No A/N so…TO THE STORY!
As the teenagers got ready for bed the rumbling of thunder was heard outside the Aidou beach house. The waves crashed against the gates to beach signaling a high tide and maybe even a hurricane.
Rima lay awake in her bed, trembling. The storm had begun to pick up a clap of lightning was threatening to light up the night sky.
'W-What's the hell is happening? I can't move. Where am I?" She looked around the dark space in panic and sat up.. There were two chairs in the middle of said room and a figure about Rima's height was standing in the doorway. It crossed the room and sat in one of the chairs still hidden by the darkness.
"Please. Come sit."
SHIKI POV
"Mother!"
Seira was lying on the floor of her bedroom wide eyed. Blood was spilling out of her side.
"Senri, why did you do this?" She said. "Why do you hurt everyone around you? You're just like HIM!"
I looked down at my hands and they were stained in the crimson sin.
He heard a scream from behind her and looked to see Rima with her back against the wall.
"Rima!" he walked toward her, but she just screamed more.
"Don't touch me!"
"Rima!" he sat up breathing heavy and sweat dripped down his face.
"It was just *huff* a dream *huff*"
The scream was real though. The same scream from his dream that came from Rima was echoing through his ears.
NORMAL POV
He jumped out of bed and practically ripped the door off its hinges.
Akatsuki, being the light sleeper he is shot out the bed at the first scream. It sent shivers up his back. Of course being next to Rima's room didn't help either. He got out of bed and crossed over to the door. The screaming died down, but as soon as there was another crack of lightning it started again full volume. It didn't help either that the only adults in the house were the maids. His Uncle and Aunt choose the one day to treat them 'responsibly'
As the screaming got louder, if that was even possible, everyone got out of bed alerted by the screaming. Yuuki, ironically, was the first awake.
"Kain, what happened?" yawned Yuuki.
"I don't know. She just started screaming out of nowhere."
The group stopped their conversation and turned to Shiki who was about to kick open the door. Shiki heard the screams and was trying to open the door, but backed away when he was electrocuted on contact.
"Shiki, move out the way."
Kaname stepped in front of the door, closed his eyes and phased through it. After 3 seconds he was back. He looked like he had stepped into hurricane Katrina.
"Rima is in a state of shock. I'm not entirely sure what is wrong with her, but if we don't stop her now she could destroy the house." He turned to Shiki.
"I can phase you through the door, but if she senses a threat. She will attack. We'll head in after you give the clear."
"Let's do it" he said
As he stepped through the door, he took in the sight.
Rima's body lay curled up in a ball on the floor, scratching at her neck. The wind blew through the open balcony door with rain was blowing in every direction.
"Rima!"
He crossed the room and sat down next to Rima. Her body was twitching and flinching at his touch, but he pressed on.
Rima POV
'Who are you.' I took a step back
'That hurt my feelings. You must not know yourself well.'
The shadowed figure turned on a dim light revealing her face. 'Recognize me now?' She looked at me with crimson eyes, killing intent clear.
'I am all the negative thoughts and actions in your life. Your fear doubt and worry. Anger. Pain. Anguish. Cruelty. Neglect. Heartbreak. Suffering. Everything. I am blessing you with power. The element of lightning. The power to destroy or nurture everything in your path.' She came up and cupped Rima's cheek.
"I am you, sweetheart."
Shiki POV
'What do I do? She is in so much pain and I can't stop it. I need help'
She wiggled out of his grasp and ran to the balcony.
"Senri. Answer me this. I am your friend? Do care about me?" She said in a low voice. Then she changed to s shriek. 'What is going on? Shiki is my friend. My BEST friend. I would never question his loyalty.' She grabs her head and straightens her back. "Obviously not. You have to make things so complicated. Me or your mother. You just can't choose can you?"
"Rima what are you talking about? You're my BEST friend. I love you just as much as I love my mother. And all these people outside the door love you too. You know that."
"Shiki! Help me!" She collapsed onto the patio outside the doors and grabbed the railing. "AHH! Get it out!"
'What is happening? It's like she has split personalities. She is like two different people.'
She looked at him on her side.
"You left me. You abandoned me. You don't care now and never did from the moment I was born." The tears rolled down her skin. "Leave me alone!"
He backed away and looked at the door. 'I need some help'
"HOW DARE YOU LEAVE WHEN I'M SPEAKING TO YOU!" She brought up her hand and struck the spot in front of him with a burst of lightning.
'Rima never ever yells. She must be getting her powers. It's the only explanation."
He lunged for the door and swung it open burning his hands in the process. Everyone ran into the room shielding the two purebloods. Well more like Kaname and Shiki in front of Yuuki and Yori. After them everyone was trying to stay on the sides to protect them from Rima's rage.
