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Chapter 7: red
"No, no, no. What did I do? They'll be killed." Serena ran circles around her room in fear of her master. Then, two guards came through the bedroom doors and walked across the floor. They took Serena by the arms and dragged her out of the room with her kicking and screaming the whole way out of horror.
"Where are they? Where are the four boys?" Serena asked.
"With the devil man." One of the guards said.
'No...' Serena suddenly stopped struggling and her blue eyes widened. She then allowed the two demon men to take her willingly.
As the three entered the room, Serena caught sight of the four boys and froze. She started to open her mouth to speak but was cut off by the devil man.
"You four seem infatuated with my here Serena." He started.
"I am not yours!" She yelled struggling with the grips of the guards, the guys looked over at her abruptly.
"Not yet my dear." The voice came out.
"Hey, where is that voice coming from?" Kuwabara asked. He moved his head toward the other side of the room and his eyes bugged out just as Yusuke, Kurama and Hiei's had.
They stood there staring into a pit of darkness straight at the two piercing red eyes. They taunted their memories of their nightmare before entering Hades. The red eyes, they were the same before as they were now, standing right in front of them. They all longed to know who the eyes belonged to, what he looked like, what his intensions were for their bodies and souls. They still could not speak a word as their nightmares flooded back into their heads. Death and blood, everywhere.
"You four have been trouble since day one. I have already called your driver to come by. What usually should be quite an honor, but for him it will be punishment. Allowing his slaves to be about in the middle of the night. Either he has no power or you have no control." The voice said in his deep, darkened way of fear and grotesque nature.
"I'll have it arranged that you become mine. I'm sure your slave driver will understand." Then, the haunting voice slowly faded away in a horrific and constant laugh till the sound died down and perished.
"Come, we'll take you to your chambers." The six guards grabbed on tight to the guys and dragged them out of the room. Serena got ready to go after them but the four steroid arms held her back.
"Serena." The voice returned to the room.
She stopped moving, "Yes sir?"
"I hope you won't worry if those four get a little 'roughed' up during their visit here my sweet Serena." He said.
"You don't touch them!" The two demons held tighter onto Serena's arms which caused her to weaken and fall to her knees.
"You will have no interaction with the slaves. Ever. You remember what happened last time, don't you?" The voice had obviously hit a chord with Serena. She closed her eyes with a memory of another slave she tried to help coming back. Although, her master erased most of the memories she had and kept the one with the slave burning to death in a black fire. Squeezing her eyes she kept her tears back. But, with a sudden slap to the face, her eyes opened up and she began to bleed.
"Oh? Almost there huh? Oh well, I'll wait for your tears later, like I have all your life. Don't make any more mistakes Serena, you've been giving many chances. If you cause any more trouble here I will not hesitate to kill you, no matter how much you're worth."
Serena refused to respond to her master so she would be allowed to leave. He took the bait, and told the guards to show her off.
Walking back to her room by herself she knew where the boys would be. In the lowest part of the castle, underground. She now had a mission to save these boys like they said they'd save her, so she could see her mother. Her dear, dear mother.
Serena entered her room again still worried. The devil man was so unpredictable in what he would do. That's what made him chilling. His ability of surprise and gore. You always thought that he had done the unthinkable, but the next time through he would make it worse. But also, he had no limitations as to what he would decide in the end. If it came into his head, he would try to make it real, and usually he did. A sick mind such as his can come up with things the free world never can.
In a fit of anger, Serena hit the large black door with a tiny fist. Bringing it back, a line of red blood slid down the darkened oak of the tall standing door. She held her hand in pain and brought it to her face as she walked to her dresser and grabbed a handkerchief to wrap her hand in it. The blood slowly seeped through the white cotton staining its purity. She tied it in a knot to keep it in place then walked over to the window as the sun slowly began to rise. Sighing, she stepped outside to stand atop her perch. So many years she stood on the perch and watched the slaves work along side each other, knowing full well she could have been there too, if it were not for her angel heritage.
In Hades, such a rare creature as an angel can be worth more than the world, or your own life. Desired for their pure souls and their constant need for love and peace, an angel can push a demon into insanity for their endless value.
