The Kagato Chronicles
By: nyke
Book One: Inner Demons
Disclaimer: See first chapter.
Chapter Two
Kagato's eyes snapped open. What happened?Then he remembered.
The cruiser. He lost control. It headed towards an asteroid and crashed.
No.
Wait.
That wasn't right.
He had seen the asteroid coming towards him, but try as he might, he couldn't remember actually crashing into it.
I must have hit my head on something he summarized. He then realized that he was sitting up and he felt no pain. At least I'm not hurt. He looked around to discover that no rubble from the ship could be seen.
Now he was beginning to worry. He finally looked up to survey he surroundings.
He was in a small dark cave-like room. It, in some strange way, resembled a shrine, yet it had the confining feeling of a prison.
He stood up and saw the writing on the walls. He walked over to the nearest one and put his hands on it. Because of the lack of light, he had to read the carved letters by feel.
It told of Yanouku the demon, who a few centuries ago had attempted to control the most powerful dynasty in the universe, Juria, by possessing its emperor. He had failed when Tsunami banished him to this cave.
"A warning to all who pass," he read aloud. "Yanouku the demon can only be released when his name is spoken. Okay, so if I don't say this guy's name, I should be alright…OH SHIT."
He realized what he had done. This is so typical. I go out for a short joyride and end up summoning a demon that nearly destroyed Juria. Not to mention what it could do to me.
He felt something crawl over his foot. Looking down, he saw the first snake.
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Washu stumbled into the cafeteria, startling the few students that were there.
"Has anyone seen Kagato," she asked frantically. She had been looking for over two hours, but there was still no sign of him.
After getting a negative response from them, she left the cafeteria. She was heading to search the dorms again when she ran headfirst into something. She looked up to see the black haired man she had bumped into.
"Oh, hi Migal," she said distractedly.
"Hello, Professor. I seem to be the target of the day. I had a collision with Kagato earlier," he said in an amused tone.
"You saw Kagato?!" Washu yelled.
"Um…yes," Migal said hesitantly.
When? Where? Which direction was he going in? Why didn't you tell me two hours ago?" Washu asked.
Migal tried to answer them. "About four hours ago. The hallway in the men's dorm. Towards the landing deck. I didn't think it was a big deal. Why? Is it?"
But when he looked up, she was gone.
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Kagato watched in amazement as the snakes moved to some kind of throne that he hadn't noticed before. They molded together as the thin, acrid smoke rose over them, a biting, hissing, squirming mass becoming one solid form. Then, as quickly as it appeared, the smoke evaporated from the room to revel the single most terrifying thing he'd ever seen.
Standing in front of him (well…kind of standing) was a massive creature that appeared to be half-human and half snake. It was totally covered in black scales. It's muscled chest and arms were that of a man, with long claws on his hands that were strong enough to scratch stone. The lower half of his body was the tail of a snake. Kagato finally got the courage to look at his face, and was appalled and intoxicated by what he saw. He had the face of a man as well, with a thin nose and lips that were curved into a menacing smile, reveling long, dagger-like fangs dripping with saliva. A hooded piece of skin and bone began at his fore head and went down to his hips and small red eyes with vertical pupils that spoke of the venom within him completed the picture. He was the perfect image of everything that Kagato feared.
Kagato swallowed a scream and tried to hide in a corner. Too late. He had been seen.
"Hello, Kagato," the creature said in his deep, grating voice.
Now Kagato knew he was in trouble. He had crashed on an abandoned asteroid, lost the cruiser, and to make his day complete, Yanouku the demon was free.
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Washu had discovered that one of the cruisers was missing. She knew Kagato had used it, but because no one had seen him leave, she had no way of knowing which way he went, so she couldn't follow him. She decided she would wait. She really had no choice. But he had to come back sometime. Or at least, she hoped so…
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"W-what do you want?" Kagato asked, trying to hide his fear, and failing miserably.
"What do I want? You're the one who summoned me. What do *you* want?" Yanouku replied. Kagato didn't reply. He was to busy trying to decide if he should run or lay down and play dead. Yakouku smiled. He had expected a challenge, but this would be all to easy.
