Dark Moon & Midnight Shadows
ch 6
"Abayo gaijin!" the gargoyle said as she raised her claw and got ready to strike.
"We're too far," Ryo exclaimed, "Touma!"
Touma gave a quick nod, and then got ready to deliver his surekill. "Shin Ku Ha!" Touma called out as his attack went towards the gargoyle. The panther looked back, like it sensed something coming, and then it gave a loud roar. The gargoyle gave a quick side-glance and then pulled up at the last second. Then the gargoyle looked towards the panther, and the panther took off towards the troopers.
"Ok, now what? We got the panther's attention, but the gargoyle is still too close to Kasura." Touma asked as the panther kept on coming.
"Hey, wait a minute, where is Kasura?" Shu asked as he noticed that she wasn't lying on the ground.
"Good question Shu, but at the moment, I think that we have a big problem. And I do mean big." Seji replied as the panther suddenly became larger in size.
"It's bigger than Byauken!" Shin said as the panther stood in center of their circle.
"That Shin, my friend, is a definite understatement." Touma replied as they kept their eyes on the giant panther.
"Dore dore? Is the little gaijin lost? Here, let me help you find your way back...to oblivion!" the gargoyle said as she swiped at Kasura. Kasura dove to the side and kept rolling until the wall of the University stopped her. Kasura opened up one eye as she looked up and saw that the gargoyle was grinning at her.
"What are you grinning at?" Kasura asked as she winced while she was grabbing onto her side. Blood was seeping out from her hands as she tried to keep pressure on the wound.
"For two reasons, one, I can smell your blood, and two, besides your excess bleeding, my claws have injected a deadly poison into your body. All I need to insure that you'll die, is one more attack, so say goodbye." the gargoyle replied, as she got ready to attack.
"No! I won't go down that easy, I won't!" Kasura thought in determination as she was fighting to get up. As the gargoyle was getting closer, Kasura glared angrily at the gargoyle, as she got ready to hold her ground. The gargoyle raised her claw high and started to increase her speed, as she was ready to take the finishing swipe. As the gargoyle got within reaching distance, she struck out at Kasura, but at the same time a silver light shot out at the gargoyle making her cry out in pain.
"What was that!?" Ryo asked as they heard the gargoyle cries. The giant panther turned its head and started to run to where the sound came from.
"It's getting away!" Seji replied as the panther started to run even faster.
"Well what are we standing around here for? Let's get after it!" Touma said as they took off after the panther.
Kasura was kneeling with one knee on the ground and holding onto her side with both hands as they glared at each other. Kasura's breathing was shallow, her vision started to get blurry, and her body started to shake from the poison. "What did you do to me!?" the gargoyle demanded as she held onto her scorched claw.
"I..don't..know..what..you're..talking..about." Kasura replied as she struggled to get the words out.
"You've scorched my claw beyond repair! Muko!" the gargoyle swore at her. "You'll pay for this!"
"Heh..nam..eru..ja..na..i." Kasura replied as she was fighting to keep herself from falling over.
Suddenly out of nowhere, the panther burst through the trees and landed next to the gargoyle. The panther took a quick glance and saw that she was injured. So it turned its head and snarled at Kasura, just as it was going to pounce, "Rai Ko Zan!" Seji called out as he delivered his surekill, making the panther to fall back and stand in front of the gargoyle. The gargoyle leaned down and whispered something in the panther's ear, and then they both vanished in a blanket of smoke.
"Kasura!" Shu yelled out as she fell onto the ground. "Seji..."
Seji gave a quick nod, and then closed his eyes as he started the healing process. He didn't like where this was going. Seji could feel that it was taking a lot longer than he expected.
"Come on!" Seji thought as he concentrated harder.
"Seji, it's working!" Shin exclaimed as he noticed that Kasura's bleeding stopped, and her wound started to heal.
"Seji, are you all right?" Touma asked as he noticed that his breathing was a bit labored when he sat back.
"I'm ok, Touma. How's Kasura?" Seji replied as he glanced over at her.
"Looks like her breathing is back to normal, and her wound's gone. But Seji, why did it take so long?" Ryo asked as he looked over at him.
"I'm guessing that there was some kind of poison that the gargoyle had in her claws, and when she swiped at Kasura, she got her infected." Seji replied.
"Hey, what's this?" Touma asked as he noticed a small silver ball that was lying next to her.
"And where did it come from?" Seji asked. "Did it come from inside of her?"
"Not sure, but whatever it is, I would say that it somehow saved her life." Ryo replied as he picked it up to take a closer look at it. "I don't believe it."
