Changing Times
[By Tenken]
Disclaimer: I don't own Recca no honoo or any of its characters. Rating:
A/N: Ahh!! Now I know wat's been happening!! ~smacks computer~ ahou!! I reread chapter 10 . . . and I usually put my (koganei's) thoughts into bracket kind of things rite? Its been deleted! That's y I sometimes have sentences that go " I thought, as I" with the I thought as the beginning of the sentence . . . ~bonks computer~ baaakkaaa! Am changing it . . . so " " is speech and '___' is thought (w/out the ___)
~sweatdrops~ on a lighter note . . . arigatou for da 2 reviews ^^
Kenren19- hehe . . . I usually make my chapters short cause . . . ~whisper~ I tend to lose my inspiration . . . it kinda dies on my lah, or else I like makin bad cliffhangers ^^;
Yami no tenshi- ah! Ur rite!! ~bonks self on head~ baka!! ^^; me not u . . . hehe . . . I didn't realize dat but when I reread it . . . found it an it sounds really stupid :P yah I meant I saw Yanagi scurry over to where Recca was cradling Fuuko in his arms . . . at least u could understand it ne . . .? ~bonk self on head again~ gomen! I'll stop wastin ppl's times again an write :P ~bow~ introducing da nxt chapter!
Changing Times
Chapter 11
"Darkness"
A gash opened on my shoulder but I gritted my teeth and dodged the next shadow dagger that threatened to rip a hole in me and send me to the next life. 'Like there is another bloody life', I thought to myself, still gritting my teeth in a semblance of a grin. I felt the cold metal of the kougon anki as I smoothly switched it from an to ryu.
The bag like mask worn by our mysterious enemy suddenly moved as if its wearer had exhaled sharply and suddenly. Recca's rush ground to a halt and the rest of us stopped also, looking at him with question marks popping up above our heads.
"Ne . . . Recca." Fuuko began, looking at him from the corner of her eye. "Why~"
"~The hell did we stop??" Domon finished for her, raising his fist that held the chain of kuchibashio.
"This bastard's mocking us." Recca said, looking at us with a dangerous glint in his eyes. "I wanna take him on myself, an' I don't need any help, so don't interrupt." I recognized that look in his eyes, and I think everyone else did as well.
'The same look when he fought Kurei . . . He'd rather fight and finish a battle himself than win having help . . .'
"You . . . may call me Shadow . . ." the bagged man said in a rasping voice. He stopped leaning against the wall and stepped forwards, holding his arms wide. A wet cough resonated through Kagero's house as we waited for more. "A childish sort of name . . . to be used by a childish lot of people . . ."
"Childish?" Recca said in a dangerous tone of voice. "How the hell are we childish??"
"It's been explained to you . . . so many times and yet you don't understand . . ." the rasping voice replied. "I'm helping all of you . . ."
A crunching sound was clearly heard as Recca's fist smashed into where Shadow's face would have been, without the mask. The two stood frozen in that stance, neither falling or backing off.
"Please, you've got to be fucking joking." Recca said from behind clenched teeth. "How the fuck will killing Hime fucking help us?!" He released his fist and gripped instead, the front of the man's shirt. "How the hell will her death make life fucking better for us!?" I blinked as Recca flung Shadow into the air to send him crashing into the ground.
Another rasping cough racked Shadow's body as he lay on the ground. I looked down upon the crumpled form of the man who had threatened Yanagi's safety, and realized how pitiful he looked. His arms shook as he attempted to lever himself up and I took a step forward but was blocked by Domon. I glared as I switched my gaze to his face.
"Move, Gorilla." He shook his head and kept his arm thrust forwards, blocking me from the form on the floor. "He can't bloody hurt us anymore, look? So let me fucking go!"
"Koganei . . ."
I ducked under his arm quickly, still being shorter than him. 'Fuck, everyone's shorter than Domon!' I moved over to where Shadow lay, close but not within arms reach. Another pitiful attempt to get into a sitting position failed and Shadow now flopped onto his back.
"Promise you won't hurt Yanagi." I said, squatting down near him. "Promise, and we'll let you go."
