A cry to the heavens, A cry to you
Chapter 7
Yuri and Waka stood beside each other, looking out over the cursed zone that had consumed most of Ryoshima coast.
"How do we get around this?" Yuri asked Waka, looking at the reddish blackish colors swirl around the area it had stuck by.
Waka's face became hard, "We have to avoid it, get to spots that aren't consumed in this darkness…"He answered quietly. Yuri nodded, playing with her bandaged hand, the one that had started bleeding from her finger nails earlier.
"Yes, but we need to find them first before we do jump into this cursed zone" Yuri mumbled quietly. Yuri very well knew what would happen if she got caught in one. She would turn into a statue, a cursed one, never to move until someone lifts the curse.
"I think I got it…" Waka smirked, but then frowned. Yuri stared…and then blushed...staring at his face was making her remember her dream.
"We have to go back through the city…there is a secret passage that leads to Ankoku Temple…then all I have to do is jump towards the entrance of the city check point" He looked at Yuri, Yuri blushed more, and turned away shyly.
"Yuri-chan get on, we need to get back through the city, cover your mouth and nose, the poison mist must make people ill by breathing it in" Waka crouched for Yuri to get on his back. Yuri blushed darkly…ever since she had met Waka she had been doing that a lot lately. Yuri walked over and slung her legs on either side of him. Waka's hands moved to her thighs, and held her in place firmly, Yuri blushed, and locked her arms tightly around his neck. He stood up slowly, and turned towards the gate of the city.
"Remember, cover your mouth and nose" Waka reminded her softly. Yuri nodded and buried her face in the back of his shirt firmly, making sure she could breath, and no mist would get into her lungs.
"Let's go" Waka began to run, and then jumped over the gate way to the city, He ran down the path that led to the entrance. Soon enough Yuri could feel the sickening air, and the moans of pain that came along with it. She shut her eyes tightly, now if there was only a way to cover her ears.
"Aristocratic quarters…" Waka muttered among himself. Yuri had heard him. She opened her eyes and looked around. How had they gotten here so fast? They were at Queen Himiko's palace, in the left storage room. Yuri's thoughts raced, she had no clue how Waka could do these things. How he could jump so high, and run so fast, she remembered the time when he carried her back to the palace. She knew Waka was no ordinary human being. She was snapped out of her gaze, when her nose and mouth left the comfort of his shirt, and her feet touched the ground. Yuri blushed, she had not payed attention to how he smelled, and now that she was away from him, she realized that he had a soft smell to him, like pine cones…and wild daisies. She smiled as her nose took in the last of the smell.
Waka kneeled down on one knee, and opened, what Yuri assumed to be the secret passage to Ankoku Temple.
"Yuri-chan quickly, climb down the ladder, I will be right behind you" He ordered her quietly. Yuri nodded, and slid down into the hole that was in the ground with Waka's help. Yuri reached the end of the ladder a moment later. She looked around. The tunnel was dark, dirty, and frightening. She felt a figure behind her, and she assumed it to be Waka.
"Yuri-chan, let's go" She felt her feet leave the ground and she assumed Waka was holding her bridal style. Yuri nodded silently, and they began to run through the tunnel. Yuri began to see light on the walls. When they reached the light, Yuri eyes widened. They were skulls, some sort of spirit fires lighting the way around them. When they reached the last one, Yuri noticed bones, and purple clothing on them. It was a body, that looked like it had been down here forever. Yuri's thoughts stayed on the clothes though. Waka ran past the body, Yuri peeked around his shoulder to see the last bit of the body.
'Those..clothes…I have seen them before…' She thought to herself, as she could no longer see the body.
"Yuri-chan…we're almost there, I have to jump, hold on" Waka whispered to her. Yuri nodded, and her fists clenched his haori. Yuri felt the stagnant air hit her face, when she could see brighter light. Finally out of the tunnel, she realized she was in a stone wall, and a well behind them. Waka breathed heavily.
"Waka-kun…are you alright?" Yuri asked concerned. He nodded, and a small smile graced his features, and it was the same one that she had seen when she had met him.
"Oui…I am okay, now let's get out of here…' he told her. Yuri nodded, and Waka began to run towards the wall. Yuri finched violently in his arms.
"Waka-kun! The wall! What are you doing!?" Yuri panicked and clenched his shirt tighter. Waka smiled. Yuri's eyes widened. Then…it was almost magic. Waka and Yuri flew out from the wall, without breaking them…or it. Waka landed on the fence, of Ankoku Temple, seeing as there was a curse on the ground of it.
"W-w-what?" Yuri stuttered uneasily, all the color leaving her face. Waka laughed quietly.
"I won't give you the secret of how that happened…" He muttered quietly in her ear. Yuri blushed, the red being the only color on her pale face, and nodded. Waka tightened his arms around Yuri.
"Let's go" he said. Yuri nodded, and squirmed in his arms to get comfortable. He jumped of the fence, and down to a walk way that was clear.
"Well Yuri-chan, are journey starts here…" He said and looked up at the sky. Yuri looked up as well and answered.
"Hai…" and the wind drowned out their thoughts.