Chapter XI: Defend, Attack, Hidden Abilities
Kira groaned as she came around… she had a killer headache….and she could sense Souya's distress and worry at the back of her mind. She sent soothing thoughts to her friend and partner, it was then that she finally managed to open her eyes, and realized she was being carried by some stinky thug to who knows where. Frowning she did the natural thing for any pissed and now cranky Lunarian to do, she screamed in his ear.
"I DON'T CARE WHO THE HELL YOU ARE BUT PUT ME DOWN NOW!!! YOU HAVE NO IDEA JUST WHO YOUR MESSING WITH!!!" The man yelped and immediately dropped the somewhat groggy and disoriented girl on her rear as he then clutched his ears.
"YOU BANSHEE!!" he hissed and glared at her once his ears had stopped threatening to blow open his head. Kira, blinked and then smirked, served the baka right, and with that she moved to stand and leave, only to find a new group of baka's appear.
"You having trouble with this onna Daoler?" One asked amused.
"Let's see her shriek in you ear…" the man addressed as Daoler grumbled back. "All right, we tried to do this the easy way, but It looks like your going to have to make it harder on yourself…" he then addressed Kira taking out a gun, the others following suit.
Kira glared back but suddenly found her vision not so clear… "Yosouya!!" she called out, realizing that she needed help. The silvery Dragon was there in a flash at her shoulder, and chirped reassurance before turning blazing eyes on Kira's attackers.
"What the hell is that!!!" one of them screeched, before dropping his weapon and scrambling backward. Another of the thugs fired, followed by others only to turn pale with fear as the bullets collided with something mid air and fell to the ground causing a slight silver sparkle visible around Kira and the Dragon.
"It's some kind of shield!" another shouted and took a few steps back, "I'm not paid enough to face Magic!!" Kira for her part blinked, she couldn't see clearly, or think straight for that matter, but she knew she was in trouble, thus she pulled out her sword not realizing the effect of it just appearing on her attackers.
"She's some kind of WITCH!!" another lackey yelped then took off running, not caring what others said.
"FOOLS!!" Daoler shouted, "It's a trick!! Illusion!!" Some of the runaways came back, though they were still overly cautious. "You'll pay for this…" he then growled at the silver haired girl. In response Kira held her sword ready to take a bite into whoever dared approach.
'Enough of this… the boss will just have to understand…' Daoler grumbled to himself as he took aim and fired 3 shots at the silver creature above the girls head. Another of his team fired at the girl directly, the same shield from before kept all but the last of Daoler's shots from going through, the third found it's target. There was a terrible screech as the creature collapsed to the ground.
"YOSOUYA!!!" Kira screamed as she saw her companion fall, and felt her pain. 'Oh Souya...I never should have had you come… Hang in there sweetie…'she soothed to the tiny Dragon mentally, her sword vanishing as she scooped the Dragon into her arms.
Daoler smirked, then after signaling the others to wait took aim again, but never fired as another shot rang out in the alley and he fell to the ground unconscious. The others looked shocked, then turned to his attacker and the newest arrival.
"You'll pay for that!" One shouted and rushed forward at the man. A cold glare met him, and then he saw nothing as the new arrival tripped him up and tossed him into the wall. Gunshots rang out once again as a fight began. Kira didn't move as the fight broke out around her. Her attention solely on Yosouya, not even shifting as bullets grazed her arms and legs not even causing her to flinch.
Heero shifted into soldier mode as the group of thugs and lackeys rushed him, the one thing on his mind being that he had to get rid of them and get Kira out of there. A pair of the attackers found themselves introduced to the walls intimately, while others just simply saw black. Heero glared at the last three that stood between him and his Ki-chan. Two of them moved to flank him while the third charged forward, with a swift movement he took got rid of the one on the left, and blocked the frontal attack, unfortunately the third guy managed to slip in and make a long diagonal slash across Heero's back. Expecting Heero to collapse was his biggest mistake as he found an elbow in his nose and then a knee in his ribs, in seconds he too laid unconscious.
