The Threshold of Darkness and Light
Chapter 16
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING YUE!?! AND MOST OF ALL, WITH HIM!" Nuriko yelled, holding both of John's arms back forcefully.
"Let him go. We're both lost." Yue sighed annoyingly, angry to admit that he was lost.
"Where is Kina?" Hotohori made Nuriko gently let go of John.
"She ran off looking for the cabin which contains Shui inside. Did you seriously leave her all alone in the cabin?" Yue turned to face John.
"Uh, yeah. Why?" John replied, sighing. He could feel a headache coming on. Being forced to be friendly with his enemies was not an easy thing.
"A three-year-old in a house all by herself...not a good thing." Yue answered.
"Why are you being so friendly with him Yue?" Nuriko edged towards Yue, whispering to him.
"He's not that bad." Yue quietly told him.
~~
I cannot take this anymore
I'm saying everything I've said before
All these words, they make no sense
I find bliss in ignorance
Less I hear the less you'll say
But you'll find that out anyway
Just like before....
~~
"Ok...." Nuriko gave Yue a weird look then turned around. "We're out here looking for Kina...we thought she was in trouble. OOHHH SHIVA WOKE UP!!"
"SHE DID!!! YESS!" Yue jumped up, hugging his friends. "Kina will be ecstatic to hear that! I'm so glad she's ok!"
"Enough with the little happy fest...let's just find the stupid cabin!!!!" John angrily glared at the group who was still hugging.
"I agree." Hotohori let go. "So which way?"
"That way!" Yue pointed forward.
"Off we goooo!!!!" Nuriko exclaimed as they all marched forward.
"Oh please spare me..." John mumbled.
Under his breath, Yue softly muttered to himself. "For the sake of beating fate this time...make it......Kina!!" But his thoughts were interrupted as John suddenly turned and shoved Yue to the floor then went dashing ahead of the group.
"Yue!! Are you all right!?" Nuriko grabbed his hand, pulling the white haired bishonen to his feet. "I told you we couldn't trust him!!"
"Yeah...what does he think he's doing?! Get him!!" Yue began to run, pushing Hotohori and Nuriko out of the way who then raced after him.
~*~
"SHUI!!!! SHUUUUIII!!!!!" Kina screamed. She was running on the gravel pathway. She was up to the door. The door was lock. "JOHN YOU SUCCK!!" Kina cried as she slammed her body into the door. "OPEN UP DAMN YOU!!!!" The tears were filling up her eyes as she felt her shoulder go numb with each pound into the door. Slowly, the hinges began to pull away from the wooden wall. "ONCE...MOREEEE!!" Kina rammed her body through the doorway, causing the door to crash to the ground. "SHUI!! Shui!!! Where are you?!?!" Kina frantically looked around the room. A shadow appeared in the corner of her eye. "Shui...?" Kina stepped towards it. Gradually it grew larger.
"Shui doesn't want to see mommy." John stepped out of the shadows, a smirk on his face.
"John...?! SHUI!!!" Kina froze as she realized John was holding Shui up against him...with a gun in his other hand.
~~
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
~~
"Don't come any closer or else!!!" John lifted her up, pressing the shaft of the gun against her neck.
"D-don't do anything s-stupid...!!" Kina began to shake.
Tears fill Shui's eyes as fear grew in her tiny heart. "WAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!" But she made no struggle to get away for John had an iron grip around her small body.
"It'll be ok honey." Kina attempted to calm her down.
"JOHNN!!" Yue, Nuriko and Hotohori all burst through the door, gasping for breath. They're eyes widened as they surveyed the scene.
"How did you beat me here?" Kina eyed her brother.
"We got lost, Yue and I. We ran into Nuriko and Hotohori then I realized we had taken the back way to my cabin, that we were near. So I bolted ahead and came through the back door. You ran the long way, a few miles." John sneered. "Now hand over the Key of Love or else."
"You wouldn't kill her because you need her to make your wish!!" Yue hissed. "How can you do this!?!? You were so different before!"
"That was just a front!" John quickly snapped as if trying to shut him up.
"NO!! I THINK THAT WAS THE REAL JOHN! This is a front, a mask hiding away the real you!!" Yue edged closer to him.
