At Least We Have Each Other
By: Escachick357
Chapter 4- The Evil Crystals
The following morning, Akira was the last to wake up. He grumbled as he walked to the table in another room. The only ones sitting at the table were Hitomi, Hiroshi, Sakura, and Satoshi. The children ate a breakfast of cooked rice and went outside to play in the warm sun. The sun felt good on everyone's face, so they smiled.
The group of 5 children that Hitomi and Hiroshi met the day before were outside, too. The leader walked up to Hiroshi and threw a punch at him. Hiroshi dodged it easily and aimed a punch that smacked the leader right in the nose. Blood poured out of the leader's nose as he screamed in pain. Then, when Hiroshi wasn't on guard, the leader grabbed Hiroshi's arm and began twisting it. Hiroshi yelped in pain and tried to pull away, but the 13 year old kept twisting.
Hitomi started to run to her brother, but was held back by the oldest girl. "Let me go!" Hitomi screamed as she kicked the girl in the stomach. The oldest girl fell backwards, groaning and holding her stomach as Hitomi ran to Hiroshi. "Let go of my brother!" Hitomi screamed. She kicked the oldest boy in his back. The boy yelled in pain, let go of Hiroshi, and fell forward.
Hiroshi fell to the ground next to the oldest boy, holding his arm in his left hand. Hitomi knelt down by her brother and shot an evil look at the group of kids that tried to hurt her and her twin brother. The group again ran away, screaming in terror as Hitomi helped Hiroshi off the ground. Hiroshi's arm was fine, although it was bruised pretty good.
Hitomi, Hiroshi, Sakura, Satoshi, and Akira walked to the edge of the village and noticed the forest. Their parents said it was fine to play there, but not to pick fights with youkai. The forest was so beautiful and alive that the 5 children could swear they heard the kinder youkai singing softly in the distance. Hitomi and Hiroshi led Sakura, Satoshi, and Akira to the Bone Eater's Well. "That well leads to our home." Hiroshi said, pointing at the well.
"I thought it was all sealed up." Satoshi said cluelessly. "The seal broke yesterday." Hiroshi answered and began to walk towards a new part of the woods. Suddenly, the kind youkai stopped singing and the forest began to look dead and ugly, but nobody got scared. The children just kept walking.
As they got deeper into the forest, an evil wind blew in. When they stopped walking, they were in front of a huge, empty cave. Nobody moved. "Should we go in?" Akira asked, his voice shaking. "Why not?" Sakura asked, grinning. "I'm not going in there." Akira said, crossing his arms over his chest. "Then don't. We'll be out in 5 minutes." Hitomi answered and began walking into the cave with Hiroshi, Satoshi, and Sakura. Akira was alone...for a while. Akira was not going to let his "beautiful maiden" think he was a wuss, so he ran after Hitomi.
The inside of the cave was beautiful, but also creepy. The walls were the colors of the rainbow, but it was silent. There were no youkai and the only sound was the footsteps of the children and the sound of Hitomi and Sakura's hair bouncing against their shoulders. When they finally decided not to go any farther, they came across a blood red wall. On the other side of the wall was a figure, a male youkai. It called for help.
"Help....me..." The youkai pleaded. "Who are you?" Satoshi asked. "My...name is Bardo...I'm trapped behind the wall...please help me..." The youkai called. The 5 children felt sorry for the youkai behind the red wall, so they looked for something, anything, to break the wall, but there wasn't anything. The only thing the children had was their hands and feet. Hiroshi, Satoshi, and Akira punched the wall at the same time that Sakura and Hitomi kicked the wall.
Red shards fell onto the ground as the youkai in it jumped out, laughing insanely. Bardo was at least twice the size of Satoshi, who was the tallest, and had the scariest golden eyes anyone had ever seen. The 5 children were shaking even after they youkai stopped laughing. "15 years. I'm finally out after 15 years!" Bardo screamed. The children screamed as they ran back to the village, away from the evil youkai they had released.
Hitomi and Hiroshi then remembered a story they were told when they were only 6 years old. Years before, in their father's world, there was a monster nearly as powerful and evil as Naraku, that was trying to destroy the world. When he was beaten enough, Inu-yasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo sealed him behind a blood red wall and the only way it could break is if a descendant of them hit it. Hitomi and Hiroshi didn't realize that until after the wall broke.
