Shadow light
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And now chapter nineteen!
Prev: "It's time to conquer the country. At one before midnight tomorrow, the Big Kyoto Fire will begin! That Kyoto may burn in the fires of Hell!"
So, on the evening of the next day, Shishio gathered the Juppongatana and his army in the headroom. Yumi had cuddled herself up next to him. Then Sojiro, Sora and the rest of the Juppongatana stood next to the couch. Houji stood before the army.
"My friends!" He yelled. "The moment is finally here! We don't have to hide ourselves anymore! We'll show everyone our true power! Prepare for battle!"
The army cheered and raised their hands. On the couch, Shishio smiled. The army left the room again and Shishio stood up, followed by Yumi.
"Good…Kamatari, Anji, Saizuchi, Usui, Iwanbo and Henya, I want you to go to Kyoto already. Make sure everything goes follows plan."
Most of them nodded and they all left the room.
"And now we'll leave." Shishio walked to another door, followed by Yumi on his side, and Houji, Sora and Sojiro behind him. A few minutes later, they came outside where two carriages were waiting. Houji, Shishio and Yumi sat in one, and Sojiro and Sora in the other. The carriages began to drive to their destination, Kyoto.
"So, Kyoto will disappear in flames?" Sora asked Sojiro.
He nodded. "Yes, but that's not the whole plan."
Sora looked questioning at Sojiro. "Hu?"
"After the Big Kyoto Fire, we'll sale with the battleship, Rengoku, to Tokio. We'll bomb the whole place till there's nothing left anymore. Everyone will be busy with the fires in Kyoto. So nobody will be able to stop us when we arrive in Tokio."
"Tokio will be destroyed too, together with Kyoto…So the Big Kyoto Fire was only for getting all the attention in Kyoto?"
"Yes that's right."
"Shishio-sama sure knows how to make good plans."
Sojiro smiled. "Indeed."
Sora looked trough the window. They were passing trees at a great speed. She pulled her gaze away from the window when she felt herself getting dizzy. The sound of the wheels and the movements of the carriage made her feel sleepy. Sojiro noticed that.
"It'll take at least one hour before we arrive in Kyoto. You can sleep if you want."
Sora nodded. "Thanks." She looked around. She tried to find a soft place were she could lay her head down. But she couldn't find one. The seats were kind of hard and the walls were of wood.
"Looks like I have bad luck if I want to wake up without a headache." Sora smiled at Sojiro.
"You can lean on my shoulder if you want." Sojiro said smiling back.
Sora nodded grateful and sat down next to Sojiro. She carefully laid her head on his shoulder. Sojiro looked at Sora's red hair for a second, and then looked back at the other seat before him. He was wondering why he suggested that.
"You can lean on my shoulder if you want…" He could hear himself say again in his head. "If I only understood what she did to me. And how."
His thoughts were disturbed when Sora laid her hand on his. Sojiro looked at her, she had already fallen asleep.
He smiled. "Maybe this is how love feels like."
Dream
Sora opened her eyes slowly.
"Why does everything looks so blurry?" She asked herself out loud.
She carefully took a step forward. Everything looked familiar. Like she knew this place. Suddenly she fell on the ground. Sora lay still for a second, cursing. She stood up and got most of the filth of her clothes. She looked up and froze. This wasn't the same place anymore. But still, it was familiar. She started to walk forward again. Sora abruptly stopped when she heard and saw something. Her hands reached at her swords. Sora walked closer to the sound. It was someone…no two people…three…It were three people. Her mouth dropped open.
"Mother?" she whispered.
Sora stood still and looked at her mother. She was holding someone.
"That's me…" Sora whispered again.
Sora looked how her younger self hold her mother tightly. The third person was holding a sword. There was no sound anymore. Everything was silent. Sora forgot to breathe when she realized what would happen next.
"NO MOTHER!" she screamed but no sound came out her mouth. Sora quickly wanted to get her swords, but realized they were gone. She wanted to run at the man holding the sword above his head. But it was like hands were holding her back.
The man pushed the sword trough Sora's mother's heart. Suddenly all sound came back. The scream echoed in Sora's ears. Sora screamed too. Suddenly she was covered with blood. She looked up to see her younger self also covered up with blood. Her mother and her younger self disappeared, but the man stayed. He slowly turned to Sora, who still couldn't move.
The man ran at Sora, his sword still in his hands. When he almost reached Sora, he turned into flames. Sora screamed again when the flames touched her. The flames were now everywhere on her body. Hurting every inch of her flesh.
Then there was a sudden wind blow and all the flames were gone. Sora opened her eyes again to see someone standing before her. A girl of fourteen, black long hair…
"Kasumi?" Sora asked silently.
She reached her hand out to her and Kasumi smiled. Everything turned into red and Kasumi disappeared. Sora breathed heavy. She turned around and saw Sojiro looking at her. She ran to him. She wanted to hug him and cry on his shoulder, but Sojiro stopped her.
"I can't love someone like you…Look at you. You're too weak." He smiled "Farewell..."Sojiro turned around disappearing.
After that, Sora was surrounded by darkness. She fell on her knees and started to cry. She curled her fingers up in her hair and screamed.
End dream
The scream went on and Sora's eyes snapped open. Sojiro hold her by her shoulders. She breathed heavy, her eyes searching trough the carriage.
"Sora are you all right?" Sojiro asked still holding her shoulders.
Sora breathed calm again. She dropped her head back on his shoulder and cried silently.
"Please don't leave me Sojiro…Promise you won't leave me…please don't…"
Sojiro hold her tightly against his chest. He stroked her hair softly and kissed it.
"I won't Sora. Don't worry, it was just a bad dream…"
End of chapter nineteen. I know it's short, I'm sorry…But this looked like a good point to stop…Hope you liked it! Till the next chapter!