Part VII
"They're near, I can feel them. This will prove to be much fun, it's been a long time
since I've seen Tenku, he should put up a pretty good fight." Kayura rose from her throne, her
wicked smile plastered on her face and her eyes glowing with anticipation. "No matter what you
have planned for me, Tenku, I will get my pet back and I will finally rid myself of you. He might
have gotten stronger, but the warrior of the firmament will never compare to be anything against
me."
"Shall I go greet them, Lady Kayura?" asked Anubis.
"No, let them come to the castle and rescue the blond. Whatever happens, Tenku will
come to me and that's when my own plan begins."
"How can you be so sure that they just won't leave?"
"My pet has summoned Tenku to him and I know that he just won't leave the castle
without dealing with me first. Tenku is such a fool, he'll bring me exactly what I want."
Thin, pale fingers brushed against the stones at the base of the castle walls, searching for
a loose one. Tenku used what knowledge Touma had to try to figure out where the loose stone
was, from there, it'd give them access into the castle and lead them straight to the dungeons. The
others stood back, watching as Tenku brushed his fingers across the walls. No one really know
what he was doing, no one dared to ask. Crossing the field had been easy enough, much to their
surprise, so everyone had the idea that Kayura was probably planning something, this didn't stop
any of them though. Tenku jumped back in surprise as one of the stones slightly moved and
grinned, knowing that this was the block he was supposed to push in. Gritting his teeth, he
pushed on the stone block, slowly it went in and fell to the ground with a thud.
"Could you be a little bit quieter?" snapped Shu.
"This is the only way I know how to get in here. It might be a tight fit, but all of us
should be able to through," Tenku easily slipped through the hole.
"Easy for him to say, his body is as thin as a piece of paper," muttered Ryo as he got
through the hole with a little bit more difficulty. Once everybody got through the hole, Tenku led
them silently down the tunnel underneath the castle. It was difficult to see in the darkness for the
others, Tenku seemed to have no problem. He went down twists and turns, using Touma's
memory to lead them down the maze of tunnels that Kayura was unaware of. It felt like an
eternity before their guide stopped in front of the wall, nobody dared talk, afraid that they might
be heard. Tenku went through the process of brushing his fingers across the stone blocks of the
wall again.
"There is a hidden door here, it'll lead us right to the dungeon," Tenku said more to
himself than to the others.
"I wonder how Touma-san found out about this," marveled Nausti.
"Yeah, I doubt Kayura would've just let him wander around the dungeons," added Shu.
"Shuten helped him," Tenku replied flatly as he got a hold of the unnoticeable handle in
the wall. Before opening the door, he closed his eyes, trying to sense who was down there.
Normally there was someone down there to watch the prisoner, he could feel two presence's
there, but one was a spirit. Frowning a bit, Tenku decided to take his chances and opened the
door. The dungeon was dimly lit by a single torch, walking down to the cell Seiji was in,
Touma's body froze right in front of it. Tenku couldn't stop the shaking that almost violently
went through the body he was using, the strong emotions rising in Touma were overwhelming
him.
"Tenku, are you all right?" Shin caught him just as he was about to collapse.
"I'll be fine," he grunted, trying to steady himself on his feet. //Calm down, Touma! This
isn't going to do you or Seiji any good.// Tenku gently scowled Touma and in a few minutes he
was able to stand on his own. "Sorry," he muttered and moved to open the door.
"Um, Tenku, don't you need a . . ." Ryo stopped in mid sentence as Tenku promptly
ripped the door off its hinges. "You had difficulties pushing in a block, but you tore the door like
it was a leaf."
"I was saving my strength, ninja." Without another word, he stepped in the cell, spotting
the blond right away. Slowly he made his way to him, Tenku knew that Seiji would be beaten
and if he rushed right to him, Touma's emotions might go out of control again. Seiji was laying
on the ground, his body covered in bruises and faint scars that'd heal over time.
"It's about time you got here," a voice other than Seiji's spoke up. Everyone almost had
a heart attach all at the same time. Now they had two possessed people on their hands. His eyes
opened and looked straight at Tenku. "You're getting slow, but then again, you were always the
lazy type."
Tenku twitched. "You know, Kourin, if I didn't love you and Touma didn't love this boy,
I would leave you right here for Kayura."
"Just help me up, Seiji is very weak, I managed to heal most of the wounds."
Smiling fondly at Kourin, Tenku got him to sit up. Easily, he ripped the chains off of
Kourin and planted a kiss on his cheek. He took out an extra shirt that was folded very neatly
from his pouch, gently putting it on Kourin so he wouldn't disturb any of the wounds on his
body. Once he got him to his feet, Tenku handed Kourin to Shu. "Take him and get as far away
from here as possible. Go."
"Where do you think you're going?" demanded Kourin.
"Just go," Tenku turned and walked away.
"Tenku! Don't turn your back on me!" Kourin tried to follow him, but Shu held him
back. "Touma-chan!" Seiji's voice came through, making Tenku stop. Tenku couldn't deny
Touma of anything he wanted and he wasn't going to start. Going back, he grabbed Seiji's face
in his hands and kissed him passionately. Seiji moaned as Touma deepened the kiss, pushing his
tongue into his mouth, exploring it aggressively. Shu shifted uncomfortably as he let go of Seiji
and looked away. Shin, Ryo and Nausti followed in his example, they were almost afraid that the
couple might actually start stripping each other in any second. Slowly they broke the kiss, staring
longingly into each other's eyes.
//I love you, Seiji. I'm sorry, I have to leave you, for now.// Touma whispered into his
love's mind, then let Tenku take over again. He slipped off his robe and pouch, handing them to
Nausti, then handed Shin Seiji's sword. "You're going to need this more than I." Then, he left.
