Here's chapter eight and hopefully it'll be longer than chap 7. Most likely it will since I got a long sleep last night. I think I'm kind of rushing myself with the chapters but oh well. As long as I can get it done without many distractions, I'm okieday. Well, enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own Elphame's Choice or Crescent Moon.
Last time in Another World: "Patience, Princess. They'll be here soon enough." "You and I both know that I absolutely detest men!" She found herself being swallowed up by darkness. "CUT IT OUT YOU TWO!" "Let's start from the begining, mother..."
Chapter 8 - Curiosity to Discovery
Once the small group arrived back at the bar an hour before it opened, some of them headed upstairs to rest for a while while some others stayed down in the bar just to continue some conversations, "Hey girlie, are you gonna stay down here with us to work tonight?" Nozomu asked Mahiru before she started walking up the stairs.
The girl just smiled, "I might as well since I'm not all that tired. Plus I do have to do my part of the job in order to actually earn my stay here, right?"
Nozomu nodded and continued talking to Misoka. When they're conversation was interupted by Oboro who needed to talk to Misoka, Nozomu sighed and then headed to start wipping off tables before the costumers started coming. He needed to get some things off his mind and badly but all that came up was Kuri. Even during conversations with someone, he'd space out 'cause they'd either mention her name or something that would have to do with her. Nozomu stopped at one table and just wipped it over and over while thinking about the young demon girl again. One thing he did know, though, was that Misoka was also attrackted to her. He thought that it was only because he was fox as well but he didn't know for sure. It could be though. "Hmm... what if I asked him about her? I could find out more that way..." he thought to himself and then moved on to another table when he noticed everyone starring at him.
An hour passed by in complete silence and they finally opened up the bar. Within the next fifteen minutes, the bar was already full. They saw that more costumers wanted to come and they had to bring out extra chairs and nothing more in order to seat them. Some of them even sat on the bar itself or just stood, waiting for the sisters to start preforming again. When the lights went out, people started panicing then some disco lights were turned on. They flashed around the room and then a voice was heard from the speakers above the stage, "Ladies, gents, and whoever else is in there. If you're ready to watch the two sister have another dancing battle, then hold on to your chairs, hairs, and wigs 'cause heeeeeeeere they come!"
The front door of the bar burst open and the two girls came in doing back flips towards the stage on top of some tables. Once on the stage, lights were set upon them as they were shown in tight, black leather clothing. The top piece cut off just above the belly and the pants flared out at the bottom. They wore grip-gloves and platform shoes. Kuri and Sel smiled at eachother and Kuri started speaking, "Tonight, my sister and I shall sing in a duet. It's our favorite song and hope you enjoy it." The music started playing and it started off with a piano. They both grabbed the nearest mic and Kuri started singing.
'I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone'
Sel took a step forward as the duet began.
'These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears.
When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears.
When I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have... all of me'
Kuri took a step back and let Sel take the full spotlight as she started singing again.
'You used to captivate me
By your resognating light
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts my once pleasant dreams
Your voice, it chased away all the sanity in me'
Sel took a slight step back and Kuri found her place by her sisters side. They closed their eyes and put all of their thoughts and emotions into the lyrics of the song so they could try to get something across to their friends without actually saying anything.
'These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears.
When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have... all of me.'
Kuri took a half step forward and began singing the bridge of the song with very deep passion.
'I tried so hard to tell myself that your gone
But though your still with me
I've been alone all along'
As there was a little interlude, the two sister looked down. Kuri was trying her best to hold her tears back and when she looked back up, her eyes were dry and they started singing again.
'When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears.
When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears.
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have... all of me...'
The song started to fade out, so did the lights. When the normal lights popped back on, everyone blinked a few times and the aplause roared again. They all smiled and some of them wipped their eyes, feeling the emotion the girl put within the song. Again, everyone was amazed. Neither of the girls went flat or sharp and their voices blending in together very well. They both had equal balance and one's voice didn't over power the others. The two girls were done with their preformance for the day and Kuri walked up to the bar and looked at Nozomu, "I'm going to go for a walk."
"How long will you be gone for?" Nozomu asked.
