Chapter 4: The reminder of pain
A very young Jin was sneaking around the laboratory due in the scientist's break. It often got rather boring in the room so Jin or Ragna would wonder out of there, in search of something fun to do. Jin knew if he was caught he would end up facing some serious consequences, but the thought of being caught was what made it so fun to do. For Jin at least, not to mention it made him feel adventurous and heroic as he wondered through unknown area's to him and Ragna.
In the midst of Jin's little adventure he came across the lab where his mother worked most days. She was sitting down with a close friend of hers from the house of Yayoi. Feeling curious, Jin snuck into the room and hid behind a pot plant near the shelves of where experiments were kept.
"So... is this your third... fourth-"
"Sixth pregnancy, actually." The lady of the Yayoi house replied in a sorrowful tone.
"Sixth? Wow... I'm amazed that you have the guts to keep trying for a baby after all the umm... causalities." Jin's mother said with grief as she used her swallowen stomach for a coffee table for her tea.
"Thank you... but after this one I decided... I'm not going to try for anymore." The pregnant red head replied, while hanging her head low.
"Really?!" Jin's mother asked in a shocked tone. "But why?.."
"Because I'm sick and tired of getting all excited of having a child on the way, but then they either die in my womb or just a day after being born... I can't handle any more heart breaks... I just can't." She clutched her head in fear as she admitted, "I didn't even name this one, because I'm scared that I'm going to lose her too." Jin's mother then placed a hand onto her friend's shoulder to comfort her.
Even though Jin was too young to understand fully, he felt it was a sad stage that his mother's friend was going through. Although for some reason he felt that she should at least name her child so that she can at least remember her last daughter.
Jin looked around for some inspiration. As he did, his eyes laid onto an object that was rather out of place with the rest of the laboratory. After grabbing the said object, Jin made his way over to the lady of the Yayoi family.
"Um.. excuse me?" Jin said, grabbing the attention of both women.
"Jinny?" His mother gasped. "What are you doing here?" She asked with a slightly concerned tone.
Although despite his mother's question he chose to ignore her, walking over to the lady of the Yayoi family he gave her a small floral object that he was holding.
"What's this?" She asked as she grabbed the flower that Jin had giving her. She then examined it's features.
"Nawe her hiss!" Jin replied as he stared at her blankly.
"Jin!" His mother hissed.
"No..." She said quietly to calm her friend down. "I love it... Tsubaki... Tsubaki Yayoi!" She then looked at Jin, who confirmed it with a simple nod.
"Kagura, that idiot." Kokonoe snapped as Hibiki reported in with the news about the colonels disappearance.
"Yes, I thought it was quite foolish myself." Hibiki replied, before letting out a sigh. "Shall I go and retrieve him?"
"Leave him be for now..." Kokonoe ordered. "We have way more important shit to deal with..." Kokonoe then turned around, looking down the long hallway. At the end of the hallway in the kitchen, she spotted the squirrel beastkin sitting along with Noel. The two young women seemed to be eating all the supplies of ice cream.
After a few minutes of contemplating they next moves, Kokonoe walked up to the beastkin and said. "Instead of eating all of the ice cream, can I talk to you for a moment, Makoto?"
Turning her head away from Noel, Makoto turned to Kokonoe with a cheerful look. "Yeah, what up?"
"See I have this favor I'd like you to do for me..."
(See my Squirrel Tails fic for the rest of Makoto's story line.)
"Why is that, miss?" Sena asked politely.
"Because-" Although Tsubaki stopped her voice as soon as it started, upon hearing a familiar spine chilling voice, laughing out loud.
"Hahaahahahaha, I can see you my precious pray." The three gasped in alarm as they began to frantically look around.
"W-who was that!?" Sena asked in a panic.
"Holly shit, we have to get out of here, Sena! Mosh, mosh Sena. MOSH!" Luna screamed as she swung her legs back and forth, desperately wanting him to run.
"This way children!" Tsubaki yelled at the two as she took lead, going the opposite direction of Ikaruga with Sena following close behind her.
As the two kept running as fast as they could, with the sound of trees being knocked over behind them as the mad dog made his way to the feast. Tsubaki stopped running for a moment, telling the two young children to keep running as she set up a few traps for the psychopath.
A few minutes later, after completing her trap. Tsubaki followed after Sena and Luna... only to a certain point though. Climbing up a tree that was rather far from her trap, Tsubaki then waited until the mad dog was in her sight to set off her trap.
She then transformed her dagger into a bow with a magical arrow, shaped like a quill with some arrows floating behind her. She pulled back the string containing the arrow in it, as she waited for the beast to arrive.
"Come out, princess. I want my lunch." Azreal growled in pleasure as he walked towards where Tsubaki's trap had been placed.
Once he finally stepped foot into the trap, "Requiem Maledictis" Tsubaki bellowed out as she let go of the arrow, launching the floating arrows also, towards the pressure points of her trap. The moment they hit the pressure points and small barrier formed, preventing the mad dog from escaping.
"Ha, if you think that would really stop me... then you're an idiot." Azreal boast himself, as he went to grab the barrier. Only to get a nasty shock of electricity sent down his spinal cord. "AHGIDDYAHHA!" Azreal spluttered as he received the shock, he then quickly pulled away from the barriers wall and grumbled. "I swear, when I get my hands on that princess I'm gonna crush her bones to piece's!" He grinded his teeth together, waiting for the barrier to ware off.
All awhile Tsubaki jumped down from the tree, running in the direction Luna and Sena went. 'Ten minutes is all we got... before the beast is realised' She thought to herself as she continued to run as fast as she could, through the thick forest of pine trees.
