Momiji was asleep, dreaming about Momo. He would never forget that horrifying moment when he found his little sister lying in the bushes. Her eyes were blank from the lack of life; blood pooled around her entire body, mostly her head. Momiji took the child in his arms, screaming and crying.
"Stop this pain, this madness…" he prayed.
"Momiji Sohma?" a clear, child-like voice asked. The rabbit jerked his head up; he had feared that Okami would be standing in front of him with her hatchet raised above her head. Instead, he found a teal-haired girl with goat horns sticking out of her head.
"Who are you?" he asked.
"I am Hanyuu, the goddess over the Vector Host species," the spirit-like girl said, floating to kneel next to him. She looked down at Momo and put her hand out, shutting Momo's eyes. "I hear you are in some trouble."
"You know about Okami?!" Momiji asked. "Can you stop her, please?!"
"I cannot," Hanyuu said, staring sympathetically at the bunny. "Fate must work its course; Okami must give up or find what she is looking for before I can reverse time once more."
"Why are you in my dreams?" Momiji asked.
"I could feel such intense pain from all of you," Hanyuu admitted. "You're the only one I can help right now. Do you know where you will go when you die?"
"No," Momiji gave her a confused reply.
"Well, something happened a long time ago," Hanyuu said. "I did something to Akito. When he died, he went to my shrine. Since you are a Zodiac animal under him, you will go to my shrine as well. It will be dark and you might have to wait for a while, but when Fate's course is finished, I can transport you safely to the past, and it will be like none of this ever happened."
"I see," Momiji said. "Why are you telling me this? How can you help me?"
"You have to give Okami what she wants, Momiji," Hanyuu said. "You must give your body to her. It will make this world die faster."
"If I go to see Okami… won't she torture me to death?" Momiji asked.
"Are you afraid?"
"Yes," he admitted. "But I'll be okay. If I die there, Akito won't have to wait so long to come back, right?"
"That's right," Hanyuu nodded. "You must wake up and go tonight."
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Okami opened the door when there was a knock. Momiji was standing outside the doorway with a vacant expression on his face. Okami laughed.
"Come to die?" she asked.
Momiji nodded and walked past the possessed girl into the center of the torture room. Okami laughed and closed the door behind her.
"Since you were nice enough to come to me," Okami said. "I'll let you choose. Let's see… there's an array of dissecting tools… I can always stab you on the cross for a while… I almost forgot one of the best; I can tear off every one of your fingernails!"
Momiji twitched and slammed his fist on the table. In his mind, he remembered the time Okami talked about Yuki tearing his fingernails off with scissors.
"You think that's good enough?" Momiji asked. "Okami I want to help you, and if torturing me will help you, I would gladly let you do it. But will killing everyone you and Akito cared about really help you? No, it won't! I'd much rather die here than be tortured by the likes of you."
With that statement, he walked over to the table and grabbed the handle of a butcher knife in his hand. He put the hilt against the wall, blade pointing outward. He inhaled sharply. If Hanyuu was strong enough to do it… then he was too.
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He rammed his head onto the metal point, drawing blood. He gasped from pain and pulled away. A liquid sound of tearing flesh and spattering blood echoed in his head. He closed his eyes as he rocked his head to the side again; blood spurted across his line of sight. Okami stood across from him, eyes wide with horror as she watched her friend stab himself to death. It only took one more painful stab before the boy collapsed to the floor.
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Okami threw her upper body forward in a crooked bow; her hands flew up to grip her temple. She let out a scream of horror as her knees buckled inward. She screamed again as she collapsed to the floor.
"WHY DO I KEEP DOING THIS TO ALL OF MY FRIENDS?!" she screamed.
Hoorah, 'nother chapter! I know it's a short chapter. I have to finish this story and I have a lot to do. I thought it would be easier if I wrote a bit shorter chapters, but uploaded more frequently. Today's Higurashi reference is the Rika Head-Stab! Hooray! I'm sorry if I have offended anyone with killing all of the Sohmas. Yes, more Sohmas will die, and yes, I think I will kill all of them. I'm sorry; but remember, when they die, they go to Hanyuu's shrine. They will come back, I promise. Please continue to read because I am about to give you a preview.
What did I tell you about giving previews? I said I wasn't going to do it anymore! Anyway. The next chapter: Tohru and Kyo, maybe? Or Yuki? I don't know, but whatever happens, I have big torture scenes planned. Stay classy and quaint :D
