Ljubazna Osoba:
Chapter 28: A Selfish Man's Tale
A wise man can be a fool when it comes to love…
I know that from a fact…
I always believed on that fact…
Yet…
My words betrayed me the moment love casted it's spell on me…
Because the moment I had fallen on it's grasp…
I never seemed to let go…
No matter how many decades or centuries have passed…
I always find myself running across it's cycle…
Over and over and over again…
-Hades
It was 19th century, the century where my life begun.
I was a member of a rebel group. An ethnic group that fights for our own ethnicity and identity…
Back then, I never imagined that I will live this long…
And back then, I never imagined that I will go to different places…
Meet different people…
Experience different cultures…
And do things that were beyond my imagination…
To be honest, I never thought that I will think about this things right now, at this age and at this time…
All I thought back then was how to survive…
On how will I survive in the midst of death…
That was 290 years ago…
Back when I was known as…
"Takai! " I heard my mom call my name frantically.
Immediately, I opened the shoji door to where I am sleeping and looked groggily at her.
"What is it, Okaa san? " I asked while yawning.
"We need to go now, we're going to move out of this place… "
I looked at her with shocked expression. "But why? " I asked.
She didn't look at me and start stuffing her huge bag with clothes and other necessities.
"That's what the elders said, we need to move out, the Shogun was said to inspect this area for rebels, and we didn't have any chances of beating the officials in a fair fight, we need to move out, go to other place, somewhere safe, and encourage other people to join us in our movement… "
I sighed. "But Okaa san…I just made some friends here… " I reasoned out to her.
She stopped and then went towards me and ruffled my hair.
She smiled and I observed her face. My mother was such a beautiful woman. She resembled the moon goddess with her impeccable and rare beauty. She had raven hair which ends in purple tips and lovely bluish purple eyes that every woman envied to have.
According to others, I inherited my mom's hair, and eyes, but for me, it's much more of dark purple in colour rather that bluish purple. But I never regretted it, afterall, I need to inherit at least a physical trait from my father, shouldn't it?
She smiled at me under those red cherry lips and ruffled my hair.
"Takai…I understand what you meant… " She said in her sweet voice. "But we need to go, I don't want you to be hurt and become a slave to the shogun. " She said seriously.
I bent my head. She has a point.
"Gomenasai, Takai, but we really need to go. " She said as gentle as possible. "So please help me pack here. We're going to get out if this place tonight… "
I nodded and helped her stuff our clothes.
It was always like this, running away, after we settled in one place, we're going to settle for another again after a month or two. We didn't have any permanent address, just a thatch of shingles and dried grass was enough to become our shelter.
Every morning, we go out to the streets and encourage people to join our movement. In this age, Japan was adopting more and more foreign cultures, and our elders were adamant against it, we can never accept anything that will eradicate Japanese culture. We never desired to be ruled by another countries' sovereign.
It was always our job. In the morning, encourage the people and then at night, train with the elders and then rest. Then morning, preach again, and then train, then rest. It was always that way.
That is, until one night…
Me and my mother were about to sleep when we heard the bayonets being shot in the air.
"Get out from your shelters right now, you rebels! " I heard one of the officials thundered.
I started to shook in fear as I threw my arms to my mother who embraced me tight in return.
"I said get out from shelters, NOW! " I heard him thunder more menacingly.
I looked at my mother and she shook her head. A sign that we will never come out no matter what happens.
My eyes widened when I heard a strong rumble beside us, then it was accompanied by breaking of splintered woods and sudden cries.
I clenched my fists as I heard some of our members cry.
"Please! Let us go! " I heard them cry frantically.
The hairs on my back shot up when I heard a sound of a gun being shot.
Then…it was followed by silence…
I clutched my mother's kimono tightly. I'm scared. I don't know what to do…
"Listen, all of you! " I heard one of the officials shout again. "Since you don't have any initiative to go out, we're going to rummage every single hut in here and then, we're going to kill you by one! " He declared. "Now, if you don't want to die, I suggest you all come out from your hiding place and surrender before we took you out forcefully and punish you! "
I buried my head on my mother's chest. I'm scared, they're going to kill us.
Then, I felt my mom raising my head and meeting her eyes.
She smiled tenderly at me and pointed a small hole below.
"Takai…I wanted you to go down below the moment I gave you the signal, alright? " She said seriously.
"But what about you, Okaa san? " I whispered. Now I remember, we build that hole for emergencies, but we only got a bit far in covering it. It's just our first week in this place and the government officials started to come and surprise us.
"I won't fit in… " She said as she smiled sadly. "After you got out of here, ran as fast as you can, Takai. "
"But what about you? " I asked stubbornly. "I won't leave you here! I want to be with you! I want to- "
She cut me off by kissing my forehead.
"Please Takai… " She pleaded with tears brimming on her eyes. "I wanted you to leave, get out of this place and start a new life. Kami knows that he had a future installed for you. "
I was about to retort when we heard shuffles outside our hut.
"Now go! " She whispered and started to bury me on the hole and covering it as much as she could.
I saw my vision darken, but I didn't care. I heard my mom scream, I flinch but I never stopped, I continued running in the darkness.
I didn't know how long, but when I saw a light, I ran faster.
Then, to my surprise, I was out in a dark forests…
I walked slowly, looking side by side and watching if there are officials roaming around, luckily…my instincts didn't register anything.
When I heard a scream, I immediately hid myself under the bushes and peeked.
I widened my eyes when I stared at my surroundings. I was on top of a cliff, but underneath those, I can see our other members, being prosecuted below, the cliff from where I was wasn't that far, but it wasn't near for any of the officials to sense my presence.
I looked in pity as I saw the young men in our group being whipped up mercilessly. I can see their blood seeping up front.
The my eyes darted on a group of men looming over something, I didn't recognize it at first, but when I heard a fierce wailing, I dilated my eyes.
I know what it means, I heard it from the village people.
Whoever was under it was being raped…
It was a term that was used by villagers pertaining to men forcing and hurting a woman to have sex with them and satisfy their manly needs.
I shook my head, ignoring the screams as much as I could and roamed my eyes to find mom.
I saw her sitting in a corner, gagged and tied and was looking helpless. I narrowed my yes when I saw a big gash on her cheek, my guess is that, someone hit her.
I watched her, until I saw the group of men zipping their pants up and leaving a young woman naked on the dirty grounds.
