Chapter Fourteen: What goes on in a Lonely Heart
Ukiya walked around a little bit more. He can't see anything except an endless void of, well…nothingness. Suddenly, he hears someone sobbing. He looks into the direction the sobs came from and saw Ruriko, seated with her arms around her legs and knees, which she hugged to her chest, her head was buried between her knees and she was crying. Ukiya was sure it was Ruriko. He started to walk towards the crying girl when he was thrown off by an unknown force. He got up fast, and faced his attacker. She looked exactly like Ruriko but with pale blue eyes and silvery white hair with a touch of pink. Her sly smile told him her identity.
"Tsuzuhani Izuka." He said.
Izuka nodded. "I'm not going to ask how you are here, much less why you're here but I'm glad my victim came to me…you saved me a lot of time looking for you and trying to find a strategy to defeat you but I guess I'll use the advantage I have on you…"
"What do you mean?"
"Without your precious gate robot, you are nothing, boy."
"We'll see about that," he said, his wooden sword appearing out of nowhere. "Vacuum Missile!" he charged towards her. It never reached her.
Suddenly, a shield enveloped around her. Ukiya fell to the ground as her counter attack hit him hard.
"I didn't know she could…do a …shield." He mumbled as he got up.
"Oh did I forget to tell you?" Izuka said, in mock innocence. "This is Ruriko's heart. As long as I have complete control of her brain and her heart, I will be able to do anything I want!" She released an energy force in Ukiya's direction.
Ukiya jumped aside to evade Izuka's attack. He barely made it, and he still hit the floor because of the jump.
"Rurippe…"he begged at the still sobbing girl in the corner. She seemed so far away….as if she couldn't hear anything that was happening…
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Ruriko covered her ears. "No!" she cried out and continued to sob. "She was afraid of what was happening to her. How she would suddenly wake up not knowing what happened. How everyone thinks she is better of gone. That she was being blamed for things she didn't do…now she was beginning to believe she WAS responsible for all of those things, though she had no memory of the attacks whatsoever. She was sick and tired of trying to figure out what was happening around her. Afraid of the voices in her ear. Afraid of hearing herself say things and see herself do things she didn't think of doing and don't want to do. It would be easier if Shun was there to comfort her but the last time he saw her, he simply stood by while she was being led away by the personnel…She doesn't even know if that's exactly what happened. Frustrated, she started crying again.
Suddenly, she felt chilly. She hugged herself closer but still the cold pierced through her. She shivered.
"Do not despair, for it gives us few desires and many fears. Do not fear…what is it exactly you fear?" Yukino said, materializing out of nowhere.
"I don't know! I don't know." Ruriko replied, her hands covering her ears but she can still hear her.
"You fear the unknown. Yet the unknown is nothing. Therefore you have nothing to fear. Close your ears to the noises in your heart and you will hear…"
"Hear what?"
"Silence your heart…"
Ruriko blocked out her thoughts of despair and began to relax.
"Rurippe! Can you hear me Rurippe! Wake up Rurippe!"
"Ukiya kun!" Ruriko's eyes bolted open and her head turned towards the sound. She saw Ukiya fell against the wall. She took notice of Izuka who still had her arm aimed at him.
"NO!" she screamed but as she went towards them, she encountered a glass barrier…of her own despair, her own pains.
She watched, in horror, as a force attacked Ukiya and he sprawled on the floor. She forgot everything she was thinking about replaced with fear that Ukiya might die. The fear ruled over the rest.
"UKIYA KUN!!" she screamed and the glass broke. Without the glass, supporting her, she fell to the floor together with the broken glass. She winced as she saw blood snake down her arms but she stood up in a hurry. Incredulously, the two didn't hear the glass breaking. Nonetheless, Ruriko started running towards them.
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"See?" Izuka said, laughing. "I told you that without your Gate robot, you are nothing….I guess I was right…"
She thought about another force coming out of her hand but when nothing happened, she looked confused. " Why can't I create my attacks by telepathy anymore?"
