Hey, As I'll say at the bottom also, there are parts in the middle of this
that might seem confusing cause you probably cant see the plot yet, if you
think you have then good for you. But anyway they'll be explained next
chapter, so for this one you'll jus have to stay confuzzled! Sorry! ^_^
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Chapter 5
As she said her final words to the crowd and left, Rika watched herself go. Then she turned to look at Anthony, he looked shocked and stunned. He fell to his knees and pounding his fists against the concrete ground and stared daggers at Rika's back as she walked away with no remorse or guilt for his lose.
Rika could practically feel the hate in his eyes. She frowned and now the guilt started to come to her. She'd just killed his bit beast, or so she thought that, that was what she'd done. He had every right to hate her.
" I'm sorry," she whispered softly knowing he couldn't hear her. She turned around and climbing out of the dish ran after herself. That's when she felt it again just like she had when she really was at the park. That uneasy feeling that she was being watched. She stood beside herself and decided to take a better look this time even when her other self brushed it off and left.
Then she saw them, the ruby red eyes from the café. But they didn't seem to notice her as they watched her other self leave and then disappeared into the shadows again.
" Great now I've got a stalker" she rolled her eyes sarcastically and was surprised herself at how calm she was being about it. " What's that guys deal, if it is a guy" as she said this everything began to get blurry. " What's happening?" but as she finished this sentence everything went black.
After what was only about a minute but Rika couldn't tell her eyes fluttered open. She was lying on the ground in the centre of a maze. " Oh no, I want to go back to flowers and trees" she groaned, recognising this place from previous nights. Then the whispering started. She growled in frustration.
" No, no, no, shut up, just SHUT UP!" she yelled at the top of her lunges. They quietened down to a low whisper now.
" Not tonight, I'm not playing tonight, nope. You can whisper all you want, I don't care coz I'm not moving from this spot until I wake up, safe and warm in Kai's, " she didn't finish the sentence and blushed. " House" she finished and sat on the floor and folded her arms with a scowl on her face. ' How come I didn't think of this before?' she asked herself because for the moment it seemed to be working. The voices didn't bother her and nothing else happened, yet.
Then she heard the pitter-patter of footsteps, someone was running and getting closer. Hearing the echo of the foot steps coming from right she looked down the maze hallway (not sure what to call those!) she was in and stood up to ready herself for who ever or what ever it was. Then someone ran by but didn't turn down the row she was in.
" Kai?" she said confused. She was sure that was him, blue hair white scarf waving back and forth behind him as he ran. She ran after him.
" Hey wait, Kai" now she'd lost all of her sense and went in pursuit of him, not stopping to factor in that she was dreaming and that he wasn't the real Kai. She followed him around a few corners, calling to him to wait up until they came to a dead end. A dark dead end, Rika noted. Kai stood hidden in the shadows. " Kai?" she approached him slowly and as she reached out to place her hand on his shoulder he took hold of her hand firmly and pulled her close while stroking her cheek gently.
She was a bit confused at his actions but didn't say anything as she lifted a hand to touch his. As she did he grinned at her and with one quick movement threw her against the hard stonewall and forcefully pinned her there, pressing his body against hers to hurt her.
" Uf," she groaned as her head hit the wall. That felt a bit really for a dream. " What are-you-doing?" she hissed, the pressure of his body against hers was really hurting her now. " Kai"
A smirk grew over Kai's face and he half chuckled. " I'm not Kai," he said in an amused voice as his shape changed to that of the stranger in the café. The only thing that remained the same was the height and the blood red eyes.
" You," she hissed again through her teeth. " Now I know you're a stalker what's your deal? You follow me even into my dreams"
" I'm not a stalker. I just had to make sure that you are who are before I claimed"
" Claimed what?"
" What's mine of course, you!" he hissed into her ear. She struggled more against him, fear was now welling up in her and even though she tried to hide it he knew and he liked it.
" What, no way, I'm not yours!" she spat at him
" Oh yes you are!"
