Chichiri Potter

And the

Sorcerer's Staff

Ch.9

By Cui

There was a great banging behind the large marble doors, and a shouting voice from behind that was clearly Tamahome's.

"LORDS, THE CHILDREN…SOME ONE HELP!" he continued banging on the door hard with fists, "OPEN THESE DOORS! WE NEED YOU! YAMI-SAMA'S RETURNED!"

The horrible laughter of Yami-sama came clear through Miaka's throat. She grinned evilly, and moved towards the doors. With a little twirl of her hair she looked back at the gods and seishi, a glint of malice in her eyes. All of a sudden the raspy, evil voice was gone, and Miaka spoke again with her normal, high-pitched girly tone. But the distant eyes, Chichiri noticed, stayed the same, dark and empty.

Miaka placed her hands on the door and called to Tamahome through them, "Oh Tamahome! Help me please! That horrible Yami-sama has taken control of Chichiri and Tasuki! You have to do something, please love!"

"WHAT THE HELL? TAMAHOME, SHE'S A FUCKIN' LIAR! I AIN'T BEIN' CONTROLLED!" Tasuki yelled in rage, waving his tessen toward the doors.

"Help me, Tamahome! He's got the tessen! He's gonna burn me!"

"Where are the gods?" Tamahome called back through the doors.

"Oh…" Miaka gave a malevolent look towards the four gods, and Taiitsu-kun, "they're dead. Yami-sama was too much for them. They were too weak."

There was a pause on the other side of the door, until Tamahome finally called back, "Chichiri, you there!"

"Yeah, no da, but don't believe her! She's the one being controlled by Yami-sama! Tama-"

"Save it!" he interrupted. "I already know that! There's no way that demon could defeat the four gods!" he yelled back harshly, "Chichiri we need your magic sutras to exorcise her! I'd like to help, but I got my own problems out here-DAMMIT! BACK OFF-I'm not allowed in there anyway!" There were sounds of shouting and screeching. What sounded like many nails, kept scrapping the outside of the doors.

"Why that insolent little WELP!" Miaka screeched through her teeth, the raspy voice had returned. She looked back towards Chichiri, "AS IF YOUR SUTRAS COULD ACTUALLY HOLD ME!" She lunged at him, driving her long nails deep in his throat and knocking him over. Chichiri tightly took hold of his staff to defend himself, but since he wasn't trying to hurt Miaka, and she was now trying to kill him, his staff was knocked out of his hands with ease.

"I've seen ENOUGH!" Suzaku finally stood from his throne, and began moving toward his beloved monk, but was intercepted by Seiryu.

"Seiryu! What are you-" he was cut short as Seiryu back handed him hard across his face. Little trickles of golden liquid seeped through the whelps on his face, god's blood.

"Ah, yes…my faithful servant. Return to me, serve me, and DESTROY Suzaku!" Miaka screeched at Seiryu while smiling that horrid smile, and spitting blood as she spoke onto Chichiri's face; who she was straddling beneath her. "With pleasure my lord…" Chichiri was beginning to lose consciousness. The blood from his neck was leaking through the deep cuts Yami-sama made with Miaka's nails.

"REKKA SHINEN!"

"ARRGHH! WRETCHED BANDIT!"

Tasuki used his holy flame to free Chichiri from Yami-sama's grasp. He jumped back gasping for breath, clutching his throat, then ran to the doors.

"Thanks Tasuki, no da. Help me get these doors open, Tamahome needs our help, na no da!"

"You got it!"

They grabbed a handle each and began to pull, hard.

"Oh no you DON'T! Filthy Suzaku warriors!"

Genbu had taken hold of Chichiri's arm.

"We'll stop you, MAGGOTS!"

Byakko had taken hold of Tasuki's arm.

"WHAT THE FUCKIN' HELL! YOU GUYS SHOULD BE HELPING US!" Tasuki began to wave his tessen again with his free hand, "REKKA SHI-"

"TASUKI, DON'T! Their eyes are the same as Miaka's, they're not themselves; you can't kill them, THEY'RE STILL GODS, TASUKI!" Chichiri had stopped Tasuki just in time for tiny flames had already begun to spark on the edges of his fan.

Just then the doors shot open, surprising both the seishi AND the possessed gods.

"Go now! Don't just stand there like idiots, go help Tamahome!" the familiar voice of Taiitsu-kun sounded behind them.

They quickly turned around to see Taiitsu-kun hovering some feet above them, "GO NOW!" she quickly flicked her wrists, and the two of them were shot out of the room magically.

"B-but Taiitsu-kun, no da!" but before anything could be said she had magicked the doors shut tight once again.

They stood for a moment outside the doors, observing it. All along the outside were various scratches and traces of blood.

"We have to go." Chichiri voice seemed frightened

"WHAT? What about Taiitsu-kun and Suzaku?"

"They can handle themselves for now! C'mon!"

A loud scream was heard and various 'clangs' of metal. The two of them ran in that direction. Back up the marble stairs, they went, that lead to the dormitories where they had been sleeping just hours ago. Another scream was heard, then muffled, and the seishi quickened their already fast pace.

Suddenly there was silence…utter silence, as the seishi finally reached the head of the stairs.

"NOOOOOOO!" Tasuki fell to his hands and knees, wetting the palms of his hands on the blood soaked floor.

"W-we're too late."