"Touma!" Seiji cried, Shu grabbed him again before he could go after the younger boy.
"Come on, we should get going," Shu said quietly.
"No!" Kourin suddenly growled, shoving the larger boy away from him, Tenku was
already out of sight. "I'm not going to let him do this by himself! He's going to get himself
killed!" Looking at the others, he said, "I'm going to need your help, only if you're willing
though."
Shin nodded, "Just tell us what we need to do."
"I need someone to give me some of their energy, so I can finish healing the wounds on
Seiji's body, then I'll go help Tenku. Shuten, Anubis, Rajura and Naaza are still crawling around
here, you might need to hold them off for me."
"You can use some of mine," Nausti offered.
"Thank you." Kourin took her hand and withdrew some of her energy, but not too much.
With that, he used it to heal whatever wounds were left and replenished Seiji's strength.
Tenku knew the poorly lit halls of this castle like the back of Touma's hand. It had been
a long time since he had been there. The first was when Kayura was only a hundred years old, he
had confronted her and failed. He was easily over powered by her, he hated to admit that she was
a far more powerful force than he ever imagined. This time though, he was prepared, he was a lot
stronger than before and there was no doubt in his mind that Kayura would be stronger as well. It
wasn't hard to see Yami lurking in the shadows, waiting for him.
"Tenku, long time no see," Yami sneered at the spirit.
"Take me to Kayura," he hissed back.
"With pleasure," Anubis bowed slightly. "Right this way, sir."
Tenku glared at him, but said nothing and followed Yami up to a darkened chamber.
Yami left and the door slammed shut behind of him, the sound of a few locks sliding into place
was loud compared to the silence of the room. All at once, dozens of candles were lit, casting an
uncanny glow. In the center of the chamber, Kayura sat on the ground patiently, the faintest of
smiles hovering on her lips and her eyes were locked on the body of her former pet. Standing up,
she chuckled softly.
"I've been waiting for you, Tenku, my dear. Give up now, I don't want to bruise that
beautiful body you're using."
"At least not yet."
"You know me too well. You also know that you can't defeat me by yourself. Don't even
think of trying to escape, I've put up my wards, they'll keep your spirit in this room until I've
destroyed it or if by some miracle you can walk out of this room with that body."
"Don't underestimate me, Kayura." Tenku summoned his bow to him and an arrow.
"Kayura, I'm going to make you regret what you did to Touma. I'm . . . going to turn you into a
donkey, so you'll be a real jack ass!"
"Where did that come from?"
"An old friend of mine said that to me once and it's all that I can think of right now."
Two swords appeared in her hands and she grinned smugly at him. "Well, anyway,
you've played right into my hands, Tenku, I knew you'd come, with my pet's body in tow. It'll
be fun destroying you, you've always been a problem to me, but tonight is where it all ends.
Now, give me your best shot."
The entire castle shuddered under the impact of the great powers raging in a single room.
The wards alone barely kept all of it contained in the chambers where Tenku and Kayura were
fighting in. Kourin frowned, knowing that if he didn't hurry up, there wouldn't be much of
Tenku left to save. It wasn't the problem of finding where they were, Kourin already knew that
much, it was how to deal with Kayura's men. They would prove to be a big obstacle, but luckily
the others had agreed that they'd tried to distract them while Kourin went to go help Tenku. The
trick was getting around them so he could get to Tenku. As he predicted, all four men were
waiting for them outside the chamber where his love and Kayura were fighting.
"Let us through," Kourin snarled.
Shuten shrugged, "As long as you kill Kayura, we have no objections."
"What the hell is going on?" asked Ryo. "This must be a tick."
"No, we want Kayura dead just as much as you do," explained Anubis. "Once she's
dead, we're free again and we can go back to our own clans."
"Right now, I'm willing to believe just about anything as long as I can get to Tenku.
Shin, let me have that sword," Kourin said and Shin gave him Seiji's sword. "I guess you won't
have to fighting after all, my friends."
"Can't we help you?" Shu wanted to do something other than wait for Kourin and Tenku
to come out of that room.
"Unless you possess any kind of magic, you'll be killed upon entering that room or at
least until Kayura is dead," Rajura told them.
"But Seiji and Touma were able to summon spirits to them, can't we do that too?"
"All in good time, Shu, but now is not the time for Kongo, Rekka and Suiko to be called
upon. Maybe in another life time," Kourin clarified. "Wish me luck my friends, for I may never
come out again."
"Good luck," Nausti whispered as Kourin bravely entered the room.
"I hope both Kourin and Tenku come out alive and that they finish off Kayura," Shuten
said to himself.
"That's only because you don't want to have to deal with her yourself," muttered Naaza.
"Who asked you, freak of nature?"
Kourin laid his hand flat on the door, all of the locks obeyed his command and unlocked,
allowing him to step in. Right when he was inside the room, the door slammed closed, locking
itself again. Tenku and Kayura were right in the middle of fighting when he came in. They were
in the air, Tenku was busy blocking her attacks with his bow, not managing to get in any attacks
himself. There was a large gash above his left eye and he was cut in several other places, the
blood was slowly soaking his clothing, the thin, leather armor he wore did little to protect him.
Kayura seemed a bit winded as well, there were at least five broken arrows embedded in her and
a few cuts on her face. Leaping up into the air, Kourin raised his sword and aimed it straight for
Kayura. At the very last second, she saw Kourin coming at her, she just barely got away, the
blade brushed against her face, cutting open her cheek. Landing back on the ground, she glared at
the new comer in her little game.
"What are you doing here, you should be resting!" Tenku wasn't very happy that Kourin
was there, Seiji's body was still probably weak.
