Nekura's arm hung dead at her side. Kai had wounded it so badly the young half wolf could no longer feel it, regardless of the small river of blood, which was currently running down it, staining it crimson.
She had other things on her mind anyway, such as how she was going to get out of the mess she was currently in. Their battle with Kai had been long and hard. Her friends were wounded, and could no longer fight, which resulted in Nekura facing him alone, or at least, one on one.
Minutes ago, she had focused the light around her friends into a protective barrier, which stopped all of Kai's attacks from harming them, but unfortunately, for her, she could still be wounded.
Kai was getting bored with the battle, and Nekura could tell. She knew this was her chance, their chance, to finish him off, and for good. She prepared an attack of fire, praying her firestorm would work, but she was tired and Kai was too quick. Before she could strike, he grabbed her by the throat, and pinned her to her own shield. He dug his fingers into her right wrist and pinned her arm above her head. He could have cared less about her left one. She was too injured to use it, which they both knew. Slowly he strangled her, wanting to prolong her death and cause her as much pain as he could. As his grip tightened, he grinned malevolently.
"Any last words witch, before I snap your neck?" he asked, in his cold, steely voice. She thought for a moment, trying to find some way out of this, but she only found one. The half-breed nodded slowly, and then whispered to the evil human "just two." He cocked and eyebrow, waiting for them to fall from her lips. She looked at the ground and without warning, dropped the barrier around her friends. This puzzled Kai, but only for a moment.
"Shadow wolf," she cried, letting her friends know to run. Lee's eyes widened, as did Kura's. The male wolf grabbed the young demon girls hand and ran at top speed to a rather large boulder and jumped behind it, just as shadows started to circle around Nekura and Kai. Nekura had warned her friends about this terrible attack and the devastation it caused. She had warned them to never let her see them once she spoke the words to unleash it; for it destroyed any living thing she saw at the time she spoke the words. Kai too knew of its power from the legends and myths of his village, and he also knew that he was doomed.
The shadows quickly enveloped the pair. When they had finished swirling, Kai was left standing in darkness. He was cold and shivered against his will. He looked around, and then noticed a pair of crimson eyes starring at him. His ears picked up a low, but vicious growl, and the eyes vanished. Suddenly, without warning, he was attacked. His left arm was gashed by the teeth of a black wolf. He swore loudly and griped his arm, trying to stop the blood flow. That's when he saw it, something only he could see. His deepest fear was standing right in front of him. It moved towards him and he screamed loudly. A cry of pain escaped his lips next as he was attacked again. Kai's mind and body were slowly being torn apart.
He was screaming in agony. It was one attack right after the other. That despicable wolf would strike, biting him, tearing at his flesh and making him bleed. Then the shadows that were once his friends, his ally's, would strike, bringing forth one fear then the next. Or perhaps it had been the other way around, he no longer knew. He was being driven mad by the steely teeth of the wolf and the fears that haunted his mind. After what seemed like an eternity, both attackers stopped, leaving him a bloody and broken heap on what must have been the ground.
Kai felt like he was on fire, yet he was also frozen. He shut his eyes against an attack that never came. He had expected the wolf tostrike again, but instead the shadows made their move. They ever so slowly began swirling around him, pulling at him. With each pull, he cried out. Even after being driven to insanity by the darkness, he knew what was happening. He was loosing his soul, bit by bit, piece by ever so painful piece. In moments it was over. There was nothing left of him. The shadows had claimed the remainders of Kai, and the wolf had played her part in it well.
From the outside world, all that had been heard were the screams of a human being devoured by his own fears, and the growls of the wolf girl that he had been so intent on destroying. Just as the two friends thought it would never end, Lee and Kura stopped hearing the screams and cried of agony coming from a dieing Kai. All had become quiet and still. He had been torn apart, shredded in mind and body, as well as spirit.
Once the shadows stopped swirling and the clearing returned to the lush green place it had once been, Kura looked up and gasped. There in the centre of the mini paradise, was Nekura. She was panting heavily and had returned to her human state. She was wounded badly and dripping blood from her arm still, but at least she was alive. Lee and Kura ran to their friends' aid. The wolf girl saw them and smiled to herself. The three of them stood for a moment then bright smiles lightened their faces. They all knew Kai had finally been defeated and they could go on with their lives. Nekura put her good arm around her friends' shoulders and hugged them happily. "Common guys," she said cheerfully, "let's go home."
(A/N I would really like to thank my two best friends, Mandy (Kura) and Ed (Lee). Without you guys I couldn't have finished this fic. Thanks, both of you. Love you guys .) Insert heart here