Disclaimer: I don't own Shinzo. Though do own Gemma
Now, onward to the fic..
A special thanks to Trudi Frost, Psycho-Kitty-Purra, AardZG, Louisiana, and Pen2 for reviewing, I really appreciate it guys!
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Estee hit the ground with a thud.
"Estee, come on!" her brothers insisted, helping her up "You heard Uncle Kutal, we need to get to safety"
"I hope there all right!" she said on the verge of tears.
"They'll be fine, come on!" Shen reassured his sister.
With that they disappeared into the crowd.
***
Mushra and the others ran through the streets. The great stream of people had now slowed to a steady trickle, but the chaos of the situation had not changed. The flames where now higher and burned more violently than before. As they am with in sight of the gates a great jet if flames shot into the sky. The gates where ajar and they slipped quickly through. What they saw was both terrifying and amazing.
Mere meters from the village was monstrous beast, its tail alone had reduced to surrounding trees to toothpicks. It had not one but 3 sets of vast wings sprouting out of its gigantic, scaly back. On its head where stationed two enormous twisting horns and than another two out of the side of its mouth like great pincers. Out of its mouth shot blasts of flames.
Devick ran feverishly into to crowd of defending Enterrans.
"Where on Enterra did it come from?" he asked
"I don't know, it just appeared out of nowhere" an Enterran replied sending yet another feeble attack at the beast.
"What do you mean? Did if flying or come through the forest?" Sago asked arriving with the others.
"No, I mean it just appeared out of nowhere. One moment the gates where clear, than, the next everything was in flames."
"It couldn't have just appeared." Kutal argued to reason.
"Well it did" the Enterran said sourly "But don't take my word for it" than walked, irritated, away.
The beast let out a great roar, sending a rain of fire over them. A small ball of fire landed right by Mushra, setting the dry leaves beneath him alight.
"Well that just the last straw!" Mushra remarked crossly jumping on the flames to put them out.
"That is for sure" Kutal agreed.
Mushra, Kutal and Sago Hyper formed and took to the sky.
Devick let out a gasp of amazement.
With a roar Kutal flew at the beast with his sword drawn. He lifted the sword up and brought it down with astonishing force on its monstrous head. Kutal braced himself as the shock wave swept over him, lowering his arms he looked at the beast to see the damage.
"What?!" he cried out.
There was no mark, not a scratch.
The beast growled angrily at Kutal, than, before Kutal even had a chance to counter, the beast's enormous tail swung around hitting Kutal, sending him plummeting to the ground.
Devick gritted his teeth, Gemma gasped and both Sago and Mushra winced.
"Oh Devick, this is terrorble!" Gemma moaned
"I know! I just hope they have the power the defeat it." Devick breathed
Injured, Kutal joined Mushra and Sago.
"I don't think single attacks are going to any damage to it. We need to hit it all together" Mushra rallied
"Right!" the chorused
Sago, Kutal and Mushra took a dive at to beast attacking with all their might. It stumbled at their force, its scales charred. They took another dive and it stumbled some more, this time breathing very heavily.
"Sago, Kutal move out of the way" Mushra called down to them.
The Sago and Kutal cleared the way for Mushra. He made the finishing blow, diving at the beast and attacking with Flaming Cross of the Phoenix. With a deafening roar the beast was reduced to a card, which, for a second floated in the air than slowly sank to the ground.
Mushra land on the ground and transformed back to him normal form. He picked up the card and looked at it puzzled.
"What is it Mushra?" Kutal now back to his large yellow cat like form asked.
"It's the card, it's not an Enterran Card."
The card was the usual size for an Enterran Card, if not a little larger. Its corners where cut off and triangular piece stuck out of each of the four sides. The border was gold and inside that black. On it was a picture of the beast and in the right-hand bottom corner was a strange symbol. The symbol was a triangle with a moon on top and than on top of that a star, slightly to the right.
"But if it's not an Enterran card, than what was that thing?" Gemma asked joining the group.
Kutal took the card from Mushra and looked at it.
"Very interesting. I do not think I've ever seen anything quite like it." Kutal said perplexed by the card.