"I'm fine, you're the one who looks like they should be in bed."
Tenku smiled, "I'm glad to see you well, my friend."
"I'm just happy that you're in one piece."
"Excuse me boys, I don't like being ignored!" Kayura snapped, getting back into a
fighting stance.
"Fine, we'll give you all the attention you want." Another arrow appeared in Tenku's
hand and launched it at her. The one arrow spilt into ten, all aiming for Kayura.
"Not this trick again, it's getting boring, you know," Kayura sighed as she jumped out of
the way of the arrows' path. She was in the air again and was met halfway by both Kourin and
Tenku. She dodged Kourin's attack, but Tenku hit her right in the ribs with his bow. Kayura was
knocked down to the stone floor, Kourin and Tenku followed her right down. Before she could
react, Kayura felt something go through her chest, the blade of Kourin's sword and it was twisted
harshly, then ripped out of her. Six of Tenku's arrows went straight for her throat, each hitting
their target.
Enraged, Kayura got to her feet and screamed, "You think you can kill an immortal!? I
will show you what an immortal can do!"
Tenku and Kourin had no idea what hit them. Both were brutally slammed against the
wall, neither knew when was the last time they were in that much pain. Slumping down onto the
floor, Kourin tried to find the strength to get up, he found himself far too weak to even move a
finger. Snapping out of his daze, he heard Tenku screaming in pain, he was still pinned on the
wall, his feet dangling a good yard off the ground. Blood dripped down from every wound on his
body and began to puddle up below him. All Kourin wanted to do at that moment was to help
Tenku somehow, make all the pain stop and heal his wounds, but he doubted that he could even
speak without pain. Kayura was laughing in triumph, it came out in loud, crazed barks of
laughter that she could hardly control. Her own blood ran down her, drenching her from head to
toe, it didn't matter to her though, she was immortal, nothing could kill her.
Once her laughter had calmed down some, she leered at Tenku. "This is true power!
Unless you get out of that body now, your dear Touma will be crushed to death by the force of
my attack."
Tenku screamed louder as the crushing energy pressed harder against Touma's body. He
could clearly hear bones snapping all over, if he kept this up, Touma would die. If he left the
body though, both he and Touma would be very vulnerable to Kayura, they'd both be trapped in
this room. And with the injuries Touma had, if Tenku left, then Touma would probably die
anyway. Damned if you, damned if you don't. Touma's mental screams of pain were too much
for Tenku to bear, he decided to take a huge risk.
//Kayura . . . I-I can't g-get out of Touma . . . unless you s-s-stop your attack.// Tenku
managed to get out, there was no way he would've been able to speak.
"Coming to your senses, huh?" Kayura stopped her attack and watched as Tenku slid
down the wall.
Instead of falling straight on his ass, he was able to stay on his feet. Tenku then
summoned all the energy he and Touma had left as fast as he could. Stretching out an arm and
holding up his hand, he was able to form the same energy that would've been concentrated on an
arrow if he had one. It was only a small, blue, sphere of power, Kayura almost laughed again.
//LET'S SEE YOU DODGE THIS!! SHIN KU HA!!!// The small sphere turned into an
entire tsunami of energy, all focused on one target.
Like her daughter before her, no matter how fast she was, she couldn't have moved out
of the way if she had used all of her speed. There was no way around Tenku's most powerful
attack. It struck her with all of its strength, flinging her across the room and right through the
wall. All of the wards guarding the room shattered. The entire castle was destroyed as was some
of the land around it.
When Seiji woke up, he found himself in a green tinted bubble. He was unharmed from
the blast and underneath him was the ruins of Kayura's castle. Seiji had no doubt that this was
the power of Kourin protecting him at that very second. Looking around, he found Ryo, Shin,
Shu and Nausti, all protected by similar bubbles, well, except for Nausti, she was in the same one
as Shu, even though he was unconscious, the monk had his arms protectively around her. Touma
was nowhere to be found though. Slowly, the bubble descended to the ground and disappeared as
Seiji's feet were on the earth again. He heard something, dragging, as if someone were dragging
something. And a voice, it sounded like . . . Kayura. Grabbing his sword off the ground, Seiji ran
in the direction the voice was coming from, it wasn't long when he found the girl, dragging his
currently unconscious love by the arm, muttering to herself.
"I can't believe that Tenku had that much power," she murmured. "I'm weak, tired and I
sure as hell can't even teleport at the moment. But at least I finally got you, my pet." She giggled
madly, "That's all I wanted and now I have you back. Tenku has left you, he had no more
strength left and neither do you. After I teach you obedience, you'll be a good little bed mate,
you'll never defy me again. I'll break your will, I've done it before, when I'm done with you, you
won't blink without my permission."
Touma's lips parted, if he had a voice he would've moaned in pain. His face had an
expression of pure agony on it as the girl roughly dragged him, not caring if his back was being
scratched up by rocks and it was bleeding. Touma's eyes opened a little, they were full of
confusion, he mouthed "Seiji" before his passed out.
"Kayura, if you want to live, you'll let go of Touma and leave," Seiji's harsh voice
reached the girl's ears. She turned her head to see the blond only a few feet from her, his sword
pointing straight at her. "You possibly can't be able to use your magic anymore and when it
comes to physical attacks, you don't stand a chance without me."
She was completely helpless, she didn't even have a dagger to defend herself with or to
threaten Touma's life with. There was no way she was any match for Seiji and they both knew
that. Then Shuten, Naaza, Rajura and Anubis arrived behind her. Kayura smiled and had a gleam
of hope in her eyes. "Sorry blondie, you don't have a chance against all four of them. They won't
let you hurt me, they're my loyal servants, they won't let anything happen to me. You're good as
dead."
