Book 9: Pain and Suffering

Uncle Mytho was very lively compared to how I remember him actually behaving.

He was on his knees and he was bowing to me. "I am so sorry for trying to kill you," he apologized.

After we got him back, we took him to the base and because of his new look and his new eyes, the humans didn't recognize him. They only stared at him in wonder. But then one human kid grabbed my clothes and tried to pull me from the others. I yelled for him to let me go and next thing I knew, Uncle Mytho grabbed me and pulled me away from the human kid. He told them to leave me alone and from the sound of his voice, they knew who he was. They asked papa, Aunty Kraehe, and Uncle Inuyasha why they would let him in because he is the most vicious of us all. All they did was walk away from the screaming and wailing humans and walked into the healing room. Only in that room can we have some privacy from the soundless doors.

I walked up to Uncle Mytho and I patted his head. He looked up at me and I told him, "You don't need to apologize. You're back and that's all that matters." Then I hugged him. I felt tears peeking out from the corner of my eyes and I was smiling. "I'm so happy you're back." Then I felt his arms wrap around me to hug me back. Papa, Aunty Kraehe, and Uncle Inuyasha only smiled at us.

"EEEYYYYAAA!!!"

Then the humans were screaming.

We all looked towards the doors in surprise of hearing that. I may have said that the doors are sound proof but not when the humans are screaming at the top of their lungs. We can hear that.

I heard papa curse, "Damn witch! Doesn't she ever give us a fricken break?!" Then he was running out the door and Aunty Kraehe and Uncle Inuyasha followed after him.

Uncle Mytho looked down at me and said, "Stay in here, okay?" He didn't wait for me to answer. He let go of me and ran out to follow the others. He also closed the door and I was left alone in the room. I stared at the door a moment longer before yawning and rubbing my eyes.

"I need to get some sleep," I told myself, walking over to the corner of the room. There it's quieter than sleeping right next to the door and it's dark. I sat down at the corner first and then laid down to allow sleep to take over my mind and body.

I had a bad dream. I saw the ruins of Tokyo Graveyard, or at least the shapes of them. Everything was black and the skies were red. It was like every object is black and the background like the sky is red. Even the ground was black. But there was one thing that wasn't red or black. Black maybe but not completely. His outfit was black but his skin was pale white, like mama's. But his left shoulder was red and it has black burnt marks on it. He was holding his shoulder and wincing in pain. He was sweating and he was panting. It took me a while to recognize him. I could sense that he was familiar but I couldn't tell where I saw him before. The burnt mark on his shoulder revealed his identity to me. It was Sano and he was in a lot of pain and he appeared to be hiding in the ruins of Tokyo Graveyard. I was greatly worried about his well being and then I saw something…surprising.

Sano leaned the back of his head against the stone wall and he was panting to deal with the pain. "Onee…" he called. He was refereeing to mama. "Please find me," he pleaded. But then his tough character dissolved and his eyes revealed deep emotional pain then physical pain. He almost looked like he was going to cry. "Big brother…" Now he's referring to papa and I felt pity. Despite the fact that he claims to hate his brother, he still cares. But if he still cares, then why did he leave?

Then his wound took a turn to the worst. His eyes widen in more pain and he was gritting his teeth in the aching pain of his shoulder. I started screaming but he couldn't hear me. He was panting again and then he fell to the side, giving…up…

"SANO!!" I screamed as soon as I woke up. I sat up and I saw the familiar healing room before me. Everyone I knew resting in the healers to increase their blood and each machine looked like they were working in proper order. I was panting from the shock of Sano dying and my face was covered in sweat. That was when I decided. I had to find Sano and find him fast.

I closed my eyes and concentrated. At the edge of the Tokyo Graveyard where mama's castle should be, I sensed a very weak, dark aura. After getting my destinations, I ran to the door. I opened it slowly in case papa or anyone was there. None of them were so I stepped out. Right when I did, a rock flew right in front of me. I took a step back and I looked to where the rock came from. It was thrown by that same human child from before.

"Get out of here!" he screamed. "Go back to your mother, you devil's child! You do nothing but bring pain and suffering!! And now you bring back a monster!!"

I was hurt by his words and then he started throwing more rocks at me. I dodged them and I used my wings to fly out of there instead. He was screaming for me to get out and never come back. I tried to ignore him because I had other things on my mind.

I flew as fast I could to Sano's aid, all the while thinking of how idiotic I was. How could I have leave or even sleep with the fact that Sano is hurt?! If it weren't for him, we would probably not have gotten Uncle Mytho back. He was a big help and look at how we repay him. Not to mention that if he died and it was Uncle Mytho's doing, papa might be greatly upset and Uncle Mytho will feel guilty. Neither of them should suffer for this.

I flew to the edge of Tokyo Graveyard and I followed to where I sensed the weak, dark aura from. Sano must have been hiding because when I found the aura, it was in a cave created from the remains piling over each other. I looked through the hole and I saw Sano inside, panting just like my dream. Actually, he looked exactly as he did in my dream.

"Sano!" I called. He looked up at me and gasped. Then he got cautious. He started to move away and I told him, "Please don't leave!" I climbed inside and said, "I want to help."

