SR: Ok, here I go. The big action chapter. I wonder if I'll be able to
write this right.
Ryoko: What happens, SessyRyo?
SR: Forgive me, Ryoko-sama, but I can't tell you.
Ryoko: ^%$@!
SR: ^_^;; But maybe I will if you do the disclaimer. Ryoko: SessyRyo doesn't own anything in this story except for Kairsu the at- the-moment-not-so-important-minion. SR: We Flame Bad Fics is not welcome here. Ryoko: * holds up a sign that says, "Go away, WFBF!"* Yeah, so if you are, get the hell out of here. SR: As a warning, I have nothing against Taka or any of the Suzaku Seishi, but I will have to have all of them harmed so the story will go right. So please don't flame me! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter 4: Wounds to the Heart / Why can't I stop myself?! / Ryoko could feel her body moving, but she was not the one moving it, so she felt as if she was watching a movie.
Tasuki dodged Ryoko's attack, but just barely. Her new claws just missed his side. "What the hell happened to her?!" he yelled as another attack just missed him. / What the hell did this -bleep- do to her?! I have to help her!!!/ Oni Ryoko's cold eyes scoured the opponents. Lord Tenkou wanted her to kill all of them, but the priestess was the main objective. Oni Ryoko gave a cry that sounded like a wounded animal, flew up into the air, and then charged downwards.
/ Tasuki can dodge this. I... Oh, NO!/ More tears poured out of Ryoko's now blood shot eyes as she analyzed what her other side was planning. Tasuki jumped out of the way of Oni Ryoko's attack, but then realized the new target. "CHIRIKO!" Chiriko, using a Nyan-nyan body, saw the attack too late. The laser sword pieced through his stomach in a flash of red light. Blood splattered the ground, making the green shoots of grass turn an ominous red color. Chiriko and Nyan-nyan both gasped in pain, and fell to the ground. Seven voices sounded as one. "CHIRIKO!!!!"
Tenkou smiled. "You see, perhaps having a body wasn't such a good idea after all." Miaka gaped in horror for a second, but then made for the 13-year-old ghost. "CHIRIKO! NO, CHIRIKO!!!!!!" An electric force stopped her, shocking her body and making her kneel in pain. Taka moved for Miaka, but was stopped by Chichiri. " No! If you try to get her, you'll end up just like Miaka, no da!"
Tenkou grinned. "That's right. In fact, it's not even my doing. You see, it's Ryoko's. I've improved the Jewel of Jurai to give her some new abilities. Is it not amusing? No? Well then, in order to save your priestess, you must kill Ryoko, before the force field sucks out all the Suzaku no Miko's life force. So whom will you choose? The Suzaku no Miko? Or this wretched disgrace to demons?"
Tasuki stepped forward. "You -bleep-! Give them both back!" He unsheathed his tessen. "REKKA SHIEN!" Flames shot toward the white haired Dark Lord. Oni Ryoko flew forward, and blocked the fire with her sword. Chichiri closed his eyes and began chanting a spell. A large beam of red light shot toward her, and succeeded in nicking her shoulder. She barely noticed it, and the tissue instantly began to heal itself. She smiled, a frightening, twisted smile. But the seishi could still see the tears coursing down her cheeks. Taka looked desperately to Miaka, as she screamed in pain. He was caught off guard, and Oni Ryoko sent him flying several hundred yards away, with a wound in his shoulder. "Taka!" Chichiri grimaced as his shield was nearly blown apart by an enormous blast by Oni Ryoko. She zoomed in, cold green eyes glowing lifelessly. Chichiri cried out slightly as he fought to keep his shield up. Her power was extreme, and he knew if the shield went, there would be little chance of victory. Grotesque fangs showed beneath curled black lips as Oni Ryoko fought harder. The monk fought harder as well, but it was increasingly getting more intense. From above, Tenkou's yellow eyes flashed as he gave his new Oni another burst of power. The frightening slitted pupils dilated, and Oni Ryoko finally broke threw. Even the powerful monk was unable to react before her sword sent him flying into a tree. He slumped down, a similar shoulder wound bleeding freely.
Miaka fell down with a final cry, but still writhed in pain as her very life force left her. Tenkou looked to Mitsukake, as he made to try to break the shield with his healing. Tenkou signaled to Oni Ryoko, and she stopped him.
Nuriko formed his gauntlets, but looked to his emperor. "Hotohori- sama! What should we do?!" The striking ruler looked as helpless as he. This was because Oni Ryoko's claws were digging into his back. With a flick he was sent into the other direction. "Hotohori-sama!" Nuriko charged his possessed friend, but strong claws wrapped themselves around his neck. He gasped as the dug into the skin, making several small but possibly fatal wounds. He screamed, but was silenced as he was grabbed by his beautiful purple hair and sent flying.
