My bad. The next will be the last. Now this is where it'll get more ironic! Enjoy!
Chapter 6
The Land of the Dead
Just as I woke up, thought that I was dreaming, I was still in pain. I grunt to get comfortable until I saw a person fixing the fire. He look… unusual and familar.
"You're finally awake." The stranger said.
"Ugh, where am I?" I asked, "Who are you? What happened?"
"Well, you're dead." he said.
"What?!" I exclaimed.
At first, I didn't feel my tail moving. I look back of me and there was no tail. I then look at my hands. I pat my head and I don't feel my ears, but on the side of my head. I feel my face and I don't feel my whiskers.
"What did you do to me?" I asked.
"Nothing." He said, "Why do you ask?"
"What happened to my fur, my ears, my ears, and my tail?" I asked.
"What are you talking about?" he asked, "You're some animal, are you?"
"I am one. I'm a tiger." I said.
"Well, you don't look like a tiger to me. All I see you is just a wounded human." He said.
"Human? What's a human?" I asked.
"Seriously, you don't know what a human is?" he asked.
I shake my head slightly and then he starts to laugh very hard. I raise my hand out to him and use telekinesis to bring him to me face-to-face.
"You have no idea… who you are messing with." I growled.
"I think I do." He said pulling away, "You're the Infamous Storm."
"Who?" I asked.
"Dude, like what's wrong with your mind? Are you that dumb?" he asked.
I almost went for him again.
"Ok! I take that back!" he said quickly raising his hands up.
"You better!" I snarled.
"Jeez, no wonder you're Infamous." He said.
"I'm Infamous?" I asked, "No, I-I'm a Hero of China. I can't be Infamous."
"You're from China?" he asked giving me a drink, "Well, that's… what is the word I'm looking for?"
"Amazing?" I guessed.
"Yea, amazing!" he said.
"Well it looks like I'm not the only one that who's dumb here." I mumbled drinking my cup, "Anyways, who are you and where am I?"
"I don't have a name and we're at the Land of the Dead, or should I say 'Hell'." he said.
"You don't have a name?" I asked, "And I'm in Hell?"
"Yea, because when you become a ghost, you forget your name." he explained.
"Then, I'm a ghost?" I asked.
"Yep." He said starting to eat something.
"But I didn't forget my name; I don't even know my true name." I said.
"What? You're getting me confused." He said.
"I mean is that the reasons why I don't even know what a human is probably because I lost my whole entire memory, besides communicating and all of that. Let's just say that I know how to communicate." I said.
"So what you're saying is, you forgot you name because you lost your memory, like amnesia?" he asked, "Wow, I thought you were dead and supposed to come here. But it seems that someone didn't want you dead."
"Who?" I asked.
"How am I supposed to know? I'm not the information guy." He said.
"Well, you kind of are because you're giving me information about my past." I said.
"Whatever." He said.
"So, you say I'm in Hell? Where bad people come here?" I asked drinking my cup.
"Yep." He said.
"But why am I here? I'm not bad." He said.
"You're kind of are. I mean, you are Storm." The nameless being said.
"I'm not Storm!" I snarled.
"Then who are you?" he asked.
Until we begin to some whistling noises. The nameless man gets up quickly giving the eyes of fear.
"Oh, no." he said.
"What?" I asked.
"They're coming. Come on." He said packing up.
"Who?" I asked.
"No time to explain. Come on, before we get caught!" he said.
He quickly grabs my hand and then runs off.
"Uh, exactly where are we going?" I asked.
"Somewhere we can hide and have shelter." He said.
Then these huge muscular monsters with giant spears and swords surround us in a circle, pointing their weapons at us.
"Yep, we're dead." he said.
"But we are dead." I said.
"It's a figure of speech as we're going to be in big trouble." He said.
"Well, that's not going to happen to me." I said walking up.
Just as I stop, one charges at me. As it swings it's sword down towards me, I, a little bit, struggle to hold the sword.
"It's going to take more than one sword to kill me." I said.
I took a hold of the sword and throw the monster to the other monsters. I held it on my back and take a grip on the sword.
"Alright, who wants to try and take me down?" I asked.
They all begin to growl and roar at me. One came charging at me and I just slice him in half. Though I don't kill, but since I'm in Hell, they wouldn't come back. I swing the sword to the left to cut the other monster. As I kept slicing through the monsters, they kept coming towards me closer. I then used a power that disintegrates in my radiation. It was called Lightning Repulse and every monster was disintegrated after the explosion, so did the weapons.
"That was freaking awesome!" the nameless one said.
"Saying that reminds me of a friend of mine name Po." I said.
"Looks like we're not dead." he said.
"So, you tell me I'm at The Land of The Dead, right?" I asked.
"That's correct." He said.
"Is there any way to get to the Land of the Living?" I asked.
"Why would you go back?" he asked.
"I have unfinished business to do." I said holding the sword on my back.
"What kind?" he asked.
"Why do you want to know?" I asked.
"Just a wonder, besides, I am a wondering soul." He said.
"I see… well, it's personal. So just stay out of it. I just want to know how to get out of here." I said.
"Well it's easy of getting to the Land of the Dead, but back to the Land of the Living, oh, it's tricky." He said.
"But do you at least know where it is?" I asked.
"It's just right at the mountains over there." He pointed.
I look at where he was pointing and see a ray of light behind.
"Is that the door?" I asked.
"The Gate to the Living." He said, "A lot of souls tried to get there, but it is heavily defended."
"Where do souls go if they fail?" I asked.
"They either end up in the demons stomach, or are taken to that Dark Castle over there." He said pointing.
"Have they got out in anyway?" I asked after looking at the castle.
"Uh, so far, no." he said, "But I have, once."
"What happened?" I asked.
"There was nothing much but it was like 2 years ago." He said, "And yet, I've been hunted down during those years."
"So, what are you going to do?" I asked.
"Just keeping on running." He said, "And what are you going to do?"
I look back at the mountain and back at him.
"I'm going back." I said.
I walk to toward it until the nameless man holds my shoulder.
"You can't go there without yourself unprepared. Trust me, when I went there, I was totally not prepared." He said.
"So, are you coming with me?" I asked.
"Where will you go? You don't even know what cable of this place is. This is hell!" he said.
"Whatever it takes." I said.
"Hmm, a man with a spirit of fire, I like that. All right, then I'll come with you. You don't even know where to go to get to the mountain." He said.
"Fine. You'll lead me there and what do I repay you back?" I asked.
"Freedom. Get to the gate, and we'll escape together." He said.
"Fair enough." I said.
"So what are we waiting for? Let's go." He said, "By the way, I didn't get your name."
"It's Kenji." I said.
Kenji is at the Land of the Dead and meets a strange nameless soul. Do you think he will make it back? Should Kenji trust this soul? Be ready for it; stay tune. X)