When it was dark the couples parted company and went to their
seperate rooms.
The next morning, they all got up, put on their traveling clothes that had been layed out for them and went to the dinning hall for their final meal in the palace. They ate in silence. When they were done they headed to the stables.
"This is it." Sarah murmmered.
They were shown their respective horses, they climbed on and left the stables and the palace behind. They started down the same path that Tasuki, Nuriko, Amanda and Katie had taken before to ask the for the Mt. Reikaku bandits help. All of the people were inside. The once buisy streets of the capital were deserted.
"It looks like this place is a ghost town." Heather commented.
"The people are scared." Nuriko answered. "I doubt they'll come out till we get rid of the demons."
The first day of their journy was uneventful and they all setteled down at the base of the Mt. Reikaku. Tommorrow would be a lot harder and they all knew it.
* * *
The next day they sattled up on their horses and started to scale the mountain. Guided by Kouji and Tasuki, who knew the mountain like the back of their hands.
They stopped for Lunch just 5 miles from the bandit hideout. They ate in silence not wanting to attrack unwanted demons. When they were done they packed up their stuff, left their horses and started out on foot.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Hotohori whispered to Heather. The girl looked strait ahead and nodded her head. They walked to the bandit hideout without a sign of any monsters or demons. They stopped short of the smoldered building.
"Hakurou..." Tasuki whispered.
Kouji looked at his friend and nodded. 'This is for the old Boss?' He thought.
"What are we suppose to do now?" Tamahome asked.
"It looks like no ones here." Amanda pointed out.
What sounded like chanting came from the left side of them. They couldn't see a whole lot but they heard everything they needed to know. Tasuki and Kouji's eyes went wide as they looked at each other. Mouthing the name of their former leader they started running toward the forest. The others yelled to them but they either didn't hear or were to caught up in their emotions to care. Before the others knew it the two bandits dissapeared into the surrounding forest.
"Tasuki you Baka!" Katie yelled after the two dissapeared.
"What the heck are they doing?" Nuriko questioned. "We should stay together."
"Perhaps they know something that we don't." Chiriko suggested. The remainning turned to look at the younest seishi.
"We should go after them." Hotohori said.
"Leave it to that flame brain to screw everything up." Tamahome scowled.
"Quit talking and start moving, Tamahome." Nuriko slapped the younger on the back and sent him flying into the forest. "Oops." The rest of the seishi and the girls started running.
"We should try to be as quiet as possible, na no da. We don't want to attrack more attention then needed, na no da."
.....................
Up ahead Tasuki and Kouji had reached the building where their former leader was buried. The door was busted down and the whole area was surrounded by demons. They were all chanting something in some strange language.
Kouji grabbed Tasuki's arm. "Genrou look!" He said in a hushed whisper.
Tasuki looked to where his friend was looking. The casket of their dead leader had been drug out and uncovered. "What the *&%$#@ are they doing." Tasuki grabbed for his fan. Emotions of the two were at the breaking point. Tasuki let out a scream and his fan burnned with flames hotter than ever before. Kouji looked about the same as Tasuki and the headband he was wearing took on a light golden glow.
....................
Everyone stopped when they heard Tasuki scream. Katie gasped bringing her hands to cover her mouth. Amanda put a hand on her shoulder and gave it a squease.
"We have to keep moving." Mitskake broke in. The two girls nodded and they all started running towards the sound of Tasuki's resounding scream.
....................
The demons turned to where Tasuki and Kouji were eyes glowing an assorted colors of red and yellow. They howled and hissed as they moved toward the pair. Kouji took out his sword. "This IS for the old boss." He yelled as he and Tasuki threw themselves at the oncoming demons. They didn't even notice their friends running towards them yelling their names. Despite the horror the rest of the group felt they threw themselves into the hoard of demons as Kouji and Tasuki had done.
"HONOU!!!" Heather yelled fire coming from her hands. Jamie and Sarah followed her lead, sending flames into the demons.
Shana and Amanda combind their powers. "MIZU NO RUU!" They yelled. The form of a watery dragon appeared before them and hurled itself time and again into the demons around the two. Their eyes went wide.
"How'd they do that Tamahome yelled. Landing several good kicks to a pair of demons.
