The Threshold of Darkness and Light
Chapter 8
"Yes, little Shui. Mommy and daddy have abandoned you. They don't love you. They hate you and never want to see you, but I love you. I love you so much and I'll take care of you. Just listen to what I say and everything will be ok." A man whispered to Shui. He repeated the words over and over, so much that the child understood them and memorized them from that moment on.
~*~
"Shouldn't Kina be back yet?" Yue pulled back the noisy plastic hospital blinds to look outside. The sun was melting into the buildings off in the distance rapidly.
"Yeah but she probably wanted some time to herself to think." Nuriko nodded back, trying to hide his concern.
"I guess you're right." Yue pushed the blinds shut and slouched back down in his chair. "I feel so useless just sitting around, we need to do something!"
"Just be patient." Hotohori looked at Yue then turned back to Nuriko, who had been watching him. He smiled at the purple haired bishonen who blushed and turned the other way.
~*~
"Ahhh..." Kina muttered as she felt herself wake up slowly. The side of her head pounded in pain, her nerves sending thousands of signals to her brain that where screaming "OWW!!" Suddenly, reality hit her in the face like a giant frying pan. She felt the hard, cold dirt floor beneath her and the brick wall behind her. Kina could smell the musty damp smell of mold and her stomach filled with hunger. She sat up, rubbing her head while looking at her surroundings. She was trapped in a sort of makeshift cell of some sort. It had three strong, gray brick walls and in the front where metal bars with a door that had been locked. The ground below her was packed hard with brown dirt. She appeared to be in a forest area and to the left of her 'cell' was a log house that had smoke coming out of its chimney. She took a deep breath. Kina's plan was to fight and get Shui back, not get captured herself. The red head froze as she heard footsteps coming from her left. She took a deep breath. "Who's there?!" She hissed, feeling the raw words come out of her throat with a hoarse sound. "I don't have to be afraid." She tried to reassure herself. The only thing that she could do was face her fate with dignity. She would not run away, she would not cry and she would not go into hysterics. "Never again, not ever again." She thought to herself as he stopped in front of the cell, mocking her.
"Has the 'little angel' woken up now?" John leaned his hand in through the bars as he teased her. "More like the little devil. You cause so much trouble."
Kina hissed, glaring at him. "GIVE ME BACK MY DAUGHTER! YOU-YOU MONSTER! YOU ARE NOT MY BROTHER JOHN!"
"Oh but I don't think Shui wants to go back to you." He sneered, his black hair falling into his eyes. He had inherited his father's looks. (Celestin)
"Yes she does! Of course she's come back to her mother! What have you done to her?!" Kina lunged at the bars, trying to scratch or grab onto him but he quickly jumped back.
"Angry now aren't you? Why don't we bring Shui here and ask her?" John strutted to the door, which he opened.
~~
It's the reason for my pain
In a season to celebrate
I don't wanna be full of hate
For anybody, but it's too late
~~
A timid Shui peeked out from the wooden door.
"S-Shui! Come here to mommy! Shui!' Kina called out to her daughter, her arms protruding from the bars.
Tears filled Shui's eyes and for a moment she stepped forward, then doubt filled her mind and she turned, running behind John. From there she receded back to the cabin.
"See? She doesn't love you anymore." John smirked.
Kina pulled herself up against the bars while her mud splattered clothing let in the frigid temperature of the bars. "Right here, right now... show me who you really are... show me yourself. If you do, I won't be sad... I won't be afraid. You said... that you loved me! You love me as your sister....YOU SAID I WAS YOUR SISTER! I AM YOUR SISTER! WE'RE FAMILY!! Family doesn't do these kinds of things to each other! Prove to me... that you love me!! If you care even a tiny bit... then shouldn't you be hugging me right now and not locking me up...?!"
John reached into the bars, roughly grabbing Kina by her shirt and pulling her up hard against the iron bars. "Even without feelings of love or compassion, men can hug. My feelings for you can't be expressed by words. I don't...want to use words."
"So you do care for me?" Kina rose an eyebrow in hope.
"Yes, let me show you how much I care, I won't use words." He opened to cell door, stepping inside and shutting it behind him. "I care about you this much." John pulled back a fist and slammed it into Kina's stomach, causing her to plummet to the ground.
"You're a disgrace, you monster! My brother is dead!! I don't know w-who you are! Maybe you went into his body but you aren't the J-John I know! You are a...a monster!!" Kina screamed while she struggled to stand up again.
~~
Everyone has been in my face
Telling me that I'm a disgrace
Showing me things that I must face
Telling me that they need their space
~~
He walked out of the cell and locked the door again. "Sure, believe what you want."
"Idiot...then I'll have to go near you myself and turn you back into John! Because I have so many things I want to ask him...so many things I want to hear from him... I also have many things I want to tell John...to let him better understand me...so...so..." She tried to reach out to him.
"Shut up wench!" He slapped her hand away. "You should just give up! I'm different from you Kina! Our lifestyles are just too different!!!" He refused to look into her eyes as he turned to leave.
