My supposed 'Short Story'

[melichan]

Yeah so I just wanted to see what you guys thought of my little short story thingy I had to do for school. It's been a while since I've done one. Not like anime related but my friend thought I made like an anime sort of story when he read my character descriptions. XD Well try to enjoy my sucky writing please!!

Hien Ryu

Boom!
A loud crashing noise rang out through the village. Hurried footsteps rushed to the scene to see what happened. A man cleared his throat and the other villagers instantly moved aside to let him through. Once the man saw what had happened he shouted at the top of his lungs, “HARU HITSUGAYA!!!!!!!!!!”
A young boy snapped his eyes open and leaned up from his position against a tree. He knew that voice only too well and knew what he was in for; a small yowl beside him announced that his companion had also awakened from his nap. The boy shifted onto his side and petted the Siberian tiger beside him as it began to purge himself of the dirt and other things that had caught on to his fur while it had slept.
“Well Byako, looks like the mayor is looking for us again. We better go before we get in more trouble than we’re already in.” the boy said as he stood up and stretched.
The tiger complied with another yowl and padded beside his master. The boy grabbed the wooden sword lying down next to where he layed only moments ago and reattached it to his left hip, hopped aboard the tiger’s back, and the two made their way back to the village.
By the time they arrived a few of the other villagers were trying to appease the mayor who was fuming angrily. As soon as he caught sight of the boy and the tiger enter the crowd; he stormed over to the duo and held the boy up by his shirt.
“I don’t know what you’re playing at Haru, but this is getting out of hand!! One more of your pranks and your out of here,” the mayor snarled into his ear.
“But I didn’t do anything sir…” Haru whispered quietly.
“Really? Then who did this?”
“I don’t know, but it wasn’t me.”
“………I’ll let you off the hook this time but anymore and you are leaving this village!” the mayor snapped and dropped Haru onto the floor and dismantled the crowd.
Haru stood up and dusted his orange pants and black shirt off. He closed his eyes sighed while lifting his right hand up and combed through his spiky, bleach, white hair. Byako nudged his head into Haru’s left hand and tried to console the boy to tell him it was alright.
Haru opened his molten, gold eyes looked into Byako’s own bright, yellow ones and gave a small smile, “Thanks boy, I’m okay now.”
Soft footsteps hit the ground lightly and Haru turned around when a shadow enshrouded him. A boy only a few inches taller and a bit more of a muscular build towered slightly above Haru. His short, chestnut, brown hair gave off sort of a slick sheen in the sunlight and his silver color eyes nearly hypnotized Haru into a trance. His hands were in the pockets of his baggy, white pants while two belts crossing over one another hung around his hips, a sleeveless blue top with intricate designs imprinted on the front and back adorned his chest, and black, leather boots covered his feet.
“Hey Haru, why was the mayor so prissy at you? Did you break something?” he asked curiously while cocking his head to the side.
Haru shook his head, “I didn’t do anything Sylvan. But he always seems to have something against and I don’t know why…” he replied with a slight tone of sadness in his voice as he stared at the stone ground.
Sylvan pulled out his right, glove, covered hand and set it down on Haru’s shoulder and gave him a reassuring smile.
“Don’t worry, this will all be forgotten tomorrow and I highly doubt that’s the case,” he spoke softly to his best friend. With that he than ruffled Haru’s hair and chuckled, “Anyways, I was actually looking for you because my dad wanted to know if you wanted to come over for dinner tonight.”
At the mention of food, Haru’s ears instantly perked up and he nodded eagerly. “Really? I’d love to. Thanks Sylvan! You’re the best!!”
A few days passed and mostly everything was back to normal in the village. Many of the adults still quietly gossiped amongst themselves and avoided Haru whenever he passed by. Even some of the village kids that were his friends would kind of shun Haru.
Night came about quickly and most of the children left for home leaving Haru alone at the tree where he usual spent his time with Byako. It was a beautiful, full moon tonight and the sky was clear of all clouds. Almost utter silence engulfed the village until a strong gust of wind shot past Haru making him apprehensive. He had a feeling that something bad was going to happen but stayed put and kept a close eye on the village. After a few minutes, tiredness overcame Haru’s body and he fell asleep onto Byako. In the village, a large shadow appeared streaking in and out of the streets. It stopped at the mayor’s house and emerged from the shadows and took the form of a large bird, a phoenix to be exact. Its glossy red coat of feathers seemed to glimmer in the moonlight and embedded in its forehead was an ancient symbol. The legendary bird spread its elegant wings out and exerted a loud screech and spewed fire from its mouth setting the mayor’s house on fire. A mass of smoke came from the house and screams and the breaking of wood extended throughout the village as people scrambled out of bed and outside to safety, or so they thought. When the phoenix eyed the villagers he spat out more fire from its mouth and burned people to a crisp, but not all of them. Some it would catch with its talons, scooped them up to its beak, and swallow them whole.
