Chapter Four: Angel's feather
A secret must be revealed some times?
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Promise?
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Hakkai's eyes opened sharply, he sat up and shook his head
'How long have I been asleep for?' then Hakkai jumped looking towards the door, he ran out into the hallway, wondering if Zonaki came back yet?
Sanzo and Gojyo were down the hall way.
"Found her?" Sanzo looked at Gojyo, with no expression on his face, as usual.
Gojyo shook his head, "Nah, its pouring put there, but there were rumors that two girls were being chased by a creature, there craters all over the place…"
Gojyo and Sanzo noticed Hakkai coming up towards them; Sanzo went to Gojyo and whispered "Don't tell him, we don't know if Zonaki was one of them girls running away or not?" Gojyo shook his head. Hakkai went up to them, he looked at them
"Zonaki back yet?"
Gojyo and Sanzo shook their heads, Goku came out into the hallway, tired, "What's all the noise about?" Hakkai turned to him about to tell him, but Sanzo stopped him, by raising his hand out, "Nothing, get back to bed" Sanzo ordered.
Hakkai narrowed his eyes and looked down.
'Hakkai, will you always be there for me when I ever need help?'
'Of course I will you won't survive a day without us'
'Promise?'
'I promise, if you die, then what will me and Gojyo do?'
'Hakkai, If I ever die, will you cremate me here, where the sun sets and the moon rise?'
'…………'
'Hakkai? Why are you crying?'
'………'
'Hakkai?'
Hakkai closed his eyes, tightly, hoping this wasn't what he was thinking and let out a small ruffled mumble
'Zonaki where are you?'
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Where are Zonaki and Lirin now?
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It was quite all that Zonaki hear is the sound of rain, patting on her face, Zonaki couldn't feel anything, like her body was frozen, or worse, dead.
'Is this it?'
The sound of rain continued to fills the air as it continued to hit the ground that was all she can hear, endless rain drops hitting her.
'Is this death? Tch pretty gloomy…'
Zonaki felt her body being pushed, 'What's happening now? A bear came out to get rid of me?' then she felt a big kick and a voice shouting at her.
"WAKE UP YOU DRAGON LADY! WAKE UP!"
A big pain went though her body, giving Zonaki a jump start, she woke up and looked up, and Lirin was peering down on her, "BOUT TIME YOU WOKE UP!" Zonaki frowned at her, "Lirin when ever I'm at deaths door, can you please leave me to die IN PEACE!"
"If I do that then I'll never find Sanzo…"
"CAN YOU THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE THAN THAT!"
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Back to the Present
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'Yup that's how it happened anyway… Found Lirin, Lirin stood on my cigarettes, stuck with Lirin, I took jewellery and now a Behemoth is after me…Today sucks"
Zonaki stopped leaning on the tree, and walked off Lirin following in tow, Zonaki can hear the constant humming's of Lirin from behind, and the constant skips that she made, stamping on the grass, Zonaki was soaked as the rain continued to pour. Her whole body felt sore, well her fault for falling off a fifteen kilometre cliff.
'I wonder…how we survived…falling that far? Wait if we were normal, then we wouldn't?' Zonaki sighed as she continued to walk.
Lirin stopped, looking around; she could hear a roar, "Hey Dragon Lady?"
"STOP CALLING ME THAT! Sigh what is it?" Zonaki calmed down and scratched her head, "Do you hear that?" Zonaki closed her eyes, she can hear the constant sounds of a creature coming close, and then she remembers where she heard that before.
Then the Behemoth came into view, Zonaki lowered her arms down, "Can he just give up and leave me alone…?"
"Well if you give him back what you took, THEN MAYBE WE CAN GET OUT OF HERE!" Zonaki frowned at the baa cat.
"WHAT IF IT ISN'T HIS?"
Then there was a big thud, Zonaki and Lirin jumped, Zonaki closed her eyes, giving a nervous smile, "Lirin any suggestions?"
"Nah, don't have any, do yeah?"
"I think I've got a reasonable method"
Lirin looked over to her confused, "What it is?"
"Let's see we're just going to RUN!"
"Okay I can live with that"
Zonaki and Lirin ran, down the grassy path, as the behemoth followed, creating bigger craters on the grassy floor.
Lirin was only a metre in front, she looked at the corner of her eye, and Zonaki was looking behind, "He's still after us"Zonaki looked at her and frowned"WELL OF COURSE HE IS"
"WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT THEN!" Zonaki thought for a minute, then something hit her, "Alright just leave it to me" Lirin looked at her in confusion "Why what are going to do?" Zonaki winked at her "You just watch"
Zonaki stopped, Lirin did as well, Zonaki smirked "I'm getting pretty fed up with running aren't you?" Lirin nodded. Zonaki clasped her hands together; her blue Aurnia sphere came into view, "HEY UGLY TRY THIS!" Zonaki fired, as the blue glowing sphere went over, it made impact on the behemoth.
