Chapter 6: I will find you
Misto had come back to see Kate and Kanon running in opposite directions. Kanon was heading for the forest. "Oh great!" He yelled, very annoyed then he yelled for Sue, who came running out of the house.
"What happened?" she cried "Where is Kate? The girl.."
"They ran off! I'll go after Kate. You find Jerrie and we'll look for Kanon from there."
"But what...?"
"No questions! Just run!!!"
"Alright." Sue took off toward Jerrie and Teazer's home. Misto ran after Kate, guessing where she might have gone.
Kanon ran to the forest near by. She hid herself behind a tree and started crying angrily. Her eyes were sore from crying. She looked up to wipe her face when she saw the dragon appear again before her "Draco...?" Kanon suddenly was deeply angry and shouted "WHY DID YOU GO!? WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME??"
Kate stopped running when she reached the stables where they kept a few of the village's horses, and she walked inside. She leaned against her horse's stall, unaware that Draco's ghost had appeared behind her. Feeling another's presents she turned to see the Dragon standing before her.
"Don't be afraid..." The Dragon said. "I'm a friend. Go back to Kanon."
"But where..?"
"She needs you now more then ever."
Kate looked at her horse in her stall then back at Draco, nodding. Draco spoke again "Her anger has blinded her. She may do something rash. You best Hurry!"
"Yes...Yes I'll go." Kate quickly grabbed a Horse Harness and opened her horses stall. "Come on, Banshee..." Kate knew she had to move fast. Then Misto came running in, "Kate! Where is Kanon?" he asked.
"I'm going to find her now! I'll ride up a head, get your horse and ride after me as fast as you can!" Then Kate took off on her horse.
Back in the forest, Kanon was holding her hands, staring at it. "Where can I go?" she thought "where do I turn?" A vision of Shishio suddenly appeared to her. He was laughing maniacally at her. The heat of Kanon's anger had turned her eyes a deep crimson red. "SHISHIO!!!!!" she shrieked. She ran at the ghost and cut it in half with her sword, only to find it behind her again, still laughing. Kanon started screaming "Ahhh! I will find you, Shishio! No matter where you go, I will not stop until you are DEAD!!!" Kanon collapsed to her knees. She took her sword in her hands, seeing no other way out. She raised the blade high above her. "Forgive me, Kenshin..." She was about to bring the blade down when Kate came riding up fast. She past Kanon, taking the sword with her.
Kanon fell to all fours, panting in frustration. Misto rode up on his own horse as well, he saw what happened. "We thought we lost you." He said. Kanon refused to answer him. Kate was deeply hurt and angry. She dismounted her horse, holding the sword in her hand. She walked up to Kanon "So..." She said. "This was going to be your way out, huh? Your escape!?!"
Kanon still didn't answer.
"Do you really think that would have done any good? Answer me! How could you...why...?" Kanon was so shocked at her own actions that she couldn't answer. When she didn't, Kate dropped the sword and walked away. She stopped, when she turned back to where Kanon was sitting, she saw that the dragon bracelet began to glow again. I single red spark flew out of from the silver and drifted away into the sky. Then Kanon collapsed completely. Kate ran to her, she didn't understand, it seemed like Kanon was unconscious but her eyes were wide open. Misto got off his horse "Kanon?"
No answer.
"Kanon, listen to me. You have to care! You must try! You can't give up now!"
"Kanon...move! Please! Speak to me!" Kate was trying not to loose hope that Kanon was even alive "Think of Kenshin!"
Deep inside Kanon's mind she was remember a time when she was a young girl. She was talking to Kenshin. She was on the verge of forsaking a task.
"You should never give in, Miss Kanon. You are much stronger than you think, that you are.."
Kanon heard the voice of Kate "You mustn't stop..."
Misto's voice "You have to care..."
"You're right, Kenshin" Young Kanon said. "I am stronger..."
As the voices of her past and present echoed in her ears, Kanon opened her eyes. She stood up, completely renewed by Kenshin, Misto and Kate's words. Finally, she spoke "I best be going...that I should."
To Kate and Misto, Kanon's voice seemed different somehow. Kanon picked up her sword.
"You're not going alone." Kate said. "I won't let you."
Kanon turned to Kate, her eyes shining like never before, as if she was a whole new person. "Please Kate. Stay here. I'll be just fine, that I will."
"Ye best not be tellin' Kate te stay 'ere." A familiar voice spoke up. Kanon turned to see Jerrie, Teazer, Sue and Templeton coming.
"I got them here as fast as I could." said Sue.
"As I was saying..."Said Jerrie "When Kate's mind is made up, there be no stoppin 'er. Believe me!"
"We tried!" said Teazer.
"Here love," Jerrie handed Kate an iron spear "You may need this."
Kanon smiled and closed her eyes for moment, thinking. She sighed. "I know I should stop you..."
"But you know you won't." Kate finished.
"Then I'm grateful for your help, All of you." She smiled.
A blue portal started opening behind her. "Watch over them Draco" Kanon said softly. "They are all in need of your protection. All of them braced themselves as they reached the portal. Kanon hesitated in fear of what lay on the other side. Images from her dream flashed before her eyes. Kate placed a hand on Kanon's shoulder, and she looked over. "We're all behind you in this." Kate assured her. Kanon smiled and turned back to the portal "I'm coming, Kenshin..." she whispered as she stepped through.
Kate clutched her spear, then turned to the others "We're in this together." She said. Misto took her hand. "Lord here we go..." Then they stepped through, the rest following after them.
