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loads.) Oh, and 'thoughts' "speech" *action/sound*. Enjoy. Oh, and for all
future chapters, I only own Amber and Solei. If I did own the others, I
would be filthy rich. But I don't, so I'm not. *pouts*. Thanks Otaku! AND
NOW, ON WITH THE STORY!!
Solei placed a look of mock horror on her face as lightning struck her friend, mentally conversing with Amber.
'Why the lightning?' she asked.
'I don't know, actually.' Came the response. 'It's not me.'
'Really?'
'Seriously.'
'Okay, but what are you going to DO?'
'Absorb it, of course.'
'Amber...'
'I know, no chi, but otherwise it'll never go away. It said so.' Solei raised an internal eyebrow.
'Whatever.' The lightning disappeared and Amber crumpled onto the ground, exhausted from engulfing the lightning within her. Solei dropped to her knees, unknowingly giving the guys a perfect view of her breasts. Nuriko's eyes grew wide and he looked away quickly, a slight blush on his face.
"Amber, are you all right?" Amber groaned and rolled over onto her stomach. Tasuki nudged Solei out of the way.
"Amber?" his voice was low and husky, and shivers ran up Amber's spine as he gently laid a palm on her shoulder. Solei slipped away grabbing Nuriko, Nakago and Amiboshi, leaving Amber and Tasuki alone. Nuriko turned to Solei once they were out of earshot.
"What did you do that for?"
Solei smiled. "They need the alone time."
"Why?"
"Well...umm..." Solei paused unsure of how to tell him that Amber liked Tasuki without actually telling him. Or letting them know that they had chi. She felt a flare of chi and turned back to the training ground. "Oh, shit." The guys spun to face her again, astonished looks on their faces.
"What? Don't think a girl can swear?" Nuriko started to say something, but changed it at the last minute.
"Why are you swearing?" Solei realized her mistake. Nakago bailed her out.
"The Girl felt it, but not you?" he scoffed. "And you call yourselves warriors." Amiboshi and Nuriko glared. Nuriko took off towards the training field.
"Tasuki must be in trouble." Solei shook her head.
"It's not Tasuki." All heads turned to her again.
"Then who?"
"Chi." She said unthinkingly.
"Yes, we know it's chi, but WHO?" Nuriko was REALLY confused. Solei gave an exasperated sigh.
"Amber." She said. Amiboshi's eyes grew wide.
"Amber?" Solei nodded.
"Yes. Amber. Otherwise known as Chi." She looked to the heavens for help, then began the quick walk back to the field. They followed slowly, still bewildered that Solei had felt the chi and that it was Amber's.
The demon had appeared in front of them, his six-inch fangs dripping some un-godly substance akin to blood. Amber froze. There was something familiar about the demon that she could not quite place, and frankly did not want to. It grinned, then began to speak. The harsh grunts and grows it produced were even more hideous than its body. It took note of their confused faces and changed his speech.
"Where is the one known as Kamai?" Amber's eyes went wide, and her lips began moving silently, her mind not fully comprehending. Tasuki by this time had stood and was standing protectively before her motionless body.
"Go away ya foul beastie!" he yelled, brandishing his tessen. Amber seemed to wake up at his voice, and her chi flared around them protectively. The creature growled something as equally incomprehensible as the first string, but there was no mistaking his intentions as he smiled suggestively at Amber. The demon started lumbering towards them and brushed through her barrier like it was an annoying spider web. Tasuki glared.
"REKKA SHINNEN!" flames sprouted forth from his tessen and struck the demon square in his chest. "Yeah!" Tasuki cried, punching a fist into the air. A grumble came from the otherside of the smoke screen, and Tasuki and Amber's eyes went wide as the demon reappeared. He swatted Tasuki away impatiently, as one might a fly, and swept Amber up in one oversized claw. She summoned her chi, but it was quickly squashed.
"Amber!" Solei's voice echoed in the almost-silence, and a glaive appeared in her hands as she bounded towards the demon, Nuriko, Amiboshi and Nakago following in her wake. The demon's other claw shot towards her, and she swiped at it with her glaive. Dark blue blood sprayed all over her as she sliced its arm off, clouding her vision and sending her back down to the ground. Following the sounds of swearing, Nuriko found Tasuki propped inelegantly against a tree, bruised and pissed. A flash of silver blinded them all, and when they could see again, a very angry, glowing, angel with wings as dark as night faced the demon, a glaive with a blade as white as snow in her hands. Amber opened her eyes and saw the figure, mistaking it for Solei until she fully raised her eyelids. Blue-black hair cascaded down the stranger's back, and Amber was amazed when she saw that the girl's eyes were pure, liquid silver. When the dark angel spoke, her voice was cold, and contained more anger than the loudest shout.
