Crash
Chapter Five: Whisper to a Scream
Crash. I felt the sound resounding in my ears, like a whisper, but slowly becoming a scream. I couldn't believe my life could be any worse, but. . .
"What's happening here?" I asked, looking at the people that I knew. Shuichi walked over to me and faced me towards the two guys I didn't know. He pointed to the little one. "That is Rinku. And the other guy is Chuu." He said. I bowed to them. "Hello."
"'ello." Chuu said, he had a strong Australian accent, though it was easier to understand then Jin's. Rinku just looked up at me and smiled. I slightly smiled. Shuichi let go of my shoulders, and stood in front of me. "A portal to Makai is finally open, and by the time you are done with training there won't be another one for a year. So we need to get Zaku and Riin now and. . . ." I put my finger on Shuichi's lips to shut him up, and surprisingly making him blush.
"I know, I have to stay here because I'm not ready. But Shuichi, I have to go, they are the only things that keep me alive. You know how many times I've wanted to die, and now that I have something to live for, I'm not going to let any one take them away. And I may not be strong, but I won't get in the way either. . ." I said, looking up at Shuichi, pouting. "Who's Shuichi?" I heard Chuu and Rinku say in the back ground.
"You could die. And I'd blame myself if you died." Shuichi said. I shook my head. "I won't die. . . Well I might, but if I do it won't be your fault. It would be my fault."
"Cris, I say you should give up on whose fault it would be. Kurama always thinks it's his fault." Hiei said. I smiled and looked at him. "Hiei I have to go, can't you convince him? Or Jin, or Touya, or anyone else?" I said, turning to each person.
"You can come, but you have to let me protect you." Shuichi said. I nodded and put down my hand.
For the next two hours I just sat in the middle of everyone and listened to them. Rinku sat next to me, and every once in a while we'd talk a bit, but most of the time I listened. It seemed to take forever until finally a portal opened and I was pushed through.
On the other side it was. . . Well beautiful. Not what I expected from a demon world. A huge valley folded out in front of us, freckled with flowers, and a few small trees. The sky was really blue and had a few clouds in the background, along with a huge forest surrounding the huge valley. (Wow, lot's of Irony)
"So, what do you think?" Shuichi asked, coming up behind me. I jumped and turned around. "Didn't mean to scare you." He said, stepping back. I shook my head. "Sorry, I just fazed out. This place is beautiful."
"I just wish we could all think that." Jin said, sighing. I shrugged and looked at the guys, waiting for someone to move.
The rest of that day was really boring; all we really did was walk. Though, once the sun went down we did set up a camp, at the edge of the forest, at the edge of a freaky shadowing forest. And of course surrounded by all the guys I couldn't cut myself. Though I did bring the knife.
I sat down on my blankets and leaned against a tree, watching the stars. Shuichi sat down next to me and smiled. "Are you sure you want to do this?" He asked. I nodded. "There is no doubt in my mind." I said, turning my head to look at Shuichi. "Thanks for letting me come." Shuichi took my hand and looked up at the stars.
We sat there in silence, watching the starts. I was in thought; I guess I had never really thought anyone would ever like me as a true friend. Even if Val said she was my friend, she didn't know about my life. And I thought that anyone that knew about me and cutting and my dad, would hate me. Yet Shuichi, he knew even my deepest desires, okay; not my deepest desires, but he knew enough. And he didn't hate me, he was my friend. And I loved it.
"Cris . . ." Shuichi said, breaking me out of my train of thought. I turned and looked at him. "I was. . . I. . ." Shuichi stammered. I tilted my head and waited, I had never heard Shuichi stammer.
"Shuichi, I stammer all the time, you always have a train of thought." I said bluntly. Shuichi shook his head. "I'm tired." He said, walking over to his blankets. I laughed and lay down, covering myself with my blanket and falling asleep.
The next day I talked to Chuu and Rinku a lot. And I stress the word 'a lot'. I think I learned more about them that whole day, then I have even known about me.
That night when we were resting, Touya, Shuichi, Hiei, and I sat around the fire, while the other guys were out. I was surrounded by all the people that knew about my cutting, and I felt very un-comfortable.