"Did you get him?" Lirin walked forward, the Behemoth appeared, unscratched, UN harmed, "Well if we can't hurt him magically, we're going to have to go against him physically, Lirin you up for a challenge like this?" Zonaki smirked, Lirin frowned "Hey I'll probably take him out in three seconds no make that five seconds, all by myself, you'd just be in the way, Aurnia Witch" Zonaki blinked twice, "I'M NOT A WITCH YOU, YOU TOMBOY!" Lirin just smiled, Zonaki frowned even more, "Fine then I'll count five seconds and if you beat him, then I'll take you to Sanzo, if you don't you GO HOME!" Lirin smirked, "Piece of cake"
"CHARGE!" Lirin ran forward, Zonaki stood still hearing the countless battle cry's from them, '1…2…3…4…' when she was about to hit five, Lirin came flying towards her Zonaki jumped, Lirin smacked into her, as they flung unto the grassy floor, covered in grass and muck they got up, Zonaki felt brutally hurt, "Ow! Lirin watch where you're flying next time"
"It's not my fault that you were in the way" Lirin looked at her innocently as she got up from her, "Well you lost your chance to find Sanzo…" Lirin jerked, Zonaki looked knowing what she was going to say, "No second chances I'm afraid"
"What are we supposed to do anyway? Magic doesn't work, strength doesn't work then what will?" Lirin looked at the Behemoth angry, Zonaki's running out of options to fight, there was only one option left, and this one she hated the most.
Zonaki sighed, she walked in front of Lirin, "Do me a favour Lirin…stay away from me, and I might kill you in the process…" Lirin looked at her wondering what she was talking about.
Zonaki slowly raised her hand near to her limiter that was on her neck, she tugged it off and threw it away, and there was a cold blue glow. Zonaki's ears lengthened, her braid separates leaving her hair flying out, Zonaki's eyes went from sapphire to icy piercing blue, her red bandanna came off, the glowing stopped, Zonaki was standing there, but it wasn't her normal form it was her Youkai form.
Lirin stood there shocked, afraid at what she seen, 'Is that…?'
Zonaki went forward towards the behemoth, the behemoth swung it's fierce claws, Zonaki got hit and was knocked against a tree, Lirin gasped, Zonaki stood up, with her arm hanging down, dislocated, she took her other hand, and touched the one that was dislocated, a crack could be heard, Lirin looked terrified as Zonaki looked at it making sure that it's in working order again.
'What the hell is she, she looks like a youkai, but the way she fights, it's like she's…Like…'
Zonaki thrusts her self forward and kicked the behemoth, knocking him down, she got her hands and punched him, blood came spilling out, as she withdrew and thrown her fists back in, like a butcher with a knife, slicing through pieces of meat.
'Like a Monster…' Lirin closed her eyes, trying hard not to look at the horrible scene that was in front of her. 'I wish Onichan was here'
As soon as the behemoth changed back into his human form, the grey shirt looked at Zonaki, terrified "What the hell are you?" he screamed, Zonaki kicked him knocking him out. Zonaki walked away and picked up her limiter and placed it around her neck.
Zonaki sighed as she tied her bandanna around her head again, and looked over at Lirin, "Good looks like I didn't kill you after all" Zonaki closed her eyes giving her a smile, Lirin didn't answer. Zonaki looked then put her finger up to her lips, "Don't tell anyone okay, it's a secret between you and me kay?" Said Zonaki softly, Lirin shock her head.
"Where were we oh yeah I was going to punish you for what you did to my cigarettes" Zonaki pointed at Lirin.
'Berrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Went a sound, Zonaki jumped and looked round, Lirin, shuffled round in her pocket and took out and alarm clock. Zonaki looked at her shocked, "Oh time for me to go, well thanks Dragon lady…" Lirin walked away cheerfully, "I wasn't board at all, and let's play again kay?" Lirin ran off, leaving Zonaki behind. "That…was strange…"
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Village, authorities
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"Right you stay here until the authorities come and you apologise for what you stole kay, if not they'll know anyway, I left a note right here" Zonaki left the bag of jewellery and the note down in front of the grey shirt, she tied him up.
"Well bye" Zonaki smiled and ran off, a police man came out and looked at the grey shirt, she looked at the note and picked it up along with the bag: -
Dear local authorities
This man stole the jewellery from a resident in your village, please return it to it's rightful owner and lock this man up, be careful though cause he has a limiter on you know '
The police officer looked down, "What the hell?"
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Back safe and sound
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Zonaki came back; luckily she was able to find stores that was open and got the stuff that she had needed the ones she bought earlier were trampled on.
Zonaki walked down the hallway hoping that everyone's a sleep, she heard a couple of cheeps, Zonaki looked forward and saw Hakuryu, he came flying towards her, "Kyu" he went loudly, Zonaki jumped and looked round, "Shhh, quite they might be asleep, I know Jeep, I know I missed you too" Zonaki whispered, Zonaki was dirty and worn out this was a stressful day.
"Where were you?" Zonaki jumped, she slowly turned her head round, Sanzo was standing there with his harisen, and Zonaki closed her eyes, "Aaaaagh? There were problems out side…I got lost"
"Why are you so dirty?" Sanzo looked at the dirt on her checks and legs, and the muck stains on her caped coat and jean shorts also her purple V-necked t-shirt.
"Of course Sanzo you deserve an explanation for my absence" Sanzo stood there patiently waiting for her to continue, "But, I need to be going" Zonaki skipped away and threw the bag at Sanzo making him catch it.
Zonaki ran into her room closing the door, she walked over to her bed, she looked, and Hakkai was sleeping there with the photo album in his hands, 'How long has he been here for?' Zonaki wondered.
Hakkai moved a bit, Zonaki jumped, she calmed down again, and she smiled, walked over and pulled the covers over Hakkai, to keep him warm. 'He must've been up all night…'
Zonaki could hear a silent whisper, "Zonaki?" Zonaki looked at Hakkai he repeated her name for three times.
Zonaki sat down on the floor and laid her head against the bed, she looked at the ceiling, 'I wonder what would happen if I never came back tonight, if I actually died in the forest…' Zonaki rested her eyes 'Would he cremate me at the place I longed to be at?' Zonaki slept as if there was no tomorrow, as she and Hakkai slept, with out making a sound.
Hope you Enjoyed it, The End