1 Chapter Six – Lux Aeterna
That night Fuuko came to stay in the Uruha lodgings with Raiha they had their wildest lovemaking ever, and thankfully Kurei did not interrupt.
"I did not want you to do this. But it is good, because you are now the same as me," said Raiha in the dark heat. "We have both betrayed the Hokage. We are no longer part of that world. And we will be together forever because we are now the same."
Fuuko could not be sure if he had said that with joy or with resignation.
The next night they were both sent on a job, together, because their target would be difficult. But the raijin and the fuujin were when joined a formidable foe.
As one, they moved stealthily in the dark. Alarms could not sense them, guards could not see them. No fireworks were let off, as when the Hokage were rescuing Yanagi, and no stone statue threatened them.
And then, as Raiha gestured for them to head onwards, they both felt the back of their necks prickle. Fuuko was faster, and she threw herself over Raiha, and was just in time to catch the blade of the katana that had been thrust out.
Raiha felt the warmth of her blood and her life explode all over his dress.
He went insane. He called the raijin to dig into his soul, and, with all the power he possessed, concentrated on levelling everyone and everything within a radius of a kilometre from his feet outwards.
The world exploded in a terrible flower of white heat.
-
The sun rose.
The tired rays of the dawn crept over the devastation, playing on bodies which did not stir. Light rested on the entwined bodies of husband and wife, lying as if in sleep.
And then, finding no response, the rays of light moved on.
That night Fuuko came to stay in the Uruha lodgings with Raiha they had their wildest lovemaking ever, and thankfully Kurei did not interrupt.
"I did not want you to do this. But it is good, because you are now the same as me," said Raiha in the dark heat. "We have both betrayed the Hokage. We are no longer part of that world. And we will be together forever because we are now the same."
Fuuko could not be sure if he had said that with joy or with resignation.
The next night they were both sent on a job, together, because their target would be difficult. But the raijin and the fuujin were when joined a formidable foe.
As one, they moved stealthily in the dark. Alarms could not sense them, guards could not see them. No fireworks were let off, as when the Hokage were rescuing Yanagi, and no stone statue threatened them.
And then, as Raiha gestured for them to head onwards, they both felt the back of their necks prickle. Fuuko was faster, and she threw herself over Raiha, and was just in time to catch the blade of the katana that had been thrust out.
Raiha felt the warmth of her blood and her life explode all over his dress.
He went insane. He called the raijin to dig into his soul, and, with all the power he possessed, concentrated on levelling everyone and everything within a radius of a kilometre from his feet outwards.
The world exploded in a terrible flower of white heat.
-
The sun rose.
The tired rays of the dawn crept over the devastation, playing on bodies which did not stir. Light rested on the entwined bodies of husband and wife, lying as if in sleep.
And then, finding no response, the rays of light moved on.