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Chapter 29
Hinamori's moment of hope and relief was shattered when her captor grabbed the hand of whoever smashed her face in, her captor's words were inaudible and in a language Hinamori didn't understand. A moment of silence was pierced with a roar of pain as the pale hand retreated through the splintering hole. Whoever was on the other side of the door, fell against it, his breathing was ragged.
"Well," the woman spoke sweetly, "I should probably introduce myself; my name is Leira Lovebourne."
She looked down at Hinamori with sheer interest.
"Now, what shall I do with you?" she asked. She grabbed her by the arm and opened the door. Hinamori saw the body as her own feet stepped over it, her heart filled with fear as she recognized his form. It was Jagger.
"Jared!" she cried, and felt her body fall towards him. She knelt by him. He was laying face down on the dusty floor. Hinamori wasn't certain but his arm seemed out of place as a bizzarre pattern of purplish-black lightning snaked his neck. He was still breathing though, and for first time in her life Hinamori saw the fear and concern he possessed for her deeply through the connection of their gazes. And then pure hatred as he looked passed her at Leira.
"You," his ragged breath blew a cloud of dust as he spat the word at her.
Leira looked at Jagger with adoration, "You've grown so well, Jagger dear."
"Fuck you."
She laughed a scary sound. "Well, I see your manners haven't improved over the decades." She knelt by him, brushing his cheek and whispered wickedly, "But today I have no business with you."
Hinamori gasped as her body froze. She suddenly felt that she was no longer in control of her body as her brown orbs stared into emeralds. Something was pulling at her mind- something powerful. She felt the pull of her body like a puppet on strings as her legs took her in the direction of Leira's motion. "Come."
Then Jared was yelling, "Do not touch her!"
But the pain on his body made him curse in agony, whatever Leira had done to him, it wasn't going to help him save the geisha now as her legs carried her up the dark staircases to whatever death was-
Her eyes bulged and she heard herself whimper because the front door was opened and there crouched down in a pouncing stance was a black wolf, she didn't have time to register just how huge it was because by the time she screamed, it leaped over her and clawed Leira straight across her abdomen. It cut the fabric of her dress and grazed the skin, just a scratch. Still, she was fast and she dodged before blood could be spilled.
Hinamori needed a weapon and fast. She found a katana just for display above the fireplace; she unsheathed it, throwing its casing aside and ran back towards the front door. She saw the animal fly halfway across the field through the open door but its body twisted and landed on all fours with a limp. She hesitated, she never held such a menacing weapon before and it felt heavy in her vulnerable hands.
Hinamori brought the sword up as she saw the wolf shake its head and began bounding back towards the house at a frightening pace but she was only concentrated on stabbing the woman as she drove the blade forward.
To her immediate confusion, she no longer felt a weapon in her hands as she watched it being knocked out of her grasp by an invisible force and spin out of control in the air before smashing into the door frame, clanging to the wooden floorboards. Her numbness was disrupted as a scouring pain exploded in her shoulder. Looking down, another crimson ribbon passed through her abdomen.
There was a roaring in her ears but the pain that engulfed her body sent an electric shock through her limbs. It centered in her chest, where something blazing hot swam in her veins, she felt it in her bloodstream. She hadn't realized anything could hurt like this. And then this burning in her exploded.
Vishco watched it sprung from the human in a rippling veil of colours. An aura that poured itself from her body and rocketed in all directions, burning everything it touched in its path in a never ending bubble of fire. It was all he could see, a rainbow of transparent flames. Power wasn't meant to be released this way. He gave one final roar and felt himself change. He felt everything shrink and ripple like liquid in thin air and he barrel rolled into his human body then he was running on two legs instead of four. He was yelling at her to focus and gather the energy. By the look in her eyes, she wasn't conscious of herself.
Her body seemed to have difficulty containing it than releasing but she felt the fire in her body simmering away as if she were stomping it out…
The world was spinning, getting fuzzy on the edges. At least the pain was disappearing, her body felt light. Her eye lids weighed a ton.
"What happened?" Where is she? Where'd Leira go?"
"She's gone! She ran, escaped..or whatever!"
"Momo?" It was a breathless question, a pause and the voice completely changed. It panicked. "Momo? Say something!"
Her body shook and she realized someone was holding her.