I recognized that girl, it was Ayako, a beautiful 16 year old adolescent girl in our group. Immediately, I felt a twinge of guilt as I saw her lying helplessly and was looking at nothing. Her chastity was just taken from her in the hands of monstrous men.
I looked at the others, and I saw them looking blankly at the grounds…all of them seemed lost a soul. As I stared further, I saw some heads rolling on the ground. The heads of the elders.
I stopped my horrendous virtual tour when I saw one of the men reached to my mom and took a handful of her hair and raised her face in front of his own men to see.
"Isn't she a beauty? " He asked. And all the men laughed in return.
"Too bad, she looked a bit older, I bet she had a child. "
"Who cares? She's a dazzling woman, I wouldn't care if she had a dozen children. I mean, she looked appetizing. " I saw one of the men stated while drooling at her.
I gritted my teeth. I know what their planning, I can see it in their eyes.
"All right, it's time for another round! " They chorused as they started to rip my mom's kimono.
I looked in shock as they started to feast on her body. Some of them are licking her breasts, some of them, licking her womanhood, and some of them are fingering her anus.
I clamped my mouth at the horrendous sight. I saw tears coming out from my mom's eyes. I was really tempted to kick their asses and make them sorry…until I heard my mom's voice in my head again.
"I wanted you to leave, get out of this place and start a new life. Kami sama knows that he had a future installed for you. "
I felt my tears started to flow on my cheeks. I understand what she's saying, she wanted me to get out of here alive. She didn't want me to get hurt and die just like the others…
She wanted me to survive.
I cried silently as I watched them violate her as they please. Taking her in everyway they please and inserting their dirty cocks on any hole that they can find in her body. I felt so sorry for my sweet Okaa san.
Kami, what have we done to deserve this?
I watched, I don't know how long, until they finished with mom, then they went on to the other girl that got their attention.
After feasting on the women and torturing the men, they started to shot their bayonets, and then chopped their heads one by one.
Then, one of the men lit a fire on one of the shingles, and set the fire on one of the bodies as if they were dirty torches.
The men started to dump the dead bodies, piling them one by one, then throwing the burning shingle on them.
I glanced with pity at my comrades… I really felt sorry for them.
I looked as the men started to laugh and march away. Elbowing each other about the good time that they had.
When I saw them passing on my place, I held my breath and hid under the bushes. But I kept my eyes on one space. Vowing to get those morons when the time comes.
I was looking at their big forms when I heard one of them snicker.
"It was a good thing we inserted a spy on this place, you really are smart, Commander Shuei Igarashi! "
Igarashi? Isn't that the cursed family?
I teetered even more, and then I saw a man with lean muscular body, raven hair, and stunning crimson eyes.
I saw the man smirk confidently.
"I never had a good woman ever since that stupid disease came, and to be honest, I wanted to get laid so badly. But who would want to get laid while looking at a decaying face of a woman? "
The others laughed in return as they marched away.
Shui Igarashi…
That was the name of the man who started to destroy my life.
When I was sure that they are not there anymore, I leapt and looked at the burning and melting bodies of the people that I considered my family.
I kneeled and clasped my hands together and offered a prayer to Kami sama to guide their souls. For some reason, I don't have any strength to cry anymore.
I was finished awhile ago…
After that, I stared at the burning bodies again…
With empty eyes and empty feelings…
The next thing I knew, I was lying under the pile of cold green grass…
I lied there, not knowing how long, until I felt someone unearthing the hearth above me.
My eyes constricted at the beams of the sun.
Suddenly, my vision was blocked when I saw a tiny shadow looming above me.
"Oh Kami sama! Look! There's a boy under here! " I heard a singsong voice yell.
Before I could say anything, I felt my vision getting brighter and brighter and the weight lighter and lighter.
Then I saw more shadows looming above me, without a word, one of the shadows raised my frail body and gave a glance.
"Are you alright? " I heard a manly voice ask.
I raised my head, and then, I found a handsome man with auburn hair and dark black eyes.
Beside him, I presume was his wife, who has dark chocolate hair and hazel eyes.
"Are you alright? " I heard the man ask again, this time, worriedly.
I just looked at them.
"Miroku, I think this boy is in shock. " I heard his wife guess.
The man looked at me again and nodded.
"I think you're right, Shizuru, he was crumpled in mud and he looked so pale. " He agreed as he put me down.
He was about to ask when I heard the singsong voice again.
"What's your name? " She asked.
I turned and looked at the source of the voice.
She was such a kawaii girl. She was small, my guess is that she was 8 or 7, with short auburn hair and bright sparkling hazel eyes.
"Mizuzu, don't force him, he was still wary. " The man said as he ruffled her hair.
"But Otou san! How can we address him if we didn't know his name? " She protested and walked towards me and tugged my dirty hand.
"My name is Mizuzu Azumi! 8 years old! " She introduced cheerfully. "What's yours? " She asked again.
For some reason, my vocal cords worked. "It's Takai. "
"Takai what? "
I just bent my head.
"Okay, if you don't want to tell me your name, then I won't force you! " She said and pulled me towards her.
And then she smiled.
The sweetest smile that I had seen in my life.
After that event, the Azumi's adopted me as their son since they weren't blessed with any. I learned that the Azumi's are a part of the Yakuza family, though they weren't much known since they were merchants by profession. In order to repay their kindness, I did all the responsibility of what a first son was entitled to do, like helping my foster father sell some antique things, special delicacies, and precious woods to the market, I was also entitled to do things the first son of a Yakuza is expected to do, like attending samurai lessons, making tea and flower arrangements. But despite being thankful for all these blessings, I never talked too much. I was just as silent as a bird, never seeking anyone and trying to be independent as possible.
Mizuzu, my foster sister, on the other hand, was constantly talkative. After she had done all her chores, she would sit beside me and talk about her day. She never seemed to get tired of talking, while I just sat there and listened to her intently. I wonder why she never get tired of hanging out with me. I mean, I wasn't the most interesting person around.
After a month, I heard her complain to her, I mean, our mom.
"But, Okaa san! He's not smiling nor was he talking that much! I was thinking if he was mute, but he talks sometimes. I mean, if he has problems, why didn't he say anything to us? We can help him. "
I snorted inwardly. As if anyone could help me, I saw all my loved ones eradicated right in front of me…
Just thinking about it makes my heart ache.
Then I saw our mom kneel on the ground and smile at her.
"Mizuzu, give him time to adjust, he was obviously wary of people right now. "
"But he was staying with us for a month already! "
Mom smiled as she hugged Mizuzu.
