Black Dark and White Light Chapter 10 Up to Now, a d n angel fanfic

Latin Words Used:

Scindo- Slice; Cut

Contego- Protect; Shield

Chapter 10- Up to Now

*Time Laps of 2 weeks*

Normal POV

I walked quietly in the street, wasting time before I had to go back to the jail that is supposedly called a home. I walked along the long streets of the Azumano District. I watched as the men and women walked home from their long day of work. Most were slouched and hunched over in exhaustion. I turned into the park, seeing that there was no point of walking around anymore. I sat down on the bench, seeing that many businessmen had the same idea I had. They sat with their heads back and their arms lay out on the top of the bench.

My ears picked up singing from a couple yards away. I was accompanied by an acoustic guitar. Surprisingly, it soothed me. I snapped my eyes open after I realized I closed them. A soft curse came out of my mouth before I could stop it. I closed it immediately and got up abruptly, startling a few people before they went on with their own business. I started to walk swiftly and quietly, making sure that I was going in the right direction.

I shouldn't be this relaxed. I can't. I looked around, and listened to the wind. All I heard was music. I turned around and saw a silhouette in the distance. It was staring at me. I met its glance. It smirked. I was surrounded. It suddenly became empty in the park. No music. No people. No animals. There was someone behind me. I swung my arm back. It caught my arm. "My, my, relaxing in the park I see." I knew that voice. I did not turn to face him. "Giving me the cold shoulder? That's so mean of you, Hayashi, Fuzen. I thought you would at least say hello to your enemy."

I snatched my arm back and jumped away from him. I landed on the top of the bench and continued to stand there as the wind blew. "Touch my targets and you will disappear."

The male laughed. He had hair that was the color of ash; grey but dark. His eyes were golden, similar to a street cat that patrols the alleyways for food and other rodents to kill; dangerous and stealthy. By his profile, he looks to the age of 18. "Oh~ that's scary! You're so scary!" he mocked me. He chuckled and placed his hands on his hips. "But I should be the one who says that. Aren't you the one who was eavesdropping on me and my friend? Especially since I was drunk! How embarrassing that was for me." He leaned towards me. "And you don't even know my name! How rude of me. I'm just standing and blabbering my mouth off here and I just realized that you probably don't even know my name! My name is Takahashi, Kashaku. I realized that your name is probably not a real name. I mean, mine is a real name." He stood up straight and placed a finger on his mouth thoughtfully. "I mean, my name is awesome! Aren't you familiar with that word? Kashaku…" He smiled cruelly that would have made me shudder.

My face hardened. I switched to English to make this conversation easier to understand. "Torture."

***WARNING to those who don't like violence! I will summarize at the end of the paragraph***

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He smiled and said, "So you are familiar with that word." He switched back to Japanese. "Isn't the name creative? My guardian came up with that name. You've seen him before. He's the one that you scared senselessly." He started laughing as he said, "That was the first time I ever saw him that scared before. That was hilarious!" Minutes pass before he finished. "But I know that you aren't interested in that kind of stuff. You are just a servant; a slave at most. You are just a slave to a man who wouldn't be able to hurt someone like you if you could use your full potential. I could get rid of him for you…" I stiffened a bit, hoping that he didn't notice. He smirked, "But I know that you probably want to kill him yourself," he said, emphasizing the word kill, "you wouldn't be able to though. The servant of evil dares not to kill the master, even if they are selfish, worthless little ants they are. Or should I call them cockroaches? They never seem to die, do they?" He cruelly smiles at me as he changed the topic completely and said, "I love seeing people die slowly, do you not? I love hearing them beg and cry; their cries to die. I love feeling their life slip out of their body, turning into the cold bodies that I love to eat later. Human flesh is the best quality of meat, you know. I especially love it when there are more than one person there, telling me to kill the other before them, letting them live because I have killed their companion." He starts laughing crazily, tilting is head back and his arms out from his sides, and hands formed and tensed as if he had two palm sized spheres there. "I love it all!" he shouted.

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****Takahashi says this, "He smiled and said, "So you are familiar with that word." He switched back to Japanese. "Isn't the name creative? My guardian came up with that name. You've seen him before. He's the one that you scared senselessly." He started laughing as he said, "That was the first time I ever saw him that scared before. That was hilarious!" Minutes pass before he finished. "But I know that you aren't interested in that kind of stuff. You are just a servant; a slave at most. You are just a slave to a man who wouldn't be able to hurt someone like you if you could use your full potential. I could get rid of him for you…" I stiffened a bit, hoping that he didn't notice. He smirked, "But I know that you probably want to kill him yourself," he said, emphasizing the word kill, "you wouldn't be able to though. The servant of evil dares not to kill the master, even if they are selfish, worthless little ants they are. Or should I call them cockroaches? They never seem to die, do they?" Afterwards, he changes the subject completely and describes what he likes to do, which is, if you couldn't have guessed it, to torture people. He describes it closely enough that I have to put a warning on it. He says, in summary, he likes to kill people slowly, eating specific meat afterwards, and letting them beg for him to let them live/die. ****

Throughout his speech, I couldn't help but think of "them". I clenched my hands into fists. I will never let that happen! I unclenched my hands and summoned both light and shadow spears. I threw it.

