Shadow Light
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! It took me really long to write this… but I have a good reason! :p I was working on my other two fics (The Juppongatana mix show and Memories), but I thought it was time to do something at Shadow Light again. So here I am! Okay but before I'll begin…reviews!
Tenken's Lover: Oh god… :p
Insane Reader: Yep, I have good news for you, cause here is more :p
Shihali: Okay! Thanks! –xxx-
Burnt Up Old Sausage: Okay, I'll watch the Mary-Sue meter! Pastries, cookies…they both are to eat :p
Anonymous Freak: More feminine… Was she acting like a man then? Or are you saying that girls can't fight? :p
Noname: I'm thinking about something… :p
Love In War: Romance coming up! :D
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Sekumori: Thanks that you like it! And good luck with your story! I will read it when it is there! :p
Okay and here comes chapter thirteen!
Prev: "I heard from Shishio-san that the Juppongatana-from west-Japan will be here in about three days." "Ha, that's good news. I can't wait to see them." Sora and Sojiro both smiled and begun with their breakfast.
After breakfast, Sojiro and Sora left the room. They started to talk again in the hall.
"I'm going to look at the battleship, how far they are with it. You want to come with me?"
Sora nodded. "Ya sure, I don't want to be here again for three days without you."
Sojiro smiled. "Okay, we'll leave right away. Do you have your katanas with you?"
"I always have."
"Let's go then."
They walked to the exit. A few minutes later, they walked in the cold morning air.
"We'll have to go trough that village again, so watch out, they will probably try to do something."
Sora had to think a little bit, before she understood what Sojiro meant. But then Sora remembered. Shishio killed five men on the way to the mountain Hieï. In that same village, they were going to.
"Why should they attack us? We didn't kill them." Sora asked.
"No we didn't. But working with Shishio-san is enough for the people, to kill us."
"Ow, I see."
After almost an hour, they were at the foot of the mountain. Now they began their journey trough the forest. Sora looked at Sojiro. He was smiling, but very silent.
"Is something wrong Sojiro-chan?"
"Hu? No, why?"
"You're so quiet."
"Ah, don't worry Sora-chan! I'm just thinking about things a little bit."
Sora nodded and started to think as well.
"This silent is a little bit irritating…I hope it isn't going to be like this the whole journey…"
"Ppff, walking trough this forest will take some time…" Sojiro suddenly said. "Let's run trough it!"
"Run trough it?"
Sojiro first began to run slowly, but then suddenly he run faster and faster.
"Hey! Wait for me!" Sora yelled.
Sojiro laughed. "Catch me if you can!"
Sora laughed and began to run. "Just watch me!"
Sora wasn't able to catch up with Sojiro. He was too far away to do it. They both ran, laughing, trough the forest, like two little kids who were playing. Suddenly Sojiro stopped and turned around. Sora almost ran against Sojiro, but was able to stop.
"We'll walk the next ten minutes. Then we'll be in the village."
Sora nodded at this and walked next to Sojiro. Sojiro smiled.
"Looks like you weren't able to catch me, Sora-chan."
Sora smiled. "You were already too far away. But if you weren't, I could do it."
"Sure…" Sojiro said on a teasing tone.
"Hey!" Sora yelled laughing, hitting Sojiro's arm lightly.
They walked further, laughing and talking, till they were in the village. Sojiro and Sora stopped talking. They passed a house were a man was sitting next to the door. The man looked carefully at the two fighters. He could see the swords they carried. The man jumped up and ran to another house. He hastily knocked the door. Another man opened the door.
"What is it?"
"The two people, who were with Makoto Shishio a few days ago, are back!"
"What? Good that you tell me! Get every man here! Those two won't get alive out of this village!"
The other man nodded and ran away to get the others.
Sora looked around. It looked like nobody had the guts to attack them. When they passed someone, they gasped like they recognised them, and ran in their houses.
"Strange…" Sojiro thought. "It's like all men are away. The only people we pass are women… This can't be normal…"
In the meantime, all men of the village were gathered. They all had brought their swords with them. The man who asked to gather them, called Tori. It looked like he was the leader.
"They will pay for the death of our five friends! Let's kill them!" Tori yelled.
The other men raised their hands and yelled. They all got their swords and they all started to patrol trough the village. Tori got a little throwing knife out of his pocket and hold it in his hand. He turned the corner and saw Sojiro and Sora. He stopped and got the throwing knife better in his hand. With a fast move, Tori threw the knife to Sora's leg. The knife hit the backside of Sora's knee. Sora yelled of surprise and pain, grabbing her leg. Sojiro quickly got his katana.
"Bastards," Sojiro whispered smiling, "an attack in the back. Only weaklings do such things."