"You wanted Kamai. I'm here. What do you want now?" The demon grinned its evil grin. Nakago heard a faint voice in his head.
'Nakago? Do you know how to banish a demon?' he was curious to know who had gotten through his barriers, but it was a reasonable enough question under the circumstances.
'Yes.'
'Would you mind terribly disposing of this one? I'll get Amber out of it.' His only response was to begin the preparations for the banishing. The angel nodded to herself and lunged at the demon, glaive flying from her hands expertly towards the claw that held Amber. The weapon hit its mark, and Amber dropped to the ground, still held in place by the claw. Nuriko pried it open and looked away quickly.
'Come on Nuriko!' he yelled to himself. 'You lived in a harem. A girl without her shirt on is nothing!' the blush still stained his cheeks, and he returned his focus to the battle, launching the claw into the fast- moving fray. The demon, it seemed, had not only regenerated its lost limb, but gained another, and it did not take a blind man to see that the angel was tiring. Amiboshi brought his flute to his lips and began to play a song of demon sleep, hoping that it would have sufficient effect to help the strange girl. Amber groaned and started writhing on the ground, the pricks from the demon's claws bleeding more and more profusely. The demon clapped two of his claws to his oversized ears, and the third continued his fight. The wing beat of the angel slowed noticeably, fatigue gaining on her, and her glaive made a final slice before she spiraled to the ground, leaving a good-sized crater in the perfect lawn.
"Immundus Cretura Letum, Exuro Creo Vici Erus Aetas Letum! Lente Thallasinus Nivus Caste."* Nakago let loose the banishment, and the demon's howls echoed through the empty forests. A whirling vortex appeared beneath its feet, and the creature began to sink. A small dark-winged figure sank with it, unknowingly pulled by the strength of the whirlpool, and unable to move from exhaustion. A glimpse of flames arose from the base of the vortex to claim the two, then smoke obscured the scene. The smoke lifted slowly, drawn away by some unfelt wind, and all that remained was a single body.
He, he he. Another cliffy. Feel my wrath! Next chappy will be longer. I
promise.
*tainted creature of death, fire be thy master, lord, life and death. Leave
this place of white purity.
Solei placed a look of mock horror on her face as lightning struck her friend, mentally conversing with Amber.
'Why the lightning?' she asked.
'I don't know, actually.' Came the response. 'It's not me.'
'Really?'
'Seriously.'
'Okay, but what are you going to DO?'
'Absorb it, of course.'
'Amber...'
'I know, no chi, but otherwise it'll never go away. It said so.' Solei raised an internal eyebrow.
'Whatever.' The lightning disappeared and Amber crumpled onto the ground, exhausted from engulfing the lightning within her. Solei dropped to her knees, unknowingly giving the guys a perfect view of her breasts. Nuriko's eyes grew wide and he looked away quickly, a slight blush on his face.
"Amber, are you all right?" Amber groaned and rolled over onto her stomach. Tasuki nudged Solei out of the way.
"Amber?" his voice was low and husky, and shivers ran up Amber's spine as he gently laid a palm on her shoulder. Solei slipped away grabbing Nuriko, Nakago and Amiboshi, leaving Amber and Tasuki alone. Nuriko turned to Solei once they were out of earshot.
"What did you do that for?"
Solei smiled. "They need the alone time."
"Why?"
"Well...umm..." Solei paused unsure of how to tell him that Amber liked Tasuki without actually telling him. Or letting them know that they had chi. She felt a flare of chi and turned back to the training ground. "Oh, shit." The guys spun to face her again, astonished looks on their faces.
"What? Don't think a girl can swear?" Nuriko started to say something, but changed it at the last minute.
"Why are you swearing?" Solei realized her mistake. Nakago bailed her out.
"The Girl felt it, but not you?" he scoffed. "And you call yourselves warriors." Amiboshi and Nuriko glared. Nuriko took off towards the training field.
"Tasuki must be in trouble." Solei shook her head.
"It's not Tasuki." All heads turned to her again.
"Then who?"
"Chi." She said unthinkingly.
"Yes, we know it's chi, but WHO?" Nuriko was REALLY confused. Solei gave an exasperated sigh.
"Amber." She said. Amiboshi's eyes grew wide.
"Amber?" Solei nodded.
