Chapter Fourteen: To Heaven's Cross
I wanted to say something, but I couldn't. My voice was hitched and I wanted to scream. However all I could do was listen. She was polluting my mind. I don't understand; part of me wants to speak to her and the other part wanted to kill her.
I was confused. I watched as the image of Bichson and the others faded away. My eyes turned to Kaori and asked, "Why wait one week? Can't we just attack them now and just kill them all?"
Kaori turned around and smiled. Then she answered me, "Why that's because in one week my powers of darkness shall be at their highest peak, and this way, we can make them suffer."
She was evil, I could tell. Her heart was probably as black as mine. I didn't know what to do.
I was left alone with Hotori. He turned to me and smiled. "I'll take you to your room Tanya-koi."
I blushed immediately at his nickname for me and answered, "Don't call me that." I heard him chuckle and he retorted, "What if I want to? I think you look so cute when you're blushing." I looked up at him to snap back only to meet his lips in a kiss.
I was caught off guard so I didn't know what to do. His kiss was sweet and intoxicating, but I knew it was poison.
After a while he stopped with the kissing and took me to my room and kissed my hand good night. Then he left. I didn't know what to do, what to think, or what to say.
I slipped into some clothes that had been on the bed and fell asleep almost instantly.
Dream
A little girl the age of five sat on a swing while a boy pushed her forward. Their laughter rang through out the backyard.
The little boy smiled and asked, "Tanya, what do you want to be when you grow up?"
The little girl looked at the little boy and said, "I don't know. I just want to be with you Sylis!" With that said the Tanya jumped off the swing and ran to hug Sylis.
Sylis held Tanya in his arms and said, "I love you Tanya," then asked a very surprising question, "Will you marry me when we grow up?"
Tanya looked up and him and grinned, "Of course!"
End of Dream
In Suna
Sylis paced back and forth. He didn't know what to do. He was confused, he was hurt, he was devastated, but most of all…he was heartbroken.
Tanya may not have known it, but he loved her very much and he still wanted to marry her.
His eyes turned to the two gods who were arguing with his best friend, Bichson. He didn't know how Tanya just assumed that he was in love nor had any kind of boyfriend/girlfriend relationship with her, but he just wanted this to all stop. He did realize that ever since he met Bibi that he had stopped spending time with Tanya because he was so preoccupied with taking care of Bichson.
His head really hurt from all this thinking. 'Where's an Advil when you need one?'
He sighed and wondered what Tanya was doing right now. He began to worry about her. There was something the others didn't know about Tanya; something Tanya didn't even know herself, but he knew.
"Guys, I have something to tell ya'll."
Everyone looked at him and walked over. Mika asked, "What's the matter man?" Sylis sighed and said, "There's something important I should have told you guys, and I should have told Tanya when I first learned this."
Bibi was in the arms of that guy, Sasuke. He didn't really approve of his best friend going out with this psycho hell bent on revenge or anything, but if he made her happy then he was okay with it.
Jake was watching me intently and his eyes were filled with pain. Jake was practically Tanya's brother. He loved her a lot.
Tyler was heartbroken as well. He loved Tanya like no else did. It was a strange relationship between the two of them.
Mika looked like she was going to break down and cry. She always was the one with weak emotions. She could never not cry when something sad happened.
I sighed and looked to everyone. "When I was little, I hung around with Tanya a lot and one day, I began to notice things. Every now and then, she would space off and then she would come up to me and ask me weird things. One day I was at the doctor's office for a check up and I asked the doctor if there was some kind of sickness like that, and the doctor answer me this, 'There is only one kind of sickness that pertains to the kind of symptoms you have described to me and that is schizophrenia. It is a mental illness where you hear things that people can't hear and you think there is another voice in your heard.'"
"So Tanya is a schizoid?" Jake asked a little bit confused.
Bibi spoke up, "You mean you knew this whole time and you never told her or us? I mean you could have told her and we probably wouldn't even be in this predicament! She could have been helped!" She tore herself from Sasuke's grasp and stormed up to Sylis yelling things.
Jake, Mika, and Tyler watched as their best friends got into an argument over this and yell back and forth at each other. Mika didn't know what to do and just started crying. Jake helped his girlfriend by holding her. That was all he could do anyways.
"Well I didn't know what to do!"
Bibi glared at him and yelled back, "You could have told someone! When one of your friends are mentally ill like that, you don't just keep it a secret!"
Sylis was shocked at what she said and retorted, "Well it's not like you would have known what to do! I mean look at you, you've kept secrets between us like this damned situation and never once did you ever to think to tell us about all this shit!"
"Don't go turning things on me! This is about Tanya and you! You didn't do shit after you found out about her sickness! I bet you the damn doctor asked you if you knew anyone with that type of illness and you said no!"
"What the hell would you know Bichson! You know what, I just wish we never met you! At least then Tanya would still be here!"
