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Chapter 5: It's Here…

He was staring at his ceiling. Just… staring. On his back, on his bed. He was trying to understand what was killing those people. He thought he knew but wishes, with all his being, that he would be wrong. The creature he's thinking about is so terrible, so evil, like a pure demon; as bad as you could get. But it wasn't called a demon, oh no it was called something much worse. It was called a Soul Eater, and like its name implies it sucks away your soul. It can smell your blood, follow you any where, has razor sharp claws & teeth. In your world you would say it looks like a dark greenish black, large wolf. Which it did. It prefers special souls, like half breed souls. If it gets one, it will become incredibly strong beyond imagination & immortal. If that happened, every one on Earth would be doomed…

Sighing, Ienzo sat up in bed and walked over to the window. He needed to get some fresh air. He opened the window as wide as he could and swung his legs on the sill. Jumping forward, he grabbed the branch of the tree next to his window & swung down. Landing in a crouching position he quickly got up, stuffed his hands in his pockets, and starting walking. Who knew how long he walked, seemed like forever though not really knowing where he was going.

Suddenly, there was a deep, menacing growl that sent shiver up your spine from behind him. Afraid to turn around, Ienzo looked down at a puddle next to his feet. What he saw was just what he feared. A Soul Stealer. Not even having a second thought, he took his hands out of his pockets and dashed away as quickly as possible. He didn't know where he was going but he really didn't care, not with that thing after him. He could hear the growls and barks not even 15 feet behind him. He knew that if he didn't lose that thing soon, he'd be dead.

Oh.

Crap.

A dead end. He must of mad a wrong turn some where. He was trapped, and they call it a DEAD end for reason after all. Quite suddenly, he felt a sudden weight on his back as he fell forward. The demon had got him. Ienzo cried out in pain as he felt sharp claws dig into his back. 'No.' he thought 'I'm not going to die like this. Not here. Not now.' Rolling over, he kicked the Soul Eater in the face, stunning it long enough for the 12- year- old to get up and use what little energy he had left to run. He was about 5 blocks away when he realized the wolf wasn't chasing him, though he still kept running until he climbed up the tree, through the window, and was in his bed. As soon as he was in, he trudged into the bathroom, cleaned his 3 slashes in the shape of claw marks, and the collapsed in bed.

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Ienzo, Lumaria, and Myde were all sitting on Lumaria's porch steps talking about things going on in their lives. All was well, that is until Myde said:

"Oh my god! Ienzo, you have blood all over the back of your shirt!"

"Oh, um, it's nothing Myde. Just a scratch." Ienzo nervously rubbed the back of his neck and laughed.

Lumaria had a worried look on his face. "Just a scratch my foot! Let me see." And before Ienzo could protest, Lumaria turned him around and shoved the back of his shirt up. On his back were three long, bloody slashes going diagonal across his back. All the blood was soaking into his whit t-shirt.

Shocked, Lumaria dropped the shirt and Myde gasped. "What happened? Oh, forget that you need to be cleaned up!" Myde yelled and ran inside to get bandages.

"What happened, Ienzo?" Lumaria asked, partly in shock still.

"Nothing." Ienzo said taking a step back. Before Lumaria could protest Ienzo took another step and continued talking. "Hey, I gotta go." And with that he ran away.

By the time Myde got back, he was already gone.

Yay! Sorry I don't update as much but I don't have a lot of motivating. So, thank you any one who still reads this. Oh, & by the way Sora788, how was that for important?