Sorry I've been gone so long everyone, I don't plan on doing that again. Still we have a Midoriichi chapter to read, so lets Read! Don't forget to comment with your thoughts.
I do not own the Kim Possible chracters, they belong to Disney. I do however own the characters: Kuraiichi, Rida, Akai, and Hori.
Ch.13 Family Affairs
"Times up." Kuraiichi said with a wicked smile.
Suddenly Midoriichi's younger brother rushed forward. His blue feathers bathed in the red moonlight, he clashed with Kuraiichi. "What's this. You must be Rida's and Akai's son. I can tell that you are no match for Midoriichi, so what makes you think you can beat me?" She said.
He quickly punched her across the face, causing her head to snap to the right. He smiled at the success of hitting her. "Is that all?" she asked as she turned her head back to face him.
She twitched her finger causing him to jump back. He watched as she reached up to scratch an itch on the side of her face.
'I didn't even bruise her. What is she?' he said in his thoughts.
"Hekuta." Rida called out to him. He looked back to see his father walking up. "Let me handle this, my son. She is too powerful for you." Rida said.
Hekuta stepped back and let his father take his place. Another smile graced Kuraiichi's face. "Let us finish this." He said.
"Fine, but don't expect me to pull my punches like when we were kids." She replied.
"Hmph, fine with me." he said.
The others watched as the two demons stared each other down. Suddenly they lunged forward, and struck each other in the face. Neither of them feeling the pain, they continued onward as their fists collided again and again. Kuraiichi ducked and jabbed Rida in his gut, and he in returned rose his knee up to hit her. However she caught his knee, which allowed him to grab her and toss her into the air. Rida then launched himself into the air after her. He lodged his fist deep within her gut. She quickly retaliated from the attack, and with amazing speed, appeared next to him and delivered a powerful kick to his side. Rida grabbed her leg, and began to swing her around and then threw her into the Tori clans mountain home. She emerged from the rubble and dusted her self off.
"You've grown soft Rida. You were alot stronger than this." She said as she looked up to him. "What happened?"
She took several steps forward before she lunged off of the mountain and attacked Rida again. He blocked just in time, and wasted no time in countering her. However Kuraiichi was a step ahead, because she countered his counter, and sent him crashing towards the ground. Kuraiichi's hand was then covered in dark energy as she formed a sword with it. She then dove straight down towards him. Rida opened his eyes to see her flying down at him. She was moving too fast to dodge. He braced himself when Josei blindsided Kuraiichi and saved Rida. Kuraiichi regained her composure and landed gracefully on the ground.
"Josei, that was rude of you." She said. "However I like these odds. I think you both stand a better chance of beating me now." She said as she formed a dark shield of energy over her left hand.
Josei said nothing as she rushed in, with her claws extended. She lashed out quickly with her right hand, as Kuraiichi blocked it with her shield. Kuraiichi lunged forward with her sword, but Josei stopped the blade with her left hand before the blade could reach her. Rida appeared over head as he brought his foot down and sent debris and dust into the air. He looked up to see Kuraiichi going airborn. He grabbed Josei and tossed her up and she latched onto Kuraiichi. She felt Josei's sharp claws dig into her flesh, as she began to pull them back down to the earth.
Black wings emerged from her back and began to flap and carry them higher. Kuraiichi then grabbed her, but before she could attack, Josei struck first. She punched Kuraiichi in her face, then quickly attacked her mid section. Kuraiichi back handed her, knocking her away. She then flew behind her and turned delivering a kick to Josei's back. Everyone watched from the ground as Josei was flung around like a rag doll, as she tried to fight Kuraiichi.
Kuraiichi grabbed ahold of Josei once more. "I wonder if it's true what they say about cats always landing on their feet? Let's find out." She said as she threw Josei back towards the ground.
"Lady Josei!" One of the Neko soldiers shouted. Just before Josei could hit the ground, Midoriichi caught her. "You ok?" She asked her.
Josei simply nodded. Midoriichi sat her down and looked up at her mother. She was about to lunge up at her when Rida stopped her. "No Midoriichi. You are not ready to fight her."
"To hell with that! You can't expect me to just sit back and watch!" She countered.
"That's exactly what I expect you to do." Rida replied. "Stay Here." he said before wings emerged from his back and he flew up into the air.
He rose to meet Kuraiichi, ready to end their battle. "Finally getting serious huh?" She asked.
Once again they clashed, Kuraiichi swung her sword, grazing his chest. He retaliated by grabbing her hand and pulled her in close as he caught her in a bear hug. He began to squeeze tighter as he tried to snap her in two. Rida felt Kuraiichi struggling to free herself, but he would not give her the chance. He began to dive out of there air with her still in his grasp.
