Chapter 18 - "Unmasking"
I smiled briefly at the de-attached pieces of my madougu that floated around me, imagining their golden glow in the sunlight. .
"You brat . . . you never used this form in the Urabutosatojin!" Kage growled, wrenching at the chain. I grinned at him as the orb of the kougon anki began glowing red in the shadows.
"Ikee!!" I shouted, as the fragments of madougu shot down towards Kage. Bright red blood mixed with his shadowy black clothing and the dulled gold of my madougu, as each piece stabbed into him, drawn by the madougu orb. The black clad man collapsed face first onto the ground, still wrapped up in the chain.
I moved my head slightly to look at Yanagi and Recca, who was sitting up and wiping the blood out of his face. I started grinning. Pain flared through my entire body as I crashed into the ground, shoulder first. I moved my head and saw the glow disappear from Kage's and my madougu's orbs, the shadows dissipating into the bright-seeming, normal night sky.
"Fuuko-chan! Mikagami-san! Domon!" Yanagi shouted, her voice full of relief, as she ran towards them. Recca tried to get up, stumbled, and managed to stay up on the second time. I watched him walk jerkily towards me, my vision fading in and out of darkness.
"Koganei, can you stand?" he asked, squatting down and looking at me. I feebly tried shaking my head, but I think he got the idea. He rolled me over onto my back and sat me up slowly. "Okay?" I shook my head quickly and wiped away the blood.
"Yeah . . ." I stood up shakily and leant on him for support. He grinned at me. "Get that damn grin off your face." I grinned back at him to make it a joke. We limped over to Kage's still body.
"Hime, they okay?"
"Mm, they're fine!" Yanagi replied, helping Fuuko sit up. The gorilla was already standing and helping Mikagami up. Recca's grin widened and he glanced down at Kage. I kneeled down next to him and unwound the chain, looking at the pieces of the kougon anki.
"Damn, you really got him," Recca said, eying the madougu pieces that were still stabbing into Kage.
"Not that he didn't fucking deserve it," I said roughly, grabbing hold of one piece. ". . ." I heard the rest of the Hokage come up around us, to circle Kage, who was still laying motionless on the ground.
"Kaoru-kun. Ne, Kaoru-kun." I blinked and turned to look at Yanagi. "Just sit down, I'll heal you, okay?" I nodded and did so, still loosely holding the madougu that was embedded in Kage's chest. The piece rose and fell in my hand.
"He's . . . still alive," I murmured. Recca looked at me sharply, then at Kage. I saw him kneel down and pick up Kage's madougu orb with one hand. A warm feeling grew in my back, and the pain started melting away, slowly at first. I stretched, grinning at Yanagi.
"Arigatou." I then turned to Recca. "What should we do . . . with Kage?"
"No clue. But, I know what I'm doing with this," Recca said, standing up and tossing the orb into the air. He wrote a character in flame and a fire blade formed on the tekkou. "Saiha!" Kage grunted and moved slightly as the orb was slashed into pieces and fell to the ground. Recca exhaled and then kicked the pieces to the side as he came back over to us. I didn't see him.
I looked at the 'face' of my enemy, the man who had hurt Yanagi. Hurt everyone. Destroyed Kagero's house, worried Yanagi, worried all of us. Why the hell did he do it? What can make someone fucking doing this to people? I gritted my teeth and balled my free hand into a fist as my anger flared up again. I pulled on the bladed part of kiba, it came out with a sickening sound, its golden color covered with red.
Kage coughed and jerked on the ground.
"Take off his mask," I said, cleaning off the blade of the kougon anki on the grass. Recca gave me a sideways look and I sighed. "Don't you wanna find out who's been doing all this shit to us?" Recca nodded and reached over, taking the bottom flap of Kage's mask in his hand.
The black cloth came off to reveal a young man with black hair and a thin scar that ran diagonally across his face.
END
I apologize for the "Ikee!!" line . . . I rewrote that about 5 times . . . each suckier than the last . . . or it was too long . . .I was gonna write "Goo!!" but it sounds . . . worse ~laughs~
Midnightloner: I think I naturally write cliffhangers . . . it's a sign of my laziness ^^; hm . . . its not really contradictory . . . its just fun to be dramatic w/out formalizing it by joining the drama club ^^; I'm dramatic sometimes but would die if I joined drama club :P
Yami no tenshi: ummm . . . I did a very very very basic kind of sketch over the summer of what would happen . . . but it was very basic ^^; so I make it up each time . . . can u list some of those hints? Cause I may rewrite some (many ^^;) parts of the fic . . and I could add those in :P
After reading Inu Yasha fanfics I want to put Kage saying "kukuku" ~sweatdrops~ hehe i.e. naraku . . . or however u spell his name ^^;
Kage: Kukukuku . . .
Tenken: You got nothing to go "kukuku" about, ahou! ~tapes his mouth shut~
Kage: ~glares + takes out his madougu orb~
Tenken: ~uses the orb as a football~
I smiled briefly at the de-attached pieces of my madougu that floated around me, imagining their golden glow in the sunlight. .
