"NETTO!"
The screams broke the silence at the same moment that Enzan and Kichi reached the clearing. Netto lay on the stone, completely motionless. Cesare turned to face Kichi and Enzan, smirking very evily.
"Well, you're still alive. I'm impressed. But you're a little late to the party, if you haven't noticed," Cesare said, removing the dagger from Netto's chest. "My master has already been revived."
Kichi screeched like a demon and shot forward, her fist connecting with Cesare's jaw. The man staggered backwards, trying to keep himself from falling back into the water. Kichi didn't bother to wait for him to recover. Hell had no fury like Kichi in a bad mood, and she was going to make sure that Cesare wouldn't forget it. Ever.
"You will pay for this!" Kichi screamed. "I will kill you for hurting him!"
"Heh, he's already dead!" Cesare shouted back, blocking a punch.
"I don't believe it!"
Kichi grabbed a hold of Cesare's collar so that he couldn't get away and punched him as hard as she could with her free hand. The punch knocked him free of her grip, sending him flying into one of the small streams. Suddenly a howl unlike anything they had ever heard filled the air as smoke began to surround the fallen man. When the smoke cleared the howling stopped. Nothing remained of Cesare save for a bunch of charred clothes.
"Netto! Netto, please open your eyes."
The heart-wrenching plea brought Kichi's attention back to her cousin. Enzan had moved him off of the stone and set him down on the ground. His hand was pressed up against the wound, trying to stem the flow of blood. Kichi felt tears rising in her eyes, and brushed them away before they could blind her. She couldn't loose control of her emotions now, not with Netto just barely clinging to life. Yes, he was still alive, he was still breathing, but the breaths were very shallow. It seemed that Cesare had missed Netto's heart, but not by much.
"E-Enzan?" The querie was very soft, barely audible, but Enzan and Kichi both heard it.
"Netto! Don't worry, everything's going to be alright," Enzan said, a tear falling onto Netto's chest. "I promise."
"Right. Save your strength. Anuzu went for help. They should be here soon. Just hold on," Kichi said.
Netto didn't reply. His breaths grew a bit steadier though, as the will the live reentered him. Despite the cold temperatures, Kichi took off her coat and placed it over Netto's body. Keeping him warm was her first priority. She prayed silently that her brothers would reach them soon. She very much doubted that Netto would be able to last the night.
****
The entire household had been in chaos when Kichi and the boys hadn't shown up on time. Even with the roads being covered in snow they had been unreasonably late. No one had been able to remain calm, there was no way of knowing whether or not they'd been in an accident and were lying on the side of the road somewhere. Finally Mycah had gotten so worried that she'd sent the patrols out to look for the missing trio. It wasn't long after that the flames had been spotted on the mountain. Fearing it somehow connected to the three missing people, the patrols had focused in on that area. Not long after, Anuzu had appeared, looking for Darius.
((Netto is hurt! Come with me!))
That was an order if he'd ever heard one, and Darius wasn't going to ignore it. Calling half of the group to come with him and ordering the other half to keep working on the dying fire, they followed the half-wolf deeper into the forest. She led them into an area the group of brothers were certain they'd never seen before, but no one paused to ask about it.
It felt like ages before they reached the clearing that Kichi, Enzan and Netto were in. Even from a distance Darius could tell that all three of them were in bad shape, and that Netto was the worst. All three of them were unconscious when the patrol reached them, knocked out from the cold and, in Netto's case, loss of blood. They would have to move fast if there was any chance of saving them.
"Alright, you know the drill. Lets move, people!"
****
Netto's eyes opened slowly, revealing a brightly lit white room. Next to him he heard a machine beeping, and the drip of an i.v. Groaning, Netto turned his head to one side, coming to find that he wasn't alone in the room. No more than three feet away, sleeping in the other bed, was Enzan. His arm was bandaged and in a sling, and like Netto, he was hooked up to an i.v.
"I see you've woken up," a soft voice said from Netto's other side. He turned his head to find his great-grandmother sitting in a chair, watching him. "I'd say you've been through quite a bit. Though I don't have any idea how I am going to explain this to your parents."
"Do you know what happened?" Netto asked, his voice weak.
Mycah nodded, a lock of grey hair sliding across her eyes. "Kichi and Enzan told me everything they knew. I can tell you right now that the police here think they are both out of their minds." Mycah chuckled, then grew serious again. "Netto, we found no sign of this "master" that the man-demon spoke about. If it was revived, it reappeared somewhere else."
Netto groaned and closed his eyes. That wasn't something he wanted to hear.
"We'll continue looking, Netto. But be on alert for anything strange. I've already told Enzan the same, and Kichi already knows. For now that is all the advice I can give you, save to rest up."
****
In the darker corners of the Net City, bits of data slowly streamed together. Ever so slowly they compiled together, eventually creating a navi. The navi was several shades of black and grey with dark blue hair sticking out from under his helmet. The insignia on his chest was red dragon with its teeth bared. A smaller version of the dragon appeared on both sides of his helmet. Suddenly the navi stood up, opening his eyes, revealing them to be completely red with a black slit where the pupils should have been. The eyes scanned the Net City as a smirk began to emerge on the navi's face.
"I..Have..Returned!"
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And there you have it. The ending of the second part of this trilogy. I'm not sure when I shall start the third and final part, but it will probably be soon if my muses has anything to do with it.
