The Never Aging Darkness
By: Rika Hitoshi
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Chapter 11 - Broken
"Tamahome! Stop!" Nuriko grabbed Tamahome's arm. "Let go Nuriko! I'm going after her!" Nuriko pulled harder, bringing Tamahome to the ground. "I'm sorry Tama-kins, but you can't go, you'll get killed before you get near Kyandee's palace." Tamahome glared at Nuriko, "Then why are we waiting?! If we don't move she'll kill Kiki!" Nuriko sighed, "You idiot, are that naive. Kyandee can't kill Kiki. If she did she wouldn't be able to get hold of Suzaku. Don't you see. Kiki is safe for now. " Nuriko let go of Tamahome and he stood up. "Then why are we waiting?" Nuriko sighed again, "Because, we need Chichiri. He's the only one who can get us to the palace without having to travel on foot. Did you hit your head or something. Your acting like Tasuki..."
Tasuki came running out. "'Ey you guys! Quit messin' 'round. Chichiri is ready to take us to that village place." Nuriko and Tamahome nodded and followed Tasuki into the main hall where Chichiri and the others were standing on Chichiri's kesa. "Ready no da?" everyone nodded and they all vanished into the kesa that disappeared as well. They all reappeared just outside the city wall. Tasuki looked over at Chichiri, "You couldn't get us any closer?" Chichiri blinked, "I can only teleport to places that I've been no da. This is the closest I have been to this village no da. Hey Tamahome wait!" Tamahome had already started running up to the now huge palace. As the others followed Nuriko stared up at the palace in awe, "You know, it looked a lot smaller when Taiitsukun showed it to us in her mirror that one time." Tasuki nodded, "Yeah, it did." "It has been growing no da." They both looked at Chichiri. "Kyandee's powers have been slowly growing and as they grow so does her palace no da. It's basic magic."
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Kyandee stretched her arms out, "So they have arrived. About time too, I've been waiting for a long time for all of them to get here. What fun it'll be," She turned to Tsu who was walking in from one of the corridors. "You put her in the guest room right Tsu-kun?" he nodded, "Yes, she's still sleeping though." Kyandee smiled happily, "Of course, she'll awake once I want her too. Come Tsu, we must go awake the gods. They are probably getting hungry too." Kyandee and Tsu walked out and headed down some stairs in a dark dungeon below the ground. There four large cells were closed off by Kyandee's magic. Three of the four contained the gods Byakko, Seiryuu, and Genbu. Kyandee stared at the empty one, "Soon, this empty cage will be filled, and the god Suzaku will be filling it."
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The seishi split up to search for Kiki in groups of four, Chichiri chose to go alone. Tasuki and Nuriko headed up the north corridor while Tamahome and Hotohori took the west. Mitsukake and Chiriko took the northeast one and Chichiri ran down the east route. It seemed that the north, west, and northeast routes all joined into one large chamber that had a northern exit. Tamahome was the first to start running towards it, but some force threw him back, throwing him into the others. "Could ya try ta be a little more careful Tamahome?" Tasuki said pushing the seishi off. He picked up a stone and threw it at the northern entrance and it came back, hitting Tamahome in the head. "Hmm there must be a type of magic barrier or somethin' coverin' it." There was a roar behind them followed by two other roars. Nuriko sighed, "Goodie, we get to fight the lovely trio of destruction again." He stood up and turned around as the others followed suit and faced the three gods.
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Chichiri was trying to his best to keep track of Kiki's life force, but it was weak and hard to trace. Following the small source he could sense he final came down to a corridor that ended into a room. He ran to it and threw the doors open. The room was semi-dark and seemed empty with a few pieces of dusty furniture and lamps that were lit. He stepped into it, closing the doors behind him. Hearing a faint sound he turned around to see something shifting in the large bed located in the middle of the room standing a few feet from the ground. Kiki's head emerged from under the thick blankets and she rubbed her eyes. Looking up her eyes met with Chichiri's from across the room. "Chi-Chichiri.?" he walked over to the bed. "Come, we have to find the others and get out of here no da." He held out his hand to help her down. She took it and he helped her down from the bed.
Kiki felt her face become warm and her heart speed up. She turned to Chichiri, he looked at her, "Something wrong no da?" Kiki felt like she needed to tell him something, but didn't know what it was. There was a creak from the door and they both faced it. Tsu walked in grinning. "Sorry, am I interrupting something?" Chichiri glared at him. "I figured since your friends were too busy playing with the gods that you would play with me instead. How about Chichiri. Why don't we finish our fight from before? This time without any little pests throwing rocks at people again." He held out his hand and Kiki felt her body become like lead and she kneeled to the ground.
