...Chapter12...

Warnings:

Language, violence, errors!

Hey peepz! Thanks for the reviews and I am in a lighter mode today :) Let's move on to the next chapter now!

Btw, I have to warn u guys. I added some old English words like 'Thy' and 'Thee' and 'Thou'. I might put them in the wrong order and if u actually really understand wat they mean correctly, please tell me!

I think that they are these meanings:

Thy- Your

Thee- My

Thou- Your

(This is just what I think those words represent. I forgot... T.T)

Japanese translation:

Namaka- Friend

Arigato- Thank you

Disclaimer: It's just like the previous one.


-Flashback-

I shield my eyes with my arms, just like what Hirono was doing and when it died down, I came face to face with a person who wore thick layers of armour. She also held a spear on her right arm. The spear was long, and it looked like a drill at a point. It was decorated with some golden-looking circles on the spear.

I stared at that person in awe for a while, before realising what was really happening. The chanting worked! That means, Chihiro can be saved!

-End of Flashback-

Angel's Pov

It is so obvious. The shining light, followed by a dude that wears metal all around her body, not to mention that awesomestruck spear! She must be the guard spirit of the gate, she have to be it! After appearing out of nowhere just like that.

I could not see her face for it was blocked off by a knight helmet thingy that covered the top half of her face. Her eyes could be seen though, through the specially cut up hole.

Her eye is entirely white in colour, as though he had rolled back his eye balls fully. Her lips were visible to, and it was light-purple in colour.

All in all, she looks so beautiful and I caught Hirono gaping like I was. He looked at her as though she was the prettiest thing he ever saw. Humph! Pig...

I am thee Guardian of thy portal. Thou are not allowed to enter the Spirited World without thee consent. A powerful, feminine voice echoed and boomed around the forest, breaking the silent night.

My heart pounded against my chest hard and my breathing quickened a little. I turned a little and caught sight of my wound. The blood is starting to flow down from the bandages.

I don't think I can hold much longer... My head feels so... Light...

I could hear Hirono speaking to the spirit, but it was very soft and my vision began to blur a little, black spots invading my eye sight.

Soon, I was swaying and my head felt like it was going to burst into pieces.

I tried to scream but no voice came out of my mouth, not even a tiniest, softest squeak. I wanted to scream and shout out the pain penetrating through my head and body, but I didn't have enough strength to fight the pain off, let alone scream.

I kept swaying and my head starts to spin like a tornado before I fell to the ground.

My lids became heavy and my eyes finally closed before I was completely surrounded by darkness.

Hirono's Pov

When the gate spirit showed herself, my eye could not get off of her. Something tells me that she is very powerful, so powerful that she can torture the whole town if she wants to.

I think that I look like I am staring at her, gaping but it is just that, I can feel an intense power leaking from her aura. I hate to say this, but I am... Afraid of her intense power...

I am thee Guardian of thy portal. Thou are not allowed to enter the Spirited World without thee consent. She boomed with a heavy ancient accent as she turned to me and Angel.

I gathered the courage to speak up to her and asked with a lot of respect in my voice, or at least I think I sound respectful enough for her.

"My name is Hirono and she is Angel. We summoned you out for a reason. Could you allow both of us to cross over to... To the other side of the gate?"

I was a little nervous, no doubt, because if there's a gate spirit guarding the gate and it would turn into a wall, it must mean that the other side is not just another place. It must be something more than just a place.

I never actually believed such things like ghosts and spirits, but now, I can't avoid the fact that I am facing a spirit that held such enormous power. I can feel the power she is releasing and it is really strong.

At the corner of my eyes, I can see Angel swaying a little to the left and right. Soon, just after a few seconds, I heard a 'thud' sound and Angel sprawled onto the ground, looking pale and unconscious. Her bandage was too soaked that the blood flowed out of the bandage and travelled down into the dry-dirt ground. The ground is coated with her blood and her face held an agony expression that pained my heart.

The guard spirit turned her head to the direction which my eyes were at and then she continued.

I can help thy friend on the ground and heal thou and thy friend's injuries. I can also allow thee to pass through the portal, but thou has to pass my fear before I do anything of that sort.

Pass through her fear? What does that mean? Does it mean that I just need to not fear her fear?

Before I could properly sort out the puzzle within me, I was surrounded by an army of spirits. Some looked like plain fish, some looked like humans with devil horns and all of them were riding on horses, or I think it is a horse with weapons on their hands.

They formed a circle around unconscious Angel and me. Sweat rolled down my face as I gulped hard.

I knew that this woman could destroy the town at ease if she wanted to! I told you!

'An Army Of A Thousand Spirits'. This is my most powerful fear. If thou could win them, I shall heal thou and thee friend and allow thou and thee friend to enter the portal. Begin!

She boomed at the last part so loud I am positive the whole area shook.

I dashed towards my lifeless bag and ransack it, finding things that I could use to protect Angel and myself in this battle.

This is so damn unfair! Me, against a thousand spirit?! It is obvious who would win. But... I have to find Chihiro. She must be so afraid right now. Angel too. First, the important thing to do is to protect Angel and fend the spirits away.

What the shit... I totally forgot that I am a HUMAN. I don't have fancy powers to attack such monsters and protect Angel!

Weapons... Where can I find weapons? Aha! My bag has just the thing. Luckily, I kept my stuffs in my bag, in case anything happen.

With a battle cry, I lifted out the 'weapon' and started slashing it around, hugging Angel by the waist and a few of the demonic-like soldiers backed away. Maybe it's because of my cool and scary weapon, or maybe it was my crazy and desperate eyes that scared them.

