The Gift

[Platinum]

The night air was warm. A soft breeze swayed the branches in the trees in the cemetery. It was a new moon that night, and cloudy so not even the stars and the moon could grace the land with light that night. But perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us.

Kira was the first on the scene. A shovel in her hand. Her long black hair was tied back in a ponytail. She walked through the rows of the cold stones, looking for the right one.

She passed many of the headstones, not even bothering to glance at them as she passed. But she knew that she was getting close when a dark granite one read,

Yasu Sato
1979-1995

One of Lee's brothers with a mental illness. Yasu might have physically been sixteen when he died, but he still had the mind of a child.

Kira paused for a moment, but continued on her way.

She stopped in front of her daughter's grave. She studied to pink granite rock with Shade's name engraved upon it. The mother bowed her head to the gravestone. She threw down her shovel and waited.

Out of the dark fog that engulfed the clearing of the deceased, stepped out a tall, dark man. The mist swirled around his ankles like hand trying to drag him back. A smaller figure followed after him. Her hair fell over her shoulders gracefully and her lithe steps almost made her appear as if she Had been formed out of the fog itself.

"Hello Kira." The man said, approaching the woman.
"Kiyoshi, Kyoshi." She greeted with the slightest nod her head. The twins stood beside the mother, looking sober and serious as they stared at their loved one's grave.
"The Fae and Ryuu will be here soon. Some refused to show." Kiyoshi explained briefly. Kira had nothing to say to this and just nodded her head again.

The air had stilled and the fog began to slowly enclose around the small group, like a predator of the night stalking it's helpless prey. It curled it's fingers around the three, almost as if it were to take them to the dead.

Ryuu soon appeared, looking more nervous then the other three. But Ryuu was naturally a nervous person. He stood next to his mother but his eyes refused to land on the stone in front of him. Instead he focused on the angel statue right behind it. It's outstretched wings and folded hands were almost as eerie as the grave stone. The mist curled around one granite feather and swirled around the base of her robes.

Ryuu dropped his eyes to the ground.

And then he waited.

And they all waited.

Because tonight they would raise the dead.

[LoneWolf]

((Lawliet would come, dontcha think? XD))

The next person to arrive was a fairly tall man, though not as tall do to the fact that his poster was lowered. Like an old mad with a back problem. The fog did the same that it had done to the others. Swirling around, covering his feet and making it look as though he was floating. Like Lord Loss without the bloody stumps.

He paused just outside the small group; looking upon the gravestone. He almost hadn't come. The point that he had to believe in raising the dead had sounded odd. As in, logically it didn't seem possible. But who knew with Fae around.

Now the Fae came. He looked like someone that would be happier elsewhere. Though those who knew him would know that he wasn't very happy anywhere. Stopping aside the group he glanced around. There were actually more then he would have expected. Not many were up for raising the dead, or even risking a limb. Which could be quite painful even if in this way it sort of unraveled and was gone.

"Okay. This is everyone?" He questioned as the fog drew around the group. Lawliet stil standing slightly outside the group.

[Platinum]

Kira glanced around.
"I think so." She commented. Kiyoshi, Kyoshi, and Ryuu confirmed that with a nod.
"I guess we're ready then." Kira said to the fae, looking up to speak to him. She was slightly worried about what could happen. He had mentioned how someone here could lose a limb or two but Kira wasn't really worried about that. It would probably be her that would lose something. She was more worried about her daughter. If she would come out okay.

But she knew one thing tonight. She was going to get her daughter out of Hell.

((Bleh. XDD))

[LoneWolf]

((Ahem; not sure how to do this. XD))

Desi nodded slightly and turned to look over the group again. "They know the risks then..." He stated. "There is no guaranteed timing for the raising. She could raise within minutes or hours. I suggest watching the grave; so that she is not left in the coffin." He explained before slipping past them for a moment and kneeling beside the grave to examine it.

((Could we skip, to like, where Kiyoshi loses his arm? After the ritual? I know they had a big cool ritual thing in Buffy, but I just don't know how to type something like that out... XDXP If you has an idea, I hand you permission to use either L or Desi. XD))

[Platinum]

((Alright. XDD))

Kira knelt down next to the grave, watching Desi as he did his work.

