Kaoru
I watched the dragon looked at me. I couldn't move. I just spoke like I wasn't myself. I wanted to run. I wanted to flee. But I couldn't move.
What was happening?
To my surprise, someone answered. -You are my host now.-
"This host may have little information but the ability to fight... How interesting..." My mouth moved and formed a grin.
The dragon growled and hissed loudly.
-Leave my sister alone!- another voice screamed.
Sister? Was that Zack?
The dragon dashed towards me. I knew a dragon's bite was poisonous. I wanted to move but I couldn't. I couldn't ever budge a muscle.
Instead, the moment the dragon jumped, I grabbed its neck and flung it aside. It trembled in pain and jumped away as one of those dinos attacked it.
W-Who are you? I demanded.
-Don't you know? I'm the Yeerk in your head. I've settled down into the crevices of your brain.-
H-How?
The voice in my head laughed. -You tried to fight against Visser Three! What a fool!-
So what if I am! I fought because I wanted the truth!
-Truth? Do you really want to know the truth?- Again the voice laughed. -You were too slow to see what those 'visions' you've been having meant. Such a fool.-
Visions?
The voice ignored me.
-Those visions... They may be the key to who these enemies are. And thanks to you and your little friend here, I already know who this reptilian creature is. Do you want to know the truth? He is your brother.-
I felt myself shrinking away in panic. That dragon...was my brother?
No... You're lying! I don't believe you!
-Lying? No wonder, you relate to him. He's not an Andalite. He's a human. This makes our goal easy.-
Be quiet!
-Face the fact. That dragon called you sister. Your brother has been hiding you the truth. But now that you're a slave, you won't know more of it.-
I became silent. A pause. Then I suddenly laughed to myself.
-What is so funny?-
I came here to find the truth...and I will find the truth, I told the Yeerk. You said you could control my body. I don't believe that. So I don't believe what you just said.
-Believe it, human. You can't even control your body. Only I have control over it.-
Then prove to me you can. By controlling another thing. An instinct.
-An instinct?-
The one thing that I shared with my brother are dares... I dare you to control my instinct. If you can...
-If I can what?-
You'll have the ability to conquer anything...
It was a high bet. But this could work.
-...Conquer anything? Sounds reasonable. To be able to defeat Visser One... Your so-called shinobi and your visions. A favorable reward. I will take your dare.-
I warn you. No one can control it, no even myself.
-We shall see, human.-
The scene around me shifted to a reality you would only imagine. A void of floating pictures and cherry blossoms. A temple not far floated away. It was like I was thrown into another dimension.
Where am I?3Cp>The scenery behind this door was different from the realism of my mind. It was cloudy and dark. Dead trees scattered everywhere. Mist hung around and seeped from the door.3in front of me, grinning. Her eyes were dark with malevolence. The scarf around her mouth was gone. She was like a devil. It was the Yeerk.
-In short, it's just a dream, a vision of what your mind is.-
I gazed around and found out I could move. I guess this was my imagination, ever though this was happening. I saw a picture float by. In the picture, the characters move like a TV program. I recognized it. It was the day my family was taking a picture. That was a long time ago.
-Now,- the Yeerk spoke, catching my attention. -Tell me this instinct. Or better yet, show it to me.-
Why are you asking me? I thought you could find it alone.
I thought that Yeerks could read minds too. I figured this out after I found out about this mind controlling. So in this situation, I was only thinking of the word instinct but not what is it.
Then again, I didn't know what the instinct was.
-Yes, I could have. But there are too many instincts in your mind and simply, you don't want to think of this instinct. Clever. Now show it to me.-
I was in a pickle.
I looked around, hoping to find something that resembled a instinct. Anything. I noticed a door not far. It was closed and made of old bamboos and ripped paper. An eerie feeling crept over me but I shook it off. It had to be there.
The instinct is there, I said, pointing to the door.
"Don't open."
I shunned my head in fright. A voice. But it sounded like three voices all at once. Talking to me. Like a heartbeat.
The Yeerk looked around. It heard the voices. She grinned. –So someone here doesn't want me to open it. Fine. I shall do the honor.-
"Don't open it."
The Yeerk walked to the door.
"Don't let out your darkness."
What were they talking about? My darkness?