"You intend to kill us both?" She asked with a little worry in her voice. She looked on as the ground rapidly drew closer. She struggled more trying to free herself and that's when Rida released her, and let the momentum carry her into the mountain side. He quickly dove down and kicked her, sending her through the mountain.
The soldiers awed in amazement. Some of them never saw Rida in action, and they considered it an honor to watch him fight now. They began to cheer as he landed on the ground.
"Quiet. It is not over yet." He said.
On the other side of the mountain Kuraiichi rose to her feet. Her anger began to grow. 'That fool thinks he has bested me has he? Well I'll show him. I'll blow them all away.' She said in her thoughts.
XX
Akai walked up to Rida. "What could she be planning? Do you have a plan?" She asked.
Rida sighed. "Who knows what goes through that woman's head. But I do have a plan. I just need to wait for her to show her self." He said.
Suddenly they heard Kuraiichi cry out. Her shrill scream could be heard from miles as it echoed across the lands. Villagers were woken from their sleep and came outside wondering what could be making such a terrible sound. Kimiko stuck close to Ron and she looked on at Midoriichi. Midoriichi's gaze was focused on the mountain, and as Kimiko began to gaze upon the mountain the ground beneath them shook.
"What's going on? Why is the ground shaking?" Ron asked.
"It's Kuraiichi. I can feel her power growing, getting stronger, darker." Josei answered.
They looked around as parts of the ground began to split, sink, or rise from the earthquake. The mountains themselves seem to tremble from Kuraiichi's immense power. After several minutes the shaking stopped alongside with Kuraiichi's screams.
"What's that?" a soldier said.
They looked up towards the mountains and saw what appeared to be giant black wings that stuck out from behind the mountain. They watched as a giant bird appeared from behind the mountain, and eclipsed the mountain as well as everyone else from the moon's light.
"Is that Kuraiichi?" Kimiko asked.
"Unfortunately." Rida said.
"She- She's giant." Ron said.
"It's a Daiyokai trait. We can grow to enormous sizes, especially under the blood moon." Rida told them.
"Alright men, prepare to attack. We going to hit her with everything we've got." Rida ordered.
"Yes sir!" The soldiers responded.
The soldiers launched their weapons as others flew up to attack. Their weapons proved utterly useless. With one flap of her massive wings she blew everyone away. Midoriichi grabbed on to Kimiko trying to shield her from the trees and rocks that have been uprooted. Kuraiichi watched as they all were buried underneath fallen trees and rubble. She let out a shriek as she hovered over them. Little by little they all began to resurface, only to see Kuraiichi charging up an energy beam.
Kuraiichi fired the beam of energy and right before it could kill everyone Rida and Josei intercepted it, and knocked it away. "Josei, you get everyone to safety. I'll distract her." Rida told her.
Josei nodded and went to gather any remaining survivors, while Rida gathered energy. Kuraiichi focused her attention onto him, as his demonic energy began to swell. The ground began to shake once more as he began to transform. Midoriichi looked back to see her father grow several times his size as feathers began to appear. His facial features were replaced by that of a birds and his feet turned into talons. It wasn't long before there were two giants birds standing before the group.
Rida's feathers then turned golden in color as he illuminated the night. Kuraiichi shielded her eyes from the light. Using this momentary distraction, Rida plowed into Kuraiichi. The ground shook ferociously as her giant form slammed into it. Rida wasted no time slashing at her with his talons. Kuraiichi emitted a pulse to knock Rida back, causing him to take flight into the sky.
Midoriichi watched as Kuraiichi gave chase and the two tangled in the night sky. "Midoriichi, come on!" Akai called out. She grabbed Midoriichi's arm and pulled her along with them. Even still Midoriichi could not keep her eyes off of the battle, particularly Kuraiichi.
Rida flew under Kuraiichi's beam, and released his own. She moved to the side and shot razor sharp feathers at him. He dove down to the ground as the feathers left a destructive trail behind him. He quickly flew up when he was directly under her and charged forward. Kuraiichi kept shooting him with feathers, but it did not deter Rida. He endured the pain as he slammed head first into Kuraiichi. She let out a painful cry as she began to descend from the sky. Rida flapped his wings and released several golden feathers that spun like discs.
On Kuraiichi's end she was able to stabilize herself before she could hit the ground. She looked up and saw several golden discs spinning her way, knowing she could not evade in time, she blocked instead. The discs slammed into her and began cutting away instantly. Using her demonic aura she blew the discs away and the cut into a far mountain. Feathers fell from her wings and she flapped them to find her wings still capable of flight. She immediately took off and met Rida in the air. They both fired an energy beam that collided midway. Sparks ignited from the collision as the two demons struggled to over power the other.
