Into the Darkness
8 years ago...
The wind pushed against him, the grass also swaying the same way as though to trip him. However Tai Kamiya, age 10, will run through any obstacle. The sun shined brightly, the light engulfing his vision for a split second, combined with the sweat threatening to go into his eyes. After that flash, the ball was in clear sight. He had that instant, no more, to get it. Just one second off and it was done. Brining his leg back, he thrust it,flying over the ground like Superman, even blowing that spot of grass slightly. He nearly fell over just an instant before his foot connected with the ball. His body maintained balance fourtanately, the ball flying. With a sigh he wiped the sweat off his forehead as the ball zoomed well over the head of his 4 year old sister Kari and hit the tree near the park bench. Kari was clapping for him with a smile on his face. "Nice kick"said Kari. "Thanks, but we better go home"said Tai. "I'll get the ball Ni-sama"said Kari. She ran over with an innocent laugh. Just before she bent down to pick up the ball, she looked up at an old lady with an apple in her hand. The apple dropped to the ground, rolling towards the other leg of the bench on the end. "I'll get that"said Kari. The old lady smiled at her, Kari picking it up and wiping it off her her arm. "Here ya go, I cleaned it off the best I could"said Kari. The old lady took it. "Thank you, here, I got another one. I'll let you have it"she said taking one out of her purse.
"No thanks, mom and dad say I'm not supposed to take anything from strangers"said Kari. The old lady's smile dissapeared. "Kari, you coming?"yelled Tai. Kari turned her head around. "In a moment, fir-
When she turned around, there was no one there. She shrugged and picked the soccer ball over, which was nearly her stomach's size. She carried it over, fumbling forward a bit.
Present
12 year old Kari was back at the park, the exact same one she had watched Tai practicing soccer daily. However it wasn't a bright cheerful day. Black clouds suffocated the sun, much blacker the normal. The town around her was little more then rubble and dead trees. The wind still blew but harshly, feeling almost like it was stabbing her at times. It sent a chill up her spine. The grass that had once accompanied the wind was gone, nothing but dirt. The wind blew harder when Kari looked at it, as though avenging a fallen friend. The same old lady as before was at the bench, sewing a small blue cloth, possibly into a blanket. Next to her was a small plastic doll of her, and another apple. The apple seemed to leer at her with eyes that weren't there.
"Not many people come by anymore"she said. "What's going on, what happened?"asked Kari. Kari stepped up closer, the old lady giving her no response. Looking down, kari noticed her focused on what she was knitting. Shoving the doll aside and knocking the apple down back on the ground, she put her hands in her lap, fumbling her fingers nervously. "That's a, nice doll you got there. It looks like me"said Kari. "Would you mind picking up that apple you just dropped?"asked the old lady without even looking at her. "Oh, sure, sorry about that"said Kari giving a happy go lucky smile.
She got up and went over to the apple, next to the leg on the other end just like before. As she bent down to pick it up, she felt a chill engulf her,. She cried out, covering her chest. She was naked! "What happened to my clothes!"shrieked Kari. "Pick up the apple please"said the old lady. Kari gave her a weired look but she knitted on. She looked around and saw no one there. This had to be a dream. Wasn't it? As she reached down for the apple, she yanked her hand back. Again the apple stared menacingly at her. Shaking her head, she saw her clothes come back on. "I don't like this"said Kari turning to the old lady. She was gone. Looking back down to where the apple was, she saw the doll had it in it's arms! "What!"gasped Kari. From behind the old lady's cold hands came down on the nape of her neck. Kari froze with widened eyes, her body giving a shake from suprise. She began massaging Kari's neck, which felt relaxing.
Her eyes jolted open, the sound of her alarm clock smacking her back into reality. Kari felt the grip of the real world around her neck. With a moan she rolled over, shutting the alarm off. "Cmon Kari, you wouldn't want to miss your first day at your new school, would you?"asked her mom. "I'm geting up"she said.