The Yeerk ignored the voices.
"Don't let her out."
Who?
Creeeeek. The Yeerk opened the door.
The scenery behind this door was different from the realism of my mind. It was cloudy and dark. Dead trees scattered everywhere. Mist hung around and seeped from the door.
The Yeerk backed away with a frightened look. I heard footsteps echoing from outside the door. A shadow drew closer.
The stranger came out. It was the same person I saw in my vision. The one I called a samurai. The long-eared samurai. The samurai drew her sword from the scabbard. I shivered. The aura of the icy cold glare that shot from the samurai's eyes sent chills down my spine.
"She brings annihilation."-What is this?- The Yeerk looked at me, enraged. Her eyes deepened with anger. -You tricked me! Your dare was nothing more than a waste of time.-
"She tricked you?"
In this subconscious mind, I clenched my mouth. Someone spoke. I spoke. But nothing came out of my mouth.
Before I or even the Yeerk knew it, a sword pierced right at the Yeerk. Through her side. I watched as the samurai grinned at the Yeerk. She stared at the Yeerk with cold, blood-thirsting eyes.
"Yes, she has," the samurai said. With my voice. MY voice! "She didn't know which instinct was it. But, you've found it. You've found the instinct. And now you're going to get a prize."
The samurai's eyes grew colder and colder. "And that is no host."
-What!-
"This is my host, parasite. She is mine to torment. Mine to play with. And you are nothing."
-Who are you!-
The samurai beamed. "Simple. I am her darkness."
I felt fear. Not my fear but also the Yeerk's. She was scared. Afraid. Frightened of the samurai. Frightened of not knowing what she was.
Frightened.
"It is too late for you, Yeerk. You unreleased her."
-Those voices! No! It can't be! You can't be one of them!- the Yeerk snapped.
"Now we cannot unlock her away."
-Shut up...!-
"Master," they called me. "Get away before she consumes you."
-Shut up!-
"You must be stronger to fight her."
Stop this!-
"You have the will to stop her."
-Stop with your preaching!-
"You have the power to close the door."
Shut up! Shut up!-
"And we will wait for you till the time comes..."
"Shut the voices! Shut them up! SHUT THEM UP!" I screamed. Or the Yeerk did. In the real world. My mouth was moving in the real world. I was screaming. "SHUT THE KARINE UP!"
Suddenly, I watched the samurai hold the sword up high. And sliced off the Yeerk's head. The head slipped off easily and rolled away. I was horrified.
In a flash, the world around me, the dream, shattered. Into a void of darkness. I was motionless, falling down endlessly.
I felt pain throbbing in my head. I screamed and fell to my knees. I felt something slimed its way through my ear canal. The pain was incredible. I felt the thing finally crawled out of my ear as I blacked out.
My head throbbed painfully. I felt the cold floor beneath my cheek. As it subsided, I opened my eyes. I was back to reality. Not my subconscious mind. Just my reality.
The warehouse. The animals. The dinos. The blue-deer aliens fighting each other. And the gorilla and the lizard staring down at me.
I saw a slimy gray slug on the floor of the warehouse. It was like the world's biggest slug ever. A Yeerk, I presumed.
I pushed myself up and felt the urge to seize my samurai sword. I grabbed hold of the handle, not feeling my apprehension. I took it out of my scabbard slowly. I looked at the Yeerk.
It struggled to get to the pool. It slugged its way hopelessly.
Weak.
Pathetically.
I felt an emotion built up inside of me. Hatred. I wanted to kill the Yeerk.
Kill.
That's right. Kill it. KILL AGAIN!
In a flash, I cut the slug into half. Its insides mashed out, oozing into a paste. I slowly got to my feet, feeling a sentiment. A sentiment I felt a long time ago.
A smile stretched on my face.
I knew I was going to lose it. And I gave it in. The obsession of bloodshed rained on me too much. The insanity got to me.
I was not myself at that time.
I wasn't Kaoru anymore.
I was the samurai instead...
tigerlily-2250 – Don't worry. Kaoru doesn't stay as a Controller for long. She becomes a serial killer instead. And guess what? In the next chapter, she's gonna kill a particularly alien. Cliffhanger here! Thanks for reviewing. The next chapter will come up soon.