Welcome back to `A different destiny´. Hope you didn´t have to wait for too long :)
I´m pretty sorry that I missed my deadline, but I had to rewrite most of the chapter, since I felt the need to put my ideas in an other order than I had intended. I hope you can understand that. I promise I´ll try to be faster with my next chapter.
Thanks for all those encouraging comments and reviews. I really appreciated them.
Callac: I´d like to answer your question, but that would give away too much of my plot. I can only say, that she intended to put him in the group right away as she stated that. That way she could train him in person and no other military leader could give him commands. Naturally, she wouldn´t let him partake in difficult missions right away.
I´ll try to change some small things in the older chapters. I won´t change a part of the story though. So don´t worry about that.
Now enjoy.
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IT MAY CONTAINS SPOILER!
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Chapter 5: Kill the ineptitude
`Where am I?´
Tatsumi stood in an empty place. Everything around him was white. He couldn´t see anything in the distance. It seemed like endless emptiness.
He started to walk forward step by step. He was sure that he´d find out what this place was somehow.
In a medical carriage
Esdeath couldn´t afford to waste any more time. The boy had lost a lot of blood during the last five minutes. Frankly spoken, it was a miracle that he was still alive.
The medic had realized the dire situation even before she had reached the carriage. With the spear still sticking out of the limp body and heavy bleeding, he´d known he had no time left.
In mere seconds the boy was placed on his side on a blanket inside the carriage.
``He needs a transfusion. Now!´´
The doctor looked right at the still horrified general, seeing such an expression on her face for the first time ever.
``I have to know his blood type!´´
``You can take mine; I´ve got blood type 0 Negative!´´
Esdeath didn´t avert her eyes from the boy who was near-death while she was pulling back the sleeve of her right arm.
``You´re a universal donor. Great!´´
The medic didn´t need any time to think about what to do. In a matter of seconds, he prepared the transfusion equipment.
He inserted a needle in the general´s arm and sucked in the blood. A thin pipe made of flexible plastic led the blood into a translucent bag that hung from the carriage´s ceiling.
After finishing the preparation, the doctor turned to his assistants.
``The first tube of 500ml will be ready in about ten minutes. We´ll have to stop the bleeding until then!´´
The doctor quickly slipped on his surgical gloves and gave the boy anesthetic to slow down his pulse and avoid any possible convulsions.
He had to get that damn shaft out of the way as quickly as possible.
``Take some sheets and press them on the wound!´´
The medic focused solely on getting the broken shaft out of the boy´s body while he ordered his assistants to stop the blood loss.
Esdeath couldn´t help but avert her eyes from the gruesome display. Normally, some blood couldn´t sicken her; she had seen worse than that after being finished with her playthings before. But for the first time in her life, she didn´t enjoy seeing a person on the edge of death. Was it because she claimed said person to be her lover? She didn´t know for sure. But at this point, all she did was pray for his survival.
Finally, the doctor pulled out the broken shaft through the boy´s back in one go. A large amount of blood gushed out of the wound instantly. The bleeding resulted from an artery that was damaged by the shaft.
They had to hurry now. In a matter of seconds, the doctor had clamped the damaged part of the artery and tried to get a look at it.
``Clean it! I need to see the artery.´´
Instantly, one assistant removed the blood, dirt and pus from the wound.
The doctors face brightened slightly. They were lucky since the boy´s artery had only a small rupture. That would definitely ease the surgery.
With a small needle and thread he stitched the rupture together in a matter of a few minutes. Unclipping the artery afterwards, he noticed with satisfaction that the bleeding had ceased.
``The bleeding has ceased and his organs aren´t heavily damaged,´´ the doctor stated while turning to the still upset general.
``It´s a miracle! But he´s still not out of the worst.´´
Since the first tube was filled with the general´s blood already, the doctor exchanged it with a second empty tube, while he connected the first one with another thin pipe that ended in a needle.
He inserted the needle in the boy´s arm. Slowly, the donated blood started to flow into the youth, replacing the amount he had lost.
Finished with that, the doctor sewed the two open wounds on Tatsumi´s front and back, closing them neatly.
``We´ll definitely need another donation.´´
Finished with patching the boy up, the doctor turned his head towards Esdeath.
