Battle High: Not your ordinary High School
Battle twenty-one:
Cloud's game
Cloud smiled. 'Silly girl. You've just fallen into my trap, whether intentional or not.'
He tried to make as little noise as possible when drawing his sword. It felt strange in his hand; he hadn't used a sword in a while.
That made him a bit nervous but he had a feeling he'd manage.
Cloud carefully stepped through the bushes, headed for the forest and hoping to get there before her. The wind disguised the rustle of leaves as he walked.
This would be fun.
Sora held her sword tightly, but she felt oddly nerved, she had a feeling something was going to happen.
'I just have to try, no matter what..and besides Artemis can take of him too,' she thought. She felt a gust of wind blow around her and she almost lost her footing as she tripped over a rock. But she made sure she flipped so as not to injure herself from falling, but soon she could see the forest ahead of her getting thicker.
Cloud tried not to laugh when she tripped; this was just too perfect. She was barely a yard away from him.
He pulled out his trusty knife and walked up behind her as silently as possible. Cloud wrapped an arm around her waist from behind and held the small blade to her throat.
"Hello," he whispered. His tone was all too cheerful.
Sora froze in her tracks when she felt him grab her from behind. She let a low growl escape from her throat, she didn't dare take the risk of moving or else she would feel that blade hit her throat and find herself dead on the ground in seconds.
"Bastard," was all she said to him in reply.
"Yeah, I really am a bastard," he said with a slight laugh.
"So here's what I'm gonna do...," he continued. Cloud held onto her tighter so she wouldn't move as he moved the knife lower to her side, coincidentally the one she'd been injured in a numerous of other times today. "I'm just gonna leave you with thiis-," he punctuated the last word with a stab to her. He drug the knife downwards and made the cut longer and deeper. "And I'm gonna go get your boyfriend now."
Cloud let her fall to the ground and stared down at her with a smile. "Bye, Sora."
Kirai realized that he had to use the restroom.
He stood up and looked around, choosing the hallway as a good spot to look first. The first door he tried was a closet, the second door was the bathroom.
Kirai stared at his reflection in the mirror.
"Please be okay, Sora," he whispered to himself.
"I'm afraid she's quite the opposite, love."
Sora's went wide as she had felt the knife dig into her side and cut her. Then she felt her body fall to the ground and could only remember the look on Cloud's face as she had watched him leave, she tried to move but couldn't. She felt the blood pour from her body as she tried to stop it but couldn't.
'Dammit...Artemis..where are you?,'she shouted in her thoughts.
Artemis wasn't too worried, but he went to go check on Kirai anyways, "Hey kid you okay in there?..If your worried about Sora she'll be fine..trust me, she has gone through worse," sighed Artemis.
"Respond to him," Cloud ordered in a whisper.
Kirai stared at him with wide eyes. "Y-yeah, I know. I'm fine," he tried to sound as scared as he was. Maybe Artemis would get the hint.
Cloud had a knife in his hand. It had blood on it.
Did he kill her? Was she okay?
"What'd you do to her?," Kirai choked out, whispering.
Cloud smiled only slightly and tilted his head to the side. "I won't hurt you if you come with me. She might live if I don't do any more damage," by then he had a full smirk on. Artemis had a hard time believing this kid; Kirai didn't seem too sure about his reply to his question.
Instead Artemis didn't even try to turn the knob; instead he kicked the door open, only to find Cloud in the bathroom with Kirai. The first thing Artemis saw was the knife and the blood, "What did you do to my sister?," growled Artemis as he took a step forward.
He gave Cloud such an icy stare that it seemed as though he would lunge for Cloud at any moment. Kirai stayed perfectly still. He wanted to go check on Sora but was afraid of moving with Cloud this close to him.
Cloud was not surprised when Artemis walked in. "Hnn?," he looked at the knife. "Oh, ya mean this? I.. gave her a present." He trailed his finger in the blood and licked it off his finger. He was ready if Artemis decided to jump at him, knife in perfect position.
"Sora," Prism whispered, kneeling down next to her. "Are you alive?"
She looked at the wound on her side and a new level of hatred was granted to Cloud. "If you are, which I really hope, I'm not gonna hurt you. I don't care if you won't forgive me, I realllyyy want him dead," she explained as she tried to stop her bleeding. Her voice was shaking with fear.
Artemis stood where he was,"I swear if you killed her..I will not hesitate to kill you!,"he growled at Cloud as he held himself back from lunging at Cloud.
Sora opened her eyes slightly and tried to focus her eyesight when she heard Prism's voice,"...W-what the hell are you doing?..Trying to finish his job?," she asked Prism. Sora had apparently missed what Prism had just said to her.
'I...can't believe I let him get the jump on me,' she thought. Cloud kept his smile and simply answered, "Good luck with that."
"No. I hate him now more than ever." She continued to attempt to stop the bleeding, it was only barely working, "Is Artemis in there with Kirai?," he probably was, but Prism only wanted to make sure.