~~
I can't love you anymore
I'm scared of the sound of it
It's the reason why I'm down
I'm beaten been pushed around
~~
"Refusing and running away are the same thing. Remember what mom said about feelings not changing?" Kina tilted her head, looking at him with tears spilling down her cheeks. "Do you truly hate me that much? Stop this! At least tell my why you have captured me and Shui."
"You already know why! That old hag told you!" John turned and spat down in the ground.
"Don't call Grandma that!" Kina yelled back. It was one thing to make fun of her, but to make fun of their Grandmother was out of question, no matter how silly she was. "Why did you make Shui do that?! Just let her go and take me instead! I have the blood too!" She pleaded, begging on her knees now.
~~
Hit the ceiling without a sound
Everyone I know considers me a clown
I can't love you anymore
I'm scared of the sound of it
~~
"I need Shui." John repeated. "I need her for the ceremony. To gain the powers of the angel!"
"What will you do with those powers?! Shui has nothing to do with this! Just let her go John! Please!!" Kina cried out to him.
"NO! Shut up!! It is non of your business of what I do with the wishes, the powers!" John turned his back to her.
"If you didn't care, you would have done the ceremony already!" Kina yelled out to him.
"I didn't do it because I need to Key of Love! AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS, DON'T YOU!? That is why I brought you here! So tell me what the key of love is and give it to me!" He shrieked with venom in his voice.
"I don't know what it is." She replied softly.
"Grandma told you what is it! Didn't she!? You have it don't you?! GIVE IT TO ME! GIVE ME THE KEY OF LOVE RIGHT NOW...OR...OR ELSE!!" John pulled a long sword out that had been strapped to his side. It was what he had used to smash the side of her head.
~~
I can't love you anymore
I just wanted more
I can't love you anymore
Scared of the sound of it
~~
"I swear, I don't know what it is!!" Kina cried back to him.
"Then I'll have to get it out of you the hard way." John laughed.
~~
And woman, I just wanted more
It's the reason why I'm here
~~
Yue's head jerked up as a piece of white paper fluttered into the room.
"What's this?" He lifted it up, carefully unfolding it. Printed in letters cut out of newspapers was this:
"Give me the Key of Love or else your lovely wife Kina will meet an end. If that isn't enough, if I don't have it after her death, I will take the life of Shui or someone else close to you."
1 Total Akugi
John: Yes, let me show you how much I care, I won't use words.
He opens the cell door, stepping inside and shutting it behind him
John: I care about you this much...GROUP HUG!!!! grabs Kina in a big hug
Chapter 8
"Yes, little Shui. Mommy and daddy have abandoned you. They don't love you. They hate you and never want to see you, but I love you. I love you so much and I'll take care of you. Just listen to what I say and everything will be ok." A man whispered to Shui. He repeated the words over and over, so much that the child understood them and memorized them from that moment on.
~*~
"Shouldn't Kina be back yet?" Yue pulled back the noisy plastic hospital blinds to look outside. The sun was melting into the buildings off in the distance rapidly.
"Yeah but she probably wanted some time to herself to think." Nuriko nodded back, trying to hide his concern.
"I guess you're right." Yue pushed the blinds shut and slouched back down in his chair. "I feel so useless just sitting around, we need to do something!"
"Just be patient." Hotohori looked at Yue then turned back to Nuriko, who had been watching him. He smiled at the purple haired bishonen who blushed and turned the other way.
~*~
"Ahhh..." Kina muttered as she felt herself wake up slowly. The side of her head pounded in pain, her nerves sending thousands of signals to her brain that where screaming "OWW!!" Suddenly, reality hit her in the face like a giant frying pan. She felt the hard, cold dirt floor beneath her and the brick wall behind her. Kina could smell the musty damp smell of mold and her stomach filled with hunger. She sat up, rubbing her head while looking at her surroundings. She was trapped in a sort of makeshift cell of some sort. It had three strong, gray brick walls and in the front where metal bars with a door that had been locked. The ground below her was packed hard with brown dirt. She appeared to be in a forest area and to the left of her 'cell' was a log house that had smoke coming out of its chimney. She took a deep breath. Kina's plan was to fight and get Shui back, not get captured herself. The red head froze as she heard footsteps coming from her left. She took a deep breath. "Who's there?!" She hissed, feeling the raw words come out of her throat with a hoarse sound. "I don't have to be afraid." She tried to reassure herself. The only thing that she could do was face her fate with dignity. She would not run away, she would not cry and she would not go into hysterics. "Never again, not ever again." She thought to herself as he stopped in front of the cell, mocking her.
"Has the 'little angel' woken up now?" John leaned his hand in through the bars as he teased her. "More like the little devil. You cause so much trouble."
Kina hissed, glaring at him. "GIVE ME BACK MY DAUGHTER! YOU-YOU MONSTER! YOU ARE NOT MY BROTHER JOHN!"
