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~ Dark Takeover: Chapter 9 ~
Aklyis felt herself falling in the darkness. Her body felt frail, and weak, her vision was blurry, her skin cold and clammy. At first the blackness was welcoming, but she knew that in it lay something greater, something evil.
"H-HEY WHAT HAPPENED?? WHY DID SHE JUST FAINT?!" Miya shrieked her blue eyes flashing with anger and fear.
"I DON'T KNOW!! Now be quiet, you're hurting my ears, and I can't concentrate." Hiei scowled glaring blood red daggers at the shorter girl.
Miya instantly silenced herself, but let out a small whimper of fear for her sister.
"I'm guessing she got seriously hurt back at the entrance, when those rocks fell on us." The almost vampire like boy allowed his hands to roam around her body, trying to feel any free flowing blood. His heart sank when he noticed something at the pale brunette's left side. He lifted her shirt slightly to look at it, and found it very bruised.
"Internal bleeding," he mumbled to himself.
Aklyis looked around in the darkness. She couldn't see anything but black. She squinted her multi-coloured eyes trying to make something out, anything. Nothing. 'Might as well walk' she thought beginning to drag her feet through the darkness. The girl's bruised and battered body soon came in contact with something hard as she fell back with a thud.
"Ow." she groaned to herself, rising to her feet. "There's a wall here," Aklyis mumbled to no one as her hands traveled along the smooth wall. As her fingers moved along, a small light followed their path. There were inscriptions all over the wall.
"It's the same language that was on that pedestal, but I can't read it. I don't understand these words." Before Aklyis could even make out the first word, a blinding light erupted around her. Now everything that was once black, was a painfully bright white. Her eyes adjusting to the light, the girl raised her head from her protective arms and looked ahead. The wall was now visible, and in the distance she could make out the figure of Hiei. 'What's he doing here?' Once again, the scenery changed. Aklyis found herself and Hiei on top of a mountain. It seemed to be some kind of training ground, since the land was smooth, and covered in marble tiles.
The wind blew softly through her long brown hair, and made an eerie whistling sound, that seemed to make the silence even more awkward. Aklyis noticed Hiei was shaking. She wasn't sure if he was angry, or upset, but he seemed to be concentrating on something. A black type of mist began to engulf the fire demon's right hand, and that's when Aklyis realized what he was doing.
Her eyes widened almost comically as the boy turned around and unleashed his Black Dragon Fist attack right at her. Closing her eyes Aklyis prayed that her death would be short, and painless, but somehow she knew that would not be the case. There was a burning sensation on her back. It was the place where her phoenix tattoo was. When she was young, her parents placed a tattoo on each of their daughter's backs. A phoenix on Aklyis, and a tiger on Miya. It stretched over their entire backs.
The phoenix spread it's wings in a powerful blaze of red fire, and emerged from the tattoo, it's cry of eternity filling the air. The black dragon hit Aklyis, but not in the way she had expected it to. What she had expected was a blaze of black hellfire, engulfing her and her screams of pain. But instead, the dragon hit her like a mighty wind, blowing through her hair and around her solid body, evaporation into white fog, flowing past her.
Miya's sobs of sorrow filled the room as she began to realize her sister, her beloved friend that had been with her all her life, was going to die.
"This can't be happening," she croaked between sobs, clenching her fists until her knuckles became white. Little did she know that behind her, a light golden light was shining, and sparkling, causing Hiei to squint at it, trying to see what it was.
"There's something behind you," he stated flatly.
Miya spun around, to lay her eyes upon a shining golden object. It was a stone, a jewel. A very large jewel at that. It was about the size of Miya's hand, maybe a bit larger. The jewel itself was a yellowish colour. It seemed to be a yellow tourmaline, or sapphire gemstone. Shaped like a sphere, it was encased in a pattern of white gold that went around it. The white gold was shaped almost like a serpent, twisting itself around the gemstone in various places. Miya slowly picked up the stone not being quite sure what it was. However her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of shouting men, once again.
"It's the Solaris Jewel!!!" One shouted. But before he could make his way over to the three teens, the stone in Miya's hand began to glow. It slowly levitated into the air and made its way over to Aklyis. Floating above her for a few moments, it flashed in a blinding array of lights. The lights began to focus on one spot on the gemstone, and flashed down like a light pillar to Aklyis' wound on her side. After a moment the light disappeared, and the gemstone traveled back to Miya, and settled in her hands, which were still outstretched.
Everyone stared in complete disbelief, as Hiei looked over the wound.
"It's gone."
