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Authors Beginning Note: Jeepers! It's getting late, but ah well. Who needs
sleep? Sorry about the delay, my beta reader is unable to beta read at this
time, so I've had to do some more of my own editing.
A new rival; Cina'ed has been 'reborn' amongst and his alliance with Aikia renewed as the promise of being given Enuresis and Rin is made. What new threat does he pose and can Enuresis and Rin stand up to him and his unknown powers?
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Chapter 11
Pain and Visitations
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Voices...I hear voices, but where? Who? Where...where am I? Am I dead? No...I don't think so, but why can't I see anything? Pain! Oh! Ow! It hurts so bad. Somebody please help me. It hurts. It hurts so much. Kohaku! Where are you? Please...I...I need you. Please.
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"Aikia! Blast you man. When are we going to be there?" Came Cina'ed's gruff voice. For the millionth time. I swear! He should be grateful to even be able to walk around someplace more than a cell. Not only that, I even gave him his powers back. I almost wish that Chihiro's tag along brats WOULD kill him.
"Aikia! You've been ignoring me for most of the day. I'm tired, hungry and yearning for some ale and women. The next pub we cross by, we stop there, cause I ain't movin any farther." Hmm, the next pub...that was five miles East ago. Oh well. The next one can't be too far. Unless of course I choose to take a detour.
"Aikia! Where exactly are we headed? Especially in the thick of this accursed desert!" Then again, the next pub it is. If only to be rid of him for a few hours! He is more obnoxious than...than...Oh! I don't know what. Good riddance if he drinks himself to death.
"Aikia!"
"Will you shut up!"? I yelled whirling upon him, maybe not for the first time today, and surely not the last. He smirked.
"A bit tight in the shorts are we?" I snarled.
"I easily stripped you of your powers 15 years a go, I am just as capable of doing so now."
"True, true, but you'll be needin me to take care of a few problems with yur woman, so's I heard." He said rubbing his chin mockingly.
"No. I could just as easily take care of them myself, how ever I have more pressing matters and do not wish to waste my time." I said more composedly. Please let there be Arfagones for sale in the next town. Not cheap, being they're so fast and definitely better than most transportation, but a little bit of forceful negotiations can go a long ways.
"Aikia!"
"I thought I told you to..."
"No look!" He yelled cutting me off. I reluctantly looked in the direction he was eagerly pointing in.
"Whoopee! There be a town in the horizon. And where there's a town, there's the local pub, and where's there's a pub, there's drink and bounds of beautiful women." He said giving another whoop of excitement and nearly ran all the way there. Now if only he'd move as fast getting to that old Hag Zeniiba's place. I put a barrier keeping those two in place for a few days, but I'd rather not take the chances.
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Wait...who am I? I knew...once...but now? Wait...I-I come from Japan...yah. No...I came from Japan...and I traveled somewhere. I remember Haku, no...that's not right. A river. There's a river. Wait. There's a ring on my finger. I-I'm married to Nigihayami Kohaku Nushi...but isn't that a river? Yes it is. I'm married to a river? No...he's a river spirit...who-who came from the bath house that Yubaaba used to rule over and my name is Sen...no, that was a nickname. Yubaaba stole it from me. My real name is... *** ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ***
"Hey there hot sugar. Why don't you come and have some fun?" Came a woman's seductive voice. A woman of about 20 showing off her more than a descent share of silver skin and her pale blue hair fell into her sapphire eyes. From the guess of it, she's probably a water nymph.
"Be gone woman. If you're looking for fun go join him over there." I said pointing to Cina'ed over in the corner flirting with more than a share of women.
"Aw...but you're so much cuter." She pouted slipping her hand behind my neck and started to trail her long nails through my hair. This is getting irritating.
"Pweese?" She said barely inches from me, in which I shoved her clear across the room where she lay slumped in an unconscious slumber. The other women looked distressedly towards me. Like I care. The more fear the better.
"Aikia man! What'd you do that for? She was a perfectly fine (hiccup) whore. Not bein picky are ya?" I sneered in disgust at all the women draping from his arms scantily clothed and at his obviously drunken state.
"I'll be back later." I said irritatedley and heard him talking like a fool to the wenches around him. Maybe I should have just kept us in the desert. I walked out into the streets, choosing to go unnoticed. People passed by me without even knowing. I looked up at the rising moons. Psh. Can't wait to destroy them and this filthy world with it.
"Excuse me sir." I looked down as I felt someone tugging on my pants and spotted a small twelve-year-old boy with dark bronze skin and black hair.