"Why don't you just give up and die already!?" Kuraiichi shouted.
"Not on your life." Rida replied.
The beams cancelled out as a huge explosion took place. It blew both of them back, but it wasn't long before they were back at each others throats again. Kuraiichi raked her talons across Rida's chest and followed up with another pulse blast to knock him back. Rida quickly stablized himself and launched more golden energy discs, that cut into the charging Kuraiichi. The bladed featheres lodged themselves into her wings, causing her to veer to the right. Rida turned to see her use the mountains as a perch, in which she quickly removed the bladed feathers.
She roared out in anger and fired a black beam of energy at Rida. He dodged it, but she detonated and caught him in the explosion. She launched several more beams and detonated them, as he was sent plummeting down to the ground. The earth shook as the giant bird collided with it. Kuraiichi wasted no time in bombarding him with her bladed feathers.
"Father!" She called out as she heard his screams of agony. Midoriichi turned to her mother who was holding her arm firmly in her grasp.
"Mother, we have to help him!" She said.
"What could we do? We are no match for her. Midoriichi if you go out there you'll be killed!" She told her daughter.
"What else is there to do? I wont stand for this." Midoriichi said.
They turned their attentions back to the fight when they saw Kuraiichi move from the mountains and land in front of Rida. She had him pinned to the ground so he could no longer take flight. Rida fired another beam Kuraiichi, but she simply dodged. He fired another as he struggled to free himself. Kuraiichi enjoyed watching him struggle as he tired himself out. She looked over to her left and saw Midoriichi and Akai, heading in her direction.
She fired a beam at them, knocking them back a few yards. She watched as they slowly rose to their feet and charged her again. Without a second thought she fired again, knocking them back once more. She then turned her attention back to Rida.
"All you had to do is bow before me, and this all could have been avoided." She told him.
"I would die before doing such a thing." Rida replied.
"That can be arranged." She said.
Kuraiichi preceeded to torture him. His screams of pain and agony, was too much for Akai and Midoriichi. "Stop it! You're killing him!" Midoriichi shouted as she appeared before her mother.
"That's the point my dear." Kuraiichi answered her.
"Please, just stop. Please." Midoriichi begged.
Kuraiichi looked into her daughters eyes as she continued to plead with her to show mercy. "You and I are very two different demons Midoriichi. Mercy and compassion was something I didn't have growing up, and was something I was not going to teach you. Mercy and compassion are a sign of weakness and one cannot hope to get stronger if they carry such feelings around with them. However, I will show the merciful side of me just this once." Kuraiichi said as she backed away from Rida.
Midoriichi turned to face her father. "Dad are you ok?" She asked. "Mother can you get those feathers off of him?" She asked Akai.
Akai nodded, and went to pry the feathers from Rida's wings. "M-Midoriichi." He said weakly.
"Yeah, it's me. You're going to be fine, everything is alright now." She said.
He chuckled a bit. "I don't think I've ever seen this side of you, Midoriichi."
"Yeah, well there has never been a reason for me to show it." She answered with a light chuckle of her own.
Akai had finished pulling out the feathers in Rida's right wing when a shadow fell over them. She turned to see Kuraiichi looming over them. Midoriichi turned as well, to see Kuraiichi with her right foot raised in the air.
"No. Midoriichi move!" Akai shouted.
Midoriichi was frozen in fear and as she felt all of the bloodlust pouring off of Kuraiichi. Rida using the last of his strength, brushed Midoriichi off of him as Kuraiichi's talons pierced his heart.
Rida cried out in pain, as Kuraiichi mercilessly removed her talons.
"No! You said you were going to show him mercy! You lied!" She shouted.
"My dear daughter, a quick and painless death is the kindest mercy I have to offer." Kuraiichi answered.
Rida coughed up some blood. "M-Midoriichi..." He groaned.
"Still alive I see?" Kuraiichi said.
Rida ignoring her continued to speak with his daughter.
"Do not cry..my child. Instead..I want you to listen to my words." Rida said. "Kuraiichi...your mother. Is like no other demon...She wont hold back...simply because...she gave birth to you. If you...stand against her...then you are her enemy. I taught you Mercy and compassion...Love and belonging. Now is the time for you...to take all that I have taught you. That Akai has taught you...and turn that into your strength." He told her.
"But what can I do, father, I'm nowhere near as strong as you or her." Midoriichi said.
"You are...strong enough. Because you're my daughter. Because...you're her daughter. But most importantly...because...you're the new leader...of the Tori clan." Rida said with his last and final breath.
Once again, this is where we'll end this chapter. Also I believe there will be two more chapters left in this story. One or two at least, also I will make a sequel to this called Midoriichi:Next Generation. Have a good evening everybody!