"SHUT UP AND STAY BACK!!! THIS IS NOT A FRONT!! You don't know me!! YOU DON'T KNOW ME AT ALL!!!!" John stumbled backwards towards the door.
~~
I find the answers aren't so clear
Wish I could find a way to disappear
All these thoughts, they make no sense
I find bliss in ignorance
Nothing seems to go away
Over and over again
Just like before...
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
~~
"You don't want to do this John...you don't..." Yue tediously approached him, taking each step ever so carefully.
"Y-Yue..." Kina reached out to him.
"It's ok Kina." He turned, giving her a reassuring smile. When Yue turned back around he noticed John had backed out the door.
"John, you can't keep running away. You have to face the world sooner or later and this isn't the right way." It seemed like every time Yue stepped towards John, John would step back away.
"Where are you going?" Kina walked next to Yue then there was Nuriko and Hotohori behind them.
"GIVE THE NECKLACE TO ME!!" John swung the gun forward, facing it towards Yue.
"If you had that gun all along, why didn't you shot me back there? See, there is some good left in you!" Yue was pleading now.
"STAY BACK!!" John's hand trembled as he tightened his grip on the gun handle.
~~
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
~~
"Give me the necklace Kina or else he gets it! I'll shoot him!! I swear!!" John spat the words at her.
Kina glanced at Yue then at John, her heart being torn apart. She lifted her hair up, preparing to unhook the necklace.
"NO KINA DON'T!!" Yue shrieked at her. He turned back to John. "What are you going to do after you kill me? Get rid of my body or drive around with my dead eyes staring up at you? When you get down to it, it's just you and me. Leave the rest of them out of it!"
"Shut up!!!" John's finger instantaneously pulled the trigger.
~~
Shut up when I'm talking to you
I'm about to break
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
~~
"YUE!!!!!!!!" Kina screamed as she ran towards Yue. After the bullet hit him, he flew back into the dirt, blood splattering all around him.
"I'LL TAKE THAT NOW!!" John ran forward, ripping the now blood-spotted necklace from Kina's neck, causing the silver chain to break into pieces. With a laugh of triumph, John turned and fled into the forest towards the cave, a still-crying Shui in one hand and a bloody necklace in the other.
~~
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to
Break
Chapter 16
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING YUE!?! AND MOST OF ALL, WITH HIM!" Nuriko yelled, holding both of John's arms back forcefully.
"Let him go. We're both lost." Yue sighed annoyingly, angry to admit that he was lost.
"Where is Kina?" Hotohori made Nuriko gently let go of John.
"She ran off looking for the cabin which contains Shui inside. Did you seriously leave her all alone in the cabin?" Yue turned to face John.
"Uh, yeah. Why?" John replied, sighing. He could feel a headache coming on. Being forced to be friendly with his enemies was not an easy thing.
"A three-year-old in a house all by herself...not a good thing." Yue answered.
"Why are you being so friendly with him Yue?" Nuriko edged towards Yue, whispering to him.
"He's not that bad." Yue quietly told him.
~~
I cannot take this anymore
I'm saying everything I've said before
All these words, they make no sense
I find bliss in ignorance
Less I hear the less you'll say
But you'll find that out anyway
Just like before....
~~
"Ok...." Nuriko gave Yue a weird look then turned around. "We're out here looking for Kina...we thought she was in trouble. OOHHH SHIVA WOKE UP!!"
"SHE DID!!! YESS!" Yue jumped up, hugging his friends. "Kina will be ecstatic to hear that! I'm so glad she's ok!"
"Enough with the little happy fest...let's just find the stupid cabin!!!!" John angrily glared at the group who was still hugging.
"I agree." Hotohori let go. "So which way?"
"That way!" Yue pointed forward.
"Off we goooo!!!!" Nuriko exclaimed as they all marched forward.
"Oh please spare me..." John mumbled.
Under his breath, Yue softly muttered to himself. "For the sake of beating fate this time...make it......Kina!!" But his thoughts were interrupted as John suddenly turned and shoved Yue to the floor then went dashing ahead of the group.
"Yue!! Are you all right!?" Nuriko grabbed his hand, pulling the white haired bishonen to his feet. "I told you we couldn't trust him!!"
"Yeah...what does he think he's doing?! Get him!!" Yue began to run, pushing Hotohori and Nuriko out of the way who then raced after him.
