FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WILL YOU JUST DIE ALREADY!!
It's been over a week since what happened with Falcon's soul trying to control Renji's body. Anime's arm was finally healed and Masukee and Marcus were close as ever! As were James and Renji. They were getting closer. Ryu of course he was trying to figure out how he was feeling for Anime. He doesn't understand what he feels for her. Of course everyone tells him that he loves her and that he should just tell her already. But he just doesn't know if he truly does or not. As for Akuma he just disappeared a few days after Falcon tried to control Renji.
Renji was walking down the stairs with James. Their smiles were bright. As if they forgotten all about the endless battles. James smiled as he said "so Renji, what would you like to do today?" Renji placed her hand on her chin as she thinking on what they should do. "How about... we go for a walk?" Said a still smiling Renji. James nodded as he said "but I guess we should also be careful with you being pregnant and all. She nodded as she said "don't forget James. It's me."
James chuckled as he said "yeah, so true, so true." Renji giggled as she said "I just wish that everything would be normal. You know for the fights to stop. And how Anime tries to avoid her past . She's been through so much. We all have. I wish that we all can have normal lives. And that Ryu would just tell Anime how he feels."
James nodded as he said "yeah. He should tell her how he feels." Than Renji and James walked out of the house. Masukee and Marcus walked out of their room and they looked around the house. Marcus asked in a calm tone "are we the only ones up?" Masukee shrugged as she said "I don't think so. From the scent around here Renji and James already woke up and walked outside. Might as well as go out too. It is a nice day outside after all." He nodded and they walked outside and sat under a tree.
Than Anime woke up and walked to the kitchen. She started to look through the cupboards to find something to have a snack on. But didn't find anything. She sighed sadly as she thought 'there's no apples left... Time to get some more I guess.'When she turned around she saw Ryu staring at her. Ryu smiled as he said "hello Anime-chan. How's your arm?" Anime calmly said with a smile "it healed up nicely. Thank you for asking. huh?" Ryu saw Anime's confused expression and he asked "something wrong Anime?"
Anime calmly said "yeah... Aren't your eyes blue Ryu-kun?" He nodded as he asked "why do you ask?" "Well... it's just that your eyes aren't blue anymore. They're gold." Said a confused Anime. Ryu was now confused as he thought 'they're gold? They haven't been gold in a while... I wonder why they changed to gold now?'Anime calmly said "well... I think that gold suits you better than dark blue for your eyes."
Ryu blushed as he said "thanks Anime-chan." She smiled as she said "well I'm going out for a bit. I'm going apple picking." Ryu looked up as he asked "can I come with you?" Anime nodded as she said "sure. It'd be nice to have some company." Than Anime grabbed a basket and said "lets get going Ryu-kun!" He smiled and followed her out the door. They walked to the forest.
With James and Renji
James and Renji were walking around the lake. They kept smiling and they laughed almost like a married couple. James looked at the lake as he said "this almost reminds me of the time when you were a kid Renji. You would always go to the lake to get away from your mother. You and Damian were closer than any other siblings. Even me and Will were never that close. I just wished that Will was still his old self instead of that mad man that wanted power."
Renji felt James pain and wanted to help him. She placed a comforting hand on his shoulder as she said "James... I know that you felt a great amount of pain. And that you felt like you couldn't do anything to stop it. And that maybe true but there's always other options." James placed his hand over hers as he said "yeah your right Ren. But I do know that there isn't any other option about you. I love you and I'll never leave you or our pup."
Renji smiled as she said "and I'll love you and our pup as well. I just hope that we can all live in peace. Everyone deserves that." He nodded as he said "yeah. Everyone deserves peace. But don't forget Renji. As long as there are evil demons out there that want us gone. Than they'll keep coming. They're after something, I don't know what but it's here." She nodded as she said "yeah. I've noticed that too. What are they after though?"
"That is something that even I don't know Renji. I wish that I knew but I don't." Said a depressed James. Renji walked in front of him as she said "there's no point in being depressed James. We have so many people around us." James smirked as he said "yeah. Once again your right Renji." Than he gave her a loving kiss and as for Renji, she returned his kiss.
