Ok here goes nelly!!!
Chapter 14: Looking through Broken Glass (Part One)
A/N: There is fighting in here, but it isn't the big battle. This was supposed to be the big fight scene..but I had too many ideas...so it's divided into two chapters.
"Hatori! Hatori!" Phillia screamed as she flew straight through his door and crash landed on the floor. She had only been away from the house a couple of hours. Hatori hurried out of his bed to check on her. He saw Ritsu, safely in her arms. Phillia laid Ritsu down on the floor and Hatori went to get some medical supplies. Ritsu was breathing hard, and holding on tightly to his chest. Momiji ran into the room, and over to Ritsu and Phillia.
"Are you two ok?" Momiji asked. Hatori came back in, and knelt next to Ritsu.
"I'm fine. I can only hope Ritsu is too." Phillia said looking at Hatori. His facial expression didn't show good signs. "What's wrong with him?" Phillia asked.
"He's bleeding on the inside. It seems like he's poisoned." Hatori whispered.
"No!" Phillia picked up his hand. His breath was shaky, and his body was trembling. Momiji hugged Phillia and pulled her hand away from his.
"Come on Phillia. Hatori is very good doctor. I bet he can fix Ritsu." Momiji said.
"No...It's my fault. I have to fix this." Phillia pulled away from him. "Back away from him Hatori." Hatori did as he was told. Phillia placed Ritsu's head in her lap, and closed her eyes. She began humming a song. One that she had sung before.
Save him. If you care at all for the wish of your kind, save him.
From her forehead came a bright golden light. The light exploded and surrounded her and Ritsu both. Gently she kissed Ritsu's forehead and from his chest, a black ball floated out. It was encased in a clear barrier. Another stream of light shot out from Phillia's head and destroyed the ball. When all the remains of the black object disappeared, all the light faded and Ritsu's breathing relaxed.
"There.....he's ok now. Beeru must have done something to him." She stood up, but then immediately collapsed to her knees.
"Phillia!" Momiji yelled as he crawled to her.
"I'm fine. It just took a lot of my magic to cure him."
"I suggest you get that magic back!" A familiar unpleasant voice called from outside. Everyone's head looked outside. Floating in air was the Hanot. He was black, and furry; his eyes showing great anger.
"Leave Hanot! This is not the place or the time to fight!" Phillia yelled
"Anytime is good to finish off the last Hinota! You blood sucking creatures killed my kind. I will not rest until all of you are dead!" He roared.
Phillia looked closer at him. His arms were scared, and one of his eyes was sealed shut. She didn't know why, but she recognized the creature from somewhere. his voice and face, she felt as though they had haunted her dreams somehow. "Who are you?" She asked.
"I am Dorian! The last surviving Hanot! Brother to Kizer a great Hanot king!"
"And Beeru? What did he mean by you being his master?"
"That stupid little human was thirsty for revenge. Blinded by his hatred for you he gave himself to me. I gave him some of my powers. He was my key to finding you. He served his purpose. Now he is part of me." He started walking closer to them.
"Why are you trying to kill me? I have done nothing."
"Oh...dear Hinota, it is nothing to do with what you have done. It's about who you are. You pose a great threat. I cannot let you live."
"You're babbling nonsense! I'm nobody!" Phillia's eyes were beginning to glow as he approached. Dorian laughed.
"You know nothing of yourself do you. You're the little half Hinota. Given the gift of a human life. Supposedly it was suppose to be a punishment for something your parents had done, but the Hinotian king had other ideas." He stopped in the middle of the garden. Phillia threw a fireball at him for a warning. "Before you were born, the king had a daughter. The most beautiful black Hinota. She was to be mates with the young prince. Amaya or as you know him the legendary white hinota. But the young princess fell ill and died. Her soul was to be reincarnated. The king knew with that with the species slowly dying out that his precious daughter wouldn't live. So he decided he wanted to live as a human. So they performed a spell on your human parents. And they had you. Princess Himako is who you truly are. Brother and mate to Amaya, my arch enemy."
"Lies! My parents were punished! The king wouldn't chose them to reincarnate his only daughter."
"He did. He only called it a punishment because he wanted the reincarnation spell to be secret."
"How would you know all this?"
"Because..though you were thought to have fallen ill and died, that is not the truth. You were poisoned...by me."
"Shut up! I am Phillia and no one else! I am not of royalty. This is nothing but a curse!" Phillia sprouted her wings and flew at him. She was still weak from her magic, but she felt more determined to get rid of him, and it gave her strength. He dodged her and sprouted his wings. They were black and white. She remembered what Hatori had said about the lady in the library. She quickly glanced at him, and he looked surprised at the sight of his wings.
