Lithium
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Disclaimer: Once again, I don't own Rurouni Kenshin or Samurai Deeper Kyo.
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Lithium, don't want to lock me up inside.
Lithium, don't want to forget how it feels without...
Lithium, I want to stay in love with my sorrow.
Oh, but God, I want to let it go
"Lithium" Evanescence
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It's so dark…. So…. who are you? Let me out, let me-
Shh... Dear sweet child are you, but doth protest too much.
No…. I'm scared, I'm scared. Where are my unnies? Sooyoung? Sica? Fany? W-where are they?
Child…. Sleep…sleep.
My unnies……
Sleep…. and fall into the dark... fall and fall until you hit the bottom and
Crumple like
A
Rag
Doll.
Stupid, stupid, foolish girl
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Xue stared, stared even as a demon was cut in half right in front of her, even as floor sprayed her face, coating her. She couldn't help it...
"Oi, are you just going to stand there looking like an idiot?" Akira joked as he cleanly slew a mass of demons, a serene smile on his face. "Come on, get moving! I'm up to two hundred already!"
Dodging a swipe instinctively, Xue's eyes narrowed once more as she charged straight into the heart of the demon column.
Time to give them bloody hell.
And she ignored it, ignored...
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Panting heavily, Lilith managed a crooked smile as Belial crumpled onto the floor.
Gritting her teeth as pain shot through her whole body, her eyes widened and she flung her body to the side, wincing as blood flew out of a new gash at her side. Damn. And just when she awoke too.
Sweat dripping off her brow as her shoulders heaved, Lilith growled, baring her fangs. Going down into a crouch, her eyes narrowed as she unsteady Belial rose shakily to her feet.
Blood poured from various wounds and gashes and by now, the ground had returned. The barrier was wavering and flickering and her clothes were ripped and torn and numerous bruises scattered her body, but she forced herself nonetheless.
"Don't you dare think I'm gone yet," Belial snarled. Black energy gathered around her hands and with a shriek, she was on Lilith, one of her hands morphing into a blade.
"Why…."
Blinking, Lilith barely avoided a vicious swipe, blood squirting out of a new cut.
"Why? Why the fuckin' hell did you damn abandon us like that? Why? You were our ruler, our leader and what the hell do you do? You damn abandon us you bitch! Damn you! Damn you to all seven hells!" Belial screeched as she hacked furiously at Lilith, her eye mad and wild by now.
Flexing her claws in irritation, Lilith grabbed Belial's head, grunting as the other slammed her foot into her stomach, ignoring the gash that the other cut through her stomach as she clawed desperately at her, and slammed it into te ground.
"Any last wishes?" she hissed, pushing her victim's head further in.
"D-damnit... damn you…"
Why did you abandon us?
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"Sooyoung ah."
"Huh? Yeah, Sica?"
"What are we doing?"
Blinking, Sooyoung tilted her head at Jessica, eyes widening as she took in the Ice Princess's tense stance her fisted hands, eyes staring determinedly at the ground.
"Why can't we do anything for Seohyun?"
"Eh? But didn't you hear that… thing say that- "
"Damnit, I don't give a freakin' crap about what that thing said, damnit! Seohyun…. Damnit, why Seohyun? What did she ever do? What oh so heinous crime did she ever commit? God damnit, we're her unnies, we're supposed to protect her and what happens? This. Seohyun…… is Lilith. Her reincarnation at least," Jessica bitterly ended. "God damnit... God damnit!"
Sooyoung jumped as suddenly, Jessica slammed her fist into the wall, cracks appearing around her fist as she slumped against the wall, voice hushed. Rushing forward, she quietly, hesitantly sat down by Jessica, eyes concerned.
"Sica…."
"Why…. Why Seohyun? Damnit…." Jessica got out, knuckles white as she pressed her forehead against the cool marble of the wall. "She's so innocent…. so innocent still… this…Why did it happen to Seohyun of all people? I just can't… God, I can-"
Groaning, Jessica gave out a strangled sob. "God damn it all!"
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The barrier slowly dissipated and she stood there, tossing Belial's heart up and down, looking for all her worth like a child at play.
So long... oh yes, it had been far too long since she had ripped out someone's heart, been splattered and covered from head to toe by blood... yes, far too long.
Grimacing with pain, she clutched her stomach, gasping as dizziness assaulted her. Damnit... looks like her healing system hadn't come into play yet... damn... she sloppily ripped apart an incoming demon as she struggled to keep her balance
Her feet giving way, Lilith sensed a whoosh of air right above her head and muscular arms catching her easily and flinging her weakened body onto a back and she barely registered……what was that, a scream? From where? What enemies…. were…."
"Oi, what the hell happened to you? You're so damn weak now."
That voice… it was… she vaguely remembered it. It was familiar and that aura… that aura…..
"Bontemaru, get Lilith back to Headquarters."
"Hey, respect you-"
"Shut up and get going."
