Onmyou Taisenki 2: New Generation

I do not own any of the characters from Onmyou Taisenki, except the ones that I have made up.

Sorry for the long wait guys, I just didn't know how to start on this chapter.

The IN seal of Protection

The grounds of the Ten-Ryuu shrine were silent as Kate, Kai, Daisuke, Samantha and Cody all stood, or sat, near the shrine as they hung their heads in sadness. They were morning the loss of their leader and friend, Kida. The other members of their group had already gone home with heavy hearts. It was truly a sad day for everyone.

"I can't believe that she's gone," spoke Kate with a shake of her head.

"That low down scum," growled Cody in anger as he clenched his hands into fists. "Tailor has gone way too far this time!"

"That use to-be brother of yours is going to pay Cody!" exclaimed Daisuke as he pounded his right fist into the palm of his open hand.

Samantha sat on the steps of the shrine with Kai sitting beside her as he placed a comforting arm around the girl's shoulders. White Hunter and Kibachiyo appeared beside their respective partner. White Hunter looked down at her partner with a sad frown coming over her face before she turned her head to look at the remaining group members.

"What are we going to do without a leader to guide us?" asked the half-breed.

The group members didn't reply as they only hung their heads at a loss of what to do. Without Kida around to lead them then they would surely loose against Tailor and his band of Chi-Ryuu clan members. There was also another problem that was going through their minds…how were they going to tell the Tachibana's that their only daughter was gone?

With Kida and Kogenta

Kida stood standing on a grassy cliff as she stared out at the amazing sight before her. Below the cliff was a scene that no one would have thought possible. Four parts of the land were separated into four seasons that co-existed together in harmony.

"This place," started Kida as she looked down at the scene in front of her, "it's beautiful."

"This is also the place that your father had visited when he was your age," spoke Kogenta as he stood beside Kida with his hands on his hips. "I'm surprised that it's still here."

"So…if this is the same place that my father went to back when he was my age then that means we're in the Fukumaden?" asked Kida as she looked at her shikigami partner for answers.

"Most likely," replied Kogenta as he turned to look at his partner. "But how the hell we got here is something that I'm still trying to figure out."

Kida frowned in thought before she glanced down at her drive that she still held in her right hand.

"Do you think the drive might have something to do with us being transported here to the Fukumaden?" questioned Kida as she held up the device.

"Probably," answered Kogenta as he crossed his arms over his chest. "I can clearly remember the Drive having special powers that even I don't know about."

"Wow," voiced Kida as she looked down at the Drive in amazement. "Who knew that such a little thing could hold so much power?"

"Yeah, yeah as impressive as it is there's still the question on what we're going to do next."

Kida frowned in thought once again before she answered her partner.

"I guess we should try to find a way back home," said Kida, "but I want to take a look around here first."

"Why?" asked Kogenta.

"Well what's the point in just leaving so soon and not getting the chance to look around a little bit?" questioned Kida with a shrug of her shoulders.

Kogenta blinked in surprise as he stared at Kida for a moment before smirking at the young 12 year old girl.

"I guess you do have a point."

"Then let's go!" exclaimed Kida with a smile.

"Hold up a second," said Kogenta as he gently grabbed Kida's shoulder to stop her. "I think it would be better that I'd go back into the Drive before we do any exploring."

"Oh, right," spoke Kida in realization before she held out her Drive towards her partner.

Kogenta quickly disappeared into the Drive a second later after his partner had held it up in front of him. Kida pushed the screen of the Drive back to its horizontal position before placing it into its holder again.

"There," said Kida before she turned to look at Kogenta, who had appeared beside her in his spiritual form. "You ready to go?"

"Lead the way Kida," replied Kogenta.

Kida giggled before she started walking towards the land of the Four Seasons. It wasn't long before Kida found her-self walking through a grove of cherry blossoms, plume blossoms and peach blossoms. Flower petals fell down from many of the trees' branches as if they were snowflakes. Kida breathed in the sweat scent of the blossoms that hung high above her head. Kogenta watched as the petals fell around him and his partner before he glanced at Kida. The 12 year old had a large smile on her face as the petals fell and danced around her.

