Here's the next chapter everyone. After this, I'm putting up a poll for what to do next because I'm having a bit of writer's block
"Nothing can defeat the PENIS!"
-Nicholas Brendon, Buffy the vampire slayer
Enjoy
Chapter 13: The truth comes out part 2
Shuichi was now livid after hearing that story. It was ridiculous! How could someone like him overthrow a kingdom like Eternias it was impossible! He couldn't possibly be smart enough or vicious enough to even think such things.
"Let me get this straight," Shuichi said piecing everything Taki said together as ridiculous as it was. "Lord Usami wanted to kill me just because he thinks I'm going to overthrow eternias.*Chuckles* Now, why in god's name would he think that?"
"You mean you don't know?" Taki asked him shocked. Then he knew something wasn't right about his theory from months ago.
"Know what?" Shuichi asked. Then is expression got more serious than it already was. "YOU better tell me everything!"
"Alright, but remember, you asked for it." Taki agreed. "Shuichi, he wants you dead because you are the lost prince of Axis."
Everyone in the room was shocked to hear this! How could that be? Shuichi seemed to be the most shocked of all. He couldn't be a prince, he was a nothing more than a bumbling warlock slash samurai that barely got lucky against a fight. There was awkward silence for the past few minutes. What broke that silence was the teen's sudden burst into laughter. Taki looked very annoyed at what he saw. This was big news and yet Shuichi was laughing about it. But some others had different opinions.
"Well ,well, you think you know a person..." The possessed Eiri said. It appeared that he had given up trying to find his prey. Only something seemed different. He no longer had the urge to kill.
"This is four months of my life I will never get back…" Taki said with a facepalm.
"Master Shuichi…A prince?" Hiro said shocked. "And he never told us?" he then turned to his friend caught in laughter at the news then he got the feeling that maybe Taki was kidding. In turn, he laughed as well. Shuichi is still laughing at what Taki said. it was ridiculous of him or anyone to even think that he was royalty. When he finally caught his breathed and stopped, the pink haired boy noticed a serious look on his face.
"Oh, you were serious?" He asked. Completely thrown by Shucihi's reaction, Taki began to lose whatever was left of his sanity.
"YES I was fucking serious!" He yelled. "Why would I go through the risk of having my head chopped off by telling you?" Still not convinced that it was indeed the truth, Shuichi pressed him a bit more for a different answer.
"I mean it, Taki. Tell me the truth and quit joking around!" He ordered. Now it was a verbal fight for sanity. Taki knew that blowing his cover was a dangerous move but he wanted to stay alive, it had to be done. After all, how can he please the king if he's dead right?
"That is The truth you dense little…" Taki started for a moment but soon realized that he gave them away to the mad blond. The question was, was he still indeed mad.
"I've heard enough from you fools." A deep voice interrupted. The two turned around to see that it was indeed the one they were trying to stay away from, Prince Eiri. It appeared that he was still under the effects of Taki's spell, he just took a brief moment to Hear Taki say what he was going to say. Sort of like an assassin allowing his victims a last request before cutting them into tiny pieces.
"Shuichi, I hope you've taken in your last messages because I have one for you. This is the last time that you will be seeing anyone." Eiri taunted before the sudden swinging of a chandelier began. It was then That both he and Taki realized what was happening. And they were frightened for their lives.
They moved out of the way from the swinging chandelier. Though it didn't fall, there was still the possibility for another attack, one that would be much worse that a falling Chandelier. They had to find a way to get Eiri back to normal and quick. While in hiding yet again, they found someone they didn't expect to see in the cathedral.
"Hiroshi, it's quite a surprise." The wizard greeted. Not paying any mind to the fact that Eiri might have still been on their tails, even though that he was doing his best to keep the spirit inside Eiri from doing any more damage.
"Am I glad to see you two?" Hiro greeted back. "I need your help, see, his highness is--"
"We know!" The other two men said. Then it was clear what all three of them need to do. Hiro explained to them what could have been done to reverse the spell that was cast on the blond prince. But Hiro was in for yet another surprise.
"Hiro… I'm not one to point fingers in this situation but….IT'S ALL TAKI'S FAULT! HE'S THE ONE WHO PUT THAT DUMB SPELL ON MY EIRI!" Shuichi shouted. He didn't care if anyone outside could hear him or not. He just wasn't prepared to work with a man that tried to kill him. No matter how badly he wanted to help his love.
