Bold is in flashback.
Italic are thoughts.
Bold and Italic are thoughts in flashbacks.
Bold and Underlined are the time and day or the amount of time that has passed.
Disclaimer : I do not own Black Rock Shooter. I wish I do though…
Summary : Reikon no Kokoro. Translated as A Soul's Heart. Black Rock Shooter and Ron saw a girl when they were on their way back to the headquarters. But, the girl isn't just what she seems...
REIKON NO KOKORO
CHAPTER 4: REIKON
A ray of light shone through a little hole on the curtain, and the light ended up at Rock's closed eyes. She used her hand to cover her eyes as she opened them slowly.
She looked at her surroundings and saw that Red was still sleeping. She then got up and rubbed her eyes to get a clearer vision, while Ron stretched his body when he knew Rock woke up. Rock then got out of the bed she slept in and walked to Red's bed and patted Red's head while Ron attempted to wake her up.
"Rise and shine, sleepy head!" Ron took off Red's bed sheet. Red protested a bit before opening her eyes and stretched her arms. She still felt sleepy but she followed Rock and Ron obediently to the kitchen.
Unlock them and find yourself from the past…
The old lady was there preparing breakfast, she smiled at them and she noticed Red's messy hair. She laughed slightly and handed Red a comb that was in the pocket of her apron.
Red blushed as she knew her hair was messy after her wonderful adventure in La La Land last night. She took the comb from the old lady and combed her hair gently. After finishing, it was Rock's turn.
Unlock them and find yourself from the past…
After having their meal, they thanked the old lady and left the house.
Red put her robe back on and had nothing to say but to sigh.
She recalled her dreams from last night; she wondered why she dreamt something that was never going to happen in her life…
In her dream, she knew that she was afraid of reality. She wanted to escape from everything that was occurring around her; she wanted to go to a place where there was nothing but peace. She wanted to stay with Rock and Ron longer or maybe… forever…
While Red was recalling the events that happened in her dreams last night, Ron called her name, "Red."
Red turned to Ron and tilted her head, "Yes?"
There was an awkward silence when Ron forgot what he was going to ask.
After a while, Ron remembered what he was going to ask and asked Red.
"I want to ask you," Ron flew beside Red's shoulder, "I am curious that you could defend yourself from our attack. You're still very young; it's abnormal to see a girl as young as you fight that good. How did you learn those moves?" Ron asked slowly so that Red could catch the point of the question he was asking. Red avoided eye contact and looked forward.
Unlock them and find yourself from the past…
"At that moment, I was standing, thinking 'Where the heck am I?' After a while, I felt that someone was looking at me, so I turned around. You two were standing there, Rock-san and you were standing there, talking." Red explained when she first arrived to this world, Rock and Ron nodded.
"You two then started to attack me," she continued, "I was afraid when I saw you two aiming a weapon at me, I couldn't move at all, until…" Ron butted in due to his excitement.
"Then?" he asked.
Red sighed and continued, "As I was saying… I couldn't make a move until I felt something entering me and I felt possessed, even my emotions were different. Sorry if I hit you too hard, Rock-san and I'm sorry that I called you snake-head, Ron. I didn't know what I was doing at the moment. I felt like I couldn't control myself, then the thing that entered my body said this to me,"
Red stopped for a while and took a deep breath before che continued, "'Don't worry, I am here to help you. But first, I need to get rid of this ugly snake-headed-thing!'…" Red finished her sentence and looked at Rock and Ron.
Rock nodded her head while Ron ignored the 'ugly snake-headed-thing' part and asked for more details.
"The thing that possessed you… Does it sound like a girl or boy?" Ron asked.
"A girl, I am sure of it." Red answered confidently.
Ron nodded and though about the fight between them. He recalled there was a transparent floating human-like form entering Red, but normal people can't really see it. Ron realized it was much different from the way Red acted when he first met her and the way she acts right now.