With Marcus and Masukee
Marcus and Masukee were sitting by a nice shaded tree. Masukee leaned her head on his shoulder as they talked. They wanted to catch up with each other. With what happened, what they missed. Everything. Masukee looked at Marcus as she asked "so what happened while you were in hell?" "I was tourchered everyday. The same as you were. But than again you were only tourchered for a day cause your friends saved you. By the way... Wasn't Anime the one who destroyed your village?"
Masukee nodded as she asked "why would you ask Marcus?" He just shrugged as he said "I was just wondering. That was all. She isn't anything from what I heard." "She was that way for a while. She was like that for six years. We shouldn't talk about her past. I don't think that she would like that." Said a calm Masukee.
He nodded as Marcus said "yeah... I guess your right. So how have you been Masukee?" She calmly said "I'm alright. I'm just glad that your back. I missed you so much." Marcus smiled as he said "that's good to hear Masukee. I'm glad that you found great friends that care about you. I know we had friends before but I guess your new friends are more friendly."
She nodded as she said "yeah. I guess your right. I'm glad that I made new friends. And I'm glad to have you back. I just missed you so much!" He chuckled as he said "and I missed you too Masukee. I missed you too." Than Marcus gave Masukee a loving and passionate kiss.
With Ryu and Anime
Anime and Ryu had just got to where they wanted. They were in the deepest part of the forest. Ryu calmly asked "so why are we in this part of the forest?" Anime calmly said "well... This part of the forest has the best apples. I always come here." He tilted his head to the side as he said "you really like apples don't you?" Anime nodded as she said "yeah I love apples. Well I'm going to start picking some over here. There are some over there."
He nodded as he started to pick some apples. As did Anime. After almost 20 minutes they both had two baskets full of apples. They smiled at what they had and were about to walk back until a strange wind blade came flying down and it hit Ryu. "RYU-KUN!" Yelled Anime. Than there was a manacle laugh. Anime turned to face the source of the laugh and when she saw the person laughing she just couldn't believe who it was.
"OH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WILL YOU JUST DIE ALREADY!!"Yelled Anime. Standing there was Falcon. He smirked as he said "I won't stay down. You and James both have tried to kill me. So have your friends. But they can't stop me. I can't be stopped. You're all weak. Nothing can stop me. And nothing ever will." Anime looked at Ryu who was trying to get back up.
She just stared at him as she was about to walk back until Falcon grabbed her by the neck. He said in a dark tone of voice "you can't stop me. General Anime." "I'm not a damn general anymore! I gave all that up!" Yelled Anime. Falcon just smirked as he said "you mean like how you gave up on all those promises. You made three and you broke them all." Ryu looked up as he thought 'promises?'
Anime glared at Falcon as he said "I may have broken two of my promises but I don't care anymore! I only protect my friends!" Than she was about to dig her claws in his arm but before she could Falcon threw her to a tree. Ryu got up and charged at Falcon with rag in his eyes. Falcon saw him and punched him in the gut knocking all the air out of his lungs. Ryu fell to the ground trying to catch his breath. Falcon smirked as he said "be a good neko while I deal with the ex general."
Falcon walked up to Anime as Ryu thought 'leave her alone! Please leave Anime alone!'Falcon got closer to Anime as he said "time for you to die Anime. You and your friends got in my way for the last time! SO DIE!" Than he made a sword appear. He held it tightly in his hand and the blade was heading toward her. Ryu saw this as he yelled "ANIME NO!!"Time seemed to freeze for Anime. She thought that she was going to die right then and there.
But it wouldn't have mattered to her anyway, cause she was going to die from what was slowly killing her anyway. She closed her eyes as she waited for everything to end right then and there. Than nothing happened. She just felt something splatter on her face. When she opened her eyes she saw someone standing in front of her. Anime looked up and she saw who it was... it was Masukee... But when did she get here?
Falcon looked at Masukee as he said "why would you protect someone who destroyed your village Masukee?" Masukee smiled a bit as she said "that wasn't Anime, who destroyed my village... It was the darkness in her heart that destroyed it. Anime is a good person. And no one is perfect. I won't let you harm anyone Falcon. Not anymore..." Than Falcon took the blade out of Masukee's chest and she hit the ground hard.
