Haunted
Eighth Haunting:
Krad tensed up then blinked, and blinked again as he stared at the Kuro-kaze right in the eye.
"It's a fake." He stated calmly.
Dark stared at him, "How can you tell?"
The blonde shrugged, "Maybe this..."
He pulled the blinds for a nearby window and there was another demon staring at them. Krad looked bored and walked around the demon and into the rain, Dark gulped whimpered, "Kkkrrraaaddd...."
A pale hand reached out from the side of the demon, "Come on, stop being such a wuss."
"I'm not a wuss!" But he grabbed Krad's hand anyways, and he held his breath and closed his eyes while the blonde pulled him outside.
The second he felt raindrops hit him, Dark opened his eyes, he saw Krad standing in front of him, "...you can let go now..."
Dark looked down, he was still holding Krad's hand, he let go, "I don't get it..."
"Nani?"
"Why the hell did it send fakes? And how the hell did you know?"
Krad headed down the street, "No idea, this isn't the right time to be thinking of logical reasons, come on already!"
"Never thought I'd hear that from you, oi! Wait up! Krad! You asshole!"
The two ran down the street, rain pounding against them, they went down a couple of blocks until Krad slowed up and stopped in front of a house. Dark caught up with him, out of breath, he looked up then for a moment, he couldn't breathe out of pure shock. They stood in front of a huge mansion-like building, it was dark and eerie, normally, Dark wouldn't mind big houses, but it looked plain creepy at night.
"This is creepy boy's house..."
"Oh well then, he's in danger, wouldn't you know it? Why else are we here? To watch him die?" Krad rolled his eyes.
"...so now what? You're just going to barge into his house or something?"
"Yea sure, why not?"
"Because...what if someone catches us?"
"Didn't you tell me that he lived alone?"
"No, well yes, but his dad visits him sometimes, and what about the neighbors!?"
"It's three something in the morning, who could possibly be up?"
"Us?"
"Anyone else?"
"Ummmm..."
"Okay, I'll just take that as a no, come on Romeo, you can stay out here as long as you want I'm going in."
The blonde walked up to the door and twisted the doorknob, the front door swung open. Cold air rushed out blowing Krad's hair back.
"...isn't this a cheery place?"
Dark followed him into the hall, the house was horribly bare, as though no one was living in it, there were only a couple pieces of furniture here and there. They went around the main floor, first entering the living room which only had couches, a clock which ticked really loudly and a really dusty TV, otherwise, bare.
"Aren't there any lights around here?"
"Apparently not, there isn't much to trip over."
"Yup...we're getting the place all wet you know that?"
"Oh well."
Then they went into the kitchen which looked a little more in use, there wasn't much dust, it was just like any other kitchen, except it was really dark, they walked to the next room which was empty, it was just a empty black room, the last room on the main floor was also empty with the exception of the stairways. There were stairs going up, and stairs going down.
"Let's-"
"Iie! I know what you're going to say! It's just like in that horror movie! They split up because one of them suggested the brilliant idea and they all DIED!"
"...you've been watching way too much horror films for one night," He glanced at the clock hanging in the living room, on Dark, think about Niwa, if Hiwatari dies then..."
He didn't have to go on, Krad knew he was putting Dark through a guilt trip, "Well...
"...I call upstairs, people usually die downstairs..."
"The people died upstairs..."
"Really!?"
"Whatever, let's go, meet here in a bit."
And with that Krad headed downstairs, Dark watched the blonde hair disappear down the steps.
"Damn him...why did he have to mention Daisuke...this sucks..." Dark sighed and headed up the stairs, "Come to think of it...when was the last time I heard Krad swear? I think it was last week..."
Upstairs wasn't much different from the main floor, dark eerie, so...so Satoshi-like somehow, Dark gulped and peeped in the first room, nothing there, so he opened the door with a creak and looked inside. A single window covered by curtains, lightning flashed outside, and for a second Dark could see bookshelves all around with a single chair in the middle of the room with a pair of white wings, only one of the wings looked like it was burnt or something. Lightning flashed and thunder rolled again, Dark jumped, his violet eyes widened and he became for alert, he could make out an axe shape embedded in the chair, he walked over to it, a sense of seriousness took over him. He ran his hand over the axe and it started glowing.
"Whoa...a weapon with a flashlight built in...hope creepy boy won't mind me breaking his chair...maybe I shouldn't...nah who'll notice? It's only a chair..."
He started picking at the axe's handle until he could grab it, he tugged at it and soon it came loose, seconds later the chair collapsed into a heap of rubble.
Dark sweatdropped, "...that wasn't suppose to happen," Then he looked at the glowing axe and shrugged, "oh well at least now I have light."
