Chronicles of the West

Chapter Eighty Six

Silvana snarled, lashing out. The time had come and Josin advanced upon her. Her claws grazed his flawless cheek, dark droplets welled up from the rend. He lifted his fingers in disbelief. The bitch had struck him. Gazing at his own blood, he growled low in his throat. "You'll pay for that bitch. I will make you bleed in return".

"Sero" he commanded softly, "Bring in the wolfess". Silvana felt her stomach drop, she'd nearly forgotten about Elda. Her captors had seen fit to leave her be for so long. Josin kept his livid golden eyes on hers. He could see her fear and it was like a drug to him.

"Don't hurt her" she said quietly. He smirked, "You should have thought of that before you struck me… mate". His tone was just as soft as hers had been. He crowded her against the corner, "I told you, I could be gentle with you, even make it less painful for you" he said against her ear, "If you'd only submit". Silvana didn't want to submit, didn't want to be here. She'd felt the surge of power, indicating the obliteration of the barrier. Were they nearer now?

She shuddered against him, her flesh crawling, her body feeling tainted by his touch. His hand stroked over her throat before pressing her head back against the wall. Behind them, Sero dragged Elda into the room. Her eyes wild with fear and rage.

"Leave her alone!" Silvana cried out, struggling against Josin's weight once more. His hand pressed her wrist to the wall above her head. He pressed his hipbone hard into her stomach, the air leaving her in a soft whoosh. "Be silent" he snapped, "Do not fight me or I will make her wish that she could die".

Silvana's eyes squeezed shut as his lips crashed against hers. Elda pulled against Sero, trying to gain her freedom and help the other female when she was backhanded harshly. She pushed herself up on her arms and took in the sight before her.

Silvana, pressed against the wall, the winged fiend, tugging her skirts higher, his hands pawing at her pale flesh. Silvana's head fell to the side and her eyes locked on the moon. The image wavered before her as tears welled up in her blue eyes. Too late. It was too late. Ryu hadn't come.

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Sesshoumaru lashed out with his youki whip, parting his surging enemies with little effort. There were so many of them. They were at the castle doors and there seemed to be an endless supply of resistance here. Bastards.

He lashed out again with one hand, the other swinging Tokijin in a wide arc. The creations and the doors fell away under the onslought. "Get going!" he shouted to the others. Ryu rushed inside, twin blade drawn. Toga and Satoru behind him. "Priestess" Sesshoumaru barked, making the human female turn, "Stay close to me". She nodded, grateful for his immense power now. "There will be no way out" she commented, looking at the flashes of energy in the air. "They will keep coming".

Sesshoumaru disliked admitting she was correct. Perhaps this was the trap that had been carefully laid for them. If so, he'd neatly leapt into it. Grabbing her thin wrist in his large hand, mindful of poison claws he hurried inside, "We'll deal with it later".

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Ryu tore through the castle, and any he found in his path. His ears flickered, catching faint sounds and he moved unerringly toward them. His bitch was here, and she was in danger. His control hung by a thread and he wrestled with himself, trying to hold onto himself long enough to see this done.

Toga sensed the flaring of his brother's aura, "Hang on Ryu. We'll find her" he said as they past empty chambers. Satoru was glad that Victor was not here to witness the events of this night. They would not be pleasant.

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The sharp ripping of silk was thunderous in the chamber. Panting and whimpers following after. Elda turned her head away, unable to watch as the beautiful kitsune was uncovered bit by bit. It was clear that Josin intended to take her where she stood.

This shouldn't be happening. This was so wrong. If anyone deserved such a horrid punishment, wasn't it herself? Elda shrugged out of Sero's grip, only to have him twist a hand in the length of her hair, jerking her head back. "Watch your friend, see her suffer for your well being" he mocked in her ear. His words twisting like a dull knife in her stomach.

Josin was tugging restlessly at his robes, within seconds his hard length sprang free and he held himself in his hand. Silvana shivered and looked away, her cheeks wet with tears. "I'll be giving you a reason to weep shortly" he promised her.

She snarled at him, surging against him, in an effort to get free. He clamped his hand around her throat, cutting her air supply. "It is inevitable" he growled as his knee pushed hers apart and he settled between them, "Just deal with it".

She felt him there, nestled against her entrance and she threw her head back, screaming her denial to the heavens. "No!"

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The next moment, she felt nothing. She opened her eyes to see Josin picking himself up from the floor, his wings flexing experimentally. "Don't ever touch what is mine" came a low rasping growl. Silvana turned her head and saw Ryu crouched before her.

"Ryu" she whispered, the relief and joy evident in her voice. He did not acknowledge her. His attention fixed on his intended victim. Red eyes glared out from beneath silver brows. Toga and Satoru paused in the doorway, they knew that Ryu was transforming. Fast.

Madu shouldered in the doorway between them. "Shit" he grumbled, leaping forward he tossed Sero across the room, tugging Elda behind him. The castle rumbled and shook. "Not this again" Toga grumbled, "We have to leave. Hurry now!". Madu tossed Elda over his shoulder like a sack of rice and sprinted from the chamber.

Ryu growled fiercely and advanced on a smirking Josin. Sero had maneuvered across the room and was now behind the winged male. "Stay and fight? Or save your female?" he asked lightly. Ryu shook his head, his long fangs gleaming in the moonlight. Josin wrapped his arms around Sero and stepped backward though the window, his wings spreading.

"We will meet again" he promised, "I will take her from you". Ryu leapt forward only to come in contact with a barrier of holy power. He snarled at it, his fists burning as he struck at it. Beside him, Satoru stepped forward, past the barrier. Ryu blinked, his rational side understand that the barrier was of his making. Behind him, Silvana's voice penetrated his anger, "Ryu?".

Satoru was calm, serene as he looked outward toward the soul of his former lover. Josin hovered just beyond his reach. "Why Reny, why must you do this?" he asked softly. Josin's expression never changed but his eyes flickered momentarily.

"It is very dark there" he said finally, "in that place where you sent me". Satoru felt pain gather in his chest, weighing heavily. "I did not mean to slay you" he said quietly, his voice firm, "But I cannot allow you this vengeance". Josin laughed then, "You are barely a memory to me now. That past you are so haunted by… is lost Satoru. You are the fire now. The hatred that drives me to reach for a new world. A world without you and yours in it".

Satoru narrowed his eyes and leapt into the air after him. His sword at the ready, holy ki swirling around it. "Come now Satoru" Josin chided, "You would use holy power against a monk?". Satoru swung the blade in a graceful line. Blue light flaring around Josin and he growled as it cut deeply.

"A once holy soul in a demonic body. It works for me" Satoru replied. It pained him to slay Reny again. Josin shot a ball of purification at Satoru as his wings moved in deep dips, propelling him high and away. Sero held tightly against him.

Satoru fell back against the stone wall of the castle. His body riddled with wounds. Ryu burst through the weak barrier and grabbed his wrist before he fell. Satoru blinked slowly, coming back to himself. Purification burning him.

He focused his power and forced the tainted ki from his flesh. Ryu growled at him, "Nice boyfriend you got there". Satoru blinked up into his golden eyes and grunted, "Ryu, remind me to purify you later".