PLEASURE (Part 9) by Sievert Dinar
Disclaimer - Sailormoon is owned by a lot of people, most of whom
are not me, so don't get all worked up about my using the characters
in ways they weren't meant. I'm just a common or garden fanfic
writer without a hope in this dark and cruel world. Maybe.
Warning - R Rated Fanfic
This fanfic is, essentially, a horror story, and contains scenes
that could be regarded as disturbing to people. I dare suggest that
you behave responsibly whilst reading this.
Yesterday.
The night had not been all that peaceful for Rei. This was
not a good thing, as that almost invariably meant the sky was about
to fall on her world... Everything from world domination by a
psychopathic monster monger to her hair having split ends.
She'd been having a lot of trouble with split ends lately.
Had to be the monster monger, then.... Of course, these were the
kind of thoughts that often went through Rei's brain at somewhere
close to four in the morning (give or take a few minutes). She was
simply glad that she had a more substantial bed than the one Grandpa
had intended for her to have.... Much as she liked futons, those
tiny little cushioned headrests weren't her idea of the ideal
pillow, and right now it needed all the cushioned comfort it could
get, because she had a thumping headache.
Toss and turn, toss and turn. Lying awake in one's bed never
seemed to be the most productive exercise, especially when one
couldn't think of anything more (vaguely) productive to do. Even
within the traditional grounds of the Hikawa Shrine, she still felt
stupid sweeping up the yard in the pitch of dark. And so she sat
up and stared, trying to clear the wash of spots away from her eyes
as her blood pressure soared from the sudden activity...
Blood.
Kerthump. Kerthump. Her head felt like it had a drummer
hitting the bass with glee within. Maybe her blood pressure really
WAS up. She had been a little worried about that, lately. Seen
Ami's mother about it, in fact. Ami had been reticent about it at
the time, and for the life of her Rei couldn't work out why.
Blood.
All Rei wanted was for Ami to let her into her house so she
could ask Mizuno-san about it. They had been walking home from the
shrine, together, when the idea had popped up in conversation.
Stilted conversation at that. Ami seemed to be a little secretive
of recent.
Blood.
Blood. The thought of it entered her mind for some odd
reason. Because of her blood pressure, that was it Her blood
pressure had been high, too! 135 over 90. Quite unusual for her.
She'd had trouble with it in the past, of course, but that was the
OTHER problem: low blood pressure. She'd even had occasion to pass
out during her elementary school days. Of course, it was put down
to stress, due to the difficulties she had been having with her
family relationships. That and other things she had failed to
mention to the medicos at the time. She didn't think it was worth
telling.
Blood.
So much blood, everywhere.
It had only been a few small cuts.
Rei sighed. Both her headache and her blood pressure seemed
to be dropping, and so, throwing off the covers, she swung her legs
over the side of the bed and sat there, staring at the wall.
Secretiveness meant something to hide. Rei hadn't always been
open to the others about her past. They only needed to know what
was worth telling. Life had been a little rotten towards her, but
it was nothing compared to the lives of Ami and Makoto. Maybe Ami
felt the same way, and wanted to keep them all from unnecessary
worry. That could have been why she didn't want her to see her
mother. She had been in a new relationship these last couple of
months, but was (obviously) having some problems. Why else would
Ami try to be so defensive? There really didn't seem to be any
other reason.
Blood.
On the floor. On the sink. On her dress.
With a sigh, she stood from her bed and padded across the room
to the door. Sliding it open, she allowed the cool night air to
wash across her face, breathing it into her lungs, fresh and lovely.
There were few moments where it felt as good to be alive as to meet
the crispness of a cool but clear morning. Alive, without a care in
the world. Not.
Blood.
The yard was full of blood.
No, that wasn't it. The full moonlight had illuminated the
yard, enough for even smallish detail to be visible. Useful though
that may have been, it still hid the fact that the oddly swirling
red mist, red whatever-it-was, wasn't quite as visible as she might
have liked. There was something strange within the yard. Something
strange and, she could feel it within her soul, of malevolent
intent.
And it was looking for her.
She didn't know HOW she knew this, just that it was searching
for something that would approximate a soul with as much latent
spiritual energy as hers. It was hungry. It wanted to EAT her.
