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Chapter 25: Death.... The End or the Beginning, or Just Someplace in the Middle.
Kohaku stopped right in front of Aburaya it was pitch black. Everyone got off, and Kohaku changed back into human form. They all looked around, there was no lights and no one in the street. In fact there was no one in sight.
All of a sudden a hand clapped over everyone's mouth and dragged them all into an old none used building near Aburaya. When they were safely inside Kamajii let go of their mouths. They all looked around, all of the workers from Aburaya were there starring at them. Mishu-Kapi stepped forward, "The Shadow Spirit is in Aburaya, with Yu-Baaba. We managed to get Bou out on Yu-Baaba's command, but not her."
"Ok and what do we have for weapons?" asked Kohaku.
"A dozen swords and twenty bows all with full quivers (a/n: that is the right word I hope I'm drawing a blank, the pouch that holds arrows)," replied Kamajii.
"Ok then we need twelve swords man, and twenty bow man," said Chihiro.
"We know, the swords man are Haku, Rin, Kaonashi, Shu, Arikii, Sen, and Kamajii," replied Chihiyako.
"That's only seven," said Kohaku.
"I get six," said Kamajii holding up his hands.
"Good," said Chihiro, she turned to Raki and Saki, "And you two?" Saki held up a freshly made sharp ice sword and Saki a water sword. Chihiro gave Raki an odd look. Raki swung her sword at an empty box in the corner of the room. The sword cut the box clean into two.
"Then lets go and get this over with," said Rin opening the door and walking out sword in hand. Kohaku handed Chihiro her sword, and followed Rin. Rin walked right across the bridge and up to Aburaya, she knocked.
A small shadow figure appeared, "Your not allowed in! What do you want?" Rin looked at him for a second then she swung her sword, the shadow's head rolled onto the ground.
"I want you out of my home!" screamed Rin.
The darkness around them laughed and two more shadow men popped up with swords. From behind Rin, Saki shot an icy energy ball at the shadows. The shadows died instantly, and four more sprung from the two. Before anyone could react the Shadows drew swords and started to attack. For every that was killed two came back.
Soon the 29 fighters were up to their necks in shadow warriors. They couldn't stop killing the shadows, because then the shadows would kill them. They fought all night everyone seemed to have at least three shadows to defend off and five waiting to get their turn. The bow man had retreated in the approaching sunrise. The Shadows suddenly seemed to die and not come back, while the Shadow spirit had to hold back the sun and couldn't regenerate his forces.
It was still dark, at 8 am when Kamajii sliced the last head off the last warrior. "Now all we need to do is go into Aburaya," said Kamajii.
"No first we must see who is wounded, because I am for one, not bad but bleeding," said Rin holding her wounded arm. They all looked around everyone was hurt but Rin, Mishu-Kapi, and Arikii were the worst.
Nobody noticed that the Shadow spirit himself had snuck up from behind Mishu-Kapi who was the closest to the doors of Aburaya. "Don't celebrate that quickly!" Laughed the Shadow spirit raising his Sword to kill Mishu-Kapi. Mishu-Kapi turned around only to see the sword raised over his head.
Raki ran and pushed Mishu-Kapi out of the way just before the sword landed on him. Raki blocked his sword with hers while with her free hand she pitched a water ball at him. Kohaku motioned to go help Raki
Chihiro stopped him, "She isn't six Kohaku, when... if she is in the position I was in you can save her. Right now you'll only get in the way." Kohaku lowered his sword and watch as the Shadow spirit and Raki changed blows and blocks. Though the Shadow spirit was using most of his magick to keep the sun from coming up, you couldn't tell from his fighting.
Suddenly Raki tripped and fell backwards, the Shadow spirit laughed. Kohaku clutched his Sword. But it was Mishu-Kapi who blocked the strike meant for Raki. Mishu-Kapi returned a few blows, but he was to weak. "Shu!!" screamed Raki right as she moved in between the Shadow spirit and Mishu-Kapi. The Shadow spirit struck Raki and she fell into Mishu-Kapi.
The Shadow spirit laughed, it began to rain. Both Chihiro and Kohaku moved in to fight, but they stopped light was radiating from Raki.
"When the rain spirit is fatally wound all the rainbows that ever were and will never be, give her their reflected light. To chase the shadows away and give her, her last sun shower, and her last rainbow child. A light so powerful, that no shadow will be found for days and nights as the rain pours for the ceremonial three days, one for the past, the present, and the last for the future. All worlds will mourn her death as the rain falls in every world," sadly said Saki.