`` He lost lots of blood and it wouldn´t be wise to donate more than one liter.´´
When he confirmed her approval he turned around and took two samples of Tatsumi´s blood from the puddle that had formed on the bottom of the carriage. He divided each sample in three smaller ones.
``I need antibodies against the groups A, B and AB as well as a blood sample of A,B and 0.´´
While the assistants were busy in getting the different samples, the doctor himself started searching for the small ampules he knew containing the serums to determine the Rhesus-factor of the boy´s blood.
After he had found them in a small medical bag and his assistants had gotten the samples, he started his work and after two minutes had determined the boy´s blood-group as A Negative.
Finally, knowing Tatsumi´s blood group, the assistants readied already prepared blood reserves they´d use after the transfusion of the general´s blood was finished.
Tatsumi
It felt like he had walked for an eternity when he finally noticed something in the far distance.
He wasn´t able to determine what it was at first, but as he approached, he could see it better.
It was a gate nearly five meters high and ten meters wide and was located above a small hill. Steps of perfect white marble led towards the gate. It consisted of bars made of pure gold and was held in place by two silver shining columns.
`What is this place?´
Tatsumi turned around and looked in all directions; he couldn´t help but wonder.
What was going on? Why was he here? What was this place? He had a lot of questions, but no answers at all.
`Eventually I should try to open that gate. Perhaps I find my answers beyond it.´
``Don´t do it. It´s not your turn yet.´´
Surprised by the familiar voice coming from behind the gate, Tatsumi winced.
The boy turned slowly back to the gate only to look in Sayo´s eyes once more.
``SAYO?!,´´ shouted a surprised Tatsumi, who had deeply wished to see his former friends after the last time he´d met them in his dreams.
``Yeah, Tatsumi. It´s Sayo. Thank you, by the way, that you noticed me too!´´
Ieyasu stepped forward, placing himself next to Sayo. He sighed.
``But she´s right. You shouldn´t be here.´´
``Hi, Ieyasu. Sorry about that. I was just surprised to meet Sayo. I didn´t even notice you,´´ answered Tatsumi, feeling guilty not to have noticed his other friend before.
``What is this place by the way?´´
``It´s heaven´s gate.´´
Ieyasu´s expression was completely serious. There was no way he´d joke about that matter.
``So I´m dead, huh?,´´ replied a saddened Tatsumi without sounding surprised at all.
He had thought about this possibility for quite some time now. If he was true to himself, it didn´t bother him at all. He had seen so much pain and felt even more sorrow in such a short amount of time.
He had managed to save his new friends after all, it wouldn´t matter if he´d rest now.
``Yes and no,´´ answered Sayo with a serious expression.
``It´s only definite if you enter through this gate. Right now, you´re only on the verge of death.´´
``So I only have to enter?´´
Tatsumi wasn´t fazed as Ieyasu´s fist hit him through the bars right into his gut. His friend looked pretty upset about that question.
Tatsumi had to catch his breath.
``Why?´´
``Don´t you dare think like that ever again!,´´ raged a furious Ieyasu.
``Your time hasn´t come; you have to help our village in our stead. You even have new friends to care for. We know you´d never forget us. So keep us alive in your memories.´´
``I needed that.´´
Tears streamed down Tatsumi´s cheeks. He knew Ieyasu was right. He had a reason to live.
``It´s time to go back Tatsumi,´´ said a smiling Sayo.
``One day, we´ll meet again; but live on until then and stay true to yourself.´´
`Sayo is right. It´s time to return.´
Tatsumi bid farewell to his friends, turned around, and walked down the stairs away from the gate and his friends, determined to find an exit.
In the medical tent
``I hope he´s strong enough.´´
Steve stood next to the cot the unconscious boy´s body was placed on, shifting his weight on a pair of wooden crutches.
``Me too,´´ replied Shin, looking at the boy with an expression of regret.
``He had to step in again because we were too weak. At this rate, his death is certain!´´
The old man rubbed his temple slowly through his bandage.
Numa Seika had left quite a toll on them thanks to their lack of fighting power. But they didn´t care. Their lives hadn´t been in danger after the fight after all.
``I´ll tell you the same thing I told the general: You should rest!´´
The medic had entered the tent, returning from his small break.