Bichson stopped. She looked at him with pain. Jake stared at his best friend and then turned to Bibi. Mika stared in shock at the scene and began to sob even more. Tyler was in total shock. Sasuke's eyes narrowed and he reached for Bichson only to have his hand brushed away. Sylis' eyes widened after he realized what he had just said. "No Bibi, I didn't mean it like that."
Tears pricked at her eyes and then she said, "Sure you didn't. Maybe you're right, if you'd had never met me, you would still have Tanya, you guys would probably be talking about marrying each other right now instead of being here and arguing with me. You would probably still have Shelly if you had never met me. You would have been better fucking off!"
With that said, Bichson ran from the room and out the door of the Kazekage's office. Even with the voices of her friends calling out to her she just kept running till she was out on the streets and even then she didn't stop. She kept on running.
Back inside the Kazekage's office, Sylis was torn apart. He didn't mean what he said, it had just come out. Mika broke away from Jake and walked over to Sylis and slapped him right in the face. Her tears ran down like a river, "How could you have said that! What's wrong with you Sylis! How could you have said those things! Maybe she didn't tell us because she was trying to forget about it! Didn't you know that people who used to cut themselves would rather forget about it than have it constantly reminded?"
Mika walked out of the room crying. Jake looked at his best friend and shook his head and ran after his girlfriend. Tyler stared and at his friend and said, "You know, she really loves you too."
Sylis looked up and asked, "Who? Bibi or Tanya?"
"Bibi…you saved her didn't you? You so called 'delivered her from the darkness' and helped her. I was talking to her once and she told me things."
Flashback
Bichson sat in her chair at Tyler's house while he made some hot chocolate for them. When he walked back over, he asked her, "So what was it you wanted to talk to me about?"
Bibi looked up at him and said, "It's about Sylis…"
Tyler looked at her and said, "Is he doing something to hurt you? Cause if he is, I'll beat him into a bloody pulp."
She smiled at him. 'Thank you Tyler…' she thought. "No, it's not that. I just wanted to tell you. I was a cutter."
Tyler dropped his cup and it shatter on the floor.
He stared at her in distress, "What!"
Tyler grabbed her arms and lifted her sleeves up to see scars. He looked so sad, "Why would you do this to yourself Bi? Aren't you happy with us? Did we do something wrong? Why!"
End of Flashback
"She told me her story about her parents dying, how she lost someone she loved and all these other things and then she said something that made my heart fly."
Sylis looked to his friend and asked, "What did she say?"
"She said, 'Sylis saved me. When I got raped he was the one that found me, when he found out I was cutting he stopped me, and I love him so much because he is the brother I never had. I was so happy when I met him.'" Tyler finished and then stared at his friend. "You should think things over man…"
With that said, Tyler left his friend to his own thoughts.
In the Woods
Bichson's POV
I kept running. I couldn't stop no matter how much I wanted to. I had to reach her. I had to save her…
Tanya…
I stopped at a voice.
"Why do you insist on always running from me?"
I turned around and saw Sasuke standing there. He looked out of breath and tired. Was he chasing me the whole time?
"I can't do this Sasuke. I love her so much and then she…you…" I broke down in tears. I cried for Tanya, I cried about what Sylis said to me, I cried because I was confused…
"Oh Sasuke!" I threw myself into his waiting arms. He held me for the longest time. He knew what made me feel better.
That's what I did till the sun began to rise. I cried till I couldn't and I fell asleep in his arms while he held me.
When I woke up, he was sleeping and he looked adorable. I smiled and snuggled closer to him. Then I heard a voice.
Yo, kiddo…
Morning.
You okay? I mean about last night and all?
I'm fine. I'll just try harder…
By try do you mean try to get your friend back?
Yeah…
We'll help.
She's our sister so, we'll be here and we'll help you with this.
Thanks you guys. SO where is Heaven's Cross?
Oh, well we'll actually have to take you there ourselves. It's a holy place that once was the home of an angel and she was killed by her lover. She told him before she died, "My dear…I will always love you."
That's so sad…
Yeah well, the guy ended up feeling so horrible he killed himself too.
How dumb…
Haha…yeah.
Anyways, when will we leave?
When your lover wakes up and you and him have a decent breakfast.
Shut up…
I stopped talking to them when I felt Sasuke stir. I looked up at his sleepy face and smiled. "Good morning sleepy head." I quickly kissed his lips and laid my head on his shoulders.
I felt safe with Sasuke and this was how it was going to be.
'Even if I have to save you by myself Tanya...I won't give up on you.'
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Alright…this is one long chapter. There are probably two chapters left to this story…wow. It's been great having all you guys read this story. Thanks for always being there to tell me to get off my lazy butt and update. I'd also like to thank all those faithful readers who have been there ever since I started 'Running.' You guys are the best. This story will be done before school starts again…hopefully. I've got a lot to do so sorry if I don't update as much anymore. Love you all, read and review loves!