Mirari Moon Wars – Chapter 6: Isn't it sad, Sacchin?
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Author Note: I apologize for the extremely long period since my last update. I had an extremely difficult time thinking up this chapter since there was a noticeable lack of source material regarding Satsuki, so I hope that you enjoy it.
Special thanks go out to The Psychic Mind for agreeing to be my Beta Reader. I also want to thank Servent Satsujinki, cade300, Robby Cartwright, RisingSilverDragon, and Kamigawa Minato for leaving me a review on my last chapter. I hope that I continue to impress you.
It was eerily quiet in the town of Misaki City as the clock struck midnight, when the still silence of the night was broken by the sound of a window on the second floor being opened while a rope made of sheets and blankets tied together was tossed out the window and hung down the side of the house.
"I've got to make sure that Tohno-kun isn't sneaking out with that killer running about." The girl said to herself as she climbed out the window and down the 'rope.' As she landed gracefully, her light brown hair began to blow in the gentle breeze.
As her brown eyes gazed about the yard, she let out a sigh of relief when no lights inside the house came on.
"Whew," The girl said to herself in relief as she quietly snuck out of her front yard, closing the wrought-iron gate behind her after passing through it.
As she stood on her street she turned back to glance at her home. Suddenly, she felt a chill run down her spine.
What is this feeling like I'm never going to come back here? The brown haired girl thought before shaking her head to the sides to clear her ominous thoughts, No, I can't think like that.
"Pull yourself together, Satsuki." The girl said to herself as she tried to purge the negative thoughts from her mind, "Nothing's going to happen to me because Tohno-kun promised to protect me."
After finishing reassuring herself, she took off running towards the business district of the town where she had heard from various sources that he was seen at night.
Despite being close to one in the morning, the city's temperature was rather warm for it being autumn as Satsuki Yumizuka arrived at the business district of town.
"Okay, I'm now where Tohno-kun is seen at night." Satsuki said to herself aloud as she tried to figure out what her next course of action only to notice an all-night convenience store down the block.
"Maybe someone in there has seen Tohno-kun." The brunette said to herself cheerfully before running to towards the convenience store.
As she approached the convenience store clerk to ask him if he had seen Shiki her stomach growled cutely.
"Excuse me, miss but isn't it past your curfew." The convenience store clerk asked when he noticed her, "This city has become exceptionally dangerous lately."
Satsuki picked up a small bento from a nearby shelf and took it to the counter.
"I'm looking for a friend." Satsuki stated as she set the bento on the counter before pulling a picture of Shiki with a red heart around the picture from her purse and handing it to the clerk. "Some kids from my school told me that they had seen him walking around at night. I was wondering if you had seen him."
"That would be four hundred yen." The convenience store clerk said after ringing up her bento, "Would you like me to heat it up for you?"
"Sure." Satsuki said before pulling a two thousand yen bill from her purse and handing it to the clerk.
"Okay." The clerk replied as he took the money and put it into the register before setting the change on the counter and putting the bento into the microwave. "While that's getting heated, let's see if I've seen your friend." The clerk said as he took a glance at the picture.
"I've been seeing this guy coming out of the alley around the corner for the last couple of days." The clerk explained just before the microwave beeped causing him to turn around and pull the bento from the microwave. "Here's your bento and your picture back, miss." The clerk said as he handed her the bag with her bento and the picture of Shiki.
Satsuki nodded before taking the bag containing her meal and her picture and took off running for the store's exit, leaving the change behind on the counter.
"Miss, you forgot your change…" The store clerk called out as the automatic door closed behind her. "Oh well…"
With a happy expression on her face, Satsuki ran towards the location that the store clerk had told her.
"I'm coming Tohno-kun." Satsuki said to herself as she arrived at the opening of the alleyway.
As she stepped into the alleyway she saw the dark-haired glasses-wearing boy that held her heart standing in the middle of the dark alleyway.
"Tohno-kun." She said happily as she ran to embrace her crush, dropping her purse and her bento in the process. "I was so worried about you." She cried out before noticing that the 'Tohno-kun' in her arms was slightly sticky and felt like jello. "What is going on here?"
"Well done Avenger," The voice cried out behind Satsuki causing her to turn and see a white haired kimono-wearing teenage boy about a year older than her "looks like we will have a virgin for our meal tonight."
Satsuki's eyes widened from fright as she quickly pulled herself away from the false 'Tohno-kun' as a tall, thin, black haired man with a small goatee wearing a blue satin-like sleeveless duster and black leather pants appeared out of nowhere.
"It would appear so but it was all because of you showing me that picture of your enemy that I was able to make my unmen assume the appearance of the boy thus creating the bait." The raven haired man, Avenger explained causing the white haired teen to laugh.
After freeing herself, Satsuki tried to run down the alley to get away from the two scary men only to realize that the alley was a dead end. As she placed her back against the wall of the alley, her only thoughts were of her crush, Shiki and the promise that he had made to her earlier today.
