Part 1
Kiyone was alone. She found herself in a dark room that had no visible door. She wasn’t tied up so she concluded that if there was a door it would be locked. She had been here for about 3 hours. . . if her watch was right. She had not seen hide nor hair of her kidnappers, which was good, for them. The longer she sat in the darkness the angrier she became. I will redefine pain for them when I get out of here! She promised herself. Well, if I get my amulet back. . . The amulet was the only thing they took from her, and for that she was thankful.
In the 3 hours Kiyone had been there she had had a lot of time to think, and the more she thought the more Takgami seemed familiar. Maybe she knew him in a past life. Ya right! And Elvis is alive and lives down the street. She was contemplating which of the two were more probable when a section of the wall began to glow. . .
“Where is she? I know her clothes have to be perfect but it doesn’t take this long to get clothes. . .Not even for Kiyone,” Kujakou complained. “Come on. . .It’s been 3 hours.”
“How long does it usually take her?” Katana asked worriedly.
“Usually about 2 hours. . .Don’t worry. . .She’s just taking her sweet time. . .”
*~*~*~*
After another 2 hours even Kujakou was getting worried. She called Kiyone’s mother to see if Kiyone was there. She wasn’t. . .And hadn’t been there since before school the day before.
“She’s gone,” was all Kujakou could say in reply to Katana’s questioning look.
“Do you think he came back and took her?” Katana asked.
“I don’t know, but for his sake. . .I hope not,” Kujakou said for now she was past shock, she was MAD!
Shortly after the abduction...
“What do you say Takgami? Why don’t we use your little prize as bait for the others? It would make your job a lot easier,” Yama said, trying to convince Takgami of the merit of his idea. “Come on...”
“You are certain she won’t be harmed? I don’t want damaged goods,” Takgami said with a glare towards his leader.
“Positive. I’ll go get her,” Yama said. When Takgami didn’t protest, Yama left.
A short ways away from the room where they were talking, Yama stopped in front of a seemingly solid wall. He placed his left hand flat against the wall and an opening appeared. Through the opening Kiyone was sitting on the floor, squinting into the light.
“Come on Beautiful. . .It’s show time!”
Kujakou was furious! She was pacing back and forth across Katana’s bedroom muttering and cursing at how stupid she was for not going with Kiyone.
Katana just sat on the bed watching her new friend. She got up and placed her hand on Kujakou’s shoulder. “It’s not your fault Kujakou, there was nothing you could have done.”
Kujakou pulled her shoulder away and glared at her. “Kiyone is my best friend! I should have went with her. . .”
Just then they heard a light tap on Katana’s bedroom window. They raced over and peered out just in time to see Yama standing in the middle of the dark and empty street.
Kujakou’s eyes met his and a wave of déjà-vu swept over her, she shrugged it of, then with a strength in her she did not know she possessed, she transformed. "BY THE POWER OF THE RAVEN!!"
In an instant Kujakou opened the window and leaped down to the street, right in front of Yama.
Katana just looked down to the street in amazement. Then, she took off down the stairs and out her front door.
*~*~*~*
“Where is she?” Kujakou growled.
Yama had a mocking grin on his face. “Wouldn’t you like to know,” he said with an evil twinkle in his eye.
Kujakou rushed towards him with all her strength, knocking him onto the ground, she placed a foot on his chest. “Now tell me where she is!”
Yama looked up, still grinning.
All of a sudden he was gone from under her foot. Kujakou looked around, then up just as his foot made contact with her chest. The force was enough to push her back on the ground. Yama stood there and laughed at her. “You can find your friend at the abandoned warehouse by the bay.” With that he was gone and the night was still once more.
"Raven stand down." Kujakou was again in her normal clothes, looking down the empty street.
“It could be a trap you know,” Katana said walking up behind Kujakou.
“It doesn’t matter, I’m going to free Kiyone no matter what.”
“Hey, you can’t have all the fun. Let’s go kick some ninja butt!”
“Just wait until I get my hands on you! You’ll be sorry!” Kiyone screamed. Her arms were bound to a wall with some sort of energy chains. She tugged at them in anger.
“Haha. . . The little tiger is gonna teach me a lesson,” Takgami said sarcastically.
“You wait until my friends get here, you won’t be laughing long!”
Takgami moved so close to her face that Kiyone could feel his cool breath on her cheek. “When your friends get here, they will be destroyed,” Takgami said, his face cold and heartless.
Kiyone raised her leg to kick Takgami but he was already gone. Kiyone was alone once more.
*~*~*~*
Takgami emerged once more from the shadows and walked over to the still struggling Kiyone. “I just love watching a helpless girl struggle,” he said as he messed up Kiyone’s hair.
“NO! Not my hair!” Kiyone screamed. Takgami just stood there and laughed. “That’s it! I’ve had it!” Kiyone said as she wedged her back against the wall and heaved her feet into the air. They came in contact with Takgami’s face.
Takgami stumbled back, putting his hand to his face then pulling it away, covered in blood. “You made me bleed, little b****!” He said looking up at her.
Kiyone smiled in triumph. "You're lucky you're just bleeding," she said, struggling in the chains.
