Catse: Hey everyone! It's another update! And on time! Yays! Okay, well, you may hate me for this chapter, but oh well. This is how I have it planned, and have had it planned for a while. I'm going to go back and change the sudden switch of Haku's eyes from blue to green tonight if I can, but I will not make another mistake again! Oh well. Anyways, I hope you enjoy the chapter, and I'll shut it now so you can read! Ja Ne for now!
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Arune's eyes popped open in disbelief. She was unable to speak for a moment, registering in her mind what was going on.
She had been paying close attention to the battle inside, and how Kenya was now paralyzed for the moment. They would have to do something! She knew Lord Rioko's techniques! His moves! His favorite was to paralyze the opponent and kill them slowly! And considering Kenya was to be his test subject, that was completely out of control.
"We have to enter." She whispered, her eyes wide in shock.
The group looked at her odd as she stepped towards the door, moving fast to get inside.
"No." Came Seika, who was still sitting against the wall. Tsuki wasn't in his lap, for she had found more interest under the table of the hall at the moment, playing.
"What?" Arune inquired, staring at him.
"What's wrong? What's going on with Kenya?" Katai asked, catching onto Arune's abilities. After all, her strength came in her mind.
Arune turned to Katai and explained the situation. "Lord Rioko has Kenya paralyzed at the moment and he's seeking to make it permanent."
"What? We can't let him do that!" Then Katai tried for the door, and suddenly there was a barrier across it. "The hell!"
"I said don't." Seika replied from behind them, his eyes serious.
"What do you mean don't? Kenya's going to be a ginea pig in there and you still want us to wait?" Katai roared, her teeth clenching angrily.
"I thought you were his friend." Arune added.
Haku watched from a distance, eyeing their movements. He knew exactly where Seika was going, and decided it was best for him to stay out of it. He had his own thoughts as of the moment, as he sensed the original detectives draw closer to their location.
Seika stood up, facing them. "I said don't. Kenya's right. This is his battle and we shouldn't interfere."
"But what if—"
Seika cut Katai off. "If we go barging in there right now, we'll make Kenya look bad. He's fighting for the world right now, and for him to know that we've been watching him shows we have no faith in our leader. We'll leave him be until things get too drastic."
"Who suddenly died and made you leader!" Katai snarled at him, turning on her heel towards the door.
A firm hand grasped her shoulder and tugged her back.
"I did." He announced, then he sighed. "Look. I'm just as worried as you are about Kenya, but I've come to know him pretty well and if it's one thing his family has a lot of, it's Pride. They won't accept help even if it means their death. That's how it goes. We can't interrupt."
"But!" Katai began, but her shoulders sank and her head fell. "You're right…We should let Kenya handle it. He's the leader, not us."
"Um guys…" Arune began, facing the table where Tsuki had been playing.
"What?"
"Where's Tsuki?"
They were quiet for moment as they looked around. "Holy hell!"
Kenya seethed as he tried to figure out a way to get out of the mess he was in. Lord Rioko had already drawn up a syringe of some sort of chemical in it that Kenya was certain wasn't going to do much to help him.
Lord Rioko began walking towards him, syringe in hand and a sneer on his face. When he got within distance of injecting it, he stopped and stared into Kenya's face.
"Hm…How does it feel, just before I give you this, to know you have lost and you will forever serve me, specimen?"
Kenya growled, still unable to move his jaw, as Rioko laughed.
"Heh. That's what I thought. Completely thrilling isn't it. So much power and growth, so much for you my dear specimen! You'll have it all! Isn't that wonderful?"
Kenya felt the saliva leaking through his teeth, and tried to spit at Lord Rioko as best he could, managing to get his shirt.
Lord Rioko glanced down at it, and returned to Kenya's face with a grin. "Oh…I am so going to enjoy working on you. You'll be my slave. And I'll erase your memory so there's nothing left in it, how's that?"
And Kenya growled, and Lord Rioko snickered, sticking the needle to his arm.
Just then, a small stone hit the syringe's container, cracking the glass just enough so the chemical spewed out and hit the floor.
Lord Rioko pulled the needle away and looked at it strangely, as if trying to figure out what had happened.
Then he looked up just as the little girl came running to Kenya.
"Kenya!" Tsuki shouted, grabbing onto his jeans. "Kenya! Stop standing still! He'll hurt you really bad if you do!"
"Tsuki? What are you—?"
"I don't want you to die Kenya! I'm tired to seeing bad things happen to the people I like!" She began to sob, just as Lord Rioko smashed the syringe on the ground, and reached out a hand for her.
"Little girl, you will pay for that!" He shrieked, nearly touching her skin when a small spirit dagger rammed into it, causing him to snarl as he tugged his hand away to check the wound.
Seika stood in the doorway, Haku, Arune, and Katai all next to him, and in a instant, he was heading for Kenya.
"Kenya. We're totally sorry about this, but she snuck in and we had no idea—"
Suddenly, a sword came jabbing towards Tsuki, and Seika tried to run but knew he wouldn't make it in time.