"Don't keep running from the truth! You are Himako. Remember the dreams, the visions. Remember how your parents used to beat you cause you only brought pain to them. Remember the city you burned...the people you killed!"
"No! I didn't kill them!" Phillia gathered what energy she had, and threw a silver energy beam at him. He met her attack with one of his own. He was stronger and his attack went through Phillia's and hit her arm.
"Yes you did Phillia! The fire! Himako's specialty was fire. Just like you she used it all time. But your fires spread and killed the innocent!"
"I wasn't my fault! I just lost control! It was an accident!" She held onto her bleeding arm.
"Phillia!" Hatori yelled from the porch, "remember how in the book, it mentioned that the Hanot that the White fought! He was somehow able to spread the fire that he used!" It made Dorian angry and he shot some kind of energy blast at Hatori. Phillia made a barrier around them; it cost her stamina and she couldn't hold out much longer.
"Leave them out of it!" Phillia was angry.
"You're are just like your blasted brother! Can't make sacrifices, or risk any loved ones getting hurt."
"Brother?"
"Have you not been listening? I told you, you are the reincarnation of Himako."
"She was the mate to Amaya!"
"She was also his sister! They were both royalty so they were to be mates."
"I'm not Himako!" She screamed and a large gush of wind blew Dorian against a tree.
"Yes you are. You haven't changed. Still a rebel and distrusting. You ran away cause you refused to be mates with your brother. That's when I found you. Weak and vulnerable. So I poisoned you. You were so easy to kill." He flew to Phillia and grabbed her neck. She kicked his stomach, and let go of her. He instantly punched Phillia knocking her into a rock. She cried out from pain as she bounced to the floor. Hatori and Momiji tried to run to her side, but they couldn't escape her barrier.
"Even now...you're still weak...Himako." He laughed pulling out a dagger made of the metal to kill a Hinota. "Now I get to kill you nice and slow. I want to hear you scream out with pain. You can feel what I feel." Phillia braced herself on her arms. Dorian quickly picked her up and ran the blade across face.
"Phillia! Wake up Phillia!" Momiji yelled. Phillia could hear him yelling, but was too weak to do anything.
"No! Phillia!" Hatori cried out running into the walls of the invisible barrier.
"Leave her alone!" A familiar voice said as they pounded into Dorian. He dropped the blade, and released Phillia. It was Akito. He stood in front of Phillia, trying to protect her.
"A...Ak-ito." Phillia coughed. Akito ignored her and kept his full attention on Dorian.
"You'll pay for that." He ran to Akito and punched him, making him slam into a tree. Phillia stood on wobbly legs to face Dorian. She had just enough energy left to do some kind of small magic. She cupped her hands and formed a huge glowing ball of red and yellow flames. This attack could destroy him if she hit him in the right spot, but her vision was blurred and she couldn't think right.
Concentrate. Aim. I can do this.
As Dorian charged for Phillia she launched the attack...and it missed. Dorian came onto her like a rabid dog, punching her in the cheek, and her stomach. He grabbed her arms and threw her into the air. He flew right above her then, with both his fists, slammed her back into the earth. Amazingly Phillia was still conscious after hitting the ground as hard as she did.
"I think as part of your punishment I'll kill this young man that seems to care about you so much." He said turning to Akito.
"Don't...." Phillia stuttered. Akito looked at the man as he gathered some energy that turned into red star. He laughed then shot a number of the powerful stars at Akito. Akito crouched into a ball and covered his face, but the attack never hit him. When he opened his eyes, Phillia was in front him, with her back facing Dorian. Each blow was hitting her back.
"Phillia stop! He'll kill you!" Akito tried to push her, but she wouldn't budge.
"Akito you need to run into that barrier with Hatori and Momiji. You'll be safe there." She whispered. She winced as one of the stars hit her directly on her spine. "Go now..." Akito nodded and ran to Hatori and Momiji. Dorian was still throwing his attack at Phillia. He didn't notice Akito. When the smoke cleared, Dorian was angry when he saw Phillia standing there.
"For once you protect someone instead of runaway." He laughed. "Even so...it was you who killed them...at least that what they think." His body began to change into something. He became slender and grew longer hair. When he was done, Phillia now understood what he meant by 'her having killed them.'
"It was you..the whole time. Beeru never killed the people. You did." She said as she looked at Dorian. He had taken the shape of herself. He was like her twin..only his wings were still black and white.
"Smart one aren't you. Yes! So now their souls thought you killed them. That's why they haunt you. It doesn't matter now that you'll be joining them." He gathered energy, and prepared to finish Phillia...........
....To be continued........