Cursed Black God: Unstoppable
Disclaimer: I own nothing but my brain, blahblahblah... Onward with the story!
"Are you mad?! Using a monster to fight other monsters is not the right solution here," Tokiha Shinji hissed glaring at his own daughter.
"It's the only way we have right now," Tokiha Mai said staring at him with as much defiant as she could in this dire moment.
"We will come up with something," Shinji said as his jaw tightened.
"Honey, this is the only way for us to save Takumi as well as the city," Tokiha Misaki said in a calming voice though she's a wreck.
"Fine..." Shinji finally relented to his persistent wife and daughter.
"Om mani zaramari tendus masuzu tehatomo sura jin maki za," Mai recited the revival spell as she placed her hand over the stone carved coffin lid while her other hand held an old worn book she'd uncovered when she and her brother discovered this place some weeks ago.
As soon as she finished reading the strange and incomprehensible words from the book, the lid slid opened to reveal a sleeping person within. Holding a flashlight over it, the trio could clearly make out the person lying in the coffin to be a young girl in a gray monk outfit wrapped in chains with spells and incantations attached to it. With a simple spell, Misaki got the spells and incantations turned to ashes, and just as that happen the chains broke apart and vanished as if it was never there in the first place. Ground started to shake violently, but it only last for a few seconds enough to distract the trio that they did not noticed the body had vanished from the coffin until it already happened.
"Who dare to disturb me from my slumber?" the voice was low but it carried no hostility to it.
"I did," Mai said looking around trying to find the owner of the voice.
"What is so urgent that you have to wake me up with that stupid spell?" the same voice asked, sounding closer to her for the first time.
"The demons are overtaking Tokyo, and my brother was swept up in the lockdown the government put in place yesterday to contain the demons." Mai said bravely.
"And what do I get in return for helping you?" the voice asked, and Misaki could detect a hint of interest or perhaps amusement in it.
"What is it that you want in return?" Mai deflected the question with another question.
"I assumed that you wanted me to save your brother, and I cannot save a life without taking a life. Everything must have a give and take, and it must be of the same value. No more and no less or the world would be out of balance," it replied.
"Then I give up my life if you save Takumi," Mai said.
"Mai!" both of her parents said at the same time, they're shocked at her offer as it was very unexpected.
"Deal..." came a husky voice and Mai could feel hot air caressed her right ear, and she yelped when she felt something hot and sharp pressed against the lower left side of her abdomen.
"You demon!" Shinji shouted as he pointed his handgun and flashlight at the girl standing behind his daughter.
For the first time, both Shinji and Misaki got a glimpse of a pair of incredibly golden eyes that it looked as though it was glowing under the flashlight. Mai dropped onto the ground a few seconds later, and Shinji took that chance and pulled the trigger once aiming to kill the girl in one shot. However, the bullet only caused her to recoil slightly, but otherwise she looked to be unharmed though the same thing cannot be say about Mai who let out a scream of pain. The reason was pretty simple, when the bullet passed through the girl's chest, Mai felt severe pain in her chest at the very same time as though someone just gave her heart a powerful squeeze. It took minutes for the pain to subside, and her parents already at her side helping her up while trying to sooth her pain as they have no idea what had transpired even though Misaki suspected it might have something to do with the girl.
"You shoot me and you kill your daughter," the girl said calmly once everyone calmed down and the pain finally left Mai's chest.
"You monster..." Shinji hissed but made no attempt to shoot at the girl again.
"You humans are fragile and pathetic as usual, calling us monsters and demons yet you have to rely on our power in order to build world and empires." the girl paused for a moment. "I have been sleeping for the last thousand years or so, which means that I need a source of power before I could take on even the weakest of demons. Your daughter here agreed to exchange her life in order to save her brother, thus she will take the pain that inflicted upon onto herself. Of course, I will keep my end of the bargain and once I fulfilled it, I will devour her..." she added and an eerie smile started to form on her young and innocent looking face.
"What you've done to me, that pain..." Mai couldn't form a proper question at this point as she's still trying to digest the information.
"It's a contract and you may call me Mikoto," the girl replied.
101
"Could we just go get my brother?" Mai asked yet again since they started shopping for new clothes.
"If your brother is half as good as you are, he's not going to just roll over and die. Oh, I like this pair of shoes," Mikoto said walking around in a new pair of sneaker that's of black and gray color patterns.
It was all still a little surreal to Mai, just last night she'd awaken a demon and this morning they're shopping for new clothes. The demon, though the book mentioned that it is a terrifying being, Mai only saw a teenage girl a few years her junior trying on clothes and fascinate about practically everything. But who could blame her when she'd been sleeping for the past few thousand years? Mai couldn't, but she doesn't have the luxury to wait on this girl when all she wanted was to go into Tokyo and bring her brother back home safe and sound.
"Just what are you anyway?" Mai asked once they arrived at Hino just off the highway that will lead them to a barricaded Tokyo.
"A human, a high monk before I was condemned to sleep forever," Mikoto replied.
"Did you mass murder people or something?" Mai asked as she'd never heard a high monk being condemned before and not one as young as Mikoto or a girl for that matter.
"No, and does that place have that ATM machine?" Mikoto said pointing at a gas station.
"Yeah, why?" Mai asked.
"Go in there, we're not getting anywhere by driving," Mikoto replied.
Once they pulled into the parking lot, something strange occurred and the pair walked up to the ATM but no one seemed to be around. Mikoto grabbed onto Mai's hand, and pressed her free hand against the ATM screen. Within seconds, the pair broke down into particles and got sucked into the machine where they traveled through the electrical signal. Mai was definitely in awe and pretty shocked at the fact that the way they're traveling looked a lot like a science fiction movie where the heroes traveled through a time portal or wormhole. Minutes later, they popped out of a computer in a building that Mai isn't familiar with until they're outside did she found out that they made it to the Tokyo Polytechnic University. The air around them was thick and Mai could felt the hair on her arms are standing up on its end, but the sensation only lasted for no more than ten seconds as the lights in the building flickered once and two before it goes off completely.
"Ahh… that feels nice," Mikoto said after exhaling with a strange yet satisfying look on her face.
"Can you tell where my brother is?" Mai asked feeling anxious.
"He's at the JR Tokyo General Hospital," Mikoto replied as she closed her eyes to relax her body as the energy charged throughout her entire being, it has been a very long time since she last felt this refresh.
"Let's go then!" Mai said.
"I need to head to Shinjuku Central Park first," Mikoto said calmly.
"It's on the way," Mai said already dragging Mikoto behind her, and the young demon simply arched her brow at the strawberry orange top as she followed.
A/N: So haven't done anything constructive or creative in a while, decided I just write something and just put it up before it run away from me again. I'm thinking of working on a third L&F featuring Mikoto/Shizuru, but just can't seem to find the right setting or plot for them as of yet. Anyway, yay for a new Mikoto/Mai story! Enjoy!
