Like you requested here's a new chapter for you all to enjoy, I will feature the fight between Moniku and the Neko here as well. I hope you all enjoy this chapter, and I will say this someone will die, I mean what is a story without death? Anyway let's get started.
I do not own the Kim Possible Characters, they belong to Disney. I do However own Kuraiichi, Rida, Akai, Hori, Midoriko, Chisana-ichi, Josei, On'nanako, Reo, Chita as well as the names Buraun, Koni, Roni, Midoriichi, Hekuta, Murasaki and Kimiko, Moniku, Komori Bo'A, Mujakina and Jodan.
Ch. 25 Considerable Losses
Chisana-ichi looked at Midoriko with wide eyes. She couldn't believe what she was hearing, she didn't want to believe what her eyes were showing her. She lowered her head for a few seconds, her body trembling. Midoriko stared at her younger twin sister.
Chisana-ichi slowly shook her head in disbelief, before looking back at Midoriko. Tears were trailing down her cheeks.
"Midoriko, you're out of your mind!" She said as she tried to strike Midoriko.
Midoriko caught her fist and pushed her younger sister back. "I have seen the truth. You don't know how many suffer because of the Tori and the Neko. You haven't seen what I've seen, and heard what my ears have heard." Midoriko told her. "You don't get to tell me what to do."
"And you suppose that this unwarranted attack of yours is justified?" She asked Midoriko.
"There is justice in my vengeance." Midoriko answered, with a dark expression on her face.
"No there isn't! Look around sister, look at what you have done. Does any of this look like the justice you're speaking of?" Chisana-ichi asked her.
Midoriko smiled, and that's when she knew her sister was lost to her.
"Sister, please rethink this." Chisana-ichi pleaded.
"Hmph, we are sisters no more." Midoriko told her.
Midoriko quickly closed the distance between them, hitting Chisana-ichi on her chest, sending her flying. Taking flight after her, Midoriko rose above her, hitting her in the gut with a double hammerfist, knocking Chisana-ichi to the ground.
She had hit the ground with such force that the ground kicked up a lot of debris. Midoriko smiled there was no way her sister who was still half-demon could best her, now that she attained the power of a full blooded demon.
However she was caught by surprise, when her younger sister shot forth into the air, was again taking hold of Midoriko, she landed two punches to her face, before kneeing her into the stomach. She struck her in the face, once again knocking her into the mountain. She grabbed Midoriko and slammed her into the ground. She then began to pummel her, creating a crater as she pushed her sister deep into the ground.
"You brought this on yourself, sister." Chisana-ichi spoke.
Midoriko's laughter was the response she got. Midoriko's hand shot up and grabbed Chisana-ichi's face. Midoriko stood as she held Chisana-ichi in the air. Midoriko laughed again as she began to punch her in the stomach repeatedly.
"Midoriichi, we have to do something." Kimiko said, worried for the safety of their youngest daughter.
Midoriichi quickly dove down towards Midoriko. Midoriko saw her coming, and at the last minute threw Chisana-ichi into Midoriichi. Midoriichi caught her daughter but she was wide open as Midoriko kicked Chisana-ichi in her back, knocking them both away.
Akai was about to jump in and assist her daughter and granddaughter when her eyes caught sight of something.
"No." She said, causing Kimiko to look out in the same direction.
Out of the forest an army marched towards their home. It was Bo'A and her snake clan. She had an evil smile on her face as her eyes were locked on to Hekuta and his unconscious brothers. Reacting quickly Akai leapt from the top of the mountain, and landed in front of her sons.
"Don't come a step further Bo'A." Akai warned her.
"What will you do? You're just an old hag now. You'd be in safer hands if Kuraiichi was still alive." The snake demon told her.
Akai growled. "You've spoken your last word, baka.(idiot)"
"Aw, did I hit a nerve?" Bo'A asked.