Another knife flew trough the air in the direction of Sojiro's head. Sojiro stopped the knife with his katana and it fell on the ground. Sora's eyes were filled with tears of pain when she pulled the knife out of her leg. With her own blood on her shaking hands, Sora got her katanas. Now, Sojiro and Sora were surrounded by men, who all held swords in their hands.
"You'll both be dead before you'll know it! It will only hurt one second!" One of the men yelled.
All the men ran screaming to the two fighters. Sojiro tapped his foot on the ground and he disappeared. Some men stopped, they looked around surprised. They could hear Sojiro running, but they couldn't see him. Other men attacked Sora. Sora hit one man in the neck, and with her other katana, she hit another man trough his heart. Her leg was still bleeding, and she had trouble to concentrate with the pain. Sojiro already killed six men with his Shukuchi. Suddenly, Tori ran into the fight with a sword. He tried to attack Sora. She was hurt, so she couldn't be so hard to kill. Tori attacked, but Sora blocked. Now, Sora tried to hit Tori, but he blocked too. He grinned and kicked Sora in the stomach. Sora gasped. Then, Tori kicked Sora again, causing Sora to fly against a wall. The wall broke and Sora tumbled into the house. Tori grinned again and turned to Sojiro. All the remaining men were attacking him, but it looked like Sojiro had no trouble with them at all.
"That will change soon enough!" Tori thought running at Sojiro.
In the meantime, Sora got up. A thin line of blood was coming out of her mouth. She leaned against the wall for a moment, with her eyes closed. When she opened them, she saw a little girl sitting on the ground, looking with wide eyes at her. The girl looked afraid and she started to cry. Sora looked at the child. She remembered Sora of someone. Herself. The girl was the same age, like Sora was when her mother got killed. She slowly walked to the child and kneeled beside it. The child kept crying and held her hands for her eyes. Like she was in a trance, Sora slowly laid her hand on the girl's shoulder.
"Don't worry," Sora said silently, "don't cry…"
It were the same words Sora's mother once said to her. Suddenly a woman walked in the room. She screamed when she saw Sora and the broken wall.
"Get away from my child!"
Sora quickly let go of the girl's shoulder. The girl ran at her mother.
"Mama!"
The woman hugged her child and held it in her arms. Tears were running down her cheeks.
"Get away from here you murderer!" The woman yelled at Sora.
Sora looked with big eyes at the mother and the child. Sora started to walk to them.
"Why should I?" Sora asked slowly. "The murderer of my mother didn't left when she begged him to spare us…So, why should I go away?"
"Please, please…go away! Leave us alone!"
Sora wasn't herself anymore. She didn't want to hurt the mother. But it was like her body was controlling her now. She slowly raised one of her katanas.
"No! Go away! Leave us alone!" the mother screamed crying.
Sora ignored the words. She slowly walked further.
"Finally…someone has to pay…" Sora said silently. "When I kill you, I'll have my revenge…"
Sora smiled. "Finally…revenge…" She whispered.
"We didn't do anything to you! Please leave!"
Sora kept smiling, still with her katana raised.
"No you didn't. But…we didn't either... We were just, at the wrong place, at the wrong time… and because of that, my mother is dead…and because of that, you'll die now too."
A tear ran over Sora's cheek.
"Goodbye…mother…"
Sora stopped in front of the woman. She hit the woman trough her heart. The woman screamed and the girl in her arms cried harder. The woman was dead. With shaking hands, Sora dropped her katana. She kneeled in front of the mother.
"I'm sorry…" She said silently.
Sora stood up again and backed away. Tears were running of her cheeks. She held her hands, which were covered in blood, before her eyes.
"I'm sorry, I really am…" She hit the wall. "What did I do? Why did I do this? What…"
She got her hands away from her eyes and looked at them. She couldn't see them very good because of all the tears.
"I'm not better then the one who killed my mother…"
Suddenly she heard a scream. It was Tori. Sojiro had pierced him trough his heart and now he was dead. Sojiro ran into the house to get Sora.
"Sora-chan! Are you okay?"
Sora didn't look at Sojiro. She looked at the dead woman. Sojiro looked at her too now.
"Sora-chan, we must leave. Let's go."
Sora looked at Sojiro and ran to him. She hugged him and pushed her face in his shoulder. Sojiro didn't know how to react to it. He stroke Sora's hair carefully.
"What happened?"
Sora started to tell everything. Everything about her past. Everything about what happened here. When she was ready with her story, she stopped crying. It felt good to tell everything to Sojiro.
"Don't worry Sora-chan. Now c'mon, we have to take care of your wounds."
Sora nodded slowly, and with one last look at the dead woman, she left the house.
The end of chapter thirteen. A dark chapter if you ask me…Well anyway, I hope that you liked it. Till the next chapter!"