Okay so I hope everyone is prepared for this chapter. It's the last one before the epilog. It's probably a predicable chapter, which I hate to write. I really hate read something that is so predicable. Okay, you all know what happened in 2 chapters ago, well this is were the killie is revealed. That's a cool word, killie- the person that is killed. Now, that's probably someone you all could have guessed. I'm going to stop my rambling and just write the stupid chapter you all are waiting to read.
Chapter 16: Dawn
"Sister, I can't do this anymore. After she saved me, she looked at me with caring eyes," Lila said to Lela softly lowering her hand which had a vial closed in it.
"What are you talking about?" Lela asked glancing at Lila.
"Lela, please I can't fight. She saved me now I have to pay her back. I just need your help. Please, sister," Lila pleaded.
"You really want to save her?" Lela asked seeing her sister eyes.
"Yes."
"Fine, I can never fight with you. Plus you have a good head on your shoulder. Then what should we do?"
"The only thing that we can do," Lila simply replied walking from the cauldron.
Lela nodded in agreement and followed her out the cave. They both watched in the shadows what was happening.
Sai waited. He felt something-warm spatter on the back of his neck. Wiping his neck, he checked his hand. Seeing that it was blood, but from where. It wasn't his blood. Carefully he looked up and gasped.
Kat was standing in front of him with her sword in her chest. Her face had tears rolling down. On her lips was a wry smile.
"I-I couldn't do it," she whispered, "I couldn't be used again. I-I was able…to fight it…enough to save you…twice now…but please…I won't…be able to…do it again," she said semi-proud of herself. She looked at him with happy, water, filled eyes. Her lips formed the words 'I love you' before she collapsed.
"Kitten?!" Sai asked catching her.
Kage slowly crawled over to Kat, curled up on her lap and lowered her head. Sai started to rock Kat back and forth. (Like you always see people do in the movies.) Tears made their way to his sadden eyes. He looked at where the sword poked out of her chest and seemed to mock him for not saving her.
He yanked out the sword and flung it to the side. As it hit the ground, it grew back into its original size. He closed his eyes thinking about how could this have happened? He was the one that is supposed to save her not the other way around. He promised her and her family that he would always protect and keep her from harm.
He opened his eyes and tucked a strain of hair that was on her face before gently placing a kiss on her forehead.
"I love you, Kitten, and I am going to find away to get you back," he promised picking her lifeless body up, with Kage, and walking it over to her parents. "I'm sorry I couldn't keep my promise to you," he silently said bowing his head in shame.
"It's okay, Sai, you did you best," Ryo replied taking his daughters body.
"Sai, you did save her," Leila told him placing a reassuring arm on Sai's shoulder.
"What? I didn't save her. She's dead. Can't you see that?" he asked looking up.
"Like we told Kat, when you died, people that we love do strange things to protect us, even if it means dying," Leila started to explain, "Sai, just like you didn't want to see Kat die, you jumped to save her, taking your life. Kat didn't want you to die, so she saved your life and took hers. You see Sai; you did protect her from another life of pain and suffering knowing that she caused your death. She will always live in your heart," Leila finished.
"She doesn't have to live the life of pain and suffrage, but I do. Now, it's time to end all of this once and for all," Sai answered turning around balling his hand.
"Sai, don't kill yourself," Ryo replied.
"I'm not. I'm going end this controlling of people's emotions," he answered walking over to Botan, who was staring not knowing what just happened. "Botan, make sure that she has a safe journey and tell her that I am sorry for not being there for her," he requested.
"Okay," she said softly and gave a slight nod before taking off.
"Sai, you did the best that you could do. You know that right?" Yusuke asked quietly.
"Yeah, I know," Sai replied. He walked over to his sword, picked it up and turned to the cave.
Lila and Lela walked out of the shadows knowing what they had to do, changing their plan slightly.
"You are going to die for what you have done to her," Sai threatened.
"Funny, you say that that's what Kat said after you died," Lela answered.
"Well, you got away last time, but this time you aren't going to make it," he replied angrily raising his sword.
"Sai, you don't want to kill us just yet," Lila stated softly.
"Why don't I want to do that?"
"Because we can help you save her," Lela replied.
"You're lying. She is dead. She can't be saved now," Sai answered lowering his sword.
"Oh, you're wrong," Lila said.
"What do you mean?"
"Why don't you ask mom and dad," Lela told him pointing over to Leila and Ryo.
"How do I know that you are telling the truth?" Sai asked.
"You have to just trust us. We can help," Lila plainly told him.
"Well, I don't think that you have my trust at all," replied Sai brining his sword back up. "Are we going to fight or what?"
Leila and Ryo walked over, with Kat's body, to Sai. Leila placed her hand on his shoulder.
"Sai, listen to them," said Leila.
