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Kaida Okami – The Prophesy
Chapter Sixteen
I'll Miss You
Kaida crept along the edge of the battlefield, careful to make sure no one saw her.
She didn't want some glory-seeking idiot to kill her before she got to Ryuko.
When she reached the wall she searched for a few minutes, trying to find the
hidden panel that Roku had told her about.
When she found it, the panel sunk in, revealing a dark and crumbling stair way.
Without hesitation, Kaida followed it up and into the heart of Spirit World. The door
closed behind her and only Kaida's better than average vision allowed her to see enough
not to break her neck.
After a while of walking aimlessly in the dark, Kaida hit her head on what felt like
cement.
"Owww!!!" She complained softly, rubbing her throbbing head with one hand and
trying to feel what she had run into with the other hand.
Apparently, the stairs went straight into a ceiling. Kaida was willing to bet that the ceiling
was really the floor of the kitchen.
Kaida pushed up on the concrete and felt it give way.
She pushed harder and, eventually, managed to move it enough so that she could crawl
out.
She left the hole slightly uncovered so as to be able to find it if she needed to get out
again.
When she had finished, Kaida crept over to the door and peeked out. Seeing no one in the
hall, she exited quietly and snuck down the deserted halls, following any energy signal
that might lead her to Ryuko.
Kaida finally sensed her enemy, only just avoiding passing it by.
The door nearest her was cracked open a bit. Kaida peaked in and dimmed her energy, so
as not to be noticed by the occupants of the room.
"Well, Enma, it seems you are in a bit of trouble." Came Ryuko's disembodied
voice.
Kaida's eyes widened fractionally but she kept listening.
"I'll get you for this, wench." Enma spat. "You cant take my kingdom from me!!"
Kaida could hear the smirk in Ryuko's voice as she replied.
"I already have." She said. "Your pitiful army has not seen any real battle in far to
long to be able to defend themselves well. Soon it will fall, and my army will seize
control. Your public execution in Makai will secure my position as the demons realize
my power."
"The Spirit Detectives-" he started.
"Are fighting for their lives as we speak. They to will fall." Ryuko ended
smoothly. "They cannot save you, nor your kingdom."
Kaida had heard enough. She pushed the door open and leaned lazily against the door,
her outward appearance belaying her fear.
"Wanna bet?" Kaida asked idly.
Ryuko gave a cross between a smirk and a glare that Kaida had no name for. She turned
away from the bound and trapped Enma to face the Wolf-girl. Before she could comment,
thought, Enma interrupted.
"YOU!!" He roared, spittle flying out of his mouth.
Kaida wiped her face and her mouth gained and ironic twist to it.
"Yes, me." She said calmly.
"What do you want?" He asked.
Kaida rolled her eyes heavenward.
"In a nut shell? I want to save your kingdom and your pitiful life in order to save
the countless innocents that could be hurt in the change of power." She said nonchalantly.
Enma blinked.
"But the prophesy-"
"Was talking about Ryuko." Kaida finished.
Comprehension dawned on Enma's face but Kaida was not aloud to gloat over it.
Ryuko took advantage of her turned face to attack, lashing out with long vicious claws.
Kaida noticed in time to doge away and miss the potentially painful blow.
She lunged after the dragoness, aiming with her Katana to slice through the demons neck.
Ryuko smirked and simply stepped aside.
The dragon followed up with a blow of her own and the fight began.
Enma watched in almost awe as the two demons duked it out, each blocking the others
blows perfectly. Kaida and Ryuko moved like liquid fire, blocking and striking in
incredible combinations.
Finally, they broke apart, breathing heavy.
Ryuko glared at her wolf counterpart from the other side of the room.
Kaida smirked back and the battle began again.
Enma tried to follow the attacks but the speed became so intense he could no longer tell
where one demon ended and the other began.
Suddenly, Kaida's last hidden dagger flew out of the blur and landed next to Enma's arm,
point down.
Enma looked down in amazement as his chains fell apart.
Ryuko, to busy to notice, did not see her prey sneak out the door to find a safe refuge.
When they broke apart again, however, Ryuko saw the empty chair and her eyes
widened.
Kaida, dripping in sweat and shaky with exhaustion managed a smirk as the opposing
demoness roared with rage.
Kaida's smirk was quickly wiped away, though, as Ryuko shot a blast of pure energy at
her.
Kaida dogged, but not far enough.
A bit of the energy clipped her shoulder and sent bolts of electric fire through her body.
Kaida fell to the floor coughing.
Now it was Ryuko's turn to smirk.
"A specialty of dragons." She said. "The control of most volatile elements.
Example, fire and electricity."
Kaida glared at her enemy through a curtain of white hair.
She stood up slowly and faced the demoness.
Ryuko's eyes began to glow green and Kaida knew she was preparing for a big attack.
Kaida dropped her katana and concentrated, calling on her own energy in an attack that
had not been unleashed for many, many years.
Kaida's own eyes began to glow vivid blue and her entire body glowed.
Ryuko was in a similar state.
Both stared at each other and, at the same instant, voiced different cries.
Kaida, arms outstretched, wrist together and palm out, screamed
"REI OKAMI"
Ryuko, arms crossed defensively across her chest, screamed her own attack at the same
instant.
