Wow twice the chapters since the original version ,never thought I could be this good!
Just wait till you see what I have in store for future chappies!Oh and on another note,
I'll probably shortening the "shadow of destruction",to just "the shadow".Saves time,nuff
said.Read onwards!
Chapter 12 The Beginning of The End Part 2
"What the hell was that?" Won said in surprise. "Destruction..." Rini said emotionlessly.
With the power having been out for some time now,the giant metal claws that were holding
Hiei had finally released his grasp on him and he was free.He jumped in front of Won,unsheathed
his sword,and gave him a stare colder than a lifeless corpse. "Now," Hiei spoke ever colder than
his stare, "You will stop this,right now!" he yelled. "I..I can't!I never figured on this happening!All
I wanted was the power of the royal moon family,not the destruction of the world!" He said,scared
as a child.
As Hiei drew his sword to Won's neck,one of the lab assistants shouted, "look,the girl!" Hiei and
Won turned their attention to Rini.Hiei let go of Won and ran to her.He knew something was
definatly wrong with her,worse than before.She was floating in midair,she looked unconsious,and
now she started to glow a bright blinding pink.She looked up at the red moon.Then,the moon began
to glow ever brighter.and then,out of nowhere,a beam shot out down to the earth and shot Rini with
immense energy.Then,an actual earthquake began.As Rini absorbed the power,Hiei knew that what
ever was happening,he had to stop it.Then,multiple beams of white sparkling light began to shoot themselves out from Rini's body."RINI!" Hiei shouted to her,but she could not hear him.Then the beams became larger,brighter,grew more powerful.Then a blast of blinding white exploded from her body,and there was silence.
When the light subsided,and everyone was able to see,they looked at Rini and what they saw
was simply breath-taking.She was still floating in midair,but now she was veiled by shining silver,
she was wearing a dress as pure and white as the winter snow,and she had a gold cresent mark
in the middle of her forehead.She started lowering to the ground,she faced Hiei and spoke. "Hiei."
Her voice was deeper,more serious than before,no longer the bubbly tone of a child as it had once
been. "Rini." Hiei said shocked,yet amazed at her appearance. "Rini,what's happened to you,why do
you look like this?" "Hiei," she spoke softly and slowly.
"I am no longer Rini,she was an embodiment of me." "If you aren't Rini,then who exactly are you?" "I am Neo Princess Serenity of the moon kingdom.I come from the 30th century.In the future,there was a great cataclysm that destroyed the galaxy,and all that existed in it,all except me and my mother,Neo Queen Serenity.She was dying quickly,so she used the power of the Silver Millenium Crystal to send me to the past to find the one who could help us,I would then take that person back to the future before the cataclysm struck,and everything would have been alright.But now I see that the fate of my time has somehow managed to travel back in time after me.As I lay asleep within Rini,I watched everything happen.
How she took you in you and tended to your wounds,how she revealed her past to you,being
the first person to know,and how you came to rescue her once she was captured.Hiei,had it not been for
you,Rini would surely be dead,and I would never have awakened."
"This is perfect!" Won yipped in excitement. "What are you so happy about?" Hiei said. "I didn't
understand exactly what was going on,but now I do.So now I'm going to use this chance to obtain the ultimate power which belongs to me!" As he was laughing maniacally,Hiei had had enough of his rambling,
so he did what he did best,he swiftly glided his blade across Won's flesh,and in an instant,he was
dead. "I'm sorry you had to see that." He apolgized to Serenity. "That's alright,his soul will be forgivin,
but he won't rest peacefully."
As they were talking,the deep noise came once again. "So this...thing,there is a way to defeat it,right?"
Hiei asked. "The only way I know of defeating it is the Silver Millenium Crystal,but it shattered right after
my mother used it to send me here.It is the fate that befalls every generation of the Moon Kingdom."
"What are we gonna do?" one of the lab assistants asked in fear. "I don't know..." Serenity said in doubt.
Then,without warning,two giant shadow hands made their way through the walls and grabbed Serenity.
"Serenity!" Hiei yelled.Then,beams of silver bursted out of the shadow hands and Serenity broke free,
Hiei jumped and caught her in midair.He landed swiftly on the ground and set her down.
"Are you alright?" "Yes,but we must flee now before it tries to catch all of us." she said with great worry in her voice. "I'm sure I can take him on with my Dragon of The Darkness Flame." Hiei said with confidence. "No,it is much too powerful.Not even all the powers of this planet combined can stop it!" she said.She looked at the cowering lab assistants. "If you wish to live,you may follow us." No sooner than she said it did they run right over to her.A lab assistant got in front of them. "Follow me,I know the quickest way out."
As they were running down the hall,the heard the shadow's cry once again. "I don't like the sound of
that." one assistant said in fear. "Do not fear,as long as we keep away from it,we will be safe."
Serenity reassured him.As they ran farther,they could hear the low cries of destruction becoming louder.
"Serenity," Hiei asked, "do you think it might be possible for us to be heading in the direction of-" but he
was cut off when an assistant said, "look,the door!" They all headed towards the door as fast as they
could.
As they got closer and closer to the door,the light grew bigger and bigger until finally they reached
it.The assistant that was leading them opened the door and said "Come on let's go!" But when he
turned around he was paralyzed with fear.The shadow that had attacked them earlier was right in
front of them.The leading assistant fell backwards.Hiei bent down to get a better look at him. "He's
dead.We can't take him with us." he said.Serenity bent her head down. "I'm sorry Serenity but we
can't.He would only slow us down and we would be caught for sure." "I understand." Serenity said
with deep sadness.
The shadow of destruction made it's deep cry once again.Then as fast as anyone could see,it shot
it's arms out towards Serenity.Hiei swiftly picked her up and zipped out the door.The lab assistants
tried to run after them as they were their only means of survival,but they only succeded in being
captured by the shadow.Serenity and Hiei looked over their shoulders to see the lab assistants
being consumed by the shadow. "Hiei,it's going to kill them!We must go back!" Serenity pleaded.
"We can't we'll be caught too!" he heaved as he ran deeper into the forest.
Serenity looked back at them one last time when one of the assistants yelled out, "Go on,we'll hold him as long as we can!" Serenity nodded and looked back at Hiei. "Hiei,I know of a place in this forest where there is a barrier that the shadow can not penetrate,if we can just find it,we'll be safe." "And where is this 'place'?" "I'm not entirely sure,but I do know that it's north of here.When you pass the large tree stump
go east.and we should be there in a few minutes." "Right." Hiei confirmed.As they ran deeper and
deeper,the forest grew darker and darker.And they knew,that the last assistant was dead,and they
may be next.