Sunday, August 22, 2004

Finally, I've gotten the chance to write the rest of the chapter.
sorry it took so long, but here's the rest of chapter seven.

"The footprints end here," Skye informed. They gazed up at what was before them. It was a run-down warehouse. "Perfect place for a hideout," Tai commented. "Well, let's go." "We can't be so reckless. We have to think about this. For all we know this may be a trap," Skye reasoned. "I'd gratefully walk into a trap if it means that I may be helping a friend, especially one that I don't even know whether is dead or alive," Tai responded. "Don't say that! I know that Teru-chan is still alive! She has to be!" Chie exclaimed. "Well, we better hurry before she isn't anymore," Tai staed, racing inside. "What good will us saving her be if we get captured too!" Skye shouted after the other 2. They ignored him and continued. Skye sighed and followed.

Aishiteru shivered. The room she had been locked in was damp and mucky. Not only that, but she was frightened for both her and her friends' safety. The leader had stayed in the room and was staring down at her creepily.
"What are you looking at?" Aishiteru demanded. "You," he answered plainly. "Until you decide to cooperate, I'll have to keep looking at you. Can't take any chances." "Well, you're going to be staring for a long time because I'm never going to cooperate with someone like you," Aishiteru remarked. She turned and pouted.
Then, there was a knock on the door. The brown-haired demon stood and answered the door. "What is it?" he growled. "We have intruders, Haki-sama," the other demon explained. "There are 2 boys and a girl." Aishiteru gasped. Haki noticed her reaction and smiled. "It must be her friends coming to rescue her, huh?" Hai voiced, licking his lips. "Well, give them a warm welcome by our squad," Haki ordered with a smirk. The other demon let out a tiny grin as he exited. Aishiteru had a miniature feeling in the pit of her stomach that her friends were in for a lot of trouble.

Tai, Chie , and Skye crept through the warehouse. "Man, this is easier than I thought it would be," Chie commented. "They must be up to something. They wouldn't kidnap her just to let us waltz right up and take her away," Skye told them. As soon as he finished talking, the room they were in lit up. On the opposite side, stood a trio of people. Skye and Tai could sense that they were demons. They didn't seem very strong though.
"Welcome," one greeted. "Where is Aishiteru?" Skye demanded, getting right to the point. "Fietsy, aren't we?" the same one grinned, wiping his long, black hair out of his eyes. "If you want to get to her, then you're going to have to get through the 3 of us," another demon informed. This was a girl with short, red hair. "What do you mean?" Chie asked. "We have a challenge for you 3 to accomplish," the demon answered. "What if don't cooperate and do your challenges?" Skye quizzed. "Well, we won't be able to guarantee your friend's safety," the girl demon retorted plainly. Tai gritted his teeth to keep himself from attacking the 3.
"What do we have to do?" Tai quizzed, still containing himself. "These are team challenges. If you aren't willing to work together, than you will fail," the 3rd demon informed. This was another man but with shoulder-length, blonde hair. "I have to work with HIM?" both Skye and Tai cried in unison. "I refuse!" "Fine. Say goodbye to your friend," the blonde remarked. "Fine. We'll cooperate, but only for Teru-chan," the boys agreed simutaneously. "Will you stop copying me?" They yelled to one another. Chie sighed.
"Anyway, your challenges are simple. All you have to do is defeat us in a battle," the red-head told them. "That should be simple for these two. They're excellent fighters," Chie grinned. "But, two of you will be blindfolded," the woman continued. "What?" all 3 friends demanded together, "One of the blindfolded two must fight Rika-san," the black-haired demon stated, pointing to the girl. "The other, must defeat Shinma-san." He gestured to the blonde-haired guy. "Well, you two are doing the fighting," Chie told them. "Meanwhile, you will have to yell out commands to them," the black-haired one told Chie. She gulped. "What are you going you do?" Skye asked the black-haired demon. "I'm going to make sure no one cheats," it replied. "Let's get on with it, Hinu. I'm thirsty for blood," the demon named Shinma remarked. The black-haired one (Hinu) handed Skye and Tai each a blindfold. "This is all on you, Chie-san," Skye told her, slipping on the blindfold. She gulped. Tai gave her a reassuring smile before putting his in place around his temple.
"Ready, set, fight!" Hinu yelled. Rika and Shinma approached. One from Tai's left and the other from Skye's right. "Tai-kun, go right! Skye-san, go left!" Chie commanded. The boys obeyed, going in the opposite directions than they should. "I mean, Ta-kun go left and Skye-san go right," Chie corrected herself. The boys sighed and before they could do what she said, their opponents lunged at them. "Sorry," Chie squeaked.
After a while, Chie began to get the hang of it. Soon, Skye and Tai were actually fighting back and even winning slightly.
"This can't be happening! we can't lose to these children," Hinu stated, watching his teammates lose. "Shinma, Rika! Time for combined attack!" Hinu declared. His allies grinned. "They're doing something!" Chie shouted. Before she could direct them anymore, Shinma and Rika each pulled out katanas and charged. Each of them attacked from an opposite direction and surrounded the 2 boys. They alternated with their attacks. They would attack one of the boys and then switch. Chie could barely track their movements because of their speed.
Afterwards, both assailants jumped back. Chie watched as her allies plummeted to the ground. Chie gasped. Soon, the boys staggered up. "What am I going to do?" Chie whispered to herself. "Both of my friends' lives are in my hand."

