A Life of Adventure …Not!
By: Michiru Lee
Disclaimer:
Dragon: I do not own Saiyuki!
Michiru: You can't own anything anyway…
Snowfire Fox: There is a hamster behind you.
Michiru: Ahhh! Where?
Dragon: On your head…
Michiru: -flails arms around- Get it off me!
Snowfire Fox: We do not own Saiyuki and Michiru is insane. Thank you!
Caution: This Chapter is rated Mature for content. Be warned since this is the only chapter that will have this content. Thank you!
Chapter 8: The Sacrifice
The battlefield was filled with the bodies of dead demons. Everyone had a few wounds on them, though none of the Sanzo Party nor the girls had severe wounds. In the middle of the frenzy is where the real battle was just beginning. Michiru was charging at Sutorei with her broadsword in hand. Sutorei had his katana ready to cut her in two. Everyone could feel the power of the force that the two were emitting and there was nothing anyone could do to stop them. The swords clashed together with such a force that the demons stopped fighting to watch the intense battle. Snowfire Fox noticed the sudden blast and stopped as well after blasting the demon in front of her.
"One of them in going to die," she said out loud. Goku heard Snowfire and put away his Nyoi-Bo. He also looked at the clashing of the swords from Sutorei and Michiru.
"Wow! If only I could fight one of them. They have so much power!" Goku exclaimed. The rest of the group stopped as well once the demons stop resisting to see what was going on. Sanzo was smiling at Michiru.
"At least I got rid of her…" he smirked.
"Aww… And you were such a great couple too," teased Gojyo. A bullet flew past his head and hit a demon that wasn't looking behind him. "That was aimed at me wasn't it?"
"Could have been," retorted Sanzo. He glanced back at the battle before him and felt a shiver down his spine. If I were up against these two, I wouldn't be able to beat them, he thought.
-Clash-
-Clang-
Michiru struggled to counter the next hit as Sutorei slashed his sword against her shoulder. Blood trickled to the ground, but she ignored the pain that shot up though her arm. I'm not going to falter against this SOB, she thought. Michiru stabbed her sword though Sutorei's defense and nicked him in the chest. With a brief break the two went back to the clashing and clanging of their swords hitting against each other.
"You should just give up and die Michiru. My skills are far too good for you to hold out against much longer," Sutorei said in a gleeful tone.
"Never! I'll defeat you for the sake of my friends! Especially for the sake of Dragon who is like a sister to me!" Michiru shouted. He's right. I even wonder how long I can hold out for…
Sutorei smiled as their swords clash again and he felt Michiru get weaker. He knew that her strength was faltering. Soon he would deliver the fatal blow to Michiru and take her power for his own. She swung her sword at him and he saw the opening he needed.
"Good bye Michiru Lee!" Sutorei said. Then he plunged the sword into her stomach. Or so he thought.
Michiru swung her sword to try to off balance Sutorei and saw that he found an opening though her defense. As she saw his sword head for her stomach she waited for the pain and the coldness that she would feel in death. It never came. In front of Michiru was Dragon. Blood was dripping down the sword that was meant for her. Gojyo gasped in shock as he saw her body fall to the ground. Everyone in the group watched in horror at the scene.
"The stupid baka. She got in my way," Sutorei said with no feeling in his tone. Michiru bent down to the ground and held Dragon in her arms. Tears were rushing down from her eyes.
"Michiru… I cou… couldn't let him ki… kill you. Tell Go… Gojyo that I love him," Dragon stuttered. Michiru held her closer as Hakkai came next to her trying to heal the wound with his chi. He shook his head sadly.
"There is nothing I can do. It's not within my power," he said softly.
"It's okay. You were a great sister to me Dragon. You rest now…" Michiru cried. Dragon smiled and the light in her eyes disappeared. Gojyo cried out in pain as he looked at Dragon's limped form.
"I will kill you… you… bastard!" Gojyo yelled. Michiru let Dragon's body lay on the ground and she stared at Sutorei who was smiling at his dead sister.
"Leave this to me Gojyo! Dragon gave her life to save me. I will give her vengeance. I won't let her die in vain!" Michiru shouted.
Snowfire Fox and Nina watched in horror at their fallen comrade. Tears weld up in their eyes as they realize that they will never see their happy-go-lucky friend again. "You get him Michiru!" they shouted in union.
Anger filled Michiru eyes as she looked at Sutorei. A new strength formed inside her as she held up her sword at him. "This is where it ends Sutorei!"
"No… This is where it begins," Sutorei retorted. He charged at her with his sword ready to cut of her head. Just as her reached her he felt pain ripping though his body and then nothing. He fell into darkness, never to awaken again.
Michiru fell to the ground as exhaustion steeped in her body. She panted for air as the heat of the desert finally caught up with her. The sword beside her disappeared in a fading light. She looked at the head that was once Sutorei's on the ground. His eyes were still blinking at her in a menacing gaze as the brain was slowly dying. Snowfire Fox and Nina came up and put their arms around Michiru as they all begun to cry again. Sanzo walked over to Dragon's body and preformed the ritual rights to send Dragon's spirit to the afterlife. Gojyo was holding her hand and tears fell upon her limp chest. The one person that he loved would never be with him again.
"I have to do something…" Goku said. He looked around in one of the bags lying on the ground and found something at last. He walked over to Dragon's body and placed a box of strawberry pocky on her. "It was her last box."
Meanwhile Hakkai was readying the fire that would set Dragon's body ablaze. Michiru got up and walked over to Gojyo.
"It's time…" she said, her voice soft from crying. Michiru and Gojyo lifted Dragon's body up and took her over to the pile of dry logs that would send Dragon away forever. Sanzo started the cremation ceremony as Michiru lit the fire. She looked at the burning corpse of her adoptive sister and smiled.
"It is the end…" Michiru said.
"No it is just the beginning of the bigger battle," Snowfire Fox said.
Note: I know it's sad. Dragon died. I'm still crying from what I've written. I'm going to miss writing about her a lot! –cries- And don't just say that I could have let her live. I don't decide how the story works I just write them and then I find out what I write afterwards. Snowfire Fox is helping out of course with the plot as well with the input. She is currently working on her own story and the one we are working on together. Well I have to go! R&R!
