On Wings of Hope: Chapter Three
By: Gato_9
Disclaimers: Card Captors does not belong to me, it belongs to CLAMP.
Hey! Since school is out right now, I have time to type my stories! Woohoo! lol, well, this is gonna be a LIL bit weird but... Anyways, onto the fic! Oh, and I'm not getting very many reviews... I need sum reviews you guys! Before I'm forced to stop this fic in the middle of a HUGE cliff! I'm just kiddin! Well, R&R! Oh, and there's FINALLY some action in this! Or rather lets say Card Captoring buisness!
~!*Chapter Three*!~
"She's getting closer... No… She must be stopped... She can't find me like... like this... Stop her Oridan... Make sure she doesn't reach the gate..."
A pool of silver liquid swirled beneath her feat and a soft voice whispered, "Yes my lady... Anything for you."
"Go now... Keep a watch on her," she paused and hissed dangerously, "and make sure the boy doesn't interfere."
~
"Sakura hurry up! You're going to be late!"
"Tori, why don't you go check up on her? Make sure she's alright."
Tori sighed as he climbed the stairs thinking about why he always got stuck doing everything. Slowly, Tori pushed open the door to her room and saw her talking on the phone. He sighed softly but Sakura swung around and glared dangerously at him.
"Get out of my room!" she screamed throwing a pillow at his face.
"How did you know it was me and not dad?" Tori asked casually, catching the pillow and throwing it back at her.
"Because your noisy! Now OUT!"
"You're going to be late for your 'rehab'."
Sakura screamed, "Hoe!?," she quickly said her goodbye and then hung up, "you were suppose to tell me!"
"Well Squirt, it's your fault. Don't worry though, you have a reputation for being late!"
Sakura cursed at her brother before getting up and slamming the door in his face.
"Good for nothing brother..." she muttered as she picked up a tank top.
Guessing it was her baby-blue spaghetti strap, she threw it on and grabbed something that she thought was her white Capris.
"Hey! Aren't you going to take me?" she heard Kero whine on her desk.
Growling in irritation, she dashed to the desk and snatched Kero up, ignoring his cries of pain. Taking a short pause to smooth down her rumpled hair, she sighed and took a breath.
"Alright, how do I look Kero?"
Kero eyed her and then nodded his approval.
"You look great Sakura, now lets get a move on!"
"Right!"
~
"Look Sakura! Why can't you get this right!? It's very easy actually! Look, the dot is here, here and finally, here! That makes-" Sakura tuned out her teachers voice and her mind began to wander. She was well aware of her fingers being moved over the board that was trying to teach her the alphabets. For crying out loud, she was 16! Sakura felt like a little baby again, like she was in Kindergarten, desperately trying to learn her alphabets to pull ahead of the other students.
"Sakura! Are you listening to me? Did you even hear a word I said?"
Sakura glanced up at her teacher as her gears began to shift once more. "Umm... Err, actually... I didn't catch the last part, what was that?"
Sakura sensed her teacher sighing.
"This is going to be the last time I'm going to review the alphabet with you. After this I'm going to give you a little quiz."
Sakura groaned.
"I take it that you weren't paying attention then."
Sakura shrugged because that was the easiest answer there was when she didn't want to talk. The truth was, Sakura -was- paying attention so she knew the alphabets by now, she just couldn't remember all the keys on the keyboard for typing.
"Alright, lets see how you do on this test then. I'll hold out a piece of paper and tell me what it is."
Sakura automatically stuck out her hand and said, "Alright Mrs. Tamioky."
"Oh, for the last time, Sakura. Call me Doris!"
"Alright."
Soon, Sakura felt 3 small plastic circles that stuck up in a strange position. Sakura muttered the answer and Doris told her it was correct. This continued for a while before Doris told her it was over.
"This is amazing Sakura, are you sure you didn't study? You aced this test!"
"We had a short study of this back in elementary school," Sakura lied.
"Oh! Well that's very convenient then. I guess we should get studying on the keyboard huh?"
Doris led her to another table with a computer on top. Seating Sakura carefully in front of it, she began to give her another lecture.
~
Kero watched his mistress drift in boredom and saw that her aura kept switching from a light purple to a deep pink, showing she was constantly drifting from reality to a world where only she can go. Which on other words, pure boredom. Kero let out a careful sigh as his tail began to twitch. His golden fur glimmered in the sunlight and it danced across the silver bell Sakura made him tie around his neck.
"Your just so full of mischief," Kero muttered as she went through the quiz.
