I'm terribly sorry about not updating in the longest time! School (mainly Calculus) has been keeping me extremely busy. Hopefully things will stat to wind down so that I can update quicker! Sorry!

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Chapter 8: A Looming Past

Lightning flashed. Rain poured down. Thunder shook the house. Alone, in a dark room a scared little girl hid beneath her blankets as the storm grew worse. Finally, when she could no longer bare it, she sprang out of her bed, mumbling the word as she took off down the hall. The little girl threw open the door to his room, waking the father up instantly. An all knowing grin was on his face.
Scared again? he asked making room for her in the bed.
she said defiantly before she jumped at the crash of the thunder.
Of course not. Come on.
Not needing to be told twice, the girl jumped into bed, feeling much safer in her father's arms.
They were both woken up a short while after by an extremely loud noise.
she questioned.
Her father's gaze looked toward the door. He did not reply.
The door opened suddenly, a figure stood in the doorway.
The girl held her breath.
, her father acknowledged.
The girl's brother moved quickly to the father, whispering something into his ear. Her father showed no emotion. Instead, he stood up, opening a case nearby. His sword.
She looked on in fear.
Daddy...what's...what's going on?
She was shoved into the closet.
Stay here. Don't move unless I say so.
Her father closed the closet, leaving her in the darkness.
There was a small hole which she eagerly looked out of.
The crashing noise began again. It was getting closer.
Her brother pulled out his sword as the noise stopped outside her father's room.
In an instant swords clashed. Blood splattered across the floor. There were so many men. They were being attacked! But who would do such a thing?
Mitsuru. So it's you.
Her eldest brother! She was shocked. What was he doing here? Father had shunned him. He was no longer a part of her family.
You'll pay. His voice was full of venom. I'll kill all of you. Then I'll be in charge.
She held back a cry. How could he plan to do such a thing.
The young girl watched in horror as her brother fell. Blood seeped out. He didn't move.
This time she couldn't help it. She erupted into tears, running out of the closet to her brother's body.

Mitsuru looked straight at her. You'll be joining him soon.
A blade was coming down toward her. She closed her eyes, waiting for the cold metal. It never came.

She opened her eye. Her father's sword was protecting her.
He looked at her again.

She didn't need to be again. She followed his gaze to the window and made dash for it. Lunging out the window, she heard the sound of another body hitting the ground.
She turned around. He father was on the ground, his chest covered with blood.
Run! Run Kaoru!
Her brother gave her a sinister smile, and began to walk toward the window.
Kaoru ran.

Kaoru fell out of the bed, almost hitting Misao, who was asleep on a cot. She sat there for the longest time, unable to move.
That dream.
She hadn't had that dream in quite a few years.
I thought it had finally gone away, she murmured to herself.
She never could get over the horrible dream. IT even haunted her during the day. It had finally stopped a year or so ago, and Kaoru thought she would be free from the never ending dream.
Guess not, she said bitterly into the air.
The alarm clocked blinked 3:30 AM. Too early to get up. She had better try to go back to sleep.
Glancing once at Misao, whose arms dangled over the cot, Kaoru reluctantly pulled herself back into bed.
Please, she thought. Please don't let me have that dream again.
Slowly, sleep came to her, but this time, Kaoru was consumed by a different darkness.
In the cot, Misao opened her eyes. Kaoru had woken her up when she hit the ground. It was a scene Misao was used to. Kaoru had never been able to sleep. Poor Kaoru.'
Why did the dreams have to start up again?
Once, Kaoru had confided in Misao. She had told Misao her dreams.
I don't know how she des it. How can Kaoru live like this?'
It was something that made Misao look up to Kaoru even more. She was so strong. At least it seemed that way. Misao couldn't help but think that secretly, it was eating her up inside.

She was walking into darkness. All around her all Kaoru could see was black. Empty nothingness. She began to run, scared that she may never find her way out. Suddenly, a pair of golden eyes shot out of the darkness.

Who are you? she cried out. Her voice was shaky, unclear.
I've been waiting for this day.
She stepped back, scared.
The eyes got closer, and suddenly she was in an abandoned warehouse. It was still too dark to see the owner of the eye though.
What do you want?
Silly girl. The owner of the eyes was now laughing. I want you. Dead.
Kaoru turned around and ran.
That's right. Keep on running Kaoru. Eventually, you'll be out of places to hide. Then I'll get you.
All went black.
Laughter was the only thing that could be heard.
You can never escape Kaoru. Not me. Not your past.

All right. That's the end of this chapter. It is setting the story up for the next big thing that is going to happen. I'll try to update quicker next time. I hope this makes a little sense.

-Les723