She dressed in her usual clothing:a pink tanktop with a large white stripe in the middle with matching long sleeve fingerless pink gloves. She had pink sandles and long white socks reaching to just below her knees. Her hair was very short as she perfered it. After breakfast and saying goodbye, she went off. She knew where the school was and wanted to walk on her own. Tai drove to school, Kari declining a ride. She felt the walk would do good for her state of mind. She was as nervous as hell, new school, new teachers, no friends to back her up. Tai was in the high school only a few blocks ahead of Kari's school so he wouldn't be much help. She walked the whole time with her eyes at the ground. As she apporached the new school her whole body began to tremble. From behind a hand touched her shoulder, Kari yelping and nearly jumping. She heared giggling from behind her. Turning around, she saw a girl with long black hair with a matching black T-shirt that had glittering kanji. She had long black socks(though not as long as Kari's) black sneakers and jean shorts. Kari's face was comepletely red. "Don't be embaressed, people tell me I'm sneaky. You must be new, I'm Katsuya"she said extending her hand. Kari gulped, she was so beautiful! Kari nervously bowed. "I-I'm Kari"she said. "Maybe I'll see you in class Kari"she said before running off. Her face was so flushed she appeared she would faint. The bell rang from inside, all the students but her walking in, painting a portrait almost of alienation. "I don't even enter the building and I'm allready in love with someone. I'd give anything, even for a kiss"she thought. She smacked herself in the head. "Get a hold of yourself Kari. If anyone finds out you're a lesbian you won't be able to show your face in public again. I don't see what's so wrong with being this way, but, I still can't let it be known. Besides, Katsuya's probaly straight, no way would she go for me"thought Kari.
The rining of the bell shot her in the head, Kari running in the school.
With a quick gulp, Kari stepped into the classroom. All eyes were on her, all those eyes. What were they thinking of her? Was she doing something wrong allready, or was she cool? Oh, she needed to know! "We have a new student today, introduce yourself"said the teacher. Kari turned to the class, her entire body was shaking. "C'mon Kari, get a hold of yourself. Don't look like a fool in front of everyone"thought Kari. "I'm Kari Kamiya"she said with a small wave. "Go over there and sit next to T.K"he said. T.K put his hand up to signal where he was. He had short hair like her, it was blond though. His shirt was light blue with a yellow stripe on one end along with brown shorts, green socks and white sneakers. Also he wore a fisherman's hat on his head. "Hello"said Kari nervously taking her seat. T.K turned his head away shyly, giving Kari a bad impression. "What did I do?"she thought. "Wow, she's cute. Her voice, her looks, she's perfect"thought T.K. As the teacher began his lesson, Kari heared a small hi. Scanning the room, she saw Katsuya waving to her. Kari gave a small wave back, using her other hand to hide her red face. Throughout class it was a glancing triangle: T.K kept glancxing at Kari while Kari kept glancing at Katsuya andf Katsuya kept glancing back at T.K! After the first few lessons(Kanji, History, Algebra) it was time for lunch. Kari sighed, so far so good. From behind she felt that familiar hand, she held back a moan. "Listen Kari, I know you just came here so I'll give yoiu a warning. T.K's mine, and if any girl tries to take him from me, will not be happy when I'm done with them. Are we clear?"asked Katsuya. She said all this in a sweet innocent tone, Kari thought for certain she'd have an orgasm. "Uh, sure"said Kari. Katsuya patted her cheek, Kari was in heaven! "Good, now that we're clear on that, how would you like to be my accomplice? Your job is to help get me to T.K. How's that sound?"asked Katsuya. Kari felt devestated, it was official:she was straight. She almost felt like crying on the inside, but she couldn't let on with Katsuya there. "S-sure"said Kari. The least she could do is become best friends with Katsuya, and make her happy.
"C'mon, lunch time. Follow me"said Katsuya. She followed her trying to look as natural as possible. "Please don't screw up"she thought. After getting their lunches, Katsuya brought them to a spot outside on the grass, under a tree. The shade was perfect as a mid winter's day. "So, why did you move here?"asked Katsuya. Kari took a large gulp of her milk, wiping what came on her mouth before responding. "My mom moved us here after she divorced my father, she wanted us as far away as possible but she didn't want to leave Japan"said Kari. "Oh, sounds sad"said Katsuya. Kari shrugged, taking a bite out of her lunch. Two girls stepped over, they were twins with short orange hair, matching yellow tanktops with blue jean pants and white sneakers. "You still on for tonight?"asked one of them. Kari clutched her chest, she had other friends to comepete with now? "Oh hey guys, this is our new friend Kari. Kari this is Kag and that's Ali"said Katsuya, not certain which is which. Kari gave them a weak little wave and the two leaft. "Oh, I never got to tell you, we're having a staged kidnapping tonight"said Katsuya. "What do you mean?"asked Kari curious. "Okay, this is how it'll go. Kag or Ali will call T.K over to my house for a study group. Then Kag and Ali will tie me up, gag me and leave me on the floor until T.K enters the house. After he frees me he'll ask if I'm allright and everything and I'll say yes, then start flirting with him and he'll think I'm so grateful and it begins. There's always been one flaw in the plan and that's where you come in. In order to make it convincing, we need you to tie up Kag or Ali in the basement, whoever's free. T.K won't know you're there so it'll work perfectly. Kag or Ali will call T.K over and those two have never been apart so he'll be suspicous if one's gone"said Katsuya. "Uh, sure I'll help"said Kari.