He trudged down the hall and into the room furthest away, it was Satoshi's room, there was nothing but a bed with a blanket on it. He felt a twang of guilt strike him, out of the four of them, Daisuke had always been the luckiest, having his parents around and all, his and Krad's traveled around the world only visiting them once or twice every couple of years, they had gotten use to it since that's how it was ever since they were old enough to write down the alphabets, Dark's parents were more hesitant when they left for the first time, he still remembered how he waved them off with a smile on, it hurt like a bitch.
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"Dark, dear, are you sure you're going to be alright? We could stay longer if you want..."
Dark smiled and shook his head not trusting his voice.
"Are you sure?"
"I'll be fine Kaa-chan, Tou-chan, go and have a good time." His voice surprised even himself.
'Please...just go, I'm not sure how much longer I can hold back...'
The mother hesitated, he bent down and kissed him on the head, "Thank you Dark-chan, you don't know what this means to your father and me. Take care, love you."
"Aa...I love you too."
His father hugged him before heading to the door, Dark could see the cab waiting outside, "We'll send money over every month, see you Dark, take care."
Dark smiled as his mother turned back again, "Are you sure you're going to be alright?"
"Yea, don't worry about me! I'll be fine!"
His parents got into the cab, they waved at him, and he waved back with a smile, when he went inside, he closed the door and hugged himself. He slid to the floor drawing his knees up, finally he couldn't hold back anymore and he started crying. Honestly, he didn't want them to go, he wanted them to stay with him forever, he just wanted to hug them and beg them not to go...
"Kyu?"
Dark looked up at his rabbit, "With..."
He hugged his pet and cried, "Kyu..."
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Dark always felt lucky compared to the blonde, Krad had told him several times with a shrug how his parents simply left to pursue their dream, unlike Dark, he didn't get a say in it. The first time the blonde told him, he said everything as though it didn't matter or hurt. It wasn't hard to figure out that he was lying, after all Krad never was that good a liar.
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"Krad, we're going now, you know how to cook so make something for yourself when you get hungry okay?"
"...kay." He shrugged.
"Krad Hikari! Oh you don't know what this means to us!"
'It means more than me...'
"Krad? Are you alright?"
The blonde looked up at the mention of his name, "Aa..."
"Alright then, we'll send checks every now and then alright?"
Krad nodded and watched his parents leave, after the taxi was out of site, the blonde slammed the door and glared at it, "Fucking assholes...I hope you never come back..."
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"What!?"
"Huh?"
"Your parents left just like that!? How could they!?"
"Hn, they did and they're still gone, it's simple."
"Simple?"
"Yea, they simply thought that going to wherever they went was more important than me." The blonde shrugged.
Dark wasn't fooled he could see the misery in those golden hues, "That's not true!"
Krad snorted, "Then what is?"
"They so do care about you!"
"As if...why else would they leave like that? ...I wouldn't mind if they didn't come back." The last words came out in a whisper.
"That's not true Krad, and you know it."
"Know what? That I'm an abandoned child? I knew that for quite awhile now incase you haven't noticed. At least your parents cared, mine just left without a goodbye or anything."
"You didn't want them to leave! Damn it Krad stop telling yourself that they don't care about you, they do! It's not like you're alone or anything! I'm here! I care about you too!"
The blonde's eyes widened and tears started rolling down his cheek, "N-nani?"
The next thing Dark knew he was hugging Krad as the blonde cried, it was the first time he had ever seen him cry.
'Krad...'
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Dark's head snapped up as he heard a crash coming from the basement, "...shit, Krad's in the basement...Krad!"
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The blonde went down the stairs, it was pitch black down there, Krad had to move around by following the walls. But that was fixed soon enough, there was a dull red light coming from a room far down the hall, as Krad approached it, it became chillier, the blonde wrapped his arms around himself to stop shivering, he looked in the room, there was the demon, smiling that cruel smile and holding Satoshi by the neck against the wall, the blue haired boy was struggling frantically, Krad's eyes widened.
'Hiwatari! Crap!' Krad took a little step forward.
The Kuro-kaze's snapped its attention to Krad, it dropped Satoshi who fell unconscious and moved towards the blonde. Krad didn't get a chance to move, the next the he knew, he was thrown against a wall causing a loud crash, the demon's claws wrapped around his neck. The blonde cough and glared at the red-eyed demon, he desperately tried to pull the class away from his neck to no avail.
"Kuso..."
Krad felt something grow warmer and warmer within him, soon it got uncomfortable, so he struggled more trying to the Kuro-kaze's claws off of him. Soon his vision started to blur, he could see the demon smiling at him, sinister red eyes gleaming, his arm lost it's strength and dropped, it took a bit of effort to breathe with his throat clenched so tightly, he went limp under the demon's hold.