Artemis growled and glared at Cloud, "She had better not be dead you bastard!"
Sora looked up at Prism, "Why are you trying to help me anyways?," she asked through a pained filled voice. Sora tried to move Prism's hand away from the wound so she could stand up, but found herself unable to fight back at the moment.
"Why don'tcha go check?," Cloud asked, twirling the knife in his hand. This was quite amusing for him.
"Well if I told you the real reason I'm pretty sure I'd die...oh you probably want to stand up...," Prism stepped back and helped Sora to her feet. "Point is I want him dead and now."
Artemis almost felt himself run and tackle Cloud, but knew better, "..You just want me gone so you can take Kirai..am I right?," he asked with a smug when he realized what Cloud was trying to do. Sora got to her feet from help with Prism and held her hand over her wound and started to walk forward very slowly and pain filled, "..I'll do it...I"ll do him in for good," she said.
Cloud returned the smile. "I thought that was pretty obvious. But I'm willing to fight anyway," he said in a cheerful, yet creepy tone. Kirai went pale. What were the odds that Cloud would win?
Prism smiled, "Yay. He's in the house now...probably having a conversation with Artemis...," She didn't think there was much talking going on. At least not for long. Artemis growled again and then in a flash he found himself lunging towards Cloud with his own knives in each hand.
"Got it...I'll take him out no matter the cost," Sora answered. Cloud was ready for that. He easily stepped out of the way and cut Artemis's arm in the process. It was unintentional but it worked anyway.
Kirai watched them, unable to move from fright but wanting so badly to go check on Sora. Plus, Cloud probably wouldn't let him leave. Artemis gripped his arm as he landed near Cloud but was quick to get back onto his feet and tackle Cloud to the ground. Sora was still several blocks away, but her wound had not stopped bleeding yet.
Cloud glared up at Artemis for a second before slipping his hand out of his grasp and cutting his side. Kirai inched towards the door slowly and managed to get out. He ran out the back door, "Soraa! Where are you?"
Artemis growled at Cloud but didn't let it bother him as he cut Cloud in his arm and knocked his knife from his hand.
Sora had fallen to the ground when she was less than four blocks away, she couldn't find the strength to move from her loss of blood. Cloud grit his teeth with the pain. He attempted to shove Artemis off but he was too weak. He glared up at him, unable to do any more. "So I die now, right?"
Prism heard Kirai's cries just as she saw Sora fall. She rushed over an answered him, "WE'RE OVER HERE!"
Kirai ran to the voice and fell to his knees next to Sora, "Are you okay?"
Artemis just smiled and he cut Cloud again on his other arm to make sure he was going to stay weak, "Not by my hands..if my sister is still alive, I'll let her kill you, this isn't my revenge," he growled.
Sora looked up at Kirai when she saw him through her blurred vision, ".y-yeah I'm fine..I told you I wouldn't leav-,"she was cut off as she fell forward and passed out from her blood loss. Cloud was keeping his 'in pain' look on, although he wasn't that badly hurt. He was simply too weak to get Artemis's weight off of him. However, playing helpless might be good in this situation. He smirked. "Yeah. If."
Kirai literally started shaking. He looked at Prism. "Please tell me she's just passed out."
Prism nodded. "Still breathing, see?," she gestured to the steady rise and fall of Sora's chest.
Kirai blinked. "Oh yeah."
"I'm not that stupid, I've been at the fighting game longer than she has, I took her in when she told me her parents were killed, so I raised my sister. And if I know her, she found a way to stay alive," he growled as he took his knives and stabbed Cloud in his shoulders.
Sora kept breathing steadily but found herself in an odd place in her mind. Cloud cried out in pain. No more playing, he was really cut up now. It might still be possible for him to fight. If he tried hard enough.
Kirai tried to patch up Sora's wound as much as he could, but his efforts didn't do much good. He sighed and then looked at Prism inquisitively.
"I thought you were on his side?"
Artemis smiled, "Told you I wasn't stupid, faker, now lets make you look pretty for Sora..I give injuries back ten fold..and she gives revenge a new level," he said as he removed the knives and stabbed him again in his forearm.
Sora found herself in a dark place, she wandered around but could only dark until she heard someone yelling and she ran. Cloud bit his lip so hard he drew blood. Why was he doing this again? He couldn't remember why he'd come here. All he could think about was the pain.
"I was. Not anymore."
Kirai tilted his head. "What made you change your mind?"
Prism shook her head, "Its not important."
Artemis smiled as he saw the look of pain on Cloud's face," The moment she fights again, you'll be too weak to even protect yourself," he laughed. Artemis took one knife to his hand and stabbed him in his hand and took the other and held it to his neck, "I promise she will not make it quick and painless"
Sora finally reached the place where the scream and saw herself not far off as a child when she had run away from Prism after she was able to get away.
"..The day I met Artemis...why now?"