Betraying My People Chapter 32:
Fighting
With Kisshu: Kisshu teleported back to the Council room. He tried to stand, but fell back. This brought the others running. "Kisshu, what happened?" Aunt Hamaya asked worriedly. "A while ago, the whole Council teleported back in here, saying Ichigo had freed them, and you were fighting Mizuki. Did you get hurt?"
"Mizuki had poison on his blade, and I got a cut on my cheek," Kisshu said. "Ichigo managed to counteract the poison with her powers, but I can't walk right now. She said I might be a little out of it for a while."
"Where is Ichigo?" Siria-sama asked.
"She went to find the others, and told me to come back here, since I can't fight right now," Kisshu said.
"And Mizuki?" Siria-sama asked.
"I killed him," Kisshu said. "Luckily I managed it before I collapsed. He's still not a very good fighter."
"Do you know anything about Sanosuke?" Siria-sama asked.
"Only that he wants control of the Council, and Mizuki was helping him in exchange for a chance to kill me," Kisshu said. "I don't even know if Sanosuke was in the same building, though I assume the others would know."
"Very well, good job," Siria-sama said. "I hope the others are alright."
With Ichigo: Ichigo came around a corner after going down the stairs, and saw Lettuce and Pai, but Pai appeared to be unconscious. "Lettuce, what happened?" Ichigo asked, coming over.
"Pai touched that doorknob and blacked out," Lettuce said. "And I can't wake him up."
"Let me see," Ichigo said. She came over and put a hand on Pai's forehead for a minute, then said, "He's just unconscious, so it shouldn't be hard for me to wake him up." She tapped Pai's forehead, and he slowly opened his eyes.
"Ichigo? Lettuce?" he asked, puzzled. "What happened?"
"You touched that doorknob, and then you blacked out," Lettuce said. "Ichigo came and woke you up."
"Ichigo, where is Kisshu?" Pai asked.
"I sent him back, Mizuki poisoned him," Ichigo said. "I managed to counteract the poison, but he can't walk, so I sent him back to the others. I also freed the Council members."
"What happened to Mizuki?" Pai asked.
"Kisshu killed him," Ichigo said. "Just in time too, if he had kept on fighting much longer, the poison would have reached his heart."
"Is Kisshu going to be okay?" Pai asked.
"He'll be fine with some rest," Ichigo replied. "Should we go see where Kasumi and Hiro-sama are?"
"Good idea," Pai said. He got up, and the girls followed him down the hall.
With Kasumi, Hiro-sama and Sanosuke: Sanosuke and Hiro-sama had both told Kasumi to stay out of their fight, so she was up against the wall, watching as the two dueled with their swords. Suddenly Sanosuke teleported behind Hiro-sama, and hit him in the back of the head with his sword hilt. Hiro-sama collapsed, unconscious. Before Sanosuke could do any more, Kasumi shouted, "Mist Daggers!" Her daggers appeared in her hands, and as Sanosuke turned, she lunged forward. She knew using her Mist Flame attack in a wooden house was dangerous, so she had to use her daggers alone. Sanosuke took his attention away from Hiro-sama, and lunged at Kasumi. Kasumi dodged, and slashed out with one of her daggers. To her surprise, as she slashed, her dagger appeared to be glowing, and words came to mind. "Ribon… Mist Energy Slash!" Kasumi shouted, and a wave of energy flew at Sanosuke. He dodged, but still got a slash on his arm. He switched his sword to his left hand, and lunged again, trying to bring his sword down on Kasumi's head. She raised her daggers in an X and caught the blade between her own blades.
Sanosuke's eyes widened, and he tried to break away. Kasumi wasn't having that, and she twisted her daggers, sending Sanosuke's sword flying. Then she felt a strange sensation, and suddenly she was in front of the flying blade. She immediately caught it, then said, "Did I just teleport?"
"Yes, you've never teleported before?" Sanosuke asked.
