Scroll Four: Saving Kim

Author's Note:

Scroll Four: Saving Kim is finally here! Enjoy and review it please! This is probably the longest chapter yet! The great battle, Scroll Five: Diamond's Love, will start soon! For now, see ya! ;-)

-CelestialTime93

"Stoppable-san, where are you going?" Yori exclaimed as Ron ran out of the school campus.

"I'm going to save Kim!" Ron replied.

"Are you crazy?" Kiara exclaimed, "You can get killed! Do you know how many Hells he suffered through to gain revenge on the Lotus Guardians many times? Thousands!"

"It was only seven Hells, Kiara." Ron corrected.

"Still!" Kiara exclaimed, "That's a lot! You can't risk it! He's stronger now!"

"I don't care!" Ron exclaimed, "If I die, I'll die with honour. And I'll make sure that Kim escapes before my last breath."

"Stoppable-san, no!" Yori called, as Ron leaped from tree to tree, mountain to mountain, towards Darkness' Cave.

"Let go of me!" Kim snapped, writhing in the dark arms of Darkness' spell.

"Don't think I'll let you get away so easily!" Darkness grimaced.

"My friends will come to rescue me." Kim warned, "So set me free if you don't want to be sent to another eighth Hell."

"My, you are a tough one." Darkness clicked his tongue, "I'll doubt I'll be able to turn you around. Although, I'm sure I can do something else. Maybe, torture the one who is coming to rescue you..."

Darkness held up his hand as swirls of black magic created a scene, of the mountain's forest. Then, a dash of blue light dashed past.

Darkness made the screen's eye follow the light, until it stopped.

Kim gasped. "No... You wouldn't!"

"Believe me, I will." Darkness snapped back, erasing the screen to mist.

Kim yearned to see Ron's face again. She soon broke into tears.

"Now, now, I'm sure that Jonathan's reincarnation would surely not want to see you cry. Especially before he's exterminated."

"You wouldn't!" Kim screamed through her tears, her pigtails bouncing angrily with the movement of her head.

"You think I'll let him off easy?" Darkness snapped.

Kim turned away and growled angrily, "You monster..."

"Well, that's what I am, am I?" Darkness smirked.

Kim felt herself break into more tears.

"Ron..." she sobbed, "Please come and save me..."

Ron dashed through the mountainous forests. He dodged every tree, and every obstacle in his way, leaving behind a bright hue of blue behind him. Finally, he stopped in an opening. He looked around. He sensed the presence of a dark aura.

But somewhere, in that presence, was also a pure one. A pure aura in sorrow and pain. He knew who that was.

"Kim!" Ron cried, "I'm coming! Hold on!"

Ron unsheathed his Lotus Blade, and slashed it, crying out, "Lotus Illusion!"

The spiralling whisps of white and blue magic created the invisible image into a visible one. Darkness' Cave.

Ron kept his Lotus Blade grasped in his hand and rushed inside the dark cave.

Behind though, was Yori, on Kiara's back.

"Think we should go after him?" Kiara asked, in her adult form.

"We must." Yori nodded.

"Your rescuer is approaching, Kimberly Ann." Darkness smiled, "And nearing his hour of death."

"Shut up!" Kim sobbed, "SHUT UP!"

"If it tortures you..." Darkness smirked.

Kim didn't take his word for it.

"You know," Darkness taunted, "I'm still wondering how to kill him..."

Then, Kim had enough. She wanted to plug her ears and scream as loud as her lungs would allow her. Instead, she began singing the old song that her father used to sing to her when she was a little girl as loud as she can.

"♬There I was just walkin' down the street, singin' do-da-dee-dee-dee-dee-dum dee-dee-do!♬" Kim continued to sing as loud as she could through her tears. The smoke cleared, allowing her to plug her ears while she continued to sing.

Ron haulted to a stop, and so did Kiara and Yori. By now, Kiara was tiny. Which caused a huge problem...

"Yeow!" Ron whirled around to see Kiara, at his feet, looking up at him sheepishly.

"If you're here..." Ron muttered.

"Uh..." Kiara smiled sheepishly, "Hee hee hee... Gaaaaah! Yeow!"

"Don't think you're goin' anywhere!" Ron snapped, grabbing her by the fur collar, where she was supposed to feel no pain. Apparently, that was just an excuse to escape, "And don't even think about faking that yeow!"

"Damn!" Kiara cursed herself, "Caught red pawed!"

"Kiara-chan!" Yori snapped, "What are you doing - oh my... I hope you didn't bump into him, Kiara-chan."

"Afraid so, Yori-sama." Kiara frowned.

"Why were you guys following me?" Ron snapped, "I said not to follow me!"

"You never said not to follow you!" Kiara corrected.

"Whatever!" Ron sighed, "Looks like I have no choice. I'll have to take you guys with me."

Then, there was a familiar voice, singing a familiar tune.

"What is that voice singing?" Yori wondered out loud.

"That's no ordinary voice!" Ron exclaimed, dropping Kiara, "That's Kim! Oh my god, she only sings that song when she's desperate! C'mon!"

"Be quiet, baka!" Darkness snapped.

"Shut up!" Kim snapped back, still plugging her ears, "Don't even talk to me! ♬There I was just walkin' down the street, singin' do-da-dee-dee-dee-dee dum-dee-dee-do♬ -"

"Kim!"

Kim unplugged her ears and looked up.

"Ron! Yori! Kiara!" Kim cried, "Get ourselves out of here! Now!"

"Not until you're set free!" Ron called back, "Lotus Slash!"

The attack was sent flying towards Darkness. Darkness just held out his hand, turned the blue attack to black and purple, and directed it to Kim.

"Kim! No!" Ron screamed.

The scream of agony from his loved one's voice began to die as the smoke cleared. Kim was found unconcious, lying on the floor on splintered pieces of wood from the chair that she sat at.

"Possible-san!" Yori screamed.

"Kimberly-sama! No!" Kiara screamed.

Ron felt himself fume with anger.

"This is much better than murder..." Darkness cackled.

The more Darkness laughed, and the more Ron looked at Kim's unconcious body, the more angry he got, until the Lotus Blade turned a blood red.

"What is this?" Darkness laughed, "The Light of Yamanouchi is getting angry? Oh, this is just too much to ask for!"

"How did you know?" Ron demanded through gritted teeth.

"How did I know?" Darkness smirked, "I can see all with my dark magic! I heard the little neko talk about you being the Light of Yamanouchi! That's why I'm torturing you!"

"Well then, you're gonna regret it!" Ron growled. He charged towards Darkness and cried, "Lotus Lights!"