" Oh no I'm not" she yelled back and after succeeding in lifting her legs up, which wasn't too hard since he was supporting her off the ground, kicked him I the stomach with both feet at the same time. She landed on the ground in a cat like position and attempted to make a run for it but as she ran to leave the way she came into the dead end a wall closed over it blocking the way out.
She took a step back and gasped, this couldn't be happening, there was no way out she was stuck. Hearing a low chuckle from behind she turned to face her attacker and glared at him trying to cover up the fear with anger. But instead of just one there were three of them now.
She stepped back a bit until she was backed into the wall. ' This would be a good time to wake up now!' she told herself
" You won't wake up, not this time, not until I say so" came the voice from the one in the middle. He stepped forward a bit and removed the hood of is cloak from over his head to reveal his face to her.
He was taller than she, about as tall as Kai, had pale white skin, long ebony hair and crimson eyes. As soon as she saw him a strange feeling that she knew him hit her. Like the feeling she got when she dreamt about this place and the others, a strange familiarity.
" Your starting to recognise me aren't you!" he said reaching out and touching her face with his ice cold fingers. " Good, because I don't know how you could have forgotten your Master so easily" he said
" Master?" she asked not moving away from his touch in case he'd hurt her.
" Yes, Master, you see you belong to me!" he said simply as if she were supposed to know that already.
" Hn, I'm not yours and your Not my Master" she spat at the thought of being referred to as his, his. That's what Kai grandfather referred to her as, Kai's. He'd given her to Kai, as a gift, a thing. She hated that man but she didn't hate Kai. He didn't really treat her like his grand father would. Unless it was just a show when his grandfather was around, that was to keep them both out of trouble. And she had to admit if she were to be given to anyone she wouldn't have picked anyone other than Kai. Master or not.
" Then who, you have to have a Master, so if not me, oh perhaps that boy you reside with, yes I can see why you picked him. He can control you, he has what it takes, almost as good as myself. I'll have to thank him for keeping you in such good condition!" he said smirking then slapped her
" You leave Kai out of this and stay away from him!"
" Oh defending your new Master now are you with free will I see, well we're going to have to get rid of that now aren't we, cant have you thinking for yourself anymore, like last time, that was my mistake last time. But no more, you will serve me again whether you like it or not!" he said plainly and nodded.
At the simple motion of his head one of the other two rushed forward and took hold of Rika arms and restrained them behind her back while holding her head up by the chin with it's other hand or claw more like.
Rika finally got a good look at the two and saw that they weren't people at all. They looked to be some sort of monsters. The one restraining her looked like a humanoid bat or something. Claws, fur, tail but stood on two feet like a human. They other she couldn't quiet make out it was still too dark and the fact that her head was being forced to look up at the ceiling wasn't helping.
" Soon you'll look like one of them again!" said the ebony haired boy
" Again?" she asked
" Yes again" with a wave of his hand one of the walls beside her became a mirror she peered into it and couldn't believe what she saw. Where she should have been on the mirror stood a figure about the same height as her and with the long white hair but there were big differences.
Streaks of black went through her hair, her nails were now claws, her ears pointed along with her now fang like teeth, her eyes narrow slits, her skin a pale grey colour and the most noticeable the tail and wings on her back, large bat like wings and a tail.
" Wha" she couldn't say anything. That wasn't her she didn't look like that. She dreaded looking like that.
" Yes that's you, what you really look like. But how you managed to get the demon part out of you I don't know. But it doesn't really matter as long as we get it back in" he said approaching her. She tensed as he got nearer and reached out his hand, he took the locked which held her bit in his grasp and grinned. "And this is all we need" he said
" No don't, please don't" Rika pleaded while struggling to get out of her captives grasp. She didn't want to look like that and nothing in her mind now would convince her that this was just a dream.
" Don't worry so much, the pain won't last long," he said dropping the locket again. As he did it began to glow and Rika could feel a sharp pain in her spine and nearly every other part of her body. She arched her back and gasped for air, she couldn't breathe properly, her chest hurt too much.
She was released and she fell to her knees screaming and wrapping her arms around her body hugging herself.