'I have to admit, she looks beautiful under the flower blossoms,' thought Kogenta to himself as a small smile appeared on his face.

Kida and Kogenta continued to follow the path until the scene changed from spring to summer. The landscape of the season was lush and green with the sun shining brightly overhead. Summer soon changed to fall and fall to winter. Kida walked through the winter landscape for a while until she found herself walking across lush grass again. After a while she soon came to the summer house.

The summer house was beautifully designed and crafted. Kida gazed in wonderment at the summer house for a while until she walked towards it. Kida let out a sigh as she sat down on the wooden floor of the summer house to rest her legs and feet for a while.

"This place is amazing," voiced Kida as she stared out at the landscape before her. "I can tell why my father loved this place."

"Yeah, I know," muttered Kogenta softly in agreement before disappointment entered his voice. "But this place is somewhat of a letdown for me. There aren't any demons around for me to take my frustration out on."

"I guess acting peaceful isn't one of your strong points is it?" questioned Kida as she looked at her partner with a smirk on her face.

"Think whatever you want!" exclaimed Kogenta as he turned away from Kida.

Kida let out a small giggle before she leaned back and laid herself down on the wooden floor of the summer house. Kida stared up at the ceiling of the summer house as a small frown came over her face.

"I wonder what's going on back home?" voiced Kida quietly to herself.

Kogenta heard what his partner had said and turned to look down at Kida with a sad frown on his face.

"The others are probably worried about us, along with your parents," spoke the tiger in a gentle voice.

Kida sighed as she thought about what Kogenta had said. Her friends and family must be worried sick about her sudden leave of absents.

"If only there was a way to contact the others," said Kida as she looked up at her partner, who floated over her head. "That way we could let them know that we're alive and well."

Suddenly Kida let out a yawn and Kogenta couldn't help but smile down at her in amusement.

"Why don't you get some rest," suggested Kogenta as Kida looked up at him in uncertainty. "This place is safe enough to stay for a while and there are no demons here to attack us."

Kida smiled at her partner: "Okay Kogenta, I guess a little rest wouldn't hurt."

With that said Kida closed her eyes while folding her hands behind her head before closing her eyes and falling asleep.

Scene change: Unknown Location

Footsteps were heard echoing through a long dark hallway as a shadowy figure walked down them in silence. The figure soon walked into a large room where two lit torches stood on both sides of a figure who was sitting on a mat in the middle of the room's wooden floor. The figure sitting on the mat was none other than Tailor who was quietly meditating with his drive lying on a cloth beside him. The figure in shadow knelt down on their right leg as they bowed their head towards Tailor.

"You'd better have a good reason for intruding on my meditation Yamato," spoke Tailor without turning around to look at the figure behind him.

"Yes," replied the figure, now known as Yamato. "I'm afraid that I have disturbing news that could hinder our plans in dominating the Ten-Ryuu. Our spies have reported a strange energy signature within the Fukumaden and…I'm afraid that it might be the leader of the Ten-Ryuu."

Tailor's eyes shot open as anger began to flow through his body: "What?"

"We're not exactly sure how she got into the Fukumaden," continued Yamato calmly "but I promise you my lord that we will destroy her, you have my word."

"And I hope you keep it," said Tailor in a dangerous voice. "Send one of your best to take down Kida, no matter what."

"Yes my lord," said Yamato before he stood up and walked out of the room.

Once Yamato had left the room Tailor clenched his hands into fists while gnashing his teeth together in anger.

"You shouldn't get so upset my young master," spoke Karachi as the wolf priest appeared behind Tailor. "This young girl is nothing compared to your strength and cunningness."

"Don't tell me what I should or should not worry about Karachi!" yelled Tailor angrily as he glared at the wolf priest over his right shoulder. "That girl is a hindrance to my plan and she must be destroyed."