Kero sighed once more and jerked his ear up. A rustle? No... There was no way that... Kero flapped his wings and the bell let out a soft twinkle. The beast growled in irritation. Damn the bell! Sitting in a very uncomfortable position, he shifted and looked at the floor. Not spotting anything, Kero shifted his position again, trying to make as little sound as possible. Squinting, he looked carefully at the ground. The card Sakura had mentioned to him made him think of her as a very strong card. Or was it even one? Kero swatted his doubts away and concentrated on his search once more.
"Where are you?" Kero muttered underneath his breath.
"Sakura! No, no, no! You're getting this all wrong!"
Kero looked up and saw Doris scolding Sakura. Suddenly, Kero's ears flew up as he heard a soft slithering... Slowly, his eyes slid downward and saw a flash of silver. The liquid substance began to slowly make its way towards the window. The guardian beast snarled as it slowly slid up to the windowsill. To an everyday persons eye, there was nothing there but maybe just a shimmer. But to Kero, it was almost solid. Finally, he couldn't stand it anymore and whispered, "Sorry Sakura." Wrestling the bell off, he placed it on the table with only a slight tinkle. He stepped up to the edge and braced himself for the fall. Kero tipped over and fell off the desk, spreading his wings, he caught air and began to beat his wings. Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw the silver liquid slip out the window. Darting above Doris' head, he dashed out the window as a gold blur.
~
"Alright Sakura, I guess our hour is up."
Sakura gratefully got out of the cold metal chair and stretched her cramped muscles. She heard Doris mutter something about how they should switch chairs and Sakura carefully made her way towards the table where she left Kero. She only heard a slight ring of the bell she tied around his neck in the car, but that was 30 minutes ago.
"Kero?" she whispered.
No response.
"Come on Kero... Talk to me! Where are you?" Sakura muttered.
Slowly, she placed a hand on the table and felt around. Her finger hit a think string made out of nylon.
"Oh no..." Taking the bell and placing it in her palm, a rush of panic overtook her.
"No... No Kero, you shouldn't have gone..."
The silver bell began to ring lightly as her hand began to shake violently.
"Why did you go!?" she cried.
Instantly, her knees buckled and she collapsed as her body began to shake; tears rolled down her cheeks and she began to sob hysterically.
~
Tori stumbled into the classroom and found Sakura sobbing beside a table.
"Sakura!" Tori knelt down beside her and asked, "What happened Sakura? If it was that Li kid..."
Sakura seemed to ignore Tori's presence as tears began to fall faster and her sobs grew even more hysterical.
"Come on Sakura... Calm down!"
Watching Sakura in so much pain hurt him just as much as it did to her. For crying out loud, that was his little sister! Slowly, he drew her into a hug and let her cry on his shoulder.
"Alright, can you tell me what's wrong now Sakura?"
She sniffled and held out her hand, in her palm were two small bells. Two silver twin bells to be exact.
"Huh? What the...?" Tori looked at it more carefully as he suddenly remembered what it was tied around.
"Your crying about that stuffed animal?" Tori asked in confusion.
Sakura roughly shoved him away and stood up.
"HE'S NOT JUST A STUFFED ANIMAL!" she screamed, two more tears falling.
"What?" Tori asked.
Sakura suddenly gasped and turned around, "N-Never mind!" she stuttered.
Tori looked at her, his eyes heavy with concern.
'So I was right... It wasn't just a stuffed animal,' he thought.
"Come on, let's go home."
Sakura nodded but took one last glance at the table.
~
The wind ruffled through his golden fur and he sighed wistfully as he scanned the ground far below him. He had been tracking the new "enemy" by watching the silver but soon realized it put a hard strain on his eyes. So now, after he lost track of the glints, he soon realized following the evil that radiated from it was much easier. Kero looked down in awe as he saw how many trees there actually were. He could even see some Cherry Blossoms from where he was. After all, his eyes were excellent.
"Damnit, where did that thing go?" he muttered as he flapped his wings again.
Kero soon found himself concentrating on finding the evil aura more then he was on thinking of how Sakura would react when she found him gone. After all, it had been more then 30 minutes.
"Damn that thing moves fast."