"Hey, Cris. You know a lot about us, but we know nothing about you. So Tell us about your past." Touya said, breaking the silence. I looked up at him and raised an eyebrow. "All of it?" Touya shook his head.
"Just skip around. Tell the important parts." He said. I nodded and stared into the fire.
"Well, I guess I'll start at when I was six. That's when my father died. Before that my life was pretty much perfect. But when my father died my mother closed herself off and became distant. And she married my step-father a year later. He wasn't all bad in the beginning, when he was getting our trust. But then his true self showed one day and when I was 7 I started living in a house with a drunk." I paused, thinking of when my life changed some more. "Well, in sixth grade was when my father got bored of beating my mother, and so then he started on me. And In seventh grade I lost my virginity. That's when I started cutting." I shrugged. "I guess the rest of my life is really personal and I don't really feel comfortable telling a bunch of guys."
Touya laughed at the ending comment, yet Hiei just keep his eyes closed and Shuichi was staring at the fire as intently as I. The silence continued after that. And soon Touya walked away, trying to find the missing people, and Hiei sat in a tree.
"We've been in the same class every year of school." Shuichi murmured. I looked up at him and nodded. "I remember you, when we were six you were so happy. And you'd come up to me and just talk about random stuff. Then the next year you didn't do that. The First day of school I wondered what had happened, but I never asked. Over the years I forgot about that, you would only come up to me for help on homework, and when ever I would look at you a feeling of depression would come over me. At one time in fifth grade I thought you were a demon. But then in Sixth grade, in the middle of the year you came to school late and you didn't talk to your friends, and you didn't look at anyone. Everyone noticed that you didn't wear the uniforms differently, and you always wore baggy clothes. You were just another face in the crowd. After that I stopped paying attention." Shuichi shook his head and looked at me. "It was even worse in seventh grade. But I seemed to be the only one that noticed. Cris, I'm sorry." I stood up and sat next to Shuichi and took his hand. I felt like our places had been swapped, I was the one being more mature.
"Nothing is your fault. Don't apologize." I said, laying my head on his shoulder. Shuichi sighed. "I should have asked you, or at least been your friend." He said. I slightly smiled and shook my head. "No, it wouldn't have changed anything. I like how this had turned out." I had said, but I didn't really think that. I didn't like how I had become friend's with Shuichi, grown a crush on him, and yet he would never like me because of my problem. I wonder if that's what Shuichi did, say one thing, but not really think that. I felt him put his arm around me and we both sat there together in silence for a while.
"Shuichi?" I said, sitting up and looking at him. Shuichi turned and faced me. "You and Hiei have helped me so much, and I feel like I haven't done anything in return." I said. Shuichi shook him head, and cupped his hand under my chin, making me look into his eyes. "You have done a lot in return. You just can't see it." He said. I closed my eyes and then opened them again. Shuichi moved his hand and stood up. "I'm going to talk to Hiei."
I nodded and sighed, watching him disappear up a tree. After thirty minutes or so I went to my 'bed' and lay down, waiting for someone. Drifting off into sleep was the next thing I did. And When I woke up an hour later . . . well I guess the adventure started. I wasn't at my bed, but instead in a tent, wearing a long see-through silk dress. I sat up quickly and looked around.
"Hello?" I asked quietly. There was no answer, and no one inside the tent. But a fire did burn out side. So I stood up and started to walk to the door. Yet before I got out, a man, with dragon wings, walked in and smirked when he saw me. "You look better in that then your other clothes. Though the cuts aren't becoming." He smiled and traced a hand down my body.
"Who are you?" I asked, taking a step back and tripping, falling to the ground. "You're scared. Don't be, you were the one that was asleep alone in the forest." He kneeled down next to me and pushed me to the ground. "You aren't the most beautiful girl I've ever seen, but its okay." He smirked again, and I shivered as he placed his lips on mine.
I squirmed under him and tried to get away, to no prevail. Another kiss as his hand moved down to my chest. I struggled a bit, but soon gave up as I realized that if I couldn't even get away from my father, I had no hope against a demon. My eyes closed and I listened, trying to ignore this man's hands and lips. But he didn't get very far before there was a scream from some men and then complete silence.