“Where is he?!!! Where is the boy?!!!!!” the phoenix cried angrily as it took off to the sky and flew around the village setting houses aflame as it went.
Byako instantly sprang up and stared at what was happening below the hill at the village. He swiped his tail at Haru and attempted to awaken the lad, but it failed. He grew impatient, yowled loudly into his ear, and pounced on the boy forcing him to roll over and land on his back in a not very comfortable manner. Haru immediately awoke confused as to why his companion had rudely interrupted his peaceful sleep, but when he looked to where the massive amount of smoke was arising from and he immediately became apprehensive, grabbed his belongs and broke out into an all out sprint to his home. Upon his arrival with Byako, he could stare in shock at the multiple, burned bodies strewn on the streets and the destruction that lay before him. Just about all the houses were on fire and countless screams pleading for help sounded out from villagers while others tried to hide from the beasts’ view. Haru reached for the wooden sword on his left hip and tried to look for the source of the evil that had brought this upon his home. Sylvan jumped over bodies and broken piece of wood to get to Haru and pulled the child into a hug.
“Thank goodness you’re alright Haru. I thought that bird might have gotten you too,” Sylvan whispered in a slightly relieved tone.
“Yeah, I’m okay but what do you mean by might have gotten you too?” Haru asked confusedly. But looking at Sylvan’s face of sadness and despair, he understood what had happened and hugged his friend tightly with small streaks of tears running down his face.
A loud screech pierced the sky and the phoenix appeared from the dark, clouds of smoke and eyed Haru. “Finally! The one I have been waiting for. Boy, your life will be mine!!!!!” the phoenix cried and flew towards Haru, ready to swallow him whole.
Before the boys had anytime to react, Byako had already sprang into action and tackled them out of the way just before the phoenix was about to eat them. The boys were stunned and were unable to find the will to move. Byako stepped in front of them and a glowing, yellow circle appeared underneath him and engulfed him. Everyone had to cover their eyes from the blinding light. The light died down as quickly as it had appeared and Byako had grown to about the size of the phoenix and gave a loud roar and pounced on the bird.
“Haru, since when……”
“I don’t know Sylvan. I’ve never seen him like this before….”
The two beasts struggled and fought against one another while in the process destroying more the village and then disappeared in a heap of flames and smoke. Minutes passed and the noise had quieted down, Haru began to worry when, all of a sudden, the shadow of a figure emerged. Sylvan and Haru eyed it carefully and when the smoke cleared, there stood Byako. Blood tainted his glossy silver fur and many scratches marred his body, and in his mouth was the phoenix’s heart. He weakly limped over to his master, dropped the organ in front of the boy and collapsed. Haru snapped out of his trance and shook the tiger.
“Byako? You okay boy?”
No answer.
“Byako? Come on this isn’t the time to play dead.”
Again, there was no answer.
“Please. Wake up,” Haru whispered while hugging Byako’s body. Tears streaked down his face as he buried his head into the dead tiger’s pelt.
Sylvan kneeled beside Haru and rubbed his back and tried to sooth the younger boy’s pain. A small crowd surrounded the trio and was murmuring about what had just happened when the mayor pushed through the crowd and stormed over to Haru and slapped him with all the strength he could muster.
“You!!! This is all your fault!! Our village is destroyed and many villagers are dead!!!!!!! Haru, I hear by exile you from this village!!!” the mayor shouted at the top of his lungs.
“Sir, that’s not fair!! It wasn’t his fault!!” Sylvan shouted back to defend his best friend who just laid their motionless after the slap.
“Really now?? Then explain why the bird went straight after him when it saw him Sylvan!!”
“I don’t know. But if you’re going to exile him, than exile me as well!!”
“Fine, it’s your loss. I hear by exile Haru Hitsugaya and Sylvan Takashi from Azurel.” the mayor said. With that the crowd nodded their agreement and Sylvan carried Haru and Byako out of the village. It was nearly sunrise when Sylvan had managed to carry Haru and Byako a few, good miles away from the village. Before they left Sylvan went back to what was left of his house and grabbed some clothes, money and other things they might need on their journey. Haru still carried a saddened expression his face when they buried Byako under a large oak tree, after the burial he had climbed to the top of the tree and began to play the flute he had hand carved long ago. He played an ancient song passed down from generations that was usually heard at funerals and such. Sylvan could only watch as his best friend sunk deeper and deeper into depression. After Sylvan had managed to lure Haru down the tree, they traveled to a village near Mt. Ootori in the north. Upon arriving in the village Sylvan explained their situation to the mayor, leaving out details here and there, and were allowed to stay in the village.