"I know, but some people don't trust others easily. You have to give them time. And when that time comes, they will begin trusting you bit by bit. Besides… " She said as she raised her daughter's chin. "You can cheer him up. I know you can do it, afterall, you're our little Miss Sunshine, isn't it? "
Little Miss sunshine?
Now that I realized, she really was. She was always smiling no matter what happens to her, and whenever I see that…
My heart is beating fast whenever I see her sunny smiles.
For some reason, I could never get her smile out of my mind…
One day, I was cutting woods for the coming winter, woods are useful for bonfires which we really needed in order to survive the cold, not to mention it was really popular in the market, I bet we can sell a lot from these logs.
I was about to chop another one when I saw Mizuzu walking from the corner of my eye.
"Onii chan… " She singsonged as she smiled widely at me.
I frowned at her. She has a really big stupid grin on her face, the kind that tells you to come with her or join her to whatever idiotic idea that came to her mind.
"What is it? " I asked blankly as I chopped the next wood.
"Can you come with- "
"No. "
"But you haven't let me finish! " She protested.
"I already know what you're going to say, you wanted me to come with you somewhere around here, right? " I asked.
She pouted. "How did you know that? Are you a mind reader? "
"No, it's just that you're too easy to read. "
She pouted even more which really amused me. She looked so adorable when she do that.
But I'll never admit that to her.
"Look onii chan… " She started as she took one of my hand and used her puppy dog eyes to persuade me. "I wanted you to come with me! Please! Just this once! I swear to Kami sama that you can order me around for a week if you didn't like what you'll see later. " She begged.
I looked at her. She looked so serious.
"I wanted to let you see some precious things, Onii chan. " She started as she bit her lip. "Because you seemed…so lonely. "
I sighed as I stared at her. She really softened me these months, she was so cheerful, so happy, so alive and free that she was able to draw me in her instantaneous attitude evesince I met her.
"All right, just let me finish this bunch and we'll go. " I said, finally surrendering to her.
She squeaked happily and embraced me.
I gulped as she did that, I felt my heart beat rise and it drummed loudly on my chest.
Why did I felt that?
"Thank you so much, Onii chan! " She said as she skipped away to seat on the nearby bench. "I'll just wait here. " She added as she sat and watched me chop the wood.
"Will you tell me exactly how long will this trek end? " I asked grumpily as I walked on the bushy hills.
She giggled. "Come on , Onii chan! I'm younger than you, not to mention, a girl, and even me can attest that this way wasn't so bad, why can't you just forget the muddy roads and just look forward to what we're going to see later? " She said smiling.
I rolled my eyes. "Oh yeah, you better make it worthwhile or you're going to be my slave for a week. " I grinned.
She pouted. "Mou, Onii chan, stop it! I'm not going to fail to impress you, I promise! " She swore as she continued skipping towards the hills.
I sighed as I tried to catch up with her. That girl is so hyper.
After a few minutes, I heard her shout.
"We're here, Onii chan! " She screamed happily.
Getting excited after a long and hard journey, I immediately ran after she shouted that we reached our destination.
I ran as fast as I could, and when I reached her, she tugged my kimono and pointed her index finger across her.
When I followed her finger, I gasped.
Across her are beds of not red, but blue roses, swaying gently in the wind.
I've never seen a blue rose before, it was the rarest thing that I've seen in my life.
I saw her smile at me.
"I discovered this place when I was three, I was crying because I got lost one stormy night, I tried finding my way out, but while walking, I smelled a sweet scent, I followed and then I found this field of roses. " She narrated. "No one knew this place except Otou san, he and I vowed never to tell this to anyone. Rare things such as this one should remain undisturbed. " She said meaningfully.
I nodded. She was right, rare things like this should remain undisturbed.
"So, do you like it? " She asked.
Still dazed by the rare scene in front of me, I just nodded.
She smiled as she leaned on me.
"Onii chan…can we…can we make this garden our secret meeting place? " She asked shyly.
I nodded again as I looked at her.
I saw her close her eyes and then sighed dreamily.
"Tell me, did I make you happy? " She asked.
I looked away. Yes, you made me happy. Very happy.
"Yes. " I whispered. "Thank you. "
But she didn't hear me, because she was asleep already.
I smiled, for the first time in my life, for some reason, I felt my soul being raised from the ashes, and started singing in the heavens…
It was the first time I felt someone care for me…someone who had been with me for the good times and the bad times, and someone…who can love me for who I am eversince my Okaa san died.
I put one arm on her shoulder and leaned her closer to me.
"Thank you, thank you, Mizuzu… " I whispered softly as I planted a kiss on her shiny auburn hair.
Eversince that event, I started to smile and open up to people even more. Otou san and Okaa san were starting to see the changes in me.
I was changing, slowly, but surely…
The blue rose, the symbol of new life for my paltry soul…
But it seems…
My meeting with her ignited another flame of nightmare…
10 years have passed since the blue rose discovery happened, and I still do the same thing, prepare tea, chop woods and help my foster father in selling his goods and practicing the art of swordsmanship as well as writing Haiku and other poems.
As the years go by, Mizuzu was growing more and more beautiful. She was like a blossoming flower. Her once short auburn hair was now long and shiny and ended in elegant curls, her eyes now framed with long curly lashes, her cheeks are sunkissed and her lips rosier than ever.
Her body morphed as well, from flat as a board chest to a semi-big lump which looked so soft, she also developed lovely curves as well, and her skin started to become smoother and softer that I found myself gazing at her once in a while for no reason.
I admit, Mizuzu is like a goddess, no, even more beautiful than a goddess. She doesn't come out that often, but looking at her made me want to imprison her forever in our hut, for some reason, I wanted to keep her…
If I was being honest, I wanted to keep her to myself.
I wanted to slap my own face, I know it's forbidden, but to tell you the truth, I don't give a damn, I don't even care if the Kami sama of hell will punish me for that, just staring at her makes my hormones go haywire and my manhood rising to it's highest level.
I kicked a stone. Dammit, why did she have to become so bloody attractive? Didn't she realize that it will be dangerous for her to throttle me? And these past days, I tried to get away from home as possible, because if I kept seeing her angelic face, my libido will shot up and I will end up pushing her on the floor and making love with her.
And I might regret it in the end.
One afternoon, I just came home from work, and then, I saw her came out of nowhere and skipping happily on the tatami mats.
