Disclaimer: I don't anything except my own characters minus Saoko Raiya and Kaiya which I'm just borrowing from Deceptive-Innocence, with her permission.
A/N: Hello again ya'll! Ok, I know that you all probably hate me to death for the last chapter and would probably like nothing better then to devour my soul, but if you did that, then this fic would never be completed and that wouldn't do anyone any good! Anyways, new characters to be introduced in this chapter and some old faces as well. Anyways, shout-outs:
gothpoetofdarkness16: I feel bad now...almost, lol. Don't worry, just read and find out, but things get better, don't worry! And I may not have updated soon, but I updated!
surfergurl16: Hey, update is here! No need for sledgehammers... #sweatdrop#
WolfOfShadow: Well, at least someone respects my insanity! Lol, here you go, brand new chapter right off the oven!
Alright then, with that out of the way………..
Open My Eyes: Rise Of HellFire
Chapter 6
Coming Together
The bright cheerful sun that streamed in through the curtains of the Moto house the next day couldn't have looked more out of place if it tried.
Everyone was sitting quietly, lost in his/her own thoughts and not a word was spoken, even Kasaku, who was normally hyper as hell in the morning was silent, seeming to sense that something was wrong.
Amaya was still sprawled out on the bed that she had shared with her husband, tears flowing like a river from her ocean blue eyes. She had tried to get out of bed several times, but every time she did, she would see something that would remind her of him and she would be crying again.
People had come and knocked on her door from time to time, but had just told them to go away, which they did, seeming to understand that she didn't want to talk to anyone.
'Oh God.' She thought as she inhaled his scent coming from the sheets. 'What the hell am I doing? I shouldn't be in here sulking, I have a fucking son to take care of.' Just at that moment, there was a knocking on her door.
"Amaya, come on, you have to come out sometime." Demi's voice carried through the door and Amaya steeled her nerve. She couldn't just sit and cry while that crazy women was still out there. Deep in her heart she knew, no matter how hard she tried to deny it, this was the start of another all out gang war.
After three years of peace, fate had decided to come back and kick them square in the ass.
"Coming." Amaya muttered and wiped her eyes before splashing cold water on her face and looking in the mirror. If she looked hard enough, she could almost see Yami staring back at her.
There was no leader now, only her and her child and a handful of survivors.
But that had to change, she told herself, Luke's words from the wedding coming back to her.
"Well, seeing as Demi had the grand idea of making me talk, I suppose I better do it." Luke said, gaining confidence as he went. "I just want to say that I'm glad that I could be here, coming all the way from Hong Kong and all, despite the flight being absolutely horrid." At this his face twisted into a grimace that was mirrored on Toby's features. "But other then that, it's good to be here. I never thought that Yami would get married, and yet here I am. To Yami, I'm happy for you, and to Amaya, I say welcome into this bloodline and congrats on your child. Through hard times and good times, I know that if the need ever arises, you'll lead us without fear."
"Without fear." She muttered to herself before a bitter smile crossed her face. "Without fear."
She turned away from the bathroom and opened the door, masking her pain for everyone's else's sake. She knew that, although they didn't come right out and say, they relied on her for strength and hope, her son most of all. She couldn't let him see her upset or he would be upset.
She opened the door and stared at Demi.
"Good." She said. "Your out."
"Ya." Amaya said turning back into the room and grabbing Yami's book. "Someone's got to keep this gang together."
"Mommy!" Kasaku exclaimed and wiggled out of Serenity's arms to glomp his mother around the legs. She smiled a little and picked him up.
"Hey." She said, trying her hardest to keep up her facade of cheerfulness for her baby, but she wasn't prepared for the next words out of his mouth.
"Where's Daddy?" At this, she almost lost it for a minute a sob rising up in her throat.
"Oh hunny." She whispered, smoothing back his jet black hair. "I can't tell you right now, but you'll have to stay with Grandma for a little while ok?"
"Why?" He asked, tilting his head to one side.
"Because……." Amaya said, trying to think up a reason. "Because you have to for Mommy ok?"
"For how long?" He asked, the first beginnings of a pout forming on his face.
"I don't know baby." She said, hugging him to her so that he couldn't see her eyes misting with tears. "I just don't know."