Takahashi, Kashaku's POV

I saw, no, I felt them coming. I flash stepped next to where the girl was, with my back facing the same direction as her front; the interesting girl that my guardian seems to want to get rid of. I don't get why. She's so fun to screw around with! I whispered in her ear as I saw her eyes widen in the slightest. "Tsk, tsk, tsk. What a bad girl you are!"

She took a quick jump away. Yup, definitely fun; like a bunny perhaps. I do love bunnies. But they don't seem to live long enough before I finish "playing" with them. At least I know that this one will live longer. And I will trap this one in a cage, for the most… kashaku if you will. Kukuku, I already love this game.

I looked at her from the corner of my eye and said, "That was dangerous, silly girl! That would have killed me if I didn't see it coming!"

I saw her clenched her hands. I smirked at her. She suddenly straightened her back and gave off the feeling that she was looking down on me. I pretended to pout at her to try to throw her off her attitude. "Why are you being so mean to me? All I'm doing right now is being nice to you!"

She smirked. I raised an eyebrow out of surprise. Did I break that mask? She leaned towards me with her hands on her hips and that smirk on her face. "Do you really think that you'll be the only one who'll have fun?" That smirk is annoying me… She's not Hayashi, Fuzen. She stood back straight and looked at her nails in a bored fashion. "I'm already having fun from the moment I laid eyes on you. Do you really think that you'll beat us in anything? The time's coming close and I'm getting stronger and stronger." She turned her head and faced me, her eyes shining sapphire blue. "My name is Kibarashi. Heard me? Memorized it? Good. I hate repeating." She smirked and said, "And no, you didn't break my dear Fuzen, you just ended up making me come out by accident."

I brought my hand to my chin in pretend thoughtfulness. "What do you mean? I like talking to Fuzen. You're not all that fun, Kibarashi was it? How and why would I make you come out?"

She smirked and brought her hand out to her mouth. "My, and you would love to know that, would you?" Her blue eyes shone in amusement. I held back a growl. I absolutely hate, HATE, the color blue. Her brown eyes are so much better. Hmph, I thought, I've gotten attached to the target a bit too fast. Maybe I should start the mission a bit earlier than planned. "I would love to hang in your dimension with you and talk till my mouth drops but I have someone waiting for me." She jabbed her hand into the air next to her as she said, "Scindo." I feel sleepy…I thought, I really feel tired… My conscience slipped away.

Kibarashi's POV

I felt my hand slide between his dimension and reality. I kept my eyes on him since I came out. Why I came out indeed? Even I don't know the answer. How long is this going to last? What's going to happen?

But I do know one answer. This person, Takahashi, Kashaku, is not normal; not similar to human, animal, or even other art forms. He's….. It's like he's artificial, not real, made up. Nothing should be able to obtain the powers to be able to create their own dimension, let alone be able to dodge one of Fuzen's attacks, even if they weren't 100%; more like 30 to 32% but still.

I felt the air change. I looked behind him and saw that the dimension was breaking. This isn't right. It shouldn't be breaking down…! A black shadow swiftly moved towards me. I jumped into the tear. I wasn't fast enough. I felt its claws rip the skin off my arm, with the blood immediately running out. I turned and screamed, "Contego!" I knew that using Scindo meant that it will not close until five minutes exactly have passed, but I haven't expected for him to try to prevent me from leaving. And that was a grave mistake.

The shield sealed the tear, but it will last for at least seven minutes. Luckily, it will protect me. Unfortunately, it also means that the opening will continue to be open until contego disappears. I watched the creature through the shield. It was as if it has forgotten about me. It continued to wander back and forth, as if pacing.

I watched it. The creature was a large, but thin. If it stood high, it would be at least 275 cm (about 9.02 feet). Instead it was hunched over, back high in the air. The face was covered by a white mask, covering all of the creature's features: its eyes, nose, and mouth. The mask… It kept changing. One moment, it is the face of an Ammit, and the next, it is an Agaliarept. And after, it would be an Empusa, and then it would be a Jikininki. It just kept changing… changing into different mythological creatures and demons. The body had four legs, similar to a four legged animal, but it stood on two legs. The arms seem to hang limp when they are not used but when they are, they become rigid and powerful.