I opened my eyes and looked at the man, who was sitting up and looking at the flap of the tent. "Stay here." He said, standing up and walking out of the tent. While he was gone, I stood up and found a trench coat to put over the dress.
"Come here!" Some one whispered, from behind me. I turned around and saw a girl standing there; she took my hand and dragged me out of the tent and into the forest.
"Who are you?" I asked, extremely irritated. The Girl laughed, two Gray cat ears twitching on the top of her head, and a cat tail swishing behind her. " I'm Cassandra. Cassie. Don't worry, I won't hurt you. I just decided that at the time that the camp was being attacked was a good time to escape, and I took you with me. You're not a demon are you?" She asked, very hyper. I nodded. "I'm human." I said.
"Oh, well this place is very sexist. So that's why that was happening to you. And why you're wearing a see-through dress. Though I guess it better then my dress." Cassie said. I looked at her dress, a cute pink dress that was very low cut, had a top like a corset that tied up the back. And the Skirt was like a water wall, with layers cascading down, each on longer then the other, and the front was very, very short. I laughed.
"Well, they are pretty dresses." I said shrugged. Cassie laughed with me, then handed me my crystal dagger back. "I found it and I'm guessing it's yours." I smiled.
"Thanks." I said, putting the dagger in the coat pocket. "I need to get back to Shuichi." I said, looking around. Cassie nodded. "Do you know your way?" I shook my head. "Well, then come with me." She took my hand and walked to the edge of the clearing, where the 'camp' was set. Everything was up in flames and blood splattered everywhere.
"Everyone's dead." Cassie said, walking through the camp, to the other side. I followed her, shivering at what I saw. Bodies, severed heads, blood, and people staring up at me with empty eyes. I felt like I was going to throw up, and was relived when we finally got to the other side.
"Are you okay? Um. . . . What's you're name?" Cassie asked. I looked at her, my face pale. "Cris." Cassie nodded and pulled me farther away.
"Why were you in the camp?" I asked, as I followed Cassie. Cassie sighed. "I'm a prostitute. It's really the only thing a girl can do around here. And the man was paying me to travel with them and. . . . well you know." I nodded.
"What are you going to do now that they are gone?" I asked. Cassie shrugged. "Go back to my old life." She said. I sighed and looked at her arm; she was wearing gloves, but there a faint sight of a cut over them.
"Do you cut?" I asked, bluntly. Cassie looked at me, a bit shocked, and then nodded. "You do too. I saw it." I nodded also. "Come with me. I'm traveling with some people trying to get my baby brother and sister back. And I'm sure they would be okay with you coming. And I want someone to talk to." I said. Cassie shook her head.
"You just meet me and you already trust me?" She asked. I nodded. "Well until you lead me to some evil place where I'm raped, I'll trust you." Cassie laughed and nodded.
We walked in silence, and then Cassie spoke again. "If you're traveling with demons they won't trust me." She said. I looked at her. "Why not?" I asked. "Demons don't trust other's very well." She said, stopping and taking off her boots. "Put these on, you look like you're feet hurt.
I nodded and put on the boots. "Thanks." That was the end of our conversation for that little stretch of land. We had walked for half an hour before the two of us came to the spot we had set up camp. I looked around and only saw the imprints or our camp left. It was very late at night, and I didn't think they would leave. But I guess they did.
"They left me!" I said, sitting on the ground sadly. Cassie smiled and sat next to me. "You are traveling with men, aren't you?" I nodded.
"But they aren't like the guy that took me. They are nice and stuff." I said, standing up. "And now I have no where to go."
"Come with me. If they don't find you in the forest they'll go to the next town. We'll just be there waiting." Cassie said, standing up and starting to walk. I followed her loyally.
AN: people love Crash. Or so says Koko-chan. Isn't she nice. Of course she's only read up to chapy 4. And she hasn't even told me what she thinks of it. Duh Duh Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! (She's mean) Anywho, Thanks! Now I have to write faster though. and that's not always a good thing. But I promise I'll try and update every two reviews.Blackangel922005- Yay! I's a great story. You're nice. Really really nice. Well here's the next one.
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