"No," Kasumi replied. Then she switched gears and said, "What are you going to do without a weapon?"
"This," Sanosuke said, and raised his hands, forming a ball of energy and sending it at Kasumi. She let her daggers disappear and slashed the energy ball with Sanosuke's sword. It vanished. Sanosuke snarled and launched himself at Kasumi as she lunged forward with the sword. This produced the exact result you'd expect- Sanosuke ended up impaled on the blade of his own sword. Kasumi, wide-eyed, pulled the blade out as Sanosuke coughed up blood and collapsed. That was about when Pai, Ichigo and Lettuce ran into the hallway, and stopped dead. "Kasumi, are you okay?" Ichigo asked.
"I'm… fine," Kasumi said. "I've never killed anyone before, though."
"Well, you saved the Council," Lettuce said. "And hopefully you'll never have to kill again."
"Is Hiro-sama alright?" Pai asked.
"Sanosuke knocked him out while they were fighting," Kasumi said. "I know they told me to stay out of it, but I didn't want Sanosuke to kill Hiro-sama, so I disobeyed."
Ichigo came over and put a hand on Hiro-sama's forehead, then tapped his forehead twice. He slowly woke up and said, "What happened?"
"I killed Sanosuke after he knocked you out," Kasumi said.
Hiro-sama stood up and said, "Very good work, Kasumi. Now the Council will be safe."
Kasumi blushed slightly and said, "It was no problem."
Hiro-sama smiled at her and said, "What happened to Mizuki?"
"Kisshu killed him," Ichigo said.
"And where is Kisshu?" Hiro-sama asked.
"I sent him back, there was poison on Mizuki's sword," Ichigo said. "I managed to counteract it, but Kisshu's still unable to fight, so I told him to go back to the rest of the Council. I set the others free while Kisshu was fighting Mizuki."
"Wonderful," Hiro-sama said with relief. "Well done."
"I was happy to help," Ichigo said.
"Let's go back," Pai said. He took Lettuce and Ichigo by the shoulder, and Hiro-sama took Kasumi's hand. Then they teleported back to the Council room.
Everyone looked up as they teleported in. "How did it go?" Siria-sama asked.
"Kasumi killed Sanosuke," Hiro-sama replied. "We are safe now."
"Good work, thank you Kasumi," Siria-sama said.
"It was no trouble," Kasumi said, blushing.
Ichigo, meanwhile, had gone over to Kisshu, who was sitting on the floor. "Kisshu, how are you feeling?" she asked.
"I'm still pretty tired," Kisshu admitted. "And I still can't stand up."
"You should get some rest," Ichigo said. "Maybe we should go home."
"I guess you're right," Kisshu said. "We have to ask permission to leave first."
"I'll go," Ichigo said, and got up. She went to Siria-sama, bowed, and said, "Will you let me take Kisshu home? He needs to rest to recover."
"Of course," Siria-sama said. "Can he teleport?"
"I'm not sure," Ichigo replied.
"Take Aran and Hamaya with you then," Siria-sama said. "There's nothing more to do here now that we're safe from Mizuki and Sanosuke."
"Thank you," Ichigo said. She bowed again and went to Uncle Aran and Aunt Hamaya. They looked at her, and she said, "Siria-sama says we can take Kisshu home. He needs to rest, can you teleport both of us?"
"Sure," Uncle Aran said. They went over to Kisshu, who was looking sleepy, and Uncle Aran said, "Kisshu, we're going home."
"Good," Kisshu said. "I'm really tired."
Uncle Aran picked him up, while Aunt Hamaya took Ichigo's hand. Then they all teleported out.
They landed in the main room, and Uncle Aran carried Kisshu to his room and put him to bed. He was asleep in seconds. Ichigo said softly, "Is it okay for me to stay with him?"
"Sure," Uncle Aran said. He left, and Ichigo sat down next to Kisshu.
Okay, I KNOW it's short, but I might be using another idea soon, so stay tuned. And Review!