Chapter 12
The Truth Revealed
Shinjuku Train – Car 11
September 22nd – 09:27
After being thanked by the farmers and yelled at by the scientists, we quickly boarded the train for Butei High. I kept hearing Kinji complaining about why he wasn't allowed to ever have a 'normal' mission. But now he was dead silent. Both Aria and Shirayuki had fallen asleep, each gripping one of his arms. So in order to avoid later issues with them, Tatsu and I had moved to another train car.
After Tatsu had killed Sherlock I had felt myself lose consciousness. But I felt warm just as I passed out. Though as I was pretty sure it wasn't the warmth from all the fires around, I think it was his warmth, Tatsu's warmth.
I was also sure that I had seen him with that demonic look on his face. It had seemed like he was an entirely different person.
"Hey Reki?"
"Hmm… What?"
"Why are you staring at me like that?"
I immediately blushed and lowered my head. I hadn't realized that I'd been staring at him.
"Hey it's not a problem; I was just wondering, that's all."
"Sorry, I was just thinking…"
"You were thinking about earlier weren't you?"
"Sort of…"
"Well I can't be random and funny all the time."
I looked at him skeptically.
"Well I have to be serious some of the time."
"What about the explosion, the cloak and you flying! What was all that?"
"Hmm… Where to begin… You know what; I'm beginning to feel like a teacher with all the explaining I've been doing lately. Oh well, I think I mentioned before that there are two factions for my people and that we, as a whole, are known as the people of Shadows."
"Last time you mentioned the factions part but not the Shadows thing. Does that mean you have something to do with the demons everywhere?"
I didn't mention the shadow thing before?" I shook my head impatiently. "Hmm… Well this part goes back a long time. Do you remember when I first came to your village and that your father said that me and my family came from something called the 'D.C.'?"
I did remember that… but what did America have to do with demons and mystical powers?
"Well you would probably think of Washington D.C. but the D.C. that he meant stands for 'Dimensional Corridor'. The truth is my people don't necessarily have a home. Ours is a continent that doesn't truly exist yet it lies at the center of all existence."
"Alright… you're losing me…"
"You know how the Milky Way has all the planets revolving around the sun right? Think of that continent as the sun and the many other dimensions as planets."
"I meant that you were losing me with the idea of different dimensions." I'll admit though it makes just as much sense as conjuring flames from your hands or flying or demons that dissolve into a black mist when they're killed.
"Do you have a better explanation for everything that's happened in the past couple of weeks?"
"…Not really…"
"Well let's continue with my explanation then. Each dimension is connected by something like a corridor, thus the term Dimensional Corridor. Any questions so far?"
"Just how many of these dimensions are there?"
"I'm not entirely sure… I've been to maybe six or seven different dimensions; either visiting relatives or my dads close friends. But my dad always talked about it being like a drop in the ocean. So if I had to make a guess… I'd say an endless amount."
"So then where do you fir into all of this?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean why is Gainen so desperate to kill you" If there's an infinite amount of dimensions why did you come to this one?"
He opened his mouth then closed it again, and then he just sat there. "Hello?"
"Sorry it's just I didn't really think about where I was going… It's just… I was kind of drawn here. Do you know what I mean?"
I couldn't answer, I was too busy trying to hide my blush.
"As for Gainen's desperation… he's probably planning something and he doesn't want me to interfere."
"Do you know what he's planning?"
" Nope, not a clue…"
"Well that's just great… How are we supposed to stop him if we don't know what it is that he's planning?"
"I don't know."
Suddenly the train shook violently. I looked out the window and saw the train ahead of us speeding away while we were losing speed.
And then a black sword came through the roof in a demonic fury.
The hunter had arrived…
So again thanks to Hydrocity3 for the use of Momo Kisaragi.
To Firelord626 with everything that's been going on around me I will not be to RP for a very long time… So sorry.