Kurama's Spring Flower

Chapter Forty Six

Akina's POV

I stand defiantly before Suzaku, four of his copies and his annoying bird, whilst Yusuke remains behind me slouched against a wall not far from the two unconscious copies that lay at my side.. "I'm so exhausted from looking at that dirty Human." Murugu states as she looks down on me as she then whines to Suzaku, "Can't you finish her?" Suzaku frowns at her words as he says, "Of course." With that, he and his remaining copies launch in to the air and say in sync, "Your brother should recognise this attack by now." They then point their finger, which barely shows any energy forming at the tip, making Suzaku's eyes widen and say, "I've used too much energy, I cannot form the attack." I smirk and start channelling my energy to my right fist as I say, "Now isn't that a heart breaker, because I have enough for seven." I then throw my hand forward and use an attack taught to me by Emi, "SHOT GUN!" And with that I release five strong beams of my energy towards the Suzakus' chests, causing them to release cries of agony.

I watch as the copies hit the ground rolling, whilst the real Suzaku collides with a brick wall violently, allowing me to see a small trail of blood escape his mouth, before he then collapses to the ground and lose his grip on the whistle. I glare at his body and say, "Now stay down." But it is then that my body begins to hurt from all the attacks I used down stairs, making me curse, "Shit, not...again..." I begin to stumble towards the whistle, but I am forced to stand still as I have a vision appear in my mind.

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I see Chiharu standing before a bonfire with a blank look on her face, even as the wind carries the screams of that monster that attacked me, "PLEASE! MOMMY PLEASE! DON'T BURN ME! DON'T BURN ME! I CAN BE BETTER!" But the cries seem to be ignored by Chiharu as I see her clutch a blanket to her chest, causing my vision to shift to my home and at an old box that I know mother stores our baby stuff. And suddenly I see someone pick up the box, before I then see the face of the woman that looks like me but with a very long raven plait and wearing kimono robes. She is staring at me I assume as she says, "No one is safe from her. She takes and takes just like him."

Before I could ask her what do her words mean and what she has shown me, I suddenly hear groans of pain and the faint sound of my brother's voice, "Keiko...." It is then I begin to see Goro, Keiko and Botan running through hallways with their breathes heavy. "We've got to get to an exit." Botan says to Goro and Keiko, causing them to try and increase their speed away from infected teachers and then witness Botan get hit by one of the infected, rendering her unconscious. "Botan!" Goro shouts in concern before staring at the scared and worried Keiko and orders, "Close your eyes and hold on to her tightly." I watch as she does as told, before Goro then allows his Demonic energy out of his body into his claws and performs a weak but affective dog's claw that hurls the infected away. He then grabs the girls and uses great speed to run past the fallen infected and into another room to hide the girls in. "Come on Akina, end all this." Goro begs.

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The vision ends and my eyes allow me to find myself on my knees, but I don't focus on my position nor state as I remember that there is a whistle in the centre of all this chaos. I then allow my head to move around so that I can try and catch sight of where it is. "Please be close." I pray aloud as I search, before my eyes then land on the hideous looking whistle that laid stranded on the ground not to far from myself or Yusuke. I see Yusuke's eyes open and land on the whistle as he begins to try and crawl over to it, unaware that I am in the process of doing the same. "That's far away." I hear Yusuke grunt, whilst I say nothing and focus my energy into allowing me to go on all fours and crawl towards it.

I then hear a squeaky voice release a gasp, before that blasted bird flies over and nudges it with her beak, making it roll further away from myself and Yusuke. "I'll never let you reach it!" She squawks at us as she lands beside it. "Really?" Yusuke manages to ask with a slight chuckle, making Murugu focus her eyes on him, allowing me to begin to try and stand. "Well I was thinking a hot meal is just what I need." I hear Yusuke say before he starts to crawl even closer to the feathered bitch and points his pointer finger in a pistol formation, ready to attempt a Spirit Gun as he says, "I bet you taste like roasted chicken." Murugu in response releases a frightened gasp, but then tries to revert to her confident cocky self as she says, "You're just trying to scare me, I heard you or your sister say you didn't have any energy left." Surprisingly she still hasn't looked towards me as I am not yet on my feet, but almost. "Yeah, not enough to take down another Saint beast. But I've got enough to deep fry a smartass bird!" Yusuke replies. "But hey, if being lunch meat is something you've always been curious about the go ahead, touch that whistle again."

