Author's note:Hi guys… I guess… this is it… the 1 of 2 final chapters… Hope fear will strike you now. Momoko is dead… Ghost got her as a sacrifice to demon lord's awakening. Hajime and the gang are far from her. Who does he really care for? Who do you think will he give his heart to? All questions will be answered. Don't forget to post your vote, okay? From the top 3 I will choose which story to write for the Halloween season.
Chapter 8: Nightmare Land; the Revelation
Hajime and the gang are heading for the bright light now a pillar of red flame reaching the heavens. Inspector Nagasaki is heading towards the same direction meeting them on the way.
"You kids!" Inspector Nagasaki yelled from the back.
The group stopped and turned to face the inspector
"Get in! Hurry!" The inspector ordered and they didn't asked for anything and went in.
"Look strange appearances of so-called ghosts and demons reported started to appear when that light started to appear." The inspector said "Do you have any idea about this?"
"What are you talking about inspector?" Satsuki inquired. "Demons… Ghost… appeared?"
"Yes." The inspector said.
"SSSSsssss…Sssuuuu… Su…ki… SUKI!!!!" Keichiro was crying in the car. "Amanajaku!!"
The inspector stopped the car "Amanajaku??" the inspector questioned with curiosity, "Who is he?"
"What?" Hajime and Leo said together.
"Where?" Suki asked
Keichiro pointing out the window.
They started to look in different directions. As they saw the sky was covered with figures and shadows and dropping in houses. Screams are heard in different directions.
"What the heck is going on!!!???" The inspector said, "What are those things???"
Leo with his laptop accessed a live broadcast. "Take a look at this"
They watched the broadcast as a female reporter. "Right now I'm here in the Freeport of Tokushima as you can see right behind me. There is an island that just appeared and the light like a pillar as well reaching the heavens. It seems that…" she started to tremble "LOOK!!!!" the reporter shouted and pointed at the cameraman. He turned and got a picture on a female samurai warrior slashed him in the middle vertically. Blood splattered everywhere as the camera lands on the ground and the reporter run for her life as she was chased by the ghost.
"What is happening here?" the inspector said with anger.
"Sir, I think we should go there immediately!" Leo suggested with panic in his voice
"Are you kids crazy?" the inspector said
"Look inspector just like what we told you in our story." Hajime said.
"And we think that we can also find our friend there." Satsuki said.
"That's it!" Leo said loudly surprising the people inside the car.
"Look!" Keichiro pointing out the window. They all turned and a creature with scaly skin and pale blue in color started to head towards them and starting to gain pace.
"Drive!!! Inspector!!!" Hajime yelled from behind while holding the family heirloom tight in his hand.
The inspector pressed hard on the gas and the car zoomed away. "Where to?" he asked
"What's it? Satsuki said
"What you seek you will find, a friend in danger or a friend disappears. Seek for what you sought in a place where sacred flows free to stop the destruction and be set free…. The post from Dragon Sword… Remember??" Leo said
"What… it still doesn't make sense." Hajime said
"It does actually." Leo said.
"What you kids are talking about?" Inspector said
"I know where Momoko is!" Leo screamed excitedly.
"Where?" Hajime said
"On that island!!!" Leo said. "Look we thought that Hajime was mentioned on that part. But to be honest it is Momoko alone and no one else."
"Okay… to the island it is." The inspector said, he drove like a maniac on the road just to get to his destination. Before entering Tokushima prefecture, things started to slow down since people from the city is going out with fear. Screams can be heard from the front, people clamoring out of the city.
"There must be another way?" Inspector said.
Satsuki staring out the window a little girl was outside, calling her. "Look you guys. Over there."
"She seemed to call to us to go to her." Hajime said grasping Satsuki's hand.
"Should we?" Satsuki asked.
They slowly left the car. Leaving the irritated inspector alone and headed for the girl. They followed her to a small temple in the middle of the forest. She told her to them to wait outside and disappeared into thin air. The gang was shocked with what just happened.
"What the…" Leo said.
Keichiro hugged her sister tighter and started to sob and she comforted him.
A raspy voice started to talk from the shadows. "You arrived… but you are too late."
"What?" Hajime said. "Come out!" He demanded and the sword in his hand started to glow.
"Look at your sword." Satsuki said
Hajime draw out the sword. "Come and face us!" He shouted again.
The figure stepped out from the shadow. An old lady with gray hair and hunched back came towards them.
"It's you!" Hajime said. The glow from the sword brighten and the hag changed her figure to the little girl they saw earlier to a girl with silver hair and blank stare on her eyes she looks like 18 years old.
She seems familiar. "Kauru Kanzaki… Is that you Kauru??" Satsuki said.
"Yes, it is me." She said "But I'm really Tomo."