Hitomi, Hiroshi, Sakura, Satoshi, and Akira ran back to the village and into their parent's arms, shaking in fear. "What is it? What's wrong?" Kagome asked. Suddenly, she found out. Bardo floated into the city, laughing insanely as he screamed, "15 years! You trapped me for 15 years! Now I'll trap you for eternity! Wall of Crystals!" A bright, red light was cast onto the village as Bardo left. Everything in the village was becoming crystallized, just like Bardo used to be.
All the houses, plants, and people were becoming crystallized. "Hitomi! Hiroshi!" Kagome called to her children. "Take Sakura, Satoshi, and Akira and run away!" Inu-yasha yelled, then both him and his wife were crystallized. Next to them were the crystallized figures of Kaede, Shippo, and Kouga. Miroku and Sango were the last ones to be crystallized. They were only halfway done when they gave their final pieces of advice to the children.
"The Wall of Crystals...it will keep us crystallized forever, unless Bardo dies by the next full moon..." Miroku said weakly. "Go to both mine and Inu- yasha's homes to find weapons to kill Bardo with. And please hurry, or we'll be crystallized forever." Sango cried weakly. "Hai mother." Sakura said. "And please stay together." Miroku pleaded. "We will, Father." Satoshi answered. "And remember...although it may seem like you're alone, at least you have each other." Sango said before finally becoming crystallized along with her husband.
Hitomi, Hiroshi, Sakura, Satoshi, and Akira quickly ran out of the village, away from their parents to avoid becoming crystallized. When the crystallizing was finally over, they all ran back to the village to take one last look at their parents before they left. They also noticed the 5 kids that insulted Hitomi and Hiroshi were also crystallized. The fear stayed on their faces, their eyes wide open in terror. Inu-yasha, Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Kouga, Kaede, and Shippo didn't look any better.
Pain rose in everybody's chests. It pained them to see their beloved parents and friends, who protected them, unable to do so now. The 5 of them said a final "good-bye" and "I love you" to their parents before leaving to go home so they could get weapons. It was the only way to save their parent's lives.
End Chapter 4
A/N: So, did you like that one? In my next chapter, the kids get their weapons and go on their journey to save their parents. R/R please. Oh, and "Hai" means yes.
By: Escachick357
Chapter 4- The Evil Crystals
The following morning, Akira was the last to wake up. He grumbled as he walked to the table in another room. The only ones sitting at the table were Hitomi, Hiroshi, Sakura, and Satoshi. The children ate a breakfast of cooked rice and went outside to play in the warm sun. The sun felt good on everyone's face, so they smiled.
The group of 5 children that Hitomi and Hiroshi met the day before were outside, too. The leader walked up to Hiroshi and threw a punch at him. Hiroshi dodged it easily and aimed a punch that smacked the leader right in the nose. Blood poured out of the leader's nose as he screamed in pain. Then, when Hiroshi wasn't on guard, the leader grabbed Hiroshi's arm and began twisting it. Hiroshi yelped in pain and tried to pull away, but the 13 year old kept twisting.
Hitomi started to run to her brother, but was held back by the oldest girl. "Let me go!" Hitomi screamed as she kicked the girl in the stomach. The oldest girl fell backwards, groaning and holding her stomach as Hitomi ran to Hiroshi. "Let go of my brother!" Hitomi screamed. She kicked the oldest boy in his back. The boy yelled in pain, let go of Hiroshi, and fell forward.
Hiroshi fell to the ground next to the oldest boy, holding his arm in his left hand. Hitomi knelt down by her brother and shot an evil look at the group of kids that tried to hurt her and her twin brother. The group again ran away, screaming in terror as Hitomi helped Hiroshi off the ground. Hiroshi's arm was fine, although it was bruised pretty good.
Hitomi, Hiroshi, Sakura, Satoshi, and Akira walked to the edge of the village and noticed the forest. Their parents said it was fine to play there, but not to pick fights with youkai. The forest was so beautiful and alive that the 5 children could swear they heard the kinder youkai singing softly in the distance. Hitomi and Hiroshi led Sakura, Satoshi, and Akira to the Bone Eater's Well. "That well leads to our home." Hiroshi said, pointing at the well.
"I thought it was all sealed up." Satoshi said cluelessly. "The seal broke yesterday." Hiroshi answered and began to walk towards a new part of the woods. Suddenly, the kind youkai stopped singing and the forest began to look dead and ugly, but nobody got scared. The children just kept walking.
