Thanks for the reviews guys I really appriciate it. Here's chapter four.
Ayame quickly briefed Rikimaru on the situation. Once he was aware of the problem, he couldn't make any sense out of it.
"Hmmm……………. this is strange," he thought.
Meanwhile, Kiku embraced her arms tightly around Ayame's body and began to shed tears from her eyes. She did not know what to do to help the situation. She continued to vow never to go to sleep again as long as the demons haunt her in her sleep and in reality.
"I'm never going to sleep again, Ayame! Never! She cried.
Ayame felt bad for Kiku and wanted to do her best to help her in anyway she could. Seeing Kiku all shaken up and afraid made Ayame more determined to find the source of the problem and destroy it.
"Don't worry Kiku. We'll find the cause of all this!" said Ayame.
As Ayame hugged Kiku tightly, a small glowing object began to shine brightly around the young princess's neck.
"What's that?" Ayame asked.
Kiku looked down and spotted her necklace flickering on and off with a strange green glowing light.
"My necklace……..whats going on?" Kiku wondered.
Ayame suddenly felt a slight chill roll down her spine as she stared at the glowing necklace. Ever since Kiku revealed the necklace to her, Ayame had been feeling slight pains in her lower back. This was a sign that meant something was wrong.
"That necklace! I believe it has something to do with all of this! Kiku, get rid of it!" Ayame commanded.
Kiku quickly shook her head no rapidly and refused to get rid of the necklace. She wanted to keep it for she believed it made all her troubles go away. After seeing Kiku refuse to get rid of the necklace, Ayame decided to take matters into her own hands and take the necklace from Kiku and get rid of it herself. Kiku backed away nervously as Ayame came towards her.
"Give me the necklace!" Ayame commanded.
"No, I cant! This necklace means a lot to me; I can't let you have it!" Kiku shouted.
Rikimaru could feel this was going nowhere and quickly snatched the necklace from around Kiku's neck as she argued with Ayame.
With his sword, he attempted to destroy the necklace with the tip of his blade, but unfortunately the glowing diamond wouldn't break. He struck it many times and it would not even let out a slight crack. The necklace seemed to be indestructible.
The necklace shined brighter and brighter as Rikimaru tried to pierce through it. Before Rikimaru could deliver another strike, a shining light from the diamond beamed out into his eyes and blinded his vision.
"What the hells going on?" he asked as he covered his eyes.
When his vision returned, Rikimaru saw Ayame standing before him with her swords hoisted up high. Quickly, she stabbed Rikimaru and sent him to the floor.
"Ayame! What are you doing!"
Suddenly, a familiar voice called out to Rikimaru.
"Rikimaru!"
Ayame came running to his side.
Rikimaru stared at her rather confused as he saw two Ayame's. One was in front of him and the other was at his side.
"What's going on? I am going crazy?"
"No, your not going crazy," declared Ayame. "I don't believe it myself but that's me standing over there!"
"Then if you're standing over there then who are you?" questioned the wounded Rikimaru.
"I'm Ayame!" she screamed.
Behind them, Kiku stood up against the wall shaking like a leaf.
"Oh no. It seems my worst nightmare has come true!" she shouted.