Shitza: Hello everyone. Got a new chapter here again. School starts in only a few days, and I am happy I am almost done with the rest of the bunch of the stories. So, finally I have only this one to concentrate on, which will help a lot. Last year I cracked some weeks before school ended. I don't want to go through another one of those periods again…

Anyway, there are still some days left, and I am enjoying my time writing. Put the mind out of those things, except perhaps not from the English lessons. But I like English, or I would probably have written everything in Swedish. But what is the fun from that?

So, I am sharing this story with you. All though there is still a long way to go. (Sighs) But right now, going to finish this. Finally we are getting to the really interesting parts… do say if I should work up the rating of this fic, because of demons you never know. Most demon fics I've seen are M-rated. I guess I am quite brave having this to be T.

Oh well, I need a little help. And since there are some readers who read this fic who seems to like this, maybe you can help me decide. Kim has two bit beasts… Ruyaka that she uses and another, which came to her care even before she was born, by the decision of the Village Elders. The choices stand between a Stallion or a Rabbit. Both, fire types.

Also, chapter notes. To ease some Japanese I will translate the words before I start.

Kaze: Wind

Kasai: Fire

Mizu: Water

Ikazuchi: Thunder

Yoru: Night

Omoi: Mind (Kenny's mental attack, you can call it.)

Know though, I have no Japanese teaching behind, so if there are any grammatical errors in this then please don't flame me. There are much more other things you can flame, but I hate being flamed about things I have zero clue about. All I know is around 20 Japanese words all in all. Plus these now.

Shitza

Ps: This is indeed a longer chapter. Happy?

Pps: I know the guys have matured a lot through my writing. I am sorry if you think it came a bit quick but I've found it extremely hard to write childish fics. My writing has changed a lot, all though I can see if I can't get another fight in here and there.

Chapter 5 The Angora

Fire flew down on them… melting the city back to its original state. Ancient houses made of vulnerable wood suddenly saw daylight again before they were wiped away from history. This was, as everyone understood, the old standards of the village. Unstable cottages, taken from any village. Built by hard wood, which had started to rot on the outside, yet the ice seemed to take care of most of those moments.

The small bombs of fire became more and more violent as new inventions were brought up. Fire that spread for metres around it as it landed slowly rained down over them. The village had been emptied and the soldiers all fired arrows up towards the sky. For the attack didn't come from the walls. It came from the sky.

"What is that?" Max said wondering. The others looked up.

Kai ducked as a herd of black birds soared down over him. "Crows" he said gasping.

Indeed it was. Ten or more crows carried burning weapons on small threads that soon broke from the heat, landing perfectly upon the village. Hilary raised her own bow and answered. Maybe she wasn't the best archer in the world yet, but Daichi had managed to teach her how to release an arrow without snapping your fingers on the string and to make sure that an arrow did fly. The others took out their own weapons… they had been practising now and then during their bored time and they hoped it could be enough to help out.

The ravens swooped down again, obviously thinking about picking their eyes out or something. Nasty birds. (Shitza: If no one knows, crows are one the birds I do hate!) Kai, who was slightly pissed off by a couple of birds magically swung the scythe-alike sword over his shoulder, cutting two of the birds in half. Tyson joined in, swinging his sword like in his training stabbing another. Ray tore his opponents apart while Max, who hated to kill but saw no other choice, stuck the pointing end of his staff into another. Hilary shot three more with her bow and arrows, yet birds were hard targets. Zeo too joined in, cutting two of his own.

Chief stood outside the fight for a while, until he stuck his fingers into the little pouch by his side. He picked up a ball at the size of a pea. It didn't look lie anything special. But once it touched the ground black smoke rose from it, choking them.

The brunette pointed two of his fingers towards his foreheads. "Omoi!" he said. "Show me what you are here for!"

Images flew around his mind. Firstly he saw fires, followed by blood and then…

'Demons, this is not the attack. Then what is? Show me!'

The little short guy trembled as image after image appeared before him. He still had problems to control them as sometimes the images showed the happy days for a bird, about flying and hatching or finding a mate. Some showed the corruption when they joined the demons' side. Others showed the plan.