As if reality had returned to the group of soldiers standing at the entrance, they charged at the trio. "GET THE SOLARIS JEWEL!!!"
Aklyis began to stir at the sound of many horrible screaming voices of men. The ground seemed to shake as they pounded their boots against the stone floor coming closer, and closer. As if returning to the living, Aklyis jumped to her feet and spun around to meet about a dozen men running towards her with very sharp swords. Yelping she grabbed the still aw-struck Hiei and Miya, and yanked them with her running as fast as her legs could carry her down the dark tunnel through which they came.
The other two finally regaining their senses began to run on their own once again. Finally reaching the end of the tunnel, they dashed through the room of rubble and stone until they made it outside of the temple of Solaris.
'The Solaris Jewel. That's what they called it. If I recall correctly from history lessons, Solaris was one of the six high priestesses of this land one thousand years ago. That's right. Each of the six priestesses represented an element of this world. Solaris represented the sun. Who were the other five..Luna for the moon, Terra for the earth, Aqua for the seas and oceans, Anima for the wind and air, and Ignis for all fire? When they died they concealed their power and spirits into six stones. Each stone is found in each of their temples..I think. This must have been the temple of Solaris. And this must be her stone containing her spirit and powers! Those men were looking for it! They wanted her powers in their own hands! Or whoever sent them wants it. But why?'
Aklyis contemplated all these things as she ran further and further away from the temple.
"Hey, I think they stopped following us!" Miya shouted up ahead to her sister.
Aklyis now found herself standing in open fields, and prairies. 'Unbelievable, we must have ran two miles by now.'
The sound of horse hooves could be heard coming towards them. Hiei jumped up onto a tree. His eyes darkened as he cursed silently. "They're coming," he said calmly, even though inside he was worried how they would escape this time. They had been lucky before.
Within moments horses surrounded the three teenagers and angry looking men armed with spears pointed straight at their victims.
Aklyis, Miya, and Hiei huddled closer together as the soldiers encircled them.
"Great, how do we get out of this one?"
A/N: DUN DUN DUN another cliffy to torture you with!!! ^^ ok guys so read and review!! And I have a pic of Aki's tattoo if you're interested..XD I know I didn't give a real good description of it in this chappie but I SUCK at describing things like that...so if you want further detail just email me and I'll send it to you so you can see it for yourself!!!
~ Dark Takeover: Chapter 9 ~
Aklyis felt herself falling in the darkness. Her body felt frail, and weak, her vision was blurry, her skin cold and clammy. At first the blackness was welcoming, but she knew that in it lay something greater, something evil.
"H-HEY WHAT HAPPENED?? WHY DID SHE JUST FAINT?!" Miya shrieked her blue eyes flashing with anger and fear.
"I DON'T KNOW!! Now be quiet, you're hurting my ears, and I can't concentrate." Hiei scowled glaring blood red daggers at the shorter girl.
Miya instantly silenced herself, but let out a small whimper of fear for her sister.
"I'm guessing she got seriously hurt back at the entrance, when those rocks fell on us." The almost vampire like boy allowed his hands to roam around her body, trying to feel any free flowing blood. His heart sank when he noticed something at the pale brunette's left side. He lifted her shirt slightly to look at it, and found it very bruised.
"Internal bleeding," he mumbled to himself.
Aklyis looked around in the darkness. She couldn't see anything but black. She squinted her multi-coloured eyes trying to make something out, anything. Nothing. 'Might as well walk' she thought beginning to drag her feet through the darkness. The girl's bruised and battered body soon came in contact with something hard as she fell back with a thud.
"Ow." she groaned to herself, rising to her feet. "There's a wall here," Aklyis mumbled to no one as her hands traveled along the smooth wall. As her fingers moved along, a small light followed their path. There were inscriptions all over the wall.
"It's the same language that was on that pedestal, but I can't read it. I don't understand these words." Before Aklyis could even make out the first word, a blinding light erupted around her. Now everything that was once black, was a painfully bright white. Her eyes adjusting to the light, the girl raised her head from her protective arms and looked ahead. The wall was now visible, and in the distance she could make out the figure of Hiei. 'What's he doing here?' Once again, the scenery changed. Aklyis found herself and Hiei on top of a mountain. It seemed to be some kind of training ground, since the land was smooth, and covered in marble tiles.
The wind blew softly through her long brown hair, and made an eerie whistling sound, that seemed to make the silence even more awkward. Aklyis noticed Hiei was shaking. She wasn't sure if he was angry, or upset, but he seemed to be concentrating on something. A black type of mist began to engulf the fire demon's right hand, and that's when Aklyis realized what he was doing.
