Condemned
Chapter IV:
The next morning Dark felt someone shaking him, he groaned and turned away, the shaking didn't stop he then tried to swat the offending shaker away. Finally it stopped, only to be replaced with water being dumped on him. Dark sat up and glared at Krad who was smirking at him with a bucket in his hands, "Morning to you too. Did you really have to use a bucket?" Krad just looked at him as though saying do-you-really-want-to-know? Dark looked through his wet bangs to see the dragon, "You're going to miss breakfast, did I mention the folks here want to here the little bandit story you made up? You'd better get your brain working soon. Do-you-understand?" Krad said the last few words as though the boy didn't understand him. Dark glared at him, "Yes-because-I-am-not-stupid. I have to change first, if you don't mind stepping out of the room." Krad shook his head, "It's okay, I did that just awhile ago and got swarmed with questions, I had to make a pathetic excuse of checking up on you just to get out of the mob alive." Violet eyes glared, "Perverted dragon..." Krad just looked at him his innocent expression saying, 'Who? Me?' then snickered.
'Why me? Out of all people why do I have to be suck with a perverted dragon, why do I have to be accused of wizardry, why do I have to be the one to spit on that filthy church master's face? Even though he did deserve that, why!? What have I done!?' He followed Krad out the door and the second he stepped out of it, he was mobbed by the folks at the inn. "How many bandits were there?" "What village was it?" "How'd you escape?" The questions just wouldn't end, he glanced at Krad who gave him a dirty look saying, 'I told you so.' Dark's mind was speeding, "Uhhh..." luckily for him his stomach growled he looked up and smiled, "I'm kind of hungry right now..." The folks looked and smiled understandingly, "Of course you are! We got carried away, come have some breakfast, it's on the house today." Dark looked at them happily, and followed them to the dining room with Krad. 'The people here are nice at least.'
"So, where are you and your Onii-chan from?" Dark looked up at the man, "Me and aniki? We're from the village over the mountains." "You look fine, the bandits killed your parents? I'm sorry, I shouldn't have..." Krad talked, "It's okay..." Then Dark butted in, "We weren't really that close to start with...it was always aniki who looked out for me, 'cause Kaa-san and Tou-san were always too busy with their work. So as long as aniki's here, I'm okay!" Dark hugged Krad's arm like a child and smiled, 'This better fool them, this is gross...I don't even like hugging people or their arms, let alone this perverted dragon's.' The gesture earned him a couple of "Aww...", and some "That's so sweet." He smiled and let go of Krad's arm, the dragon just stood there, 'Oi...try to act like a good big brother!' he yelled mentally. As though the dragon read his mind, he smiled and ruffled Dark's hair. Together they told the story about how the bandits killed their parents, took all their goods and set their barn on fire. Krad suddenly changed the subject with a glint in his eyes, "Did you here about the rumor?" "What rumor?" "A boy was kidnapped and used as a slave in that village just over the hills, some think it might be the church master who took the boy." There were gasps and "That's terrible!" Krad looked at Dark and nodded. They excused themselves to start looking for jobs, and Dark would have to "accidentally" bump into the church master while looking for money.
So Dark started walking around the town asking for jobs, he got a lot of jobs which he would "think about." Finally, he walked towards the church master's house with a hat, and a hair extension on. 'What kind of disguise is this!? I look like a girl! Krad's got a really sick sense of humor, and unless the old man's really stupid, or he's blind, he's going to recognize me. I just hope he's that stupid...and blind.' He knocked on the door and waited; the church master opened the door and looked at him. "What may I do for you?" Dark tried not to look nervous, "I was wondering if you knew of any good jobs around here...bandits burnt down our house and..." The church master looked at him, "You look familiar...oh well...it must be my imagination, come on in. I'll fix you some tea and we can talk." Dark looked at him then stepped inside, 'Please let Krad's lie be a lie, please, please don't recognize me. Please poke your eyes out and die.' They went inside; the church master gave him the couch to sit on and walked away. Dark didn't notice the greedy little eyes looking at him, suddenly everything turned black.
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"Kaa-san, Tou-san, what's going on!?"
"Hush Dark-chan, everything will be alright, just go upstairs and hide, Kaa- san will go with you."
But everything was not alright...
"Kaa-san...I think I just heard Tou-san scream! What happened!? Tou-san!"
Tears were streaming down his mother's face.
"Hush Dark-chan, Tou-san's alright...go hide in the closet now! Don't make a sound!"
His mother pushed him into the closet and pushed a trunk in front of it so he couldn't break free. Dark watched with terror in his eyes as his mother stood up against the bandits that had broken in.
"Oi, lady, I thought you had a little boy? Where is he?"
"I don't have a little boy."
"Aww...that's too bad, I was hoping to have a little fun."
Fun? What kind of fun? What were they doing to Kaa-san? He looked out the crack in the closet, one man had Kaa-san's arms behind her back and one had a short knife. 'What are they doing to Kaa-san? Are they going to have "fun" with her?' The man cut opened both her chest and her dress, Dark heard his mother scream out in pain and was about to run out to her aid.
"DON'T!"