"Kaze!" Tyson said. Huge winds erupted from the palm of his hands blowing crows of course. The feathers flew around as his friends helped to slice them up.

"Mizu!" Max said. The melting water around them suddenly changed direction hurling towards the confused birds.

"Kasai!" Kai said. Small balls of flames shot from his hand into the water. Steam erupted creating a huge mist around the birds so they wouldn't be able to see their opponents.

"Ikazuchi!" Ray yelled. The sparks that flew from his hands touched the water and the birds all felt a strange tingling through their bodies. They started to panic.

Half of the army of birds had been destroyed by their attempts.

"Yoru!" Zeo said as the shadows around them increased and then things went slightly darker.

The birds fled, or the remainders of them. There had to be only fifty birds from over 200 left. Maybe it wasn't the most dangerous fight ever, but it taught them a great deal about what would await them. Those birds did this through some orders.

They thought they could rest, but not until Kenny confronted them. We must hurry; this is barely just a distraction. They are targeting for something else up north!" he said with a tingle of shiver in his voice.

"Distraction" Ray said. "What are they plotting?" he wondered.

"Well, what are we waiting for?" Tyson asked.

Max and Zeo rolled their eyes. "How about a safe road down!" they both said in unison.

Meanwhile…

"Damn it!" Kim roared as two demons hurled after them.

Daichi took out a small axe from the package he was carrying and quickly and nimble threw it at one of the demons that stopped dead on its tracks, dead. Kim shot the other one with her bow.

"We better hurry, sounds like more are coming." He said urgently.

Kim sighed. "Such a wonderful day being chased by daytime demons. You know, this war has as much as started if they are brining the cavalry."

Daichi didn't say anything, but nodded. The two of them jumped over a stonewall and in a flash they were gone.

"Go on Hilary." Tyson said as the brown haired girl shot down a arrow. She couldn't see if it hit anything, but according to the priest it had it a good goal. To the arrow had been tied a kilometre long string made of some sort of spider bit-beast's web. Each one of them had been given a handkerchief they were instructed to throw over the string and then soar down into the forest of the lightning village. From there it wasn't a long run towards the caves up north were the attack was held.

Tyson tried first and after thirty seconds they could hear a loud groan coming from deep down. The idiot had forgotten to land. Kai hurried after followed by Max, Zeo, Hilary, Kenny and lastly Ray. The group hurried straight towards the lake and then followed the eastern shore towards the caves and hopefully that ambush.

They didn't know what awaited them, or about the secret this place really had.

Kim breathed heavily. This was the hardest combat she had ever been in. Indeed no help had reached them, and if this continued for long they both would surely die and become demons themselves. Demons never could die of bloodlust, but they died getting touched in their stinking souls. It was their souls or spirits that were vulnerable and it was that they tried to dispose of. Unfortunately there were too many demons around them. At least a hundred, a small army. But against two they were surprised they weren't dead yet. But both had incredible fighting skills, or to say. Daichi had survival skills while Kim had fighting skills.

'Oh, please send some help!' Kim begged in her mind. She had not planned to die like this. In fact she hoped to at least choose her death.

But they didn't know how busy the other ten villages were at the moment. For every place in this place had stumbled over something whether it was an ambush or just small attack. No one from the villages would be able them for some hours… unless…

"Kim, Daichi!" the heard someone shout. Kim looked up to see Ray running, closely followed by Kai, Tyson, Zeo, Hilary, Max and Kenny. The six fighters of the team had their weapons out.

"Guys, thank the gods you are here!" Daichi said. The six teens joined the fight, Kenny stayed behind doing what most of the wisest in the valley did, finding out the source and the answers by breaking through mental barriers.

As they were fighting Kai got the idea. He still remembered the fight they had seen Daichi, Kim, Raya and some other perform and he wondered if it wouldn't be possible here too?

Taking out his launcher and his blade he attacked them blading style. The blue blade soared through the air and it did work. It sliced through the demons as they were made of fire. Dranzer appeared and to his disbelief the phoenix was real. Not just a spirit, it looked too solid.

