Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust
I'm Back …"I've come back from my long slumber to fight once more"
A vampire girl has awoken from her slumber the only thing is, so has a great evil. Noriko has returned to Lord Death to with the capture of an immortal being. This is a story about new relationships, new talents and a war between Death and the immortals.
A hazy figure appears behind a glass screen. ' who are you?... who am I…' the light starts to fade slightly "Daaad can I play with the weird girl?" a small boy starts to appear staring in and another tall figure behind the smaller one " no.." "but I want her!" the boy shouts angrily and tugs at the older man "give her" he attempts to come closer but fails in his attempt another man comes into view and stops him from coming further, trying to struggle through and out of their iron grip. "don't be so hasty, you'll have your share soon enough" the taller sounds calm and amused and walks closer to her glass cocoon, now in view his wild smile is much clearer and his hand pressed lightly on the glass. Now walking away leaving a wide view of the room behind them. ' who are they?.." the girl in her glass cocoon losing consciousness once again hardly able to keep her eyes open ….. darkness starts to take over… there's nothing, nothing to see nothing do…
Flames crackling in the night air, ruble burning and burning and a small girl standing in front of the roaring flames before her… Darkness.
A shadow man with a skull for a head has his hand outstretched …. Darkness.
Plates of cake spread across a table and the skull watching her every move. ' Death… that man… I need to see him but why?...' …. Darkness
The smell of burning flesh and wood fills the air and a heap of body's piled in the distance makes Noriko feel sick to the stomach. Her skin burns from the embers of the fire around her and a man in white stands before her contrasting with the dark Bloody ashes of the background before them, it was so surreal she couldn't understand… he looked out of place his clean composed look seemed wrong against chaos behind him but it also fit him quite well considering the dark aura and the chills he gave her. Noriko stared at him for a long while and her voice came out as if this already happened and she wasn't in control of her own body… 'what is this….'. "WHY… WHY DID YOU KILL THEM?!" The rage in her voice evident and tears burning down her face in a salty mess and the man in white before her smiles in amusement and says something to her but she couldn't hear him and His face shrouded in darkness and he disappears into darkness with a wisp of smoke….
A white light shines before Noriko and she is in a Tatami Styled living room complete with its low table and cushioned chairs that lay against the floor and the sweet smell of Baked goods coming from the table. Noriko looks to the table filled with cake to the skull faced man next to it patting the seat next to him; She hesitates to come near but reluctantly give in to sit beside him "don't worry I wont hurt you" The skull brushes of the gloomy air around them and continues to reassure the girl. "come I have some cake for you something sweet can always cheer you up even if it's only a little while" you could almost tell he was smiling at her as he waited patiently for her to sit down beside him. With offered cake and tea he starts to talk in a soft tone.
"…I'll give you a name how about Noriko…" a gentle voice says in an echo…
'Death' … "NO!... " Noriko shoots up smacking her head against the glass dome of her Capsule and swears under her breath "damn.." she flops down with a loud thud and takes a minute to gather her thoughts ' so stiff… how long have I been asleep?' twisting her body round to get a better look of the room she's in her eyes lock onto the empty capsule opposite her, panic rushes through her body ' NO! nonono he's gone! He shouldn't of woken up yet…. Wait unless Death… no he couldn't have he wouldn't do that…'
'man leaning against the glass…. aghh Damn something went wrong I need to warn him'
Sighing deeply she forces her body to relax and feels around the capsule for anything that might help her situation but nothing only smooth interior walls and stale air. 'Ok Noriko what to do, what to do..' she has another look round and see's red and blue wires above and behind her head behind ' well here goes nothing, let's see red should be the live wire so if I cut that it should deactivate the seal' turning round grabbing the red wire she pulls at it loosening its grip it pops out with a click making the lid pop open and because of the force she put into sends her flying out of the capsule with a loud thud. Sharp pain shoot through her body as she lands and freezing cold air pricks her skin. Climbing up to her feet clumsily from the wires and tubing along the floor feeing the stiffness of her body screaming against her. "Ok now to find Death … I hope he's ok.." 'strange my head feels like it's going ten to the dozen but my body is going so slow…'