XX
Outside the Neko Caverns
Reo rolled across the ground after being hit by Moniku. He looked up as several Neko soldiers ran past him, rushing Moniku at once. Smiling she cut down two soldiers with her claws, and grabbed the third. She used him as a shield as a sword pierced his body. She kicked the soldier away, and crushed the esophagus of the other in her hand.
'Too easy.' She said in her thoughts as she killed off a few more soldiers.
She looked to see Komori and Josei were locked in battle. She then proceeded to finish off Reo. Josei and Komori stood across from each other as their soldiers gathered around them. Josei and Komori rushed in and their soldiers followed them. Josei and Komori clashed and as they did, their soldiers collided as well, as they killed each other off.
Josei smiled. "It looks like your clan is too weak to fight." Josei taunted.
"Keep talking while you still can Josey. You're going to look nice wrapped around my waist, right next to your sister." Komori shot back.
Angered Josei grabbed Komori and performed a suplex slamming her into the ground. Rising quickly, Josei was met by Komori's foot. Komori kicked her hard enough to launch her into the air.
Komori jumped and grabbed Josei, and they both smashed into the ground. She punched Josei across her jaw, and a trail of blood leaked from her lips. Seeing the blood, Komori had gotten a feral look in her eyes. She grabbed Josei's arms and pinned her to the ground. Komori's mouth began to water as she inhaled the scent of the cat demon's blood.
Josei struggled against Komori's grip as the bat demon lowered herself onto her. She turned her head to the left as Komori drew closer. Komori's tongue slowly slipped out her mouth as she licked Josei's lips, clearing the trail of blood with her tongue. She smiled as she tasted the fresh blood.
Her eyes glowing red, her fangs grew longer as she prepared to bite into her neck. Luckily Josei was able to free her left hand and she moved to swipe at the bat demon with her claws. Unfortunately Komori was faster than she was and she caught Josei's hand.
"Thank you Josey." Komori said, and she kissed Josei's hand.
Before Josei could react Komori bit into her wrist, drinking the fresh spilled blood. Josei cried out.
"Mom!"Reo called out.
Moniku seized the chance and gripped him by his throat. She kneed him in the gut and dropped him.
"Don't worry, you'll all be dead soon, including your little girlfriend." Moniku said to him. "Midoriko should be killing her as we speak." She smiled.
"M-Midoriko?" He said.
"Yes, she has steeled herself to my cause. If she wasn't dealing with "family issues" right now, I'm sure she'd be here to kill you herself." She said. She then smiled as she got an idea. "I'll keep you alive, and I'll let her be the last thing you see." She told Reo.
She looked back as she heard Josei scream out again. This time Komori had sunk her fangs into her neck. Komori was going to drink her dry, and she was going to torture her while she did it. She pulled back and smiled at the weakened Neko leader. She didn't even have to hold Josei down anymore. Komori plunged back down, biting down on her neck again.
Josei's screams came to a stop as she stopped her struggling. Reo's eyes widened as he watched Komori sit up. She took her hands and ran them through her hair, pushing her bangs out of her face. The soldiers continued their battle around her as she looked back at Reo and Moniku.
"Is she dead?" Moniku asked.
"No. Just passed out from all the blood loss. Mother I want to take my time with her." Komori said.
Moniku nodded, and understood. Besides the sooner she could be rid of the Neko, the sooner she could watch the demise of the Tori. "Watch closely boy, this is the power that I wield." Moniku said as the mark of hell on her arm began to glow.
Komori let out a loud screech, and as she did the bat demons retreated back, leaving the Neko soldiers bewildered. They turned when they sensed a huge amount of demonic aura. Turning they watched as Moniku's aura poured off of her drifting towards them.
The aura flowed around and through them. They figured that she was trying to intimidate them, and they were anything but. They prepared to attack, when one of them doubled over in pain. He began coughing blood, but his blood was black. The black substance then began to leak from his eyes, ears and nose. The other soldiers backed away, but it was too late for them as well. The same afflictions that befell one, soon befell all. The black substance soon began to clog the lungs, and arteries. They either died of suffocation or heart attack.
