Awww…you readers are so wonderful! I can't help but update a month earlier for you people! What a treat huh? Well in order to thank me, read this chapter and review!
By: S3r3nity
Chapter 8: Revealed
'…' = Thoughts
"…" Speaking
Previous Chapter
Kaoru's heart pounded faster and her breathing pace increased. The man with the red hair is now standing in front of her, the room was still and quiet, it was like time froze. He slowly reached out his left hand and lifted her right hand. Kaoru stood frozen and the room was even more still, no one and nothing stirred, the room was now revolved around Kaoru and the mysterious stranger.
He opened his mouth, soon emerged a soft and gentle voice, "May I have this dance?"
Kaoru opened her mouth but nothing came out, 'What do I do!?'
"NO!" Aoshi hissed into the microphone and into Kaoru's ear.
"Do it Kaoru!" Misao covered Aoshi's mouth and cried into the microphone while bouncing up and down behind Aoshi.
"NO!" Aoshi shouted once more while attempting to stop Misao from jumping.
"Yes!" Misao argued back, "Go for it! What do you have to lose?"
Kaoru smiled and reached her hand up to the side of her ear and turned the communicator off. Aoshi from outside opened his mouth wide open and Misao jumped around happily in triumph.
"Yes, you may…" Kaoru replied with confidence as her body moved towards the mysterious man. They both walked to the center of the ballroom with everyone creating a large room for them to dance. The red hair man lifted his hand up and motioned the orchestra to play, soon enough a sweet waltzing tune filled the room. Kaoru's body began to move and twirl with corresponding movements to the handsome stranger.
'I must be dreaming', Kaoru thought to herself as she with the mysterious man waltzed throughout the ballroom, 'But if it is a dream…I don't want it to end…'
The crowd stood around the couple and no one dare interrupt the moment. Aoshi and the rest outside too were mesmerized by the dance that no one moved. Misao watched her best friend danced and smiled then thought silently to herself, 'This is so romantic…I wish I can do that with Aoshi…' She watched Aoshi dreamily and sighed.
Soon the waltz slowed down and Kaoru's movement slowed down, the red hair man pulled Kaoru's body closer and whispered into her ear. "I know why you're here…"
Kaoru eyes immediately snapped opened and attempted to pull away but before anything can happen the stranger gracefully dipped her down and spun her to make it look like part of the dance.
"Listen I'm not here to do anything to you…" he said quietly as he pulled her closer to his body, "I'll explain it to you later…but for now look to your right as soon as I turn you…"
Kaoru, now with confusion in her mind didn't know what to do so as soon as he turns her around Kaoru looked to her right and noticed a human statue holding a book. 'That's strange…there's no other statues standing around here. Maybe there's something hidden around it…'
The man pulled her back to his body and spoke to her once more, "Did you see the book?"
Kaoru nodded while leaning against his chest, "I feel something weird about it…"
"I agree with you…we'll check on it as soon as we finish this dance…" he replied into her ear. Kaoru hesitated, 'What if he's a bad guy?' The man sensed Kaoru's hesitation and spoke once more, "Trust me, I won't hurt you. I'm on your side, as soon as you finish what you need to do tonight you'll get an explanation from me."
Kaoru sighed, "Fine…you promise?" It was inevitable.
The man lifted Kaoru's right hand and entwined his small finger around hers, "It's a promise…but first we need to get away from these people…" Kaoru looked around and blushed. She momentarily had forgotten about the people watching them dance.
"How?" Kaoru whispered back, "We're the center of attention here…"
"Yeah…we'll need a distraction…" he replied shortly and looked around once more.
Kaoru smirked, "If it's a distraction you want…it's a distraction you'll get!"
The song soon ended and the two broke apart. Kaoru with quick thinking shouted to the orchestra, "Hey, let's get something jumpy here! C'mon everyone join the dance!" A bouncy tune began to filled room and Kaoru grabbed a shy guy towards the center on the room. "Form a circle everyone! We can have different partners in this dance!" Kaoru stared at the stranger and made the words, "Help me…" He nodded and grabbed a nearby girl and lined up next to Kaoru. Very soon everyone in the room did the same thing and soon there were two circles. The large one at the outer layer is filled with guys, the females are in the smaller one. Everyone danced to the beat and switched partners every once in a while. Kaoru, while switching went out of the circle and head towards the statue.
