Hell Welcomes With Open Arms
Anime, Ryu, Renji and Akuma all were walking back to the house. Akuma walked next to Ryu and Anime and Renji were up front talking. Akuma looked at Ryu and talked to him with telepathy 'Ryu... Just tell... her how... you... feel already!'Ryu growled in his head as he thought back to Akuma 'I don't know what your talking about Akuma.' 'Everyone... knows that... you like... Anime... So... just tell... her already! What's... holding you... back?'Thought Akuma.
Ryu looked at Anime and sighed as he thought 'I don't know what your talking about Akuma! I don't like Anime alright! Just end it!' Akuma gave Ryu a look that said I-don't-think-so. He thought 'do you... think that... she won't... return... your feelings... back to you?' Ryu didn't respond.
Than they all stopped. Renji looked at Anime and saw that her eyes had gone blank. She asked "Anime! Anime what's wrong?" Ryu walked up to Renji and asked "what's wrong?" Renji started to shake Anime saying "it's Anime... She won't respond to anything! I don't know what's wrong!" Ryu looked at Anime's blank eyes as he asked "Anime! Answer us already!" Than Anime blinked a few times until her eyes returned to normal. She placed one of her hands on the side of her face as if she was sick or something. Renji asked with concern "Anime what happened?" Anime looked up and saw the concern faces her friends gave her.
She didn't know what to say. Ryu asked "Anime aren't you going to say something? What happened? How did you just zone out like that?" Anime sighed sadly as she said "you guys won't believe me if I told you." Renji calmly said "try us Anime. I'm sure we've heard of just about everything there is at this point since we met you." Anime looked down at the ground as she said "I... Well it's hard to explain but when I zone out like that it means that my mind left and my head and it was looking at something far away. It's almost as if you can see this but without your eyes but just with your mind. I know it sounds silly. But I can do that."
They just stared at her with wide eyes. Anime could guess that they didn't believe what she had said. Ryu asked "can you really see things with your mind just like that? That's cool!" She looked up as she said "really? I thought that you would think that it was weird." Renji shook her head as she asked "don't worry Anime. I have a similar power. So what did you see?" Anime calmly said "well I saw Masukee with that bird guy, Falcon. He was just about to open the portal to hell and take Masukee with him. She only agreed to go with him cause he told her that we wouldn't be her friends anymore if we knew about her past."
Ryu sighed as he said "well where were they?" Anime looked toward the forest as she said "they're deep in the forest. That's all I know. Sorry if I didn't know anything else." Renji calmly said "that's more than enough. I just hope that we have enough time." Than everyone ran toward the forest. Ryu looked at Anime as he said "Anime I think that you should head back to the house. You still need rest."
Anime growled as she said "no! If any of my friends are in danger than I won't stand down! You should know that by now Ryu-kun! I won't abandon my friends! Not now not ever!" Akuma chuckled as he thought 'this just... proves that... you... cant win... Ryu. She doesn't... know when... to give up.'Ryu nodded as he said "alright Anime." Renji calmly asked "how far now Anime-chan?" Anime looked around the forest as she said "not far. Just a few more feet and we should get there in time."
Than they arrived in a clearing. And they saw Masukee and Falcon. He was just about to open the portal to hell. Than he saw everyone and said "so your 'friends' came to help you Masukee. Who would have thought." Masukee saw everyone and asked "why did you come here?" Ryu calmly said "we came to help you Masukee. That's what friends do for each other." Renji nodded as she said "that's what true friends do Masukee-chan. They help each other no matter what." Anime smiled as she said "after all. You helped us all the time. Like with the battle with Will. Please don't go with him Masukee-chan!"
Masukee looked away as she said "I can't go back. I have to go with him. After what I did before you destroyed my village Anime." Ryu asked "what are you talking about Masukee?" She calmly/sadly said "I did something horrible." Renji looked at Masukee and asked "come on Masukee-chan. Come back. Your our friend." Falcon calmly said "she doesn't have a choice. She decided to come with me on her own free will."
Anime growled darkly as she said "just shut up. Unlike you Masukee has a heart and a soul! I'll rip you to shreds." Renji and Ryu both looked at Anime and they both stepped back slightly. Masukee stared at Anime with wide eyes as she said "Anime-chan... I don't have either one of those." Anime yelled "yes you do! If you didn't than you wouldn't have helped me when I was in trouble! You wouldn't have fought Will when I was out! You wouldn't have been a true friend Masukee-chan!"
