Chapter Three
A Payment Long Due
I stand here, waiting for his arrival. The cold wind cuts through my coat and slashes angrily at my face and body, but I do not notice. How cold it was here seemed so much warmer than in Siberia. I felt the bad feeling in my stomach that always seemed to come before some tragic event to happen. I sighed again, wishing beyond all hope that she didn't come. I knew that I shouldn't keep my hopes very high, and I just began to pray silently that she didn't come. The final showdown drew near as the sun slowly began to set. I watched the wind curl and twist and writhe between the trees. As the hot smell of rotting carrion carried to me on the wind, I felt the ever present power of Buu. But not far away and weakened. It was close. It was much, much too close for comfort. I shivered as I thought of how that creature had killed the others... She had escaped it with barely her life and me with my own. I know I should have done more. But I didn't. I didn't think it was fate. I thought it was just a plain event in my life and more Kaioshins would come. But more didn't come. No one took their places. No one had the training or heart or courage to do it. No one could do it, but she dared to. As the wind blew savagely in my ears, I remembered her voice, so soft, so sweet, so clear. On the wind, in the clear wintery air, she was now every where, but she wasn't here. I needed her near, but she wasn't there. I wanted her to now leave and never come back. I feel the snow twist and writhe and curl around me. The moment drew nearer; I nearly smelled the stench of rotting carrion and almost make out her slim figure in the snow and shadows...
As the night wind howled and circled me, I heard my name on the wind. Katarel... Katarel... it called. I didn't listen, but I listened for the precise sounds through the night wind's calls and howls and whispers. I stand, the snow trying to strangle me and clutch me with its cold fingers. I smiles in spite of myself. I feel Buu nearer now, with Bibidi in the lead. They will pay. As Bibidi stopped to set Buu free, I stepped out and said in a voice that reminded me of the howls of wolves, "I have come, Bibidi! You cannot escape me! I will have my revenge!" Bibidi turned around to see no one but me, and he laughed. "What can you possibly do?" I snarled and growled loudly. My senses told me to lunge forward and bite his head right off. It was small enough to. I clenched my teeth and stepped forward. It was true that I was short, and I did look like a kid. But I was strong. I was different. I took a deep breath and said in a voice that seemed to chill my blood clean through: "DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE MY POWER! OR IT WILL BE THE LAST THING YOU DO!!" Suddenly the wind stopped and the snow quit falling. I felt the moonlight start to come... First he just stared at me with a blank look on his face. And then he smiled. It was only a little smile, enough of a hint of one to reach his beady black eyes. Then he grinned. Then he giggled a little. My look of disgust and hatred grew as he straight out laughed. Wiping the tears from his eyes, he said to me, "Now, now, you shouldn't joke around in matters that are of no concern to you!" My tail writhed and thrashed and flicked angrily, as though it had a mind of its own. I opened my mouth to yell some insults at him, but instead, I threw my head back and howled. It wasn't the normal sound I made when I howled. I howled this time, the sound of a wolf on the prowl and was closing in on its victim. I closed my eyes as I continued to howl, letting the sound rip and tear from my throat. I felt as though my whole heart and soul and pain poured into my howl. I stopped howling, but my head was still thrown back. Opening my eyes, I saw the full moon. I was the only Saiyan that could do that with my tail. I loved to look at the moon. It was so big and pale and round... and so many times it listened to my howls. I brought my head back down and glared with eyes that blazed an angry purple blaze. I set my sights on Bibidi. I opened my mouth and snarled, letting the wolf inside me loose. Before I knew it, I lunged forward and dug my teeth into his neck and bit hard enough until I heard the soft crack of his back bone snapping. I tasted his blood on my tongue. It wasn't a metallic sweet taste, like my blood, or the blood of anyone else's that I'd ever tasted. It was sour and bitter, very disgusting, poisonous in my mouth. I felt his heart, even though I didn't think him capable of having one, slow and die, but still I held on until the adrenaline died off and I was forced to finally drop him.
Standing, I look in all directions, and, using her psychic abilities, buried Buu as he lay in his dormant state to forever be left in his dormancy. No longer would the Universe have to suffer at the hands of Buu. I only hoped that the damage inflicted by his power would eventually fade and heal. How I hoped and wished that to be true. I walked away, slowly, spitting Bibidi's blood out, crawling, staggering, and jogging my way through the darkness and snow. I needed to return home. I needed Shin... I walked forever, too tired to just use instant transmission back to Kaioshinkai, but too determined to just stay in the snow. As I trekked, I heard the remains of our last talk with one another echo through the back of my mind.