And yet, as if it were blind, it was stumbling around the yard
in its own mistlike fashion, bumping into (or passing through) the
ornamental, religious architecture of the surrounding walls and
monuments. But still, it was getting closer and closer, and sooner
or later it was going to find her.
Rei backed into her room, then turned and ran over to a large
chest, sitting off in one corner. Fumbling at the latch, she threw
it open and reached in, pulling out a veritable wad of talismans.
Her hands still shaking, she stuffed them down the front of her
nightdress and fumbled for her henshin pen. And fumbled and fumbled
and fumbled. Outside, she could hear a chattering, gnashing sound,
like a thousand teeth being ground together, getting louder with
each passing moment.
Panic started to creep in. Where the HELL was the henshin
pen? She had started to throw things from the chest, items of
importance to her, clattering across the floor as if they no longer
mattered. All she could think of was that it was getting closer,
and that it wanted to eat her. Eat her. Grind her body up and
drink the juices. Her blood. Blood, everywhere, across the floor
of her room. It was in the ROOM!
She let out a cry of panic as grinding, whirling, tooth-like
objects surrounded her, accompanied by a sickening whirling sound.
In the mouth of the beast, a beast that existed in more than the
three basic dimensions. It was going to eat her from angles she
didn't even know she had.
She grabbed a talisman from her nightdress and, in an almost
futile gesture, threw it at where (she hoped) the beast's heart
would be. "AKURYOU TAISAN!" She shouted, trying to assume the
posture she would normally have assumed if she were exorcising, what
seemed laughably pathetic now, spirits and oni.
And then there was an explosion of light, and an utterly
inhuman scream of pain and death. Within seconds, everything went
dark, and Rei watched her talisman flutter to the floor of an empty
room.
She turned to the gently glowing figure, standing in the
doorway, smiling at her. A girl, perhaps her age, wearing rather
elaborate priestess-like robes. Rei had felt HER arrival only
seconds before SHE destroyed the beast, whatever it had been.
"My my..." SHE smiled. "We are in a spot of bother, aren't
we?"
And Rei knew, at that moment, that this encounter wasn't quite
over, yet...
The End of Part Nine
=^.^= niya
Sievert Anathea Dienar sievertd@start.com.au
Disclaimer - Sailormoon is owned by a lot of people, most of whom
are not me, so don't get all worked up about my using the characters
in ways they weren't meant. I'm just a common or garden fanfic
writer without a hope in this dark and cruel world. Maybe.
Warning - R Rated Fanfic
This fanfic is, essentially, a horror story, and contains scenes
that could be regarded as disturbing to people. I dare suggest that
you behave responsibly whilst reading this.
Yesterday.
The night had not been all that peaceful for Rei. This was
not a good thing, as that almost invariably meant the sky was about
to fall on her world... Everything from world domination by a
psychopathic monster monger to her hair having split ends.
She'd been having a lot of trouble with split ends lately.
Had to be the monster monger, then.... Of course, these were the
kind of thoughts that often went through Rei's brain at somewhere
close to four in the morning (give or take a few minutes). She was
simply glad that she had a more substantial bed than the one Grandpa
had intended for her to have.... Much as she liked futons, those
tiny little cushioned headrests weren't her idea of the ideal
pillow, and right now it needed all the cushioned comfort it could
get, because she had a thumping headache.
Toss and turn, toss and turn. Lying awake in one's bed never
seemed to be the most productive exercise, especially when one
couldn't think of anything more (vaguely) productive to do. Even
within the traditional grounds of the Hikawa Shrine, she still felt
stupid sweeping up the yard in the pitch of dark. And so she sat
up and stared, trying to clear the wash of spots away from her eyes
as her blood pressure soared from the sudden activity...
Blood.
Kerthump. Kerthump. Her head felt like it had a drummer
hitting the bass with glee within. Maybe her blood pressure really
WAS up. She had been a little worried about that, lately. Seen
Ami's mother about it, in fact. Ami had been reticent about it at
the time, and for the life of her Rei couldn't work out why.
Blood.
All Rei wanted was for Ami to let her into her house so she
could ask Mizuno-san about it. They had been walking home from the
shrine, together, when the idea had popped up in conversation.
Stilted conversation at that. Ami seemed to be a little secretive
of recent.
Blood.