"Che. So un-cute…."
"Bon…"
"Hai, hai, I now, I know! Jeez, such a gaki."
"Right. Whatever. Get going already."
"Ah. Oi Akira, don't you dare kill all the strong ones before me! Save some!"
"If you can lug your fat self back quick enough."
"Shut up."
Let me out…. let me…
Damnit, shut the freakin' hell up you brat; you'd die within seconds.
But my unn-
Screw them. Just shut the damn hell up.
No…. no! My unnie's, they're worried and I don't want to worry them and you will not tell me what to do! Get out of my body! Get out, get out!
Damnit shut your damn crap up! Look, you think you can fight a demon? Ha, as if you could! You're just a damn weakling who can't do freakin' crap!
No…. no, that's not true! I ca-
Pish posh, it's damn true you worthless human. Now shut up and go back to sleep.
No… no, it can't be…
She wasn't useless... no she couldn't be, couldn't be...
Right?
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Akira coolly sliced off a raging demon's head and jumped backwards, slashing through yet another mass of demons, his double blades flickering through the air. Ice formed at his feet and spread, capturing and freezing strangling demons and before they could react, he whispered, "Shatter."
He couldn't see, but he could sense the falling pieces of ice. A drop of blood landed on his cheek.
It trickled down, down to his mouth. His tongue licked it off his upper lip.
He clenched his teeth tightly as his senses screamed at him, "More, more, more!"
Attempting to distract his mind, he stood there, perfectly still, sensing.
Practically all of the demons had most likely been slaughtered by now, judging from the few auras he sensed, and it appeared that all that was left were small pockets of them. His nostrils flared slightly as the scent of blood hung heavily in the air and he could hear the agonized groans of demons as they bled slowly, slowly to death.
"Akira, move out of the way."
Raising an eyebrow, he nodded at Xue before jumping a good distance behind her. So...
A huge ball of water appeared in the air, held in its spherical shape by a thin film. Rapidly, it thinned and stretched and eventually, covered the entire area.
Seeing that they're enemies weren't moving, a demon roared, "Go! Charge now!"
Akira frowned, his hand going to rest on his swords as he slid into a crouch. Now... that really wasn't...
"Don't."
Hmmm? So... she was still as stubborn wasn't she? Xue...
Demons screeched and writhed desperately as the water held in place by the film poured out and trapped them, lashing out brutally as they tossed aside dead bodies. The air itself was died red as demons screamed in pain as their water cages exploded and ruthless hurricanes ripped through them, shredding them as if they were nothing.
Akira frowned as he felt something hit his cheek.
Raising his hands to it, he felt
A pulsing beating heart.
It was still warm... still wet and he could feel the blood trickling down his chin and onto his clothes. Well, not that mattered anyway; his clothes were already soaked, so what did it matter anyways?
And he smirked
As his hand closed over it
And squeezed it
And it exploded.
Interesting.
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"N-no, p-please don't, please, please, anything, no, b-be-kyah!"
Xue squatted down to knee level and wrenched a demon she had left a alive, off the ground.
Holding him in the air, she brought her blade next to his throat, silver eyes cold, blank, as crimson blood trickled down his throat.
"Which one of them sent you? Tell me," she monotonously ordered.
"N-no, the Lady wil- ah!"
Screaming in pain, the demon watched horrified as blood gushed out his gnarled and clawed hands, his wristbone sticking out in plain sight and he screeched once more as Xue slammed him into the ground, her feet digging into his skull.
Lowering her head, she calmly asked, "Who. Sent. You?"
"Ah! N-no, I can't, I can't, ah, it hurts so much! But I can't, can't, no, the Lady will, will, she will, no-"
His eyes bulged out as he writhed in pain, as Xue calmly sliced off an ear. "You're fairly noisy aren't you? You know, you can keep on going how you won't tell, how you're absolutely loyal to your leader... but I wonder..."
"W-wonder w-w-wha-ah!" the demon screamed as Xue yanked out a fang and stabbed it into his back, his own fang protruding straight through his chest as blood squirted out of the wound.
"I wonder... How many body parts do I have to cut off for you to talk," Xue contemplated thoughtfully as the demon screeched and writhed in pure agony. "Perhaps..."
"No!"
Shaking uncontrollably, his throat constricted and his eyes bulged out so much that it looked like he would die as electricity surged through his body. His mouth foaming, he sputtered and screeched as Xue's foot dug further into his skull.
Crack.
By now, blood was gushing out of his grotesque head. The electricity subsided and slowly, the place where the fang had pierced him healed.
Kneeling down, Xue whispered softly into his remaining ear, "Hmm... what next? Your toes? Feet? How about you entire lower body? Or maybe your hand; I doubt you'll need it anymore."
"Xue, why don't you just use a water prison?"
Xue froze, before her eyebrow started twitching. "Akira, shut up," she dully stated.
