Well, oh well. I didn't liked that one very much, but Devil_urd said it was
good. So here it is.
The bug ch.8
[Urd's PoV]
Bell looked up, tears slowly running down her cheeks. "It seems like she.... completely disappeared."
I froze. My younger sister kept staring at me with teary eyes. Peorth was obviously trying to find a rational explanation and probably racked her brain for one. A huge question mark could almost be seen above Keiichi and Skuld's head.
"There's not even the slightest trace of where she....?" Peorth gulped when Belldandy shook her head.
"Two days ago.. she just disappeared.... Neither Heaven nor Hell can contact her... and they don't know where she is...." She looked at me. "....Urd's our only proof she's still alive."
Silence.
"So what?" Skuld questioned.
I turned to her, feeling anger building quickly. "So _what_?!?! _SO WHAT_?!?! Hello?!?! Neither the god's or the demon's system could localise her!!!!!!" I yelled.
Peorth rested a hand on my shoulder, trying to calm me. "It never happened, Kid." She continued. "Every being, every object, even a specific drop of water could be found in a matter of seconds. So how could a first class demon be outside the reach of the systems? "
Skuld looked at her feet. "So it's _that_ serious?" She quietly asked.
"Yes." Belldandy sighed, whipping her tears. "And I promised father we would try and find her. Hild already sent some of her own minions to look for Mara."
"And?" Keiichi asked.
"There isn't any trace left. She easily could've been... erased." Tears were back in her eyes. "Fortunately, as long as Urd's alive. and well, we know Mara's alright."
"But I'm not well." I stated what the others were thinking in the back of their heads. "I am not well. maybe she's dying, right now." I clenched my teeth. "And all we do is stand here moping about how we're useless and we don't know where she could be."
I stormed out, but as soon as I was out the room, I felt a violent pain to my heart. I fell to the ground in a loud thud witch attracted the others. My breathing increased dangerously and I clutched a hand to my chest.
"Urd!!" Belldandy crouched next to me and began stoking my back. Peorth fell to her knees before me and tried to look at my face. "What's the matter? Urd!" I began coughing violently and, looking at my hand, I saw, horrified, that I coughed blood. 'Mara, where are you?' was the last thing I thought before my eyes rolled back and I was unconscious.
***
[Mara's PoV]
When I left, I headed west and flew for a whole day, minus the three or four stops I made in order to stay conscious.. my present state forced me to search beyond mortal's possibilities for the strength to continue. Being still weak, I didn't go far but still managed to find myself in a place I didn't even know existed. It was desolate and abandoned, but I soon realised not abandoned by everyone. As soon as I landed, I felt the over- whelming darkness of this land penetrate my soul. I knew instantly I was in a cursed or/and haunted place.
Being a demon, a first class one, it shouldn't have bothered me to the least, but my limited condition was now seriously frightening me. In those kind of places, you can find anything. even creatures that live eating demon flesh.
I wandered around until nighttime and found a cave where I could sleep. Strange how when you're roof-less you can find caves anywhere. As soon as I was inside, the rain and thunder raged on the deserted land. I thought I had been lucky.. if I knew what had waited for me inside, I would've gladly stayed in the rain.
Not knowing my future fate, I lied down to relax. Closing my eyes to think back on the past events. Urd had been worried about me... Me as her friend, nothing more. I kept reminding myself that she was just a friend, my best friend, but that I shouldn't be hoping for more 'cause I know I would be rejected if I dared do or say something that's out of place.
I felt a presence near and sat up, tensed and ready to fight back an enemy. I could feel 'it'. It was hiding among the shadows, deeper in the cave. Out of the said shadows came. a kitten.
'What is a kitten doing here?' I asked myself, relaxing again. It mewed cutely and stepped forward to meet me. It stopped a feet before me and mewed some more. 'What does it want?' I frowned and crossed my arms, annoyed. Then I felt them. The others. An army of kittens came out of the shadows and sat beside the first one. I gulped.
'Something's wrong.'
And I was right.
