Disclaimer: Nope. Nuh-uh. Still don't, and can't own it. v_v Oh well…
"St-s-stop!" He cried out, the fire demon suddenly was cut into pieces by a large, black sword. I gasped as the fire demon dissentagrated into nothing, and Junpei's eyes widened in disbelief at what we saw: Kouichi.
"Being defeated by mere trainees. Pathetic." Kouichi growled, his eyes hard and cold like stone. This was diffinately not the Kouichi I know, the Kouichi I know didn't think of anything as pathetic, and his eyes were kind and full of life. Rage and hate boiled up inside me again, and I ignored the pounding headache. Cherubimon would pay dearly for doing this to my brother, turning him into a heartless warrior. I know for a fact that isn't the real darkness…But fake, controling MY brother, my family.
"Kouichi!" I called out, my eyes narrowed and slanted. Junpei looked at and me and seemed quite startled. Perhaps he saw the sadness in my eyes as I looked at my brother, because when Kouichi looked at me it was the look of pure hatred itself, and that look felt like someone punched me in the stomach. Did my brother…hate me?
"Oh, it's just you." Kouichi replied in a blank voice, which surprised me. I recall every single time when Kouichi saw me coming, and he smiled and his voice carried joy. Now it was so blank it tore at my heart.
"What do you mean, just me? Kouichi, I'm your brother! We're family, why are you letting that bastard control you?!" I demanded of him. Kouichi chuckled, and he smiled wickedly at me, such a wicked, wicked smile…By now my headache was dull and forgotten, as my heart ached so much more than my head ever would by now.
"Give me a break Kouji, Lord Cherubimon is not controlling me. He's not a bastard either so I'd watch your tongue if I were you, especially when you speak of him so nastily in front of us. I don't give a damn if we're family Kouji, I never did. Hell, I don't even give a damn about you." Kouichi laughed, as if this were all some extremely funny joke. No Kouichi, this is not a laughing matter.
"Kouji!" Junpei yelped out, and I twirled around to see the vines wrapping around him again. Narrowing my eyes I looked at the Warrior of Wood who grinned darkly at Junpei, enjoying his vengence. I would normally never allow this on my watch, but right now I had more important matters. Turning my attention back to Kouichi, I noticed he was gone, right before I felt something cold, metallic, and sharp press against my neck. I'll give you two guesses who it is, and what they got. Yes, Kouichi held his black sword against my neck, a grin he had saved just for this moment. Before he did anything else, I had to know why. WHY!
"Why Kouichi? Why?" I gasped out as he increased the pressure on my neck, cutting in enough for a small trickle of blood to start coming, but not deep enough I should worry.
"You. Kouji you were such an ignorant brother, useless and hopeless at each time. Always wondering why you were the Warrior of Light. I now wonder too, as you hold not one quality needed for the Warrior of Light. Sickens me we're enemies, your not even worth my time in fighting. Perhaps later you may be worth wasting my time on. Until then, you're a pathetic weak TWIN." Kouichi growled in reply, and in a flash he was gone. I fell to the ground, gasping and shaking with fear I never knew I had. Until now I didn't notice how cold it was, nor how hollow my heart felt. Kouichi, are you truly against us because of me? I whimpered at the thought and at the revenge of my headache that being the bitch it was, decided it didn't like being ignored and so it came back worse than ever.
"KOUJI!!" Junpei cried out. I immediately got up, despite my head, and took out my light saber-thingy, 'Damn it Kouji, you got it bad.' My mind commented and left me confused. Ignoring my mind's unusual comments, I stabbed the man through the back.
"That the best you can do?" The Warrior of Wood chuckled, picked me up by the shirt collar, and tossed me into a tree. "Kouichi's right, that IS pathetic. I'm not sure how you defeated Grumblemon." Mr. Wood sneered, a mocking grin. I had to admit, I would like to know that too. How did I defeat the Warrior of Ground, as I don't seem to be capable of even being a challenge towards my own flesh a blood. 'That went against us because of you.' My mind said softly, as if blaming itself as much as I blamed myself. Because of me, no other outside source, but me.