``It´s important for your wounds to heal; furthermore, you can´t help him right now. I treated him as well as possible; it´s up to him.´´
``We just want-´´
Steve couldn´t finish his sentence when the doctor called in his assistants to accompany them to their tent. As his eye bags showed, he was far too tired to for that sort of discussion.
He had spent his last two nights without much sleep after all, since he was worried what could happen, if Esdeath´s proclaimed lover died.
He had nearly been killed by her when he told her to rest after all.
Thank god he´d said it´d be best for the boy if she gave him as much peace as possible. And even after that he had to use quite an amount of sleeping pills to help her to sleep without being near the boy. He sighed.
``You can visit him after he gets better.´´
The doctor knew that this was the best he could say to calm them down.
``But as long as he´s in coma, it wouldn´t be wise to cause a ruckus.´´
``We know you´re right,´´ replied Steve, placing himself in front of the doctor with a sorrowful expression in his eyes.
``But at least let me give him this little ring.´´
While he continued speaking, he placed his hands on a thin silvery chain around his neck and lifted it over his head, making a small black ring with blood-red lining visible.
``It´s the only valuable thing I still possess. I bought it from a merchant before I had to close my shop and joined the army. Back then, he had told me that this ring would be able to protect me. I didn´t believe it until recently and kept it solely as a keepsake. But it´s a miracle that I´m still alive after all that´s happened. Eventually, this ring brought me the fortune to meet Tatsumi. But right now I think, Tatsumi needs fortune more than myself.´´
The doctor gave a short nod. This was the best option to solve this quickly and without noise.
He watched Steve walking towards the cot and placing the chain around the boy´s neck. Afterwards, Shin and Steve left the tent without any further arguing.
After he had sent his assistants out of the tent again, the doctor looked at the still unconscious youth. He had done everything he could; now he could only hope the boy was strong enough to survive. He knew his life would end in the torture chambers if that wasn´t the case.
The doctor turned around with one last sigh and left the tent, closing up the entrance behind him, wrapping the boy in complete darkness.
There was no chance he could have noticed the ring starting to glow as crimson as blood.
Tatsumi
He had walked for quite some time now without changing his general direction. He was determined to find his way out of this place. But no matter how far he got, all he could see was nothing but white light.
`It can´t be! There must be a way out of this! I don´t-´
Tatsumi´s thoughts were interrupted when something strange happened. His white surroundings first turned blood-red and finally pitch black. Not a spark of white was left for Tatsumi to see. He was completely blind.
``Finally, after all that time!´´
A voice like thunder boomed through the endless darkness out of nowhere, giving the youth a feeling of dread. Tatsumi had to swallow. Who or what was speaking?!
``W-who a-are y-you?,´´ asked the terrified boy, turning around himself.
``Me?,´´ responded the deep voice, echoing from every direction at the same time.
``They used to call me Kyuketsuki. But since I am no longer alive in my original form, that name is long forgotten.´´
``Original form?´´
Tatsumi wasn´t able to comprehend the situation. What was going on? He had to find out.
``My body, formed from darkness and sorrow. My flesh, my blood.´´
The voice roared through Tatsumi´s environment.
``I once was a feared Beast; feared by humans and my kin. I was all alone on top of the food chain, but I never enjoyed it. A creature like me shouldn´t have existed. I was glad that your kind redeemed me after I had suffered my existence, unable to get salvation by myself. They should have left it at that, but against any sense of pride, those cursed beings had to make me into a weapon.´´
The growling voice caused the boy to gulp. He could sense a sphere of anger waving over him.
``If you now are a weapon made of the remains of a Danger Beast, are you a Teigu then?´´
Tatsumi felt more fear than ever before facing the terrifying aura, but he had to know whether this being could help him out of his situation or not.
``Hmmm; do you know about the Teigu? Interesting.´´
The sentence had just ended, as the darkness that engulfed Tatsumi retreated, letting him see the endless white room again.
The boy´s eyes widened in surprise, when the darkness compressed itself into a human-like form.
It was about two meters tall and its pitch black body looked quite muscular. Two wings spread out from its shoulders, like those of a bat. Two long curled horns stuck out from its head. Together with the red horizontal slits instead of its eyes, the horns gave it a terrifying look.
Tatsumi had never imagined a demon before, but if he had, he would have thought of a frightening appearance like that.
