Dark Moon & Midnight Shadows
ch 10
"MMMNNN." Kasura groaned as she was starting to come around.
"It's about item, giajin, you definitely took your sweet time." Mei said hotly.
"Where am I?" Kasura asked groggily.
"The only thing that you need to know is that you're in something that's way over your head." Tahi replied with a smirk.
"What are you talking about?" Kasura asked as she became more awake. "Where are Shu and the others, are they all right?"
"You'll know what we're talking about in due time. And to the question of where your friends are, well, let's just say that they're a bit better off than you." Lao replied with an evil grin, as the three of them left Kasura alone in the cold, damp, dimly-lit room.
"Hey is everyone all right?" Ryo asked as he finally came to.
"If you mean besides being in a place that's less than pleasant, and a very sore body with a ringing sound in my head, then yea, Ryo, I would say that we're doing just fine." Touma replied dryly.
"Anyone have any ideas of where we are?" Shin asked as he was trying to move.
"Not a clue." Seji replied as he was trying to get a look around.
"Wha..?" Shu said as he realized something was wrong.
"Shu, what is it?" Shin asked as he looked over towards him.
"Kasura, she's not here!" Shu replied as now the others finally noticed the same.
"You're right Kongo, she's not in the room," Tahi gloated as she was walking into the room in midst of her transformation
between a panther and her human form. "I ate her."
"You're lying!" Shu yelled angrily as he struggled to get free.
"Can you be so sure?" Tahi taunted with an evil grin as she licked her fingers.
"She's not gone, she's not! I won't believe it!" Shu replied as he glared at her.
"You want proof, then here. Here's your proof." Tahi said as she threw down Kasura's kanji ball right in front of them.
"No," Shu whispered wide-eyed, and then his eyes went into angry slits, "no!" he yelled as Shu was pulling against the chains with all of his strength. Tahi just stood there watching him with a smirk on her face. And then Tahi saw that Shu finally pulled one of his arms free. Tahi started to slowly back away.
"Now Tahi, you know better than to say something like that." Mei said as she, and the source came into the room.
"We can't have any of you running around free, now can we?" the source asked with a flick of his wrist made Shu become shackled up again.
"Where's Kasura?" Ryo asked as he glared at them. Instead of giving him an answer, the three made a triangle, the source at the top, Mei on the right, and Tahi on the left. The torches that were dimly lighting their room, flickered out for a few seconds, and then they lit back up again revealing that Lao was holding onto Kasura in the center of the triangle.
"Kasura!" Shu exclaimed as he tried to struggle.
"Shu!" Kasura replied as she was trying to get away.
"Lao, what is the big idea? First you and your, whatever they are want Kasura out of the University, and now you what..?" Seji asked as he was trying to get some clarification on what's going on.
"You are correct Korin, at first, we did want the giajin out of here, but ever since she somehow I guess that I could say, how she defend herself from Mei," Lao started to explain as Mei gave a deadly glare at Kasura. "Let's just say that the potential that she showed, caught our interest, and we've decided that we want her to stay around a little longer." he replied as Lao ran his fingers through her hair.
"Baka." Kasura swore as she glanced back at him from the corner of her eye.
Lao grew quite angry at her remark, "giajin, choose wisely of what you're going to say next, or you'll won't have to worry about seeing the next sunrise." Lao replied as he started to squeeze her throat. Kasura was trying hard to make Lao let go. But his grip was holding tight as a pit bull does when it latches whatever it bit into.
"Lao, that's enough." the source said as he motioned for him to let go.
"But master." Lao interjected.
"I said that's enough!" the source replied as his eyes flashed.
"Yes, master." Lao said as he finally let go, and backed away as Kasura fell to her knees while holding onto her throat as she was gasping for air.
"What do you want from me?" Kasura asked with a glare at them as she finally found her voice.
"Weren't you listening earlier? You know, I really hate it when I have to repeat myself, it really makes me angry." Lao
replied as his eyes flickered. "Since you're making me repeat, then you had better listen close, because I'm not going to tell you a third time." Lao saw that Kasura gave a small nod, and then he continued. "Anyway, as I was saying, the potential power that you've showed when Mei attacked you at the University, that silver light, it intrigued us enough to reconsider keeping you around. Now do you understand?"
