This is the chapter with the battle scene. The battle will contain blood and gore. I have set up author's notes like I normally do. Thank you.
Akito ~ Nothingness
Akito ~ blank sheet of paper
Akito ~ in a white room
Akito ~ where no one understands
Kyo opened his eyes to the shaded bedroom. He felt disoriented and weighed down. He sat up and looked out the window; the sky was covered with depressing grey clouds. Kyo sighed; so this was the cause of his disheartened mood. As he got up and began searching for clothes, he couldn't help but think that there was something else on his mind, hiding from him. He knew after a moment that this was the wolves trying to haunt his mind. He gave it little thought; how could the wolf pack know about the few things that happened between Kyo and Akito? He walked downstairs later for some breakfast, to see that the others were already up. He had forgotten Hanyuu and Moonlight had stayed the night. He sat down at the table beside moonlight.
"Sleep in late, did we?" Shigure asked, drinking some of his miso soup.
"Who asked you?" Kyo muttered, picking at his rice.
"Sorry about that stupid cat," Yuki said to their guests. "He's rather moody on rainy days."
"Moodier than usual," Moonlight said sarcastically. Kyo growled wordlessly.
"Why do I deal with you?!" Kyo screamed.
"Kyo, behave please," Shigure said. "I don't want my house torn to pieces again."
"Shigure," Okami said shyly. "Do you mind if Hanyuu, Moonlight, and I go out today?"
"Of course not," Shigure said, putting the paper down. "Out on a hunt, I take it?"
Okami nodded quietly, looking down at her miso soup. Her tail was curled around her thighs in a self-conscious manner, her ears were down.
"Is something wrong?" Shigure asked.
"No," Okami lied. After breakfast, Okami, Moonlight, and Hanyuu went out for the hunt, saying they'd be back by dinner. However, when the Tohru put dinner on the table, they were nowhere to be found. The others started to get worried.
"Should we go look for them?" Yuki suggested calmly.
"No; we'd better leave them be," Shigure said. "They probably have a good reason for staying away from us."
"It's your fault."
"What the heck did you just say to me?!" Kyo demanded, looking up at Yuki. Yuki blinked at him, confused.
"I didn't say anything," he admitted steadily. Kyo gasped, his eyes widening as he heard the voice again.
"She senses you're a monster," it hissed. Kyo arose from where he was kneeling by the table.
"I'm going up to my room," he said, his bangs covering his eyes as he ran upstairs. Two kittens appeared out of nowhere and bounded after him. Once upstairs, Kyo slammed the door behind him and fell to his knees. The voice continued to taunt him.
"She sensed what you would become; that's why she was so uncomfortable. It's your fault they're never coming home."
"Shut up!" Kyo barked at the voice, sweat rolling down his forehead as he felt a paw on his knee. He looked down at the kitten, who purred loudly in Kyo's presence.
"Kyoko," the voice purred. You know how to end it all; just trust me."
"I don't know what you mean," he growled at the enticing voice.
"Trust me," the voice hummed again. "Don't go near Okami when she howls. Leave her to die."
"What?" his eyes widened. How did the wolves know that Okami would howl if they attacked? How did this voice know that the wolves would attack them off-guard? "I have to find her."
"Stop, Kyo," the voice commanded. "Do you know what will happen in that battle? You'd only be able to save her if you take off your beads. Do you know what would happen then?"
Akito ~ you're an ugly thing
Kyo froze, one hand on the door.
Akito ~ a monster
Kyo heard a feral wolf's howl in the distance, followed by two others. He tore through the doorway and down the hallways, not sure of what he was doing.
Akito ~ they'd hate you
Yuki, Shigure, and Tohru ran after Kyo in the rain; they all headed towards the sound of the chorusing howls.
Akito ~ it smells of rotting flesh
When the four got to a clearing in the trees, they saw Hanyuu, Moonlight, and Okami in their human forms. A collection of ten large, mutated wolf-like animals stood in a semi-circle on the other side of the clearing. They had scars along their shoulders and head, their golden eyes blazed with anger and insanity. The largest wolf, the alpha, snarled at the Vector Hosts. The challenge was meted by Okami, who gave a frightening, untamed growl through her teeth in reprisal. The Sohmas and Tohru all took an unsteady step back.
The prideful position of confidence on their side melted away as a young girl stepped in front of the wolves. She was no older than seven; her hair was in ribbons, and she wore a frilly, white gown. Okami gasped, taking a step back as sweat fell down her face.
"What is it?" Kyo demanded.
"She's a Vector Host," Okami gasped.
"She's just a child," Tohru said. "Can't you stop her?"
"No," Okami said. "She has thirty-five."
They all gasped. The child across the clearing was a dangerous threat, and this battle would go down in a violent and life-changing way. The Sohmas had a feeling that their friends would be injured or even killed in this fight.
"Shigure," Moonlight said. "Yuki, Tohru, and Kyo need to stay in the trees. We will keep the wolves at bay. If one of us gets hurt, leave us alone. Don't leave your cover."
Shigure nodded, bringing the others into the shadows of the trees. The large wolves needed a lot of space to fight; they would keep the battle out in the open. Hanyuu, Okami, and Moonlight turned to their threat.
