The Bitterness of the Rain
By:Danni Lynn
Chapter 6: Saya Otanashi
~+!Kai's Pov!+~
As I begrudgingly got off the Red Shield boat, a pair of well destinguished men pushed past me onto the deck. My eyes met briefly with a long blacked hair man that had cold blue eyes. The man's eyes seemed to have a knowledge far beyond my understanding that while I stared at him, I was stunned silent. The man's partner also had black hair but it was slicked back and cut short down to his shoulders, while the man's hair was tied in a tight ponytail and was destinctly cut between his shoulder blades. I was faintly aware that the man was observing me with mild interest, I instinctivly began to hate the guy only for the fact that the man's expression were that of someone that looks down on irrevalnt, insighnafigant people and also he just creeps me out. Just as those thoughts began to process in my mind, the men stopped and turned to look at me.
"Hello, do you happen to know where Joel Goldsmit's office is? We're lost and need help getting here."
The man asked me with a false smile that looked more like a sneer. I was about to say no when a thought came into my mind. These men might have information on where Saya is. If that were to be true, then I would have to tap into that information.
"If that were to be a problem, then we could ask someone else."
The man continued as he broke my line of thought. I grunted in annoyance and shook me head no.
"Nah, just follow me. I'm your guy. But may I ask why your here since I'm Joe's attendant. You can't talk to Joe till you talk to me."
I lied as I lead them blindly onto the boat, not knowing where to go. The doctor that was cleaning up that Red Shield body was already gone and the spot looked as clean as if it was new.
"That is only imformation that-,"
The man stopped as a dark brown haired fellow that looked maybe in his early thirties that walked around with a gentle smile on his pale pink lips strolled past us.
"There he is! Thank you, boy."
The man thanked me with kind words but he spat them out as if they were acid on his tongue. I scowled at him and mockingly bowed. The brown haired man turned around when the man called his name. He flashed a big grin and picked up the pace as he got closer to us. He shook hands with the men and cocked in eyebrow up in interest when he turned to look at me.
"Your attendant here was taking us to your office so we could talk to you, but it looks like we already found you."
The man explained with emphasis on attendant. Joel glanced at me with amusment in his brown eyes.
"Why Hagi, Anshel what is it that you came here to ask? And personally, too. My attendant here, was just on his way home, weren't you?"
Joel geered the conversation to me. I shifted my feet, uncomfortable with the sitation I was in. As I nodded, a hand slapped down on my shoulder and squeezed it hard enough that I heard the socket pop. I cringed in pain but didn't say anything.
"Why this man would make good use for our studies we're having. Can we use him, Joel? Seeing as he took us to you, I want to repay him."
The man grinned. Joel shook his head with worry written all over his face. But the man's partner came into the conversation before Joel could speak.
"You mean those studies, Hagi? I mean he would be a good candiate but we would have to begin from scratch all over."
The man's partner told him. The man called Hagi, shrugged.
"Anshel, yes we would but we have things to speed up the process. And why not? All the others failed, I believe he will be the one."
Hagi pressed on into a matter I did not understand. Joel looked concerned and confused as much as I felt.
"Hagi, you say that about every availble candiate but if you insist, sure."
Hagi's partner Anshel caved in. Hagi gave me a creepy grin and slung his arm around my shoulders. Joel shrugged and blindly agreed. But little did he know that he just signed my death warrant and that my life would be rising to the climaxe of hell.
~+!Saya's Pov!+~
A stuttering groan broke the silence that was mounting in this unholy darkness. I bit my lip just to keep myself in check. My mind was slipping farther and farther out of reach by every breath the human girl that was shackled to the wall breathed. She was close enough that I could smell the shampoo and lotion off her but far enough that I couldn't touch her. The girl groaned again and moved around making the chains jingle with the movement.
"Ugh...I feel like crap. Where am I? Have I gone blind? And what are these chains that bind me so? Is anyone there? I can hear your breathing."
The girl chattered. I banged my head against the wall and grunted.
"Your...in...hell...how...may I...serve...you?"
I wheezed jokingly. The girl jumped away from me startled and I could hear her heart slamming in her chest.
"That's not funny! Now tell me where I am!"
