Back to ze past

Amaterasu's hand moved to her hair ad ran down the side of her face to her neck. She snaked her hand around and took hold of one of her arrows.

Yuki held his head. "I fel dizzy.." He muttered.

"Yuki, just how much blood do you think you lost? Of course you're dizzy!" He said with a worried smile and pulled Yuki's arm over his shooulder to keep him steady. "You'll be fine."

Ayamas head snapped up and she slid from the bed.She turned to Kaoru. "Come after me and You'll find out how I truley feel."

She took hold of a necklace and small fragment she had kept beside her at all times and made her way outside.

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Hours had passed and what seemd like years to Yuki and dragged on. They soon arrived at a large house, only to see Ayama standing out the front.

"Ma?!" Yuki exclaimed.

Amaterasu stood off to the side, her arms folded as she looked towards the woman who birthed her.

Ayama smirked. "So, this is the group who was after my pieces?"

Mori moved in front of Taro, eyes flashing red. "Ayama. What do you think you're doing?" He asked, barely able to keep his range of mostly furious emotions from his voice, one hand at the hilt of his sword. "You can't keep out of this, can you?!"

"What about you Mori?" Ayama whispered, appearing behind him. She switched to his other ear. "You can't seem to be able to stayaway."
Ina blink, she was standing where she was before. "Sadaharu." She tutterd. "You've been a very naughty boy."

The older panther's face contorted with rage and Taro took hold of his arm to stop him moving forwards. Sadaharu somehow managed to keep his face blank as he looked to the woman that had killed his mother. "Ayama." He muttered. "Those pieces don't belong to you."

"Oh, and their yours now are they?" Ayama rose her eyebrow and lifted the necklace into plain view. "They are rather pretty, and I hear they can make a person made by just wearing them. Can't they Ama?"

Amaterasu rubbed her arm and tried to disapear into the shadows.

"So." Ayama stood to her full height. "To avoid any unwanted deaths, bruises, injuries or unwanted Coma's. Lets just hand me the peices now."

"Sorry, not about to help you." Mori snarled. "We're not giving these up to the likes of you!" Taro drew back when Mori shook him off to draw his sword. "Give them up or we'll take them from you."

Ayama smiled. "Your cute Mori." She said. "But not cute enough." The necklace was placed around her neck and in an instent shw glowed and screams of what seemed like one thousand pained souls were heard. A strong gust of wind lifted Ayama clothes and hair slightly, so they flapped wildly around her.
Then, the souls stopped and landed around, behind and infront of the demoness. Ayama smirked and made her way down. "Silly Mori. You don't know how to use these artifcats do you? And the only one who did, died."

Yuki held onto Sadaharu, unable to stand another moment.

Sadaharu supported most of Yuki's weight, eyes glued to Ayama as he tried to figure out what to do. If it came to a fight - which was starting to look likely - Yuki wouldn't be bale to take part. And they couldn't just leave him be. his eyes darted around and he started t back up. He needed to get Yuki away from here before he got hurt.

"Bitch" He snapped. "I would never use something if it came at the cost of madness. What are you going to do, huh? Kill us all?"

"Me? No." Ayama shook her head. "I'll leave that to my good friends." She lifted her hand an the hundred or so soul like pupets looked up and in a swarm, attacked the others.

Mori stepped back, pushing Taro back behind him and riasing his sword as the spirits swarmed towards them. He let out a snarl as the possibility of attacking Ayama was put further away from him and he stabbed out at the one in front of him. His sword passed with right through it annd it made an obscene gusture before lashing it's claws out over Mori's chest. He scowled and tried again, managing to drive his sword though it's heart. He turned and killed the one that was about to attack the blonde behind him and passed him a small sword. "Just try and use it!" He pleaded, turning back as another quickly took the firsts place.

Sadaharu was forced to let Yuki slump down as he rose his knives against the spirits that circled them, bodies moving unnaturaly before they flashed in to attack.

Amaterasu was going crazy with her arrows as one after the other the spirits came to life and attacked. When she was out of Arrows, she resulted to her knife and flipped through the air, spinning and attacking their hearts.

Yuki fell to the ground and groaned, he couldn't even move.

Ayama let out a happy laughed and jumped into the air, landing elegenly behind Mori. She pressed her dagger into his side.

Mori gave a cry of anger and turned his sword on her, kicking her back and slashing the blade across at her.

Raven grunted in pain as one of the spirits dodged his attacked and raked it's claws along his back. He reeled around and killed it with a well aimed kunai.

"Yuki, just hang on" Sadaharu said quickly and tried to cleear the enemies around him so ghe could get Yuki out of there.

Ayama avoided his attack and disapeared. "Careful." She whispered from behind him, stabbing a dagger into his side. "Remind you of something."

Yuki started to crawl off and move up, just below the spirits attackingrange, he made his way to the newly appeared Ayama who stood near the op of her home.

Mori ripped the blade from his sighed and cursed as she once again vanished, leabing him with the constantly appearing spirits. He threw the dagger at one, killing it, before turning on another.

Ayama slowly glided down to the ground infront of her house, a menecing smile across her lips.

"Ma!" Yuki called before he cried out as a large being scratched across his back. Ayama smirked and moved slowly over to her son.
"Never one too bright, were you son?" She taunted, bending down beside him.

Yuki looked up, the sides of his eyes filled with blood from his head wound. "Stop this, call it off."

"Or what? What can you posibly do?" Ayama let out a laugh. "You in your weakend state."

"Mum." Yuki pleaded, tears coming to his eyes. "Please."

Ayama let out a loud laugh before she froze and a small trail of blood spilled from her mouth. She coughed and looked behind her. Amaterasu smirked.
"Never one too bright, were you Ma?"

Ayama fell to the ground and all at once, the spirits let out an ear shattering scream and slowly faded from sight, all falling back into the necklace around Ayamas neck.

While no-one watched, Amaterasu beant down and took the necklace and Bracelet fragment. Her eyes flashed red, then black, then back to normal.

The rest of them were left glancing around as the spirits vanished. Mori spotted the three family members and dashed over, shoving his sword back into his belt. Sadaharu moved after him and Taro and Raven followed.

Ayama lay convolsing on the ground, blood spilling over her lips as she glanced around. The life soon faded from her eyes.

Amaterasu stood back up slowly and watched, but didn't move, as her brother collapsed over. No longer able to hold it.

Sadaharu dropped to his knees besiide Yuki and pulled the rat into his arms. "Hey, Yuki! Come on, stay awake!" He pleaded, a tinge of panic entering his voice. Mori fell to a stop when he reached them and his gaze dropped to Ayama's still body. Dead. "Amaterasu," He paused. "Where are the artefacts?" Taro interrupted, stopping beside Mori.

"Her ones broke." Amaterasu tilted her head, eyes narrowing at the boys. "Shattered when the spirits re-entered."

Taro nodded, but his face remained void of wether he agreed or not. "Where are the fragments then? I think it would be unwise to leave them."

"They were shattered dear Taro." Amaterasu said, looking to the fool. "If you'd like to collect dust look upon the ground." her eyes flashed that array of colours.

Taro instantly dropped the topic, eyes darkening as he regarded the girl. Sadaharu still cradled Yuki. "Wake up!" He demanded angrily. Mori turned to look at them and bobbed down. "Yuki?"

Amaterasu sighed. "Due to the contonuation of blood entering his skull and the fact of his immortality due to being a demon.Our dear rat friend here has entered a coma."