Summary: The blood of his parents is haunting him. No one can help him, not even the friends he trusts so much. It's only a matter of time before he breaks down and reveals his secret buried deep inside himself. Dark Horo fic
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Chapter 3! YAY!
Disclaimer: Hell no, I'm not a genius to create such anime.
Set in Horo's POV
"Red"
Chapter three: Unfair
My seal stopped bleeding a few moments ago. I'm resting now, trying to revive some loss blood.
They asked what happened to the mirror. I just said I accidentally dropped it. They took it well. Of course they would. They're a bunch of carefree people. Unlike me. Now I envy them even more.
I heard a soft knock on the door. "Who is it?" I asked.
"Onii-chan, it's me." Pirika. Great. I don't need someone like her right now. But all I can do now is be nice. If I don't, they'll start invading my secret life.
"It's the seal, isn't it?" I heard her say behind the door. So what if it was? It wouldn't matter if she knows. She's my sister after all.
"Seal? What seal?" I sarcastically said.
"Horo-niichan, I know it's the seal. Don't play dumb. You know more than anyone else that the seal was the one that bled this morning." she said.
I stood up, walked towards the door and slid it open (1). I grabbed her wrist and pulled her in. No one is to hear this conversation. And talking to each other via opposite of the door won't help.
"What do you want?" I looked at Pirika.
"I just want to help." she stated. Help? Help me? What can she possibly do to help me in this situation! She doesn't know anything!
"You can't." I narrowed my eyes.
"Why not? I want to help you! I'm your sister, onii-chan! I'm involved in this! I saw you kill our mother!"
"You can't help. No matter how much you want to you just can't. Nobody can. Even if you're my sister you don't know anything about this and you don't have every right to get involved. So what if you saw me kill her? She was nothing to me. I was nothing to her. All she ever did was glare and spit at me like I was trash. And she's not my mother." I hissed at her and all she did was look at me back with shell-shocked eyes. Surprised and frightened I suppose.
"Stay away from me, Pirika. You'll die if you don't. And I don't want that to happen." I sensed a small nod from her before she quietly exited the room. I sighed.
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Anger. It always seems to take over me at times. I could always feel the bloodlust boiling within me whenever I'm angry. It's almost... scary. The urge to kill. The thought of it makes me shiver. Even if I've always been stained with red it still frightens me.
Sometimes, I would always think if everything would be better if I was dead or if I had never existed. Everything may be better. My village would be care free. My parents and my brother would be alive. Pirika would have a family. Things like that. But I'm alive. So everything became vice versa. The village lost many shamans. My family's dead. And my sister is stuck with a demon like me. Things could be all better than this.
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Life is unfair.
He's laughing at me right now. Damn monster. Why can't you just get out of me! Leave me alone and go to hell!
I hate you.
He gave another laugh. It made me quiver.
He's the reason for all this. He made my life miserable. He did everything. He killed everyone. He made me stained with blood.
He is me.
He is an inner me to be precise. A killer. A monster. But he is still me.
The person that takes over me at times. The greedy bastard that took everything away. Wearing a smirk, he slaughtered my family; he killed my future; he sealed my fate. The family who was supposed to love me. The future of a good life. The sealed fate of a demon. And nothing can change that.
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The wind was gently blowing on my face. Leaves were gracefully dancing as it was falling to ground. It was a calm day. A perfect day. I calmly looked out towards the city as I sat on the inn's roof.
I can imagine the people in the conurbation are feeling. They're happy. Most are content with their lives. Some may have problems but they have friends to help out.
Friends. Do I really have them? Sure, I hang out with Yoh, Ren and the others all the time but are they really my friends? I know them but not fully. They know me but they only know my mask. It's a complicated question that I'll find out sooner or later I guess.
I felt a shadow behind me. I turned back and saw Ren.
"What are you doing here?" I asked.
"Same question." he replied and just sat down beside me.
A few silent moments passed. He must be wondering what happened to me. To them I'm always loud and obnoxious. I'm barely quiet in their view. Always saying stuff about me being Shaman King and saving the Korupokurru(sp?). But all I want is to be noticed. To be recognized as whom I am. A person. Not a demon but a person. A person with feelings and emotions. A person that has the freedom to be who he wants to be. That's all I want from them.
"You're quite quiet today..." the Chinese boy said.
"Ren, can I ask you something?" I started.
"Hm?"
"Are your problems with your family difficult nowadays?"
"Not really. My father only is pressuring me a bit about being the Tao heir. Our conflict before is now a thing of the past. Nothing much has happened since. So, not really." he answered.
I stood up, stretched and waved a 'see ya' before jumping down to the land.
"Heh. Lucky you."
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I returned to my room after the little chat with Ren. I sighed. Even the coldest among us in this house's problems are no match for mine. It may just be a way of things.
A few minutes passed and then Yoh called us to the living room. He said it was important.
I went down the stairs and entered the room. Everyone else was already there. The headphone boy was holding some sort of letter.
"Okay guys, you might be wondering what's up. It's this letter." he said. Everyone merely nodded.
"They're holding an all shaman thing because of a tradition. It says here that all shamans that have the oracle bell are required to go to the stated place. So we all have to go."
"Where is this 'stated place' then?" I asked.
"In an ainu village in Hokkaido." Shit.
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A/N
Yay! Chapter three is done! XD It may not be much but at least it's longer than the first and second.
Note/s:
They have sliding doors in the inn... if you didn't know.
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