The girl demanded. I sighed with saddness. Nobody ever got my humor, at least Anshel would chuckle. That would make me feel better.
"Fine. Your in...a basement...under the...Goldsmith mansion."
I rasped as my chest ached from moving so much with so little energy. I was starving and my food was right there in front of me but couldn't be touched.
"Really? Why?"
The girl cammanded. I stayed silent knowing all too well why. I decided I wasn't going to waste my breath knowing I would need it.
"Who...are...you?"
I asked the girl. She seemed startled by the question. She's rather jumping, must have ADD, I observed.
"Huh? You scared me! Your so silent, I forgot your there. I'm Min by the way. Min from a wealthy barly-known family. So who are you? Why am I chained here? Tell me who you are? How long have you been down here? Are you a servant fetched to get me? Why are you so out of breath? Does my beauty make you pant? You know what? I think your creepy. So who are you again?"
Min rambled on. She really does have ADD. I'm finally in hell. I decided.
"I'm Saya...I've been here...so long that its not worth...explaining. Its nice to talk...to someone...other than Anshel and Hagi...oh and by the way...you talk too much...and too fast. Breath, Min breath."
I teased. Min luaghed a little at that. I smiled for once. I ignored my horrible hunger and had a nice chat with Min. Apperantly her family owned a wine business that was very big. She was told that she was going to marry Hagi. Who she never met before. Her family forced her into it. Hagi was suppose to be giving her family over a million dollars just so he could have her.
Well, now I know where Hagi has been, I thought.
Min had snuck out to run away but had bumped into Hagi on the way out of her house and had took her to the mansion where they gave her something to drink and she suddenly fell alseep. Then she had woken up in the basement shackled to a wall next to me.
Once she finished her story. I told her story of my own. I told her the Anshel and Hgai were bad men and that she should leave the first chance she got. I told her about my sister and the tower but no more.
"Once...I break...free from...these damn...chains...we'll escape together."
I promised. Min nodded in agreement.
"Then we'll go find your sister and go far far away and become nobodies in some small village and live there together. My folks sold me for money, noway am I going back to them."
Min decided. I luaghed at her comment. Suddenly the basement door opened. I expected to Anshel walk down the flight of steps and make some starky comment on how I was holding up, but it wasn't Anshel, but Hagi my chevalier that I technicly was forced to make. Anshel fed Hagi my blood as he was dying and I wish with all the world that he was dead.
As Hagi descended down the steps, He wore suite with his hair tied back. It was his normal look butthe expression he wore on his face wasn't normal. He was radiating happiness. Literally, rataiting it so much that it was obviously creepy. Hagi stopped in the middle of the room and smiled through the dim lighting that was filtering through the open door.
"Hello, Saya. You asked of me, so I am here. Well, there you are Min! You know your parents aren't even looking for you? I gave them the money and they didn't say a word. I like them. How about you? So Saya how are you? Dying of hunger yet?"
Hagi cheerfully babbled. Min spat on him. He wiped it off and shrugged. I frowned at him.
"Just fine...your being...creepy...what's...with...the smile?"
I asked as I panted for breath. Hagi looked at me confused.
"Smiling? I didn't know I was smiling. Why can't I be happy? My queen finally asked for me. By the way, you don't sound good. You must be straving, to be panting like that. Here, do you want a sip?"
Hagi grinned as he pulled back his sleeve. With his nail he slit his wrist and approached me. He stopped within reaching distance, but I didn't go towards him. I just looked at Min, who gave me a curoius expression.
"What?"
I asked as I tried to ignore the smell of Hagi's blood that was nawing at my mind. I could praticly feel the warmth of his body as I slashed his throat and basked in his life force. Drip..drip...drip. Hagi's blood oozed out slowly from the cut on the wrist and dripped onto the cobblestoned floor. Min studied me with fasination that made my stomach sink.
"Your eyes are red, Saya. That's cool and kinda creepy. I've never seen anybody's eyes red."
Min luaghed nervously. The tension in the air hung menscily waiting to be broken. A hand suddenly grabbed my chin and forced me to turn.