He believed what Red said and turned to Rock and uttered, "What she said just now was true. The thing that entered her is still there, hibernating… I think. It's probably a soul, but why does it want to help Red?" Rock glared at him and turned away after a short while.
"We need to get that soul out of her," Ron suggested, but Red widened her eyes and took a step back from Ron.
"You are going to die if you don't get the soul out!" Ron warned her but the truth was: he lying to her. He just wanted to get the soul out and question the soul about its motive.
"Don't lie to me! I am not a fool!" Ron's attempt failed when Red didn't fall to his tricks.
Honestly, if a soul enters your body, you can't be sure that it is dangerous or not, but neither of these answers are correct in this situation! Red thought as she shook her head to make herself clear.
Ron twitched, he wanted to say something but Rock was staring at him, again.
Rock shook her head, telling him this was a wrong way to get the soul out of Red, it might scare the kid.
Ron opened his mouth, "Oh c'mon. Am I really needed to do 'that'?" As Rock nodded her head, Ron sighed and asked the girl POLITELY.
"Red, I'm telling you that this is very important. Please let us get the soul out from you so that we can question her." Ron got a bit closer to Red after saying each word.
Red narrowed her eyes, and smiled evilly, "You fool, this is just Red's soul… not body, our souls were joined together after that attack that you guys made."
Unlock them and find yourself from the past…
"Wait! You're not Red! When you switch positions with her?! You're so sneaky!" Ron shouted at 'Red', who is currently controlled by the soul that they were talking about.
Rock felt a little shock that the soul was talking to them. Finally, we can ask her questions, Rock thought.
"Who do you think you are? You can't take me out of Red! I helped her! Why do you need to do this?!" the soul shouted. It was as if… she doesn't want to leave Red. Rock and Ron could feel it.
"Why can't I remove you from Red? Why is Red is so important to you?" Ron stopped and observed the soul expression, she was sweating in fear, it was as if… she doesn't want to answer Ron's questions.
"Then…" Ron continued, "Just tell me who you really are…"
The soul kneeled down, crying with tears as she begged Ron, "Please, don't remind me the pains and burdens from my past, it really hurts me…" she cried and continued.
"I'm nothing but trash; I need to atone for the mistakes I have made… I NEED TO HELP MY SISTER!..." the soul stopped as she suddenly said what she was hiding.
Rock and Ron were shocked to hear what the soul had said.
"Sis…ter…." Rock unconsciously said as she was in a shocked state…
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To Be Continued…
The scenery that is reflected in front of me slowly disappears,
Eventually, its time will stop.
Will my voice reach you?
Without an echo, it will fade away,
So, do not worry about it…
A/N :
FK09 : Hello everyone! Sorry for the late update! I was on a holiday to Korea! (actually, I was dragged there…)
CY07 : And I was tired waiting for this chapter because I have nothing to do… And I missed correcting your grammar mistakes…
FK09 : What kind of friend are you… And besides, I wasn't allowed to bring the laptop there.
CY07 : Okay, now about thanking those who reviewed…
『Blestang: Seriously, you review really fast. When I left for a while after uploading the previous chapter and came back about 20 minutes later. You reviewed. Thanks for your review. You should have seen her face when I told her about your review in record time. She was really motivated to write this chapter because of you. Thanks!』
『Knight25: Thanks for waiting for FuzenKirai09-chan to answer your question!』
FK09 : Oh man! Maybe we won't be able to update as much as we could now… School's starting again…
CY07 : Yeah… And we would be having a really important year end exams… *sigh*
FK09 : I will try think of the whole plot during school…
CY07 : We live in Malaysia. That's why we are having our school holidays during December.
FK09 : Now, back to the main point! We will try to update if possible. And we will go back to updating like crazy when the school holidays start again next December. Tell me what you think about this chapter, please leave a review! Arigatou gozaimashita!
CY07 : And if you see any grammar mistakes, it's me being careless again.
FK09 & CY07 : Thanks for reading!