"Kaname what is your knowledge about this?" said Akatsuki
Yuuki answered in his place wanting to prove she wasn't inferior to her brother. She stepped next to Shiki and created a force field against Rima's attacks.
"When nobles get their powers they express how they feel through raw energy. If they are relatively happy their powers appear naturally like human child's puberty." Kaname took over the force field while Shiki and Ichijou tried to distract her so they could tie her up with Shiki's blood whip.
"If they experience any type of serious negativity they tend to release it one big explosion. More often than not they develop split personalities, one being the positive side and the other being the negative. If we don't stop her now the negative side will take over her." She finished.
"What she said" said Kaname
"AAAHHHH!"
I was pinned against the wall with Rima's hands choking me. I couldn't bring myself to do anything to her. Her indigo eyes pleaded and I knew she wasn't gone. She must have felt the same when Rido came after me.
"Did I also mention that with all this raw energy coming from her that she could be as powerful as a pureblood? Hehe…" she teleported Artemis from her room and turned it to a scythe. She lunged at Rima and she dodged, but not in enough to time to avoid a gash to her stomach.
"How dare you touch me you disgusting girl." Rima then contorted into a bow and looked flustered. "I am so sorry Yuuki-sama. I did not mean to say those awful words, please forgive me." Aidou and Ruka took that as their chance to hold Rima down. Aidou froze her feet while Ruka used her to telepath to keep her still. Unfazed by their attempts, Rima blew up the ice with lightning and blasted at Ruka.
"I don't need any of you. You don't... you can't-help me." She frantically looked around and bolted for the balcony. "Leave me alone!" She jumped before we could get to her and started the chase. She headed to the beach and we were right on her tail. The storm immediately drenched our clothes, but I couldn't care less. I just needed my best friend back. I immediately recognized her orange hair and sprinted into the sand.
"Rima! Oh, god no. nononono Rima stay with me. You can fight this look at me." She wearily turned to me and her normal sparkling eyes were dull and grey.
"I'm sorry. I can't fight her anymore."
"No Rima. Don't say sorry. Don't let go. I'll keep you safe just don't give up.." Everyone was looming over her limp body except for Yuuki, Kaname, and Ruka. Kain lit up the area with his fire and Aidou was doing his best to make an Ice barrier from the rain without freezing us. He held Yori especially close when she started shivering. There was nothing anyone could do though. This was a battle Rima had to fight on her own. All he could do is hold on to her and keep her conscious.
"Senri-kun. Do not worry. Ruka, Onii-chan, and I have come up with an idea that might work."
"We are going to perform a Purification Spell. I cannot promise it will work because it is forbidden by the council, but it's out last chance." Kaname looked at me hard and scooped up Rima. The storm was getting worse and Rima was dripping with a cold sweat and murmuring to herself.
"We need to get her inside fast. Call the maids to the library get a knife or a dagger or something sharp."
"Kaname it sounds like you performing an exorcism not a spell." No one was in the mood to laugh at Aidou's joke, but props to him for trying to lighten the mood. "Technically, in human terms, it is."
I grab Rima from Kaname and sling her on my back and sigh.
"Just don't kill her Kaname. Too many people in my life have died." I look at Rima's dull eyes and smile sadly. "She's the best thing that's ever happened to me."
We all run back to the beach house and lay her down floor or the cold library and step back. The few maids we have hold Rima down by her hands and feet while the head maid hold her head in place. A hole slowly burns its way into my heart. Seeing Rima in this pain is stealing the air from my lungs and turn away when she cries out in pain. Yuuki, Kaname and Ruka form a triangle around her and make deep cuts into their arms. They write their names in blood on the spell book and step back to the original triangle. I wince at the sudden over-bearing sent of blood and focus on not rushing to Rima's side when she yells.
"Wait. Before you start I would like to join." Yori steps forward from Aidou's embrace and cuts herself as well. "You three know as well as I do that this spell requires three purebloods with telepathic abilities. Though mine are not as legendary as the Kuran's, our chances will increase if we have the correct number of people." She writes down her name in the book and they form a square around Rima's seizing body. A pink light engraves itself on the floor and then the telepathic vampire's eyes turn a bright red.
"Akami numine divae testor, non nox ad eumdem abluere puerum de lumine. Vibrationum ullamcorper A, quae studia impediret et venit in contactum ut non laedere eam. abiciam universum malum, et verba adversus omnia phantasmata puero hoc. purgatus fuerit, non secundum id quod est secundum se auxiliumque viae et itineris tui. "
"HYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHH" Rima tries to break away from the Maid hold her down like steel. I walk away to the window and feel Kain behind me. I choke back blood from my lunch and clench my fists. The window begins to crack and Kain slams me into the nearest wall.
