Demons
I OWN NOTHING!
Chapter 3: The Festival
Ryuga's POV
"Come on!" Ryu pulls on my arm. Ryuto's watching me from a distance so I smile and nod, allowing Ryu to pull me along.
"What game do you want to play now?" The little girl turns back and forth as she looks around for a good game. I take this time to really study my little sister.
Ryu has the same color hair as I do, red stripe included, but hers is longer and worn in a ponytail near the top of her head. She has two pieces of her bangs that sit on the side of her face, pinned by red barrettes with white flowers. She has a smaller piece that hangs between her eyes and bugs her…but it's cute. She has big amber eyes, instead of my smaller ones, and uses these to her advantage. She wears a little black dress with a white belt around her waist. She wears brown boots and a small white jacket around her shoulders…she told me she's trying to steal my look. She even has a little headpiece…sorry, a tiara, that she wears around her forehead.
"Ryuga…RYUGA!" Ryu calls.
"Yeah?"
"You were spacing out on me?" She waves her little, black-gloved hand in front of my face. "You okay?"
"I'm fine, sweetie." I smile again and ask if she's picked a game. She nods vigorously, causing her ponytail to slap her in the face. She brushes it away and smacks my arm for laughing.
"Come on." She grabs my hand and pain pulses in my chest. I ignore it and start walking.
Ryu picks a carnival game where you shoot a stream of water into a clown's mouth. I watch as she competes against another kid.
"Yay, I won." Ryu shouts happily. I take her prize, a teddy bear, and she plays against the kid again. I glance around briefly and see Ryuto standing 15 feet away. He's still watching us. I see a reflective mirror behind him and in it, Demon appears. It chuckles and makes a slicing motion across the neck then starts to reach for Ryuto.
"AHH!" A woman screams as the sound of shattering glass fills the air. Ryuto's eyes grow big as the glass breaks behind him and I hear Ryu's voice timidly beside me.
"Ryuga…why did you throw my teddy bear?" I look at the ground by Ryuto's feet and see her new teddy bear, covered in glass shards. I had thrown it in anger and delusion. I just didn't want Demon to hurt Ryuto.
"I'm sorry, Ryu." I stutter out, which is very unlike me.
"Trying to kill me with a teddy bear?" Ryuto stomps over and throws the bear at my feet. He grabs Ryu's hand. "Come on, Ryu! I'll go win you another one." She opens her mouth to object but is pulled away before she can. She glances back at me and I glance down at the broken bear now. I close my eyes and wait a moment. I pick up the bear and walk away.
"Ryuga?" Ryu comes in my room that night. She's wearing one of my shirts again with her hair pulled back in a loose braid.
"Sorry about back there." Man, I am really out of character when I'm at home. If Gingka Hagane found out about this…ugh. I shudder at the thought.
"What?"
"Nothing." I let out a harsh breathe as Demon makes another appearance.
"Ryuga?" Her timid, high-pitched voice rings in my ears briefly.
"I'm fine." I inhale deeply and force Demon to leave.
"Are you sure?" She stares at me with her big, puppy-dog eyes.
"I'm fine…oh, here." I pull the teddy bear out from under my pillow.
"My teddy bear!" She takes it and hugs it.
"Mom washed it and fixed it for you." I didn't tell my mother everything that happened with the bear and the mirror.
"Hold on." Ryu runs out of the room, mostly likely to find our mother and hug her. I hear Mom's laughter from the other room and Ryu runs back in.
"THANK YOU!" She hugs me and then squeezes the bear.
"Careful, you might hug it to death." She giggles at my comment before hugging me again.
"Thank you, Ryuga. I love you!" She pulls back and smiles. She pecks a kiss on my cheek and runs out of the room. I find myself shocked and sitting still on the bed, replaying the last several moments in my head.
"Aw, isn't she a sweetie?" Demon coos as it appears in the broken mirror.
"Shut up."
"Oh, and your training with her starts tomorrow doesn't it?" It laughs. "I guess I'll have a front row seat to that one…"
"I said…"
"Oh, and maybe I can officially meet that little girl…Ryu, wasn't it?"
"SHUT UP!" I shout and pain pulses heavily in my chest. I grab the area and fall to the ground, groaning.
"You're going to regret that one." Demon's face morphs to that of hatred. The pain increases and I grunt, trying to stand.
"Demon!"
"Oh, now you wanna play the hero?!" Demon's silhouette comes out from the mirror and takes a shadowy black form. Its eyes glow purple and it walks over to me. "You will never win." It smiles and jumps into me. I arch my back and bit my lip to resist screaming as Demon fights inside of me.
"ENOUGH!" I shout and Demon shoots back out. It takes a shocked stance and watches me as I writhe and pant on the floor.
"You're right…for now, this is enough." Demon smiles one final time and then disappears.
"Ryuga?" My mom's voice sounds at the door. Crap…the though races through my mind. "Are you alright?"
"I'm…fine! Just talking about a rival of mine…" It wasn't a total lie.
"Okay…if you're sure." I listen for her footsteps to retreat before I sigh. This is has been a long night. I crawl into bed and fall into a dreamless sleep.
Thanks for reading. I hope you liked it.
So, that was the festival…what'd you think? I hope you liked it, I did.
Anyway, I don't know how long this story will be, probably about 9 chapters…at most. I think. As I said, I'm not sure.
Thanks to my totally awesome Beta, GalaxyPegasus14, who reads this and tells me her thoughts and if there are mistakes before I post it. She's totally amazing! =D
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