Kero followed it a few more metres and suddenly, he sensed it shoot upwards! Up and then into the clouds. Kero followed as he felt the thermal support him underneath. Shooting up, he finally emerged into a strange place. It was like trying to look at something but the place was heavy with fog, but the fog was clouds. Gingerly, he began to float through it. Parting two clouds, he gasped as a huge castle emerged. Two towers spiralled up and the castle itself looked very old-fashioned. Vines twisted and entwined up the castle and heavy bushes lay beside it. Everything there radiated with evil and darkness, such force Kero couldn't describe. Slowly, he crept there, on all fours and his ears perked up. He looked up and noticed the flash of silver as it disappeared through a window that sat slightly ajar. Sighing, he crept as silently as he could towards the window.
"Oridan! Why are you back here so early?" a voice hissed dangerously, the sound ringing against the stonewalls.
"My lady..." another voice whispered, this one not so harsh on the ears, "I have found something about this girl... And her guardian beast... He has been following me."
"WHAT!?" the voice screeched, "Go! Destroy it NOW!"
"Yes my lady..."
The silver liquid shot out of the window and before he could say anything, it wrapped itself around Kero. He gasped as he felt the cold numb his back and twist around his wings so he began to plummet towards the ground. It soon crept over to cover his mouth.
'Mistake,' Kero thought opening his mouth and biting firmly down.
It screamed in agony and it detangled itself from Kero. His wings flew open just before he made contact with the ground. Landing back on his feat he snarled in anger.
"Come on, you animal, if you surrender now your pain will be much less painful."
"Over my dead body!" Kero screamed.
"That's what I'm planning to do."
The liquid shot back at Kero with light speed, but Kero easily dodged it and shot behind a bush.
"Come on..." he muttered tensing his body. He gasped and then collapsed. "Why can't I turn into Keroberous!?" he muttered angrily.
Once again, Kero closed his eyes and pictured his true form. He could sense the monster slowly creeping towards him. 'I don't have much time,' he thought as he sketched out every detail in his mind. The metal armour that protected his face and neck in battle, the long golden tail and eyes that caught every move. The large paws that could draw out long razor-sharp claws... Golden fur and his long angel wings.
"AH!" Kero cried as he felt his wings grow larger...
A flash of golden light and Kero roared in triumph. He was now Keroberous!
(A/N: When Kero turns into his true form, I call him Keroberous so no body gets confused... Is that spelled right though?)
Keroberous snarled dangerously at the silver substance and it laughed.
"Would you like to see MY true form?"
Keroberous took a step back and his eyes narrowed.
"Fine, don't answer, die a slow and painful death."
The silver liquid, or should we say Oridan, began to shift and then shot up. It twisted and moulded until it became something that looked like a silver fox. Its ears were perked upward and had a triangular shape to it. A dark blue tinged the ends of its tail, ears, paws, and parts of his body. Its eyes were amazing. It shone a deep brown with orange carefully outlining it. Gold flecks made it dance with a fiery passion.
Oridan twitched and smiled, showing he's long fangs. Oridan dashed at Keroberous and he braced himself for the impact. He hit him and Keroberous flew through the air. Keroberous jumped back onto his feet and saw Oridan sitting down. He cocked his head to the side and gave him a mocking face.
"My, my, is Keroberous the great guardian beast of the seal getting out of shape?"
Keroberous roared in anger and leapt at Oridan with his claws outstretched. He slashed him and Oridan tumbled backwards. Oridan got up and snarled. Dark silver oozed out of three perfectly straight cuts on his cheek. He touched it and his eyes flashed red. Oridan leapt back at me with his teeth bared, Keroberous jerked his head up just as Oridan was about to sink his fangs into his neck. Instead, he got him just below his armour. Keroberous howled in pain and shook him off and slashed him back with his claws. Oridan jumped back in pain and Keroberous took that to his advantage. He pounced on the fox-like creature and after a few moments of struggle, Keroberous stood up proudly, he had Oridan by the cuff of his neck and was holding him up like a kitten.
"This is far from over Keroberous..." Oridan hissed.
As soon as that was said, Oridan had turned into a silver mist.
"Have fun in the dungeons!"
"What?"
Keroberous didn't notice the vines that crept towards him, until they wrapped themselves tightly around his hind legs.
"Hey! What's going on!?"
Keroberous took off into the air and fought back the pressure that was trying to pull him back down to the ground. He didn't notice two more vines shoot up until they wrapped themselves around his neck.
"I have to fight..." he whispered.
Two more flew up and grabbed him around his stomach.
"Sakura... I have to protect her..."
Two vines entwined to make one thick vine and tightly wrapped his front paws together.
"I must fight!"
Four shot up and grabbed his wings, causing him to plummet towards the ground.
