Chapter 8

Izumi was unable to move. She was sitting on the ground. She felt like she was shishkabob. She felt blood on her and felt drops fall on her. Wait, she felt drops fall on her? If she was the one that was hit.... Izumi opened her eyes and saw in front of her a masked man who had Akito's sword going through his stomach. Izumi was terrified. She screamed.

"Huh?" Kyo heard a scream. Kyo turned to wear he heard it. He was standing up and turning to his left.

"What's wrong Kyo?" Tohru asked sitting on the floor.

"I just thought I heard Izumi scream."

"Are you sure?" Yuki asked standing up.

"Yeah." Kyo said looking at the ground. "We've got to get out of here now. What if they're in trouble?"

"Don't worry about that right now Kyo." Yuki said. "We need to concentrate. They'll be fine."

"AND WHAT IF THEY'RE DYING?!" Kyo yelled at him. "We have to go save them now! We have to get out of here!"

"Kyo. The only way to do that is to calm down." Aya said.

"NO! I've got to save her! She may be dreadful at times but she's still my relative. We were always really close and I'm not going to loose that now." Tohru stood up and started walking over to Kyo without him noticing. "I'm not going to one of the closest family memebers to me." Tohru hugged him from behind, eyes closed. Suprisingly he didn't transform. He looked over his shoulder at her.

"I know how you feel Kyo. You're just worried about her." Tohru's bright blue light enveloped the two. "You just want to save her... before something happens." Kyo's red light mingled with the blue light and they melded together to make a purplish color.

"Mhmmm...." Kyo said falling into a calm state. He turned around and both of them opened their eyes. They held each others hands and touched heads. There was a blinding light and when it was gone Kyo had disappeared. Tohru was floating in the air and reached her hand out to Yuki. The light around her was blue again. She was wearing a diffferent outfit though. She was wearing a kimono with lights all over it. Her hair was up in chopsticks and she glowed like an angel. She reached her hand out to Yuki.

"Come. Join us Yuki." Tohru said with a smile. Aya was speechless.

"Miss Honda." Yuki said as he took her hand. Yuki was lifted in the air and was consumed in the blue light. His green light mingled with her blue light and became a turqoise color. Tohru and Yuki were already holding hands and they closed there eyes and another flash of light blinded Aya. When she was able to see again, Yuki and Kyo had disappeared but the symbols of water, fire, and earth were on Tohru's forehead, glowing Tohru, Kyo, and Yuki's colors.

Tohru floated down to the ground and took Aya hand. "Are you ready to leave this place after all these years?"

Aya looked around one last time and said, "Most definetly."

The two were enveloped in a blue light and then disappeared.

"Izumi run away." The mysterious man said. He had a familiar voice but Izumi was too scared to pinpoint it or to move. "I said run!" He yelled.

"I- I can't! I can't move!" She said terrified.

"Izumi!" Yume said looking over at her sister. Before she could say another word, the body guard attacked again.

Izumi looked over at her sister fighting so hard. She had cuts and gashes all over her body but she was still fighting. She was truely stronger than her older sister. Izumi couldn't let that happen now could she? Izumi stood up. Akito starred at her.

"Awww you poor baby. You can't move 'cause you're too scared."

She picked up her swords and charged at Akito. "Who are you to call me a baby?!" She knocked him backwards on the floor. His hand was deeply cut. He was screaming in pain. While he was screaming she turned to attend to the mysterious stranger. She pulled out the sword in his stomach and he moaned.

"Are you okay?" She said.

"I'm fine," He said. Their moment was interupted by a gunshot. Izumi turned around. Akito had a gun again. It was one of the guard's guns.

"I thought that you weren't supposed to show your back in a battle. Did you forget your own rule?" He was walking to her and was aiming for her head. "Drop your swords. That means you too you masked freak." They put all their swords on the ground. Akito was 2 inches from Izumi's head.

"You will both die but I've always believed in ladies first. Any last words?" He smirked.

"Yeah, actually, I do. I just wanted to say how sad of a match that was. You wouldn't have one if you hadn't cheated."

"Oh really? Those are your last words?"

"No, of course not. Kyo is going to save me before you can shoot." Izumi sounded confident.

"You're still dreaming huh, little girl."

Yume had been caught by the guard and she refused to watch her sister die.

"Kyo's not coming for you Izumi! He may have done it before but there is no guarantee that it will happen again! Run Izumi, please!"

"Don't worry Yume. He will save me again. I know it." Izumi said closing her eyes. Akito was about o pull the trigger and stopped for a second. What if that freak cat did come back to save her? He dismissed that thought from his mind and pulled the trigger. There was a dull sound of a gunshot.

TO BE CONTINUED