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Third Person's POV

Kurama uses his Rose Whip to slice up a Cultivated Human that stood before him, with Hiei slicing others that were further a head and Kuwabara slices the ones coming from behind them as they continue to progress up into the tower. The three of them all notice more and more Cultivated Humans continue to march in and surround them, no matter how many they slash to pieces. "This blows! By the time we plow through all these weirdos, we'll be too tired to help the Urameshi's!" Kuwabara complains as he huffs out heathy breaths. "Tired hands are better than none." Kurama argues as his mind couldn't help but wonder on Akina's state. "Do what you like, I'm not stopping." Hiei says calmly and seeming as if he hasn't spent any energy at all.

 Kurama looks to him with a small smile and gives a nod before glaring at the masses of Cultivated Humans blocking the stairway. 'I'm coming, Akina.' Kurama thinks with determination, before Hiei and himself launch at their opponents and continue to attack. After slashing away the few that were still away from the stairs, Kuwabara looks up to see Hiei and Kurama in the mass on the staircase, making his eyes widen and him to cry out, "OK GUYS, I'M COMING DON'T LEAVE!"

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Akina's POV

I was finally able to stand when Murugu screams and flaps away from Yusuke and the whistle, this makes Yusuke continue to crawl towards the whistle and makes myself believe that this is all about to end. But I am wrong, for I finally notice Suzaku had recovered from my Shot Gun and was making his way over to Yusuke and stamps on his hand, causing Yusuke to release a weak groan of pain. "Thanks for stalling him Murugu." Suzaku says to the annoying bird flying beside him whilst he continued to glare at my brother. With that Murugu releases small giggles, which helps reawakens my strength and energy, but I choose to let myself quickly recharge before making any movements as Suzaku and Murugu seem to have forgotten me. "Of course his efforts to scare you away were all lies. If he could still use his Spirit Gun, he would have already destroyed the whistle." Suzaku reveals to his companion, which is then I launch forward with a yell, "GET AWAY FROM HIM!" Murugu flaps away when realising she was within my attacking range, whilst Suzaku attempts to block my punch. This causes a shock wave to release from my fist and his arm, sending the whistle and my brother to roll away from us and further away from each other. 

Sadly, my stamina hadn't rebuilt itself fully as Suzaku was able to use his other hand to grab a hold of me and keep me stuck in place as he sends mini zaps of electricity into my body. "Your final attack..." Suzaku starts as he now returns his focus onto me. "it's power was very impressive, but I'm afraid it will not accomplish what you wish." I release an angry huff as I glare into his eyes. "It wasn't strong enough to kill me and that will prove fatal for you." It is then he begins to squeeze my arm with much pressure in strength, making me realise he intends to break it, but no. This was a small distraction as I failed to see him raise his leg and kick me into the wall, but I refuse to let any noise of pain escape my mouth. "Akina!" Yusuke manages to call out from where he lays. But I keep my eyes narrowed at Suzaku, who takes a step back in order to keep himself balanced. 'My attack my not have killed him, but it has dramatically weakened him. I still have energy to spare, so I still have a chance to win.' I think to myself as I watch him try to take a step towards me and say, "All your precious energy wasted on me." 

I force my body out of the wall and steady myself as I release a small laugh, "Give me a break, look in the mirror. You are just as spent as I am." But Suzaku doesn't seem to sense my energy as he begins to laugh and says, "You still don't understand the depths of my power do you?" He raises his arm and makes his Demonic Energy gather up in it, causing the remaining specks of energy within his clones to leave them and retract to that arm. "Hey that's their Spirit Energy." I hear Yusuke breath out. Suzaku releases more laughs as his clones' energy begin to help him regenerate. "Let me ask you something of a philosophical question. If you take the lives of your selves in order to save yourself, is it murder?" I tilt my head to the side and respond calmly, "Must admit, never thought of it." Whereas Yusuke spits out, "Freak!"