Water and Fire
Summary: There are only four elementals that walk the three worlds. Fire, Water, Earth and Wind. United, they could rule the world. When the YYH gang finds the elemental of Water, they must keep her hidden, so that a horribly powerful prophecy does not become a reality. But what will the other elementals do when they find out that she is being kept from them? Will she and a certain fire apparition become closer than they should be? Read to find out. RATED T FOR LANGUAGE!
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Previously:
Kiya took a quick sweeping look to all of her friends. Kurama was up against a tree, his head hanging limply against his chest, blood seeping down his revealed chest and into the ground, his rose lying uselessly by his limp hand.
Yusuke was lying on his back right next to Terra, along with Kuwabara. Both of them looked to be unharmed-- save for the large gashes on both of their heads, with blood seeping form them and their mouths.
Hiei, with his cloak discarded about 5 feet from Kiya, was lying on his stomach, with one hand seemingly outstretched to Kiya. Blood ran freely from open wounds on his head, chest and arms.
"Do this ritual and we will make sure that they all survive." finalized Jasaro.
Now Kiya's mind was made up. If the elementals could save her friends like they said they could (which she was skeptical about because they weren't the most truthful of people) then she had no question in her mind about what she was going to do. She just hoped that for once, the elementals weren't lying.
With one last look at her beloved mate, Kiya turned to Jasaro and stated, "Fine."
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Chapter 27: The End?
Kiya's POV
I had no choice. No choice whatsoever. If I wanted my friends to live, then I had to say yes- that's it.
What would you have done?...wait, that's not a fair question. You have never been in the same situation as me, nor will you ever- therefore you have no idea where I'm coming from.
Just to let you in- it's hell.
I said fine to that bastard- because those four people, especially Hiei mean more to me than anything else has in my entire life. I can only hope that when this incredibly horrible crime I'm about to commit, that they'll all be okay…..
…..and not hate me too much.
Jasaro chuckled evilly, his lips curling upward enough to barely show his white teeth. "I'm glad you've finally decided to stop being such a pest. Aerosaku, set up the sacred circle. Terra- retrieve the sphere."
While watching Jasaro with disgust as he walked about 10 feet away from me to my right, then turned to face me, I began to wonder if Jasaro was the head of this 'operation'- I mean, he did order the other two around a lot. Then I wondered why the hell I cared because I- in the end- hated them all.
I turned my attentions to Aerosaku and Terra- who had moved into positions, both 10 feet away from me, Terra on my left and Aerosaku in front of me. I noticed that we formed a circle. Aerosaku raised his arms into the air, his staff momentarily gone, and began muttering incoherently while he closed his eyes. Almost immediately, I felt the wind around me begin to pick up, spinning my blue hair around my head. I wanted nothing more than to obliterate every last one of these filthy elementals, but pictures of my friend's and mate's unconscious bodies popped into my head and the desire to murder the three elementals nearly disappeared.
Nearly.
I stood still as I felt the wind suddenly stop, as soon as it began. I looked around me to see that surrounding both myself and the three elementals was a transparent dome, solid enough to see, but looking as though it were made of glass. But I knew better, Aerosaku had made it from his element, wind. This dome kept everything out….
…..as well as everything in.
My gaze soon shifted to Terra as I saw her hands begin to move in circular motions around what it seemed like nothing. As her hands twisted in the hypnotic pattern, I could feel the Earth beneath me begin to move. I watched in wonder as the ground in front of Terra literally sipped open, and out of the hole floated a large crystal sphere.
Immediately, I felt my transformation coming- and I could tell the transformation for the others was coming as well. Whatever was going on with our bodies, I had a feeling that weird orb was causing it. I kept my eyes on the orb as it rose about 5 feet above me, in the middle of our large circle, then began spinning slowly on it's axle.
"This is it…" cooed Terra, her brown eyes filled with anticipation.
"Yes it is." Replied Aerosaku, determination and anxiety filled his expression.
"Ready Kiya?" asked Jasaro, keeping his eyes on the spinning sphere.
Kiya didn't even grace him with an answer, instead she just widened her silver eyes as she realized that she, and the other elementals were slowly rising off the ground. Then- quicker than it had ever happened- Kiya transformed. Her long blue hair grew to below her hips- silver streaks now running freely through it. Kiya glanced down at her arms to see that they were covered in the usual waving blue and silver lines. With one more burst of energy, Kiya could feel her elemental side become more in tune with her normal self, and the energy sent out by the change rippled out of her body, ripping through a silver chain around her neck. Kiya watched helplessly as the beloved tear- shaped opal necklace her parents had left for her went flying away from her body- hit the transparent wall then bounced to the ground. Kiya had no time to worry about it though, because from the corner of her eye, she saw that the other elementals had transformed.
Aerosaku looked very…….smooth. His long silver hair was exactly the same, but it was the rest of his body that caught Kiya's attention. His skin was a pasty white/ silver and his long silver nails extruded from behind his long sleeves. His eyes- the iris, pupil, everything was white.
Terra's skin was green- that's the first thing Kiya noticed. Her skin was green and her eyes were totally brown. From behind her even longer green hair, Kiya could see two long elf- shaped ears poking out of the long locks.
Jasaro's true form was the most eye-catching. His short and spiky red hair was no more. Now, it was a very odd style, the front had grown to the point where it pooled around his face, framing it perfectly, while the back was still short and spiked. His eyes- I noticed- were the opposite of what they normally were. Where there should've been white surrounding the iris, it was red and the iris and pupil were white.
All at the same time, I- along with the other three- all put our arms up in a cross-type fashion. I was moving by instinct now, and it felt as though I knew what needed to be done. It seemed as though with this transformation came a new mind- filled with the knowledge of a long time elemental.
"This ritual of dominance we perform, to gain control of the three worlds…." Jasaro started, and although I didn't want them to, the words filled a long time hole in me. It was as if I had been waiting an entire lifetime to hear these words, when in actuality- I couldn't despise them more.
Aerosaku continued where Jasaro left off. ".. By the power of 4 we unite, we- the elementals- perform this rite…."
"…Fire, Water, Earth and Wind, each element old as sin.." Terra said, her voice flowing through the air like a soft melody with a hard edge to it.
I knew that I was next to speak, and was surprised to find that in knew the words that I was supposed to say. "…We are the source, we are the mends- the worlds shall be ours until our ends." I knew that by speaking these words, I was sealing both mine and the rest of the world's fate- but the fact that it was either do this or have my friends die made me not care.
Jasaro continued again. "…The power of fire, energies of the South- with thee I seal this rite, so mote it be..."
It was Aerosaku's turn again. "..The power of wind, the energies of the East, with thee I seal this rite, so mote it be…"
Terra. "The poer of Earth, energies of the North, with thee I seal this rite, so mote it be…"
This was it. The line that was to determine my fate. Do I dare say it, and condemn myself to an eternity of hell? I took one more look through the clear dome surrounding me to look at my Hiei- my koi. Did I dare say this line- to save him?
Did I really need to ask?
"The power of Water, energies of the West, with thee I seal this rite," I smiled, knowing that by giving up my life, my friends and mate would be spared- if the elementals were telling the truth. "…so mote it be."
All the energy suddenly escaped my body from my mouth as I muttered the last four words…
…..and blacked out.
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Kendra a.k.a. Blazin' Blondie
Keep on Truckin'!