"Now, Saya. I know that your hungry and that by feeding you, I ruin the experiment. But you asked for me pacificly so Anshel won't care if this experiment fails. I've got the results for other experiments that are much greater. And look you even made friends with my bride. As for a reward you can have a sip."
Hagi made another deep cut across his wrist that interesected with the other slash. More blood came running out and my hunger increased by the moment as I watched the blood run down his arm and onto the floor. All thoughts I had or whatever resistance I was trying to obtain flew out the window as soon Hagi brought his wrist to my mouth. I licked it up like a dog lapping up water but I wanted more, much more. So I bit down hard but as the blood came rushing into my mouth. I relized it tasted stale like the blood of one of the freshly killed bodies I drink from. It wasn't fresh like people who are alive.
I snorted disatisfied and bit down even harder that my teeth met with bone.
"Not happy? Well, I know what you want and can give it to you. But will you take the cost?"
Hagi asked me. I was so engulfed in my hunger that Hagi's voice seemed so far away but I heard what he had said and let go. I brought my mouth away from Hagi's arm.
"I'm listening."
I told him. Feeling much better than I had in ages and I stood up. Hagi's grin grew wide as he nodded. He walked over to Min and grabbed her arm and wrench her to her feet. She was looking at me with nothing but terror. I didn't care. All I wanted and all I cared about at the moment was having fresh blood. Hagi took a knife out from in his coat and brought it to Min's throat. Her eyes widen in fear as she looked at Hagi to me. I licked my lips waiting. Hagi nodded. As he put pressure on her throat and slowly moved the blade across her skin.
I jerked awake and was about to scream but a hand wrapped around my mouth to muffle my scream. I tried to wiggle free from the stranger's strong grasp. All I knew was that I needed to escape. To where I didn't know. From where I had to escape from I had not a clue.
"Sai, Sai. Its okay. I'm here. Calm down."
Solomon's arms wrapped around my body and the hand on my mouth was gone. At first I struggled to be free, but I instantly relaxed when I remembered I was in a housing compond under the Zoo. Its been a couple of weeks since I've been down here and I'm starting to get use to it. I had been forcing myself to drink the blood packets for about two weeks then I suddenly came down with a high fever (107F degrees). I can't remember how many days I've been sick but I haven't eaten a thing. And those blood packets taste more terrible than ever. Solomon's the only one who knows that the blood packets made me sick. He's also the one that persuaded me to drink them in the first place. I lied back down on my ruffled bed and buried my face in Solomon's chest. My fear ebbed away and I was much calmer. Solomon stroked my hair and muttered soothing words to me that I didn't hear. My body was cold and I buried myself under a mountain of winter blankets and breathed slowly as my chest and throat burned.
"Saya...Saya...Saya!"
Another voice shook me awake again. My body ached and I was so exuaghsted. I felt like lead as I turned over and stared at my sister, Diva who sat in a chair next to the bed. She looked concerned. Her hair was mappy and her clothes were ruffled. She gave me a sad smile.
"What?"
I croaked feeling like as if I was in a furnace but in a blizzard at the same time. My outside was cold my inside was hot.
"Your awake. You must be feeling better. You haven't been conscious this long in about a week. Here drink this. You need to keep your strength up."
Diva handed me a blood packet. I took from it her without a word. She stared at me expantly waiting for me to drink it. She nodded to me. I knew what the effects were if I drank it but Diva was looking so scared I couldn't say no. I drank the rancid posion without a word and felt instantly a ton worse. Solomon leaned over me and stuck a thrometer into my mouth. When he saw the empty blood packet in my hand, he nodded annoyingly to me. I weakly shrugged and gave him an apologizing smile. He rolled his eyes to me. The thrometer beeped and Solomon took it out. His expression faltered and completely clasped into complete fear.
"Saya, you would be dead by now if you were human. Your fever had gone down to 102 degrees but shot up to 110 degrees. My god. Its a wonder your not dead."
Solomon teased but I wasn't in the mood to play. Diva instantly jumped up and began to cry.
"Saya's gonna die!"
She wailed. I was about to reassure her but Nathan came and ushered her out of the room. Solomon sat on the edge of the bed as he leaned in close enough that our forheads were touching. His skin was cold against mine and I shivered and dug myself deeper into my bed.