"Because they are MY attacks not yours." A voice said. Both of them turned to find Ruriko standing there with a bow in her hand.
"Rurippe!" Ukiya called out.
Ruriko kneeled beside Ukiya and started healing him.
"What are you doing?" Izuka asked. Ruriko wasn't supposed to be here. She was supposed to be beyond the glass…Izuka looked over to see the broken pieces of the glass.
"She broke through my…"
"…Spell." Ruriko finished. She stood up again, this time with Ukiya behind her, looking completely uninjured.
"Until now, you've been controlling my mind, using my powers, taking over my life…"
"You don't have a life!" Izuka said. "You were born simply because your body would be a host for my soul."
"Usotsuki!" Ruriko retorted.
"It's true!" said Izuka. "You should thank me for coming. You don't have your own life. Your life and mine are one. You don't exist without me. Killing me would be like killing your only reason for living. You're a puppet Ruriko, accept it!"
"NO!" she said, pulling out her arrows. She aimed them straight at Izuka.
"Go on, destroy me, but you will lose your own life in the process because we are connected. "
"Stop your lies! This is my mind, my body, my power! I won't let you use it any longer." She released the arrows and they headed straight for Izuka.
Izuka's scream rose above the blinding light that enveloped around the area.
"Rurippe! Rurippe!" Ukiya called out but couldn't find her anywhere.
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"Ah!" Megumi released Ukiya's hand. She lost concentration suddenly for no reason at all.
"Rurippe!" Ukiya woke up shouting.
"What happened?" everyone asked at the same time.
"There was this light….and….I couldn't find her any more…"
He felt a hand tighten around his own. He looked down to see Ruriko's hand wrapped around his. He looked up at her face. She looked at peace like she was…. she…was…
"Daijobou," Shun said. "She's just asleep."
next Chapter: Last Chapter, chapter 15: MEMORIES (to be continued...)
Ukiya walked around a little bit more. He can't see anything except an endless void of, well…nothingness. Suddenly, he hears someone sobbing. He looks into the direction the sobs came from and saw Ruriko, seated with her arms around her legs and knees, which she hugged to her chest, her head was buried between her knees and she was crying. Ukiya was sure it was Ruriko. He started to walk towards the crying girl when he was thrown off by an unknown force. He got up fast, and faced his attacker. She looked exactly like Ruriko but with pale blue eyes and silvery white hair with a touch of pink. Her sly smile told him her identity.
"Tsuzuhani Izuka." He said.
Izuka nodded. "I'm not going to ask how you are here, much less why you're here but I'm glad my victim came to me…you saved me a lot of time looking for you and trying to find a strategy to defeat you but I guess I'll use the advantage I have on you…"
"What do you mean?"
"Without your precious gate robot, you are nothing, boy."
"We'll see about that," he said, his wooden sword appearing out of nowhere. "Vacuum Missile!" he charged towards her. It never reached her.
Suddenly, a shield enveloped around her. Ukiya fell to the ground as her counter attack hit him hard.
"I didn't know she could…do a …shield." He mumbled as he got up.
"Oh did I forget to tell you?" Izuka said, in mock innocence. "This is Ruriko's heart. As long as I have complete control of her brain and her heart, I will be able to do anything I want!" She released an energy force in Ukiya's direction.
Ukiya jumped aside to evade Izuka's attack. He barely made it, and he still hit the floor because of the jump.
"Rurippe…"he begged at the still sobbing girl in the corner. She seemed so far away….as if she couldn't hear anything that was happening…
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Ruriko covered her ears. "No!" she cried out and continued to sob. "She was afraid of what was happening to her. How she would suddenly wake up not knowing what happened. How everyone thinks she is better of gone. That she was being blamed for things she didn't do…now she was beginning to believe she WAS responsible for all of those things, though she had no memory of the attacks whatsoever. She was sick and tired of trying to figure out what was happening around her. Afraid of the voices in her ear. Afraid of hearing herself say things and see herself do things she didn't think of doing and don't want to do. It would be easier if Shun was there to comfort her but the last time he saw her, he simply stood by while she was being led away by the personnel…She doesn't even know if that's exactly what happened. Frustrated, she started crying again.