"Master Shuichi please, you have to put your anger aside and help me." Hiro pleaded with him. Not many looking outside wouldn't blame Shuichi for not wanting to work with Taki. After all, finding out someone that you barely know was trying to kill you. Even if it was the kings orders to do so.
Hiro knew that it would take a colossal miracle to get these two to work with him to reverse the spell that Taki put on him. Somehow he thought, he would have to do it himself. But could he? No, he needed them in order for the reverse to be successful. It wasn't just their lives that were in jeopardy, the lives of everyone in the castle were at risk as well.
"Master, It doesn't matter whose fault it is or why, all that matters is that for this to work all three of us have to chant. You can blow lord Taki up or turn him into a rat afterwards if you want, but please, try to put your anger towards him aside for a few minutes." Shuichi then thought about it. What would have been worse, Eiri killing him under a spell or refusing the chance to help him like he was supposed to?
"Oh, all right." Shuichi grudgingly agreed. As much as he hated to admit it, up until that point, Shuichi actually had some respect for Taki. Or at least enough respect to greet him every now and then. Plus, any respect that he had before was gone after learning the truth.
"If anyone can reverse this I'll be the one to do it!" Taki claimed. "Just follow my lead and your beloved prince will be his old self again."
That statement made the other two fairly suspicious and Shuichi doubt Taki's already questionable credibility. Somehow it didn't seem like these three would ever work together;especially since Eiri would soon kill them all once he found them. But it had to be done. After all, when one makes their bed, one must lie in it.
"Okay then, Lord Taki." Shuichi said sarcastically. With all the necessary precautions taken and everything needed for the spell to work already in place. The three of them began to chant.
"Spirit be gone, evil away, Be gone evil spirit, return to your dwelling, leave your mortal host."
"What was that?" Hiro asked. As if things couldn't get much worse for these men. It appeared that the spell wasn't working. Trying not to lose concentration, they continued to chant. However the more they tried to do the spell, the more they were being blasted at. Some of the blasts were beginning to home in on them. This caused the three to lose their concentration.
"Whatever you do, don't look back!" Taki ordered.
"You can die if you want, but I have to live long enough to save Eiri!" Shuichi yelled. "I'm not letting whoever is behind us to keep shooting." With that he rose from the floor and there he was, face to face with not one but two people. One of them was Eiri of course, and the other seemed to be a woman with a mask. Something about her seemed familiar to Shuichi but he wasn't sure what. Hiro on the other hand had a pretty good Idea who it was. After all, Suguru saw her in his last vision.
Flashback-four months ago
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A group of Gorgons are attacking Eternias and turning everyone into solid stone. Controlling the gorgons is a masked witch holding a mysterious jar.
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Suguru lost his balance and fell back first to the floor. He was now barely conscious from that last vision. It was rare for any psychic to have more than one vision a day, at least after a few minutes of having his vision about Shuichi.
K and Hiro ran out of the room to check on their comrade. It looked like the visions had him in intense pain. Hiro went to the psychic side, hoping that what he thought was happening to him wasn't.
"Suguru, are you alright? Suguru!" Hiro shouted. But there was no response. He then saw that Suguru was having yet another vision and that's when the worst started to cross his mind.
Hiro knew that the only time Suguru would have three visions in a row was if his dark energy was taking over him.
"What did you see?" Hiro asked. He couldn't help but worry about the man he loved. It looked like he would finally circum to the visions painful impact on his body. Just like in his prophecy.
"Gorgons, Lot's of gorgon were attacking the kingdom. And … before that… I saw master Shuichi…fighting the leader of those pirates. Hiro, That priest was right… These visions really were too much for me to bear. I should have gotten rid of them; you shouldn't have…found me." Suguru explained.
"You don't understand! I love you and I will search to the ends of the earth for you! Suguru…Please…Don't die on me…I need you!" Hiro cried.
"I can't…. I want to stay in this world with you, all of you but I can't … he won't let me…Why can't I stay…? (2)"
"Hiro, what's wrong?" K asked staring at the lifeless teen. He then saw that Hiro was doing everything he can to resuscitate the boy but failing miserably.
End flashback
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"Oh god, no!" Hiro said starting to realize what had happened. "It's too late, Shuichi is…" before he could finish his sentence, the sorcerer began to give in to the same sorrow he felt when he lost his first love. Still, Shuichi was one of the closest friends he had in a while; it was only natural for him to grieve that loss.