Kaioshin came storming in, his cloak and hat soaked from the rain. Katarel was happy that he had returned... up until she saw the look on the Kai's face. He looked like he was about five different shades of red and twelve different shades of purple. She stood there, gawking at him and he stormed right past, not even bearing her a glance. She stood there, dumbfounded, staring after him, but finally snapped out of it and ran after him. "Kaioshin! Oh, Kaioshin, please wait up!" she called, running after him. He paid her no mind and continued to walk off angrily. She fell in step behind him and started to pester him with questions-"What the heck is wrong, hun?" "So, what's up with the lavender elf today?" "Is someone having an abnormal case of PMS today?" "I'm not going away until you talk to me!" "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!" and "I'll start singing that song again! Follow me, everything is all right..." He spun around and glared at her, his black eyes firing. "What?" She stood as high as she could and barely came eye to eye on him. "You have to tell me or I can't help you!" "I don't want help!" he yelled, his black eyes glaring at her. "Well, you're gonna get it anyway!" she yelled back, her eyes just flasking a pale green color briefly. "Go away Katarel!" he ordered. He had never used his superiority to boss her around, but she didn't notice. "No!" she yelled, practically nose to nose with him. "Well, it's none of your goddamn business!" "Well I'm making it my business!" "Leave, Katarel! NOW!" "I hate you! I don't see how I could have ever loved you!" "Well I hate you too! I don't see why I bothered with the likes of you! You were the one to cause all of this! I should have killed you!" "FINE!" she screamed. "FINE!" he yelled. "I'M LEAVING!" she spun on her heel and stomped away, eventually gathering speed and flying around a corner. "AND GOOD RIDDANCE!" he yelled at her retreating back. Spinning around, he stomped off to find some peace away from chaotic female Saiyans that pranced around in short skirts and 'Saiyan PRIDE' and 'Kakarot sux!' T-shirts.
Some hours later, he found her, packing the last of her books and such in a suitcase. She faced him, her hair cropped hair spiked in the way any Saiyan's does, even thought she had spent years getting it out. Her suit was different than it was hours before. She wore a captain's suit, which she only wore when she was going to go flying around in her hunk-o'-junk pile of scrap metal that she called the Star 03. Kaioshin absolutely hated that starship. And, even more, he hated that uniform. It showed way too much of her skin. Hell, to him, the Kaioshin uniform showed too much skin! He gapped at her short black hair that was now cropped short so that it curled around her ears and spiked at her forehead. She threw some clothes in her suitcase and said in a voice that dripped utter disgust in seeing him, "I'm leaving as fast as I can, Master." Her tail was covered in gold rings and such that clinked and chimed as she walked and her forehead sported a gold band with a ruby the size of a chicken's egg. Her boots clicked as she walked around, picking up the last of her things from around the room: her sword, her notebook, a small music box, her keys to her starship, and her CD of her favorite songs. She threw the last of her belongings into the suitcase and lashed her sword to her belt. She grabbed her suitcase and turned to leave. She came face to face to Kaioshin who blocked the doorway. "Get out of my way!" she said angrily. "No." he said flatly. "Why not?" "You can't leave because you'll get hurt!" he said, his hands balling into fists. "Oh, really? Is that all?" she said, crossing her arms over her practically exposed chest. "I couldn't possibly live without you!" he yelled, unable to keep the anger from his voice. "Oh really? What happened to 'and good riddance?'" she said with a lot of attitude and a smug look on her face. "I wouldn't be able to live without you!" he tried to reason. Taking a step toward her, he said, "I need you-" "No, you don't! You're a Kaioshin! You need to stay here." she cut him off. "I couldn't give a damn about the universe! Right now, I need you here. I need you!" he said, now face to face with her. "I don't care what you need! I need to free myself from this guilt! There is no way I could possibly stay here! And you know that!" "I don't care! I can't live without you! I'll die if you leave me here!" "No you won't!" He didn't argue further, but leaned forward, pulled her close, and kissed her on the lips, softly at first, but acting on impulse, he pulled her closer until the flame in his heart nearly consume them both right there in the doorway. He pulled away, and almost let her go, but something pulled him back, a ferocious need engulfing his heart and senses. He looked at her with eyes hooded, trying to hide it, but the passion rose in him, and he reached for her hand and said in a voice that was suddenly horse and husky, "Don't go. I need you here." He touched her hand but she flinched and drew it away, looking back with eyes full of sorrow. "You know that I can't do that." she said softly. He suddenly looked at her with a face of stone. "I won't allow it." He said cold, ice practically dripping from his words. She looked at him with those eyes, so dark a blue that they were almost black, and so deep they seemed to have no end, eyes that cut through his defenses and slashed them to the ground. "I'm leaving whether I have your permission or not. And, like it or not, I may not return when this is over." And with her final words, she stepped away abruptly and disappeared from his sight and sense. He felt over the whole universe for her, but she was nowhere now. Oh, great gods, what have I done?