Falcon grabbed Masukee's arm and started to squeze it causeing her to scream in pain. Ryu and Renji just stared in shock. Than they both charged at Falcon. Until they both hit a force field. Ryu and Renji skid across the ground. Falcon laughed as he said "do you really think that you can get through my force field? Only someone just as evil can get through.! And no one like that is here at the moment."
Ryu glared at Falcon as he said "this isn't good. What are we going to do?" Renji looked at Ryu as she said "I don't have a clue Ryu." Than they heard Masukee's scream again and this time it was louder. Renji and Ryu both looked up as they saw Masukee in more pain. Ryu growled a bit as he said "how are we going to get thro- huh?" Than he turned to Anime and saw that her bangs covered her eyes as she growled very darkly. Renji asked "Anime-chan? What's wrong Anime-chan?"
Ryu stared at Anime as he asked "Anime are you alright?" There was no responds. Which of course made Ryu and Renji worry. When Anime did look up her eyes weren't just slits but dark red. Darker than it's ever been. Ryu asked "Anime are you alright? What's happened to you!?" Anime darkly said "heh heh heh. That's none of your business Neko." Than Anime charged at the force field. Ryu and Renji were shocked. They couldn't believe it. Renji calmly said "I have a bad feeling that the darkness in Anime has come out. But I think that Anime still has some control or else she would have attacked us right now."
Ryu nodded as he said "yeah... But I like the Anime that smiles brightly. Not darkly." Renji gave Ryu a smug smirk as she said "this just proves that you like her more." Ryu growled as he said "Renji this isn't the time." Than they both stared at what Anime was doing. She charged at the force field. Anime tried to get through the invisible wall. Falcon laughed as he said "you can't break through my force field. Nothing can unless it's just as dark as me." Anime smirked as she darkly said "oh but I CAN GET THROUGH BIRD BOY!!" Than somehow Anime got through and she clawed at Falcon. Ryu and Renji just stared at Anime with wide eyes again.
They couldn't believe it. Anime broke through. Ryu calmly said "I just hope that Anime doesn't stay like that for long. Or she might be like that forever." Renji nodded. Anime growled as she said "give... Masukee-chan... Back!" Falcon laughed as he made the portal bigger saying "I don't think so. You may have broken through my force field. But even you can't control the darkness that's in you. Soon enough you'll fall to the darkness that haunts you." Anime yelled "SHUT UP YOU SON OF A BITCH!!"
Than she charged at Falcon again but he used a strange blast of energy at Anime and she went flying. When she hit the ground she was out cold. Ryu yelled "ANIME!!" Than he ran to her and held her trying to wake her up. Renji ran toward Falcon and Masukee but before she could reach them they disappeared in the portal. When the portal was about to close she threw a sutra at it keeping it open.
Ryu yelled "Anime! Anime wake up! Come on and wake up! Renji ran to Ryu and Anime saying "is she alright?" Ryu didn't know what to say. He wasn't sure. The only thing he could say was "I don't know. I can feel that she's fading to the darkness, I don't know what's going on! I don't know what to do!" Renji calmly said "here let me see her for a moment. There's a way to help her." Ryu placed Anime on the grass as Renji placed her hand on Anime's head saying a chant in a unknown language.
A green light was around her hand and after a few minutes the green light faded. Renji moved her hand and said "Anime can you hear me?" Anime squinted her eyes a bit than she opened her eyes slightly as she said "what... what happened?" Ryu calmly said "well... It's hard to say but I think you can explain later. Right now I think that we should save Masukee and you should go home."
Anime tried to stand but Ryu pushed her back down saying "Anime let Akuma take you home." Anime calmly said "I'm not going home. I'm going to hell to save Masukee-chan. I'm the only one that can stand the heat. I have to go and save her." Ryu yelled "NO! I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU GO TO HELL ANIME!YOU WERE ALMOST LOST TO THE DARKNESS! YOUR NOT GOING!" Anime looked at Ryu as she said "no... I'm going. You can't do anything about it Ryu-kun." Ryu growled more as he said "I don't care Anime! Your not going!"
Finally Anime stood up as she said "I. Am. Going. Ryu-kun I just said that I can take the heat way better so just leave it at that! I'm going and your not going to get me to change my mind!" Akuma chuckled as he said "she... has a... point Ryu." Ryu glared at Akuma and said "who's side are you on!?" Than he looked back at Anime and saw that she was heading toward the portal. He was about to go after her until Akuma stopped him saying "no... Let her... go Ryu... She has.. a point... She can... stand the... heat better... She was... born with... her powers... You had to... learn how... to control... fire after... what happened... when you... were a kid... Besides... you can't protect her... from everything..."
