Yami Kiryu, Chapter 4

By: Storychan

I apologize for my severe lack of updates. I know it's been much too long. This is the first break I've gotten from the heavy demands of the life of a college freshmen. I'm updating everything now, though. It's good to be back. Please R&R and don't give up on Yami Kiryu!

And I'm sorry for the short chapter...I was just trying to get this update up as quickly as possible...I hope you enjoy it.

-Storychan

"Kiryu-san, look at me," Carly pleaded, taking Kiryu's hands.

They were shaking. "Kiryu-san, listen, please," Carly begged. She barely knew this boy, but with him the obvious wreck that he was, she felt compelled to help him.

"Kiryu-san, whatever you're seeing isn't real," she assured him.

"N-no, you're wrong, he's right behind you, he's going to get you, Carly," Kiryu rambled. "Oh god I shouldn't have come here….we're both going to….he's going to….."

She watched in terror as Kiryu's eyes rolled back in his head. His hands in hers went limp and he began to tumble off his feet, dragging her down with him.

She fell into his unconscious arms. She blushed….she had just met him, and now they were…..

Carly don't be stupid.

"Kiryu-san, wake up," she said frantically, shaking him. Suddenly, his grip on her hands tightened, and his eyes fluttered open.

"Oh thank god you're ok," she smiled, trying to stand and pull him up with her. "You fainted! It scared me…."

Suddenly his hands were pulling her back down, and she was forced to look into his eyes as she dragged her closer again. These eyes weren't the maddened, distant ones Kiryu had displayed moments ago. These eyes were cold, calculating.

Evil.

"No," Carly cried. "You're….you're not Kiryu-san! You're…."

The "other" self Kiryu had been raving about? She thought it was just a hallucination, and this alter ego couldn't actually control the troubled boy who had shown up on her doorstep.

But she'd been wrong.

"I AM YAMI KIRYU," said…..whoever this was, he wasn't Kiryu anymore. She struggled to free herself from his grasp. Why had she let a madman into her home?! Of course, Kiryu hadn't seemed dangerous….

But then, this wasn't Kiryu, was it?

"STOP FIGHTING ME, CARLY-CHAN," cooed Yami Kiryu, pulling her closer. "I'M NOT GOING TO HURT YOU….MUCH.' He cackled.

"Kiryu-san!" Carly cried. "Please, stop!"

"KIRYU-SAN'S LEFT THE BUILDING, CARLY DEAR." Yami Kiryu cackled. "MY NAME IS YAMI-SAMA. AND I'M THE LAST THING YOU'LL EVER SEE.'

His long fingers reached for her delicate throat, and she screamed.

Inside Kiryu's mind, another struggle was raging.

Kiryu screamed when he found himself in the dark alley of his earlier nightmare again. He had found Carly, he'd been talking to her….

But then he saw Yami Kiryu right behind her, he'd tried to warn her…

If he was in here, did that mean Yami was out there?

"No, no, no…." he pleaded. Had his dark side really gotten free?

He couldn't breathe. Yami Kiryu had said, he'd said that he'd take over Kiryu's body, he'd rule his consciousness again, and do….

What was his other self going to do to Carly?

He tried to think about what his dark side would do, but that only made his gentle consciousness recede further into the darkness.

NO, he had to fight it, or Carly would be…..

Carly! I shouldn't have come to her, he's going to kill her now, he's going to KILL her, and it's my fault…

A window appeared out of the darkness, and, frantic, Kiryu pressed his face against the glass. He looked out, and saw….himself. No. Not himself. He wasn't that man, it wasn't him doing this.

What was he – not he – doing?

He was on the floor, Carly was on top of him, and clearly didn't want to be. His hands- no, those weren't HIS hands, HE wasn't doing this – were wrapped around her neck. Carly was turning blue….He…..He was choking her!

"NO!" Kiryu cried. "STOP, please! Don't hurt her! Please, let me out!"

Suddenly, strong hands were around his own neck. He couldn't breathe….He saw Yami Kiryu's reflection in the glass behind him, and then he was screaming again.

"WHY WOULD I LET YOU OUT, KIRYU-KUN?' Yami Kiryu chuckled, his fingers pressing deeper, stifling Kiryu's cries. "I'M HAVING SO MUCH FUN.'

Kiryu's eyes went wide with fear. He wanted to scream, but he couldn't breathe, couldn't breathe…..And neither could Carly….

A part of him could feel his fingers on Carly's neck, could see the terror in her eyes, but he wasn't in control of his body, he couldn't make Yami Kiryu stop….

"FEEL THE LIFE DRAIN FROM HER BODY, KIRYU-KUN," laughed Yami Kiryu sadistically. "WATCH THE TERROR LEAVE HER EYES ALONG WITH HER SPIRIT. KNOW THAT YOU COULD DO NOTHING TO STOP HER PITIFUL DEATH, BECAUSE I'M IN CONTROL NOW…BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T STOP ME…"

"No…" Kiryu choked. "Please….stop….I don't want to hurt her…."

"OH BUT YOU DO, KIRYU-KUN," Yami Kiryu jeered. "THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. THAT'S HOW I GOT FREE. BECAUSE PART OF YOU IS A TWISTED SADIST WHO TAKES PLEASURE IN MURDER. THAT PART OF YOU IS ME, AND I'M THE STRONGER PART , KIRYU-KUN. I'M STRONGER THAN THE MERCIFUL MAN YOU CLAIM TO WANT TO BE, AND YOU KNOW IT. YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T FIGHT ME, SO JUST GIVE IN. GIVE IN AND KNOW YOU'RE ENJOYING KILLING THE ONLY GIRL WHO COULD SAVE YOU."

Kiryu elbowed his alter ego in the ribs and wrested free from his deadly grip. "You're WRONG!" he cried, gasping for breath. "I am NOT you, and I won't let you kill Carly!"

He fought his way to the surface, he fought his way out of the darkness, and found himself conscious again, at Carly's place. Carly lay, limp and turning blue, in his lap.

"Carly!" Kiryu cried, and began shaking her. "No, no, please wake up…."

"YOU'RE TOO LATE, KIRYU-KUN," he heard Yami Kiryu's voice cackle from within the dark echoes of his mind. "I WIN."