Ok I first want to issue out great thanks to Insane Rurounis and Black
Dragon Goddess for reviewing.
Second I will get into more news after the fic so with no further ado here's chapter...uh...oh chapter 11: memories part 2. Enjoy!!!
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Revenge...that conversation took place nearly 100 years ago. And revenge became mine...and hers. Shihiko laid in a hot bath. The steam rose from the heated water and filled the bathroom with a hot muggy haze. She breathed in the humid air recalling the night Yoko had agreed to her terms.
She had been outside of his den looking up at the full moon in the thick dense forest. The night in Makai was as normal as any other night. The air, hot and humid, made her hair slightly frizz and her skin sticky and damp with sweat. She gazed up at the moon her mind traveling to the transgressions committed against her, her family and her dear friends.
Suddenly the phrase 'it is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all,' flashed in her mind. She scoffed bitterly at those words, "Damnable nonsense," she cursed silently; yet her mind screamed and hoped that those words carried some relevance, that the pain from losing every person in one's life that one loved and cared for could be lessened by the mere thought of 'at least I knew love once'. That this pain could be better or lesser than some other pain, but alas she knew that it was not true. If only she could go on and not think of Rain, Loriel or her mother and father. If only...
Her thoughts were interrupted by the feeling of a warm hand on her shoulder. She looked up a bit startled and saw the youko looking down at her, his face giving nothing of himself or his emotions away.
They stared at each other for a moment until he released her shoulder and walked ahead of her only a few feet. She watched him from behind, his shoulders squared, his back straight and hard. His posture gave of the impression of someone who was confident in his abilities, his strength, intelligence and appearance. A state of mind which must've taken centuries to construct, she mused to herself.
She heard him sigh silently, "It is obvious that some catastrophic event has led you down the path of vengeance. And the grief and pain I sense from you are strong, and just as palpable as the anger you've presented us with earlier. So may I ask what is it that has driven you to this conclusion that you must seek out vengeance? What wrong has been committed against you?"
Shihiko removed her gaze from his still and confident physique and gazed to the right of her. "You'll never know what it's like to be a woman like me living in Makai..." she silently, almost inaudibly, but she knew that the youko's ears had picked up what she'd said. "I cannot count the number of times..." she trailed off unable to continue. She didn't want him to know of her weaknesses. She began again, "As you know I am a white dragon. Although I was born from two silver dragons and have attained the powers of a silver dragon, I also have the abilities of a white dragon and carry their mark," she was speaking of her physical features, (A/N: we haven't covered this yet). "The race of the white dragon is considered to be a class of priests, priestesses and spell casters. We are removed from our families at a very early age and are brought up in a world of spells, prayers and chanting. As you might have heard, to be born as a white dragon, is to be marked as an icon of purity, chastity, piety and we are also known to be untouchable,"
Yoko looked back at her in confusion, "untouchable?"
"Yes, we are given this name because of our value to the dragon race. We are the only dragons that are capable of evoking the power of Shin Ryuushi; this is why I carry his eye, because I am the only known white dragon in existence. Therefore I'm the only one capable of evoking his power,"
Kurama watched her as she told her story, his interest peaking with every word spoken by her. Suddenly a thought popped into his mind, 'if she was an untouchable, then how could anyone harm her,' "I take it something went wrong after you left your family and became a priestess; something that caused you to tread down this path of revenge; something that rendered you available to be attacked."
She sighed audibly. Years of frustration and pain assailed her thoughts. The memories of all she had been through and all she had lost burdened her, but she struggled to continue her story; putting up a figurative wall to block her emotions from emerging.
"Yes, indeed, something went amiss. When I was made priestess, the dragon territory was under the leadership of a just and benevolent ruler, however, when he died, he was succeeded by a vile and corrupt man known as Sai Uli. He was a gold dragon keeper, one of immense power.
"From the very beginning he harbored desires for me, but as I told you earlier as a white dragon priestess I was to remain pure and untouched. Unfortunately this did not sit well with him. Countless times, he and his cohorts took advantage of me and degraded me until finally after five years in his service, he grew tired of me and released me from his bondage.