A few days passed and the mayor asked the boys to meet him on the outskirts of town close to the mountain. When they arrived the mayor was already waiting for them at what looked like a shrine and beckoned them over to show them something.
“Boys, this is the shrine of the legendary Hien Ryu that our village has protected. Long ago the Hien Ryu use to reside here but when wars started it occurring and the fighting got worse, it vanished,” the mayor told them while showing them a sort of painting inside the shrine with an alter.
“Scarlet Dragon? I’ve never heard of it before,” Sylvan answered.
“Legend has it that the Hien Ryu was almost taken by the hands of evil when a young boy appeared and slayed the evil one and became its master. The Hien Ryu holds immense power that could destroy us all,” the mayor replied.
“Sir, why are you telling us this?” Haru asked curiously.
Sylvan stared at Haru, it had been the first time he had heard him talk since the death of his beloved tiger companion. But neither the less Sylvan was also curious as to why the mayor would just tell us this out of the blue.
“Haru, was it? I have reason to believe that you are the reincarnation of the young boy in the legend and will slay the evil that chases after the Hien Ryu,”
“What? How do you know? Sorry, sir, but you have the wrong person. I’m no hero.”
“No, I am not wrong. Look at this painting carefully; the resemblance you two share is uncanny, no?”
“Let me see…………..Haru, he’s right. You two look like identical twins.”
“But Sylvan! I can’t!! I’m no hero and you know it! I can’t save anybody let alone some thing. I couldn’t even protect Byako….and how do we know this isn’t all just made up story anyways??”
“Oh this is very real. History is repeating. Haven’t you two noticed all the strange things happening lately? Haru, you told me that a large phoenix came after you in your village. Tell me, did it have a symbol like this?” the mayor asked while drawing out a symbol on some paper and showing it to them.
Haru took the drawing and tried to remember that night without having to think about his dead friend. When he thought about it, he remembered what it looked liked and nodded.
“This is the symbol the evil one bore and the creature is a minion of the evil one, just like in the legend. It was probably looking for the legendary hero so he wouldn’t get in the way of the evil one’s attempt to capture the Hien Ryu,” the mayor explained.
Haru tried to find another logical answer but failed. The mayor kneeled down on the floor and pulled away a mat to reveal a trap door and struggled to lift it open. Sylvan assisted and a minute later the door was propped open and the mayor reached down to pull out a leather box and set it in front of Haru.
“Open it,” was all he said.
Haru was hesitant at first but nodded. He lifted the top off and set it aside and pulled the pieces of silk away to reveal a stunning, silver sword with a blood, red hilt and an emerald embedded where the silver and scarlet met. An inscription was carved on the blade that read, ‘Koori Neko.’ Haru gently picked up the blade and held the hilt in one hand and lightly caressed the smooth silver with the fingertips of his other hand.
“Wow, it’s amazing. Why is it called Ice Cat though??” Haru asked while still examining the sword.
Sylvan moved closer to Haru and took a look at the magnificent craftsmanship that was before him. It must have taken a while and a lot of effort and care to make such a fine sword.
“Legend said that with this sword, the hero was able to summon a large cat made of crystal ice and command it to do battle,” the mayor said. “And now, I pass this sword to you Haru. Find the evil one and stop him before it’s too late.”
Haru nodded and found a sheath for the sword under the rest of the silk and placed the sword in it with care before tying it on his hip next to his wooden sword. The trio all stood and exited the shrine and made their way back to the village speaking no more of the matter.
The next day, Haru and Sylvan had packed all their belongings once more and left the village. Before leaving, the mayor told them to head west to a village called Niho.
“I wish you luck on your journey, the fate of our world, is in your hands,” the mayor whispered as he watched the two walk away.
“Hey Sylvan…….”
“Hm? What is it?”
“Well……….never mind, it’s not important.”
Sylvan knew what his best friend was going to say and gently ruffled Haru’s hair. “Don’t worry. I’ll be with you all the way. We’ll find this evil one and put a stop to him.”
Haru smiled a little and dashed ahead of Sylvan, “Last one there is a rotten egg!!”
Sylvan let out a small laugh and chased after the younger boy. As the two dashed along the road that would take them to Niho, out of the blue Haru tripped on nothing and fell to the cold, dirt ground. Sylvan whooshed past Haru and continued down the windy trail. A minute passed and Sylvan was pondering as to how Haru hadn’t caught up to him yet. He spun around on his heels and the sight before him made his eyes buldge out. Haru was still on the floor, but no movement erected from his body. Sylvan panicked and sprinted back to Haru, picked him up piggy-back style and ran down the road.