"Yes master," said Karachi with a bow before he disappeared back into his DRIVE.

Tailor snorted in frustration before going back to his meditation with troubling thoughts plaguing his mind.

The Fukumaden: Boulder Field

In a different part of the Fukumaden a teenager who looked to be around 17 years old was walking down a winding path. The teenager had short black hair and dark brown eyes that were hidden behind black shaded sun glasses. He was wearing a red and black vest over top of a white short sleeved shirt, black pants and leather brown combat boots.

The 17 year old continued to walk down the path when he suddenly heard a ringing sound from his left pocket. He quickly pulls out the source of the ringing, which was actually his black and silver cell phone. The teenager lifted his cell phone to his ear and began to talk to the person on the other end.

"Yo, Nick here, what's up?" asked the teenager, now known as Nick.

Nick listened for a second before a smirk came over his face.

"Hey, no worries man," said Nick in a cool voice. "My partner and I will handle the little mouse and her tiny kitten…Don't worry dude that little mouse won't defeat me."

With that said and done with Nick hung up his cell phone and made his way down the path again.

Fukumaden: Field of the Four Seasons

Back with Kida she was still resting on the floor of the summer house with a content look on her face. She was dreaming about the Field of the Four Seasons that she and Kogenta were stuck in right now. The dream was a peaceful one for Kida as she slept.

Dream World

Kida was running down the path with blossom petals falling down all around her while a large smile spread out across her face. Joy filled Kida's heart as she danced and twirled through the falling flower petals, but she quickly stopped in her tracks when she face a person that stood on the path in front of her. Standing before Kida was a woman that looked to be around the same age as Kida's mother.

The woman had long black hair and soft brown eyes. The woman was wearing a light pink kimono with red, green and blue patterns of it. The kimono that the woman was wearing looked regal and beautiful, but what drew Kida's attention were the woman's eyes. Kida saw kindness in the woman's eyes, but the 12 year old also saw a deep sadness inside them as well.

Kida looked at the woman in confusion for a moment before she slowly walked up to her until she was standing right in front of the woman. The woman gave Kida a gentle smile before she motioned for the 12 year old to follow her. The two of them began to walk together as they traveled through the four seasons together in silence until the woman began to speak.

"I have always visited this place with my husband and son. It has always been a secrete place that only my family has known about and have always protected it from people who want to do harm to it."

Kida and the woman soon came to the summer house where they sat down on the wooden floor together while they stared out at the landscape before them.

"This land is also a part of you and your family," continued the woman. "You must carry on the tradition of protecting this place. If people with bad intentions come to destroy this place, slice the IN to protect it…Kida."

Reality

Kida's eyes quickly snapped opened as she bolted up into a sitting position. Her face held a look of surprise as she panted while trying to regain her breath. Kogenta quickly appeared at his partner's side with a worried look on his face.

"Kida, what's wrong?" asked the tiger Shikigami.

"N-nothing," spoke Kida once she regained her breath. "I just had a strange dream that's all."

Kogenta looked at Kida in confusion when he heard what the 12 year old had said to him.

"What do you mean by, 'Strange dream'?" asked Kogenta with a frown.

Kida was about to reply, but was quickly interrupted by a loud explosion. The two partners quickly turned their attention to the source of the sound and saw smoke rising up from the trees.

"Oh no," voice Kida as terror entered her heart.

Kida bolted to her feet and began to run towards the source of the smoke before quickly spotting the one who was causing the havoc. Flying in the air was a humanoid Dragonfly.

The dragonfly was wearing a leather brown pilot jacket with a fur lining running around the collar, leather brown gloves and a pilot's cap with blue glass lens goggles covering the bug's eyes. He was also wearing long baggy green pants and brown boots. In the dragonfly's hand was a crossbow with a red ball tipped arrow sitting on it.

Kida knew that this was a shikigami and where there was a shikigami their Toujinshi weren't too far away.