+++Outside of the dream+++++
Kai, who had fallen asleep with Rika still lying on his stomach, awoke as she began to stir. " Huh?" he said as his eyes fluttered open and looked down at her. Her breathing was coming in short and sharp gasps and she dug her nails into his shirt. Whimpering slightly she began to toss and turn as though she were struggling against something.
Seeing she was in distress Kai thought it might be best to wake her but before he could get to she let out a scream, it was loud and piercing. She pushed off of him roughly and stumbled to the ground kneeling. Kai quickly knelt to her side but was surprised to see he was still asleep.
" Rika, Rika, wake up wake up your dreaming" he began to feel like panicking when she dug her nails in to the carpet, no wait those weren't nails they were claws. She let out another scream and the claws grew by about and inch more, black began to appear in her hair and her teeth became fangs.
Kai didn't know what was happening or what to do. " RIKA!" he shouted at her why wouldn't she wake up. All she did was scream ad struggle every time he went near her. " RIKA" he shouted again.
++++Back in the dream+++
' Kai?' Rika thought hearing his voice. The pain was intense now it had to stop. She reached for the locket and tried to pull it off of her neck but to no avail.
" That wont work, you can take off what you bring into a dream world from here!" he informed her.
" Rika" she heard Kai again
' Kai!' she thought.
++++Outside dream++++++
" KAI!" She managed to scream his name " Help me!"
" Rika"
" Help me!" she screamed again
" Rika, I'll help you, tell me what to do" Kai wasn't sure what was going on but if she was asking for his help and it would stop this he was going to do anything in his power.
She held her hands over her ears as she tried speaking to him again.
" Take it, " she stopped
" Take it? What tell me"?
She fell over onto her side still holding her head in her hands. " Take it off, TAKE IT OFF!" she screeched at the top of her lunges.
Kai was confused. " Take what off?" he said placing his hands on her and shaking her slightly.
She'd lost her voice she could barely scream any more now; all she could do now was gape and let out faint whimpers. He brought his face down close to hers. She was curled up into a ball now and wasn't really struggling as much anymore.
" Take what off, Rika you have to tell me!" he said softly in her ear
She opened her mouth a couple of time and gaped for a bit them slowly whispered out " The locket" he didn't hear her.
" What?" he said bringing his face closer to hers to hear?
" The locket!" she hissed out again through her teeth.
Kai now understanding took a tight grip around the locket and ripped it from her neck
++++Back in the dream+++++
The locket disappeared from around Rika neck and the pain stopped.
" What, no" said the cloaked man as he approached her but before he could reach her she was gone.
+++++Outside the dream++++++ (again! I'm getting sick of doing that! -_-;)
Kai had discarded the locket to the side and was now shaking Rika trying to wake her up. Upon seeing Kai when she opened her eyes she shot up and clung to him like there was no tomorrow. Which in Rika's mind she didn't know if there would be one for her.
She buried her face in his chest and broke down. She didn't care if he saw her now; she was going to cry her eyes out.
Kai was still in shock but tried to comfort her. " Rika what just happened?"
" I, " she stopped as something occurred to her. She pushed away from him slowly and sat back a bit and held out her hands in front of her and turned them. The claws were still there. Feeling her heart speed up with fright and realisation she stood up and gazed into the mirror above the mantle of the fireplace. She approached it slowly and took a good look. The fangs, the black hair the pointed ears and the claws were all there.
Her face hardened and she hissed at her reflection and with one swipe of her claw the mirror shattered into a million pieces and fell to the floor. She did also; she fell to her knees once again, staring down at her hands with hate and disgust. Tears ran down her face again. Kai placed his hand upon her shoulder but she rejected it with a twitch.
" Don't touch me!" she growled
" Rika it's ok I . ."
" No, no it's not ok, look at me, look at what they did to me" she cried while standing up, she tried to bite back tears but couldn't. " I don't know how you can bear to look at me," she cried while running out of the house and into the pouring ran outside.
" Rika wait, shit!" he cursed and ran after her.