What made it look even more demonic were its teeth. Tatsumi couldn´t see a mouth, but he noticed two small fangs where its mouth should be.
``Huh. Are you scared, young one?,´´ asked the being with an amused voice.
``I´ve even chosen a form fitting for this situation, considering that I could have been much bigger.´´
It couldn´t help but chuckle at the shivering boy.
``You, however, know about the Teigu, don´t you?´´
``I-I do. M-my comrades t-told me, t-that the T-Teigu are weapons m-made of parts of D-Danger Beasts or r-rare materials f-fused with something c-connected to a B-Beast. T-They contain p-parts of the B-Beast´s original p-powers.´´
Tatsumi had noticed that this being didn´t intend to harm him for now. Nonetheless, the boy couldn´t avoid stuttering in fear.
``That´s right.´´
The being nodded in approval.
``But you forgot one major point. A Teigu can only be used by a person who is acknowledged by the Danger Beast the Teigu is made of. Some Beasts test the possible wielder of their Teigu by putting a strain on them to see how they react, others react based on the candidate´s first impression of them; if they shouldn´t be compatible, they drain the candidates power until he dies as long as there´s physical contact. I, however, am different. I don´t test my possible wielders, nor do I care about their first impression of me. If a person doesn´t fit me, I just won´t react at all.´´
``Why are you telling me this?,´´ asked a perplexed Tatsumi, who had forgotten his fear while thinking about the being´s last words.
``The moment the Teigu connected to your body, I could see your past and feel your emotions and resolve.´´
The figure stared right into Tatsumi´s eyes.
``As I told you, I once stood at the top of the chain. I was unrivaled and feared. Back in that time, I would have despised your emotions as weak. But everytime I consumed the power of other beings, I couldn´t avoid consuming their thoughts and emotions too. All those emotions and feelings connected and changed my view of power and life step by step. The more i consumed, the more my power grew. On the other side it weakened my mind.I grew attached to what others thought about me and to the feeling of sorrow. I got to think, that this kind of life is depressing and lonely. I decided to stop preying on other creatures and try to live without being the monster they thought me to be. Thus I weakened myself for about a thousand years; but in exchange for that I lived more happy and fulfilled than ever before.´´
Tatsumi could see the irony.This Beast was one of the most powerful Beasts, but the more it consumed those weaker than itself, the more it evolved human traits. He wasn´t sure whether it was a monster or a human speaking to him. But before he could think about this matter any more, the being continued.
``I know you want to protect those weaker than you. Your friends, your village and those you deem righteous. That´s why I showed myself to you. Until now, I rejected everyone who tried to wield me because no one shared the ideals I grew attached to. Nobody was able to use my power and thus I became worthless. I got lost and was passed between individuals, ignoring them altogether.
But you are the one person, that shall be able to inherit my powers if you long for it.´´
``What are those powers and how strong are they?´´
Hearing about the possibility to use the Teigu for his purpose, Tatsumi had lost all of his remaining fear. He knew he had to grow stronger and he knew there was a limit to his own power. But he also knew that using a Teigu could help him surpass that limit by far.
``If I grant you my powers, you will be able to control darkness in many different ways; shadows will bend to your will and a dark surrounding will make you stronger. Right now, the powers I can grant you are small, but the stronger you get, the more power you will inherit.´´
The red slits locked right with Tatsumi´s eyes as the being spoke.
``Nonetheless, you won´t be able to reach the full potential of my power unless you meet one condition.´´
Tatsumi couldn´t avoid noticing the threatening undertone. He had to take a deep breath.
``What would that condition be?,´´ asked Tatsumi, staring back with a look full of determination.
``I hate it myself, but there´s no way helping it. The reason I was feared was that I preyed on other living beings. By consuming their energy and powers through their blood, I was able to grow stronger and evolve. Since I starved for more than a thousand years, defying my fate in order to enjoy my existence, I grew much weaker than I once was before I was defeated.
There is a way for you to get my powers back to their original strength; you could even evolve them. But to do that, you will have to stain yourself in the blood of those weaker than you. You will have to cease the existence of those you can surpass to get stronger yourself. That´s my weapon´s trump card.´´
Hearing that, Tatsumi´s eyes widened in realization. To grant his friends a peaceful life, he would have to bestow misery and death upon others. He would become the kind of monster he wanted to exterminate.
