By Day I Cry, By Night I Howl

By Unicorn13564 (Kim)

Chapter 9: Children's Cries

A dark brown creature exited the darkness and prowled around the lonely streets. A woman and man were stood talking, oblivious to the creature behind them. Fortunately for them the creature took no interest in them and carried on with its nightly hunt. Instead, something else caught its interest as the music began to grow louder. Mere seconds later, he found himself outside a medium sized building with a sign above it saying 'Hambell School'. Horo saw flashing lights, each different shades of grey. (Colour-blind). He circled the perimeter countless times before making an entrance no one would forget.

Inside the building, teenagers danced to the loud fast music, laughing and having fun, when all of a sudden the sound went dead and the light dimmed, turning the room pitch black.

"Oooohhh!" joked a teen whilst others laughed. Some asked to now one in particular what was going on, but most just made silly noises and laughed at one-another.

"…Maybe it's that monster…" said a girly voice.

"But if it was wouldn't that Slayer dude be near by?"

Suddenly the lights flickered back on and the music roared once more. The teens stopped dancing once more as a high-pitched scream came from the rest-room. A crowd quickly formed round the door as people pushed and shoved to see what had happened. The teens all look on in dismay as they see a boy sprawled out in a strange position on the floor, his body covered in blood. A young girl walked up to the motionless body, but as she got near, a hand reached out and grabbed her, causing her to scream in pure terror.

"Ash you asshole!" she screeched, hitting him repeatedly with her small bag, "You scared the crap out of me!" The boy named Ash laughed and held up a bottle of fake blood whilst random people cursed him, and others applauded.

Unexpectedly, the lights go out once more.

"This is getting old now…" complained one of the teens.

Suddenly a loud snarl is heard from the other room along with countless screams as the frantic teens try to escape during the panic. It was like a fox in a hen's pen as the teenagers ran around, running anywhere, resulting into getting nowhere. It was as if they were blind, and even though the lights were out, an average person could still see.

Horo scanned the crowds for a child of his choice, and found that a boy covered in what smelt like blood, was emerging out of a room.

Horo leapt off of the table he had been crouching on and bolted after him. He could see the fear in the boys' eyes, as well as smell it when he approached. The young adult looked left and right for a way out, and since he'd found none, he turned back and ran into the room he'd just came out off. Horo sped in after him and cornered him. The young boy tried to run past the savage beast before him, big mistake. Horo's aim, timing and accuracy was perfect as he clomped down hard on the boys arm, making him scream as he felt the agonizing pain. As Horo released his arm, the boy fell to the floor, yet despite the pain in his arm, started to crawl towards the door using his other arm as support. The beast glared at him with impatience and took hold of his leg with his jaws, dragging him back and slinging him hard against the wall. He repeated this technique countless times until finally, the boy ceased to exist. Horo looked at the body. His arm and leg were punctured from when he'd bitten him, and his used-to-be-blonde hair was now levered in a thick red substance.

Horo bared his teeth as a girl stood at the door as she screamed at the sight of Ash's body. The female fled, trying to escape, but Horo pounced on her, pushing her to the ground. Her screams quickly died and Horo let the corps' head drop from his mouth. After a few minuets, almost everyone was out of the small building, apart from a few who had been forced into hiding. Horo's head turned round as he spotted two girls trying to sneak past him, but they both ran to the exit. Horo managed to kill one by crushing her with his powerful paw-like hands and dragged the other off into the night with him.

The young shaman stirred in his sleep, but within moments, instantly woke up. Horo looked at his familiar surroundings, the lighting in the cave proving it was daylight and that he'd been out for many hours. His vision blurred a bit, but he could make out a young teenage girl cowering in a corner, shaking violently.

"Don't be afraid…" he said, putting an arm out to her, "I wont-"

Before he had a chance to finish the sentence, she ran out of the cave and into the forest. Just then, something inside Horo snapped, and he ran after her.

Every move she made, Horo mirrored it, only seconds before. It was like a game of cat and mouse, he was the cat and she was the mouse, and when he caught her…

Horo stepped back in shock as the body slowly fell to the ground.

'I…I just murdered her… but why…?'

Once again images began to flash through his mind, telling him of last nights events.

The image of a dead boy, people screaming, the darkness, the forest and the cave

From that moment on, Horo then knew for certain that he was the one doing all those killings, it was him. Horo dragged the body inside the cave and left it there. He had to tell someone, he had to warn Ren that he was a threat to him, for if he didn't, Horo feared he might do something he regrets.

Unicorn13564: Not that he didn't regret killing all those other people but you know what I mean. Anyway, review or die! Muwhahahahaaa! Don't worry, its coming to the point were there is Ren x Horo, I haven't forgotten bout my fave couple. Oh, and sorry I didn't mention this but the wound is all better… well it's a scab or whatever but in the story it's healed. Don't ask why he healed so damn fast… I'll put it down as him being a werewolf.

IMPORTANT: My plot is complete… but is kinda only has 15 chapters- DON'T KILL ME! THE LAST CHAPTER IS ALL TO DO WITH HOROXREN! So be nice and review and I'll be nice and work extra hard.