Kit only had several moments in which she could do anything else to Übel and for some reason she couldn't get her feet to move. She had tried to lift them, pull them from where she was perched on the iron of the gates. "Why can't I move? I fel as though I.." Kit lifted her head to where Übel and Hokaiju were fighting. Though in bone dragon form, she knew that if Hokaiju were casting spells for attack that the deep and hollow sockets of the form would shine red, but the color was replaced by a shade of pale orange. "No… NO! Hokaiju!"
It was too late. Kit was rooted to her spot on the gate with the spell that Hokaiju had cast on her to keep her from doing what he knew she would. Ubel took advantage of his distracted state, wrapping the bone dragon in her flowing tail.
"It seems I finally caught you Hokaiju. Now the question is.. What shall I do with you.." Übel turned a little to look at her prisoner, her gleaming red eyes narrowing as she constricted him tightly within the confines of her tail. Even in his current form, Hokaiju had the same mass as his normal body, and the Zypher used that to her advantage to try and squeeze the life out of him.
"You can't do anything to me Übel.. You're weak and.. Gacht!" Hokaiju felt his body crack and the air suddenly squeezed from his lungs and as he tried to draw a breath, Übel's tail only tightened further, working much like a snake would. It took all of the strength he had to pull the tail apart enough to breathe once more, putting him at the mercy of what Ubel could really do to him. "Nngghh… Aaagh!" He would not beg to be let go however. Hokaiju knew he needed to be there for just a while longer.
"No more words dragon? Hehe.. Now for your precious little fox. I'm sure slaughtering her will be the start of a wonderful night of destruction!"
"Not tonight you crazy bitch!" Zero had called from across the yard, passed where Kit sat frozen on the gates, on a roof of one of the class buildings that him and Kaname occupied. His gun was lined directly at the heart of Übel and this sight only served as amusement for the shadowy fox, making her chuckle. Leering at Zero, Ubel turned her attention toward the boy, flashing a set of lance sized teeth.
"That vampire weapon… hurt me? Oh boy… you all will be such a delight to kill. I will see to it that I render your limbs from your body before I tend to the vermin on the fence." Übel licked her chops with a low growl, the sound reverberating off the ground and rumbling miles off into the distance as she took a few steps from the forest she was standing in toward the males on the rooftop. They were within a leaps distance for her, very close and a stupid decision on their part she thought, but as Ubel readied herself to attack, she realized that Hokaiju had shifted further in her grasp. Craning her neck slightly, she caught glimpse of the bone dragon as he bared his long needle like fangs and sunk them deep into the near invisible part of her tail. Blood sprayed from the deep and forceful bite, and the fox reeled her head back, howling from the pain and the poison that now began coursing through her veins.
"Yooou… bloody draaagooooon! Mrraaaaa!" The change from Hokaiju's bite was near instant. In her accelerated state, the poison that turned a person attacked her cells and mutated on contact; something that was as painful as having every bone in your body broken and the shattered remnants cutting into your nerves. Übel's shadow body transformed with the mutation, shifting from the flowing darkness, into a more solidfied mass and the red of her eyes only intensified. "Haa.. Haha.. Hahahaha..! This.. This power! Oh.. Hohoho.. Mrahahahaha! I don't know what you were thinking you worthless reptile, but I am now more powerful then before! I will easily be able to destroy this world and any other I wish!"
Yuuki watched in horror from her spot. The roof she was on was closer to Kit, and a bit to the north of where Kaname and Zero were watching. She was wringing her hands nervously and had it not have been for her decision to look back at Zero for a moment, she would not have noticed the Artemis rod that was thrown to her by Kaname. "Wha- HEY! Kaname careful where you throw that please! Wait.. Why did you throw this?"
Kaname only eyed her, the depths rather dark and menacing as he turned back to where Hokaiju was being held by Übel. He said nothing to anyone; his eyes only began to darken further and he was focused completely on Hokaiju. As the color in his eyes seemed as though they were going to turn completely black, they began to shift to a red that was a match for Übel's crimson eyes. "It's time.."
The events that took place next only happened in a matter of moments; Übel loomed closer to them all and it was at that moment that Zero fired a single shot from his Bloody Rose. He had changed positions in the time it took Übel to transform and was now pointed passed Kaname. As the shot passed him, the pure blood used his invisible strength to conjure a great gust of dagger like wind that sent the already active bullet straight at Yuuki. Those who knew Yuuki would have thought that what was coming straight at her would have sent the normally timid prefect straight in a directed that was out of the line of fire, but at that time something snapped inside her, something almost primal. It was like a caged animal had be let loose in her and all her courage with it. She extended the rod and swung with all her might. The rod and the accelerated bullet reacted for a second, the air sparking and crackling dangerously until Yuuki used the strength of that caged beast and sent it flying right at Übel.
"You puny worthless mortals!" The beast bellowed as she watched the shot come for her and dismissed it almost completely until she realized where it was headed. Too late the fox reacted as she was also weighed down by her prisoner who held her tail tight in his jaws and his back claws dug into the ground to root her to the spot so that as the sparking shot came closer, it illuminated the blood that covered the near transparent part of Übel's tail. "Noooooooooo!"