He was determined to sacrifice almost everything but his own beliefs. But that was what would happen if he accepted.
``It doesn´t matter if you decide to use that ability or not,continued the shadow with a hint of pity in its voice, getting back Tatsumi´s attention.
If you deem it necessary to make your dream come true, I wouldn´t object against you using it. But if you, however, should abandon your dream and try to use this power solely for your own benefits, I wouldn´t hesitate to part our binding and take my powers away from you, most likely leading to your death.´´
Finishing the sentence, the being stretched out its right arm towards the boy, offering its hand.
``It´s up to you to decide whether you´ll take me up on my offer or not, boy.´´
Tatsumi didn´t move. What should he do? Would it be fine to accept knowing these conditions? But on the other hand, how could he decline? This was his chance to get stronger; the chance to get closer to his goal. And as the being said: he didn´t have to use the special ability at all.
He had made his decision. He took the hand, accepting the offer. He wouldn´t use that cursed ability, if there was no urgency to do so.
The moment he had touched the being, the shadows dissolved and entered his body. A strange feeling crept through every last inch of it, as they spread though his veins.
``The ring you received has entered your body and placed itself around the artery near your heart.´´
Even if the being was gone, Tatsumi could hear the voice right in his mind.
``You won´t feel anything and nobody will be able to see any signs of it being there. You can only lose the power though my doing or if the ring is ripped out of your body.
Until that happens, the power of darkness will be granted to you by myself. Whenever you need my advise or want to use my powers, call out my name as a Teigu: Shadow Weaver.´´
Right after the voice had ended, Tatsumi felt somewhat tired. He didn´t know why, but it felt as if something forced him to close his eyes and he couldn´t fight it. He tried to call out to his new partner, but his voice failed. He slowly stumbled forward, until he fell due to exhaustion. He closed his eyes before he could hit the white ground, but he never felt an impact.
In the medical tent
Tatsumi´s eyes shot open. Everything around him was pitch black except for a glowing red light emitting from his body. He could feel the presence of another powerful being from it.
`So it wasn´t a dream, huh?´
``No it wasn´t,´´ answered the deep voice inside Tatsumi´s head.
``And thanks to my powers, your wounds were healed. This is a power called `Unsterblich´ (A.N.: Immortal). If you´re surrounded by darkness, you can consume it partly and heal all of your wounds that way. The darker your surrounding is, the better your body is healing. But since this is the first time I´ve used this ability in so long, I need to refill my energy. Therefore, I will rest.´´
Tatsumi´s body still felt numb for the biggest part, but at least he could move his head. His gaze slowly wandered through the tent. Somehow, he was able to see every little thing inside the tent. It didn´t matter that there was no light left at all after the red glow had faded. He assumed it was a power that once belonged to Kyuketsuki.
From his position he was able to detect some medical equipment as well as other empty cots. He figured he had to be in the medical tent. Even if that was the proper place for his treatment, it surprised him somehow. After getting to know that woman, he could have sworn she´d let him be treated in her tent or at least that she´d be near him until he´d be better. Little did he know, that that had been her intention until the doctor had sent her away.
But right now it was for the better this way. Tatsumi didn´t want to deal with her finding out about his new abilities. He´d only tell her after he´d figure out more about their nature.
The boy slowly tried to move his body when he felt, that the numbness had lifted partially. He slowly got back the feeling in his arms, followed by his upper body, and last but not least his legs and feet. After five more minutes, he was finally able to sit up in his cot.
He carefully examined his body in the darkness. To his surprise there were no signs left of his fatal injury. He couldn´t even detect scars.
Tatsumi waited for another few minutes before he slowly stood up. Right now, the only thing on his mind was to test his body. Had everything recovered; were there any aftermaths of his injury he hadn´t noticed?
He walked around in the tent until he had found a spare uniform that he put on. The difference to his own uniform were the paramedics´ insignia stitched on them, picturing a snake winding around a wooden rod.
After he had dressed, the youth snuck out through the back of the tent to avoid a commotion in the camp.
