Chapter 5
Ushinatte iru
Unconscious
"It's beautiful out today, isn't it?" Bou commented, looking up at the sunlight protruding from the trees. Everyone had decided to take a walk through the forest surrounding Ruki's home and get some fresh air. The weather was perfect: sunny with a breeze; truly beautiful, like Bou had said.
"Yeah, the weather's perfect," Reita replied. He walked holding Ruki firmly around the waist. Ruki was almost forced to lean on his lover as they walked, but he did not mind much.
"It's a good thing, too," stated Kaoru who was walking next to his lover. "Not many dark creatures would come out in this kind of weather."
"That's a relief. I think I've had enough dark creatures for awhile," said Kyo. Kyo's arm was wrapped around Shinya's waist protectively. It looked a little funny since Kyo was so much shorter that Shinya, but neither cared.
"Oh, wow! What is that?" Uruha asked, pointing upwards. Everyone followed his gaze. A large rainbow-feathered bird was perched on a sturdy branch. The leaves near it was burnt and singed, as if a fire was once burning there. The beautiful bird stared down at the group with large black eyes.
"That's Corinthia," Ruki stated, staring at the bird.
"You named it?" Uruha inquired, turning his head to look at Ruki. Aoi's arm was wrapped around Uruha's waist, or more accurately, on his ass.
"Yeah, she's a phoenix that hangs out around here occasionally. When I was younger, I found her as a chick lying on the ground, so I brought her to Blaerno. Blaerno helped me raise her until she was old enough to fend for herself. She visits occasionally, but I really don't see her often," explained Ruki. Uruha nodded softly and then looked back up at Corinthia.
Suddenly, Corinthia swiftly looked to her right, peering through thick trees. Everyone followed her eyes, but could see nothing. Corinthia fidgeted nervously as she stared with her dark eyes.
"What's she looking at?" Uruha asked.
"I don't know. Phoenixes have much better vision than humans. She seems frightened by whatever's over there," Ruki answered, worry rising in his voice. Whatever was out there, it was not good.
Everyone stared in silence and fear. Kyo tightened his hold on Shinya, glaring at whatever could be in the forest. Reita held Ruki closer to him, holding his arm out in front of him incase magic was needed. Aoi stepped in front of Uruha, hoping to protect his lover. Kaoru and Die stood side by side, prepared for whatever might be there. Bou subconsciously grabbed Teruki's hand in fear and squeezed it in fear. Teruki blushed at the action, but was too afraid to really do anything about it.
Everything was still.
The quiet atmosphere was interrupted by a fast tapping sound, as if someone was tapping his or her fingers along a table. The sound would last for a few moments, stop, then continue, stop, and so on and so forth. The sound got louder, and four white eyes could be seen through the darkness of the trees. The tapping stopped, and the eyes stared unmoving.
Everyone stopped breathing.
Corinthia gave a squawk, burst into flames, and flew off as quickly as she could in fear of the creature. Once the creature saw Corinthia fly away, it leaped into the trees. The sound of it leaping from branch to branch faded in moments, until there was nothing to be heard.
Everyone sighed in relief.
"What was that thi-" Aoi was cut off by a loud hoarse screech.
A creature the size of a horse leaped out of a nearby tree and landed in front of the group. The monster had the body and tail of a dragon, six legs like an insect, and an alien-like head with multiple horns. It glared at the group with its white eyes, looking around as if searching for a target.
Its eyes landed on Bou and it turned its body towards the blonde. It stood there for a moment, just staring at Bou. Nobody moved, they just stared at the creature. Bou shook with fear. The creature's eyes were intimidating and dark. Bou could do nothing as it opened its jaws to him.
"Bou!" Teruki shoved Bou to the ground. The monster's jaws latched onto Teruki's shoulder, driving in deep. Teruki screamed in pain as blood dripped down his chest and stained his shirt.
"Xecharenyx!" Aoi exclaimed, holding his hand out to the creature. Black lightening shot out of his hand and zapped the monster, engulfing it in electricity. The monster screeched in pain, releasing its hold on Teruki's shoulder.
Teruki collapsed to the ground, his blood dripping onto the ground. The wound was deep.
The creature screeched again, shaking the lightning off. Its menacing eyes met Aoi's, and he froze. It was like a spell had come over him, petrifying him so the creature could kill him off easily. The creature approached Aoi, its jaws wide.
"Rankexyr!" Kyo shouted, dashing towards the creature. His hand became engulfed in dark, red fire as ran.
The creature hardly had time to turn around before Kyo's hand was burning a hole in its side. The monster screamed, side-stepping and making Kyo remove his hand from it. The creatured screamed frantically, shaking uncontrollably and sqeezing its eyes shut.
Suddenly, the creature was quite and still, as if it had been turned to stone. It tipped over, falling to the ground.
"Te-Teruki?" Bou shook the bleeding Teruki, tears streaming down his face. Everyone forgot about the monster, and gathered around Teruki and Bou.
Bou shook him again, and Teruki groaned in pain. He opened his chocolate eyes and looked at Bou.
"B-Bou? Are y-you alri-right?" Teruki stuttered, bringing his hand up and caressing Bou's cheek.
"Y-Yes, Teruki," Bou replied, still sobbing. He was so happy that Teruki was alive, as was everyone else.
"Hey, look!" Ruki said, looking at the seemingly dead monster. Everyone turned to look at the seemingly dead monster.
The creature's body shrank into a human form. The man now lying on the ground had long black hair in dreadlocks. He wore a loose black tank top and baggy black pants. On the lower half of his face was an insect-like formation, bug legs protruding from it. The man opened his eyes to reveal on white eye and another white one with a black swirl in it. The rest of his eyes were black, making his shockingly abnormally colored pupils stand out.
The man used his arms to prop himself up in a sitting position, and then the looked at the hole in his side, a confused expression on his face. He put his hand on the wound for a moment, then removed it, revealing only a scab where to wound once was.
The man lifted his eyes to look at the group of friends.
"What?" he asked them. "What happened?"
"You mean… you don't remember?" asked Ruki, stepping towards the man cautiously. He froze as the man stood up.
"Remember wha-… Oh no. I didn't kill anyone, did I?" the man asked, realizing what had happened. The bugs legs on his face twitched.
Ruki stared at the bug legs before turning to look at Teruki who was still bleeding on the ground. "Well, you didn't kill anyone."
"Oh, shit," the man said, rushing over to Teruki. Everyone backed away except for Bou and Teruki. Bou stared at the man with fear and anger. "Don't give me that look. I didn't mean to hurt him!" the man exclaimed, placing his hand on Teruki's wounded shoulder. He removed his hand, and nothing was left but a scab.
Bou looked at Teruki and then at the man, astonished by his healing abilities.
"How-… who are you?" Bou asked. The man looked up at the blonde.
"The name's Jun, and I'm very sorry if I harmed any of you. I didn't mean to, honestly," Jun apologized, bowing.
"What the fuck are you?" Kyo asked rather rudely. Shinya pinched his arm, making Kyo flinch. Shinya gave him a look that said to be a bit more polite, and Kyo looked back at Jun.
"I'm an Incellectan. I transform into a monster whenever I get mad enough. I can't exactly control that form, so I don't even know that I'm attacking anyone. I'm really nothing like my monster form," Jun explained. His abnormally colored eyes darted around the group. They were hypnotizing to gaze into, as if they put you into a trance.
"So… you won't try and kill us?" Uruha asked, his voice still shaking a little from fear.
"Of course not," replied Jun. Even though you could not see his mouth, you could see his smile in his eyes.
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