"No," Jagger shook his head and his voice sounded different, empty. "We have to do something."
Her body disagreed. She felt the world dimming. A light centered itself in her world. Suddenly she could see something else, the only thing in her mind that stood against the darkness.
Her mother.
Hinamori recognized the curtain of dark tresses tied in a pony tail, although in the light it was a dark blue, her brown eyes; the ones she inherited herself were emotionless but there was fury on her innocent face. Her mother was wearing a black kimono, similar to one of her own but hers was embedded with pink threads sewed in a pattern of her favourite flower, Lily of the valley.
Her mother shook her head, it's too soon, and you haven't even lived your own life yet.
Mother?
Focus, Momo. You must awaken.
But-
Focus.
She did, and her world shattered. Nothing in this world was gentle and warm. Someone was shouting. DO YOU HEAR ME? YOU WILL NOT DIE, AND WHEN YOU WAKE UP, I'LL KILL YOU MYSELF!
Her mother's eyes lightened and the shouting in Hinamori's head dimmed, Yui was holding a red ribbon. Her daughter recognized the thread. A life thread; her life thread, barely visible in her mother's palm but she knew if she didn't take it now, she'd be gone forever. She caught her mother's gaze.
You better hurry up and take it, there's no time left.
But I want to ask you-
It's okay, I've always been with you.
What?
Time will change once you get back to the present, things will be different. So just promise me one thing, to search deep within yourself to find me.
I don't understand.
Go. Grasp your true self and remember I'll be watching you.
The ribbon was disappearing, dissolving into threads. Her mother took her hand.
I'll be waiting.
Okay.
Her mother smiled apologetically, this is going to hurt a lot.
Wh-
Hinamori's eyes closed, in her mind a beautiful crystal perfume bottle appeared, and it was drawing in all the air around , she was being pulled away, inch by inch. And the white light was fading and she was heading towards her body that was aching and sore. But then the internal pain was what was killing her like a bitch. The fire was back in full force and then there was a bunch of pictures, ones she couldn't understand…
Ember's voice rang in her ear. "Look, She'sbreathing! She's breathing! She's conscious again!"
Hinamori felt wrong, her muscles were shuddering on their own. Her body was convulsing against a weight of an animal. She saw blurs around a vision that she couldn't comprehend, both in and out and she was shrieking at the top of her lungs.
Someone's finger was like a feather light breeze on her cheek.
"I'm sorry, but this is the only way." Jagger turned to stare at the arrival of his sister, "Do it."
Violet gawked at her brother in utter disbelief and then she glared, "Are you insane...no never-mind, of course you are. Why should I help her
-"
Jagger exploded in a clutter of emotions, anger, depression and desperation. "SHUT UP! You're going to listen to me and you're going to like it, if you wanted to kill her so badly, you would have done so years ago!"
He ignored an irritating stinging on his fingers as it continued spreading into his palms. "You of all people in this family, should understand the best why we haven't killed her..." He stared down at the human in his arms, her blood was soaking into his clothes, stinging his skin but now as it caught his attention...the sight of it spilling in front of him caused him agony, yet the scent of it made him yearn and then the other part of him wondered...how would she taste like...he blinked and then he was gasping as if he couldn't breathe. Beside him, his brother pulled him away, the human sliding off his lap. She was taking deep and painful breathes as Violet placed her trembling hands against the woman's temples.
Violet never liked getting close and personal with any of her victim's minds, but her brother was going to get an asthma attack if she didn't put the geisha in her rightful place. She didn't expect whatever happened to happen, the next thing she knew after she closed her eyes was that her own thoughts were scattering around her, flying away from her into white light, her vulnerability was being sucked away from her...as she watched into a crystal bottle. But that wasn't the only thing she didn't understand, she felt and saw things she couldn't remember in all her life the closer she walked towards the glass bottle.
"What are you doing...here?" a voice asked. "I'm the only one allowed here!"