Seiji knew better. "You should always have the facts straight before you speak, you little
bitch."
"Don't speak to me that way. And what're you talking about, boy?"
Shuten clamped his hand on Kayura's shoulder. "Seiji-san, take Touma and we'll take
care of her."
"What are you doing!?" she spun around, disbelief on her face.
"Don't worry about it, Seiji-san, think of this as my apology about your family. She's the
main reason why they're dead." Anubis took out a sword and slowly cut the skin on her arm, she
whimpered softly in fear.
"It'll be fun torturing her," Naaza grinned and Rajura nodded in agreement.
"I'd like to join you," Seiji said as he gathered Touma up in his arms, "but this one is
more deserving of my attention. Do whatever you want with her, just make sure that in the end,
she's dead."
"Consider it done," Rajura winked.
Seiji nodded and walked away, as he was leaving, Kayura's screams rose like the sun
was in the east and the screams wouldn't die down until she lost her voice an hour later. Touma's
body nestled closer to Seiji's as the blond carried him away, a more relaxed look on his face, as
if he knew that he'd never see Kayura once more in his life, not even in his worst nightmares. No
one, other than Anubis, Shuten, Kajura and Naaza, ever saw Kayura alive again. Dead, was
another story. Almost a hundred years later, a fisherman would find her decomposed arm, a
servant would find the bone to her leg, a princess would find her hand, still intact, a dog would
find another bone from her other leg and an unfortunate farmer would find her shriveled head
buried in the soil of his farm land. The tyrant in the body of the twelve year old girl was never
seen whole again, or that's how it goes . . .
In the forest, Seiji laid Touma on the ground and looked over his body, looking for
serious wounds. Then, to his horror, Touma stopped breathing, he no longer had a pulse, his
heart had totally stopped beating.
//Kourin! HELP!// Right away Kourin came rushing to him, all he could do was wait and
see if Touma would have a third chance at life. //Please Touma, live, three years with you isn't
nearly enough, I need you.//
Five Years Later . . .
Far away from the temple and the town close by, far away from any major city and close
to a small village, stood a little house. Inside, Nausti was busy cleaning and making sure that
dinner was ready. Her stew was just right, so she took it off the stove and began letting it cool.
The rolls were done and the table was already set. She put out the butter and glass cups,
everything was neat and orderly. If she finished early, she could hit the books before her
husband, her brother and his lover came home. Shin and Ryo lived nearby in another little house
that they had all to themselves, but they usually stayed for dinner. Sometimes Nausti would cook,
other times in was Shin's job. The table was set for five and one of these days it would be six,
she thought as she patted her stomach. Child number two was on the way, but it would be a
while, she was only four months pregnant. Her first born was a four year old boy named Kento,
an unruly little boy, who was intelligent like his mother and strong like his father. Sadly, Kento
had the same appetite as his father, so Nausti had to always make more than what you'd usually
make for five people. She couldn't wait until after the baby was born, Shu had promised to stay
at home with the children after the baby was born, so she could go work as a teacher in the
village. Shu and two children, oh, her poor husband, he was going to go insane with them. Kento
was already a handful. Of course Ryo and Shin were always happy to look after Kento, she could
tell that they were envious of them, since they couldn't have children. Nausti thought about
letting Shin and Ryo adopt this child, but it would be too hard just to give up her kid, even if she
did get to them everyday. Maybe one of these days she'd be able to. Humming to herself, she
went back into the living room and played with her four year old son.
Stretching out his arms, Shu yawned as he left the small restaurant he worked at. It didn't
seem like much work, but it was, especially when you're short on people. Walking down to the
store where Shin and Ryo worked, he had to wait only a few short minutes until they came
outside, they were talking about something that was usually on all of their minds.
"I don't know, I'd think that if they were still alive they'd drop a line or something,"
Shin shrugged.
"Yeah, but I just have this feeling that they're both all right."
Shu smiled sadly. "Going through the whether or not Seiji and Touma are alive debate
again?"
"Sorry," Ryo looked down shamefully, "we all know that you and Touma were good
friends, it's rude to talk about them that way. I think they're still around though, we've all got our
paths to take and theirs' isn't settling down some where to live, yet. I bet they're traveling all
over the place."
That sounds like Touma, Shu had to silently agree. He ignored the rest of the
conversation, they had been through it a million times. Shin didn't think they were alive, Ryo did
and Shu could only hope. Something caught the former monk's eye, right over Ryo's shoulder.
Bright blue. Across the street and down a block was a young man with bright blue hair stood
outside a store, waiting for someone. A taller, older, blond man stepped out of the store and went
right to the blue haired man, obviously talking to him.
"Hey Shu, what're you looking at?" asked Shin.
"Nothing," he shook his head and looked back in that direction. The couple started
walking off, holding hands and disappeared into a small crowd of people. "You know guys, I
have a feeling that Touma and Seiji are just fine."
I'M FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M FREE OF THE THIS STORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CAN MOVE ONTO
BETTER FICS NOW!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!! DON'T ASK FOR A SEQUEL CAUSE LIKE HELL
ARE YOU GETTING ONE!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!! I'M DONE!!!!!! *Does cartwheels, then is
chased off by fan girls for having such a crappy ending*
Now I'll answer a few questions that you people might have. First, what happened to Ikari? Well,
let's say she died. Second, what became of Shuten, Anubis, Rajura and Naaza? Um, they went on
to invent Pocky. Third, what the hell kind of ending what that!?!?! I don't know! It was hard
coming up for a good ending for this fic! And fourth, what is the best flavor of Pocky? I say it's
chocolate.
And a little side note, I was about to kill off Touma (it would've made a killer ending), but I
couldn't bring myself to do it!! So be grateful!!!!!!!
