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Chapter Eight - Resolve and Resurrection
Yui sighed as she walked through the gardens. She lied until they could get out of there, and then she ran. She ran away from him. She ran away because she knew he would ask, and that he would pry. And she ran because she knew she couldn't answer him.
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"Dammit." Nakago cursed. He walked all over the palace and he still couldn't find her. Where was she? Frustrated, he punched the wall next to him.
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"I'm so weak." Yui sat in front of a small pond. Her hair was falling over her face once again. She just couldn't bear to let anyone see her tears. "I'm so stupid." She laughed bitterly then. "Tetsuya is probably having a fit." She then looked up at the sky. "Am I running, Ojiisan?" Her voice was soft. She then looked back down at the water.
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Ken walked into the cafe. He was meeting his friends, as always. However, this was serious.
"Ken!" The brunette turned around to see his three best friends sitting at one of the booths. The only guy between them had dark ebony hair and glinting amber eyes. He was eating a slice of chocolate truffle cake.
"You still haven't gotten rid of that sweet tooth, have you?" All of them started laughing.
"Please. Him, and NO sweet tooth?" The young woman started laughing. She had maple brown hair with burgundy steaks, and the most gorgeous silver eyes. The last of the group had purple-black hair and light rose eyes. All four of them shared a secret like no other.
"So you been feeling it?"
"Yeah."
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Yui stared at the water in anger. How long had she been sitting there? Was she really this weak? Her hands tightened into fists. She looked up then. "I'm not going to sit back again." Her body began to radiate energy. "I'm not going to lose again." The pulse became stronger as 'Seiryuu' began to flare on her forehead. "I am not weak!" She stood up then, as lightning flashed through the sky and rain began to fall. 'Kokoro'. 'Bo'. All of them lit up on her body. "I am not Seiryuu no Miko for no reason."
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Nakago stared at the bean of blue light that seemed to come from the heavens. He smirked then.
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"Well, well Seiryuu no Miko. We have been waiting." Yui looked up and nearly froze. Standing there were four figures cloaked in black and wielding very dangerous looking weapons. In a split second, they separated, attacking Yui from all different sides. Yui dodged and backed away form all the attacks. She then noticed something. They were just playing with her. Her aura brightened in anger, as she evaded another swipe at her skull, and instantly kicked the figure straight in the gut.
"Ugh. Bitch!" He glared as he wiped the blood from his mouth. Yui stood still, ready to fight. Instantly all of them threw off their cloaks, and allowed Yui to see their faces.
"Holy crap." Yui stared. In storybooks, demons were always soon as ugly, unruly monsters, but the four figures in front of her were anything but ugly. They were gorgeous to say the least. She immediately snapped out of her daydream as an arrow nearly sliced her face.
"Wake up, Seiryuu no Miko. Otherwise, the next one will not miss its target." Yui then noticed that unless she got a weapon form somewhere, she wasn't going to make it. She jumped back a couple steps, making her closer to the palace. She knew she couldn't risk turning her back on the warriors, but how was she going to get a sword or something?! The smallest of the figures, a young boy with ebony hair and eyes smirked as his comrades distracted the girl. He then released his attack.
"Ow." Yui pushed her self up. She had been hit by a black ki blast and it had hurt. Dusting her clothes off, Yui stared at the four figures in front of her. One of them was the familiar violet haired seishi. The rest though were all ebony. There was only one female, and she was pretty big in size, and it wasn't the way people perceived Soi. Yui's eyes then fell on the smallest of the group. It then hit her. He was the one who had struck her with a ki blast. She then jumped as another nearly hit her.
"Not bad. Let's see how you deal with this." In the next instant, whoever would walk by would see one cerulean figure being attacked by four moving blurs. Ki blasts and weapons flew everywhere as Yui evaded and attacked. She then noticed that they were getting closer and closer to the palace. Yui then gasped as a ki blast hit a pillar in the main hall.
