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Leila fell to the cold ground. The great force of Hikari's assault drew Kurai's attention from his victim. Leila slowly moved to her side in pain, the small fall tested how sensitive she has become. She looked at her hand and noticed the dampness of rain on it, and the sky grew darker with clouds and rain.
Kurai drew his blade and defended himself from Hikari's knife, "She has become much quicker! How could she have gotten this much strong in a short amount of time?" Kurai thought,
Hikari quickly dashed behind her brother and wrapped her arm around his neck with her knife pressing against it, "Because your vengeance fuels my anger! Thus making me stronger!"
"You can hear me!?" Kurai jabbed his elbow into Hikari's stomach and aimed his sword to her face, "How can you hear me!?" he demanded
"IM GIFTED!" Hikari yelled and kicked the blade from her brother's hands with cat-like reflexes. She then used her other leg to glide into Kurai's feet to trip him. Kurai now found himself looking up to his sister. Hikari was now dripping wet from the rain, "I can hear your every though" she nearly whispered, "our bond of blood gives me that ability, and I am not about to let you go and destroy more innocent lives!"
"She killed our father!" Kurai yelled,
"He deserved it! All vampires do! We where not conceived by love! But with hate, violence and lust! The very same that you did to that woman!" Hikari's face grew angry and felt ashamed at the same time. She hated talking about the rape of their mother by a vampire who was their father.
"ENOUGH!" Kurai yelled, he bared his teeth and claws in preparation for battle, "You will die tonight, and if I die as well ...then so be it!"
D was able to see that Hikari had the situation somewhat under control, but enough to give him full confidence, however she was fairing much better than Leila. D rushed to her and helped her to her knees,
"Are you alright?" D asked with his usual monotone voice
"No......" Leila wrapped her arms around her abdomen.
D began to feel worried, he could hear the sound of flesh being pierced and torn, and voices of pain and anger coming from the trees in which the dunpeal twin had continued their 'argument'
"D....I..." Leila tried to stand on feet, but fell into D's arms. Leila silently cursed to herself and lowered to her knees again, "I can't stay here"
D wanted to help Leila, but his feeling told him that he couldn't just leave the battling twins. D lifted Leila in his arms and brought her to his horse and laid her down at its feet, "You should be safe here just try to hold on, I'll do my best to return as soon as I can"
Lightening lit the sky and allowed Leila to see D as he left to go after the dunpeal twins, "Kill him....D..." Leila nearly cried in pain, she knew what was going to happen.
Kurai sliced the branch that Hikari was standing on with is powerful claws. Hikari landed on the ground on her feet and looked up at her brother. Her facial expression told Kurai that she was totally serious about this, she really wanted him dead.
D ran into the scene and examined the situation, he could see Kurai standing in a tall tree near a broken limb.
"You know...he would make a nice lightening rod in that tree" Left hand spoke,
"I am surprised that you know what is going on, you have been quite silent" D answered
"I don't like in interfere with family affairs" Left hand spoke.
The lightening lit up the sky and Hikari noticed D standing in the distance,
"D! Stay away! This is none of your concern!" Hikari yelled,
Kurai grew angry at the warning his sister threw to the hunter. Kurai reached above him to break off a thick branch of the tree, he then aimed the sharp torn wood fibers toward is sister and leapt.
Hikari looked above her, everything happened so fast, she could not react fast enough. But suddenly, all she could see was a black cape in front of her. D had dashed in front of Hikari and caught the branch with his blade. The branch split in two and Kurai fell to the ground and his head hit the tree's hard trunk. Kurai was greatly weakened.
Hikari could hardly believe what just happened, did D just save her? "D? Why...."
"I owe you for those herbs remember?" D answered, his attention was suddenly drawn toward Kurai, the injured dunpeal leapt on D and brought his hand to D's neck.
Hikari panicked. She looked at D's long scimitar, and then to the sky. Hikari knew what she had to do.
Hikari snatched the scimitar from D's hand and with one swing of the long blade, Kurai had a deep gash in his side. Kurai let go of D's neck and rolled off in pain. Hikari did not hesitate a moment, keeping the scimitar in hand, she took her brother by the arm and began to drag him toward the tree.
D slowly sat up "Hikari...what are you going to do?"
Hikari jumped from branch to branch, until she and her wounded brother where to the top.
"What....What are you doing?" Kurai asked as blood began to fill his throat, he the watch Hikari raise the scimitar to the sky, "NO! What are you thinking! You will destroy us both!"
"I really don't care!" Hikari spat, "It is much better then the life that we have been leading!"
"No! Stop this Hikari! NOW!" Kurai yelled in vain.
D slowly got to his feet and he looked up. Before he could respond to the situation, a massive lightening bolt struck the long scimitar and ignited the entire tree. D stood in front of the burning tree, from the sky he could see the gleam of metal as his scimitar fell to the ground. It was undamaged as always.
"What just happened!? What did I miss?!" Left hand asked frantically"
D paused for several minuets "Its over....all over"
Leila began to breath faster and faster. It has nearly been an hour. She had no idea how long it would take for her to be ready, and she definitely wasn't in the best place to give birth anyhow. She had to get back to her cottage.
Leila looked up and saw a shadowy figure walk toward her. She grew nervous, but was relieved when the lightening lit up the man's appearances. It was D. D could tell that Leila's breathing was much heavier.
Leila felt herself being lifted into D arms and mounted onto D's horse. Leila sat in front of D while he took the reins in one hand and wrapped his other arm around Leila. "Are you alright now?" D asked
"I'll be fine..." Leila breathed, "But I need to get back to the cottage and find Jandel"
D kicked his horse and listened to Leila's directions.
Jandel was hot on Kurai's trail, but little did he know about his fate, still he had to find Leila. Jandel walked through the trees and did his best to see through the rain with little success, but he did see a a dark figure riding a horse, and he wasn't alone.
"Leila?! Is that you!?" Jandel called
"That must be Jandel..." D confirmed and lead his horse to him, "It is us" D called,
"Are you all ok?" Jandel ran to them, "what happened?"
"Jandel...I'm..." Leila continued to breath,
"Your in labor!?" Jandel could tell by the way Leila was breathing and how tightly she was holding on to D's hand.
Leila nodded.
"Then we have to get you back to the cottage" Jandel began to lead the way, "D...you can tell me what happened on the way"
Author's note: AAAAAHHHH! Where are my writing skills? Oh well the end is near anyway! Thank goodness! When I started this fic I was full of energy! But now I feel drained from life altogether...but few people out like this fic so I said that I'll finish it for them! They like it!
Chibi Neko
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