Waking the Fallen
Chapter 6: shattered illusion
She was chained to a bed. Shaking her head to clear it, the events leading to this slammed back into her head with the force of a level 5 hurricane. Suddenly the door opened, and then closed. A soft light appeared out of nowhere, and it took Ryu a few moments to realize it was one of those old-fashioned oil lamps.
"My dear Ryu. You look so much better now that you have reverted to your original form." Her eyes wildly darted around the area of the light, trying to figure out who was talking.
"W-wh-what's going on? Who are you? Why am I here? How do you know me? WHAT'S GOING ON?!!?"
"Tsk tsk. So many questions. It's not healthy to wonder that much. In fact, remember that old saying. Curiosity killed the cat. Or, rather, the kitsune."
"Please. I just want to know what's happening."
"Ah, yes. You poor thing. How it must feel. Let's try to jog your memory, shall we?" With that, he stepped forward to the bed and brought the flame up higher in the lamp. His hair was an odd purple-black, slicked back with hair gel. He had a normal face, but it was his eyes that stood out the most. Such a haunting color. Ryu couldn't identify which one, it appeared to be all and none of them at the exact same time. When his face first appeared, Deja vous overwhelmed her. She knew him somehow. But she'd be damned if she knew how.
"Hmmm. You seem to not be able to remember me. That's expected. Maybe my name will help. Soriken, at your service." The name was met with a blank stare.
"Your memory was altered more than I thought it would be. Let's go over our history together, shall we? It started when I saw you in a tree in the Makai forest. I was stricken with you from then and forever. But, alas. It was an unrequited love. You had no idea that I existed. Though I must confess, I didn't do anything to bring myself to your attention. I would follow you everywhere. And then I found out about Yoko. Your mentor. At the time, I was consumed by rage, and also completely obsessed over the idea that you were seeing him. You weren't, of course. But you couldn't tell me that. I wanted to kill him, so you and I could be together forever. According to my skewed logic, you would fall for me once your loved one was out of the picture." Soriken paused and gave her a small smile. "Do you remember the rest?"
Ryu stared at him. Soriken sighed and said, "Well then, I will have to finish the rest of this screwed up version of Romeo and Juliet. Anyway, I was but a low class demon. How could I defeat Yoko, the king of thieves? So I anonymously tipped off a bounty hunter to Yoko's whereabouts. And he killed him off. I so happy when I heard the news. Finally! The two of us could be together. But no. When you heard that your mentor and hero had perished, you were devastated. And committed suicide. But somehow, due to fate or kindness, you were reincarnated into this form. I tracked you down, planning to win your love. But fate had once again dealt me a cruel hand. You were already in love with someone by the name of Kurama. And to top it off, he had a secret. He was really......" Soriken was suddenly cut off by the door slamming open. Kurama stood in the doorway, looking REALLY pissed off. Soriken smiled, and clapped his hands together once in glee.
"How wonderful! Kurama, now that you've decided to join us, maybe you would like to tell Ryu your secret. No? Well, I guess I should. Now then......" He again was cut off when Kurama hit him with his rose whip. Leaning slightly over, covered in spikes and blood, he gave the coldest laugh that Ryu had ever heard.
"Oh, you fool. I wasn't going to hurt you until later, but plans change." Soriken sent waves of dark spirit energy through the whip, knocking Kurama off his feet. After the last coil of thorns fell to the ground, Soriken quickly bound Kurama with a sutra and spirit energy. It happened so fast that Ryu just sat chained, blinking.
"My love, as I was saying, your dear Kurama has been hiding something from you. Due to meticulous research, I have dredged up the most shocking thing you'll ever hear. Kurama has lead an interesting past life, if I do say so myself. He even somehow escaped the bounty hunter who had tried to kill him!"
Ryu felt herself sliding very quickly off the edge of sanity into the abyss below. "No...."
"Ah, but yes! Your beloved Kurama is no other than your hero and mentor!"
"NO. It can't be. It just can't....."
"But it is. Kurama is Yoko."
authors note okay, I think that made up for the short chapter. wow. does that guy like to monologue! man. I can't wait to kill him off. so...........until the next chapter............ja ne.