"Krad!"
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"Damn it, I can't believe I got detention like that..."
'What? Aren't I dead or something?'
"Fucking bastard."
Krad turned around and saw a very familiar boy walking and grumbling towards the far wall, 'That's Hiroki! Isn't he dead? ...don't tell me I'm dead...'
"I almost had the bag too..."
'Wait...didn't that happen last week?'
"Kuso..."
'...wait! Damn it! Don't go over there you idiot! Fuck! Can't he hear me?'
The boy looked around feeling a cold presence surround him, he got scared and backed up against the wall, only making it easier for the predator. Krad stood right beside him helplessly. Soon the boy was slammed brutally against the wall by an invisible force, only the glowing red gems were seen, soon accompanied by that wicked smile filled with sharp, deadly fangs. Krad's eyes widened as he watched Hiroki's death. The boy squirmed, terrified, tears rolled down his cheeks, soon he had a blush on his face. Krad was afraid he knew what was about to happen, he felt sick. The boy started panting for air, he tried to scream but only hot air came out, more tears came down, then it all happened so fast, everything just blew up in the blonde's face. Krad only realized what happen when the blood splattered all over him, he couldn't tell what was real and what wasn't anymore, all he knew was that he was disgusted by the blood, Hiroki's blood, now splattered all over the wall, him and the demon, but the demon simply smiled as though something delightful just happened. There was a metallic taste in his mouth, it made him want to throw up, but the torture didn't end yet.
'The taste of blood...this is sickening...'
Krad was dragged along to the courtyard, it was raining, he knew what was going to happen, he didn't want to watch but for some reason he couldn't look away.
"I'll catch up with you guys kay? I'm just going to put the ball away!"
"Kay! You better hurry up Kyou!"
"I will!"
"Hm...I wonder if that nii-chan's okay, the soccer ball hit him pretty hard..."
The boy ran into the storage room with the soccer ball in hand, as he was running towards the gate, again, he was slammed into the walls. Kyou struggled against his unseen enemy, as his face heated up, he tried to scream only to have blood come out his throat, he coughed blood everywhere. Krad felt drops of blood trickle down his face, the Kuro-kaze's smile grew wider. There was blood getting mixed along with tears making the boy look like he was crying blood, then it came out of his ears, it disgusted Krad to no end. Then as though it turned slow motion, just so the blonde could see every single detail, Kyou's body split open, his stomach ripping open along with his head, all the protected organs blew up, the bones shattered into ashes and dust, after that, Kyou ceased to exist in the world, after horrible minutes that seemed like decades of raising body heat, everything suddenly stopped and he was painted against the walls. The demons licked its claw clean and smiled directly at Krad. The blonde paled and tried to take a step back. Then everything disappeared, the school, the courtyard, and the blood, they were all replaced by darkness, glowing red symbols appeared next to the floating red gems which continued to look right through him.
/Did you enjoy the show?/ Krad read in his head.
'You can't talk...'
/You can read./
'You're disgusting.'
/And I even slowed down the best part for you to see, did you see the expression on his face?/
He did, Kyou's face was twisted in pain and agony as blood tears kept on leaking out of his eyes, Krad clenched his fist, 'You monster...'
/Demon./
'...they never did anything!'
/No...I just felt like it...it was endlessly entertaining./
A jagged deep dry laugh was heard, the blonde wanted to run.
/You can't escape me, you can't escape your fate./
'I can try.'
/Just like you tried to escape by telling yourself how much you hated your parents./
'What!? How did you-!?'
/How do I know? I know many things boy./
/Hm? You know, you're such a pretty human, very much like that "Dark"./
Krad's eyes widened as he looked up to meet the demon's eyes, 'Leave Dark out of this you bastard!'
/Very protective over the boy are you?/
/I'll show you what he will be soon, along with the other elements.../
'Elements?'
The scenery flashed to Dark being strangled by the demon, it all seemed so real that Krad dropped to his knees, 'Dark...'
The demon laughed, soon the scene was flickered to Daisuke, then Satoshi all going through the same torment the boys went through.
'Niwa and Hiwatari...you're going to kill them all!?'
Everything disappeared he was left alone with the demon, he tensed up, 'Why the hell can't I move!? Kuso! Why am I here!?'
/How can you be sure you're even here?/
'Nani!?'
/For all you know, you could be dead./
'Don't give me this crap.'
/Soon.../
'What!?'
The background flashed to three other people being tormented to no end by the Kuro-kaze, Krad stared in shock. 'Thats-!'
/Goodbye Krad Hikari./
Then everything went black.
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