Chapter 16
Beginning Part 1: Threatening Darkness
Sapphire instantly sat up and gasped for air, then stood up by the bed. Kurama was still in bad condition, but she knew the priest wouldn't let her or him die. She turned to see that the others were staring at her, and she saw dry blood on her white dress shirt from the dance. "What happened in here?" Kittara asked and Sapphire shook her head. "It would be too strange for any of you, trust me," was all she said, turning to see if Kurama was breathing. He moaned a little and his eyes half opened, but he smiled anyway. "Can you tell us what happened, because I think we'd believe you for once," Hiei said sarcastically but Sapphire ignored him and told them everything.
"Well...what do we do now?" Kuwbara asked Sapphire, but her throat hurt too much to talk so she just shook her head. "But I still don't get how that dead priest is still connected to you," Yusuke spoke, looking over at his dead mom on the couch. "And I wonder what kind of powers that flute possesses." Sapphire wanted to agree, but her mind was still set on what would happen next. They turned around to see Kurama slowly walking towards them, falling to his knees half way. When Yusuke and Hiei went to help him up, they noticed that he had two bite marks on his neck and were bleeding slowly. They helped him sit next to Sapphire and she examined the marks. "I...woke up...with...them," he explained, leaning his head back on the couch and tried to breathe deep. Kittara sat up and started to pace around, muttering to herself quietly. "One thing that's for sure is that those you've had are bound to come true soon enough. But what puzzles me is how Kurama got those marks on his neck," she said aloud, looking out the window. "But the question is...how can those visions come true?" That question made everyone think for a moment, the room surrounded by a long silence. "When you started waking up, did you hear or see anything else?" Yusuke asked Sapphire and she thought for a minute, then she suddenly remembered what she heard. "The only thing I heard was a woman saying that she was going to get her way with the help of a spirit. And the last thing I saw was the priest struggling over something, but there was no one around so I was confused. Then I saw his eyes roll into the back of his head and he screamed then disappeared," she whispered when she felt her heart stop and she fell to her knees on the floor. She put her hands to her head and started screaming, "NO PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE!" The others stared at her, not sure what to do, but gathered around her when they saw her eyes go glassy white. Sapphire laughed, baring fangs and levitated to the ceiling and looked down at her friends. "Your questions are about to be answered," Sapphire said in a voice not her own at all, and she tried to fight the person back. "GRAB YOUR WEAPONS, SHE'S BEING POSSESSED!" Kittara ordered and they all withdrew their weapons but the possessed Sapphire just laughed. Her eyes turned red and thick darkness started appearing outside, black poisonous fog and some seeped inside through the windows. Hiei jumped up and tried to slash the angel, but a shield appeared and he was slammed against a bloody wall. Then without knowing, about twenty possessed souls appeared in the apartment, their eyes all white and expressionless. "Great, the welcoming committee is here to kick our ass," Yusuke said impatiently, running towards a large group of them and started punching them. But the wounds healed instantly and they pushed him back with invisible energy. "Attack my puppets, show them what improvements I gave to you!" the possessed Sapphire commanded and the mindless souls charged at the group.
While Yusuke, Kittara, Hiei and Kuwbara distracted them, Kurama got himself up and pulled out his whip and stepped towards Sapphire. She smirked and fired a Spirit Bat and it inside Kurama! He fell to his knees, fighting the bat back that was feeding on his soul. She laughed as he released the bat out of him and when fell again as a swarm of them attacked him. "NOW, YOU ALL WILL WITNESS THE THREATENING DARKNESS!" she called out and spread her arms out so she looked like a human cross. Kuwbara lunged at her and his spirit sword crackled as it tried to penetrate the shield and Sapphire laughed and sent out more bats. "There has to be some way to make her snap out of it!" she heard Kittara yell over the moaning of the mindless souls and watched her as she searched around the apartment, as if trying to find something important.
(Inside Sapphire's mind)
The leader's wife laughed endlessly as the real Sapphire struggled to release the poison rope off her hands but she gave up eventually. "I told you that priest I would have my way, and I have," she said in a low tone and pulled Sapphire's face up to hers. "Unleash the first part of your destruction!" she ordered, her nails cutting into Sapphire's face but the angel refused. The woman released her grip and held out her right hand to the side and Sapphire's heart appeared in her hand. She gasped as the woman squeezed her heart harder and harder, but no blood came out luckily. "I'll...do....it!" she managed to say and the woman smiled, and her heart disappeared. "I knew you'd see things my way...DO IT NOW!" she said again and Sapphire looked up and tried to say the words, but something happened. "SPELLBOUND CROSS!" Sapphire had managed to say as the song of the flute started to take full effect. The fiery gold energy exploded and the room went completely black.
Kittara played the song with all her might, trying hard not to give in to the destructive power. She only had one more note to play, but the room was embraced by the force and the entire apartment burst into ruin. The toxic fog choked their hearts until they had to cover their mouths. The mindless souls and the vampires had left during the explosion, but Sapphire remained unconscious. "Anyone seriously hurt?" Yusuke called out, coughing constantly. Hiei helped Kittara out under from some rubble, supporting her of her broken leg. Kuwbara struggled out from under the caved in roof, school uniform torn up in some places and was holding the body of Yusuke's mom. Kurama and Sapphire were nowhere to be found, and they all searched. The others had called out their names when they heard moaning underneath a large pile of rubble. "It's them, they're alright!" Kuwbara reported and they all rushed over to see. Kurama was bruised pretty badly but was alright and had Sapphire in his arms. "So she was right about the visions," Hiei said to himself, looking down at the unconscious angel spirit. "But I never expected this to happen." They nodded in agreement, not prepared for what they would witness when the dark fog would fade.