As soon as she reached there the man with red hair was already there. "So what are we going to do now?" Kaoru asked as she watched the crowd dance.
"Take a look a this," the man said to her while inspecting the statue. "What?" Kaoru asked again as she looked at what he's doing. He quickly shoves the statue away and there on below the floor laid a long staircase.
"Follow me…" he murmured and went down the stairs. Kaoru hesitated and looked around. "What are you doing?" the man interrupted her.
"Heh…I'm scared…" Kaoru said sheepishly while looking at the floor. The man gently held her hand, "Don't worry…I'll protect you if anything happens." And with that said Kaoru nodded and slowly went down.
From far away two pair of eyes watched Kaoru head down the stairs with the mysterious man at the balcony.
"Shall I stop them Mrs. Hajime?" a young man with brown hair and blues eyes asked towards an elderly woman.
"That won't be necessary Okita…" she replied, "The aura around them are good…however…"
"Yes?" Okita asked during Tokio's pause, "What is it?"
"You should keep an eye on that man over there…" she said slowly while watching none other than Gohei.
"I shall then…" Okita replied quickly and went off the balcony.
There was only one hall down the stair, the hall was painted white and it was hollow and cold. The atmosphere of the room sends shivers down Kaoru's spine. The only light provided were light from lighted candles.
"Why would someone build a basement with a long hallway and having nothing in it?" Kaoru asked while keeping her body warm, "it's spooky...'"
"To obviously scare people away before reaching to the end of it…" he replied at they walked down the hall together, "…I don't know what will await us but be careful…"
They walked until they reached the end of the hall. In front of them was nothing other than a blank wall with a human statue standing in the middle of it.
"That's it?" Kaoru moaned loudly, "There's no way that I came down here just to see a blank wall! There must be something else…" She looked around hoping to see something useful.
The man with red hair lowered his body and inspected the wall then commanded to Kaoru, "I'll try to see if there's a secret switch…you keep a look out."
"What ever…" Kaoru murmured as she looked around while the man inspected the wall. Kaoru eyes kept on guard but half of her kept on looking back at the human statue 'Why am I looking at that stupid deformed statue? It's weird and freaky but…' Kaoru thoughts were interrupted when she heard a crowd screaming. She and the stranger looked at each other and ran back up the stairs. Kaoru gasped, "Gohei!"
"Haha! You are all too weak for me! Now tell me where the book is!" Gohei shouted at the crowd running out the door, "Or I shall kill you all!" He sliced a few more people running out.
His eyes wandered up to the balcony and saw an old woman, "Ah…Tokio Hajime…" Gohei threw four of his hair strands and they all transformed into him. "Go and kill everyone here…and make sure no one gets in my way!" All the Gohei's nodded and slashed everyone in their sight. Kaoru gasped at all the blood being poured onto the floor, 'Innocents…they all are innocent…that blood thirsty bastard!' She saw the real Gohei headed up the balcony where Tokio is.
"Okita!" the elder woman cried as she backed up in fear.
"Mrs. Hajime!" Okita shouted while taking on two Gohei's with his sword.
Kaoru immediately panicked and grabbed the red headed strangers arm, "Go and help Mrs. Hajime!"
He looked at Kaoru then grabbed a sword that was hanging by his waist and jumped to the top of the balcony surprising her. "That guy is not normal!" she said to herself, as she stood next by the statue. Kaoru watched as the man slashed two Gohei in one move. Gohei immediately saw the loss of his clones and quickly created more, soon about forty Gohei's surrounded the room.
Kaoru stopped watching and ran back down the staircase where the freaky hallway was. She ran towards the end of the hall and stopped dead in her tracks. "I must find the dark book…but how?"
She pondered and stared at the lone white statue. The statue itself was a female dressed in a simple toga. Its hair was pulled up to a bun and her face was gentle looking. Kaoru found herself walking up to the statue and inspecting it closer. Her hands found way to a leaf shaped necklace located on the statues bare neck. She slowly touched the leaf. Soon the supposedly white colored necklace turned green and began to glow. She shivered in fear and looked up. The statues face was now looking at her, not anywhere else like before but directly at her. Kaoru backed up in fear. 'This thing is alive!?'
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