Hello again. well i'm almost done with this fic.
Tenshi: yep we probably have only one more chap left, after this one!
Spirit: un huh so please read and review this chap.
Waring: you may need some tissue for this chap.
Rei and Mina fought as best they could. Mina had several cuts on her arms and a few on her legs. Bruises were forming on her neck and shoulders. Rei had broken her arm and was unable to hold up her bow anymore, so she used a sword she stole from one of the slain demons.
"Ah damn it!" Rei cursed when her arm protested to her movements.
"Rei get up against a tree." Mina ordered. She nodded and did as she was asked. This only helped a little, and soon she was surrounded be demons.
"Damn it!" She cried as she kept them at bay by swinging her sword around. Suddenly one was cut down then another. The others attacked the person who had killed their comrades only to join them in death. Rei aimed her sword at the figure that soon approached her.
"Oh please onna. I'm not here to kill you." Wufei's face soon came into view. "Wufei?" she whispered. He caught her just as she collapsed. "Thanks for coming." she said as she fell unconscious.
"Rei!?" Wufei cried. He sighed and placed her against the tree, he stood in front of her. Killing off any demon who dared to get to close.
Mina hoped Rei was fairing well, unlike herself. A demon had managed to get a rope on her ankle and held her down. Her own whip had been destroyed by a sword that a demon had carried. The only chance she had, was to rain attack after attack on them.
"CRESCENT BEAM!" She cried killing off a demon who tried to come down on her with a dagger. She had tried to attack the demon who had her ankle several times, but it was to fast and avoided all her attacks. It obviously was created in order to hold the enemy so the others could kill it.
"LOVE CHAIN ENCIRCLE!"the attack killed off another, that had threatened her life. "Oh no!" she gasped as her breathing picked up. "I'm running out of energy." "Hello Cat." she looked up to see an unusually large demon. It had a axe in one of its hands its red eyes dancing and laughing at the thought of fresh blood.
"Get the fuck away from me!" she snapped. "Don't think so." it said and raised its deadly weapon. "This is your end." "Like hell it is!" someone shouted. The large demon turned to late as a scythe came from the side and hacked it in two. Duo shifted his weapon and killed the demon that had Mina. He wiped some sweat off his forehead and walked over to her, helping her get the rope off.
"Can you stand?" he asked.
"I think so." she said and slowly rose. Duo supported her. "Thanks Duo." "Any time babe." he said. Mina smiled, glad to see his sense of humor wasn't gone. She grabbed a spear from one of the dead demons and gripped it.
"You know once this is over, we're going to have a talk." she said.
"Can we sleep first, then talk. I have a feeling we'll need it." he asked. Her smile widened. "Alright. Now let get back to work." she said, he nodded and they prepared for the on coming demons.
Setsuna looked around at all the girls, glad to see all were still in one piece. Then she noticed that Hotaru and Rini were being led away from the group.
"Hotaru it's a trap!" she called out. Hotaru looked up and tried to run back over to them, only to be stopped by Trieze. "Damn." the Time Guardian cursed, and killed one last demon before darting over to her young friend. Before she could reach her however a rope lassoed her and pulled her to the ground. She slowly got up and noticed several demons surrounding her. She clutched her staff.
"Deadly Scream!" she shouted. The attack killed three of the demons, and the others closed in. She looked at the demon who had her and smirked. She grabbed onto the rope and pulled, sending it face first into the ground. She got the rope off of her and struck out at the demons. She jumped up and came down on one crushing it's skull. "Get her!" one shrieked. She dodged that ones attacks and broke it's collar bone. Two more charged, but were quickly killed as well. She heard a scream and saw a demon about to come down on Ami. "Ami!!" she cried and tried to save her friend. Only to be hit in the back by a dark blast. Setsuna fell to the ground, she grunted and tried to rise only to have something step on her back and push her back down. She turned her head and looked up into the face of a smiling demon.
"Bye bye." it cackled and raised it's sword over her head. Suddenly an arrow popped out of it's neck. It gave out a choked cry before falling to the ground dead. A hand came into her view. She looked up to it's owner and saw a worried Zechs. She took his hand and he helped her up.
"You alright?" he asked. She didn't meet his eye as she nodded. "Good." he said and turned away. Setsuna bit her lip. She barely knew this man, unlike the others. Even though she did love him, she didn't know if she could trust him.
She looked back at him, and her eyes widened. A demon had snuck up behind him and knocked him to the ground. "Zechs!" she cried and rushed over. The demon turned to see her, but wasn't fast enough to avoid her attack.
"CRONUS TYPHOON!" it gave out a scream before it fell to the ground, dead before even hitting it. "Zechs?" Setsuna knelt down next to him. "Zechs please don't die." tears weld up in her eyes.
"I'm not dead Suna. Well not yet, and I don't think I'm going to." came a grungy voice. She looked down to see he was slowly rising up. "But thanks for caring."She smiled and wrapped her arms around him. Thankful the man she loved was still alive.
Trieze wouldn't let up on his rain of attacks. Even though Hotaru was the best Slayer, she was still not as good as any of the ancient vampires. All she could do was block, and even then just barely.
"Why don't you give up?" he sneered.
