Teen Titans New Gen Presents – Tokyo Knights –
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I'm on a kick – and the soundtrack to Gakkou no Kaidan is super great for the emotion. Ah, anyway…. back to it!
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Chapter 7: Missed Your Departure Time; Hang on For Goddess's Sake!
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Raku tried not to strain as John slapped a talisman onto his charge's arm. Raku let him, seeing as Sun Woo was not only nervous but a die-hard skeptic. Even so of that case, Hisao was much more aware as a man appeared and Hisao took charge to bow. "Kazuya -dono. We have them here."
"Who…...you're a god –
John was spot on as Sun Woo hid behind a seat at the train terminal. "You're better than they say. I've met your allies before. We even fought, though this is a serious matter." Kazuya looked over as Raku and smiled at the boy, before noticing the charm that helped to control the book's pull. "That will not work. I can help, if you allow me to assist. This matter comes from the association in Ise. A home of my dear sun goddess. The ones you are being pulled by will not respond."
"What is he saying?" Sun Woo asked his superior. "Who was the one that boy is talking to?"
"He's sensing a soul amid the many." Kazuya explained. "She's still there, can you feel it?"
"I felt something else, a spirit similar to a fae's aura…It was…. calling out. An island in the mountains –
"Kobe, or even –
"I'd take a bet on that. In fact…" Kazuya rubbed his cleared chin and recalled it well, "I had sent by order of the association two miko to the area where an abduction case was. At a train station –
"The missing passengers." Hisao nodded. "I thought it was odd. We'd been told to stay out of that case until help arrived. It never did, but I see why now."
"It can't be…" Raku shook his head, almost hyperventilating. "WE HAVE TO GO!" He begged John. "Ami is out there! I know that aura, I'm not wrong."
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"They must be in danger. Shit…." Shoji sat at his desk as Kazuya had just rung him about the girl's mission. "I'm headed –
Another call came through and it was…. from Yumi?
"I'll be…. right there. I'm sorry, I have to take this. Good luck. Call back in case of anything serious."
Ayane came in and cut the call by pointing at the blinking intercom. "Your next guest." She told the CEO. "I got it, thanks." He pressed it and soon wished it were only Yumi.
~ Dog! You are in so much bad mojo; you don't even KNOW! ~
"J – a – jacks??" He almost dropped the line as Ayane help back more reprimands in case, they were too abrupt. ~ It's me too, we have a bad feeling. Ami is… ~
"I'll let you in, I'm going out and you are taking my ride. Via portal. This is serious. A stray demon is after Ami – chan. We're going right to Kobe station –
~ Ami is not pullin' this crap. She's gonna get eaten by her sixteenth birthday if she keeps playin' with that "dark magic." I swear, that girl is all about livin' in her own head. ~
Sighed Jackie as Shoji couldn't express much of what he felt. He needed her to be ok, or her father –
Another call was coming in as Ayane crossed her fingers and groaned. "Just…"
He nodded to her. "I'll be down. Don't leave the area. We're going to find Ami." He spoke. "I promise."
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~Shoji, I got to call you as soon as we got into –
"Dick…I need you to stay calm because…. you have to get on another flight. Or train." Shoji seethed.
~ No – what? I came to check on my kid because something to me came up. Raven looked into it and she said I had to get over here now! What's going on? What do you know about my daughter??~
"Nothing yet." Shoji nodded to Jackie as she and Yumi bowed out to Ayane and they all took off to find a safe place to get through a portal. He was sure that it was going to take no time by his standards of magical ability. Yumi also, as her powers of an Eternal made sure to keep the whirring vortex open. "Jump, when I give the signal."
"Why?"
"We're going to need to. Trust me."
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The time that the train had taken off, from the time outside of the barrier was in days. Had Aya noticed earlier the impression of that power, she would have called on back up. However, as she was revealed in her form to Kaede, the fox couldn't help but stare as one lowly green grasshopper crawled and hopped anxiously at her feet. "Ho- how?? You're a –
~ A grasshopper spirit. I was contracted by Seimei's grandchild to protect Iyori. The last living Abe clan medium of the world we live…she is in danger and I failed her… ~
"I…think we can fix this. You're good luck in the myths, right?"
~ My kind usually, but I have one more confession. My magic of good fortune was tarnished in the fight against that demon woman's venom. ~
"The one who has Haru, Iyori and Ami…right? Is she, formidable?"
~ She has many ways about her, yet her evil magic has somehow taken over. I cannot do this alone. ~ Aya turned to Kaede with big cricket eyes. Her badly wounded pride was nothing if she'd be grieving over the death of her charge. Her last contracted human. ~ Seimei had my family promised good long years of happiness, we were never bound. Not until she…. she stole it. Iyori may be cursed, but she cares for me. She does not hurt me as I have her trust. ~
"I never knew that grasshoppers could cry…I know you care, it was a mistake because…what did you say before? That you could break the barrier?"
~ In my full body, but it is impossible until I am released by one of a strong art. ~
"Ami's the one to do it." Grinned Kaede as she put out her hand for the grasshopper Aya – chan to land onto. "Come on. We can do it, by combining our crafts. I promise you."
