The Soul Sisters vs. The Hoshigumi
"Unbelievable! Here I say I quit hunting him and what do they do? They send me to fight him; betrayed by the Great Spirits." Keia yelled as she, Anya and Kylee walked to one of the cafés.
Last night none of them had the chance to enjoy the party, they we're all too shocked and of that shock they trained all night long. The match would start in two hours and most people said they had only two hours to live.
"It's like they totally don't have any faith in us." Kylee pouted. Anya laughed at her.
"Well, we are fighting one of the strongest teams. Besides people don't know how strong we really are because they never saw us fight."
"Yea, but still…"
"Hey, shouldn't we change into our battle clothes? I mean, I don't expect you're going to fight in that tango dress." Keia smiled while pointing at Anya. Anya raised her eyebrow and gave Keia a 'something-wrong-with-my-dress-then?' look.
"Yea, after we have eaten breakfast I'm starving!" Kylee had her arms behind her head and sighed.
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After their breakfast Kylee and Anya went back to the inn where they were staying. Keia also went back to her inn, to change clothes and to greet everyone…just incase.
"Keia, please don't go…" Pirika had waited by her door and begged her not to fight. Keia smiled sadly and shook her head slowly at the Ainu girl.
"I'm sorry, but I have to, for me but also for them. Don't worry little sis, I'm not gonna die." She chirped even though she wasn't so sure herself, but she would do anything to make her 'family' feel better.
Pirika handed her back her weapons and left. She would cheer in the audience for them, praying nothing would go wrong.
"Are you gonna fight in the traditional clothes of Floral, Keia?" Mystic quietly asked, as Keia once again searched for something in her bag.
"Hai, but they're in my style. The Floral markings will be on them, though." She smiled again while grabbing a set of clothes out of her bag. Mystic also smiled as Keia switched into her battle clothes.
She was now wearing black jeans that ended below her bellybutton, a black tube top, sleeves that were attached to the top with little dark grey belts, her black boots and on the top was an azure blue lotus print, just like on the sides of her pants.
"B-black! Keia, Floral's traditional clothes are white!" Mystic shrieked while crying anime tears. Keia smiled broadly and waved at Mystic. "Told ya it was my style."
Mystic sweat dropped and floated after Keia. Outside the inn Anya and Kylee were already waiting for her. They were also dressed in traditional clothes from tribes.
Anya was wearing a tight red dress that showed all her curves. It sleeves that ended half way her arms and gold colored ankle high boots. Around her waist she had a belt made out of green beats that all had different kinds of leafs hanging on them. Her blonde hair was tied up in a ponytail on the right side with a red ribbon.
"You look great Key, ready to go?" she smiled and signed Kylee to come.
Kylee was wearing a violet baggy pant that ended just above her knees and a white tank top with a violet feather print on it. She wore her usual white sneakers and had three different kinds of feathers in her hair.
"Almost time…even though we might not live through this, I'm pretty exited!" Kylee walked next to Keia.
"Yea, same for me…listen even though I might not have shown it…I-I really liked the shows and all stuff, I guess all I want to say is…thank you guys." Keia smiled shyly at them and they smiled back.
In front of the arena they saw the rest waiting; all three sighed at the same time and then suddenly started to laugh.
"Why the hell are you three onnas laughed?" Ren said irritated, but it was more out of concern.
"We just happy." Anya responded for all.
"Why you're chance on living is very small." Anna raised her eyebrows as she looked at them. Kylee and Keia almost were crying of laugher and Anya was trying to at least come over as a team leader.
"But we're not gonna die Anna-san, we're gonna fight and win!" Kylee's eyes were burning with flames as she raised her fist in the air.
Meanwhile Keia had walked to Horo and Pirika.
"Thank you…" she whispered. "Thank you for taking me in back then, thank you for giving me the love and support I needed so badly and thank you for loving me back. I love you two, Horo Horo big brother and Pirika little sister." With tears in their eyes the three hugged each other tightly, scared to let go, and scared to lose each other forever.
"Keia, please be careful and promise you come back." Horo looked sad and Pirika was already crying by now.