"For nearly a year, I was emotionally and psychologically broken. I could not function in my duties as a priestess and eventually everyone gave up on me. It was then that I found... them; my only friends, the ones who saved my soul. They were two wanderers; sisters. The eldest Rain, had deep garnet eyes and very long platinum blue hair which went down to the small of her back. She was no taller than 5'1 and she always wore white clothes. Her personality, which was calm, collected and quiet was the exact opposite of her younger sister Loriel. Loriel, who was the same height as Rain had Platinum blonde hair and ice blue eyes with golden flecks in them. She was extremely beautiful, charming and full of life and laughter. In time the three of us became inseparable.
"However, our time in happiness would soon dissolve as Sai Uli learned of the two newcomers. He was especially interested in Rain. This was because he knew her for what she was, a platinum dragon. Platinum dragons are considered to be anomalies and are outcasts from society. The main reason why they were seen as outcasts was due to the fear that other dragons felt. You see, the platinum dragon is known as the most powerful dragon of all races. It is said that they hold a terrible power within them and that if this power were released it could destroy the world many time over. However, these dragons cannot control this power within them, and they themselves cannot be controlled by others; for such power and beings are not meant to be controlled...by anyone.
"It was out of fear of this power that Sai Uli launched a wave of attacks upon Rain and Loriel. You see he feared that Rain would someday overthrow him and take control of the empire. Hn, foolish man, if he had allowed them to remain in peace he would not have to deal with the dire consequences of his actions.
"After learning of his plan to kill Rain and Loriel, I joined them, to help them defeat Sai. Together we defeated countless numbers of his armies, and as time went on, my name too became associated with the sisters, and I became wanted as well.
"Years past and in every battle we fought against Sai, we were victorious. It wasn't until one night when Rain and I had a fight and parted did we know defeat. That night I met an old friend of mine, Tsai. We grew up together and he always looked out for me. So that night when he found me and cared for me, I thought nothing of it," she stopped and shook her head from side to side, "what a naïve child I was," she said silently. She closed her eyes and thought back to the events of that night.
(A/N: she isn't saying any of the following to Kurama. This is a memory within a memory...O.O' just read...)
==Memory==
the young man watched her walk down the road in the rain. Her hair and clothes were drenched to the point of being sheer and many of the male civilians looked on at her with lust evident in their eyes. She walked in a daze, not paying attention to where she was going. Suddenly she bumped into something solid; she looked up to see what it was that she had walked into.
"Shihiko...Shihiko, is that you...what's wrong, what happened?!" a male voice said. The girl stared at the boy through her teary eyes. She saw is golden eyes, his tanned skin and his long black hair which was pulled back into a ponytail. He wore all black: a black tank top shirt with a black, mesh, long-sleeved, turtle- necked shirt underneath it, black ninja pants (like hiei's) and black boots.
The girl stared at the man for sometime until she realized who it was, "Tsai?" she whispered brokenly.
He smiled at her, glad that she had remembered him, "Come on, let's get you out of this rain and into something dry." She allowed herself to be led away by him, not caring where she was being led to or why he had shown up when and where he did. Her mind was still unfocused and she was still in pain from the event earlier that day. She had been led inside somewhere and she felt Tsai removing her clothes. She was not alarmed by this, for nudity was nothing short of common for dragons (well that explains Kai's actions --). She felt him drape a blanket over her naked body. Her skin was damp and cold and her wet hair curtained her like a drippy, stringy mass. The only thing she could feel on her was her eye of Shin Ryuushi, firmly clasped around her neck and the warm blanket.
Tsai sat her down on a bed in the room and he himself on a table across from her. He watched her expectantly, wondering what had happened to her.
"Thank you Tsai," she said softly. He moved off the table and kneeled in front of her and put his hand on her right knee.
"Shihiko tell me what happened, were you attacked, did that damn Rain hurt you?!" he asked, his animosity towards Rain's appearance in their lives was apparent.
"No she...she left me," she said, feeling warm tears begin to flow down her cheeks.
"She left you? Why? What would she have gained from that?"