Her eyes widened almost comically as the boy turned around and unleashed his Black Dragon Fist attack right at her. Closing her eyes Aklyis prayed that her death would be short, and painless, but somehow she knew that would not be the case. There was a burning sensation on her back. It was the place where her phoenix tattoo was. When she was young, her parents placed a tattoo on each of their daughter's backs. A phoenix on Aklyis, and a tiger on Miya. It stretched over their entire backs.
The phoenix spread it's wings in a powerful blaze of red fire, and emerged from the tattoo, it's cry of eternity filling the air. The black dragon hit Aklyis, but not in the way she had expected it to. What she had expected was a blaze of black hellfire, engulfing her and her screams of pain. But instead, the dragon hit her like a mighty wind, blowing through her hair and around her solid body, evaporation into white fog, flowing past her.
Miya's sobs of sorrow filled the room as she began to realize her sister, her beloved friend that had been with her all her life, was going to die.
"This can't be happening," she croaked between sobs, clenching her fists until her knuckles became white. Little did she know that behind her, a light golden light was shining, and sparkling, causing Hiei to squint at it, trying to see what it was.
"There's something behind you," he stated flatly.
Miya spun around, to lay her eyes upon a shining golden object. It was a stone, a jewel. A very large jewel at that. It was about the size of Miya's hand, maybe a bit larger. The jewel itself was a yellowish colour. It seemed to be a yellow tourmaline, or sapphire gemstone. Shaped like a sphere, it was encased in a pattern of white gold that went around it. The white gold was shaped almost like a serpent, twisting itself around the gemstone in various places. Miya slowly picked up the stone not being quite sure what it was. However her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of shouting men, once again.
"It's the Solaris Jewel!!!" One shouted. But before he could make his way over to the three teens, the stone in Miya's hand began to glow. It slowly levitated into the air and made its way over to Aklyis. Floating above her for a few moments, it flashed in a blinding array of lights. The lights began to focus on one spot on the gemstone, and flashed down like a light pillar to Aklyis' wound on her side. After a moment the light disappeared, and the gemstone traveled back to Miya, and settled in her hands, which were still outstretched.
Everyone stared in complete disbelief, as Hiei looked over the wound.
"It's gone."
As if reality had returned to the group of soldiers standing at the entrance, they charged at the trio. "GET THE SOLARIS JEWEL!!!"
Aklyis began to stir at the sound of many horrible screaming voices of men. The ground seemed to shake as they pounded their boots against the stone floor coming closer, and closer. As if returning to the living, Aklyis jumped to her feet and spun around to meet about a dozen men running towards her with very sharp swords. Yelping she grabbed the still aw-struck Hiei and Miya, and yanked them with her running as fast as her legs could carry her down the dark tunnel through which they came.
The other two finally regaining their senses began to run on their own once again. Finally reaching the end of the tunnel, they dashed through the room of rubble and stone until they made it outside of the temple of Solaris.
'The Solaris Jewel. That's what they called it. If I recall correctly from history lessons, Solaris was one of the six high priestesses of this land one thousand years ago. That's right. Each of the six priestesses represented an element of this world. Solaris represented the sun. Who were the other five..Luna for the moon, Terra for the earth, Aqua for the seas and oceans, Anima for the wind and air, and Ignis for all fire? When they died they concealed their power and spirits into six stones. Each stone is found in each of their temples..I think. This must have been the temple of Solaris. And this must be her stone containing her spirit and powers! Those men were looking for it! They wanted her powers in their own hands! Or whoever sent them wants it. But why?'
Aklyis contemplated all these things as she ran further and further away from the temple.
"Hey, I think they stopped following us!" Miya shouted up ahead to her sister.
Aklyis now found herself standing in open fields, and prairies. 'Unbelievable, we must have ran two miles by now.'
The sound of horse hooves could be heard coming towards them. Hiei jumped up onto a tree. His eyes darkened as he cursed silently. "They're coming," he said calmly, even though inside he was worried how they would escape this time. They had been lucky before.
Within moments horses surrounded the three teenagers and angry looking men armed with spears pointed straight at their victims.
Aklyis, Miya, and Hiei huddled closer together as the soldiers encircled them.
"Great, how do we get out of this one?"
A/N: DUN DUN DUN another cliffy to torture you with!!! ^^ ok guys so read and review!! And I have a pic of Aki's tattoo if you're interested..XD I know I didn't give a real good description of it in this chappie but I SUCK at describing things like that...so if you want further detail just email me and I'll send it to you so you can see it for yourself!!!