Heero took one last look around to make sure no one lese was waiting to attack before he rushed to Kira's side, a growing fear as he spotted her now bloody skin and tear filled eyes as she cradled the silver dragon. Just as he reached her side a silver glow began to surround Yosouya, originating from Kira's hands. Heero blinked in surprise but decided to not worry about it for now, maybe it had to do with their link. He waited for it to stop, and then scooped up Kira with Souya still in her arms. He bit back as hiss of pain as skin and muscles on his back protested. With that he began to make a beeline for his car. No sooner had he reached the black jeep, then Souya seemed to vanish and Kira turned somewhat glazed eyes to him.
"He-chan?…" she asked softly, and blinked.. her eyes trying to focus better… then she frowned… "Your hurt…" she stated then. Though how she knew Heero didn't know, she hadn't seen his back.
"Shh Kira, just relax I'll get you to Sally soon." He told her, determined to make sure she was okay, for it appeared that she had been drugged. But before he could move away, she had placed her hands on his shoulders and the silver glow appeared again. Heero simply stared at Kira, glancing at her hands and then her face, her eyes closed in concentration, and he could swear that there was something glowing on her forehead. Suddenly the glow stopped and Kira collapsed back into the seat of the car unconscious. Heero quickly checked her pulse and gave silent sigh of relief when he felt a steady heartbeat. And with that he rushed back to the drivers seat and headed for Preventers as fast as he could, the vanished pain in his back completely forgotten, much like it had never been there.
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Sally carefully finished bandaging the last of the wound Kira had received, though she was puzzled. Kira's wounds were not bad in the least, yet she had been unconscious since Heero had brought her in. That she was fine, and would wake once she was rested, but it still didn't explain the how or why. She'd just have to wait for the blood tests to come back to make sure there wasn't something else a miss. She then turner her gaze to Heero who had stayed by Kira's side the entire time, it was apparent that he felt that this was his fault. Yet he had had no idea that she'd be there, or that there would be such a fight. Sally hadn't gotten the details, for Heero had even refused to debrief to Lady Une until he was sure Kira was cared for.
Now Sally turned her focus on him, she was sure that she had seen blood on his back, and now was going to take a look. "Alright Heero, list injuries and all of them." She commanded and waited for his response, he as well as the other pilots were often very reluctant to admit injury.
"Nothing needing medical attention." He answered without looking away from Kira.
"Then what on Earth is there blood all over your back from!!" Sally demanded a bit annoyed. First she gets called in at 3 in the morning, and now he won't be a man and just tell her. Heero seemed surprised, he'd forgotten all about his back, he remembered being cut and deeply if he remembered, but now he didn't feel a thing. Rather then argue with a grumpy Sally and deal with a moody Wufei later, he turned his back to her for inspection.
Sally bit back a gasp as she took in the huge rip in his shirt and the large bloodstain, carefully she peeled it back to reveal healthy whole skin beneath. She blinked in surprise. "Well Heero… I don' t know how… by looking at your shirt… it looks like you were wounded and badly… but there is no evidence of a wound other than that. Your clear to go report. Don't worry about Kira. She will sleep through the night. You can see her in the morning." And with that Sally began to usher Heero out of the room and then out of the medical wing. 'He's as bad as Quatre with Gally, or vice versa.' Once she had gotten rid of the serious and stubborn zero one she turned back to Kira, 'something about her.' She then went to start the blood tests and shut down for the night, knowing that a certain Chinese pilot was waiting for her.
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Dark violet eyes flashed, a smirk formed on lips as the dark skinned man studied the mirror, a similar expression on the gray eyed, pale skinned woman beside him. They were opposites in appearance, dark and light, yet they were obviously alike as well. The eerie light flashed catching the ebony signals on their foreheads, an upside down crescent blazed briefly as the man chuckled.
