Chapter 17- "Revival"
"STOP IT!!!" Recca screamed, fighting to get to his feet as the black shadow blade fell towards Yanagi. I opened my eyes.
"Iieeee!!" Yanagi shrieked, flinching away from the sword and shutting her eyes. The cold metal of the kougon anki made a smacking sound as I snatched it from the ground. I rolled over quickly, blocking the sword with my madougu. I gritted my teeth at the pain that racked my body from the sudden movement, but somehow got my feet underneath me.
"Koganei!!" Recca shouted, fighting to get up but falling on his face for the third time. He gave me a thumbs up as he lay face first on the ground. "Get that bastard!!" I smirked back and then glared up at Kage.
"Surprised?" I asked, a grin on my face. He drew in a ragged breath to reply, but before then I sent the shadow sword flying with a thrust of the kougon anki and slashed Kage across the chest with the blade. Leaning on the madougu, I caught my breath and wiped off the trickle of blood from the corner of my mouth. "Recca's right, you're not gonna bloody stop til you're satisfied."
Kage regained his balance and held out his hand to the side, a small black ball of shadows beginning to form on the palm. I changed my grip on the anki and changed it smoothly. "Ryu!" I threw the sickle at Kage and grinned as the chains wrapped around his arms. Yanking quickly on the chain, I dragged him forwards and must of surprised him, since the ball disappeared.
'I gotta keep him off balance.'
"You . . think you can~" Kage began, breaking off into a shout as I head-butted him right in the face. He fell to the ground, holding his cloth mask with one hand.
"Can what? Fight back?" I said, grinning but close to dropping. I stayed my quivering hand on the hilt of the kougon anki (back in kiba form). "It's useless to resist, am I right, Recca?" I blinked when there was no response. "Recca??" He still lay face down on the floor, unmoving. "Great . . . Yanagi can you heal him?"
"Hai!" Yanagi wobbled to her feet and started tottering towards her ninja. Glaring at Kage, I moved with her, shielding her from an attack. Kage made a hoarse, growling sound in the back of his throat and pulled out his glowing madougu orb.
"Yanagi! Get back!!" I shouted, quickly changing kougon anki to ryu form and throwing the sickle at him. Blood spurted as it slashed past Kage's arm, cutting into it and making him drop the orb. "What happened??" I looked around but Yanagi seemed to be fine, Recca as well. I caught the sickle after yanking the chain back and moved in front of Recca. Yanagi kneeled by her ninja's side and started the attempt to heal him.
"Fuuko?" I blinked as the fuujin-wielder wasn't where I had seen her last. "Where the hell did she go? Mikagami??" I whirled around to see the dented lamppost and blood stains . . . "Domon?" The gorilla had been laying in the rubble of a bench . . . "Kage . . . you bastard!! What the fuck did you do with them??"
Kage knelt slowly down, picking up his madougu and straightening. "I sent them to a world of darkness." My eyes widened. "They . . . should be awake by now . . . and enjoying . . . every moment of it . . ." I curled my upper lip before spitting out a globule of blood onto the sidewalk.
"Fuck you Kage. I won't let you bloody hurt them . . ." I growled, switching from ryu to an. "Yanagi told me, all I gotta do is defeat you and they'll be fine. So, I just gotta kick the shit out've you, to solve all my problems." I set the golden arrow to the bowstring and took aim at the middle of Kage's chest.
In his good hand, Kage formed a ball of shadows and shot shadow blades at me. I felt constricted by the coldness as dark as death, as the shadows came for me.
[Flashback]
"Become stronger Koganei! And together we can change this world."
"I'm not here to help you, nii-chan! I'm here to help Yanagi-neechan!"
"Kaoru-kun is a good person!"
"See you around, Koganei-kun!"
"Damn, you've grown!"
"I can only tell you the name of that form-it is Mu! Become nothingness, and the formless returns to formation, take that into your heart."
"You've changed Koganei."
[End flashback]
My hand jerked back as I released the bowstring, sending the arrow streaking towards the black clad man. It shuddered, however, when it ran into the shadows, and made a clinking sound as the arrow hit the ground.