Suddenly, she felt chilly. She hugged herself closer but still the cold pierced through her. She shivered.
"Do not despair, for it gives us few desires and many fears. Do not fear…what is it exactly you fear?" Yukino said, materializing out of nowhere.
"I don't know! I don't know." Ruriko replied, her hands covering her ears but she can still hear her.
"You fear the unknown. Yet the unknown is nothing. Therefore you have nothing to fear. Close your ears to the noises in your heart and you will hear…"
"Hear what?"
"Silence your heart…"
Ruriko blocked out her thoughts of despair and began to relax.
"Rurippe! Can you hear me Rurippe! Wake up Rurippe!"
"Ukiya kun!" Ruriko's eyes bolted open and her head turned towards the sound. She saw Ukiya fell against the wall. She took notice of Izuka who still had her arm aimed at him.
"NO!" she screamed but as she went towards them, she encountered a glass barrier…of her own despair, her own pains.
She watched, in horror, as a force attacked Ukiya and he sprawled on the floor. She forgot everything she was thinking about replaced with fear that Ukiya might die. The fear ruled over the rest.
"UKIYA KUN!!" she screamed and the glass broke. Without the glass, supporting her, she fell to the floor together with the broken glass. She winced as she saw blood snake down her arms but she stood up in a hurry. Incredulously, the two didn't hear the glass breaking. Nonetheless, Ruriko started running towards them.
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"See?" Izuka said, laughing. "I told you that without your Gate robot, you are nothing….I guess I was right…"
She thought about another force coming out of her hand but when nothing happened, she looked confused. " Why can't I create my attacks by telepathy anymore?"
"Because they are MY attacks not yours." A voice said. Both of them turned to find Ruriko standing there with a bow in her hand.
"Rurippe!" Ukiya called out.
Ruriko kneeled beside Ukiya and started healing him.
"What are you doing?" Izuka asked. Ruriko wasn't supposed to be here. She was supposed to be beyond the glass…Izuka looked over to see the broken pieces of the glass.
"She broke through my…"
"…Spell." Ruriko finished. She stood up again, this time with Ukiya behind her, looking completely uninjured.
"Until now, you've been controlling my mind, using my powers, taking over my life…"
"You don't have a life!" Izuka said. "You were born simply because your body would be a host for my soul."
"Usotsuki!" Ruriko retorted.
"It's true!" said Izuka. "You should thank me for coming. You don't have your own life. Your life and mine are one. You don't exist without me. Killing me would be like killing your only reason for living. You're a puppet Ruriko, accept it!"
"NO!" she said, pulling out her arrows. She aimed them straight at Izuka.
"Go on, destroy me, but you will lose your own life in the process because we are connected. "
"Stop your lies! This is my mind, my body, my power! I won't let you use it any longer." She released the arrows and they headed straight for Izuka.
Izuka's scream rose above the blinding light that enveloped around the area.
"Rurippe! Rurippe!" Ukiya called out but couldn't find her anywhere.
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"Ah!" Megumi released Ukiya's hand. She lost concentration suddenly for no reason at all.
"Rurippe!" Ukiya woke up shouting.
"What happened?" everyone asked at the same time.
"There was this light….and….I couldn't find her any more…"
He felt a hand tighten around his own. He looked down to see Ruriko's hand wrapped around his. He looked up at her face. She looked at peace like she was…. she…was…
"Daijobou," Shun said. "She's just asleep."
next Chapter: Last Chapter, chapter 15: MEMORIES (to be continued...)