Serena walked to her secluded perch and watched as the slaves came in with the sun. Right off the bat she witnessed another slave get whipped. She closed her eyes shut but the scream still flooded through her. She stayed there the whole day, still thinking of the boys. She needed to leave, she had to go. As her day finished she ran into her room refusing to watch the slaves leave Thorn Ivy.
Closing the doors, Serena quickly stuck her wings back into her back. She changed her clothes from the white dress she had to a black getup. She looked at her self in her mirror and shivered. It looked odd for her to wear black. She forgot about it and left her room.
Running down the hall, Serena kept in the shadows and kept quiet. She was going to watch the meeting between the devil man and the boys' slave driver. The door at the end of the hall had a slight crack in it so when Serena came to the entrance she peeked her head through the door and saw everyone. The four mysterious boys whom she still didn't know their names. Their slave driver, a couple of guards and the big hole in the wall where the devil man hid in the darkness.
"What is your name pedestrian?" His voice came out. The man looked confused as to who was talking but quickly responded as to not be yelled at.
"Karishu Domatu, sir." He said nervously.
"Yes Karishu, well as you can see, your new slaves have been in a bit of trouble. They have been disturbing my angel, Serena." The devil man said.
"Oh yes, yes, Serena. I am so sorry they disrupted your dear Serena my sir. I will make sure they will not be any more trouble from now on." The demon said shining his fake smile to the dark.
"Oh I am sure of that, because you will no longer have them in your way, by disposing of you." The slave driver's smile suddenly disappeared at the words and he had no time to react when a black and red light shot across the room and pierced through his eyeballs. Curling his fingers and collapsing to the ground on his knees, his scream filled every inch of the tall and wide room. Then suddenly, his body burst into flames, but this wasn't a normal flame, it was black. Its darkness devoured the very mind and soul inside the demon and made sure to completely destroy them into nothing. The boys watched on in horror, still unaware that Serena was seeing the same things they were.
There she stood, holding the side of the thick wooden door. Even after so many occurrences like this had happened before that she had to witness, these things still horrified her. With wide blue eyes, memories of the other slave she tried to help came back. The same way. The devil man killed that slave the same as this man. Even though Serena hated this man for keeping people as slaves, she still couldn't tell the difference between his burning body and the other one.
Then, finally, the flames fumed out and all that was left was a pile of black dust. All the eyes still present in the room stared. The boys with their chains and cuffs on behind their backs couldn't believe what he had done. Serena still stood outside the room having everyone be oblivious to her presence. Even with the horrible sight she had just seen in front of her moments before, she had no trouble holding back her crying. Serena turned around and was about to leave before she felt a weird feeling behind her. She turned around to look back into the room and met with red eyes.
Staring at her, the only one to see that she was there, Hiei kept his eyes on her. He stared in a demanding way, scaring Serena. He knew he didn't have to be here, but he was, for her. His mission. Easily he could escape, but he did not know the consequences, and those could kill him. He and Serena still stared at each other until she feared the devil man noticing Hiei was looking at her. She turned around again to leave, but looked back once more at Hiei, or rather his eyes. Those familiar red eyes that haunted her dreams every night that she slept. Those dreams that turned to nightmares, always.
She ran back to her room and closed the doors. Breathing heavily, she changed into her white gown again. She would not sleep that night, she did not want to after that. She grew her wings again and realized that Hiei saw her without them. In a way, Serena felt naked without her wings. Even with her demon descent and the black wings she had forever she still wanted them to be seen and out. She was demon, she was angel. She had an angel's signature wings, only they weren't pure white like all angels had. She had demon in her wings, her hands and fingers, everywhere. She was a demon.
She shook her head to get the thought out of her. She didn't have anything against demons, she was half of one after all. It was just that she couldn't imagine angels being as cruel as a demon. She spent most of her life in the demon land, not an angel in sight. Out of place. That's what she was. Just out of place. She needed to go back to Limbo, and find her people, and mostly her mother.
She closed her eyes and imagined the pure red eyes of the devil man. Then, she imagined Hiei's red eyes. Such similarities between the two sets, but she knew only one was evil and the other was safe. She could stay safe, forever, if only she could leave with the mysterious boys she tried to help her self just a few days before. And go back to her home Limbo.