"Hai, onii-chan I promise." She smiled once again and rubbed Pirika over her head. "Don't cry, I'll be okay no we'll be okay."
The door opened and they were signed to enter the arena. Horo and the other left to enter through the door for the audience while Keia, Kylee and Anya walked straight to the battle grounds.
There they saw the Hoshigumi and Karim waiting. It was really happening they were really fighting against the most powerful shaman team ever known.
The whole arena was filled with people. "Nani, everyone came to watch today's match?" Kylee whispered amazed. Most people were their fans and some were friends or old enemies.
When everyone had entered the arena Karim stepped in the centre of the battle grounds holding up his right arm.
"This is the Hoshigumi vs. the Soul Sisters."
A turquoise colored dolphin appeared next to Anya and a yellow canary floated beside Kylee. Keia summoned Mystic as the spirits of the Hoshigumi also appeared behind them.
"Shamans ready?"
Hao was smirking evilly what made them shudder they were toying with their own lives.
"FIGHT!"
"Keela over soul, into microphone!" Anya yelled as first. She over souled her spirit into the microphone and it changed into a huge mermaid with turquoise hairs, green eyes, transparent green wings, a golden tail and she was holding a long emerald spear with three points. "Flying Siren!"
"Alee over soul, into jukebox!" Kylee's canary chirped and changed into a huge angel with black golden wings. Her eyes were violet and she was wearing a long light shade of violet colored dress with a belt made out of feathers around the waist. In her right hand she was holding a white colored bow. "Dancing Angel!"
Keia looked amazed at them, she never saw their big over souls not even in their training last night. And now she also knew where they had gotten those stage names from.
"Lucifer!" Keia heard a loud shot on the other side of the field and a huge robot like spirit appeared. The Spirit of Fire stood in front of Hao and only the little child didn't summon her spirit.
"Mystic into glass moon, into throwing star! Staff of Water!" Keia used her double medium. Her big over soul would reveal too much of her real power.
"Keia, Kylee fights the robot thing, you fight the child and I fight Hao." Anya yelled from the shoulder of her spirit, Keela.
"Hai, be careful." She wasn't so sure if it was good to let Anya fight against Hao, but she knew Anya wanted a 'team leader vs. team leader' fight.
'Why the child! I can't fight a three year old…' Keia mentally whined, too bad Hao heard her.
"Nani Keia, scared to fight? Opacho isn't as weak as you may think." He mocked her, as the SoF blocked one of Anya's attacks.
Keia glared at him and then looked at the small child standing next to him. Her glare softened, she wasn't the type to attack children, but this time she had to…
"Alee, Holy Arrows!" Kylee yelled and Luchist and his spirit got attacked by hundreds of flying arrows, but he still managed to keep up his over soul and Kylee started to get irritated.
The Spirit of Fire slammed Anya and her spirit to the ground, but she also kept up her over soul.
"Your spirit isn't strong enough." Hao smirked as Anya got up weakly.
"Shut up! I'm not afraid of you. Keela, Terra impact!" the huge mermaid pushed the spear into the ground and it started to crack. Quickly the SoF was surrounded by a huge sandstorm that was cutting in it. Anya smile proudly, but her smile faded away as the SoF broke out of the storm.
Meanwhile Keia had figured out a plan that would beat the kid and wouldn't harm her at the same time. She stung the staff in the ground beside her and put her hands in a triangle shaped position in front of her. Then clasped her hands together and only her index fingers were up.
She started to chant in a weird and ancient languish. A blue aura surrounded her. "Drops of Paralysis." She quickly opened her eyes and held her hands in front of her. A faint light appeared above Opacho and Hao as soft drops of blue light fell out of the sky and only softly hit the small three year old.
Keia smiled triumphantly as Opacho started to fall asleep. 'Thanks for learning me spells mom…'
Suddenly a high yell was heard through the whole arena and Keia watched in horror as she saw Anya get smashed onto the wall of the tribune and fell unconscious on the ground, her over soul was broken and the Spirit of Fire approached her.
