Chapter 3
Written by LongHairedMan
"Ughhhh..." Hideko let out as he opened his eyes. The sunlight was blinding, as if Hideko had been in a dark place for a long time. Unable to open his eyes for longer then a second and able to tell he was lying down on the ground, Hideko felt around him.
"Grass." Hideko thought after his hand combed the blades of grass through his fingers.
Hideko was confused. The only time he had ever woken up like this was after a long night of partying but he didn't remember being at a party the night before or even remember the night period. The only thing he remembered was running out of his school, and then he woke up here.
*Beep Beep*
"Phone." Hideko thought as he heard that all too familiar alarm that woke him up every morning for school. Still unable to open his eyes, Hideko reached into his pocket and pulled out the contents, 3 items.
*Beep Beep*
From the feel Hideko could tell they were a lighter, a pair of sunglasses and his cell phone which was the source of the constant beeping.
*Beep Beep*
"Hold on phone give me a damn second." Hideko said, as if the phone could understand. Hideko then put on the sun glasses so his eyes could actually tolerate the sun. Now able to see, Hideko was treated to a dark tinted blue sky without a cloud in sight.
*Beep Beep*
Hideko sat up, lifted his phone in front of his face and tapped the touchscreen, stopping the alarm. The alarm window disappeared and now the main menu displayed itself on the phone's screen.
"And no phone signal. Fantastic." Hideko said to himself before lowering his phone. This gave Hideko a chance to notice he wasn't on someones lawn or in a park, he was in a clearing surrounded by trees. Hideko immediately stood up and started looking all around.
"Oh this just keeps getting better and better. I'm in the middle of no-where!" Hideko shouted out loud, hearing his voice echo. Hideko sighed before slowly sliding the phone and lighter into his pocket.
After thinking about his options for a while Hideko began to walk in a random direction towards the forest that surrounded him.
"Okay think. How could I have ended up here." Hideko thought, walking into the forest.
"Now I know I didn't get wasted last night because I woke up sober, and that sucks. So maybe someone knocked me out...and dumped me here? But, ugh I don't know. That doesn't sound right." Hideko thought, struggling to put reason and his situation together.
As Hideko walked the trees loomed overhead. The sound of birds and other creatures filled the air indicating where ever he was, it wasn't close to the city.
"God damn it. Where am I?" Hideko thought, reaching for the necklace his father gave him.
Hideko felt around the black collar of his school uniform but no necklace was found.
"Shit, It's gone but where..." Hideko thought, stopping as a memory jumped into his head.
"That's right! I dropped it when I ran out of the school and hit...something." Hideko remembered but not completely.
"These villagers didn't even put up a fight haha" A male voice shouted some distance in front of Hideko.
Hideko stopped and scanned the area in front of him with his eyes. Sure enough there was a small settlement beyond the trees. Hideko not really sure what he was walking into, quietly walked between the trees to the village to get a better view.
"Please spare the children!" another male voice pleaded.
Hideko now close enough to see, peaked around a tree and noticed one man in very old style looking Japanese clothes. 3 more men stood in front of the man grinning at him. Unlike the man on the ground these 3 had on very wore samurai armor. All 3 also had a sheathed katana attached to the cloth belt that ran around their waist. 10 feet away, next to a small wood home a bunch of kids, girls and boys watched in fear.
"Oh we'll spare them alright." one of the armored stated.
"Yea. We'll look after them real good ha ha." Another added.
Hideko just watched with concern before he smiled, looked down to the ground and shook his head. He embarrassed by his stupidity.
"Oh I must have walked into a movie set! Yea! Those 3 are bandits and those are villagers being pillaged." Hideko thought relived that everything was okay.
Hideko then looked back up and looked all around the settlement for cameras but he found none.
"They must be hidden I guess." Hideko thought.
"Please! I beg you. Leave the Children!" the villager pleaded.
"He he he. Bend down and kiss my feet and I might consider it." The bandit in front of the villager stated, clearly the leader of the 3.
"Man the director is going to be pissed that I walked into his set but I really need to know where the hell I am." Hideko thought, walking out from behind the tree towards the village.
The villager bent down to the leader on the ground to kiss his boots but when he did, the leader kicked him in the face. The man flew backwards and landed on his back, letting out a yell in pain.
"DADDY!" a little girl yelled, running over to her father who at this point was bleeding profusely from his noise.
