The Threshold of Darkness and Light

Chapter 13

Kina backed away, her body trembling like a leaf in the wind. Her breath came in quick intakes and she could feel the blood drain from her face. He was closer now, his sword ready to pierce through flesh, no matter whose. But she didn't have to move as Yue pushed her aside like a rag doll and with a flash, he ran behind John. Her eyes widened as Yue slammed his elbow into John's back, causing her brother to scream in pain.

"It's not that easy!!" John smirked as he swirled around, the tip of his sword cutting through Yue's arm, leaving barely a scratch, for Yue had moved just in time.

"I'm faster than you think." Yue snorted at him. He then noticed Kina was still standing there and so were his grandparents. "ALL OF YOU! RUN!"

"Prepare for a thousand moments of despair." Gram whispered to Kina while she grabbed her hand. "Now run girl!"

"NO! It shouldn't be like this!!" Kina ripped her hand free. "Stop this fighting, it's stupid and futile! There's no point! Just let me be your sister again, accept me for who I am and I will accept you for who you are. I'd do anything for my friends, for Yue, Nuriko, Hotohori, Shiva, Zion, Nicholas, Mikey, and YOU John! I'd do anything to get that sparkle back in your eye! ANYTHING to make you see that you are my brother and I care about you!!"

~~

She'd do anything to sparkle in his eye.

She would suffer she would fight and compromise.

She's been wishing on the stars that shine so bright.

For answers to questions that will haunt her tonight

~~

"John, I love you! You are my brother and I'll always hold that special love that only siblings can have for each other! Even after all we've been through, I've always felt that for you!" She walked towards him.

"Things have changed Kina, stop with your useless rambling!!" John yelled at her, his face contorting in anger.

~~ Flash Back ~~

"Bwig brother!! Why a-are they making fun of mee?!" A five-year-old Kina ran up to her six-year-old brother. Tears streak down her face.

"It's ok, they're just dumb." John hugged his sister close against him.

"T-thanks." Kina sniffed quietly.

"Don't frown sis! Here, your favorite!" John produced an apple blossom out of no where.

"Thankies!!" She took the flower, putting it in her hair. "TAG! YOU'RE IT!!"She hit John gently and with that, the two ran off squealing happily.

~~ End of Flash back ~~

She must rinse this all away.

She can't hold him this way.

She must rinse this all away.

She can't love him this way.

~~

"Even though it was fun... Even though we were happy... Can't we recapture days like that anymore? Do we have to give up the things of the past as well? No. I can't give them up, it's just too hard." Kina slammed her foot into the ground. All was silent around them, Gram and Gramps were watching and she could see Yue out of the corner of her eye. "Hug me and make it all better like you use to do!!" Hot tears now spilled out of her eyes now, blurring her vision.

"Those days are gone." John's eyes grew cold, an icy emotionless black.

"JUST FORGET ABOUT HIM KINA! TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT HIM! HE'S NOT YOUR BROTHER ANYMORE! RINSE YOURSELF OF THOSE PAST MEMORIES AND THAT PAST LIFE! PEOPLE CHANGE! The John you know and love is GONE! I'm sorry to be so blunt but Kina but he kidnapped our daughter!!!! How can you just stand there and do nothing?!" Yue screamed at her, trying to stop her efforts as John approached Kina.

~~

How she'd be soothed how she'd be saved if he could see,

She needs to be held in his arms to be free.

But everything happens for reasons that she will never understand.

'Til she knows that the heart of a woman will never be found in the arms of a man.

~~

"NO! I WON'T GIVE UP ON HIM YUE!! He's...my...b-big brother..." Her voice cracked as she stepped backwards, away from the advancing John.

"Give me the Key of Love Kina and nobody will get hurt. I'll make a wish for us to all be together happily, yeah, that's it! Come on, do this for your big brother." John begged her, giving her his most sincere look.