"Looks like one of those Chi-ryuu bastards found us Kida," said Kogenta with a hard glare forming on his face.

"But how?" questioned Kida as she quickly came to a halt.

"I suggest we figure that out later!" exclaimed Kogenta as he looked at Kida. "Right now we got to beat this guy!"

"Right," said Kida before she grabbed her drive and held it out in front of her. "Shikigami…God descend!"

Kogenta quickly appeared in front of Kida once the shoji doors opened for him: "Kogenta of the Byakko has descended!"

"Go get him Kogenta!" shouted Kida as she cut the seal for Saikaido Kotetsu.

"You got it!" exclaimed Kogenta as he grabbed the hilt of his sword after it appeared from the opened shoji doors before he jumped high into the air and headed towards the air born Shikigami.

The humanoid dragonfly barely had time to avoid the tiger Shikigami's attack as it quickly dodged to the left.

"That was a close one," said the dragonfly as Kogenta dropped back down to the ground.

"Keep your head in the game before you lose it Nanaya!" shouted a voice from the cliff.

Kida quickly turned her attention towards the cliff and saw a 17 year old teenager standing there.

"Who are you?" demanded Kida angrily.

"The names Nick kid-o," answered Nick as a smirk played out on his face. "But you'll quickly forget it once I destroy your Shikigami."

"Fat chance of that happening!" exclaimed Kida bravely. "My partner and I aren't the type to be pushed around by people who work for Tailor and his Chi-ryuu clan, and I don't have to guess to know that you're part of that jerk's group since you came looking for me!"

"It's that obvious huh?" questioned Nick in a bored voice, "but that won't matter anyway, because as I said before you'll quickly forget after I defeat your partner."

"Shut up!" shouted Kogenta angrily as he glared at Nick before he quickly jumped back into the air again as he tried to slash the humanoid dragonfly out of the sky.

Like last time, the dragonfly dodged to the side while Kogenta flew past him as gravity began to drag the humanoid tiger back down to earth.

"Ha!" scoffed the humanoid dragonfly "you may have defeated me once before, but you're still a boring earthbound Shikigami!"

Suddenly the dragonfly remembered something: "Even though it's a little late for it I should still probably introduce myself. Nanaya of the Aogane has descended…there, introduction over."

Nick rolled his eyes at his Shikigami partner before he became serious again: "Let's cut this conversation short and start destroying these two along with this pathetic place."

Kida's heart froze when she heard what Nick had said. He was going to destroy this beautiful land?

'I can't let that happen,' thought Kida to herself. 'This place means too much for me and my father. I won't let it get destroyed without a fight.'

With that thought engraved deep in her mind, Kida became determined to fight against Nick and his Shikigami partner.

"I won't let you destroy this place!" shouted Kida before slicing the IN.

"Deadly kill…Soul Cutting Wave!" yelled Kogenta as he jumped into the air to slash at the humanoid dragonfly again.

Nanaya quickly dodged the tiger's attack before turning to look at his partner.

"Hey Nick, I'm getting bored with this fight," said Nanaya.

"I know what you're saying partner," said Nick with a yawn. "Let's finish this once and for all."

"Aye, aye sir!" exclaimed Nanaya as he saluted his partner.

Nick quickly sliced the IN for Nanaya as the humanoid dragonfly shifted into a position where he was lying on his side in the air with his crossbow pointing up towards the sky.

"Now we're going to see some fun around here!" exclaimed Nanaya excitedly. "Deadly kill…Destructive God of War Stratosphere!"

Nanaya soon fired his arrow straight up into the sky. Kida was confused by this action at first, but quickly got her act together when she saw the arrow explode in midair and stars or comets started falling from the sky.

"Shield!" shouted Kida as she pulled out a Toujin-fu from out of her pocket.

