Alright, I'll be honest, we DIDN'T go to bed. Instead, after dinner we went out AGAIN to try and find the last one. Er, scratch that, the last two. And, I didn't look at the book so I didn't know what spirit charm we needed. But then again, I didn't have any spirit charms so what did it matter?
We continued in the forest for a REALLY long time. Before we knew it, the rain stopped and the moon shone. It was such a bright moon... a pretty moon... I could probably reach out and touch it if I-
"Kenkai!" Haruto boomed. "Snap out of it!" and then he gave me the back hand slap.
"Ow!" I said holding my cheek. "You're a vampire remember? You're so much stronger then my dad and that hurt!" I said rubbing my cheek.
"Well, you were abstracting with the moon," Kiyomi said sitting in a branch.
"I'm not so sure that's the right way to use that word," Haruto said.
"Oh, shut it will ya?" Kiyomi asked looking at her sharp nails.
I sighed, "I dunno. There's something about the moon that draws me to it tonight," I said.
"Maybe because you're water?" Kiyomi asked.
"And fire, and earth, and wind, and spirit too," I added.
"What ever, but you know how the currents are and stuff," She said.
I nodded and stared at the moon. "It's so pure though," I said, "I feel so safe around it and protected."
They stared at me strangely. "
You are very strange Kenkai," Haruto said.
"I know..." I said and turned away.
We walked to the waterfall from before and we went down into a secret cave. The walls were blue and sparkling with wet crystals and charms.
"It's beautiful..." I said softly.
The other nodded in awe. I walked along side the wall gently rolling my fingers over the beautiful wall of blue. It was rough, of course, but it was still so smooth. I felt something pulsing inside there and placed my body against the wall. I closed my eyes and listened. The pulsing sounded like a heart. Thump, thump. Thump, thump. I smiled softly to myself.
"What is it, Kenkai?" Haruto asked trying to hear what I hear with his ears.
"The waterfall... this cave... it's alive," I said. "This cave it so beautiful it's alive!" I exclaimed smiling widely.
"Since you're the element freak, I'll just take your word for it," Kiyomi said.
I smiled at her and looked around and it in awe. I then heard another noise. Stomping, hurried foot steps, disrupting the heart beat of the life in front of us.
"Ah, I don't think that's a heart beat you hear Kenkai," Kiyomi said backing up.
I stared at the passage ways, standing in the middle of it all. I heard things the others couldn't. I heard ripping and tearing at the walls and roots of this cave.
"No!" I screamed, my face turning into the vampire face I had seen Damon do so many times. "Their hurting the cave!" I then dashed off into the direction.
"Kenkai! No, it's a trap!" Haruto said, but I was already gone.
I ran to the spot and looked around angered by the disturbance. I spun around and ran closer to the sound.
"Show yourselves!" I yelled, that face coming over me.
"So, you are a vampire..." Came a hiss.
I turned around and grind my teeth together and spun around again. I saw his golden-brown eyes first. Then his evil grin, showing his teeth.
"Come out coward." I growled.
He laughed and stepped closer. "So eager aren't we?" Orochimaru asked.
I sensed people around me and I looked around with just my eyes. I was completely surrounded by two vampires, Kabuto, and Orochimaru. A low growl built in my throat.
"Why did you hurt the cave?" I growled
He looked at me smirking. "Ah, so you did feel that.. interesting..." Orochimaru said.
The vampires then jumped me. I summoned Earth to protect me. The earth surrounded me and I heard a large thud against the walls. I screamed as a snake came at me, and I summoned fire to protect me. I put my hands up to shield my face, when I heard a sizzling noise. I looked past my arms a little and saw the snakes on the ground burning. I started coughing and noticed poison in the snakes and rising in the air. I opened the top of my little hut of protection, and then I blew the poison out of the area. I then hosed down the snakes with water.
Soon, I collapsed exhausted. My hut fell down and everything. They were all over me and dragged me off. I soon passed out from exhaustion about five minutes later.