"They're near, I can feel them. This will prove to be much fun, it's been a long time
since I've seen Tenku, he should put up a pretty good fight." Kayura rose from her throne, her
wicked smile plastered on her face and her eyes glowing with anticipation. "No matter what you
have planned for me, Tenku, I will get my pet back and I will finally rid myself of you. He might
have gotten stronger, but the warrior of the firmament will never compare to be anything against
me."
"Shall I go greet them, Lady Kayura?" asked Anubis.
"No, let them come to the castle and rescue the blond. Whatever happens, Tenku will
come to me and that's when my own plan begins."
"How can you be so sure that they just won't leave?"
"My pet has summoned Tenku to him and I know that he just won't leave the castle
without dealing with me first. Tenku is such a fool, he'll bring me exactly what I want."
Thin, pale fingers brushed against the stones at the base of the castle walls, searching for
a loose one. Tenku used what knowledge Touma had to try to figure out where the loose stone
was, from there, it'd give them access into the castle and lead them straight to the dungeons. The
others stood back, watching as Tenku brushed his fingers across the walls. No one really know
what he was doing, no one dared to ask. Crossing the field had been easy enough, much to their
surprise, so everyone had the idea that Kayura was probably planning something, this didn't stop
any of them though. Tenku jumped back in surprise as one of the stones slightly moved and
grinned, knowing that this was the block he was supposed to push in. Gritting his teeth, he
pushed on the stone block, slowly it went in and fell to the ground with a thud.
"Could you be a little bit quieter?" snapped Shu.
"This is the only way I know how to get in here. It might be a tight fit, but all of us
should be able to through," Tenku easily slipped through the hole.
"Easy for him to say, his body is as thin as a piece of paper," muttered Ryo as he got
through the hole with a little bit more difficulty. Once everybody got through the hole, Tenku led
them silently down the tunnel underneath the castle. It was difficult to see in the darkness for the
others, Tenku seemed to have no problem. He went down twists and turns, using Touma's
memory to lead them down the maze of tunnels that Kayura was unaware of. It felt like an
eternity before their guide stopped in front of the wall, nobody dared talk, afraid that they might
be heard. Tenku went through the process of brushing his fingers across the stone blocks of the
wall again.
"There is a hidden door here, it'll lead us right to the dungeon," Tenku said more to
himself than to the others.
"I wonder how Touma-san found out about this," marveled Nausti.
"Yeah, I doubt Kayura would've just let him wander around the dungeons," added Shu.
"Shuten helped him," Tenku replied flatly as he got a hold of the unnoticeable handle in
the wall. Before opening the door, he closed his eyes, trying to sense who was down there.
Normally there was someone down there to watch the prisoner, he could feel two presence's
there, but one was a spirit. Frowning a bit, Tenku decided to take his chances and opened the
door. The dungeon was dimly lit by a single torch, walking down to the cell Seiji was in,
Touma's body froze right in front of it. Tenku couldn't stop the shaking that almost violently
went through the body he was using, the strong emotions rising in Touma were overwhelming
him.
"Tenku, are you all right?" Shin caught him just as he was about to collapse.
"I'll be fine," he grunted, trying to steady himself on his feet. //Calm down, Touma! This
isn't going to do you or Seiji any good.// Tenku gently scowled Touma and in a few minutes he
was able to stand on his own. "Sorry," he muttered and moved to open the door.
"Um, Tenku, don't you need a . . ." Ryo stopped in mid sentence as Tenku promptly
ripped the door off its hinges. "You had difficulties pushing in a block, but you tore the door like
it was a leaf."
"I was saving my strength, ninja." Without another word, he stepped in the cell, spotting
the blond right away. Slowly he made his way to him, Tenku knew that Seiji would be beaten
and if he rushed right to him, Touma's emotions might go out of control again. Seiji was laying
on the ground, his body covered in bruises and faint scars that'd heal over time.
"It's about time you got here," a voice other than Seiji's spoke up. Everyone almost had
a heart attach all at the same time. Now they had two possessed people on their hands. His eyes
opened and looked straight at Tenku. "You're getting slow, but then again, you were always the
lazy type."
Tenku twitched. "You know, Kourin, if I didn't love you and Touma didn't love this boy,
I would leave you right here for Kayura."
"Just help me up, Seiji is very weak, I managed to heal most of the wounds."
Smiling fondly at Kourin, Tenku got him to sit up. Easily, he ripped the chains off of
Kourin and planted a kiss on his cheek. He took out an extra shirt that was folded very neatly
from his pouch, gently putting it on Kourin so he wouldn't disturb any of the wounds on his
body. Once he got him to his feet, Tenku handed Kourin to Shu. "Take him and get as far away
from here as possible. Go."
"Where do you think you're going?" demanded Kourin.
"Just go," Tenku turned and walked away.
"Tenku! Don't turn your back on me!" Kourin tried to follow him, but Shu held him
back. "Touma-chan!" Seiji's voice came through, making Tenku stop. Tenku couldn't deny
Touma of anything he wanted and he wasn't going to start. Going back, he grabbed Seiji's face
in his hands and kissed him passionately. Seiji moaned as Touma deepened the kiss, pushing his
tongue into his mouth, exploring it aggressively. Shu shifted uncomfortably as he let go of Seiji
and looked away. Shin, Ryo and Nausti followed in his example, they were almost afraid that the
couple might actually start stripping each other in any second. Slowly they broke the kiss, staring
longingly into each other's eyes.
//I love you, Seiji. I'm sorry, I have to leave you, for now.// Touma whispered into his
love's mind, then let Tenku take over again. He slipped off his robe and pouch, handing them to
Nausti, then handed Shin Seiji's sword. "You're going to need this more than I." Then, he left.