"ANYA! Grr, Angels Pride!" with a graceful move the huge angel poured her spear through the spirit of Luchist, he fell off and landed unconscious on the ground. Kylee speeded towards Anya, but lost her guard in the process…
"KYLEE WATCH OUT!" Keia yelled desperately, but it already was too late. The SoF grabbed Kylee of her over soul and started to crush her while it continued to approach Anya.
'No…not again…it has to stop…he has to stop…but the seal…my friends, they'll die if I don't do anything…Kylee…Anya…'
"Yamero! (Stop it)"
Hao looked surprised at Keia who was surrounded by a bright sea blue aura. Her eyes were covered by her bangs and a tear streamed down her face. The Sof was still crunching Kylee and now also had Anya in its grip.
"Let. Them. Go. Now!" Keia dangerously growled at a low voice.
Hao just smirked evilly as he signed the SoF to continue. Both Anya and Kylee let out a high yell of pain. Their bones were getting crushed and air was pressed out of their lungs.
Keia's eyes turned into blank orbs as the aura around her grew even bigger. "Ame Suppai!" she rotated the staff above her head and then pointed it up to the sky. Poison green raindrops fell out it, only hitting the Spirit of Fire. Smoke came of off it and it roared in pain, releasing Anya and Kylee.
Hao smirked as he summoned the SoF back to his side. "Finally getting to your full strength Keia?" Keia gave him a death glare and run towards her friends who were lying unconscious on the ground.
Quickly Keia placed them against the wall of the tribune and spoke out a healing spell over them. Their bruises and cuts disappeared, but their Furyoku was dangerously low.
"Hold on you guys…please, don't die…" she whispered while standing up slowly.
"I will never forgive you for this…Hao!" Keia eyes were still blank orbs, she stared furious at Hao. "Mystic out glass moon…Over soul into glass moon!" the throwing stars dropped next to Keia.
This was the first time Keia used her big over soul in a fight. Mystic took the shape of a woman with long silver hair and sea blue eyes; she had tiger ears and blue lines on her face and arms. She was wearing a white dress that was covered in the lotuses of the Floral. Two silver wings stuck out of her back and she was holding a Long staff with a sun on top of it, the Floral sun.
Keia stood on her shoulder, laughing maniacally. "Hao, I would like to introduce you to Mysticara, the Spirit of Water." A gasp was heard from the audience as Keia sad that.
'Just like seven years ago…soon you'll remember Keia.' Hao just looked bored at her. "You're still not fighting full force."
"Oh, but soon I will and I will destroy you." Keia smirked evilly, Mystic looked frightened at her. Keia looked like she was going insane.
Hao laughed as he stood on the hand of the SoF. The spirit placed him on its shoulder and they attacked. Keia dodged it easily and also attacked. "Whirlpool!"
A giant tornado made out of water surrounded the SoF, part of it vaporized and part of it hit the spirit making it roar once again.
Hao checked Keia's furyoku level on his oracle bell. "Nani, over the 950.000? you've become pretty strong." He smiled while holding his glove in his mouth.
"Not bad eh? Hmpf, it's close to maximum, but still isn't I'm not stupid…the seal won't break…" Keia looked sadly at her feet, but soon started to laugh maniacally again.
'Hao, it's happening again! Challenge her to a medium fight, this causes too much of the Floral power.'
'Are you sure? I'm not gonna lose this fight,…Kirura.'
'I'm not asking you to lose, just make her stop using this over soul.'
"Lets make this a little more interesting, shall we Keia?" Hao jumped off his spirit and softly landed back on the ground. He stretched out his hand and the SoF turned into a red glowing swords.
"Hmpf, fine with me, it doesn't matter anyway." Keia also jumped off her spirit and Mystic changed into the Staff of Water.
She dashed towards Hao, but stopped right in front of him pointing the staff towards Hao's face. "Umi no Hi!" a wave of blue fire came out of it and flushed over him. Keia smiled triumphal and waited.
Hao jumped out of the blue flames and landed behind Keia, also smiling. "You're starting to get your spirit back, Keia, it won't take much longer anymore…" he whispered in her ear. Keia's eyes widened in surprise.