"It doesn't matter, I'll find her and Loriel and I'll continue to fight with them," she looked up into his golden eyes, "no matter what,"
Tsai was taken aback by those words, his eyes widened in shock and she could've sworn she saw them change a different, darker shade; there was a wilder look in them, more savage, like a monster. He reeled away from her and picked up and object from off of the table. With out delay he hurled the object across the room and into the wall, shattering it into a thousand pieces. Shihiko flinched at the loud piercing sound and then looked up at Tsai as if he were crazy.
"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND!!!" he bellowed. "that bitch ruined your life, made you an outcast and a target for every goddamn soldier and bounty hunter in the dragon territory! And you still want to protect her?!!"
Her eyes softened on his angry visage. She stood up holding the blanket tight around her shoulders and brought her right hand to his cheek. "Please, try to understand, Rain and Loriel are my friends, they saved me when everyone else had given up on me, I would gladly stay and fight by their sides till the very end. I owe them that, at least," she said softly, trying to get him to see reason.
He clamed down externally, but internally he was in rage, "You deluded fool," he whispered. She saw his fists clench tightly and begin to tremble. He grabbed her hand from his face and gripped it tightly while still staring into her face darkly. She gave him a questioning look, wondering what was going on in his mind. He lashed out quickly and caught her other hand violently. She struggled to get loose, causing the blanket to the ground leaving her naked.
"Tsai...what...are you ...doing?" she said while struggling to get loose. Their struggling made them fall onto the bed with Tsai on top of her.
"You won't be going back to her! You're staying here with me!!" he hissed through clenched teeth. The meaning behind his words became all to clear as she felt him hardening on her.
"No Tsai!! Please...you can't!!" she said. He gathered her hands roughly and placed them above her head. He clamped both of her hands together and held them with his left hand. He let his right hand travel between them to loosen the leather strap holding his pants together. When he was done he removed his organ; it was fully engorged from the anger and lust he was feeling at the moment. His lust for her had always been present, he had always wanted her when they were younger, and now he would have her.
"Tsai NO!!!" her pleas and screams fell upon deaf ears. He was in too much of a frenzy to hear her now.
"I'm only trying to protect you, this is for you own good," he said almost sorrowfully. He wrapped his right arm around her waist and nudged his legs apart with his own and thrust deeply into her. His screams of ecstasy mingled with her screams of horror and pain.
All she could do was clench her eyes and teeth from the pain and wait for this unexpected yet familiar assault to pass. Tears rolled from her raw reddened eyes as she felt her once trusted friend violate her mind and body in the most degrading of ways.
about an hour later
Shihiko still lay on her back, her head turned to the side facing away from Tsai. She stared at the wall dejectedly, some moisture from her tears still clinging to her cheeks. She said nothing, her breathing was still and she lay as if she were in a trance. Tsai was sitting up in bed with his right leg hiked up. He stared at her for a long time while his mind tried to convince his heart that this horrific rape had been a gesture of protection and love (A/N O.O uh...is he crazy?) towards the one person he cared for most in the world.
He reached his hand out to remove a stray lock of hair from out of her face, "you are so beautiful," he whispered almost in reverence. (ok he is crazy). There was no response verbally, physically or emotionally from Shihiko, "don't worry honey, she'll never hurt you again, Sai has already taken care of those two,"
Shihiko flinched slightly at those words. Suddenly her mind flashed back to Tsai's words; that he was trying to protect her, meaning he was trying to...
"You did this as a diversionary tactic?" she asked in disgust. She was still facing the wall so she couldn't see the anger seeping back into his features.
"I did it to protect you, to keep you safe. If I hadn't kept you hear, you'd be dead, just like that bitch and her sister!" he said harshly.
She felt tears begin to flow from her again, her breath quickening and becoming shallower, 'they were dead,' her mind and heart swam with a multitude of thoughts and emotions that she couldn't name. She had to get out of there and find them.
"Don't you understand that I did this because I love you?" he said.
