Taichi walked down the seemingly endless hallway of mirrors. Every few mirrors, his image would distort to a grotesque version. He couldn't imagine where he was. Or where Sora was. "Hello?"
Hello...
The voice was loud and everywhere but still distant and drifting like an echo. Taichi spun around and looked around wildly. "What's going on? Who are you? Where am I?"
Always questions..
"Answer them." Taichi hissed harshly at the nothingness, "Who are you and what is this place?"
This is the Mirrored World.. I am the mirror... Mirror, mirror, on the wall, can you see her at all?
Taichi gasped involuntarily and searched the voice the was there and wasn't there, "Have you seen Sora?"
Searching for the lost little girl...
"Her daughter?" Taichi nodded to his own question. "Where is she now?"
Do you die in Odaiba, will she die, in Odaiba..
"Stop!" Taichi yelled and slammed his fist against one of the distorted image. He spun around and looked at another distorted, but clear, face. It was full of pure hatred. "Speak clearly. Where is she?"
Ask-a-clack-a, isk-a-click-a, esk-a-cleck-a...
Taichi felt his jaw tighten and both hands forced themselves into fists, "You make no sense!"
Understand, boy...
"I am not a boy." Taichi growled and continued walking. He glared at each mirror. "I don't understand because you do not know anything!"
I KNOW EVERYTHING, INSOLENT BOY!
The mirrors sorrounding Taichi began to crack and pieces exploded around him. He ducked and covered is face with his arms. He could feel shards cut his arms and slice his clothes. "Stop! Stupid mirror!"
Are we men to the gods...?
Taichi struggled to focus on the mirror's voice as he fell against the floor. The noise of breaking mirrors overwhelmed every thought he had as the floor seemed to open up and swallow him into darkness.
Hikari looked around as she opened her eyes. She glanced over at the girl crouched into the corner and looked puzzled, "Mimi... What are you doing?"
Mimi looked at Hikari with a disturbed look and raised a shaking hand, pointing out in front of her. Hikari followed Mimi's gaze and gasped at the nightmarish scene. A crooked cross stood in the ground with a boy tied to it and a tall man stood to the side, showing only his profile. They were so familar.
"You're dead.." Mimi cried and rocked back and forth. She continued to stare at the man, "You're not alive.."
"I know, Mimi.." the man said in a low voice and looked towards the two girls. His face was shadowed, "And you will cause another death. Takeru's!"
"Takeru!" Hikari gasped at the two, not completely understanding the absurdity of Jyou holding Takeru prisoner as a crucifix. "What's going on?"
"Takeru is going to die because she killed me..!" Jyou hissed and looked at Mimi then to Takeru. The boy struggled to raise his head and his eyes pierced into Hikari's. Jyou continued to walk forward, "I want you to suffer, Mimi."
"Noo!" Mimi screeched, almost inhumanly, and covered her ears. Tears rose in her eyes and fell to her cheeks. "You're not him! You can't be Jyou!"
Hikari took several deep breaths to regain her thoughts but she kept glancing at the bruised and broken Takeru and remembering the Other World.
Takeru held the dead girl's body in his arms, not worried about looking childish or weak for crying so freely. Hikari and Kurumi looke don. Hikari was crying but like everyone in the end, Kurumi had already lost her sympathy for the dead. "Takeru," Kurumi spoke with a new found hatred, "We have to leave or he will kill more." Takeru nodded and set the girl on the ground and stood up. Kurumi always knew what to say.
Hikari shook her head and looked at Jyou who was surprisingly close. Mimi continued to wail, refusing to look at Jyou. Hikari forced herself to look into Takeru's tormentor's face and saw something that brought relief, "You aren't Jyou."
Jyou smiled but that smile melted into the cruel smile of the man in black. He took a step back and shrugged, "Guess not."
Mimi looked up with a look of sadness and hatred mixed on her face, "Why? Who are you...?"
"I almost forgot not all of the destined children know about me!" the man in black performed a mock bow. "Please to make your aquitance. I am the destroyed of worlds, butcher of the innocent," he paused then added with a manic grin, "tormentor of the hopeful."
"Bastard." Hikari hissed at the man as he seemed to bounce back to the cross. "You kill people like they are flies with no regard to human life!"
The man in black turned around, "You call those mutants on the Other World humans? I did not kill Koushiro and Kurumi. The ones they trusted did. Like that whimpering thing in that corner killed the man who loved her."
"What about Li and Tsuki?" Hikari asked quietly, preparing herself whatever may come next. "You killed your twin brother."
"Shut up!" the man in black screamed and pulled out a knife. He turned to Takeru and smiled, "You can suffer for her."
"What are you doing?" Hikari called and stood up. She took several unsteady steps. "What are you going to do!?"
The man in black took a step back and held the knife in a fist. He glanced back at the two girls before plunging the knife into Takeru's chest. The boy let out a painful cry. Hikari's eyes went wide as she screamed, all of the once-lost feelings returning, "Takeru!"
The man in black turned around, pulling the knife out with a sickening noise. He grinned and threw the knife with expert ease at Hikari. The girl gasped as it stabbed into her side.