"Y..Yes." Kasura replied quietly.
"What did you say? I didn't hear you." Lao said as he grabbed onto the back of her neck.
"I...I said, yes." Kasura replied as she winced in pain.
"Good." Lao said as he threw her down to the ground and walked away.
"Hey Lao, leave her alone!" Touma yelled at him.
"Or what Tenku? What can you do about it? In case you've forgotten you and your friends are not exactly in the best situation to be telling me what to do." Lao replied as he glared at him.
"Lao, that's enough! Now as soon as you get into place we'll be able to begin." the source ordered.
"Hey, wait a minute. I have a question that's been bothering me for a while." Seji said as he was trying to bide some time.
"Yes?" the source asked curiously.
"How did you know who we were? We didn't tell anyone. So how..?" Seji started to ask.
"We've known for a long time, Korin," the source replied and then smirked when Seji and the others gave a small look of shock. "Don't be so shocked, it's not like it's one big secret. Especially if you know the right connections. Lao, get into position so we can do the ritual."
Lao nodded and then got into place. As soon as he got there, the source started to chant something. The source was chanting quietly enough so that none of the troopers or Kasura could hear, but even if they could, the language that the source was speaking has been dead for over a thousand years. "Come on, where is it?" Kasura thought as she was quickly looking around for her kanji ball.
Just as the source finished chanting, Mei, Tahi, and Lao were in some kind of trance. "Looking for this?" the source asked as he turned his head and looked at her while he opened up his hand revealing Kasura's silver kanji ball.
"Give that back! It doesn't belong to you!" Kasura shouted out to him.
"Oh don't worry, you'll get it back, but only when I'm finished. In the meantime, I think that you better hang around for a while." the source replied as his eyes flickered and roots were starting to come out of the walls, the ceiling and the floor.
"Kasura, watch out!" Ryo shouted to her as a root was coming for her. Kasura quickly turned around and dove out of the way.
As the roots kept on coming, Kasura tried her best to keep from being caught.
"Avoid all you like, but sooner or later, you'll tire and then I'll have you." the source said as he continued to watch.
"He's right, I don't know how long I can keep this up." Kasura thought as she barely dodged an incoming root. Out of nowhere a root shot out and ensnared Kasura around her waist and lifted her up into the air.
"Kasura!" Shu shouted up to her.
"Times like these, I wish that I had a weed cutter." Kasura thought sarcastically as she was trying to get out of it. With her attention totally on trying to get out, she didn't notice that four more roots were coming towards her, two from the side walls and two from the floor. The two from the side walls came in and wrapped themselves from Kasura's shoulders all the way down to her wrists. Then the two from the floor shot up and wrapped themselves around the top parts of Kasura's legs and all the way down to her ankles. The root that was around her waist unwrapped itself and burrowed itself back into the ground. The four roots that were now holding Kasura, suddenly grew big thick thorns and then the throny roots pulled Kasura's arms and legs as the thorns torn into her skin. Kasura screamed in extreme pain as the roots finally went taunt as they continued to constrict her arms and legs.
"Stop it! Get her down from there, now!" Seji said angrily as he glared at the source.
"Sorry Korin, none of you are in any position to be giving me orders. She stays up there until I'm finished, and for your information, I'm not quite done yet." the source replied as he turned his bead back around and closed his hand around Kasura's kanji ball and started back chanting.
"Kasura? Can you hear me? Kasura!" Shin called up to her. Shin's heart jumped a bit when he didn't get an answer right away.
He was about to try again until just then, "Shin I'm scared." Kasura replied in a shaky voice.
"Hold on Kasura, we'll get out of here, and when we do, we'll kick their sorry asses to wherever they came from. You can bet on it." Touma said as he was trying to reassure her.
"You know, that would be an interesting trick to see, considering that the five of you are helpless to do anything about it." Lao replied as they were out of the trance.
"Besides, the giajin has a right to be scared. What's going to happen next definitely won't be a pleasant experience. Well, not for her, but definitely for me." Mei gloated as she gave an evil grin.
ch 10
"MMMNNN." Kasura groaned as she was starting to come around.