"NOOOOOO!!"
By: Gato_9
Disclaimers: Card Captors does not belong to me, it belongs to CLAMP.
Hey! Since school is out right now, I have time to type my stories! Woohoo! lol, well, this is gonna be a LIL bit weird but... Anyways, onto the fic! Oh, and I'm not getting very many reviews... I need sum reviews you guys! Before I'm forced to stop this fic in the middle of a HUGE cliff! I'm just kiddin! Well, R&R! Oh, and there's FINALLY some action in this! Or rather lets say Card Captoring buisness!
~!*Chapter Three*!~
"She's getting closer... No… She must be stopped... She can't find me like... like this... Stop her Oridan... Make sure she doesn't reach the gate..."
A pool of silver liquid swirled beneath her feat and a soft voice whispered, "Yes my lady... Anything for you."
"Go now... Keep a watch on her," she paused and hissed dangerously, "and make sure the boy doesn't interfere."
~
"Sakura hurry up! You're going to be late!"
"Tori, why don't you go check up on her? Make sure she's alright."
Tori sighed as he climbed the stairs thinking about why he always got stuck doing everything. Slowly, Tori pushed open the door to her room and saw her talking on the phone. He sighed softly but Sakura swung around and glared dangerously at him.
"Get out of my room!" she screamed throwing a pillow at his face.
"How did you know it was me and not dad?" Tori asked casually, catching the pillow and throwing it back at her.
"Because your noisy! Now OUT!"
"You're going to be late for your 'rehab'."
Sakura screamed, "Hoe!?," she quickly said her goodbye and then hung up, "you were suppose to tell me!"
"Well Squirt, it's your fault. Don't worry though, you have a reputation for being late!"
Sakura cursed at her brother before getting up and slamming the door in his face.
"Good for nothing brother..." she muttered as she picked up a tank top.
Guessing it was her baby-blue spaghetti strap, she threw it on and grabbed something that she thought was her white Capris.
"Hey! Aren't you going to take me?" she heard Kero whine on her desk.
Growling in irritation, she dashed to the desk and snatched Kero up, ignoring his cries of pain. Taking a short pause to smooth down her rumpled hair, she sighed and took a breath.
"Alright, how do I look Kero?"
Kero eyed her and then nodded his approval.
"You look great Sakura, now lets get a move on!"
"Right!"
~
"Look Sakura! Why can't you get this right!? It's very easy actually! Look, the dot is here, here and finally, here! That makes-" Sakura tuned out her teachers voice and her mind began to wander. She was well aware of her fingers being moved over the board that was trying to teach her the alphabets. For crying out loud, she was 16! Sakura felt like a little baby again, like she was in Kindergarten, desperately trying to learn her alphabets to pull ahead of the other students.
"Sakura! Are you listening to me? Did you even hear a word I said?"
Sakura glanced up at her teacher as her gears began to shift once more. "Umm... Err, actually... I didn't catch the last part, what was that?"
Sakura sensed her teacher sighing.
"This is going to be the last time I'm going to review the alphabet with you. After this I'm going to give you a little quiz."
Sakura groaned.
"I take it that you weren't paying attention then."
Sakura shrugged because that was the easiest answer there was when she didn't want to talk. The truth was, Sakura -was- paying attention so she knew the alphabets by now, she just couldn't remember all the keys on the keyboard for typing.
"Alright, lets see how you do on this test then. I'll hold out a piece of paper and tell me what it is."
Sakura automatically stuck out her hand and said, "Alright Mrs. Tamioky."
"Oh, for the last time, Sakura. Call me Doris!"
"Alright."
Soon, Sakura felt 3 small plastic circles that stuck up in a strange position. Sakura muttered the answer and Doris told her it was correct. This continued for a while before Doris told her it was over.
"This is amazing Sakura, are you sure you didn't study? You aced this test!"
"We had a short study of this back in elementary school," Sakura lied.
"Oh! Well that's very convenient then. I guess we should get studying on the keyboard huh?"
Doris led her to another table with a computer on top. Seating Sakura carefully in front of it, she began to give her another lecture.
~
Kero watched his mistress drift in boredom and saw that her aura kept switching from a light purple to a deep pink, showing she was constantly drifting from reality to a world where only she can go. Which on other words, pure boredom. Kero let out a careful sigh as his tail began to twitch. His golden fur glimmered in the sunlight and it danced across the silver bell Sakura made him tie around his neck.
"Your just so full of mischief," Kero muttered as she went through the quiz.