"I-I...STOP THAT!!! What about the letter you sent me before you supposedly 'died'? You meant it, right?!" Kina felt herself being pulled towards him, her hand clutching the necklace, the Key of Love. His face had suddenly turned gentle, as if he was the John from the past. "I-I'm sorry Yue....!!" The red head collapsed in the arms of her brother. "I m-missed you so much..." Her voice was muffled as she cried into his chest.

"I didn't miss you." John smirked as he tightened his grip on her, tighter...and tighter. "That little letter was just to get you confused and when I faked my death, paid off a few people and got you to stupidly leave Shui alone. Confused you so you wouldn't know who did it, make you emotionally unstable just for fun. So you could see part of all I went through. It was all a plot." He grabbed her shining red head, pulling it as her head tried to ignore the pain.

Her voice pierced through the air as she struggled to get free. "I know I'm being ignorant and stupid but I believe my brother is in there somewhere...please come back out!!" Kina pulled away from him, punching him in his chest and she shoved the necklace into her pocket. "I won't let you get this!! You're lost John..."

~~

She must rinse this all away.

She can't hold anybody this way.

She must rinse this all away.

She can't love him

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"Wait a minute..." Kina's mind began to tick, slowing thinking. "If John is here...then that means...Shui is home...alone!!!!" The words flashed inside her mind.

Kina turned around so her back was facing John. With a hoarse whispered she said, "Yue! Hold him off for me!!!!!"

Yue nodded in wonderment. With a quick jump Kina began to sprint, pushing her legs with all of her might. She had to get to the cabin, it wasn't too far off from here, maybe a few miles, and she recognized the area a bit. Kina ran faster, pushing all of her strength into running. She couldn't look back; she just couldn't.

~~

And as she runs away she fears she won't be followed.

What could be worse than leaving something behind?

And as the depth of ocean slowly becomes shallow,

It's loneliness she finds.

If only he was mine.

~~

"SHUI!!!!!" Kina smiled as she ran. Far behind her she could hear voices yelling and it sounded as if a struggle was breaking out. "Thank you, Yue, Gram, and Gramps."

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"YUE!!" Gram turned and yelled at her grandson. He was holding John back, wrenching his arms behind his back. "GO AFTER KINA TO HELP HER! WE'LL HOLD HIM OFF!"

Yue turned, staring at his grandparents. "Are you sure?!" But he had to move quickly as John broke free, pulling out his sword for battle.

"Just go! We'll be find! We're proud of you!" Gramps winked at his son as he jumped at John; the two struggled in the dirt now.

"How can you be so strong old man!?" John angrily snarled.

"Thank you! I love you both!!" Yue turned, running in the same direction Kina had just went.

"DAMN FOOLS! GET OFF OF ME!!" John tried to break free from the tangle they had him in, trying to reach his sword that had been knocked out of his hands.

~~

She'd do anything to sparkle in his eye.

She would suffer she would fight and compromise.

She's been wishing on the stars that shine so bright.

For answers to questions that will haunt her tonight

~~

"Did you see that?!" Nuriko jumped up from his seat.

"See what? Imagining things again, eh Nuri?" Hotohori chuckled.

"THAT!!" He pointed at Shiva. Her head tediously turned from side to side.

"Ughhh....K-Kina...s-she needs...y-you guys...." Shiva's lips uttered the words, barely audible.

Hotohori and Nuriko's eyes both widened in shock as they embraced her trembling body.

"It'll be ok Shiva!!" Nuriko exclaimed.

"L-leave! K-Kina needs you!!" Shiva muttered again. "She can't rinse him from herself, from her mind, she can't! So help her n-now!!"

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She must rinse him.

She must rinse him.

She can't rinse him.

She can rinse him.

She can't, she won't, she must rinse him.

She can't, she won't, she must rinse him.

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"I'm coming Shui!! MOMMY IS COMING!!" Kina lifted her feet up higher as she picked up her speed. "Oh John....why? Why have you done this?!"

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She must rinse this all away.

She can't hold him this way.

She must rinse this all away.

She can't love him this way.