"It's about item, giajin, you definitely took your sweet time." Mei said hotly.
"Where am I?" Kasura asked groggily.
"The only thing that you need to know is that you're in something that's way over your head." Tahi replied with a smirk.
"What are you talking about?" Kasura asked as she became more awake. "Where are Shu and the others, are they all right?"
"You'll know what we're talking about in due time. And to the question of where your friends are, well, let's just say that they're a bit better off than you." Lao replied with an evil grin, as the three of them left Kasura alone in the cold, damp, dimly-lit room.
"Hey is everyone all right?" Ryo asked as he finally came to.
"If you mean besides being in a place that's less than pleasant, and a very sore body with a ringing sound in my head, then yea, Ryo, I would say that we're doing just fine." Touma replied dryly.
"Anyone have any ideas of where we are?" Shin asked as he was trying to move.
"Not a clue." Seji replied as he was trying to get a look around.
"Wha..?" Shu said as he realized something was wrong.
"Shu, what is it?" Shin asked as he looked over towards him.
"Kasura, she's not here!" Shu replied as now the others finally noticed the same.
"You're right Kongo, she's not in the room," Tahi gloated as she was walking into the room in midst of her transformation
between a panther and her human form. "I ate her."
"You're lying!" Shu yelled angrily as he struggled to get free.
"Can you be so sure?" Tahi taunted with an evil grin as she licked her fingers.
"She's not gone, she's not! I won't believe it!" Shu replied as he glared at her.
"You want proof, then here. Here's your proof." Tahi said as she threw down Kasura's kanji ball right in front of them.
"No," Shu whispered wide-eyed, and then his eyes went into angry slits, "no!" he yelled as Shu was pulling against the chains with all of his strength. Tahi just stood there watching him with a smirk on her face. And then Tahi saw that Shu finally pulled one of his arms free. Tahi started to slowly back away.
"Now Tahi, you know better than to say something like that." Mei said as she, and the source came into the room.
"We can't have any of you running around free, now can we?" the source asked with a flick of his wrist made Shu become shackled up again.
"Where's Kasura?" Ryo asked as he glared at them. Instead of giving him an answer, the three made a triangle, the source at the top, Mei on the right, and Tahi on the left. The torches that were dimly lighting their room, flickered out for a few seconds, and then they lit back up again revealing that Lao was holding onto Kasura in the center of the triangle.
"Kasura!" Shu exclaimed as he tried to struggle.
"Shu!" Kasura replied as she was trying to get away.
"Lao, what is the big idea? First you and your, whatever they are want Kasura out of the University, and now you what..?" Seji asked as he was trying to get some clarification on what's going on.
"You are correct Korin, at first, we did want the giajin out of here, but ever since she somehow I guess that I could say, how she defend herself from Mei," Lao started to explain as Mei gave a deadly glare at Kasura. "Let's just say that the potential that she showed, caught our interest, and we've decided that we want her to stay around a little longer." he replied as Lao ran his fingers through her hair.
"Baka." Kasura swore as she glanced back at him from the corner of her eye.
Lao grew quite angry at her remark, "giajin, choose wisely of what you're going to say next, or you'll won't have to worry about seeing the next sunrise." Lao replied as he started to squeeze her throat. Kasura was trying hard to make Lao let go. But his grip was holding tight as a pit bull does when it latches whatever it bit into.
"Lao, that's enough." the source said as he motioned for him to let go.
"But master." Lao interjected.
"I said that's enough!" the source replied as his eyes flashed.
"Yes, master." Lao said as he finally let go, and backed away as Kasura fell to her knees while holding onto her throat as she was gasping for air.
"What do you want from me?" Kasura asked with a glare at them as she finally found her voice.
"Weren't you listening earlier? You know, I really hate it when I have to repeat myself, it really makes me angry." Lao
replied as his eyes flickered. "Since you're making me repeat, then you had better listen close, because I'm not going to tell you a third time." Lao saw that Kasura gave a small nod, and then he continued. "Anyway, as I was saying, the potential power that you've showed when Mei attacked you at the University, that silver light, it intrigued us enough to reconsider keeping you around. Now do you understand?"