*runs away from Neko, Arison-chan and the army of evil Sporks*
The screams broke the silence at the same moment that Enzan and Kichi reached the clearing. Netto lay on the stone, completely motionless. Cesare turned to face Kichi and Enzan, smirking very evily.
"Well, you're still alive. I'm impressed. But you're a little late to the party, if you haven't noticed," Cesare said, removing the dagger from Netto's chest. "My master has already been revived."
Kichi screeched like a demon and shot forward, her fist connecting with Cesare's jaw. The man staggered backwards, trying to keep himself from falling back into the water. Kichi didn't bother to wait for him to recover. Hell had no fury like Kichi in a bad mood, and she was going to make sure that Cesare wouldn't forget it. Ever.
"You will pay for this!" Kichi screamed. "I will kill you for hurting him!"
"Heh, he's already dead!" Cesare shouted back, blocking a punch.
"I don't believe it!"
Kichi grabbed a hold of Cesare's collar so that he couldn't get away and punched him as hard as she could with her free hand. The punch knocked him free of her grip, sending him flying into one of the small streams. Suddenly a howl unlike anything they had ever heard filled the air as smoke began to surround the fallen man. When the smoke cleared the howling stopped. Nothing remained of Cesare save for a bunch of charred clothes.
"Netto! Netto, please open your eyes."
The heart-wrenching plea brought Kichi's attention back to her cousin. Enzan had moved him off of the stone and set him down on the ground. His hand was pressed up against the wound, trying to stem the flow of blood. Kichi felt tears rising in her eyes, and brushed them away before they could blind her. She couldn't loose control of her emotions now, not with Netto just barely clinging to life. Yes, he was still alive, he was still breathing, but the breaths were very shallow. It seemed that Cesare had missed Netto's heart, but not by much.
"E-Enzan?" The querie was very soft, barely audible, but Enzan and Kichi both heard it.
"Netto! Don't worry, everything's going to be alright," Enzan said, a tear falling onto Netto's chest. "I promise."
"Right. Save your strength. Anuzu went for help. They should be here soon. Just hold on," Kichi said.
Netto didn't reply. His breaths grew a bit steadier though, as the will the live reentered him. Despite the cold temperatures, Kichi took off her coat and placed it over Netto's body. Keeping him warm was her first priority. She prayed silently that her brothers would reach them soon. She very much doubted that Netto would be able to last the night.
****
The entire household had been in chaos when Kichi and the boys hadn't shown up on time. Even with the roads being covered in snow they had been unreasonably late. No one had been able to remain calm, there was no way of knowing whether or not they'd been in an accident and were lying on the side of the road somewhere. Finally Mycah had gotten so worried that she'd sent the patrols out to look for the missing trio. It wasn't long after that the flames had been spotted on the mountain. Fearing it somehow connected to the three missing people, the patrols had focused in on that area. Not long after, Anuzu had appeared, looking for Darius.
((Netto is hurt! Come with me!))
That was an order if he'd ever heard one, and Darius wasn't going to ignore it. Calling half of the group to come with him and ordering the other half to keep working on the dying fire, they followed the half-wolf deeper into the forest. She led them into an area the group of brothers were certain they'd never seen before, but no one paused to ask about it.
It felt like ages before they reached the clearing that Kichi, Enzan and Netto were in. Even from a distance Darius could tell that all three of them were in bad shape, and that Netto was the worst. All three of them were unconscious when the patrol reached them, knocked out from the cold and, in Netto's case, loss of blood. They would have to move fast if there was any chance of saving them.
"Alright, you know the drill. Lets move, people!"
****
Netto's eyes opened slowly, revealing a brightly lit white room. Next to him he heard a machine beeping, and the drip of an i.v. Groaning, Netto turned his head to one side, coming to find that he wasn't alone in the room. No more than three feet away, sleeping in the other bed, was Enzan. His arm was bandaged and in a sling, and like Netto, he was hooked up to an i.v.
"I see you've woken up," a soft voice said from Netto's other side. He turned his head to find his great-grandmother sitting in a chair, watching him. "I'd say you've been through quite a bit. Though I don't have any idea how I am going to explain this to your parents."
"Do you know what happened?" Netto asked, his voice weak.
Mycah nodded, a lock of grey hair sliding across her eyes. "Kichi and Enzan told me everything they knew. I can tell you right now that the police here think they are both out of their minds." Mycah chuckled, then grew serious again. "Netto, we found no sign of this "master" that the man-demon spoke about. If it was revived, it reappeared somewhere else."
Netto groaned and closed his eyes. That wasn't something he wanted to hear.
"We'll continue looking, Netto. But be on alert for anything strange. I've already told Enzan the same, and Kichi already knows. For now that is all the advice I can give you, save to rest up."
****
In the darker corners of the Net City, bits of data slowly streamed together. Ever so slowly they compiled together, eventually creating a navi. The navi was several shades of black and grey with dark blue hair sticking out from under his helmet. The insignia on his chest was red dragon with its teeth bared. A smaller version of the dragon appeared on both sides of his helmet. Suddenly the navi stood up, opening his eyes, revealing them to be completely red with a black slit where the pupils should have been. The eyes scanned the Net City as a smirk began to emerge on the navi's face.
"I..Have..Returned!"
-------
And there you have it. The ending of the second part of this trilogy. I'm not sure when I shall start the third and final part, but it will probably be soon if my muses has anything to do with it.
*runs away from Neko, Arison-chan and the army of evil Sporks*
