Choice of Music: Anything But Love - Apocalyptica; Just A Little Girl - Trading Yesterday
POSSIBLE MAJOR OOCNESS AHEAD! You has been warned.
Chapter 11 - Pain for Love
Kia could feel her shoes hitting the pavement, the sounds echoing with every step she took. Looking around, she noticed how the more she walked, the quieter the area around her would be. Even the occasional dog barking of birds twittering stopped. Keeping close to streetlights, she kept an eye out for what could be a cause of the silence.
"This is very odd," she mumbled, on alert. "Very odd, indeed." Her body was on such an superstitious high that the girl jumped when she felt her phone vibrate. Pulling out the small cellular device, she groaned when she recognized Ritsuka's number.
Flipping it open, she started "Okay, I know that whatever I did wrong isn't my fault, so just-"
"Kia, there is a very dark entity where you are at," Ristuka warned her, her voice sounded both fearful and horrified. "You need to get home now!"
Not five seconds after Ristuka finished her sentence, a blood curdling scream sounded the air, a loud and high-pitched alarm. Startled, Kia dropped her phone and turned towards the direction of the scream. A sickening snap, and then nothing but silence. The black haired teenager trembled, her mind wavering between going to the nearest source of light or running towards the shadows.
A growl. Not a human or animal growl. A deep, unearthly growl; one that sent shivers of sheer, unadulterated fear down Kia's spine. She stepped backwards, everything in her mind and body screaming at her to run, run as fast as she could. Don't stop, don't look back, just run.
Spinning, Kia took off like a bullet. 'Stay in the shadows, stay in the shadows,' she repeated in her head. A huffing noise, like heavy breathing of a beast during chase. 'Shit, it's following me.'
A roar, deafening and threatening. Kia nearly froze in place, feeling sick to her stomach. It caught scent, it was taking chase. She didn't want to see this creature, didn't want it to find her. Turning, she bolted into an alleyway and hid behind a dumpster.
Holding her breath, she gave a small peek around the corner. A large creature, it almost looked like a dog. But not an ordinary dog. It's body was thin enough to see the bones, but Kia swore she could see the muscles underneath it. A part that looked like a muzzle was low to the ground. A small cloud of dust would fly into the air with every exhale it took. It was trying to scent her out.
Turning behind the dumpster again, she prayed silently that it wouldn't find her. The sounds merely got closer, great claws clicking on the cement. Kia fell back into the shadows, to try and see if she could find a way out.
Someone grabbed her arm and pulled. A hand immediately clamped over her mouth to stop her from screaming, and Kia felt like her heart was just going to jump out of her chest. Her eyes moved to see her "attacker", and was met with golden eyes.
Vice slowly put a finger to his lips, golden eyes bearing into hers. She nodded slightly, shaking. Pulling her behind him, the green Douji pressed himself against the wall and moved closer to the creature. He held something large and bulky in his gauntlet; and once he had judged his distance, threw the object.
It made a loud clattering noise against the other side of the alley, and instantly the creature roared and attacked it with a verocity Kia hadn't seen. One quick jerk of its' head, and blood splashed everywhere. The corpse of a stray dog Vice had used was now nothing more than a ragdoll.
Moving quickly back towards her, Vice kept himself between her and the creature, his golden eyes waiting for any sign of attack that could come at them. Gently pushing Kia, they moved stealthily and quietly down the alleyway, all the time keeping a watchful eye on the beast.
The moment they felt safe enough, Kia exhaled a shaky breath. Her body trembled, drenched in a cold sweat from the adrenaline rush. Feeling claws wrap themselves around her wrist, Vice started to walk faster. Struggling to keep up, Kia matched pace with him, momentarily looking back every now and again.
Through the air sounded the creature's deafening roar. It knew it had been tricked.
Picking up Kia, Vice flew down the street. The girl held onto him tightly, fingernails nearly ripping the green cloth of his jacket. Her black hair whipped around her face, and she guessed they must have been going at least 60, if not more.
Quick left, then right, straight for two blocks, then left again. Kia didn't know the reason for his erratic turns, surely they must have lost the creature by now.
Suddenly, Kia felt herself jerked away from Vice's arms and flew solo. Looking down at the pavement underneath her, she instinctively wrapped her arms before her face as her body made impact with the cement.
A white hot pain seared through her elbows and forearms, she skidded across the pavement, rolling. Shaking her head, she went through a mental check to see if anything what wrong. No broken bones, definately going to have some scrapes, maybe a sprain, and severe bruising. Standing up, Kia felt a warm liquid dripping down her arms and her right shoulder. Her elbows and forearms had strips of flesh hanging from them, and she could see the muscle underneath. Looking at her shoulder, that too was scraped up but not to the same extent.
Her head whipped towards where Vice was, and was shocked by what she found.
Vice was currently on the cement, wearing an expression of pain. His left leg was torn off at mid-thigh, and she could see his lifeblood poaring from it. "Fuck!" he hissed.
Running over to him, Kia knew that she had to do something. Now she couldn't run away. Just as she was about to kneel down beside him, the green Douji swung his gauntlet and pushed her away. She caught a glimpse of his main Karakuri Henge, the Turtle Saw.
The creature went for another lunge, and Vice plunged the green blade deep into its' throat. It gurgled, choking on either the blade or its' blood; maybe both.
Removing itself from the blade, the beast gripped Vice's waist between its' giant jaws. In turn, he clawed into the face as much as he could; ripping the ears, gouging the eyes, tearing so far deep into the tissue Kia could see jawbone.
It clamped its' powerful jaws shut, and Kia heard the sickening crush of Vice's waist. He let out a howl of pain, digging the green claws back into its' face.
A flash of pink and blue, and the demonic creature went sailing. It barrelled across the cement, writhing around to upright itself again. Vice was back on the cement, his bare chest rising up and down rapidly. Despite being in the pain he was, Kia watched as he forced himself to sit back up.
"Vice!" Kia said, running back towards him. "You'll hurt yourself! Don't sit up, please!" Kneeling next to him, her mind searched frantically for anything that she could do to help him. And, just like over a year ago, she felt helpless.
Webs appeared, wrapping themselves around the demon beast. It struggled, and Kia could hear them constricting it with every move. Within minutes of it's capture, the creature was still. Only now did she get a good look at its eyes.
Dark, soulless eyes. Eyes that were meant for killing, eyes for hunting down its prey relentlessly and mercilessly. To tire it out and it have no hope for survival.
Jealousy stood near the creature, body tensed and ready for another attack. "Tansen will be here soon," he spoke. "They will dispatch of it."
"Good," Vice mumbled. Kia felt him lean his body heavily against her, his rapid breath slowing down. He closed his golden eyes, and stilled. She saw his waist already trying to fix itself, attempting to repair the thin wires and bones that had been crushed under the pressure.
Tensing up, Kia wrapped her arms around the unconscious Vice. 'Why can't you see that?' she though, feeling hot tears come to her eyes. 'This is why I didn't want to come back. This is why I don't want to stay.'
Jealousy pondered, seeing the teenager holding a defeated Vice. He remembered Tansen telling him to take that pill before he arrived to assist them, and now he understood why. Vice had been taken out without a problem, and the envious Douji envisioned himself being snapped like a twig.
What in the hell could have brought that thing about, something that was strong enough to break even Vice?
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