Yuuki, Kaname and Zero were all startled to hear the word come from not only Ubel but from Kit as well. There was another loud roar, and noise of what sounded like something being shattered, and the painful cries of the creatures that were shot. Yuuki was the first to figure out what their actions had done, and dropped to her knees, her eyes overflowing with tears. "What have we done..? Did it have to be done this way…?"
"There was no other way to stop the creature in it's rampage and destruction. Sacrifice is necessary.." Kaname's words were cold sounding and while his eyes had returned to their normal soft brown, something seemed different about him. To Yuuki, his aura felt.. off.
"Hokaiju! H-Hokaiju!" Kit was sobbing loudly, bounding from the spot on the gate to where he had fallen, now free from the Zypher's contricting tail. She knew since she was free that his life was fading fast. For a non-native magic user, it was very difficult to use a restraining spell with that much power. To release the person in it, would require the caster's life to end. "You idiot! Why? Why couldn't you let us figure out another way?" Kit couldn't hold her sobs back anymore once she reached Hokaiju. He was back to being flesh and blood, his bone form actually requiring a bit of magic that he no longer had the ability to spare. The little fox dropped herself along Hokaiju's head, not wanting to see the gaping wound that the Bloody Rose had caused that was now swiftly killing her beloved.
"H-how did you manage this you filthy Nova?" Übel was fading fast as well, now back to her normal form and size. She was growling as she lay just feet from where Kit and Hokaiju were and was trying what strength she had left to get to them. "How… How could you get them to kill me with that puny human weapon? Ho-yeaaargggh!"
"I think we've heard enough from you. Let them be at peace, since you've ruined their chances at any sort of happiness." Zero had been the first to arrive to the scene, and took it upon himself to hold Übel down by the transparent part of her tail that was still intact, though the would was starting to decay upwards toward the rest of her body.
"Well… I have succeeded in one aspect.. She will never be happy again… hah.. Mrrggh.." Übel coughed up what looked like ashes, tilting her head to look up at the creature that was on her precious tail, noting the other two finally catching up. "How though.. How was this done to me?"
Kaname took a step forward, kicking Übel in the jaw, partly to shut her up and partly to vent what anger he had bottled up recently. "Not that it matters as you'll be dead soon, but it was as simple as turning you into a vampire and using Kiriyu's gun to deal the final blow where Yuuki noticed you were trying to keep hidden." Kaname glared at Übel before administering another kick that completely fractured her jaw, leaving the Zypher unable to speak as her body began to decay furhter.
Yuuki was trying her best to not just breaking, watching the scene that was unfolding before her. Kit was now curled in a tight ball beside Hokaiju's head, Zero was looking up at the sky, a mournful look on his face, and Kaname had turned his back to the group. "Zero.. Kaname.." The two males turned their attention to where Yuuki was now sitting beside Kit, both moving over to at least stand closer and provide support in some way or form.
"Why! Why did you.. I can't heal this Hokaiju! I can't save you.. I.. I can't be without you!" Kit's ears laid back as she scooted even closer, brushing her little gray nose against the deep green scales of the dragon's cheek. Mustering what energy he had, Hokaiju draped a wing over her as she sobbed.
"Hon.. My life with you has.. Been the most wonderful thing I could've have asked or hoped for.. Your father accepted and protected me.. Your mother helped teach me magic.. And you gave me love that I never thought I'd get.." Hokaiju closed his eyes as he spoke, wincing as the decay began to work quicker. "There's not much time left.. Zero.."
Zero blinked at the sound of his name, looking at the paling dragon as he shifted to take a step closer to him. "H-Hokaiju?"
"Yuuki will need your help in the future.. Do everything in your power to help her.. As well as you Kaname.. You know what I speak of.. and it is her choice.. But help her.." Hokaiju was even paler now, his scales turning a off shade of gray from the decay. "Y-Yuuki.. I am happy to have met you.. Your family and friends.. And to have kept you all safe.. I.. I am sorry Kit.."
"Hokaiju.. No.. Don't leave me.. I don't know what to do without you.." Kit's sobs were hard, spaced only by her intake for breaths. She got up quickly to place both front paws carefully on the dying dragon's cheek, noticing that he too was crying.
"I.. love you dearly.. And will.. Watch over you.. G-goodbye.. My love.." Hokaiju's eyes shut a little tighter and his deep labored breathing ceased as the decay from the weapon finally took him. Kit could no longer hold herself back and began sobbing uncontrollably. Hokaiju's body was beginning to turn to dust, save for a medium sized ruby colored stone. Yuuki was crying now too and though her tears made it hard to see, she reached for the fox and pulled her close, shaking her head as Kit whimpered and cried out several times.
A/N: I'm sorry to be gone for so long! Things have been incredibly hectic lately and within the last year I just haven't felt up to writing. Well I have a bit of want to do so now, so I am uploading this new chapter. Chapter 8 is terribly sad.. I'm sorry for leaving it like this, but I'm still going over in my head and what I have rough drafted on paper on what will work next. Also, things are a bit graphic because well.. I'm sure that this sort of thing would be just that. Graphic. Feel free to leave me any comments and reviews. I would love suggestions on how to improve :D See you next time for Chapter 9 guys!