Mimi's hysteric cries faded out and all of the noises seemed to be far away. The cross first went gray then blurry and then black as she fell to the floor.
Hello...
The voice was loud and everywhere but still distant and drifting like an echo. Taichi spun around and looked around wildly. "What's going on? Who are you? Where am I?"
Always questions..
"Answer them." Taichi hissed harshly at the nothingness, "Who are you and what is this place?"
This is the Mirrored World.. I am the mirror... Mirror, mirror, on the wall, can you see her at all?
Taichi gasped involuntarily and searched the voice the was there and wasn't there, "Have you seen Sora?"
Searching for the lost little girl...
"Her daughter?" Taichi nodded to his own question. "Where is she now?"
Do you die in Odaiba, will she die, in Odaiba..
"Stop!" Taichi yelled and slammed his fist against one of the distorted image. He spun around and looked at another distorted, but clear, face. It was full of pure hatred. "Speak clearly. Where is she?"
Ask-a-clack-a, isk-a-click-a, esk-a-cleck-a...
Taichi felt his jaw tighten and both hands forced themselves into fists, "You make no sense!"
Understand, boy...
"I am not a boy." Taichi growled and continued walking. He glared at each mirror. "I don't understand because you do not know anything!"
I KNOW EVERYTHING, INSOLENT BOY!
The mirrors sorrounding Taichi began to crack and pieces exploded around him. He ducked and covered is face with his arms. He could feel shards cut his arms and slice his clothes. "Stop! Stupid mirror!"
Are we men to the gods...?
Taichi struggled to focus on the mirror's voice as he fell against the floor. The noise of breaking mirrors overwhelmed every thought he had as the floor seemed to open up and swallow him into darkness.
Hikari looked around as she opened her eyes. She glanced over at the girl crouched into the corner and looked puzzled, "Mimi... What are you doing?"
Mimi looked at Hikari with a disturbed look and raised a shaking hand, pointing out in front of her. Hikari followed Mimi's gaze and gasped at the nightmarish scene. A crooked cross stood in the ground with a boy tied to it and a tall man stood to the side, showing only his profile. They were so familar.
"You're dead.." Mimi cried and rocked back and forth. She continued to stare at the man, "You're not alive.."
"I know, Mimi.." the man said in a low voice and looked towards the two girls. His face was shadowed, "And you will cause another death. Takeru's!"
"Takeru!" Hikari gasped at the two, not completely understanding the absurdity of Jyou holding Takeru prisoner as a crucifix. "What's going on?"
"Takeru is going to die because she killed me..!" Jyou hissed and looked at Mimi then to Takeru. The boy struggled to raise his head and his eyes pierced into Hikari's. Jyou continued to walk forward, "I want you to suffer, Mimi."
"Noo!" Mimi screeched, almost inhumanly, and covered her ears. Tears rose in her eyes and fell to her cheeks. "You're not him! You can't be Jyou!"
Hikari took several deep breaths to regain her thoughts but she kept glancing at the bruised and broken Takeru and remembering the Other World.
Takeru held the dead girl's body in his arms, not worried about looking childish or weak for crying so freely. Hikari and Kurumi looke don. Hikari was crying but like everyone in the end, Kurumi had already lost her sympathy for the dead. "Takeru," Kurumi spoke with a new found hatred, "We have to leave or he will kill more." Takeru nodded and set the girl on the ground and stood up. Kurumi always knew what to say.
Hikari shook her head and looked at Jyou who was surprisingly close. Mimi continued to wail, refusing to look at Jyou. Hikari forced herself to look into Takeru's tormentor's face and saw something that brought relief, "You aren't Jyou."
Jyou smiled but that smile melted into the cruel smile of the man in black. He took a step back and shrugged, "Guess not."
Mimi looked up with a look of sadness and hatred mixed on her face, "Why? Who are you...?"
"I almost forgot not all of the destined children know about me!" the man in black performed a mock bow. "Please to make your aquitance. I am the destroyed of worlds, butcher of the innocent," he paused then added with a manic grin, "tormentor of the hopeful."
"Bastard." Hikari hissed at the man as he seemed to bounce back to the cross. "You kill people like they are flies with no regard to human life!"
The man in black turned around, "You call those mutants on the Other World humans? I did not kill Koushiro and Kurumi. The ones they trusted did. Like that whimpering thing in that corner killed the man who loved her."
"What about Li and Tsuki?" Hikari asked quietly, preparing herself whatever may come next. "You killed your twin brother."
"Shut up!" the man in black screamed and pulled out a knife. He turned to Takeru and smiled, "You can suffer for her."
"What are you doing?" Hikari called and stood up. She took several unsteady steps. "What are you going to do!?"
The man in black took a step back and held the knife in a fist. He glanced back at the two girls before plunging the knife into Takeru's chest. The boy let out a painful cry. Hikari's eyes went wide as she screamed, all of the once-lost feelings returning, "Takeru!"
The man in black turned around, pulling the knife out with a sickening noise. He grinned and threw the knife with expert ease at Hikari. The girl gasped as it stabbed into her side.
Mimi's hysteric cries faded out and all of the noises seemed to be far away. The cross first went gray then blurry and then black as she fell to the floor.
