Kaida Okami – The Prophesy
Chapter Twelve
I Tried
The group stood at the front gate of the compound where Kaida was being held.
Yusuke walked up to the door and pushed it open, jumping slightly when it swung inward
without a sound. He looked at the others and shrugged, then prepared to walk in.
He had barely crossed the threshold, when a loud alarm went off.
Suddenly, the hall and clearing where filled with low class demons.
Added to that, a large group of Cultivated Humans where starting to make their way
towards the group.
Yusuke swore and backed up against the advancing group.
All wonderings of weather they where in the right place or no vanished.
Who ever was here defiantly had something, or someone, he did not want found.
Hiei, Yusuke, Kurama, and Kuwabara all readied their weapons.
"If she's dead when we get in there, and I find out I've wasted my time, I'll kill
her." Yusuke announced, seconds before the demons attacked.
Kaida's superb hearing caught the sound of the alarm going off, even when the Shadow
Man and Shiin missed it.
Distantly, she could here the sounds of fighting and she prayed desperately for their
safety.
Then, another sound caught her attention.
She could hear footsteps coming closer.
Two sets.
A sense of foreboding filled her as she heard Shiin and the Shadow Man approach.
There wasn't much time left.
"There's no end to them!!" Kurama yelled, cutting down another cultivated
human.
The lesser demons had been disposed of rather quickly, but the veggie heads just kept
coming.
Yusuke swore (using a word he must have learned from Kaida) as he felt another wound
appear.
"Oh, I have had it!!" He exploded a second later. "Hiei!"
"What?!" Hiei yelled back, momentarily distracted by the number of opponents in
front of him.
"I'm going to blow a hole through the middle of this lot to the door." Yusuke
yelled back. "Run in and save Kaida so we can get the heck outta here!!"
Yusuke parried another blow from his opponent and knocked one more veggie head out
of the way.
"Why do I have to go?!" Hiei demanded, slicing down another adversary.
"Because you're the fastest!" Kurama yelled, fighting off his own small troop of
Cultivated Humans.
Hiei swore, but agreed and Yusuke backed away from the fight to get a clear shot.
"SPIRIT GUN!!" He yelled, shooting off his famous blast of energy.
A small path cleared through the turmoil and Hiei wasted no time saying good-bye.
Once inside the door and away from the fighting, Hiei felt for Kaida's energy.
Dead Ahead.
He ran towards the cracked door in front of him, towards Kaida.
"Let's go, okami." Shiin said, dragging Kaida out of her cage and binding her
arms and legs with a thick rope.
He dragged her over to the platform where the treasures where laying and secured her
there with a length of chain and a heavy lock.
Kaida dared a look out the window and paled.
It was only a few minutes till the Time.
If she didn't find a way to beat this, she would fail.
Would fail the goddess, would fail her friends, would fail human kind for crying out loud.
She struggled futilely against her chains.
Shiin laughed at her efforts.
"Give it up, little okami." He said. "Your dead."
Kaida didn't retort but instead, spat as hard as she could directly at his face.
He snarled at her as he wiped her spit off him.
"You'll regret that." He growled at her, smacking her hard across her face.
Kaida winced heavily as he hit her prominent bruises.
Suddenly, Shiin was knocked off his feet and sent flying across the room.
Standing in his place was,
"Hiei!!" Kaida yelled happily. "Hiei, hurry!! Get the key to the lock for my
chains. We don't have very much time!!!"
Hiei nodded and ran after Shiin again, grabbing him by the throat and pinning him to the
wall.
"Keys. NOW." He demanded acidly, his eyes glowing red.
Shiin trembled and handed him the key that would unlock Kaida.
Hiei sneered at the man and let him fall to the ground. He turned back to Kaida and, on
impulse, spun and kicked behind him, catching Shiin (who had tried to sneak up on him,
bloody pipe in hand) in the chest and sending him flying.
Shiin spun, midair, and landed heavily on his feet. Within seconds he was charging at
Hiei like a bull.
Hiei sneered again and pulled out his sword, facing the deranged man.
Hiei's sword flashed a few times before he slid it back into its sheath.
Shiin froze in his spot and gaped at Hiei.
He was dead before he even knew what hit him.
"Hurry Hiei!!" Kaida yelled, calling the demon back to reality.
Hiei ran over to Kaida, key in hand.
"Your to late." A voice called from the darkness. "A New Kingdom approaches
on the wings of a full moon!!"
Kaida and Hiei looked out the window in horror as the light from the moon and the small
planet shone in clearly through the window, illuminating Kaida and all three treasures.
Kaida's eyes widened and for the first time, Hiei saw fear in them.
She turned to him as her skin started to grow an evil, acid green.
"Tell Artemis I tried." She whispered, before her mouth opened up in a long silent
scream.
The Time had come – the prophesy had begun.
A/N: Another day, another chapter, another long wait till I get off my lazy butt to write again......sigh