"I want daddy!"
"I know babe." She answered, rubbing his back to soothe him. "We all do, but sometimes that's just the way things happen." She kissed him on the cheek and took him into another room to pack his things, shoving Yami's book in her pocket.
"What's that?" Demi asked, pointing at the book.
"Yami's book." She answered before handing her son to his godmother. "Here, hold him I have-" She choked on her words for a moment before regaining herself. "I have to tell my mother what happened."
"She probably already knows, it's been all over the news."
"I know." Amaya replied in a whisper. "I know." She sighed heavily and picked up the phone, dialing the number without hardly looking at the number pad.
"Hello?"
"Mom!" Amaya exclaimed, feeling her warmth and security wash over her.
"Amaya, hunny?"
"Ya mom I-" But the rest of the sentence was never finished as a knife came flying through the window, shattering the glass. Amaya automatically ducked, the blade just missing her head and sticking into the door. "Gotta go." She hung up the phone quickly, pulling out her gun and running to the window.
She fired a couple of shots at the retreating motorbike, only succeeding in annoying some pigeons that flew to cover from the noise.
"Fuck!"
"What the hell was that?" Demi exclaimed, running into the room and noticing the blade that was embedded in the wood and pulling it out then noticing the shattered glass. "What the fuck?"
"That knife was thrown through the window." Amaya answered. "I have a feeling, by our new friends." She said the word 'friends' as if it was some kind of disgusting pile of an unknown substance. She held out her hand and Demi handed her the weapon, Amaya's gaze studying the image on the bejeweled hilt.
It was a flame design, the head and forepaws of a panther leaping out from it, with rubies for the eyes of the great beast. The blade was engraved with swirling flame-type designs.
"Ok." Amaya muttered to herself and looking up at the small crowd that had gathered in the room consisting of Demi, Seto, Mai, Joey, and Kaiya who still wouldn't come out of her room. "We definitely have to call Luke."
"What about Kasaku?" She asked, gesturing to the baby in her arms.
"It's too dangerous to take him out in the open." Amaya answered swiftly. "He'll have to stay with Rosa for the time being." Demi nodded and sought out the Moto family nanny as Amaya pulled out Yami's book, Seto's gaze flicking over it boredly.
"We can handle this on our own." He commented dryly. "When we hand to storm Marik to save your ass, we did it just fine."
"We also had a lot more people." Amaya countered, lifting the receiver and dialing the number carefully.
Hong Kong.
On the other side of Asia, the Kaido family's phone rang, instantly alerting all the residents. One of the boys, looking to be about twenty-three with midnight blue heir tied into a braid that trailed just past his shoulders with bangs that fell into amazing topaz eyes jumped up, bringing the device to his ear.
"Hello? Yes, this is Luke……………what?……I see……..yes we'll be on the next flight there……..I understand, goodbye."
"What was that all about?" His brother asked, looking to be about 26 and extremely tall, about 6'4 with short teal hair with the same kind of bangs that fell into his eyes that were nearly the same shade as Luke's.
"It's Yami, Tokuma." Luke answered. "Amaya, his wife, just called………he's dead."
"What?" The older male exclaimed, his eyes widening. "How?" Luke began to recount the story that Amaya had told him and a few minutes later Tokuma nodded and rose from his chair.
"So, what are we gonna do?" The blue haired bishie asked.
"Were going to her aid of course." Tokuma answered smoothly. "I'm not leaving that girl alone in Tokyo with a child when there's a homicidal maniac on the loose." Luke nodded just as two girls entered the room.
It was plain to see that these two girls were Tokuma and Luke's sisters, having similar features and the same topaz eyes that seemed to glitter with diamonds.
"What the hell's going on here?" What seemed to be the oldest asked. She had long wavy blonde hair - Tokuma seemed to be the only one in the family with short hair - that fell to her elbows, dressed in a black miniskirt with a black sleeveless tank top that was actually closer to a tube top, her look completed with knee-high boots with 6 inch heels.
"It's Yami, Hawk……" Luke started, turning to his 21 year old sister. "He's dead, that was his wife on the phone, you never met her but………" He sentence trailed off and he shook his head as if there was nothing left to say.