Marcus showed up as he saw Masukee on the ground and Anime staring blankly at her. Ryu was glad that Anime was safe but he couldn't sense Masukee's life energy anymore. He knew that she... she was dead. Than Ryu stared at Anime and saw that her mind had gone blank. For her eyes didn't leave Masukee's dead body. Something was on her mind. She was remembering something that she wanted to forget... But what could it be?
Falcon stared at Anime as he said "what's the matter Anime? Remembering what you did in the past. With your family... Or have you finally snapped that your other promise was broken?" Marcus held Masukee's body in his arms as he sobbed. Falcon just laughed as he said "you all truly are weak! Masukee was weak! Letting her emotions get a hold of her. The same goes for the rest of you!"
Than Falcon started to walk toward Ryu as he said "Anime's soul has been crushed. From what I can sense. She hasn't got the will to move feeling that she's failed to protect everyone." Than Ryu stared at Falcon as he was thinking on what he should do. But nothing came to mind.
Than someone grabbed Falcon by his neck and threw him to a tree. Ryu looked up as he saw Anime standing there. Her bangs covered her eyes. He calmly said "Anime?" She stared at Ryu with her dark red eyes. Right away he knew what happened... Anime was taken over by the darkness in her heart again.
Anime than stared at Falcon and charged at him throwing punch after punch. Ryu ran to Marcus and Masukee. He calmly said "Marcus how did Masukee know that Falcon was here?" Marcus wiped the tears from his eyes as he said "she could sense him. That's the best way I can say it. She just sensed him." Ryu than stared at Anime wondering if she was still in control or at least a little bit. But he couldn't sense her at all.
Than he felt someone else coming. Ryu knew who it was and when he saw two figures getting closer he was right. It was James and Renji. James walked up to Ryu and ask "what happened?" Ryu calmly said "Falcon appeared again. He tried to kill Anime but killed Masukee. And now the darkness in Anime's heart is controlling her again. I don't know what to do!" Renji saw Anime punching Falcon and giving him a few kicks. Not stopping at all.
James looked at Anime than back at Ryu as he said "it's simple Ryu! I'll hold Falcon off while you grab Anime and try to calm her down." Ryu was confused as he said "how am I suppose to do that?" James smirked as he said "trust me. You can calm her down." Than James made a lightning like sword appear in his hands and he charged at Falcon. And Ryu ran to the battle to get Anime.
Ryu wrapped his arms around Anime holding her back from the fight. As for James he was holding Falcon back by swinging his sword at him. He knew that the only way to kill Falcon this time and for good was to get everyone to work together. Ryu held onto Anime as tight as he could. He knew that it wasn't going to be easy getting her to calm down. Anime kept screaming and squirming as she tried to get free.
She yelled "LET ME GO! I HAVE TO KILL HIM!"Ryu calmly said "no... Not until you return to your senses!" Anime growled deadly as she said "I'm warning you! If you don't let me go than I'll make you regret it!" Ryu tightened his grip on Anime as he said "I'll take my chances." She growled more than she bit Ryu's arm and she bit him so hard that he started to bleed a bit. Ryu winced from the small pain as he said "Anime! You have to top this!"
Renji walked up to Anime as she said "Anime please stop this! You have too before your gone to the darkness." Anime bit down on Ryu's arm harder causing him to wince more in pain. "Please Anime. Stop this. This isn't you... What happened to the Anime that told me to be strong in heart? Those words you said about being strong in heart and so I could protect those dear to me." He leaned his head onto hers as he whispered "and to me your... someone I care for the most Anime..."
Anime's eyes went wide as tears started to run down her face. She than stopped growling and pulled her fangs out of Ryu's arm. Ryu calmly asked "are you alright Anime?" Anime turned her head to face him as she said "I'm so sorry Ryu..." Ryu saw that her eyes had returned to their normal fire red as he said "that's alright Anime. I'm just glad that your safe. We should help James though."