[melichan]

“Ugg…….w-where am I?” a quiet voice groaned as he slowly opened his eyes and peered around the room carefully, “Mmm……..my body feels weird.”
“Ah, so you’re finally awake.”
“Huh? W-Who are you?”
“There is nothing to fear, I am not your enemy. I only wish to aid you.”
“Who are you though? What’s your name?” he asked with curiosity filling his mind.
A small chuckle ran out through the room, “My name is Souta Houshi, and you are Haru Hitsugaya.”
Haru sat up from the fluffy, white bed. The blanket that was keeping the warmth in slid off his chest to reveal him wearing pale blue pj’s. The button up top was a bit too big for him and covered past his hands as he raised his right hand to rub the tiredness out of his gold eyes. A small creak sounded and the door opened to reveal Sylvan holding a slightly, tattered money bag in his left hand and a green paper bag in the other.
“Sylvan!”
“Hey Haru, your finally awake.”
Haru nodded his head and was about to pull away the rest of the blanket and hop out of bed, but a hand stopped him. Haru cocked his head and Souta smiled. His long, honey yellow hair gave off a gleam and his fire red bangs made it look like his head was ablaze. His emerald green eyes were covered by frameless, rectangular glasses. He wore snowy white and sky blue robes with ocean blue, leather boots.
“No, you must rest a little more. Your body has still not recovered,” Souta whispered quietly while receiving the green, paper bag from Sylvan. He ripped a tear in the paper and capsized the bag and a few multi-colored leafs and a lumpy root tumbled out and landed in a bowl.
“Sylvan, could you go and boil some water for me please?”
“Sure, I’ll be right back. Haru, do as Priest Souta tells you,” and with that, Sylvan scurried out of the room in a mouse like fashion leaving the two alone.
‘Priest? Mr. Houshi is a priest?’ Haru asked in his mind. He watched as Souta grinded the herbs and root and than mix the fine powders together.
Minutes passed, but in Haru’s mind, it felt like an eternity until Sylvan finally re-entered the room with a kettle of steaming, hot water. He set the kettle and a mug down on the table Souta was working on. Souta thanked him and carefully swept the powder into the mug and poured the water in as well. The aroma that sped out from the mug was enticing and captured Haru in a trance like stat. His eyes were glazed over and a blank expression filled his face. Souta snapped his fingers in front of Haru’s face and he instantly came out of the trance.
“W-What?”
“It’s alright; this medicine has that kind of effect on people. Drink it and you’ll be feeling better in no time,” Souta answered while handing Haru the medicinal tea.
Haru took it gratefully and just as he was about to take a sip, a loud yell shook the room.
“SOUUUTAAA!!!!” a young woman screamed as she slammed the door open cracking the wall.
“Miss Kaguya, I’m right here so there is no reason for you to shout. Now may I help you?” Souta growled slightly.
“Shut up! I’ll yell if I want to!”
“You’ll ruin your voice if you continue to do so.”
“Will not!”
“Sister… you shouldn’t bother Priest Souta if he’s busy.”
“Hiro, butt out!”
“But sister!”
“Enough!! Both of you will be silent before I kick you out!” Souta shouted at the bickering siblings.
Sylvan gave a sort of nervous chuckle and moved closer to Haru. Haru was staring at the new arrivals with curiosity. Souta sighed and ran his hand through his hair and adjusted his spectacles.
“Sorry about that. Haru, Sylvan, this is Naichi Kaguya,” he gestured to the young woman about his age, “And this is Hiro Kaguya,” he motioned to the young boy about Haru’s age.
“Hiya!” Naichi cheered happily. Her long, strawberry blond hair was decorated with braids and a sort of tiara adorned her head. Her midnight blue eyes showed an immediate change from anger to happiness and her smile felt warmer than the sun. She wore a blush pink dress that hugged her body tightly and showed some of her curves. It fanned out after it passed her thighs and a red sash was tied around her small hips. Pure white slippers covered her feet and a few gold ankle bracelets encircled her ankles.
“Hello, it’s a pleasure to meet you,” Hiro replied quietly while bowing in a polite manner. He had long, dirty-blonde hair tied in a ponytail. His piercing red-black eyes sent shivers down people’s spines, though he was oblivious to the effect. He wore a maroon red shirt with a sliver cross necklace and black jeans that clung to his thin legs with red shoes covering his feet from view.