You promised me that you would come and save me if I were ever in trouble. She thought as her brown eyes watered.
"Tohno-kun, save me!" She yelled as the raven haired man approached her.
"Your Tohno-kun won't be coming to save you. Reality has abandoned you just it abandoned me. So rest now." The man stated as a white light appeared in his hand.
Tohno-kun…anyone help me… She mentally pleaded as her consciousness began to fade and she fell to the ground.
Remorse filled Avenger's thoughts as his spell put the girl quickly to sleep.
"She won't feel a thing, Master." The black-haired illusionist stated as he stepped forward and knelt over the girl and sat her up against the wall to prepare to feed on her soul. As the mage opened her mouth to begin feasting on her soul, a crimson circle began to form on the ground next to him, drawing his attention away from the young girl.
"What is it Avenger?" The white-haired boy asked after Avenger leapt backwards to distance himself seconds before a bright pillar of light appeared beside the girl causing her two attackers to avert their eyes.
When the pillar of light vanished, standing between the girl and them was a muscular man standing at six foot three inches in height and wearing a crimson breastplate with white fur sticking out from the top of it, crimson bracers that extended all the way to his elbows, a long red fur half-cape hung down his body covering a studded leather skirt while his shoulders were covered by a pair of steel and leather pauldrons. His light hair was cut extremely short much like modern soldiers while his face was covered in stubble. The man's blue eyes gazed coldly at the two men as his massive right hand clenched around the hilt of the large sword strapped to his back while the smell of brimstone and sulfur assaulted the two men's nostrils.
"How disappointing, I answer the call to fight once more in the pits and you two are my first opponents." The man said as he lowered his hand from the massive blade resting in a crude bardic sheath that hung across his back, "You two are not even worthy to stain my father's sword with your blood. Begone from my sight or I will turn you to ash."
Avenger grinned as thirty shadowy figures appeared before him, forming a barrier between them and the crimson armored man.
"So Kamahl of the Pardic Mountain, what class name were you summoned here under, I wonder?" Avenger asked the red clad warrior, "Was it perhaps Saber or Caster?"
"So my reputation in the pits precedes me even on this plane." Kamahl said with a grin on his face as he created a pair of throwing axes made entirely of fire, holding one in each hand, "To answer your question I believe that I was called here as representative of the Berserker class, but it doesn't matter so long as my enemies are strong enough to keep me sharp."
Kamahl's blue eyes narrowed towards the two men as he waited for the men to scatter.
"If you desire death, I will be more than willing to grant it to you. Otherwise, begone from my sight." Kamahl warned once more before tossing his two fire axes at the two closest figures dispelling the illusionary shroud surrounding the two figures and revealing a pair of teenage girls with lifeless eyes before turning to ash.
Kamahl's brow tightened in fury as he reached for the hilt of his sword.
"Necromancy?" Kamahl asked with a disgust-filled voice, "I hate those who toy with the dead."
The white haired boy smiled as he pointed towards Kamahl.
"Go my spawn, kill the barbarian and bring the girl to me." The white haired boy ordered as the shadows dispelled revealing twenty-eight grinning walking corpses, each with a pair of elongated canine teeth.
"So vampires,eh?" Kamahl muttered with disinterest as he released the hilt of his sword and conjured a pair of flaming wildcats that appeared on either side of him, "No matter, everything burns."
The two firecats charged towards the two closest spawn and pounced upon them before tearing into the two vampires' bodies causing burns with every bite.
While the firecats were feasting on their prey, ten of the remaining spawn surrounded the two cats and began to feast upon them.
Kamahl shook his head in disappointment as the last sixteen vampire spawn charged towards him.
With a single gesture of his hand, a geyser of lava appeared before him coating the vampire spawn and boiling them until only a pile of cooling lava remained.
"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. From whence we come to whence we go." Kamahl said solemnly the final rites of his tribe before eagerly before smiling, "Is that all that you've got? Because I'm just getting started."
The raven haired illusionist smirked before creating a new shadowy creature and having it become a portal for the two of them.
"Let us go, master. This servant's abilities would prove to a nuisance at this time and we also need to make preparations for the Grail War, if we are to win." Avenger suggested to the white-haired boy.
The white-haired boy shrugged before picking up the girl's discarded meal and walking towards the portal with it.
"Tch, fine." The boy said with a tone of frustration, "We'll do things your way for now, but don't forget who the master in this relationship is."
Suddenly the boy stepped into the Portal and disappeared.
"We will meet again Kamahl of the Pardic Mountains, until then…stay alive so that I can kill you myself."
Avenger said venomously before stepping into the portal and disappearing.
Kamahl watched as the portal sealed behind them leaving only him and the unconscious pigtailed girl in the dark alley.
"Well, I'd better check on the girl to make sure that vampire didn't do anything to her." Kamahl said as he walked over to her and pulled a small herb from a pouch on his belt. "I hope that this form of treatment still works on this plane of existence." The short haired barbarian muttered as he knelt down beside the girl and ignited the herb causing it to emit a pungent odor.