"Oh but I don't think Shui wants to go back to you." He sneered, his black hair falling into his eyes. He had inherited his father's looks. (Celestin)
"Yes she does! Of course she's come back to her mother! What have you done to her?!" Kina lunged at the bars, trying to scratch or grab onto him but he quickly jumped back.
"Angry now aren't you? Why don't we bring Shui here and ask her?" John strutted to the door, which he opened.
~~
It's the reason for my pain
In a season to celebrate
I don't wanna be full of hate
For anybody, but it's too late
~~
A timid Shui peeked out from the wooden door.
"S-Shui! Come here to mommy! Shui!' Kina called out to her daughter, her arms protruding from the bars.
Tears filled Shui's eyes and for a moment she stepped forward, then doubt filled her mind and she turned, running behind John. From there she receded back to the cabin.
"See? She doesn't love you anymore." John smirked.
Kina pulled herself up against the bars while her mud splattered clothing let in the frigid temperature of the bars. "Right here, right now... show me who you really are... show me yourself. If you do, I won't be sad... I won't be afraid. You said... that you loved me! You love me as your sister....YOU SAID I WAS YOUR SISTER! I AM YOUR SISTER! WE'RE FAMILY!! Family doesn't do these kinds of things to each other! Prove to me... that you love me!! If you care even a tiny bit... then shouldn't you be hugging me right now and not locking me up...?!"
John reached into the bars, roughly grabbing Kina by her shirt and pulling her up hard against the iron bars. "Even without feelings of love or compassion, men can hug. My feelings for you can't be expressed by words. I don't...want to use words."
"So you do care for me?" Kina rose an eyebrow in hope.
"Yes, let me show you how much I care, I won't use words." He opened to cell door, stepping inside and shutting it behind him. "I care about you this much." John pulled back a fist and slammed it into Kina's stomach, causing her to plummet to the ground.
"You're a disgrace, you monster! My brother is dead!! I don't know w-who you are! Maybe you went into his body but you aren't the J-John I know! You are a...a monster!!" Kina screamed while she struggled to stand up again.
~~
Everyone has been in my face
Telling me that I'm a disgrace
Showing me things that I must face
Telling me that they need their space
~~
He walked out of the cell and locked the door again. "Sure, believe what you want."
"Idiot...then I'll have to go near you myself and turn you back into John! Because I have so many things I want to ask him...so many things I want to hear from him... I also have many things I want to tell John...to let him better understand me...so...so..." She tried to reach out to him.
"Shut up wench!" He slapped her hand away. "You should just give up! I'm different from you Kina! Our lifestyles are just too different!!!" He refused to look into her eyes as he turned to leave.
~~
I can't love you anymore
I'm scared of the sound of it
It's the reason why I'm down
I'm beaten been pushed around
~~
"Refusing and running away are the same thing. Remember what mom said about feelings not changing?" Kina tilted her head, looking at him with tears spilling down her cheeks. "Do you truly hate me that much? Stop this! At least tell my why you have captured me and Shui."
"You already know why! That old hag told you!" John turned and spat down in the ground.
"Don't call Grandma that!" Kina yelled back. It was one thing to make fun of her, but to make fun of their Grandmother was out of question, no matter how silly she was. "Why did you make Shui do that?! Just let her go and take me instead! I have the blood too!" She pleaded, begging on her knees now.
~~
Hit the ceiling without a sound
Everyone I know considers me a clown
I can't love you anymore
I'm scared of the sound of it
~~
"I need Shui." John repeated. "I need her for the ceremony. To gain the powers of the angel!"
"What will you do with those powers?! Shui has nothing to do with this! Just let her go John! Please!!" Kina cried out to him.
"NO! Shut up!! It is non of your business of what I do with the wishes, the powers!" John turned his back to her.
"If you didn't care, you would have done the ceremony already!" Kina yelled out to him.
"I didn't do it because I need to Key of Love! AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS, DON'T YOU!? That is why I brought you here! So tell me what the key of love is and give it to me!" He shrieked with venom in his voice.
"I don't know what it is." She replied softly.
"Grandma told you what is it! Didn't she!? You have it don't you?! GIVE IT TO ME! GIVE ME THE KEY OF LOVE RIGHT NOW...OR...OR ELSE!!" John pulled a long sword out that had been strapped to his side. It was what he had used to smash the side of her head.
~~
I can't love you anymore
I just wanted more
I can't love you anymore
Scared of the sound of it
~~
"I swear, I don't know what it is!!" Kina cried back to him.
"Then I'll have to get it out of you the hard way." John laughed.
~~
And woman, I just wanted more
It's the reason why I'm here
~~
Yue's head jerked up as a piece of white paper fluttered into the room.
"What's this?" He lifted it up, carefully unfolding it. Printed in letters cut out of newspapers was this:
"Give me the Key of Love or else your lovely wife Kina will meet an end. If that isn't enough, if I don't have it after her death, I will take the life of Shui or someone else close to you."
1 Total Akugi
John: Yes, let me show you how much I care, I won't use words.
He opens the cell door, stepping inside and shutting it behind him
John: I care about you this much...GROUP HUG!!!! grabs Kina in a big hug