After about three minutes Tsubaki caught up with the degenderized Sena and the panicked Luna.
"Jesus Christ, women. You almost gave Luna a heart attack then, when you snuck up behind us!" Luna pouted, while glaring at Tsubaki from over her shoulder.
"I'm sorry for scaring you, I wasn't intending to do that." Tsubaki apologized as she slowed down her running speed to a more clam walking pace.
"Gosh, Luna's tired." Luna yawned, before complaining. "God, this forest never ends.. doesn't it?"
"What... gives you the right... to complain, Luna?" Sena panted as his running slowly degraded to a slow walking pace.
"Oh, shut up, Sena! What gives you a right to complain!?" Luna snapped back.
"Children, please." Tsubaki calmly stepped in, hoping to stop the conflict between the two young children.
"I-I can't take this any... more." Sena said breathless, before falling forward to the ground, passing out from fatigue.
"Sena!" Luna gasped, before getting off of him and then kneeling down beside him. "Sena... get up, lazy!" She commanded as she shook him wildly.
"He's reached his limit." Tsubaki spoke in a quiet tone, then turning into an affectionate tone as she picked up Sena and placed him over her shoulder. "Don't worry, we won't leave Sena behind... Can you walk now?" She asked in a concern tone.
Although, Luna didn't say anything. She only replied with a simple nod.
"Okay, then we will continue on... although we'll still have to keep a fast pace. Just if you start to feel ill or feel like you're about to pass out, just tell me and we'll take a break." Tsubaki gave Luna a sweet smile, before continuing to walk off.
"Okay." Luna replied quietly as she followed Tsubaki quietly, hoping to reach the end of the forest soon.
Jin continued to run through the forest, searching desperately for Tsubaki. 'Where could she be?'
"Ah, this must be my lucky day...The hero of Ikaruga." Jin heard a deep voice, lurking in front of him.
"The mad dog?!" Jin mumbled as the flesh eating beast slowly walked up to him.
"This is my lucky day, first the heroine of Kagutsuchi and then I get released just as you come along... Man, what a feast this will be."
"The heroine of-" Jin muttered in shock, before his voice became more venomous. "What did you do to Tsubaki?!" He questioned as he gave the mad dog a fearsome glare.
"Oh, tenderize her and... possibly pulverized her." The mad dog replied in a blissful tone. 'If I can piss of the short tempered hero.. then he might challenge me to feed off his flesh.' Azreal smirked as he saw Jin's disgusted and angered expression.
"You... what the hell did you do to Tsubaki!?" Jin snapped as his face twitched with anguish.
"Like I said.. I did what any monster would do." Azreal replied with a cackle.
"I'll ask once more... did you... kill her?" Jin growled with his hand ready on Yukianesa's hilt.
Although Azreal didn't reply, he juts stood there giving Jin the most insane grin. Which caused Jin's patients to hit the breaking point.
"YOU BASTARD!" Jin screamed as he charged forward, pulling Yukianesa out of its hilt as he striked down towards Azreal, who blocked the strike with his bare hands.
"This will be a good fight."
Ragna lied on the cold floor of the void, shivering. His head was spinning with many thoughts and visions.
'Why am I being shown all of this? Past.. present... of not just my memories but Jin's memories too!' Ragna breathed heavily in and out. 'Why did all of this shit have to happen? Not just me, but to all of us! Why... WHY!?' Ragna's head screamed in agony from all these question's that needed answering.
"Ragna..." He opened his eyes to the familiar voice, he then looked up to see Noel standing over him.. looking rather worried. She then held her hand out towards him.
"N-Noel?!" Ragna grabbed her hand as she then proceeded to help him to his feet. Although the image of him and Noel standing on top of a grassy hill soon faded into a hellish nightmare with flames of disaster surrounding the two.
"What the-" Ragna mumbled, before looking at Noel, who was giving him a seductive glare.
"Ragna... do you like me?" She asked, her voice sounding possessed.
"Wha-"
"Hold me, Ragna. Make love to me!" She commanded as she voice became distorted.
"What, no.. Noel! You're like a little sister to me!" Ragna claimed, refusing to do anything freakish to Noel.
"Fuck me, Ragna. Make me feel like a women." She ordered.
"You mean a slut.." Ragna replied lamely.
"Ragna?" Noel mumbled in despair, before tearing up.
"Aw, come on, Noel... I just don't want to hurt you." Ragna replied in an affectionate tone.
"You... LIE!" Noel screamed at the top of her lungs as her appearance turned into Mu-12. "I hate the world... I hate everything... I hate... RAGNA THE BLOODEDGE!" She spoke emotionless, before Terumi appeared beside her.
"Noel, NO!" Ragna screamed out as he went to reach for her, only for Terumi to get in the way of him.
"Aw, poor Raggy... Too bad your no longer able to protect or love Noel anymore, Raggs. But don't worry... the Imperator shall take care of your precious dolly. KikikheheheHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Terumi threw his head back laughing as Noel stared at Ragna with a mixture of anger and sadness.
"NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Ragna screeched at the top of his lungs, clutching his head in pain as he fell to the ground once more... losing himself in the never ending darkness.
Climax Crisis Chapter 4: The reminder of pain end.
A/N: I'm terribly sorry for not updating any of my stories sooner, I've been really busy with school and been parishly lazy. Umm, I hope this chapter wasn't too small but I really needed to update something. Anyways, as always please leave a review... or a fav/follow if you like, I would appreciate it and I'll see you guys in the next one... Later! :)