'What is he talking about? He knows something, but what…'get my spirit back' hmm…'
On the tribune.
"Onii-chan, what does he mean?" Pirika asked while looking frightened at Keia and Hao who were just staring at each other.
"Pirika-chan I know just as much as you!" Horo answered a bit irritated, but it mostly came out of concern.
"…Yoh, make sure you can over soul at any time…" Anna suddenly said.
"Nani Anna, why?" Yoh laughed nervous while sweat dropping.
"Something is going to happen, something big." The itako looked up at the sky.
Yoh didn't understand, but did as Anna said and held his katana close by. The other looked at her and did the same.
Meanwhile Hao was slowly circling around Keia. "Do you remember Keia?"
"Do you remember what really happened seven years ago?"
"What you did?"
"Do you remember…'us'?"
Hao laughed mockingly at her as he stopped only a few inches away from her. "You're hallucinating, kisama…there is no us!" Keia tried to stab him with be staff, but he just disappeared before her eyes only to reappear behind her. His arm wrapped around her neck cutting off her airway.
"You'll remember soon Keia…I never destroyed the Floral Clan…" Hao whispered in her ear. This made Keia even angrier.
"KISAMA, don't you dare to deny it!" tears were streaming down her face, as she managed to struggle herself free.
She stormed towards Hao and attacked him full force. It didn't matter anymore, nothing matters anymore, and the only thing she wanted was to destroy him…
Hao smirked each time he blocked one of Keia's attacks. Keia only got angrier and started to spill her furyoku on useless attacks. Hao stopped another attack and threw her backwards. She landed hard on the ground breathing heavily, but she quickly got up again.
As she attacked strange images came to her; things she never saw before. But she chooses to ignore them as they played in her mind…
(Little part in Keia's pov)
"Hi, I'm Keia Hanashi who are you?" a little Keia sitting on a branch high in a tree smiled to someone on the ground.
"I'm Hao. Asakura Hao." A boy looked up, smiling.
'This never happened! That isn't my name!' Keia attacked Hao once again, this time making a cut in his right cheek with her staff. He whipped the blood away and pressed Keia to the ground with his sword while she was trying to block it.
"Are you like me, a shaman? Are you here to help?" the little Keia jumped off the branch and walked to Hao, still smiling broadly.
"Maybe, that depends on who you are."
"I'm the princess of the Floral. You sound so mature…are you that famous fire shaman?"
"Yes, fear me already?"
"No, I like you!" the seven year old Keia smiled sweetly while Hao looked shocked at her. No one who knew him wasn't afraid of him.
'These are all lies! What is he doing to me? This never happened…' Keia rolled away and made another impact on Hao. He ducked just in time and hit Keia in the stomach with his elbow.
"You like me? You don't even know me." Hao's eyes were blank, but he still managed to stay calm.
"You were asked to come and you did…I think that's a nice thing to do. Well, shall I bring you to the village?" Keia smiled happily and took Hao's hand in hers.
"Hmm, yes."
"Okay, this way." She led him deeper into the forest.
'Stop this nonsense that never happened! That's not me; I met him at the lake… what is this?' Keia's vision started to get blurry as her furyoku started to drop again. Hao attacked her with his sword, luckily she could stop it with the staff. "Give up Keia. Your furyoku is already lower then 90.000."
"Forget it Hao! I'm not backing down, not anymore…" she held her stomach with one hand and used the other to block the impacts of Hao's sword
"Here it is Floral Village!" Keia announced proudly "That big white mansion is the palace, my home. C'mon I'll bring you, mom and dad have been waiting." She pulled Hao towards the palace almost making him trip a few times. All inhabits smiled warmly at them as they passed by…
'They never smiled that way to me…so warm and caring…no, it's not…not…real.' Keia's mind started to get blurry as well.
She now used her hand that was on her stomach to keep her balance. Her nails scratched the ground each time the sword hit her staff. The light of her over soul started to flicker and she saw Horo, Pirika in tears screaming for her to hold on and all the others also stood there leaning on the wall of the tribune. Anya and Kylee were still unconscious, but Keia felt their spirits doing the same as the rest.