"Oi, stop smiling like a crazy person, you look uglier than usual. " I said irritated at her wonderful smile.
But she didn't retort, to my surprise, instead, she smiled even more.
"What the hell is wrong with you? Why are you smiling like that? " I asked suspiciously.
From the kitchen, I heard my foster mother walk towards the living room and smiled.
"You can't blame her, Takai, the Ojii sama of her dreams suddenly asked her hand in marriage. "
My eyes sharpened when I heard that.
"When she was what? " I asked, careful not to raise my voice.
"She was betrothed. " Okaa san confirmed happily.
I felt my heart being torn to pieces, every word acted as an ice pick and started stabbing my broken heart.
"To whom did you betroth her? " I asked quietly.
"Oh, Miroku and I decided that she's old enough to be a wife, so we decided to bring her to the temple and let the priest decide for her, upon entering there, we met one of the most honourable family in Japan. " She said and looked at her daughter. "The heir noticed her, and I think he fell in love with her at first sight. He never wasted a second and ran towards her, kneeled, and asked for her hand. He seemed enchanted by our hime. " She smirked.
"Oh, Onii chan! I was so captivated! " Mizuzu said dreamily as she put her hands on her chest. "He's so gorgeous and he looked honourable! I felt like he could protect me for eternity. "
I felt being shot the moment she said those words.
"So, you fell in love with him? " I whispered.
"Of course! He was a dignified man- "
"Who is he? "
She smiled widely at me.
"Shuichi Igarashi… "
I felt a load of blocks suddenly dropped on my back, of all the people who she has to like, why is it that she had to fall in love with those Igarashi bastards?
I felt all the colours drain on my face.
"Onii chan? What's wrong? " She asked as she noticed my face.
"Nothing… I just…wanted some fresh air… " I replied as I walked towards the door as fast as I could.
And as far away from her as possible.
When I reached our secret place, I tripped and landed on the muddy ground face first…
I raised my head, not minding the mud on my face and watched it as it dripped down back to the hearth.
I wanted to stop her, to stop them, to tell them that they will make the biggest mistake of their lives if ever they involve themselves with those Igarashi bastards…
But I can't…
Because if I do that, then they will end up like my Okaa san…
Empty and lifeless…
And I don't think I could live another chance in life if ever it happens again.
I tried my best not to show my anger and hatred these past few days, my foster parents got invited by the Igarashi family more often to plan the wedding celebration that will take a month from now.
I also kept myself busy, working as hard as I could to the point of exhaustion, I wanted to tell her so badly that the Igarashi's are bastards who are ruled by their libido.
So most of the time, I distanced myself from her, using my famous excuse of chopping wood or being busy at my lessons.
To add insult to the injury, the Igarashi bastard started hanging out in our house, I felt a surge of hatred the moment I saw him. Especially whenever I see his appearance: raven hair and crimson eyes.
The same person who raped and killed my mother and my brethrens…
I know he's not the same person, but seeing their whole bloodline really makes my blood boil.
I kept on seeing them, in each other's arms, either they are kissing under a cherry blossom tree or running around the fields and him tickling her and making her laugh hard.
I wanted to punch him countless of times, but seeing Mizuzu's happy face wavered my intentions, I've never seen her this happy before.
And I've never seen her deeply in love before.
Something that I never saw during her stay with me.
And it really hurt my feelings.
Controlling my urge to stab him, I busied myself with countless hobbies…
That is, until a week before her wedding…
The time where I commit my first act of sin…
I was walking in our secret meeting place, twirling a blue rose and looking blankly at the grey skies.
I was mopping, I know, but I can't help it, it's so painful to fall in love in an unrequited way. I kept on asking myself this: If I confessed to her earlier, if I told her my feelings ahead of time before she met that Igarashi brat, will it make a difference?
Will she fall in love with me?
I was about to pull some blue petals when I heard footsteps coming.
"I knew you were here… " A soft voice guessed.
I gritted my teeth, of all places and of all the times, why did she have to come here now?
"Why are you avoiding me? " She asked.
I didn't answer, I just turned my back at her.
"I'm busy, go away. " I replied, clenching my fist.
I felt her fume in anger and felt her eyes glaring daggers at me.
"Why are you avoiding me? " She demanded again as I felt her soft hands on my shoulder and spun me around to face her.
I bent my head a little in order to stop myself from seeing her face, but then, my gaze landed on her well rounded chest which compounded my pervert side.
"Onii chan, I demand an answer. " She insisted.
I closed my eyes in order to avoid her. "I told you, I am busy- "
"No, you're not! " Mizuzu exclaimed as she began to sob. "What happened to you, Onii chan? Why the sudden change? Back when we were kids, you were always there for me, and as the years passed by, you started to open up, I thought that I made you happy already, and now, you're going back to your old self again, why? Aren't you happy for me? " She cried and slumped on the ground.
I watched her as she sobbed, her pink cheeks even pinker than before and her lips quivering that I can't help but to stare at her.
I bent my head, and then, I felt drops of rain fell from the sky.
In a matter of seconds, the soft rain became a heavy downpour, and I just stood there why she sat on the ground weeping her eyes out…both of us are silent, no one dared to say a word as the rain soaked our confused forms.
I found myself kneeling down and embracing her, and as my eyes traveled on her face, my gaze softened as it landed on her lips.
My heart started to pound, and my brain clouded with intense desire, my manhood started to jut out, and my eyes started to dart at her wet kimono which traced her lovely body.
"Onii chan? " She asked in a confused manner.
But I didn't listen, I just found myself crashing my lips on her.
I felt her froze, but I didn't care, she tasted like roses and candies that I wanted to devour her right there and there.
I felt her put a couple of hands on my chest, then I felt her pushing me away.
But I wanted to taste more of her, she was so addictive, I felt contentment and a sudden surge of euphoria the moment I touch her, so I leaned closer, hugging her tighter as I explored her lips.
I felt my hands move as well, I let it roam from her neck down to her cleavage, and then, selfishly inserting my hand inside her kimono and massaged her breasts.
I felt her gasp under my touch, but I didn't let go, I continued touching and kissing her, releasing my lips every second to gulp some air, and then, kissing her back again.
After minutes of liplocking, I let her go, strings of saliva was formed as I released her swollen lips.
She looked at me wide eyed.
I smiled as I opened her kimono and revealed her soft mounds.
I looked at her treasures, it was so round and so soft which ended in pink nipples that my mouth started to water.
