Chapter Four- A Fiery Fight For Their Lives
As the creature got closer Yusuke and Kuwabara finally sensed it. About two minutes pasted and a cloud of dust appeared. The amount of energy they sensed from the creature was far more than they had excepted…they feared this would be a fight for their lives…-
The group stared at the cloud of dust as it cleared to reveal a young man. When the dust completely cleared standing before the group was a young man with deep orange hair and dark red/orange eyes. He had an evil look in his eyes.
Kaji and Taiyai stared at him with wide eyes and said, "That's Atsui the fire spirit. He's princess Kyokkou's guardian spirit…but something's not right with him…he seems evil…like he's possessed by some evil force…" Kurama, Yusuke, and Kuwabara stare at Atsui and Kurama said, "So he is suppose to be good not evil?" Kaji nodded and said, "Yes…if we can knock him out then the curse will be lifted…but that won't be as easy as it sounds…he's very strong…and in his human form…" Kurama gave Kaji a confused look and said, "Human form? He doesn't normal look like that?" Kaji looked at Atsui, then at Kurama and said, "Well…Atsui has two forms…his beast form and his human form…usually he is in his beast form…but on rare occasions he'll turn into his human form…naturally his human form is stronger than his beast form…"
Everyone stared at Atsui and Taiyai said, "What elements can you guys control?" Kurama looked at Taiyai and said, "Them two use spirit attacks and I have control over plants." Kaji looked at the group and said, "Two spirit energy reliers and one plant controller…Hn! A lot of help you guys will be…I guess it's me and you, Taiyai, fighting this fight…" Taiyai shrugged and said, "Figures our only ally sends us worthless fighters…" The two turn and walk toward Atsui, leaving the group speechless and quite pissed.
Taiyai and Kaji ran in opposite directions and then shoot beams of water energy at Atsui. Atsui dodged and sent a beam of fire energy Taiyai and Kaji. Taiyai got hit but was unharmed. Kaji on the other hand got hit and flew backwards. Taiyai stared at Kaji and thought, "Why didn't he block that? Oh that's right, he didn't learn that skill yet…"
Taiyai ran toward Kaji and yelled, "Kaji! Battle tactics B!" Kaji nodded and stood up while Taiyai stood in front of Kaji. Taiyai formed a sword that looked to be made out of water. Kaji kept his eyes closed as Taiyai charged at Atsui. Right before the sword hit Atsui, Kaji's spirit energy flared up and the sword started to glow. Atsui got hit and fell over. Kaji's energy went back to normal and he collapsed.
Taiyai looked at Kaji and ran over to him. She stared down at Kaji and thought, "He collapsed…why did he collapse? He has used that skill many times…and never collapsed…so why did he collapse this time…" Taiyai continued to stare at Kaji and then remembered something her battle instructor had said, "Sometimes when a person uses a skill they might collapse…but it isn't always from low energy…they might collapse in order to receive a premonition… You will not know unless the collapsed person's dominant hand twitches slightly…"
Taiyai looked down at Kaji and thought, "Kaji's dominant hand is his left hand…" Taiyai continued to stare at Kaji and then his left hand twitched slightly. Taiyai relaxed a little for she knew Kaji was fine, but she did not know if what Kaji saw was going to be good or bad.
Kaji's eyes snapped open and he looked around at the group quickly, his eyes stopped on Taiyai. Taiyai could tell something was bothering Kaji and she said, "What did you see?" Kaji stared at Taiyai and said, "We were fighting a strong creature and you got hit with a beam of energy. You received a lot of damage from the hit and nobody knew how to heal wounds…" Kaji stopped talking and looked at the ground. Kurama, Yusuke, and Kuwabara then hear Kaji's voice in their heads, "Don't tell Taiyai this…but I'll tell you the rest… Nobody could heal her wounds…so she died in my arms… If you can when we fight the creature please make sure she doesn't get hit with a beam of darkness and fire energy…"
Taiyai stared at Kaji and said, "Is that all you saw?" Kaji looked at Taiyai and said, "Yea, that's all I saw…" Taiyai looked at the sky and said, "Ok it's still helpful…we should find someplace to camp out for the night…" As the group started to walk away Atsui woke up and said, "Wait! I want to give you something!" The group turned around and stared at a gentler looking Atsui. Atsui then said, "I am sorry for what I did…please take this whistle and call me whenever you need some help." Taiyai took the orange whistle and nodded. Atsui then disappeared in a ball of flames.
The group walked a little until they found a small forest. Kaji made a small campfire and went and sat under a tree. Taiyai put a barrier around the flame to keep it under control and she went and sat down next to Kaji. Kuwabara and Yusuke sat down by the fire. Kurama went and sat under a tree. About two minutes later everyone was peacefully sleeping in the spots they had sat in…
Yes a nice ending…no cliffhanger. Hope you enjoyed the chapter…please don't forget to leave a review!