A horrible sensation curled up in Kira's stomach and suddenly she felt like vomiting. She got up in a hurry and ran a couple steps away before doubling and gagging.
"Mom!?" Ryuu now freaked out. "What's happening!?" He ran over to his mother but she pushed him away with one arm, still choking.
After the sounds resided, something long and black slid out of her mouth and plopped onto the grass. Ryuu watched with a horrified expression as the black thing coiled up around its self and flailed. Kira coughed a couple more times, something resembling blood splattered on the black thing.
"Y-you threw up a- how- Oh, G*d." Ryuu tried talking to calm his jittery nerves but it didn't help. He stared down at the now dead snake at their feet.

Kira wipped the crimson liquid off with the back of her hand and grimaced at the foul taste in her mouth.
"Calm down. I doubt that this is the worse." She said with a hoarse voice. And she made her way back to the scene.

Kyoshi looked as if she might faint. You could hardly tell in the night that all the color from her face had drained but you could clearly see her shivering from fear.
"Kira-cha-" Kyoshi began, but was cut off by a horrible sound coming from her brother. She jumped and spun around, watching as the large man fell to the ground and held his arm.

Kyoshi almost vomited. Blood. So much blood...

The cruor was smeared on the grass surrounding the area. It soaked through the man's shirt on his right arm.

A severed arm lay a few feet away.

Kyoshi screamed, a shrill sound that was muffled by the damp air. Kira rushed to her nephew's side, getting coated in the honey thick liquid that came from shoulder. Kiyoshi groaned and let out another yell, holding his arm.
"My arm!" He yelled out. Kira lifted him up the best as she could, blood running down her back.
"Blood... so much blood... so much blood..." Whimpered Kyoshi.

"It's over." Desi said. "I told you about the risks. I'll be taking my leave now." He informed them.

The fog now completely surrounded them. A suffocating hold on the terrorized group. The animal had the prey cornered. And now it was going to devour them alive.

"Blood... blood..." Kyoshi continued to ramble on, her green eyes wide as she stared at her hands, wich was covered in the scarlet chi.
The aphotic hands of the mist twirled and danced around them, like a some sort of taunt.

"We need to get out of here!" Ordered Kira. "Ryuu, take Kiyoshi." She said urgently, passing over the man to her son so she could gather Kyoshi.
"Blood... blood..." The woman mumbled, holding and rocking herself now. Kira pulled her up, but Kyoshi screamed shrilly again, bending over.
"Blood! Blood! Blood!" She screamed out.

It wasn't over yet.

Kyoshi pushed herself away. Kira grabbed the younger woman's wrist and shook her violently.
"Kyoshi!" She snapped. Kyoshi's green eyes were wide, the pupils small pricks of black in the emerald eyes. Tears streaked down her colorless face, her brother's blood soaked through her clothes.

Kira managed to drag Kyoshi away.
"We need to get Kiyoshi to a doctor!" She shouted orders.

((Did I over do it? =/))

[LoneWolf]

((No, just sucked me in and got me in the mood... Sorta... XD Okay, here we go. XD))

Lawliet didn't quite understand the whole thing. At this point, he was probably the calmest one. He walked briskly after the others; falling slightly in step with Kira. He kept his head lowered as he thought.

((Should we skip to later? *twitches because of bad post*))

(())

[Platinum]

((Sure. XDD Should I have Jade come in with Ha'ri?))

At her old house, Kira had tried her best to bandage up her nephew. She had removed his shirt and cleaned it up the best she could and the covered it white bandages. He was pale from lack of blood and shivering slightly. Kyoshi had vomited in the bathroom and had to clean herself up before she vomited again.

Kira had tried to her best to calm the children down. Dried blood ran down her chin and neck from throwing up the snake.

Kira sighed and sat down, rubbing her temples. She failed. She only hurt her family more. She was such a horrible, terrible, greedy monster.

[LoneWolf]

((Sure. LoL.))

Lawliet sat. He'd managed to give Kira little advice on bandaging Kiyoshi up. But this whole thing wasn't what he was used to. The man looked over at his sister for a moment.
"I could still work." He stated; recalling what Desi had said about the time limit, though that was basically that there wasn't one.
He glanced around the room. Looking over the others.

((We could call Myra too. XD))

[Platinum]

"Sh*t!" Cursed Kira.

"We forgot something." Mumbled Kiyoshi, it was almost as if he was high from the ammount of blood he had lost.

"W-we have to leave, we have to get her back!" Exclaimed Kira, her eyes looked crazed.
"We have to take care of Kiyoshi first!" Kyoshi said, finally breaking out of her crazy spell. Kira was about the retailate, but Kyoshi said harshly, "Before he's the next one to die."

((BLeh. Baad.))