She turned around to face him, "love? How can you say you love me when you've just done everything humanly possible to make me unhappy? You've betrayed me and took away the one thing in this world that made me happy, I will never forgive you, and I will NEVER love you." She reached her hand back and delivered a hard punch to his face which sent him flying into and through the wall. She got out of the bed and followed his path when she reached him she saw that he was about to pass out, "go back to your master and tell him that he will regret the day that he EVER laid a finger on Loriel and Rain," with that said she kicked in his face and went back into the room to retrieve her clothes.
Later
Shihiko raced through the forest, she had a lock on Rain's energy signature and she knew that she was close to her. The forest became a blur of green and brown as her legs carried her as fast as they could. The trail became harder to run as she began to move uphill. The scenery began to change as the number of trees became fewer and fewer. She also heard the sounds of rushing water and the ground beneath her changed from dirt and grass to gravel and stone. She had reached the opening of a plateau overlooking a huge (almost oceanic) body of water when she stopped short at the scene before her. At the end of the plateau she caught sight of Rain, sitting in a pool of blood, cradling the limp form of her sister Loriel in her arms. Her platinum blonde hair was matted in blood and her face was growing paler and bluish with each moment that passed.
Shihiko dared not to go near Rain at that moment. She herself felt the pain of Loriel's death and, of course, guilt for not being there, but what she felt, she knew, could never compare to the amount of pain, suffering and loss that Rain was feeling. So she stood there, behind them and grieved silently and vowed revenge on those who committed this injustice.
====End Memory===
Shihiko opened her eyes and sighed, "that night I found out that the meeting with my friend was used as a diversion to kill Rain and Loriel...they succeeded in killing Loriel, but Rain...can you imagine what it is like to lose your only familial tie in the world?"
"No...but, I can understand your desire for revenge," he said quietly.
Shihiko looked up with a glimmer of hope in her eyes, "so, you will help me?"
Yoko sighed, "Hn, it seems as though you'll go whether I help you or not right?" she nodded once, "well since you're hell-bent on revenge I guess I'll go along with it. After all, a cute thing like you shouldn't go wandering around ruined ghost cities without protection. And besides, it sounds as though this assignment will actually be a challenge ne?"
She couldn't help the smile that broke out across her face. She bowed her head towards him, "Thank you,"
To be continued...
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Many Many thanks goes out to Insane Rurounis for nice long, and informative review and another thanks goes out to Black Dragon Goddess...now as per request I will post the upcoming saga summaries:
each of these sagas will have about 3-5 chapters between them to serve as a transition.
Dark Saga: three of our heroes fall under the thrall of the infamous puppeteer a powerful mind controller who turn three of the tentei into the dream team of evil (which ones you ask? Well that's the surprise he he) and Koenma has no other choice to enlist new help from two wayward bounty hunters to stop them from destroying the world. (oh yeah, remember when I talked about complex romances in my summary...well it starts in this saga so hold onto your hats ladies and gents)
Devils of Kenji: seven dragon rebels have a score to settle with a member of the Reikai Tentei. The remaining members will have to search and rescue the kidnapped member. New alliances will be made, and heart stopping revelations and reconciliations will occur.
Return of the Dragons: Some old enemies will return to take care of some unfinished business with Reikai. A new tournament will begin in the dragon world with the Reikai tentei fighting against the finest warriors of the dragon keepers. Oh yeah and the prize for this tournament...winner becomes supreme ruler of both Reikai and the Dragon world.
Rain Saga: the enigma known as Rain shares her past as she and a member of the tentei walk down memory lane. However this mini reflection turns from sweet to sour as a blast from her past comes back to rock their world and challenges them to a life threatening game of love and war that will cause the untimely death of ...some...of the Tentei.
Makai Tournament: just like in the series the Makai tournament was the Tentei's last adventure, and it will be so in this fic as well. This saga will be very similar to the series, except now the new members of the tentei and another world, the dragon world, will be competing in the competition.
All's well that Ends well: the last saga of this fic. This saga will dedicate a chapter to each hero in the fic and will give in depth analysis to each characters feelings about past events, friends, enemies, significant others and their future.
Well that is the summary of what's to come. Here's a little note though, some things may change from the list above, maybe more sagas will be added, maybe the order will change, I don't know yet. But, so far this is the plan for Dragon Keeper.