Chapter 6: shattered illusion
She was chained to a bed. Shaking her head to clear it, the events leading to this slammed back into her head with the force of a level 5 hurricane. Suddenly the door opened, and then closed. A soft light appeared out of nowhere, and it took Ryu a few moments to realize it was one of those old-fashioned oil lamps.
"My dear Ryu. You look so much better now that you have reverted to your original form." Her eyes wildly darted around the area of the light, trying to figure out who was talking.
"W-wh-what's going on? Who are you? Why am I here? How do you know me? WHAT'S GOING ON?!!?"
"Tsk tsk. So many questions. It's not healthy to wonder that much. In fact, remember that old saying. Curiosity killed the cat. Or, rather, the kitsune."
"Please. I just want to know what's happening."
"Ah, yes. You poor thing. How it must feel. Let's try to jog your memory, shall we?" With that, he stepped forward to the bed and brought the flame up higher in the lamp. His hair was an odd purple-black, slicked back with hair gel. He had a normal face, but it was his eyes that stood out the most. Such a haunting color. Ryu couldn't identify which one, it appeared to be all and none of them at the exact same time. When his face first appeared, Deja vous overwhelmed her. She knew him somehow. But she'd be damned if she knew how.
"Hmmm. You seem to not be able to remember me. That's expected. Maybe my name will help. Soriken, at your service." The name was met with a blank stare.
"Your memory was altered more than I thought it would be. Let's go over our history together, shall we? It started when I saw you in a tree in the Makai forest. I was stricken with you from then and forever. But, alas. It was an unrequited love. You had no idea that I existed. Though I must confess, I didn't do anything to bring myself to your attention. I would follow you everywhere. And then I found out about Yoko. Your mentor. At the time, I was consumed by rage, and also completely obsessed over the idea that you were seeing him. You weren't, of course. But you couldn't tell me that. I wanted to kill him, so you and I could be together forever. According to my skewed logic, you would fall for me once your loved one was out of the picture." Soriken paused and gave her a small smile. "Do you remember the rest?"
Ryu stared at him. Soriken sighed and said, "Well then, I will have to finish the rest of this screwed up version of Romeo and Juliet. Anyway, I was but a low class demon. How could I defeat Yoko, the king of thieves? So I anonymously tipped off a bounty hunter to Yoko's whereabouts. And he killed him off. I so happy when I heard the news. Finally! The two of us could be together. But no. When you heard that your mentor and hero had perished, you were devastated. And committed suicide. But somehow, due to fate or kindness, you were reincarnated into this form. I tracked you down, planning to win your love. But fate had once again dealt me a cruel hand. You were already in love with someone by the name of Kurama. And to top it off, he had a secret. He was really......" Soriken was suddenly cut off by the door slamming open. Kurama stood in the doorway, looking REALLY pissed off. Soriken smiled, and clapped his hands together once in glee.
"How wonderful! Kurama, now that you've decided to join us, maybe you would like to tell Ryu your secret. No? Well, I guess I should. Now then......" He again was cut off when Kurama hit him with his rose whip. Leaning slightly over, covered in spikes and blood, he gave the coldest laugh that Ryu had ever heard.
"Oh, you fool. I wasn't going to hurt you until later, but plans change." Soriken sent waves of dark spirit energy through the whip, knocking Kurama off his feet. After the last coil of thorns fell to the ground, Soriken quickly bound Kurama with a sutra and spirit energy. It happened so fast that Ryu just sat chained, blinking.
"My love, as I was saying, your dear Kurama has been hiding something from you. Due to meticulous research, I have dredged up the most shocking thing you'll ever hear. Kurama has lead an interesting past life, if I do say so myself. He even somehow escaped the bounty hunter who had tried to kill him!"
Ryu felt herself sliding very quickly off the edge of sanity into the abyss below. "No...."
"Ah, but yes! Your beloved Kurama is no other than your hero and mentor!"
"NO. It can't be. It just can't....."
"But it is. Kurama is Yoko."
authors note okay, I think that made up for the short chapter. wow. does that guy like to monologue! man. I can't wait to kill him off. so...........until the next chapter............ja ne.