Chapter 2: First Taste
They say that Hollows merely live to destroy souls. Merciless. Pure instinct. Demons...
Hunger. Eat. Souls. Must devour. These are the only words that came into Kira's 'mind' as she stalked the streets of Tokyo looking for potent souls to devour. Whether it be living or dead. Didn't matter. It was all food to her.
Paths of saliva was left in the monsters trail as she hunted down a confused and terrified little boy on all fours. He called out for his mom as he approached various people, only to be unnoticed and physically untouched. They just walked right through the boy. Her eyes traced him through the black and red mask that now inhabited her face. The thought of chasing the boy down as he begged and pleaded for his life was more desirable than the meal itself. She then noticed something that seemed very familiar. A hole in the boy's abdomen, proving his death.
After a minute or so of sadistic tailing, Kira decided that it was finally time to begin the chase. She dug her hands and feet into the ground and let out a horrifying hiss. The young boy quickly turned around. His big blue eyes widened as if they were going to pop out of his head. The boy was frozen in fear. Kira merely looked at the boy and chuckled. She had no control over her mind whatsoever. The Hollow had completely taken over her. Mentally and physically. The boy's fear was broken by the taunting step the monster took towards the boy.
In pure instinct the boy turned around and took off, screaming in horror. Screaming for anyone… anyone that might save him from being completely ripped to shreds by the creature.
Help! Please! Anyone! This was all that ran through the boy's mind. He opened his mouth to speak, but the fear and dryness in his mouth prevented his voice box from operating. The boy ran though various allies and parks, hoping to find someone like him. Someone with a hole in their chest. Someone to protect him. His savior. The Hollow's massive size and power caused destruction throughout the city of Tokyo as it pursued the little boy, smirking at the mere thought of gulping down the boy's seemingly delicious soul. News reporters and helicopters started to station at the scenes of the destruction. Watching as massive craters erupted from thin air.
A single error led to the boy's demise. Or maybe it quickened his inevitable fate. The boy had taken a sharp corner, exiting from the lights of the big city and entering a dark alley-way. The end of the alley was blocked by a brick wall. The wall seemed to tower over the boy, mocking him. The small boy turned to meet his pursuer face to face. The saliva dripping from the Hollow's mouth only worsened the boy's perspective of the monster.
"Please…." The boy said as if it was a whisper. His fear had taken control of his volume, and caused him to speak softly.
"Someone! Help! …Please!" The boy yelled as he looked around. Looked around for anything. Anything that would save him. But it didn't come. Kira chuckled as she opened her mouth for the first time to speak.
"That was quite amusing. You're pretty fast for a brat" The voice that left the monster's voice was deep and horrific. The monster's "s" was prolonged, like it had the speech of a serpent. The monster gave the boy a wink as it brought its bulky hand up and let it hang there as if it was taunting the boy. After a moment or two the Hollow brought it down. The young boy put up its hands in defense, covering his face. The massive hand slammed down against the ground bringing up a cloud of dust.
When the dust cleared, the boy was still standing, in his defe4nsive position. The Hollow had opened up its fingers, leaving a gap where the boy was standing. The young boy slowly lowered his hands, and smiled.
"Thank y-" The boy's sentence was abruptly interrupted by the Hollow's huge jaws snapping shut on the boy's small body…