"You started by building a world that stems from your subconscious which I could read, and when I was able to enter your creative world, I started to synchronize my mind with yours. I add and subtracted your imagination from your own world because it was now part of my own imagination; as if it were a world I had built myself. When you began to look at what I had done in your world, you easily spotted what I had added from my subconscious. When you were able to read what the symbols meant, that's when you began to read my subconscious." Red walked forward and placed his hand on top of Yuuki's head. "Now open your eyes and fall back."
Yuuki nodded and opened her eyes; she was back in the real world and her eyes were trying to adjust to the darkness. When they adjusted she looked at Red who sat across from her, her blush returning instantly.
"That was much more interesting than I thought." Red whispered over the hush of the wind blowing through the tree's. They had spent a long time in their pretend world that the sun had long ago lowered over the horizon. It was the moment between the sun settling and the moon rising when twilight settled. Even though it was fairly dark, and both his and Yuuki's eyes were adjusting, he could still make out the blush that settled on her face. "Now it's your turn." Red said with a hushed tone.
"T-To what?" She asked, not understanding.
"I will create a world that you need to penetrate. It isn't like reading the words admist my thoughts; this is when you really have to understand the dynamics of my mind and enter my imagination. You need to make my imagination your own."
Yuuki shrugged. "I will try my best."
"I know you can do it." He smiled softly before closing his eyes once again. Yuuki inhaled deeply before closing her eyes to try and penetrate his mind.
Red sat on an edge of a cliff, his one leg dangling off the side while his right leg was tucked under his rear. He leaned backwards with his hands pressed into the soft grass beneathe him to hold him up. There were a few tree's around and a path snuck between them as it descend the cliff's hill. A fence walked along the path directly behind where Red sat. The full moon was high in the sky, giving light to the created world. Red looked around at the scene he'd created around him, and he wondered if he should change it for the fact that Yuuki was going to enter it. Would his memories mix directly in with his imagination?
Yuuki stood on the path that headed up the cliff and looked up at the full moon lighting the sky. She then looked to Red whom sat under the moon. As she stepped closer, her eyes caught sight of his face with the moon lighting up his features.
Crap! Why did it have to be a moon? Yuuki thought, unable to ignore how handsome he looked under the mooonlight.
Red let his head drop to his chest as he surpressed his chuckle. Even though he faced the moon and couldn't see Yuuki, he could still see her walking up the path in his mind. Her eyes were locked on him as she walked up the pathway. The moon brightened her features, revealing the deep blush that she tried so hard to rid of.
Yuuki silently moved to sit beside Red, her eyes locked on the moon rather than Red himself, still attempting to lose the blush. "I did it." She murmured.
"So you did." Red laughed. There was a long pause between the two as they both looked at the moon. "Have you figured me out yet? Or rather my subconscious?" Red chuckled again.
Yuuki shrugged. "Maybe?"
"Or am I distracting you too much?" Red turned to Yuuki and smirked.
Her eyes widened as she held her face in her hands. "Stoopp!"
Red turned his body so that he now faced her with his leg still hanging off the side of the cliff. "Stop what? You can't hide your thoughts here, and you know that."
"Stop being right!" She murmured.
"Then I will... The day is night, the sun is the moon, right is wrong, and Red is wrong. Does this make me right? Is the sun disguised as the moon? Has the day lost its light?"
Yuuki lifted her face to look at him. She crossed her arms over her chest. "Fine, just stop distracting me. I'll fall back into the real world otherwise." She murmured.
"In a real battle you will need to be able to maintain this connection while fighting the enemy. We need to have this connection so stable that despite numerous distractions, the illusion will not falter."
"A-Alright." She agreed with a sigh.
Red leaned forward and quickly blew air into the side of her head, causing her hair to scatter across her face before quickly rising to his feet and moving ten feet away.
Yuuki quickly fixed her hair and jumped to her feet, looking at him. "What the heck are you doin'?"
Red shrugged. "I have an idea for the next step..."
Yuuki placed her hands on her hips. "Care to explain then?"