Reo watched as hundreds of soldiers fell, leaving him to protect what remained of his clan.
XX
Tori Mountain
Up in the skies Midoriko took on both Midoriichi and Chisana-ichi and was holding her own. She was doing too well. Midoriichi had to guess that Midoriko possessed Daiyokai level strength, and if this was all it took for her to keep up with them, then they haven't seen all of her power yet.
Midoriichi looked over to Chisana-ichi and nodded. They looked over to Midoriko a cocky smirk on her face. Soon her smile faded. "I want to say something before we fight." Midoriko said.
Midoriichi and Chisana-ichi said nothing, both willing to hear her out.
"You once told me that people will recognize for who I am, or who I will become. That my actions up to that point will be the defining factor." Midoriko said looking at Midoriichi. "You told me that I have to use my power responsibly." Midoriko said as she looked around.
She looked at the destruction, the havoc her attack has caused. She could see the Tori moving to engage Bo'A's clan, as well as those that fell fighting the Wyverns. This was the result of her actions.
"What you didn't tell me is how the lives of others could be affected by another's actions." Midoriko said. "This is the result of your action. You chose the action of not telling me of the fate of those that live in our shadow. That action led to Moniku having to reveal the truth to me, which in turns brings us to this point." Midoriko said.
"Are saying this is my fault?" Midoriichi asked.
"No." Midoriko said shaking her head. "I'm saying that you made the wrong choices, I'm here to correct them."
"What would you have me do? I cannot save everyone." Midoriichi countered.
"Then you've never really tried." Midoriko shot back.
"You say Moniku showed you the truth. What truth could you see in her darkness? What light did you receive from it all?" Chisana-ichi asked her sister.
"I learned that sometimes in order to gain something good and peaceful, you have to do something bad and evil." Midoriko.
Chisana-ichi was about to speak when Midoriichi cut her off.
"Don't waste your breath on her. It's clear to me now, that she's lost to us. I just can't believe you allowed yourself to be taken, to be swayed by her darkness." Midoriichi spoke.
Figuring that they had talked enough the three women clashed. Midoriko ducked Midoriichi, as she flew over and kicked Chisana-ichi away, she turned just in time to clash with her mother.
"That's what separates us. Your eyes have never been good in the dark. However my eyes, these eyes see darkness clearly." Midoriko told her.
XX
While the three women fought in the sky, another battle was taking place on the ground directly below. The grass became stained with blood, as soldiers on both sides fell, littering the landscape. Kimiko provided cover fire for the Tori clan. She silently prayed that Ron and the others would return to help them.
'Midoriko is stronger than we thought, this is a battle we cannot win alone.' She thought to herself. She loosed an arrow allowing it to pierce the back of the skull, belonging to one of Bo'A's men.
Bo'A looked up and quickly spotted the priestess, she would get her revenge on her for shooting her in the chest with an arrow nineteen years ago. However she would have to beat the woman before her.
Akai's fist crackled with the power of lightning, all she would need is one good shot, and this battle would be over.
Akai could sense that Kimiko was supporting her, so she did not have to worry about any way ward soldiers getting in her way. Without a word, the two demons charged each other. Akai swung first, and Bo'A parried the strike with her left arm, and quickly slashed Akai across her chest.
Akai hissed as she felt Bo'A's sharp claws rip into her. She retaliated quickly, punching Bo'A in her face. Bo'A staggered, which allowed Akai to land several blows to her chest. Jolts of electricity surged throughout the snake demon's body as Akai took full advantage of her momentary dropped guard.
She then kicked her away, finishing up her assault combo. Bo'A rolled across the ground before coming to a stop. She slowly rose to her feet, growling. She spat out some blood to the side, before she smiled again.
"I'm gonna enjoy ripping you to pieces, like I did to your friend." She told Akai.
"You'll pay for what you did to On'nanako." Akai said.