"HEATHER!!!" Hotohori yelled to the girl. A demon jumping at her from behind whould have had her if Hotohori hadn't grabbed her from the demons claws. He turned and lunged at the demon, he sword started to give off a green glow as he plunged it into the demon's chest. Hotohori raced back to Heather's side and pulled her toward him. His sword extending in front of the two of them. Heather looked up at him, "Hotohori." She said under her breath and snuggled closer to him.
Chichiri started a protection spell for the members of the seishi, his prayer beads gave of a blue glow.
Chiriko unrolled the scroll that Tai'itsukun had given him. Mitsukake looked at him. "I think this is a prayer for strenght as well as a sort of spell he told the older man." And started reading the scroll.
A demon jumped at Nuriko from behind. But the seishi was too quick for it. He jumped out of the way then ran toward it. Nuriko and the demon's hands hit each other and a test of strengh began.
Kouji and Tasuki were ripping through all the demons that they could get their hands on. "REKKA SHIENNN!!!!"
Katie was makeing her way to Tasuki throwing demons out of her way, with her wind.
Nuriko's strenght was giving out, and the demon started to gain ground on him.
Jamie let out a scream, as a demon just swipped her, she fell backwards, and looked up at the oncoming demon.
Nuriko looked past the demon a curse passed his lips and his braclets glowed purple. Nuriko threw the demon to the ground and landed a punch to it's head, then threw himself in front of Jamie. Jamie looked on "Nuriko." She murmmured. Nuriko threw the demon aside and grabbed Jamie close to him. Jamie nearly croaked, "Not so hard Nuriko." The seishi looked down at the girl, and released his grip a little.
The water dragon dissapeared and Shana and Amanda were left to fend for themselves. Amanda started running towards Kouji, Tasuki and her friend. Dodging demons as she went.
A demon came at Shana, she put her arms up in front of her and closed her eyes. The demon bounced of the blue shield now around Shana. She looked around as Chichiri came up behind her. Directing most of his energy towards her. He let up a little.
"I told you I was going to be trouble," She frowned.
Chichiri smiled at her. "It's ok, na no da. You're worth it." Shana looked up at him.
"CHICHIRI!!" She shouted. Inside her heart was screaming NO!!!!!!!! She fell to the ground, as a burst of light came from her and formed a shell around herself and Chichiri. The demon hit it with a burst of light. "Nani??" The girl questioned.
"See you're not trouble, na no da. He leaned down and helped the girl to her feet.
"Chichiri!" She cried, and hugged him. He smiled down at her and hugged her back. Pausing to look up and see her protection barrier still in place.
You and I are more alike than I thought, He smiled.
Tasuki yelled the incantation for the flames over and over again. He was so caught up in his flame throwing that he didn't notice the girl running towards him among the demons. And let out a yell sending flames right at her and two other demons. Katie screamed and Amanda pushed her friend and herself to the ground, a barrier surrounded them as the flames wizzed by the two.
Tasuki broke from his trance when he heard the scream, Katie?! He thought.
Katie looked up at her friend and smiled. The girls got to their feet. "Hey wait a minute that idiot almost killed me!" She yelled and charged at Tasuki. Amanda looked after her friend and sighed. Tasuki looked relieved to see her.
Sarah was flinging fire balls at demons left and right.
"Hey watch what your flinging those at!" Tamahome yelled. Breaking off his attack on a nearby demon, the fireball hit right where they were fighting.
"Oops, sorry." She smiled.
"SARAH!!!!" He yelled, she just gave him a puzzled look. He lunged at her and they hit the ground and rolled two or three times.
"What the...." She looked up to see a demon claws in the ground where she had been standing.
Tasuki ran to meet Katie. "Thank Suzaku your all roufhhhh..." he winced as her fist hit his stomach. He doubled over. "What the *(&%$# was that for?!" He yelled.
"That's for running off by yourself and then almost setting me on fire!!!" She yelled back. "I was worried about you..." she said her voice a little softer this time, she looked down at her feet.
Tasuki got up and hugged her close to him. "See what happens when you don't do what I tell ya too." He smiled.
"What's that suppose to mean??!" She looked up at him.