Kero sighed once more and jerked his ear up. A rustle? No... There was no way that... Kero flapped his wings and the bell let out a soft twinkle. The beast growled in irritation. Damn the bell! Sitting in a very uncomfortable position, he shifted and looked at the floor. Not spotting anything, Kero shifted his position again, trying to make as little sound as possible. Squinting, he looked carefully at the ground. The card Sakura had mentioned to him made him think of her as a very strong card. Or was it even one? Kero swatted his doubts away and concentrated on his search once more.
"Where are you?" Kero muttered underneath his breath.
"Sakura! No, no, no! You're getting this all wrong!"
Kero looked up and saw Doris scolding Sakura. Suddenly, Kero's ears flew up as he heard a soft slithering... Slowly, his eyes slid downward and saw a flash of silver. The liquid substance began to slowly make its way towards the window. The guardian beast snarled as it slowly slid up to the windowsill. To an everyday persons eye, there was nothing there but maybe just a shimmer. But to Kero, it was almost solid. Finally, he couldn't stand it anymore and whispered, "Sorry Sakura." Wrestling the bell off, he placed it on the table with only a slight tinkle. He stepped up to the edge and braced himself for the fall. Kero tipped over and fell off the desk, spreading his wings, he caught air and began to beat his wings. Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw the silver liquid slip out the window. Darting above Doris' head, he dashed out the window as a gold blur.
~
"Alright Sakura, I guess our hour is up."
Sakura gratefully got out of the cold metal chair and stretched her cramped muscles. She heard Doris mutter something about how they should switch chairs and Sakura carefully made her way towards the table where she left Kero. She only heard a slight ring of the bell she tied around his neck in the car, but that was 30 minutes ago.
"Kero?" she whispered.
No response.
"Come on Kero... Talk to me! Where are you?" Sakura muttered.
Slowly, she placed a hand on the table and felt around. Her finger hit a think string made out of nylon.
"Oh no..." Taking the bell and placing it in her palm, a rush of panic overtook her.
"No... No Kero, you shouldn't have gone..."
The silver bell began to ring lightly as her hand began to shake violently.
"Why did you go!?" she cried.
Instantly, her knees buckled and she collapsed as her body began to shake; tears rolled down her cheeks and she began to sob hysterically.
~
Tori stumbled into the classroom and found Sakura sobbing beside a table.
"Sakura!" Tori knelt down beside her and asked, "What happened Sakura? If it was that Li kid..."
Sakura seemed to ignore Tori's presence as tears began to fall faster and her sobs grew even more hysterical.
"Come on Sakura... Calm down!"
Watching Sakura in so much pain hurt him just as much as it did to her. For crying out loud, that was his little sister! Slowly, he drew her into a hug and let her cry on his shoulder.
"Alright, can you tell me what's wrong now Sakura?"
She sniffled and held out her hand, in her palm were two small bells. Two silver twin bells to be exact.
"Huh? What the...?" Tori looked at it more carefully as he suddenly remembered what it was tied around.
"Your crying about that stuffed animal?" Tori asked in confusion.
Sakura roughly shoved him away and stood up.
"HE'S NOT JUST A STUFFED ANIMAL!" she screamed, two more tears falling.
"What?" Tori asked.
Sakura suddenly gasped and turned around, "N-Never mind!" she stuttered.
Tori looked at her, his eyes heavy with concern.
'So I was right... It wasn't just a stuffed animal,' he thought.
"Come on, let's go home."
Sakura nodded but took one last glance at the table.
~
The wind ruffled through his golden fur and he sighed wistfully as he scanned the ground far below him. He had been tracking the new "enemy" by watching the silver but soon realized it put a hard strain on his eyes. So now, after he lost track of the glints, he soon realized following the evil that radiated from it was much easier. Kero looked down in awe as he saw how many trees there actually were. He could even see some Cherry Blossoms from where he was. After all, his eyes were excellent.
"Damnit, where did that thing go?" he muttered as he flapped his wings again.
Kero soon found himself concentrating on finding the evil aura more then he was on thinking of how Sakura would react when she found him gone. After all, it had been more then 30 minutes.
"Damn that thing moves fast."