"O-onii chan, what are you- "
I inserted two fingers on her mouth and I looked sternly at her.
"Suck it. " I commanded.
She nodded in fear at the authority of my voice and I snickered in satisfaction as I saw her suck my fingers.
"Good girl. " I said as I popped a nipple on my mouth.
I sucked her hungrily, tasting every inch of her, showing her how much I desire for her.
After that, I tore her obi and released her lower part in my eyes.
She widened her eyes and then she started to crawl away from me.
But with my reflexes, I caught her hips and pinned her on the ground.
"Stop! Let me go! I don't like it! " She shouted as she stretched her arms away.
I narrowed my eyes at her.
"Look, Mizuzu. " I started, making my voice menacing and filled with pain. "I command you not to marry Shuichi Igarashi. "
"And who are you to boss me around? " She retaliated as she squirmed from his grasp.
She winced, but she continued to speak.
"Look, Onii chan, I love Shuichi kun! He treated me like a princess and he respected me like a real man should! And everybody likes him! He's honourable, he's dignified, he's smart- "
"Shut up! " I screamed as I heaved her upside down, making her lie on a supine position, revealing her goddess body in my eyes. "Mizuzu, his family was the one who destroyed my life! Their family killed and raped the women in our group, and they tortured our males! Can't you see how horrible that clan is? " I shouted furiously at her.
She was quiet after that.
"Look, I love you, Mizuzu…I love you since the day I saw you. " I confessed as I leaned my head on her smooth, flat tummy.
Silence reigned for awhile, neither one of us spoke.
I felt her breathing became fast, then after a while, she spoke.
"Onii chan? "
"Yes? " I asked as I looked at her in daze.
She breathed and looked at me in the eye.
"I'm sorry…but…I can't love you back. "
I felt my life ebb away as she said those words to me.
"I feel your pity, Onii chan, and I'm sorry for your loss, but…whenever I look in Shuichi's eyes, all I can see is his love, affection, and his desire for me. He loves me for who I am, for what I have…and…sad to say, I never saw that in you. "
I felt my heart broken into shards. How could she say that to me after confessing to her that I love her?
She shook her head. "No, you don't love me, what I only see right now is you lusting over me…not you falling head over heels in love with me. "
I felt dejected after that, how could she say those painful words to me? How could she not see how much I yearn for her?
And for the second time in my life, I felt a loser…again...
And once again, the Igarashi ruined my life…
Breathing deeply, I stood up and walked away.
I was about to step out of the place when she called me in her shaking voice.
"O-onii chan, look I- "
"Just leave me alone, and don't ever come near me again! " I screamed at her and ran towards the forest.
And when I reached the darkest part of it, I fell on my knees and cried…
I was about to cry even more when I felt a loud thwack behind me.
And then, my eyes started to close, and I felt my body falling.
Kami sama, how long are you going to play with my life?
I opened my eyes, and then, I found myself staring at a brick wall lighted by huge orange flames.
I was about to move when I felt the jolt of chains
"So, you're awake. "
I looked sharply at my side when and gritted my teeth when I saw that it was the Igarashi bastard, the one who took away my sweet Mizuzu.
Shuichi smiled and closed his book. "You never fail to impress me with the way you escape death, Takai Azumi, or should I say, Takai Suoh? " He spat in anger as he walked towards me and glared at my eyes with pure hate.
"I thought our family killed your brethrens 10 years ago? " He asked out of nowhere as he clamped my throat. "I never imagined that Otou san will fail in assassinating your kind. " He said in hatred and slapped me hard on the face. "I knew you were familiar, I knew it the moment I saw you, I ignored my intuitions at first, but when I heard you talking to my Mizuzu earlier, I knew that I should've gotten rid of you. " He said he punched me hard on my abdomen.
I spat a handful of blood out of my mouth after that and narrowed my eyes at her.
"If you try to molest Mizuzu, I swear I'm going to haunt you and not even Kami sam will have the power to stop my soul from traveling here! " I warned.
Shuichi looked at me furiously as he punched my cheek hard.
"Look who's talking? And don't you ever dare accuse me of being as such! I know my father was an asshole, but it doesn't mean that I am one! I am also a victim here, moron. Do you really think it's a nice view to see my father dallying with another woman while he was pledged to us? "
I shut myself, now that I think about it, some heirs have it hard when it comes to fathers, the Feudal lords have it all, riches, power, and most of all…women, and he had to admit, it wasn't the nicest thing to have.
Shuichi looked away. "I trained myself, I made a vow that I will never be like him, that I will find a woman who will love me for who I am and to whom I will stay true to. And then, I found her. "
I lowered my eyelids. "Mizuzu. "
He nodded. "The moment I saw her, I felt the angels came down from the heavens. " He admitted sincerely as he could then gave me a steely glare. "I knew you had feelings for her, I always see you looking at her not as a sibling, but as a lover, and I couldn't think of ways on how to get rid of you without disappointing her. " He said as he punched me on the cheek again, bruising it. "You always made me so damn jealous that I wanted to decapitate you then and there. "
"So what if I'm in love with her? " I asked in rage.
"No, you don't. " He said matter of fact which really added fuel to the fire. "Sure you do have feelings for her, but it doesn't promise happiness and devotion, Suoh, sooner or later you're going to leave her because you'll get tired of her. What you have right now is not a lasting eternal love, it's just a temporary love. "
I gritted my teeth at him, how dare him say those things to me!
"Don't act like you know me! " I spat furiously at him. "You don't know any single thing about me! "
"Then why is it that Mizuzu said the same thing to you? " He challenged.
I was taken aback by what he said.
"Face it, Takai. " Shuichi taunted as he looked at me with those famous ruby orbs. "You have to admit that you don't have what it takes to make Mizuzu the happiest woman on earth, and not to toot my own horn, but I am the only one in this universe who could. And I assure you that I can make her happy, I love her, Takai. " He confessed as he gave me a direct and devoted glance. "I love her the moment I saw her, and I knew it in her heart that she loves me too, and I will never allow anyone to disrupt our happiness. " He said acidly as he deepened his stare at me and narrowed his eyes.
"I saw you with Mizuzu awhile ago, I saw her walking towards some place, and I followed her, when I did, what did I found? I saw you try and take her virtue, don't you know how important a chastity is to a princess such as her? Not to mention she trusted you, she believed in you, she made you happy, and now you disappointed her, don't you feel any shame at all? "
I felt guilty after what he said that, but…
For some reason, I don't regret it.