"GENROU!!!" Kouji yelled. While Amanda yelled for Katie.
Tasuki turned a demon was charging at them. Kouji jumped and plunged his sword into the demon. "Pay attention!!" He yelled at his friend.
"Kouji, Katie, Tasuki!!" Amanda yelled running towards them.
"Amanda!!" They yelled back in unision.
"Ahhhhh" Tasuki yelled. "Now they've got all of us doing it."
"Doing what?" Kouji and Katie said in unision.
"ERRRRR."Tasuki growled, Kouji had a blank look on his face and Katie was snickering.
"Are you guys alright?" Amanda asked reaching the three of them. Tasuki and Katie were argueing and didn't hear her question.
"We're fine. And glad you're all right. Yes we are." He talked to himself.
Amanda smiled up at him and Kouji smiled back at her. "I'm glad you're not hurt." He said moving closer to her. She blushed and looked at her feet to see the ground moving. The ground started shaking and the demons that were still there shrank back in fear.
"What's going on?!" Sarah yelled.
The ground opened up and a hugh demon appeared. Taller, wider and more hiddious than any they had ever seen before.
"Could that be?!" Hotohori questioned.
"Gibralitern??!!" Heather finished his thought for him.
They all starried at it in horror. "Come on kill it." Tasuki said.
"Kill it? You kill it, how are we suppose to kill it?" Sarah yelled at him.
"Yer the ones with the elemental powers aren't ya?"
"Yeah but we were never taught how to control them or combind them." Shana broke in.
"Does it matter?" Tamahome asked.
"Not unless you want to be blown away by a tornado or swept up in a tidle wave." Heather commented.
"If we combind our powers the wrong way it could have disasterous consequences." Katie added.
Gibralitern laughed. "Childern. The Gods sent children to fight me." It laughed some more. Then it opened it's mouth and spewed fire at the young ones standing before it. Screams could be heard from all around. A red light surrounded the girls and Seishi before any of the fire hit them.
"Amanda?" Kouji questioned. And suddenly they were falling.
"What did you DO?" Sarah yelled.
"It wasn't me!" Amanda yelled back, amoungst the screams
The next morning, they all got up, put on their traveling clothes that had been layed out for them and went to the dinning hall for their final meal in the palace. They ate in silence. When they were done they headed to the stables.
"This is it." Sarah murmmered.
They were shown their respective horses, they climbed on and left the stables and the palace behind. They started down the same path that Tasuki, Nuriko, Amanda and Katie had taken before to ask the for the Mt. Reikaku bandits help. All of the people were inside. The once buisy streets of the capital were deserted.
"It looks like this place is a ghost town." Heather commented.
"The people are scared." Nuriko answered. "I doubt they'll come out till we get rid of the demons."
The first day of their journy was uneventful and they all setteled down at the base of the Mt. Reikaku. Tommorrow would be a lot harder and they all knew it.
* * *
The next day they sattled up on their horses and started to scale the mountain. Guided by Kouji and Tasuki, who knew the mountain like the back of their hands.
They stopped for Lunch just 5 miles from the bandit hideout. They ate in silence not wanting to attrack unwanted demons. When they were done they packed up their stuff, left their horses and started out on foot.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Hotohori whispered to Heather. The girl looked strait ahead and nodded her head. They walked to the bandit hideout without a sign of any monsters or demons. They stopped short of the smoldered building.
"Hakurou..." Tasuki whispered.
Kouji looked at his friend and nodded. 'This is for the old Boss?' He thought.
"What are we suppose to do now?" Tamahome asked.
"It looks like no ones here." Amanda pointed out.
What sounded like chanting came from the left side of them. They couldn't see a whole lot but they heard everything they needed to know. Tasuki and Kouji's eyes went wide as they looked at each other. Mouthing the name of their former leader they started running toward the forest. The others yelled to them but they either didn't hear or were to caught up in their emotions to care. Before the others knew it the two bandits dissapeared into the surrounding forest.
"Tasuki you Baka!" Katie yelled after the two dissapeared.
"What the heck are they doing?" Nuriko questioned. "We should stay together."
"Perhaps they know something that we don't." Chiriko suggested. The remainning turned to look at the younest seishi.
