiri*." I looked back to the older guard. He continued, "And not a hitokiri hired for the money by a group of thugs either. That's a real one. I didn't know there were still men like that." He sighed. "This is pointless, this mission to capture him. No number of men would be enough against him."

(*hitokiri: man slayer)

I looked back to Kage, my eyes wide.

I noticed the glare in Kage's eyes, it was piercing. Those eyes were something that would stay with you forever. They were not like Robotnik's eyes, or Eggman's, or of the other evil men I have seen. They were also not close to the eyes of the ones that have been taken over by Shikyo. These eyes were eyes of there own, the eyes of a hitokiri.

"Let's get down to business," Kage told them. "I must say that I am sorry, and I know you all so dearly want me to stay with you for awhile, but I am just here to grab something and then I'll be heading on my way." He looked up to me, "I'm just here for the runt."

"Tails?" Captain Little muttered, glancing up at me.

"What's he trying to pull?" Joruri muttered.

"Meep!"

I turned around to find Meep, who had suddenly appeared into the scene. He seemed normal, but he had this weird look in his eyes.

"YOU WILL NOT BE LEAVING!" The General roared at the black kitsune. Kage seemed to not notice. The General grew more pissed at him and turned to his troops, "Drop your guns, they won't do anything! Pull out your machetes! NOW!"

Kage glanced to him, "I don't know if that's such a good idea, general."

The General stared at him. "GET YOUR MACHETES!" He cried to his troops again.

They began to draw their machetes, except for Captain Little. Instead he began to back up while grabbing Douglas's arm. He whispered something in Douglas's ear that I will never know...

Kage shrugged with his famous smirk on his face, "Whatever you want to do, general." He whipped his sword and the blood splattered to the ground. He chuckled and the guards moved backwards instead of forwards......

"ATTACK!!!!!" The General cried.

The black kitsune jumped into the air and the soldiers stumbled onto each other. He landed on two of the men's heads and cried, "MEEP! DO YOUR JOB!"

I whipped around to find that Meep had grown claws and didn't look that cute anymore. His wings were much larger and so was he. His eyes blazed. He rushed towards me at a god-like speed and soon I found myself up in the air and I was not flying by myself.

Kage jumped after us and onto the castle gates. He waved, "It was nice seeing you all! Have a nice life."

And we left.

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Meep let go of me in the forest and I stumbled to the ground. When I looked back up at him he seemed the same as he was when I met him before. He smiled, "Meep!"

"Traitor." I muttered back.

"It is I you should call the traitor. Meep was just doing his job."

I looked over to Kage. He gave me his smirk and helped me to my feet, "Welcome, runt. You are now my new hostage."

"Great...."

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