"Oh god what is that smell!" Satsuki cried out in disgust of the herb's fragrance as she pinched her nose before opening her eyes. "You can have all of my money just don't hurt me." She yelled on fright as she saw the massive being before her.
Kamahl frowned as he extended his hand towards the girl to help her to her feet.
"I have no desire to harm my summoner." Kamahl stated bluntly as he waited for the young girl to take his hand, "Your wish for someone to help you has brought me here from my home land of Otaria. For as long as you need me. Kamahl, the Champion of the Pits shall protect you."
"Huh? Summoner? Otaria?" Satsuki asked in confusion while refusing to take his offered hand due to the sheer unbelievablity of his response. "What in the world are you talking about?"
Kamahl frowned once more.
"I am a hero from a land on another plane vastly different from this one. You wished for someone to save you and the Mirari made it so." Kamahl explained before noticing blood appearing on her shirt over her stomach. "There is blood seeping through your clothes, so I need you to take off your shirt so that I can check you for injuries."
Satsuki's face turned a bright red from embarrassment at the man's request.
"You don't ask a girl that you've just met to take her shirt." Satsuki replied as she crossed her arms in embarrassment.
Now it was Kamahl's turn to blink in confusion.
"I need to make sure that vampire and his mage friend, Avenger did not cause harm to you. I simply wish to examine your stomach to determine the extent of your injuries and heal them if necessary." Kamahl restated as he reached for her shirt only to have her smack his large hand away.
"Look, I have no sexual interest in your child-like body…" Kamahl stated bluntly before getting slapped across the face by Satsuki, leaving a red imprint of her tiny hand on his cheek, "Fine, keep your foolish pride, girl."
Kamahl stood up and stomped away from Satsuki out of sheer frustration.
"It is getting late we should get you somewhere safe." Kamahl stated calmly with his back turned to the girl. "Before that vampire returns."
Satsuki picked herself up from the cold concrete of the alleyway and turned around so that her back was facing Kamahl granting her some privacy as she lifted up the front of her shirt to see what the injury on her stomach was.
"Eh?" She gasped as she saw what appeared to be a tattoo in the shape of a candle's flame which was divided into three parts before suddenly and unexpectedly bursting out into tears, "Now I'll never be able to marry Tohno-kun."
Kamahl quickly turned around and ran to her side when he heard her cry out before noticing the flame tattoo on her pale belly.
"What do you mean that you won't be able to marry this 'Tohno-kun' person?" Kamahl asked with a look of confusion on his face. "I really don't understand the mating rituals of this land. In my tribe, marriage rituals were arranged by the clan leaders after we completed our rite of adulthood. Personal appearance weren't as important to my people as their abilities and each and every scar on the bodies of my people are a warning to our enemies telling them that we are not to be taken lightly."
Satsuki gently wiped the tears from her brown eyes as she looked towards the large barbarian as he tried to cheer her up.
"Thanks for trying to cheer me up." Satsuki said as she walked over to her purse and picked it up as she tried to ask Kamahl a question, "So what will you do after I get home?"
Kamahl brought his right hand to his chin and scratched the stubble as he began careful contemplation.
"I will stay by your side to best protect you." Kamahl stated plainly causing Satsuki to turn a bright red from embarrassment.
"Yo-u-u-u can't stay with me." Satsuki stuttered as she held her purse tightly against her chest, "My mom won't allow a boy my age over at the house, so she especially won't allow someone much older than me to stay there."
Kamahl grinned as he looked over at his master.
"She won't even know I'm there." The warrior said before disappearing before Satsuki's eyes, causing Satsuki to blink in surprise.
"How did you do that?" she asked as she tried to find the now invisible armor-clad man in the alleyway only to have him suddenly appear behind her, scaring her slightly.
"Well, it would probably be because I'm a spirit that can become solid if necessary but when I'm not solid I can't be seen by non-spirits." Kamahl replied casually, "If you are worried that your parents will not allow me entry, then I will simply follow you around like a spirit."
Satsuki turned red as her imagination began to run wild.
"You'll follow me everywhere!" Satsuki asked while blushing frantically.
Kamahl frowned before replying.
"I'm here to protect you for the duration of our contract." Kamahl explained as he tried to calm down the frantic young girl before sighing, "By Urza's beard, what part of protection and no sexual interest in you, don't you understand?"
As soon as the words, came out of his mouth. Satsuki's hand flew towards his face, once more striking the armor-clad warrior.
"So you're saying I'm not attractive?" Satsuki asked as tears started to form in her eyes.
Once more, Kamahl looked to the sky as he mentally swore to whatever gods there were that he was going to turn them to ash for the sheer ridiculousness of the situation that he was in.
An hour later, Satsuki was back in her bed as Kamahl sat in the corner of her room in his spirit form.
As he stood near her in spirit form, he swore to himself that he wouldn't let any harm come to the girl.
On my father's sword, I vow that no harm shall come to her.