"Dranzer, Inferno of Passion!" he commanded. The beast responded, both blade and bit beast glowed red and heat waves erupted from them. The demons shrieked as they burnt into ashes.

"Go Dragoon, Immortal Wind Howl!"

Another blade and another bit beast appeared as Dranzer had and the blue dragon smashed into the demons. Three huge hurricanes erupted bringing the demons to their doom.

"Let it Rip, Draciel!" Max said. The purple and black tortoise appeared. "Imperial Drain!"

Water eroded from all sides around them, however to them it didn't seem real, as it hit the demons the creatures gasped.

"You too, Driger!" Ray shouted. "Driger, Burning Tiger!"

The White Tiger jumped up, eyes glowing red. Around it was a shocking field of red negative force. The demons tried to escape, but it was hard at the battle of five angered beasts and eight angry teens.

Hilary sighed. She really wished for that short moment that she had a bit beast too. It would have been useful. But knowing her, she would probably never get one.

They fight slowly ended as Zeo stuck his blade into the last demon. Daichi and Kim both sighed of relief. After all, they hadn't wanted to start this fight. In fact, they were really relieved that it was over. But they still had things to do.

"Come on brother, no time to rest!" she said sounding awfully cheerful. "We have a meeting to attend."

With that she hurried towards the wall up towards the outside world. Daichi sighed

"You don't mind coming along. After all, spending time with sis and an old hag can be really depressing."

The seven teens laughed at this and followed him. They all kept talking about the battle and about cool effects. Hilary kept sighing and murmuring something that sounded oddly familiar like "Boys!" Kim, who walked in front of her turned around and smiled. "I do agree!" she said eyeing her brother with a glare. Daichi met her eyes and then looked back to talk with the rest of the Bladebreakers, wondering what in the World he had done this time?

The pair led them to a waterfall. They signed for them to continue, all though none of them had any idea what they meant. They couldn't see any caves at all, even if rumours said there should be a hundred of them.

They walked on some kind of bridge towards the water. Daichi and Kim smiled knowingly and then jumped through the falling water. The guys followed.

The ancient caves of Prophecy lay hidden behind a thick layer of water to keep suspicious spies from discovering it. Inside the walls were lit from small holes in the walls. The faint light hit crystals that shined like small stars. So the caves were still mysteriously dark, with shimmering lights around the shadows. It was very impressive.

Daichi finally removed the huge backpack he carried and sighed in relief. Tyson clapped his hand over his mouth to prevent the laughter from erupting. At the sight of the red haired short blader anyone could laugh, but Daichi was tired and it was no use in laughing at him unless they really wanted to get into trouble. Kim walked over to the huge pack and took out a brown sac.

Catnip

"Angora! Here kitty… kitty!" she said calling the name as if she tried to find a cat. Something white streaked past over their heads and Hilary caught a glimpse of a white fluffy tail. A white angora cat, huge white Angora cat landed on the cave floor. The cat was really old and looked as if its time would soon come. But it was nimble, swift and incredible fast. The white cat bounced on the walls. The cat suddenly stopped being scratched by the ears. It purred most content by the kind scratches.

"Hello Angora!" Kim said. The cat looked up at her, and then to their surprise suddenly changed form into an old woman they had seen before, but they couldn't remember where.

"It has been a while. Last time I saw you two, little troublemakers of this Valley. Now, why this sudden rush?"

Kim sighed. "There are some things I need your help… uhm, can we talk somewhere more private?" she asked looking over her shoulder towards the others. The old woman, a Neko Jin, nodded and then opened a door by the walls with a simple wave. Kim followed and the door closed after them. Tyson put his ear to the wall to see if he could hear anything.

"It is useless Tyson, these walls never lets a sound come out. There are too many secrets to do so." Daichi said taking out a fluffy pillow from the big pack. The red haired teen leaned back towards the wall himself and closed his eyes sleepily.

"Daichi, what is this place?" Zeo asked suddenly. The red haired teen opened an eye sleepily and yawned.

"It is the Caves o Prophecy, one of the most sacred places in this Valley." He murmured and then closed his eye again.