"So it looks like that old fool was right. There is a lunarian in this time and place. Prince Diamond should be pleased." The man remarked his lips curved in a sinister smile.
"And not just any lunarian, a hime. Not the same as the Neo Queen… but definitely a relation. Perhaps she is the second time guardian that the wise man was so obsessed with warning us about. But how should we go about capturing her? I doubt she is no more defenseless then the Neo Queen in Crystal Tokyo." The woman responded, wondering what devious plans her partner may devise.
"Ahh, but that makes the catch all that more fun Opal. In fact I think that male human will be the perfect bait for our lunarian Lady. What do you say? " he asked lightly, already coming up with all sorts of ways to capture the man and then dispose of them once they had captured their real target.
"Sounds splendid. I'll handled capturing him Onyx. You ready the traps and ship for the lunarian," and with that the pale woman vanished in a swirl of pale light. Onyx smirked, oh yes he'd have fun with this task, just as Opal would with her own.
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Heero entered his apartment and nearly sighed, nearly everything made him think of the silver haired woman he'd left in the medical wing of Preventers. He quietly went through the rooms, spotting in each the changes she had made in the time she had been living here, but despite that it was his apartment, he didn't mind a single one of them. After making his rounds he returned to his bedroom and happily climbed in, relaxing for the first time in over a week, made easier by her sent embedded in the sheets. Not even flinching as a silver dragon curled up beside his head, tail curled around his neck.
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Opal smirked as she surveyed the rooms, 'and here I thought perhaps she actually had a guardian.' She had carefully inspected the place from the outside first, finding the only security to have been very minor. Obviously the lunarian wasn't expecting an attack of this sort. 'Foolish, but that make my job that much simpler.' Suddenly a flurry of silver wings dived at her, Opal ducked and then hissed, flicking her wrist. In seconds the creature was incased in a shimmering violet bubble.
"I don't know exactly what you are, but I can't have you spoiling my plans and raising a fuss." She told it, her eyes glowed and the creature fell collapsed, instinctively curling up in as it was put into a deep sleep. "Off to my brother now pest, I'm sure he'll have use of you," Opal then commanded and waved it off, the bubble did as she ordered vanishing in a swirl of light. With this accomplished she continued to set her own plans into action, slipping through halls and into the sleeping chambers of this pathetic dwelling. There she found her prey, "So you are the one that the lunarian holds dear," she stated not caring that the figure had a weapon of some sort pointed at her.
Heero sat up with a start and leapt out of bed as he sensed more then heard Yosouya's agitation, then sudden silence. He quickly grabbed his nearest gun and readied himself as the door swung open to reveal a somewhat shadowed figure. He heard her statement, but having no response growled and held his gun steady on her, "Omae o korso."
Opal laughed, obviously her prey had no idea what he was dealing with. "Foolish Human, now you face the power of Opal, daughter of the Dark Moon," and with that she charged, ropes of dark and pale power spinning from her hands and surrounding Heero. Heero ducked, rolled, dodged and fired doing his best to keep out of this crazy woman's grasp. This continued for all of five minutes as Heero continued to duck, dodge, roll, and fire bullets that he soon discovered did nothing. As well as watch the woman's pale face became violet with anger and annoyance. "ENOUGH!!" She finally shouted and suddenly Heero found himself held against the wall, all limbs surrounded by the strange rope and the woman herself glaring in front of him. "Very spirited for a mere human, I shall enjoy disposing of you once we've turned the lunarian hime over to Prince Diamond and the Wise man, so know that your time is limited."
Opal then sneered once more at her now trapped prey, then transported both her prey and self back to her ship. The next part of the task would be her brothers, though she would be standing by to make sure he didn't screw up.
Left behind was a trashed apartment, as dark power had ripped through doors, walls, and furniture alike. The only sign left of what truly happened was a glowing scroll with a message for one lunarian hime.
