And so the story shifts back to Road. I'd like to tell you all something, I've inserted another OC type character. I'm considering Mako an OC type character, and the girl who makes an appearance in this chapter in an OC too! Well…a short lived one anyway…
Where is this story going? I honestly have no clue…
Disclaimer: The Millennium Earl owns you, and Hoshino Katsura owns the Earl. So, Katsura owns you.
The 9th Memory: The Dreams of Our Nightmares
"Good morning, Miss Kamelot."
Road opened her eyes. She was in the same dark room as before, crucified on the same cross. The same cuts on her body and the same blood that flowed out of them. "If you want to kill me, just do it already. I'm tired of this."
Allen cocked his head. "I can't kill you, Miss Kamelot, you have to kill yourself."
"Heh…you've been saying the same thing for the past few months already. Can't you get some new lines or something?" Road brought her head up and looked Allen straight in the eye. "Or is stabbing me all you can do?"
Allen smiled. "Go to sleep, Miss Kamelot."
Thwack.
"Good evening, Miss Kamelot." Allen smiled sweetly at the injured Road as she woke up. Road glanced at Allen, then closed her eyes. "What's wrong, Road? Are you already sick of me?"
A small laugh escaped Road. "I just think that if I couldn't see your ugly face, then maybe you'd go away already."
"I thought you thought I was handsome?" Allen asked.
Road attempted to shrug. "Maybe I do, maybe I don't. It's not like it really matters right now anyway." She looked at Allen. "You're not gonna let me go anyway."
Allen embraced Road warmly. "You don't know that. I could decide to let you go out of love."
"Stupid…" Road bit him fiercely on the neck, blood spurting out of the wound. "You can't say you love me when it's so obvious you hate me."
Allen backed away from Road, smiling. "Some people hate out of love, you know that?" He started melting into a reflective puddle. "And you know how I love to hate you."
Road licked the blood off her lips. "Whatever, in the end I'm still stuck in this cross, and you disappear while laughing at me."
Ah, but Road, Allen's voice spoke through the air. This is still your world, I'm just living in it.
"I don't really care…" She fell asleep, blood dripping from her mouth.
A hand gripped her throat, waking her up. "You can't fall asleep now," a deformed Allen said, "If you fall asleep now, I won't have enough time for one last game with you."
Road stared into the white circles that made up Allen's eyes. "What are you talking about?"
Allen grinned evilly. "Like I said before, Miss Kamelot, this is your world, and I just live in it." The area dissolved into darkness, and Road fell off the cross. She rubbed the spots on her body that was bleeding. "Are you ready to play one last game in your world, Road?" A door sprung up from the ground.
Road wiped some blood off her mouth. "Bring it, bastard." She pushed open the door and went inside. The darkness disappeared and was replaced by a simple white room with one bed in it. On the bed a small blond girl was sleeping, her air covering her face. She was cuddling a small stuffed animal.
"What kind of game is this, Allen?" Road called to the air, "You just brought me to some retarded room with some sleeping girl."
Just watch, Miss Kamelot. If Road could see Allen, she was sure he would have a grin on his face.
An alarm clock next to the girl started ringing. The girl in the bed tried to reach the alarm clock to stop it. "Five more minutes…" She groaned as she hit the alarm clock.
Road stared at the girl. "Why does this brat seem so familiar?"
"Mistress Kryst!" A voice called out from the floor below. "Mistress Kryst, it's time to wake up!"
"K-Kryst?"
The girl in the bed waved her hand in the air. "I don't wanna…just give me a couple more hours…zzz…"
"But Mistress Kryst, you don't want to be late for your birthday party!"
Those words instantly got the girl to sit upright. "Oh crap!" Mistress Kryst shouted, slapping herself on the head. "I totally forgot it was my birthday!"
"Wait…birthday?" Road fell to the ground. "No…she can't be…I don't wanna see this!"
Kryst leapt off her bed and walked straight through Road. "Don't cut the cake yet, Mother, I want to blow out the candles!" She skipped down the stairs.
Road turned around and reached out for Kryst. "Wait, don't go! Don't-"
Gunfire echoed throughout the building. From inside the room, Road saw blood splatter on the walls in the hallways in front of her. "N-No…" Road's hand fell. "Not again…"
An alarm clock went off behind her. "Five more minutes…" Road turned around to see Kryst lying in her bed.
"W-What's going on?"
"Mistress Kryst! Mistress Kryst, it's time to get up!"
Kryst instantly sat up. "Oh crap, I totally forgot it was my birthday!" She ran straight through Road again.
"No…" Road whispered. "Don't…" Gunfire echoed once more throughout the building. Blood once more spilled against the walls. "Stop it!"
An alarm clock rang. 'Five more minutes…"
"STOP!!" Road ran out of the room, tears flowing from her eyes. "I don't want to see this again…" She bumped into Kryst.
"Ah, good morning Road!" She said happily. "I'm glad you showed up to my party today!" Road stared at Kryst. "What, is there something wrong? Is this about your stuffed animal again?" Road stayed silent. Kryst sighed. "Look, I already told you I was sorry for breaking it, I'll get you a new one tomorrow, okay?" she pushed past Road and started running down the stairs.