"What? I don't have time to waste on children." I said and walked by but was soon interrupted in my continuing as he followed.
"Sir. Please wait. I-I is lost." I stopped and bent eye level to him noticing his blue cat eyes, black triangular ears and sharp claws.
"Oh really now. Tell me why I care?" I sneered in his face. Tears of a light blue began to fall.
"Please. I need to find my sister. I'm lost and I need to find her. She said she would be by the Apple vendor but I waited and waited and she never came so I wandered off and I got lost and..." I laughed. I laughed a harsh cruel mockers laugh right in his face as more tears poured down and hit the dry rough sand.
"Tell ya what kid. You're better off without her. She probably left for some guy that was making eyes at her." His eyes widened.
"She would never do that!" I sneered at his naievity.
"Sure she would. She's probably clear across three villages from here completely forgetting you're existence. She doesn't love you. She doesn't care. And for that matter. I don't either. Now scram!" I yelled in his face. He stood there shocked as I walked off. Good riddance. I quickly made my way past the stupid urchins and disintegrated a few pick pocketers as I passed through a couple of ally ways and ended up in my room at the pub, where I soon laid down. Really now. I am too generous for my own good. Giving that kid such helpful advice. I should start charging for wasting my effort like that.
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"No! Make it stop!" I screamed burning my throat as thousands of memories flooded my head in a flash of bright purple light. It hurts! No! It's too much! Make it stop! Someone! Please! ANYONE! It hurts! It hurts more than anything! Please stop! Just stop!
"Kohaku!" I screamed even louder. My arms! I can't move my arms! Where am I! No! Make it stop! It hurts too much! It's too much at once! Slow down! Tears burned my eyes and cheeks. Why does it hurt so much! Why! Why me! My body went slack as darkness consumed me. *** ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ***
"Aikia." I jumped into the air and unsheathed a hidden dagger in my belt. A wicked laughter rang through as the image of a woman appeared. I slowly placed my feet onto the floor and faced Ahrima.
"What do you want?" I snarled.
"There seems to be a problem."
"Problem?" Gee, imagine that.
"Look." She said showing me her mirror as she brought it out from within the small pouch she keeps it in. It enlarged and soon I was able to see images and hear sounds that Ahrima enabled me to listen to.
"Chihiro!" gasped out Kohaku. His eyes flung open and rolled back as green light surrounded him and disappeared, but not into the crystals. How can that be? The spells? He stayed like this for quite some time before mumbling something that not even I could hear, and went completely slack as if he were already dead.
"Where did it all go?" I asked. She looked at me sharply.
"I do not know. It couldn't be to the girl, she's dead." I shook my head.
"What? You don't think so? You even watched her with your own two eyes."
"Yes, but what if she somehow survived? More importantly how can he release his energy out like that? Aren't there spells that lock it into place?"
"Some of the most powerful. You know that. Quite being so stupid Aikia." She hissed. I glared but did nothing but pace. I sighed. This is an enigma and quite a large one at that. I must admit that even I like a puzzle that needs to be solved once in a while, but only when I am the Cheshire cat who knows the answers to the troublesome riddles that befuddle even some of the most wise of men. This is a bit of an unexpected twist. Hmm. I waved at Ahrima in a dismissive manner.
"I'm heading in that direction anyways to get rid of the two spirits that followed Chihiro anyway, I see no more work if I check the rubble for the girls tattered remains." I said nonchalantly.
"You had better take care of the problem Aikia. And before you come back, make sure to do something about that pig that follows you." She said slowly disappearing as if a wind had erased her very existence. I sighed and lay down. Things are not going as smoothly as planned. Oh well. Just a minor hiccup to take care of. Nothing to worry about. I flopped onto my temporary bed, agitated at the rude awakening and fell asleep.
*** ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ *** Authors Ending Note: Whoa! Look at that. Well, not exactly too long, compared to some chapters that I've been dealing with, but good I think.
You know what, my semi-beta reader told me my story was boring! I was like wa? I felt like hey, hold on a minute! This is boring? Well, anyway, besides that!
Next chapter I'll be having a few shout outs posted! (Whoa! Are you kidding? This author never has shout outs! Who hit her over the head with a salmon?) Yes, a rare event. I think I should do it more often!
Chihiro seems to be having trouble sticking with things as her head is being drilled with memories and she's even forgotten where she is. She's trapped and in pain. If someone doesn't find her soon, she might even be dead. On top of that, something unexplainable is happening with Kohaku as his power's leash out and threatens to completely destroy the spells that hold him there.
