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Chapter 34
Murphy's Law
Chihiro's P.O.V.
"Kohaku!" I sat up, sweat dripping off of my temples.
"I have to leave." I quickly reached for my boots and thrust them on, binding them tightly. I retied my sash and with a twirl, my cape was on. I found my waterskin flask and filled it with the fountain water and stuffed a few things of fruit into my bag. Only one thing was missing.
And he was stretched out at the foot of my bed.
"Beast. Lets go." His tail twitched. Yawning, he slowly got up and walked…
right through the…he…the wall…but…how could he walk…right through…I mean…
Sighing, I stepped right up to it.
"Well, I might as well try it." Closing my eyes, I began to do the unthinkable.
One…two…"Three." I whispered and stepped forward. Only to hit cloth.
"But how?"
"Why the urgency to stay so soon?" I spun around. My heart pounding.
"I'm sorry to be rude, but I must leave. It's a matter of great urgency."
"But the sun is in the sky. You can not hope to cross the desert in broad daylight."
"I have to. Now if you don't mind, will you please show me the way out?"
"I do mind." He crossed his arms.
That jerk…who does he think he is…well…if he won't show me out…than I will make myself a way out…
"That's too bad." I went to walk past him, but he grabbed my waist.
"What are you doing! Let me go!"
"I wish to wed you." He said looking innocently, if not hungrily into my eyes.
"You're a bit late. I'm already married."
"So I've heard, but who's to be the wiser?"
"I will!" I screeched, struggling, pounding, kicking, everything.
He…I think he's going to…actually…force me to marry him…how sick…how dare he…that…that…
And my savior came in the form of a beast, and I couldn't have thought him more beautiful, as he bit the man in the arms, narrowly missing my skin.
But hey…I'm getting rescued…a little cut ain't worth nothin…I jumped down, and out of the room, only to find myself in a larger paradise. A jungle of water and greenery.
Wait…this wasn't here…what's going on…I don't get it…I had to admit the one thing that could mean the difference between my safety and danger (with the possibility of a forced marriage.). I was more lost than I had ever been.
"My darling princess, what are you running from? You have nothing to fear." I jumped and chose a path to run through. I dived past tree's, leapt over small rivers, and knocked over small flowers.
"My darling…my princess…my divinity…"
what the heck…how is it he's so close…I can't see him…but his voice sounds like its right next to my ear…
I ignored the nauseaus feeling in my stomach as chills traveled down my body and I ran faster. My heart pumped, and with every beat I felt my legs push forward.
And then, following Murphy's law, I came to an absolute dead end. Turning to go back, my heart plummeted a thousand feet, and my sweat felt like shards of liquid ice upon my skin.
"My gazelle, you run so fast. Even when you are afraid, your powerful presence radiates the desert."
But…we're in a jungle…not a desert…what is he talking about…He smiled that players smile and sauntered my direction.
What am I to do…what am I going to do…I can't stay like this…I have to run…but where to…
"I see you've found yourself a new playmate fox." The man looked up and the jungle that had been seemed to vanished like ash in the wind.
The jungle…it…so we're really in the desert then…but…how…fox…wait a minute…this pervert is the fox…so much for being trustworthy…
I looked up, and my throat became tight.
"Oh no. As if my day weren't already bad enough" I whimpered. The man called 'fox' looked at me out of the corner of his eye than back.
"What do you want Aikia?" He barked. He looked uneasy, and dangerous.
"I want the girl." Aikia landed on the desert sand, looking as stoic as ever. The cat boy beside him showed more emotion. He sniffed curiously. As he took a step in my direction, Aikia looked down at him sharply. His fur seemed to stiffen slightly. Then he stood back, sulking a little.
"Sorry Aikia. You're going to have to find a date the old fashioned way." Fox shrugged and hoisted me over his shoulder.
"Hey!" I cried in surprise.
"Shut up." He whispered. I fumed a little.
"Kitsune boy, I don't believe you follow my meaning."