Aishiteru could sense her friends' prescence. It stood out among the auras of all of the demons. She could feel their strength decreasing. "I hope they're ok," Aishiteru muttered. She hear Haki chuckle. "What is so amusing?" Aishiteru demanded. He turned and showed her. It was a hand-held television. It showed her friend's in a room. Skye and Tai seemed hurt and Chie looked frightened and worried.
"Oh no!" Aishiteru cried. Haki cracked up into a hysterical laughter. "Don't expect to ever see them again. Once they're out of the way, you're next," Haki told her. "Please be ok!" Aishiteru wished quietly.

"Chie-san, what should we do?" Skye questioned. "I don't know. They're attacks are so fast. Maybe you two could track them if you weren't blindfolded, but I can't," Chie replied. Before they could say anymore, Shinma approached. Chie was about to inform her friends of this, when Skye stepped out of the way just in time.
"How'd you do that?" Chie quizzed. "Whoever that was, was stomping over here like a rouge elephant. It was easy to hear them coming," Sky insulted. Chie grinned. "Hear him coming?" Chie hinted. Skye seemed to understand. With a grin, he stated, "Hey! You guys are weaklings. Even after that attack, I feel good as new! My grandmother could easily beat you." "Oh yeah," Shinma remarked. Skye grinned and followed the sound of the voice. "What the..." Shinma started, but Skye interrupted with a hard punch. Shinma was sent flying. He fell into a pile of garbage cans in the corner. Skye went over to where he heard the crash and continued to rough up Shinma. "Good work, Skye-san, wherever you are," Tai complimented.
"It won't be as easy to beat me," Rika warned. "She's talking pretty loudly. It would be easy to find her in a big crowd," Chie stated. "That's a pretty irrelevent comment," Rika voiced, not getting the hint, but Tai did. He hurried towards the Rika's voice and attacked. He extracted his kendo stick and began to battle. Rika, unlike Shinma, fought back. It wasn't as easy, but Tai blocked as many of her attacks as he could. He had to listen carefully for her sound though. Both people were swift and precise. Chie got dizzy since the two were moving too fast.
Soon, Rika collapsed to the ground. "You did it!" Chie exclaimed. "Not quite," Hinu remarked. "You forgot about me." "Hey! This wasn't apart of the plan," Skye stated. "So, plan's change," Hinu responded plainly. "Well, if you're going to break the rules, than we can too," Tai commented. He pulled off his blindfold and Skye followed his example. "Fine. I'm way stronger than you two. I can defeat you with your eyes open," Hinu bragged. Skye scoffed and charged. Hinu smirked and as soon as Skye reached him, jabbed Skye right in the stomach. Skye fell to his knees. "My turn," Tai stated. He raced up to Hinu and raised his kendo stick. Hinu sneered and knocked Tai's weapon away before striking Tai repeatedly. Tai staggered back. "I am undefeatable!" Hinu exclaimed. "Are you ok?" Chie cried. "Yes," both retorted. "I just don't have a clue what we can do to beat him," Skye muttered. "But we have to try," Tai mumbled. "For Teru-chan."

