Chapter 13!
Cobra's Attack Leaked!
Form the Alliance!
Two days from the village where our heroes were staying, two new half demon soldiers Gichi and Dunghae were utterly bored, as they were stuck with guard duty.
"Ughh, man I hate guard duty!" Dunghae said, slumping to the floor of the watch tower, scratching the top of his pointy ears. . Gichi rolled his eyes and played with the end of his gun. "I know, two good warriors like us, stuck with this mess." "Well I am bored!" Gichi scratched at his stubble and looked out into the forest in front of them. "Well, were stuck here to sunset, that's it, so quit your complaining."
The twosomes Messenger was down bellow, keeping to himself. He was a quiet kid, never said much, as he waited for sunrise to come, so the next shift could take place. Dunghae sighed and looked out into the distance and frowned, nothing there. He then heard it, gun shots! He ran out of the little shelter and stared off into the distance once again. "I see- smoke! Gichi get over here!"
"What do you see?" "There is smoke in the distance!" "Smoke? What kind of smoke?" "Uhh, red." "Sh*t! Red smoke?! Do you HAVE ANY IDEA WHOS FLEET THAT IS?" "YOU DON'T MEAN?" "YEAH, THE COBRA'S! HAN-TU!"
The Messenger looked up at the watch tower and replied. "Yes?" "Quickly, you must get ready to go back to the village!" Gichi said, sliding down the tower.
"Why sir?" "You must tell the villagers that the Cobra's from the Snake Samurai are heading this way! You must warn them!" "Uhh, yes! Of course!"
Gichi attached a scroll to one of the horses, which was an emergency message that was just written by Dunghae. Han-Tu got on the horse, along with his sword and gun. "Get there as fast as you can! Show us the meaning of haste Rax!"
Gichi said, addressing the horse, as he smacked the horses butt, getting to run to the village! "GO HAN-TU! WARN THE CHIEF! GO!"
With that, Han-Tu took off! Heading to the village of Juju, where demons and humans live together in peace.
JUJU VILLAGE…
"Ahhh, these springs really do my peeling skin good." Tao said, as he sunk his body in the spring. Gim-Ku rolled his eyes, and washed his face. "That's disgusting, don't flake that skin near me." Tao smirked and replied. "Oh, why so grumpy Gim-Ku? Were in a fantastic spring in a fantastic village, why so glum?"
"Master Tao I got a bad feeling, this is too good. Also, I am exhausted. I just turned sixteen and here we are still wandering the country finding didly squat! We also lost the trace to Bo-tech-I again!" Tao huffed and smiled, then replied while exiting the spring. "That's the plan." Gim-Ku rolled his eyes. "Posh, you and your plans." Tao laughed and left to the small hut to get dressed.
Meanwhile… in the girl's spring….
"Wow, these springs are fantastic!" Katsumi exclaimed, melting in utter relaxation. Asami nodded and replied. "Yes, right to the bone." Erza smirked and talked away, totally interrupting Katsumi and Asami's conversation. "So, your with my son eh?" Katsumi blushed then replied. "I don't know what your talking about." Erza smiled again, then spoke. "Come off it, I see the way he looks at you, the way you look at him. You two are together, no doubt in my mind. The question is, how far do you want to go with my son?" Katsumi blushed, but answered. "Were going to get married once all this blows over." Erza laughed then spoke. "I see, you two are so cute."
Meanwhile….
Gichi and Dunghae's messenger was on the move, gliding through the forest. He heard the gun shots again, as they were much louder now. 'Could it be? Did they get Gichi and Dunghae?' the boy thought, trudging though more terrain. The horrors in his mind bothered him so, but he had to get moving! He had to alert the chief! BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE!
JuJu Village, 2 days later…
"Well Tao, it was good to have you here, I hope my village made you feel a bit at home." "Yes, it was quite refreshing to know there are others like me." "Well take care-" "CHIEF! CHIEF!" "Huh? Han-Tu? What are you doing here?!" "A message sir!" Han-Tu started, bringing the horse to a stop while handing the message to the Chief. "Its from Dunghae and Gichi!" the boy finished, as he got off the horse. The old Chief read it over, he then gasped in fear! "OH NO THIS IS TERRIBLE!"
"What is it Chief Loop-ha?" Erza said, peering over the old mans shoulder. She was a long time friend of the old chief. He shared her lamia blood, but was also a half breed like Tao. "It's the Cobra's! they've come to attack once again! WE'LL BE READY!" "The Cobra's? What could they possibly want? Something must be provoking them to come here-" Erza stopped and looked at Asami, then spoke. "It's you there after! They must know you are traveling with demons and have come to kill you!" "Uhh, I'm not a demon." Gim-Ku said, interrupting. "Shut up Gim-Ku, I wasn't talking about you was I?" "Uhh, no…" "Mother, what will we do?" "We will fight!" Tao smiled and joined his mother in courage! "Of course! We'll kill them all!"