Kutal handed it to Sago who also looked quite puzzled by it.
"I'm not sure what the thing was but it wasn't Enterran and it was rather strong."
Gemma suddenly exclaimed in surprise looking at the card.
"What?" Devick asked his sister.
"That symbol, it was on that thing that took your friend Binka."
"Really?" Sago said taking another look at the card
"Yeh, on its for head" Gemma reassured Sago.
"She's right! I remember now" Mushra remarked.
"So your saying that this beast and Binka's kidnapping are some how connected?" Kutal asked curiously.
"Well that how it would appear" Sago replied.
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After the battle they found the kittens and walked about the streets. They put the card out of their minds and began thinking of any possible ways of finding Binka, though, none of them could see much hope in finding her. They had no idea who had taken her, where they had taken her or why, but they all kept their doubts to themselves.
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Mushra slept uneasily that night. His dreams where fast and sickening, plagued with images of unrecognisable things. These dreams had hunted him ever since he had returned to Enterra and they were all the same, though some were more vicious than others.
He bolted up, dripping in cold sweat. His breaths was quick and short, dartingly he looked around him and relaxed a little at the sight of his friends sleeping peacefully around him. He sighed, but was still quite panicky; lately he had found himself worrying for his friend's safety, and Binka's kidnapping had now helped matters. He could never see clearly in his dreams, the faces where always blurred and out of focus, but he know, that something was going to happen, he did not know how he know he just know.
And then there was the rhyme, the only clear thing from the dreams. It was slow and eerie, yet crystal clear. It echoed in the back of his brain, never fading, never growing faint.
***
Mushra sat up, his hands and legs were shaky as he got to his feet. Quietly he crept between the sleeping figures into the brisk night air. A light breeze rustled the forest leaves outside to village as he made his way through the empty streets. The guardsman quietly opened the smaller of the gates for him, but not without suspicion.
He doubted the peace of the forest would give him serenity, but he went anyway.
Moonlight beamed through the roof of trees, lighting a small winding path thought the trees. Silently he moved along the path on his hover board, his eyes closed letting the breeze drift over him. He continued like this for almost half and hour, but the further he headed into he depth of the forest, the move and move he would find himself stopping and looking behind him for something that wasn't here. This feeling quickly became insipid paranoia, something or someone was watching him, following him. It soon got to the point where he could no longer stand it.
"Ok! Who are you and whey are you following me!!!!" Mushra burst out, causing some near by birds to take flight.
There was silence and out of the shadows stepped a girl clad in a pure white dress. She had long, flowing brown hair and rich, peaceful eyes.
"Yakumo?" Mushra whispered on surprise.
The girl nodded sweetly with a warm smile.
"But what are you doing here Yakumo?" he asked, still in awe
"I have come to warn you of a great power that is growing on Enterra. Its strength surpasses even that of Lanacuras." Yakumo told Mushra, her voice soft and clear.
Mushra's eyes widened. Yakumo continued.
"But, there is a power that, if found, could save Enterra. The jewels that you Sago and Kutal carry are three of seven that hold tremendous power."
Mushra's fingers touched his crown.
"Your jewels are that of the elements Fire, Earth and Water; the others are Thunder, Wind, Dark and Light. It is said that together, the jewels hold unstoppable power"
"Is the other jewel that Gemma carries on of those?" Mushra asked
"Yes, the one she carries is know as the Phoenix Eye, it is the Thunder jewel. It is crucial that you find the other three, as you are the not the only ones seeking them."
"But what is this great power?"
Yakumo shook her head.
"I must go now"
"But Yakumo, Binka, we must find her!" Mushra insisted
"You will find her Mushra, have faith."
"But."
Yakumo gave Mushra a warm smile, fading back into nothingness.
Mushra was left standing alone in the forest with more questions than answers.
"Yakumo" he called out pointlessly, he know that she was gone.
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Well, I hope you enjoyed reading this chap, 'cause it was a blast to write! ^.~ !
Thanks for reading and remember, I'm always open to ideas.
Review!