Fast Forward
I groaned as I woke up. Bright lights on me and my skin burned. I hissed at it and slowly opened my eyes. My skin was exposed to a very bright light and there was vervain in the air. I groaned more and tried to move, but I couldn't.
"You've waken up," One of the vampire's said.
I looked at him squinting. "You're one of the vampires that was with the one I turned into a crisp..." I mumbled.
"Yeah. And we don't like it when people go around killing our boss," One said.
Then they mumbled something else, but I didn't hear. It was when Orochimaru came in, all the torture began. I was still weak from the vervain, so I couldn't fight back. They had torn everything off me and showed themselves. Kabuto, being as perverted as usual, went first.
I screamed in pain. "Stop! It hurts!" I screamed.
Kabuto refused to listen to me. I screamed bloody murder and tried to struggle against them, but the vervain made it worse. Hours later, he stopped and another went. It'd be days before they stopped for good. My voice was sore, my throat was on fire. My legs were completely numb with pain and my neck itched in pain. The vampires, when they went, bit into my neck. They nearly ripped off my arm doing that. I was drenched with that clear liquid, and my skin was stained with blood. The blood soaked into my skin and I felt stronger. Power surged throughout my body. I throw my head back smiling to myself.
"Fire, come to me. Let me feel your wonderful warmth against my cold skin." I whispered with my eyes closed. Even though my voice was weak, fire whipped around and down my body. "Water... come to me.. let me feel your cleansing, soothing liquid." Water splashed on me. I laughed weakly. "Earth, come to me... Let me feel safe under you once more." I shivered slightly as I felt mother nature by me and inside me. "Wind, air, come to me... breathe me to life with your wonders." I felt the wind dance around me.
Each element sat in a direction, cleansing and strengthening me. They were waiting for the final call. But I didn't know how to make that final call. I didn't have the last crystal yet... I didn't know if I could.
"Spirit!" I commanded stronger then before. "Come to me! Let me feel your strength within me!" I called.
I felt a surge of power lift my spirits and my body up. My head hung and then I lifted it, surged with glorious power. I cracked the changes and hopped down. I smirked slyly to myself.
"My friends, where might I find my Spirit charm?" I asked them.
Then, something started glowing. I looked around for the purple-white light I saw. Then I looked down at myself. The glow was coming from inside of me...! I remained calm. There were two glows. There was one right on my belly button and then the other was lower. I breathed slowly as I thought about what I should do.
On one hand, I wasn't very fertile so I couldn't have kids anymore now that I was a vampire. On the other, well, I was a vampire so I'd be okay. I looked around and summoned a knife. I took a deep breath and slowly cut myself.
It.
Hurt.
Like.
Vampire hell.
I groaned in pain as I cut myself along my center. I reached in an felt around for the crystal. I was grossed out as I felt my muscles and intestines. Blood pour like a red waterfall down my body. I soon felt something sharp inside of me. I grabbed it and pulled it out. It was the Spirit Charm!
I smiled and winced in pain. I got the crystal. Now for the next one...
I then cut it a little lower. I gasped in pain, but kept my screams down. I reached in and felt around again. This time instead of intestines, it was my reproductive system. This crystal was really deep inside me. I groaned as I pulled it.
I was backed up against the wall as I stared at the crystal. I had the Spirit and the Healing crystal. I smiled softly at that.
"Please, my element, heal my wounds, help me escape," I said softly.
My words traveled in the wind as I felt a stinging sensation in my cuts. I groaned in pain as the wounds sealed, my clothes appeared on me and I disappeared.
I reappeared next to Kiyomi and Haruto.
"Oh my god, Kenkai!" Kiyomi said covering her mouth with her hands.
I was hunched over in pain.
"come on, let's get her home," Haruto said and picked me up.
I passed out shortly after. Hey, I was.. er.. raped, I had to cut myself, I was bleeding, then I was healed, then I was teleported here. I was exhausted. But at least I had all the elements.