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Kira groaned as she came around… she had a killer headache….and she could sense Souya's distress and worry at the back of her mind. She sent soothing thoughts to her friend and partner, it was then that she finally managed to open her eyes, and realized she was being carried by some stinky thug to who knows where. Frowning she did the natural thing for any pissed and now cranky Lunarian to do, she screamed in his ear.
"I DON'T CARE WHO THE HELL YOU ARE BUT PUT ME DOWN NOW!!! YOU HAVE NO IDEA JUST WHO YOUR MESSING WITH!!!" The man yelped and immediately dropped the somewhat groggy and disoriented girl on her rear as he then clutched his ears.
"YOU BANSHEE!!" he hissed and glared at her once his ears had stopped threatening to blow open his head. Kira, blinked and then smirked, served the baka right, and with that she moved to stand and leave, only to find a new group of baka's appear.
"You having trouble with this onna Daoler?" One asked amused.
"Let's see her shriek in you ear…" the man addressed as Daoler grumbled back. "All right, we tried to do this the easy way, but It looks like your going to have to make it harder on yourself…" he then addressed Kira taking out a gun, the others following suit.
Kira glared back but suddenly found her vision not so clear… "Yosouya!!" she called out, realizing that she needed help. The silvery Dragon was there in a flash at her shoulder, and chirped reassurance before turning blazing eyes on Kira's attackers.
"What the hell is that!!!" one of them screeched, before dropping his weapon and scrambling backward. Another of the thugs fired, followed by others only to turn pale with fear as the bullets collided with something mid air and fell to the ground causing a slight silver sparkle visible around Kira and the Dragon.
"It's some kind of shield!" another shouted and took a few steps back, "I'm not paid enough to face Magic!!" Kira for her part blinked, she couldn't see clearly, or think straight for that matter, but she knew she was in trouble, thus she pulled out her sword not realizing the effect of it just appearing on her attackers.
"She's some kind of WITCH!!" another lackey yelped then took off running, not caring what others said.
"FOOLS!!" Daoler shouted, "It's a trick!! Illusion!!" Some of the runaways came back, though they were still overly cautious. "You'll pay for this…" he then growled at the silver haired girl. In response Kira held her sword ready to take a bite into whoever dared approach.
'Enough of this… the boss will just have to understand…' Daoler grumbled to himself as he took aim and fired 3 shots at the silver creature above the girls head. Another of his team fired at the girl directly, the same shield from before kept all but the last of Daoler's shots from going through, the third found it's target. There was a terrible screech as the creature collapsed to the ground.
"YOSOUYA!!!" Kira screamed as she saw her companion fall, and felt her pain. 'Oh Souya...I never should have had you come… Hang in there sweetie…'she soothed to the tiny Dragon mentally, her sword vanishing as she scooped the Dragon into her arms.
Daoler smirked, then after signaling the others to wait took aim again, but never fired as another shot rang out in the alley and he fell to the ground unconscious. The others looked shocked, then turned to his attacker and the newest arrival.
"You'll pay for that!" One shouted and rushed forward at the man. A cold glare met him, and then he saw nothing as the new arrival tripped him up and tossed him into the wall. Gunshots rang out once again as a fight began. Kira didn't move as the fight broke out around her. Her attention solely on Yosouya, not even shifting as bullets grazed her arms and legs not even causing her to flinch.
Heero shifted into soldier mode as the group of thugs and lackeys rushed him, the one thing on his mind being that he had to get rid of them and get Kira out of there. A pair of the attackers found themselves introduced to the walls intimately, while others just simply saw black. Heero glared at the last three that stood between him and his Ki-chan. Two of them moved to flank him while the third charged forward, with a swift movement he took got rid of the one on the left, and blocked the frontal attack, unfortunately the third guy managed to slip in and make a long diagonal slash across Heero's back. Expecting Heero to collapse was his biggest mistake as he found an elbow in his nose and then a knee in his ribs, in seconds he too laid unconscious.