^-^
Toodles
Cheese Monkey!
Now, onward to the fic..
A special thanks to Trudi Frost, Psycho-Kitty-Purra, AardZG, Louisiana, and Pen2 for reviewing, I really appreciate it guys!
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Estee hit the ground with a thud.
"Estee, come on!" her brothers insisted, helping her up "You heard Uncle Kutal, we need to get to safety"
"I hope there all right!" she said on the verge of tears.
"They'll be fine, come on!" Shen reassured his sister.
With that they disappeared into the crowd.
***
Mushra and the others ran through the streets. The great stream of people had now slowed to a steady trickle, but the chaos of the situation had not changed. The flames where now higher and burned more violently than before. As they am with in sight of the gates a great jet if flames shot into the sky. The gates where ajar and they slipped quickly through. What they saw was both terrifying and amazing.
Mere meters from the village was monstrous beast, its tail alone had reduced to surrounding trees to toothpicks. It had not one but 3 sets of vast wings sprouting out of its gigantic, scaly back. On its head where stationed two enormous twisting horns and than another two out of the side of its mouth like great pincers. Out of its mouth shot blasts of flames.
Devick ran feverishly into to crowd of defending Enterrans.
"Where on Enterra did it come from?" he asked
"I don't know, it just appeared out of nowhere" an Enterran replied sending yet another feeble attack at the beast.
"What do you mean? Did if flying or come through the forest?" Sago asked arriving with the others.
"No, I mean it just appeared out of nowhere. One moment the gates where clear, than, the next everything was in flames."
"It couldn't have just appeared." Kutal argued to reason.
"Well it did" the Enterran said sourly "But don't take my word for it" than walked, irritated, away.
The beast let out a great roar, sending a rain of fire over them. A small ball of fire landed right by Mushra, setting the dry leaves beneath him alight.
"Well that just the last straw!" Mushra remarked crossly jumping on the flames to put them out.
"That is for sure" Kutal agreed.
Mushra, Kutal and Sago Hyper formed and took to the sky.
Devick let out a gasp of amazement.
With a roar Kutal flew at the beast with his sword drawn. He lifted the sword up and brought it down with astonishing force on its monstrous head. Kutal braced himself as the shock wave swept over him, lowering his arms he looked at the beast to see the damage.
"What?!" he cried out.
There was no mark, not a scratch.
The beast growled angrily at Kutal, than, before Kutal even had a chance to counter, the beast's enormous tail swung around hitting Kutal, sending him plummeting to the ground.
Devick gritted his teeth, Gemma gasped and both Sago and Mushra winced.
"Oh Devick, this is terrorble!" Gemma moaned
"I know! I just hope they have the power the defeat it." Devick breathed
Injured, Kutal joined Mushra and Sago.
"I don't think single attacks are going to any damage to it. We need to hit it all together" Mushra rallied
"Right!" the chorused
Sago, Kutal and Mushra took a dive at to beast attacking with all their might. It stumbled at their force, its scales charred. They took another dive and it stumbled some more, this time breathing very heavily.
"Sago, Kutal move out of the way" Mushra called down to them.
The Sago and Kutal cleared the way for Mushra. He made the finishing blow, diving at the beast and attacking with Flaming Cross of the Phoenix. With a deafening roar the beast was reduced to a card, which, for a second floated in the air than slowly sank to the ground.
Mushra land on the ground and transformed back to him normal form. He picked up the card and looked at it puzzled.
"What is it Mushra?" Kutal now back to his large yellow cat like form asked.
"It's the card, it's not an Enterran Card."
The card was the usual size for an Enterran Card, if not a little larger. Its corners where cut off and triangular piece stuck out of each of the four sides. The border was gold and inside that black. On it was a picture of the beast and in the right-hand bottom corner was a strange symbol. The symbol was a triangle with a moon on top and than on top of that a star, slightly to the right.
"But if it's not an Enterran card, than what was that thing?" Gemma asked joining the group.
Kutal took the card from Mushra and looked at it.
"Very interesting. I do not think I've ever seen anything quite like it." Kutal said perplexed by the card.