Please tell me what you all think and review. -
Second I will get into more news after the fic so with no further ado here's chapter...uh...oh chapter 11: memories part 2. Enjoy!!!
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Revenge...that conversation took place nearly 100 years ago. And revenge became mine...and hers. Shihiko laid in a hot bath. The steam rose from the heated water and filled the bathroom with a hot muggy haze. She breathed in the humid air recalling the night Yoko had agreed to her terms.
She had been outside of his den looking up at the full moon in the thick dense forest. The night in Makai was as normal as any other night. The air, hot and humid, made her hair slightly frizz and her skin sticky and damp with sweat. She gazed up at the moon her mind traveling to the transgressions committed against her, her family and her dear friends.
Suddenly the phrase 'it is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all,' flashed in her mind. She scoffed bitterly at those words, "Damnable nonsense," she cursed silently; yet her mind screamed and hoped that those words carried some relevance, that the pain from losing every person in one's life that one loved and cared for could be lessened by the mere thought of 'at least I knew love once'. That this pain could be better or lesser than some other pain, but alas she knew that it was not true. If only she could go on and not think of Rain, Loriel or her mother and father. If only...
Her thoughts were interrupted by the feeling of a warm hand on her shoulder. She looked up a bit startled and saw the youko looking down at her, his face giving nothing of himself or his emotions away.
They stared at each other for a moment until he released her shoulder and walked ahead of her only a few feet. She watched him from behind, his shoulders squared, his back straight and hard. His posture gave of the impression of someone who was confident in his abilities, his strength, intelligence and appearance. A state of mind which must've taken centuries to construct, she mused to herself.
She heard him sigh silently, "It is obvious that some catastrophic event has led you down the path of vengeance. And the grief and pain I sense from you are strong, and just as palpable as the anger you've presented us with earlier. So may I ask what is it that has driven you to this conclusion that you must seek out vengeance? What wrong has been committed against you?"
Shihiko removed her gaze from his still and confident physique and gazed to the right of her. "You'll never know what it's like to be a woman like me living in Makai..." she silently, almost inaudibly, but she knew that the youko's ears had picked up what she'd said. "I cannot count the number of times..." she trailed off unable to continue. She didn't want him to know of her weaknesses. She began again, "As you know I am a white dragon. Although I was born from two silver dragons and have attained the powers of a silver dragon, I also have the abilities of a white dragon and carry their mark," she was speaking of her physical features, (A/N: we haven't covered this yet). "The race of the white dragon is considered to be a class of priests, priestesses and spell casters. We are removed from our families at a very early age and are brought up in a world of spells, prayers and chanting. As you might have heard, to be born as a white dragon, is to be marked as an icon of purity, chastity, piety and we are also known to be untouchable,"
Yoko looked back at her in confusion, "untouchable?"
"Yes, we are given this name because of our value to the dragon race. We are the only dragons that are capable of evoking the power of Shin Ryuushi; this is why I carry his eye, because I am the only known white dragon in existence. Therefore I'm the only one capable of evoking his power,"
Kurama watched her as she told her story, his interest peaking with every word spoken by her. Suddenly a thought popped into his mind, 'if she was an untouchable, then how could anyone harm her,' "I take it something went wrong after you left your family and became a priestess; something that caused you to tread down this path of revenge; something that rendered you available to be attacked."
She sighed audibly. Years of frustration and pain assailed her thoughts. The memories of all she had been through and all she had lost burdened her, but she struggled to continue her story; putting up a figurative wall to block her emotions from emerging.
"Yes, indeed, something went amiss. When I was made priestess, the dragon territory was under the leadership of a just and benevolent ruler, however, when he died, he was succeeded by a vile and corrupt man known as Sai Uli. He was a gold dragon keeper, one of immense power.
"From the very beginning he harbored desires for me, but as I told you earlier as a white dragon priestess I was to remain pure and untouched. Unfortunately this did not sit well with him. Countless times, he and his cohorts took advantage of me and degraded me until finally after five years in his service, he grew tired of me and released me from his bondage.
