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The girls lifeless body fell to the ground with a thud, a bright orb floating where she had once stood. It floated to the hands of the man who had attacked the girl, who smirked evilly down at her.
“It proves your good for something after all, doesn’t it?” he said, nudging her lightly with the toe of his boot.
“Stop right there!”
The man turned and saw a tall woman standing on the top of a car nearby. Something in him lurched as he watched her; she was beautiful, he’d give her that. Crossing his arms, he tilted his head back.
“And you would be….?”
Kage hesitated for a split second and then pointed at him.
“For the sake of justice; I am Soldier Hikari, defender of man kind and vanquisher of evil!” She brought her staff around and pointed it at him. “And that means you.’’
The man smirked, laughing softly. This woman wanted to fight? So be it.
Reaching back, he brought out a lasso of thick, black chains and whipped the end towards her; sawing the car she had been standing on completely in half. Kage’s heart pounded against her ribcage as she avoided yet another blow. What was she supposed to do? She had no idea how to fight, let alone fight someone with a whip of chains capable of cutting her in two.
She saw the chain coming at her and she shut her eyes tightly, holding the staff up in front of her. There was a loud clanging sound as the whip bounced off an invisible barrier and shattered. The man paused, and then laughed.
“Soldier Hikari.’’ he said, head tilted back as he stared her down. “I am Ioki Hanabura. Consider me your worst enemy.’’
And with that he was gone.
Kage stood there for a moment, eyes glued to the spot where Ioki had been.
Consider me your worst enemy
“You did fairly well. Considering it is your first fight.’’ Azaco said, later that night as they sat in Kage’s room.
“That man.’’ Kage said, pushing the hair from her face. “Ioki Hanabura. Is he really a great threat?”
Azaco shook her small head. "We can't be bothered with him right now. We need to focus on finding the seven crystals and the Neo Princess."
Kage looked down at the cat. "Seven Crystals? Neo Princess?"
Azaco nodded. "The seven crystals that are the fragments of the millennium crystal, the crystal that King Skellington used to save the Kingdom of Halloween from King Oogie. Legend has it that the key to unlocking the power of the millenium crystal lies with the Neo Princess Nehelenia."
"So even if someone had the fragments of the millenium crystal, the only person that could put if together and use its true power would be the Princess Nehelenia....Right?"
Azaco nodded. "But the fragments are not completely useless. In the wrong hands they could have tremendous power, the power to unlock any dimension in time. And that in itself is extremely dangerous."
Kage lay back on the bed, staring up at the ceiling. Just hours ago she had been an ordinary girl. Now she was hunting down crystals and princesses with her talking cat.
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Dark tunnels under the city)
A huddled mass of mold and rags sits upon a throne of black marble. It emits a foul stench of bad meat, small insects such as Beatles and centipedes poking out of holes in the things exterior. Every now and then it shifts, knocking handfuls of its bugs onto the floor.
This is King Oogie.
I feel her....
Two holes in his face open slightly as he looks upwards towards the circular hole in the ceiling where a faint light pours in.
the Soldier Hikari....She has awakened.....
"My King.'' Ioki appears before him, kneeling on one knee.
"...Have you energy to give me....Ioki..."
Holding up a small cylindrical canister, Ioki places it onto the step of the large alter. King Oogie makes a gurgling noise of contempt.
"Sire. There is someone who wishes to stop us. A Soldier Hikari.''
"Yes....I feel her energy from even down here.....Such powerful energy she has.....''
"You wish me to bring her to you?"
There is a pause as the Dark King considered this suggestion.
"In good time, Ioki.....I shall have her soon enough but i am too frail at this moment to truly enjoy her."
He turned his head towards a flickering holograph in the middle of the room. Its surrounded by tall dark crystals emitting a black lightning.
A woman sits on her knees in the hologram, hands folded elegantly on her chest.
"For now I am enjoying my victory from the last war."
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Hope you enjoyed. Wasn't much, but I promise more next time
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