Chapter 4:
'What...what happened?' Daisuke said to himself, as he stood alone in darkness. "DARK! Dark are you there! DARK!" Daisuke called out again and again. The only thing that would answer back was his own echo.
Finally, he gave up and fell down on the floor. "Where am I?" Daisuke asked aloud and a tear fell from his face. "WHERE AM I?" Daisuke screamed out hoping that it would help himself ease some of his frustration and loneliness, but neither screaming his lungs out nor hearing his own echo calmed him. "Where am I..."
"The astral plane..." Came a comforting voice from behind him. He felt the presents of someone sitting down beside him and he slowly turned to see whom it was.
"Sa-Satoshi-kun!" Daisuke said with his face blushing a bit, "You're...you're here too?"
Satoshi looked at Daisuke's tearful face and gently whipped his tears away with a soft brush of his hand, "Tell me...have you lost connection with Dark?" The blue haired boy asked, as Daisuke blushed some more after he'd touched his smooth face.
"Um..." Daisuke started shyly and nodded, "Yes...he...he won't answer my calls..." He replied looking down oat his feet and hugging his knees.
"I see...I can't seem to call Krad either...I think that we've all been separated." Satoshi said carefully looking over the red haired boy that sat next to him for any sign of injury.
"Where could they have gone?" Daisuke asked quickly and looked directly at Satoshi with a worried and pleading look on his face.
Satoshi looked down and shook his head. "I don't know...but whatever has happened to them...we have to find them if we want to get out of here." He said with a sigh.
Daisuke looked back down at the ground and sat in silence for a while, "So...what do we do now?" He asked in a tone of hopelessness.
Just as Satoshi was about to speak, the dark ground beneath them began to open up! The two began falling through the dissolving floor and Satoshi grabbed Daisuke's wrist holding on tight.
"What's happening!" Daisuke yelled out as he looked down at the forest that was coming up at them fast.
"Hang on! Don't let go!" Satoshi said gripping the younger boy tightly. But just as it felt all hope was lost...they found themselves suspended in mid air.
Daisuke had his eyes closed tight, waiting for the impact to issue, but never felt one. "I...Is it over yet? Are we dead?" Daisuke asked shakily.
"I...I'm not sure...Daisuke...look..." Satoshi said in complete shock.
Daisuke opened his eyes and stared right at Satoshi...or to be more precise, through Satoshi! "What...what happened? Are...are we ghosts!" Daisuke asked starring right through his own hands.
Satoshi looked at himself then back down at the ground, "We're in astral form..." He said in almost a whisper to himself.
"Astral what?" Daisuke asked confused.
"It's like our souls have separated from our bodies...similar to what Krad and Dark do when we're in control of our bodies. There souls wander..." Satoshi explained still examination himself.
"So...what does this mean? That Dark and Krad have...bodies now and we're just...spirits?" Daisuke asked trying to seep this into his brain.
"Yeah...exactly like that..." Satoshi replied and looked down at the ground.
"Now what? What do we do?" Daisuke asked.
"We find Krad and Dark...I don't know if they'll be able to see us or hear us...but we have to find them..." Satoshi said and began to descend to the ground getting the hang of this levitating ability, "And the ability to fly could come in handy."
Daisuke looked down at him and soon figured out how to descend and followed Satoshi down into the forest. The setting was quite nice, it looked to be just before dawn and the dew on the grass and the leaves were glistening. It was very quiet, except for the exception of the sound of softly rolling water, everything was so peaceful. No cars, no people, no cities, and no sign of a road...it was almost like...they were no longer in their time.
"Where are we..."Daisuke asked confused yet memorized by the beauty of their surroundings.
"My guess...about the same year the painting was made..." Satoshi said standing at the edge of the forest looking out.
"What? What makes you say that?" Daisuke almost said with a laugh until he walked over and looked out at what Satoshi was looking at.
"Because...of that..." Satoshi said as the two gazed out beyond the forest.
The sight before the two was as horrific as it was large, about two miles of blood, mud, and bodies. The corpses were only about 10 hours old and wearing old armors and chain mail, with arrows, axes, and swords at their sides or inside of them. Some bodies were missing arms, legs, or even heads...the sight nauseated Daisuke to the point where he dropped to his knees clutching his stomach. The sight of blood and rotting corpses were overwhelming! Birds large and small were feasting on the pieces of dead flesh as other animals fought over decapitated appendages. This was defiantly something you wouldn't see back in the modern times. But for this time period...this was all too common.
Satoshi turned his head away in disgust and looked down at Daisuke, "Come on Daisuke...we have to find Krad and Dark..." Satoshi said turning his back on the field of blood.
Daisuke was horror stricken and could only nod and dizzily stand up and follow Satoshi back into the woods, "Let's...get as far away from here as possible..." Daisuke said stopping a moment to look back at the now more distant field.
Satoshi turned back and put his hand on Daisuke's shoulder, "I agree...there's nothing for us back on..."
Daisuke felt somewhat comforted by this, but the image of the carnage back there...would always haunt him...forever.
Notes From The Author:
Meow! Tis me again! I know this is a pretty short chapter and a pretty dreary one, but I promise to pick up the pace some more next chapter, but I had to give you a jest of the time period we're dealing with here. Look forward to more Dark and Krad next chapter! I'll be switching back and forth from time to time so be patient and thank you for reading and commenting! blows kisses to you all MWAH! Love you all!