"Sai, we both know what's wrong with you and we both know how to fix it. So while your still conscious, take some of my blood."
Solomon demanded. I shook my head and turned over. I closed my eyes and slowly drifted to sleep. But Solomon shook my body and forced me on my back. I stared up at him with my drooping eyes. I was so tired that I didn't even want to drink some blood. Solomon placed his hand on my stomach to keep me from moving as he took his wrist in his mouth and but down. I watched silently as my eyelids began to cover up more and more of my vision. Suddenly Solomon's lips met mine and warm iron came rushing into my mouth. I groaned as soon as the blood hit my tongue. I pulled my arms around Solomon's body and rolled on top of him. He lied underneath me much like last time. Only difference I was interupted, this time nothing was going to stop me from drinking Solomon's blood. Not even my own fears.
I leaned forwards toward his neck, and placed my teeth over Solomon's jugular vien. Usually when I drink like this, I go for a smaller vien not the main vein. But I was so hungery that my own sentimentle thoughts couldn't get in my way. As I bit down, Solomon instantly jerked as if he was trying to pull me free but I only tightened my grip. I growled in response to his emdite reaction.
"Sai, stop it. I won't be able to move if you take all of it. Sai...Sai...Saya! Stop!"
Solomon croaked as he tried pulling me off. I put my hands on his shoulders and dug my nails down into his flesh hard enough he began to bleed. I growled even louder as he flipped me onto my back and used the bed as levridge to pull himself free. I was stronger than my own chevalier, so I just tightened my grip on his throat and drank. I could feel his blood fighting my fever away as I felt more and more better. Soon Solomon stopped fighting as his blood was almost gone. I was so envested in his blood that right before I drank the last drop when Solomon spoke I barly heard him.
"Saya, let go."
He said it normally but it was like a faint whisper to me. Instantly, hands latched onto me and pulled me free. I snarled, instantly enraged and struggled to get free of the stranger's grip. As I was pulled off the bed, Nathan ran to Solomon, who lied on the bed barly breathing. Suddenly, I was forced to face the person who pulled me off Solomon. It was Diva.
She stared at me with wonder and shock. I instantly felt my old friend, rage, begin to bubble to the surface as I continued to look at Diva.
"How could you, Saya? You almost killed Solomon."
Diva told me in a whisper. Anger absorbed me and I was no longer the same Saya that Diva knew. I was the Saya that only Anshel and Hagi knew. I raised my hand and slapped Diva, square on her cheek. She fell flat on her butt with my hand emprinted on her cheek. Tears stung her eyes but I didn't care. I hadn't snapped because Diva had made me angry but because when I drink blood and someone tries to stop me, I have to kill them. It was a dreaded instinct I wish to never use but it just seems to happen.
I leaned forward and grabbed Diva by the collar of her T-shirt and pulled her towards my face. My fangs were completly exstended as I snarled at her.
"I do as I please, Diva."
I hissed with a malce in my voice that would scare even the worst people on Earth. Her eyes went wide and she didn't say anything as I dropped her and left the room. I went to the study and locked myself in there.
Already dreading what I had done. This is what blood does to me. I am not kind. I am not mean.
I am simply...heartless.
~+!Solomon's Pov!+~
I lied there comepletly stunned, unable to move for the fact I had no blood to pump through my body to give it a jump start. I was weak and uncapable to even the simplist of tasks like lifting a finger. Saya's answer to Diva had to be the most threatening warning she had ever used on Diva because as soon as Saya was gone and out of sight, she got up and just blinked at Nathan and me. Nathan handed me a blood packet and dumped at least what looked like a dozen onto the bed. I struggled to get in a sitting position as I ripped open the bag and drank down its contents in matter of secounds.
By the time I was on my eight bag of blood, the silence in the room was almost unbearable. What had just happened was one of those avents that you just couldn't help talking about.
"I've never seen Saya that way. Not with Diva. Not with anyone."
Nathan told me as he tossed the empty bags away. I proped my elbows on the pillow and watched.
"You know what I don't understand? Saya got sick because of the blood in these bags but nobody else here is effected. Its just her."
I told Nathan. Nathan nodded in understanding with all charming humor gone. He put a hand on my shoulder and I looked up at him. He gave me a bitter smile.
