Shitza: Sorry for delaying, but this took me ages to write. Hope you like it, I'll try to come up with a new one for the weekend.

Shitza

Chapter 13 Flight from Devils

Lin was gone, and no one knew where to look for her. Chihiro and the others had a hard time, especially Chihiro. Lin had been taken during her watch and she deeply blamed herself for it. Due to the connection between, Kohaku felt her blames.

"wasn't your fault." He tried to say over and over. "Lin will be back, she hates being locked up and she would loose too much getting herself kidnapped."

Chihiro looked at him, her eyes red from crying.

"I sure hope so, yet I can't help imagining the worst."

Kohaku put an arm around her shoulder. Chihiro sighed. All of them wondered... What had happened?

(In the Devils Kingdom)

Lin was kicked, punched and pushed all the way to a giant chamber at the deeps of the mountains. The chamber was in fact the Devils cathedral and castle. Both on the same time. The leader, the evilest and mostly most fat of them, was both their king and god. For some priest, but it didn't matter that much. What really mattered was that. That he was powerful, and he smiled in a way Lin very much disliked.

"We have a dancer for you." One of the devils said.

The fat devil's smile brooded.

"Dress her in the ceremonial dress. I would want to see her dance for me."

Later that day, or night, she didn't know, Lin had danced for hours. She was tired, her feet ached and bleed, but the rope the devils had tied around her waist prevented her from stopping. Whenever she did that would mean she was finished and by seeing the other dancers who kept on dancing forever and ever, she didn't dare stop, giving them time to wheel her in. If a dancer ever stopped, she would be sacrificed for the evil itself. And eras of pain and suffering would await their souls.

So Lin continued, as another woman fell down from exhaustion. She saw the body get dragged away. To where, she didn't even want to think.

(By an Entrance)

From the great search, hours of searching, Deko had managed to find the Entrance to the Devils Kingdom. Yet, it still had taken them three extra hours to understand what he said. Xing had completely ignored him, searching in the wrong place. In the end Deko had carried him away to show his discovery.

The doors to hell weren't locked, gratefully since they were made of smoking iron. They walked in silence, trying to avoid being seen, which was pretty easy since most paths were empty. Some were heavily guarded. Soon they heard voices. One, they recognised as Lin's.

"Please, show mercy! Have mercy!" she shouted trying to get away from the flames.

The devils roared with laughter. They could clearly here shrieks from other female voices and then a roaring fire.

"Get in, or else we're throwing you in." a shrieking voice said.

"NO!" Lin screamed. As if that had been a signal Xing rushed through the doors, leading to a small chamber. The others closely followed, Deko choose to transform into his Spirit form, the fiery salamander. Chihiro and Kohaku stayed behind him. Chihiro held Lin's bow, Kohaku had Deko's great sword in his hand, which he had some problems to control.

Lin looked relieved and the devil that held her dropped her on the floor.

"Leave her alone" Xing said fiercely.

The devils started laughing as Lin made her way towards the others. Xing took her to him in a very protective matter and growled. Chihiro began wondering if there might be more to this than met the eyes.

The devils launched an attack of burning fire, showing how dangerous they were. Xing protected the weakening Lin with an aura of magic. Chihiro raised her arms, but was instead met with a cold wind. She looked up and saw Kohaku blocking all fire from the two of them, but afterwards he fell to the floor, tired. Chihiro bent down and tried to wake him up. She hated what the curse did to him. Deko, on the other hand seemed untouched, as fire was his element.

Xing's eyes fired as the leader of devils approached them. Everyone backed away seeing this as the upcoming duel. Xing raised his sword, the leader raised his.

The duel began. The swords hit each other with an tremendous force. Xing fell back a few steps allowing the devil to attack again. Yet this time Xing got a firmer hand around the sword and warded of. The blades hit each other in a rhythmical dance, until... Xing's sword was knocked of his hand and the devil king gleamed menacingly.

"Looks like I've won. Goodbye, earth Spirit. Your powers will be mine and your soul will be sacrificed to..."

His words were cut out by an arrow sticking out from his throat. Everyone gasped and turned to the archer who had shot it. It was Lin...

Seconds before, seeing as Xing lost his sword, Lin had taken back her bow and arrows fro Chihiro and aimed a blow at the devil itself. By the looks of it, she had indeed killed him.

The journey out became indeed hectic as the group had to flee from the caves. Luckily they found a path leading out to the mountains. It was pretty small and Deko had to assist everyone out, giving them a hand when it was needed. Yet Xing wanted to help Lin on his own.

To reviewers: I know the end of this chapter was extremely short. But I'm so tired right now I'll probably just post this and head to bed. Hope you liked it, though!

Shandrial: I'll explain more in next chapter, I think I totally left your question out of this. Thanks for reviewing.

Winter -iel -o burzum: Here's the update. Hope you enjoyed.

Velf: Thank you, thanks for not telling me to write so much longer, it's hard enough as it is.

End Notes: Well, here it was. Hope you enjoyed. Till next time...

Shitza