My thoughts jerked back to the present abruptly as I felt the morning rays hit my face. But that wasn't the only thing to hit my face. I was suddenly sent staggering off to the side by a weak and poorly aimed, but staggering blow. Staggering a bit to the left, I look over my shoulder to see a young child there, a blunt spear in her hands. She looked at the child, who hit her rather harshly in the side, shooting her a look that said 'Don't even think about it!' I roll my eyes and look at the girl, frowning, positive all my 105,439,129 earth years showing up in my eyes. "Look, little girl, I won't hurt you. I'm just very sick and tired and-" A sudden rustling of the trees nearby to my left distracted me. I focused my full attention on it and a monster came leaping out. It had a large body, like the body of a smashed bus. But it was covered in gray slimy things that writhed and flared about its body like worms eating at decaying flesh. It had many limbs that made it look like some sort of a mutated spider. I kept as still as I could, for I was trembling, and the scent of rotting flesh was unbearable for one with such heightened senses as my own. Its two red gleaming eyes focused on the child and I and the girl cursed softly, "Oh, my gods...it's a demon!" Not thinking about it, when the thing-or demon-attacked and aimed toward the girl, who was stringing a bow, I lurched in front of it. Aiming a kamehameha wave at its eye, I gasped in pain as one of its many limbs touched and coiled itself around my arm. It attached itself there and seared my arm, sending pain shooting though my body. I cried out from the pain, and shot blindly, and by the squeal of pain and terror from the demon, I had somehow hit my mark. Another squeal of terror from the wriggling thing came and told me that the girl was fine and had finally strung her bow. I staggered forward and lifted my seared arm to deliver a final blow when I hear a voice in my head. Disgusting, vile creatures. You despicable, vile disgusting creatures. I leave you my curse to bear until, screaming in agony, you lay dead or dying as I do. I hope it drives you to the point of madness and beyond. Telepathy, I thought. I'm not vile. You attacked us before either could defend and yet we have done nothing to you. I may carry your curse, but I will lift it, on your grave, I shall find a cure, and I swear I will seek my revenge. Ha! You will die within days. Your pitiful attempts to save the universe have been in vain. I swear to thee, upon my grave, upon the highest hand of the gods, and upon the lowliest flame of Hell, I will kill you and all your kind and seek my revenge upon you, for I am the one and only- A seizure of pain and flame and fire consumed her, surging through her arm, causing her to scream in pain. Forcing the thoughts, she spoke, Katarel Suiana! Lifting my arm again, I blasted the area in front of me, feeling that the darkness before me no longer lay there. I kept my eyes closed as my arm and body throbbed in pain. I kept my eyes squeezed shut from the pain, and clenched my jaw tightly to keep from yelling curses. I finally bent to my knees and stuck my hand in the snow, which hissed and melted almost on contact. The girl came up, tearing off icicles off the branches and holding them there and tying them. When the pain was finally bearable, I opened my eyes to meet a pair of lavender pools of innocence. "You saved my life." the girl said. "Yea, I'd save almost anyone." "But you killed that man. Why did you kill him and spare me?" "He... He killed many people. He was evil." "Oh..." she said. Untying the ice wrappings, she examined the flesh there. When she hissed in a breath through her teeth, I knew it had to be bad. I didn't have the courage to look at it, but, turning my head, I saw that the skin on my arm was burned. And it wasn't a normal burn either, it was a cursed burn. And it hurt like hell!
