Raven: Sorry for the super long break with no updates. Was busy and all... got uninspired. yea the usual. Hope you enjoy it. .
That night, Izumi had the magistrate, or her "uncle" tell her everything.
"We found you out in the woods. You looked horrid and fell when we picked you up. You mumbled something that only I could hear and I did as you commanded. We quickly brought you back to let you rest."
Izumi looked up from her dinner with a questioning look on her face.
"A command? What was it?"
"You said some odd things. I could barely hear what you were saying. Something about a boy named Kouji. You said you wanted him dead. Then you described him."
He stopped a moment to take a bite.
"We searched all over the country but could not find this boy named Kouji. But according to your description, the assassin boy seemed to be him."
Izumi looked at the magistrate with interested eyes and yet was disturbed by the news.
"What happened after that?"
The magistrate sipped his drink before he spoke.
"We took you to a man of God to redeem your soul because it seemed to be corrupt. Your eyes were an odd red color and at times you would awake in the middle of the night, screaming. You had been possessed by a corrupted soul."
Izumi listened intently as she ate her food. Many different questions lay waiting in her head for the correct moment to spring. Questions for everybody.
The meal lasted a while longer until the magistrate excused himself saying he had work to be done. Izumi was left at the table alone. Suddenly she remembered embracing the hanging Kouji. She blushed as she thought about her actions.
" What did he think?" she wondered as she headed up to her room.
Ayumu lay on the roof of the tallest building in town. People feared that it may tumble and fall so it became vacant to anyone who decided to use it illegally. Dark, gloomy, full of shadows. The best place for an assassins guild. Oddly enough, this building was built for the king's militia. Ayumu let out a soft laugh that left a smirk on his face.
" Thank you, king, for giving us such a great building," he whispered under his breath.
Takayuki stumbled into Ayumu's room, looking out the window at him. He held a drink in his hand and he let out a laugh.
" The day you fall i'm going to die with you, laughing."
The dark boy sat up from his laying position, turned onto his stomache, and rest his head on a hand.
" Here to bother me again, Takayuki?"
" Nah, just thought you might want to know that Yuki wants you dead. He should be coming for you tonight."
" Yuki?"
A twisted smile slid onto his face.
" He thinks he can kill me?"
" Him and a handful of others. They think your getting too strong. Think your gonna take over the guild and leave us all hanging dead," Takayuki replied
" Do you think so?"
Takayuki looked at him calmly, looking semi serious. Suddenly a smile jumped to his face.
" Course not. We've been friends since the beginning of time," He said loudly, winked, and then left the room.
Ayumu turned himself around again and continued to stare at the sky. He sighed and pulled out the goggle boy's favorite weapon: a blade tied to a string.
" Takayuki, you've got a long way to go if your letting me steal this from you that easily just now," muttered Ayumu with a hint of laugh mixed in.
Takayuki wandered back into the room to be greeted with his weapon lying on the floor. He picked it up, looked out the window at the now empty roof, and walked away.
(Hmm from now on Izumi will be called Izumi cept when magistrate or some other fantasyish charactor talk about her.
.;; sorry bout the complicated name stuff. Thought it might be easier if we just left it simple.)
Izumi paced her room thinking of what to do about all the guys. The fire flickered liquid-like sending waves of soft light. She finally sat down on a chair by a window and stared down at the street blankly. Her thoughts led her far from reality. Far into sleep.
Izumi walked in a room so large and dark she could only see a few feet around her, enough to keep her moving. Her curiousity pushed her onwards though most would falter in such a devestating room. Occasionally she could hear a distant rumble sending shivers down her spine, pausing her walk. She sat and listened for a few seconds until moving on. On into the endless darkness.
A bright flash of green light forced her to cover her eyes. She stumbled to the floor blindly only to be picked up by strong arms. Izumi's eyes slowly opened to look into the eyes of Ikito.
Ikito...
Joy shot out from her insides so quickly that she almost fell out of the blonde boy's arms. She laughed out loud as if she just found gold and smiled happily at him. Ikito let her down and they walked onwards without a word, both smiling.
" I'm..." Izumi started but was hushed by the Ikito's hand.
She looked at him in question but when he released he just continued to walk. He ran ahead then turned to her slowly. She gasped in horror at what she saw. Ikito, or what once was Ikito, had changed. His blonde hair changed to a dark red. His green eyes to a burning flame color. His jacket shredded to nothing in an instant with no one to do so. His soft smile seemed mocking now, sending shocks through her nerves. He let out a laugh that rang in her head. Izumi fell to her knees, clenching her head with her hands.
" Stop!" She shouted out though she could barely hear herself over the laughter.
As suddenly as he came he was gone. Only a shining puff of dark red smoke lingered over where he stood. Izumi stood once again, a tear slipping from her eye.
A hand touched her shoulder and she spun so quickly she nearly fell off balance. Tomoki stood there in his age 15 body. He smiled at her though she backed away. The boy walked to her side and sat down, looking up at her and urging her to do the same. Hesitantly she did so, Tomoki's smile becoming larger. He gave her a small hug and she felt warmed in the inside. Then he stood again, giving her one last smile and a wink, and vanished just like Ikito with a green puff of smoke.
Izumi was saddened to see him leave but as soon as he was gone Junpei appeared. He wore odd robes with a cross across the front. He gave her a thumbs up and a smile and was gone in a puff of yellow smoke. He was the quickest of all three of them so far. She frowned at the thought of them appearing for only a second to smile and then dissappear. She wanted desperetely to talk to them all but each one seemed to keep silent.
Next Takuya appeared, a wink and a smile, and stayed for a few minutes, then was also gone in a puff of red smoke. Then Kouichi appeared in a puff of black smoke. He hugged her and sat with her for a minute but also left in a puff. Last of her friends to appear was Kouji. He much differently then the others. Instead of the usual puffs he came from the sky, angel's wings coming from his shoulders. He was shirtless and bandanaless as he landed he let loose a smile sending happiness flowing through Izumi's inner-self. But his smile slid off his face as a saddened one took its place. When she finally removed her eyes from his face she noticed a large scar across his chest. It opened up before her very eyes as Kouji grimaced and fell over. A scream was heard though she could barely tell it was hers. Izumi's hands glued to her face as she watched in terror as Kouji's blood seeped out of the scar. He shook in pain but soon his breathing could not be heard and all was motionless. His body was consumed in a vapor of silver smoke before she could reach him. She let out a cry of sadness as she fell to the floor once again, this time in tears.
Izumi woke with a shout as she found herself back in her room. Her tear stained face was red and she went to wash it. When she returned to the window she caught a glimpse of a guy in the street. She could make out his clothing, a black trench coat flapping behind him as he walked. His hand raised as he neared a man in the street and a blade shot out of his sleeve into his grip. The moon's light reflected off it and shone directly into Izumi's eyes. She winced and looked again. Two men in combat...
