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Chapt. 46

To Fall and Rise and Fall Again

Darkfire, get up!

Hiei, I can't.

You will! You have to!

The wolf, it wants to help. But I fear it.

Iie! You mustn't fear the power that wants to help. Embrace the beast. Save Yukina!

Yukina. If I lost, I would be letting them all down. Hiei is right; I can't fear something that can help me save the ones I love. I need the wolf's help to destroy this assassin. I must call upon it, before it's too late.

'Wolf.'

'Will you let me help you?'

'Yes, but on one condition: you return when this is over.'

A flare of new life and energy fills me. I felt renewed, like I was flying. Heart filled howls escape my throat and fill my ears. A soft pain washes over my body. My form changes, my bones crack and move and reform, and a sense of warmth brushes over me. I was different. I was a wolf.

"Wha-at? This isn't possible! Half cannot become whole in a matter of seconds!" Ansatsusha screeches in horror, her brown eyes wide with fear.

"I am not whole!" I bark. "I will never be whole! But I will use this to destroy you!" Snarling fiercely, I race at her with the power of four feet. Thousands of years of instincts come back to me. I remember how wolves used to roam the entire world. I remembered it all. And with each swipe of my large paws, more and more came back to me.

I jump back and look at the defeated panther ninja.

"You took everything from me! You stole time that was mine to use with them! You killed the boy I loved and the parents I held dear! I hate you with everything that I am! But even that will not bring them back. Killing you will not either, but it sure will make me feel better!" Hatred burned within my tattered and beaten heart. I lunged forward for the final bite. "Say hello to the Devil for me when you get to Hell!" I snarl, snapping at her throat.

She had moved just as I clamped my jaws down.

"I will kill you with everything I have left," she breathed, coughing up blood. She began to chant a spell of sorts I suppose.

"Don't let her finish that spell!" Botan cries from the crowd.

"Time to die, bitch!" I snarl, leaping at her. With ancient accuracy and talent, I snap down on her shoulder, shattering the bone.

She screams out in pain. It was a horrible sound. Imagine nails scraping down a chalkboard, and then times it by ten. I had to stop that sound. Turning around to face her kneeling figure, I jump at her.

Crack! Her neck snaps in half, silencing her.

"Darkfire…wins," the ref gasps, turning away in disgust.

'Thank you for your trust.'

'Wolf, I look forward to working with you again.'

In an instant, I'm back to my human form. I grasp my stomach and fall to my knees. I fall forward and lay there with my head throbbing from the sudden impact with the blood-covered, stone floor. Blood flowed over my arms and into Ansatsusha's blood.

"Darkfire! Darkfire?" a boy calls my name. He sounded so distant, yet I knew he was right beside me because I could feel his hand resting on my shoulder.

"I'm right here," I gasp before falling into darkness.


sorry it was so short, the next one will be longer. hope you enjoyed it nonetheless!