Heero took one last look around to make sure no one lese was waiting to attack before he rushed to Kira's side, a growing fear as he spotted her now bloody skin and tear filled eyes as she cradled the silver dragon. Just as he reached her side a silver glow began to surround Yosouya, originating from Kira's hands. Heero blinked in surprise but decided to not worry about it for now, maybe it had to do with their link. He waited for it to stop, and then scooped up Kira with Souya still in her arms. He bit back as hiss of pain as skin and muscles on his back protested. With that he began to make a beeline for his car. No sooner had he reached the black jeep, then Souya seemed to vanish and Kira turned somewhat glazed eyes to him.
"He-chan?…" she asked softly, and blinked.. her eyes trying to focus better… then she frowned… "Your hurt…" she stated then. Though how she knew Heero didn't know, she hadn't seen his back.
"Shh Kira, just relax I'll get you to Sally soon." He told her, determined to make sure she was okay, for it appeared that she had been drugged. But before he could move away, she had placed her hands on his shoulders and the silver glow appeared again. Heero simply stared at Kira, glancing at her hands and then her face, her eyes closed in concentration, and he could swear that there was something glowing on her forehead. Suddenly the glow stopped and Kira collapsed back into the seat of the car unconscious. Heero quickly checked her pulse and gave silent sigh of relief when he felt a steady heartbeat. And with that he rushed back to the drivers seat and headed for Preventers as fast as he could, the vanished pain in his back completely forgotten, much like it had never been there.
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Sally carefully finished bandaging the last of the wound Kira had received, though she was puzzled. Kira's wounds were not bad in the least, yet she had been unconscious since Heero had brought her in. That she was fine, and would wake once she was rested, but it still didn't explain the how or why. She'd just have to wait for the blood tests to come back to make sure there wasn't something else a miss. She then turner her gaze to Heero who had stayed by Kira's side the entire time, it was apparent that he felt that this was his fault. Yet he had had no idea that she'd be there, or that there would be such a fight. Sally hadn't gotten the details, for Heero had even refused to debrief to Lady Une until he was sure Kira was cared for.
Now Sally turned her focus on him, she was sure that she had seen blood on his back, and now was going to take a look. "Alright Heero, list injuries and all of them." She commanded and waited for his response, he as well as the other pilots were often very reluctant to admit injury.
"Nothing needing medical attention." He answered without looking away from Kira.
"Then what on Earth is there blood all over your back from!!" Sally demanded a bit annoyed. First she gets called in at 3 in the morning, and now he won't be a man and just tell her. Heero seemed surprised, he'd forgotten all about his back, he remembered being cut and deeply if he remembered, but now he didn't feel a thing. Rather then argue with a grumpy Sally and deal with a moody Wufei later, he turned his back to her for inspection.
Sally bit back a gasp as she took in the huge rip in his shirt and the large bloodstain, carefully she peeled it back to reveal healthy whole skin beneath. She blinked in surprise. "Well Heero… I don' t know how… by looking at your shirt… it looks like you were wounded and badly… but there is no evidence of a wound other than that. Your clear to go report. Don't worry about Kira. She will sleep through the night. You can see her in the morning." And with that Sally began to usher Heero out of the room and then out of the medical wing. 'He's as bad as Quatre with Gally, or vice versa.' Once she had gotten rid of the serious and stubborn zero one she turned back to Kira, 'something about her.' She then went to start the blood tests and shut down for the night, knowing that a certain Chinese pilot was waiting for her.
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Dark violet eyes flashed, a smirk formed on lips as the dark skinned man studied the mirror, a similar expression on the gray eyed, pale skinned woman beside him. They were opposites in appearance, dark and light, yet they were obviously alike as well. The eerie light flashed catching the ebony signals on their foreheads, an upside down crescent blazed briefly as the man chuckled.