Kero followed it a few more metres and suddenly, he sensed it shoot upwards! Up and then into the clouds. Kero followed as he felt the thermal support him underneath. Shooting up, he finally emerged into a strange place. It was like trying to look at something but the place was heavy with fog, but the fog was clouds. Gingerly, he began to float through it. Parting two clouds, he gasped as a huge castle emerged. Two towers spiralled up and the castle itself looked very old-fashioned. Vines twisted and entwined up the castle and heavy bushes lay beside it. Everything there radiated with evil and darkness, such force Kero couldn't describe. Slowly, he crept there, on all fours and his ears perked up. He looked up and noticed the flash of silver as it disappeared through a window that sat slightly ajar. Sighing, he crept as silently as he could towards the window.
"Oridan! Why are you back here so early?" a voice hissed dangerously, the sound ringing against the stonewalls.
"My lady..." another voice whispered, this one not so harsh on the ears, "I have found something about this girl... And her guardian beast... He has been following me."
"WHAT!?" the voice screeched, "Go! Destroy it NOW!"
"Yes my lady..."
The silver liquid shot out of the window and before he could say anything, it wrapped itself around Kero. He gasped as he felt the cold numb his back and twist around his wings so he began to plummet towards the ground. It soon crept over to cover his mouth.
'Mistake,' Kero thought opening his mouth and biting firmly down.
It screamed in agony and it detangled itself from Kero. His wings flew open just before he made contact with the ground. Landing back on his feat he snarled in anger.
"Come on, you animal, if you surrender now your pain will be much less painful."
"Over my dead body!" Kero screamed.
"That's what I'm planning to do."
The liquid shot back at Kero with light speed, but Kero easily dodged it and shot behind a bush.
"Come on..." he muttered tensing his body. He gasped and then collapsed. "Why can't I turn into Keroberous!?" he muttered angrily.
Once again, Kero closed his eyes and pictured his true form. He could sense the monster slowly creeping towards him. 'I don't have much time,' he thought as he sketched out every detail in his mind. The metal armour that protected his face and neck in battle, the long golden tail and eyes that caught every move. The large paws that could draw out long razor-sharp claws... Golden fur and his long angel wings.
"AH!" Kero cried as he felt his wings grow larger...
A flash of golden light and Kero roared in triumph. He was now Keroberous!
(A/N: When Kero turns into his true form, I call him Keroberous so no body gets confused... Is that spelled right though?)
Keroberous snarled dangerously at the silver substance and it laughed.
"Would you like to see MY true form?"
Keroberous took a step back and his eyes narrowed.
"Fine, don't answer, die a slow and painful death."
The silver liquid, or should we say Oridan, began to shift and then shot up. It twisted and moulded until it became something that looked like a silver fox. Its ears were perked upward and had a triangular shape to it. A dark blue tinged the ends of its tail, ears, paws, and parts of his body. Its eyes were amazing. It shone a deep brown with orange carefully outlining it. Gold flecks made it dance with a fiery passion.
Oridan twitched and smiled, showing he's long fangs. Oridan dashed at Keroberous and he braced himself for the impact. He hit him and Keroberous flew through the air. Keroberous jumped back onto his feet and saw Oridan sitting down. He cocked his head to the side and gave him a mocking face.
"My, my, is Keroberous the great guardian beast of the seal getting out of shape?"
Keroberous roared in anger and leapt at Oridan with his claws outstretched. He slashed him and Oridan tumbled backwards. Oridan got up and snarled. Dark silver oozed out of three perfectly straight cuts on his cheek. He touched it and his eyes flashed red. Oridan leapt back at me with his teeth bared, Keroberous jerked his head up just as Oridan was about to sink his fangs into his neck. Instead, he got him just below his armour. Keroberous howled in pain and shook him off and slashed him back with his claws. Oridan jumped back in pain and Keroberous took that to his advantage. He pounced on the fox-like creature and after a few moments of struggle, Keroberous stood up proudly, he had Oridan by the cuff of his neck and was holding him up like a kitten.
"This is far from over Keroberous..." Oridan hissed.
As soon as that was said, Oridan had turned into a silver mist.
"Have fun in the dungeons!"
"What?"
Keroberous didn't notice the vines that crept towards him, until they wrapped themselves tightly around his hind legs.
"Hey! What's going on!?"
Keroberous took off into the air and fought back the pressure that was trying to pull him back down to the ground. He didn't notice two more vines shoot up until they wrapped themselves around his neck.
"I have to fight..." he whispered.
Two more flew up and grabbed him around his stomach.
"Sakura... I have to protect her..."
Two vines entwined to make one thick vine and tightly wrapped his front paws together.
"I must fight!"
Four shot up and grabbed his wings, causing him to plummet towards the ground.
"NOOOOOO!!"