Title: Terror…
A/N: Hey!!! Aren't I a little faster???? Well, I couldn't really wait, so…. To all the Malaysian's…. can't believe that school is starting again… *cries*
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Chapter 13- The Beginning of A New Terror
'Uh…Why exactly do I feel like that's not the only thing that might harm us?' Sendo asked, his eyes now back to the window. Anxiety was written on his face.
'I think that's because Ishii wasn't killed by that…centipede. It felt like…it was something else…and I have a feeling that that something else is no insect,' Fujima muttered, while beside him, Jin nodded in grim agreement.
'But…there must be a sign…something…anything that shows that Ishii is dead,' Rukawa murmured, too deep in thoughts to even be delicate.
'Well, he's not breathing,' Sendo said softly, his eyes never leaving the window.
'Anyway, it's not like you were looking properly.' Jin tried to encourage Rukawa, 'Maybe you missed something? There's always a possibility. Too many things have been happening anyway.'
'Yeah… but somehow, I have a feeling that it doesn't matter,' Fujima said.
'Huh?'
'It doesn't matter. Ishii is not going to be able to be of any help to us, whether or not there are signs showing that he has...' Fujima left his sentence hanging, not able to finish it himself.
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Now, what's wrong? Mitsui asked himself, his eyes going wild. Around him, the three were still busy scheming… but… his heart…
His heart was racing.
Something… is not RIGHT!!
His eyes swept the gym carefully, watching every single group clicking together, and for no reason, felt goose bumps crawling up his skin.
What on Earth is going on?
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'How do we tell them that we have seen through their tricks and that we want them to stop?' Kakuta asked in a whisper.
'Well we could somehow tell them that we have seen through their tricks, but we can't tell them that we want them to stop. You have purposely missed out a vital point there. It's like ten to one out there,' Yasuda muttered, and beside him, Kuwata's face became pale, as if all the blood had been sucked clean out of his face.
'Uh… have we no hope then?' Kuwata asked, perspiring lightly, even though the weather was so… cold.
It's so…cold… hostile….
Kuwata clenched his hands into fists.
Why do I feel… weird? Are we on the wrong track? Why do my surroundings feel so… differently cool?
Breathing heavily, oblivious to the suggestions that Sasaoka was currently making, Kuwata tried to ignore his own questions, feelings…
Doubt.
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'Mitsui! What do you think?' Maki asked, a little irritated at Mitsui's attitude. Something about the way he was acting disturbed Maki terribly. He was so…indifferent, and his thoughts were obviously somewhere else.
Hanagata shot out a hand, shaking Mitsui. Mitsui literally jumped out of his trance, looking really surprised and a little worried.
'Nani?' he asked in his innocent boyish tone.
'We asked…'
However, Mitsui cut Hanagata short by suddenly whispering, 'What the…'
Intuitively, Mitsui had turned his gaze to the gym window, which was slightly to the left of Hanagata, and was now swearing and muttering incoherently.
'Mitsui…' This time it was Koshino. However he too, was stopped, stopped by another voice, a voice of… something that, presently, was invisible to all of them.
'You're a weak race, you know that, you incompetent humans?'
The whole gym turned ghostly silent. Even Sakuragi was out of words, his normally expressive face pale due to his terror.
'Hah! You manipulative race! What can you do now, huh?'
'How does it feel to be manipulated in turn?'
At the word manipulated, everyone came to their senses. Everyone, that is excluding those who had not been manipulated. The Shohoku substitutes were hit by a tremendously heavy, and sudden knowledge that they had been stupid and weak. So weak that they had fallen directly into… the trap.
'Manipulative… manipulated? Kuso!' Hanagata cursed under his breath, as if those two words had lifted a spell that had been cast onto him-a hypnotic spell.
'Now, you incomplete, helpless beings! Feel hurt! Feel the helplessness that you've time and time again caused others. You've always thought you were great just because no one ever rose against you, well guess what? You're just as helpless as those you've hurt. Animals, insects… you're worst and much more useless than any of them. Now. I rise against you! watch me! Try me, and let me have the uncomprehending joy of hearing your cry of defeat!'
As if on cue, all heads turned towards the window of Shoyo gym. The window that looked out to the field, and saw it…
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NO! Damn it! No!
Mitsui tried to fight the compelling urge to look out that particular window, again. For some reason, he knew that he should not look out the window.
No! That's what it wants! Don't do it! He screamed again and again, in his head, absently registering that everyone was looking to that window…
Even Rukawa…
Mitsui fought the terrible obligatory urge to turn as well, clenching and unclenching his fists at the same time, almost biting off his tongue in the process. In the end, the urge withdrew, leaving Mitsui smiling broadly.
I've won!
