Chapter Eight
I Can Only Hope
Some thing that sounded like a growl came from deep with in Tashin's throat. He turned back to Youji who was too weak to move. It was always best to finish business that he had already started.
The wires wiped forth but Kitty suddenly appeared in between them and blocked his wires with her thick spider threads.
Lightning sizzled in the air and sparks flew.
"Youji" her voice was low, low enough for Tashin not to catch on.
"Kit~ty?"
"Are you strong enough to walk?"
Omi had jumped off from the rooftop he was on. Lending Youji an arm, he helped Youji to safety. Aya and Ken emerged from the darkness.
"What are you," Ken whispered.
But Kitty didn't answer. Tashin had whipped his other hand of wires and Kitty had to counterattack much faster.
But her second barrier of threads got past his first and only barrier.
Spider silk spun with electricity skimmed across Tashin, slicing him open.
Again, Kitty smirked. He was still weak from the last battle.
The silver haired man retreated his strings and kneeled down, blood pouring down from his chest.
But suddenly, he looked up.
"Furea ransu!" He shouted as a fire lance headed towards Kitty and the weiss boys.
"SHEE~IT!!" she shouted. Her webbing was nothing against magic.
She wasn't ready for magic!
Too late to weave a defense spell, she tackled Ken and Aya to the ground, the two closest to the spell. Youji and Omi were already away to safety.
"DARK ANGELIC CIRCLE! ENERGIZE!!" She screamed and a dark circle surrounded her.
The smoked cleared and Omi looked for the three hopefully. Aya and Ken were sitting, slowly rubbing their heads, wondering what the hell just happened. Actually, Ken was wondering that. Omi didn't know what Aya was thinking about.
Kitty was sprawled against the pavement, a few bruises but nothing serious. A faintly seen dark circle surrounded the three, blocking the attack.
She slowly got up, a glare on her face that could rival Aya's best. "That was the second time you nearly killed them Tashin" she hissed.
But Tashin didn't quite seem to care. He was just disappointed that his attack didn't it home. The blood wounds were slowly healing.
Kitty's eyes flashed.
Tashin's eyes narrowed. Would she?
From one of her golden bracelets, she whipped out a sword with a blade of ice and a hilt of gold. "Mono voruto," she muttered as the blade crackled with lightning.
Tashin's eyes widened and he got up to get out of the way.
But he was too late.
Before he could even see, the sword came down on him, electricity filling his veins. Screaming in agony, the man tried to call out to his spiritual brother, Chaos, for help.
But no help came.
Because Omi had aimed his final poison dart into Tashin's neck.
The silver-haired man stopped dead and fell to the ground. Suddenly, his body became smoke and a blinding light filled the area.
Kitty and the weiss boys covered their eyes.
Tashin's body wasn't there anymore.
And neither was Kitty's. Well, not exactly. She had gone back to the first stage, the stage of when she was still five. She was wearing exactly what they had first found her in.
The weiss members rushed to her. Youji shook her awake. "Kitty. Do you remember anything?"
The girl slowly stirred. She looked up and blinked several times. "Youji-niisan? Are you okay? Did he hurt you badly?"
Aya blinked. Kitty looked little. She sounded little. But she didn't act little.
"I'm fine. How'd you do that? Who are you?" Youji continued to question her.
"Lets go back to the flower shop," Ken said.
"No, Ken-niisan. I can't go back."
That caught all four boys' attentions.
"What do you mean Kitty," Aya asked.
"I have to go home soon. Tashin's defeated in this realm and the Balance is restored. Soon, my goddess will be coming to take me home."
Of course, none of them understood a word she had just said.
However, Youji was very interested in the goddess' part.
"Uhhwho's your goddess?" he asked with a grin on his face.
Aya smacked him on the head with the edge of his katana.
Youji just rubbed his head, but continue to grin with his many perverted fantasies.
"I am her goddess." Venus emerged from a portal in the middle of nowhere. She was wearing white robes and did not at all hide her figure. She had wavy, shoulder lengh hair that was between a light blond and white color. Crystalline aqua eyes shone brightly in the moonlight. "I've come to takeKitty home."
Youji was nearly drooling. This had be his dream come true. Immediately, he was by the goddess's side. "Are you free any night," he asked in his most seductive voice.
Kitty rolled her eyes and considered tell Youji about the many affairs Venus had gotten herself into. But decided not to.
She turned to Omi, Aya, and Ken with insanely sad eyes. "I don't want to leave this realm. I had fun." She was back to sounding five.
Omi gave her his sweetest smile and hugged the kid and then Ken hugged her. Then, Kitty glomped Aya. She giggled. "I like you Aya-niisan!"
Aya sweatdropped but hugged her back. Omi thought he saw a faint smile against the stone cold mask.
Kitty than ran off to Youji. Baliense looked down at the kid and stared. They just stared at each other for a few seconds.
"Kitty? Do you think you can grow like twenty years again or something?"
Kitty blinked and started laughing her ass off. "You're such a hentai Youji-niisan!!" By breaking some law of physics, she jumped up and glomped Youji's neck. "But I had fun!" She giggled and snatched his shades again.
Venus half smiled at this scene. It would be a shame for her to leave this realm. But missions were missions and this one was completed.
Youji put her down, but didn't take back the shades. "You can keep them."
Ken's and Omi's jaws became unhinged. Keep? Youji's shades? NO WAY.
"Domo Youji-niisan. But what are you going to do without shades?"
Baliense shrugged. "I'll buy a new pair."
Kitty just laughed again and walked to Venus who was already in the portal.
Ken stepped up. "Wait!"
Kitty stopped, light shining on her so you could only see her shadow. She was fully grown again, in that 19/20 year old body. "Hai?" she asked. Her voice, again, was differently toned.
"What's your real name?"
Kitty turned around. "Tracy. Tracy McGinnis."
"Are you ever coming back?"
Now, she turned fully around. She was wearing Youji's shades. Kitty—Tracy smiled slightly. "I can only hope Ken. I can only hope. Good bye. But I can't say sayonara, can I?"
Ken shook his head. "No, you can't."
Tracy then proceeded walking further into the portal. "LATER!!"
And that might have been the last time the Weiss boys saw her.