A barrier instantly surrounded Kida as it protected her from the Shikigami's attack, but the force of the attack against Kida's shield made the 12 year old girl's legs buckle underneath her. Kida groaned as she tried to focus all of her chi energy into keeping her shield up, but she gradually began to feel her energy decreasing. Kogenta quickly saw that his partner was in danger when he noticed Kida struggling with keeping her shield up against the dragonfly Shikigami's attack. The tiger Shikigami quickly dropped his sword before bolting towards his partner. He tackled his partner out of the way of Nanaya's attack before the shield completely collapsed on Kida.

Kida and Kogenta rolled across the ground until they came to stop with Kida lying on her back while Kogenta lay on his stomach. The two slowly sat up with a groan before Kogenta was the first one to speak.

"Kida, you okay?" asked Kogenta.

"Yeah, I'm fine," answered Kida "but we need to stop that guy and his Shikigami partner from destroying this place."

"But how?" questioned Kogenta "with that Nanaya guy dodging all of my attacks and him flying in the air it's impossible for me to get a good hit on him."

"Ugh…there's got to be some way to clip that dragonfly's wings," said Kida with her left hand clenched into a fist.

Suddenly Kida remembered the woman from her dream last night and the hand movements that the woman was preforming. The 12 year old started to think for a moment before realization came across her face as an idea popped into her head.

"Kogenta, I think I might have a way of defeating Nick and Nanaya," said Kida.

"What is it?" asked Kogenta.

"Well…you remember how I keep dreaming about IN seals right?"

The tiger Shikigami nodded his head as he signaled for Kida to continue on with what she was telling him.

"Well, last night I had another dream about an IN seal and about this place as well. I think the IN seal that I saw in my dream might help us in this situation."

Kogenta looked at his partner in surprise before a smirk appeared on his face.

"Then let's see if the IN seal in your dream really works," said Kogenta as he stood up from the ground before he held his hand out for his partner.

Kida smiled up at her partner before she grabbed Kogenta's hand with her left as the tiger Shikigami helped her up to her feet. Nick still stood on the cliff as he began to laugh evilly out of amusement.

"Oh man, I haven't had this much fun in a long time!" exclaimed Nick excitedly.

"I'll say," said Nanaya. "It's a shame that we have to destroy them so quickly though."

"Well that's business buddy," spoke Nick as he began to slice the second IN for his partner's next attack. "Now, enough playing around, let's finish the job!"

"Aye, aye sir!" shouted Nanaya as he got his crossbow ready. "Ultimate attack…Above the Line of Life and Death Ball-Arrow!"

As the humanoid dragonfly's attack charged up Nick looked down at Kida and Kogenta with a confident smirk on his face, but his smirk disappeared from his face when Nick saw how calm the tiger and his partner were standing before him. Kida was standing behind her Shikigami partner as Kogenta stood protectively in front of her.

'What are those two up to?' thought Nick suspiciously.

Kida glared up at Nick for a moment before she calmly closed her eyes and began to slow her breathing. Kida began to concentrate as she lifted her DRIVE up and began to cutting the new IN seal.

"Ri, Shin, Da…Ri," voiced Kida as she finished cutting the seal.

Kogenta felt a familiar power flowing through him as he slowly closed his eyes in concentration. The tiger Shikigami lifted his hands up with his right hand leveled with his head while his left hand leveled with his waist. Both of Kogenta's hands started glowing in a blue aura before his eyes shot open.

"Ultimate kill!" roared Kogenta as he shot his arms forward with the palm of his claw hands facing outwards towards his enemy, "Shadow Fox Fire!"

The aura around Kogenta's hands flared for a second before shooting forth towards his opponent. The aura changed into a fierce tiger head, which roared as it charged towards Nanaya. The humanoid dragonfly started freaking out when he saw the tiger head rushing towards him.

"Not again!" screamed Nanaya at the last second.

The tiger head was soon upon the Shikigami as it opened its giant red mouth and swallowed Nanaya in one bite. The kanji words for Nanaya's name appeared for a second before it vanished into thin air. On the cliff Nick stared in disbelief on what had just happened to his partner.