As they got deeper into the forest, an evil wind blew in. When they stopped walking, they were in front of a huge, empty cave. Nobody moved. "Should we go in?" Akira asked, his voice shaking. "Why not?" Sakura asked, grinning. "I'm not going in there." Akira said, crossing his arms over his chest. "Then don't. We'll be out in 5 minutes." Hitomi answered and began walking into the cave with Hiroshi, Satoshi, and Sakura. Akira was alone...for a while. Akira was not going to let his "beautiful maiden" think he was a wuss, so he ran after Hitomi.
The inside of the cave was beautiful, but also creepy. The walls were the colors of the rainbow, but it was silent. There were no youkai and the only sound was the footsteps of the children and the sound of Hitomi and Sakura's hair bouncing against their shoulders. When they finally decided not to go any farther, they came across a blood red wall. On the other side of the wall was a figure, a male youkai. It called for help.
"Help....me..." The youkai pleaded. "Who are you?" Satoshi asked. "My...name is Bardo...I'm trapped behind the wall...please help me..." The youkai called. The 5 children felt sorry for the youkai behind the red wall, so they looked for something, anything, to break the wall, but there wasn't anything. The only thing the children had was their hands and feet. Hiroshi, Satoshi, and Akira punched the wall at the same time that Sakura and Hitomi kicked the wall.
Red shards fell onto the ground as the youkai in it jumped out, laughing insanely. Bardo was at least twice the size of Satoshi, who was the tallest, and had the scariest golden eyes anyone had ever seen. The 5 children were shaking even after they youkai stopped laughing. "15 years. I'm finally out after 15 years!" Bardo screamed. The children screamed as they ran back to the village, away from the evil youkai they had released.
Hitomi and Hiroshi then remembered a story they were told when they were only 6 years old. Years before, in their father's world, there was a monster nearly as powerful and evil as Naraku, that was trying to destroy the world. When he was beaten enough, Inu-yasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo sealed him behind a blood red wall and the only way it could break is if a descendant of them hit it. Hitomi and Hiroshi didn't realize that until after the wall broke.
Hitomi, Hiroshi, Sakura, Satoshi, and Akira ran back to the village and into their parent's arms, shaking in fear. "What is it? What's wrong?" Kagome asked. Suddenly, she found out. Bardo floated into the city, laughing insanely as he screamed, "15 years! You trapped me for 15 years! Now I'll trap you for eternity! Wall of Crystals!" A bright, red light was cast onto the village as Bardo left. Everything in the village was becoming crystallized, just like Bardo used to be.
All the houses, plants, and people were becoming crystallized. "Hitomi! Hiroshi!" Kagome called to her children. "Take Sakura, Satoshi, and Akira and run away!" Inu-yasha yelled, then both him and his wife were crystallized. Next to them were the crystallized figures of Kaede, Shippo, and Kouga. Miroku and Sango were the last ones to be crystallized. They were only halfway done when they gave their final pieces of advice to the children.
"The Wall of Crystals...it will keep us crystallized forever, unless Bardo dies by the next full moon..." Miroku said weakly. "Go to both mine and Inu- yasha's homes to find weapons to kill Bardo with. And please hurry, or we'll be crystallized forever." Sango cried weakly. "Hai mother." Sakura said. "And please stay together." Miroku pleaded. "We will, Father." Satoshi answered. "And remember...although it may seem like you're alone, at least you have each other." Sango said before finally becoming crystallized along with her husband.
Hitomi, Hiroshi, Sakura, Satoshi, and Akira quickly ran out of the village, away from their parents to avoid becoming crystallized. When the crystallizing was finally over, they all ran back to the village to take one last look at their parents before they left. They also noticed the 5 kids that insulted Hitomi and Hiroshi were also crystallized. The fear stayed on their faces, their eyes wide open in terror. Inu-yasha, Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Kouga, Kaede, and Shippo didn't look any better.
Pain rose in everybody's chests. It pained them to see their beloved parents and friends, who protected them, unable to do so now. The 5 of them said a final "good-bye" and "I love you" to their parents before leaving to go home so they could get weapons. It was the only way to save their parent's lives.
End Chapter 4
A/N: So, did you like that one? In my next chapter, the kids get their weapons and go on their journey to save their parents. R/R please. Oh, and "Hai" means yes.