Anime nodded as Ryu released her from his grip. Ryu calmly asked "how are we going to kill Falcon?" Anime calmly said "I don't know but if I remember it right we always attacked Falcon alone. We never combined our powers. Maybe that'll be enough to kill him for good!" Ryu nodded as he said "that sounds like a plan." Anime turned to face Falcon as she thought 'I'll have to use one of my most powerful attacks to help kill Falcon.'
Than she heard someone groaning in pain. When she turned around she saw Ryu on his knees in pain. She ran to him she asked "are you alright Ryu?" Ryu said "I'm in a huge amount of pain for some reason! I don't know why!" Than he screamed in pain as wings came out of his back. Anime was shocked to see wings come out of his back. Ryu panted in pain as he said "that hurts like hell!"
James got punched in his chest which knocked all of the air out of his lungs. Renji yelled "JAMES!!"Everyone turned to face James and saw him on the ground. Anime yelled "Renji we have to combine our attacks!" Renji nodded as she readied her lightning blade. James got up and stood next to her. Ryu knew that they also had to attack from the air as well. So he grabbed Anime and he took flight.
She stared at him as she said "Ryu what are you doing! You better not be taking me away from the fight after all we all have to attack him together!" Ryu calmly said "don't worry... I'm not taking you away from the fight. James and Renji will attack him from the ground. We'll attack him from the air. Please just trust me on this Anime..." Anime nodded as she said "I trust you Ryu."
Than Renji and James was getting their thunder attack ready, as for Ryu and Anime they were getting their fire attacks ready. James and Renji both yelled "Kimi amoresgah, ikia hikari!" The thunder attack came out of both of their swords and hit Falcon. Anime yelled "FIRE OF THE DARTS!" Her claws ignite with fire and went straight for Falcon as did the thunder attacks. Ryu than yelled "Dragon des gadious!!" Than a glowing ball of aura appears in Ryu's mouth and he lunched it right at Falcon/ It merged with Anime's attack and it hit Falcon.
Falcon screamed out in pain as his body disintegrated. Ryu landed on the ground as he let Anime go. He smiled a he said with excitement "WE DID IT! WE KILLED HIM!" Anime nodded with a smile as she said "yeah!" James saw Ryu's wings as he said "so.. since when do you have wings Ryu?" Ryu looked at his wings as they flapped a bit. He calmly said "just now. I'm not sure how I got them... But at least they came in handy."
Anime nodded as she said "yeah! It was like you're a guardian angle!" He looked away as he thought 'hm, a guardian angel... I'll be your angel Anime...'James sadly said "we won the battle but... We lost Masukee." Anime calmly said "there's a way to bring her back." Everyone looked at Anime and Marcus asked "what do you mean Anime? How can we bring Masukee back?"
Anime smiled a bit as she calmly said "a long time ago there was a man who created a jewel. It had the power to bring anyone back from the dead. It's called the Jewel of Life. It's in a shrine known as the Shrine of Life. Only the descendant of the creator can use it."
James calmly asked "how do you know about this Anime?" Anime kept her smile as she said "cause I'm the descendant of the creator of the jewel." James was in shock as he said "damn that woman survived?!" Everyone now looked at James. Ryu calmly asked "ok now I'm lost... James is there something that your not telling us?" James sighed as he said "ummm...heh. This is something even Renji-chan doesn't know. Well truth is...I'm really 2,259 years old. And the woman I said survived, she was my girlfriend back when I really was 25...I had gotten her pregnant while she was in my village and a few days later a war broke out...I thought she was dead but you're proof enough that she made it."
Anime was in shock as she said "so your telling me that..." James smiled a bit as he said "yeah, which means you're related to me by blood. I'm the creator of the Jewel of Life. I created it when my most beloved girl died...and that girl I had knocked up, she was just a rebound girl. She knew that, yet she loved me still. I never deserved someone like that, and I certainly know that I never deserve Renji either."
Renji hugged James as she said "but you do James. I love you and I always will." James hugged her back as he said "well I should get Masukee to the shrine. I'll be back later." Than he picked up Masukee and carried her in his arms as he walked away toward the shrine of life.