"For nearly a year, I was emotionally and psychologically broken. I could not function in my duties as a priestess and eventually everyone gave up on me. It was then that I found... them; my only friends, the ones who saved my soul. They were two wanderers; sisters. The eldest Rain, had deep garnet eyes and very long platinum blue hair which went down to the small of her back. She was no taller than 5'1 and she always wore white clothes. Her personality, which was calm, collected and quiet was the exact opposite of her younger sister Loriel. Loriel, who was the same height as Rain had Platinum blonde hair and ice blue eyes with golden flecks in them. She was extremely beautiful, charming and full of life and laughter. In time the three of us became inseparable.
"However, our time in happiness would soon dissolve as Sai Uli learned of the two newcomers. He was especially interested in Rain. This was because he knew her for what she was, a platinum dragon. Platinum dragons are considered to be anomalies and are outcasts from society. The main reason why they were seen as outcasts was due to the fear that other dragons felt. You see, the platinum dragon is known as the most powerful dragon of all races. It is said that they hold a terrible power within them and that if this power were released it could destroy the world many time over. However, these dragons cannot control this power within them, and they themselves cannot be controlled by others; for such power and beings are not meant to be controlled...by anyone.
"It was out of fear of this power that Sai Uli launched a wave of attacks upon Rain and Loriel. You see he feared that Rain would someday overthrow him and take control of the empire. Hn, foolish man, if he had allowed them to remain in peace he would not have to deal with the dire consequences of his actions.
"After learning of his plan to kill Rain and Loriel, I joined them, to help them defeat Sai. Together we defeated countless numbers of his armies, and as time went on, my name too became associated with the sisters, and I became wanted as well.
"Years past and in every battle we fought against Sai, we were victorious. It wasn't until one night when Rain and I had a fight and parted did we know defeat. That night I met an old friend of mine, Tsai. We grew up together and he always looked out for me. So that night when he found me and cared for me, I thought nothing of it," she stopped and shook her head from side to side, "what a naïve child I was," she said silently. She closed her eyes and thought back to the events of that night.
(A/N: she isn't saying any of the following to Kurama. This is a memory within a memory...O.O' just read...)
==Memory==
the young man watched her walk down the road in the rain. Her hair and clothes were drenched to the point of being sheer and many of the male civilians looked on at her with lust evident in their eyes. She walked in a daze, not paying attention to where she was going. Suddenly she bumped into something solid; she looked up to see what it was that she had walked into.
"Shihiko...Shihiko, is that you...what's wrong, what happened?!" a male voice said. The girl stared at the boy through her teary eyes. She saw is golden eyes, his tanned skin and his long black hair which was pulled back into a ponytail. He wore all black: a black tank top shirt with a black, mesh, long-sleeved, turtle- necked shirt underneath it, black ninja pants (like hiei's) and black boots.
The girl stared at the man for sometime until she realized who it was, "Tsai?" she whispered brokenly.
He smiled at her, glad that she had remembered him, "Come on, let's get you out of this rain and into something dry." She allowed herself to be led away by him, not caring where she was being led to or why he had shown up when and where he did. Her mind was still unfocused and she was still in pain from the event earlier that day. She had been led inside somewhere and she felt Tsai removing her clothes. She was not alarmed by this, for nudity was nothing short of common for dragons (well that explains Kai's actions --). She felt him drape a blanket over her naked body. Her skin was damp and cold and her wet hair curtained her like a drippy, stringy mass. The only thing she could feel on her was her eye of Shin Ryuushi, firmly clasped around her neck and the warm blanket.
Tsai sat her down on a bed in the room and he himself on a table across from her. He watched her expectantly, wondering what had happened to her.
"Thank you Tsai," she said softly. He moved off the table and kneeled in front of her and put his hand on her right knee.
"Shihiko tell me what happened, were you attacked, did that damn Rain hurt you?!" he asked, his animosity towards Rain's appearance in their lives was apparent.
"No she...she left me," she said, feeling warm tears begin to flow down her cheeks.
"She left you? Why? What would she have gained from that?"