"Touma!" Seiji cried, Shu grabbed him again before he could go after the younger boy.
"Come on, we should get going," Shu said quietly.
"No!" Kourin suddenly growled, shoving the larger boy away from him, Tenku was
already out of sight. "I'm not going to let him do this by himself! He's going to get himself
killed!" Looking at the others, he said, "I'm going to need your help, only if you're willing
though."
Shin nodded, "Just tell us what we need to do."
"I need someone to give me some of their energy, so I can finish healing the wounds on
Seiji's body, then I'll go help Tenku. Shuten, Anubis, Rajura and Naaza are still crawling around
here, you might need to hold them off for me."
"You can use some of mine," Nausti offered.
"Thank you." Kourin took her hand and withdrew some of her energy, but not too much.
With that, he used it to heal whatever wounds were left and replenished Seiji's strength.
Tenku knew the poorly lit halls of this castle like the back of Touma's hand. It had been
a long time since he had been there. The first was when Kayura was only a hundred years old, he
had confronted her and failed. He was easily over powered by her, he hated to admit that she was
a far more powerful force than he ever imagined. This time though, he was prepared, he was a lot
stronger than before and there was no doubt in his mind that Kayura would be stronger as well. It
wasn't hard to see Yami lurking in the shadows, waiting for him.
"Tenku, long time no see," Yami sneered at the spirit.
"Take me to Kayura," he hissed back.
"With pleasure," Anubis bowed slightly. "Right this way, sir."
Tenku glared at him, but said nothing and followed Yami up to a darkened chamber.
Yami left and the door slammed shut behind of him, the sound of a few locks sliding into place
was loud compared to the silence of the room. All at once, dozens of candles were lit, casting an
uncanny glow. In the center of the chamber, Kayura sat on the ground patiently, the faintest of
smiles hovering on her lips and her eyes were locked on the body of her former pet. Standing up,
she chuckled softly.
"I've been waiting for you, Tenku, my dear. Give up now, I don't want to bruise that
beautiful body you're using."
"At least not yet."
"You know me too well. You also know that you can't defeat me by yourself. Don't even
think of trying to escape, I've put up my wards, they'll keep your spirit in this room until I've
destroyed it or if by some miracle you can walk out of this room with that body."
"Don't underestimate me, Kayura." Tenku summoned his bow to him and an arrow.
"Kayura, I'm going to make you regret what you did to Touma. I'm . . . going to turn you into a
donkey, so you'll be a real jack ass!"
"Where did that come from?"
"An old friend of mine said that to me once and it's all that I can think of right now."
Two swords appeared in her hands and she grinned smugly at him. "Well, anyway,
you've played right into my hands, Tenku, I knew you'd come, with my pet's body in tow. It'll
be fun destroying you, you've always been a problem to me, but tonight is where it all ends.
Now, give me your best shot."
The entire castle shuddered under the impact of the great powers raging in a single room.
The wards alone barely kept all of it contained in the chambers where Tenku and Kayura were
fighting in. Kourin frowned, knowing that if he didn't hurry up, there wouldn't be much of
Tenku left to save. It wasn't the problem of finding where they were, Kourin already knew that
much, it was how to deal with Kayura's men. They would prove to be a big obstacle, but luckily
the others had agreed that they'd tried to distract them while Kourin went to go help Tenku. The
trick was getting around them so he could get to Tenku. As he predicted, all four men were
waiting for them outside the chamber where his love and Kayura were fighting.
"Let us through," Kourin snarled.
Shuten shrugged, "As long as you kill Kayura, we have no objections."
"What the hell is going on?" asked Ryo. "This must be a tick."
"No, we want Kayura dead just as much as you do," explained Anubis. "Once she's
dead, we're free again and we can go back to our own clans."
"Right now, I'm willing to believe just about anything as long as I can get to Tenku.
Shin, let me have that sword," Kourin said and Shin gave him Seiji's sword. "I guess you won't
have to fighting after all, my friends."
"Can't we help you?" Shu wanted to do something other than wait for Kourin and Tenku
to come out of that room.
"Unless you possess any kind of magic, you'll be killed upon entering that room or at
least until Kayura is dead," Rajura told them.
"But Seiji and Touma were able to summon spirits to them, can't we do that too?"
"All in good time, Shu, but now is not the time for Kongo, Rekka and Suiko to be called
upon. Maybe in another life time," Kourin clarified. "Wish me luck my friends, for I may never
come out again."
"Good luck," Nausti whispered as Kourin bravely entered the room.
"I hope both Kourin and Tenku come out alive and that they finish off Kayura," Shuten
said to himself.
"That's only because you don't want to have to deal with her yourself," muttered Naaza.
"Who asked you, freak of nature?"
Kourin laid his hand flat on the door, all of the locks obeyed his command and unlocked,
allowing him to step in. Right when he was inside the room, the door slammed closed, locking
itself again. Tenku and Kayura were right in the middle of fighting when he came in. They were
in the air, Tenku was busy blocking her attacks with his bow, not managing to get in any attacks
himself. There was a large gash above his left eye and he was cut in several other places, the
blood was slowly soaking his clothing, the thin, leather armor he wore did little to protect him.
Kayura seemed a bit winded as well, there were at least five broken arrows embedded in her and
a few cuts on her face. Leaping up into the air, Kourin raised his sword and aimed it straight for
Kayura. At the very last second, she saw Kourin coming at her, she just barely got away, the
blade brushed against her face, cutting open her cheek. Landing back on the ground, she glared at
the new comer in her little game.
"What are you doing here, you should be resting!" Tenku wasn't very happy that Kourin
was there, Seiji's body was still probably weak.