Renji followed Anime saying "Anime let me come too! I'm 1/4 vampire so the heat won't bother me either. Ryu you keep the portal open." He nodded as he saw them both enter the portal. Akuma calmly said "you like... her." "Do not!" Yelled Ryu. Akuma sighed as he said "just... tell her... how you... feel... I'm sure... that she'll... return... your feelings..." Ryu sighed as he said "I really don't get what your talking about Akuma. Can we just end this already?" Akuma smirked as he said "nope."
In Hell
Anime and Renji were falling as they saw the ground getting closer. Renji asked "Anime... What happened back there... You know before you passed out like that?" Anime sighed sadly as she said "when my anger gets too high for me to control. The... the darkness in my heart takes control. I try to stay calm but when Falcon was hurting Masukee-chan I guess I lost it. After all you guys are my first real friends." Renji nodded as she said "I guess that's understandable. But how come you never mentioned that before?"
Anime sighed as she said "I guess I just didn't want to worry anyone. Mostly Ryu-kun. I had a feeling that he would worry too much. He seems to worry about me a lot... I don't understand why though." Renji saw the look in Anime's eyes and right away she knew what she saw. She saw that Anime had feelings for the Neko demon and smiled thinking 'Anime does have feelings for Ryu! Man he's going to be happy about that! But maybe it's better if she tells Ryu this instead of me.'
Than they landed on the ground. Anime calmly took a deep breath and said "they're this way." Than Anime ran forward with Renji following behind her. Renji asked "what do you see Anime?" Anime sighed as she said "at the moment I only see fire. My mind sight power only works when it wants. And at the moment it doesn't want to work. Let's just keep going. Cause I have a good feeling that as soon as this is over that I'm going to end up passing out."
Renji nodded as she understood. After all Anime should be out cold right now. But she was up and trying to stay awake. They ran for what seemed like hours. They had a feeling that they weren't going to get to Masukee in time. But they also had a feeling that they would.
With Masukee
Masukee was chained to two metal poles. She stared at the ground as she said "so you promised that you would leave my friends alone. As long as I went with you to hell." Falcon laughed as he said "yeah but... I lied. Cause two of your friends are coming to save you. The fire inu demon and that other girl." Masukee gasped as she quietly said "Anime and Renji. You wouldn't harm them!" Falcon laughed darkly as he said "no I wouldn't harm them. I'd kill them."
Masukee tried to break free but she failed. And Falcon made a strange whip appear and started to hit Masukee with it. He calmly said with a smirk "you won't break free! No one will save you! Your mine!" Masukee screamed in pain as she was hit with the whip over and over. She just wanted the pain to stop. But sadly that wasn't possible. For the pain was too intense and it wasn't going to stop anytime soon.
She had hoped that he would stop. That she should have seen through Falcons lie. Should have stayed with her friends. She should have known that everyone could protect themselves. But she didn't. She only cared for their well fare. Masukee just wished that her friends would show up and help her. She just wanted all of his pain to stop right now! But what she didn't know is that Anime and Renji were already there thinking up a plan to save her.
Anime and Renji were behind a huge rock pillar. Forming a plan. Renji calmly said "hm.. what do you think if we both try to take him out?" Anime shook her head as she said "that might work but what about Masukee-chan? We can't just leave her there. Besides the chains are draining her life energy. If they stay attached to her for too long than she'll die. I know your better with chains than I am. So you get the chains and I'll handle Falcon." "Why do you get all the fun?" Asked a pouting Renji.
Anime smirked as she said "cause. I can handle a immortal. After all when I first fought Will I was able to kill him. Falcon is another one of the immortals so he'll be tough. Alright I'll get his attention and when he's away from Masukee-chan you get the chains off and fast! But since those chains are tough you'll need something to melt them." Than Anime took her sword off of her bracelet and it transformed in her hand.
She gave it to Renji as she said "the sword takes orders from it's master so if I tell it to take let you use it than it will. Just be careful. This sword sometimes has a mind of it's own." Renji nodded as Anime slipped away from the pillar. She yelled "HEY FALCON! DO YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN TAKE ME ON!!" Falcon turned to face Anime and said "so you arrived? A lot sooner than I thought. Well this should be fun fighting the great General Anime."
Anime smirked as she said "I'm not a general anymore. I gave all that up years ago." Than Falcon charged at Anime and Anime moved away from Masukee giving Renji the chance to go up to Masukee and get the chains off. Renji swung Anime's sword trying to melt the chains off. But it wasn't working. This of course wasn't working. Renji looked at the sword as she thought 'how do I work this thing?'Than she recalled all the times Anime used it. Anime was always using it to protect or when she was mad. But how did the flames work on it?