"Kaoru-kun!!"
I vaulted into the air, using the bow as my pole and dodging the shadow blades that definitely would have sent me to a worse place than his 'world of darkness'. An image of the gaping expression that most likely was on his face made me smirk, as I switched the kougon anki about.
"You . . ." Kage murmured, forming another attack in the palm of his hand. "Are troubl~" I threw the chain of my madougu at him from my vantage point in the air, tying him up again. He looked down at the chain. "Ryu, chain form again . . . you never lea~" The wind blew in my hair.
"Kougon anki! Final form! Mu!!"
END
Gomen for another 'cliffhanger' ish . . . kinda ^^; think I'm . . . wat's da word . . . nodding off when I'm writing? Am typing . . . an my vision blurs an I can't see wat I'm typing. Dun worry, am not sick :P just sleepy ~grins~
I was gonna make this chapter longer but am falling asleep when writing it . . . and I kinda rushed the end of it so if it doesn't make sense . . . tell me! ^^
Moonlight2: if I have enough time/ideas will try and write it . . . ^^; da alternate ending that is . . . good luck on ur exams!
MidnightLoner: hmm . . . never thought of it like that ^^; um . . . I think he just got hurt a lot cause he was the main character ~sweatdrops~ or he just gets in the way a lot ^^; I was actually . . . trying to get that to be recca shouting but . . . Koganei shouting is good also rite? :P
Yami no Tenshi: ah . . . yah ^^; kage was gonna do overhead 'strike' with the shadow sword at Yanagi . . . so basically try to ~makes chopping motion~ ^^; writing the first part of this was fun . . . Kage deserved all of that . . .
Kage- I . . . will make you . . . regret those words! ~takes out madougu orb~
Tenken- ~gets covered in shadows~ etto . . . am not really scared of the dark Kagecchi-chan.
Kage- Don't . . . call me that!! o_O
Tenken- ~uses lighter to light up da area + then whack's Kage on da head~ ahou!
"STOP IT!!!" Recca screamed, fighting to get to his feet as the black shadow blade fell towards Yanagi. I opened my eyes.
"Iieeee!!" Yanagi shrieked, flinching away from the sword and shutting her eyes. The cold metal of the kougon anki made a smacking sound as I snatched it from the ground. I rolled over quickly, blocking the sword with my madougu. I gritted my teeth at the pain that racked my body from the sudden movement, but somehow got my feet underneath me.
"Koganei!!" Recca shouted, fighting to get up but falling on his face for the third time. He gave me a thumbs up as he lay face first on the ground. "Get that bastard!!" I smirked back and then glared up at Kage.
"Surprised?" I asked, a grin on my face. He drew in a ragged breath to reply, but before then I sent the shadow sword flying with a thrust of the kougon anki and slashed Kage across the chest with the blade. Leaning on the madougu, I caught my breath and wiped off the trickle of blood from the corner of my mouth. "Recca's right, you're not gonna bloody stop til you're satisfied."
Kage regained his balance and held out his hand to the side, a small black ball of shadows beginning to form on the palm. I changed my grip on the anki and changed it smoothly. "Ryu!" I threw the sickle at Kage and grinned as the chains wrapped around his arms. Yanking quickly on the chain, I dragged him forwards and must of surprised him, since the ball disappeared.
'I gotta keep him off balance.'
"You . . think you can~" Kage began, breaking off into a shout as I head-butted him right in the face. He fell to the ground, holding his cloth mask with one hand.
"Can what? Fight back?" I said, grinning but close to dropping. I stayed my quivering hand on the hilt of the kougon anki (back in kiba form). "It's useless to resist, am I right, Recca?" I blinked when there was no response. "Recca??" He still lay face down on the floor, unmoving. "Great . . . Yanagi can you heal him?"
"Hai!" Yanagi wobbled to her feet and started tottering towards her ninja. Glaring at Kage, I moved with her, shielding her from an attack. Kage made a hoarse, growling sound in the back of his throat and pulled out his glowing madougu orb.