"So it looks like that old fool was right. There is a lunarian in this time and place. Prince Diamond should be pleased." The man remarked his lips curved in a sinister smile.
"And not just any lunarian, a hime. Not the same as the Neo Queen… but definitely a relation. Perhaps she is the second time guardian that the wise man was so obsessed with warning us about. But how should we go about capturing her? I doubt she is no more defenseless then the Neo Queen in Crystal Tokyo." The woman responded, wondering what devious plans her partner may devise.
"Ahh, but that makes the catch all that more fun Opal. In fact I think that male human will be the perfect bait for our lunarian Lady. What do you say? " he asked lightly, already coming up with all sorts of ways to capture the man and then dispose of them once they had captured their real target.
"Sounds splendid. I'll handled capturing him Onyx. You ready the traps and ship for the lunarian," and with that the pale woman vanished in a swirl of pale light. Onyx smirked, oh yes he'd have fun with this task, just as Opal would with her own.
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Heero entered his apartment and nearly sighed, nearly everything made him think of the silver haired woman he'd left in the medical wing of Preventers. He quietly went through the rooms, spotting in each the changes she had made in the time she had been living here, but despite that it was his apartment, he didn't mind a single one of them. After making his rounds he returned to his bedroom and happily climbed in, relaxing for the first time in over a week, made easier by her sent embedded in the sheets. Not even flinching as a silver dragon curled up beside his head, tail curled around his neck.
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Opal smirked as she surveyed the rooms, 'and here I thought perhaps she actually had a guardian.' She had carefully inspected the place from the outside first, finding the only security to have been very minor. Obviously the lunarian wasn't expecting an attack of this sort. 'Foolish, but that make my job that much simpler.' Suddenly a flurry of silver wings dived at her, Opal ducked and then hissed, flicking her wrist. In seconds the creature was incased in a shimmering violet bubble.
"I don't know exactly what you are, but I can't have you spoiling my plans and raising a fuss." She told it, her eyes glowed and the creature fell collapsed, instinctively curling up in as it was put into a deep sleep. "Off to my brother now pest, I'm sure he'll have use of you," Opal then commanded and waved it off, the bubble did as she ordered vanishing in a swirl of light. With this accomplished she continued to set her own plans into action, slipping through halls and into the sleeping chambers of this pathetic dwelling. There she found her prey, "So you are the one that the lunarian holds dear," she stated not caring that the figure had a weapon of some sort pointed at her.
Heero sat up with a start and leapt out of bed as he sensed more then heard Yosouya's agitation, then sudden silence. He quickly grabbed his nearest gun and readied himself as the door swung open to reveal a somewhat shadowed figure. He heard her statement, but having no response growled and held his gun steady on her, "Omae o korso."
Opal laughed, obviously her prey had no idea what he was dealing with. "Foolish Human, now you face the power of Opal, daughter of the Dark Moon," and with that she charged, ropes of dark and pale power spinning from her hands and surrounding Heero. Heero ducked, rolled, dodged and fired doing his best to keep out of this crazy woman's grasp. This continued for all of five minutes as Heero continued to duck, dodge, roll, and fire bullets that he soon discovered did nothing. As well as watch the woman's pale face became violet with anger and annoyance. "ENOUGH!!" She finally shouted and suddenly Heero found himself held against the wall, all limbs surrounded by the strange rope and the woman herself glaring in front of him. "Very spirited for a mere human, I shall enjoy disposing of you once we've turned the lunarian hime over to Prince Diamond and the Wise man, so know that your time is limited."
Opal then sneered once more at her now trapped prey, then transported both her prey and self back to her ship. The next part of the task would be her brothers, though she would be standing by to make sure he didn't screw up.
Left behind was a trashed apartment, as dark power had ripped through doors, walls, and furniture alike. The only sign left of what truly happened was a glowing scroll with a message for one lunarian hime.
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