Chapter 2: Haru's illuminating glow
Haru sat on her bed, staring at the floor, "Natsume, how do we exactly get to Midnight Castle?", "Well, the Mistress explained to me that one of the princesses in our world has a friend who can perform transportation spells, he should be coming, but we have a actual waiting spot", Natsume explained this to Haru with great detail on what his plans would be to get there. Haru walked to her closet and opened the doors, "hey Natsume can you turn around or go stand on the balcony, I want to dress in my travelling clothes", "A...ya sure, I'll go stand on the balcony" Natsume walked fast outside, while blushing and looked to his right, the wind was blowing a nice tender breeze, warmer than the previous ones. He looked into the sliding door, Haru's reflection showing, she picked out a shirt, a short sleeved, purple shirt with a picture of a cherry blossom tree. Natsume couldn't take his eyes off the reflection, as she took her current shirt off, her body in a shape of an hour glass, her tummy shining in the moonlight, but he looked away, he had seen enough, his heart was beating fast and he was heating up. Haru walked outside, "Natsume what's wrong?, you're face is all red", "No it's nothing" he explained, she walked up to him, put her hand on his forehead and brushed his fringe up, she gently put her forehead on his and stayed there with her eyes closed, he looked at her close up face and could feel he was getting hotter and hotter, his heart beating fast, he had never experienced this before, until she came along. Haru took her forehead off his and combed his fringe back to how it was, "You're really burning up, you might have a fever so well stay a bit longer", "Are you sure, we have to get going" he argued, "Yeah, I'm pretty sure, otherwise you're going to get worse" she argued back, "fine then, we'll stay" he finally agreed. Another hour passed until Natsume finally told Haru it was time to get going, she stood in front of him with her cherry blossom shirt, short black jeans that were ¾ up her thighs, her black stockings that came past her knees with ripped lines in them as they were designed, her sneakers and she seemed to have on gloves that were open at her fingers. Her short purple hair was tied back with her side fringe brushed around her left eye and she was smiling because of the excitement of her first adventure that she would probably have to risk her life for. Natsume stood up, walked past Haru and crouched down, "What are you doing Natsume?" asked Haru with a embarrassed expression, "Well, we have to get down your balcony, so I'm going to carry you on my back" replied Natsume, "You can't be serious right?, I'm too heavy" she said blushing, "No you're not, I've carried you twice already, you're actually light", Haru couldn't win this argument no matter how much she tried, in the end she just got on his back. Natsume stood up, and a shocking wavelength of an aura had hit him, he looked around outside, behind houses and trees, "What could that evil aura be, I don't like the feeling of this, I better go quickly" Natsume thought to himself, "hey Natsume, what's wrong? I am to heavy, aren't I?" she complained, "Haru I already told you, you're not, I just thought I saw something." Natsume quickly jumped over the balcony railing and landed on the ground, outside Haru's room, something was wrong and he knew it. Natsume put Haru down and grabbed out an illuminating dagger, the dagger glowed brighter than anything, the moon was no comparison. Haru had never seen anything glow so bright before, to her it was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen, and to Natsume this is the first time he had seen the moon stone lily dagger glow so brightly, with him it only glowed a little, but when near Haru, the daggers glow is unlimited. The glow seized and Natsume handed the dagger to Haru, "Here this is yours" he offered, "No it isn't, I've never seen this sort of dagger before" Haru denied, "This dagger is called the Illuminating Dagger, it is made of the rare Moon Stone Lily, therefore there is only 1" Natsume explained, "If there is only 1, why should I have it?, I'm not good with daggers, why isn't it yours?" Haru argued and denied everything, "I wasn't finished talking, the legend says: Only the one with a pure heart and soul can truly be the daggers master, when the daggers shine is brighter than the moon itself, then you truly know that person is it's master." He held out the dagger in front of Haru, the beautiful silver sheath shone and glowed in the moons ignited beams, Haru's hand moved slowly towards the dagger and her fingers touched the smooth, serene, glittering sheath, the dagger glowed once more but only for a second and went back to being a dull and plain dagger. Haru lifted up the dagger but then it suddenly dropped, the dagger hit the ground with a clang and Haru fell to her knees, her hands started to hurt, a ruby red colour was dripping off her hand onto the ground, she looked at her hand and blood was slowly seeping out of her flesh, "What is this?" she questioned Natsume, "Why does it hurt?" she asked, thoughts were racing through her mind, images of some sort, a giant white bird, blood everywhere, demons, monsters and a women standing there commanding them, her hair short and grey, her face of an old hag, cold, evil eyes and most petrifying, her cold, evil cackle as her monsters slaughtered every living innocent being. Haru dropped to her side, she was breathing hard and tears were coming out of her eyes, one of her never forgetting memories.