Chapter 5
"Did you just say that Vlad went to go meet Hero?" Kyoko asked panic evident in her voice.
"Yeah why?" Kira asked walking over to her worried.
"Kyoko you and I both know now that Danny's life is now in even more jeopardy now then it was before, you know he'll know everything about it. He's going to start his search for Danny as soon as he finds out that his plan had worked, you know he's got pawns that he could send out at his beckon and call." Miyuki said to Kyoko who was staring wide eyed at the ground as if all defenses had been shattered.
"We have to take Danny to the covenant because this is the first place that Hero is going to search and you know it, you know that he knows that we aren't going to leave here so soon. Fact is we have to leave now other wise Danny's screwed over big time." Kyoko said.
"Why would he come after Danny?" Kira asked stunned as Miyuki walked past him at an alarmingly fast rate.
"Because he's Jiro's older brother and the unborn kid that Danny's pregnant with poses a threat to him and how much power he holds." Miyuki answered as she quickly grabbed all the stuff they had and packed it quickly so they could go.
"What?" Kira yelled.
"No time to explain right now, all you need to know is that all this means war and that we are not safe where we are at the moment. Kira grab your stuff and let's go, Danny do you think you're ok enough to walk?" Kyoko asked worriedly.
"Yean I'll be fine." Danny replied getting up as he watched Miyuki toss everything at Cain all at once and he quickly threw everything in the back of his car and got into it.
"Kyoko I'm going with Cain up ahead to make sure that we are safe for the time being ok." Miyuki said climbing in after Cain.
"Yes I understand, Danny, Kira you two follow me and do not fall behind." Kyoko said to them after the car was gone.
Kira nodded quickly which made Danny laugh and then Danny nodded his yes as well. Silently as they possibly could they started into the forest that was now even more depressing then it had been earlier. The trees were dark and colorless; the grass practically matched the dark shading of the trees, the shadows licked at every corner and space that it could find as if it were some fire trying to rid everything in sight. The cold, icy wind blew through their hair and Danny shivered at the mere touch of its icy sting, and the most depressing thing of all was that there was complete silence. Nothing moved or made a sound it was like everything was dead, Danny felt his heart begin to race as paranoia began to make its self at home in his mind. He looked ahead at the only thing glowing among the darkness as if the moon its self shone brightly only around her, it became clear to anyone walking through this death trap that Kyoko was no normal human.
"Your aura is glowing around you Kyoko." Danny whispered knowing full well that it wasn't Kyoko herself glowing but her strong aura.
"Oh I didn't even notice." Kyoko said stopping and closing her eyes and Danny watched as the glow faded away into complete darkness.
Aside from Kira's awe at how Kyoko could, just on a whim, dim the aura glowing about her elegant form Danny knew not to doubt her even the slightest. The fact that ones aura is able to glow even in complete darkness lets the opponent know exactly how strong the other is, another thing Danny had read in one of Vlad's books. He looked at the ground thankful that some foliage was identifiable and easily avoidable; however he glanced up every now and then to watch Kyoko making sure that he avoided tripping over anything she stepped over. Kira was mesmerized by her and so Danny had to hit him upside the head every so often to make sure he was paying attention, some time along their journey he had to grab Kira's arm to keep him from falling ever so graciously into the dense under growth. Kyoko looked back worried about how the were managing to keep up with her sense it was easier for her to see in the darkness of the forest then it was for them. Danny got a feeling that Kyoko had purposefully let her aura glow about her so they could keep up and avoid anything coming upon them. He didn't feel like asking her at the moment, but he did picture her worried expressions and nervous glances back running across her beautiful face and it sort of terrified him. Still he kept quiet thinking that shouting out in the silence saying "hey can make some light or something" would probably lead anything tracking them even closer to them.
"Careful there's a fallen tree just ahead." Kyoko whispered to Danny and Kira as they came closer.
Danny smiled gratefully at her and pushed Kira ahead of him to make sure he could easily get to Kira should he trip again. Kira only nodded as he stumbled forward after Danny pushing him forward and followed silently behind Kyoko once more and again became lost in his own mind. Danny only sighed at this and noticed the semi-bright glow that Kyoko's aura was giving off, purposefully? She was deliberately trying to make it easier on them since they weren't used to being in the forest in complete darkness. He wondered if Kyoko knew the risk she was taking by letting some of her aura's light radiate about her.
"Kyoko do you know –" Danny began and looked at her worried but smiling face.