Violet stumbled, she fell onto marble floor...as she looked closer...it was covered in broken glass mirrors. She picked a piece off the ground in front of her. No, it wasn't just broken glass...they were little bits and pieces of images. Her own memories? She picked up another piece...but she didn't recognize it...this piece she definitely didn't remember...this one must be-
"It's mine!" someone shouted, snatching the broken shard out of Violet's hand, cutting them both in the quick exchange. If she wasn't shock and confused enough, she saw that she was bleeding, actually bleeding like for real. It was the first time in years that she'd seen her own blood...blood the colour of rose petals and it was warm...hot even. And then she felt her eyes felt funny...was she about to cry? But she didn't because in the next moment, right in front of her she was looking into the eyes of a child. Eyes the colour of chestnut, innocent and terrified...the child hesitated staring back at Violet and then her expression changed to that of annoyance. The child started screaming, "Get out! Get out! Get out!"
Violet couldn't reaction in time as the little girl hurled a glass shard right in her face, she felt the glass cut through her skin, splitting her cheek. The girl was screaming at the top of her lungs and then with her own bloody hand, she reached out and slapped the intruder across the face.
Ember hadn't meant to slap her across the face that her neck seemed to like it snapped, but the sister just wouldn't awaken. The men were shouting at Ember, "Just grab her, come on! This place is going to burn itself to the ground!"
"Move!" Vishco growled and yanked Ember by the arm. "OW!"
He reached down and threw his sister over his shoulder and grabbed Ember again, pushing her towards the front door. "Move it, Redhead!"
In the field, Jagger was keeping his distance from Hinamori but watching her sleeping body, in the middle of the field. He was afraid if he got too close, he'd get disoriented again, whatever it was she did to him earlier. He heard his brother and Ember loudly storming across the field. Violet still unconscious on Vishco's shoulder. The house behind them was still burning, the smoke was going to be noticed soon and from the looks of it, there was no stopping this inferno. His brother's shadow towered him.
"Can you walk?" he asked.
Jagger flexed his muscles, they were sore but he nodded. He caught his sister as she was dumped onto him, staggering at the weight. His brother stalked across into the distance and he picked up the human girl, holding her as if she were broken glass, fragile to the core. Ember was struggling to keep up, "Where are we going?"
"Will you just shut up and walk?" Vischo snapped, he wasn't in a good mood. "We have to get away from here or else the neighbours are going to see the smoke and we'll only be asking for trouble."
"But what-what happened up there?" she sounded close to tears, "What happens...now?"
"I-I don't know! It's not like we asked for this, everything was fine until-" Vishco stared at his brother, Jagger was leaning against a tree, Violet was slipping off his shoulder. "Jagger, dude come on...we-" his brother looked into his eyes. "What's wrong?"
Vishco stared at his brother as he began to shake violently, his eyes glinted, his teeth baring, his breathing was getting heavier. His eyes fell onto the human in his arms, "Jagger...you can control this, you have to or you'll-"
Jagger's eyes glowed, he half growled and groaned. "I can't. I need to feed...now."
In the distant wind, his brother imagined hearing that voice, hearing it loud and clear as if she were watching, laughing at them, enjoying their dilemma. I'll be waiting for you. Waiting to kill you.
Around him, he saw his sister limp against their brother, Ember was shivering like the little girl he thought she was, his twin was losing himself and then Vishco stared down at the woman in his arms, "Fuck."
Authors Note: Wow, my writing has gone rusty. Sorry for the late update but I've got art school and one of my new projects I just thought up was drawing THIS STORY's characters! I've already drew Jared but I'm still in the process of drawing the others! But that's life, school sucks, nothing's perfect and I've almost dropped this story. But...whatever I've started MUST be accomplished in the end. I LOVE WRITING(not so much reading) CLIFF HANGERS! This will probably be my last confusing cliffhanger moment in a while, but I've just got so many ideas hidden I feel like I should throw them in but I don't know... I'm not going to even bother with my next date update because even I don't know anymore! I truly give out my sincere apology to everyone but...I'd also like to hand out a huge thanks to the following: kaiZeNaAsHi, Dance Sode no Shirayuki, lolzalwys, Rikku Deathberry, XxChibiYumiChanXx, SongInTheDark, RandomRezz, HiMeChAaAn, serenity095, waterblossemangel13, Supreme cookieeater NANCY, hawkfrost54, NNLove, blackwitchkarma, Enattia, nervchen, cindimongo, Kisakurachan, cocoaalovee., Proxima Shining, KeroMitch, AmITheAngel, Chocoholic Kris, sexy-hitsuhina-forever, darklover and Hitsumaru.
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