Sano stopped moving away and he asked, "What help could the likes of you be to me?" I was struck when I heard those words. What could I do? I have no healing powers to heal him or any kind of powers. All I could do is fly. I still didn't back down.

"I'm alone," I answered. "I swear I am. Demons attacked and papa and the others are trying to stop them. I came because I wanted to see if you were alright."

He looked away and said, "I am perfectly fine so you can go home and cry to daddy!" His words were bitter.

"I will go," I told him. "But I will be right back." He looked at me, surprised and I answered to his unspoken question. "You need medical treatment for that wound. It's really bad burn." Then before he try to tell me different, I turned around and climbed out of the hole.

"Wait!" he yelled, trying to stop me but I was already flying back to the base to get the first aid kit I'm sure we have in the healing room. But on the way back, I heard a soft…

Boom

I stopped and look around for where it came from. Then I saw a small funnel of smoke rising up to the sky. Then it was gone before I could really place where it came from. At the moment, I didn't care. Sano was still hurt and investigating where that boom came from is not going to heal his wound any faster. So I continued on my way to the base.

When I arrived, I was a little scared to enter. I was scared that papa and the others noticed that I wasn't there and might get angry with me once I arrive. The other reason is because those humans I know will try to attack me again. I get nervous every time I enter the base but I always had someone with me. Now I'm entering on me own. But I realized that the longer I stayed standing in front of the entrance, uncertain if I should go in or not, the more pain Sano will be in. Besides, what he has is a mid way between a second degree burn and a third degree burn. It has to be treated immediately. So I entered with that thought.

But the moment I entered, a rock hit me in head. I fell to the ground and look up, despite my head starting to spin from the hit. It was the little human boy again and this time, he had more people. I was confused as they were staring at me with accusing eyes.

"You sent them to their deaths!!" the little boy screamed.

"What?" I asked, confused.

A man screamed, "Because you were gone, they went to go look for you but they haven't returned. For you to come back alone must mean that they are dead!"

"They're dead! They're dead! They're dead!!" a woman screeched.

I was surprised to hear that. Then that means that the boom I heard earlier must have come from papa or the others, or worst mama. What other reason would they be sending blasts at each other?

Then more rocks were thrown at me. I covered myself and flew to the healing room. More rocks were thrown at me and I was able to dodge every one of them. As soon as my hands touched the healing room doors, I opened them and quickly closed it. Rocks were being banged at the door as I leaned on the door like I was trying to help support it up. After a moment, I went to the cupboards and looked for a first aid kit. I know that we have one because we use it all the time when we have serious or life threatening wounds. All of those wounds were battle injuries.

As I was looking for the first aid kit, my head was beginning to throb and I was spinning. There were times when I was aiming for the handle but I missed it and when I'm on the ground and I'm walking, I'm walking crocked. It was hard to focus but I tried as best as I could. I needed to find the first aid kit. It was my only goal.

When I found it, I grabbed it and quickly open the door. I zoomed out of the healing room, rocks flying at me. I was able to dodge them but the more I concentrated on getting to the exit, the more my head ached. I was finally able to exit the base and I flew back to Sano at the same pace. But as I was flying back to him, I heard screaming. That one scream sounded like mama.

"AAAAHHHH!!!" I heard.

I stopped flying and looked to the side where I heard that scream. "Mama?" I asked. I didn't waste time flying towards the scream.

I arrived in the middle of the forests and as I got closer, I sensed other auras as well; papa's, Uncle Inuyasha's, Aunty Kraehe's, and Uncle Mytho's. It was in the middle of the forest and I thought that all of our fights have been in forests lately. I just wanted to have a quick look at what was happening. I'm already in enough trouble with running to fights and for running off without telling anyone because I was worried about Sano. If I get involve in this fight, papa will kill me before mama does. But when I looked out from behind a tree and I saw them, they weren't fighting. Papa's team was prepared for any attacks while mama was ticked off and she was alone.

"Where is he?!" she asks, or demands. Her eyes were dangerously red and her fangs were long in the most threatening way I ever saw them. "Where is my little brother?!"

My eyes widen at that and my heart fell. She's looking for Sano. It's only natural for her to do that but my chest started to hurt really bad after she asked that.

Then papa got angry.

"We don't know," he answers. "And if I did know, I wouldn't tell you! He's my little brother, Lust! You stole him from me!" My chest hurt even more when I heard that as well.

"You stole Wrath from me!!" Lust screamed, her voice getting pitchy. Then her eyes were filled with tears and they no longer showed anger. They showed pain, deep mental pain. Papa gasped in surprised when he saw her like that. Her voice was softer as she called them, "Liars. You're all liars. You did something to Envy and now he's gone. Like how you stole Wrath." She looked at Uncle Mytho then. "Why, Wrath?" she asks, almost pleading. He even looked affected by her pain expression but he looked back at her with guilt. Then she falls on her knees and she starts crying. Seeing her like that made my chest ache even more and it made me want to go to her and comfort her. She admitted, "I don't want to be alone. I don't want to be alone." Then she started sobbing even more. "Why is everyone leaving me? Why?!" Papa looked affected by that and I turned around.

I didn't want to look at her anymore. Not like that. It hurts too much. Even if I did go to her and try to comfort her, it will only bring more confusion to her and to papa. More pain and suffering…