Kitsune boy…fox…wait…what if…oh my gosh I've been so blind...how coul I be so stupid…he's a Kitsune…The jungle…it was just an illusion…beast must have known…but…oh dear…things are sooo not making too much sense…"Oh?" He looked over his shoulder nonchalantly. Like a normal guy talking with one of his friends.
"You are so dead. Pulling Illusions like that on me. I'm never forgiving you." I whispered vehemently. He looked almost crestfallen, but I was too angry to care.
"That girl is to be turned over into my possession."
"Sorry, not happening. You see, we are getting married." He grinned madly. Aikia seemed to be thrown a little off at that statement. The little cat seemed to be more angry than surprised.
"You would lower yourself and marry a human?" It was the fox's turn to be thrown back into surprise.
"Human? My little dove is not human." Fox set me on the ground, wrapped on arm around my waist, and pinched my cheek. I elbowed him in the stomach, and he flinched (barely). Aikia grinned.
"Oh but she is." He raised his arms, chanting, a small breeze wandered through. Fox looked nervous, jumpy. He moved to stand in front of me. Aikia's raised both of his arms skyward, forming a triangle with his hands, then jerked it at me. His chant stopped. Nothinging happened. Then I felt tingly. And fainted.
Katsu's POV
"Aikia, what's happening to the girl?" I whispered, looking at the human creature, as she seemed to slump onto the ground and then be caught by invisible hands. The fox boy went to touch her, but was pushed back by a barrier.
"Nothing to harm the wretch. She'll remember nothing."
"What kind of spell did you cast?"
"One that will show her true nature."
One that will show her true nature…I ain't gettinit…if she's human…how can she look even more human…that was stupid…
The girl rose a considerable height into the sky. Cracks formed on her skin. Thin ones, like lines on a breaking crystal. A light shown from those cracks and they grew bigger.
"What? But this can't be!" Aikia stepped back. He flicked his hands quickly and a small dim barrier formed around us.
"What is this for?" Before he answered, the girl blew up. Shards, hard and steely flew into the sand. I yelped and jumped closer to Aikia.
She blew up…and she…but she…it…those…if I weren't so scared…It would be really…cool…
I watched as the last shards rained down and there in the sky was the girl. Only different.
She's glowing…she's freakin glowin like a light bug…"Aikia, is this supposed to be happening? I mean, not that I'm afraid or nothing, but a glowing human in the sky is a bit off the standards, don't you think?"
"Something must have happened to her when her image was lost."
"But what could have caused this?"
"Nothing of this, or the human world."
Aikia's POV
I looked up at the girl in the air as she rose from a fetal position to a standing one. What happened…could my spell have gone wrong…
I looked at everything closely. Examined every detailed thing that happened.
No…I did everything perfect…its that girl…something to do with that girl…I have never come against something so unnatural…
I stared at her. She looked incased in a water bubble, filled with pure light. Her hair fanned out in wisps, and her clothes flapped in the barrier she was held in. Pure white light radiated off of every folicle and pore of her body.
How can this be…what is she…who is this wretch…I had to admit that she was beautiful by all standards. Something about her had changed, more than the light. She looks sharper, clearer.
More…there is no way to describe her…she…just is…Her eyes opened. The brown irises pierced through the skin. The shards that had broken off from her skin, rushed back to her. At the rate they flew, any other would have thought they would kill her, but at the last moment, the shards melded into a second skin. Her eyes closed, the light disappeared, and she fell from the sky like a bird hit with a stone.
The fox caught her in his arms, clutching her tightly to him and stared me down.
"What did you do to her!" He roared.
"I showed you her true nature. It appears you were right. She no longer is human."
"What is it you want of her?"
"She is ruining a few plans that I had finely made." His eyes shined with the wish to kill.
"You know, that look doesn't suit you." The girl trembled, her eyes fluttered. She whispered something, and he back.
"Master Aikia, what are you going to do? He will not give up the girl freely."
Yes…what shall I do…should I kill the Kitsune…maybe let them roam a bit…then when they think they are free…kill him and capture her…no…to direct…what fun would there be in that…how to go about attaining what I want…
Then an idea struck. A plan of cruel irony.
Simply horrible...I love it...Without wasting time, I began to comprise my needed spells.