I began to shake in fear, even if I didn't want to. I shook my head and simmered the shaking. I couldn't really stop it but I could hold it in to the point that others wouldn't be able to see it. The creature turned to look at me. We connected eyes for what seemed like hours, maybe even days. It's eyes; they were beautiful. I felt myself being drawn to them; I wanted to be with him, to help it.

I reached out towards the shield. Stop! My hand unwillingly stops. I look down and see my hand is still shaking, trying to break the hold against it. I won't let you kill us for the sake of figuring out what that thing is! My hand is pulled back, and I frowned. I hate having Fuzen tell me what to do. I feel my hand trying to move toward the shield again as I look at the creature again. He was crying; not with tears, or sobs, or even screams. I feel the extreme sadness from it.

I turned away, squeezing my eyes tightly and pretended not to see it. I don't want to be here. I covered my ears and my knees collapsed on me. I started to chant, chanted words from the centuries before when I was first learning spells, how to survive in years to come before I could be passed down to another generation.

Unlike Dark and Krad, I am spiritually passed down daughter to daughter, never skipping a generation. I watch over the daughters and make sure that they are safe and in one piece. Usually I only appear once or twice a generation, but this one is special. Hayashi, Fuzen…..She is the only one who really needs my help. I can only do so little though. There is something about this generation that changes everything. Usually, the events that happen to each generation is similar, yet different. It all results to one ending.

The generation before uses the power of the ancients to destroy something that was in the way of their lives. If not, they would die at the age of 18, the year of age where the girl is officially turned to a woman. But for her mother, she almost died because she almost couldn't find her anchor points, the art pieces that held her to this curse. Once, you've destroy it, you will live past and I will go away for the next generation to come. They usually find one at the age of 14; Fuzen is overdue. She has yet destroyed one of her four anchor points; one for every year since the age of fourteen, when her body is in the midst of getting ready to shut down. When this happens, small things begin to happen, they are not able to perform activities they rarely use, such as swimming, biking, or even read; if they haven't done it in two months, it would go away; permanently.

So far, she hasn't lost anything all important. She is aware of this and does all that she could to losing any of her abilities, but as time goes on, without destroying anything, she would also start to lose things, things I have only learned just in this generation. No other had a barricade to prevent her to destroy the anchor points; just her.

I blinked and found myself back in the park. I sighed. I let myself go, letting Fuzen's spirit take over the body once again. As I do though, I questioned her. What has made you this heartless?

Harada, Risa's POV Time- 7:28 P.M.

I laid on my bed on my stomach while kicking my legs in the air watching TV. I'm so~ bored right now! Usually I would be eating dinner or talking on the phone about things like who is going to be on the variety show tonight, but I don't even feel like doing that! I huffed and rolled on my back. Riku is out with Daisuke and won't be back till 8; although I would want to join them, this is a date between them two after all; just them; alone! Why can't I be in a relationship right now? And with Satoshi too…..

I flipped back over so I could see the TV right. I yawned in boredom as I flipped through the channels. I sighed as I said, "I really, really wish that I can go on another adventure like when Dark was here…"

Be careful of what you say. Anyone can be listening.

I jumped up and looked around. "… Wh- who's there?" There's no one there, and the voice definitely not Mio. The voice belonged to a guy and it didn't sound like any guy that I knew. I slowly got up from the bed and went to the veranda. I looked out but I didn't see anyone. I closed the doors and locked them just in case. I sighed. "Must have been my imaginations," I mumbled to myself.

I wouldn't jump to conclusions if it were I, Risa-chan.

I yelped as I heard the voice again. I grabbed the thing that was closest to me, which just happened to be a flower vase. I don't even know why we have this. I held it against my chest in a defensive position. I sucked in a breath as I tried to make my voice more confident than I really was. "Who's there?!" I almost shouted. I looked around the room cautiously as I moved towards the door of the room.

"You don't need to know my name," The voice said behind me.

I spun around quickly and saw a boy with dark grey hair and gold eyes. He looks like a high schooler, 16 maybe 17. He looks kind of cute… I mentally slapped myself. Pull it together, Risa! There is a boy in the room when there shouldn't be anyone here! "I do because you came into my house without permission and you better be glad I didn't call the police yet! I'll ask again and you better answer; who are you?!" My voice sounded more confident that time, though I still had the vase in my hands, ready to swing if I needed to.

The boy cocked his head and crossed his arms, smirking like he knew a dirty, little secret that he wasn't going to tell me. "Your house security is full of holes; anyone can get here if they wanted to." He took a step forward, while I took a small step back. I want to look strong but I'm still scared. Riku, where are you when I need you the most? Having Riku around me always made me feel better. "Anyways, the poor scared girl in front of me is looking adorably delicious!-" I shuddered. "-But that's not why I'm here." My back hit the wall before I knew it and he placed on hand on his hip and the other on the wall next to my head. He leaned in closer to my face and said, "I need you to do me a favor."