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Uh oh, hehe I'm leaving it there for now anyway. Well I have to say that was a real hop, step and a BIG jump wasn't it! Ok so we've had our first real encounter with the other oc, but you don't know his name yet. That's in the next chapter. Hope you could follow this one though, and parts in the middle about the Master thing that might seem confusing, well their suppose to. They'll be filled in the next chapter also. Anyway I gotta go so cya! ^_^
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Chapter 5
As she said her final words to the crowd and left, Rika watched herself go. Then she turned to look at Anthony, he looked shocked and stunned. He fell to his knees and pounding his fists against the concrete ground and stared daggers at Rika's back as she walked away with no remorse or guilt for his lose.
Rika could practically feel the hate in his eyes. She frowned and now the guilt started to come to her. She'd just killed his bit beast, or so she thought that, that was what she'd done. He had every right to hate her.
" I'm sorry," she whispered softly knowing he couldn't hear her. She turned around and climbing out of the dish ran after herself. That's when she felt it again just like she had when she really was at the park. That uneasy feeling that she was being watched. She stood beside herself and decided to take a better look this time even when her other self brushed it off and left.
Then she saw them, the ruby red eyes from the café. But they didn't seem to notice her as they watched her other self leave and then disappeared into the shadows again.
" Great now I've got a stalker" she rolled her eyes sarcastically and was surprised herself at how calm she was being about it. " What's that guys deal, if it is a guy" as she said this everything began to get blurry. " What's happening?" but as she finished this sentence everything went black.
After what was only about a minute but Rika couldn't tell her eyes fluttered open. She was lying on the ground in the centre of a maze. " Oh no, I want to go back to flowers and trees" she groaned, recognising this place from previous nights. Then the whispering started. She growled in frustration.
" No, no, no, shut up, just SHUT UP!" she yelled at the top of her lunges. They quietened down to a low whisper now.
" Not tonight, I'm not playing tonight, nope. You can whisper all you want, I don't care coz I'm not moving from this spot until I wake up, safe and warm in Kai's, " she didn't finish the sentence and blushed. " House" she finished and sat on the floor and folded her arms with a scowl on her face. ' How come I didn't think of this before?' she asked herself because for the moment it seemed to be working. The voices didn't bother her and nothing else happened, yet.
Then she heard the pitter-patter of footsteps, someone was running and getting closer. Hearing the echo of the foot steps coming from right she looked down the maze hallway (not sure what to call those!) she was in and stood up to ready herself for who ever or what ever it was. Then someone ran by but didn't turn down the row she was in.
" Kai?" she said confused. She was sure that was him, blue hair white scarf waving back and forth behind him as he ran. She ran after him.
" Hey wait, Kai" now she'd lost all of her sense and went in pursuit of him, not stopping to factor in that she was dreaming and that he wasn't the real Kai. She followed him around a few corners, calling to him to wait up until they came to a dead end. A dark dead end, Rika noted. Kai stood hidden in the shadows. " Kai?" she approached him slowly and as she reached out to place her hand on his shoulder he took hold of her hand firmly and pulled her close while stroking her cheek gently.
She was a bit confused at his actions but didn't say anything as she lifted a hand to touch his. As she did he grinned at her and with one quick movement threw her against the hard stonewall and forcefully pinned her there, pressing his body against hers to hurt her.
" Uf," she groaned as her head hit the wall. That felt a bit really for a dream. " What are-you-doing?" she hissed, the pressure of his body against hers was really hurting her now. " Kai"
A smirk grew over Kai's face and he half chuckled. " I'm not Kai," he said in an amused voice as his shape changed to that of the stranger in the café. The only thing that remained the same was the height and the blood red eyes.
" You," she hissed again through her teeth. " Now I know you're a stalker what's your deal? You follow me even into my dreams"
" I'm not a stalker. I just had to make sure that you are who are before I claimed"
" Claimed what?"
" What's mine of course, you!" he hissed into her ear. She struggled more against him, fear was now welling up in her and even though she tried to hide it he knew and he liked it.
" What, no way, I'm not yours!" she spat at him
" Oh yes you are!"
" Oh no I'm not" she yelled back and after succeeding in lifting her legs up, which wasn't too hard since he was supporting her off the ground, kicked him I the stomach with both feet at the same time. She landed on the ground in a cat like position and attempted to make a run for it but as she ran to leave the way she came into the dead end a wall closed over it blocking the way out.