"Ryo? Wha..?" Shin started to ask, but then was cut short by the sound of Kasura coming around.
Ryo quickly put the small silver ball into her pocket just as she was starting to open her eyes.
"Gargoyle...silver..light...panther." Kasura said quietly as she started to stir.
"Take it easy, everything is going to be ok, go back to sleep." Shu replied as he gently picked her up.
"Come on, we'd better get back home, I have a feeling that whatever happened tonight has barely even started." Ryo said as they were starting to leave the University grounds.
"Mei, Tahi, report." Lao said as they entered the hidden room.
"Lao, I'm sorry, but the gaijin still lives." Mei replied as she and Tahi turned into humans.
"I figured as much, I knew that the two of you would fail. But it doesn't matter, earlier Mei, when you were fighting the gaijin, there was something that I sensed from her. Something that's similar to the Troopers, but yet at the same time, different." the dean said as he entered the room.
"Source! What brings you down here?" Lao asked, as he looked back at him in a startled reaction.
"First of all, don't ever call me, Source!" the dean replied as he made two pillars of fire
flare.
"Yes, yes, of course, master." Lao said as he, Mei and Tahi bowed.
"Second of all, it seems like the plans have changed." the dean replied as the two pillars of fire went back to normal.
"Changed, master?" Tahi asked as she looked on with curiosity.
"This power that I sensed from the gaijin, it intrigues me. Lao!" the dean replied as he quickly looked over towards him.
"Yes master?" Lao asked.
"I want the three of you to lay off of the gaijin for a little while. Both during the day, and
during the night." the dean replied.
"But why, master? I thought that we..?" Lao started to ask.
"I hope that you're not questioning me, Lao. Because I really hate it when people question me." the dean replied as his eyes started to glow.
"Of course not master, I'm sure that Lao didn't mean anything by it." Mei said as she hurriedly covered up for him.
"See to it that it doesn't happen again. For now, just keep an eye on her, don't make contact in any way, and don't make contact with the Troopers. I want to learn everything that I can about this gaijin, and this mysterious power." the dean replied as he vanished.
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*Note Japanese translations
Abayo == not considered a polite way to say goodbye
Dore dore? == Hello, what do we have here?
Muko == damn you!
nameru ja nai == don't underestimate me
ch 6
"Abayo gaijin!" the gargoyle said as she raised her claw and got ready to strike.
"We're too far," Ryo exclaimed, "Touma!"
Touma gave a quick nod, and then got ready to deliver his surekill. "Shin Ku Ha!" Touma called out as his attack went towards the gargoyle. The panther looked back, like it sensed something coming, and then it gave a loud roar. The gargoyle gave a quick side-glance and then pulled up at the last second. Then the gargoyle looked towards the panther, and the panther took off towards the troopers.
"Ok, now what? We got the panther's attention, but the gargoyle is still too close to Kasura." Touma asked as the panther kept on coming.
"Hey, wait a minute, where is Kasura?" Shu asked as he noticed that she wasn't lying on the ground.
"Good question Shu, but at the moment, I think that we have a big problem. And I do mean big." Seji replied as the panther suddenly became larger in size.
"It's bigger than Byauken!" Shin said as the panther stood in center of their circle.
"That Shin, my friend, is a definite understatement." Touma replied as they kept their eyes on the giant panther.
"Dore dore? Is the little gaijin lost? Here, let me help you find your way back...to oblivion!" the gargoyle said as she swiped at Kasura. Kasura dove to the side and kept rolling until the wall of the University stopped her. Kasura opened up one eye as she looked up and saw that the gargoyle was grinning at her.
"What are you grinning at?" Kasura asked as she winced while she was grabbing onto her side. Blood was seeping out from her hands as she tried to keep pressure on the wound.
"For two reasons, one, I can smell your blood, and two, besides your excess bleeding, my claws have injected a deadly poison into your body. All I need to insure that you'll die, is one more attack, so say goodbye." the gargoyle replied, as she got ready to attack.
"No! I won't go down that easy, I won't!" Kasura thought in determination as she was fighting to get up. As the gargoyle was getting closer, Kasura glared angrily at the gargoyle, as she got ready to hold her ground. The gargoyle raised her claw high and started to increase her speed, as she was ready to take the finishing swipe. As the gargoyle got within reaching distance, she struck out at Kasura, but at the same time a silver light shot out at the gargoyle making her cry out in pain.
"What was that!?" Ryo asked as they heard the gargoyle cries. The giant panther turned its head and started to run to where the sound came from.