"Hell no!" she grunted pushing him back. "I have to protect my friends. I'm not going to die just yet." He smirked as he attacked her again. Swinging his sword with great speed. Several times he thought he had, had her, but each time she would bring up her glaive just in time, or roll away. She was lasting longer then anyone he had ever come up against. The others didn't even have a chance, just like Milliardo's baby sister, Relena. He smiled at the memory of that night when he took her life. Suddenly a sharp pain came from his left arm, he glanced down to see she had taken the chance while he was thinking to slash at him. Luckily it wasn't to serious, but this was still bad. No one had ever managed a hit on him, not even the other ancient vampires.
"Your good. Little Tiger." he commented. Hotaru didn't respond. "What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?" he asked coming down on her again. Rini watched the battle from behind a tree. If Hotaru couldn't manage a fair shot, there was no way she could. The others were handling the demons, well enough. Several times she was tempted to help them , but each time she stepped out of her hiding place, Hotaru would telepathically tell her to get back to her hiding place. Wait, she understood now. Hotaru was holding back a little, not enough to really make a improvement, but it would still help out. And the reason she was holding back, was because she was keeping an eye on Rini. ' great, everyone's suffering because of me. Even Hotaru, and mama too. Why did I have to be born?' she thought. A scream sounded and she looked up Hotaru was pinned to a tree with a spear in her shoulder. "Well now you wont be going anywhere." Trieze remarked. Hotaru gasped for air.
"Go ...to hell." she hissed, and pulled the spear out, throwing it at him. He knocked it away, but hadn't anticipated for her to charge at him. She hit him in the stomach with the butt of her glaive. Knocking the wind out of him. "You die tonight Trieze." she said and brought up her glaive. He smirked as she brought it down. She blinked and he was gone just as she was about to cut down on him.
"Looking for me?" she turned around and cried out. Pain went through her body as he dug his sword into her leg. He pulled it out and she collapsed. "Your pathetic Tiger, or would you rather I call you Hotaru?" she couldn't answer. It hurt to much.
"I think your wrong dear Hotaru. It is not I who will be dying, but you, you and the rest of your comrades. But not the little rabbit, I need her to live if my plan is to work. Don't worry, you'll be needed to, but once I get all your dark energy, there will be no more use for you." he said smiling. Suddenly he was tackled to the ground. Hotaru looked over and saw it was Heero. He had Trieze pinned to the ground.
"Trieze! I'm going to kill you." he snapped, his fangs growing larger and his eyes grew colder, and more deadlier.
"Well, it looks like you've succumbed to your true nature." Trieze growled and threw Heero off him. But instantly the enraged vampire had him by the collar and threw him into a tree.
"It's over Trieze. Tonight is your last." Heero said grinning. Fear etched itself on the mans face. Never had he seen or felt such hatred, such pain. Pain from what? He wasn't hurt to badly anywhere. Trieze then looked over at Hotaru who was favoring her bleeding shoulder and arm. Of course, he felt pain from seeing her hurt. That was what fueled him, and it was to late for him to change that. Instantly Heero was in front of him with his sword. It was the one Hotaru had given him. He raised it and brought it down hitting Trieze in the collar bone with the flat side. "Why...didn't you just finish... me?" he breathed. Heero just scowled.
"I want to make you suffer before you die." he hissed. A twing snapped and he glanced over to see Rini running to Hotaru. 'Perfect.' he thought and quickly dashed over to the small girl aiming his sword at her heart.
"If I die, so will the Light!!" he cried. Rini froze when she heard him and looked up, he was coming down at her. "Ah... HOTARU!!!!!!"
"Now Die!!" he pushed the sword forward. It buried deep into her flesh, no...it wasn't Rini he had stabbed....it was Hotaru. His sword came out from her stomach.
Rini opened her eyes to see the face of her protector. Tears formed at her eyes as Hotaru smiled at her. "Hey Rini.....please..don't cry...It will be alright..you'll..see." she gasped out. Blood trickled down the side of her mouth her hands were placed on Rini's shoulders. "Thank you..Rini.. You may not remember ...but you were my first friend...." she collapsed to the ground breathing heavily. "Ho...Hotaru..." she looked up to see Heero kneel down next to her. Everyone had stopped fighting to watch what was happening. Heero picked her up and placed her on his lap. He lifted a shacking hand and stroked her cheek. "Hotaru...I'm so sorry. Please just hang on. We'll find a way to save you. Please just hold on." Hotaru flinched as she brought up her own hand to his face. "Heero ....I ... love you.." her breath stopped, and her eyes glazed over then slowly shut. She was gone. Rini fell to her knees and clutched the grass, crying as she watched her friend and guardian die. Heero also began to cry. He closed his eyes and set her on the ground. The girls all began to let their own tears fall as well. Some went into the arms of their lover, or collapsed like Rini and cried on the ground. None of them could believe that Hotaru, their Leader, their friend, their sister...had just died....
I sorry for leaving you there. :avoids the object veiwers are throwing.
Tenshi: it's your own fault you know.
Spirit: yes i know any way next Chap is the last one. and will be posted Tomorrow hopefully. Tenshi: its open house at her school.
Spirit: yeah so i might not be able to finish it until night time. but oh well.
Tenshi: please review in order to get the last chap.
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