"We're here…maybe you wanna eat something before you meet them?" Keia opened the silver doors and looked around. No one wall in the hallway.
"No, just bring me to them." Hao coldly responded.
"Nani? Hmm, okay." She led him to the round room where her parents were just eating break fast.
They both looked up surprised and continued eating when they saw it was their daughter.
'Mom, Dad, oh god I miss you so much…the sun, it's burning me…I'm losing control.' The sound of metal hitting the ground was heard, but somehow the over soul still wasn't destroyed.
Keia was gasping for air as she held her head with both hands while sitting on her knees. Hao stopped attacking and looked at her, not angry or mocking, but just normal.
The sky turned blood red and a faint figure of a seal appeared in it. It had a sun and black moon on it.
'I'm not holding it…oh please not here…please, hold on Keia even if you die hold on.' She didn't notice Hao had kneeled down in front of her and stared at her.
"If you can't hold it anymore just release them. Your friends are all prepared." He signed to the tribune and Keia followed. Yoh, Horo, Ren, everyone was standing there looking up at the sky holding their weapons in over soul mode.
She looked at Hao with tears in her eyes and shook her head heavily. Blood came from her head and the back of her neck. Her eyes turned dull and were completely black by now.
"FOOLISH SHAMANS, JUST A LITTLE LONGER AND WE'RE FREE!" Yasu's voice doomed up from behind the seal high up in the air. The sun and black moon shattered to pieces and nothing but a thin layer of glass was left behind.
Thousands no millions of red glowing eyes appeared behind it in the darkness. A low hard laugher was heard through the whole arena and everyone looked up terrified.
Mystic broke the over soul and appeared next to Keia. It meant that the Hoshigumi had won the match, but no one cared at the moment.
Keia was still on her knees as small, but deep cuts appeared on her body. She was shaking all over and staring lifeless at the ground as she kept mumbling it would stop soon.
"Keia please release them!" Mystic begged desperately.
Again the girl shook her head. "They'll…be in Patch…all shamans in Patch…can't let them down…have to hold on just a little longer…alone…" the tiger had tears in her eyes as she looked at her master and best friend.
"Yasu, is this what you want? You can have it!" Mystic cried up to the sky.
Small cracks appeared in the glass as Keia flinched from the stinging, burning, freezing and never ending pain.
"N-NO! I won't give in!" Keia also cried to the seal. She breathing started to shock and it was like she wasn't getting any air anymore.
Horo jumped off the tribune followed by the others. He wanted to run to Keia but got thrown back by a strange force field, Yoh could just catch him on time.
"Keia! Hold on sis, I'm right here." He yelled trying to break the force field.
Only Hao, Mystic and she were in it. No one could go in or out. Keia cried loudly, she could hear everything, but wasn't able to respond. This was the worst thing she'd ever been through.
"Alone, alone, alone, alone…" she mumbled as the roars of the demons got louder and hungrier. They could smell the energy of shaman so good they could almost taste it. Some demon already started to attack the last piece of the seal, the small wall of glass. Each time they did another cut appeared on Keia's body.
'I'm alone…everyone is locked out…my heart soon will stop beating and then it all will be over…but they'll be all in danger then…have to hold on…alone.'
"You're not alone, Keia…look they're still telling you to hold on. Don't be weak, you're not like that." Hao sat behind her and had wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her against his body.
Keia looked shocked for a moment, but couldn't hold that for long. Her neck felt like the Floral sun was being pulled out by hooks, her head felt like it could explode every second and her whole body felt heavy and was hurting her.
"RELEASE US KEIA, AND WE'LL LET YOU LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO SEE YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY DIE." Yasu's voice filled the arena with a maniacal laugher for the second time.
A beam of black lighting hit the glass seal making a huge crack in it. Keia cried in pain while Hao held her even tighter.
A black aura surrounded Keia and the whole arena started to shake. Mystic didn't hesitate one minute; blue flames surrounded her as she started to change form. Instead of the tiger a silver haired woman with sea blue eyes stood there.