Anime stared at Ryu as she said "so... are those wings permanent? Or can they come and go?" Ryu calmly said "I'm not really sure. This is the first time they appeared." Than his wings disappeared and he said "well... I guess they can come and go..." Renji smirked as she said "Ryu don't you have something to say to Anime?" Anime looked at Renji than at Ryu as she said "what is Renji-chan talking about Ryu?" Ryu turned to face Renji than back at Anime as he said "I don't know! I don't know what she's talking about! Renji just knock it off!"
Than he jumped in a tree and Renji sighed. Than Anime sensed something. It was Falcon's life energy. And he was heading toward Renji. Anime panicked and she ran to Renji. Pushing her out of the way taking the hit. Renji hit the ground saying "ow! Just what the hell are you- Anime!" Ryu looked at Anime and saw that she was taking a huge blast of demonic energy. After the blast disappeared so did Anime's screams of pain. She hit the ground and there was no responds from her.
Ryu yelled "ANIME! NO!!" He jumped out of the tree and saw a half dead Falcon.(I know this dude doesn't know when to give up!) Renji rolled Anime to her back as she kept saying "oh fuck! Please don't be dead Anime!" She placed her head close to Anime's chest and sighed in relief. She calmly thought 'she still has a heart beat. She's still alive. Thank god.'Than Renji chanted a unknown language as a green light appeared around Anime.
Ryu glared at the half dead Falcon as he said "you harmed Anime... I'LL KILL YOU!!" Than Ryu transformed into a huge neko. His fur was the same color was the same color as his hair. His eyes were a bright red.(also in case if no one gets what I mean at all he's like a cat... only WAY bigger alright back to the story) Ryu charged at Falcon and bit his neck. He growled as he said to the half dead Falcon "you'll pay for harming my friends! And for harming ANIME!"
Than Ryu literally ripped Falcon to shreds. He returned to normal panting. His eyes were still red as he calmly said "the bastard's dead. He's a coward!" Ryu than wiped the blood from his mouth as his eyes returned to gold. He walked up to Renji and asked in a concern tone "is Anime going to be ok?" Renji nodded as she said "yeah. She'll be alright. Anime just needs a bit of rest and she'll be alright."
Ryu knelt next to Anime as he said "why does she do this kind of thing?" Renji shrugged as she said "I'm not sure. It's hard to say really." Than the green light faded and Renji blacked out. Ryu saw Renji and thought 'she must have used up a lot of energy to heal Anime... I'm just glad that Anime will be alright now.' "Marcus you carry Renji. I'll carry Anime. Lets head back." Said Ryu as he picked up Anime and carried her in his arms. Marcus did the same with Renji and started to walk back to the house with Ryu right behind him.
Ryu looked at Anime and saw that she was waking up. When she opened her eyes she calmly asked "is Renji-chan ok?" He nodded as he said "yeah. She just blacked out. She used a lot of power trying to heal you..." Anime smiled as she said "I'm glad that Renji-chan wasn't hurt... I'm glad that everyone is safe now..." Than Anime fell asleep and Ryu kept walking toward the house.
Marcus placed Renji in her room and Ryu placed Anime in her room. After he placed the blankets over Anime he thought 'What are my feelings for you?'Than he walked out of the room and sat on the couch. Marcus was sitting in a chair waiting for James to come back with a live Masukee.
With James
James arrived at the shrine and set Masukee down on the grass. He walked into the shrine and grabbed a green jewel. Than he walked back to Masukee and calmly chants "God of life, god of death, god of the earth. Hear and answer my pleas...grant this girl life once again!!" Than a green light appeared around Masukee giving her life once again. Masukee gasped for air for a moment than looked around. When she saw James she asked "how am I alive? Wasn't I dead?"
James calmly said "you were dead. Anime told me about the Jewel of Life... Well more like reminded me. The Jewel of Life could bring anyone back to life. I'm just glad that she reminded me or else you would still be dead." Masukee calmly asked "what do you mean remind you?" James sighed as he said "I'm the creator of the jewel. Only people with my blood can use it. And that's me and Anime."