“It’s nice to meet you too,” Haru complied.
“Haru, finish the tea,” Souta ordered, “And you two. If you have no business here than I advise you to leave at once.”
“Souta, you’re such a prude!” Naichi huffed.
“Am not!” Souta retorted.
The two glared at each other and started yelling at the top of their lungs. Haru and Sylvan got a bit frightened and scooted closer to Hiro who was at a safer distance.
“D-Do they always fight like this?” Sylvan stuttered quietly as he watched Naichi begin to throw random objects at Souta.
“Pretty much. But secretly, my sister is in love with Souta,” Hiro whispered in response as they watched Souta dodge all the objects with the greatest of ease.
““Seriously?!””
“Yep.”
“Does Souta know?!”
‘Does he like her back?”
“Not su….”
““What are you three talking about?””
The three stopped in their tracks and turned to see Souta and Naichi staring at them with suspicion.
“““Nothing!”””
The older teens were about to speak up when a shrill scream was heard from outside. Everyone quickly dashed outside into the darkness. A stack of smoke rose from the outskirts of town and the five headed towards it.
Clank, clank. Swoosh! Bam. After they heard these noises, this made the group run faster to their destination. When they arrived in the clearing, the sight mortified them. Dead bodies were strewn all over the floor, their blood staining the grasses purity. Many of the bodies were cut up and had dagger and knives still jammed into their necks and chests. A few others were bruised badly and their necks twisted in an uncomfortable position.
“AAHHHH!!!” a voice screamed.
They all looked up to see a man with a sword piercing through his heart and blood gushing out at a non-stop pace. The sword was withdrawn from the man moments later and his body dropped to the floor like a lead anvil. Before them were the shadowy figures of a man, a women, and a boy who was about the size of Sylvan.
“Who are you and what have you done?!” Souta shouted angrily at them.
The man chuckled and stepped over the dead carcass forward, “Why, I killed him of course. He was in the way.”
“Monster! How could you?!!” Sylvan growled.
“It was quite easy actually. Would you like me to show you again?” he asked. The moon crept out from the clouds and the light revealed their appearances. The man had neat, shoulder-length bluish-black hair and chocolate brown eyes that showed the pleasure of killing he had. He wore a black tank top and grey jeans with rips every few inches down his legs. A ruby necklace adorned his thin neck. Though his body looked thin and frail, the way he had easily killed that man said otherwise.
The woman had long blue hair tied up in a bun with chopsticks and scarlet red eyes filled with lust. A red dress that only went to her knees hugged her body and a black dragon was imprinted on it. She wore white pants underneath and had black sandals on.
The boy’s fiery red hair was streaked with gold and his black eyes looked lifeless. His blue muscle shirt and green pants showed off his well defined muscles. His hands were wrapped in bandages and a purple crystal necklace was strung around his neck.
The man smirked and eyed the group, when he caught sight of Hiro he looked him up and down and an idea formed in his mind, “Yes…..the boy will do fine. Yuki! Taizou!”
The two nodded and dashed towards Hiro. Souta knew immediately what they were attempting to do and stood in front of Hiro. He pulled out his staff and prepared to attack. Yuki smirked cockily and pulled out a fan from her dress and swiped it at Souta. A large gust of wind formed and knocked Souta backwards into a tree and into unconsciousness. Before the others had time to recover from the wind, Taizou had appeared in front of Hiro and punched him hard in the gut knocking him out as well. He quickly hoisted him over his shoulder and made his way back to the man.
Plunk!
Just before Taizou reached the man, an arrow appeared out of nowhere and shot in front of Taizou forcing to jump back. They all looked in the direction of where the arrow was shot and there stood a man with short, topaz yellow hair holding a bow and another arrow ready to be fired.
“One more step and this time I’ll make sure not to miss,” he yowled while pointing the arrow at Taizou.
“Jamie! What are you doing here?” Naichi called to him.
