Gosu: Here's Part Two of Escape! Thanks to all you reviewers out there, your comments and feedback were much appreciated! So now enjoy!

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Chapter 14: Escape! Part II

Kairi was waiting impatiently for the Gatekeepers to arrive. He had been ordered by Him to cooperate with them to ensure that their plan succeeds and their targets don't escape. He used to be a Gatekeeper, but since his abilities were greater than the Gatekeepers themselves, he was now an Assassin and was often called in for backup purposes only. His ability can control wind and air at will, which is useful for escaping from or luring an enemy. He is also highly skilled with blades and swords, his shinigami weapon being a pair of wind blades. He wore a pastel green hoodie with one sleeve slightly longer than the other. On the shirt were white petals from his left shoulder down to his chest, in the middle was a yin-yang symbol decorated with dark green petals on one side and diamond patterns on the other side. He wore dark green jeans with a studded belt and converse sneakers.

Suddenly, two wisps of black smoke appeared a few feet behind him. Yaya landed face first on the ground, followed by Nadeshiko landing on top of her, crushing her petite figure more into the ground before getting off. Yaya got up on her feet grumpily and rubbed her cheek.

"Jeez, Nadeshiko! You didn't have to step all over me! Now, I'm all dirty and my face hurts!" she complained in her childish voice.

Nadeshiko giggled.

"You should be more careful, Yaya-chan. Not to go through gates head first."

"Waah! Nadeshiko, you're so mean!"

Kairi sighed. 'Why are women so troublesome sometimes?' He turned around and scowled.

"Took you long enough. Let's get down to serious business, shall we?"

"We have been ordered to bring the Black Cat and that human girl back to the Underworld with us, alive. What plans have you got in mind, Sanjou-kun?"

"We split up to hunt down both targets. Nadeshiko, you can follow the Black Cat, while Yaya follows Hinamori Amu. If there is anyone trying to help her escape, I will delay them as long as I can so that you two can get back to the Underworld as quickly as possible. Any questions?"

Both girls shook their heads no.

"Good. Now let's move out."

Both girls nodded. Within a split second, they all vanished into the air, searching for Ikuto and Amu.


Utau and Kukai finally made it to Amu's apartment. Ikuto had told them everything, so now they were here to do him a favour and help Amu escape. They entered her bedroom and desperately shook her awake.

"Amu! Amu! Wake up, we have to leave now!" Utau whispered rashly.

Amu's eyes fluttered open.

"Hm? Huh?" She looked around and saw Utau and Kukai.. Utau was clad in a grey blouse with a aqua blue tie, the sleeves were hanging from elbow to her wrist. She wore a black-and-aqua skirt, which had a small chain attached to her blouse, matched with black socks up to her thighs and knee-high black boots. Kukai was clad in a long red shirt that had flame designs on it, the sleeves had a thin line opening in the middle and was stitched with X's. Along the end of the shirt, was ripped as if it had been burnt. Underneath, he wore a brown polo shirt with long necklace dangling around his chest. He wore a red glove on his right hand that wrapped around his middle finger, tightly secured with two silver rings. A pair of sunshades sitting on his spiked orange hair. He wore tight grey denim that had a flower design on the left leg and skull-printed converse sneakers. (A/N: pictures in profile)

"Oh it's just you two." she said in a dull voice, her eyes half closed.

"Why you!!"

Kukai was holding back a very pissed Utau. Utau managed to loosen herself from his grip and kicked Amu out of bed, causing Amu to land on her butt. Kukai snickered as Amu followed Utau to the bathroom to get changed while he waited for them. Amu wore a long yellow sweater that just covered her waist. Underneath, she wore black short shorts, long black socks just below her knees and long thin yellow boots. (A/N: picture in profile) Utau grabbed Amu's hand and rushed out the door, with Kukai following behind them. Amu was staring at them, confused. Kukai quickly informed Amu of what was happening.

"There's not much time. We have to get you out of here quickly. We just got news that the Gatekeepers have been ordered to find you and Ikuto. That's not good, especially for Ikuto. Even Kairi has been ordered to help them find you."