"Y..Yes." Kasura replied quietly.
"What did you say? I didn't hear you." Lao said as he grabbed onto the back of her neck.
"I...I said, yes." Kasura replied as she winced in pain.
"Good." Lao said as he threw her down to the ground and walked away.
"Hey Lao, leave her alone!" Touma yelled at him.
"Or what Tenku? What can you do about it? In case you've forgotten you and your friends are not exactly in the best situation to be telling me what to do." Lao replied as he glared at him.
"Lao, that's enough! Now as soon as you get into place we'll be able to begin." the source ordered.
"Hey, wait a minute. I have a question that's been bothering me for a while." Seji said as he was trying to bide some time.
"Yes?" the source asked curiously.
"How did you know who we were? We didn't tell anyone. So how..?" Seji started to ask.
"We've known for a long time, Korin," the source replied and then smirked when Seji and the others gave a small look of shock. "Don't be so shocked, it's not like it's one big secret. Especially if you know the right connections. Lao, get into position so we can do the ritual."
Lao nodded and then got into place. As soon as he got there, the source started to chant something. The source was chanting quietly enough so that none of the troopers or Kasura could hear, but even if they could, the language that the source was speaking has been dead for over a thousand years. "Come on, where is it?" Kasura thought as she was quickly looking around for her kanji ball.
Just as the source finished chanting, Mei, Tahi, and Lao were in some kind of trance. "Looking for this?" the source asked as he turned his head and looked at her while he opened up his hand revealing Kasura's silver kanji ball.
"Give that back! It doesn't belong to you!" Kasura shouted out to him.
"Oh don't worry, you'll get it back, but only when I'm finished. In the meantime, I think that you better hang around for a while." the source replied as his eyes flickered and roots were starting to come out of the walls, the ceiling and the floor.
"Kasura, watch out!" Ryo shouted to her as a root was coming for her. Kasura quickly turned around and dove out of the way.
As the roots kept on coming, Kasura tried her best to keep from being caught.
"Avoid all you like, but sooner or later, you'll tire and then I'll have you." the source said as he continued to watch.
"He's right, I don't know how long I can keep this up." Kasura thought as she barely dodged an incoming root. Out of nowhere a root shot out and ensnared Kasura around her waist and lifted her up into the air.
"Kasura!" Shu shouted up to her.
"Times like these, I wish that I had a weed cutter." Kasura thought sarcastically as she was trying to get out of it. With her attention totally on trying to get out, she didn't notice that four more roots were coming towards her, two from the side walls and two from the floor. The two from the side walls came in and wrapped themselves from Kasura's shoulders all the way down to her wrists. Then the two from the floor shot up and wrapped themselves around the top parts of Kasura's legs and all the way down to her ankles. The root that was around her waist unwrapped itself and burrowed itself back into the ground. The four roots that were now holding Kasura, suddenly grew big thick thorns and then the throny roots pulled Kasura's arms and legs as the thorns torn into her skin. Kasura screamed in extreme pain as the roots finally went taunt as they continued to constrict her arms and legs.
"Stop it! Get her down from there, now!" Seji said angrily as he glared at the source.
"Sorry Korin, none of you are in any position to be giving me orders. She stays up there until I'm finished, and for your information, I'm not quite done yet." the source replied as he turned his bead back around and closed his hand around Kasura's kanji ball and started back chanting.
"Kasura? Can you hear me? Kasura!" Shin called up to her. Shin's heart jumped a bit when he didn't get an answer right away.
He was about to try again until just then, "Shin I'm scared." Kasura replied in a shaky voice.
"Hold on Kasura, we'll get out of here, and when we do, we'll kick their sorry asses to wherever they came from. You can bet on it." Touma said as he was trying to reassure her.
"You know, that would be an interesting trick to see, considering that the five of you are helpless to do anything about it." Lao replied as they were out of the trance.
"Besides, the giajin has a right to be scared. What's going to happen next definitely won't be a pleasant experience. Well, not for her, but definitely for me." Mei gloated as she gave an evil grin.