Chapter 7: red
"No, no, no. What did I do? They'll be killed." Serena ran circles around her room in fear of her master. Then, two guards came through the bedroom doors and walked across the floor. They took Serena by the arms and dragged her out of the room with her kicking and screaming the whole way out of horror.
"Where are they? Where are the four boys?" Serena asked.
"With the devil man." One of the guards said.
'No...' Serena suddenly stopped struggling and her blue eyes widened. She then allowed the two demon men to take her willingly.
As the three entered the room, Serena caught sight of the four boys and froze. She started to open her mouth to speak but was cut off by the devil man.
"You four seem infatuated with my here Serena." He started.
"I am not yours!" She yelled struggling with the grips of the guards, the guys looked over at her abruptly.
"Not yet my dear." The voice came out.
"Hey, where is that voice coming from?" Kuwabara asked. He moved his head toward the other side of the room and his eyes bugged out just as Yusuke, Kurama and Hiei's had.
They stood there staring into a pit of darkness straight at the two piercing red eyes. They taunted their memories of their nightmare before entering Hades. The red eyes, they were the same before as they were now, standing right in front of them. They all longed to know who the eyes belonged to, what he looked like, what his intensions were for their bodies and souls. They still could not speak a word as their nightmares flooded back into their heads. Death and blood, everywhere.
"You four have been trouble since day one. I have already called your driver to come by. What usually should be quite an honor, but for him it will be punishment. Allowing his slaves to be about in the middle of the night. Either he has no power or you have no control." The voice said in his deep, darkened way of fear and grotesque nature.
"I'll have it arranged that you become mine. I'm sure your slave driver will understand." Then, the haunting voice slowly faded away in a horrific and constant laugh till the sound died down and perished.
"Come, we'll take you to your chambers." The six guards grabbed on tight to the guys and dragged them out of the room. Serena got ready to go after them but the four steroid arms held her back.
"Serena." The voice returned to the room.
She stopped moving, "Yes sir?"
"I hope you won't worry if those four get a little 'roughed' up during their visit here my sweet Serena." He said.
"You don't touch them!" The two demons held tighter onto Serena's arms which caused her to weaken and fall to her knees.
"You will have no interaction with the slaves. Ever. You remember what happened last time, don't you?" The voice had obviously hit a chord with Serena. She closed her eyes with a memory of another slave she tried to help coming back. Although, her master erased most of the memories she had and kept the one with the slave burning to death in a black fire. Squeezing her eyes she kept her tears back. But, with a sudden slap to the face, her eyes opened up and she began to bleed.
"Oh? Almost there huh? Oh well, I'll wait for your tears later, like I have all your life. Don't make any more mistakes Serena, you've been giving many chances. If you cause any more trouble here I will not hesitate to kill you, no matter how much you're worth."
Serena refused to respond to her master so she would be allowed to leave. He took the bait, and told the guards to show her off.
Walking back to her room by herself she knew where the boys would be. In the lowest part of the castle, underground. She now had a mission to save these boys like they said they'd save her, so she could see her mother. Her dear, dear mother.
Serena entered her room again still worried. The devil man was so unpredictable in what he would do. That's what made him chilling. His ability of surprise and gore. You always thought that he had done the unthinkable, but the next time through he would make it worse. But also, he had no limitations as to what he would decide in the end. If it came into his head, he would try to make it real, and usually he did. A sick mind such as his can come up with things the free world never can.
In a fit of anger, Serena hit the large black door with a tiny fist. Bringing it back, a line of red blood slid down the darkened oak of the tall standing door. She held her hand in pain and brought it to her face as she walked to her dresser and grabbed a handkerchief to wrap her hand in it. The blood slowly seeped through the white cotton staining its purity. She tied it in a knot to keep it in place then walked over to the window as the sun slowly began to rise. Sighing, she stepped outside to stand atop her perch. So many years she stood on the perch and watched the slaves work along side each other, knowing full well she could have been there too, if it were not for her angel heritage.
In Hades, such a rare creature as an angel can be worth more than the world, or your own life. Desired for their pure souls and their constant need for love and peace, an angel can push a demon into insanity for their endless value.