"Oh thanks Kari"she said with a little squeal. She took out a pen and began trying to take Kari's glove off. "The glove stays"said Kari. "Fine, then I'll write it on paper"she said. Kari would love nothing more then to have Katsuya writing on her arm however she couldn't let Katsuya see what was uner there. "There, my adress. See you at 4:00"she said. All Kari could think about the rest of the day was going to Katsuya's. She stopped by her mom's and told her where she'd be. Her mom was just delighted Kari allready made a new friend. She knocked nervously, she would actualy be in Katsuya's house! Katsuya opened the door. "Yosho(good), now we can go through with this"said Katsuya. Kari slipped her sandles off on the door mat and went inside. The house was pretty large with a huge white spiral staircase. "Ok girls, we know what to do. First you tie me up, then Kag you tie Ali up. Kag, you call T.K down, then you Kari tie up Kag. Both of you need to be in the basement. As for you Kari, there's an exit in the basement. Go out, shut the door and hide"said Katsuya. Kari saw rope and tape all prepared on the floor. "Allright, let's get started"said Katsuya. Kari picked up the rope, Katsuya putting her hands behind her. Kari knew she'd savour this, while Katsuya was in a comeplete buisness like matter. The only thing she wanted was T.K. After binding Katsuya hand and foot. Kag took Alie down into the basement and did the same to her sister. Kag made a quick call, asking T.K to arrive in half an hour then Kari brought her down in the basement and bound Kag hand an foot. Then she had the task and gagging all 3 with tape, then rushed down through the basement door, slamming it shut and slid down to a sitting position against the house, sighing and wiping the sweat off her head. "I hope this works for Katsuya's sake"thought Kari. She gasped out loud when she saw she was sitting in ocean water. "What's going on? Katsuya, Kag, can anyone hear me?"asked Kari. She was hovered over by a black and white sky, surrounded by nothing but freezing water. She stood up, the water raising to her waist. She wrapped herself in her arms but the combined assault of the freezing water and even colder and voscous winds made this a mute gesture at best. "Someone, please help! Anyone?"she asked. A black arm struck through the surface of the water, Kari letting out a huge scream before the entire creature leaped out at her.
T.K kneeled down beside Katsuya immidiately, ripping her gag off. "T.K, oh thank God"she said. "I came here to study, not to play some stupid game"said T.K. "B-but this isn't a game, a burglar came in-
"Katsuya, there aren't any footprints. You think a burglar would've taken his shoes off?"asked T.K. Katsuya was shaken from the inside out, this was not how it was supposed to happen. "I'm going"said T.K. "Wait, at least untie me!"said Katsuya. With an annoyed grunt T.K bent down and undid her wrist bonds before slipping back in his shoes and leaving. When T.K was gone Katsuya sat herself up and began untieing her ankles. "So much for that plan"she said bitterly.
Kari slapped as hard as she could as the creature began dragging her down. The water took away all her force and slowed it down. Considering Kari's allready feeble strength, her struggling was doing nothing. She was becoming echausted, her vision blurring. The water became even colder as she sunk further, a bite from the coldest depths of Hell it felt. Kari was close to passing out, her thoughts were becoming scrambled. "Katsuya, help me"she begged mentaly. She finally went out, her head hung low and her eyes closed shut. Her body began glowing, a spark of light shooting from her body and creating a mass title wave that encompesed the entire depth of the ocean floor. The creature was literaly swallowed away by the tides.
Kari's conciousness quickly began to regain, feeling someone pulling her up to the surface by her shoulders, calling her name. Her whole body felt not a physical warmth but one of the heart, feeling both protected and empowered by the most beautiful and divine force. "KARI!"
She let out a loud moan as she awoke. Her eyes fluttered open, Katsuya and the others were above her. "What happened?"asked Katsuya. Kari rubbed her arms. "Whoa, look at that. Someone grabbed you, who was it?"asked Katsuya. Her memory of the incident was pretty blurry, she could remember a small piece of being pulled down but clearly of being pulled back up. "It's not important, how did things go with T.K?"asked Kari. "He figured out it was a stunt and leaft"said Ali. "That's not important, you look terrible"said Katsuya.("Pick up the apple please")
The three helped her up. "Thanks, but I'm fine, really. I'll see you tomorrow"said Kari. She began staggering forward a bit but soon found the strength to walk normaly. She clutched her chest again, restraining her heart from coming out. Katsuya looked so worried about her!("Pick up the apple please")
As T.K shopped for his mother, all he could think about was Kari. "C'mon T.K, take it nice and slow. Let her get to know you, then maybe you can invite her over"thought T.K.
TBC
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