"What? How?" She practically screamed as Luke recounted the story.
"But why him……." The second girl muttered through the tears that were sliding down her cheeks. She looked to be the youngest of the group, only 19 with black hair that had both pink and blonde streaks in it that reached to her mid-back. She was dressed a lot more conservatively then her sister, in a simple black tank top and hip huggers.
"It's ok Sidney." Tokuma whispered, hugging his youngest sister as she sobbed into his shoulder. "Everything's going to be ok."
"Damn straight it is." Hawk replied heatedly. "Because were on the next flight to Tokyo to find out what the sam fuck is going on."
"No!" Luke exclaimed. "You and Sidney are staying here in Hong Kong where it's safe."
"Like hell." Hawk shot back, acting as if Luke was her younger brother and not two years her senior. "Me and Sidney were related to him too, you know. We have just as much right as you do to avenge his death."
"But Hawk-" He fell silent and the two siblings stood that way for a moment before Luke sighed, knowing that if he tried to win this argument the next ice age would have come and gone long before he even got close.
"Fine." He sighed. "But you have to watch yourselves." Hawk nodded and turned into her room to pack.
"I'm going to call Toby and Sukari." Tokuma announced, heading towards the phone again. A few quick words were exchanged before Tokuma lowered the receiver and turned to his younger brother.
"Looks like Amaya's on top of things." He mused. "They received the same call five minutes after we did."
"So, what's going on?"
"Toby and Sukari are going to meet us at the airport in two hours and then were on the next plane to Japan." He replied and Luke nodded.
"Alright everybody." Luke said, turning to cast a gaze over his family. "Lock and load."
Chains.
Amaya glanced around, nervously fidgeting with her hands before flickering her gaze to the door and back to the others.
"Where are they?" She wondered out loud. "They should be here by now."
"Chill." Mai said. "They probably just got stuck in traffic - this is a huge city." Amaya nodded and sunk further into the couch, worry still gnawing at her.
What if that Saoko Raiya person had got to them first?
Thoughts of that nature chased each other around her head, making her bite her lip with worry.
When the doorbell finally did ring twenty minutes later, Amaya jumped at the sudden noise while Demi hurried to the door.
"I got it." She said and opened the door. Nothing on earth could have prepared the small girl for what she came across.
Three hopelessly attractive males all staring at her with a look of mild confusion as to why she wasn't saying anything. If things hadn't been so serious at the moment, she might have actually slammed the door in his face and debate to herself whether the teal haired one was real or not.
For a moment she was actually convinced that being that hot was illegal.
"Uh……….is Amaya here?" Tokuma asked and Demi couldn't say anything, just pointed towards the black haired women standing a few feet away.
"Thanks." He said, walking through the door. Amaya stood there for a moment as if trying to decide what to do, her face a perfect mask of calm, at least until she got a good look at him. She noticed with a wrench of her heart that he had similar features as his cousin and before she knew what had happened she was sobbing quietly against Luke's chest.
"It's ok." Luke said, cradling her head as she sobbed. "It's ok." Amaya pulled back and wiped her eyes, suddenly feeling stupid.
"Sorry." She muttered and turned her attention to the twins before giving the braided-bishie a chance to reply. "Toby…….and……..?"
"Sukari." The girl answered with a sweet smile. "Sukari Lireal."
"You can definitely tell that there twins." Joey commented with a smile, and he was right. They both had golden blonde hair and warm brown eyes. Sukari was dressed simple, all in black of course, but nothing flashy, with her long hair swept back into a clip, giving her hair a fountain look.
"We get that a lot." She answered with a smile before her face became worried. "Amaya, are you ok?" She nodded, wiping tears away before producing a dagger from her pocket.
"This was thrown through the window." She said and handed it to Tokuma. "I figured you might know what it is."
"Oh ya." He answered pensively, nodding. "It's the Raiya family crest - the crest of the Hellfire, but I didn't know that they actually existed."
"What?" Demi asked, finally snapping back to reality.
"The Raiya's were a sort of Urban Legend going around." He answered. "If Saoko is here, then she has to be the last of the branch, it's the only logical explanation."
"So were fighting a ghost?" Kaiya said with a small voice from the couch. She was still highly upset over Duke's demise.
