Scroll Three: Darkness

Author's Note:

Even with a finger injury from rollerblading I can still type! Here's Scroll Three: Darkness! Enjoy and review please! Until Scroll Four: Saving Kim, see ya! ;-)

-CelestialTime93

"This is where he will be appearing..." Yori explained as they waited at an abandoned building in Yamanouchi.

"No wonder, take a look at this place." Ron said, "This place is so dark."

Then, Kim felt a chill go up her spine. She gasped and jerked back.

"Kimberly Ann, what's wrong?" Miriam asked from the back of Kim's mind.

"Darkness..." Kim mustered, "He's here..."

Kim held up her trembling hands of fear, and held the Bamboo Bow and Arrow infront of her, in the battle ready stance.

"Come out, Darkness..." Kim said bravely, "We know you're here..."

"My, you are a smart guardian..." a voice said.

The Lotus Guardians turned to see a figure walk out of the shadows.

It was a man. He seemed to be in his early 20's. He had pale skin, long dark hair, and red piercing eyes. He wore a black long jacket with black armour pads selected parts of his body where the coat covered. He wore knee high black boots that had metal on the back of the boots in the form of spikes.

"Darkness..." Kim growled.

Darkness grimaced and motioned Kim to come closer. "Drop your bow and come closer. I want to take a better look at you..."

Kim lowered her bow and arrow, hid it behind her back, and changed it to the sword mode. She kept it hidden behind her back and cautiously walked towards Darkness.

Darkness put his hand under Kim's chin and raised it to the level of his eyes to match with her's.

"My, you are the most beautiful guardian I have seen in the past years." Darkness smiled.

But Kim wasn't happy. And neither was Ron. His Lotus Blade glowed brightly, as Kim's grip on the wooden sword tightened. Her expression furrowed.

"Get your filthy hands off of me!" Kim snapped, holding the wooden sword's point inches away from Darkness' face.

Darkness' frantic look turned into a dark one. He smirked darkly, as his eyes glowed red.

The sword was resummoned back into a bow, and disappeared into a dust of sparkles, which returned to the form of the Bamboo Pendant. Kim gasped, and screamed when Darkness grabbed her wrist, and twisted her close to his body. He locked her in with one arm and held a large gun against Kim's ear with the other. Kim gritted her teeth. She knew she couldn't escape. Even if she tried, Darkness would shoot her right away.

"Yori! Get help!" Ron demanded. Yori answered and ran back to warn Master Sensai.

"Chiko! Stay and help Possible-san!" Yori told the beagle.

Chiko barked. Then he turned and growled at Darkness. He barked ferociously.

"Surrender now, or your friend here will die within my grasp!" Darkness threatened.

"Don't listen to him, Ron!" Kim cried, "Save yourself and the others! Forget about me!"

"Be quiet, guardian!" Darkness growled, "Or the next thing you know, you'll be dead on the ground!"

"I won't let you harm Kim!" Ron shot back, his Lotus Blade flaring.

Rufus chittered angrily on Ron's shoulder.

Kim noticed that Darkness wasn't looking. She suddenly had an idea to escape without being shot.

Kim bit Darkness' ear, making him scream in pain and hold onto his bloody ear with both hands, making him release Kim and let go of the gun.

Kim spat the blood out of her mouth with her saliva and cried, "Run!"

Kiara ran outside with the others following her. While Ron and Chiko caught up with Kiara, Kim didn't.

Darkness grabbed Kim's pigtail in which the style she was wearing at the moment, and pulled her back into his grasp.

Ron heard Kim's scream and whirled around. He was only a meter away.

"Kim!" Ron cried.

"Leave without me!" Kim cried as Darkness disappeared into smoke, taking Kim with him.

"Kim, no!" Ron screamed as the smoke disappeared and Yori and Master Sensai ran towards their direction. Chiko began barking wildly, then whimpered when the smoke cleared.

"Stoppable-san, what happened?" Master Sensai asked.

Ron growled in anger and kicked the building's wall, and fell on his knees, crying.

"He's gone..." Ron wept, "And he took Possible-san with him..."

That was the first time Ron ever addressed Kim that way.

"No, we're too late!" Yori gasped.

"We will have to track Possible-san down." Master Sensai said, "And Darkness."

"I should have known..." Master Sensai mumbled.

The remaining Lotus Guardians, their pets, and Master Sensai had returned to the Yamanouchi School.

"What did you sense, Master Sensai?" Yori asked.

"She is at Darkness' Cave," Master Sensai answered, "It is located onMount Fuji."

"The Mountain of Immortality..." Yori muttered.

"Aren't there four lakes that surround Mount Fuji?" Ron wondered out loud.

"Yes." Master Sensai answered, "And I am afraid, that Possible-san might be sent into the depths of the water and to her death in one of the four lakes. You must save her before it's too late."

"But we do not know who the Light of Yamanouchi is!" Yori exclaimed, "We cannot defeat him without the Light of Yamanouchi!"

"Okay, maybe it's time I spoke up!" Kiara said, "Ever since Master Sensai asked me to look for the scent of the Light of Yamanouchi, the scent has been following me, even at the scene where Kim was kidnapped by Darkness. Even when Kim disappeared, the scent was still there."

"Then why didn't he save Kim in the first place?" Ron growled angrily.

"Y'see? That's the thing!" Kiara answered, "The Light of Yamanouchi was right under our noses! The Light of Yamanouchi, is Ron! And he's the only one who could defeat Darkness and save Kim and the world!"