Masukee was confused and before she could ask he said "Anime is my descendant. And that's because I'm 2,259 years old. Now we should head back. Everyone will be glad to see you." Masukee stood up and they both started to walk back to the house.
Back with the others
Ryu was still sitting on the couch in deep thought. But it didn't last long for Renji walked down the stairs saying "hey Ryu!" Ryu stared at her as he said "hey Renji..." Renjiasked "something wrong?" He shook his head as he said "no... I'm alright. I'm going outside." Than Ryu walked out of the house. Marcus asked "what's with him?"
Renji calmly said "he's worried about Anime. He may not know it or want to believe it but he likes her." Marcus nodded as he went back to thinking if Masukee is alright. But when he was just starting to think about her Masukee came walking through the door. Marcus jumped out of his seat yelling "MASUKEE!!" He ran to her giving her a big huge as he said "I'm so glad that your alive!"
Masukee smiled as she said "I know... I'm sorry to have made you worry." James walked through the door saying "it was easy to bring her back. I'm just glad that I still remembered the chant." Renji hugged James than they heard foot steps. They all saw Anime walking down the stairs. She looked around the room and said "hey everyone... Oh Masukee-chan! It's good to see you alive!" Masukee smiled as she said "yeah. It's good to be back Anime."
Anime looked around the room and asked "where's Ryu?" Renji calmly said "he's outside moping. You should have seen him freak out when you took that hit for me. He ripped Falcon to shreds." Anime looked down as she said "oh... I'll be right back." Than Anime walked outside and everyone had one thought on their minds 'she likes him.'
Now we see Ryu sitting in a tree. He's staring at the moon that had just risen up not long ago. Ryu calmly thought "Damn... I feel like Inuyasha dose 90 percent of the time..." Sighing to himself he just kept his gaze at the moon. Than he heard a voice saying "Ryu! Can I talk to you?" He almost fell out of the tree when he heard someone call for him. When he looked down he saw Anime standing there with a calm look on her face.
He jumped down from the tree and asked "what is it Anime?" Anime calmly said "I... I just wanted to say thank you... You saved me from when I was being controlled by the darkness.. And for caring about me... I've never had anyone care about me this much... When I heard that you killed Falcon cause he attacked me I never knew that you would react that way. Again... Thank you Ryu."
He saw Anime's smiling face and he calmly said "uh... Your welcome Anime..." 'she's really cute when she smiles... AGH! What am I thinking?! I can't... not after what happened last time...' Thought a frustrated Ryu. Anime tiled her head to the side as she asked "something wrong Ryu?" He shook his head as he said "no I'm fine. I'm glad that your alright Anime..." Anime smiled again as she said "well I'm going back inside... I just thought I should say thank you..." Than she kissed his cheek and ran back inside.
Ryu placed a hand on his cheek as he watch Anime disappear in the house. He calmly thought 'she... she kissed my cheek...'When Anime walked back inside she went to her room and went back to bed. Ryu decided to walk back inside. When he walked in he saw everyone but Anime in the living room. He calmly asked "where'd Anime go?" Renji calmly said "she went to bed." Masukee happily said "maybe you can wake her up like Sleeping Beauty or Snow White."
Than everyone started laughing and all Ryu did was growl as he said "THAT'S NOT FUNNY!!" Than he walked away. He walked to Anime's room. Once he opened the door he saw Anime sleeping peacefully. He slowly walked in and said "Anime?" He got no responds but he got an idea. Ryu turned into a tiny house cat and jumped on Anime's bed. When he got on her bed he laid next to her. Than the next thing he knew Anime's arm was over him and held him close.
He just purred as he fell asleep. Everyone finally calmed down and decided to go to bed. Renji calmly asked "hey? Where did Ryu go?" James calmly said "maybe he went to tell Anime how he feels." Renji nodded and went to Anime's room. When she leaned her hear to the door all she could hear was slow breathing. When she opened the door she saw Anime sleeping and a cat? When she got closer to the cat she saw it's earrings and knew right away who it was. Renji thought 'Ryu can change into a house cat? Well I guess he didn't want to wake her... Oh well.'Than Renji left the room and went to bed herself.