Everyone was watching what Saki had said, the shadows all retreated. The sun rose quickly creating so many rainbows, and filling the world with light. Everyone rushed to Raki and Mishu-Kapi.
"Mishu-Kapi, I know you wanted to work here. But that wasn't what you really wanted, you really wanted to be back in your river," said Raki, Mishu-Kapi nodded, "Your river is being restored as we speak and when I die you'll return to where you belong." Raki turned a little to face Rin, "Rinako Naoko."
Rin looked at Raki, "My name.... I even forgot that I had one other then Rin, I forgot I was even the Forest spirit, of the forest on the far side of the Mishu-Kapi river. Before it was cut down."
"Yes well the humans replanted that forest and after my death rains end, the forest will be ready for the return of it's spirit," said Raki as her young child look faded away and she looked old, but not like the old man she said she would be if she was bitter, but of a dying old lady who was born with the Worlds.
Raki lay limp, in the arms of the fading Mishu-Kapi he was going home and in three days so would Rinako Naoko. "It's the end of her life, and the beginning of so many, In her death she allowed all of us to continue ours," That was the last thing Saki said before he left never to return.
After awhile they left Raki's side and entered the bath house everything was unharmed, except way at the top in Yu-Baaba's office lay the body of Yu- Baaba. There was a note that was found by Yu-Baaba it read, I died for Bou's life, as well as Haku, Sen, and their unborn baby. I apologize for all hardships I ever caused, I apologize for ever dealing with him, and I apologize for offering him the lives of Haku and Sen. My only wish is that I could see my baby boy and Sen's baby girl, but that's not possible, because I write this while I die in his hands. Please don't remember me always as an old Witch. I leave Aburaya to my beloved sister Zeniiba. In Love Granny.
Author's Notes: I'm sorry to anyone who really liked the characters of Raki and Saki. It's not that I didn't like them I just needed away to defeat to Shadow spirit and to show their true ages. Yu-Baaba on the other hand died to prove that she did in the end have a soft heart for children.
~Na
Chapter 25: Death.... The End or the Beginning, or Just Someplace in the Middle.
Kohaku stopped right in front of Aburaya it was pitch black. Everyone got off, and Kohaku changed back into human form. They all looked around, there was no lights and no one in the street. In fact there was no one in sight.
All of a sudden a hand clapped over everyone's mouth and dragged them all into an old none used building near Aburaya. When they were safely inside Kamajii let go of their mouths. They all looked around, all of the workers from Aburaya were there starring at them. Mishu-Kapi stepped forward, "The Shadow Spirit is in Aburaya, with Yu-Baaba. We managed to get Bou out on Yu-Baaba's command, but not her."
"Ok and what do we have for weapons?" asked Kohaku.
"A dozen swords and twenty bows all with full quivers (a/n: that is the right word I hope I'm drawing a blank, the pouch that holds arrows)," replied Kamajii.
"Ok then we need twelve swords man, and twenty bow man," said Chihiro.
"We know, the swords man are Haku, Rin, Kaonashi, Shu, Arikii, Sen, and Kamajii," replied Chihiyako.
"That's only seven," said Kohaku.
"I get six," said Kamajii holding up his hands.
"Good," said Chihiro, she turned to Raki and Saki, "And you two?" Saki held up a freshly made sharp ice sword and Saki a water sword. Chihiro gave Raki an odd look. Raki swung her sword at an empty box in the corner of the room. The sword cut the box clean into two.
"Then lets go and get this over with," said Rin opening the door and walking out sword in hand. Kohaku handed Chihiro her sword, and followed Rin. Rin walked right across the bridge and up to Aburaya, she knocked.
A small shadow figure appeared, "Your not allowed in! What do you want?" Rin looked at him for a second then she swung her sword, the shadow's head rolled onto the ground.
"I want you out of my home!" screamed Rin.
The darkness around them laughed and two more shadow men popped up with swords. From behind Rin, Saki shot an icy energy ball at the shadows. The shadows died instantly, and four more sprung from the two. Before anyone could react the Shadows drew swords and started to attack. For every that was killed two came back.