Chichiri knelt down next to her, "What did you do to her?" Tsu grinned, "I casted a spell that just increased the gravity surrounding her body and increased her body weight. It may be a little too painful for her, but she can't speak with that weight on her lungs so she can't expresses it properly right now. If she could, she'd probably be screaming in pain." He laughed loudly as Chichiri removed his mask. "Remove your spell now!" Tsu shook his head smiling, "Your going to have to kill me first. That will be the only way for the spell to be removed, or she could try to remove it herself, but she has already been weakened too much to fight it off. Moreover, if you don't kill me off quickly she'll die too. No normal human being can stand that much pressure on their body."
Chichiri stood up, gripping his staff tightly. Tsu grinned and drew out his sword. "Ready seishi?" Chichiri didn't make any notion of answering and just charged at Tsu, surprising the dark fighter a little and just giving him the time to block the attack. It seemed that this battle was the opposite of the last one between the two. Tsu kept blocking the wave of attacks until he was pinned up to the wall. Chichiri ran at him about to make the final attack, but Tsu fired a Ki blast, sending Chichiri into the dusty furniture. Kiki opened her mouth, but couldn't talk and felt the strain on her body become heavier. She could feel her lungs closing up slowly and couldn't breath properly. Chichiri stood back up and launched a Ki blast back at Tsu causing the wall to break under the force and for Tsu to fall back with it.
As Tsu was about to get back up he felt Chichiri's staff at his neck. "Damn you seishi of Suzaku. damn you." Chichiri glared down at him. "You chose your path and stayed with it. This is what you receive for taking it. What more could you expect from siding with Kyandee?" Tsu closed his eyes and smiled, "A lot of things." Kiki saw Tsu's sword floating behind Chichiri. She tried to yell out to him, but every time she tried to speak her lungs closed up. All Tsu had to do was keep Chichiri busy a minute longer and the sword would be in his back. Kiki couldn't stand it, she wouldn't let it happen, but there was nothing she could do. Tsu focused more of his energy into the sword. It was his main specialty, concealing his life force powers and it was the only reason why Chichiri couldn't sense the floating sword hovering behind him dangerously.
"This is your own end Suzaku seishi. You choose the path of the faithful protector and not all protectors live to the end." Chichiri pressed the staff into Tsu's neck harder as he continued smiling. "You may make it to end, but you won't be able to protect her from the decision she chooses to make. In the end it'll be because of your very self that she perishes." Chichiri's eyes widened a little and then returned to their glare. "Your rambling of nothing." Tsu shook his head a little, "The Suzaku no Miko will die, if not now then later and it will all end up as your fault. You alone will carry the guilt and sorrow of her death and you know why too. Let me end your life now so you don't have to watch her suffer!" Tsu's eyes widened like a lunatic's and the sword was launched. "CHICHIRI!!"
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Chapter 11 - Broken
"Tamahome! Stop!" Nuriko grabbed Tamahome's arm. "Let go Nuriko! I'm going after her!" Nuriko pulled harder, bringing Tamahome to the ground. "I'm sorry Tama-kins, but you can't go, you'll get killed before you get near Kyandee's palace." Tamahome glared at Nuriko, "Then why are we waiting?! If we don't move she'll kill Kiki!" Nuriko sighed, "You idiot, are that naive. Kyandee can't kill Kiki. If she did she wouldn't be able to get hold of Suzaku. Don't you see. Kiki is safe for now. " Nuriko let go of Tamahome and he stood up. "Then why are we waiting?" Nuriko sighed again, "Because, we need Chichiri. He's the only one who can get us to the palace without having to travel on foot. Did you hit your head or something. Your acting like Tasuki..."
Tasuki came running out. "'Ey you guys! Quit messin' 'round. Chichiri is ready to take us to that village place." Nuriko and Tamahome nodded and followed Tasuki into the main hall where Chichiri and the others were standing on Chichiri's kesa. "Ready no da?" everyone nodded and they all vanished into the kesa that disappeared as well. They all reappeared just outside the city wall. Tasuki looked over at Chichiri, "You couldn't get us any closer?" Chichiri blinked, "I can only teleport to places that I've been no da. This is the closest I have been to this village no da. Hey Tamahome wait!" Tamahome had already started running up to the now huge palace. As the others followed Nuriko stared up at the palace in awe, "You know, it looked a lot smaller when Taiitsukun showed it to us in her mirror that one time." Tasuki nodded, "Yeah, it did." "It has been growing no da." They both looked at Chichiri. "Kyandee's powers have been slowly growing and as they grow so does her palace no da. It's basic magic."
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Kyandee stretched her arms out, "So they have arrived. About time too, I've been waiting for a long time for all of them to get here. What fun it'll be," She turned to Tsu who was walking in from one of the corridors. "You put her in the guest room right Tsu-kun?" he nodded, "Yes, she's still sleeping though." Kyandee smiled happily, "Of course, she'll awake once I want her too. Come Tsu, we must go awake the gods. They are probably getting hungry too." Kyandee and Tsu walked out and headed down some stairs in a dark dungeon below the ground. There four large cells were closed off by Kyandee's magic. Three of the four contained the gods Byakko, Seiryuu, and Genbu. Kyandee stared at the empty one, "Soon, this empty cage will be filled, and the god Suzaku will be filling it."