Beginning Part 1: Threatening Darkness
Sapphire instantly sat up and gasped for air, then stood up by the bed. Kurama was still in bad condition, but she knew the priest wouldn't let her or him die. She turned to see that the others were staring at her, and she saw dry blood on her white dress shirt from the dance. "What happened in here?" Kittara asked and Sapphire shook her head. "It would be too strange for any of you, trust me," was all she said, turning to see if Kurama was breathing. He moaned a little and his eyes half opened, but he smiled anyway. "Can you tell us what happened, because I think we'd believe you for once," Hiei said sarcastically but Sapphire ignored him and told them everything.
"Well...what do we do now?" Kuwbara asked Sapphire, but her throat hurt too much to talk so she just shook her head. "But I still don't get how that dead priest is still connected to you," Yusuke spoke, looking over at his dead mom on the couch. "And I wonder what kind of powers that flute possesses." Sapphire wanted to agree, but her mind was still set on what would happen next. They turned around to see Kurama slowly walking towards them, falling to his knees half way. When Yusuke and Hiei went to help him up, they noticed that he had two bite marks on his neck and were bleeding slowly. They helped him sit next to Sapphire and she examined the marks. "I...woke up...with...them," he explained, leaning his head back on the couch and tried to breathe deep. Kittara sat up and started to pace around, muttering to herself quietly. "One thing that's for sure is that those you've had are bound to come true soon enough. But what puzzles me is how Kurama got those marks on his neck," she said aloud, looking out the window. "But the question is...how can those visions come true?" That question made everyone think for a moment, the room surrounded by a long silence. "When you started waking up, did you hear or see anything else?" Yusuke asked Sapphire and she thought for a minute, then she suddenly remembered what she heard. "The only thing I heard was a woman saying that she was going to get her way with the help of a spirit. And the last thing I saw was the priest struggling over something, but there was no one around so I was confused. Then I saw his eyes roll into the back of his head and he screamed then disappeared," she whispered when she felt her heart stop and she fell to her knees on the floor. She put her hands to her head and started screaming, "NO PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE!" The others stared at her, not sure what to do, but gathered around her when they saw her eyes go glassy white. Sapphire laughed, baring fangs and levitated to the ceiling and looked down at her friends. "Your questions are about to be answered," Sapphire said in a voice not her own at all, and she tried to fight the person back. "GRAB YOUR WEAPONS, SHE'S BEING POSSESSED!" Kittara ordered and they all withdrew their weapons but the possessed Sapphire just laughed. Her eyes turned red and thick darkness started appearing outside, black poisonous fog and some seeped inside through the windows. Hiei jumped up and tried to slash the angel, but a shield appeared and he was slammed against a bloody wall. Then without knowing, about twenty possessed souls appeared in the apartment, their eyes all white and expressionless. "Great, the welcoming committee is here to kick our ass," Yusuke said impatiently, running towards a large group of them and started punching them. But the wounds healed instantly and they pushed him back with invisible energy. "Attack my puppets, show them what improvements I gave to you!" the possessed Sapphire commanded and the mindless souls charged at the group.
While Yusuke, Kittara, Hiei and Kuwbara distracted them, Kurama got himself up and pulled out his whip and stepped towards Sapphire. She smirked and fired a Spirit Bat and it inside Kurama! He fell to his knees, fighting the bat back that was feeding on his soul. She laughed as he released the bat out of him and when fell again as a swarm of them attacked him. "NOW, YOU ALL WILL WITNESS THE THREATENING DARKNESS!" she called out and spread her arms out so she looked like a human cross. Kuwbara lunged at her and his spirit sword crackled as it tried to penetrate the shield and Sapphire laughed and sent out more bats. "There has to be some way to make her snap out of it!" she heard Kittara yell over the moaning of the mindless souls and watched her as she searched around the apartment, as if trying to find something important.
(Inside Sapphire's mind)
The leader's wife laughed endlessly as the real Sapphire struggled to release the poison rope off her hands but she gave up eventually. "I told you that priest I would have my way, and I have," she said in a low tone and pulled Sapphire's face up to hers. "Unleash the first part of your destruction!" she ordered, her nails cutting into Sapphire's face but the angel refused. The woman released her grip and held out her right hand to the side and Sapphire's heart appeared in her hand. She gasped as the woman squeezed her heart harder and harder, but no blood came out luckily. "I'll...do....it!" she managed to say and the woman smiled, and her heart disappeared. "I knew you'd see things my way...DO IT NOW!" she said again and Sapphire looked up and tried to say the words, but something happened. "SPELLBOUND CROSS!" Sapphire had managed to say as the song of the flute started to take full effect. The fiery gold energy exploded and the room went completely black.
Kittara played the song with all her might, trying hard not to give in to the destructive power. She only had one more note to play, but the room was embraced by the force and the entire apartment burst into ruin. The toxic fog choked their hearts until they had to cover their mouths. The mindless souls and the vampires had left during the explosion, but Sapphire remained unconscious. "Anyone seriously hurt?" Yusuke called out, coughing constantly. Hiei helped Kittara out under from some rubble, supporting her of her broken leg. Kuwbara struggled out from under the caved in roof, school uniform torn up in some places and was holding the body of Yusuke's mom. Kurama and Sapphire were nowhere to be found, and they all searched. The others had called out their names when they heard moaning underneath a large pile of rubble. "It's them, they're alright!" Kuwbara reported and they all rushed over to see. Kurama was bruised pretty badly but was alright and had Sapphire in his arms. "So she was right about the visions," Hiei said to himself, looking down at the unconscious angel spirit. "But I never expected this to happen." They nodded in agreement, not prepared for what they would witness when the dark fog would fade.
