Through The Eyes Of The Assassin- Part 13
By: Roaring Flames

AN: Well I've been slacking and putting off on this story, gomen, I've had to many school projects going at once and It's hard enough just to try and keep a story going. So u'll be seeing shorter chapters now for a while. GOMEN!!! Now on to the story!!!

Through The Night

(Long title, ne?)

While the auras clashed with one another in the bloodied streets of Kyoto, mangled bodies laid in their own special little ponds of blood. The screams and thuds of victim's bodies filled the air with the clashes of thunder and lightning. Fear filled the minds of those about to felled by the blades of the strong and add more liquid to the bloody rain that washed away the blood. But, in another area of Japan, the little "squabble" in Kyoto was merely the "Calm before the storm" as they say...

In the palace room in the castle of Edo, Sabrine (I renamed her from Sabrina to this name okay?) fanned herself as she watched the thunderstorm go over the city of Kyoto. She grew bored by the way it was a "human kill human world" and not a "demon kill and eat human, realm". Just thinking about that caused a slight smile to appear on her face. As the lightning flashed in the distance, here eyes glanced over to the rice paper door. It rattled lightly and then opened. A shadow then ran towards the darkness corner of the room.

"My lady?" The figure asked as it bowed unnoticeably. Sabrine nodded her head slightly and went back to watching the black, sulfur like clouds loom over the capital. "Anything to report?" she asked quickly so not to miss the next lightning strike. The shadow nodded and got up. "My lady, we have found that Lidia Hikaru, A.K.A Kotori Sohma, is currently staying and working in alliance with the Ishin Shi Shi. Further more hasn't been seen using her 'inheritance' for 200 years or so." Sabrine slammed her fan shut and smirked. "Well the rumors are true then, so she has stop using her magic since the "God's War" (AN: Please read my story "Dragon X Eyes" on Fiction Press.com for further details) ended 170 years ago. Interesting... I'll love to see the look on her face after our last encounter. But, this time she won't be so lucky!"

Back In Kyoto...

The air grew colder and the winds blew more heavily against the trees. The fireflies disappeared, fleeing for their lives as the storm grew fearser in power and size. Sai felt the effects of trying to block the near fatal blows Kotori was inflicting on her. Kotori movements came to a complete stop and she sheathed her sword. Kotori looked at Sai with steel blue as and smiled. Sai stood there dazed at what her ex-opponent was doing. Sai then sheathed her blade in recognition that the battle was over.

Kotori put a finger to her lip in confusion. Battousai said that the Shinsengumi were known for fighting to the death and for following the samurai code of "Bushido".

"Hey do you know anything about something that's called "Bushido"?" Kotori asked Sai.

Sai shocked her head left-to-right and said no. Looks like this fight was over, but another battle was soon to begin...

The sky was in its darkest stage, the wind was roaring throughout the inn, shadows appeared and disappeared with the flashes of light the storm cast about. Karou was awakened by the storm and was shivering; due to her childhood fear of storms. Fear was at a strong point with her, even to the point where she would ask to sleep with Battousai. It really didn't matter much anyways due to the fact that he wasn't there. She checked Kotori's room only to find a crying Kisa snuggled deep in her futon. Karou, being the person she was, brought Kisa along with her.

The pair of girls walked the hallways, trying to find out where everyone was. But not one soul was awake. Karou senses were sharper now; she had to protect Kisa from the shadows lurking in the darkness. Only to show themselves with the flashing of heaven's night-light. She felt as if she was being stalked by one of them and pulled out her Sakabatou as her only means of defense. The dark figure approached and Kisa hid behind Karou. No one was here to protect Karou and Kisa, they only had themselves to depend on, there was no room for mistakes now, everything that Battousai taught her would finally be put to use. The lightning flash filled the room, Karou's eyes widened, that thing wasn't even a human it was a cat like yokai (sp?)!

It had wide green eyes, with no emotion to fill it within. It claws were that a bit longer than normal human nails and was dripping with blood. It had thick, long, brow hair that was almost down to the knees. Its ears look like that of elves in storybooks and myths (AN: Cough "Lord of The Rings" Cough). Its figure was that of a seven-year-old child, but with it's face covered with that of human blood you couldn't tell much. The demon had it's back hunched over and was supporting its weight with its hands.

The yokai then moved slowly over to Karou with its hands out, as if to say "Friend". Karou moved her hand of the hilt and held it by her side, in case of betrayal. Lightning then crashed in many occurrences when the demon moved closer. Its facial features grew serious and slide opened the rice papered door. Outside on a treetop was a black hawk, it eyes glared down on the yokai as if to study it. The hawk flew off after a crack of thunder and fell to the west. The demon grew angry and chased after it in blinding speed that to Karou, looked liked it disappeared into thin air.

Kisa walked passed Karou and walked into the middle of the clearing. Her eyes were shut tight as if to summon up a hidden power, she put her hands across her chest and held her hands in a meditative stance. The wind started to pick up speed and swirl around her hands; the wind took a color of green light around it. She snapped opened her eyes, pointed her hands to a charging yokai and released a "wind blade". The demon was hit in the head with the blade and spilt into two halves that fell to the ground in sickening position. Another yokai charged and met the same fate as the other; but instead slashed through the gut falling to meet the other corpse. Karou watched in horror, as the shy little Kisa became a monster, felling every demon that came at her with the air itself. The wind magic that Kisa used was so powerful, that it made the aura around her glow green; her hair was fluttering around and changing direction as she released every lethal blast to the yokai scum.

The ground ran dark purple with the fallen demon's blood, the air smelled of rotting corpses and pools of water mix with both. Kisa slowly closed her eyes and her aura disappeared when the last demon fell. Karou, knowing that the battle was over, ran over and caught the falling blonde haired girl. She cradled Kisa in her arms and cried over the fact that she didn't know, until now what theses demons were after, but then she realized it. After the slaughter of other beings, she finally realized, they were after her power. Kisa's wind magic and her appilty to control the surrounding air. Karou knew that more would be back, Kisa and her lifes were in danger. But Battousai and Kotori, their protectors, were not around to hear their cries for help...

TO BE CONTIUED...

Well i put alot of effort into this chapter and im sorry that i didn't have enough diaolog in it. so please review or I'LL FREEZE HELL OVER!!!! BUWAHAHAHA!!!!!