“I saw the smoke and came to investigate,” he replied while eyeing the man, “Keima…so we meet again. Today is the day I finally destroy you once and for all!!”
“Oh? I’d love to see you try,” he drawled out.
“Curse you!!” Jamie shouted angrily and fired the arrow at Keima.
Taizou intercepted the arrow and crushed with ease. “You will not hurt my master,” he spoke with a monotone voice.
Keima smirked once more and faced Haru, “Boy, I will not let you have the Hien Ryu for it shall be mine!” He charged at Haru with his sword and was ready to kill him.
Haru froze in fear and couldn’t move an inch. Jamie cursed and readied another arrow and was about to shoot it at Keima when Yuki blocked him, “Do anything and the kid’s a goner.” Jamie was furious but knew that if he did try to help the boy than Hiro would be killed.
Just as Keima was about slash his sword, a glow erupted from the Koori Neko and an icy mist surrounded Haru and the others.
“What is this?!” Keima hissed while looking around for them.
‘W-What? The Koori Neko is acting on its own, but why?’ asked Haru in his mind.
‘Boy…’
‘Ah! W-who are you?!’
‘I am the Koori Neko. Hurry and draw me from my sheath or else you will perish.’
Haru hesitated at first but then did as he was told and drew the Koori Neko. It pulsed for a moment before a light blue aura surrounded it and the mist disappeared.
Keima spotted Haru immediately and slashed his sword at Haru. Haru blocked it and barely managed to force Keima back. ‘T-This strength. When did I get this strong?’ Haru pondered as he dashed forward and struck Keima. Keima blocked t at the last minute and a little cut was embedded into his cheek where blood slicked slowly down his cheek. The two went at the other with their swords as their only weapons while the others could only watch. Keima broke away after a few minutes and signaled Taizou and Yuki to follow suit.
“This isn’t over yet boy. Next time we meet your life will be mine!” he spat and they disappeared in a flash.
Tears poured down from Naichi’s face as she sobbed into her hands. Jamie quickly rushed it over to her and hugged her tightly. “Naichi, I’m sorry. If only I’d come sooner,” he whispered while trying to comfort the girl.
“J-Jamie, i-it’s not yo-your fault. B-But...w-w-why would h-he….want H-Hi-Hiro?” she asked in between sobs.
“They know we won’t do anything as long as they have Hiro hostage. If only there was a way…” Sylvan muttered while thinking.
Moments later Souta limped towards them. He was leaning on his staff for support and small trickles of blood came down his face. Naichi quickly hugged him tightly which cause Souta to lose his balance and fall backwards.
“Naichi, I’m sorry. I wasn’t able to help protect Hiro….” He growled a bit in anger and sadness.
“Stupid. It’s not your fault. I-I’m just glad y-your okay,” she balled into his chest
Souta was surprised at her outburst but smiled a little bit and rubbed her back in a comforting manner. “There, there now. It’s alright, we’ll get Hiro back so don’t you worry.”
“I’m sorry Miss Kaguya, this is my fault.”
All eyes turned to Haru who had his back to them. “Haru…” Sylvan whispered softly.
“He was after me and he dragged you all into this. I’m sorry!” Haru sniffled. Light streams of tears came down his face. He was gripping the Koori Neko so tightly he was even starting to bleed.
“No, it’s not your fault. Keima bears a grudge against our family so it didn’t surprise me as much that he would pull a stunt like this,” Jamie started, “Not only that but he has cursed us as well.”
Haru turned around to face Jamie with shock in his eyes. Jamie’s outfight was similar to a knights. He had long white pants and a button up white shirt with gold embroidery on the edges. A blur cape fanned out behind him and a quiver of arrows attached to his back. He placed the bow in his quiver and rolled up his right sleeve to reveal a purplish mark on his arm.
“This mark continues to spread and infect my body and one day it will kill me,” he growled.
“I’m sorry,” Haru whispered
“Don’t be. The question is, what shall you do now?”
“I-I’m going to go after him. It’s my destiny to stop him from getting his hands on the Hien Ryu.”
“Then I shall accompany you. I must vanquish him to lift the curse of our family.”
“Then I’m coming too!” Naichi cried.
“Looks like I’m going to be coming as well, someone has to keep her out of trouble," Souta added.

