Houki No Majo!
Chapter 10 : Kurama Chapter
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Kitty slowly walked down the halls of the familiar mansion. It belonged to her mother as well, and served as the meeting area for the Coven. They would all go there, and those who had come from out of town would stay in one of the fifty rooms provided for them.
Everything about it was as recognizable to her as her own home, back in America, with her father. She could sense that there were other witches in the house, and she was pretty sure that they could sense her as well. The thing that bothered her was the fact that though she had been wandering around looking for them for nearly a half an hour, she had yet to encounter one other living being.
She frowned, and decided to save herself time. She summoned her broom and mounted it, taking off down the halls. She had to find her mother, she just had to!
Suddenly, something stopped her dead in her tracks. A familiar voice, ringing out down the halls. She landed just outside a slightly cracked door, which she knew lead to the meeting hall.
She listened carefully to the words of her mother.
"My fellow witches, we must rise up against the Reikai-jin! They have wronged us once, and they will wrong us again if given the chance! They will hunt you down, slaughter your family before your eyes, and then burn you at the stake as they did our ancestors! We must protect ourselves, my friends, from the evil that is Reikai!"
Kitty frowned. More lies, thought up by that demon and shoved into her mother's mouth.
"We must also bring down the Evil One, the one who betrayed us to side with the evil people of Reikai!"
Kitty's breath caught in her throat. She was the enemy of the Coven...?
"Katherine must be brought down before the full moon tonight, when her true powers awaken! Otherwise she will be the death of us all!"
She heard her people cheer in agreement, and she wanted to curl up in a corner and sink into the floor.
"Kitty!" a voice hissed, harshly bringing her back into reality. She whipped her head in the direction that it had come from, and was relieved to see Ro. He walked over to her, and leaned down to her height, whispering, "I brought the others, now we need to hurry and get this over with!"
She nodded, and followed him around the corner, to where the Reikai Tantei were standing. She gave them a half smile, and then looked back at Ro, speaking to him in English.
"I'm going to go ahead and track her down," she said, putting a hand on her hip. "I want you and the boys to go ahead and take down the other witches. Watch out for congelo spells, and go ahead and meet me back at Keiko's when you all are done. Got it, Ro?"
He frowned slightly. "You're going to take her on by yourself?"
"I don't see why not." Kitty said, turning on her heel. She called back in Japanese, "Get ready for the fight of your lives, boys!"
She walked over to the large, intricate double doors, to where the meeting was being held, and smirked. She kicked it open with her foot, causing everyone there to spin to face her. She heard the boys come up behind her, and her smirk grew.
"Hello, everybody. Didja miss me?" Kitty asked.
"It's Katherine!" cried one witch.
"Get them!" exclaimed Alyssa, from her spot before the others.
Yusuke nearly grinned. "All right, let's show 'em how it's done!"
The Tantei rushed into the room, fighting anyone who stood in their way. Kitty saw Kala, the demon, running into the back room, and ran after her.
She managed to make it past the others without injury, and slid into the room. It was pitch black, and she could hardly see before her.
"I know you're here, Kala," she hissed angrily. "Now show yourself before I get really pissed."
"But where would the fun be in that?" laughed a voice that seemed to echo all around her.
"Lumen." Kitty said, holding her hand before her. A small white orb appeared in her hand, lighting up the area around her a bit. She frowned, still seeing nothing more than wall and tile. "Luminarium!"
Now, little lights matching the one she held burst forth from the original, flying around the room, lighting it up fairly well.
She let her hand drop, and the light as well. She frowned. "You can't hide now, demon."
"Oh, but can't I?" the voice echoed.
Kitty cautiously stepped forward, letting her senses guide her to where the demon's presence felt strongest. She then stopped, and closed her eyes.
"Show yourself..." she whispered.
Suddenly, she felt movement behind her, and she ducked, as a sword pierced the space she had just occupied. She dived forward, rolling and then looking back to the place she had just been.
Kala stood there, sword in hand, smirking. "You're not as bad as I thought you were, Katherine."
Kitty snorted. "My name isn't Katherine, it's Kitty."
The demon shook her head, smirking. "It'll be dead soon."
The auburn-haired girl's eyes widened as Kala disappeared, and she tried to sense the woman's presence. She felt nothing, however, and panic washed over her. But-
Kitty let out a silent scream as the woman she sought appeared behind her, and her weapon pierced her shoulder. Crimson blood splattered to the floor, and the woman was in front of her in an instant.
Kitty coughed, and her hand flew to her wound. "H-How..."
"How can you not sense me, Katherine? Is that what you want to know?" Kala laughed.
The witch winced. Her shoulder...she'd never felt so much pain in her life. But then, she'd never been stabbed before either...
How was she supposed to fight against this demon when she couldn't even sense her?
She summoned her strength and uttered the spell for a fireball, and sent it hurling at Kala, whose eyes widened slightly in surprise. However, she put her hands in front of her, and the attack was returned to its caster.
Kitty cried out as she was hit, falling back onto the floor.
Kami-sama, this is impossible!"You bore me, Katherine, I thought you would be much stronger than this." Kala said, walking over to the coughing witch. She placed her foot on Kitty's throat, stepping down slightly, as the auburn-haired girl squirmed beneath her.
"And here I was worried that you would realize your true power. It seems that circumstances are in my favor this evening."
She stepped down harder on Kitty's throat, and for the witch, the world seemed to burst with fireworks as she struggled for air.
"Too bad," Kala said, a triumphant smirk on her face. "Looks as though the world will never see the power of the Astanov clan."
Kitty closed her eyes, waiting for the deathblow to come, for her throat to be crushed beneath the woman's heel.
But, it never came.
Kala cried out, and blood splattered all over Kitty's face. She opened her eyes and saw that Kurama had killed her with a single swing of his rosewhip.
He extended his hand to her, and she accepted, and he pulled her up.
"Are you all right, Kitty?" he asked, concern very evident on his face.
She nodded, trying to wipe the blood from her face. "I'm fine. Thank you, Kurama."
He smiled slightly. "Come on, we need to get out of here."
He turned and started walking towards the door, and she followed after him, not looking back at the corpse of the demon. She never wanted to look at that horrible woman again.
The others only had a few minor injuries, probably from fireballs and thunder magic, which she knew were the specialties of her coven. Ro shook his head when he saw her.
"Kitty, you idiot," he said in English. "You should be more careful, so we don't have to send lover-boy to save you."
She blushed. "Wh-what do you mean, 'lover-boy'?!"
The others gave them a confused look, and Yusuke piped up. "Hey, how about in Japanese so we can all understand?"
Kitty glared. "I wouldn't tell you what he just said if my life depended on it, Yusuke."
He shrugged. "Well, let's get home and tell Koenma what happened."
Kitty nodded, and smiled. "Yeah, I can't wait to see Keiko-chan again! She'll be so happy that Ro is alive."
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Author's Notes: (dodges tomatoes) Crappy fight! Crappy fight! I know, I know, but this story is killing me, but I wanted to finish it......so.....yeah......
Well, soooooo sorry about the month between updates! I'm sorta doing badly in a few classes, and I've just been busy other than that. The next chapter is the last chapter, so.....yeah.......hope you enjoy it!