"Well-" Red's voice trailed off as he looked down the path. More tree's had appeared along the path, rotten and dead as they eerily hung over the path. Clouds formed in the sky and a rainstorm was threatening to crash down on this created world. The grass beneath Red's feet felt brittle and dead; they were brown with thirst.
Yuuki looked around and by the look on Red's face, she knew he had not done that. She felt a lump form in her throat as she moved closer to Red.
"Kaito~" A voice floated through the air and reached Yuuki and Red's ears; that voice Red hadn't wanted to hear for a very long time.
"Hideki?" Red called out with harshness in his tone.
Yuuki gripped Red's sleeve. "I don't understand." She murmured.
Red pushed her further behind him as he searched the world he had created. His eyes narrowed as he spotted Hideki walking up the pathway that had turned dead.
"Kaito~" Hideki sang the name again.
Yuuki's eyes widened as she looked at the visitor whom looked identical to Red besides the blonde hair. "R-Red?" She whispered, tightening her grip on him.
"I was hoping that when you enter this world, no memories would mix in with my imagination and recreate a fateful night, but something worse ends up happening..." Red clenched his jaw as he glared at his twin brother strolling up the path. Each step he took, blackness took over.
"Something worse? That is so disrespectful, little brother." Hideki shook his and smiled his sick twisted smile. "I see you're teaching someone our little technique. Did I not tell you that this was between you and I?"
"I would have never used it against someone with you. You had the potential to destroy me in those worlds...I can't trust you!"
"That hurts." Hideki murmured sarcastically with his bottom lip stuck out in a pout. "Very much."
"You have no heart..." Red whispered fiercely.
"Kaito, Kaito, Kaito..." Hideki dropped his head and pretended to cry. When he looked back up again he smirked. "I have no heart?"
For a moment, Hideki disappeared, but a chuckle that came from behind Red caused Red to turn still.
"Kaito~" The eerie voice sang out again.
Red quickly gained composure and turned around, quickly pulling Yuuki back into his chest, his arms protectively wrapped around her.
Had the situation been different, Yuuki would have been blushing, but her fear was too high to pay much attention to it. "Wh-Why can't we just leave this?" She whispered, her body shaking slightly.
Hideki let out a roaring laugh. "Does your little girlfriend know nothing about me, Kaito? Have you not told her about me? I feel so ashamed of you, brother."
"Who'd want to?" Red hissed through his teeth.
"Little girl, little girl. Once I walk in, no one escapes. I hold you here until I get what I want, and nothing can break you." Hideki smirked and stepped closer; Red stepped further back, hugging Yuuki closer to his body.
"Don't touch her." Red hissed.
"You like her? Kaito...has feelings for someone?" Hideki stared in awe at Red before smirking.
Red's body tensed as he glared at Hideki. "That's the difference between you and I; I feel..." Red narrowed his eyes.
"You're right, you know. I have no texture, I cannot feel anything anymore. I'm too cold, but I like it that way. It makes me stronger, I've overcome my weaknesses." Hideki smiled and stretched his arms out, about to say something when Yuuki spoke.
"You've become your own weakness." Yuuki hissed at Hideki.
Hideki paused for a moment to look at Yuuki, shock flashed across his features quickly. "Says the one who is scared out of her wits." He turned to Red. "Looks like you have a bold little girlfriend, and you didn't even know it..." Hideki chuckled and smirked. Hideki focused on Red for a second.
Noo... An illusion...Keep your arms tight, Red. Red could feel Yuuki slipping from his arms, as if he was growing weaker and couldn't get a good enough grasp on her in his arms. Y-Yuuki...
Yuuki was confused but held on tightly to Red without question, her body trembling more. R-Red, you're letting go... please d-don't.
"Too late..." Hideki chuckled and broke the illusion. Red stood alone with his arms wrapped around the air. Yuuki was now in Hideki's arms, in the same position she had been when she was in Red's arms.