"Might as well be." Toby replied, sweeping his short hair out of his eyes. "We know nothing about her, or even what her family origin is."
"Fuck." Hawk cursed.
"Exactly." Tokuma agreed. "And don't swear Hawk." She flipped him off before rolling her eyes. Amaya looked around and noted with a small feeling of joy that, although she had just met Hawk, Sidney, Tokuma and Sukari, she felt as if she had known them all her life the way they blended right into the family picture.
"So what do you we do now?" Amaya asked, trying not to let anyone see the hopelessness that was settling in her heart.
"Now." Tokuma answered, fingering the dagger. "We research."
"What the hell do you mean by that?" Hawk asked, folding her arms over her breasts.
"Just what I said." Tokuma answered, walking over to the computer and turning it on
Saoko.
The raven haired beauty watched as the sun dipped below the horizon, letting night settle comfortably over her. The door opened and she spun around, glaring at Exlim.
"You know better then to come in here without knocking."
"You know better that I don't give a fuck." He countered, taking a hit of his cigarette. Saoko reached over and plucked the smoke from his hand, taking a puff and handing it back.
"I should kill you." She seethed, making Exlim smirk.
"Go ahead." He muttered against her neck as he ran his tongue along it. She shoved him off and glared heavily at him.
"Death is a release, not a punishment." She countered coolly. "Now get the Chain."
"He has a name you know." He said, knowing that he was pissing her off and loving it.
"A name that I don't give a fuck about." She growled. "Now get the fucking Chain."
"Yes your highness." Exlim muttered sarcastically before slamming the door shut, returning moments later carrying Duke, bound and gagged, struggling to get free of his grasp. With the air of one that had done the same thing hundreds of times before Saoko strapped the youth to the bed, taking a syringe and filling it with clear liquid.
"Hold him." She commanded and Exlim complied, his green eyes screaming volumes of dislike for the women. She lowered the syringe to his arm and injected the fluid.
Duke was silent for a moment before he started screaming against his gag, his eyes rolling into the back of his head as he struggled. The beeping of the monitor announced that his heart rate had elevated, all his vitals going off the charts.
Inside his mouth that was open from screaming you could see his canines visibly lengthen, his claws doing the same thing.
"Holy fuck." Exlim breathed as Duke visibly buffed, his eyes dim and faraway, but unmistakably alive.
"Just wait." The beeping slowed to a dangerous level before skyrocketing and finally settling to a normal pace.
"Holy shit." Exlim breathed, the truth of the success hitting him like a physical blow. "We did it."
"I did it." Saoko corrected, making Exlim's eyes darken with unmistakable annoyance. "Now wait until he regains consciousness then let him go - he knows what needs to be done."
"And what the fuck would that be?" Exlim sneered, irritation seeping into his voice.
"Why do you think I created him?" She asked, her voice taking on a tone that suggested she was talking to a five-year-old. "To kill." She answered, not even giving him a chance to answer. "Now watch him." She slammed the door behind her, and Exlim slammed his hand down on the table, shattering one of the syringes.
"That's the last fucking straw." He growled to himself. "That fucking bitch thinks that she can walk around her like she's Queen Shit, I'll fucking show her." And with that, he left the room, slamming the door behind him.
Elsewhere.
The screams from the top floor of the building above made the figures ears twitch ever-so-slightly, his head tilting up to stare at the window, the moon reflected in amber eyes that burned within the darkness.
'She's doing it again.' He thought sadly, shaking his head slightly. 'How many more until she's satisfied?' A noise from the side caught his attention and he ducked back into the shadows as an extremely pissed off looking male came out of the building and punched a wall, splitting his knuckles open a little.
He could smell the blood, tainted like his was, but it seemed that the serum hadn't taken a full hold on it's host yet, unlike what was happening to him.
'I have to stop her.' He thought sadly. 'Before this happens again I have to stop her.' With that thought in mind he backed up and ran through the streets of Tokyo, no more then a shadow.
A/N:
Confused? Probably, I tend to do that a lot ne? Well, you'll understand soon enough! New characters in this chapter, you might have remembered Luke and Toby from Yami and Amaya's wedding, but if you don't, it's not terribly important. Anyways, not much else to say except please R&R!