"Caves of Prophecy?" Max asked.

Daichi sighed, tucked the pillow away and got back to his feet. "Do you want to hear the story?" he asked them. The other teens nodded. "Fine, follow me!" he said heading deeper into the caves. Now the light from outside didn't support them anymore, so Daichi snatched two torches from the side of the wall. He gave Ray one of them and led with the other one. They followed him probably to the lowest parts of the whole Valley, and ancient chamber deep below the lake or anything else. Small torches lit the roof, but it was still dark. The room itself wasn't spectacular. The walls were made of brick held up by four strong pillars. The room was quite small and the only thing inside, except for the pillars, was a stone chest.

"Is this, a coffin?" Kenny asked.

Daichi nodded. It is… her name was Inoua Umitchiga; she was the first light of this Valley.

The seven teens stared at him.

Daichi sighed; this would take a long time to explain.

"You remember me telling you about evil and good bit beasts some days ago. Well, there is more about this story and why we are here.

Sis always remembers the exact dates of everything, but there is a special reason to it. You see… a long time ago, there was a girl born with extraordinary powers. There is said that by her birth, the sun, moon and stars shone brighter then ever. The course of this assembled to Village elders to see into the little girls future, and it was indeed a sight. They described it as … wait a minute."

Daichi went to one of the brick at the wall and started counting them. Five left, three down He carefully removed the brick and took out a small stone tablet, at the size of a hand. Taking the dust of he read.

"Stars shine in a distant land
May they continue shining as the first is born
She will drive the darkness away with love
With light running through her
Inherited by the gods
It will never fail
It will always stay by her side
Till the day she dies
Or the light continues."

The red haired teen bowed, not to them but probably to the tablet before carefully putting it back.

"Indeed she was the first, first of many hundred of Guardians and Protectors. Once in every generation a new Light is born, the Chosen Village celebrates the birth. The child is raised with outmost care for everyone being born light has to be pure in heart and mind to wield the powers. Unfortunately, the person who was chosen to wield light, she is as far from pure as you could come."

"What do you mean?" Kenny asked.

"Sis and I did know about it, you see our mother was the light before her. Mother died as the demon one day finally managed to steal away her soul and slowly tear her apart. She died when we were both young."

"You don't mean you sister is the Light?" Tyson asked bewildered.

Daichi nodded, stroking his hand over the dusty stone grave. "She is, and that is why we are in such trouble. Sis rarely uses those powers; she says it is a waste of good energy even if she stands in front of an army of villains. I've only seen her use those abilities once and it was to heal a young girl who was dying. That is about the only miracle she has bothered to do."

"I know doctors who would have given everything to do so." Zeo murmured.

"It is nothing special here, I mean depriving darkness from people is Childs play if you are born with Light. They say mum's biggest miracle was to cleanse demons from existence and heal corrupted bit beasts by her voice. Mum was much more powerful then my sister probably ever will be. They tried to follow the traditions with her but Veymo, my sister's father, put a stop to it by sending her away. I have no idea what happened to him, but he did and the experience and cruelness she saw there changed her purity. Thankfully she hasn't killed anyone yet, only cleansed a few souls now and then, it drives most darkness away. Killing means death in her situation. For death is a taint that destroys the purity, without exceptions.

The meaning of Light however stands for the final goal of this World. It is said that a descendant of Light, bearing all the ten mightiest bit beasts in the world will be able to corrupt darkness forever and this World will heal and all wounds close. I've already spoken about ten mighty beasts; we are close on finally tracking all the pieces together. We have one in our care too, my bit beast Serpera. Bit beasts only can fuse like this from the seed of love, which means my fathers love to my and my sister's mother.

The problem with all Lights is however that they are extremely vulnerable and by each birth a Prophecy is made to guide us through his or her problems. Yes, Light doesn't necessary have to be a girl, boys have been known to be born light, but there are more girls in the line. Anyway, sis Prophecy was written down on a tablet. It says she will be weak from torture, and we know that. It also says she can either be Light or Dark by the choices she makes and most important of all. That she will be corrupted by darkness. I have no idea what it means, but we fear it has something to do with demons. The aura of that darkness is strong, so strong it probably belongs to demons."