"Who the hell says we'll let him fucking go??" Recca bellowed, stomping his way towards us. I looked back at him and shook my head, glaring. "You actually think he'll keep his bloody promise? People like him lie all the fucking time!!"
"I won't . . ."
I looked down on the bag like mask that covered Shadow's face and subconsciously leaned slightly forwards to hear what he was going to say.
". . . disagree with the brat . . ." Shadow rasped, getting slowly to his feet. "Swearing I won't kill the girl . . . won't help you . . . I will destroy all of the madougu . . . as well as Sakoshita . . ." His hand moved swiftly to his pocket and I brought up the kougon anki into a defensive position as he withdrew a black orb.
A white flame grew in the orb's depths and spread until the whole sphere was white other than the black character blazoned on it. "Shadow . . ." Darkness enveloped me again, and this time I couldn't see the others. This time I couldn't see anything but darkness.
Chapter 11 END
A/N 2: ahahaha . . . I just kinda realized halfway thro da chapter that shadow's objectives r to kill Yanagi and ~point to the 'and'~ destroy the madougus . . . ~sweatdrops~ its kinda bad having a person with bad memory writing a fanfic ur reading ne readers? Hehe . . . Another note is I think my stories r getting shorter not longer . . . gomen kenren-san! ~bow~ if I can bully my inspiration to give me more ideas . . . maybe we'll see a longer chapter! And if I start now . . . ~bonks inspiration on the head~ maybe it'll be very helpful in the nxt chapter, ne inspiration-kun?
Tenken's inspiration: -_-;;; or I could just not help u at all . . . Tenken: Eh??? U better not . . . anyway I finally thought of shadow's background . . .kinda sad ne? ^^; Inspiration: Yah . . . Tenken: its your fault u know!! ~throttles inspiration~ Inspiration: o_O;;;; taskete!!!
^^; I think I want to sleep when I start talking w/my inspiration like dat lah . . . um . . . one question to da ppl who review this story, can u tell me:
What's the Japanese word for 'Shadow'?
Cause I was gonna call Shadow . . . the Japanese word for it but couldn't remember, is it Kage? Like Kage-Houshi?
[By Tenken]
Disclaimer: I don't own Recca no honoo or any of its characters. Rating:
A/N: Ahh!! Now I know wat's been happening!! ~smacks computer~ ahou!! I reread chapter 10 . . . and I usually put my (koganei's) thoughts into bracket kind of things rite? Its been deleted! That's y I sometimes have sentences that go " I thought, as I" with the I thought as the beginning of the sentence . . . ~bonks computer~ baaakkaaa! Am changing it . . . so " " is speech and '___' is thought (w/out the ___)
~sweatdrops~ on a lighter note . . . arigatou for da 2 reviews ^^
Kenren19- hehe . . . I usually make my chapters short cause . . . ~whisper~ I tend to lose my inspiration . . . it kinda dies on my lah, or else I like makin bad cliffhangers ^^;
Yami no tenshi- ah! Ur rite!! ~bonks self on head~ baka!! ^^; me not u . . . hehe . . . I didn't realize dat but when I reread it . . . found it an it sounds really stupid :P yah I meant I saw Yanagi scurry over to where Recca was cradling Fuuko in his arms . . . at least u could understand it ne . . .? ~bonk self on head again~ gomen! I'll stop wastin ppl's times again an write :P ~bow~ introducing da nxt chapter!
Changing Times
Chapter 11
"Darkness"
A gash opened on my shoulder but I gritted my teeth and dodged the next shadow dagger that threatened to rip a hole in me and send me to the next life. 'Like there is another bloody life', I thought to myself, still gritting my teeth in a semblance of a grin. I felt the cold metal of the kougon anki as I smoothly switched it from an to ryu.
The bag like mask worn by our mysterious enemy suddenly moved as if its wearer had exhaled sharply and suddenly. Recca's rush ground to a halt and the rest of us stopped also, looking at him with question marks popping up above our heads.
"Ne . . . Recca." Fuuko began, looking at him from the corner of her eye. "Why~"
"~The hell did we stop??" Domon finished for her, raising his fist that held the chain of kuchibashio.