I moved away from him and held the vase in front of me. I looked at him cautiously and asked, "Why are you here? What do you mean by 'favor'? Why me?"

Smiling, he leaned against the wall, where I was just standing and said, "Simple! You wanted adventure, now you'll get it! I want you," he paused there as he seemed to be thinking what favor he wanted me to do. Weirdo. "Oh, that's right! I want you to help find Hayashi, Fuzen's weakness!"

I paled; he said that too cheerfully. "Why do you think I'll help you with this?! That is ridiculous! We finally get her to hang out and talk to us-"

"Exactly!" He smiled a cocky smile. You're close enough to talk to her, to find out what makes her tick, tock, and rock!" Before I could say anything (what kind of saying is that?), I felt my body freeze over. I dropped the vase in between us, my hands hovering where it had been before when I was holding it. It felt like ice pricking at my skin. I tried to move my fingers, but they wouldn't move. I tried to move any part of my body, but nothing moved; just my eyes as I followed his movements. "You see," he started out as he moved behind me, "you seem like to be the perfect one to do it; after all, you were the one who didn't want to befriend her in the first place." Shock and guilt went through my body when he said that. I didn't mean that! I wanted to say. I didn't mean it! I was just…. jealous that she was getting more attention from Satoshi than me. He smirked at me. "You've always wanted to have the perfect life, the perfect boyfriend, the perfect family, and the perfect friends. And now you can!" He had placed his hands on my shoulder and his face was so close to my cheek I wanted to punch him. I mean, has he ever heard of personal space! "Just get her out of the way and little Satoshi would be crawling to you!"

That sounds… that just sounds amazing. If I could have him as a boyfriend… All my fantasies of having Satoshi as my boyfriend flooded throughout my head, like a dam broke down and let all the feelings come out. No! I mentally shook my head and thought, Daisuke, Riku and Satoshi would be upset if she's gone! I would be, too. I tried to show him that I didn't want to do it, and I guess it worked, because he huffed and walked around me to my face. "Well, I didn't want to have to do it this way, but since you've pretty much asked for it, I'll force you into agreeing." He got close to my face again and I paled. His face changed from happy and cheerful to serious and… creepy. "You will agree. If you don't, then I guess that you don't want to continue living anymore. And unfortunately, your twin would follow your footsteps." The surprise and confusion ran through my head and he chuckled, even though he had the smile on his face, his eyes showed that he was dead serious. "I guess that voodoo doll didn't tell you guys anything, huh?"

He walked away and turned towards my bed. It looks like he is picking at the frame, from the side view. "When she combined with you two before, she connected your hearts, not just mentally but physically. Which means; one dies, the other will too; doesn't matter how, but both will still die." He glanced from the corner from his eye and asked, "So are you sure you want to die now? I don't think her boyfriend would like it very much to see his girl die in front of him in the night that they finally get to spend together; alone." He chuckled. I tried to furrow my eyebrows. How does he know all of this?! How long has he had been watching us? He smiled this creepy smile and walked towards me. "You've got four days. Four is my favorite number after all. If you don't agree, I will kill you in the most gruesome way I can think of and make SURE that the others will find you that way, all the blood and guts all over the place…" I tried to scream, but I couldn't; my mouth wouldn't move! "And one more thing," he leans in with the smile of the joker and eyes dead like a fish. He placed his finger on his lips as if to say 'shh' as he said, "You better not tell anyone. If you do… well, I wonder if Satoshi likes his girls cooked in a broiler."

I screamed.

Harada, Risa POV Time- ?

I felt my body being shaken. My eyes shot opened and saw Riku's worried face. "Risa…" She started, "are you okay? By the time I got back, you were already asleep. The TV was off and the lights were too." She sat down on the bed and placed a hand on my shoulder. "Now I finish getting ready and you're screaming your head off. Are you okay? Did you have a nightmare?" I sat there in silence, still shaken up by what had just happened. Was that really just a dream? I don't remember ever going to sleep… My body was still shaking as Riku frowned and brought me into a hug. "It's okay Risa, it was just a dream."

I hugged her back and asked, "Can you sleep with me in my bed tonight? I don't think I'll be able to sleep very well."

She smiled gently and said, "Sure, don't worry about it." She laid down next to me and as we fall asleep, she said, "Don't worry, it was just a dream."

I really hope it was, Riku. I really do.

A.N. I am really sorry... 1) I've asked you a question that already had an obvious answer. I cannot stop writing this even if I had wanted to. Once I shared her story, I just can't NOT write the rest even if I don't want to... 2) Making you guys wait for maybe... 6-7 months for this crappy chapter. I will try to update as soon as I can, though I would like you readers just help me figure out what mysteries I've put in this story that you might not get, I haven't explained, or even something that is confusing! I'll try to explain/fix it as best as possible. I am really sorry!

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