Chapter 7:
Japan
Kazi sat next to Hwoarang one the edge of the back porch at 1:33 in the morning. The darkness was still looming about as the stars and the moon faded off into the distance. Hwoarang looked at Kazi,
"Kazi, what happened to you?" Hwoarang said. Kazi shook her head,
"Whatever has happened...." She said avoiding his eyes, "Is in the past now, Hwoanchan." Hwoarang smiled at the mention of his nickname.
"Some of my boys have gone to the government to rent back the dojo." He said changing the subject. Kazi smiled. They sat there in an awkward silence, both of them overjoyed that they had finally found each other again..........
"Sergeant!" A voice suddenly broke the silence. Kazi and Hwoarang's heads popped up, to see sixteen Korean soldiers and their superior aiming at them with Snipers and Thompsons.
"Shit...." Hwoarang spat.
"Sergeant!" The man said again, "Escaping from the Korean Military Base with top secret information is a serious offence, can be and will be punishable by death." Hwoarang grit his teeth and Kazi was all confused.
"Wait a minute. YOU were in the MILITARY?!" Kazi said turning to him in disbelief.
"We'll talk about it later...." Hwoarang said through his gritted teeth, "That is if we ever get out of this.." He whispered. Kazi seemingly overheard him and whispered,
"Stand close" Kazi stood up gathering the soldiers' attention to her. Kazi started to chant something softly:
Dises dadestoransten ransan todessistoestsetesnisdada........
Sansiranthes tonisdesto ransan esdisshulesru......
Esran thesransinis, esran allnisdada......
Dadeslonis neda sansiranthes rulesdisda olalldisshulesru.....
The candle on the back porch blew out as a cold wind swirled around Kazi. Mystic colored ancient symbols circled both clockwise and counterclockwise on the ground. They started to glow with enormous power.
"WHAT THE FU-" But before Hwoarang could finish both he and Kazi were engulfed in shadow and everything went black......
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Hwoarang felt a small and gentle push at his back. He opened his eyes just a crack and found himself lying on the ground.
"Hwoanchan.... are you ok?" Kazi's voice was soft and very quiet. Hwoarang looked up. His whole body felt as if he had been frozen for years, icy cold and dreamily dark. He sat up. "I'm so sorry...." Kazi said and grasped him around the neck in embrace. "I should have never done that...."
"Kazi, what was that?" He said coming out of the embrace and rubbing his arms to keep warm.
"It was a spell....." She said sitting back on her legs.
"You know black magic?" Hwoarang said astonished.
"It's a curse."
"Cold...." He whispered. Kazi wrapped her cloak around him and that's when Hwoarang noticed that they were in some kind of old shrine.
"Where are we?" He asked.
"I donno." Kazi stood up and ran her fingers across the wall that was etched in the wall itself. "Japanese.... I think..."
"Hmm....." Hwoarang thought for a moment, "Still cold.."
"I've gotten used to it...." Kazi said turning around and changing the subject, "Can you move?"
"Yes." He stood up.
"Let's get going." Kazi said helping Hwoarang walk to the closest door. She opened the door and found that they were in a deep green and black embedded forest. She leaned Hwoarang up against a near by tree and began to climb up another. Five minutes later Kazi came back down.
"There is a city to the Northeast. It's not far away I think we can make it before midnight tomorrow."
"Ok." Hwoarang replied.
"Now, before we go any further..." Kazi started, "Military?"
"I got drafted." He said simply, knowing that she despised the Korean Military, both Southern and Northern alike.
"Oh..." She looked at the ground, "Sorry..."
"Let's go." Hwoarang and Kazi headed northeast.
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By the time they reached the city it was already sundown. The fiery glow of the red suns rays lit the sky in a magnificent burst of red-orange flames. They rented a hotel room in a 'heap of trash hotel' as Hwoarang put it. Tired from his long journey and the frightening experience of Kazi's Magic, Hwoarang fell into a deep slumber as soon as his head hit the pillow on the small twin sized bed. Kazi pulled the one paper-thin sheet over him and covered him with the cloak from earlier. She gently stroked the small strands of flaming red hair that fell into the peaceful Hwoarang's face as he slept. She sighed and went out for a walk.
Kazi stood at the Japanese bridge and watched the stars gleam onto the dark crystal waters. Lost in her own thoughts, Kazi stood silently in the darkness.
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A well built man walked in the darkness practically unnoticeable. The cool night airbrushed his dark spiky hair from time to time. He approached the same bridge he always went to, to clear his mind, when he's in the city. Expecting the bridge to be deserted, he saw something out of place. The young Japanese boy, about twenty-one in age, stopped a good seven-feet away. The silver white light of the crescent moon that hung in the sky, seemingly created a spotlight upon a young Korean girl. The Korean girl was Kazi. Her skin was evenly tanned, her hair was of a darkness color and flaming red highlights within the front, and her eyes locked onto the sky and the water. The quiet sounds of the slow flowing river and the soft cool winds, calmed him. She stood quietly not noticing him at all. The boy stepped silently closer until he was about three feet away. Still she did not notice him. 'Lost.....' He thought as he looked at her eyes. The boy suddenly saw a glint of red, blue, and gold fall from her to the ground. She broke out of her trance. They both bent down to pick it up. Kazi's hand bumped into a mysterious boy's hand. They both pulled back as if they had touched fire. She looked at him, immediately noticing his eyes, within the darkness of his hood. For a minute she seemed to be lost in his dark chocolate eyes. The unreadable shimmer within them that seemed like a protective angel of darkness....
"I.... believe this is yours." Shyness ran its way through his words. Kazi snapped away from his eyes reluctantly and looked down at his hand, which was open held her locket in which Hwoarang had given her on Christmas a year before they were separated. She took it and looked at the ground in her clumsiness.
"Thank you." She said. The guy stood up and started to walk away. Kazi stood up too, looking after him. The guy turned around his broad chest was clad in a golden flamed blue and gray jacket that matched his pants. She watched him as he walked off.......