A new rival; Cina'ed has been 'reborn' amongst and his alliance with Aikia renewed as the promise of being given Enuresis and Rin is made. What new threat does he pose and can Enuresis and Rin stand up to him and his unknown powers?
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Chapter 11
Pain and Visitations
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Voices...I hear voices, but where? Who? Where...where am I? Am I dead? No...I don't think so, but why can't I see anything? Pain! Oh! Ow! It hurts so bad. Somebody please help me. It hurts. It hurts so much. Kohaku! Where are you? Please...I...I need you. Please.
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"Aikia! Blast you man. When are we going to be there?" Came Cina'ed's gruff voice. For the millionth time. I swear! He should be grateful to even be able to walk around someplace more than a cell. Not only that, I even gave him his powers back. I almost wish that Chihiro's tag along brats WOULD kill him.
"Aikia! You've been ignoring me for most of the day. I'm tired, hungry and yearning for some ale and women. The next pub we cross by, we stop there, cause I ain't movin any farther." Hmm, the next pub...that was five miles East ago. Oh well. The next one can't be too far. Unless of course I choose to take a detour.
"Aikia! Where exactly are we headed? Especially in the thick of this accursed desert!" Then again, the next pub it is. If only to be rid of him for a few hours! He is more obnoxious than...than...Oh! I don't know what. Good riddance if he drinks himself to death.
"Aikia!"
"Will you shut up!"? I yelled whirling upon him, maybe not for the first time today, and surely not the last. He smirked.
"A bit tight in the shorts are we?" I snarled.
"I easily stripped you of your powers 15 years a go, I am just as capable of doing so now."
"True, true, but you'll be needin me to take care of a few problems with yur woman, so's I heard." He said rubbing his chin mockingly.
"No. I could just as easily take care of them myself, how ever I have more pressing matters and do not wish to waste my time." I said more composedly. Please let there be Arfagones for sale in the next town. Not cheap, being they're so fast and definitely better than most transportation, but a little bit of forceful negotiations can go a long ways.
"Aikia!"
"I thought I told you to..."
"No look!" He yelled cutting me off. I reluctantly looked in the direction he was eagerly pointing in.
"Whoopee! There be a town in the horizon. And where there's a town, there's the local pub, and where's there's a pub, there's drink and bounds of beautiful women." He said giving another whoop of excitement and nearly ran all the way there. Now if only he'd move as fast getting to that old Hag Zeniiba's place. I put a barrier keeping those two in place for a few days, but I'd rather not take the chances.
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Wait...who am I? I knew...once...but now? Wait...I-I come from Japan...yah. No...I came from Japan...and I traveled somewhere. I remember Haku, no...that's not right. A river. There's a river. Wait. There's a ring on my finger. I-I'm married to Nigihayami Kohaku Nushi...but isn't that a river? Yes it is. I'm married to a river? No...he's a river spirit...who-who came from the bath house that Yubaaba used to rule over and my name is Sen...no, that was a nickname. Yubaaba stole it from me. My real name is... *** ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ***
"Hey there hot sugar. Why don't you come and have some fun?" Came a woman's seductive voice. A woman of about 20 showing off her more than a descent share of silver skin and her pale blue hair fell into her sapphire eyes. From the guess of it, she's probably a water nymph.
"Be gone woman. If you're looking for fun go join him over there." I said pointing to Cina'ed over in the corner flirting with more than a share of women.
"Aw...but you're so much cuter." She pouted slipping her hand behind my neck and started to trail her long nails through my hair. This is getting irritating.
"Pweese?" She said barely inches from me, in which I shoved her clear across the room where she lay slumped in an unconscious slumber. The other women looked distressedly towards me. Like I care. The more fear the better.
"Aikia man! What'd you do that for? She was a perfectly fine (hiccup) whore. Not bein picky are ya?" I sneered in disgust at all the women draping from his arms scantily clothed and at his obviously drunken state.
"I'll be back later." I said irritatedley and heard him talking like a fool to the wenches around him. Maybe I should have just kept us in the desert. I walked out into the streets, choosing to go unnoticed. People passed by me without even knowing. I looked up at the rising moons. Psh. Can't wait to destroy them and this filthy world with it.
"Excuse me sir." I looked down as I felt someone tugging on my pants and spotted a small twelve-year-old boy with dark bronze skin and black hair.