[melichan]

It was decided. They all packed things they would need on the voyage and left early the next morning to see if they could still follow their trail. It took them a few days, but they were able to catch on to their trail and followed it to Kaji forest. They traveled deep into the heart of the forest and found a river of spirits heading through a gate. They all turned to each other and nodded and followed the river of spirits through. When they arrived on the other side of the gate, they were met with a barren wasteland. The sky was a plum purple and the land was littered with skeletons and gnarled trees.
Click-clack, click-clack. They all turn to see Taizou standing before them on a pathway of blood. His eyes still lifeless and his expression matched that of a brick walls. “If you want to find the boy than come,” was all he spoke and turned around and walked down the pathway of blood.
The others were hesitant at first thinking it was a trap, but in the end it was their only lead and followed Taizou. It seemed like forever until they had reached their destination, a cave that led deep under ground. Taizou had disappeared leaving our heroes to venture down the cave to find Keima. After a few minutes of walking, a light was ahead of the tunnel and they all rushed towards it. When they walked into the light, a strong blast of wind came at them forcing them to scatter. In the middle of the room stood Keima, Yuki, Taizou, and Hiro. But something seemed different about Hiro; he now wore the exact same clothes as Keima and was given a bow and a quiver of arrows.
“So you’ve finally arrived,” Keima boredly drawled out.
“Keima, I’m going to make you regret the day you were born,” Souta hissed dangerously.
“What have you done to Hiro?!!” Naichi cried in mortification
“Oh nothing. Just a little mind control nothing fancy,” Keima answered with a yawn.
“Disciple beast, die!’ Jamie yelled as he aimed an arrow at Keima and let it fly.
Keima smirked and snapped his fingers. Hiro appeared in front of Keima and fired an arrow of his own. The two arrows collided and clanked to the floor, making Jamie curse his luck. “If you want to get to me, you must defeat the others,” Keima hollered.
Sylvan glanced at Taizou and clenched his fists tightly. “Leave that Taizou kid to me,” he mumbled to the others.
“Alright, I’ll take on Yuki, Jamie, you deal with Hiro, and Haru, Keima’s all yours,” Souta whispered to the others who nodded in agreement.
“On my mark, we scatter,” Haru ordered as he gripped his sword hilt, “And….go!”
With that, they all disappeared and went after their proclaimed opponents leaving Naichi behind. Sylvan fought against Taizou one on one in hand-to-hand combat. Jaime and Hiro fired arrows at one another, Jamie making sure to not hurt Hiro to bad. Souta and Yuki danced around the room while they exchanged blows. Haru charged at Keima and drew his sword. The minute the sword was pulled out, Haru’s eyes changed to a sky blue and the strange aura appeared around the Koori Neko once more.
“I release you from your bondage. Devour his soul, Koori Neko!” Haru cried.
A blinding glow erupted from the sword and there stood a humongous cat made completely of ice. It yowled and attacked Keima who was only able to barely dodge the blows. Keima grew angry and disappeared and reappeared behind Souta with his sword at his neck.
“Souta, listen to me. If you kill Haru I will cure your sister of her illness with the Hien Ryu’s power,” Keima whispered in Souta’s ear for only him to hear.
Souta’s eyes widened, “Melanie...” he croaked.
“Yes, help me and I will help Melanie,”
“I…”
“Souta, don’t you even think about it!!” Naichi screamed.
“But Naichi…”
“How do you know he would keep his promise?!!”
“I…”
“It’s a trick! If you do help him than…I’ll never forgive you!”
Keima snarled but was knocked away by the ice cat. Haru and Naichi dashed over to check on Souta. He was fine, just in a little shock. Yuki went to aid Keima. Keima glanced around and saw Sylvan and Taizou going at it. It appeared Taizou was having difficulties fending off Sylvan’s attacks. Keima pulled out a dagger from his pocket and thrust it at Sylvan. None of the others had time to react and stop it. The dagger plunged into Sylvan’s heart, ending his life in a swift blow. Haru stood there, trickles of tears streamed down his face and anger filled his mind. He charged immediately at inattentive Keima with his sword and new found speed. He pierced through Keima like he was a piece of paper, and his body fell to the floor in a large pool of crimson blood. Yuki gasped and was about to kill Haru with a hidden dagger in her dress when an arrow pierced through her heart and sent her dropping on top of Keima. Haru turned to see Jamie holding an unconscious Hiro in one arm and his bow in the other. Taizou stood there and looked around confused.
