A Little Night Ride
By Yukira
Chapter 5
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters...
Author's Notes: I've been neglecting this fanfic for a while, and I'm in the mood to write horror...so...Enjoy!
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For Xiao Qiao, the night never seemed to end. She kept hearing noises outside of the room but saw nothing.
Glancing down, she smiled seeing her sister, Zhou Yu, and Sun Ce sleep peacefully. Would she ever sleep like them again?
For the first time that night, Xiao began to relax. They were here, and she was safe. She cuddled the teddy bear and began to drift away to sleep, slowly...until--
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He wandered through the forest, in pursuit of the forbidden one.
Something rustled in the bushes; he whacked it with his lightning staff. Where ever the kuroi-oni was, it was not here.
And then he could hear whispering noises all around him.
He raised his staff and proceeded to whack everything in sight.
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Zhou Yu awoke from his slumber. He heard something hit the outside of the house repeatedly.
"Hey, Sun Ce!" whispered Yu, tapping Sun Ce's shoulder anxiously. "Get up!"
Sun Ce only turned in his sleep with his back facing Yu.
Zhou Yu eyed his friend menacingly, as if he were to emerge alert any second. A few minutes later, he gave up and took a flashlight with him to see what the commotion was.
There were creaky noises following him wherever he went and Yu tried not to panic, thinking the 'happy' thoughts to himself.
As Zhou Yu headed though the backyard outside the gate door, the whacking noises got louder and louder...
Bracing himself, he picked up a rake and tiptoed behind several bushes to surprise this foe.
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Suddenly, he heard something heavy twitching in a bush nearby. Crouching and advancing slowly, he saw...
Claws!
He prepared himself to attack the creature in the bush.
*~~~~*~~~~*
Zhou Yu could see his foe more clearly. It was some sort of monster that was similar to the one that they encountered, but less threatening. It also seemed to be heading for him, raising some sort of pole arm.
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"Watashi wa anata o korosu, Kuroi-Oni!" he shouted, raising his staff and bringing it down on the creature's head.
In response, the creature yelled out in pain, except now, he could tell it wasn't the creature. It was a man.
"Hey wait! I'm not--"
He stood, one arm firmly holding the staff, the other holding out his hand to help up the man.
"Who are you?"
"I am Zhou Yu."
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Da Qiao stretched her arms out a bit. Her wounds stopped hurting that night, no thanks to painkiller, but her own homeopathic remedies.
She was feeling quite content that night. Xiao Qiao finally got to sleep, Sun Ce was snoring loudly as usual, and Zhou Yu...
Da Qiao glanced over at Zhou Yu's spot, but he was missing. And then the back door opened; she could hear heavy footsteps that didn't sound like Yu's at all...
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Zhou Yu flicked the kitchen lights on, then proceeded to pour out beer for himself and the stranger.
As the stranger took a seat at the table, Yu stole a quick glance at him. The stranger's face was barely visible, he was wearing a...sombrero? He was also clad in a green cloak, a veil, and baggy forest green pants. He looked like a hobo.
"So what's your name?"
The stranger grimaced after tasting the beer, then answered. "They call me Pang Tong. Master Pang Tong."
"May I ask why? Are you a karate instructor or--"
Sun Ce was interrupted as Pang Tong executed a whack on Zhou Yu.
"Do I look Japanese to you!? I'm the same ethnicity as you, man! Chinese!"
"But earlier, I could tell that you were speaking Japanese--"
Both guys were interrupted as Da Qiao ran by and flung a glass at Pang Tong.
"Zhou Yu! Escape! Now's your chance!"
Zhou Yu raised one eyebrow. "Da Qiao, settle down. He's not dangerous."
"What do you mean I'm not dangerous!? I'm about to kick your ass now..."
"Err, no. I meant not *that* kind of dangerous."
Pang Tong sat on his seat and gulped down the rest of his beer. "Yeah, just watch it, kid."
Zhou Yu twitched. "So what were you doing in the forest?"
"Hey hey! That's for ME to know and YOU to find out, kid!"
Yu frowned slightly. "What is the creature that you call Kuroi- Oni?"
"Nyah! I'm not telling!"
Da Qiao then spoke up. "Sir, we encountered a creature earlier that could be the creature you are searching for. At least tell us what it is."
Pang Tong seemed pleased at Da Qiao's request. He crossed his legs and took on a serious look.
"The Kuroi-Oni is a dark creature of the night. It resides in the dark forest during daytime and comes out to prey on people at night. When it comes out of it's hiding place, it wears a black cape and hood. The flesh is always shriveled up. The face bears scars and burn marks. I doubt it is human."
Zhou Yu and Da Qiao exchanged looks with Pang Tong in the middle, eyeing both of them.
"I think that this creature that you are describing is the one that attacked me."
"It attacked you and you lived?"
"I have the wounds on my back."
Da Qiao unbuttoned two of the buttons on the back of her nightshirt, showing the wounds (A/N: And nothing else! It's bad, thinking dirty!).
In response, Pang Tong gasped. (A/N: Thinking dirty=Bad!)
"What is it?"
Pang Tong rolled up his sleeve. On his heavily tanned skin, Da Qiao could see several long scars, probably from scratch marks similar to her own.
"It attacked you?"
"Hai."
Da Qiao and Zhou Yu stared.
"All right! I'll break it down into English for you! YES!"
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I'm so ashamed, my chapters are getting shorter and shorter! Waah!
Maybe I'll be encouraged to write longer chapters if the reviews start coming in fast, y'know what I mean?
Yup. Thought so.
By Yukira
Chapter 5
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters...