"N…no way…" voiced Nick before he fainted and fell to the ground unconscious.

The Field of the Four Seasons was quiet as the shock of what just happened sunk into Kida and Kogenta. The two partners stood still for a moment before Kida fell to her knees and sat down on the ground as she let out an exhausted sigh.

"Now that…was something I wasn't expecting," voiced Kida.

"You can say that again," said Kogenta.

After regaining a little bit her energy, Kida quickly stood back up on her feet again.

"We'd better get moving and leave this place before anymore Chi-ryuu come around," said Kida.

"Agreed," said Kogenta as he quickly walked over to his partner. "But are you sure that you can stand on your own?"

"Don't worry, I'll be fine," replied Kida with a reassuring smile. "Now let's get going."

With that said the two of them quickly started to make their way out of the Field of the Four Seasons.

Back on Earth

Kate and Samantha were walking down the street as the sun began to set towards the west. The two girls had decided that they would tell Kida's parents the truth about what had happened to their daughter.

"I don't think they'll ever believe us," said Samantha in a small voice.

"I know," spoke Kate as she slowly came to a stop with Samantha halting beside her. "But I can't think of anything else that we could tell them."

Samantha let out a sigh as she silently agreed with Kate while going into deep thought.

'I wish we could have done something to prevent Kida's death,' thought Samantha sadly.

Suddenly, Samantha's was brought out of her musings when she heard a loud beeping noise coming from her DRIVE holder.

"What's that noise?" asked Kate curiously.

"It's coming from my DRIVE," said Samantha.

Samantha quickly got out her DRIVE as White Hunter appeared between the two girls with her hands covering her sensitive ears.

"That beeping is giving me a headache!" exclaimed the Shikigami in annoyance. "Just what the heck is up with this thing all of a sudden?"

Samantha was now holding her DRIVE in her right hand as the beeping quickly came to a stop, much to White Hunter's relief. The two girls and Shikigami looked down at the DRIVE with their attention on the small screen that was facing up at them. What the trio saw on the screen of the DRIVE made their hearts' jump in excitement. On the screen was a small single blue dot that flashed every three seconds.

"No way," voiced Kate as she stared at the screen.

"It can't be," spoke Samantha with a shake of her head.

Unknown place

Yamato knelt before Tailor as the leader of the Chi-ryuu passed back and forth in front of him. Yamato had just told his leader what had happened to Nick after he and his two team members went in search of the 17 year old boy and found him unconscious in the field of the Four Seasons.

"We've looked him over sir," spoke Yamato. "And after examining him…"

"You don't have to tell me anymore," interrupted Tailor angrily. "Nick had miss judged his opponent and lost against the Ten-ryuu girl."

Yamato remained quiet as he bowed his head in shame.

"You've disappointed me today Yamato," said Tailor as he stopped his pacing and turned to glare down at the man who hid in shadow before him. "I have half the mind to fire you as top Toujinshi and replace you with another who is far better than you, but lucky for you Yamato, you're the only top fighter I have in my ranks."

Yamato remained quiet with his head still bowed towards his leader. Tailor took in a sharp breath before turning away from the man in shadow.

"I'm giving you ten chances to redeem yourself," continued Tailor. "So you'd better use them wisely."

With that said, Tailor walked out of the room with Yamato still kneeling on the floor. The room was quiet for a moment before Yamato stood up from the floor and began to walk out of the room, but not before stopping beside a wooden pillar.

"Go to Sakura and tell her to take Nick back to where he once belonged," he said.

"Yes master," spoke a female voice from the shadows.

After that was said, Yamato continued on his way as he walked out of room.

To be continued

Kate's profile:

I can't believe it, Kida is still alive. We've got to find her and bring her home as fast as we can. What, she's in the Fukumaden?! This is not good, she could be anywhere in that unknown place.

Next time: Rescue Mission, Bringing Kida Home.

Slice the IN, for that is our power!