"Phew! Thank goodness you guys are alright. Ren will not die." Yoh said before he ran at Turbine, Peyote and Zang-Ching, katana and dagger drawn.
His furyoku gathered and bound the two swords together into a giant oversoul.
"Guys! Run!" Kaia suddenly yelled from the cliff as Yoh ran at them with the giant sword. She was much too late or they were too stunned to react as Yoh swung the sword at all three of them and the Grande Phantasma, throwing them across the bank. She gathered all her strength that she had once thought was gone and dashed down the cliff, landing at Turbine's side. "Turbine!" She tried to rouse him. He was breathing steadily and his eyes fluttered.
"How did you know we were here!? Asakura Yoh!" Nichrome shouted from the bridge.
"I followed a blood trail that Kaia left behind." Yoh said as he walked up to Ren who laid dead on a rock.
Kaia's face went white. She had intervened by leaving a trail. She caused the failure of their mission. She knew she shouldn't have came here.
Turbine reached up and touched her face. "What...what are you doing here?" He whispered.
"I was worried." Tears came to her eyes as she laid her hand on his hand.
"About what, Kaia?" He asked, sitting up.
Kaia began to sob, she was overwhelmed by pain and regret. "You and Peyote." She choked.
"I'm alright." Turbine patted her back as she cried on his shoulder.
"Am I going to die?" She whispered.
"No, Kaia." He told her. He didn't know why she was speaking of such crazy things. "Let's go home."
"Hey! What are you guys doing, standing there and looking dazed!" Nichrome shouted. "Hurry up and kill this guy!!"
Turbine stood up and swept Kaia off her feet as he joined Peyote and Zang-Ching on the bank.
"Sorry, Nichrome." Zang-Ching pushed his broken glasses up his nose.
"No more, no more. Our furyoku strength is no match for this opponent." Peyote said, wiping a drop of blood from his face.
"Hah. I didn't expect two people to be so alike." Turbine looked at him through his messy hair. His nose bled slowly from Yoh's attack.
They all walked away, beaten and bruised. Kaia was in a worse case as Turbine tried to keep her awake as they walked. He feared if she went to sleep, she would never wake up again from the severity of her wounds.
"I knew I shouldn't have came." She mumbled, her hair clinging to the blood and tears streaked across her face.
"It was best for you to stay home and rest." Turbine instructed.
"Yoh probably wouldn't have spared you guys if I wasn't there." Kaia remembered Bill's request to Yoh. "I hurt really bad, Turbine." She winced and held her stomach as Turbine carried her.
"We'll be there soon." He assured her.
She slowly closed her eyes when he wasn't looking and drifted off into a crimson sleep. She dreamt that she was running across the desert again and looked across to Turbine, who wasn't there. Like deja vu, the Spanish accent told her to keep going. She stumbled as the ground rose beneath her into a circular platform like the arena's. Blood splattered everywhere and she heard shouting. She couldn't move her legs or scream as she was almost trampled on by some shadowy beast. She was laid out, face-down on the ground as it rained blood. Just then, a small figure came out of the mist and offered her their hand. Hard plastic. It wasn't soft and warm like a real hand. And it was rectangular. She looked up into a smiling face, smeared with blood. She was frightened but the person's, or thing's aura told her that it was okay to follow them.
Kaia woke up in the same room she had been in for the past several days. The boring wooden paneling and floors. There was no life to this room. No fueng shui. It almost made her puke. She looked around as she laid in the covers, she was alone. She could've sworn someone was holding her hand. Wait, no that was a dream. She tried to remember the face, so scary and ominous. The aura was warm and strong like it could protect her. As she thought about the figure, she pulled her hand out to look at it out of curiousity. She gasped when she saw the imprint in the palm of her hand. A rectangle! It came down from her index finger, cornered in the middle of her palm and ended at her ring finger. That figure was here! Holding her hand!
She was excited and scared at the same time because her dream was real and that scary but strong person had been there with her to bring her out of the chaos.
The door slid open and Turbine walked in. Kaia had been expecting that smiling figure but she was also happy to see Turbine too. He smiled at her and sat down next to her on the floor.
"Why did you come to the bridge anyways?" He quickly asked.
"I was worried. I had a feeling that you and Peyote would fight." She said sadly.
"Why? Why would he and I fight?" He asked her.
"Because," Kaia thought if she should tell him or not. Yes! She should tell him. "Because Peyote came here when I was first injured and was talking about me being his fiance. He tried to kiss me and then Lavaine attacked him."
"Are you sure he did this?!" Turbine exclaimed as he jumped up. Kaia nodded. Turbine turned and stomped out the door.
She was worried as she heard Turbine calling Peyote's name through the house. Had she started the fight in fear of it? How ironic, she thought. Hopefully, he'd let Peyote off with a warning. She prayed everything will be fine.
To be continued in Chapter 29!
