Ch. 14 – Danger
"Hold on Shita." Dai tries to help her heal.
"Save your strength. Where's Kagome?"
"…I don't know. She isn't with them."
"I…need her. How long?"
"You can't wait Shita. You need healing magic now."
"You need your strength for battle…" Dark blood falls down from the blade of the sword.
"Shita, listen to me, if you don't let me help you will die."
"I refuse to –"
"Shita!" Kagome runs over in her priestess robes. She drops to the ground beside Daihoushi. "Dai, how much time do we have?" She asks as she gently places glowing hands on Shita, trying to heal her.
"Rai's freeze barrier will only last for a few more minutes. How much time do you need?"
"Do what you can. I will let you know when."
"Alright. Get into fighting position Spirit Detectives!" Dai orders. "Fight off as many as you can! Our goal is to get to that castle!" He points to a dark castle surrounded by mist about a mile away. "Now prepare for battle!"
The guys choose their places and get ready to fight. "Shita? Are you still here?" Kagome starts to talk to the hell demoness who is starting to lose consciousness.
"…I'm here."
"You need to relax."
"…I can't do that…you have to remove the sword."
"Don't kill me Nakushita." Kagome slowly counts to three and pulls out the sword. Shita screams out in pain, the ground shakes with the sound. Rai appears besides Daihoushi, the freeze barrier drops, and the demons rush forward as if they had never been frozen. The battle begins again. The guys have formed a half circle around the girls in order to shield them from attacks. Shita's demonic eyes start to glow blood red as Kagome calls her by her whole name.
"C'mon Nakushita, help me out here. You will not die."
"Kagome…What are you thinking?! Stop calling!"
"No. We're going to help you and the guys at the same time Nakushita."
"It can kill you...stop waking it."
"Trust me Nakushita." Scales cover the rest of Shita's face and her normal eyes turn demonic and glows red. An evil grin spreads across her face and bright fire. The ground shakes violently, the sky becomes covered in dark clouds and lightning flashes through the air. "Sorry, but I don't want to purify your insides. Releasing your energy will help you heal." Shita gives another thunderous scream. "Duck!" Kagome yells at the guys as she holds onto one of Shita's horns and throws her other hand forward. The guys drop to the ground just in time to avoid a huge blast of energy with intertwining colors of blue and black. When the guys are finally able to get up again, every demon that once stood in front of them are nothing but burnt up skeletons. The smoke from the blast extends all the way up to the castle; the burning corpses extend a mile. Shita returns to normal and falls unconscious, her wound completely gone as well as her minor injuries. Kagome falls over and passes out. The guys don't notice right away as they are too busy gaping at the damage the two girls have just caused.
"Oh shit!" Yusuke exclaims, bringing everyone's attention to the two unconscious teammates. "What the hell are we going to do now!?"
"We're going to take them with us to the castle and hope that they wake up on the way there." Daihoushi states. "Kurama you get Kagome. I'll take Shita."
"Bro!" Raihoushi whines.
"Rai you need to shift into something that can fly and scout for us. The rest of you will take the front in case there's trouble."
(An Hour Later)
They reach the steps to the castle. "Put me down." Someone growls. "I'm awake."
"Well you weren't before." Dai responds, dropping Shita.
"Ow. Gee, thanks."
"You would've done the same to me."
"No. I'd do this." She smacks Dai points to Kurama who is still carrying the unconscious miko. "That was a stupid idea Kagome. I could've killed you."
"You healed completely. And Kagome doesn't seem to have received any damage other then the fact that she's still unconscious."
"If she doesn't wake up I'll never forgive myself."
"Since you're awake, she should be up soon?"
"And if she doesn't?"
"Then continue fighting these demons until we defeat the leader and are able to bring her home." As if they were asked for, as soon as the team opens the door to the castle they are surrounded by demons.
"Step out of our way you bastards. I am not in a good mood." Shita growls.
"You've got to be kidding me!" Yusuke points at the green zombie-like creatures. "These are the same things we fought at Maize Castle last year!"
"What are they doing here!? We killed them all!" Kuwabara exclaims. "There's no way they could've survived!"
"They couldn't. But it's pretty obvious their leader could." Hiei states.
"Suzaku didn't have enough life force to heal himself completely. And he doesn't use other demons."
Kurama points out.
"Hn. He must of used that damn bird."
"Merg. That's possible. But that still doesn't explain the other demons or this castle. He has to be working with someone."
"WATCH OUT!" Yusuke yells. Kurama and Hiei side step just in time to avoid a fireball.
"That was poorly done." Hiei states in a monotone. "Let me show you a better flame. Yusuke get the other side."
"Alright Hiei."
"Fist of the mortal flame!" The demons in one hallway are burnt to a crisp within seconds.
"Shotgun!" Yusuke yells as he releases his energy in a series of several shits. When the light from his energy clears the demons in the other hallway have several holes going through them and drop dead on the floor. "My hallway is clear."
"Which one should we take?" Kuwabara studies both hallways. "Should we split up?"
"No." Daihoushi speaks up. "Shita check both hallways please."
"Why me?"
"Cause you'll scare anyone."
"True. Alright, but only because it might be fun." She walks down the hallway on the left and around a corner. A bunch of male screams echo through the hallway, the smell of smoke drifts through the air. Shita comes back down the hallway with a smile on her face. "I wouldn't go that way."
"What did you do!?!" Yusuke exclaims.
"I took care of the demons in the hallway, duh." Shita walks down the other hallway. "This one is clear." The Rekai Tentai decide to follow her and enter a dark room.
"Waa!" Kuwabara yells as he steps past the doorway really far and falls. Yusuke grabs the back of his shirt and yanks him back against the wall.
"What the heck were you thinking!?! You're trying to get us killed!?!"
"If I was trying you'd be dead by now."
"I don't trust you!"
"I don't really care what you think."
"Rai fly across. You two stop bickering and separate." Dai demands.
"Sure thing bro." Rai shifts into an owl in order to see better and takes off into the darkness. A huge bang is heard, followed by a light thud. The small floor area shifts and disappears beneath them and they fall into the pit. The door to the room where they entered is slammed shut, closing off the only light they had.