Feel The Wrath

Chapter Four: Vengeance

Van and Dilandau were sitting above the cave where Rikimaru and Ayame were imprisoned having a drink. "Well," Van said. " That's another two of my enemies out of the way." "For now," Dilandau said. " They may yet escape." ""True, true. Anyway, I think I may pay them a visit, give them a taste of things to come." "I think I'll come too." They walked down a spiral staircase carved into the rock and Van pressed his hand against a symbol etched into it. A slab of stone slid across, leaving an open doorway. They walked in and Rikimaru was sleeping. "Shall I," said Van, raising his hand. Dilandau nodded and Van slapped Rikimaru on the face and Dilandau kicked Ayame in the stomach. "What the hell are you doing!?" Rikimaru shouted at Van. "I believe," said Van, starting to smile," That I just slapped you across the face." Ayame groaned on the floor and Dilandau kicked her again. "Leave her out of this!" Rikimaru shouted. "Why? So she can kill us as soon as we let her go? I don't think so!" "But she's injured!" "So," Dilandau said, turning away from Ayame. "You're one of those truth, justice, freedom types, eh?" Dilandau sneered. "Well, Rikimaru, wake up and smell the shit! The world is not like that!" "He's right," Van said, turning towards the wall, where there was an engraved longsword with gems set into it. He took it down and placed the tip at Ayame's throat. "Just one twitch," he said, starting to smile. "That's all it will take." "You wouldn't," Rikimaru said, although there was a slight uncertainty in his voice though. Rikimaru had dealt with Van's type before. They weren't insane. They were completely sane. They didn't see the fluffy pink lining around life. Usually it was because something extremely bad had happened to them. "He's right," Van said, putting the sword away. "I wouldn't. Dilandau, take her back to her home. If she wakes up, drop her and run." Van walked out, followed by Dilandau, who was carrying Ayame. They closed the door and Rikimaru realised. In all the talking they hadn't realised that Rikimaru was slowly pulling the chains out of the walls. After a few hours he was free. He took a katana off the wall and waited by the door. It opened and Rikimaru swung the sword. He heard a gasp and blood sprayed out next to him. A body fell forward. It was Dilandau. He ran out and up the stairs. There was a door and Rikimaru ran out it and into the night. As he ran he heard a scream. At first it was an ordinary scream, mostly of sorrow, but then changed to a primal roar. He could hear Van's voice screaming, "I'll get you Azuma, someday, somehow, I'll get you and you'll pay for what you've done!" And he just ran faster.

Back at Van's house Van was Hammering at the walls, frustrated. "No," he screamed. " I can't be alone! NOT AGAI N!" And with that, he channelled all his magic into his hand and stuck it into Dilandau's chest. The magic started to work and the blood stopped spurting from his throat. The cut healed until it was a thin white line and when Van pulled his hand out his chest was completely healed. In about a day the blood would be replaced and Dilandau would regain consciousness. Until then, he knew what he had to do. He could feel it happening. The ancient, raw power of The Frenzy was welling up inside him. His vision was turning red and, although he couldn't see it, his eyes were too. Strange black armour with silver edging was appearing on him. He had a golden sword and a black shield. He ran out the door, going twice as fast as Rikimaru had been. After a few minutes he came to a river with footprints leading away from it. Surely it must be a trick, he thought. No Azuma would ever be that stupid. He flicked his tongue out and tasted the air. Sure enough, he could sense a man running in the other direction. He ran and after a while he saw him. He jumped up and started jumping from tree branch to tree branch. Eventually he caught up with him and jumped down, slamming him to the ground. He started punching him in the face and his eyebrow started to bleed. "YOU WILL PAY!" Van screamed, and then Rikimaru realised it was Van. He slowly became incredibly scared as he realized what was happening. He had expected it, but he never thought it would be this bad. It was the frenzy. Then he heard a voice. "Van, stop!" He recognized it but he had never thought he would hear it again. He turned around and, sure enough, there she was. Standing in the middle of the forest, with the silver hair and blue eyes. "Celina," Van whispered, disbelieving. To his eternal regret, Rikimaru saw this as a chance to get a few hits in. He jumped at Van, who threw his elbow back and got him in the stomach. Normally this wouldn't be SO bad but Van's armour had spiked elbows. "What are you doing?" Celina said. "The Van I knew would never do something like that!" Van spat, his saliva tinted red. He looked up at Celina with his pure blue eyes and said, quietly," The Van you knew died with Hitomi." "Why are you trying to kill this man?" "He killed Dilandau." "What?" "I brought him back but Rikimaru has to pay for what he did!" "Let him go!" "WHY THE HELL SHOULD I?" "Because this isn't the way you used to be! You used to be noble and chivalrous! What happened to you?" "I grew up," Van said slowly, and turned around and began to walk away. "Dilandau's back that way if you want to see him," he said, pointing towards his house. And then he jumped up, there was a flash and a noise like a whip crack and he was gone. Celina turned around and walked towards Van's house.

An: That's that chapter done. I'm done with that chapter now.