Blood. The thought of it entered her mind for some odd
reason. Because of her blood pressure, that was it Her blood
pressure had been high, too! 135 over 90. Quite unusual for her.
She'd had trouble with it in the past, of course, but that was the
OTHER problem: low blood pressure. She'd even had occasion to pass
out during her elementary school days. Of course, it was put down
to stress, due to the difficulties she had been having with her
family relationships. That and other things she had failed to
mention to the medicos at the time. She didn't think it was worth
telling.
Blood.
So much blood, everywhere.
It had only been a few small cuts.
Rei sighed. Both her headache and her blood pressure seemed
to be dropping, and so, throwing off the covers, she swung her legs
over the side of the bed and sat there, staring at the wall.
Secretiveness meant something to hide. Rei hadn't always been
open to the others about her past. They only needed to know what
was worth telling. Life had been a little rotten towards her, but
it was nothing compared to the lives of Ami and Makoto. Maybe Ami
felt the same way, and wanted to keep them all from unnecessary
worry. That could have been why she didn't want her to see her
mother. She had been in a new relationship these last couple of
months, but was (obviously) having some problems. Why else would
Ami try to be so defensive? There really didn't seem to be any
other reason.
Blood.
On the floor. On the sink. On her dress.
With a sigh, she stood from her bed and padded across the room
to the door. Sliding it open, she allowed the cool night air to
wash across her face, breathing it into her lungs, fresh and lovely.
There were few moments where it felt as good to be alive as to meet
the crispness of a cool but clear morning. Alive, without a care in
the world. Not.
Blood.
The yard was full of blood.
No, that wasn't it. The full moonlight had illuminated the
yard, enough for even smallish detail to be visible. Useful though
that may have been, it still hid the fact that the oddly swirling
red mist, red whatever-it-was, wasn't quite as visible as she might
have liked. There was something strange within the yard. Something
strange and, she could feel it within her soul, of malevolent
intent.
And it was looking for her.
She didn't know HOW she knew this, just that it was searching
for something that would approximate a soul with as much latent
spiritual energy as hers. It was hungry. It wanted to EAT her.
And yet, as if it were blind, it was stumbling around the yard
in its own mistlike fashion, bumping into (or passing through) the
ornamental, religious architecture of the surrounding walls and
monuments. But still, it was getting closer and closer, and sooner
or later it was going to find her.
Rei backed into her room, then turned and ran over to a large
chest, sitting off in one corner. Fumbling at the latch, she threw
it open and reached in, pulling out a veritable wad of talismans.
Her hands still shaking, she stuffed them down the front of her
nightdress and fumbled for her henshin pen. And fumbled and fumbled
and fumbled. Outside, she could hear a chattering, gnashing sound,
like a thousand teeth being ground together, getting louder with
each passing moment.
Panic started to creep in. Where the HELL was the henshin
pen? She had started to throw things from the chest, items of
importance to her, clattering across the floor as if they no longer
mattered. All she could think of was that it was getting closer,
and that it wanted to eat her. Eat her. Grind her body up and
drink the juices. Her blood. Blood, everywhere, across the floor
of her room. It was in the ROOM!
She let out a cry of panic as grinding, whirling, tooth-like
objects surrounded her, accompanied by a sickening whirling sound.
In the mouth of the beast, a beast that existed in more than the
three basic dimensions. It was going to eat her from angles she
didn't even know she had.
She grabbed a talisman from her nightdress and, in an almost
futile gesture, threw it at where (she hoped) the beast's heart
would be. "AKURYOU TAISAN!" She shouted, trying to assume the
posture she would normally have assumed if she were exorcising, what
seemed laughably pathetic now, spirits and oni.
And then there was an explosion of light, and an utterly
inhuman scream of pain and death. Within seconds, everything went
dark, and Rei watched her talisman flutter to the floor of an empty
room.
She turned to the gently glowing figure, standing in the
doorway, smiling at her. A girl, perhaps her age, wearing rather
elaborate priestess-like robes. Rei had felt HER arrival only
seconds before SHE destroyed the beast, whatever it had been.
"My my..." SHE smiled. "We are in a spot of bother, aren't
we?"
And Rei knew, at that moment, that this encounter wasn't quite
over, yet...
The End of Part Nine
=^.^= niya
Sievert Anathea Dienar sievertd@start.com.au