Serena walked to her secluded perch and watched as the slaves came in with the sun. Right off the bat she witnessed another slave get whipped. She closed her eyes shut but the scream still flooded through her. She stayed there the whole day, still thinking of the boys. She needed to leave, she had to go. As her day finished she ran into her room refusing to watch the slaves leave Thorn Ivy.
Closing the doors, Serena quickly stuck her wings back into her back. She changed her clothes from the white dress she had to a black getup. She looked at her self in her mirror and shivered. It looked odd for her to wear black. She forgot about it and left her room.
Running down the hall, Serena kept in the shadows and kept quiet. She was going to watch the meeting between the devil man and the boys' slave driver. The door at the end of the hall had a slight crack in it so when Serena came to the entrance she peeked her head through the door and saw everyone. The four mysterious boys whom she still didn't know their names. Their slave driver, a couple of guards and the big hole in the wall where the devil man hid in the darkness.
"What is your name pedestrian?" His voice came out. The man looked confused as to who was talking but quickly responded as to not be yelled at.
"Karishu Domatu, sir." He said nervously.
"Yes Karishu, well as you can see, your new slaves have been in a bit of trouble. They have been disturbing my angel, Serena." The devil man said.
"Oh yes, yes, Serena. I am so sorry they disrupted your dear Serena my sir. I will make sure they will not be any more trouble from now on." The demon said shining his fake smile to the dark.
"Oh I am sure of that, because you will no longer have them in your way, by disposing of you." The slave driver's smile suddenly disappeared at the words and he had no time to react when a black and red light shot across the room and pierced through his eyeballs. Curling his fingers and collapsing to the ground on his knees, his scream filled every inch of the tall and wide room. Then suddenly, his body burst into flames, but this wasn't a normal flame, it was black. Its darkness devoured the very mind and soul inside the demon and made sure to completely destroy them into nothing. The boys watched on in horror, still unaware that Serena was seeing the same things they were.
There she stood, holding the side of the thick wooden door. Even after so many occurrences like this had happened before that she had to witness, these things still horrified her. With wide blue eyes, memories of the other slave she tried to help came back. The same way. The devil man killed that slave the same as this man. Even though Serena hated this man for keeping people as slaves, she still couldn't tell the difference between his burning body and the other one.
Then, finally, the flames fumed out and all that was left was a pile of black dust. All the eyes still present in the room stared. The boys with their chains and cuffs on behind their backs couldn't believe what he had done. Serena still stood outside the room having everyone be oblivious to her presence. Even with the horrible sight she had just seen in front of her moments before, she had no trouble holding back her crying. Serena turned around and was about to leave before she felt a weird feeling behind her. She turned around to look back into the room and met with red eyes.
Staring at her, the only one to see that she was there, Hiei kept his eyes on her. He stared in a demanding way, scaring Serena. He knew he didn't have to be here, but he was, for her. His mission. Easily he could escape, but he did not know the consequences, and those could kill him. He and Serena still stared at each other until she feared the devil man noticing Hiei was looking at her. She turned around again to leave, but looked back once more at Hiei, or rather his eyes. Those familiar red eyes that haunted her dreams every night that she slept. Those dreams that turned to nightmares, always.
She ran back to her room and closed the doors. Breathing heavily, she changed into her white gown again. She would not sleep that night, she did not want to after that. She grew her wings again and realized that Hiei saw her without them. In a way, Serena felt naked without her wings. Even with her demon descent and the black wings she had forever she still wanted them to be seen and out. She was demon, she was angel. She had an angel's signature wings, only they weren't pure white like all angels had. She had demon in her wings, her hands and fingers, everywhere. She was a demon.
She shook her head to get the thought out of her. She didn't have anything against demons, she was half of one after all. It was just that she couldn't imagine angels being as cruel as a demon. She spent most of her life in the demon land, not an angel in sight. Out of place. That's what she was. Just out of place. She needed to go back to Limbo, and find her people, and mostly her mother.
She closed her eyes and imagined the pure red eyes of the devil man. Then, she imagined Hiei's red eyes. Such similarities between the two sets, but she knew only one was evil and the other was safe. She could stay safe, forever, if only she could leave with the mysterious boys she tried to help her self just a few days before. And go back to her home Limbo.