Bo'A merely scoffed as she placed her hands on the ground. Suddenly snakes sprang forth, making Akai jump back as she avoided their jaws. This allowed Bo'A to capitalize off of her distraction. She emerged from within the mass of snakes hitting Akai in the face with a head butt.
Akai rolled across the ground, her fists ceased their production of electricity.
"See like I said, old." Bo'A taunted the bird demon.
Kimiko fired another arrow, the arrow landed at Bo'A's feet. The snake demon looked up, smiling evilly. Suddenly her demonic aura flared higher, her attention completed focused on the priestess.
Across the battlefield, Hekuta managed to pull himself onto his feet. His arms dangled uselessly by his sides. He could still fight, after all he did have his legs. Hekuta immediately picked up on the demonic aura belonging to Bo'A, and he began to make a bee line for her.
He charged towards the battlefield and barreled his way through the enemy forces. He dodged their weapons and claws, as best as he could, receiving minor cuts to his body. He delivered powerful kicks sending everyone back.
Bo'A stopped when she felt the ground tremble and she looked closely to see her soldiers being flung into the air. She felt the ground tremble again as more soldiers flew past her. Then out of nowhere Hekuta appeared. His blue demonic aura pouring off his body as he delivered a powerful kick to her jaw. The blow was powerful enough to knock Bo'A back several feet.
He looked up to see his sister and niece fighting Midoriko. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. How could one of his on kin be responsible for such destruction?
However he was taken from his thoughts as Bo'A got back to her feet.
"That fucking hurt!" She roared as she rubbed her sore jaw.
Hekuta smiled. "There's more where that came from bitch."
Bo'A growled, she then calmed down and smiled once more, when she noticed his broken arms.
"Your arms are broken, what good is a bird that can't fly? Oh, I know I'll give you a broken neck to go with it." She said.
Hekuta stepped back, and Bo'A charged. Kimiko fired several of her purification arrows but, Bo'A managed to weave her way in between them.
"Damn it!" Kimiko cursed as she quickly pulled more arrows from her quiver.
Hekuta jumped up and over Bo'A's jab and tried to kick her, but she managed to pull off a quick dodge. She jumped back as Hekuta gave chase. Bo'A was luring him away from the range of Kimiko's arrows. Realizing this Kimiko charged up one of her techniques.
"Seisei-ho: Kakujitsuna shageki! (Purification Technique: Sure Shot)" Kimiko said.
She fired the arrow and it sped towards Bo'A, as it locked on to her evil aura. Bo'A saw the arrow coming and jumped up, but the arrow curved upward as well and hit her in the side. The arrow then glowed and detonated, showering the snake demon with tiny particles.
Angered Bo'A was preparing to retaliate when she realized she couldn't draw her demonic abilities to the surface.
"What the fuck did that bitch do? Why can't I draw forth any power?" Bo'A asked, demanding an answer.
"She cut off your ability to do so. It's a new technique she developed. She couldn't have picked a better time to use it either." Hekuta said with a grin.
Bo'A sucked her teeth. "Oh well, guess I'll just have to rough until the effect wears off."
"If you survive that is." Akai said as she walked up behind Bo'A.
Bo'A turned quickly to see the female bird demon approach her. Bo'A cursed her luck, she was surrounded with no clear way out. She didn't like having most of power shut off, but they were forgetting she still had her strength.
Akai lunged forward, startling Bo'A. Not reacting fast enough Bo'a was hit by Akai's left hook. She staggered again, this time allowing Hekuta to kick her in the stomach, making her roll across the ground.
Bo'A rolled out of the way as Hekuta just missed smashing her head into the ground. She quickly rose and knocked him back as Akai jumped into the fight. They traded blows and Bo'A hit her with three strikes to her body and kicked her back. She did a back flip over Hekuta as he tried to attack her, instead only to be kicked into his mother.
They both tumbled across the ground, as Bo'A quickly rushed up to them. Akai was able to dodge the next attack, but Hekuta was not so lucky as Bo'A kicked him again, this time launching him into the fighting soldiers. They were unaware of what was going on as they concentrated on the threat at hand. That's when Hekuta barreled into them, hitting Tori and Snake demon's alike.