He glared at me. "You didn't regret it, didn't you? " He said acidly.
I glared back. "I'm in love with her, I don't regret anything. Especially when I felt her smooth skin and her soft flat abdomen- "
I was cut of when he punched me on the abdomen again, which resulted on me coughing up blood.
"I will make you sure you pay for this, Takai, I cannot forgive anyone who had done such a horrible things to my bride, and right now, you should be apologizing to her, but it looks to me you never wanted to. "He spat as he took a whiplash from the wall. "Mizuzu might hate me, however, it's not like she's going to find out. After all, you're a menace, you and your group was a threat to the society, so I don't regret obliterating you with my own hands. " He finished as he started ripping my kimono, and quickly went behind me, and whipped my back.
I gasped silently, then flinched and gritted my teeth, every lash scalded my back, after some time, I felt it get hot and then I felt something flowing.
When I looked below, it was red.
Blood…
After he was done torturing me on my back, he went in front, then lashed out his whiplash in any part of my body.
That night was too much ordeal for me to surpass, by the time he finished, my breathing was already shallow.
He then took me out of my shackles roughly, then dragged me on the cobbled path, making my blood trace the way.
I felt being skinned alive as he dragged me on the ground, I felt my skin flaying inch by inch.
I tried to whirl my eyes around, and then, it widened when I saw where he was taking me.
To our blue rose garden.
I felt him lift me, then I felt the air rush to my battered body after that.
Then, I felt a plush of soft petals.
"You should thank me, Takai. "I heard him say. "I'm going to let you die to a place where you and Mizuzu had built a lot of memories. Did you have any last message for her before I take her away to my kingdom? "
I opened my mouth, but I found no sound coming out.
"That's unusual, well, I guess you have nothing more to say to her, it's not like she'll take it seriously. " He dismissed as he gave me another blank glare. "I hope Kami sama will take a pity on you and not prolong your agony, a cyclone will be coming out tonight, and everyone knows no one will be able to survive that. " He finished as he walked away. Leaving me lying on the bed of blue roses.
I lowered my eyelids and stared at the dark gray clouds…
Why is that? Why can't I have the things that I wanted? She's all I want, all I need, and then she was taken away from me as well?
I felt my mouth gloating, and when I looked around, I saw the roses becoming that of a violet hue, tainting it with my blood.
Just like me…
Mustering my strength, I gave out a lash of screams in the sky.
As instantly as the rain started to pelt on me.
When I woke up, I found myself staring at a blinding light.
I heard some people talking, but I can't understand it.
I tried to focus on it, as I looked around, I saw some foreigners walking and talking at each other, some of them have blonde hair and blue eyes, some of them have brunette hair and green eyes, others have ash blonde hair and gray eyes, all of them are wearing white coats above their black or blue trousers.
I widened my eyes, it's the first time I've seen some different race before, nto to mention they dress differently too.
Some of them seemed to notice me looking at them, and then one of the men approached me, he has blonde hair and gray eyes, he was looking at me with such seriousness.
"Are you alright? Are you hurt? " He asked, to my surprise, he knows how to speak Japanese.
I just stared at him.
Then a couple of women approached him, they spoke to him in a language that I didn't understand, I heard him say yes, and yes, and yes, I guess that's the term if you're answering some questions, I think it's a bit like Hai.
I saw his head whirl back at me and smiled.
"My name is Dr. Stuart Naro. " He said in Japanese. " We were traveling around when we saw you lying in there, and when we saw you with such heavy injuries, we decided to took you in. "
I lowered my eyelids.
"Arigatou… " I whispered at him.
He smiled again as he ruffled my hair.
"You're welcome, tell me, do you have a family around here? We can notify the officials if you wanted to go back to your family. " He offered.
I clutched the white blanket that I have. I wanted to go back, really, I wanted to see her clad in pristine white kimono and fantasize that she'll become mine.
Even though in reality, she's not…
But a part of me sighed and reveled at the idea, it's no use going back in there, Igarashi might've spread the news that I died and fell on a cliff, then some wild animal got ahold of my body and teared me into pieces.
I shook my head. "It's no use, I don't…I don't have a family anymore. "
He looked at me for awhile, then he looked at his companions, he then said something to them, then he looked at me.
"I see, then what do you want to do? " He asked.
I stared at his gray eyes, it was unfanthomable, yet, I felt like he wanted something from me.
"I don't know. " I answered honestly, feeling as if he hypnotized me with his eyes.
A slow smile crept on his lips.
"Do you want to come with me? " He asked.
I glanced at him curiously.
He shrugged. "You said you have nothing to do. And although you're not saying anything, I can tell that you're saying to yourself that you're not welcome in any place anymore, so, I wanted to offer you something. " He implied as he held my gaze. "If you want, you can come with me, let's explore the world, learn different cultures, learn different ideas and widen your vast of knowledge, you're still young, my boy, and a young man like you have a good future ahead, you can't be stuck here all your life, I'm sure the future have plans for you. "
I gulped inwardly at his words, his words are the same as Okaa san's last farewell message.
So should I go?
I contemplated my ideas, well he has a point, and to be honest, I don't have any chance of living here, in this part of the world…I'm already dead.
I found myself answering him back.
"Hai… " I answered.
He smirked triumphantly as he kneeled in front of my bed.
"What's you're name? " He asked.
"Takai…Takai Azumi. 18 years old. " I answered.
He then spoke to some of them, and then one of them nodded his head and went back to his work.
"Takai means death in Japanese, right? " He asked.
I nodded.
He halfsmiled and handed me a dagger.
Then I heard some of them spoke, and I didn't catch his words, but I heard an interesting word from him.
Hades…
For some reason, I liked it.
Dr. Stuart nodded and glanced at me.
"Since you wanted to come with us, Takai, I'm afraid we have to give you a new name. " He explained as he held my gaze again.
I gazed at him with the same vein.
"One of my assistants told me that you don't exists in the government files anymore, in other words, you're dead. "
I just nodded. "I expected that. "
"I know, somebody just dumped you in the bed of blue roses, was it? "
I nodded again.
"I thought so, the moment I found you're body 3 months ago, I knew you were a victim of torture. "
"3 months? " I squeaked. So that means…
He agreed in disdain. "You have lots of injuries, and it took us awhile to revive you, you're in a coma for weeks, I thought you'll never wake up, but my guts told me that you will, one day, and it seems like you did. "
"We were traveling to see the fruit of our labour. " He explained. "You see, we're experimenting with different floras and fauna a decade ago, unfortunately, on our way, we dropped the solution from above, and when we traced the location of the spillage, we found out that it's in this part of Japan. So instead of retrieving it, we decided to wait for it, and then the results was beyond comprehension, it yielded the rarest rose in the world."
