Requiem
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Chapter 2: Past Relived
Thap…Thap….Thap…Thap…
Small bare feet, pale as snow, fell against the stone sidewalk in rhythmic movement leading their host to a destination that was a secret only they knew. How long had these poor feet been walking, running, escaping from the people so eager to catch the host and send it to a place where walking was no longer an option? Long enough for the guides of the body to be tattered, worn, dirty and bloody…small prices to pay for freedom.
CRACK…Tshhhhhhhh
Thunder gave warning to the rain that came to follow soon after, but the feet and their host did not run for shelter like the other bodies traveling along the sidewalk that evening. No this body closed its eyes and welcomed the rain like a eraser wiping the slate clean it washed the blood and dirt from the tired, snow-colored body. Something about the rain comforted this being and so it pressed on forward, coming to a place it had never seen before…. Wshhh….frshhhh…..Waves against sand…two things this being became fascinated with and so rested its body against the soft tan bed of grainy earth as water with the taste of sweat beat against the body in rhythm.
Nana sat up with a start in her bed, forgetting that she might wake Mayu who rested next to her.
"This feeling…"
It was one she had felt many times before in the past, each unique, but still the same. She looked around trying to pinpoint the direction it came from, but it was too hard to concentrate with the crashing thunder and hissing rain that all she could do was decide how far it was away….and it was not too far. The purple haired girl stood up and walked towards the door, but heard a shuffling behind her that could only be one person..
"Nana-chan? Where are you going?"
Mayu's tired voice broke the silence of the room as Nana turned to face her. She sat in her futon rubbing the sleep from her eyes wondering what her friend, who usually slept so soundly throughout the entire night, would be doing awake and walking about.
"Its nothing Mayu-chan..I'm sorry to have woken you up, you should go back to sleep"
Nana replied hoping that Mayu wouldn't sense that there was something going on, or at least Nana thought was going on, and want to accompany her to investigate. Her eyes held strong against Mayu's as they stared at one another in silence, but in the back of her mind Nana knew that Mayu would be able to sense something was up and would come along no matter what the horned girl said…and sure enough she was right.
"Whatever it is I'm coming too"
Mayu said with resolve as she stood up and proceeded to put on warm clothing to fight the cold of the rain she knew she would be spending some time with Nana in that late night. When Mayu was ready to go the two young women snuck out of the Inn without so much as a sound of footsteps and headed down the long staircase that separated the Mape Inn from the rest of the world.
"Nana-chan what is it that you want to investigate?" Mayu did not get a response from her companion, but she saw that it must have been serious with the determined, yet somewhat confused, expression her long time friend wore on her pale face as the rain slipped down it gently.
"Its getting closer….This way"
Nana let her instincts lead her and Mayu towards the source of the mystery that she had a burning desire to solve right away, but she had some fear about solving the mystery…what if it was something they would have been better off just ignoring? Though Nana never was good with letting a mystery go unsolved, she had an innate desire to know everything and when something unknown came her way she would do anything to discover it.
The body laying on the sand felt a strange presence approaching, a presence that for once did not seem threatening and thus the being decided it was nothing important and let the waves continuously beat against it, washing away its worries. The being had no idea how long it had been laying there, but it felt like it could be there forever…Under the moonlight…..The rain keeping any bad thoughts from its mind….the soft sand providing a resting spot…..the waves beating away all the worries the being had…..but something in the back of its mind told the being that it didn't have much longer to relax like that…
"Nana-chan! Wait for me!"
Mayu called over the rushing rain and crashing thunder to the girl who had pulled ahead of her as soon as they got near the beach, but no matter how hard she tried Mayu wouldn't be able to be louder than the storm and merely ran to catch up with the purple headed diclonius. She nearly ran by Nana on the beach for she had not realized right away that the diclonius had stopped walking and was merely staring at something; flustered, Mayu walked back to Nana and stood infront of her asking her what was wrong, but getting no response she turned her head and followed the purple headed girl's gaze…
CRASH…..KABAM
Thunder crashed…Lightning fell….but for the two tenants of the Maple Inn all sound had gone away in that moment as they stared at the body laying on the sand….They were frozen as it lifted itself up onto its forearms and turned its head slowly…..meeting their gaze in silence…
"That….can't be…" Mayu said quietly, but her words were swallowed up by the rain…
"Who…." Nana managed to say through her stupor….
The being they were so fixated on pushed itself to its knees…and stood slowly.
CRASH!!
((A/N: Mwahahha Cliffhangers!! Um not much to say here..Please Review…lets see what people think 3 I hope the structure this time made it easier to read. Please forgive repetitive….er…..ness? I'm in the car with my family as I wrote these first two or three chapters and well y'know I just started to write and let my mind go…I HARDLY EVER go back and edit things for fear of screwing it up ;;;; Constructive Criticism extremely welcome! HATERS GO HOME! Just letting you know that now Hahaha! Please Review ))