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Cerberus winced. "Yeesh, Temi-chan, you sure that's not pepper you're using there?"
"Quit whining, Cerberus."
"I'm not whining, I'm informing you of the considerable pain you're causing me!"
"Ever the politically correct one," sighed Yue.
The trio had chosen to flee the scene after finding their opponent gone. They set up camp once
again in an alcove of trees by a small brook, where Temichica was able to gather herbs for her
brothers' considerable amount of wounds.
"You're in a dangerous position to be mocking me, Yue, since YOU'RE the one who started this
whole thing because you were afraid he was gonna rape you," growled Cerberus. If looks could kill,
the glare Yue sent Cerberus could have had the lion bouncing between Heaven and Hell for an eon.
"Don't even start, you two. I don't think any of us could afford it at the moment," chided Temichica.
She finished her ministrations on Cerberus and stared out at the moon and star's reflections on the
brook's surface. A realization occurred to her.
"Hey, guys? Am I the only one who noticed that the moon and stars disappeared when that
magician showed up?"
"A cloud," Yue dismissed.
"No… I would have sensed it…" came Temichica's faint reply.
"Are you suggesting that the mage just made them disappear?" asked an incredulous Cerberus.
"It's just speculation," she replied with a shrug.
"Well, anyway, we need to split this place before he decides to show up again."
"And how do we know that he won't just follow us?"
"Give me a break, Yue."
"He has a point Cerberus… I don't think he's the type to let things off that easy," broke in
Temichica.
"You two have gone paranoiac on me!"
"It's not paranoia… just sort of a human sixth sense…"
"You're not human."
"I am partially."
"There's a percentage?"
"I'm too tired to continue this," yawned Temichica, "We'll pick it up in the morning." With that, she
draped herself over a boulder, leaving Cerberus to mull over the complexities of his two siblings.
While Cerberus and Temichica sunk into slumber, Yue stilled in the tree he had chosen as shelter
that night. Nothing invaded his ears except the rhythm of his heart and the memory of the man's
voice… still echoing through his mind.
The more he remembered those words, the more aware he became of the fact that the uneasy
feeling, the presence, that first caused him to attack had not left. A childlike fear began to take
hold of him… something he hadn't felt since older children would tell him stories of the Koukouie*
attacking in darkness.
'Ridiculous,' he chided himself mentally.
And yet, he still couldn't completely resist the urge to wrap himself up with his wings and barely
breathe, waiting for the unknown monster to go away. Just as that happened, the presence lifted,
and he heard the barest pad of feet going away. By the time, Yue had opened his wings again,
there was no one there.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Far off from the brook that housed the three, a northern port town was in a panic. Bells tolled in the
firehouse, urging the volunteer firefighters to action. The cause of the terror was the metal smith's
shop, a once proud structure now completely engulfed in flames.
Standing in stunned shock of the spectacle that had become his home, the metal smith's face
turned from disbelief to horror as a cloth gag covered his mouth and nose. He swiftly tried to kick
behind him in retaliation, and felt… nothing. He looked down to see his legs gone and his torso
melting into darkness.
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Cerberus winced. "Yeesh, Temi-chan, you sure that's not pepper you're using there?"
"Quit whining, Cerberus."
"I'm not whining, I'm informing you of the considerable pain you're causing me!"
"Ever the politically correct one," sighed Yue.
The trio had chosen to flee the scene after finding their opponent gone. They set up camp once
again in an alcove of trees by a small brook, where Temichica was able to gather herbs for her
brothers' considerable amount of wounds.
"You're in a dangerous position to be mocking me, Yue, since YOU'RE the one who started this
whole thing because you were afraid he was gonna rape you," growled Cerberus. If looks could kill,
the glare Yue sent Cerberus could have had the lion bouncing between Heaven and Hell for an eon.
"Don't even start, you two. I don't think any of us could afford it at the moment," chided Temichica.
She finished her ministrations on Cerberus and stared out at the moon and star's reflections on the
brook's surface. A realization occurred to her.
"Hey, guys? Am I the only one who noticed that the moon and stars disappeared when that
magician showed up?"
"A cloud," Yue dismissed.
"No… I would have sensed it…" came Temichica's faint reply.
"Are you suggesting that the mage just made them disappear?" asked an incredulous Cerberus.
"It's just speculation," she replied with a shrug.
"Well, anyway, we need to split this place before he decides to show up again."
"And how do we know that he won't just follow us?"
"Give me a break, Yue."
"He has a point Cerberus… I don't think he's the type to let things off that easy," broke in
Temichica.
"You two have gone paranoiac on me!"
"It's not paranoia… just sort of a human sixth sense…"
"You're not human."
"I am partially."
"There's a percentage?"
"I'm too tired to continue this," yawned Temichica, "We'll pick it up in the morning." With that, she
draped herself over a boulder, leaving Cerberus to mull over the complexities of his two siblings.
While Cerberus and Temichica sunk into slumber, Yue stilled in the tree he had chosen as shelter
that night. Nothing invaded his ears except the rhythm of his heart and the memory of the man's
voice… still echoing through his mind.
The more he remembered those words, the more aware he became of the fact that the uneasy
feeling, the presence, that first caused him to attack had not left. A childlike fear began to take
hold of him… something he hadn't felt since older children would tell him stories of the Koukouie*
attacking in darkness.
'Ridiculous,' he chided himself mentally.
And yet, he still couldn't completely resist the urge to wrap himself up with his wings and barely
breathe, waiting for the unknown monster to go away. Just as that happened, the presence lifted,
and he heard the barest pad of feet going away. By the time, Yue had opened his wings again,
there was no one there.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Far off from the brook that housed the three, a northern port town was in a panic. Bells tolled in the
firehouse, urging the volunteer firefighters to action. The cause of the terror was the metal smith's
shop, a once proud structure now completely engulfed in flames.
Standing in stunned shock of the spectacle that had become his home, the metal smith's face
turned from disbelief to horror as a cloth gag covered his mouth and nose. He swiftly tried to kick
behind him in retaliation, and felt… nothing. He looked down to see his legs gone and his torso
melting into darkness.