The cold, lifeless eyes found the last standing seishi. Tasuki was horrified as he looked at his friends, lying on the ground, bleeding, still. His miko was slowing her movements. Chiriko was weakly clutching at his wound, and there were flashes as the diseased seishi and the Nyan-nyan tried desperately to separate. "TENKOU! YOU -bleep-! STOP IT! LEAVE HER ALONE! LEAVE ALL OF THEM ALONE!" He charged with his tessen, and this time, the flames reached Tenkou. Tasuki's rage was able to meet the white haired demon, and it burned him slightly. "You are a nuisance." Oni Ryoko charged, and all time seemed to stop as her claws stabbed through his side.
/ NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!/
Tasuki gasped. "R-ryoko....."
/ That's it! THAT'S IT! I WON'T TAKE THIS ANY MORE!/ Her eyes, for a second, regained their normal amber color, and she screamed as she pieced her own sword through her chest. In a last moment, the Gem of Jurai plopped out of her forehead, and she used the remaining power she had to wake and heal Mitsukake before she passed into darkness. ************************************************************************
" Mitsukake! Is she alright?!" Nuriko cried out, speaking everyone else's thoughts. Mitsukake sighed and turned to the still form of Ryoko. " I don't know. That gem was powerful. It sucked almost every ounce of life out of her. It was a brave thing she did. She stabbed herself to save all of us." Miaka brightened. "But this is like how Chiriko died! But there's nothing stopping us from healing her, right?" She looked at their sad faces. Tasuki pushed himself up. "Yeah! You healed us, Mitsukake! Why can't heal her?! Why?!" He began crying, tears forming and falling. "She did it to save all of us! Why?!" He slumped, defeated. He crawled over to the motionless figure, and brushed a hair out of the pale and beautiful face. Tears fell onto her face.
Suddenly, she stirred. He gasped slightly. "Ryo...ko?" The amber eyes opened. "Tasuki?"
"Ryoko!" He brought her into his arms, and then she was crying. Ryoko pulled away. She looked at the other seishi. They smiled, but they still looked sad. Ryoko was suddenly stricken with guilt. What had she done?
"Tasuki... everybody... I'm..... so sorry." And with that, she ran. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SR: Sorry if it was short. It's the first day of summer, and I have a lot to do! ^_^ Like I said at the beginning, I had to hurt all the seishi to make the story go right! * holds up shield to block rotten vegetables* DON'T HURT ME!!!!!
Ryoko: What happens, SessyRyo?
SR: Forgive me, Ryoko-sama, but I can't tell you.
Ryoko: ^%$@!
SR: ^_^;; But maybe I will if you do the disclaimer. Ryoko: SessyRyo doesn't own anything in this story except for Kairsu the at- the-moment-not-so-important-minion. SR: We Flame Bad Fics is not welcome here. Ryoko: * holds up a sign that says, "Go away, WFBF!"* Yeah, so if you are, get the hell out of here. SR: As a warning, I have nothing against Taka or any of the Suzaku Seishi, but I will have to have all of them harmed so the story will go right. So please don't flame me! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter 4: Wounds to the Heart / Why can't I stop myself?! / Ryoko could feel her body moving, but she was not the one moving it, so she felt as if she was watching a movie.
Tasuki dodged Ryoko's attack, but just barely. Her new claws just missed his side. "What the hell happened to her?!" he yelled as another attack just missed him. / What the hell did this -bleep- do to her?! I have to help her!!!/ Oni Ryoko's cold eyes scoured the opponents. Lord Tenkou wanted her to kill all of them, but the priestess was the main objective. Oni Ryoko gave a cry that sounded like a wounded animal, flew up into the air, and then charged downwards.
/ Tasuki can dodge this. I... Oh, NO!/ More tears poured out of Ryoko's now blood shot eyes as she analyzed what her other side was planning. Tasuki jumped out of the way of Oni Ryoko's attack, but then realized the new target. "CHIRIKO!" Chiriko, using a Nyan-nyan body, saw the attack too late. The laser sword pieced through his stomach in a flash of red light. Blood splattered the ground, making the green shoots of grass turn an ominous red color. Chiriko and Nyan-nyan both gasped in pain, and fell to the ground. Seven voices sounded as one. "CHIRIKO!!!!"
Tenkou smiled. "You see, perhaps having a body wasn't such a good idea after all." Miaka gaped in horror for a second, but then made for the 13-year-old ghost. "CHIRIKO! NO, CHIRIKO!!!!!!" An electric force stopped her, shocking her body and making her kneel in pain. Taka moved for Miaka, but was stopped by Chichiri. " No! If you try to get her, you'll end up just like Miaka, no da!"
