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Sorry for the lack of updates.. Again.. Hah.. But I had alot of tests recently, and my brain wasn't in writing mode..
Yeah.. But anyway, for this chapter, there's a voting thing at the end in the author's note.. I always seem to add.. Yeah..
But it's semi-important! So vote in reviews!
And, disclaimer..
Don't own. Whoo.
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The room was utterly silent, except for the light pattering of rain on the roof of the shed. The temperature had dropped almost twenty degrees in less then five minutes, but Sora wasn't paying attention to it.
The only thing he could see was the pale person, crumpled up on the floor, gasping for breath in the pale light of six candles.
"Did… It work?" They choked out, voice weak and brittle.
Sora's eyes were so wide they looked as if they pop out of his head.
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Riku leaned over a man's arm, glancing at the paper he held.
"Local outbreak of rabid animals…" He mumbled the title.
He leaned closer, going through the man who let out a scream, jumping up and searching around for his invisible 'attacker'. He quickly left the park, unsure of his safety.
Riku now sat on the bench, eyes squinting in disappointment. Rumors said the outbreak had been linked to something from fifty years ago, a madman of sorts… Who'd 'supposedly' experimented on hu--
"RIKU!!" A voice said almost urgently, demanding.. With a slight crack in it, that could only be matched to one teenager…
"Sora," He said with a roll of his eyes.
Nope, no way. Not today. He wasn't going to even step a foot near the stupid, bratty boy.. All he cared about was that cheap slut, anyway..
He gritted his teeth, and stood up from the paper.
"Riku..?"
He'd heard, and he sighed.
Yeah.. Well, people did deserve second chances.
With another large sigh, he started off for the house.
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After Sora had quickly snapped out of it, he'd realized a deranged looking dog currently stared down at him.
Globs of foamy, white, thick drool dripped from the lips of it, accompanied by sharp fangs which unveiled themselves after enough drool had dripped down.
Its' mouth opened, letting out a guttural howl before leaping at him and knocking over another table.
This time, he reacted by running before it hit him, but was scratched by its' nails despite his efforts. He sprinted for the door, and it quickly recovered from the blow and ran for his heels, eyes lolling around in its' head.
He slipped on the rug, and fell onto his stomach just before it could leap again and tear out the back of his neck. Sora left out a squeal of terror despite his efforts to hold his tongue, and ran back upstairs in vain.
Sora gripped the doorknob of his parent's room, as the huge dog now held an iron grip of his sock. What… How could this have happened? His mind screamed, and he felt himself fighting back tears as his sweaty fingers released the doorknob and he was pulled down the stairs.
"I didn't know you had a dog…" Came a low, sarcastic voice from the living room.
"RIKU!" Sora screamed.
"Help me! DON'T JUST STAND THERE!"
Riku grinned, but nodded as the dog had just eaten half of Sora's sock and was looking for something else to eat off the boy…
Riku kicked the dog's face and it stopped, like its' battery had run out.
Sora's sock dropped out of its' mouth, and it dropped to the floor in a heap of reddish brown fur.
Sora jumped from the stairs and hid behind Riku in utter amazement.
"W-Wha… Is it.. Dead?" His voice cracked.
Riku shook his head, turning back to the brown haired boy. "No… You do know spirits can quell the minds of the living? Dead or not?" He smiled.
Sora nodded, everything coming at him way too fast. He flopped on the ground next to the dog, fainted.
Riku rubbed his temples, heading upstairs.
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When Sora awoke, a pink tongue rolled across his cheek, slopping drool on his face.
His eyes opened wide, the reddish brown dog looking at him with its' yellow colored eyes.
"YAAAAH!!" He screamed, jumping backwards and landing on one of the broken tables.
"SORA!" Riku yelled from upstairs frantically. "COME UP HERE, NOW!"
Sora turned to the dog, a serious expression on his face.
"I'll deal with you later," He said, his eyes narrowing.
The dog cocked its' head and let out a loud bark, Sora shrieking and running upstairs.
He opened his door, and discovered Riku, looking at a book in utter fascination.
"What… Is this?" He turned his head toward Sora.
Sora blinked at the book, telling about bringing back the dead and other things...
"Oh," He mumbled. "I'd forgotten to mention it earlier. I wanted to try the-"
"Does it work?" Riku inturrupted, eyes wide.
"Huh? Oh.. I was going to try.. but, I didn't.. I mean..."
"Let's go to the graveyard.." Riku said, eyes clouded.
Sora nodded, but shuddered.
"You really think..?"
"Let's try, at least.." Riku finished for him, leaving the room.
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The graveyard was silent, and everything was still.
Sora couldn't beleive what he'd done.. Removing a body from a grave.. His stomach flip-flopped. Riku was staring intently at some bones in a pile, then he sat next to them.
Candles were arranged around the room, six on either side of Riku, their glow eerily painting the room an orange color. The dog, which had decided upon following them, hid in the corner whimpering.
Sora drew a chalk circle around Riku and the bones, and opened up the book.
He cleared his throat, nodding to himself and began to chant Riku's name over and over...
The lightening flicked across the sky, and for a second rain dronned heavily on the shed outside the graveyard.
He finally had to say Riku's name once more, and with an ear-peircing scream he gave it his all.
And then lightening crashed so heavily outside, Sora turned before he heard Riku scream insanely, as if being ripped apart. The dog howled in fright, trying to dig out of the shed, paws slowly being torn by the cement which covered the floor.
The candles dimmed, and everything became silent.
The slowly, the candle's life began to replinish, and the orange glow came back.
The room was utterly silent, except for the light pattering of rain on the roof of the shed. The temperature had dropped almost twenty degrees in less then five minutes, but Sora wasn't paying attention to it.
The only thing he could see was the pale person, crumpled up on the floor, gasping for breath in the pale light of six candles.
"Did… It work?" They choked out, voice weak and brittle.
Sora's eyes were so wide they looked as if they pop out of his head.
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OKAY! The vote...
What should the dogs' name be? Hahaha.. Bet you thought it would be better then that, but I think it's important.. Sooo.. Vote..
Thanks. :D