"Yes I know the risk of purposefully doing what I am." She said and he knew that once again she knew every thought and memory racing through his mind and soul.
He wondered if she knew everything about Kira's memories and thoughts as well and began contemplating whether it was a good idea to ask her now or wait for a later time when Kira wasn't with them. He decided that it might be a good idea to ask now since Kira was obviously not paying attention to anything let alone listening to anything.
Do you know everything about Kira to? He let the question roam freely about his mind curious as to whether she would answer back or not.
I could, if I wanted to. She replied through her mind and back at him making him jump a little.
"If you wanted to?" Danny asked aloud and realized how loud that was and covered his mouth.
"Its fine it's not like anyone is listening I'm just whispering to be safe." Kyoko said back.
"What did you mean by 'if I wanted to'?" Danny asked in a whisper.
Kyoko smiled before replying in a whisper. "I'd prefer not to know what runs through his teenage mind."
"I'm a teen too and you know every thought and memory I have." Danny whispered back.
"Yes I know but you're not in love with me and aren't picturing wrong thoughts." Kyoko responded back laughing as Danny's face turned bright red.
"Kira thinks what!?" Danny said looking over at his adopted son.
"Yeah I read his mind once and that's never going to happen again." Kyoko said still some what laughing.
Danny looked over at Kira and stopped and immediately Kira walked over to him, trance completely broken because of his worry for Danny.
"Are you ok Danny?" Kira asked and Kyoko stopped to hiding a smile knowing exactly what Danny was planning.
"I-I—" Danny said playing the charade for everything as he pretended like he couldn't stand up because he was in so much pain and with one eye watched Kira's actions.
Kira knelt down worry and panic written in his eyes and above that fear made his body tremble; he thought he might lose Danny. WHACK! Danny smacked Kira upside the head hard enough to make Kira fall backwards a bit and lose his position. Kyoko couldn't hold back her laugh anymore and just flat out fell to the forest floor laughing so hard that tears fell from her eyes.
"Kyoko tells me what you think about with all those dirty images and crap!" Danny snapped and watched as Kira's face snapped to look up at him and was bright ass red.
"I…Uh...But..." Kira couldn't find any words.
"I knew you were a teenager when I turned you but damn seriously!" Danny lectured.
Kira remained silent completely stunned.
"It's been years at least act and THINK like a freaking adult or show and THINK some maturity." Danny said knowing full well that Kira knew he was busted.
A twig snapped and Kyoko had immediately stopped laughing and was up on her feet in the blink of an eye, Danny stumbled back some wanting nothing more then to run like crazy. Kyoko began to growl and he knew that whatever was coming towards them wasn't good. He watched as her aura flared and went from a star dust color you could only get from moonlight into a blood red color with yellow and orange flickering around the edges like a wild fire, Kyoko was pissed and there was no doubting that.
"Stay where you are and don't move." Kyoko told them glancing back behind her.
Danny and Kira were speechless, Kyoko's eyes were now almost practically red and the once humanly looking black pupil of her eyes was now cat like and her canine teeth seemed longer and more vampire like, like his, Kira's and Vlad's. She looked almost like the ancients that lived in and around the coven, animalistic and blood thirsty was the only way to describe it at least to him.
"I see why there's another part to the goddess story about her." Kira said gulping as he watched Kyoko's actions unravel in front of him.
"Another part?" Danny asked surprised that there was something that Vlad actually didn't have.
"A book I bought a few months ago long before you left, I wanted to see what the humans loved so much about her that she was regarded a goddess, but there were two parts of the book so I bought the next part since it was on sale." Kira said remembering back to the time.
"What is it that you found out about her?" Danny asked frozen to the spot he was standing.
"Once the goddess of light is mad beyond the reaches of heaven and hell a darker demon is what she becomes, like a wolf she watches anger and hatred burning in her catlike eyes waiting to rip her opponent to shreds. Her lust for the blood of the damned beyond the reaches of mind and soul, the light disappears and is replaced with a firey grave. Vengeance and Wrath replace the solemn nature of such a radiant beauty of heaven and all trace of elegance and grace fades to the most unbecoming urge to kill no matter what. This is the dark side of the goddess or light." Kira said quoting the words from the book he had read word for word.
"Still want to think wrongly of her just because you have a crush on her?" Danny asked tauntingly.
Kira rapidly shook his head no in his own defense.
"Well let us find out why she's called Fate most of the time then." Danny said trying to concentrate on something else even though he already knew the answer to his own question.
But, exactly what kind of tortures did she harbor that Danny had yet to find out?