The blood splattered across the floor at the whimper of the small girl, and Lord Rioko stood with a smile on his face, and then a frown.
"You're supposed to still be paralyzed." He murmured, as Kenya glared at him.
"Yeah, well things change." Kenya acknowledged.
Seika ran in and picked the frightened girl off the floor, as tiny drips of blood fell from the tip of the blade.
The sword was Kenya's very own dragon blade, and it had gone through Kenya's belly, leaving a pool of blood beneath his shoes.
"Kenya…" He whispered, but Kenya turned his scarlet eyes behind him and smiled. "Get her out of here. I don't want her to get hurt."
"Um…" Seika began, but finally he nodded curtly and jumped up, carrying a crying Tsuki with him to the door. Katai, Arune, and Haku were all standing in the room, the doors behind them.
"Let's go everyone." Seika said, and just as they came to the doors, they shut. They tried to open them, but the doors wouldn't budge.
"What the hell?" Katai growled, frowning.
She then turned towards Lord Rioko, who was snickering.
"Come now…Won't you join the fun?" He inquired, pulling the blade out of Kenya's body only to throw it at them. They managed to scramble out of the way, and in Rioko's time of interest, Kenya swiped at him and cut him good across the hip.
Lord Rioko stared at the cut in his side in disbelief, and then smiled when it healed up perfectly.
"Are you forgetting my words already Kenya? Or must I repeat myself?" He asked, but Kenya would hear none of his taunts.
"Just die already!" He shouted, stabbing him several times in the chest. Each stab was followed by laughter, and when Kenya was finally too tired to attack him again, Lord Rioko took the sword and broke it in half.
"That tickled. I haven't laughed so hard in ages specimen. I thank you a bunch for making this interesting. But I'm tired of playing. I ache to start my work on you and you're making it difficult to achieve my goal. So let's get things finished shall we?"
Lord Rioko took one of the his hands and jabbed it into the slice in Kenya's chest, causing him to sputter up blood as the hand went all the way through.
Kenya clenched his teeth to keep himself from screaming, and Lord Rioko laughed the hardest he ever had.
"Fool. I've already won, and you have lost."
Kenya glared up at him with his blood red eyes and snarled. "Not yet you haven't."
There was a heavy beating on the door, and Seika and the others turned to it.
"Daddy and the others are outside." Tsuki mumbled, pointing at the door, her eyes watery with tears. "Uncle Hiei, Uncle Yusuke, and Uncle Kurama are outside with Daddy. And so are Uncle Koenma, Aunt Suta, and Aunt Jenny. They're all here to help us."
"Hey! Katai! You all in there!" Yusuke shouted clearly through the door.
"Yeah! We're in her Dad! But we're stuck and Lord Rioko decided to go sicko on us!"
"We know!" Kurama shouted through. "Lord Rioko has placed a barrier on the outside. Try to hold him off as long as you can until we get inside! Understood!"
They all replied with a shout, and turned to face Lord Rioko, who was at this moment cackling evily.
"They won't get through! That's my most powerful barrier! It allows nothing in, not even air! They'll be stuck out there for weeks before they even figure out how to get in, and by then I'll be done."
Lord Rioko pulled his bloody hand from Kenya's stomach, and the boy fell to his knees, holding his wound.
Haku glared up at Lord Rioko with a passion, trying to come up with a way he might be able to get to Kenya so as to heal him.
He turned to Seika and started telling him to keep Rioko busy, but a strained cry from Kenya cut him off.
"Don't help. I'm going to take care of this myself." His mouth was stained with blood, and it took all he had to stand up.
Again Tsuki attempted to get close to him, but Seika held her back.
"No. We have to leave him be. This is his battle."
Lord Rioko however wasn't enthused.
By now, he had already decided that even if he killed Kenya, he could still revive him with his abilities, and so death was no problem.
He squeezed his hand tightly into a ball, and concentrated, until he felt the pressure he needed. When he opened his hand, a long snake like blade lept from his palm, sharp and bloody silver.
"This is it. No more play time." He replied.
"This is it. No more blood spilled." Kenya reached behind him, and pulled out both of the blades he had received in the short time before this moment. The one his father gave him, and the one specially made for him by his grandmother.
"Let's finish this." He whispered, pulling them before him. With a tight squeeze of his hand, both of the swords roared to life, one taking on a bright red flame, the other taking on a brilliant crystal blue.
Seika and the others looked on in amazement. Never had they seen a fire play on a sword more beautiful than now.
"Oh…pretty little trinkets." Lord Rioko mused, and then out of his other hand came another blade, just as long as the first. "Let us fight."
Kenya attacked him first, disregarding as best he could the pain coming from his abdomen.
They're swords matched blade for blade, and it seemed as if neither was any better than the other one. Kenya's swords didn't melt the others as he had at first thought, but instead seemed to strengthen them. Finally, Lord Rioko pulled the move that both knew he would.
He drew a sword back into his palm, and then swiped in a circle, attempting to hit Kenya with his first sword. When Kenya dodged it, Rioko hit him in the chest with his hand, and the blade leapt out and through Kenya's flesh.