I stand here, waiting for his arrival. The cold wind cuts through my coat and slashes angrily at my face and body, but I do not notice. How cold it was here seemed so much warmer than in Siberia. I felt the bad feeling in my stomach that always seemed to come before some tragic event to happen. I sighed again, wishing beyond all hope that she didn't come. I knew that I shouldn't keep my hopes very high, and I just began to pray silently that she didn't come. The final showdown drew near as the sun slowly began to set. I watched the wind curl and twist and writhe between the trees. As the hot smell of rotting carrion carried to me on the wind, I felt the ever present power of Buu. But not far away and weakened. It was close. It was much, much too close for comfort. I shivered as I thought of how that creature had killed the others... She had escaped it with barely her life and me with my own. I know I should have done more. But I didn't. I didn't think it was fate. I thought it was just a plain event in my life and more Kaioshins would come. But more didn't come. No one took their places. No one had the training or heart or courage to do it. No one could do it, but she dared to. As the wind blew savagely in my ears, I remembered her voice, so soft, so sweet, so clear. On the wind, in the clear wintery air, she was now every where, but she wasn't here. I needed her near, but she wasn't there. I wanted her to now leave and never come back. I feel the snow twist and writhe and curl around me. The moment drew nearer; I nearly smelled the stench of rotting carrion and almost make out her slim figure in the snow and shadows...
As the night wind howled and circled me, I heard my name on the wind. Katarel... Katarel... it called. I didn't listen, but I listened for the precise sounds through the night wind's calls and howls and whispers. I stand, the snow trying to strangle me and clutch me with its cold fingers. I smiles in spite of myself. I feel Buu nearer now, with Bibidi in the lead. They will pay. As Bibidi stopped to set Buu free, I stepped out and said in a voice that reminded me of the howls of wolves, "I have come, Bibidi! You cannot escape me! I will have my revenge!" Bibidi turned around to see no one but me, and he laughed. "What can you possibly do?" I snarled and growled loudly. My senses told me to lunge forward and bite his head right off. It was small enough to. I clenched my teeth and stepped forward. It was true that I was short, and I did look like a kid. But I was strong. I was different. I took a deep breath and said in a voice that seemed to chill my blood clean through: "DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE MY POWER! OR IT WILL BE THE LAST THING YOU DO!!" Suddenly the wind stopped and the snow quit falling. I felt the moonlight start to come... First he just stared at me with a blank look on his face. And then he smiled. It was only a little smile, enough of a hint of one to reach his beady black eyes. Then he grinned. Then he giggled a little. My look of disgust and hatred grew as he straight out laughed. Wiping the tears from his eyes, he said to me, "Now, now, you shouldn't joke around in matters that are of no concern to you!" My tail writhed and thrashed and flicked angrily, as though it had a mind of its own. I opened my mouth to yell some insults at him, but instead, I threw my head back and howled. It wasn't the normal sound I made when I howled. I howled this time, the sound of a wolf on the prowl and was closing in on its victim. I closed my eyes as I continued to howl, letting the sound rip and tear from my throat. I felt as though my whole heart and soul and pain poured into my howl. I stopped howling, but my head was still thrown back. Opening my eyes, I saw the full moon. I was the only Saiyan that could do that with my tail. I loved to look at the moon. It was so big and pale and round... and so many times it listened to my howls. I brought my head back down and glared with eyes that blazed an angry purple blaze. I set my sights on Bibidi. I opened my mouth and snarled, letting the wolf inside me loose. Before I knew it, I lunged forward and dug my teeth into his neck and bit hard enough until I heard the soft crack of his back bone snapping. I tasted his blood on my tongue. It wasn't a metallic sweet taste, like my blood, or the blood of anyone else's that I'd ever tasted. It was sour and bitter, very disgusting, poisonous in my mouth. I felt his heart, even though I didn't think him capable of having one, slow and die, but still I held on until the adrenaline died off and I was forced to finally drop him.
Standing, I look in all directions, and, using her psychic abilities, buried Buu as he lay in his dormant state to forever be left in his dormancy. No longer would the Universe have to suffer at the hands of Buu. I only hoped that the damage inflicted by his power would eventually fade and heal. How I hoped and wished that to be true. I walked away, slowly, spitting Bibidi's blood out, crawling, staggering, and jogging my way through the darkness and snow. I needed to return home. I needed Shin... I walked forever, too tired to just use instant transmission back to Kaioshinkai, but too determined to just stay in the snow. As I trekked, I heard the remains of our last talk with one another echo through the back of my mind.