"What do you mean with probably?" Ray asked.

"That there are indeed men who have been known to wield darkness without having dark thoughts in mind. But they are rare, I don't think there has been any born within the last century."

Daichi sighed. "The Valley is in an uproar because of this. Some people simply want to kill my sister and leave things be, but that won't help. We priest and Priestess have decided to keep her away from the bigger fights for there are two demons we can name that shares that amount of darkness that it can drain her light."

"Whom?" everyone asked.

"Gasesh and Etrish, two corpses who changes forms one every month so you never know who it are. Etrish has, interests in my sister. Poor sis, the moment she found, some few years ago, she returned to stay for two years before disappearing again, her screams could be heard for weeks echoing in the Valley. Sis hates it, but there isn't much she can do about it. Except pray of course."

Hilary made a disgusted noise. Max was once more ghostly pale and Ray couldn't help staring at him. Hilary made choking noises, as she was a girl she didn't even want to think into Kim's situation. Kenny had fainted. Zeo and Kai remained silent, both in deep thoughts. Tyson slammed his fist into the ground, awakening everyone from their trances.

"No way in the World those creeps will succeed into such a foul plan. Daichi, you two saved us from that plane you know and the whole group are in depth for you. We will repay you, as we are trapped here until this war is over we will help out. Just tell us what to do, my winds will knock down any demons."

Daichi smiled. "I knew you'd say that." He said we better hurry back before sis notices we are gone. If she finds out I told you, then I don't want to know what she'll do to me. Like I said, she is not pure!"

They all followed Daichi back, passing wooden doors and stone statues of mostly women holding herbs or books in their hands. They had a feeling these were the bearers of Light and that these were the men and women Daichi had meant. The young teen suddenly stopped. He was standing before a stone statue of a woman with long hair, kind eyes holding flowers in her arms. The woman stood bent looking down on them.

Even if he tried to not say it too loud everyone heard him. "We miss you mum!"

Tyson looked up at the statue. The inscription beneath the beautiful pose was written in Chinese, Korean, Japanese and a language they couldn't understand. It said:

Uniwa Sumeragi

Born 4728 Hiaki Era

Died 4741 Hiaki Era

Beloved Mother, Honourable Daughter and Respected Priestess of Earth

"Your mother was a Priestess?" Tyson asked.

Daichi smirked. "I thought it would be obvious by now. I mean, not to brag but… I am the best Healer in this Valley!"

"And in a lot of trouble unless you explain yourself!" Kim snapped appearing from the entrance they were heading to. "What are you doing down here?"

Daichi straightened. "I was just showing them mum's grave. I haven't told them anything, why would I do that, I mean it is your business."

Kim looked angrier then they had ever seen her, at least when the anger was directed to them. "Daichi, take them over the lake and then I can discuss this with you later. Now, go, before I decide to have you thrown out."

Daichi nodded and sighing he motioned the others to follow him. He hurried them outside, not daring to stay for much longer. Kim's eyes followed them on the way out; she was stroking the Angora, who had somehow changed into a cat again. The feline purred outmost content.

When they finally disappeared from view however the cat spoke.

"You know, he was lying!" it said. Kim sighed.

"I know, and he will have to pay for with a lifetime of chores back home. Sigh, I better go too holy Angora, it will be dark soon."

"I know!" the cat said. "I know."

"Are we there yet?" Tyson asked as the floated over the lake to reach the next village. Daichi sighed.

"Tyson, we won't be there for at least another fifteen minutes, so shut up!"

Tyson turned his head again, but his eyes didn't miss Daichi sticking his tongue out. Tyson did to in a very immature way.

"Now, now Tyson, no need to get smoked over a little insult. Honestly, I thought you had finally started to grow up for once."

Kai shook his head. 'Tyson, matured… in a million years.'

The small boat finally stranded upon an island. The six teens got out to meet a must warming welcome. Max, who had been there once before, happily introduced them to the village. Daichi however returned towards his village. It was once more getting dark and surely time flies whenever you have fun.