"It's getting away!" Seji replied as the panther started to run even faster.
"Well what are we standing around here for? Let's get after it!" Touma said as they took off after the panther.
Kasura was kneeling with one knee on the ground and holding onto her side with both hands as they glared at each other. Kasura's breathing was shallow, her vision started to get blurry, and her body started to shake from the poison. "What did you do to me!?" the gargoyle demanded as she held onto her scorched claw.
"I..don't..know..what..you're..talking..about." Kasura replied as she struggled to get the words out.
"You've scorched my claw beyond repair! Muko!" the gargoyle swore at her. "You'll pay for this!"
"Heh..nam..eru..ja..na..i." Kasura replied as she was fighting to keep herself from falling over.
Suddenly out of nowhere, the panther burst through the trees and landed next to the gargoyle. The panther took a quick glance and saw that she was injured. So it turned its head and snarled at Kasura, just as it was going to pounce, "Rai Ko Zan!" Seji called out as he delivered his surekill, making the panther to fall back and stand in front of the gargoyle. The gargoyle leaned down and whispered something in the panther's ear, and then they both vanished in a blanket of smoke.
"Kasura!" Shu yelled out as she fell onto the ground. "Seji..."
Seji gave a quick nod, and then closed his eyes as he started the healing process. He didn't like where this was going. Seji could feel that it was taking a lot longer than he expected.
"Come on!" Seji thought as he concentrated harder.
"Seji, it's working!" Shin exclaimed as he noticed that Kasura's bleeding stopped, and her wound started to heal.
"Seji, are you all right?" Touma asked as he noticed that his breathing was a bit labored when he sat back.
"I'm ok, Touma. How's Kasura?" Seji replied as he glanced over at her.
"Looks like her breathing is back to normal, and her wound's gone. But Seji, why did it take so long?" Ryo asked as he looked over at him.
"I'm guessing that there was some kind of poison that the gargoyle had in her claws, and when she swiped at Kasura, she got her infected." Seji replied.
"Hey, what's this?" Touma asked as he noticed a small silver ball that was lying next to her.
"And where did it come from?" Seji asked. "Did it come from inside of her?"
"Not sure, but whatever it is, I would say that it somehow saved her life." Ryo replied as he picked it up to take a closer look at it. "I don't believe it."
"Ryo? Wha..?" Shin started to ask, but then was cut short by the sound of Kasura coming around.
Ryo quickly put the small silver ball into her pocket just as she was starting to open her eyes.
"Gargoyle...silver..light...panther." Kasura said quietly as she started to stir.
"Take it easy, everything is going to be ok, go back to sleep." Shu replied as he gently picked her up.
"Come on, we'd better get back home, I have a feeling that whatever happened tonight has barely even started." Ryo said as they were starting to leave the University grounds.
"Mei, Tahi, report." Lao said as they entered the hidden room.
"Lao, I'm sorry, but the gaijin still lives." Mei replied as she and Tahi turned into humans.
"I figured as much, I knew that the two of you would fail. But it doesn't matter, earlier Mei, when you were fighting the gaijin, there was something that I sensed from her. Something that's similar to the Troopers, but yet at the same time, different." the dean said as he entered the room.
"Source! What brings you down here?" Lao asked, as he looked back at him in a startled reaction.
"First of all, don't ever call me, Source!" the dean replied as he made two pillars of fire
flare.
"Yes, yes, of course, master." Lao said as he, Mei and Tahi bowed.
"Second of all, it seems like the plans have changed." the dean replied as the two pillars of fire went back to normal.
"Changed, master?" Tahi asked as she looked on with curiosity.
"This power that I sensed from the gaijin, it intrigues me. Lao!" the dean replied as he quickly looked over towards him.
"Yes master?" Lao asked.
"I want the three of you to lay off of the gaijin for a little while. Both during the day, and
during the night." the dean replied.
"But why, master? I thought that we..?" Lao started to ask.
"I hope that you're not questioning me, Lao. Because I really hate it when people question me." the dean replied as his eyes started to glow.
"Of course not master, I'm sure that Lao didn't mean anything by it." Mei said as she hurriedly covered up for him.
"See to it that it doesn't happen again. For now, just keep an eye on her, don't make contact in any way, and don't make contact with the Troopers. I want to learn everything that I can about this gaijin, and this mysterious power." the dean replied as he vanished.
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*Note Japanese translations
Abayo == not considered a polite way to say goodbye
Dore dore? == Hello, what do we have here?
Muko == damn you!
nameru ja nai == don't underestimate me