"So you own those roses? " I asked.
"Not really, but their evolvement to rarity? Yes, I own the credits. " He smirked.
I stared at him, amazed.
He then stretched his right arm and then smiled.
"So will you come with me and discover the world? " He asked.
I found myself smiling, and extended my arm and shook his hand.
"Yes. " I agreed.
"Good, from this day on, Takai Azumi is dead, what you have is a second life, and in this new beginning, we're going to bestow you a new name. "
I looked at him.
"From this day on, you will be known as Hades Naro. " He announced in a voice that rang continuously to my ears.
We both stood up, and then walked towards the center of the hall. With my hand secured on his.
"Hades, from this day on, you will be my adopted son. " He said as he looked at me. "And I will make sure that you will learn everything in life, I will introduce you to reality, and I will take you in and treat you as my own. " He declared and grasped my hand tighter.
I did the same. For some reason, I felt his hand fit perfectly in his.
Hades…the name that I will never forget…
And that's where I felt my life changing, I learned that he was one of the scientists who was discovering the mysteries of the psychological aspect of a human being, according to him, normal people only use 10% of their brains, those geniuses who have the IQ of 300 and above uses 11-13% of their brain, which doesn't happen to many people.
As I stayed near him, I learned the highest pars of technology and different sciences, I was introduced to Einstein's theory of relativity, to Isaac Newton's law of gravitation, to Friedrich Miescher's isolation of DNA. I also happened to learn English language, and in a span of 5 months, I was fluent in grammar and intonation.
As he promised, we went to tour around the globe. Trying to forget Mizuzu, I followed my father's suggestion of dating other girls. With that, I started to date European women, which was also the time that I lost my virginity.
Under the tutelage of my foster father, I started to build my own confidence and break my inferior complex, I became very competitive, harnessing my abilities and feeding my brain with different knowledge and discoveries. I always stayed that way, and when I reached my age of 24, I decided to leave the nest and live on my own. Despite that, I am still close to my father.
It was that night, I just finished celebrating my 30th birthday when I overheard my father pleading.
"Please, just give me another time, and I will give you the final solution for the JH solution. " He begged.
I gulped. The JH solution was the greenish golden potion that my father and other team of scientists discovered in this era, to prove Stevenson's theory.
After it's first introduction to the government, the military seemed to be persistent in letting him update them with the latest facts, pumping every detail of information about it, threatening in the medical and discovery department using the government's power.
I widened my eyes when one of them punched his cheek, my father was a strong man, back then, but through the years, he has wrinkles now, and his strength level is not the same, he's an old man right now.
My eyes dilated even more when one of them opened the fridge in a harsh manner, then took a syringe from the compartment inside, and slammed it back, he took the cap and smirked.
"Why don't we test this to you, right now? " He said as he aspirated some air from the needle. "Since you won't let us have any, then we ought to find out and see the results for ourselves. " He declared as he snapped his fingers, then a couple of muscular man held his frail arms in an iron grip.
I saw my father shiver in fear.
"Please, don't use it! It's still in the progress of discovery, we don't know what that solution can do! I'm not familiar with the real effects of that one! " He pleaded.
But he ignored him, then darted the syringe towards him as if he's a dartboard.
I watched, as the syringe approach him with a deadly attack.
Without thinking, I dove inside, then jumped in front of my foster father and took the syringe for him, which hit my right bicep.
"Shit! Where the hell did he come from! " One of them cursed.
"Hades! " I heard my father scream and tried to free himself from them.
I took the syringe away, as soon as I did, I gasped.
My head started to throb, and my vision became blurry, and I felt my extremities started to tremor and my body felt a sudden surge of deep frying heat escalating towards my chest.
"Hades! " My father screamed again.
I slumped on the ground, crossing my arms on my chest, I felt like I'm burning, like every part of me is in fire that I started to roll on the ground. I saw a haze of blood suddenly bursts behind my back, but I was too preoccupied with the painful torment on my chest that I ignored it.
"What's happening? " I heard the military man ask his goons.
"I don't know! Shit! Whatever it is, it's not good, and I don't want to go to the courthouse for this, so I'm out of here! "One of them screamed.
I guess the others followed, because I felt a thud and a dashing sound of some pairs of leather boots.
I felt my father took me in his arms, but it's no use, I felt a smoke coming out from my eyes when I looked at him.
"Hades, please, answer me! " He begged as he shook my body.
But I can't find my voice, I felt that I was melting.
I felt him carry me on his shoulder.
He then whispered soothing words in my ears.
"I'm sorry, Hades, but this is the only way that I know to improve this. " He said in a low voice as he spread me on a large table, ripped my clothes, then started to slice some skin on my arms.
I was about to close my eyes when I heard a sizzle, then in a second, I felt my body shook with the volts of electricity.
I started to shake like a person with Parkinson's disease, oh god, father, what have you done to me?
I felt my burning sensation started to increase, I started screaming, shouting, begging, and jerking my body away, but my father replied to me some soothing words, that everything will be okay later.
In a few minutes, I felt the burning sensation decrease, bit by bit, I also felt a cool calming effect afterwards…then a sudden jolt of blood came to my senses, feelings and memories suddenly flooded through me, memories and emotions that I never had before.
What happened?
After some time, the pain disappeared, and I opened my eyes. It felt like I'm seeing the world in a new level.
"Hades? " He asked as he touched my forehead lightly. "Are you alright? "
I nodded, still in daze, then I stood up and observed my body, the slices on my arm was gone, and I saw my pale complexion suddenly got tanned.
I furrowed my eyebrows. "What happened? " I asked and I widened my eyes when I heard my voice. It's not my voice! The words earlier sounded like a Southern accent, and that is definitely not mine.
"Dad, what happened? " I demanded again, pissed at my new voice.
"Hades, look, let me explain- "
I didn't allow him to finish as I walked away and went towards the nearest mirror.
I shouted as I saw my…well…I can't explain it, the man in front of me was a natural beach lover, has blonde hair, blue eyes, nice abs and tan coloured skin.
Trying to convince myself, I touched my cheek, and the man in the mirror did the same.
Gaping, I turned my head slowly towards my father.