"Fine," he reluctantly answered sheathing his sword. "Why are you willing to help when you are the one that caused this?"
"Don't asked me why ask Lila," Lela replied shrugging her shoulders.
"I'm not sure. When Kat saved me, she looked at me in away that I can't explain. It was full of the anger that Lela and I help released but I could see another emotion that I haven't seen since before Lela and I died. When we are starting to lose her, I wanted to rid that look that she gave me and so I figured to make some more of the potion. Then I saw the way that she looked at me again and I couldn't do it anymore. All that we wanted to do is to make all of you suffer like we are," explained Lila.
"I couldn't say no to my sister. That's why I'm willing to help," added Lela.
"Then what can you do?" asked Sai.
"We can bring her back," Lela answered.
"There is one condition," Lila stated.
"What can that be, besides trusting you two?" Sai questioned.
"Would you like Kat back or would you like to continue to not to trust us?" Lela snapped back.
"What is the condition?"
"Actually, the condition is not for you but for us," Lila started pointing to her sister, "Once when do this we won't survive," she finished.
"And we have made up our minds to do this, well it was Lila's idea but I love her enough to do this for her," elucidated Lela.
"You are willing to do this just to save the person that you are trying to kill in the first place?" Sai asked trying to see if they had something else up their sleeves.
"Just let us do this please," Lila pleaded.
"Okay, if you can."
Lila reached down to her belt fingering over the hilt of her sword.
"Just like I thought, I couldn't trust you two," Sai growled raising his own.
"Wait, I was just reaching for this." She fumbled quickly for what she was looking for and when she reached it, she showed Sai. He saw two vials that were a dark blue color. "These are just something that will help her heal."
"Now, place her on the ground," Lela told Ryo. He gently laid his daughter on the ground with Kage on her stomach. "Good, now you are going to have to do something. After we revive her, we won't be able to finish. You have to make her drink this," Lela explained showing another vial that was a lighter blue.
"Sure," Sai answered taking the vial.
~You really sure that you want to do this, Lela? I mean you don't have to do this for me,~ Lila asked though telepathy.
~Do I really have to answer that? You are my sister, twin, and you were always the sensitive one,~ Lela replied.
~Thanks. I love you.~
~Same here,~ Lela answered in a sisterly way. ~Now, let's do this.~
Lela took one of the vials that Lila had shown Sai and popped off the cork. She looked at her sister before she sipped the contents. Lila soon followed. When they both drank what was inside the vials, they reached up to their forehead. Their fingers hesitated slightly as they touched the crimson jewels. Simultaneously, they pulled the jewels off. Their all ready pale skin started to become transparent. Their movements became slower as they opened Kat's mouth a crack and placed the jewels in her mouth.
Lela looked at Sai and gave him a tired nod telling him that it was time. He pulled the cork out with his teeth as he raised her head up and carefully poured the liquid down her mouth. He waited a few moments and nothing happened.
"Nothing is happening. I knew I couldn't trust you two," he stated looking up. Hoping to see the twins, nothing was there. Sai looked around trying to find them and saw no sign. "Where did they go?" he asked Ryo and Leila.
"They disappeared," Ryo answered.
Yusuke and everyone else walked over to see if it had worked. When they reached the four, something came over them and the all collapsed as the sun began to set.
A few hours later, the sun started to rise and shine through the trees down on the sleepers below. One of the sleepers began to stir around. It let out a small gasp and shot upwards. She adjusted her eyes to the shinning rays of the sun.
"Was it all just a dream?" she asked no one in particular. She looked around and saw everyone sleeping around her. "What in the world is going on?" she asked again to no one. "Sai-chan, wake up. Please tell me that I didn't?" she asked shaking him up.
He mumbled something before opening his eyes. As his sight adjusted, he looked at up to Kat and darted up.
"Kitten, is it really you? This isn't a dream is it? You are alive?" he questioned.
"Yes, it's me. And I don't think that this is a dream," she answered being choked to death by Sai. "Can you let me go? You're suffocating me."
"Oh, sorry, Kitten. Just that I didn't think that they were telling the truth," he said letting go.
"Who? What happened?" she asked. Sai told her everything and she began to cry. She felt angry about what they did to her and what they made her do. She also felt sorry for them, for being not totally there. She also was thankful that they didn't harm Sai or any one else that much just a scratch here and there.
With all of the commotion that was going on everyone else began to wake up. They were all surprised and happy that Kat is alive. The group, after talking, figured that they should head home. As they were leaving Kat turned around to the cave and placed the sword that the twins gave her at the mouth and said a quick pray/thank you to them.
At the Spirit World, everyone got treated for his or her wounds, and Kat received all of the 'gifts' that she left back. The boys also didn't say anything about the tape, they either forgot or didn't bring it up, and that is the way that the girls left it as.
