Wishing for a Soul
Chapter 10
Kimiko hid her desperation from the others all day long. She didn't want them worrying about her, so she kept her terror hidden from them. Being heartbroken was not cohesive to maintaining strength.
So, she put on a brave face. Even when Dojo told them there was a new Wu that had just activated. Kimiko didn't even hear him tell them what the Wu did or what it was called, she was still trying to calm down and maintain her strength.
They all flew off to wherever the Wu was; some strange desert area. Kimiko walked around, feeling for the heat signature of the Wu; she was beginning to use that more often. Wandering around, she eventually found it, but she didn't really want it.
Kimiko looked at it and reached down to pick it up, just as a yellow-green root touched it. The object glowed and Kimiko looked up at Hannibal. Kimiko's face fell in a tired fashion and she looked to her right and shouted to Raimundo.
"Rai, can you take this one? I'm not feeling too well… Not up to it…" she said. Raimundo nodded and accepted Hannibal's challenge and began the Showdown.
Kimiko watched in a daze, for some reason, everything felt off. She felt like she wasn't herself and like her body didn't belong to her. It felt as though she was just a puppet and someone else was pulling the strings on her.
Kimiko wandered around as the Showdown went on, and she kept staring off into space, not watching anything anymore. She just felt so off.
Kimiko stepped one time too many and she nearly tumbled over the edge into the nothingness of the Showdown. She screamed and someone's arms wrapped tightly around her, pulling her back into their body.
Kimiko opened her eyes and slowly they slid to look at her savior.
Chase…! Kimiko broke into a fit of shivers and she began screaming. Chase tried to calm her down, just as Clay and Omi ran over to see what was wrong, and Kimiko finally wrenched herself from his grip, screaming and sobbing.
Kimiko screamed as she fell over the edge, but she was saved once again, only this time, by Hannibal. Seeing he was her savior, Kimiko screamed again and wriggled against the red body.
Finally she got out of his grip, thanks to Chase pulling her back to him. But Kimiko screamed when she saw him pulling her back.
Kimiko was thrown back into Hannibal's roots and she screamed once more.
Kimiko did the only thing she could think to do; she lit her hands with sunlight and punched Hannibal. Immediately upon contact, Hannibal screeched as his skin blistered and boiled and smoked.
Hannibal released his grip on the girl and Kimiko ended up in Raimundo's arms as Hannibal flew off.
Kimiko kissed Raimundo's cheek and snuggled into his embrace. Chase could keep quiet no longer.
"NO!" he shouted. Everyone turned to stare at Chase. Kimiko looked at the broken Emperor of Darkness. Chase's big, brown, pupil-less eyes were pouring tears as he sobbed and shouted, "THIS WASN'T HOW IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!"
Inhaling against his body's demands to stop and breathe slowly, Chase wailed, "YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO FALL IN LOVE WITH HIM! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE WITH ME AND YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BEAR MY CHILD!"
"YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BRING ME HAPPINESS AND GIVE ME A FAMILY!" Chase shouted, the tears not stopping.
Kimiko stared into the depths of Chase's changed eyes and she saw nothing but sorrow and heartbrokenness.
Chase stared at them, bit his lip, and turned around and ran.
Aw, how sad…
Well… It gets better in the next chapter….
But that's the last one…
The next one…
Yeah…
It is…