"No wait!" Road shouted, finally regaining her senses. "Don't go down there-"
A single bullet came flying up the stairs, pinning Kryst to the wall. Her blood splattered to the wall in front of her room. Kryst raised one trembling hand to Road. "R-Road…" Pentacles flooded her body.
"No!" Road turned around and ran away from Kryst's body. She ran all the way to the other side of the house, and shut herself in one of the rooms. She sunk down to the ground and buried her head in her hands. "Kryst…"
"Yes, Road?" Kryst was standing in front of her, perfectly fine. "Is there anything you want from me?"
Road's eyes widened. "K-Kryst…you're…"
"I'm what? Still pissed off that you broke my favorite candle?" Kryst glared angrily at Road. "Do you still think that I had an obsession with that candle, since it was the only thing that connected me to my dead father!?"
"No, Kryst…don't…"
Kryst grabbed Road's arm. "Do you have any idea how much that candle meant to me? It was the only thing that kept me from despairing, the only thing! And now that it's gone…" Kryst pulled out a stuffed bear. "Remember this, Road? I gave it to you to signify our bonds as friends."
"Please…don't…" Road whispered.
Kryst ripped the bear in half. "We're over Road. Goodbye…" Kryst turned around.
"Wait!" Road cried out, "Don't go! If you go you'll…"
Kryst turned around. "I'll what, be killed by an Akuma? Sorry Road, but that already happened, thanks to you." She crumbled away into dust.
"W-Why…" Road stared at the blanket of dust Kryst left behind. "Why is this happening?"
"I'm sorry, Kryst." A girl with bandages on her head appeared in front of Road. "I didn't mean to…" The phone rang. The girl instantly ran over to pick it up. "Hello?"
"Hey…I'm sorry about what I said earlier…"
The girl bit her lip. "Kryst. Why are you calling?"
"Well…when I tore up your stuffed bear…" Kryst's voice said, "I was just angry. Please forgive me?"
The girl bit her lip. "No."
"But my birthday's today! And if you come-"
"Do you really think that a stupid invitation to some stupid party would make everything better!? Well you're wrong, Kryst, you're wrong!" She viciously hung up the phone. The phone started ringing again instantly. The girl didn't answer. "I have my share of problems too…" She pulled the bandages off. A couple drops of blood fell to the floor. The girl noticed Road, who was sitting in the corner, watching her. "Oh, hello there, are you like me?"
"W-What do you mean?" Road asked her.
"Well…you know." The girl squatted in front of Road. "Have you been lying to yourself too?"
"I don't know, have you?" Road asked her, frightened for the answer.
The girl smiled sadly. "That's a stupid question, Road." She brushed some of her hair off her forehead, revealing the mark of the Noah. "You should know, since I'm you." The other Road grinned evilly and pulled out a candle. She stabbed it in Road's left eye.
"GYAHHH!!" Road screamed in pain.
The other Road smiled and faded away. Road pulled the candle out of her eye, and discovered that her eye was still there. And so was the stinging pain. Road got up from the ground, and stumbled her way across the room. She pulled open the door on the other side, and opened it.
As soon as she stepped through the door, she ran into Kryst. "Oh, Road." Kryst said happily. "How's my best friend doing? Are you here for my party?"
Road tightened her grip on the candle, and stabbed it straight in Kryst's chest.
"Oh…ha ha…it seems you've found me." Kryst's form dissolved away and the deformed Allen took its place. "So how did you enjoy my game?"
"You bastard…how dare you make me remember that…"
The deformed Allen smiled. "I just dredged this stuff up from the bottom of your memories. Don't tell me you actually wanted to forget about the life you had before you accepted your existence as a Noah." Road pushed the candle further into Allen. "Ow, that hurts, you know that?"
"Of course I wanted to forget my pathetic human life…" Road muttered. "I was so weak before, unable to do anything. I hated it. When I received my Noah powers…I wanted to forge a new life for me. One without any weaknesses. So I sealed away my human memories and went on living. But you…" She pulled the candle out of Allen and stabbed him in the head. "You made me remember my crappy human life!" She yelled with tears in her eyes. "You made me remember Kryst!"
Allen smiled. "I did you a favor, Road. We can't live our lives without remembering both the good and the bad." He disappeared.
"What…" Road dropped the candle. "Where the hell did you go, Allen!?"
Don't worry, Miss Kamelot, Allen's voice said. I'm still here. Like I said before, this is your world, I'm just living in it.
"Exactly what are you?" Road said to nobody.
I used to be a part of Allen. Now I'm a part of you. The dimension around Road suddenly shattered, like a broken mirror. Return the curse, Road. Return the curse and except your new existence…
"What if I don't wanna, huh!?"
If you don't, it's not really my problem. He yawned. My power over you has diminished too much. Congratulations, Miss Kamelot, you've won my little game. It's time for your mind to return to your body.
"Wait," Road called out as a shining light engulfed her. "I haven't finished with you!"
Let's play again sometime, Road Kamelot…