"Behold! My weapon that can defeat your thousand army of soldiers. My extendable-long iron rod!"

A wave of silence passed by after I introduced my weapon to both the guardian and the soldiers.

Most of the spirits sweat dropped and then, they shook out what I said before growling like some beasty monster.

A few jumped forward to attack and I quickly left Angel on the ground to block off their attacks with my handy rod. I was pushed back a little, and I tried to limit it by dipping my tip of the shoe into the soil ground.

It did help a little, but soon, the others joined in and all I could do was stay in defence mode. I was unable to switch to attack mode because I had absolutely no time to switch!

One attacked me from the front and I dodged it by sliding under that spirit and then another one attacked me at my left. I used the rod to stop the blade from coming down at me and at my right, another weirdo spirit wanted to use his thick rod at me but I kicked his feet with my own and he fell.

This kept continuing for awhile and then, I was panting so hard I could barely stand on both my feet steadily.

I turned my eyes to Angel that laid helplessly on the ground. Some of those monsters head towards Angel with caution, using their weapons to poke her. My eyes harden and my breathing became very hard and fast.

My clenched my fist real hard that my knuckles turned white. My eyes became wild and I started to lose control when I saw a small line of blood flowing down Angel's cheek. The bastard mouse-head solider used his claw and drew out blood from Angel! He licked his claw that was coated red and smirked. By then, I was already running up to that rat and I crashed that rat's head with my rod. He squeaked as blood squirt out from his head before vanishing into thin air.

It is painful to see Angel squirm a little when the claw was glided across her flawless cheek.

I suddenly lose all my sanity and I rushed forward to the others who charged towards me with their crazy-looking weapons.

With a loud battle cry, I beat my way through the pile of monster-like humans and ignored the cuts and scratches that I earned during the fight. All I am doing now is protecting Angel and Chihiro. That's all. All I want to know is that they are safe, and that they will stay safe.

After I got rid of the army, I collapsed onto my knees. I panted with my face flustered. Sweat rolled down my whole face, including my eye lids that are closed. I only have little energy in me and I was glad that this was finally over. Just when I thought everything was over, I felt a very sharp pain on my back. Eyes widen with realisation, so I mustered all the strength I have left in my body to use the rod that was still in my hand and hit whoever was behind me. When I turned over, that spirit was gone and my eyes slowly closed.

Finally, I can... Take a nap...

O.O.o.o.O.O

I started to cough out blood and my whole body shook as though I was getting fits. My muscles couldn't stand the harsh 'training' just now and I collapsed on the ground side-ways, still coughing out handful of blood.

Damn that spirit... Giving me a surprise attack. That surprised me indeed.

I see that thou has finished defeating what I didn't expect thou to win. Thy shall keep my word and return thou and thee friend back into health. The familiar feminine voice boomed in my mind.

Her hands raised up with both her palms facing down.

Suddenly, little golden sparkling balls that are the size of glitter appear around Angel's and my body. They sank into my skin and the moment they did, I feel energy filling inside of me once more. I also feel immediate relief in pain at my wounds and when I looked down at my leg, all the bloody wounds slowly disappeared, as though this battle had never happened before. My back that was injured badly just now was healed as well.

When the sensation left me, I felt disappointed because it was the best feeling I ever felt in my life before! I feel so energised and light when I was with the glittery things...

Turning to Angel, I smiled lightly to see that the wound on her cheek healed and her feets stopped swelling but her bandaged hands still made me feel uneasy.

Fear not, young lard. I am a spirit of her word and I healed thee friend's hands and feets too. Now, I shall open thee gate to the spirited world.

Bright white light engulfed me and even shielding my eyes with my arms didn't work. After the light stop shining that brightly, I heard a voice, a very familiar voice, a voice that I heard many years back then.


Hirono's Pov

"Hirono! Hey! Wake up pig! How can you fall asleep in the middle of the forest?! Well, I did to... But that's not the point! Wake up now!"

My eyes opened and a grin took over my mouth as I gave my bestie a surprise hug attack.

I could hear her stammering hard but I didn't bother to tease her. After all, seeing her being safe is the best thing that can reassure me the best.

"L... Let go of m... Me! Just what is wrong with you?" She puffed and pouted.

"Huh? Why is there bandages around my hands? And it's coated in red too. Why am I not wearing any shoes?!" Angel questioned aloud and I couldn't help but feel puzzled.

Why did she forget about her, hurting herself so badly that I can say she broke her finger bones? There is only one possibility that she could forget everything in a flash. A concussion! She must have hit her head on the ground so hard that she lost her memory by just a little.

"It's nothing. Just remove the bandage. Throw it into the bushes and let's hurry off." I told her, standing up from the ground and I shrugged tonight's event of fighting an army of a thousand spirits off. How can I even do that anyway? I am a human, so it must be a dream.

Angel threw the bandages into some random bushes and muttered about littering is indirectly harming the Earth. Soon after, she squealed when she saw the gate and she dragged me into the darkness by my wrist. As I entered the gate with Angel leading in front, a voice echoed in my head.

Thee have won past thy fear. Thee have thy greatest respect. Good luck on your journey to the other world. Take good care of thou namaka, like in the battle.

My eyes popped opened and I inwardly smile when I heard the voice. It is the guardian of the red gate! She must have cast a spell on Angel to make her forget everything that happened.

Arigato. I will do my best to protect my nakama. I will not fail you.

I just can't help but announce it out to the guard spirit, even if she can't hear me. I didn't announced it out loud of course, otherwise, Angel would give me that 'What the hell are you saying' look.

I will protect the girls. I will not let anything harm them and I will do that, even if it meant that I have to sacrifice this useless life of mine.


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