The night was cold, but he had experienced worse than that. He carefully walked through the camp, anxious to stay unnoticed by anyone. To his luck, there were only a few guards patrolling inside the camp at night. Tatsumi avoided camp fires and walked with his head facing the ground. After a few tents, he turned left and exited the camp´s boundaries to search for an empty place with some distance to the camp.
`This place should do,´ thought Tatsumi after walking for about ten minutes towards the same direction.
He stood in the middle of a wide field covered by thick layers of snow and ice. When he turned around, he could see the faint glow of the camp-fires in the distance. Since he didn´t plan to go all out while testing his body and some of his powers, he was sure that this distance was sufficient.
He was just about to get started when he heard voices drawing near from the camps direction.
Tatsumi decided it would be best for now if he hid in the forest that started about a hundred meters ahead of him. Otherwise, he wouldn´t be able to test his strength anymore that night. He was sure about that.
Running at full speed, he managed to reach the trees just in time to hide before a pair of soldiers reached the field. Tatsumi hid, avoiding any unnecessary noise. It was then that he began to hear them talking towards each other.
``Damn! Why do we have to go here?´´
The soldier sounded quite a bit annoyed.
``To make sure that nobody got out of this.´´
His companion instead seemed pretty calm. Tatsumi figured he was used to whatever task they had.
``Got out? Of this?´´
The first man started to laugh.
``Damn it; even we´d have trouble getting out of those depths by digging upwards through snow and ice, and we´re trained soldiers. Those weren´t at all. This time she went over the top.´´
Tatsumi felt irritated. What were they talking about? He just couldn´t figure it out.
``She seemed pretty angry. Something must have destroyed her good mood from before the battle; I´m pretty sure it has to do something with that boy,´´ answered the second man, illuminating the field with his torch.
``I heard rumors that she nearly killed the doctor, after he had told her to stay away from the youth. I heard them right before she did this.´´
Tatsumi could hear a hint of disgust in the soldiers voice. He had to find out what they were talking about.
``Look, this one was close to surviving. Poor lad.´´
Luring out from behind the tree, Tatsumi noticed one of the soldiers touching something with his boot.
``But except for this one I can´t see anything either. Let´s return. It´s too dark out here.´´
With that the two soldiers turned around and walked back towards the camp, leaving the youth alone again.
Tatsumi had a strange feeling. What were they talking about? He knew how he could find it out.
He slowly walked towards the place the two soldiers were standing before and knelt down, examining the ground.
What he saw made his stomach turn around inside. If he had eaten something before, he would have had vomited in an instant.
An arm, seemingly belonging to a child not older than himself, was sticking out of the frozen ground. The hand was clawed into the uppermost layer of snow, as if the child was desperately trying to pull himself up.
The horrifying truth in front of his eyes, Tatsumi started digging through snow and ice while repeating some of the soldiers´ words in his mind.
`Nobody got out … no trained soldiers … she went over the top … angry … that boy´
Tears started to stream down Tatsumi´s cheeks. His hands were already too cold to notice any sort of pain. The only sign of them being hurt was the blood trickling down his fingers.
He stopped digging when he touched something strange. He tried to focus on the object to recognize it through his blurry vision. When he finally knew what it was, Tatsumi´s breath stopped.
Right before him was the face of a teenager not older than sixteen. The eyes were wide open, snow had made its way into the teen´s mouth. He seemed to have been suffocated by it barely before he could reach the uppermost layer.
Tatsumi stood up slowly. He knew it´d be best to not dig further. He could imagine what he´d find. Since the Northerners´ had lost the battle, there should be a lot of captives. He hadn´t thought about it before, but he didn´t see even one until now.
He knew there was only one person capable of such a deed – be it on her command or of her own doing. They didn´t call her `Ice Queen´ for nothing.
Before he noticed what he was doing, Tatsumi had turned towards the forest in front of him. At first, he stumbled forward, crying over the horrific fate of all those people. But he got faster step by step.
How could he face that monster and pretend not to know about what she did, or even worse pretending not to care about it.
His mind was blank, yet he was sure it was the right option. He´d train and get stronger. One day, he´d be able to defeat anyone he deemed rotten to the core. He knew she´d follow him, but there was no way she´d ever find him, was there?
His friends would be safe too, not knowing anything about his disappearance. That was what he thought at least.
Certain of his resolve, the boy ran into the forest, not looking back towards the camp.
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