"Yes. Amber. Otherwise known as Chi." She looked to the heavens for help, then began the quick walk back to the field. They followed slowly, still bewildered that Solei had felt the chi and that it was Amber's.
The demon had appeared in front of them, his six-inch fangs dripping some un-godly substance akin to blood. Amber froze. There was something familiar about the demon that she could not quite place, and frankly did not want to. It grinned, then began to speak. The harsh grunts and grows it produced were even more hideous than its body. It took note of their confused faces and changed his speech.
"Where is the one known as Kamai?" Amber's eyes went wide, and her lips began moving silently, her mind not fully comprehending. Tasuki by this time had stood and was standing protectively before her motionless body.
"Go away ya foul beastie!" he yelled, brandishing his tessen. Amber seemed to wake up at his voice, and her chi flared around them protectively. The creature growled something as equally incomprehensible as the first string, but there was no mistaking his intentions as he smiled suggestively at Amber. The demon started lumbering towards them and brushed through her barrier like it was an annoying spider web. Tasuki glared.
"REKKA SHINNEN!" flames sprouted forth from his tessen and struck the demon square in his chest. "Yeah!" Tasuki cried, punching a fist into the air. A grumble came from the otherside of the smoke screen, and Tasuki and Amber's eyes went wide as the demon reappeared. He swatted Tasuki away impatiently, as one might a fly, and swept Amber up in one oversized claw. She summoned her chi, but it was quickly squashed.
"Amber!" Solei's voice echoed in the almost-silence, and a glaive appeared in her hands as she bounded towards the demon, Nuriko, Amiboshi and Nakago following in her wake. The demon's other claw shot towards her, and she swiped at it with her glaive. Dark blue blood sprayed all over her as she sliced its arm off, clouding her vision and sending her back down to the ground. Following the sounds of swearing, Nuriko found Tasuki propped inelegantly against a tree, bruised and pissed. A flash of silver blinded them all, and when they could see again, a very angry, glowing, angel with wings as dark as night faced the demon, a glaive with a blade as white as snow in her hands. Amber opened her eyes and saw the figure, mistaking it for Solei until she fully raised her eyelids. Blue-black hair cascaded down the stranger's back, and Amber was amazed when she saw that the girl's eyes were pure, liquid silver. When the dark angel spoke, her voice was cold, and contained more anger than the loudest shout.
"You wanted Kamai. I'm here. What do you want now?" The demon grinned its evil grin. Nakago heard a faint voice in his head.
'Nakago? Do you know how to banish a demon?' he was curious to know who had gotten through his barriers, but it was a reasonable enough question under the circumstances.
'Yes.'
'Would you mind terribly disposing of this one? I'll get Amber out of it.' His only response was to begin the preparations for the banishing. The angel nodded to herself and lunged at the demon, glaive flying from her hands expertly towards the claw that held Amber. The weapon hit its mark, and Amber dropped to the ground, still held in place by the claw. Nuriko pried it open and looked away quickly.
'Come on Nuriko!' he yelled to himself. 'You lived in a harem. A girl without her shirt on is nothing!' the blush still stained his cheeks, and he returned his focus to the battle, launching the claw into the fast- moving fray. The demon, it seemed, had not only regenerated its lost limb, but gained another, and it did not take a blind man to see that the angel was tiring. Amiboshi brought his flute to his lips and began to play a song of demon sleep, hoping that it would have sufficient effect to help the strange girl. Amber groaned and started writhing on the ground, the pricks from the demon's claws bleeding more and more profusely. The demon clapped two of his claws to his oversized ears, and the third continued his fight. The wing beat of the angel slowed noticeably, fatigue gaining on her, and her glaive made a final slice before she spiraled to the ground, leaving a good-sized crater in the perfect lawn.
"Immundus Cretura Letum, Exuro Creo Vici Erus Aetas Letum! Lente Thallasinus Nivus Caste."* Nakago let loose the banishment, and the demon's howls echoed through the empty forests. A whirling vortex appeared beneath its feet, and the creature began to sink. A small dark-winged figure sank with it, unknowingly pulled by the strength of the whirlpool, and unable to move from exhaustion. A glimpse of flames arose from the base of the vortex to claim the two, then smoke obscured the scene. The smoke lifted slowly, drawn away by some unfelt wind, and all that remained was a single body.
He, he he. Another cliffy. Feel my wrath! Next chappy will be longer. I
promise.
*tainted creature of death, fire be thy master, lord, life and death. Leave
this place of white purity.