Chapter 12: The Miracle
AN: I'm sorry… This story is going to be finished after a few chapters… the continuation or the epilogue will be contained in the next book called the White Day's Revenge. Arigatou for reading the first two books!!
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"This time I surrender
My everything forever
Life doesn't matter
Just our souls together…" – From the song 'Kismet' by Silent Sanctuary
AN: Just thought you all would like the theme of the song!! Go SS!!
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'Gusoku'
They fall down towards the earth. He, the one fully faulty to all the things that happened to her, snaked his arms around her petite waist and head. He was ready to be responsible for his own misfortune. It is his curse after all.
'Tonji'
She, the sunflower of the whole group, the baby sister of everyone, the…
First ever woman who captured his heart…
…
He would never seize to protect this girl…
'Sashinoberu'
That's why he would rather die than not protect the life of the girl he loved…
And that's when the miracle happened.
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They were falling steadily then…
"Umf…!"
They stopped in mid air! Naru could feel a hand gripping his left hand. He could feel pain in his left elbow. Perhaps he broke it…
His right hand was still gripping Mai so as not to let her fall. Slowly, he looked up and…
A bloody hand!!
A bloody hand was gripping his left hand! A bloody hand…
No arm… no body… just the bloody hand…
Mai slowly raised her head and saw the 'hand' and shivered.
"Don't mind it. Hug me tighter so you won't slip."
As if on instinct, Mai hugged her boss.
"Grip my shoulder blades." He said and she did what she was told. Then, they both looked up. Naru could hear Mai's fast heartbeat. He could also swear his was also fluttering. But he intently glared at the hand. Their very existence depends on the ghost's hand. Factually, it depends on which the hand belong to…
Suddenly, as if reading Naru's thoughts, a dark void appeared to where the hand cuts off and began to move upward. As the two teens watched, horrified in Mai's case, the elbows appeared. Then sleeves of a dress… then the face…!
Naru can't believe what he's seeing. Mai was scared of the figure holding Naru's hand but confused all the same. The spirit was smiling, not the one that was devilish as if yearning for blood. It was smiling sweetly, caringly, lovingly…
"Keiko-san…?" Naru said with such a confused expression.
"You know her, Naru?" Mai asked. She looked at the woman once more. Her long, wavy, orange hair was fluttering about her in as if it was as light as feather. There seems to be a gash on the side of her head. From it, blood freely flowed across her face. There was another wound in her arm that seemed to be flowing slowly and steadily to her hand that holds Naru's. Mai looked at her body and she noticed that she was wearing a pretty dress of dark beige. The dress looks like it was composed of a tight, buttoned-up long-sleeve and aa very frilly dress. There were frills on the cuffs of the sleeves. The skirt part seemed to be flowing just like her hair. There were lots of overlapping frills on her dress. If it had not been for the blood all over her body and face, she would have passed for a model and Mai would have been very overjoyed with seeing such a woman.
'Oliver…' the woman mouthed, but even though it would be normally said that she said his name, it would also be said that she mouthed it. Her voice seemed to echo in the skulls of the two instead of coming from her mouth.
'Good thing I got in time…' she mouthed and then she smiled.
"Could you please bring us up?" Naru said.
The woman's eyebrows creased a little. So did Mai's… He actually said 'please'…!
'There is a battle field above and the both of you are not fit to join such a battle.' She said with worry in her eyes.
"I'm fit enough even though my assistant is weak. I am willing to fight." Naru said and for some unknown reasons Mai got an anger charm on the side of her head.
"What do you mean 'my assistant is weak'?" Mai muttered.
"You heard me Mai."
"Like hell I'm weak! I'll fight, too!" She shouted.
Then Naru looked straight into her eyes. She felt the urge to look away but, no, she won't lose to this one!
"Fine then." Then he looked away. Mai sure saw, for a moment, some agitation in his eyes.
'Looks like I can't stop you children. If it had been me and Raika, we would have done the same.' She said.
They floated gently up till they reached the roof. They were greeted by wave after wave of psychic power smothering their bodies with warmth and coldness then after.
'I never thought of the day that I would see the both of you at such a dimension.'The ghost Yukio said.
'Shut up, bastard. You should have expected this the first time you saw me.' Raika smirked.