"What just happened here?" Hajime said
"That sword belongs to the demon lord." Tomo said "Now he is almost awakened. Your friend I fear she is gone."
"What do you mean?" Hajime said his hands formed to fists. Satsuki looking at Hajime with concerned.
"We must hurry before all is lost." She said
"Where?" Satsuki asked
"To his resting place." She said "Come with me."
She escorted them to the Tokushima Prefecture within the city limits. Looking at the city, filled with flames and old structured houses, figures swooping in and out of the buildings, a hell on earth was starting to visualize in their eyes. Scared Keichiro wouldn't let go of her sister's arm. Taking deep breathes they started to march in the city.
"What happened?" Hajime said terror striked his heart.
"This is the start." Tomo said, "We must hurry."
They ventured in to the city. Monsters appeared from every direction the scent of blood filled the air, slaughtered body on the ground. Meat being burnt by the near by fire. Foul stench is breath in each time they walk the streets. Evading encounters on the way, monsters ripped the flesh of the surviving beings. Screams and cries heard throughout the night. Blood dripping from their mouths.
"I think I'm going to be sick." Hajime said hands over his mouths holding his stomach in starting to feel sick
"Suki… I'm scared." Keichiro said and hugging tight to her sister.
"Me too." Satsuki said, "just don't let go of me."
"Hurry hide quickly." Tomo said urgently.
The earth started to rumble with thunderous sound from the horizon. The land they stand started to shake unbearably. The sword Hajime was carrying brightens.
"Your sword!" Satsuki said at it
"What?" Hajime said with curiosity.
"An earthquake!" Leo shouted.
"HURRY!!! HIDE!!!" Tomo said Pushing them towards a big crack in the nearby building. Peeking through a small crack, skeleton horses galloping the streets with a monster horsemen riding on samurai suit on their back. They saw the woman who led the mob.
"Wasn't that Yuri?" Leo said
"Yes, it does look like her." Satsuki said
Hajime drawing out the glowing sword. "Who are you?" He shouted and pointing the sword at Tomo.
"Hajime!" Satsuki exclaimed. I haven't seen Hajime like this before. "Stop it!"
Hajime didn't even look at Satsuki, he repeated his question "Who are you?" drawing the edge of the sword towards Tomo's throat.
"Hajime, stop it!" Satsuki demanded again.
"Answer me!" Hajime demanded.
Keichiro started to cry and Leo just stared in shock
"Very well!" Tomo said removing the blade from her throat.
"My name is Tomo Kaede." The silver haired woman said looking at the night sky through the crack in the wall. "It's been more than one millennium since Oda was stopped by Takeshi Aoyama. Lord Oda grew up with power and craves more power every single day. He was driven by his rage and anger to rule the land. One day he suddenly changed. He wasn't the way he used to be. He started to talk to himself and bright light always shows from his room. That night during the Festival of the Blossoming Moon, just like this night, monsters started to come out and slaughtered everyone in sight. No one was safe the whole city was destroyed. One day, a man named Takeshi came to a village with the help of the monks from the South Temple. They were able to stop Lord Oda by sealing him. Now he will be awakening once again bringing death and havoc."
Aoyama… "Why should we trust you?" Hajime said with anger
"You have always." Tomo said
"What do you mean?" Leo said
Tomo recited, "The pedestal and the statue started the key driven by anger and pain. Death released a seal, seek the second and the third. As fast as time passes she hurries to release her sleeping master. One died and gone searching, a key was found, and searched for the second. Releasing the second lock with corruption, and looked for the third in search for the seal with the heavy guilt, cowardice and fear, he went to search for the fourth and fifth, one to open the closed the gates of hell and last to awaken the fallen master. Seek and find, a friend in danger or a friend disappear. Seek for what you sought in a place where sacred flows free to stop the destruction and be set free."
Gasped filled the room. In shock on the words that just come out from her mouth.
"We must hurry now." Tomo said while kneeling as she is ready to crawl down.
Hajime went behind Tomo with Satsuki, Keiichiro and Leo right behind him. They left the building and started to run towards the docks heading to the epicenter of the seal. The dark clouds started to form an eye in the center as the pillar of light shines through it. The clouds thicken and forms a vortex as lightning started to hit the ground fast. One strike after the other, as the end completion draws near. The running lightning was fast.
"We must hurry!" Tomo said leading the children to unknown dangers.
Meanwhile back in the car, "Where are they!!!!???" the inspector panicked and just noticed the kids are gone only an open door leading to the mountains. "What the…" He went out of his car and headed towards the mountains. Following the same path the children had taken towards an old temple.
To be continued…
End note: Things are getting complicated. If there are questions just sent me one. Don't forget to review…