"Tatsu-kun!" Aishiteru shouted as he fell back. "No use in screaming, they can't hear you," Haki chuckled. "I can't believe that I'm stuck here while my friends are in trouble," Aishiteru voiced. "You should be more worried about your own safety because as soon as they lose, you're dead," Haki informed. Aishiteru shuddered and continued to pray for her friends.

Chie didn't know what to do. Her friends were both fighting as hard as they possibly could while she did nothing but watch. They boys were losing badly. Everytime they lunged at Hinu, their attempts would be in vain as he knocked them back.
"This isn't working," Chie stated. "I know," Tai replied. "Do something different! Surprise him," Chie suggested. "I don't get surprised," Hinu remarked. "I've done all of my attacks and none of them work!" Skye exclaimed, frustrated. "They did tell us to work together..." Chie tried hopefully. "You're kidding me, right?" Skye asked. "How can I work with this self-absorbed loser?" Tai demanded. "If I'm such a loser, why am I the one who got the girl?" Skye quizzed. "What is that supposed to mean? Yeah, you and Teru-chan are spending a lot of time together, but you didn't 'Get her'," Tai told him. "She never told you what happened?" Skye asked. "What happened?" Tai inquired. "Well, this isn't the time..." Chie tried to change the subject. "I know. Let's get this over with," Skye agreed. Tai glared at Skye, but agreed to go along with his allies' plans.
"You 3 can do anything you please, but you'll never beat me. I'm unstoppable," Hinu told them. "We'll see about that," Skye replied. He sauntered up to Tai and they began to converse in secret.
"Stop stalling," Hinu snarled after a few seconds. Tai and Skye parted. "Let's go!" the boys yelled in unison. Skye raced up to Hinu head-on. Hinu grinned. Skye halted when he was about 2 yards away. "What? Is the little boy scared?" Hinu teased. "No. I'm only the distraction," Skye replied plainly. Hinu put on a puzzled face. All was explained though when Tai pinned back Hinu's arms from behind. Hinu struggled, but Tai wouldn't let up on his hold. Skye smirked and extracted his weapon. He used it and struck Hinu a multiple of times. Tai released him and Hinu plummeted to the floor.
"See, you did have to work together. That's what we were told in the very beginning," Chie stated. "I don't care. Just don't make me have to stoop down to his level again," Skye remarked, putting away his weapon. Tai just scoffed. "Whatever. I don't care what you two say 'cause now we're one step closer to saving Teru-chan!" Chie exclaimed, following the boys.

Aishiteru jumped up in triumph. "Ha! I knew your goons couldn't beat my friends," Aishiteru commented. "Now, I know their weaknesses," Haki conversed. "And what's that?" Aishiteru asked. "Their love for you and hate for each other," Haki smirked. Aishiteru glared at him, but deep down she knew that he was right.

well, that's the end of chapter seven. again, sorry for waiting so long to make it.

this is a pic of how chie (from my story. not the real chie of course) is supposed to look. if u havent seen the aishiteru pic, its in my archives







i just submitted a bunch of new wallpapers. it might look like i put in the same one twice, but the first time i put it in, it didnt work correctly, so i did it again. when they post up the wallpapers, come check them out.


one more thing, i just got ranked #700! yea for me!

Quote of the Day-
"In order to be a great woman, just be yourslf, but I don't know what 'being myself' actually means, so I decided to just give it my all, all of the time. That's my plan!"
-Ryoko Mitsurugi (Real Bout High School Vol. 2)

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