Naru observed their surroundings. The monk, miko and priest were trying hard to form a barrier to lock both spirits within a dimension. They received one great wave of psychic power and they were off their feet once again. Naru noticed Yasuhara, Madoka and Masako very far away from the rest. It seems like they had a barrier set around them by the miko.
'Oh, look at that. The boy and his friend are finally here. Wanna join the party again?' Yukio laughed as he sprang in an inhuman speed to the pair. Suddenly, the Raika was in front of him, blocking him with a surge of psychic power.
'How dare you turn your back on your enemy?' he smirked.
Mai was surprised at the pressure of the psychic waves swirling about her. The reason she was able to hold out till now was because she got used to Naru's but, the psychic power about them is so strong. She can't focus her eyes. She gripped Naru's black sleeve. She is not going to miss this! She promised to join the fight! She will stay just beside Naru, cheering him on as well as their other companions. She will act as their strength, no longer their nuisance.
'That's the spirit!' the ghost Naru called Keiko appeared behind Mai. She felt it behind her. The sudden chill seemed to have brought her back to earth and she looked at the man blocking Yukio's ghost. He had black hair and sapphire blue eyes. That's when she connected the sights she saw. Suddenly, Keiko appeared beside the man called Raika.
'No matter what we say, I'm sure he won't listen.' She said with a smile on her face.
'You want to join the fun too, Keiko?' Yukio said. She suddenly looked at him dead pan in the eyes, with a killing gaze.
'You've had it all. Factually, I could have given you something better than this, better than everything in your life!' he said. He smiled a devious smile, 'You just have to whore around, do you?'
A sudden wave of psychic energy surged through Yukio. His spirit stumble a half-step. He gritted his teeth.
'You must never take your eyes off me, kusotare.' Raika said loudly. Suddenly, he was in front of Yukio's ghost again. He put a palm in front of him and Yukio's spirit bounced off. Yukio looked at Raika and Mai caught fear in his expression. She managed a glimpse of Raika's face and it showed a deadly aura. She was sure she saw that expression once before. The same expression that makes you feel as if you'll die the instant you locked eyes. Looking at the ghost gave Mai a sort of crawling fear at the back of her spine. Her stomach gave an all-mighty jump.
'You're as weak as you were before. I wonder how you got such a stupid curse to work…' Raika murmured.
As if on cue, a huge, black, double door opened in the middle of the roof. It has intricate designs on its borders. Slowly it opened.
It was darkness for a moment then…!
Hands burst forth! Bloody and burned hands sprung forth from the door. It sprung forth from the front and the back. Then screams followed. Lots of screams… horrifying and devious… like it came from hell itself. They felt heat coming from the door. Suddenly, a strong stench reached their noses. The stench of burning bodies... Is it the doorway to hell…?
'Looks like Gene did his homework…' Keiko said. Gene materialized near Naru…
'Sorry, Noll. It took me a long time before I got to this beauty…' he said with a gentle smile that Mai have always known. She took a stolen glance to look at Naru and saw him smiling. A smile she hadn't seen before yet, she seems to have known all along. A smile that was different from Gene's… so much different… so much sweeter…
She then looked at Gene. He was holding a fan. It was shaped like an animated fire and wind in one. Its handle has designs of air and is black. Wait, this is…!
"A tengu fan!" she cried out loud.
'Yes, Mai. A tengu fan that has the ability to open different dimensions. One such dimension is hell. I just opened the door to hell.' Gene said as he smiled, 'Now, all we need to do is to force that stupid spirit to go to hell.'
'Well, ain't this interesting?' Yukio said as his spirit stood up.
'You know very well who's going to go to hell…' Raika smirked.
'Not without taking you with me!'
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AN: haaaaaaaaayyyyyy! This chapter is soooooo hard to type… I noticed... I'm uploading stories in a freakin' speed!!
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Chapter notes: (search jeffrey's japanese english dictionary.
'Gusoku' - completeness, armor, armour, coat of mail or stupid son
'Tonji' - an excuse or my foolish son
'Sashinoberu' - (1) to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to stretch; to reach out for; (2) to thrust (javelin); (3) to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
'kusotare' - (n) vulgar epithet; shithead; bastard
tengu fan - I got the idea from the anime Naruto and Tactics and , of course, xxxHolic. In the fanfic, it can create wind and fire, create gateways to different dimensions, and create illusions. (sounds like the three legendary mangekyou sharingan types...)