"This bastard's mocking us." Recca said, looking at us with a dangerous glint in his eyes. "I wanna take him on myself, an' I don't need any help, so don't interrupt." I recognized that look in his eyes, and I think everyone else did as well.
'The same look when he fought Kurei . . . He'd rather fight and finish a battle himself than win having help . . .'
"You . . . may call me Shadow . . ." the bagged man said in a rasping voice. He stopped leaning against the wall and stepped forwards, holding his arms wide. A wet cough resonated through Kagero's house as we waited for more. "A childish sort of name . . . to be used by a childish lot of people . . ."
"Childish?" Recca said in a dangerous tone of voice. "How the hell are we childish??"
"It's been explained to you . . . so many times and yet you don't understand . . ." the rasping voice replied. "I'm helping all of you . . ."
A crunching sound was clearly heard as Recca's fist smashed into where Shadow's face would have been, without the mask. The two stood frozen in that stance, neither falling or backing off.
"Please, you've got to be fucking joking." Recca said from behind clenched teeth. "How the fuck will killing Hime fucking help us?!" He released his fist and gripped instead, the front of the man's shirt. "How the hell will her death make life fucking better for us!?" I blinked as Recca flung Shadow into the air to send him crashing into the ground.
Another rasping cough racked Shadow's body as he lay on the ground. I looked down upon the crumpled form of the man who had threatened Yanagi's safety, and realized how pitiful he looked. His arms shook as he attempted to lever himself up and I took a step forward but was blocked by Domon. I glared as I switched my gaze to his face.
"Move, Gorilla." He shook his head and kept his arm thrust forwards, blocking me from the form on the floor. "He can't bloody hurt us anymore, look? So let me fucking go!"
"Koganei . . ."
I ducked under his arm quickly, still being shorter than him. 'Fuck, everyone's shorter than Domon!' I moved over to where Shadow lay, close but not within arms reach. Another pitiful attempt to get into a sitting position failed and Shadow now flopped onto his back.
"Promise you won't hurt Yanagi." I said, squatting down near him. "Promise, and we'll let you go."
"Who the hell says we'll let him fucking go??" Recca bellowed, stomping his way towards us. I looked back at him and shook my head, glaring. "You actually think he'll keep his bloody promise? People like him lie all the fucking time!!"
"I won't . . ."
I looked down on the bag like mask that covered Shadow's face and subconsciously leaned slightly forwards to hear what he was going to say.
". . . disagree with the brat . . ." Shadow rasped, getting slowly to his feet. "Swearing I won't kill the girl . . . won't help you . . . I will destroy all of the madougu . . . as well as Sakoshita . . ." His hand moved swiftly to his pocket and I brought up the kougon anki into a defensive position as he withdrew a black orb.
A white flame grew in the orb's depths and spread until the whole sphere was white other than the black character blazoned on it. "Shadow . . ." Darkness enveloped me again, and this time I couldn't see the others. This time I couldn't see anything but darkness.
Chapter 11 END
A/N 2: ahahaha . . . I just kinda realized halfway thro da chapter that shadow's objectives r to kill Yanagi and ~point to the 'and'~ destroy the madougus . . . ~sweatdrops~ its kinda bad having a person with bad memory writing a fanfic ur reading ne readers? Hehe . . . Another note is I think my stories r getting shorter not longer . . . gomen kenren-san! ~bow~ if I can bully my inspiration to give me more ideas . . . maybe we'll see a longer chapter! And if I start now . . . ~bonks inspiration on the head~ maybe it'll be very helpful in the nxt chapter, ne inspiration-kun?
Tenken's inspiration: -_-;;; or I could just not help u at all . . . Tenken: Eh??? U better not . . . anyway I finally thought of shadow's background . . .kinda sad ne? ^^; Inspiration: Yah . . . Tenken: its your fault u know!! ~throttles inspiration~ Inspiration: o_O;;;; taskete!!!
^^; I think I want to sleep when I start talking w/my inspiration like dat lah . . . um . . . one question to da ppl who review this story, can u tell me:
What's the Japanese word for 'Shadow'?
Cause I was gonna call Shadow . . . the Japanese word for it but couldn't remember, is it Kage? Like Kage-Houshi?