By: nyke
Book One: Inner Demons
Disclaimer: See first chapter.
Chapter Two
Kagato's eyes snapped open. What happened?Then he remembered.
The cruiser. He lost control. It headed towards an asteroid and crashed.
No.
Wait.
That wasn't right.
He had seen the asteroid coming towards him, but try as he might, he couldn't remember actually crashing into it.
I must have hit my head on something he summarized. He then realized that he was sitting up and he felt no pain. At least I'm not hurt. He looked around to discover that no rubble from the ship could be seen.
Now he was beginning to worry. He finally looked up to survey he surroundings.
He was in a small dark cave-like room. It, in some strange way, resembled a shrine, yet it had the confining feeling of a prison.
He stood up and saw the writing on the walls. He walked over to the nearest one and put his hands on it. Because of the lack of light, he had to read the carved letters by feel.
It told of Yanouku the demon, who a few centuries ago had attempted to control the most powerful dynasty in the universe, Juria, by possessing its emperor. He had failed when Tsunami banished him to this cave.
"A warning to all who pass," he read aloud. "Yanouku the demon can only be released when his name is spoken. Okay, so if I don't say this guy's name, I should be alright…OH SHIT."
He realized what he had done. This is so typical. I go out for a short joyride and end up summoning a demon that nearly destroyed Juria. Not to mention what it could do to me.
He felt something crawl over his foot. Looking down, he saw the first snake.
-~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~-
Washu stumbled into the cafeteria, startling the few students that were there.
"Has anyone seen Kagato," she asked frantically. She had been looking for over two hours, but there was still no sign of him.
After getting a negative response from them, she left the cafeteria. She was heading to search the dorms again when she ran headfirst into something. She looked up to see the black haired man she had bumped into.
"Oh, hi Migal," she said distractedly.
"Hello, Professor. I seem to be the target of the day. I had a collision with Kagato earlier," he said in an amused tone.
"You saw Kagato?!" Washu yelled.
"Um…yes," Migal said hesitantly.
When? Where? Which direction was he going in? Why didn't you tell me two hours ago?" Washu asked.
Migal tried to answer them. "About four hours ago. The hallway in the men's dorm. Towards the landing deck. I didn't think it was a big deal. Why? Is it?"
But when he looked up, she was gone.
-~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~-
Kagato watched in amazement as the snakes moved to some kind of throne that he hadn't noticed before. They molded together as the thin, acrid smoke rose over them, a biting, hissing, squirming mass becoming one solid form. Then, as quickly as it appeared, the smoke evaporated from the room to revel the single most terrifying thing he'd ever seen.
Standing in front of him (well…kind of standing) was a massive creature that appeared to be half-human and half snake. It was totally covered in black scales. It's muscled chest and arms were that of a man, with long claws on his hands that were strong enough to scratch stone. The lower half of his body was the tail of a snake. Kagato finally got the courage to look at his face, and was appalled and intoxicated by what he saw. He had the face of a man as well, with a thin nose and lips that were curved into a menacing smile, reveling long, dagger-like fangs dripping with saliva. A hooded piece of skin and bone began at his fore head and went down to his hips and small red eyes with vertical pupils that spoke of the venom within him completed the picture. He was the perfect image of everything that Kagato feared.
Kagato swallowed a scream and tried to hide in a corner. Too late. He had been seen.
"Hello, Kagato," the creature said in his deep, grating voice.
Now Kagato knew he was in trouble. He had crashed on an abandoned asteroid, lost the cruiser, and to make his day complete, Yanouku the demon was free.
-~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~-
Washu had discovered that one of the cruisers was missing. She knew Kagato had used it, but because no one had seen him leave, she had no way of knowing which way he went, so she couldn't follow him. She decided she would wait. She really had no choice. But he had to come back sometime. Or at least, she hoped so…
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"W-what do you want?" Kagato asked, trying to hide his fear, and failing miserably.
"What do I want? You're the one who summoned me. What do *you* want?" Yanouku replied. Kagato didn't reply. He was to busy trying to decide if he should run or lay down and play dead. Yakouku smiled. He had expected a challenge, but this would be all to easy.