"You brat . . . you never used this form in the Urabutosatojin!" Kage growled, wrenching at the chain. I grinned at him as the orb of the kougon anki began glowing red in the shadows.
"Ikee!!" I shouted, as the fragments of madougu shot down towards Kage. Bright red blood mixed with his shadowy black clothing and the dulled gold of my madougu, as each piece stabbed into him, drawn by the madougu orb. The black clad man collapsed face first onto the ground, still wrapped up in the chain.
I moved my head slightly to look at Yanagi and Recca, who was sitting up and wiping the blood out of his face. I started grinning. Pain flared through my entire body as I crashed into the ground, shoulder first. I moved my head and saw the glow disappear from Kage's and my madougu's orbs, the shadows dissipating into the bright-seeming, normal night sky.
"Fuuko-chan! Mikagami-san! Domon!" Yanagi shouted, her voice full of relief, as she ran towards them. Recca tried to get up, stumbled, and managed to stay up on the second time. I watched him walk jerkily towards me, my vision fading in and out of darkness.
"Koganei, can you stand?" he asked, squatting down and looking at me. I feebly tried shaking my head, but I think he got the idea. He rolled me over onto my back and sat me up slowly. "Okay?" I shook my head quickly and wiped away the blood.
"Yeah . . ." I stood up shakily and leant on him for support. He grinned at me. "Get that damn grin off your face." I grinned back at him to make it a joke. We limped over to Kage's still body.
"Hime, they okay?"
"Mm, they're fine!" Yanagi replied, helping Fuuko sit up. The gorilla was already standing and helping Mikagami up. Recca's grin widened and he glanced down at Kage. I kneeled down next to him and unwound the chain, looking at the pieces of the kougon anki.
"Damn, you really got him," Recca said, eying the madougu pieces that were still stabbing into Kage.
"Not that he didn't fucking deserve it," I said roughly, grabbing hold of one piece. ". . ." I heard the rest of the Hokage come up around us, to circle Kage, who was still laying motionless on the ground.
"Kaoru-kun. Ne, Kaoru-kun." I blinked and turned to look at Yanagi. "Just sit down, I'll heal you, okay?" I nodded and did so, still loosely holding the madougu that was embedded in Kage's chest. The piece rose and fell in my hand.
"He's . . . still alive," I murmured. Recca looked at me sharply, then at Kage. I saw him kneel down and pick up Kage's madougu orb with one hand. A warm feeling grew in my back, and the pain started melting away, slowly at first. I stretched, grinning at Yanagi.
"Arigatou." I then turned to Recca. "What should we do . . . with Kage?"
"No clue. But, I know what I'm doing with this," Recca said, standing up and tossing the orb into the air. He wrote a character in flame and a fire blade formed on the tekkou. "Saiha!" Kage grunted and moved slightly as the orb was slashed into pieces and fell to the ground. Recca exhaled and then kicked the pieces to the side as he came back over to us. I didn't see him.
I looked at the 'face' of my enemy, the man who had hurt Yanagi. Hurt everyone. Destroyed Kagero's house, worried Yanagi, worried all of us. Why the hell did he do it? What can make someone fucking doing this to people? I gritted my teeth and balled my free hand into a fist as my anger flared up again. I pulled on the bladed part of kiba, it came out with a sickening sound, its golden color covered with red.
Kage coughed and jerked on the ground.
"Take off his mask," I said, cleaning off the blade of the kougon anki on the grass. Recca gave me a sideways look and I sighed. "Don't you wanna find out who's been doing all this shit to us?" Recca nodded and reached over, taking the bottom flap of Kage's mask in his hand.
The black cloth came off to reveal a young man with black hair and a thin scar that ran diagonally across his face.
END
I apologize for the "Ikee!!" line . . . I rewrote that about 5 times . . . each suckier than the last . . . or it was too long . . .I was gonna write "Goo!!" but it sounds . . . worse ~laughs~
Midnightloner: I think I naturally write cliffhangers . . . it's a sign of my laziness ^^; hm . . . its not really contradictory . . . its just fun to be dramatic w/out formalizing it by joining the drama club ^^; I'm dramatic sometimes but would die if I joined drama club :P
Yami no tenshi: ummm . . . I did a very very very basic kind of sketch over the summer of what would happen . . . but it was very basic ^^; so I make it up each time . . . can u list some of those hints? Cause I may rewrite some (many ^^;) parts of the fic . . and I could add those in :P
After reading Inu Yasha fanfics I want to put Kage saying "kukuku" ~sweatdrops~ hehe i.e. naraku . . . or however u spell his name ^^;
Kage: Kukukuku . . .
Tenken: You got nothing to go "kukuku" about, ahou! ~tapes his mouth shut~
Kage: ~glares + takes out his madougu orb~
Tenken: ~uses the orb as a football~