"I'm fine, you're the one who looks like they should be in bed."
Tenku smiled, "I'm glad to see you well, my friend."
"I'm just happy that you're in one piece."
"Excuse me boys, I don't like being ignored!" Kayura snapped, getting back into a
fighting stance.
"Fine, we'll give you all the attention you want." Another arrow appeared in Tenku's
hand and launched it at her. The one arrow spilt into ten, all aiming for Kayura.
"Not this trick again, it's getting boring, you know," Kayura sighed as she jumped out of
the way of the arrows' path. She was in the air again and was met halfway by both Kourin and
Tenku. She dodged Kourin's attack, but Tenku hit her right in the ribs with his bow. Kayura was
knocked down to the stone floor, Kourin and Tenku followed her right down. Before she could
react, Kayura felt something go through her chest, the blade of Kourin's sword and it was twisted
harshly, then ripped out of her. Six of Tenku's arrows went straight for her throat, each hitting
their target.
Enraged, Kayura got to her feet and screamed, "You think you can kill an immortal!? I
will show you what an immortal can do!"
Tenku and Kourin had no idea what hit them. Both were brutally slammed against the
wall, neither knew when was the last time they were in that much pain. Slumping down onto the
floor, Kourin tried to find the strength to get up, he found himself far too weak to even move a
finger. Snapping out of his daze, he heard Tenku screaming in pain, he was still pinned on the
wall, his feet dangling a good yard off the ground. Blood dripped down from every wound on his
body and began to puddle up below him. All Kourin wanted to do at that moment was to help
Tenku somehow, make all the pain stop and heal his wounds, but he doubted that he could even
speak without pain. Kayura was laughing in triumph, it came out in loud, crazed barks of
laughter that she could hardly control. Her own blood ran down her, drenching her from head to
toe, it didn't matter to her though, she was immortal, nothing could kill her.
Once her laughter had calmed down some, she leered at Tenku. "This is true power!
Unless you get out of that body now, your dear Touma will be crushed to death by the force of
my attack."
Tenku screamed louder as the crushing energy pressed harder against Touma's body. He
could clearly hear bones snapping all over, if he kept this up, Touma would die. If he left the
body though, both he and Touma would be very vulnerable to Kayura, they'd both be trapped in
this room. And with the injuries Touma had, if Tenku left, then Touma would probably die
anyway. Damned if you, damned if you don't. Touma's mental screams of pain were too much
for Tenku to bear, he decided to take a huge risk.
//Kayura . . . I-I can't g-get out of Touma . . . unless you s-s-stop your attack.// Tenku
managed to get out, there was no way he would've been able to speak.
"Coming to your senses, huh?" Kayura stopped her attack and watched as Tenku slid
down the wall.
Instead of falling straight on his ass, he was able to stay on his feet. Tenku then
summoned all the energy he and Touma had left as fast as he could. Stretching out an arm and
holding up his hand, he was able to form the same energy that would've been concentrated on an
arrow if he had one. It was only a small, blue, sphere of power, Kayura almost laughed again.
//LET'S SEE YOU DODGE THIS!! SHIN KU HA!!!// The small sphere turned into an
entire tsunami of energy, all focused on one target.
Like her daughter before her, no matter how fast she was, she couldn't have moved out
of the way if she had used all of her speed. There was no way around Tenku's most powerful
attack. It struck her with all of its strength, flinging her across the room and right through the
wall. All of the wards guarding the room shattered. The entire castle was destroyed as was some
of the land around it.
When Seiji woke up, he found himself in a green tinted bubble. He was unharmed from
the blast and underneath him was the ruins of Kayura's castle. Seiji had no doubt that this was
the power of Kourin protecting him at that very second. Looking around, he found Ryo, Shin,
Shu and Nausti, all protected by similar bubbles, well, except for Nausti, she was in the same one
as Shu, even though he was unconscious, the monk had his arms protectively around her. Touma
was nowhere to be found though. Slowly, the bubble descended to the ground and disappeared as
Seiji's feet were on the earth again. He heard something, dragging, as if someone were dragging
something. And a voice, it sounded like . . . Kayura. Grabbing his sword off the ground, Seiji ran
in the direction the voice was coming from, it wasn't long when he found the girl, dragging his
currently unconscious love by the arm, muttering to herself.
"I can't believe that Tenku had that much power," she murmured. "I'm weak, tired and I
sure as hell can't even teleport at the moment. But at least I finally got you, my pet." She giggled
madly, "That's all I wanted and now I have you back. Tenku has left you, he had no more
strength left and neither do you. After I teach you obedience, you'll be a good little bed mate,
you'll never defy me again. I'll break your will, I've done it before, when I'm done with you, you
won't blink without my permission."
Touma's lips parted, if he had a voice he would've moaned in pain. His face had an
expression of pure agony on it as the girl roughly dragged him, not caring if his back was being
scratched up by rocks and it was bleeding. Touma's eyes opened a little, they were full of
confusion, he mouthed "Seiji" before his passed out.
"Kayura, if you want to live, you'll let go of Touma and leave," Seiji's harsh voice
reached the girl's ears. She turned her head to see the blond only a few feet from her, his sword
pointing straight at her. "You possibly can't be able to use your magic anymore and when it
comes to physical attacks, you don't stand a chance without me."
She was completely helpless, she didn't even have a dagger to defend herself with or to
threaten Touma's life with. There was no way she was any match for Seiji and they both knew
that. Then Shuten, Naaza, Rajura and Anubis arrived behind her. Kayura smiled and had a gleam
of hope in her eyes. "Sorry blondie, you don't have a chance against all four of them. They won't
let you hurt me, they're my loyal servants, they won't let anything happen to me. You're good as
dead."
