Me: Here's the chapter where the story picks off at, i must warn you, this next one might be a little graphic for some people so it's advised to not veiw this unless ur not afraid of blood and angst.
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Chapter 14: Shaosu's Past
"It all started when I was 8 years old…" Shaosu began.
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Flashback: Shaosu's Past:
Shaosu was sound asleep in his be, in the other room his dad could be heard snoring and his mother was watching TV. Suddenly there was a loud knock on the door that woke Shaosu up. His mother got up from her bed and went to the front door."Who is it?" she asked. Suddenly her scream could be heard before a chopping sound and a loud thump. Shaosu threw off the covers as his father ran to the front door. "Mom!" Shaosu yelled and stopped dead in his tracks.
The body of his mother was on the ground, covered in blood and slashed. Her eyes were open but there were no pupils. Standing before the body, and walking towards Shaosu and his father, was a knight wearing red and black ornamented armor with two horns on the side of the helmet and wielded a bloody claymore. "You monster!" Shaosu's father yelled and ran towards the knight.
The Knight swung his sword and Shaosu's father fell to the ground, dead. His chest had a hideous gash and blood began pooling around him. Shaosu stared at the knight as it walked towards him slowly. Suddenly Shaosu's older brother appeared behind the knight as it turned around. Shaosu's brother punched him and it staggered back. "Get out of here!" he said. Shaosu picked up the bodies of his parents and carried them outside as his brother fought the Knight.
Shaosu looked back at the house as he could hear the sound of fighting inside. Suddenly the fighting stopped and there was faint glow, suddenly the inside of the house was on fire. Shortly then the entire outside was burning. Shaosu soon broke down crying as his home was being burned to the ground. Suddenly a silhouette of the knight walked out of the flames, but didn't look affected by them. Shaosu soon ran away, tears of fear streamed down his eyes.
"Please I don't want to die!" he yelled. Suddenly he tripped on a stone in the way and fell to the ground, scrapping his knees and elbows. He turned and the Knight stood over him, his armor was covered in black ash and his blade was coated with fresh blood, his brother's blood. Shaosu sat there, completely frozen in fear. The Knight's eyes shone red through the visor; he turned away and began walking. "I will spare your life tonight…when you become stronger, come and find me" The knight said and vanished.
Shaosu stared at the spot where the Knight was, he gripped his hands into fists and soon yelled to the sky in rage and sorrow. The full moon shone down on the remnants of the burning home and the last of a family.
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"Oh my god" Naomi said as Shaosu finished his story. "So…that's what you meant back there to the Knight" Seth said. "After that day, I vowed to kill the Knight and get my revenge for what he did, that's why I wanted to get stronger, so I could kill him" Shaosu said trying his best to hold back tears. But he failed and tears streamed down his face, "I failed to protect them. I was too weak to even protect my own family. I'm useless" Shaosu said crying. Naomi was heart-broken by this and soon hugged Shaosu, she too was crying and shedding tears. "I'm sorry" she whispered. Shaosu cried into her shoulder as she patted his back, "Hush, it's okay, I'm here for you" Naomi said softly. Shaosu continued on crying until he couldn't shed anymore tears.
Shaosu continued on sobbing as Naomi hugged him tighter and cried with him, Shadow poked his nose in between them and soon was joined in the hug. Soon Shaosu stopped crying and wiped the tears from his eyes, "Thank you, I needed that" Shaosu said to Naomi. "You're welcome" she said. Shadow began licking his master's face, hoping to cheer him up, "Down Shadow Down" he chuckled. Shadow barked and continued to lick him. Shaosu hugged Shadow, "Thanks boy" he said.
"You see, you only needed some comfort that's all" Naomi said. "Yeah, I feel better now, but…could you maybe, stay here with me for the night?" Shaosu asked Naomi. She nodded, "Sure" she said. Later the group all went to sleep thanks to Manus who allowed them to stay for free. Naomi sat next to Shaosu and had the blanket over her shoulders. "Are you cold?" she asked him. "I'm fine" he said.
Naomi placed the blanket over him anyway. She soon rested her head on Shaosu's shoulder; Shaosu blushed bright red from this and placed some more of the blanket on her. He soon fell asleep, resting his head on Naomi's, both of their hands touched one another as they fell asleep. Outside, snow began falling softly onto the ground as the young couple fell asleep with each other.
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Lorna: aww, thats so cute!
Seth: Lucky
Me: Alright, let's leave them be for now, tomorrow's Christmas Day so see ya around everyone!