"We should go after them." Hotohori said.
"Leave it to that flame brain to screw everything up." Tamahome scowled.
"Quit talking and start moving, Tamahome." Nuriko slapped the younger on the back and sent him flying into the forest. "Oops." The rest of the seishi and the girls started running.
"We should try to be as quiet as possible, na no da. We don't want to attrack more attention then needed, na no da."
.....................
Up ahead Tasuki and Kouji had reached the building where their former leader was buried. The door was busted down and the whole area was surrounded by demons. They were all chanting something in some strange language.
Kouji grabbed Tasuki's arm. "Genrou look!" He said in a hushed whisper.
Tasuki looked to where his friend was looking. The casket of their dead leader had been drug out and uncovered. "What the *&%$#@ are they doing." Tasuki grabbed for his fan. Emotions of the two were at the breaking point. Tasuki let out a scream and his fan burnned with flames hotter than ever before. Kouji looked about the same as Tasuki and the headband he was wearing took on a light golden glow.
....................
Everyone stopped when they heard Tasuki scream. Katie gasped bringing her hands to cover her mouth. Amanda put a hand on her shoulder and gave it a squease.
"We have to keep moving." Mitskake broke in. The two girls nodded and they all started running towards the sound of Tasuki's resounding scream.
....................
The demons turned to where Tasuki and Kouji were eyes glowing an assorted colors of red and yellow. They howled and hissed as they moved toward the pair. Kouji took out his sword. "This IS for the old boss." He yelled as he and Tasuki threw themselves at the oncoming demons. They didn't even notice their friends running towards them yelling their names. Despite the horror the rest of the group felt they threw themselves into the hoard of demons as Kouji and Tasuki had done.
"HONOU!!!" Heather yelled fire coming from her hands. Jamie and Sarah followed her lead, sending flames into the demons.
Shana and Amanda combind their powers. "MIZU NO RUU!" They yelled. The form of a watery dragon appeared before them and hurled itself time and again into the demons around the two. Their eyes went wide.
"How'd they do that Tamahome yelled. Landing several good kicks to a pair of demons.
"HEATHER!!!" Hotohori yelled to the girl. A demon jumping at her from behind whould have had her if Hotohori hadn't grabbed her from the demons claws. He turned and lunged at the demon, he sword started to give off a green glow as he plunged it into the demon's chest. Hotohori raced back to Heather's side and pulled her toward him. His sword extending in front of the two of them. Heather looked up at him, "Hotohori." She said under her breath and snuggled closer to him.
Chichiri started a protection spell for the members of the seishi, his prayer beads gave of a blue glow.
Chiriko unrolled the scroll that Tai'itsukun had given him. Mitsukake looked at him. "I think this is a prayer for strenght as well as a sort of spell he told the older man." And started reading the scroll.
A demon jumped at Nuriko from behind. But the seishi was too quick for it. He jumped out of the way then ran toward it. Nuriko and the demon's hands hit each other and a test of strengh began.
Kouji and Tasuki were ripping through all the demons that they could get their hands on. "REKKA SHIENNN!!!!"
Katie was makeing her way to Tasuki throwing demons out of her way, with her wind.
Nuriko's strenght was giving out, and the demon started to gain ground on him.
Jamie let out a scream, as a demon just swipped her, she fell backwards, and looked up at the oncoming demon.
Nuriko looked past the demon a curse passed his lips and his braclets glowed purple. Nuriko threw the demon to the ground and landed a punch to it's head, then threw himself in front of Jamie. Jamie looked on "Nuriko." She murmmured. Nuriko threw the demon aside and grabbed Jamie close to him. Jamie nearly croaked, "Not so hard Nuriko." The seishi looked down at the girl, and released his grip a little.
The water dragon dissapeared and Shana and Amanda were left to fend for themselves. Amanda started running towards Kouji, Tasuki and her friend. Dodging demons as she went.
A demon came at Shana, she put her arms up in front of her and closed her eyes. The demon bounced of the blue shield now around Shana. She looked around as Chichiri came up behind her. Directing most of his energy towards her. He let up a little.
"I told you I was going to be trouble," She frowned.
Chichiri smiled at her. "It's ok, na no da. You're worth it." Shana looked up at him.