"Chief Loop-Ha! Is it possible to call the alliance? I'm sure they can help us!" "Miss Erza, it's been ages since I called the alliance! It could take them 24 hours to get here!" "Mother what is the alliance?"
"The alliance are villages like this one. Each village controls one of the 5 elements. Atak Village controls Fire, this village controls water, Gaff Village controls earth, Bah Village controls lightning, and Attu Village controls air. I battled along side them 50 years ago against a terrible demon Naraku. He fled, but many were seriously injured, and many deaths occurred as well. Since then, I have not came back to this village or heard of the alliance again."
"Miss Erza, what do we do then?" Asami asked. "Well my dear girl, it's up to the chief." the chief paced and thought about the situation. He then finally came to a decision. "Han-Tu, go to the tower and light the beacon. ALERT THE ALLIANCE! Erza, go get General Suzu and tell him to prepare our men for battle, in case The Cobra's arrive sooner." "You got it chief, her is my old armour still here?"
"Yeah, it never left the temple." "Great!" Erza rushed to get her armour! 'Just like old times' Erza thought. Meanwhile, Tao and the others entered the battlefield, where the Cobra's were suppose to show beyond the hills. "See anything Katsumi?" the half demon said, hanging on a branch while his women was sitting on top of the tree. "No I don't see anything yet- oh."
The demon saw it, the red smoke! "I see them! I see the red smoke Han-Tu told us about, there coming!"
In the village, the hanyou's were getting ready for battle! Asami was getting armoured up, seeing as she was trained as a Samurai. She clipped on some armour and took some a bow and some arrows. She then tucked her sword into her sheath. It had been ages since she was in a battle, she couldn't wait to clobber those Cobra's into the dust! "ALL DEMONS HERE." She bellowed, getting all their attention. "The Cobra's use a new dangerous technique. There
gun powder is poisonous and there swords are laced with poison too. DO NOT LET IT TOUCH YOU!" All demons and half demons, and humans nodded.
Han-Tu returned. "Chief! The beacons have bin lit!" "Excellent! Prepare for battle!"
"Yes sir!" "After all you are one of our greatest archers!" "Yes sir!"
Later, the entire army sat quietly, waiting for the deadly Cobra's to attack!
"I see them…" Han-Tu said, pointing to the red smoke. "Yeah, me too."
Han-Tu went to his fleet , the archers. What? Did you think Han-Tu was just a lousy messenger? Of course not! Han-Tu was also the lead archer in the village's army.
They heard the drums, they were so loud, you wouldn't be able to think.
Tao usually never fought anyone but demons, but this was personal. These people killed his father, and he planned to avenge him. There were the snakes themselves, as they slowly pressed up the hill, looking strong and fierce. Han-Tu raised his arm, to get his archers to prepare to fire. "Ready archers!" he bellowed, pointing straight at the Snake Army, as he grabbed his own bow and arrow, ready to fire himself. "Aim, FIRE!" The archers released their arrows, striking the enemy in their foreheads, chest, legs, and arms.
"Ga!"
"Ahhh!"
"Ukkk!"
Pain roared through the Samurai's fleet, as snake soldiers started dropping like flies. Among the army, was their chief and leader, Kaizo Jamiki. He was furious, as his men started dropping like sacks of potatoes. " Move faster, avoid as many arrows! ATTACK!"
As the Samurai started rushing towards the village, the chief commanded his army to attack too, along with Tao and the group. "Do not let them trample us! ATTTACK! "
"YEAH!"
"AHHHHH!"
The army screamed battle cries and rushed towards the middle of the field. Both sides emerged, and started to fight! Demons thrashed their swords with Samurai's, the half demons used their claws and swords! The full fledged demons transformed into their true forums. They were dog and cat demons, who could control water!. As they all fought, Tao realised the obscene amount of numbers from the samurai. He thrashed his staff at Samurai, and stabbed them with secret blades from within his staff. He finally heard gun shots, and his allies crying out in pain. What ever this alliance his mother spoke of, they better get going, or they were all seriously doomed. As the thoughts pondered his mind, a blade attached to an arrow pierced his right shoulder!
"Akk!"
Tao fell to the ground in agony, as his blood spilled everywhere. 'Who shot that arrow?' he wondered in his mind, as he looked around for his attacker.
"Ha-ha, well I must say, you look just like you're father." Tao looked behind him and moved away fast from the evil person who shot him. "Who are you and how do you know my father?" Kaizo smiled and pulled out his sword. "My name is Kaizo Jamiki, and I killed you're father, Rue Quoin-Ti, and I will kill you as well, little half link."
Tao gulped at the man who pierced him, he was utterly shocked!
'He's the one… He killed my father….' Tao wanted to get this guy, but was paralyzed by the fear. 'What the hell am I going to do?' Tao thought, as his fathers killer came closer with his large blade and intention to kill.