Right before the little girl reached him, one of the other bandits grabbed her, lifting her into the air.
"No you don't ha ha." the bandit let out.
The leader laughed to himself before he slid out the katana from his belt and lifted into the air above the man.
"Hold her still. I want her to see this." the leader stated.
"NO! LET GO OF ME!" the little girl screamed, struggling to break free from the bandit's grasp.
"It's okay. Just close your eyes." the man told his daughter as a stream of tears and blood ran down his face.
*Beep Beep*
Everyone stopped and looked over in Hideko's direction, noticing him walking over.
"Must have hit the snooze button." Hideko thought pulling out his phone and hitting the dismiss button this time, stopping the alarm.
"Who are you?" The bandit leader asked.
"Yea sorry about ruining the scene but I have no idea where I am. Could you tell me how far way this place is from Tokyo?" Hideko asked, putting his phone in his pocket.
The bandit leader along with the other 3 men just stared at him with a puzzled look.
"You know Tokyo. Big city. Capital of Japan." Hideko reminded.
The leader pointed the end of his sword at Hideko. Hideko stopped.
"I asked you, who you are. Now you answer or I'll cut off ever single one of your fingers off until you do tell me." the bandit leader ordered.
"Boss look how tall he is! And his eyes! there completely black!" one of the bandits informed.
"And those clothes! He's gotta be a demon!" the other stated.
"A demon? Black eyes? Are these guys still acting?" Hideko thought, realizing the man was talking about the lenses of his sunglasses.
"Oh both of you shut up! Demon what is your purpose here!" the leader asked.
"My purpose? To stop you from hurting anymore people!" Hideko announced, playing along and trying not to laugh.
"Is that so? And why would a demon care about a bunch of worthless villagers?" the leader asked.
Hideko assumed 'demons' were bad.
"Because I'm a good demon! Yea! That's it" Hideko announced.
"Really!? You've come to save us!?" the villager on the ground asked.
"Yes!" Hideko shouted, standing up straight with pride.
The 3 men just stared at him until the leader began to laugh.
"Oh shut up you worm!" The bandit leader shouted, kicking the man in the stomach.
The man let out a grunt in pain and grabbed a hold of the spot he was kicked.
Slowly the leader started to walk towards Hideko with his katana raised in front of himself.
"Good demon huh? You know what I think? I think you're not a demon at all. But rather some freak trying to act like one." the leader stated.
"Stay back or I'll...destroy you!" Hideko warned, snickering.
"Hahaha, destroy me huh? Well lets see it." the leader said, closing in on Hideko.
Hideko lifted his arms with his palms vertical to the leader as if he was going to create some kind of magic attack.
"Stop or you'll regret it!" Hideko warned with a goofy smile on his face.
"Come on destroy me! DO IT!" the leader yelled as he moved closer and closer.
Suddenly the leader stopped 3 feet away from Hideko with a lifeless look in his eyes.
The man didn't move an inch for the next few moments and Hideko just gained a confused look.
"Boss what are you waiting for? Aren't you going to kill him?" the man holding the girl asked.
That's when Hideko seen it, a very thin wire that led into the leader's neck. It glowed for only a second thanks to the sunlight before it flew back and ripped out a tiny needle. A small trickle of blood started to flow down the leader's neck before he collapsed to the ground.
Hideko just stared at the mans body in complete shock.
"That guy really just died." Hideko thought, knowing full well that was no effect.
The other 2 bandits just looked at Hideko in complete fear.
"He, he really is a demon." the man holding the little girl stated.
Without anytime to spare the man dropped the little girl on the ground and started to run away. He didn't even make it 10 feet before he himself stopped and fell to the ground. The last man dropped into his knees and started begging to Hideko.
The little girl crawled over to and on top of her father before hugging him.
"Daddy!" the little girl let out with tears of joy.
"Please forgive me! I never wanted to hurt these people I swear I-" the bandit couldn't even finish before he too fell face first into the ground.
Hideko looked at his hands, completely taken back.
The man on the ground sat up with his daughter in his arms and looked over to Hideko.
"Thank you!" the man let out, also crying.
"Did, did I kill them?" Hideko asked out loud.
"Nope. I did." another man's voice stated from behind.
Hide, I don't think you understand how lucky you are XD
Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed.