Kitsune: Hi guys! -waves- Look, we got a new camera! The lens is shiny. Shiny... -drools-
Sahara: My God, I have a simple-minded friend.
Kitsune: And don't you forget it!
Sahara: O.o
Kitsune: Shiny... -reaches out to touch the camera-
Sahara: -slaps her hand- No touchy.
Kitsune: -pouts- Alright, on with the chapter.
Sora: YAY! ACHOO! -sneezes- I have a cold...
Disclaimer: I still own nothing except Kitsune and Kaonashi.
Claimer: I own the Dokrin!
Chain Letter
Chapter 10: The Deadly Feast of Life
The company whirled around just as the doors slammed shut. They heard an ear-piercing shriek, ducking and covering their ears. They groaned in agony.
"Augh! I think my ears are bleeding!" Yusuke complained.
"My ears are sensitive to loud noises, OW OW OW OW!" Kitsune yelled, falling to her knees.
The shrieking stopped, and the team realized they were surrounded by darkness. "Hey, Kitsune, light please." Sahara hissed. There was no reply.
"Kitsune?" Sora squeaked, in fear. Kuwabara and Hiei grabbed Sora and Sahara's figures closer to the team.
"Stay close," Yusuke whispered. "Hey, Kitsune, are you here?" There was still no reply.
"What happened to her..."
Finally, there was a soft moan, and they saw something glowing faintly. They realized it was a body. Sahara grabbed a stick and used a fire attack to light it. What they saw freaked them out.
An undead had Kitsune's limp body in it's arms, and Kitsune was the one glowing. But the glowing wasn't her Fox Fire, it was her energy. The undead was ugly. It had dirty grey hair, shaggy and long, and bulging, haunted eyes with small pupils. It was gazing hungrily down at the unconscious girl in it's grip. It didn't even noticed the light and that there were others in the room. The dim light radiating off of Kitsune's body began to form a thin trail, leading to the ghoul's open mouth.
"It's feeding off her energy! Her life energy!" Sahara whispered.
"I've heard of this...this creature lurked in the deep pits beneathe this city, and the village had to appease it by giving it life sacrifices. The ritual was called...the Deadly Feast of Life. This creature is called a Dokrin!" Kaonashi whispered back.
"It's gonna kill her!" Sora shrieked. Just then, the creature stopped sucking Kitsune's life force and turned it's head to look at them. Yusuke and Kuwabara flinced upon seeing it's ugly face. It gazed at the travellers and then lifted it's head high and shrieked (like in Zelda: Wind Waker, where the ReDeads shriek and you get paralyzed). The gang covered their ears and flinced.
The Dokrin set aside Kitsune's limp body and moved closer to the gang. (The Dokrin has the body of Gollum from LOTR) They began backing up and finally, the Dokrin sprung at the gang. It clasped it's hand onto Kurama's arm. Some energy flew out of him in a rush, leaving him weak and breathless. His head was spinning.
'What's happening to me? I'm so dizzy...' he thought. He looked at the Dokrin, and it was beginning to take on a healthier look to it, as if it had enough energy to outrun a cheetah. It gave a smug grin and opened it's mouth, revealing thousand of small sharp canine teeth. It gave a wild yell and sunk it's teeth into Kurama's arm. He gave a loud cry of pain and fear, and began trying to tear his arm out of the Dokrin's grasp. It was no use, he was too weak.
"Kurama, duck!" He heard the cry, but couldn't place it. His head was spinning too rapidly, but he heard the command and did as he was told, but only because he had fallen to the ground, unconscious. Something connected with the head and teeth embedded in his flesh, and something wet splurt on the ground beside him. Blood?
It was too late. He closed his eyes and drifted off, trying to regain lost energy.
Yusuke shot the spirit gun the the body of the Dokrin, and it blew up. There was silence in the chamber. Hiei rushed to Kurama's body while Kaonashi and Sahara took Kitsune.
"We did it?" Kuwabara asked.
A humming sound filled their ears, they looked up to see the Dokrin, in one piece, floating above their heads.
"This creature can morph. Be careful. Stay together." Kaonashi warned.
"How do you know it can morph?" Yusuke asked. Kaonashi pointed to the Dokrin, which had five silver tails sticking out of it's behind, and sharp claws. It's hair had also turned a reddish color, and it's skin took on a younger appearance, but not much. And it's eyes...were larger, and shinier, a mix of gold and green.
"Don't let it steal any more energy. If it does, our bodies will fail, and it will become more powerful."
"Man, I hate this. Here we go, SPIRIT GUN!" and the blue orb of energy was shot at the floating ghoul. The Dokrin smirked and stayed still. The Spirit Gun attack went right through it, as if the creature were never there.
"I-it didn't work!" Yusuke exclaimed in shock.
"Sahara, we need a force field!" Kaonashi called.
"Will do!" Sahara called as she gathered her energy into her hands. Just then, the Dokrin swooped down with a wild battle cry, claws extended. Sahara's energy wrapped protectively around the gang, creating a shield. The Dokrin met with the shield, and fell back in pain. The energy from the shield was pure, and the Dokrin could not feed off of it. Instead, it's body coursed with white energy. It lost the newly found features, the energy it had stolen from the two fox demons. Their energy returned, and they sat up.
"What happened? I can't remember anything." Kitsune said, sleepily, and rubbing her eyes. Sora knelt down beside her.
"You and Kurama were attacked by a Dokrin. We saved you, though." she said, smiling. Kitsune smiled back.
"Help me up."
Once both Kurama and Kitsune were standing, they watched as the Dokrin circled above their heads, occasionally diving right for the shield, and getting shocked, only to continue circling above them.
"Now what do we do?" Hiei asked.
"I'm surprised your attack didn't work on it, Yusuke," Sahara said, "Dokrins are sensitive to Spiritual attacks. And are extremely weakened by pure energy. Elements do good against them, but their are not as effective."
"So, what kind of attacks can we use?"
"I suggest you combine your Spirit Shotgun attack with my Dark Dragon Blitz and Kitsune's Night Shade attack." Sahara explained.
"Dark Dragon Blitz? Night Shade? What kind of attacks are those?"
"Dark Dragon Blitz is an element attack that combines darkness with fire to create a burst of flame that is a descendant of the Dragon of the Darkness Flame. It may be a weaker attack, but it still does well against a Dokrin, "Sahara told them, "Kitsune's Night Shade attack is a pure energy attack combined with the element of darkness. It relies on her energy to produce a burst of dark energy that can cripple a foe."
"I created it myself," Kitsune exclaimed proudly.
"It's also what she taught the ghosts to do when threatened by enemies. It's considered in that...what were they called, POKEMON, world, to be a ghost attack. She taught it thousands of years ago." Sora said, "Guys, I can back you up with a spell arrow."
Sahara nodded. "Alright, Yusuke. Ready the Shotgun!" Yusuke nodded, gathering the energy into his hand, clenching it into a fist, and concentrating. Sora readied a bow, questioning Kitsune. "How do you work this thing?"
"You've never worked a bow and arrows before?"
"You're the weapons expert, seeing as you've probably used every weapon ever created since you were born."
"Oh, you string the arrow, aim and fire, NOT YET though," Kitsune exclaimed, as Sora accidentally pointed the bow towards her. Sora blushed and pointed the weapon to the ground quickly.
"Sorry,"
"I don't blame you,"
"Kitsune, get ready," Sahara said, gathering energy into her hands. The black flames surrounded her fists, occasionally sparking. Kitsune gathered a mass of darkness around her, manipulating it using her mind.
"NOW!" Yusuke shot the Spirit Shotgun, just as Sahara let the energy go. Kitsune pushed her hands outward, releasing her dark energy. Sora finally let the arrow fly, aiming it at the creature. It zoomed towards the Dokrin, surrounded by a white light, a pure light. It guided the three energies, fire, spirit and darkness, swirling them together to form a powerful force.
"Black Dragon Spirit Shade Blitz!" Kitsune, Sahara and Sora called out.
Just as the Dokrin looked up, the blast hit, doing unspeakable damage. It disappeared with a wild shriek, evaporating into energy.
"Phew, we did it!" Kuwabara exclaimed. Kitsune looked at him.
"What do you mean, 'we'? Yusuke, Sahara, Sora and I destroyed it."
"You're starting to get on my nerves."
"Well, now that that's done, what do we do next?" Kurama asked, walking over to the well and removing the wooden guard with caution.
"Well, we have to go--KURAMA, LOOK OUT!" Just then, a pile of boulders fell behind Kurama, and as he turned around, one caught him in the stomach. He fell backwards, flipping over the stone ledge and disappearing into the well.
"KURAMAAAAA!" The gang rushed over to the well, peering down, but all they saw were the rock walls, descending into darkness. Kurama was lost in Chelsey McCann's death chamber...
Kitsune: Sorry if this one was short, but I'm running out of ideas of how to get this going. I have a whole new twist to the story after the next couple of chapters, so stay tuned for that.
Kurama has been submitted to the wrath of the disgruntled soul of the little girl whose death bed he now lies on. Does he have enough power to calm her spirit? Or will he join her gruesome fate to death in a well? Next time on...
Sahara and Sora: YuYuHakusho: Chain Letter!
Kitsune: Stay tuned!