"POISON BLADES"
Their cries mingled together as Kaida's attack, a large energy mass in the form of a great
wolf, and Ryuko's attack, a virtual wall of sharp deadly looking green energy blades shot
at each other.
The two attacks mingled and, after a seconds wait, broke past each other, both hitting
their marks.
Kaida and Ryuko both dropped to their knees.
Ryuko's attack had hit Kaida hard, cutting her and sending poison into her bloodstream.
Kaida's attack and attacked Ryuko like a true wolf, catching her in the neck and shoulder,
burning away at her flesh.
Wounded and exhausted, both stood up to face each other and begin their fight again.
Hiei looked around at the battlefield and swore.
The opposing armies numbers far outweighed their own and the Spirit World troops
continued to loose their ground.
Yukina hand long since fled to the Infirmary, lending a hand to heal those that where
wounded.
The harpie forces where well reduced as were the lower class demons but the sirens-
At that moment, the sirens launched themselves into action.
Stopping completely, they opened their mouths and let out the most beautiful sound Hiei
or the others had ever heard.
Only the female fighters where unaffected as they continued to battle away, not
immediately noticing their male comrades plight.
The sirens song wove into Hiei's heart, his soul.
The hand holding his katana loosened and the sword dropped to the ground with a clatter.
All around him, fighters where dropping their weapons to listen to the sirens song.
The women, finally figuring out what was going on, stopped their attack on the
demons and started after the sirens.
Temporarily foiled, the sirens stopped their song and dropped back into the ranks,
allowing others to surge forward.
Hiei and the others snapped out of their reverie, and picked up their weapons.
Hiei, realizing what had happened, flushed angrily.
He strode purposefully after the sirens and managed to cut a few down before a great
power surge from the direction of the gates caught his attention.
It was Kaida he was sure, but what he could tell from the flair of energy, she was too
equally matched with her opponent.
Hiei fell back and located Kurama.
"Kurama!" He roared over the clamor of battle.
Kurama looked to his friend.
"What now?"
"Tell the female fighters to kill the sirens." He called. "I'm going after Kaida."
Kurama nodded and sped off the spread the word as Hiei raced towards the gate.
Kaida broke away from her opponent, exhausted beyond measure.
Ryuko smirked, sensing the girls tiredness and pressed on in the battle.
Kaida raised her katana in defense of Ryuko claws but forgot her tail.
Ryuko's tail came flying up to crash into Kaida's chest, sending her flying across the
room to smash into the wall behind her.
Kaida stumbled out of the small crater clumsily and soon found herself pinned to a wall
by her throat.
Kaida gasped and clawed at Ryuko's hands but she could not loosed the Dragonesses
grip.
Ryuko smirked as Kaida's katana clattered to the floor.
Thought the haze of pain and lack of oxygen, one simple revelation came to
Kaida.
-Excalibur- she thought weakly.
Her hand edged to her hip where the sword was strapped. She unsheathed it quietly and
pulled the medallion and ring out of her pocket.
Working quickly, Kaida wrapped the necklace with the ring hooked on around her hand
and the sword, securing it in place.
Kaida looked up into the dragons cold eyes and grinned.
Ryuko stared at her like she was crazy.
"What are you-" she started, but never got a chance to finish her sentence.
Kaida dragged the sword against Ryuko's belly leaving a deep fatal gash.
Ryuko dropped Kaida and clutched at her wound.
Taking advantage of the situation, Kaida hacked at the dying demon, killing her swiftly.
Ryuko's now lifeless body began to glow within a second of her death.
The dragoness turned into a bright poison green ball of light and energy and, with
sufficient force to send the exhausted okami to her knees, entered Kaida's body once
again.
Suddenly, a sharp pain around her belly surface.
Kaida looked down and noticed a deep gash, identical to the one she had given Ryuko.
"I guess I wasn't in the .1" she said softly, sinking to the floor.
Moments later, Kaida felt and presence beside her.
"Hey Hiei." She said weakly.
Hiei just stared at her.
"I guess you and Kurama where right." She said, coughing into her hand. When
she pulled it away, she noticed vaguely that it was covered in blood.
"What are you talking about." Hiei answered, voice quiet.
"Ryuko's dead...and so am I." she said
"Don't be stupid." He said. "Your gonna be fine."
Kaida laughed weakly, a painful and bitter laugh that sounded nothing like her.
"Hiei, I'm dying." She said bluntly.
Hiei's face turned to stone.
"Tell the others..." she said voice getting softer and ever weaker. "Tell
them...goodbye...will you...do that...for me..?"
Hiei nodded and Kaida reached for his hand, clutching it lightly.
"the...wolves..."
"I'll take care of them." He said.
Kaida smiled.
"I'll.....I'll miss you...." She said as her eyes fluttered closed.
The grip on his hand loosened.
Hiei's eyes became sad, but he veiled it.
Kaida looked at him and saw through the veil.
"I'll miss you..." she repeated and a single tear trickled down her cheek.
Her eyes closed slowly and her breathing slowed.
Just before it stopped, Hiei replied.
"I'll miss you too." He said.
Kaida's eyes didn't open again but a small smile appeared on her lips as Hiei felt her
hand drop to the ground.
A/N: ::doges angry reviewers:: I'm sorry, I'm sorry!!!!!!!!! I don't want to die either!!!!!! I wont let it end here, just be patient!!!