Anime gave Falcon punch after punch. But falcon stopped all of them. He calmly said "I thought that you were stronger than this. But I guess not." Anime smirked as she said "oh but I am. FIRE OF THE DRAGON!" Than Anime breathed fire like a dragon and it burned Falcon. When the fire disappeared so did Falcon. She looked around and didn't see him anywhere. When she was about to go back to the others Falcon grabbed her by the neck.
She gasped as she said "but how? My fire should have vaporised you!" He smirked as he said "nope. Your attacks do nothing. Your still weak from letting your own inner darkness to control you. You won't survive down here. But since I'm not in the mood to deal with you anymore puppy. So I'll just get rid of you the other way." Than he threw Anime in a strange pond. Masukee saw this and yelled "oh no! Anime!" Renji looked at the pond and asked "what's so bad about that pond?" Masukee calmly said "that pond is known as the pond of the dead. Who ever falls in ends up dead by the creature that lives down there. It pulls you deep in the pond until your deep enough so when you do get free that you won't get out in time."
Renji stared wide eyed at the pond. Not believing what she had just heard. But the bubbles soon disappeared. Falcon came closer and closer than grabbed Renji by the neck. He said "do you really think that you can save Masukee? Just look at what happened to James and your friend Anime. They're both dead." Than something white and furry grabbed Falcon by the neck. There was a voice saying "dead am I? Than how am I still here?" Than Falcon was thrown away by the furry thing and Renji fell to the ground.
When she looked up she saw Anime and saw that that white furry thing was a... tail? Renji asked "since when do you have a tail?" Anime laughed a bit as she said "I always had one. It was just cut off a few years ago when I was still a general. A huge battle and it got cut off. But I'm just glad that it finally grew back. I see that you weren't able to get the flames to appear on the sword."
Than Anime walked up to the chains and focused her fire on the chains. Masukee fell to the ground and everyone saw her left arm. Her left arm was a macanacle arm? Masukee saw their stares and said "if your wondering why I have this. I'll make a long story short. A man named Lucifer. He melted my arm and I got this one to replace it." Renji nodded as she said "alright. But what are we going to do? Falcon is going to come back!" As soon as that was said Falcon did come back. He was getting closer and closer to them with a dark, cold and death glare. Anime glared at Falcon as did Renji. Masukee was about to attack until Anime charged at Falcon.
But Falcon swiped his claws and hit Anime. She skidded to the ground and was out gold. Masukee charged as well but the same thing happened but went the other way. Than Falcon grabbed Renji by the neck and said "you mean a lot to James. Ever since he came here he just kept fighting me. And now to make him pay by killing you." Than out of no where a huge thunder bolt appeared and vaporised Falcon. Renji fell to the ground. When she looked up she saw someone that she thought she wouldn't see ever again. It was James. And he had his own body.
Renji ran to him and happily said "James! YOUR ALIVE!!" He smiled and wrapped his arms around her as he said "I'm a immortal Renji. I can't die." Than Anime woke up rubbing her head saying "man that hurts." Than she looked up and saw a James with Renji. She said "who the heck are you!?" James looked at Anime and said "I'm James. It's good to see you again Anime." Anime was shocked as she said "it's you? But I thought that you gave up your life to save Renji-chan, James." He nodded as he said "yeah. But I can't really die. Anyway we should head out before the portal closes."
Anime nodded and was about to get Masukee until James grabbed her saying "I'll carry her. After all I know your still healing. Lets go." Than everyone walked through the portal. Standing there was Ryu and Akuma. When he saw Anime he ran to her and gave her a big hug saying "you're alright!" Anime gasped saying "can't... breath!" He broke the hug saying "sorry about that Anime." Anime caught her breath as she said "that's alright Ryu-" Before she could finish her sentence she fainted in Ryu's arms.
Ryu held Anime in his arms saying "I guess she's still tired. We should head back. Oh and hey James." James was confused as he said "you know who I am?" Ryu nodded as he said "it's easy to tell that your the same James that who's soul was within Renji. Good to see that you're alive and well." James nodded as he said "well we should head back to the house. Anime was badly hurt as you can plainly see. She's covered in deep cuts from the pond of death. The only good thing for her is that her tail grew back."
Ryu nodded and carried Anime back bridal style with Akuma following behind him. Everyone that was awake had only one thought 'he SO likes her.'