A/N well so sorry for the long wait. I hope to finish this soon it's been so long! I started this in 9th grade and now I'm a junior XD time flies. So here's the next chapter thanks to:

Mo12341234

naruhina 123

Midnight Ghost

iiloveyouhhx3

Newbie23

ClariHanyou

Vasya101

V.V., D.M., T.D.

Chapter 18: The Loss of a Friend

Momoko looked out into the icy depths of the ocean from the side of the ship. She sighed as she turned and leaned against the rail. She looked forward and saw they were getting closer to the place Him had told them to go. 'Looks like there's no turning back now.' she thought. "We wouldn't have been able to turn back anyway, now that he has Kaoru." she said out loud. "You better be okay." she said to the water hoping it would reach Kaoru.

Momoko had been racking her brain since the trip started for some kind of strategy they could use to defeat Him and his criminals, but without any knowledge on what they could do, she was sunk. She frowned as she looked up to the sky and noticed it was going to rain soon. Hopefully they would not get caught up in it too bad.

"Momoko!" she heard as someone ran up to her. "It's going to rain soon."

"Thanks for the warning, Miyako, but you can clearly see it." Momoko said as she smiled to the blond girl.

"No, I mean it's going to be a full out storm!" Miyako said. "We have to prepare since were so close to the enemy's hideout."

"Yes, we should." Momoko said as she pushed off the railing of the boat and began to order the crewmen to prepare for an oncoming storm.

Miyako looked on as the fire wielder gave the crew their orders. She couldn't help but feel something bad was going to happen today, but she didn't know what. She soon left the deck and went back to the rooms to help the boys train their powers. They were able to half control of their powers on their own now.

"That's perfect!" Miyako told Takeshi as he was starting to be able to willfully control his psychic powers. "It's good that you are all progressing quickly, we'll need all the help we can get if we're going to be able to beat Him."

"You should thank, Takeshi." Takeo said. "If it wasn't for him reading Momoko's books, we wouldn't be progressing so quickly." he said with a smile.

Miyako laughed as she turned to leave the room. "I feel sorry for you all for having to attempt to master your powers in such a short time, but we need them for the battle." Miyako said as she turned to leave the room. "Oh, you guys, be prepared for a giant storm tonight." she said before she left the room to go to the kitchens to make dinner .

Miyako walked quietly into the small kitchen of the ship. She took out the few pans they had and began pulling out food from their ice boxes. She pulled out a few vegetables and cut them up, deciding that she wanted to make soup. She boiled the water and added the vegetables along with some spices and a few pieces of thawed meat.

She had just finished adding the ingredients when Valese walked into the room, humming. "Hello, Miyako, you started dinner already?" she asked.

"Yeah, I'm making soup today." Miyako replied with a smile as she stirred the soup a little. She sat at the small wood table in the middle of the kitchen and motioned for her cousin to sit. "So, how's the training been going?" Miyako asked.

"Well, now I don't have to sing everything, I can just say it and sometimes think it and my powers work." Valese said pridefully.

"That's really great, Valese, I'm glad you're catching on really quick." Miyako said.

"And the boys? How is their training going." Valaese asked.

Miyako sighed. "I'd like to think their improving, but they haven't improved much at all, and we'll need all the help we can get against Him." Miyako said as she heard quick steps coming down the stairs.

Miyako blinked at the new comers. "Ahh... it's so warm in here!" the kids said.

"Kuriko, Shou, what are you doing down here?" Valese asked.

"We're freezing up there, Valese, I feel like an ice cube!" Kuriko said as she and Shou sat in the far corner of the room, away from the burning make shift stove.

Kuriko rubbed her hands together and blew into them. "It got a lot darker outside just now and it's getting really windy." Shou said.

"I figured it would be." Miyako said as she stood up to check on the soup. "I predicted that there would be a thunder storm today."

"Yeah, I remembered Momoko mentioning something about that." Kuriko said as she kicked her feet back and forth on the table she sat at.

She watched as Miyako and Valese returned to preparing dinner for everyone on the ship. "Kuriko, how has your healing training with Dai been going?" Miyako asked suddenly.

Kuriko turned her head to the older and smiled kicking her feet back and forth again. "It's going really well. I learned how to use normal plants and ointments in case I was out of power. Dai is actually pretty smart in things other than his healing powers." Kuriko said.

Miyako giggled in response. "He should be, that's how he helped out back at home when he didn't have his powers. But it's good that he's teaching you other things. How about you Shou?" Miyako asked.

Shou looked toward the other from staring at the ceiling. "Oh, it''s going alright." he said softly. "It's started to rain." he said simply.

"Really?" Valese said as she jogged up the stairs to the deck. She came down a few minutes later nodding. "He's right it's started to drizzle already. I hope it doesn't become really bad." Valese said.

"It's going to be a thunder storm." Shou said with a small shrug.

"Let me guess, you've developed your powers so you can tell the type of storm." Miyako said as she finished up the dinner.

"How'd you guess." Shou said playfully as he jumped off the table to help Miyako with setting up the dinner.

"We're close." they heard as footsteps descended the stairs. "We should reach to the island by tomorrow morning if the storm doesn't blow us off course." Momoko said. "The rain's gotten harder."