She took a step back and gasped, this couldn't be happening, there was no way out she was stuck. Hearing a low chuckle from behind she turned to face her attacker and glared at him trying to cover up the fear with anger. But instead of just one there were three of them now.
She stepped back a bit until she was backed into the wall. ' This would be a good time to wake up now!' she told herself
" You won't wake up, not this time, not until I say so" came the voice from the one in the middle. He stepped forward a bit and removed the hood of is cloak from over his head to reveal his face to her.
He was taller than she, about as tall as Kai, had pale white skin, long ebony hair and crimson eyes. As soon as she saw him a strange feeling that she knew him hit her. Like the feeling she got when she dreamt about this place and the others, a strange familiarity.
" Your starting to recognise me aren't you!" he said reaching out and touching her face with his ice cold fingers. " Good, because I don't know how you could have forgotten your Master so easily" he said
" Master?" she asked not moving away from his touch in case he'd hurt her.
" Yes, Master, you see you belong to me!" he said simply as if she were supposed to know that already.
" Hn, I'm not yours and your Not my Master" she spat at the thought of being referred to as his, his. That's what Kai grandfather referred to her as, Kai's. He'd given her to Kai, as a gift, a thing. She hated that man but she didn't hate Kai. He didn't really treat her like his grand father would. Unless it was just a show when his grandfather was around, that was to keep them both out of trouble. And she had to admit if she were to be given to anyone she wouldn't have picked anyone other than Kai. Master or not.
" Then who, you have to have a Master, so if not me, oh perhaps that boy you reside with, yes I can see why you picked him. He can control you, he has what it takes, almost as good as myself. I'll have to thank him for keeping you in such good condition!" he said smirking then slapped her
" You leave Kai out of this and stay away from him!"
" Oh defending your new Master now are you with free will I see, well we're going to have to get rid of that now aren't we, cant have you thinking for yourself anymore, like last time, that was my mistake last time. But no more, you will serve me again whether you like it or not!" he said plainly and nodded.
At the simple motion of his head one of the other two rushed forward and took hold of Rika arms and restrained them behind her back while holding her head up by the chin with it's other hand or claw more like.
Rika finally got a good look at the two and saw that they weren't people at all. They looked to be some sort of monsters. The one restraining her looked like a humanoid bat or something. Claws, fur, tail but stood on two feet like a human. They other she couldn't quiet make out it was still too dark and the fact that her head was being forced to look up at the ceiling wasn't helping.
" Soon you'll look like one of them again!" said the ebony haired boy
" Again?" she asked
" Yes again" with a wave of his hand one of the walls beside her became a mirror she peered into it and couldn't believe what she saw. Where she should have been on the mirror stood a figure about the same height as her and with the long white hair but there were big differences.
Streaks of black went through her hair, her nails were now claws, her ears pointed along with her now fang like teeth, her eyes narrow slits, her skin a pale grey colour and the most noticeable the tail and wings on her back, large bat like wings and a tail.
" Wha" she couldn't say anything. That wasn't her she didn't look like that. She dreaded looking like that.
" Yes that's you, what you really look like. But how you managed to get the demon part out of you I don't know. But it doesn't really matter as long as we get it back in" he said approaching her. She tensed as he got nearer and reached out his hand, he took the locked which held her bit in his grasp and grinned. "And this is all we need" he said
" No don't, please don't" Rika pleaded while struggling to get out of her captives grasp. She didn't want to look like that and nothing in her mind now would convince her that this was just a dream.
" Don't worry so much, the pain won't last long," he said dropping the locket again. As he did it began to glow and Rika could feel a sharp pain in her spine and nearly every other part of her body. She arched her back and gasped for air, she couldn't breathe properly, her chest hurt too much.
She was released and she fell to her knees screaming and wrapping her arms around her body hugging herself.
+++Outside of the dream+++++
Kai, who had fallen asleep with Rika still lying on his stomach, awoke as she began to stir. " Huh?" he said as his eyes fluttered open and looked down at her. Her breathing was coming in short and sharp gasps and she dug her nails into his shirt. Whimpering slightly she began to toss and turn as though she were struggling against something.