"As long as I'm here in the morning, you don't need to worry about anything, alright?" she smiled as she headed for the door. When she was out, she made sure no one was watching her and she went into the alley. Once she was through the portal, she didn't notice a bat following her through it. On the other side, she looked around cautiously and then closed her eyes, bowed her head, and made an odd shape that looked sort of like fire and yet a half heart in the middle. She started whispering, "Bright gates, open wide. Open up and let me inside. Let the flames grow higher, let the pheonix soar. Come and hear my dark flames roar. The fire is mine, it is my soul. And it couldn't play no better role. The role I must play, must begin now. The role of a princess with her small, gold crown." Flames started to rise up around her body and it engulfed her. A long, red-ish gold dress formed around her body from the flames and her hair grew long. Her forhead started to glow and then a blood red crystal was formed in the shap of a crescent moon surrounded by flames. The rest of the fire that was around her got sucked into her back and when she arched her back, golden red wings popped out and they were now ablaze. She opened her eyes and they were glowing bright red for a moment then turned to a light amber color. She looked around once more and saw nothing. When she looked up, she saw a pheonix flying around in an eight. Kuri flapped her wings once and she soared up into the sky and then flapped again making her rocket in the direction of the castle.
Nozomu was shocked at what he had seen through his bat. He never knew why Kuri had actually left or what she was hiding. He knew there was a message in that song somewhere but he just didn't know what it was. But now he knew. He snuck out of the bar and into the alley that his bat had followed her into. On the other side, he came across a large area filled with trees. When he spotted his bat hanging on a tree, he poked it with a stick, "Sleeping on duty again, eh?" The bat squeeked and then started flaping and going in the direction Kuri had headed in. He was too busy imagining her in the form he saw her in not too long ago. The beauty of her just caught him off gaurd that he didn't know what to do. When he felt a rock hit his head, he glared at the bat and then started following it. When they were in a clearing, he motioned for his bat friend to stop for a while and Nozomu quickly changed into his vampire form.
Curran got up from his bed and started to walk out the door when a voice stopped him in his tracks, "Where are you going, Curran? It's the middle of the night and you're gonna go wander about?"
The other brother gave out a sigh, "I can't sleep tonight, Nevin. So I'm gonna go for a walk until I am fatigued."
"Don't be out for too long. We might need our strength tomorrow," at Curran's nod, Nevin fell back asleep.
Curran walked ontot he balcony and opened up his wings. He flew off in the direction of the forest. He landed at the edge of it and started walking, not noticing Kuri pass by over him. His eyes wandered upon the forest beds. Something caught his attention in the corner of his eye. When he looked, he found a bat and another creature coming in his direction. He jumped up into the nearest tree and waited for them to come by. Once they were close enough, Curran tackled the creature to the ground. He heard the thing yelled out, "What the hell?"
"What are you doing here? Who are you?" Curran asked as he held him down. The creature was struggling to get out of the Fomorian's grasp. Curran looked up to find Lochlan, Cu, and his brother standing infront of him, "I found him running towards the castle."
Lochlan nodded, "We shall take him there, then, and let the Clan Chieftainn decide what to do with him."
Nevin and Curran picked the guy up and started dragging him in the direction of the castle with Lochlan leading the way and Cu playing the role of gaurd from behind them. They all walked in silence and the creature continued to struggled. Once they got there, they found almost the whole castle awake and active. Curran saw a lady with bright auburn angelic-like wings with little flames on them. She had long, dark brown hair and she wore a dress that looked like it was made by silk or satin. They stopped at the door and when the girl turned around and smiled, Cu and Curran recognized her immediately. It was Kuri in another form. Elphame spoke up from the silence, "Lochlan, we have bad news and..."
Elphame's words were cut off by Kuri's, "What in the name of five hells...! Nozomu! What are you doing here!" Her eyes became ablaze as did part of her body and her wings. Her hair whipped around wildly around her body as she glared at her friend.
"I was just curious to know where you were going. I was worried about you and didn't know..." He got cut off.
"SILENCE! I already told you not to worry about me but what do you do? You follow me. I never gave you permission to follow me now did I, Nozomu. So what fuckin' right do you have TO FOLLOW ME!" the ground shook and her whole body was on fire with rage. Her eyes glowed deep red and her body was floating just a tad bit. Her fists were curled up into tight balls that blood started dripping from her palms.
"No matter!" Lochlan yelled out, over powering her voice. She looked at him as the flames on her rose a bit more, "He has trespassed on our territory and our lands so he must be punished for it."
Kuri gasped making the flames disappear within' seconds, "Wait... punish him? You never punished Sel, or me, or Sutasu-san when we had entered your lands. So why punish him when he's entered?" Her heart was racing at this time. The bad feeling had come again. Her eyes darted back and forth, "No... no. This isn't what's supposed to be happening. This isn't happening. This is just some sort of... nightmare. A living nightmare. This can't be happening, can it? No... NO!"
A/N: MUAHAHAHAHA! Yet another cliffy! Ok, I guess you can guess that I know that you know what's going to happen, right? I might change it ya know, SO DON'T BE THINKIN' ANYTHING! XD Okiesh, well, please R&R. Thanks!