The first kitten opened its mouth and it quickly transformed into a purple- gigantic-very-well-teeth-and-black-saliva-equipped mouth. To my horror, all the army mimicked it and soon, small kittens with heads at least six times their bodies and traumatisingly large mouths surrounded me.
"What the fuck?" I mouthed.
And that was their signal. They threw themselves at me, but royally missed when I quickly flew out of the cave. I realised I had walked in the nest of what we call 'eaters'. They're horrible creatures that can put on any appearance they like, and when they're near enough, they eat you: human, god, demon, animal. They don't make distinction; meat is meat. They're quite stupid, really. But still so dangerous.
I flew as fast as I could to get out of their reach, and they quickly lost my trace. Though one of them had the time to bite my leg, I managed to escape the thousand of others. I slept under a dead tree, under the rain, that night.
It was now two days since I left and I felt horribly sick. I shouldn't have slept in the cold mud. I decided to contact the Queen, so I could be called back home to recover. It didn't worked; She didn't hear my call... I tried to understand what could be wrong, when I remembered the eater's bite. Shit. Their hacking poison.
Eaters have been exiled because of three reasons. First: They can out- number any race quickly because they reproduce themselves _very_ quickly. Second: If they could reproduce themselves, as they wanted, they would eat all the other living beings and would soon be reduced to eat their own kind. Third: The hacking poison. When you get bitten, you're virtually dead. Neither heaven nor hell can find you, if you can't be found, normally, it's because you're dead. And if you're not cured in the next few days, you die. For real.
I had to make it to somewhere safe on my on.and the only place I hoped to be safe was back to Japan, Morisato's residence. Reassembling all that was left of my strength, I tried to fly back there. I didn't have that much time left.
It's only after two days of non-stop flying that I was finally able to reach Tokyo. I didn't made it to the shrine, though. I had to stop in an alley because the hacking poison began making its effect. I felt it deep inside, taking hold of my heart and forcing me to land. I fell to my knees, breathing hard and coughing blood. I couldn't move anymore. I lied down, cursing myself for leaving as I closed my eyes.
****
To be continued.
Worship Devil_Urd. And Noir. Mireille ownz all. Kirika rocks.
The bug ch.8
[Urd's PoV]
Bell looked up, tears slowly running down her cheeks. "It seems like she.... completely disappeared."
I froze. My younger sister kept staring at me with teary eyes. Peorth was obviously trying to find a rational explanation and probably racked her brain for one. A huge question mark could almost be seen above Keiichi and Skuld's head.
"There's not even the slightest trace of where she....?" Peorth gulped when Belldandy shook her head.
"Two days ago.. she just disappeared.... Neither Heaven nor Hell can contact her... and they don't know where she is...." She looked at me. "....Urd's our only proof she's still alive."
Silence.
"So what?" Skuld questioned.
I turned to her, feeling anger building quickly. "So _what_?!?! _SO WHAT_?!?! Hello?!?! Neither the god's or the demon's system could localise her!!!!!!" I yelled.
Peorth rested a hand on my shoulder, trying to calm me. "It never happened, Kid." She continued. "Every being, every object, even a specific drop of water could be found in a matter of seconds. So how could a first class demon be outside the reach of the systems? "
Skuld looked at her feet. "So it's _that_ serious?" She quietly asked.
"Yes." Belldandy sighed, whipping her tears. "And I promised father we would try and find her. Hild already sent some of her own minions to look for Mara."
"And?" Keiichi asked.
"There isn't any trace left. She easily could've been... erased." Tears were back in her eyes. "Fortunately, as long as Urd's alive. and well, we know Mara's alright."
"But I'm not well." I stated what the others were thinking in the back of their heads. "I am not well. maybe she's dying, right now." I clenched my teeth. "And all we do is stand here moping about how we're useless and we don't know where she could be."
I stormed out, but as soon as I was out the room, I felt a violent pain to my heart. I fell to the ground in a loud thud witch attracted the others. My breathing increased dangerously and I clutched a hand to my chest.