"You have encouraged our recklessness, Vector," Hanyuu said. A red flame burned in the center of her eyes. "But we will fight you with our own insanity."
(This is where the battle scene begins. If you decide to skip this scene, then you should move on to the next chapter.)
The Vector Hosts and wolves rushed forward, but the wolves only made it halfway across the clearing before they were all torn to pieces by the vectors. The alpha wolf fell to the ground, confusion racking his brain. He had remembered when he began to feed on Okami's blood.
"Fortitude," he growled. "If I drink your blood, I shall live forever like you do, and have protective blood of my own?"
"As you wish," the Vector Wolf said.
However, now Okami stood before the stupid wolf curled on the ground.
"You lied!" he snapped. Okami nodded, her dark side shining at full force.
"I always hated to lie," she said. The mutant at her feet gave a yowl of agony as his body tore into several pieces. The wolves laid around the clearing, lifeless.
"What?" Kyo muttered. "That was so easy for them… too easy…"
The Vector Wolves and Vector Goat turned to the human Vector Girl, their only remaining opponent. The human girl stepped forward, her vectors stretching lazily in no particular direction. Hanyuu slid down in a fighting stance, running forward. Her vectors all shone a bright blue as they enveloped her entire body. Several of these blue energies shot forward at the girl. Moonlight and Okami turned to face each other, taking each other's wrists. They bit into each other, feeding on blood to transform. Moonlight became a large silver wolf. She lunged at the girl and began to tear at the shield of vectors. Okami transformed into her black wolf form, running to attack the human vector as well.
Moonlight's arm was cut by the human's vectors. At first, the humans hiding in the forest were alarmed. The blood seemed to float in rivers in mid-air. They wrapped around her vectors, enhancing them with power. The wolf ran to the girl, her Blood Vectors poised. The attack darted through the girl, making a hole materialize in her stomach. At first, the child cried in pain, but she recovered herself and wrapped one of her vectors' hands around moonlight's muzzle. Moonlight flew through the air, landing on her shaking legs.
Hanyuu's eyes shined a bloody crimson as she saw into the soul of the young Vector Girl. She saw a lonely, cold, hopeless soul. This touched Hanyuu in no way; she merely gathered all the strength in her vectors. The goat raised herself through the air, her vectors flying around her as they began to glow a bright blue once more. Hanyuu, as a goat, had a gift that allowed her to control soul wavelengths in a way that would tear your heart out. She dove back down to the earth, trying to crush the human with this power. The girl merely shook Hanyuu away as she did with Moonlight.
Even as Hanyuu, drained of all her strength, curled on the ground, the human vector wasn't done with her. The human girl used two of her vectors to hit Hanyuu repeatedly, beating her to precise death. Okami went in for the kill then; she relentlessly attacked the last vector standing. When she was hit, she arose again.
Akito ~ this is all your fault
Okami had faced worse pain than this.
Akito ~ don't underestimate = Fear
Through her greatest challenge, she had fought through.
Akito ~ when the blazing sun is gone
She had fought. She will fight.
Akito ~ your ribbons are cute today
However, even a wolf of such determination…
Akito ~ aren't you going to scream?!
… Has her breaking point.
Watching this, the Sohmas were torn. Although Hanyuu and Moonlight were alive, they couldn't help Okami. Okami was the one that this silent vector girl wanted; Okami was going to die. The black wolf was thrown on the ground for the last time, and, even when she tried, she couldn't rise again. Okami wasn't going to accept this fate; she would find a way out of it. She turned to Kyo, a longing look in her eyes. Kyo twitched and bolted out of the bushes in front of the bleeding wolf.
"Stop this!" he yelled. The vector girl looked at him inquiringly, her vectors shooting at him all at the same time. Okami, now human, had risen to her knees, wrapping her arms around Kyo. Her eight vectors blocked several of the attacks as Kyo stood, shocked, in the middle of it. Okami couldn't hold on forever; and she was thrown back within a few seconds. Three scars formed against Kyo's skin; one on his cheek, one on his left side, one on his right wrist. With a loud snap, Kyo looked down to see the black and white beads fall to the ground, scattering from the broken band.
His beads were gone, but this allowed him to finish what he had challenged when he interfered with the battle. He allowed himself to transform as rain began to fall from the sky. Kyo revealed the cat's true form; he revealed his true form.
"My vectors aren't coming out!" the child cried from across the clearing. The large, cat-like, reptilian creature looked up at her. "It was in that bracelet! My vectors aren't coming out!"
Kyo narrowed his eyes and bolted forward, taking his chance to slice the little Vector Girl in half. The girl gasped, her mangled corpse falling to the ground and evaporating. Moonlight and Hanyuu arose, looking at the demon cat's true form. Kyo turned around to see Okami staring at him.
"DON'T LOOK AT ME!" he cried.
Tah-Duh! This is one of the few concluding chapters for my Vector Wolf series. I'm sorry if I'm not pacing it to your liking; I'm trying to pace it like the actual episodes of Fruit's Basket. Thank you for reading. The next chapter will be up soon