Enraged, Takgami grabbed Kiyone's throat and pulled her to him until his face was only inches from hers. "Don't you ever do that again!"
In response Kiyone spat in his bloody face. Takgami had raised his hand to strike Kiyone who closed her eyes waiting for the pain, that did not come. She slowly opened her eyes to see only the darkness of the room.
*~*~*~*
Meanwhile. . .
Kujakou and Katana raced to the abandoned warehouse. Katana hadn't really used her powers yet so she was worried about the battle and the outcome, but she was determined to get Kiyone back.
Soon they reached the warehouse, not quite sure what to do they agreed that they should transform.
"BY THE POWER OF THE RAVEN!"
"BY THE POWER OF THE DRAGON!"
They quickly yet quietly scanned the warehouse for any sign of any traps, to confirm their suspicions, but all was quiet.
"How are we going to get in?" Katana whispered.
Kujakou looked around for a way in then found a window close to the back door. "I say we go through that window over there," she said while pointing to the window.
"No way," Katana replied, shaking her head. "No more windo. . ." Katana was cut short by the clicking of a lock and the creaking of hinges as the door opened slowly.
"It's a trap!" Katana blurted out.
"Quiet!" Kujakou hissed. "We have no choice, we have to go in." This said, Kujakou cautiously walked in, squinting into the dark.
"M...maybe this is the wrong place. . ." Katana whimpered. Just as she said this, one of the lights came on revealing Yama and Takgami standing back to back, arms crossed, and heads down.
Yama raised his head. "So you came afterall."
"Where's Kiyone?" Kujakou yelled at them.
Yama snapped his fingers, another light came on, this one showed Kiyone still chained to the wall. The two girls gasped, then looked over at Yama.
"You scum!" Kujakou yelled in rage. her eyes glowed with a blue light,her energy growing. She spread her her dark raven wings. Not caring that she almost knocked Katan over, who jumped far out of Kujakou's way.
The two ninjas looked in suprise.
This is not possible! Yama thought to himself. They cannot posses such power, they are only children.
Kujakou closed her eyes and crossed her arms over her chest. Her power raditating brighter. Then there was a blinding light that everyone had to sheald there eyes from as Kujakou pulled a brilliant glowing sword from her chest. She opened her eyes and looked at the glowing sword.
"Cool! I got a sword! Look Katana, I got a..." Kujakou's breath was torn from her chest as it was struck by Yama's heel. Koujakou's head hit the floor hard, knocing her out cold.
Katana did not know what to do. She stood there frozen in fear. Slowly she started to gather her courage.
I guess it's all up to me now.
The two ninjas advanced on Katana, mocking and laughing at her. Katana grew angry and longed to teack these two a lesson and save her friends.
The more the ninjas bugged her the angrier Katana got. She could feel the power and rage of the dragon inside herself. She brought her right hand down to her thigh her left hand out in front of her and yelled in a powerful voice, "Oh powerful and devine dragons, lend me your strenth! Dragon Whip!!" The flame on her ankle grew to her waist. A belt with a holster appeared. Without thinking Katana grabed the whip from the holster, snapped her wrist and tangled the whip around Yama's neck. Yama was too busy pinning the now fully consious Kujakou to the floor to see the oncomming attack and looked suiprised when he was jerked backwards off of his prey by the dragon.
"Kujakou run!" Katana screamed as she grabed the whip with both hands and pulled tighter.
Kujakou juped up, gabed her sword and ran over to Kiyone, who was busy bad mouthing Takgami.
Kujakou raised her sword to Takgami's throat. "You have two choices. You can let Kiyone go, and crawl back into the shadow that you came from, or you can die." Kujakou said as she put more pressure on the sword.
Takgami looked over his shoulder and saw Kujakou from the corner of his eye, an evil grin on his face. Kujakou was not impressed with the responce so she laced her foot around his leg and tripped him. He landed hard on his back but the grin did not fade.
"Now you're going to pay!" Kujakou growled as she brought the tip of her sword to his already messy face and traced a bloody line down his cheek. She then stadled his waist and raised her sword over her head to plunge deep into his chest. "Now you die!" The blade was rushing towards Takgami's beating heart when she heard Kiyone's frantic voice.
"No Kujakou! Don't do it!" The expression on Kujakou's face did not change. She looked up and threw her sword towards Kiyone who screamed in panic and closed her eyes. The sword plunges through the chains that bound Kiyone to the wall and freed her.
Kiyone walked over to Takgami, who was still lying on the floor. She gave him a swift kick in the side. Takgami doubled over in pain, and rolled onto his side. Kiyone spotted a flash of silver in Takgami's pocked and bent over to retrieve it. It was her amulet, she put it around her neck where it blonged then kicked Takgami again, and bent over so she was inches from his face.
"That's for messing up my hair."
"You messed up her hair?! That explains the black and blue face." Kujakou said, knowing how vain Kiyone was about her hair. Kiyone gave a little giggle at the comment.
"Come on you guys, let's get out of here." Kujakou sighed as she put her sword away.
Katana looked up from the still choking Yama.
"Awwww...but I was having fun" Katana whined. She then gave another flick of her wrist and placed the neatly coiled whip back in it's holster on her belt.