"It doesn't matter, I'll find her and Loriel and I'll continue to fight with them," she looked up into his golden eyes, "no matter what,"
Tsai was taken aback by those words, his eyes widened in shock and she could've sworn she saw them change a different, darker shade; there was a wilder look in them, more savage, like a monster. He reeled away from her and picked up and object from off of the table. With out delay he hurled the object across the room and into the wall, shattering it into a thousand pieces. Shihiko flinched at the loud piercing sound and then looked up at Tsai as if he were crazy.
"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND!!!" he bellowed. "that bitch ruined your life, made you an outcast and a target for every goddamn soldier and bounty hunter in the dragon territory! And you still want to protect her?!!"
Her eyes softened on his angry visage. She stood up holding the blanket tight around her shoulders and brought her right hand to his cheek. "Please, try to understand, Rain and Loriel are my friends, they saved me when everyone else had given up on me, I would gladly stay and fight by their sides till the very end. I owe them that, at least," she said softly, trying to get him to see reason.
He clamed down externally, but internally he was in rage, "You deluded fool," he whispered. She saw his fists clench tightly and begin to tremble. He grabbed her hand from his face and gripped it tightly while still staring into her face darkly. She gave him a questioning look, wondering what was going on in his mind. He lashed out quickly and caught her other hand violently. She struggled to get loose, causing the blanket to the ground leaving her naked.
"Tsai...what...are you ...doing?" she said while struggling to get loose. Their struggling made them fall onto the bed with Tsai on top of her.
"You won't be going back to her! You're staying here with me!!" he hissed through clenched teeth. The meaning behind his words became all to clear as she felt him hardening on her.
"No Tsai!! Please...you can't!!" she said. He gathered her hands roughly and placed them above her head. He clamped both of her hands together and held them with his left hand. He let his right hand travel between them to loosen the leather strap holding his pants together. When he was done he removed his organ; it was fully engorged from the anger and lust he was feeling at the moment. His lust for her had always been present, he had always wanted her when they were younger, and now he would have her.
"Tsai NO!!!" her pleas and screams fell upon deaf ears. He was in too much of a frenzy to hear her now.
"I'm only trying to protect you, this is for you own good," he said almost sorrowfully. He wrapped his right arm around her waist and nudged his legs apart with his own and thrust deeply into her. His screams of ecstasy mingled with her screams of horror and pain.
All she could do was clench her eyes and teeth from the pain and wait for this unexpected yet familiar assault to pass. Tears rolled from her raw reddened eyes as she felt her once trusted friend violate her mind and body in the most degrading of ways.
about an hour later
Shihiko still lay on her back, her head turned to the side facing away from Tsai. She stared at the wall dejectedly, some moisture from her tears still clinging to her cheeks. She said nothing, her breathing was still and she lay as if she were in a trance. Tsai was sitting up in bed with his right leg hiked up. He stared at her for a long time while his mind tried to convince his heart that this horrific rape had been a gesture of protection and love (A/N O.O uh...is he crazy?) towards the one person he cared for most in the world.
He reached his hand out to remove a stray lock of hair from out of her face, "you are so beautiful," he whispered almost in reverence. (ok he is crazy). There was no response verbally, physically or emotionally from Shihiko, "don't worry honey, she'll never hurt you again, Sai has already taken care of those two,"
Shihiko flinched slightly at those words. Suddenly her mind flashed back to Tsai's words; that he was trying to protect her, meaning he was trying to...
"You did this as a diversionary tactic?" she asked in disgust. She was still facing the wall so she couldn't see the anger seeping back into his features.
"I did it to protect you, to keep you safe. If I hadn't kept you hear, you'd be dead, just like that bitch and her sister!" he said harshly.
She felt tears begin to flow from her again, her breath quickening and becoming shallower, 'they were dead,' her mind and heart swam with a multitude of thoughts and emotions that she couldn't name. She had to get out of there and find them.
"Don't you understand that I did this because I love you?" he said.