Kutal handed it to Sago who also looked quite puzzled by it.
"I'm not sure what the thing was but it wasn't Enterran and it was rather strong."
Gemma suddenly exclaimed in surprise looking at the card.
"What?" Devick asked his sister.
"That symbol, it was on that thing that took your friend Binka."
"Really?" Sago said taking another look at the card
"Yeh, on its for head" Gemma reassured Sago.
"She's right! I remember now" Mushra remarked.
"So your saying that this beast and Binka's kidnapping are some how connected?" Kutal asked curiously.
"Well that how it would appear" Sago replied.
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After the battle they found the kittens and walked about the streets. They put the card out of their minds and began thinking of any possible ways of finding Binka, though, none of them could see much hope in finding her. They had no idea who had taken her, where they had taken her or why, but they all kept their doubts to themselves.
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Mushra slept uneasily that night. His dreams where fast and sickening, plagued with images of unrecognisable things. These dreams had hunted him ever since he had returned to Enterra and they were all the same, though some were more vicious than others.
He bolted up, dripping in cold sweat. His breaths was quick and short, dartingly he looked around him and relaxed a little at the sight of his friends sleeping peacefully around him. He sighed, but was still quite panicky; lately he had found himself worrying for his friend's safety, and Binka's kidnapping had now helped matters. He could never see clearly in his dreams, the faces where always blurred and out of focus, but he know, that something was going to happen, he did not know how he know he just know.
And then there was the rhyme, the only clear thing from the dreams. It was slow and eerie, yet crystal clear. It echoed in the back of his brain, never fading, never growing faint.
***
Mushra sat up, his hands and legs were shaky as he got to his feet. Quietly he crept between the sleeping figures into the brisk night air. A light breeze rustled the forest leaves outside to village as he made his way through the empty streets. The guardsman quietly opened the smaller of the gates for him, but not without suspicion.
He doubted the peace of the forest would give him serenity, but he went anyway.
Moonlight beamed through the roof of trees, lighting a small winding path thought the trees. Silently he moved along the path on his hover board, his eyes closed letting the breeze drift over him. He continued like this for almost half and hour, but the further he headed into he depth of the forest, the move and move he would find himself stopping and looking behind him for something that wasn't here. This feeling quickly became insipid paranoia, something or someone was watching him, following him. It soon got to the point where he could no longer stand it.
"Ok! Who are you and whey are you following me!!!!" Mushra burst out, causing some near by birds to take flight.
There was silence and out of the shadows stepped a girl clad in a pure white dress. She had long, flowing brown hair and rich, peaceful eyes.
"Yakumo?" Mushra whispered on surprise.
The girl nodded sweetly with a warm smile.
"But what are you doing here Yakumo?" he asked, still in awe
"I have come to warn you of a great power that is growing on Enterra. Its strength surpasses even that of Lanacuras." Yakumo told Mushra, her voice soft and clear.
Mushra's eyes widened. Yakumo continued.
"But, there is a power that, if found, could save Enterra. The jewels that you Sago and Kutal carry are three of seven that hold tremendous power."
Mushra's fingers touched his crown.
"Your jewels are that of the elements Fire, Earth and Water; the others are Thunder, Wind, Dark and Light. It is said that together, the jewels hold unstoppable power"
"Is the other jewel that Gemma carries on of those?" Mushra asked
"Yes, the one she carries is know as the Phoenix Eye, it is the Thunder jewel. It is crucial that you find the other three, as you are the not the only ones seeking them."
"But what is this great power?"
Yakumo shook her head.
"I must go now"
"But Yakumo, Binka, we must find her!" Mushra insisted
"You will find her Mushra, have faith."
"But."
Yakumo gave Mushra a warm smile, fading back into nothingness.
Mushra was left standing alone in the forest with more questions than answers.
"Yakumo" he called out pointlessly, he know that she was gone.
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Well, I hope you enjoyed reading this chap, 'cause it was a blast to write! ^.~ !
Thanks for reading and remember, I'm always open to ideas.
Review!
^-^
Toodles
Cheese Monkey!