Kaioshin came storming in, his cloak and hat soaked from the rain. Katarel was happy that he had returned... up until she saw the look on the Kai's face. He looked like he was about five different shades of red and twelve different shades of purple. She stood there, gawking at him and he stormed right past, not even bearing her a glance. She stood there, dumbfounded, staring after him, but finally snapped out of it and ran after him. "Kaioshin! Oh, Kaioshin, please wait up!" she called, running after him. He paid her no mind and continued to walk off angrily. She fell in step behind him and started to pester him with questions-"What the heck is wrong, hun?" "So, what's up with the lavender elf today?" "Is someone having an abnormal case of PMS today?" "I'm not going away until you talk to me!" "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!" and "I'll start singing that song again! Follow me, everything is all right..." He spun around and glared at her, his black eyes firing. "What?" She stood as high as she could and barely came eye to eye on him. "You have to tell me or I can't help you!" "I don't want help!" he yelled, his black eyes glaring at her. "Well, you're gonna get it anyway!" she yelled back, her eyes just flasking a pale green color briefly. "Go away Katarel!" he ordered. He had never used his superiority to boss her around, but she didn't notice. "No!" she yelled, practically nose to nose with him. "Well, it's none of your goddamn business!" "Well I'm making it my business!" "Leave, Katarel! NOW!" "I hate you! I don't see how I could have ever loved you!" "Well I hate you too! I don't see why I bothered with the likes of you! You were the one to cause all of this! I should have killed you!" "FINE!" she screamed. "FINE!" he yelled. "I'M LEAVING!" she spun on her heel and stomped away, eventually gathering speed and flying around a corner. "AND GOOD RIDDANCE!" he yelled at her retreating back. Spinning around, he stomped off to find some peace away from chaotic female Saiyans that pranced around in short skirts and 'Saiyan PRIDE' and 'Kakarot sux!' T-shirts.
Some hours later, he found her, packing the last of her books and such in a suitcase. She faced him, her hair cropped hair spiked in the way any Saiyan's does, even thought she had spent years getting it out. Her suit was different than it was hours before. She wore a captain's suit, which she only wore when she was going to go flying around in her hunk-o'-junk pile of scrap metal that she called the Star 03. Kaioshin absolutely hated that starship. And, even more, he hated that uniform. It showed way too much of her skin. Hell, to him, the Kaioshin uniform showed too much skin! He gapped at her short black hair that was now cropped short so that it curled around her ears and spiked at her forehead. She threw some clothes in her suitcase and said in a voice that dripped utter disgust in seeing him, "I'm leaving as fast as I can, Master." Her tail was covered in gold rings and such that clinked and chimed as she walked and her forehead sported a gold band with a ruby the size of a chicken's egg. Her boots clicked as she walked around, picking up the last of her things from around the room: her sword, her notebook, a small music box, her keys to her starship, and her CD of her favorite songs. She threw the last of her belongings into the suitcase and lashed her sword to her belt. She grabbed her suitcase and turned to leave. She came face to face to Kaioshin who blocked the doorway. "Get out of my way!" she said angrily. "No." he said flatly. "Why not?" "You can't leave because you'll get hurt!" he said, his hands balling into fists. "Oh, really? Is that all?" she said, crossing her arms over her practically exposed chest. "I couldn't possibly live without you!" he yelled, unable to keep the anger from his voice. "Oh really? What happened to 'and good riddance?'" she said with a lot of attitude and a smug look on her face. "I wouldn't be able to live without you!" he tried to reason. Taking a step toward her, he said, "I need you-" "No, you don't! You're a Kaioshin! You need to stay here." she cut him off. "I couldn't give a damn about the universe! Right now, I need you here. I need you!" he said, now face to face with her. "I don't care what you need! I need to free myself from this guilt! There is no way I could possibly stay here! And you know that!" "I don't care! I can't live without you! I'll die if you leave me here!" "No you won't!" He didn't argue further, but leaned forward, pulled her close, and kissed her on the lips, softly at first, but acting on impulse, he pulled her closer until the flame in his heart nearly consume them both right there in the doorway. He pulled away, and almost let her go, but something pulled him back, a ferocious need engulfing his heart and senses. He looked at her with eyes hooded, trying to hide it, but the passion rose in him, and he reached for her hand and said in a voice that was suddenly horse and husky, "Don't go. I need you here." He touched her hand but she flinched and drew it away, looking back with eyes full of sorrow. "You know that I can't do that." she said softly. He suddenly looked at her with a face of stone. "I won't allow it." He said cold, ice practically dripping from his words. She looked at him with those eyes, so dark a blue that they were almost black, and so deep they seemed to have no end, eyes that cut through his defenses and slashed them to the ground. "I'm leaving whether I have your permission or not. And, like it or not, I may not return when this is over." And with her final words, she stepped away abruptly and disappeared from his sight and sense. He felt over the whole universe for her, but she was nowhere now. Oh, great gods, what have I done?