Soon the 29 fighters were up to their necks in shadow warriors. They couldn't stop killing the shadows, because then the shadows would kill them. They fought all night everyone seemed to have at least three shadows to defend off and five waiting to get their turn. The bow man had retreated in the approaching sunrise. The Shadows suddenly seemed to die and not come back, while the Shadow spirit had to hold back the sun and couldn't regenerate his forces.
It was still dark, at 8 am when Kamajii sliced the last head off the last warrior. "Now all we need to do is go into Aburaya," said Kamajii.
"No first we must see who is wounded, because I am for one, not bad but bleeding," said Rin holding her wounded arm. They all looked around everyone was hurt but Rin, Mishu-Kapi, and Arikii were the worst.
Nobody noticed that the Shadow spirit himself had snuck up from behind Mishu-Kapi who was the closest to the doors of Aburaya. "Don't celebrate that quickly!" Laughed the Shadow spirit raising his Sword to kill Mishu-Kapi. Mishu-Kapi turned around only to see the sword raised over his head.
Raki ran and pushed Mishu-Kapi out of the way just before the sword landed on him. Raki blocked his sword with hers while with her free hand she pitched a water ball at him. Kohaku motioned to go help Raki
Chihiro stopped him, "She isn't six Kohaku, when... if she is in the position I was in you can save her. Right now you'll only get in the way." Kohaku lowered his sword and watch as the Shadow spirit and Raki changed blows and blocks. Though the Shadow spirit was using most of his magick to keep the sun from coming up, you couldn't tell from his fighting.
Suddenly Raki tripped and fell backwards, the Shadow spirit laughed. Kohaku clutched his Sword. But it was Mishu-Kapi who blocked the strike meant for Raki. Mishu-Kapi returned a few blows, but he was to weak. "Shu!!" screamed Raki right as she moved in between the Shadow spirit and Mishu-Kapi. The Shadow spirit struck Raki and she fell into Mishu-Kapi.
The Shadow spirit laughed, it began to rain. Both Chihiro and Kohaku moved in to fight, but they stopped light was radiating from Raki.
"When the rain spirit is fatally wound all the rainbows that ever were and will never be, give her their reflected light. To chase the shadows away and give her, her last sun shower, and her last rainbow child. A light so powerful, that no shadow will be found for days and nights as the rain pours for the ceremonial three days, one for the past, the present, and the last for the future. All worlds will mourn her death as the rain falls in every world," sadly said Saki.
Everyone was watching what Saki had said, the shadows all retreated. The sun rose quickly creating so many rainbows, and filling the world with light. Everyone rushed to Raki and Mishu-Kapi.
"Mishu-Kapi, I know you wanted to work here. But that wasn't what you really wanted, you really wanted to be back in your river," said Raki, Mishu-Kapi nodded, "Your river is being restored as we speak and when I die you'll return to where you belong." Raki turned a little to face Rin, "Rinako Naoko."
Rin looked at Raki, "My name.... I even forgot that I had one other then Rin, I forgot I was even the Forest spirit, of the forest on the far side of the Mishu-Kapi river. Before it was cut down."
"Yes well the humans replanted that forest and after my death rains end, the forest will be ready for the return of it's spirit," said Raki as her young child look faded away and she looked old, but not like the old man she said she would be if she was bitter, but of a dying old lady who was born with the Worlds.
Raki lay limp, in the arms of the fading Mishu-Kapi he was going home and in three days so would Rinako Naoko. "It's the end of her life, and the beginning of so many, In her death she allowed all of us to continue ours," That was the last thing Saki said before he left never to return.
After awhile they left Raki's side and entered the bath house everything was unharmed, except way at the top in Yu-Baaba's office lay the body of Yu- Baaba. There was a note that was found by Yu-Baaba it read, I died for Bou's life, as well as Haku, Sen, and their unborn baby. I apologize for all hardships I ever caused, I apologize for ever dealing with him, and I apologize for offering him the lives of Haku and Sen. My only wish is that I could see my baby boy and Sen's baby girl, but that's not possible, because I write this while I die in his hands. Please don't remember me always as an old Witch. I leave Aburaya to my beloved sister Zeniiba. In Love Granny.
Author's Notes: I'm sorry to anyone who really liked the characters of Raki and Saki. It's not that I didn't like them I just needed away to defeat to Shadow spirit and to show their true ages. Yu-Baaba on the other hand died to prove that she did in the end have a soft heart for children.
~Na
