Author's Note} This is my little twisted world,
that originally started out based on my friend Anjel's
fanfics starting with And
You Thought It Couldn't Get Any Worse and since she writes
much faster than I can read, I gave up on ever trying to finish
her series and am making my own twisted world off of it. She
knows. She wonders..... But I'm me.
Disclaimer} I don't own Sekmekt or Kayura or Dais. Or any other
Ronin Warriors or YST characters. What ever anime
Japanese/American tv companies air them own them, and blah blah
blah. I don't own Kiri, either Kat
or Anjel
does, I'm not sure who.... Though if you ask her father, Kale
would probably say he owned her.... ::shrugs:: Anywase, on to the
story now.
"Koi"
Kiri's eyes blazed dark blue as her anger filled the room. "What do you mean you came to save me from myself?!"
"I mean, look what you're doing. You've left your family, and ran away. You screw people or take your clothes off for money. Someone just raped you because they wanted more then what you showed on stage. And look what you're living in!" Sekmekt threw his arms up, indicating the small, trashed, two room apartment she lived in; living room and bathroom, not bathtub. "There isn't even a bed in here Kiri! Gods, you sleep on a couch!!"
"I... It's not that bad Sekkie.. I mean, it's a little scary at first, but it's money...." Kiri trailed off, looking down at her floor, knowing she was lying to herself and Sekmekt.
"Kiri..." he put his hand under her chin and titled her head up, making her look into his eyes. "You know that's not true."
Staring into those small black eyes only made her cry. Kiri wiped the tears away, but they only fell harder. "You're right Hebi.... But... I can't go back... I can't...." Her eyes watched a piece of dust slowly fall to the floor. "I can't go back Sekmekt. Not now. It's been too long, I've done too much...."
"Kiri. Listen to me. You have to do something. You're living in a cycle. You strip, screw, strip, screw, strip, screw, then some jackass rapes you. It's not going to stop, until you make it stop." Sekmekt's eyes pierced into Kiri's, hoping to get anything across to her.
"You don't get it Sekmekt. I can't." She turned bitterly to stare out the window, darkened with dirt. "Not after what's happened. I've done to much... Too many immoral things.. I'd never feel comfortable if I went back... I'd never be able to look Seth in the face."
"You have to try, Kiri. You don't even know what's happening with your son. Who's raising him? Answer me that: Who's been raising Seth for the past two years?"
"I... left Seth with... my parents... Kat.. And Kale...." Kiri looked confused.
"I didn't say, 'Who'd you leave him with?' I said, 'Who's raising him now?' "
"I... don't know...."
"It's not Kat and Kale anymore. Kat left Kale. She ran away with Anubis. Two years ago."
"Mama... left?"
"Yes, she left Kale and Seth."
"So, it's just Dad and Seth then?"
"No... Ami's helping..."
"Ami and Kale!?"
"Yeah... They sorta drifted together after Kat and Anubis disappeared..." Sekmekt's eyes closed, as he thought of that morning, when he and Kayura had learned of the situation. Kiri wasn't the only one who'd lost track of people over the years....
"Ami and Kale? Ami's... ewwww....."
"Yeah. That's about it, Kiri."
"Gods... And you want me to go back to that?!"
"Kiri... Seth isn't Ami's or Kale's kid. They shouldn't be raising him."
Kiri looked down at the floor. "I know... But would he accept me? I mean, I did just leave him... What if Seth doesn't want me back in his life, Hebi?" More tears came to Kiri's eyes.
Finally, it clicked in Sekmekt's mind. Kiri was terrified of going back. Not because she liked what she had now. Because she was afraid her son would never love her like he used to. That she'd never have her old life back. "Kiri.. He still loves you. He wants you back. He doesn't want Ami for his mother. Sure, things have changed.. But he's still your son.. Our son."
"What about Papa?"
"Kale wants you back too Kiri. Just today I was watching him, and he prayed three times that you were okay, and that he'd hear something about you so he'd know you were safe. Kiri, please go back." Sekmekt grabbed one of her hands and held it between his own. "Please Kiri... If not for you, for Seth."
"I..." Kiri looked back into his eyes. "Okay... For Seth, Hebi..."
"Thank you Kiri.... I have to go now...But do what you said you would, okay?"
Kiri nodded. "Thank you for helping me."
"You're welcome... Koi." The two hands gripping Kiri's changed, from solid to ghostly. Her hand fell into nothingness.
"Good bye Sekkie..." she whispered.
'Bye Kiri..." his thin smile appeared as his form shifted, faded from her eyes.