My thoughts jerked back to the present abruptly as I felt the morning rays hit my face. But that wasn't the only thing to hit my face. I was suddenly sent staggering off to the side by a weak and poorly aimed, but staggering blow. Staggering a bit to the left, I look over my shoulder to see a young child there, a blunt spear in her hands. She looked at the child, who hit her rather harshly in the side, shooting her a look that said 'Don't even think about it!' I roll my eyes and look at the girl, frowning, positive all my 105,439,129 earth years showing up in my eyes. "Look, little girl, I won't hurt you. I'm just very sick and tired and-" A sudden rustling of the trees nearby to my left distracted me. I focused my full attention on it and a monster came leaping out. It had a large body, like the body of a smashed bus. But it was covered in gray slimy things that writhed and flared about its body like worms eating at decaying flesh. It had many limbs that made it look like some sort of a mutated spider. I kept as still as I could, for I was trembling, and the scent of rotting flesh was unbearable for one with such heightened senses as my own. Its two red gleaming eyes focused on the child and I and the girl cursed softly, "Oh, my gods...it's a demon!" Not thinking about it, when the thing-or demon-attacked and aimed toward the girl, who was stringing a bow, I lurched in front of it. Aiming a kamehameha wave at its eye, I gasped in pain as one of its many limbs touched and coiled itself around my arm. It attached itself there and seared my arm, sending pain shooting though my body. I cried out from the pain, and shot blindly, and by the squeal of pain and terror from the demon, I had somehow hit my mark. Another squeal of terror from the wriggling thing came and told me that the girl was fine and had finally strung her bow. I staggered forward and lifted my seared arm to deliver a final blow when I hear a voice in my head. Disgusting, vile creatures. You despicable, vile disgusting creatures. I leave you my curse to bear until, screaming in agony, you lay dead or dying as I do. I hope it drives you to the point of madness and beyond. Telepathy, I thought. I'm not vile. You attacked us before either could defend and yet we have done nothing to you. I may carry your curse, but I will lift it, on your grave, I shall find a cure, and I swear I will seek my revenge. Ha! You will die within days. Your pitiful attempts to save the universe have been in vain. I swear to thee, upon my grave, upon the highest hand of the gods, and upon the lowliest flame of Hell, I will kill you and all your kind and seek my revenge upon you, for I am the one and only- A seizure of pain and flame and fire consumed her, surging through her arm, causing her to scream in pain. Forcing the thoughts, she spoke, Katarel Suiana! Lifting my arm again, I blasted the area in front of me, feeling that the darkness before me no longer lay there. I kept my eyes closed as my arm and body throbbed in pain. I kept my eyes squeezed shut from the pain, and clenched my jaw tightly to keep from yelling curses. I finally bent to my knees and stuck my hand in the snow, which hissed and melted almost on contact. The girl came up, tearing off icicles off the branches and holding them there and tying them. When the pain was finally bearable, I opened my eyes to meet a pair of lavender pools of innocence. "You saved my life." the girl said. "Yea, I'd save almost anyone." "But you killed that man. Why did you kill him and spare me?" "He... He killed many people. He was evil." "Oh..." she said. Untying the ice wrappings, she examined the flesh there. When she hissed in a breath through her teeth, I knew it had to be bad. I didn't have the courage to look at it, but, turning my head, I saw that the skin on my arm was burned. And it wasn't a normal burn either, it was a cursed burn. And it hurt like hell!
