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Never-Ending Sadness
Chapter 5
The Dark
The walk back to his house seemed like a long one, most of it was made in silence, but as we approached curiosity got the better of me.
"How did you find me?"
"Well I am an amazing guy ya know!" He laughed jokingly, "..And of course the footprints in the mud helped too." I laughed and said
"Beginners mistake."
The house was dark and looked empty as we approached.
"What happened?
And while were on the subject of questions how did you find out I was gone so soon?"
"Well, ya see, the power was cut so we had to light some candles, and with me being such a caring guy 'n' all I thought you might like one so I came up to give it to you but you weren't there and the window was open."
"Oh," I said as we went in the door. Immediately there were shouts from Morty.
"Did ya find him?"
"Yeah I found him." Smiled Yoh as we entered the room that was lighted by only two candles.
"Gee you look wet." Laughed Morty as he saw us drenched like a couple of rats.
"Har har very funny," murmured Yoh coldly.
"See you heard us talking," said Anna, "Well? Was I right?"
I didn't answer.. I couldn't answer, she couldn't just say something like that and expect me to answer all her questions, what did she think I was an info booth?! Luckily for me Yoh saved my reply.
"Hey Anna? Lets not get into personal questions right now 'k?"
"Whatever," she turnt around and closed her eyes, leaving us all to try and figure out what she was thinking.
"Hey did ya see that storm, freaky weather or what?" Morty said.
"Yeah but me 'n' Shin din just see it, we were in it!" Smiled Yoh.
"Yeah and so was we!" Came a reply from the doorway.
There stood Tray and Pilica drenched to the bone.
"Can we come in?" Begged Pilica, we all turnt to Anna who still had her eyes closed.
"Please yourself," she mumbled so low we could hardly hear her.
"Thank you," Pilica bowed politely and elbowed Tray in the ribs hard to make him bow down too.
"Yeah thanks," he said through gritted teeth.
Pilica and Tray stepped into the room and made their way across the floor, I felt nervous and trapped in the dark, the flames flickered and danced as my nervousness grew.
As Pilica passed she tripped on Noyble and I cried out as the heal of her shoe dug into my foot.
Suddenly the flames went out and a window cracked, all was dark.
There were shrieks and cries from Pilica and Morty as the shattering sound faded. Soon everyone was calm enough to ask questions.
"Um..anyone know what happened?" Asked Anna.
"No.. Amidamaru?" Yoh asked his faithful friend.
"I'm not sure Yoh, I felt a very powerful force in the room but only for a split second."
"WHA?!" Asked Morty, "Was it another ghost? Was it evil? WHAT WAS IT?"
"I don't know, it felt confused but not angry, and it wasn't a ghost, if it was I would of sensed it sooner."
"..So is anyone going to re-light those candles or what?" Laughed Yoh trying to make a joke out of things as usual.
The sound of a lighting match struck and the room slowly came back to life, Yoh and Anna sat in the exact same positions as before but the rest of us were sprawled out all over the place, Pilica's foot was near my mouth, Trays hand was on Yoh's foot and my hands were near my head as I lay on my back.
The pain in my foot had faded and now there was only a small mark, but what I feared was finally happening, without my gloves I was loosing control.
"Um.. Anna? What did you do with my old gloves?" I asked in a panic.
"There on the side in the kitchen but there no good, they're all torn and tattered."
"Are the spikes on the knuckles damaged?"
"No but-"I didn't give her time to finish, I raced off in the dark towards the kitchen and felt the side trying to find the gloves she had abandoned.
From the room I could hear remarks such as: 'What's up with him?' and 'Where's the fire?' But I needed not pay attention to them, all I had to do was find my gloves.
My hands fell upon something soft but it wasn't my gloves, it was warm and furry.. a cat maybe?
No, a cat would scatter, what is it?
I felt around it and jumped when I felt the slow rising and falling of the creatures breathing and the hardly noticeable rhythm of its beating heart.
Then I could hear its breathing, quiet at first, but as I became used to the volume of the sound, it became louder and louder until it was like a hurricane of noise coming from one tiny space.
"What are you?" I asked aloud.
I couldn't sense any evil but no good either; it was like it wasn't real, as if it was from another world.
"Shin?" I spun round as the voice of Anna reached me, "Yes, that's them, your gloves."
She held the light higher and the breathing was gone, there was no more rising and falling of the chest, no more rhythm of the heartbeat..
Just the gloves..
Just the black, leather gloves.
My voice was shaky as I spoke and my heart raced rapidly, "Y-yes, I know.. th-thanks."
I took off the new ones and slipped my old ones on, the leather was cold unlike the strange fur I had felt before.
"What's the point?" She asked looking at the old tattered things on my hands.
"Huh? Oh.. Nothing.. Its just.. These were specially made for me.. that's all."
"Whatever, you coming back in?"
"Yeah.. Sure." I followed her back into the room to find everyone had sorted themselves out and now sat around the glow of a single candle.
I could tell it was going to be a very long night.
A/N: WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT THING HE HAD HIS HAND ON?!? Ohh... yeah... I know... I wrote the story... I knew that nervous laugh "ï So peeps ya know what I'm going to say: REVIEW! AND FOREVER HOLD THE PEACE BETWEEN LAMB AND SAUCE!! ...I mean... uh.. LAND and SEA! "ï ....um.. yeah... just ignore me... and REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW!!!