"Let me tell you something Solomon, it has always been Saya. Saya you just saw, was probably the true her."
Nathan explained to me. I stared up at him confused.
"That can't be true!"
Diva cried out. Nathan and I both turned to look at the distrute queen who had tears spilling down her cheeks in cascades that soaked into the carpet. She kept shaking her head as more tears came tumbling down.
"That wasn't Saya! That wasn't my sister!"
Diva wailed as she collasped onto her knees and sobbed. Nathan went to her and embraced her in his arms and pulled her close to his chest. He soothed her with comforting words for many minutes. I felt ashamed of watching them, but why? I couldn't understand. As Diva's tears dried, she pulled herself a little bit away from Nathan and looked up into his face. I was awe struck by how much care she showed the chevalier because as long as I had known Diva she had never shown such emotion to anyone but Saya. She leaned up towards Nathan face and closed her eyes slowly, I was expecting a kiss but Nathan turned his head and looked at me with emotionless eyes. Diva stopped mid-way and blinked. As she began to under take the situation she was in, her face began to turn a bright shade of pink. She instantly got to her feet and left the room.
I swung my legs off the bed and planted my feet onto the floor. I stood up and walked over to the door. I was going to have a word with Saya but before I could leave the room, a hand attached itself on my shoulder.
"Don't go Solomon. You'll make matters worse."
Nathan softly coaxed me out of it. I stood there crestfalled and sad. I was the one who put her into the situation, if I hadn't made her drink my blood she wouldn't have acted that way but on the flip side she would still be sick. If I went to her and patch things up things might get better or worse.
I decided not to go in the end. Nathan gave me a slap on the back and grinned.
"Let us two, guys, for once watch a movie. How about Yes man ?"
Nathan asked me. I gave him a blank stare but shrugged as consent.
"Thats the spirit! After that we can watch Hot Fuzz. I know you'll love that one."
Nathan led me out into one of the living rooms and scanned the selection of movies. I numbly watched him. My thoughts all went to Saya. The same questions I had always asked floated to the surface and did loops in my brain.
Everything always linked to Saya. What is it Saya has that her sister does not? That question swirled around my mind all afternoon. But I only came up with one answer. It was alway Saya because there is something in her blood that Diva doesn't have. It seemed to be the only logical explaination, but what is it?
Perhaps Saya knows? Don't know. I think I'll ask next time I see her.
As Nathan forced me to watch idoitic movies, I couldn't help remember the time when Diva had been caught by Anshel and Hagi as to lure Saya out. Saya had gone balistic and had run into the enemy base alone with only so much as her katana. It was like she was dancing in the rain as sprays of blood cascaded over her body and splattered onto the walls and floor around her. Her maroon eyes held a veil that was far deeper than any hole that is on Earth. The veil grasped only her darkest emotions as they churned in a viscouis cycle. One after another, Saya didn't even stop to breath, she just kept swinging that blade of hers, but even though she was fuelled by only her rage and loath, every swing held its own cry of grace. It was as if she was dancing to a song only those whom know such sorrow and feel such rage could even fathom to hear its whispering tone.
Saya had gotten Diva out but at the cost of one of her chevaliers' lives. My brother, Rasputin didn't make it out when bombs came and blew the base to smitherins. Saya showed no such emotion for the loss of one of her chevaliers' lives, but then again Saya held no emotion when she took the lives of others. She always seemed so detachted when she did such things.
Saya. Saya. Saya. Who are you truly, Saya Otanashi? What sweet remedies ease your forever aching soul? What devasting forlorn churns your inner demon awake? What always forsaken pain do you know? Who are you truly, Saya Otanashi?
For I would like to know.
What do ya think? Who is the real Saya? Would you even like to know? What is it that Nathan refuses to show? Where is the rest of the story? Honestly, I do not know. Maybe some ideas might help me write faster. I'm interested in others thoughts for the story. No flames but spelling and grammar issues you can complain about. I'm not the best speller or grammar writer out there so feel free to complain about it. Not much there I can do.
So, until next chapter, Audio!
Hopefully your favorite author,
Danni a.k.a. falling into the darkness ^.- teehee!