He sighed. "Let's seat down, and I'll explain everything to you. "
It was then that I was introduced to the JH solution, the solution that will harness all the aspects of the brain, has the ability to combine DNA's with other DNA's, thus giving the ability to morph into another being while maintaining the original user inside thus, causing an uproar to the government.
He said that the one that I took was the latest, and it's not proven how long will it take for me to morph back to my original self, the last subject took decades, and he wasn't sure how long for me, but he vowed to do everything to help me.
From then on, I subjected my body as the guinea pig of the experiment, despite my father's vehemence, I ignored him and proceeded to in the experiment, which resulted from me tolerating the effects of needles and being immuned to shock threapies that acted as a completion requirement in every attempted morphing that I did.
We tried a lot, and I felt a twinge of guilt to every victim that they kill for experimentation, but I have to remind myself that it's needed if I wanted to go back to my own self, which I learned to get used to as the time passed.
As the days went, I started to morph into different persons for such a short time, my shortest was a day, then after some time, it took me hours, and lastly, our goal, morphing in minutes.
After that, they tried to insert another personality, and then I was able to morph into different couple of persons that possess their major qualities.
It took me years to master it, and when I did, my father was jubilant, he was very proud of me.
That went as our point, then they started to speculate the bloodline morphing, so, following their advice, I went to a bar, wedded and impregnated a woman, then bore me a child, it was a girl, whom they named Aya. For some reason, I never loved her and treated her as my daughter, we raised her still, of course, but we didn't let her see any light, we just raised her like raising a dog, confined in bars and used for experimenting purposes.
When they injected her cells to mine, it was better, but then, I started to grasp her attitude, not that I care really, as expected, she was a crazy stupid bitch like her mom.
Life as we all know is always temporary, I watched as the scientists come and go, I also witnessed my father's death, who told me to just live life as I please.
For them, life is not permanent, but for me, it is…
I'm their perfect creation, a man who possess incredible strength, knowledge and survival tactics. Whenever I'm on the verge of death, all I have to do is impregnate someone, took that offspring of mine, kill them, then inject the cells to me, then my life will be a sparkling brand new one again.
I watched, as the world started to evolve, making agreements, countless wars and making peace with each other, I'm a witness to it all.
Wanting to survive and adding spice to my life, I joined wars, movements, and underground missions during my existence, which exposed me to different acts of syndicates and other bloody criminal acts, and in those times, I managed to hang out with the most famous leaders, like Mao Ze Dong, and Hitler and they influenced me with their ideas.
Which lead to my current goal now.
After the UN was established, I decided to went back to my homeland, and I discovered that Japan is evolving as well, and the Shogunate empire was obliterated and was replaced with a parliament democratic government.
I smiled as I remembered tracking down my Mizuzu, they told me she's still alive.
When I reached the Igarashi residence, upon my current interrogations to the townsfolk, they told me that I can see her often in the garden, sitting in there for some time after the death of her husband.
And when I roamed my eyes, I saw her…
Well, not exactly the youthful Mizuzu that I had known back in my years. Fact is, she was really old. The people told me, to my amazement, that she's already a 103 years old.
So she survived a century already.
She was sitting in a rocking chair, her face and body wrinkled and withered by the passing of time, but nevertheless, her eyes are still the same.
Lively hazel brown eyes.
I closed my eyes and went near her.
"How are you, Mizuzu? " I asked.
I saw her frail form shivered, and slowly, she turned towards me and gasped.
"T-takai? " She said in a horse voice.
"The one and only. " I smiled as went towards her.
"You look so young. " She said in daze.
I halfsmiled. " I know. "
"You changed too… " She noticed.
I sat on the ground and watched the birds. "Yes, I was involved in a lot of things recently. But for some reason, I wanted to visit you, and look at you right now, old and frail. " I insulted.
She smiled bitterly. "So you're still angry with me for all these years? "
I closed my eyes. "If you knew, then why do you have to point it out? "
She laughed. "My life maybe short, Takai, but I managed to live my life happily, and in the fullest, I have the most wonderful children and husband that I could ever have. "
I gritted my teeth. "So you still loved that old bastard? "
She smiled. "Yes. "
"You're stupid. "
"I know. "
Silence reigned after that.
I sighed. "Come with me, Mizuzu, I will help you become young again, then you and I can travel the world, then we'll be happy together. " I persuaded.
She looked away. "I'm sorry Takai, but I can't, my life is over now. I don't know if I could appreciate another one again. "
"So you won't love me no matter what? " I asked as I bent my head. So that's it, no more chances for me.
She sighed. "Yes, again, I'm sorry- "
CHOP!
I felt a splash of blood trickle my cheek, holding the dagger against my face.
"I gave you an option, then you screwed it again, Mizuzu. " I whispered as I slumped on the ground and looked at her disembodied head that rolled towards me.
I glared at her eyes. "If you can't love me, then I'm going to compensate all the things that you did to me! You never even appreciated anything that I've done for you, you ungrateful bitch! " I screamed and kicked her head away. "I'll make you pay for this, all of you! I swear I'll never let you be in peace! " I vowed in anger as I stomped away.
After that, I decided to establish my own organization, the Hades org, which targeted the Igarashi and Azumi family, but the other Yakuza family involved themselves in the mess that those two had made, saying that they are a family, therefore, as a result, Hades org. became not only the number one enemy of the Igarashi and Azumi family but the number one enemy of all the Yakuza family as well.
Which ended the Selfish man's tale.
"I see, so that's what happened. " A sopranic voice said as she drank her tea.
I smirked as I leaned back on my chair. "You really never fail to amaze me, Sadiya, I wonder how you and Angeluz live longer up to this time. "
Sadiya smiled mysteriously. "That will be our secret. " She said then her eyes became serious. "You better get ready though, she's coming. "
I smiled. "I know. "
Sadiya's eyes narrowed. "I told you what will happen when you angered her, tell me, are you ready to face death now? "
I snickered. "I did, and I escaped his grasp, a lot of times already. "
Sadiya smirked. "But this time, I'm not so sure. "
I glared at her.
She put her teacup down and stood up.
"Good luck. " She said as she glided away from me and disappeared in the darkness.
I walked towards the window and looked past the raging oceans moving furiously under the skies.
I halfsmiled as I closed my eyes.
"If that's the case, then I better deal with her. Right now. " I said slowly as I turned my back on the scene and walked away.
Leaving a blue rose on the windowsill of my favourite place.
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