Slowly, boldly, he lifted his gaze to the window, monitoring his own actions carefully, making sure that he had all his actions under control. As the whole picture came into view, he was jolted mentally, nearly losing his self-grip, almost allowing his mind to float away with the current, disarraying his thoughts.
What is that?
Contrary to his first gaze at the window, the thing that caught his attention now, was almost like the exact opposite, especially in size, to the thing that had made him swear under his breath when Hanagata was talking.
What. The. Hell???
The ant looked totally normal, physically…
It's floating for goodness sakes!!!! It's floating in the midair right in the middle of a circle of light which… seems to be emitted from it's own body!!!
The only light in a cloud of blackness, malice… and the ant seemed to be suffering in that darkness that engulfed it…
That darkness… malevolence… that thing murdered Ishii… it killed the innocent freshman!!
The terror… the sure knowledge…
It was overrode by a strong wave of unbidden anger that lashed out from deep within Mitsui.
My friends, someone I care for….
The anger made black dots appear in front of Mitsui's eyes, blurring his vision. Through those imaginary black dots, he saw the poor ant bursting, and the light, the inexplicable source of light, vanishing.
Ishii was always there, cheering for us, helping us, and like the rest, played a huge role… backstage…
Lightning enhanced the whole field, lighting up the centipede considerably, but somehow, the darkness, that patch of darkness that had somehow seemed to engulf the ant when it was circled by the light, still remained there.
Rain continued tearing down on the field giving it a glassy, unreal look.
And then, before their very eyes, the prominent patch of darkness moved…
God help us all! It moved!!!
… towards the centipede.
Understanding unfolded itself, and landed, smothering Mitsui.
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What the hell?
I was astounded at the sudden rising of that tiny and so, reasons unknown, annoyingly normal and… and not to mention that light… that inexplicable light.
Run, idiot! Run!
But I couldn't. I couldn't move. Fear, fear so vast and intense, had driven thousands of screws into those million legs I had.
Baka! Move!
But still, I stood there, watching, transfixed at the sight of the blackness that… seeped out from the ant. I knew… felt that it would harm me, I was terrified by it, and yet, I just watch in disbelieve.
What…?
I stood there for minutes that seemed like eternity, watching the ant, until suddenly, it burst, sending small droplets showering a small part of the field.
Run! Go! Baka! Move before it's too late!!!
I knew I had to, but…
Too late for what?
… all I could do was stare, and receive countless unanswerable questions from other parts of me. The parts who thought I was immortal, the parts that knew no fear… until today.
God… God, please, help me…
The darkness now moved towards me. And after a while, it entered me. Entered.
God…
Too… late….
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Another round of gasps could be heard in the gym. The column of darkness was now entering the centipede, something that Mitsui had thought would happen as soon as the darkness started uh… moving.
'All the while… there was two all the while…' Rukawa muttered, mesmerized at the sight, at the mere knowledge, although he had known it all the while, deep down… it still shocked him.
Though his voice was soft, it went through the whole gym, intensifying all their fears. Here they were, cracking their head trying to defeat one err… monster, having all but success in doing so, another one springs out of nowhere, decided it was funny and entertaining to kill them, thus attempted to join in the fun…
Great! Just damn GREAT!! Fujima wrung his hands together, fighting the urge to scream.
'And now, they're combining… damn! They're combining!!!' Sendo's voice wavered, tethering on the edge of a bottomless pit of terror.
'No, not combining. The other is scared of it… the darkness, or whatever it is, is using the centipede,' Rukawa muttered absently. After a moment, he added, 'I can feel its terror.
Oh, how nice, Mitsui thought, watching, as the centipede, that now was shrouded by nothing else save the darkness of the night, inched closer towards the gym.
I happen to feel the same way…
'As you can all see, I have two ways of changing my mode of transport, or… using different people if you like that phrase better,' the voice said in a dangerously indifferent tone.
'I managed it invisibly in Ishii's case, but you all saw me in this case… and now, dust of the world, try your luck!'
It was still inching closer. Sendo, Fujima, Jin and even Rukawa froze, not knowing what to do, and how to react.
Fifteen feet…
Still, all Rukawa could do was watch.
Ten feet….
Coming closer
Five feet…
Three feet…
Something in Mitsui's mind snapped.
Two feet…
From the opposite end of the gym, Mitsui ran towards the door, drawing slight gasps from the rest.
One foot…
Panting, he continued running, and finally he reached it.
The door was swept open.
'NO!' Mitsui shouted. A giant centipede greeted him.
A/N: Don't kill me…. I had to do something…. Now, now, I may NOT have to kill Mitsui, may not only…. Well, hope you liked this chapter…. *grins* uh…. *sees the reviewers running with knifes* yikes!! *runs and hides*