Crimson Tears
By Li Mai
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Chapter 2: Bloody Visions
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"Well I will leave you two alone, I don't want to hear anything I wouldn't like. When you are done just open the door and I will lead you out." She turned on a small light that shown above their heads. "Good luck!" The old woman left the room and closed the doors. Tasuki looked at the girl. She looked about 15. She had long white hair and silver eyes; she was dressed in a nice white dress with a ribbon around it. She also had a ribbon in her hair. Everything was so white in this house. Her pale face looked toward him. Her cold silver eyes pierced through his soul. He got tense. Something was wrong with this girl and he knew it. He sat in the chair, almost glaring at the young girl. She leaned forward from her chair, falling off it and landing on the floor in front of her. She crawled along the ground until she reached him. Then she grabbed onto his ankles. He flinched, her hands were cold. Why was she touching him? She moved up to his knees, she moved up his body until she got to his shoulders. She brought her head in front of his. Her cold stare shot through him, she was even odder up-close. Usually he would have gotten out is tessen and killed her or at least scare her, but he couldn't. Ever since he entered the room he had lost his power to move. He felt lifeless. She wrapped her hands around his neck. He stared at her with his dark brown eyes in confusion and fear. She wrapped her arms around his neck. He never let his sight off of her eyes. Her face was now only an inch away from his. She leaned in closer and his breathing got faster. Then her freezing cold lips pressed against his cheek and her eyes turned black. His eyes flew wide open and his mouth opened in shock.
He saw people everywhere being slain, cut to pieces. He saw children running to their broken parents and telling them they loved them before being killed themselves. He saw many men put blood stained girls in the back of a wagon and carry them off. Then he saw one little girl in particular. Tears removed layers of blood from her small face. He watched as the carnage around her got worse and she was alone. The small child was holding something, but he couldn't see it. He watched as the men grabbed her arms and pulled her. She dropped the thing from her hands and screamed as they dragged her over the carcasses. Then he saw what it was, a human hand. She was holding a human hand. He watched as the men threw her on the back of the wagon with the older girls. Then she cried out for help. It stopped.
His vision was back and he looked at the girl who was still next to him. He felt her cold breath on his face. He looked into her eyes. Slowly a trail of blood fell from one of them, then another. She was crying. He watched as the bloody tears poured from her face. She opened her mouth. Blood poured down her lips and she looked at him as if she was in pain. She looked into his eyes as her eyebrows went up and blood poured down her cheeks. He couldn't move; the sight of the girl in front of him scared even Tasuki. His eyes were wide. She tried to speak, but she couldn't. She looked as if pleading him to allow her to speak. She climbed up on his lap, her arms still wrapped around his neck. She looked through him. Blood specks were on his face.
"Help," she said slowly. Then her head fell on his shoulder. She wasn't breathing. He could move. He didn't. He was filled with fear. This would traumatize him for life. He lifted a hand and brushed it through the girl's hair. It was brittle and soft at the same time. He looked sad, almost crying. Then he knew he had to help the girl who was almost dead in his lap. He got up and ran to the door. He put his arms under her to keep her close to him. He slammed the door open.
"Hey! Old woman! We need help over here!" he yelled. The girl's mother ran down the long hall. Her eyes got wide as she saw her daughter. She was crying when she reached him.
"You demon! What did you do to my daughter?! What did you do to Ming Te?!" She tried to grab the girl off of him, but Ming Te's arms would let go of his neck. They watched as blood ran from the girls fingers and down the back of his jacket. "I knew I shouldn't have let a strange boy in here! I knew it!"
"Lady, I didn't do anything to your daughter!" Tasuki said angrily. Suddenly the small frame of the girl began to move. She opened her eyes. Her pupils were red.
"Undo this wrong-doing. Find the girl and save her," she said harshly. "Let these words guide you. You must find the hand. You must find the girl. She was taken by bandits like yourself. Find her or your fate will be a bad one." She glared at Tasuki. Then her eyelids fell and she became limp. Her mother pulled her from Tasuki.
"You devil! Get out of my house! Get out now!" the old woman cried. "Get out!" Tasuki decided to do as he was told. He was so confused. What was going on? Why did this suddenly happen, and why to him? He ran down the long hallway and out the door as men screamed at him to finally get out so that they could have their turn. He ran down the street, but he could still hear them.
"There will be no more turns!" he heard the old woman shout from the front door. "That demon has killed her!" All the people began to chase him. What was this? Earlier he had been happy and everything was going fine. Now his life was turning to hell before his eyes. He pulled out his tessen and turned around.
"Get away!" he shouted. "Rekka Shinen!" A blaze of fire shot from it and landed on the ground. The village people were trapped by a wall of flame. He ran from the town. He had to get back to the mountain and tell Kouji.