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The seishi split up to search for Kiki in groups of four, Chichiri chose to go alone. Tasuki and Nuriko headed up the north corridor while Tamahome and Hotohori took the west. Mitsukake and Chiriko took the northeast one and Chichiri ran down the east route. It seemed that the north, west, and northeast routes all joined into one large chamber that had a northern exit. Tamahome was the first to start running towards it, but some force threw him back, throwing him into the others. "Could ya try ta be a little more careful Tamahome?" Tasuki said pushing the seishi off. He picked up a stone and threw it at the northern entrance and it came back, hitting Tamahome in the head. "Hmm there must be a type of magic barrier or somethin' coverin' it." There was a roar behind them followed by two other roars. Nuriko sighed, "Goodie, we get to fight the lovely trio of destruction again." He stood up and turned around as the others followed suit and faced the three gods.
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Chichiri was trying to his best to keep track of Kiki's life force, but it was weak and hard to trace. Following the small source he could sense he final came down to a corridor that ended into a room. He ran to it and threw the doors open. The room was semi-dark and seemed empty with a few pieces of dusty furniture and lamps that were lit. He stepped into it, closing the doors behind him. Hearing a faint sound he turned around to see something shifting in the large bed located in the middle of the room standing a few feet from the ground. Kiki's head emerged from under the thick blankets and she rubbed her eyes. Looking up her eyes met with Chichiri's from across the room. "Chi-Chichiri.?" he walked over to the bed. "Come, we have to find the others and get out of here no da." He held out his hand to help her down. She took it and he helped her down from the bed.
Kiki felt her face become warm and her heart speed up. She turned to Chichiri, he looked at her, "Something wrong no da?" Kiki felt like she needed to tell him something, but didn't know what it was. There was a creak from the door and they both faced it. Tsu walked in grinning. "Sorry, am I interrupting something?" Chichiri glared at him. "I figured since your friends were too busy playing with the gods that you would play with me instead. How about Chichiri. Why don't we finish our fight from before? This time without any little pests throwing rocks at people again." He held out his hand and Kiki felt her body become like lead and she kneeled to the ground.
Chichiri knelt down next to her, "What did you do to her?" Tsu grinned, "I casted a spell that just increased the gravity surrounding her body and increased her body weight. It may be a little too painful for her, but she can't speak with that weight on her lungs so she can't expresses it properly right now. If she could, she'd probably be screaming in pain." He laughed loudly as Chichiri removed his mask. "Remove your spell now!" Tsu shook his head smiling, "Your going to have to kill me first. That will be the only way for the spell to be removed, or she could try to remove it herself, but she has already been weakened too much to fight it off. Moreover, if you don't kill me off quickly she'll die too. No normal human being can stand that much pressure on their body."
Chichiri stood up, gripping his staff tightly. Tsu grinned and drew out his sword. "Ready seishi?" Chichiri didn't make any notion of answering and just charged at Tsu, surprising the dark fighter a little and just giving him the time to block the attack. It seemed that this battle was the opposite of the last one between the two. Tsu kept blocking the wave of attacks until he was pinned up to the wall. Chichiri ran at him about to make the final attack, but Tsu fired a Ki blast, sending Chichiri into the dusty furniture. Kiki opened her mouth, but couldn't talk and felt the strain on her body become heavier. She could feel her lungs closing up slowly and couldn't breath properly. Chichiri stood back up and launched a Ki blast back at Tsu causing the wall to break under the force and for Tsu to fall back with it.
As Tsu was about to get back up he felt Chichiri's staff at his neck. "Damn you seishi of Suzaku. damn you." Chichiri glared down at him. "You chose your path and stayed with it. This is what you receive for taking it. What more could you expect from siding with Kyandee?" Tsu closed his eyes and smiled, "A lot of things." Kiki saw Tsu's sword floating behind Chichiri. She tried to yell out to him, but every time she tried to speak her lungs closed up. All Tsu had to do was keep Chichiri busy a minute longer and the sword would be in his back. Kiki couldn't stand it, she wouldn't let it happen, but there was nothing she could do. Tsu focused more of his energy into the sword. It was his main specialty, concealing his life force powers and it was the only reason why Chichiri couldn't sense the floating sword hovering behind him dangerously.
"This is your own end Suzaku seishi. You choose the path of the faithful protector and not all protectors live to the end." Chichiri pressed the staff into Tsu's neck harder as he continued smiling. "You may make it to end, but you won't be able to protect her from the decision she chooses to make. In the end it'll be because of your very self that she perishes." Chichiri's eyes widened a little and then returned to their glare. "Your rambling of nothing." Tsu shook his head a little, "The Suzaku no Miko will die, if not now then later and it will all end up as your fault. You alone will carry the guilt and sorrow of her death and you know why too. Let me end your life now so you don't have to watch her suffer!" Tsu's eyes widened like a lunatic's and the sword was launched. "CHICHIRI!!"