Misto had come back to see Kate and Kanon running in opposite directions. Kanon was heading for the forest. "Oh great!" He yelled, very annoyed then he yelled for Sue, who came running out of the house.
"What happened?" she cried "Where is Kate? The girl.."
"They ran off! I'll go after Kate. You find Jerrie and we'll look for Kanon from there."
"But what...?"
"No questions! Just run!!!"
"Alright." Sue took off toward Jerrie and Teazer's home. Misto ran after Kate, guessing where she might have gone.
Kanon ran to the forest near by. She hid herself behind a tree and started crying angrily. Her eyes were sore from crying. She looked up to wipe her face when she saw the dragon appear again before her "Draco...?" Kanon suddenly was deeply angry and shouted "WHY DID YOU GO!? WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME??"
Kate stopped running when she reached the stables where they kept a few of the village's horses, and she walked inside. She leaned against her horse's stall, unaware that Draco's ghost had appeared behind her. Feeling another's presents she turned to see the Dragon standing before her.
"Don't be afraid..." The Dragon said. "I'm a friend. Go back to Kanon."
"But where..?"
"She needs you now more then ever."
Kate looked at her horse in her stall then back at Draco, nodding. Draco spoke again "Her anger has blinded her. She may do something rash. You best Hurry!"
"Yes...Yes I'll go." Kate quickly grabbed a Horse Harness and opened her horses stall. "Come on, Banshee..." Kate knew she had to move fast. Then Misto came running in, "Kate! Where is Kanon?" he asked.
"I'm going to find her now! I'll ride up a head, get your horse and ride after me as fast as you can!" Then Kate took off on her horse.
Back in the forest, Kanon was holding her hands, staring at it. "Where can I go?" she thought "where do I turn?" A vision of Shishio suddenly appeared to her. He was laughing maniacally at her. The heat of Kanon's anger had turned her eyes a deep crimson red. "SHISHIO!!!!!" she shrieked. She ran at the ghost and cut it in half with her sword, only to find it behind her again, still laughing. Kanon started screaming "Ahhh! I will find you, Shishio! No matter where you go, I will not stop until you are DEAD!!!" Kanon collapsed to her knees. She took her sword in her hands, seeing no other way out. She raised the blade high above her. "Forgive me, Kenshin..." She was about to bring the blade down when Kate came riding up fast. She past Kanon, taking the sword with her.
Kanon fell to all fours, panting in frustration. Misto rode up on his own horse as well, he saw what happened. "We thought we lost you." He said. Kanon refused to answer him. Kate was deeply hurt and angry. She dismounted her horse, holding the sword in her hand. She walked up to Kanon "So..." She said. "This was going to be your way out, huh? Your escape!?!"
Kanon still didn't answer.
"Do you really think that would have done any good? Answer me! How could you...why...?" Kanon was so shocked at her own actions that she couldn't answer. When she didn't, Kate dropped the sword and walked away. She stopped, when she turned back to where Kanon was sitting, she saw that the dragon bracelet began to glow again. I single red spark flew out of from the silver and drifted away into the sky. Then Kanon collapsed completely. Kate ran to her, she didn't understand, it seemed like Kanon was unconscious but her eyes were wide open. Misto got off his horse "Kanon?"
No answer.
"Kanon, listen to me. You have to care! You must try! You can't give up now!"
"Kanon...move! Please! Speak to me!" Kate was trying not to loose hope that Kanon was even alive "Think of Kenshin!"
Deep inside Kanon's mind she was remember a time when she was a young girl. She was talking to Kenshin. She was on the verge of forsaking a task.
"You should never give in, Miss Kanon. You are much stronger than you think, that you are.."
Kanon heard the voice of Kate "You mustn't stop..."
Misto's voice "You have to care..."
"You're right, Kenshin" Young Kanon said. "I am stronger..."
As the voices of her past and present echoed in her ears, Kanon opened her eyes. She stood up, completely renewed by Kenshin, Misto and Kate's words. Finally, she spoke "I best be going...that I should."
To Kate and Misto, Kanon's voice seemed different somehow. Kanon picked up her sword.
"You're not going alone." Kate said. "I won't let you."
Kanon turned to Kate, her eyes shining like never before, as if she was a whole new person. "Please Kate. Stay here. I'll be just fine, that I will."
"Ye best not be tellin' Kate te stay 'ere." A familiar voice spoke up. Kanon turned to see Jerrie, Teazer, Sue and Templeton coming.
"I got them here as fast as I could." said Sue.
"As I was saying..."Said Jerrie "When Kate's mind is made up, there be no stoppin 'er. Believe me!"
"We tried!" said Teazer.
"Here love," Jerrie handed Kate an iron spear "You may need this."
Kanon smiled and closed her eyes for moment, thinking. She sighed. "I know I should stop you..."
"But you know you won't." Kate finished.
"Then I'm grateful for your help, All of you." She smiled.
A blue portal started opening behind her. "Watch over them Draco" Kanon said softly. "They are all in need of your protection. All of them braced themselves as they reached the portal. Kanon hesitated in fear of what lay on the other side. Images from her dream flashed before her eyes. Kate placed a hand on Kanon's shoulder, and she looked over. "We're all behind you in this." Kate assured her. Kanon smiled and turned back to the portal "I'm coming, Kenshin..." she whispered as she stepped through.
Kate clutched her spear, then turned to the others "We're in this together." She said. Misto took her hand. "Lord here we go..." Then they stepped through, the rest following after them.