~ You cannot know! Your powers –
"I'm not bound by this place like the two of you." Kaede let her appearance swap as her magic returned long enough to wield her fans with blades in them. "My abilities are flexible as a human and a goddess's protector. A guardian, that's what I do. Who I am."
~ Is Ami that strong? She masks her abilities then? ~ Aya cocked her head and hopped onto Kaede's shoulder. "She is the best friend of spirits. I think you will get to know the real her, and I wish the same of us, know that you know enough. Time to leave this trap. Find our family."
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Ami couldn't scream, yet Haru was still alive. She had her strong Tamaran mother. Her almost picture-perfect heroic papa, her fire powered twin siblings and eldest child Ava – the ice queen of the north. And Raku…she wondered if he was her brother in a sense. They had to be as more blood trickled down Ami's arms. It made her angrier, and her sun lit heart knew it.
~ My heart belongs to none – no demon shall sway the protectors of this nation! ~ Not of her own voice, Ami called upon the rites of the sun and wind. She kicked out as a slash of air hit the silk strand binding her lower limbs. "I'm more than what you see…I can fight back!"
Ami used her powers temporarily to slip through the rest of her silk entrapments. "We can do this; you don't need anyone else to face. Come on, eight legged – mama! I'll be your opponent!"
Jorogumo hissed and returned to her web, the many smaller spiders coming to attack the sun miko in her new attire of one. "Try again…. I can see ~ what you are!" Ami used a mantra and the spiders were sent flying into opposite ends of the lair of the spider demoness.
"Have any more I have to spank? You really need to discipline your kids better." A hand on her hip, Ami could cry later. As she let her wounds heal by the gift of a goddess's strength, the spider moved again, its web growing narrower, Ami swerving around and finding herself –
~ You are not as my late ally. Though, the sun hated to debate in human affairs. You might be an acceptation. If I use you as my puppet, I might finally have what I came for. You won't leave now, little ant…. I have you in my clutches –
"All the baddies say what you just did. Come on !" Ami groaned and side stepped a silk strand. "You forgot that I don't just have that power to stop you dead in your tracks. I have the moon on my side. My sister gave me that gift a long time ago…so darkness, won't take me out that easily." She began to chant again and moved quickly. "You can't move from your web. This place is a gateway back – so you'll be gone with the train is I exorcise it!"
~ Very good, my child. You are resourceful and prideful…. a pity you can't see what I truly cling to. Not a gateway. No… ~ Her body moved as the throne warped to become a weapon. A type of staff as she pulled out one of her eyes and placed it upon the tip. Glowing red, the eye had some energy dripping from it as Ami…. she was stuck??
"Hey! I can't…move! Paralysis??"
~ You noticed, little miko? Your entire body will not battle me as long as the staff is in this position. You have one option; be my eyes and I might spare -
~ Lady Jorogumo – sama!! ~
The train car door pushed away; Lady Ageha had a lump of clothing in her arms as Ami gasped out. "LET HER GO!"
~ You know this child? ~
~ She is the famous chosen, a miko sent to our lands to vanquish the wicked. ~ Replied Jorogumo as she walked on her many legs to where Iyori looked…. appetizing….
~ What an interesting find! She must have come to collect your next meal, my lady. ~
~ She is too late. She'll watch now as I grow all powerful. ~ Jorogumo gripped Iyori by the scalp and made her look into the face of her family's past. ~ You escaped ME once, cursed brat, yet you'll soon evolve so that I might devour the gift of Seimei's last born to the clan of Abe. Stay still while –
"IYORI – CHAN!! WAKE UP!! DON'T YOU TOUCH –
The spider queen sent her webbing silk to cover Ami's rioting lips. The girl was a frozen statue. Only her head moved side to side, yet she wouldn't be a real threat. ~ Now, shall we try to make you ripe again, my blossom…? ~
~ Stop , fiend!!~
Ageha clung to Iyori as she flipped away from their attackers.
Through the doorway, Kaede and Aya the grasshopper buzzed full of determination for their rescue to succeed.
Yet to the OTHER wall?
A smaller vortex opened to show Constantine, Inari, Raku and Saturday all ready to fight…sort of?
"Did we make it to the right car, mates? This one is infested –
"That, is the demon…. John." Raku breathed. "I cannot believe it…." He drew back.
"VERONICA??"
(VERONICA BETHEL WAS A CHILD TAKEN BY LILITH AS HER PROTÉGÉ IN THE DARK ARTS AS A DEMON IN THE MAKING FROM THE OLDER ARCS I DID. SHE HAD RED HAIR, EYES AND BAT WINGS. SHE WORKED FOR ROKU ON LOAN AND AIDED IN SECURING THE POWER SOURCE – SHE WAS ABLE TO TURN HER LIFE AROUND WHEN SHE REALIZEFD THAT LIKE RAKU, LILITH HAD ABUSED HER MENTALLY AS CHILD. SHE IS IN APPEARANCE LIKE RONNIE, BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE. THAT WILL ALL BE REVEALED SOON.)
