Title: Terror…
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Chapter 10- Ishii
What the hell is happening in here?
Sendo stared at Ishii for a few more seconds.
The rain, thunder, lightning and… wind. These are not merely natural disasters! It had a different sense of malice in them…
Sendo pulled his eyes away from Ishii, and met Rukawa's eyes. He too was terrified. Sendo felt cold fear choking him.
There's something else in the gym! Something terribly sinister…
That thought was so strong that Fujima and Jin turned to look at them, a little surprised. Even though Sendo and Rukawa hadn't actually tried dispatching any message to them yet, they could feel Sendo's thoughts that were filled with terror.
Then, suddenly, Fujima had the sudden feeling that there was something… He felt… another PRESENCE
Another? Now? What the heck?… and why is this one so… evil?
Jin too realized that there was something in here. Something else.
It's kinda funny. I didn't realize anything until I started looking for it… or until I got an admonition from Sendo.
I don't like this…
The four of them cringed as they felt the unwanted evil waves become stronger and more hated. All of them turned their eyes onto Ishii… the waves, once undetectable, now overpoweringly strong, was definitely coming from him. But they looked away quickly at the look his face held.
The four of them pulled away from their group of friends and gathered at one corner of the gym.
Outside, lightning continued to stab down from the dark gloomy skies above.
'…yeah … Tensai Sakuragi … ouch! Gori…' Sakuragi's voice floated over to them. They were so oblivious of the danger they might be facing.
'Do'aho,' Rukawa muttered. But Sakuragi's worry-free voice only gave rise to Rukawa's fears. He himself didn't know what they were up against, and if it was God's will that he didn't need to know, he would be perfectly pleased with God's will as he didn't have any desire to know. But the way they couldn't feel anything at all…
This basketball court is really turning into a nightmare.
They were all very quiet, and terribly scared. Sendo decided that they should go through whatever they knew about this new creature… that is if they knew anything at all.
Is it going to try to stop us?
However, as Sendo opened his mouth to ask them to name the things that they knew about this, another voice cut in.
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There was an ant skittering around, finding for food. Ishii looked at it, a little amused, and more than a little pleased.
At least there are some insects that aren't under its power.
It wasn't all that funny that he was pleased to see an ant as he was really into insects, and loved them tremendously… but after what happened, it was not funny at all. Then his eyes fell onto a spider that was trying to squeeze through the hole under the door. The corners of his mouth twitched into a smile.
That same smile however, vanished when the spider entered the gym and turned towards him. There was something distinctly odd about the way it looked at him, as if sizing him… something distinctly evil
Ishii started backing away. A quiver of icy dread went through Ishii's body.
What's with that spider?
He looked around for that ant, to see if that ant was acting in the same weird way the spider was acting. The ant, he found, was acting in a far more weirder, and yet, to Ishii, more logical way. It was running away from the spider.
Could it be… is the spider in its power too? Is it one of them… one of the insects?
Ishii trembled visibly. Lifting his eyes to his friends, he saw that none of them realized that there was a weird acting spider in the gym. Apparently, they also didn't realize how scared he was, and he didn't blame them. He was always the unsocial one, and it wasn't an exception now. They were all in a circle, but he was alone, standing with his back to the wall.
Then, he felt something trying to enter him. Something terribly bad… and it was succeeding.
Is the spider intruding into me? Is that possible? I mean it's still standing there, motionless now, looking at me… expectantly?
He tried to lift his hands to tab his friend on the back, but couldn't. Fear seemed to have locked his muscles together. More than that, his fear was wavering on the edge of panic.
It was then that the sudden sure understanding and knowledge hit him. It wasn't the spider. The spider was just a mode of transport, a place to live. The spider was a mere nothing. The thing that seemed so evil, that seemed to have a weird kind of hold on Ishii was in the spider. And Ishii knew that he was the next target. It would use him next. A new mode of transport… or whatever it was that the thing wanted. Ishii didn't know, and didn't want to.
Thunder screamed out in the cold night, and the spider seemed to awaken from a kind of hypnotized sleep and quickly scuttled away from the gym.
It was his turn, Ishii.
The… creature… or whatever it was entered Ishii, taking control of him.
The skies above continued weeping.
The moon leered down on all of them, the helpless ones in the gym.
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We were held in fear and awe of the new thing in the gym. But… we couldn't place it. It didn't fit into any group of things we fed on in all the eras we've lived in. quickly, we combined, although the fear was great. But then, our mind power would increase too, and we dearly needed that now.
It is in a bigger form now!
It spread!
More insects were still joining into me, and still, I was lost.
It was now using a bigger space in the gym…
How?
I was getting real big. Even as a centipede, I filled the whole corridor. I myself was surprised at how big I could become. It has been a long time since we all joined into one body like this… almost a thousand years… maybe two has passed. And yet, I was never as scared I was now. The worse thing is that I still couldn't figure what it was…
What the heck is it?
Why am I so terrified of It?
How does it spread?