Author's Notes: I've been neglecting this fanfic for a while, and I'm in the mood to write horror...so...Enjoy!
*~~~~*~~~~*
For Xiao Qiao, the night never seemed to end. She kept hearing noises outside of the room but saw nothing.
Glancing down, she smiled seeing her sister, Zhou Yu, and Sun Ce sleep peacefully. Would she ever sleep like them again?
For the first time that night, Xiao began to relax. They were here, and she was safe. She cuddled the teddy bear and began to drift away to sleep, slowly...until--
*~~~~*~~~~*
He wandered through the forest, in pursuit of the forbidden one.
Something rustled in the bushes; he whacked it with his lightning staff. Where ever the kuroi-oni was, it was not here.
And then he could hear whispering noises all around him.
He raised his staff and proceeded to whack everything in sight.
*~~~~*~~~~*
Zhou Yu awoke from his slumber. He heard something hit the outside of the house repeatedly.
"Hey, Sun Ce!" whispered Yu, tapping Sun Ce's shoulder anxiously. "Get up!"
Sun Ce only turned in his sleep with his back facing Yu.
Zhou Yu eyed his friend menacingly, as if he were to emerge alert any second. A few minutes later, he gave up and took a flashlight with him to see what the commotion was.
There were creaky noises following him wherever he went and Yu tried not to panic, thinking the 'happy' thoughts to himself.
As Zhou Yu headed though the backyard outside the gate door, the whacking noises got louder and louder...
Bracing himself, he picked up a rake and tiptoed behind several bushes to surprise this foe.
*~~~~*~~~~*
Suddenly, he heard something heavy twitching in a bush nearby. Crouching and advancing slowly, he saw...
Claws!
He prepared himself to attack the creature in the bush.
*~~~~*~~~~*
Zhou Yu could see his foe more clearly. It was some sort of monster that was similar to the one that they encountered, but less threatening. It also seemed to be heading for him, raising some sort of pole arm.
*~~~~*~~~~*
"Watashi wa anata o korosu, Kuroi-Oni!" he shouted, raising his staff and bringing it down on the creature's head.
In response, the creature yelled out in pain, except now, he could tell it wasn't the creature. It was a man.
"Hey wait! I'm not--"
He stood, one arm firmly holding the staff, the other holding out his hand to help up the man.
"Who are you?"
"I am Zhou Yu."
*~~~~*~~~~*
Da Qiao stretched her arms out a bit. Her wounds stopped hurting that night, no thanks to painkiller, but her own homeopathic remedies.
She was feeling quite content that night. Xiao Qiao finally got to sleep, Sun Ce was snoring loudly as usual, and Zhou Yu...
Da Qiao glanced over at Zhou Yu's spot, but he was missing. And then the back door opened; she could hear heavy footsteps that didn't sound like Yu's at all...
*~~~~*~~~~*
Zhou Yu flicked the kitchen lights on, then proceeded to pour out beer for himself and the stranger.
As the stranger took a seat at the table, Yu stole a quick glance at him. The stranger's face was barely visible, he was wearing a...sombrero? He was also clad in a green cloak, a veil, and baggy forest green pants. He looked like a hobo.
"So what's your name?"
The stranger grimaced after tasting the beer, then answered. "They call me Pang Tong. Master Pang Tong."
"May I ask why? Are you a karate instructor or--"
Sun Ce was interrupted as Pang Tong executed a whack on Zhou Yu.
"Do I look Japanese to you!? I'm the same ethnicity as you, man! Chinese!"
"But earlier, I could tell that you were speaking Japanese--"
Both guys were interrupted as Da Qiao ran by and flung a glass at Pang Tong.
"Zhou Yu! Escape! Now's your chance!"
Zhou Yu raised one eyebrow. "Da Qiao, settle down. He's not dangerous."
"What do you mean I'm not dangerous!? I'm about to kick your ass now..."
"Err, no. I meant not *that* kind of dangerous."
Pang Tong sat on his seat and gulped down the rest of his beer. "Yeah, just watch it, kid."
Zhou Yu twitched. "So what were you doing in the forest?"
"Hey hey! That's for ME to know and YOU to find out, kid!"
Yu frowned slightly. "What is the creature that you call Kuroi- Oni?"
"Nyah! I'm not telling!"
Da Qiao then spoke up. "Sir, we encountered a creature earlier that could be the creature you are searching for. At least tell us what it is."
Pang Tong seemed pleased at Da Qiao's request. He crossed his legs and took on a serious look.
"The Kuroi-Oni is a dark creature of the night. It resides in the dark forest during daytime and comes out to prey on people at night. When it comes out of it's hiding place, it wears a black cape and hood. The flesh is always shriveled up. The face bears scars and burn marks. I doubt it is human."
Zhou Yu and Da Qiao exchanged looks with Pang Tong in the middle, eyeing both of them.
"I think that this creature that you are describing is the one that attacked me."
"It attacked you and you lived?"
"I have the wounds on my back."
Da Qiao unbuttoned two of the buttons on the back of her nightshirt, showing the wounds (A/N: And nothing else! It's bad, thinking dirty!).
In response, Pang Tong gasped. (A/N: Thinking dirty=Bad!)
"What is it?"
Pang Tong rolled up his sleeve. On his heavily tanned skin, Da Qiao could see several long scars, probably from scratch marks similar to her own.
"It attacked you?"
"Hai."
Da Qiao and Zhou Yu stared.
"All right! I'll break it down into English for you! YES!"
*~~~~*~~~~*
I'm so ashamed, my chapters are getting shorter and shorter! Waah!
Maybe I'll be encouraged to write longer chapters if the reviews start coming in fast, y'know what I mean?
Yup. Thought so.