"Yanagi! Get back!!" I shouted, quickly changing kougon anki to ryu form and throwing the sickle at him. Blood spurted as it slashed past Kage's arm, cutting into it and making him drop the orb. "What happened??" I looked around but Yanagi seemed to be fine, Recca as well. I caught the sickle after yanking the chain back and moved in front of Recca. Yanagi kneeled by her ninja's side and started the attempt to heal him.
"Fuuko?" I blinked as the fuujin-wielder wasn't where I had seen her last. "Where the hell did she go? Mikagami??" I whirled around to see the dented lamppost and blood stains . . . "Domon?" The gorilla had been laying in the rubble of a bench . . . "Kage . . . you bastard!! What the fuck did you do with them??"
Kage knelt slowly down, picking up his madougu and straightening. "I sent them to a world of darkness." My eyes widened. "They . . . should be awake by now . . . and enjoying . . . every moment of it . . ." I curled my upper lip before spitting out a globule of blood onto the sidewalk.
"Fuck you Kage. I won't let you bloody hurt them . . ." I growled, switching from ryu to an. "Yanagi told me, all I gotta do is defeat you and they'll be fine. So, I just gotta kick the shit out've you, to solve all my problems." I set the golden arrow to the bowstring and took aim at the middle of Kage's chest.
In his good hand, Kage formed a ball of shadows and shot shadow blades at me. I felt constricted by the coldness as dark as death, as the shadows came for me.
[Flashback]
"Become stronger Koganei! And together we can change this world."
"I'm not here to help you, nii-chan! I'm here to help Yanagi-neechan!"
"Kaoru-kun is a good person!"
"See you around, Koganei-kun!"
"Damn, you've grown!"
"I can only tell you the name of that form-it is Mu! Become nothingness, and the formless returns to formation, take that into your heart."
"You've changed Koganei."
[End flashback]
My hand jerked back as I released the bowstring, sending the arrow streaking towards the black clad man. It shuddered, however, when it ran into the shadows, and made a clinking sound as the arrow hit the ground.
"Kaoru-kun!!"
I vaulted into the air, using the bow as my pole and dodging the shadow blades that definitely would have sent me to a worse place than his 'world of darkness'. An image of the gaping expression that most likely was on his face made me smirk, as I switched the kougon anki about.
"You . . ." Kage murmured, forming another attack in the palm of his hand. "Are troubl~" I threw the chain of my madougu at him from my vantage point in the air, tying him up again. He looked down at the chain. "Ryu, chain form again . . . you never lea~" The wind blew in my hair.
"Kougon anki! Final form! Mu!!"
END
Gomen for another 'cliffhanger' ish . . . kinda ^^; think I'm . . . wat's da word . . . nodding off when I'm writing? Am typing . . . an my vision blurs an I can't see wat I'm typing. Dun worry, am not sick :P just sleepy ~grins~
I was gonna make this chapter longer but am falling asleep when writing it . . . and I kinda rushed the end of it so if it doesn't make sense . . . tell me! ^^
Moonlight2: if I have enough time/ideas will try and write it . . . ^^; da alternate ending that is . . . good luck on ur exams!
MidnightLoner: hmm . . . never thought of it like that ^^; um . . . I think he just got hurt a lot cause he was the main character ~sweatdrops~ or he just gets in the way a lot ^^; I was actually . . . trying to get that to be recca shouting but . . . Koganei shouting is good also rite? :P
Yami no Tenshi: ah . . . yah ^^; kage was gonna do overhead 'strike' with the shadow sword at Yanagi . . . so basically try to ~makes chopping motion~ ^^; writing the first part of this was fun . . . Kage deserved all of that . . .
Kage- I . . . will make you . . . regret those words! ~takes out madougu orb~
Tenken- ~gets covered in shadows~ etto . . . am not really scared of the dark Kagecchi-chan.
Kage- Don't . . . call me that!! o_O
Tenken- ~uses lighter to light up da area + then whack's Kage on da head~ ahou!