"What? I don't have time to waste on children." I said and walked by but was soon interrupted in my continuing as he followed.
"Sir. Please wait. I-I is lost." I stopped and bent eye level to him noticing his blue cat eyes, black triangular ears and sharp claws.
"Oh really now. Tell me why I care?" I sneered in his face. Tears of a light blue began to fall.
"Please. I need to find my sister. I'm lost and I need to find her. She said she would be by the Apple vendor but I waited and waited and she never came so I wandered off and I got lost and..." I laughed. I laughed a harsh cruel mockers laugh right in his face as more tears poured down and hit the dry rough sand.
"Tell ya what kid. You're better off without her. She probably left for some guy that was making eyes at her." His eyes widened.
"She would never do that!" I sneered at his naievity.
"Sure she would. She's probably clear across three villages from here completely forgetting you're existence. She doesn't love you. She doesn't care. And for that matter. I don't either. Now scram!" I yelled in his face. He stood there shocked as I walked off. Good riddance. I quickly made my way past the stupid urchins and disintegrated a few pick pocketers as I passed through a couple of ally ways and ended up in my room at the pub, where I soon laid down. Really now. I am too generous for my own good. Giving that kid such helpful advice. I should start charging for wasting my effort like that.
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"No! Make it stop!" I screamed burning my throat as thousands of memories flooded my head in a flash of bright purple light. It hurts! No! It's too much! Make it stop! Someone! Please! ANYONE! It hurts! It hurts more than anything! Please stop! Just stop!
"Kohaku!" I screamed even louder. My arms! I can't move my arms! Where am I! No! Make it stop! It hurts too much! It's too much at once! Slow down! Tears burned my eyes and cheeks. Why does it hurt so much! Why! Why me! My body went slack as darkness consumed me. *** ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ***
"Aikia." I jumped into the air and unsheathed a hidden dagger in my belt. A wicked laughter rang through as the image of a woman appeared. I slowly placed my feet onto the floor and faced Ahrima.
"What do you want?" I snarled.
"There seems to be a problem."
"Problem?" Gee, imagine that.
"Look." She said showing me her mirror as she brought it out from within the small pouch she keeps it in. It enlarged and soon I was able to see images and hear sounds that Ahrima enabled me to listen to.
"Chihiro!" gasped out Kohaku. His eyes flung open and rolled back as green light surrounded him and disappeared, but not into the crystals. How can that be? The spells? He stayed like this for quite some time before mumbling something that not even I could hear, and went completely slack as if he were already dead.
"Where did it all go?" I asked. She looked at me sharply.
"I do not know. It couldn't be to the girl, she's dead." I shook my head.
"What? You don't think so? You even watched her with your own two eyes."
"Yes, but what if she somehow survived? More importantly how can he release his energy out like that? Aren't there spells that lock it into place?"
"Some of the most powerful. You know that. Quite being so stupid Aikia." She hissed. I glared but did nothing but pace. I sighed. This is an enigma and quite a large one at that. I must admit that even I like a puzzle that needs to be solved once in a while, but only when I am the Cheshire cat who knows the answers to the troublesome riddles that befuddle even some of the most wise of men. This is a bit of an unexpected twist. Hmm. I waved at Ahrima in a dismissive manner.
"I'm heading in that direction anyways to get rid of the two spirits that followed Chihiro anyway, I see no more work if I check the rubble for the girls tattered remains." I said nonchalantly.
"You had better take care of the problem Aikia. And before you come back, make sure to do something about that pig that follows you." She said slowly disappearing as if a wind had erased her very existence. I sighed and lay down. Things are not going as smoothly as planned. Oh well. Just a minor hiccup to take care of. Nothing to worry about. I flopped onto my temporary bed, agitated at the rude awakening and fell asleep.
*** ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ *** Authors Ending Note: Whoa! Look at that. Well, not exactly too long, compared to some chapters that I've been dealing with, but good I think.
You know what, my semi-beta reader told me my story was boring! I was like wa? I felt like hey, hold on a minute! This is boring? Well, anyway, besides that!
Next chapter I'll be having a few shout outs posted! (Whoa! Are you kidding? This author never has shout outs! Who hit her over the head with a salmon?) Yes, a rare event. I think I should do it more often!
Chihiro seems to be having trouble sticking with things as her head is being drilled with memories and she's even forgotten where she is. She's trapped and in pain. If someone doesn't find her soon, she might even be dead. On top of that, something unexplainable is happening with Kohaku as his power's leash out and threatens to completely destroy the spells that hold him there.