"Hiroshi, calm down, it's not permanent!" Taki said. "Just leave Shindou to me, You Take care of Eiri…whatever way you see fit."
"Lord Taki with all due respect, you can you be so insensitive about what happened to Shuichi? He was my friend and now he's gone! I know you weren't very fond of him but you can at least show me some sympathy." It was clear that Hiro was starting to get Suspicious of Taki as well. But still in grief for what happened to his pink haired friend he couldn't afford to start more trouble. Especially with a witch behind them that could do the same to them.
"I'll deal with you later…" the masked witch said. Then she disappeared. After that short encounter, Hiro's attention turned to the blond; who was still under Taki's influence. he knew that the only way to bring Eiri back was to continue the spell that Taki started.
"Spirit be gone, evil away, be gone evil spirit, return to your dwelling, leave your mortal host." He repeated the chant as many times as he needed to for the spirit possessing his other friend to release itself. Along the way however he was being struck with the same wooden block that was chucked at taki was doing his best to reverse what was done to Shuichi. Though many thought it couldn't be done. Although he would much rather leave Shuichi to be a statue but that would mean showing his true colors to Hiro. And there was something that he needed the sorcerer for and he couldn't' afford to give himself away. So instead he is doing his best to free Shuichi from that curse. After a painstaking amount of time of using magic and some bloodshed, it all seemed to work out. Shuichi was now flesh again, and no longer conscious. And Eiri was unconscious, meaning that he was no longer a threat to them.
LATER THAT NIGHT
With all of the recent events that occurred during the day. It only made sense that everyone would go to sleep but there was something that was unfinished. Eiri might have been free from Taki's spell but K and Ryuichi were not. When hiro found out about this, he confronted is senior, angered by what he had done.
"Lord Taki, we need to talk, NOW!" Hiro demanded. Taki was no longer in the mood for talking.
"Unless this has anything to do with your insolence, leave." Taki ordered. The sorcerer wasn't about to take what he found out lying down. It was bad enough what this man caused his friends but now two other people might suffer from his spell.
"I know You put a spell on K and Ryuichi as well! Reverse it right now or I'll tell the king about this!" Hiro demanded. If he had listened more to Taki's conversations with Shuichi, then he would know that Telling the king would do no good.
"And you tell me what good that would do." Taki said. "But if it will get you out of my hair, I've already done so. You're friends are back to normal and should be up in a few days." Taki said. Since all of his plots to get rid of Shuichi failed miserably, there was only one thing he could do at that time. But before he could scurry away from the red head, he had to deal with what his junior had to say.
"Don't think because you helped us you're off the hook, Lord Taki. Master Shuichi is on to you and so are the rest of us! If you try anything funny with any of us again, I swear to all that is holy that I will make you wish you were in hell! Don't ever come near me or any of my friends EVER again! Got it? You can go now, but remember what I said." Hiro ordered. And with those words, Taki simply left.
'I'll deal with him later…' He thought. 'But first I'll have to face milord's wrath.
THE KING'S THONE ROOM
"Milord, please, forgive my failure," Taki began. He was bowing down at the feet of his superior. As tough as he wants to be, he knows that he will always be inferior to his lord. "But it appears that Shindou is much smarter than we gave him credit for, and he now knows what we're up to. And so do his friends. It looks like everything that we've worked for will be ruined by this pink-haired little brat!"
"Nonsense!" the king replied. He already knew that Taki would fail against Shuichi or do something to screw himself. He already had another plan in motion. But he wouldn't even clue Taki in on this plan, yes; to him it was that foolproof.
"Rise Taki, it isn't your fault." The king said standing above him. The younger man immediately did what he was told.
"That little minx has some kind of charm that many easily fall under, including his highness. He is nothing more than a charm caster that must be eliminated. And if Prince Eiri stands in our way, I'll have to eliminate him as well."
"But how can we?" Taki asked. He knew something that Lord Usami that didn't seem to get. Or at the very least didn't want to admit.
"With those two together it would be impossible to defeat them!"
"That is the key." Lord Usami Said. "Come Taki, we should further plan his demise. But…*Leans closer to the younger man* Not before you please me…"
Oooookay, that's the chapter. Well, I know with some things I wasn't very subtle but that's kind of how I am, blunt and to the point. So I'm not sure when the next chapter will be up but I will leave you this: Things get a bit more interesting. And well, I could have put a lemon at the end but I chose not to because I don't want to gross anyone out.
See you soon.