Tenkou grinned. "That's right. In fact, it's not even my doing. You see, it's Ryoko's. I've improved the Jewel of Jurai to give her some new abilities. Is it not amusing? No? Well then, in order to save your priestess, you must kill Ryoko, before the force field sucks out all the Suzaku no Miko's life force. So whom will you choose? The Suzaku no Miko? Or this wretched disgrace to demons?"
Tasuki stepped forward. "You -bleep-! Give them both back!" He unsheathed his tessen. "REKKA SHIEN!" Flames shot toward the white haired Dark Lord. Oni Ryoko flew forward, and blocked the fire with her sword. Chichiri closed his eyes and began chanting a spell. A large beam of red light shot toward her, and succeeded in nicking her shoulder. She barely noticed it, and the tissue instantly began to heal itself. She smiled, a frightening, twisted smile. But the seishi could still see the tears coursing down her cheeks. Taka looked desperately to Miaka, as she screamed in pain. He was caught off guard, and Oni Ryoko sent him flying several hundred yards away, with a wound in his shoulder. "Taka!" Chichiri grimaced as his shield was nearly blown apart by an enormous blast by Oni Ryoko. She zoomed in, cold green eyes glowing lifelessly. Chichiri cried out slightly as he fought to keep his shield up. Her power was extreme, and he knew if the shield went, there would be little chance of victory. Grotesque fangs showed beneath curled black lips as Oni Ryoko fought harder. The monk fought harder as well, but it was increasingly getting more intense. From above, Tenkou's yellow eyes flashed as he gave his new Oni another burst of power. The frightening slitted pupils dilated, and Oni Ryoko finally broke threw. Even the powerful monk was unable to react before her sword sent him flying into a tree. He slumped down, a similar shoulder wound bleeding freely.
Miaka fell down with a final cry, but still writhed in pain as her very life force left her. Tenkou looked to Mitsukake, as he made to try to break the shield with his healing. Tenkou signaled to Oni Ryoko, and she stopped him.
Nuriko formed his gauntlets, but looked to his emperor. "Hotohori- sama! What should we do?!" The striking ruler looked as helpless as he. This was because Oni Ryoko's claws were digging into his back. With a flick he was sent into the other direction. "Hotohori-sama!" Nuriko charged his possessed friend, but strong claws wrapped themselves around his neck. He gasped as the dug into the skin, making several small but possibly fatal wounds. He screamed, but was silenced as he was grabbed by his beautiful purple hair and sent flying.
The cold, lifeless eyes found the last standing seishi. Tasuki was horrified as he looked at his friends, lying on the ground, bleeding, still. His miko was slowing her movements. Chiriko was weakly clutching at his wound, and there were flashes as the diseased seishi and the Nyan-nyan tried desperately to separate. "TENKOU! YOU -bleep-! STOP IT! LEAVE HER ALONE! LEAVE ALL OF THEM ALONE!" He charged with his tessen, and this time, the flames reached Tenkou. Tasuki's rage was able to meet the white haired demon, and it burned him slightly. "You are a nuisance." Oni Ryoko charged, and all time seemed to stop as her claws stabbed through his side.
/ NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!/
Tasuki gasped. "R-ryoko....."
/ That's it! THAT'S IT! I WON'T TAKE THIS ANY MORE!/ Her eyes, for a second, regained their normal amber color, and she screamed as she pieced her own sword through her chest. In a last moment, the Gem of Jurai plopped out of her forehead, and she used the remaining power she had to wake and heal Mitsukake before she passed into darkness. ************************************************************************
" Mitsukake! Is she alright?!" Nuriko cried out, speaking everyone else's thoughts. Mitsukake sighed and turned to the still form of Ryoko. " I don't know. That gem was powerful. It sucked almost every ounce of life out of her. It was a brave thing she did. She stabbed herself to save all of us." Miaka brightened. "But this is like how Chiriko died! But there's nothing stopping us from healing her, right?" She looked at their sad faces. Tasuki pushed himself up. "Yeah! You healed us, Mitsukake! Why can't heal her?! Why?!" He began crying, tears forming and falling. "She did it to save all of us! Why?!" He slumped, defeated. He crawled over to the motionless figure, and brushed a hair out of the pale and beautiful face. Tears fell onto her face.
Suddenly, she stirred. He gasped slightly. "Ryo...ko?" The amber eyes opened. "Tasuki?"
"Ryoko!" He brought her into his arms, and then she was crying. Ryoko pulled away. She looked at the other seishi. They smiled, but they still looked sad. Ryoko was suddenly stricken with guilt. What had she done?
"Tasuki... everybody... I'm..... so sorry." And with that, she ran. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SR: Sorry if it was short. It's the first day of summer, and I have a lot to do! ^_^ Like I said at the beginning, I had to hurt all the seishi to make the story go right! * holds up shield to block rotten vegetables* DON'T HURT ME!!!!!