"Urd!!" Belldandy crouched next to me and began stoking my back. Peorth fell to her knees before me and tried to look at my face. "What's the matter? Urd!" I began coughing violently and, looking at my hand, I saw, horrified, that I coughed blood. 'Mara, where are you?' was the last thing I thought before my eyes rolled back and I was unconscious.
***
[Mara's PoV]
When I left, I headed west and flew for a whole day, minus the three or four stops I made in order to stay conscious.. my present state forced me to search beyond mortal's possibilities for the strength to continue. Being still weak, I didn't go far but still managed to find myself in a place I didn't even know existed. It was desolate and abandoned, but I soon realised not abandoned by everyone. As soon as I landed, I felt the over- whelming darkness of this land penetrate my soul. I knew instantly I was in a cursed or/and haunted place.
Being a demon, a first class one, it shouldn't have bothered me to the least, but my limited condition was now seriously frightening me. In those kind of places, you can find anything. even creatures that live eating demon flesh.
I wandered around until nighttime and found a cave where I could sleep. Strange how when you're roof-less you can find caves anywhere. As soon as I was inside, the rain and thunder raged on the deserted land. I thought I had been lucky.. if I knew what had waited for me inside, I would've gladly stayed in the rain.
Not knowing my future fate, I lied down to relax. Closing my eyes to think back on the past events. Urd had been worried about me... Me as her friend, nothing more. I kept reminding myself that she was just a friend, my best friend, but that I shouldn't be hoping for more 'cause I know I would be rejected if I dared do or say something that's out of place.
I felt a presence near and sat up, tensed and ready to fight back an enemy. I could feel 'it'. It was hiding among the shadows, deeper in the cave. Out of the said shadows came. a kitten.
'What is a kitten doing here?' I asked myself, relaxing again. It mewed cutely and stepped forward to meet me. It stopped a feet before me and mewed some more. 'What does it want?' I frowned and crossed my arms, annoyed. Then I felt them. The others. An army of kittens came out of the shadows and sat beside the first one. I gulped.
'Something's wrong.'
And I was right.
The first kitten opened its mouth and it quickly transformed into a purple- gigantic-very-well-teeth-and-black-saliva-equipped mouth. To my horror, all the army mimicked it and soon, small kittens with heads at least six times their bodies and traumatisingly large mouths surrounded me.
"What the fuck?" I mouthed.
And that was their signal. They threw themselves at me, but royally missed when I quickly flew out of the cave. I realised I had walked in the nest of what we call 'eaters'. They're horrible creatures that can put on any appearance they like, and when they're near enough, they eat you: human, god, demon, animal. They don't make distinction; meat is meat. They're quite stupid, really. But still so dangerous.
I flew as fast as I could to get out of their reach, and they quickly lost my trace. Though one of them had the time to bite my leg, I managed to escape the thousand of others. I slept under a dead tree, under the rain, that night.
It was now two days since I left and I felt horribly sick. I shouldn't have slept in the cold mud. I decided to contact the Queen, so I could be called back home to recover. It didn't worked; She didn't hear my call... I tried to understand what could be wrong, when I remembered the eater's bite. Shit. Their hacking poison.
Eaters have been exiled because of three reasons. First: They can out- number any race quickly because they reproduce themselves _very_ quickly. Second: If they could reproduce themselves, as they wanted, they would eat all the other living beings and would soon be reduced to eat their own kind. Third: The hacking poison. When you get bitten, you're virtually dead. Neither heaven nor hell can find you, if you can't be found, normally, it's because you're dead. And if you're not cured in the next few days, you die. For real.
I had to make it to somewhere safe on my on.and the only place I hoped to be safe was back to Japan, Morisato's residence. Reassembling all that was left of my strength, I tried to fly back there. I didn't have that much time left.
It's only after two days of non-stop flying that I was finally able to reach Tokyo. I didn't made it to the shrine, though. I had to stop in an alley because the hacking poison began making its effect. I felt it deep inside, taking hold of my heart and forcing me to land. I fell to my knees, breathing hard and coughing blood. I couldn't move anymore. I lied down, cursing myself for leaving as I closed my eyes.
****
To be continued.
Worship Devil_Urd. And Noir. Mireille ownz all. Kirika rocks.