Me and the Penguin Army
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho nor the lyrics for Whiskey Lullaby By Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss which is a very hauntingly beautiful song.
Chapter 22 Final battle
(She put him out like the burnin' end of a midnight cigarette
She broke his heart he spent his whole life tryin' to forget)
"Auntie Ixi, Hiei isn't gunna die is he!?!" Chloe exclaimed in a worried tone. I half closed my eyes. "Both fighters knew only one would walk away, the other wouldn't allow them to live . . .
(We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time
But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind)
My body shook in rage as Kuroi felt the urge to explain, in detail, what he had done to Hiei up to the point that I came in to the scene. All I could see in my mind was Hiei, dying because of me, my past.
(Until the night
He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger
And finally drank away her memory)
I saw that smirk on Kuroi's face and I knew I was going to cut it off of his face if necessary. With all my strength I pushed my sword forward and made Kuroi take a step back. We glared at each other for a second before he lunged at me. "If I can't have you, no one will Celeste!" Kuroi cried out in fury. "I am not an object you can claim beast!" I screamed as Kuroi pulled out a small knife and stabbed it into my shoulder.
(Life is short but this time it was bigger
Than the strength he had to get up off his knees)
I fell to my knees in agony. "You know Celeste, you were always a miss-matched demon. Personality like fire, though you commanded the docile water. Maybe that's why we're destined for one another!" I glared into the eyes of the beast before me; he had the psycho craving in them. "No other shall interfere!" He screamed, and in a blur, Kuroi had spun around and hurled the small knife straight at Hiei. It hit him just under his left shoulder. Hiei tensed up in pain before his body went limp.
(We found him with his face down in the pillow
With a note that said I'll love her till I die)
That was it, that one blow to Hiei's heart made me loose control. I let my body change into its demoniac form. The fins on my back, arms and legs all appeared. My clothes changed to the torn blue dress and the long blue tail, spiked with barbs also came. (Remember that you can see a pic of Celeste if you go to my homepage, Thanks Sami for being the first to tag.) "Ah, Celeste, how good of you to come." Kuroi said in a mocking tone.
(And when we buried him beneath the willow
The angels sang a whiskey lullaby)
"Silence you monster!" Celeste's strong voice commanded respect and immediate obedience. Kuroi had a look of terror in his eyes. I took a firm grip on the hilt of the sword, so tight that the pointed edge dug into my hand, causing blue blood to run down the blade. "You have no right here!"
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
Then the rains came. Pouring down as if trying to wash away what had already been done, in the present and in the past. But I knew it was no use, even if Hiei survived he would never be the same, and it would be my entire fault. Yet another death, all because Kuroi wanted my love.
(The rumors flew but nobody knew how much she blamed herself
For years and years she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath)
Then all the memories of my former selves flooded back into my mind, each stained by someone else's pain and blood. And each stab of pain and each drop of blood was my fault. My fault . . .
(She finally drank her pain away a little at a time
But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind)
But whether my fault or not I had to leave the past behind me. Too much rode on the present to dwell on the past. I glared up at Kuroi. I knew he would die, but even his blood could not bring them back. The countless thousands on the fourth world we destroyed in one of our battles, to the first one that loved me. Whether Kuroi ha destroyed their body or their soul, he and me had done evil beyond words.
(Until the night
She put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger
And finally drank away his memory)
I squeezed the hilt tighter in my hand and charged Kuroi. He charged me as well, we both knew only one would walk away from this last attack; it was the final battle. Around my sword were all the energies of every dragon willing to help, and the light from the combined energies was blinding. But when I glanced to Kuroi's weapon I saw none. No one was going to help him, not even those who worked for him to do his dirty work.
(Life is short but this time it was bigger
Than the strength she had to get up off her knees)
But even without the added energy, when the swords clashed, both were sent sailing backwards, more than likely mortally wounded. Relying on my sword for support I watched as the small-injured form of a black dog bolted from the battlefield. "Kuroi, it is not yet over!" I whispered hoarsely. With that I ran over to Hiei's limp form as fast as I was able. "Please, please be alive!" I cried as I went up to him. He was, but just barely. "Rikoh!" I screamed and the black hippogriff was at my side in seconds. He had a few wounds along his body. "Penguins." He muttered telepathically.
(We found her with her face down in the pillow
Clinging to his picture for dear life)
"Take Hiei back to the Temple as fast as you possibly can." I said as I wedged the blade of the sword between the chain and the tree and pulled back with my remaining strength. It snapped after a few seconds of effort. I picked Hiei up, his body light, and gently laid him on the hippogriff's back so he would not fall during flight. "What about you?" Rikoh asked as I back slowly. "You can only take one of us. Be good for them until I come back, okay?" I was fighting back tears now. Rikoh nodded solemnly. "Ixi, you're not coming back are you?" Rikoh asked slowly.
(We laid her next to him beneath the willow
While the angels sang a whiskey lullaby)
"Just tell Hiei . . . don't wait for me . . ." Rikoh nodded sadly, slowly beating his long wings until he rose into the air. I watched until their black form vanished into the distance.
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
"Auntie Ixi, Hiei isn't gunna die right? He's gunna be okay right? Cause he's tough . . . right?" I closed my eyes slowly to Rayden's questions. "You're just going to have to listen to the end . . . C'mon, we can finish the story while we walk to the nest, the rain's stopped." I led the two kids outside, to well-beaten path that led deep into the forest.
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
I transformed myself into a silvery serpentine dragon and soared through the sky as my blue blood ran out my wounds. The only thought on my mind then was to find Kuroi and kill him. The rain had stopped now.
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
Then the loss of blood over took me and I fell from the sky. I blacked out before I hit the ground so I wasn't quite sure where I landed. All I know is I lie there for a great amount of time . . . there was much I had to come to terms with.
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
But when I did awaken I knew that Kuroi had better be running for his life as I rested. There are many reasons you don't anger a dragon.
Ixi: ;-; I cant believe I did a chapter that sad. Well . . .