"Don't worry. No matter what, we won't let them find you. They'll have to get pass us first." Utau reassured her.

Amu still looked worried, not for just her own safety, but for Ikuto's too.

"I just hope Ikuto will be okay."

"He'll be fine. Don't worry about it."

Amu nodded. The trio continued on their way to escape, until they encountered Kairi who blocked them from going any further. Utau and Kukai stood firm as Kairi pushed up his glasses and smiled.

"Sorry, but I can't let you pass. You'll have to get through me first."

He summoned his blades and unsheathed them. He stood his ground, ready to attack. Kukai stepped forward, accepting Kairi's challenge. He summoned his airborne skateboard, signaling Utau to leave first with Amu. Utau nodded and quickly grabbed Amu and went ahead. Once they were gone, Kukai turned to Kairi and grinned.

"No problem, let's this done and over with. It's like the old times, isn't it ex-Gatekeeper Kairi?"

Kairi smiled and pointed his blade at Kukai.

"Yes, just like old times."

Kairi charged at Kukai at full speed, sending wind attacks at him. Kukai quickly flew into the air, dodging most of them as two were hot on his tail. 'Tch! Just dodging 'em isn't enough, since he controls wind. I'll use fire to null his wind attacks for now. Until he drops his guard, I'll have to give him all I've got.'

Kukai swiveled around trees and into the air, preparing his fire attack.

"Golden Victory! Shoot!"

His fire attack pierced through Kairi's wind attacks, destroying them. It curved and headed towards Kairi, who easily dodged it as it pummeled the ground. From the corner of his eye, Kairi could see Kukai grinning.

"Don't get cocky. I'm not done just yet."

His fire attack erupted from the ground, and headed for Kairi. He blocked the attack using both blades.

"Sorry to disappoint you, but using the same technique won't work on me twice."

Kairi infused his secondary element, thunder, into his blades. He pushed off Kukai's fire attack, and charged at it. With his quick movement, he sliced the flame infused soccer ball into pieces and landed onto the ground.

"Looks like you've improved over the years, Kairi." Kukai gave him a thumbs up and flashed his killer smile.

"Hmph. The same to you." Kairi stood in his battle stance. "Now, let's finish this."

Kairi was preparing a sword dance. The wind rapidly churned around him, leaves and other debris were being sucked up like a vacuum, spinning with the wind.

"Wind Dance: Hundred Wind Arrows!" He directed the wind, aiming it at Kukai. "Go!"

His attack shot up towards Kukai, firing at an amazing speed, roughly blowing on nearby trees. Kukai channeled some fire into his skateboard, causing it to stretch wider to become a shield. Kairi winced as he watched his attack rendered useless. 'How did this guy learn to transform his weapon into a shield?' He stood in a defensive stance as Kukai fired his counter attack. His fiery red aura glowed around him.

"Bursting Fires of Hell! Fly!"

Flames emitted from the aura around him, fusing into the form of a phoenix. The phoenix shrieked a war cry and shot down towards Kairi, engulfing him in flames. Kairi made a thunder shield around himself, reflecting the flames back at Kukai who absorbed it back into his body. Kairi fused his blades to create a powerful long wind-thunder katana. He slashed at the flames, destroying them and making his way to Kukai, who dropped his guard. He waved his katana, performing his final move.

"Secret Technique: Thunder Blade!"

Suddenly, thunder bolts emitted from his katana and shot up underneath Kukai. Kukai's skateboard shrunk back to normal as he was being electrocuted by Kairi's thunder attack, knocking him out. Kairi's katana split back into two blades and disappeared. Kukai fell off his skateboard, falling towards the ground from midair. Kairi quickly caught him and grabbed his weapon, landing swiftly onto the ground.

"Now that it's over, I might as well find Yaya and see how she's doing."

Kairi vanished into the air, carrying an unconscious Kukai with him.


Gosu: I've confirmed that there will be two more parts to Escape!, which means a fight scene for Yaya (w. Amu and Utau) and Nadeshiko (w. Ikuto). R&R as usual! Sorry if the chapter was really long and/or the fight scene was really crappy! XD Anyways, at least 5 reviews for each chapter until I can update another one. Bye!