"…Yes…" I murmured, my eyes perhaps a bit more empty than before. Junpei stared at me as if I lost my mind, and I'm not sure why.
"What are you talking about Kouji?! You can do so much more, don't lsiten to your brother for once! He's just under the dark lord's power, he probably doesn't even know what he's saying!" Junpei cried, obviously not enjoying watching me lose all faith and hope. He was wrong, I was the reason the dark lord even gained any power of him.
"Your wrong Junpei! If it weren't for me, the dark lord wouldn't have even gained an ounce of power over my brother…" I shot back, feeling tears well up in my eyes. I've never been an emotional person, but Kouichi was my only family as I have said before. And losing him was like losing everything in existence, but knowing he was only following Cherubimon because of me felt like my heart no longer was needed, it was just something meant to hurt me in the end. Everyone would end up hurting me in the end, so I must push them away.
"Kouji, that's my point! The dark lord is MAKING him say that, when it is not true! Your brother loves you, you know that! He'd never do anything like that, never! Why are you giving up so easily on someone you traveled long and far to save Kouji?! Besides, what about the others, have you thought about them Kouji? Answer me!" Junpei cried, and I stared at him best I could, as I could as the impact into the tree really did hurt. I stared at him, not sure what to reply back. I know what he said was kinda've cheesy and a bit too emotional, but it was true. Was I even thinking about all the hardships I went through to retrieve my brother from Cherubimon? And the others, they needed my help. Junpei was perhaps right too, perhaps Cherubimon was forcing my brother to lie to me like that. With new ound will power, I grabbed the other Warrior's wrist, my eyes slanted and hardened.
"Wait, no. I just remembered something. No, that's not the best I can do. Would you like to see it?" I asked the Wood Warrior. He seemed slightly surprised I regained my thoughts and found my true goal so quickly, but only grinned to show he thought my best was no greater than my worst.
"I don't see why not." He cackled, and held up a whip, positioned and ready to crack it down onto me. I snorted, and stood up a little shakily.
"KOUJI!!!" Junpei yelped. Looking over to see what he was calling for me, and I gasped. The vines wrapped themselves around him, Izumi, Tomoki, and Takuya. This only pissed me off, as this guy was weak and scared enough to steep down so low he'd hold the others hostage, especially my Takuya. 'GAAAAAAAAAAH!' My mind screamed and I cringed in the process. I snarled at it to stop screaming when I tried to concentrate and it immediately made no sound.
"You're the one whose pathetic." I spat at Mr. Wood over there. He growled, and snapped his whip at me, and I thankfully used my fast reflexes to move out of the way. I then grinned, deciding to use the trick Takuya taught me. Holding my hand out, I focused my energy in that hand. As the energy grew, so did the pain which I chose to ignore.
"The hell?" Junpei gasped, never seeing me do that yet. Mr. Wood himself looked even more shocked seeing I even knew I could do this.
"Lobo Kendo!" I growled, I'm not sure why and my normal light saber I used came out much sharper, longer and meant for eliminating only false darkness and evil meant to harm. Charging at Mr. Wood, I came down with one slice-and he was gone. My new sword slowly dispersed, and I felt woozy, probably from loss of energy. Grinning as if I was drunk, I walked shakily over to the others who were put down gently when Mr. Wood dude died. Ooooh, pretty pretty colors…I don't feel too good…And I passed out.
A/N: v_v First off, I'd like to sorry: SORRY!!! This was suppose to go up yesterday, but it wasn't at a reasonable ending. Next chapter will be in Takuya's POV (^o^), but it may be either shorter, or the same length as this because Takuya's POV isn't as fun as Kouji's is…teehee! By the way, because I'll be going over to a friend's this weekend I won't be able to update until sometimes next week, and most unfortunately this was one very short and crappy chapter. So sorry! I'll shut up now, have a great day/night! ^_~
