Tainted Blood
Chapter 3
by. SilverWolf-Ryuki
From Last Chapter...
The blue haired teen sighed deeply. "I have...a confession..."
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All were speechless.
Rei, Lee and Mariah stared at Kai with wide eyes. Lee was the first to speak. "You...you're the..."
"Yeah." Kai replied monotonously.
"Why didn't you tell-?"
Kai laughed bitterly. "If I told you I was a murderer, would you still be my friend? Would you even go NEAR me? I have more senses than to go out on the street and scream out 'I am a murderer and I killed all those people on the first full moon'. It's not like I can choose not to be a monster."
Rei sighed. "It's OK Kai; we won't run away from you or anything. We know you are a friend and do not mean to hurt others, but you cannot help it because Black Dranzer controls you. We'll help you. But did Elder say how we were to protect ourselves?"
"Yeah, you have the Drigger, one of the sacred bit-beasts of China. It will save you and all your people from my evil." Kai said in a voice that almost makes it seem he's mocking himself, and the fact that a dark bit-beast is tainting his blood.
"Oh." Ray said; his head hung slightly as he realized he just made the matter worse.
"Doesn't matter," Kai replied. "When do you want to go? We could stop by my house to pick up necessary equipments and stuff."
"That sounds fine." Mariah nodded. "How are we going to get there?"
Kai frowned and turned his head towards where the plane he came from was. There was nothing there.
A frustrated sigh came from the blue haired teen. "My grandfather hired IDIOTS to work for him."
"I guess we go like this." Lee shrugged. "It doesn't quite make a difference for me. We have what we need to survive right here in the village."
"Alright," Kai plopped down on the grass. "But I'll just stay here and wait."
"Suit yourself." Mariah shrugged and ran off. Ray and Lee followed.
As he watched the others go, his mind wandered to the subject of time. How long will it take before I can find Dranzer? How will Rei find it in the first place? Grandfather did mention something about a tracker...Perhaps Rei can detect the sacred bit-beasts.
The blue haired teen sighed as he lied down on the grass and looked up at the sky. It was blue with specks of white clouds. The sun was hidden, yet when the wind blew the clouds apart, the sun's rays shone upon the Earth. Kai closed his eyes and breathed in the scent of herbs and grass. His ears picked up chirps of birds and the splash of water racing from one end of the stream to the other.
Then, he could hear footsteps and his name being called. Kai opened one eye, and there stood Lee, Rei and Mariah with their bags. They handed one to Kai. "Lets go." Lee announced.
"Hold on, I'm kind of confused." Kai said as he slowly stood up, brushed off pieces of grass, and took the bag they gave to him. "How do you know where Dranzer is?"
"Well..." Rei paused, gathering his thoughts. "I have special senses. Once someone mentions a bit-beast name to me that I have no idea where is, my senses will tell me where it is. I have to know about the bit-beast though. It's kind of like using radar to detect stuff. Elder taught me how to control it."
Kai blinked. "OK..." He said slowly as he looked around. "So, where to?"
Rei pointed towards his left.
"Uh...which country is it in?" Mariah said nervously. "It better not be across the ocean."
"I have NO idea." Rei shrugged. "My senses only tell me if I am getting closer or not."
"Oh that's helpful." Kai grumbled as he started to follow the others, who had started walking already.
Well...at least this time, my companions know as much about survival as I do. Perhaps even more in this foreign country.
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Voltaire closed his eyes and smiled. "Finally, they are on their way."
"Yes, Voltaire, they are. Taking the plane away from them will give them more of a challenge." A violet haired man replied.
"Boris, all you care about is challenge and testing." The older man chuckled.
"I take that as a compliment, Voltaire."
"Take it as you'd like. Right now, I need to make sure nothing they can't handle comes their way. That isn't too much work. After all, he IS my grandson. You've trained him well, Boris, now lets see if he remembers his training..."
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There was no conversation between the 4 teens, as there should be with normal teenagers when they are walking in the forest all by themselves. Then again, they are not normal teenagers. After a cough from one of them, silence fell upon the 4 again. Kai, Mariah, Lee and Rei busied themselves with walking and observing their surroundings so that they aren't lost in any way.
Not that they would be.
After what seemed like forever of walking in a forest climate, they reached a more grassy and flat area. A speck of something was lying on the horizon. Mariah squinted, as did the other three, to see what it is.
"A village?" Kai asked no one in particular. He squinted as his eyes ached from trying to see further than he could.
"Yeah." Mariah replied, for her eyesight was better and she could see properly. "A quite small village. Its kind of unusual, actually."
"You're right..." Lee said to her younger sister. "It feels...dead, even though its so far away."
Rei sensed emptiness and a certain feeling of death from the village. He sighed, not wanting to believe it. "Why don't we get closer to see?"
"Lets." Kai nodded and started to walk towards it. "It won't slow us down will it?"
"No." Rei shook his head. "It's along the way of Dranzer. Plus, maybe we can spend the night there."
Silence took over again as the 4 teens walked over to the village, as the sun was getting low. As they approached, all 4 frowned as a smell reached their nose at almost the same time.
"It's...the smell of death." Kai said quietly as he remembered the scent from all this victims and the smell that lingered on him. "I can feel it...they are all dead."
With that, the blue haired teen ran towards the village grounds with the other three trailing behind him.
The 4 stopped right after they saw a close up of what the village was like. Kai's eyes narrowed as his hands formed into a fist.
In front of them were hundreds of dead bodies that once were alive lying in a pool of their own blood. Blood, both fresh and dry, were sprayed everywhere. Kai walked closer, ignoring the mud under his shoes that were made of dirt and blood. Pieces of flesh were scattered around as birds and wild dogs came to feast upon it. He looked around at the area once again with disbelief.
"Who did this?" He asked no one. "Why?"
"Someone did this...? No way any ordinary human could have done all this. It couldn't have been a war – there are no weapons and all the corps here is from the same village. One can tell easily by their clothing." Lee shook his head with disbelief. "It could have been a herd of animals, but there are no bite marks. Only claw marks and gashes; most of the cuts seems as if someone used a claw to make it."
"Then what could it be?" Mariah demanded. "The animals would have been killed as well. This village must have some weapons of their own. Some animals must have been killed, if it were animals."
"Perhaps..." Rei hesitated. "It was not an animal. Or, not a normal one anyways."
Kai hung his head. "Are there more people like me?"
"Perhaps not like you. Perhaps who attacked this village is a mythical animal, such as a werewolf, or a demon." Rei said firmly.
"Even though..." Mariah said, changing the subject. "Why?"
Unexpectedly, Kai laughed. "Why? Now we know probably who, or what, did this, the answer why is easy. The answer is the desire to kill. Why else would a demon attack a plain old village?"
"Unless..." Rei's eyes widened. "They knew something..."
Silence settled once again among the 4 teenagers.
Then, suddenly, the creak of an opening door made all four of them jump. Quickly, all 4 turned around to face the source of the sound. Kai had managed to grab his knife and hide it in his sleeves, incase the thing tried something. What they saw surprised them.
It was a man, an old man.
TBC...
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Ryuki: Yeah, another chapter. Anyways, this chapter is the start of a twist. Ah shit, I just ruined it for you...oh well. Have fun, and don't forget to review! Yep, the review button is that little purple button on the left bottom. Click it and write a message, then press submit review!