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'I'm not in control,' Ishii screamed… in his own head. He had little control of his mind, and absolutely no control whatsoever of his body,
'It's not me! I'm not speaking!!!' Ishii screamed again, or at least tried to, when he realized that he was talking out loud, telling everyone that it was ridiculous to wait.
Shut up! No one can hear you, and if you treasure this filthy life of yours, you'll shut the hell up!
Ishii did just that. By the sound of the terrible voice, he knew that it meant business.
The discussion of whether they should attack its lair continued, with Ishii participating very actively, to a lot of people's surprised.
After a while, Ishii realized that Rukawa, Sendo, Fujima and Jin had pulled away from the group and were gathered at one corner of the gym.
An idea struck him.
* * * * * * * *
'Ooooo! Somebody realizes that I'm intruding?'
Everyone stopped talking. The light atmosphere that they were creating was suddenly weighed down with fear. This voice… it was not the same… it was far worse compared to the first one, the insects' voice.
Rukawa whipped his head towards Ishii, but Ishii was as scared as everyone else… and the voice didn't seem to come from Ishii anyway. It came from… everywhere.
'… kawa… elp… not… control…help…'
A voice spoke to him, in his head. But that voice was very blur, as if there was a bad connection between him and the person asking for help. It was as if something was between them.
'Someone's trying to tell me something,' Rukawa whispered to the three around him. They nodded, looking around the gym, trying to trace the voice.
Hanagata was watching the four of them, looking for something… The whole gym was blanketed with fear and silence.
They don't miss anything…
They are quite observant. But, why didn't they tell the others and me anything? Hanagata wondered in his heart.
Fukuda cast his eyes outside. The rain was non-stop. It just kept pouring down. The wind was rustling the leaves.
What's wrong with tonight?
He rubbed his hands together, looking around for the source of the mysteriously evil voice. Then, his eyes fell on Ishii.
What's up with him?
Ishii was trembling uncontrollably. His eyes were wide, but not out of fear, like everyone else's. It was out of pain!
Lightning striked, and the gym light wavered, went off for a while.
Suddenly…
'AHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhh……..'
Rukawa and the rest of them jerked, hard. It was a mind voice, sure… but it was a hell of a loud one. They looked around frantically, but could find nothing in the darkness.
Everyone was mercifully quiet. Even Ayako didn't scream when the lights went off.
Rukawa felt increasingly nervous. The name Ishii was dancing in front of his mind's eyes.
That was Ishii… wasn't it?
The scream… everything happened in a matter of seconds. The lights came on again soon enough, and there were a few sighs of relieve. But they didn't last for long.
Fukuda was the first one to see it. Even when the light went off, he hadn't taken his eyes away from Ishii, but now, he lay on the ground, unmarked, but unmistakably dead. At first, he was shocked, but soon enough, his shock was washed away by a wave of terror.
How the hell did that happen?
Although he did not expect an answer, he got one. A voice whispered in his head.
Because I was here…
And then Fukuda did something he never in his life did before. He screamed.
* * * * * * * *
It killed someone.
Shit! In a matter of seconds, without me realizing, it killed someone!
I was now far from panicked or scared. I was terrified. And still, I could sense its presence.
It shrunk.
* * * * * * * *
'You underestimated me didn't you?'
By now, almost all the Shohoku players were shouting and screaming in misery. The first-years weren't quiet and timid anymore. They shouted curses, screamed Ishii's name out loud. Even some of the Ryonan players shed tears at their grievous cries. They hardly cared about the voice that was giving them warnings. Most of them had nearly given up all hope on living anyway.
Rukawa wasn't crying, but he was weighed down with guilt.
I shouldn't have whispered it out loud.
'You underestimated me didn't you?'
Again, the voice, taunting them, sounding more dangerous now. Sendo, Fujima and Jin looked around nervously. They didn't dare fool around with this voice the way they did with the first. This… thing was far more evil, horribly serious… and not to mention unmerciful.
'It was Ishii! He was calling out to us, trying to tell us something… Asking for help,' Rukawa muttered to the now silent gym. When the voice repeated the warning, or the taunt, most of the players took it more seriously and shut up. But occasional snivels could still be heard. The remorsed players stared at Rukawa uncomprehendingly.
'He paid dearly for it.'
Rukawa looked up and scanned the gym, but could find nothing at all. Nothing that could explaine even a little about the thing that killed Ishii. He shifted his eyes towards Ishii. There was no bruise… no blood… no nothing! But he was dead!
Damn it. Damn you, whoever you are… whatever you are!
Mustering as much courage as he could, he walked over to Ishii.
Without anyone noticing, an ant skittered out of the gym.
A/N: So??? I have a feeling that this fic is getting more boring and less scary. Well… I don't know… do please review my fic (I do sound real desperate don't I? Something must be wrong with me…) and also, to those who don't know, there's another fic called Malice in Darkness… do please review it!!! Oh, BTW, I do recommend you guys to read Amen, it's a Yaoi fic (I dunno why I read it, I'm not a Yaoi fan, and the chapters are rather long… but that fic is real nice and funny!!)