She turned around to face him, "love? How can you say you love me when you've just done everything humanly possible to make me unhappy? You've betrayed me and took away the one thing in this world that made me happy, I will never forgive you, and I will NEVER love you." She reached her hand back and delivered a hard punch to his face which sent him flying into and through the wall. She got out of the bed and followed his path when she reached him she saw that he was about to pass out, "go back to your master and tell him that he will regret the day that he EVER laid a finger on Loriel and Rain," with that said she kicked in his face and went back into the room to retrieve her clothes.
Later
Shihiko raced through the forest, she had a lock on Rain's energy signature and she knew that she was close to her. The forest became a blur of green and brown as her legs carried her as fast as they could. The trail became harder to run as she began to move uphill. The scenery began to change as the number of trees became fewer and fewer. She also heard the sounds of rushing water and the ground beneath her changed from dirt and grass to gravel and stone. She had reached the opening of a plateau overlooking a huge (almost oceanic) body of water when she stopped short at the scene before her. At the end of the plateau she caught sight of Rain, sitting in a pool of blood, cradling the limp form of her sister Loriel in her arms. Her platinum blonde hair was matted in blood and her face was growing paler and bluish with each moment that passed.
Shihiko dared not to go near Rain at that moment. She herself felt the pain of Loriel's death and, of course, guilt for not being there, but what she felt, she knew, could never compare to the amount of pain, suffering and loss that Rain was feeling. So she stood there, behind them and grieved silently and vowed revenge on those who committed this injustice.
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Shihiko opened her eyes and sighed, "that night I found out that the meeting with my friend was used as a diversion to kill Rain and Loriel...they succeeded in killing Loriel, but Rain...can you imagine what it is like to lose your only familial tie in the world?"
"No...but, I can understand your desire for revenge," he said quietly.
Shihiko looked up with a glimmer of hope in her eyes, "so, you will help me?"
Yoko sighed, "Hn, it seems as though you'll go whether I help you or not right?" she nodded once, "well since you're hell-bent on revenge I guess I'll go along with it. After all, a cute thing like you shouldn't go wandering around ruined ghost cities without protection. And besides, it sounds as though this assignment will actually be a challenge ne?"
She couldn't help the smile that broke out across her face. She bowed her head towards him, "Thank you,"
To be continued...
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Many Many thanks goes out to Insane Rurounis for nice long, and informative review and another thanks goes out to Black Dragon Goddess...now as per request I will post the upcoming saga summaries:
each of these sagas will have about 3-5 chapters between them to serve as a transition.
Dark Saga: three of our heroes fall under the thrall of the infamous puppeteer a powerful mind controller who turn three of the tentei into the dream team of evil (which ones you ask? Well that's the surprise he he) and Koenma has no other choice to enlist new help from two wayward bounty hunters to stop them from destroying the world. (oh yeah, remember when I talked about complex romances in my summary...well it starts in this saga so hold onto your hats ladies and gents)
Devils of Kenji: seven dragon rebels have a score to settle with a member of the Reikai Tentei. The remaining members will have to search and rescue the kidnapped member. New alliances will be made, and heart stopping revelations and reconciliations will occur.
Return of the Dragons: Some old enemies will return to take care of some unfinished business with Reikai. A new tournament will begin in the dragon world with the Reikai tentei fighting against the finest warriors of the dragon keepers. Oh yeah and the prize for this tournament...winner becomes supreme ruler of both Reikai and the Dragon world.
Rain Saga: the enigma known as Rain shares her past as she and a member of the tentei walk down memory lane. However this mini reflection turns from sweet to sour as a blast from her past comes back to rock their world and challenges them to a life threatening game of love and war that will cause the untimely death of ...some...of the Tentei.
Makai Tournament: just like in the series the Makai tournament was the Tentei's last adventure, and it will be so in this fic as well. This saga will be very similar to the series, except now the new members of the tentei and another world, the dragon world, will be competing in the competition.
All's well that Ends well: the last saga of this fic. This saga will dedicate a chapter to each hero in the fic and will give in depth analysis to each characters feelings about past events, friends, enemies, significant others and their future.
Well that is the summary of what's to come. Here's a little note though, some things may change from the list above, maybe more sagas will be added, maybe the order will change, I don't know yet. But, so far this is the plan for Dragon Keeper.
Please tell me what you all think and review. -