By Li Mai
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Chapter 2: Bloody Visions
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"Well I will leave you two alone, I don't want to hear anything I wouldn't like. When you are done just open the door and I will lead you out." She turned on a small light that shown above their heads. "Good luck!" The old woman left the room and closed the doors. Tasuki looked at the girl. She looked about 15. She had long white hair and silver eyes; she was dressed in a nice white dress with a ribbon around it. She also had a ribbon in her hair. Everything was so white in this house. Her pale face looked toward him. Her cold silver eyes pierced through his soul. He got tense. Something was wrong with this girl and he knew it. He sat in the chair, almost glaring at the young girl. She leaned forward from her chair, falling off it and landing on the floor in front of her. She crawled along the ground until she reached him. Then she grabbed onto his ankles. He flinched, her hands were cold. Why was she touching him? She moved up to his knees, she moved up his body until she got to his shoulders. She brought her head in front of his. Her cold stare shot through him, she was even odder up-close. Usually he would have gotten out is tessen and killed her or at least scare her, but he couldn't. Ever since he entered the room he had lost his power to move. He felt lifeless. She wrapped her hands around his neck. He stared at her with his dark brown eyes in confusion and fear. She wrapped her arms around his neck. He never let his sight off of her eyes. Her face was now only an inch away from his. She leaned in closer and his breathing got faster. Then her freezing cold lips pressed against his cheek and her eyes turned black. His eyes flew wide open and his mouth opened in shock.
He saw people everywhere being slain, cut to pieces. He saw children running to their broken parents and telling them they loved them before being killed themselves. He saw many men put blood stained girls in the back of a wagon and carry them off. Then he saw one little girl in particular. Tears removed layers of blood from her small face. He watched as the carnage around her got worse and she was alone. The small child was holding something, but he couldn't see it. He watched as the men grabbed her arms and pulled her. She dropped the thing from her hands and screamed as they dragged her over the carcasses. Then he saw what it was, a human hand. She was holding a human hand. He watched as the men threw her on the back of the wagon with the older girls. Then she cried out for help. It stopped.
His vision was back and he looked at the girl who was still next to him. He felt her cold breath on his face. He looked into her eyes. Slowly a trail of blood fell from one of them, then another. She was crying. He watched as the bloody tears poured from her face. She opened her mouth. Blood poured down her lips and she looked at him as if she was in pain. She looked into his eyes as her eyebrows went up and blood poured down her cheeks. He couldn't move; the sight of the girl in front of him scared even Tasuki. His eyes were wide. She tried to speak, but she couldn't. She looked as if pleading him to allow her to speak. She climbed up on his lap, her arms still wrapped around his neck. She looked through him. Blood specks were on his face.
"Help," she said slowly. Then her head fell on his shoulder. She wasn't breathing. He could move. He didn't. He was filled with fear. This would traumatize him for life. He lifted a hand and brushed it through the girl's hair. It was brittle and soft at the same time. He looked sad, almost crying. Then he knew he had to help the girl who was almost dead in his lap. He got up and ran to the door. He put his arms under her to keep her close to him. He slammed the door open.
"Hey! Old woman! We need help over here!" he yelled. The girl's mother ran down the long hall. Her eyes got wide as she saw her daughter. She was crying when she reached him.
"You demon! What did you do to my daughter?! What did you do to Ming Te?!" She tried to grab the girl off of him, but Ming Te's arms would let go of his neck. They watched as blood ran from the girls fingers and down the back of his jacket. "I knew I shouldn't have let a strange boy in here! I knew it!"
"Lady, I didn't do anything to your daughter!" Tasuki said angrily. Suddenly the small frame of the girl began to move. She opened her eyes. Her pupils were red.
"Undo this wrong-doing. Find the girl and save her," she said harshly. "Let these words guide you. You must find the hand. You must find the girl. She was taken by bandits like yourself. Find her or your fate will be a bad one." She glared at Tasuki. Then her eyelids fell and she became limp. Her mother pulled her from Tasuki.
"You devil! Get out of my house! Get out now!" the old woman cried. "Get out!" Tasuki decided to do as he was told. He was so confused. What was going on? Why did this suddenly happen, and why to him? He ran down the long hallway and out the door as men screamed at him to finally get out so that they could have their turn. He ran down the street, but he could still hear them.
"There will be no more turns!" he heard the old woman shout from the front door. "That demon has killed her!" All the people began to chase him. What was this? Earlier he had been happy and everything was going fine. Now his life was turning to hell before his eyes. He pulled out his tessen and turned around.
"Get away!" he shouted. "Rekka Shinen!" A blaze of fire shot from it and landed on the ground. The village people were trapped by a wall of flame. He ran from the town. He had to get back to the mountain and tell Kouji.