Chapter 10

Lost and no light

Star floated miles away from the Diamond Palm, she pointed her staff forward, having a close look at the two teens. Star smiled, her revenge was coming true.

"So sorry Kirin, but you called this upon yourself.

Star closed one eye, aiming directly at Kirin, she smiled of how the hundredth descendent of the Soul Edge was going to die.

"Good-bye Kirin, I knew you well."

A bolt charged up inside the orb on the head of the staff, she was going to get rid of Kirin so no one would stop her. She fired.

The blast flew across the Diamond Palm, and vanished, everyone was terrified, Kirin looked around, knowing that Star was around, he looked at Katrina, something was wrong, Katrina looked at Kirin with a dying face. She fell to the ground.

"Katrina? Katrina! KATRINA!"

Kirin held Katrina in his arms, he held her close, his tears running down her head, he couldn't stop crying, his beloved Katrina…was dead.

"Hmm…missed, but still I got some fun out of it, killing the most precious thing he had."

Star vanished from sight, Krystal and Fox ran over to their crying son, they couldn't calm him, the love of his life was dead.

"Kirin! What happened?"

"I…Don't know…she just fell, and…I think the bolt was the cause, UGH…ARAGH!"

The next morning

Krystal opened Kirin's door, Kirin lied on his bed, never wanting to move, Krystal sat next to her son, running her fingers through his hair, tears still ran down his face.

"Kirin…I know that you're feeling guilty, but it wasn't your fault."

Kirin still didn't move, just cried, Krystal rubbed his shoulder, trying to comfort him, but nothing was helping, Katrina was gone, the world was gone to him.

"Kirin…please…I want to help…but I can't if you won't talk to me."

"Why don't you try reading my thoughts?"

"Kirin…none of that was your fault."

"I know…but I still blame myself for letting her die like that Mom, she meant everything to me."

"Why don't you try using Alchemy to bring her back?"

"Anything Star kills becomes part of her power, their soul is then unable to be resurrected."

"How do you know Star did it?"

"Mom, no clouds were out that night, it was a beautiful star filled sky, the bolt came straight forward, I know Star did it."

Kirin sat up, filled with grief, he felt like he was falling into the darkness, unable to breathe, unable to see the light.

"I blame myself because I couldn't save her, because I didn't kill Star sooner, and I paid the price."

Kirin leaned against his mother, Krystal held him in her arms, his tears running down his face just made her shed a tear.

"She's gone…my fault…Star…"

Park

Pinza looked into the sky, he couldn't stop thinking of last night, his friends girlfriend, the onehe loved and missed for nine years had diedby Star.

"Kirin…"

Pinza heard something behind him and he turned his head, facing Star, holding her staff across her stomach, Pinza held his spear and pointed it at Star.

"Hmm...I guess I can further harm Kirin by killing his friends."

"You…you monster!"

Pinza lunged at Star, but she zoomed out of the attackers assault, she charged up a bolt inside her staff, ready to fire to Pinza.

"I won't let Katrina's death be in vain!"

The bolt zoomed towards Pinza, but he slammed his paws to the ground, forming a barrier of ice in front of him, blocking the blast.

Pinza stood up and stomped his left foot forward, and slammed his paws against the wall, shattering and launching ice shards toward Star, easily being blocked by her staff as she twirled it, deflecting each shard.

"You…you're sick, killing someone like that. WHY?"

"Because I am death, I bring death, and I absorb death."

Pinza twirled his Spear over his head, then swung the spear head at the ground and into the sky, covering Star in a tundra of ice, but she blew the mighty blizzard away from her, sticking her staff into the ground, creating a barrier of wind.

"You're not going to defeat me with those weak ice spells, Cerina thought its power could defeat me with their mastery over magic…now look at them, they're decimated."

Pinza growled, none of his good ice spells worked, no one was around to help him either, Star was too strong for him to fight alone, he had to retreat.

"Oh come now, you're going to flee just like everyone else?"

Her words didn't reach Pinza, he was gone from her sight. Pinza ran through the streets, the pole of his spear pushed against his back as he held it, he had to inform Kirin right away.

Mccloud Residence

Pinza knocked the door like crazy, hoping someone was home, Fox answered the door, looking at the tired Pinza.

"Pinza, what are you doing here?"

"Kirin…I…have to tell him something."

"Good luck…he won't leave his room, he just lies there on his bed, crying for Katrina."

Pinza rushed up to Kirin's room, it was true to Pinza's eyes, he had never seen Kirin like this before, he couldn't stand to see his friend this way. He looked at Kirin, but he was asleep, he couldn't report to him.

"Damn…I'll just have to wait then."

Inside mind

Kirin floated in the darkness, eyes barely open, the Soul Edge slipping out of his paw, the images of Katrina…becoming dim, no light to guide him out.

"It's my fault."

The Soul Edge completely fell out of his paw.

"I let her die."

The Soul Edge disappeared from sight, he closed his eyes.

"I broke my promise."

Kirin was swarmed into a gloom, the darkness crowding all over his body.

"I don't deserve life."

He was completely covered in the darkness, his sadness had completely taken over his body.

"I hate myself."

Kirin felt dead inside, the darkness consumed his happiness of memories, taking away the images of his beloved Katrina, leaving him empty.

"I want…"

Kirin opened his eye slowly, it wasn't its ruby color, it was dark like a jet.

"To die."

Kirin was lost in the darkness, he couldn't escape, nothing left to do but accept it, accept the darkness into his heart. Then a small glimmer of light shined down on his face, the darkness reeled away from the tortured soul. His eyes became their normal ruby color.

"What…is this?"

Kirin felt warmth from the light, he held out his paw, reaching for the light, then he felt another paw touch his.

"Is…is it really?"

Kirin looked into the light, his paw joined the other paw with a warm embrace. The paw belonged to Katrina.

"Katrina?"

"Yes Kirin…I have been lost in the darkness that Star controls, but you shouldn't let her get to you too, don't let me keep you in the darkness, you have to overcome Stars power."

"How? I don't have the will to fight without you."

"Kirin…I am always with you, stuck in the darkness, but only you can free me, please, embrace the light and fight."

Kirin nodded his head, the light shined all around him, he knew Katrina was there by his side, he hadn't broken his promise, the Soul Edge floated towards his paw. The the darkness around him became light.

"I will free you Katrina, I swear it!"

Real world

Kirin opened his eyes, on the clock showed 7:09 P.M., Pinza stood beside Kirin, waiting for the proper attention from his Vulpine friend.

"Kirin…Star is growing more powerful by the day, we have to stop her soon!"

"I know…I plan to send her where she belongs."

"Hell?"

"No…"

"Huh?"

"The darkness…where she truly belongs."