People in this village was far happy then they had been in either the village of Fire or the village of Ice. It was probably because they had both water and a long distance towards the hellhole in the south. The village lay as much North you probably could come in this Valley.

The houses were built of, to their amazement, seaweed that had dried in the sun and gone through a lot of care so that all the smell disappeared. The weed had been bundled up and braided to walls. Even if the atmosphere was a bit chillier ere, as it was a distance between it and the volcano, the seaweed gave them enough comfort and warmth that they needed.

Children chased each other on the streets, bearing happy smiles and mischievous attitudes. The women sat outside their houses making baskets for fish. Stands filled with dry fish took out a lot of the village area. The men were all working by some wheels which they had going by using their own strength. Each wheel needed the help of at least twenty people. The wheels were used to fill a secret piping underneath the earth to transport clean water to them. That was their trade and a very good trade. How many would cheat on their water supplies?

It had happened once, until the fools in the Ice Village had to melt their own ice to live.

The Priest and Priestess weren't at least as hyper as Max usually was, though they were very friendly and happy. This village seemed to be a paradise for people who enjoyed the little they have, which meant that as soon as they came there and realised this, Kai disappeared at once. His teammates tried to find him but one disappeared Kai didn't appear until he wanted to. Shrugging they went to find some nice cosy rooms for some sleep. It would probably be a long day tomorrow.

However as they walked up to the temple something silver swooped down at them. It was a silver dragon, not too unlike Tyson's Dragoon, only silver. This came followed by something white, an owl.

The Dragoon suddenly stopped before Hilary and bowed. Unsure of what to do Hilary bowed back slowly. The dragon pulled out something that looked like a grin and disappeared with a flash. When the Light prevailed Hilary held a silver medallion in her hands. On the picture was a dragon.

Also the owl stopped, before Kenny. And only Kenny could know what this creature was. Smiling he held out one of his Hopper blades he rarely used but always carried with him. Dizzi shrieked and then disappeared into the blade. The Bladebreakers and Zeo stood paralysed as the brown haired professor sniffed his happiness in a pile of handkerchiefs.

TBC

To Reviewers:

Storms-winter: Sorry for confusing you, sometimes I get a bit carried of when I'm writing. Hope you enjoyed and thanks for all reviews!

storm-of-insanity: I've based that upon the simple knowledge of Eastern Asian tradition. I know that in both Japan, and South Korea, the Royal Highness was referred as a dragon and his wife, the queen, referred as a phoenix. As the King ruled so did Tyson's wind in this version while Kai is second best. I have also based all villages after many of these things, sorry to say I couldn't bring the Chinese Zodiac into it. I would have wanted to but it didn't fit. Anyway, I do agree they are full of themselves, they are a bit arrogant in their way of thinking about themselves. I know you didn't like me letting Tyson have the last fight in the previous fic, but that fic was still following parts of the TV-series. Now however these fics may change head characters now and then. This fics base on three journeys again. Bladebreakers are one, Kim and Daichi are another. Can't mention the third, it would spoil the fun. And I think I've said enough no, so hope you enjoyed and thank you for all reviewing!

Kendo Baby: Yay, that is good! I hope you enjoy reading as well. Thanks for all wonderful reviews.

Z Star Hidden Dragon: Ok. I hate to go on your review last as I am practically falling of the chair now, too tired. But thanks for the review and tell Raven to take that nap. She should be happy to have some great time to sleep.

End Notes:

Shitza: (Finally falls down from chair and starts to sleep.)

Hilary: Hello, Shitza, anyone there?

Zeo: Who cares, lets mess up with this chapter. Lets see, Hilary accidentally drops down on the floor, hurts her wrists and fall in love with…

Hilary: You would not dare! (Chases Zeo out of Shitza's room.)

Max: (Turns to computer and posts chapter.)

Ray: (Leaves a note about a reward)

Me: YAWN! Going to bed now. I only slept for 4,5h before my alarm clock called this morning. So, see you all some other day when hopefully I am awake again.

Shitza