Miyako nodded as she and Shou finished setting up dinner. As soon as Momoko sat down the whole ship lurched. Kuriko fell off the table and landed on the floor; Momoko was thrown out of her chair; Shou and Miyako were now covered in soup; and Valese had gotten slightly burned.

"What the heck was that!" Momoko yelled as she ran up to the deck. She reached the surface, the others following behind, when another lurch came and they were strewn over the deck. The entire ship was in chaos. Momoko noticed Momo, Omiya, and Okou trying to keep the order. Momoko stood up and ran over to them.

"What the heck is happening!" she yelled over the raging rain and yells from the rest of the crew.

"We seemed to have sailed into something huge, Momoko!" Momo yelled out before she was thrown off to the side again.

Momoko ran to the side of the ship to check the damages. She looked over the rail and saw a gigantic creature slamming it's tentacles into the side of the ship.

"Why, hello, Momoko long time no see." she heard a voice.

"Stop this, Him!" she yelled as she held tightly onto the railing. She heard the thunder as the ship lurched again. The waves in the sea were working against them. It rocked the wooden boat harder and harder as Him continued the assault on the boat.

"Momoko!" she heard from behind her.

"Miyako, be careful! Him is attacking the boat!" she said as she almost fell overboard. "Damn! My fire doesn't work in the rain." she said.

"Momoko, I sent Valese, Shou, and Kuriko below deck to make sure the boys were alright and that they wouldn't try something- ah!" she yelled as she hit the wooden deck of the boat.

"Miyako, are you alright!" Momoko yelled still hanging onto the railing of the boat. "I need your help. See if you can try to level out the waves!" she yelled.

"Okay!" Miyako yelled back before kneeling on the deck in an attempt not to fall over. She concentrated as best as she could to level the waves, but they only seemed to be getting worse.

"What's wrong, Miyako!" Momoko yelled as she crawled over to the other.

"I- I don't know! It's not working." she yelled in panic.

"Miyako! Calm down!" Momoko said as the boat tipped to the side. The two along with some other crew members slide back to the railing of the boat. Momoko quickly grabbed onto the rail again as she caught Miyako before she fell into the sea. "Try again!"

"It won't work, My Dear." Him said sweetly. "I'm blocking her power." he growled.

"How can you do that!" Momoko yelled.

"I have my ways." Him continued as he slammed his tentacles into the side of the boat again.

Momoko was about to retort when she heard someone calling her name. She around the boat to see Takeo, Takeshi, and Kenta trying to get to them. Takeshi and Kenta were both holding on to something, bracing for another hit, but when the hit came, Takeo was thrown overboard.

"Takeo!" Miyako yelled as she tried to concentrate on settling the waves. She looked in horror at the floating Takeo in the water. Him moved a tentacle over the other and scooped him up out of the water.

Him held Takeo in his tentacle as he glanced to Miyako. He looked back to Takeo before tightening his tentacle. Takeo screamed in pain at being squeezed. "Takeo!" Miyako yelled trying to concentrate more. Him squeezed Takeo's frail body even harder and looked to see Miyako's reaction.

Miyako had become mad. She concentrated harder and looked down at the ocean, surprised to see that she had split the water. She jumped down into the water and swam to the land spot she had opened up. She concentrated all her energy into attacking Him. She was surprised when Him was sudden;y hit with a direct attack from a thunder bolt.

Miyako looked up to the boat to find Shou concentrating on weakening Him for her. She smiled as she maneuvered the waves to catch the fallen Takeo. She moved him onto the deck before shoving all er energy into an attack .Takeo looked over the railing at Miyako hoping nothing bad would happen. Him recovered from the thunder attack from Shou quickly and went in for Miyako. He slammed his tentacle into her side and she was sent into the air at the exact same time she unleashed her attack.

Miyako fell unconscious at the huge amount of power she used. Him was only grazed by the sharp water attack and smirked at the water user. He slammed another tentacle onto her body and she was sent further into the air.

"Miyako! Are you alright? DO something!" Shou yelled.

"Wake up, Miyako! I can't save you!" Momoko called over the railing in fright.

Takeo looked at Miyako's beaten body in the air frozen. 'Please let her be alright.' he thought. 'Please'.

Him laughed out loud as Miyako's small body landed into the water from the high distance. Miyako floated into the space she had parted with a thud. Him picked her up and threw her back down onto the space of land as the waves crashed over her body, burying her.

Him laughed as he dived back into the water after her and disappeared. Momoko, Takeshi, Kenta, and Shou looked at the now cover spot in shock. Momoko heard the orders from Momo, and soon the ship was back in order trying to protect them from the rain. Momoko leaned against the railing brokenly.

"No, not Miyako too." she whispered as Takeshi sat next to her with an arm around her shoulders.

Takeo stared out into the sea, a blank look on his face. "Miyako!" he yelled to the sea before he fell to the wooden deck. A tear fell down his cheek wiped away by the rain.

A/N Well there's chapter 18. Sorry it took so long you guys ^_^ ' I hope you all liked this chap and please review too! I said please ^_^