"Shiki! Look at me." I focus my vision on the flame haired boy and platonically stare. "Rima is not going to die tonight. She is going to live and we are going to get through this." I slowly nod and he lets me down. I stare past him at Rima and her face is contorted in pain.
She will live. She will live.
~Meanwhile in Rima's Mind~ NO POV
The three purebloods and one noble walk down the corridor, following the screams and cries of a small girl.
"please stop…" cried Rima.
"YOU DESERVE THIS YOU DIGUSTING CREATURE. All you do is kill. Your parents marriage, your maids, HELL, you even ate your twin brother in the womb." The voice turned into a whisper in Rima's ear and cooed. "And poor Shiki. He probably thinks you're a freak. I mean look at you. You're a mess. You broke his little heart that was already hollow. He doesn't haven't have time for your petty needs so move on!"
"That's not true."
The telepathic crew peered into the isolated room and saw a crushed Rima sitting in a wooden chair in the center of the room. She screamed out at the voice, but it couldn't be pinpointed.
"You can't get rid of me Rima, because I AM you. We can be besties forever." A figure appeared in front of Rima and tilted her chin up. "Don't fight it anymore. Become one with me. One with the dark."
"We have to kill Rima to wake her up. It could make her or break her, but it's the only way" said Yori.
"I figured this would happen. Yuuki, Ruka, engage the spirit in combat while Yori and I see to Rima." Kaname wasn't 100% sure this would work, but it was his best shot.
Rima was about to cry in defeat, but Yuuki drop kicked a surprised (Dark) Rima in the face. She pointed Artemis at her and Ruka help her down with her power.
"You can't kill me. If you do you'll kill the girl and then your will have failed."
"Liar!"
"You and I both know that's a possibility. So try it. Kill me. Princess." Yuuki was fed up with this smart ass and brought Artemis up, but Kaname stopped her.
"We have to get her to stop freaking out first. If we don't she'll die of stress and panic before that thing even takes over."
"Rima, can you hear me? I need you to focus can you do that? Can you look at me?"
"Where's Senri? Senri can fix this." Rima clawed at Kaname's shirt and hit the floor with a slap after letting go.
"Get Senri…" Yori nodded at Kaname and closed her eyes. She soared back to the real world and though her body was still frozen and the other three were still chanting, she spoke loud and clear.
"Shiki, I request your presence in this time. Write your name in blood on the book and say the forbidden spell to rescue Rima Touya." Shiki did what he was told without hesitation and began chanting.
"Akami numine divae testor, non nox ad eumdem abluere puerum de lumine. Vibrationum ullamcorper A, quae studia impediret et venit in contactum ut non laedere eam. abiciam universum malum, et verba adversus omnia phantasmata puero hoc. purgatus fuerit, non secundum id quod est secundum se auxiliumque viae et itineris tui. "
Shikr appeared next to Yori in Rima's mind in the corridor and she ushered him to Kaname.
"She requested you. You're the only one who can bring her back to consciousness. You want to hurry too, because we can't hold back her dark subconscious for long." Kaname and Yori rushed to the others side while I knelt down by Rima's side.
"I'm here Rima. I'm here. You're safe." I cradled her in my arms and she immediately latched onto me.
"I'm sorry. Shiki." A white hot flame appeared in my chest and I saw a dagger in my chest. The tip impaled me all the way through my right lung.
"Kaname!" I hissed. The pain was causing blackness to dance across my vision, but I fought out of Rima's grip and stopped them from hurting the "dark" Rima.
"Kaname!" I collapse to the floor and wheeze. "The real one…is in…the chair. She's conscious. Kill her." My head tilts to the side and I see both Rima's burst into blue and purple crystals. Ruka is still hovering over me, try to cover my wound with her hands.
"Is it over?" I choke, coughing up blood.
"Oh, My…Yes. Yes it's over Shiki. It's over."
"That's good." I say before my eyes rol back and it all goes black.
DUN DUN DUN! YUE'S BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER!
N&FT IS NO LONGER DISCONTINUED AND AS A TREAT I MADE THIS SUPER ACTION PACKED (I think) AND ANGSTY AND JUST, UGH SHIMA FEELS.
NEXT TIME: IS SHIKI ALRIGHT?
IS RIMA DEAD?
HOW WILL SEIRA REACT TO THIS?
HOW ARE THE TELEPATHS DOING AFTER THIS BIG SPELL/EXORCISM?
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