Keia saw it and kept staring at her spirit friend. "K-Kirura?" she whispered. The woman nodded and took Keia's hands in hers. She cried as she looked in the girl's eyes.
"I'm so sorry, please just let them free…it isn't your fault Keia. Please don't kill yourself for this."
"Y-you lied to me, Mystic what have you done to her…" again she flinched in pain as another scratch appeared on her body.
"I'm Mystic, but that doesn't matter now Keia plea-!"
"IT'S TOO LATE KIRURA, THE GIRL IS TOO FAR GONE! YOU HAVE LOST THIS FIGHT AND SOON YOU WILL LOSE YOUR LAST DESCENDANT AS WELL…IT'S TIME…"
Several black beams of lightning hit the thin wall of glass making it shatter to pieces in front of everyone's eyes. The black flames were burning around Keia; Hao had to let her go and he and Kirura backed of as Keia sat there screaming in pain.
'I've failed them all…it hurts so much…the demons will be in Patch with all shamans, everyone…Horo Horo, Pirika, Yoh, Anna, Ren, Faust, Ryu, Chocolove,…Hao, everyone!'
Their faces flashed by in Keia's mind as she held her eyes closed. The flames were hurting her, she was barely breathing and yet she sat there.
'I can't die, not yet…not before I know they're all save…please people of Floral, please give me strength…I'm not letting them down.'
"I'm…not…letting…them…down!" the black flames got replaced by blue ones as Keia stood up weakly. Her eyes were blank as she stared up at the seal. The red eyes of the demons approached the exit, but Keia wasn't planning on letting them have their way so easily.
"By the will of the last Floral, I command you to go back to the clan!" she raised both her hand above her head and the seal started to glow. They saw Yasu standing in the opening just before it disappeared.
Keia turned around to smile at the others, she did and fell on the ground. Her whole outfit was covered in blood. The force field that was keeping the others away also shattered to pieces and Horo was the first one who came to Keia.
"Keia, Keia, please wake up! Dammit, you promised you promised you would be okay! Wake up!" he cried as he held her tightly. Pirika dropped to her knees beside him and also started crying.
"It's time…" Kirura walked to Keia and started glowing while two silver wings stuck out of her back.
"Don't you dare come any closer!" Horo yelled, while keeping Keia away from her. Kirura smiled sadly and kneeled down.
"Don't worry…she won't suffer any longer, but we have to protect all shamans in Patch. The Great Spirits stand by our side…please Horokeu, please…" Kirura begged.
"Onii-chan." Pirika whispered and placed her hand on his shoulder. He looked sadly at Keia hand slowly let her go. Kirura smiled and took her over.
She floated up in the sky, high above Patch with Keia still in her arms. Both of them were glowing a faint tint of blue light while Kirura spoke in the same ancient languish as Keia did earlier.
"When the light fades away and darkness is all that is left behind, they shall be reborn. Their light shall shine across the universe creating a power so strong that there shall be no more darkness, but till that day we need protection…hear my voice call through time and space, see our suffering and help us…Flames of the Blue Floral!"
Keia floated out of her hands and a light formed just above her heart. The same happened with Kirura, Horo, Hao, Yoh and some people who were sitting in the audience. Everyone looked up as all the light came together by Keia, she opened her eyes and held her hands in front of her. The light spread out to each direction and within a few seconds a force field formed over Patch, no demon could go in now the shaman were save for the moment.
Keia softly landed back on the ground and was breathing again. All the cuts were healed and it looked like she was just sleeping. Kirura landed next to her and smiled sadly. Horo was again the first one to reach her, he looked at kirura and Hao.
"You two have some explaining to do."
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Me: O.o the longest chapter in my history of FF over the 4800 words! XD well, from now on the horror and action starts ;D I hope you liked the chapter, I've been writing it for two days…but I enjoyed writing it :) well, till next update and thank you all so much for the reviews, I don't have much time left so I'll place names again next time, promise ;D
Oh before I forget, on my deviantart page I made a drawing of Keia, Hao and Kirura; just go to my profile page and click the homepage (it's changed into my deviant profile ;) okay that's all!
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