"What the........" Yui stared as the ki blast seemed to be absorbed by the pillar. "Okay. Now that's just weird." The figures, as dark seishi as she had begun to call them, scowled. They then turned to face Yui once again. Yui stepped back. Without warning, they had begun attacking again. Yui winced as she felt herself being thrown through a door. What she didn't notice was that they had just entered the main hall where the Emperor, Dowager Empress, and their advisors had been having a discussion. Boushin immediately stood up.
"What's going on?"
"Heika-sama! You should leave!" Boushin ripped his arm away form the fear-gripped advisors.
"Let go of me!" They instantly jumped away from the young man. Meanwhile, Yui didn't notice any of the commotion as another swipe past her cheek, and another ki blast nearly stripped her of one of her limbs.
"Holy shit!!" The four dark seishi were stunned form a moment as the blonde miko began to spaz. "I can't believe I didn't think of it sooner." She began to pulls something from inside her shirt. "Stupid. Stupid. Stupid!" To the shock of the surrounding people, Yui pulled out the pendent Seiryuu had given her. "Okay, Seiryuu said that it transforms into a sword, so let's get on with the show!" She had stars in her eyes like her favorite anime character, Yoh usually did. The dark seishi, and the court members just stared. Yui held up the pendent in her hand, but nothing seemed to happen. "Hey! Why won't this thing change?" She then stared at the pendent carefully. There was no button or anything that seemed to be able to transform it into a sword. She then shook the holy artifact. "Come on stupid thing! Transform!" The many people standing there anime-style sweatdropped as the blonde shook the pendent with all her might. "ARGH! COME ON! FOUR GODS OF THE HEAVEN AND EARTH, LEND ME YOUR POWER! PROTECT ME FROM ALL EVIL! I DON'T KNOW! LET LIGHT SHINE IN THE DARKNESS!! KAIJIN! GIVE ME THE POWER OF THE FOUR SACRED CREATURES!! JUST CHAnge alrea...dy." Yui stared at the majestic blade in her hand. It was gorgeous to say the least. The blade had the four jewels; sapphire, emerald, diamond, and ruby, engraved down its length, and then they were craved into the handle, making it seem as if there was no handle, just jewels. "Wow."
"Well. It looks as if you have a weapon." Yui looked up at the thin young man. He was walking towards her with a cruel smirk playing across his lips. Yui allowed her instincts.... well, whatever instincts that she had; to take over as the dark seishi attacked her. The blue aura surrounding her seemed to enlarge to twice it's size and continuity as Yui seemed to just beat down on the four dark warriors. Yui easily evaded the attacks sent at her as she hit the first warrior with the hilt of her sword in the face and then sliced through. She then concentrated on the violet seishi. The warrior seemed to be intent on killing her as he used a pair of twin daggers. Yui used the sword to parry the first and grab it out of his hand as she diced the warrior. She then used the dagger to rid herself of the fe-male warrior. Now all that was left was the thin young man. He scowled at her as if she was some putrid stench that dared to enter his mouth. He stepped back in a fighting stance for the first time. Yui immediately fell into a stance herself. Who knew what this warrior could do? So far, he seemed to be the head of the operation. They began to circle around, not taking their eyes off each other. A huge bang sound to their sides caused them to jump. The dark seishi immediately recognized the blonde shogun and growled. He came close to the blonde miko, as if he was going to kiss her. Yui tensed as his breath played against her cheek.
"We'll finish this some other time, Hongo Yui." Backing up, he released some sort of smoke as he disappeared in thin air. Yui stood still has a statue for a second as her mind processed what just happened. Nakago instantly strode over to where she stood.
"Woah."
"You always seem to get into trouble when I leave you alone, don't you?" She looked up and glared at the blonde ex-shogun. However, before she could bite back a reply of her own, the blonde grabbed the sword that was in her hands. "Now what do we have here?" He swung it around in perfect form, allowing the air to swish as the blade slashed through it. "So you finally remembered that Seiryuu gave you a holy weapon. Took you long enough." Yui stared.
"You knew?" The blonde looked at her as he swung the blade around, testing the handling and the balance of the blade.
