Forbidden Love
Eps. XXIX
"You guys know that I can hear you right?" Takumi's voice could be heard. "We know," Mai replied irritably at her younger brother. Being only a year younger than her, he was mostly calm and quiet, but look could be deceiving as Takumi haven't been all that shy and quiet since he moved in just last month. As much as he had protested about meddling into their affair, their father didn't leave him with a choice of not to be watchful as he constantly reminded Takumi that Mikoto is still a demon regardless of her appearance. The only thing that Shusuke reluctantly agreed to let the two slept in the same bed was due to his little girl's demand while flaring her power at him. So the quiet ceremony was performed by her mother, and blessed the two to finally be engaged.
"You know, I still don't understand why dad is so stubborn about you guys being together," Takumi started as his room was right next to theirs providing the paper wall that separated them. "I mean come on, you disappeared for like a year and that should be enough time for him to think things through and all. During that times, you two might as well eloped actually I think you probably did right after the first time you two visited us. With your power and all, there would be no stopping you doing whatever you want," he paused for a moment. "I think it's very nice of you to give in to his demand, but that would only feed his ego. He's a bit old-fashioned," Takumi sounded disappointed.
"That's just life, now go to sleep or I'll make you run laps tomorrow in my class." Mikoto threatened the teen. "Yes ma'am," he said jokingly and turned the lights out. They bid each other good night and remained quiet until all three started to drift off to sleep. But Mikoto couldn't stay asleep as her ears picked up the sound of foot falls coming closer and closer to her home. Reaching out for a tiny transmitter, Mikoto put it on her ear and tabbed on the device lightly, bringing up a small screen in front of her left eye showing her an onslaught of unidentified creatures approaching her home.
Oddly enough, her senses suddenly failed her as she couldn't seem to keep her eyes open. Even if she wanted to defend her family, it had seemed that she was drugged at some point or somehow she isn't sure. The cinnamon candies… were the last thing that came to her mind as the cause of her hazy mind.
She woke up to a burning pain across her back and a familiar voice that cried out her name or maybe a few familiar voices. There were people hung against the wall in chains around her, as Mikoto was the only one in the middle of the room chained on both her hands and feet as the others only got their hands chained. Another flash of pain washed over her, a whip… that's it a thorny whip slashed on her back drawing blood.
"So you're finally awake," a voice with a light British accent spoke softly and femininely. "You…" Mikoto hissed trying to catch a glimpse of her torturer. "Of course, do you really think that I would come to Japan all the way from Wales just for a silly meeting?" he said haughtily that Natsuki would killed him with her naginata if she was freed and the drugs isn't still in her system. "Although I'm surprised that you didn't die for having such a massive dosage of the drugs in your system, you really are special Mikoto. Now if you don't want them to die, pledge your allegiance to me and together we will purge this world of filthy and pathetic people. I promise to spare their lives if you do," he said smiling impishly walking around standing in front of Mikoto.
"Heh," Mikoto smirked with her eyes closed. "What's so funny?!" Aya said lashing his whip onto Mikoto's head, tearing her flesh causing her blood to trickle down her face. "The amount of nanonite in my body was enough to purge your drugs out of my system in matters of minutes, although I admired you for your attempts to use them against me. But the thing is I don't remember any of them so I could care less if you kill them. Do you understand me?" Mikoto grinned showing her barely visible fangs at the shocked young man in front of her.
In a matter of a nanosecond, she had freed her right hand easily and grabbed onto his head, completely freed from the chains that bounded her in her place she rushed him against the wall bashing it head hard on the concrete wall. A sickening sound was produced from the impact, tossing the twitching body across the floor as the rest looked on in bewilderment. With a snap of her fingers, a pack of small hungry looking crimson crystal beasts appears and proceed on feasting on Aya's body as he screamed in pain and agony while Mikoto laughed cynically at the sight.
Snapping her fingers again, the beasts vanished as Mikoto closed her eyes feeling exhausted. It had become painfully obvious that she turned very scary and violent when provoked into using her power, but it definitely took a tow on her later on as a drawback to the incredible amount of power she obtained through technology and the artifact that latched onto her left ear.
Victory was short-lived as a shadow appeared and the young British man took form, "I had underestimated you, Minagi Mikoto. No one had ever defeated my shadow, not even your uncle." As Aya spoke, a small holographic picture of a really messed up looking Nagi was shown in front of the middle of the room for everyone to see. His wings were completely torn up, his chest was opened that his guts spilled out, an arm was missing and half of his fact was nothing but bones to it. It was a gruesome sight to see, but it's not like they could look away. "That is why I will take your power, just as I did with your uncle," Aya laughed evilly while raising his hand shooting powerful shadow waves at the feral girl.
Breathing heavily, Haruka was beyond pissed as she touched the concrete wall with her right hand, transforming herself into a concrete walking statue breaking the chains the bound her easily. Even though she's completely concrete, Haruka leaped and landed in front of Mikoto smashing all the waves with her concreted bare hands. "Shut up, I'm sick of you power crazed bastards trying to control the world and shit. As far as I'm concern, she could go and blow all of you magic user up to hell for all I care. Just because you can use magic, doesn't make you god. So fuck off," Haruka was extremely pissed as she pushed herself toward him and landed a punch on his face. That sent him tumbling back a bit, surprised and dazed at the same time as no one had ever been able to broke through his invisible barrier before. Her words and anger fued the others to broke free from the chains also, Nao and Natsuki got their weapons ready as Yukino and Shizuru summoned powerful barriers around Shiho and Mikoto while Takumi and Mai are ready to take on their enemy.