Dark stopped, he saw the men laughing, "Isn't this fun? Are you in pain?" 'Stop...stop...please stop! Don't hurt Kaa-san anymore!' Tears streamed down the boys face as he watched his mother getting murdered brutally. They stabbed and slashed her repeatedly and laughed as she screamed in pain. "If only you had a little boy named...oh I don't know...Dark?" Dark's mother's eyes widened but said nothing, she glanced at the closet to make sure Dark was still in it.
Finally, the men left, and Dark pushed his way out of the closet. "Kaa-san? Are you alright? Kaa-san?" The tears wouldn't stop, "Kaa-san!" "Dark- chan...." Dark looked down surprised, "Kaa- san?" "Dark-chan...Kaa-san will be alright...I promise...Kaa-san just needs to rest....be a good boy and..." She never completed her sentence. "Kaa-san? Kaa-san! Please wake up! I'll be good! I promise! Kaa- san!"
Later, he went downstairs to find his father's limbs torn out, he cried and cried, starring in horror at his father's deformed body. He ran back upstairs and hugged his lifeless mother, he didn't let go even when the blood smeared all over him, or when Daisuke's mother tried to pull him away. It wasn't going to be alright like Kaa-san promised...she lied...just to save him.
'Kaa-san...you promised...why did you have to go and break it?'
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Dark looked around the room, he tried to move his arms but failed to do so, 'What the fuck...' He looked up to see his arms chained, 'Okay...staying calm...' a minute later, his mind comprehended what happened, 'OH MY GOD! OKAY...THE BASTARD KNOCKED ME OUT AND CHAINED ME HERE!? WHAT AM I? A SLAVE!? ....oh god....Krad had better not be right...WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS!? Why the hell is this world so fucking cruel to me!?' Just then the door opened, "Ah, I see you're awake, my little beauty. I was quite surprised to find you alive again, Dark Mousy. I thought I had condemned you for good, but no matter, they think you're dead, which leaves you all for me. Tell me, do you believe in god?" 'No, but now I think it's a maybe because SOMEONE'S out to get me!' Dark starred in horror, those greedy little eyes were on him again, maybe he needed to spit on him again...too late he did.
The church master didn't look happy, he grabbed Dark's dark violet hair and pulled him up onto his knees, "You got away with it last time because there was an audience, but not this time." The church master smiled, and walked away, 'That didn't sound good...please, PLEASE let someone find me, anyone, someone, even Krad! ...oh shit....not good, not good at all, that had better NOT be for me, Krad, you'd better find me!' The church master came in with a whip, "I've wanted to do this for awhile, don't worry, no one's going to find you, I'm a CHURCH master remember, and everyone thinks you're dead." he cracked the whip he was holding, "I'm just going to have to teach you who's master, aren't I?" Dark widened his eyes, 'No....please...no...don't....STOP!' Crack! Snap! The church master lashed his whip out at Dark whipping his face, and then his stomach. Dark screamed in pain but only got whipped more. "Noisy boy, all this screaming will only attract attention, if you scream; the whole village is going to hear you. After all, I'm your master as of now, and you don't scream unless master tells you to." Dark screamed over and over again hoping for someone to make the church master stop, his throat was sore and he was in hell a lot of pain.
Krad looked up at the sky; he had returned to the inn, the sun was setting already. 'Where is that brat?' He had asked some of the people if they had seen his "little brother" no one answered yes. Suddenly, the church master came in, "Go guard the church! I hear there have been thieves maybe the boys who came here yesterday." Everyone looked around, "But the younger one was around asking for jobs all day as was the elder one." Krad glared at the church master, Dark never spoke of him with a positive attitude, he didn't trust him. "Well, please guard the church; I have to leave for another village tonight." Krad didn't trust him at all, he spoke, "Have you seen my little brother? I haven't seen him all day." The church master looked at him, "Who knows? He might still be looking for a job or interviewing." Golden eyes narrow, the man was lying, he was hiding something, he whispered to the man next to him, "What if HE stole the gold and was trying to get away?" The man nodded, and spoke up, "Let's go to your house first, we need to make sure it wasn't you who's the thief." Krad smirked and followed the crowd.
Dark heard people coming, he tried to speak, but his gag didn't let him. 'Great...I'm stuck in a wagon that's going to move away at night and I'll be stuck with the church master for the rest of my life!? Where is that perverted dragon when you actually need him!?' He heard someone come in, he struggled and looked up through his bangs, it was the church master, he didn't look that happy, he kicked Dark and smirked, "Don't make a sound, when we get out of here we're going to have a lot of "fun", isn't that right?" 'Fun...Kaa-san...no! Let me go! Perverted dragon! Anyone!' "Stop struggling you brat!" Another brutal kick, then he left.
Krad and the crowd were standing in front of the house with torches since it was getting dark. 'Where is that idiot? I thought he wanted to see this guy die in front of his eyes.' He felt someone's presence in the back; he started walking towards there, "Don't go there!" The church master was hiding something there, the dragon wanted to know what, "Why? Is there something we shouldn't see back there?" The church master stepped back, "No, it's only my wagon." Krad shrugged and continued his way over, amused at the church master's panic stricken face. He headed towards the wagon, he heard shuffling inside. He peered inside, golden eyes widened, and for the first time in his life, he was shocked and surprised that something unexpected happened, and for the second time, he was caught off guard by the same person.
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Nya Please R&R