A/N: Okay everybody, another story for Futatsu no Kodou. This one is based off of Yu Watase's Ayashi no Ceres, or, Ceres: Celestial Legend, as it's known in America. It's about the story of a young woman, a descendant of an Okinawan tennyo, or celestial maiden. She is taken by the C-Project, and this is her story.
Heaven's Child
Chapter 1-Blood of Tennyo
By Futatsu no Kodou
I was scared, so scared. I couldn't stop throwing up. Already I was out of food and my stomach just kept heaving and dry retching. My head was pounding painfully, more intense than the worst of my usual migraines. I was dizzy, and the room was spinning without halt. My twin sister Ayumi was in the same state in the other bathroom. I felt so strange, so detached form my self. The world seemed so strange.
"Akane?" I raised my head limply from the toilet bowl, only to see my twin sister standing in the doorway, one hand on the wooden frame, a strange, writhing glow surrounding her body. Her hair, normally dark brown and curly had straightened a little and almost seemed black.
"I feel... really alive, Akane..." She said, almost breathless in what seemed like ecstasy. I was too shocked to speak. My brown eyes were riveted on the point where my sister's hand touched the wood of the door frame. It was crumpling under her palm. I turned away and heaved again, my stomach protesting and trying valiantly to come out my mouth. When I looked up again, she was gone. I had one instant to wonder where she had gone before I heard my mother scream and a deafening explosion rocked our apartment.
"Oka-san? Ayumi?" On trembling legs that could barely hold my weight I rose from the floor and stumbled out of the bathroom into a living hell. The entire side of our apartment that faced the street was gone. It was just gone. In addition, there was a large, sloping depression in the middle of our floor, like a crater impact.
My twin sister was standing in the middle of that hole, staring avidly at her hands, her glowing hands, a twisted smile on her beautiful face.
"Wha... What happened?" I breathed, almost fainting at that very instant. My mother was lying on her stomach, flat on the floor. She was crushed into the ground. Blood ran everywhere, sloping downwards towards Ayumi's bare feet.
"Oka-san?" My weak knees gave out and I slid to the floor. All I could see was her face squished almost flat, blood everywhere, eye sockets empty and bloody. Ayumi threw back her head and laughed.
"Akane! The power! There's so much power in me! I feel so alive!" I was in shock. Didn't see Oka-san dead at her feet? Didn't she see our mother's body, crushed, and didn't she see the blood? So much blood.
My gaze was suddenly torn from that morbid scene by our door being torn of its hinges. Two, maybe three men in black suits and ties with dark glasses burst into the remains of our apartment, all holding guns that immediately trained on Ayumi.
She turned to face them, her hair writing a little it seemed. She started to laugh again as one of the men fished in his pocket. She held out her hands and a small crack began to spread through out floor, forming a line of holes toward the men. The efficiently moved out of the way while one of them came up with what looked like darts.
"Tell me... what is this power? Can you tell me?" Her pretty face was warped beyond recognition into that of some monsters, a look of epiphany and triumph, ungodly, harrowing triumph. The man who seemed to be in charge lowered his gun.
"Ayumi Shizuka? I'm glad you're so receptive to the new powers you've come into." She paused as if surprised they knew her name, but she soon was confidant again.
"What do you mean?" She asked warily, making sure each of them had lowered their guns. No one seemed to notice me. I didn't move, didn't hardly dare to breath. I didn't know who these people were, but I didn't like them.
"You are the descendant of a tennyo, a celestial maiden of Okinawa. These powers were inherited from your ancestors. Would you come with us, to meet others like yourself and others who can teach you of the awesome powers your genes have given you?" The man was a smooth talker, but I was too frozen at the moment to care. Ayumi seemed to consider the offer and smiled cruelly.
"Very well. But what about Akane?" She looked toward me and my breathing quickened to hyperventilation. All three men trained their dark glasses on me. They shook their heads.
"Obviously she has not come into the sort of powers you have. You are a lot higher than she is, for the tennyo blood runs in your veins, while it hasn't manifested in her." Ayumi seemed to nod and accept this. I couldn't believe this as happening. In all my eighteen years, I had never been so scared. I tried to scoot backwards, my legs wouldn't respond, but I felt something squash beneath my palm. It was my mother's head.
I screamed. They all darted their eyes toward me. I began to sob, tears flowing out of my like rain. The lights above me that still worked began to flicker, and then went out. The men exchanged glances again. I might have still been screaming. I don't know. Suddenly the glow around my sister vanished and she seemed herself, only changed. Things no longer were crushed where she walked.
"But then again... maybe she does have the blood of the tennyo after all..." The leader said with a sadistic smile on his face. He motioned to the man with the darts and he calmly loaded them into his gun. I turned and tried to run, but my weak legs wouldn't move at all. I was rooted to the spot as he leveled the gun's nozzle at me, and I continued to cry.
The gun clicked, but nothing happened. The man unsuccessfully tried to pull the trigger a few more times, but the weapon wouldn't shoot. The leader grabbed it roughly and leveled it at me. He tried and failed as well. I still don't know if I was still screaming or not. I was scared, so scared.
"Damn." The leader cursed, unloading the gun and taking a dart in hand. I was immobile, watching as he stalked towards me, holding the dart like a dagger. I didn't know if he was going to kill me. I couldn't move. This time I know I was screaming, but it seemed oddly beautiful, a wavering scream that almost had its own rhythm, rising and falling, full of fear.
I don't usually scream like that. It scared me, and I shut my mouth. The man grinned, and suddenly pounced, jabbing the dart into my arm. I tried to scream again, but everything was going black. I fell backwards and lost consciousness.
"Why have you gagged Akane?" I woke to my sister's cold voice. I think I was in a car, but I couldn't tell. There was a thick cloth in my mouth prohibiting me from speaking or screaming for help. I held perfectly still, trying to level my erratic breathing and calm myself enough to hear the conversation.
"Miss Shizuka, you have wisely come into your powers. You realize what a gift they are, and accept them." Ayumi nodded I think. "Whereas your sister has not realized how blessed she is. The original Okinawa tennyo had a power similar to your sister. There is another living like her, much more powerful, but she is stubborn, and she too has not realized the gift we offer."
"Which is?" I have never heard my sister so cold and calculating. She is such a bubbly person, so happy and care free. She seemed different.
"We're taking you to C-Project. Others like you have already gathered there. Other people, regular people, would try to hurt you if they found out what you are, but we can protect you. We're working on finding hagoromo as well, and you too can ascend to heaven as a tennyo." Ayumi giggled excitedly and I began to cry silently. I didn't understand what was going on, I didn't want to understand.
"Damn it all!" One of the men cursed. The car stopped. I think the engine must have shorted out or something. "Miss Shizuka, would you mind?" A hand extended with a dart in it and my sister took it. She loomed over me with a condescending look and jabbed me with the metal and sent me into unconsciousness once again, and I was glad. I wasn't awake when the men carried me in and my sister walked alongside. I wasn't conscious when a woman met us at the door and smiled.
"Welcome to C-Project."
A/N: Is this a cool start? Tell me yes or no, I need to know! I think this will turn out to be a good story. By the way, Alexander O'Howell is involved in this story as well! Please leave feedback! listening to Mugen no Kaze Sorry guys, but my updating might get slow due to the fact that I have been diagnosed with carpal tunnel.