His eyes were wide for a moment, staring down at the torn flesh in surprised, before Lord Rioko snickered.
"Get off my hand!" He cackled, throwing Kenya off of his sword, sending him flying into a wall where his head hit and he landed on the ground, unconscious. His swords went flying away from him, landing close to each other a few feet away.
This attack struck Seika deep down. Never had he seen so much damage delivered to Kenya! Never! Kenya was usually too strong! And yet Kenya lay a few yards away, beaten to a pulp and unable to fight anymore.
'Do it now.' Shadow snarled in his head. 'Let me take over. I'll save the kid and you won't have any more trouble.'
"No. I can't." Seika replied, tears fighting for his eye lids. "I can't. You'll take over me and everyone here will be in danger of you."
'Kid, I'm not their worst worry. Rioko is! If you let him, he'll kill you all in the slowest fashion, and turn your bodies into experiments! I won't!'
"No. But you'll still kill them."
Shadow sighed. 'Alright. I'll make you a deal. You let me out, and I won't touch a hair on their puny little heads. Okay.'
Seika stood still a moment, thinking about it.
Suddenly, he noticed a blur of silver and gold go racing passed him, in the direction of Kenya's fallen from.
"Haku!" He shouted, but it was too late. Haku didn't reach Kenya in time.
A swift blow, unforeseen by the attacker, left Haku cold on the floor. His transformation disappeared, leaving the usual red haired blue eyed boy they always knew.
"Haku!" Came Katai and Arune, looking at the damage done. That was it, Lord Rioko had won, hadn't he?
'You see what I mean kid? If you don't stop him, no one will. Just let me out! I'll take care of him for you!'
Seika frowned, knowing Shadow was right. If he didn't make a decision quick, they were likely to be killed right here and now. At least with Shadow, he'd have a chance at saving everyone.
Just then, he heard a cackle, and out of now where, Rioko was up in his face, the sword before him like a bloody candle. "You next." He snickered.
He stepped back when Seika attempted an attack, but the gash in his stomach kept him from moving very far. Lord Rioko lifted up one of his swords, directed it at Seika's head, and slashed down on him. Just then, as the blade sped for Seika's forhead, he felt a swift strength toss him down, and then a splatter of blood spray across his face. He looked up, almost frightened at who he knew he'd saw, and gasped.
Rioko had sliced a clean cut through her head, going from her forehead right through to the point where her head met her neck in the back. The blood drizzled down, and slowly, she reached up with defiant fingers, and wrapped them around the blade.
Seika knew there was a smile on her face.
"Arune…" He whispered, the tears coming to his lashes.
He heard her snicker, as she traced her hands across the sword, covering them with blood.
"For years, my mind has been my weapon. It's only fitting that I die by the hand of evil, just as I was created by it, and in the place it all started. Goodbye Seika. Maybe one day, we'll meet in spirit world."
She pulled a hand from the blade, and smacked it unto Lord Rioko's face, leaving a deep red hand print on his nose as she collapsed to the floor, dead.
Seika stared at her fallen form in disbelief. The blood was pooling rapidly around her head, and it took everything he had to keep from trembling so hard that he would collapse too. He reached down, tracing a finger on her cheek, as the forgotten tears fell down his cheeks.
She had lived a life of pain and indecision, and now that she had made it, she was gone.
'Good bye Enura…Know that when the children are safe, I will follow you to hell, and the world will be done with the evil child of the experiments.' He didn't know where it had come from, but Arune's voice had suddenly come to his mind. He had never before heard her say the words, but somewhere, deep inside, he knew she had said them. 'Good bye…Sister.'
"Heh. Finally they're gone. I was wondering when I could get rid of them. That's the problem with powerful slaves. You use them, and then you have to decide when to be rid of them. Sort of like horses you might as well say, or dogs. They certainly died like mutts."
Seika turned his eyes up to Lord Rioko, his glare watery through his tears.
He had made a decision. No longer did his life matter. If Arune could throw hers away in a heartbeat, then so could he.
"I'll kill you…" He whispered.
"What was that! I didn't hear you boy! Doesn't matter! I hate hearing last words!" He pulled the sword out of Arune's head, and prepared for another attack, and when he sliced, he was surprised to find it hadn't hit flesh.
A pair of pale hands was holding it up, and Seika glared at him, silverish eyes glowing at him. "Die." He snarled, and in a moments time, his hair had grown the color purple, his skin had gone as white as the walls of a clinic, and his eyes had taken the color gold. A pair of perfect silver fangs extended over his lips, and suddenly, the last tyrant in the world had been reborn, in the body of a young orphan.
"Die." He snickered, kicking Lord Rioko upside the head. "No it's my turn."
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Catse: What do you think? Did any of you hate me for killing Arune? Just wondering. I mean, she has been alive for a llllloooooonnnnnnnngggggg time, so it is about time for her death. That and she killed her twin and promised she would follow. Anyways, please give me comments on what you think, and I'll do my best to get back to you! Well, got to go! Ja Ne for now!