"CHICHIRI!!" She shouted. Inside her heart was screaming NO!!!!!!!! She fell to the ground, as a burst of light came from her and formed a shell around herself and Chichiri. The demon hit it with a burst of light. "Nani??" The girl questioned.
"See you're not trouble, na no da. He leaned down and helped the girl to her feet.
"Chichiri!" She cried, and hugged him. He smiled down at her and hugged her back. Pausing to look up and see her protection barrier still in place.
You and I are more alike than I thought, He smiled.
Tasuki yelled the incantation for the flames over and over again. He was so caught up in his flame throwing that he didn't notice the girl running towards him among the demons. And let out a yell sending flames right at her and two other demons. Katie screamed and Amanda pushed her friend and herself to the ground, a barrier surrounded them as the flames wizzed by the two.
Tasuki broke from his trance when he heard the scream, Katie?! He thought.
Katie looked up at her friend and smiled. The girls got to their feet. "Hey wait a minute that idiot almost killed me!" She yelled and charged at Tasuki. Amanda looked after her friend and sighed. Tasuki looked relieved to see her.
Sarah was flinging fire balls at demons left and right.
"Hey watch what your flinging those at!" Tamahome yelled. Breaking off his attack on a nearby demon, the fireball hit right where they were fighting.
"Oops, sorry." She smiled.
"SARAH!!!!" He yelled, she just gave him a puzzled look. He lunged at her and they hit the ground and rolled two or three times.
"What the...." She looked up to see a demon claws in the ground where she had been standing.
Tasuki ran to meet Katie. "Thank Suzaku your all roufhhhh..." he winced as her fist hit his stomach. He doubled over. "What the *(&%$# was that for?!" He yelled.
"That's for running off by yourself and then almost setting me on fire!!!" She yelled back. "I was worried about you..." she said her voice a little softer this time, she looked down at her feet.
Tasuki got up and hugged her close to him. "See what happens when you don't do what I tell ya too." He smiled.
"What's that suppose to mean??!" She looked up at him.
"GENROU!!!" Kouji yelled. While Amanda yelled for Katie.
Tasuki turned a demon was charging at them. Kouji jumped and plunged his sword into the demon. "Pay attention!!" He yelled at his friend.
"Kouji, Katie, Tasuki!!" Amanda yelled running towards them.
"Amanda!!" They yelled back in unision.
"Ahhhhh" Tasuki yelled. "Now they've got all of us doing it."
"Doing what?" Kouji and Katie said in unision.
"ERRRRR."Tasuki growled, Kouji had a blank look on his face and Katie was snickering.
"Are you guys alright?" Amanda asked reaching the three of them. Tasuki and Katie were argueing and didn't hear her question.
"We're fine. And glad you're all right. Yes we are." He talked to himself.
Amanda smiled up at him and Kouji smiled back at her. "I'm glad you're not hurt." He said moving closer to her. She blushed and looked at her feet to see the ground moving. The ground started shaking and the demons that were still there shrank back in fear.
"What's going on?!" Sarah yelled.
The ground opened up and a hugh demon appeared. Taller, wider and more hiddious than any they had ever seen before.
"Could that be?!" Hotohori questioned.
"Gibralitern??!!" Heather finished his thought for him.
They all starried at it in horror. "Come on kill it." Tasuki said.
"Kill it? You kill it, how are we suppose to kill it?" Sarah yelled at him.
"Yer the ones with the elemental powers aren't ya?"
"Yeah but we were never taught how to control them or combind them." Shana broke in.
"Does it matter?" Tamahome asked.
"Not unless you want to be blown away by a tornado or swept up in a tidle wave." Heather commented.
"If we combind our powers the wrong way it could have disasterous consequences." Katie added.
Gibralitern laughed. "Childern. The Gods sent children to fight me." It laughed some more. Then it opened it's mouth and spewed fire at the young ones standing before it. Screams could be heard from all around. A red light surrounded the girls and Seishi before any of the fire hit them.
"Amanda?" Kouji questioned. And suddenly they were falling.
"What did you DO?" Sarah yelled.
"It wasn't me!" Amanda yelled back, amoungst the screams