"Your illusion failed, Hideki!" Hideki hissed at Red. As Hideki had cancelled the first illusion, he quickly created one in Yuuki's head that made her think Hideki was Red and that Red was Hideki. What better way to mess with her head? Yuuki was now in Hideki's arms, but she thought she was in Red's; she wouldn't notice right away though, no, he'd give her some time to fret about what's going on and confuse her a little.
"Don't you hurt her, Hideki!" Red shouted. He started to panic, what would Hideki do with her?
Yuuki's face twisted in confusion as she looked from one male to the other. Her grip on "Red" loosened slightly. Wh-What? I-Is this not Red now?
"He's trying to mess with your mind, Yuuki!" Hideki whispered with desperation, trying to make Yuuki believe Red was really Hideki. "Don't believe him! He's the ultimate mastermind, but you need to fight his tricks! Don't listen to anything he says!"
"Look at the hair, Yuuki!" Red pointed to his hair, which in Yuuki's mind was now blonde. "It's so obvious that he is Hideki! Yuuki, please! Fight him!" Red tried running towards Hideki and his victim, but no matter how close he got, he was still far away, running desperately for no reason.
Yuuki shook her head to "Hideki". "You're the one with blonde hair but..." She looked up to "Red". "This is a mind thing..." She murmured, letting go of "Red" completely.
Hideki chuckled. "You're doing well with her, Kaito." Hideki chuckled as the illusion in Yuuki's mind stopped and she could see Hideki clearly. Hideki entwined his left hands fingers with Yuuki's and whispered in her ear, "You will be mine."
Yuuki ripped her hand from Hideki's and stumbled back, falling to the ground, her eyes wide with shock and disgust. "Never!" She hissed.
Red was now fed up with his brother's mind games. No matter how much Red fought, his brother always succeeded against him - but not this time. Something inside of Red snapped, he'd made a subconscious vow to solemnly protect Yuuki, and that was what he was going to do. Red's constantly useless running stopped, and he stepped outside of Hideki's imagination. He apppeared beside Hideki and landed a punch right in the side of Hideki's head.
Hideki stumbled sideways and regained his composure to look with shock at Red. He tried to speak, but no words formed.
"I told you..." Red gasped. "...not to touch her..."
Hideki stepped forward, as if to returned the blow to Red, but once again Red side-stepped Hideki and kicked him hard in the gut. Red knew the fighting was worthless, it was only an imagination, it was nothing physical at the present moment. Hideki chuckled, although he was down on his knee's clenching his gut.
"I'm sick and tired of your games!" Red hissed and landed another kick to hideki's gut.
"Yet this is not the real world... Oh, you will fall to my feet and beg for mercy..." Hideki chuckled and coughed.
Yuuki was back on her feet and glaring at Hideki. "I wont let Red bow to you."
Hideki looked up at Yuuki and smirked. "You have no say in the matter..." He murmured. His body began to disappear as his voice hovered in the air. Just after his voice had dissipated, everything in Red's imagined world had now turned back to it's original appeal.
Red looked at Yuuki, frozen to his spot before he forced himself infront of her and pulled her in his chest. "You're alright, right?"
Yuuki opened her eyes in the real world and tackled Red in a hug. "I'm fine now." She laughed.
Red's eyes slowly opened and he pushed himself into a sitting position with Yuuki wrapped around his neck. "That's good." Red let out a frustrating sigh. "I hate that...that...I vow to kill him one day... He will die at my hands!" He wrapped his arms around Yuuki and held her tightly. "I'm sorry that you had to meet that filthy wretch of a monster."
Yuuki shook her head as she melted in his arms. "If you want help, I will help you in killing him."
Red chuckled, amused at Yuuki's attempt at cuteness. "You have to really work hard at getting your genjutsu strong. If we can make this sort of genjutsu perfect, we could completely destroy him!"
Yuuki smiled and pulled down the sleeve that hid her scar. "Remember? I have extra power if needed. I'm ready to listen to you." She grinned.
Red continued to stare at her for a moment, having a loss of words before a gentle smile land on his lips and he laughed softly, pulling her in for another hug. "You're too cute."