~*~
"SHUI!!!! SHUUUUIII!!!!!" Kina screamed. She was running on the gravel pathway. She was up to the door. The door was lock. "JOHN YOU SUCCK!!" Kina cried as she slammed her body into the door. "OPEN UP DAMN YOU!!!!" The tears were filling up her eyes as she felt her shoulder go numb with each pound into the door. Slowly, the hinges began to pull away from the wooden wall. "ONCE...MOREEEE!!" Kina rammed her body through the doorway, causing the door to crash to the ground. "SHUI!! Shui!!! Where are you?!?!" Kina frantically looked around the room. A shadow appeared in the corner of her eye. "Shui...?" Kina stepped towards it. Gradually it grew larger.
"Shui doesn't want to see mommy." John stepped out of the shadows, a smirk on his face.
"John...?! SHUI!!!" Kina froze as she realized John was holding Shui up against him...with a gun in his other hand.
~~
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
~~
"Don't come any closer or else!!!" John lifted her up, pressing the shaft of the gun against her neck.
"D-don't do anything s-stupid...!!" Kina began to shake.
Tears fill Shui's eyes as fear grew in her tiny heart. "WAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!" But she made no struggle to get away for John had an iron grip around her small body.
"It'll be ok honey." Kina attempted to calm her down.
"JOHNN!!" Yue, Nuriko and Hotohori all burst through the door, gasping for breath. They're eyes widened as they surveyed the scene.
"How did you beat me here?" Kina eyed her brother.
"We got lost, Yue and I. We ran into Nuriko and Hotohori then I realized we had taken the back way to my cabin, that we were near. So I bolted ahead and came through the back door. You ran the long way, a few miles." John sneered. "Now hand over the Key of Love or else."
"You wouldn't kill her because you need her to make your wish!!" Yue hissed. "How can you do this!?!? You were so different before!"
"That was just a front!" John quickly snapped as if trying to shut him up.
"NO!! I THINK THAT WAS THE REAL JOHN! This is a front, a mask hiding away the real you!!" Yue edged closer to him.
"SHUT UP AND STAY BACK!!! THIS IS NOT A FRONT!! You don't know me!! YOU DON'T KNOW ME AT ALL!!!!" John stumbled backwards towards the door.
~~
I find the answers aren't so clear
Wish I could find a way to disappear
All these thoughts, they make no sense
I find bliss in ignorance
Nothing seems to go away
Over and over again
Just like before...
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
~~
"You don't want to do this John...you don't..." Yue tediously approached him, taking each step ever so carefully.
"Y-Yue..." Kina reached out to him.
"It's ok Kina." He turned, giving her a reassuring smile. When Yue turned back around he noticed John had backed out the door.
"John, you can't keep running away. You have to face the world sooner or later and this isn't the right way." It seemed like every time Yue stepped towards John, John would step back away.
"Where are you going?" Kina walked next to Yue then there was Nuriko and Hotohori behind them.
"GIVE THE NECKLACE TO ME!!" John swung the gun forward, facing it towards Yue.
"If you had that gun all along, why didn't you shot me back there? See, there is some good left in you!" Yue was pleading now.
"STAY BACK!!" John's hand trembled as he tightened his grip on the gun handle.
~~
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
~~
"Give me the necklace Kina or else he gets it! I'll shoot him!! I swear!!" John spat the words at her.
Kina glanced at Yue then at John, her heart being torn apart. She lifted her hair up, preparing to unhook the necklace.
"NO KINA DON'T!!" Yue shrieked at her. He turned back to John. "What are you going to do after you kill me? Get rid of my body or drive around with my dead eyes staring up at you? When you get down to it, it's just you and me. Leave the rest of them out of it!"
"Shut up!!!" John's finger instantaneously pulled the trigger.
~~
Shut up when I'm talking to you
I'm about to break
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
~~
"YUE!!!!!!!!" Kina screamed as she ran towards Yue. After the bullet hit him, he flew back into the dirt, blood splattering all around him.
"I'LL TAKE THAT NOW!!" John ran forward, ripping the now blood-spotted necklace from Kina's neck, causing the silver chain to break into pieces. With a laugh of triumph, John turned and fled into the forest towards the cave, a still-crying Shui in one hand and a bloody necklace in the other.
~~
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to
Break