Chuckling, Akira stabbed his sword through a still twitching body and leaned against it. Interesting... this should be entertaining...
"Ahh!!"
And he
Collapsed and the ground
Shone brightly in the
Daylight, glittering like a
Ruby.
Crimson red.
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"Huh? W-where am-"
"You're awake."
BoA shot up in bed and blinked her eyes furiously as she stared at the speaker, slack-jawed.
Raising an eyebrow at her panicked face, Yukina snorted lightly. "Wow. Quiet are you?"
"Oi, Y. U. K. I-chaaannn!"
BoA watched in bemusement as suddenly "Yuki-chan" closed her eyes in irritation before yelling, "Shut the damn hell up you bastard!"
All she got was laughter and a mocking, "Aw, is Yuki-chan angry at Bon-kun? Bon-kun's hurt an-"
"And gay. Now shut up." she dead panned before running a hand through her ponytail in exasperation, rolling her eyes as infuriated sputters echoed around the building. "God damnit, can't I get some damn peace? Knew I shouldn't have left," she muttered to herself. "Oi, you," she directed toward BoA, immediately capturing her attention. "Come with me."
Eyebrows creasing in confusion, BoA stared for a bit, before resolutely crossing her arms. "No," she refused. There was no way she would just let this... this person she didn't even know order her around, especially when she didn't know where the hell she was and how she got there. No freakin' way.
Raising an eyebrow, Yukina tonelessly repeated, "Get you lazy ass out of there and come with me."
"No."
Clenching her fists to stop her from strangling the girl, Yukina forced herself to take deep breaths. Breath in... breath out...
"Yuki-chan! Lilith needs help here!"
"Lilith can do damn well fine a bit longer!" she shouted back as she roughly massaged her temples. This was definitely not her day... urgh, where was the Tylenol when she needed it?
BoA just stared in confusion. Who was Lilith? Why would she need help? And furthermore, where the hell was she?
And blood squirted everywhere as Tiffany fell...
Changmin... skidding across the road like that...
Sica... thrown into a wall, concussions and cuts littering her body...
Sooyoung... Seohyun... oh God, where were they?
Jaejoong... Yunho...
Jaejoong...
"Wait, where is everyone else?" she asked, eyes suddenly desperate as her mind whirled furiously. The last she had seen of Jaejoong...
She shook her mind furiously and bit her lips fiercely as her eyes burned and tears threatened to fall out of her eyes. Oh God... the blood...
And he lay on the pavement, his heart ripped out as they hacked away at his stomach and his guts were all over the place and she was screaming, screaming and sobbing desperately, screaming even as they laughed, laughed manically and as Yunho tried to jerk them away, he was flung back, crashing into the wall and then they advanced on her and...
And then... she noticed something.
"Get it now why I'm asking you to follow me?"
Her pulse... her pulse was...
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Soon afterward the young son of the king took ill. Said Nebuchadnezzar, "Heal my son. If you don't, I will kill you." Ben Sira immediately sat down and wrote an amulet with the Holy Name, and he inscribed on it the angels in charge of medicine by their names, forms, and images, and by their wings, hands, and feet. Nebuchadnezzar looked at the amulet. "Who are these?"
"The angels who are in charge of medicine: Snvi, Snsvi, and Smnglof. After God created Adam, who was alone, He said, 'It is not good for man to be alone' (Genesis 2:18). He then created a woman for Adam, from the earth, as He had created Adam himself, and called her Lilith. Adam and Lilith immediately began to fight. She said, 'I will not lie below,' and he said, 'I will not lie beneath you, but only on top. For you are fit only to be in the bottom position, while I am to be the superior one.' Lilith responded, 'We are equal to each other inasmuch as we were both created from the earth.' But they would not listen to one another. When Lilith saw this, she pronounced the Ineffable Name and flew away into the air. Adam stood in prayer before his Creator: 'Sovereign of the universe!' he said, 'the woman you gave me has run away.' At once, the Holy One, blessed be He, sent these three angels to bring her back.
"Said the Holy One to Adam, 'If she agrees to come back, fine. If not, she must permit one hundred of her children to die every day.' The angels left God and pursued Lilith, whom they overtook in the midst of the sea, in the mighty waters wherein the Egyptians were destined to drown. They told her God's word, but she did not wish to return. The angels said, 'We shall drown you in the sea.'
"'Leave me!' she said. 'I was created only to cause sickness to infants. If the infant is male, I have dominion over him for eight days after his birth, and if female, for twenty days.'
"When the angels heard Lilith's words, they insisted she go back. But she swore to them by the name of the living and eternal God: 'Whenever I see you or your names or your forms in an amulet, I will have no power over that infant.' She also agreed to have one hundred of her children die every day. Accordingly, every day one hundred demons perish, and for the same reason, we write the angels names on the amulets of young children. When Lilith sees their names, she remembers her oath, and the child recovers." (Stern and Mirsky, eds. 183- 184)
The Alphabet of Ben Sira