Bo'A wasn't finished, she leapt up and dived foot first into his gut. The impact knocked several of the soldiers away. She began to stomp him into the ground with great haste, she wasn't in the mood to play around any longer.
She sensed Akai's demonic aura building up, and she looked over to see her charging up for a powerful blast of lightning. Thinking quickly she grabbed Hekuta, wrapping her hands around his head and neck.
"Ah, ah, ah. One more move and your son dies." Bo'A said.
Akai immediately ceased her attack. She wouldn't do anything to place her son's life at risk.
"That goes for you too priestess." Bo'A said looking up towards the redhead.
Kimiko lowered her bow and arrow.
"That's so cowardly of you." Akai growled.
"Cowardly? I prefer to the term strategic." Bo'A countered.
Up above as the two sisters battled Midoriichi noticed that her younger sibling was in danger. Without a second thought she dove after Bo'A, however Midoriko had different plans. She evaded her younger sister and quickly caught up to Midoriichi. She grabbed her and using their momentum she sent them careening into the mountain hitting the ledge.
Kimiko turned her attention back to Bo'A, she knew Midoriichi would be fine for the most part. She needed to think of something. Then it hit her. If she could get close enough she could purify the demon completely.
"Bo'A stop! Let him go, if you do." Kimiko paused. "If you do, I'll let you have me instead." Kimiko called out to the snake demon.
"Now there's a delicious idea." Bo'A said.
"Kimiko, don't!" Midoriichi said as she got up.
"I'm sorry, but there's no other way. I have to do this." Kimiko said, then she looked back to face Bo'A. "Do we have a deal?" She asked.
Bo'A smiled. "Deal." She said.
Kimiko began to slowly walk down the trail, as she made her way to Bo'A. Midoriichi attempted to stop Kimiko, but Mudoriko back handed her knocking her back.
"Just what are you up to?" Midoriko asked herself as she watched her mother make her down the mountain.
She studied her, posture and facial expression. She watched as Kimiko tensed up as she got closer to the snake demon. When Kimiko clenched her fists, that gave Midoriko all the information she needed.
"Bo'A watch out! It's a trap, she's going to purify you!" Midoriko warned her.
"What!?" Bo'A said as she looked at the priestess who was only several feet away from her.
That momentary distraction allowed Hekuta to rise up and headbutt Bo'A in her jaw. Bo'a fell back, seeing this both Kimiko and Akai ran in. Midoriko flew down to try and stop everything, she knew something bad was about to happen. This time she was stopped by Chisana-ichi who clutched her tightly holding her in mid-air.
Bo'a grabbed Hekuta's foot as he tried to stomp her. She twisted it, breaking his ankle, making him roar out in pain. She then rose up and stabbed him in his gut with her claws, ceasing his screams.
"Hekuta!" Akai screamed.
However Bo'A was not finished. She took her left hand and sliced open his neck, spilling blood everywhere. Everyone looked on with wide eyes as Hekuta's eyes quickly rolled in the back of his head.
Scene! This was a busy chapter wasn't it? I'm just glad I got it to you guys. Tell me what you think and if you want I'll update another chapter tomorrow. Now for a little Q&A. Who's your favorite character in this series and why? I look forward to hearing your replies in the review.
Track list
Midoriko and Chisana-ichi- Drifting Suspicion (Naruto Storm 3)
Battle outside the Neko Caverns-
Midoriko talking- Clenched Fist (Naruto Storm 3)
Akai vs Bo'A- Thunder Blade Flash ( Naruto Storm 2)
Akai and Hekuta vs Bo'A- When Wills Diverge (Naruto Storm 3)
Kimiko surrenders herself- Chance Encounter (Naruto Storm 2)
Bo'A Kills Hekuta- Paces Towards Death (Naruto Storm 2)
Encase you're wondering why I'm posting video game music and anime tracks, just give them a quick listen, I promise you won't be disappointed ;)
