Chapter 9: I'm My Own Enemy
Himeno opened her eyes and jumped to the horrifying scenery surrounding her bed. Flames drew across the ceiling, the floor was melting in tar, and every corner of the room was surrounded by transport demons fluttering and eating the leafe that surrounded it.
"Himeno.." an eerie voice came out of nowhere.
"Who are you? Are you the Princess of Disaster!"
Appearing before her, she hovered over the bed with her dark purple, shredded gown and her black stringy like hair.
"What are you doing here? I thought we defeated you a long time ago!"
"You may have did, but you only took away my source of power."
"Who are you possessing now, Fenrir!"
Fenrir chuckled under her breath, only growing it louder and louder until it echoed and rang Himeno's ears.
"What... you don't know? Out of all of the weaklings in the world; you don't happen to know? Hahahaha," she continued to laugh evilly.
"What are you talking about! Stop laughing!" Himeno stood on her bed holding a fist to her chest.
"Here, I'll show you." Fenrir slowly pulled out her hand and grasped the air in between her fingers and palm.. as if she was squeezing a ball of air.
Watching her, a life threatening pain shot through her head. All she could hear on the inside was screaming. She cupped her ears, pressuring them as she fell to her knees, hoping the shrieking would stop.
She wanted it to stop, everything to stop, she thought she was through with all the pain and suffering of a Pretear, but it only seems that Fenrir was coming back with vengeance.
"Make it stop!"
"I'm afraid I can't do that Himeno. You see, that person inside you, is who I hold in my grasp. I put her inside your head, the moment you were at your most vulnerable state. She grasps onto your memories, being nice and supportive. Gaining your trust..."
"Don't listen to her Himeno! She's lying, I don't even remember her," Michiko shrieking once more.
"You were made not to remember a single thing about me, Michiko. You're my only link to Himeno." Fenrir squeezes the air again, making the pain worse, too hard to even bear.
Himeno squirmed, holding her head harder,"I...I don't believe you!"
"Believe in whatever you want, but Michiko is made to be you. You are your own enemy, my dear Himeno. I will make you suffer, you will die."
Himeno stood on her feet trying to hold back the pain. "What's the whole point in killing me?"
She tried holding a serious face, not showing that she was in more pain.
"You remember when I told Hayate that I would make him miserable, suffer so much that he will go in despair? Well, I did not lie.. I'm using my vengeance against you to put him in despair."
"So what... you're saying is.. th..that killing me will help you get back at him?"
"And you...," she slowly faded back into the shadows without anymore words to spare. With all the pain withdrawn from her body, she fell to the floor as it turned back into normal. The scary background finally turned back into the serene atmosphere of the hospital room.
'That was no nightmare, it was real,' Himeno got off the floor shaking in fear.
'Is what she saying, true? Am I my own enemy?'