"Well, duh." He smirked as he threw the sword into the air, and spun around, catching it in his other hand. Yui glared and snatched the sword from him. Boushin finally stepped up.
"What just happened?" Both Yui and Nakago turned to face the Emperor.
"Umm..... Kei. Help." Yui ground his name as she pulled on his sleeve. She then noticed that he had taken off the coat to reveal a black silk dress shirt. Now that wasn't so weird.
"You just witnessed the attack of dark seishi, Heika-sama." Everyone stared at the blonde, while a horrified look spread across Houki's face.
"You speak the truth, don't you?" Boushin turned to face his mother. "The underworld has decided to revolt." Shock and horror instantly spread through the room.
"Hai." Yui had her head down, but then she brought it up. "The underworld has decided to raise a challenge." She looked up to the blonde." Well then, here's its answer." Nakago smirked.
"You mean to tell me that Tai-yi-jun called you to our world because of this?" Both blondes nodded.
"And we're going to make the underworld wish it was still in the protection of the barrier." Yui flashed her trademark "V' sign and winking smile. Houki smiled then.
"Why don't we talk more over some dinner?" Yui then looked outside. It was pretty dark.
"Sure. Why not?" The two blondes followed the royal figures to where ever they were going. Yui stared at the blade in her hands. For some reason, instead of making her feel better, it had damped her spirits. She was beginning to feel she was just putting on a bravado. Shaking her head, Yui continued to walk, but somehow ended up crashing into a soft and warm wall that smelled of cologne. "Wait a sec, cologne?"
"What are you talking about?" Yui looked up to see she had banged into Nakago's backside. Instantly, her cheeks seemed to turn red with some unknown fever. She stepped back.
"Sorry." She mumbled the apology and hastily walked past the blonde. Nakago raised an eyebrow in wonderment. He decided to ignore it, but part of him was still thinking about cold she seemed. He sat down next her and looked her over. She was wearing a black school uniform, which had red ribbons and embroidery. It was exactly like the middle school uniform, but with different colors. He looked up then as the emperor began to talk, but for some reason it was just floating through his ears without registering in his mind. He then heard the emperor stop. He shook his head in wonderment, but then noticed that there was a soft tune playing. Yui's eyes then widened. She immediately dug into her skirt pocket to pull out a small slider phone. It was flashing colors and ringing. She stared at it for a second before sliding on.
"Moshi-moshi?" Yui glared as her voice came out shaky.
"Yui? Where are you? I've been trying to reach you for the longest time." Yui's eyes, if possible, widened even more.
"Shun? SHUN! Omigod Shun! Shun, I'm stuck in Konan, Shun. Shun, you have to call Keisuke for me plea.... Shun?" Yui pulled the phone from her ear slightly as fear crept in her veins. "Shun! Shun! SHUN!!" Her hand trembled as Nakago heard the dial tone in the air. The phone slipped from her hand as her eyes fluttered closed and her body began to sink into the floor. Instantly, Nakago grabbed the girl before she hit the floor. Both the emperor and the former empress looked sort of horrified.
"I'm sorry about this, Heika-sama, but I think that our dinner has been cut short." Boushin nodded understanding, and motioned for Nakago to take the girl to her room. Nakago walked towards the halls towards the rooms they had been given. He walked into Yui's room, and set the girl down onto the bed softly. He then grabbed the blankets and pulled them over her slim form. He then left the room, allowing the girl to rest.
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"Who's Shun?" Miaka turned to face the three men in the living room. All of them shrugged, none of them having any better guesses then her.
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"Damn." A sandy-brown haired, navy-blue eyed 20 year-old young shut his cell phone off. Worry was written all over his boyish features. He hadn't been able to make out what his friend been saying, but something told him that something was going happen. Good or bad, he didn't know.
(A/N): Okay, this is the end of eighth chapter. Finally. This chapter was kind of hard to write, but I hope you like it. I really think parts of the fighting scenes were really choppy and kind of corny, but I couldn't find any way to change them, so forgive me. Please review!