“W-Where am I?” he asked in a confused tone.
“You must have been controlled by Keima and forced to do his work, weren’t you?” asked Haru.
Taizou looked at him in surprise and then remembered those things, those horrible things he had done and nodded in shamefully. “Y-Yes, I’m sorry,” he whispered in sorrow.
“It’s alright, it wasn’t your fault. It was that monster Keima,” Naichi retorted.
Haru walked over to the fallen body of his best friend and lightly caressed his cheek. Tear continued to slide down his cheek and hit the floor. He hugged the lifeless body and sobbed once more when the death of his fallen pet, Byako, had come. The others attempted to console him, but their efforts were in vain.
Just then, the cave started to shake, rocks were starting to crack and fall. A loud crash sounded from the floor and in the air was a large, scarlet colored dragon with a long black mane. A strange symbol was embedded into its chest which was similar to one that Haru had seen before.
“You boy! Who are you and why are you here?” the dragon asked.
“My name? My name is Haru Hitsugaya. I was the one sent here to rescue you.” Haru growled.
“Hm?” the dragon moved closer to Haru and inspected him, “You look familiar. Long ago there was boy like you who rescued me from evil and in return I entrusted my power to him.”
“So I’ve heard. But I don’t want your power, this is your fault!! My best friend is dead because of
you!!”
“I am sorry young one. If there was a way, I would bring him and your tiger back from the dead, but I cannot. What is it you desire of this dragon?”
“Nothing. I’ve completed my job and now I will be leaving.”
“You speak lies. There is something else you want. I can hear the desires in your heart.”
Haru froze and looked back to others. “I want for Souta’s sister to be cured of her illness, Jaime and his family to be cured of their curse, Hiro and Naichi to be reunited, and……” Haru hesitated before speaking his last request, “and for Sylvan and Byako to find peace in the after life and forgive me for dragging them into this.”
“As you desire, Master.” And with that, a glow engulfed the dragon and he disappeared.
The others looked at one another wondering if what had just happened was real or not. Jamie unwrapped his arm and found the mark gone. “I-It’s gone!!”
“Amazing…” Souta whispered.
A groan was heard and Hiro opened his eyes. “S-Sister?”
“Hiro!! Oh Hiro!! You’re alright!!” Naichi squealed with Joy as she pulled Hiro out of Jamie’s arms and pulled the boy into a bone crushing hug.
Haru smiled at the others and pulled out the wooden flute from his pocket and clutched it tightly. “Rest in peace, you two,” he whispered quietly and then picked up Sylvan’s body and faced the others. “Come on guys, it’s time for us to go.”
“But how will we get out of here?” Taizou asked confusedly.
Suddenly the same gate they used to cross into this world appeared before them once more and swung open. They all knew it was their ticket out of there and passed through leaving to back to their own dimension.
Knock, knock.
“Haru, it’s time to wake up!”
A groan was heard and Haru sat up in his bed and yawned. He had dreamed of it again, the day the phoenix attacked his home and killed his best friend and how Keima had killed Sylvan during their final battle. It all seemed like a dream but the pain in his heart told him otherwise. A month had passed since they had returned from that strange world and things had all gone back to normal. Jamie and his family were free of their curse and Taizou was free of Keima’s reign and now served as Jamie’s personal bodyguard. Souta and Naichi had finally confessed their feelings for each other and had gotten married about a week right after; they had even adopted Haru out of the kindness of their hearts. Haru quickly changed and went outside where they were all waiting for him. His new family and friends, all smiled at him as he dashed towards them with a special smile, a smile he showed only to them. With that, this story comes to an end. A truly magnificent legend to be passed down from generation to generation and many generations to come.

Hope you guys like it =D

[sphere]

i like it! but..how is this a short story? xD what are those funny symbol thinggy..

[melichan]

Huh? *looks at it* O.O WTF?? I pasted it from my word document. Not sure why it's all weird like that........

Ahaha ^^; I went a little overboard on this

[sphere]

Lol..I like it! it's good!

[melichan]

Thank you sphere =D *hugs*

[sphere]

*hugs back* anytime! ^^

[melichan]

Okay =D