Seeing she was in distress Kai thought it might be best to wake her but before he could get to she let out a scream, it was loud and piercing. She pushed off of him roughly and stumbled to the ground kneeling. Kai quickly knelt to her side but was surprised to see he was still asleep.
" Rika, Rika, wake up wake up your dreaming" he began to feel like panicking when she dug her nails in to the carpet, no wait those weren't nails they were claws. She let out another scream and the claws grew by about and inch more, black began to appear in her hair and her teeth became fangs.
Kai didn't know what was happening or what to do. " RIKA!" he shouted at her why wouldn't she wake up. All she did was scream ad struggle every time he went near her. " RIKA" he shouted again.
++++Back in the dream+++
' Kai?' Rika thought hearing his voice. The pain was intense now it had to stop. She reached for the locket and tried to pull it off of her neck but to no avail.
" That wont work, you can take off what you bring into a dream world from here!" he informed her.
" Rika" she heard Kai again
' Kai!' she thought.
++++Outside dream++++++
" KAI!" She managed to scream his name " Help me!"
" Rika"
" Help me!" she screamed again
" Rika, I'll help you, tell me what to do" Kai wasn't sure what was going on but if she was asking for his help and it would stop this he was going to do anything in his power.
She held her hands over her ears as she tried speaking to him again.
" Take it, " she stopped
" Take it? What tell me"?
She fell over onto her side still holding her head in her hands. " Take it off, TAKE IT OFF!" she screeched at the top of her lunges.
Kai was confused. " Take what off?" he said placing his hands on her and shaking her slightly.
She'd lost her voice she could barely scream any more now; all she could do now was gape and let out faint whimpers. He brought his face down close to hers. She was curled up into a ball now and wasn't really struggling as much anymore.
" Take what off, Rika you have to tell me!" he said softly in her ear
She opened her mouth a couple of time and gaped for a bit them slowly whispered out " The locket" he didn't hear her.
" What?" he said bringing his face closer to hers to hear?
" The locket!" she hissed out again through her teeth.
Kai now understanding took a tight grip around the locket and ripped it from her neck
++++Back in the dream+++++
The locket disappeared from around Rika neck and the pain stopped.
" What, no" said the cloaked man as he approached her but before he could reach her she was gone.
+++++Outside the dream++++++ (again! I'm getting sick of doing that! -_-;)
Kai had discarded the locket to the side and was now shaking Rika trying to wake her up. Upon seeing Kai when she opened her eyes she shot up and clung to him like there was no tomorrow. Which in Rika's mind she didn't know if there would be one for her.
She buried her face in his chest and broke down. She didn't care if he saw her now; she was going to cry her eyes out.
Kai was still in shock but tried to comfort her. " Rika what just happened?"
" I, " she stopped as something occurred to her. She pushed away from him slowly and sat back a bit and held out her hands in front of her and turned them. The claws were still there. Feeling her heart speed up with fright and realisation she stood up and gazed into the mirror above the mantle of the fireplace. She approached it slowly and took a good look. The fangs, the black hair the pointed ears and the claws were all there.
Her face hardened and she hissed at her reflection and with one swipe of her claw the mirror shattered into a million pieces and fell to the floor. She did also; she fell to her knees once again, staring down at her hands with hate and disgust. Tears ran down her face again. Kai placed his hand upon her shoulder but she rejected it with a twitch.
" Don't touch me!" she growled
" Rika it's ok I . ."
" No, no it's not ok, look at me, look at what they did to me" she cried while standing up, she tried to bite back tears but couldn't. " I don't know how you can bear to look at me," she cried while running out of the house and into the pouring ran outside.
" Rika wait, shit!" he cursed and ran after her.
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Uh oh, hehe I'm leaving it there for now anyway. Well I have to say that was a real hop, step and a BIG jump wasn't it! Ok so we've had our first real encounter with the other oc, but you don't know his name yet. That's in the next chapter. Hope you could follow this one though, and parts in the middle about the Master thing that might seem confusing, well their suppose to. They'll be filled in the next chapter also. Anyway I gotta go so cya! ^_^