Seiji knew better. "You should always have the facts straight before you speak, you little
bitch."
"Don't speak to me that way. And what're you talking about, boy?"
Shuten clamped his hand on Kayura's shoulder. "Seiji-san, take Touma and we'll take
care of her."
"What are you doing!?" she spun around, disbelief on her face.
"Don't worry about it, Seiji-san, think of this as my apology about your family. She's the
main reason why they're dead." Anubis took out a sword and slowly cut the skin on her arm, she
whimpered softly in fear.
"It'll be fun torturing her," Naaza grinned and Rajura nodded in agreement.
"I'd like to join you," Seiji said as he gathered Touma up in his arms, "but this one is
more deserving of my attention. Do whatever you want with her, just make sure that in the end,
she's dead."
"Consider it done," Rajura winked.
Seiji nodded and walked away, as he was leaving, Kayura's screams rose like the sun
was in the east and the screams wouldn't die down until she lost her voice an hour later. Touma's
body nestled closer to Seiji's as the blond carried him away, a more relaxed look on his face, as
if he knew that he'd never see Kayura once more in his life, not even in his worst nightmares. No
one, other than Anubis, Shuten, Kajura and Naaza, ever saw Kayura alive again. Dead, was
another story. Almost a hundred years later, a fisherman would find her decomposed arm, a
servant would find the bone to her leg, a princess would find her hand, still intact, a dog would
find another bone from her other leg and an unfortunate farmer would find her shriveled head
buried in the soil of his farm land. The tyrant in the body of the twelve year old girl was never
seen whole again, or that's how it goes . . .
In the forest, Seiji laid Touma on the ground and looked over his body, looking for
serious wounds. Then, to his horror, Touma stopped breathing, he no longer had a pulse, his
heart had totally stopped beating.
//Kourin! HELP!// Right away Kourin came rushing to him, all he could do was wait and
see if Touma would have a third chance at life. //Please Touma, live, three years with you isn't
nearly enough, I need you.//
Five Years Later . . .
Far away from the temple and the town close by, far away from any major city and close
to a small village, stood a little house. Inside, Nausti was busy cleaning and making sure that
dinner was ready. Her stew was just right, so she took it off the stove and began letting it cool.
The rolls were done and the table was already set. She put out the butter and glass cups,
everything was neat and orderly. If she finished early, she could hit the books before her
husband, her brother and his lover came home. Shin and Ryo lived nearby in another little house
that they had all to themselves, but they usually stayed for dinner. Sometimes Nausti would cook,
other times in was Shin's job. The table was set for five and one of these days it would be six,
she thought as she patted her stomach. Child number two was on the way, but it would be a
while, she was only four months pregnant. Her first born was a four year old boy named Kento,
an unruly little boy, who was intelligent like his mother and strong like his father. Sadly, Kento
had the same appetite as his father, so Nausti had to always make more than what you'd usually
make for five people. She couldn't wait until after the baby was born, Shu had promised to stay
at home with the children after the baby was born, so she could go work as a teacher in the
village. Shu and two children, oh, her poor husband, he was going to go insane with them. Kento
was already a handful. Of course Ryo and Shin were always happy to look after Kento, she could
tell that they were envious of them, since they couldn't have children. Nausti thought about
letting Shin and Ryo adopt this child, but it would be too hard just to give up her kid, even if she
did get to them everyday. Maybe one of these days she'd be able to. Humming to herself, she
went back into the living room and played with her four year old son.
Stretching out his arms, Shu yawned as he left the small restaurant he worked at. It didn't
seem like much work, but it was, especially when you're short on people. Walking down to the
store where Shin and Ryo worked, he had to wait only a few short minutes until they came
outside, they were talking about something that was usually on all of their minds.
"I don't know, I'd think that if they were still alive they'd drop a line or something,"
Shin shrugged.
"Yeah, but I just have this feeling that they're both all right."
Shu smiled sadly. "Going through the whether or not Seiji and Touma are alive debate
again?"
"Sorry," Ryo looked down shamefully, "we all know that you and Touma were good
friends, it's rude to talk about them that way. I think they're still around though, we've all got our
paths to take and theirs' isn't settling down some where to live, yet. I bet they're traveling all
over the place."
That sounds like Touma, Shu had to silently agree. He ignored the rest of the
conversation, they had been through it a million times. Shin didn't think they were alive, Ryo did
and Shu could only hope. Something caught the former monk's eye, right over Ryo's shoulder.
Bright blue. Across the street and down a block was a young man with bright blue hair stood
outside a store, waiting for someone. A taller, older, blond man stepped out of the store and went
right to the blue haired man, obviously talking to him.
"Hey Shu, what're you looking at?" asked Shin.
"Nothing," he shook his head and looked back in that direction. The couple started
walking off, holding hands and disappeared into a small crowd of people. "You know guys, I
have a feeling that Touma and Seiji are just fine."
I'M FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M FREE OF THE THIS STORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CAN MOVE ONTO
BETTER FICS NOW!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!! DON'T ASK FOR A SEQUEL CAUSE LIKE HELL
ARE YOU GETTING ONE!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!! I'M DONE!!!!!! *Does cartwheels, then is
chased off by fan girls for having such a crappy ending*
Now I'll answer a few questions that you people might have. First, what happened to Ikari? Well,
let's say she died. Second, what became of Shuten, Anubis, Rajura and Naaza? Um, they went on
to invent Pocky. Third, what the hell kind of ending what that!?!?! I don't know! It was hard
coming up for a good ending for this fic! And fourth, what is the best flavor of Pocky? I say it's
chocolate.
And a little side note, I was about to kill off Touma (it would've made a killer ending), but I
couldn't bring myself to do it!! So be grateful!!!!!!!