This one is a fairly short chapter, I wrote it during one of my breaks between classes. I wanted to get my ideas down, and published before I start changing them, and they get out of hand lol.
I want to thank all the reviews people sent me, I love seeing that people are enjoying my story as much as I have been enjoying writing it :) I want to thank the person who pointed out my plural and singular problem, that was a very silly mistake on my part, so I thank you for reminding me of it.
Hopefully there aren't to many mistakes in this one, but if there are feel free to point them out.
I hope you enjoy!
Natsuki awoke with a start. Heart pounding, the dreams had been filled with the screams and mournful cries of death. The memories had become worse after becoming mortal. At least before she never slept, she hadn't ever seen the images distorted by her own imagination.
The room was dark; she could only make out a small sliver of light. The silence began to overwhelm her, she needed out.
Quickly standing up she fumbled her way to the door. Opening it, she rushed out of the dark room. She tried to remember the direction of the front door, holding out her hands she felt around.
She heard movement to her left, and froze. She heard a soft sigh, and then the continued soft rhythmic breathing. Natsuki slowly relaxed her body, not having realized she had tensed up so much.
The Claustrophobic feeling she'd had before started to give way to a strong erg to get out in the hallway. She felt the pull and she could only go along with it. Allowing her feet to move without her even thinking about it.
Making her way to the front door, she felt around for the locks, undoing them as silently as possible, she moved her hand down to the knob. The door began to open, and she was about to slip out when a voice stopped her.
"Where are you going?" The voice said sounding sleepy
Natsuki glanced back, her hand still holding the door open.
She heard the shuffled footsteps, "Natsuki, please don't leave" The voice almost pleaded with her.
Shizuru drew closer, placing her hand on Natsukis shoulder. The darkness was responding to her touch, fading out of her vision, but still leaving the dark shadows of night in their place.
The dark haired girl dropped her head "I must…" She responded.
Shizurus hand tightened, and let out a slight gasp. "W-what…?"
Natsuki cocked her head to the side; she was confused by the taller woman's reaction.
"I must." She said this time with more force. Pulling away slightly, Natuski moved out of the woman's reach opening the door wider
Shizuru's eyes seemed glazed, staring off into an unknown world. Her mouth moved as if trying to say something, but was unable to form the correct words.
Taking the distraction she slipped completely out of the apartment. She walked down the hall, the shadows that had falling back into place the minute Shizuru's hand had left her began to move. They were forming around a door on the left side of the hallway. She could feel the coldness began to envelop her. The shadows were moving more erratically, they almost appeared to be dancing.
Her mind began to waiver, only being able to focus on the door. She heard the sound of a door open and shut behind her, and footsteps coming in her direction. But she did not care.
The hallways began to feel congested with the amount of dark shapes, and the pull was growing every step she took toward that door.
Finally reaching it, she placed her hand on the knob. She turned it, and pushed. But nothing happened, her reaction became panicked, the shadows growing agitated with every failed attempted to get into the apartment.
"Natsuki!" A voice exclaimed from behind her.
She glanced back at the woman. She began to shake, her body vibrating with agitation. "I need in!" She said. Her voice had grown hoarse.
"You can't just force your way in…what do you think you're doing" Shizuru said, grabbing the shorter woman from behind, she pulled her away from the door.
Natsuki felt the arms wrap around her waist, but didn't realize what was happening till she was being pulled away.
"No! Stop, I must!" She exclaimed, flailing her arms around.
She tried prying Shizuru's hands off of her, but her attempt was only met with the tightening of shizuru's grip.
The shadows began to swirl around angrily, rushing violently at them before backing off.
Natuski could see the shadows began to move closer to Shizuru, fear of what they would do began to fill Natuski.
She could feel her body being forcibly dragged back into Shizurus apartment. Just as the door shut she finally broke free of the light haired woman's hold. And Natuski flung herself away.
Natuski held her head in her hands, she was trying to push the darkness back, and the whispers began to fill her mind
We must…don't leave him…we need to see him die! She heard them say. Natsuki could feel the pressure building; she thought her head would explode with the words when she felt arms being wrapped around her.
The warmth started to fill her body where once coldness reigned. The voices quieted till there was nothing left.
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Shizuru held Natsuki in her arms. Slightly rocking her. The woman would never admit it, but she had been terrified.
The half crazed look she was given when Natuski was trying to force her way into the neighbouring apartment scared her. Something about the way her eyes looked.
But the one thing she could not shake was the words 'I must' she had heard them before. She remembered them being said that night 14 years ago…she had forgotten that dark stranger who had taken her mother.
The way Natuski had said it, sounded exactly like that stranger. Shizuru tightened her hold, and closed her eyes. She couldn't' remember what the person looked like. She had been 10 years old; the whole night seemed hazy, nothing being very clear.
She felt Nastuki turn her head, the taller woman pulled back slightly. "I'm sorry" Was the whispered response.
"Don't be sorry, just tell me what happened?" Shizuru implored.
Natsuki just shook her head, "I can not…I don't know how to word it..." She turned her head away.
Shizuru noticed that the girl had not made a single attempt to escape her arms. "Well, you can stay in my arms for as long as you like" She said smiling.
She could see the pinking of the girl's cheeks. And She felt Natsuki go to move out of her embrace, she watched the girl stand up, she got up as well.
She quickly schooled her features, "does Natsuki not enjoy my hugs…?" She said in a sad voice, reaching up and covering her face with her hands. Shaking her shoulders for dramatic effect, hoping to alleviate the tense atmosphere.
"N-no, Shizuru I do!" She heard natsuki exclaim in fear.
"But you do not want them" She said adding as much sadness into her voice as she could muster.
"P…Please, Shizuru don't cry" Natsuki said. Shizuru felt hands hesitantly wrap around her. The taller woman could feel the heat emanating from the dark haired girls face.
Chuckling slightly, she brought her hands around the dark haired woman, pulling her tighter against her. "Ara…I didn't know Natsuki wanted to hug me so much in one night" She said.
She felt the younger woman stiffen, and pull back. "You aren't sad! You tricked me!" She exclaimed turning even redder. She watched the younger woman stomp off.
Shizuru watched her walk angrily over to the wall, and saw her hands running along it. The lighter haired woman watched in confusion, till she realized she was looking for a light switch.
Slightly confused by why someone who she thought couldn't see would need a light switch, "Natsuki, the light's are over here" She watched the younger woman spin her head around in her direction, and walk over.
Watching the pale fingers run a long the wall before finding the switch and turning it on. She watched in interest as the girl's eyes found her and settled on her face.
Natsuki's hands came up and grabbed her hand, she watch the eyes dart around quickly before looking strait into her eyes…the woman froze, then a look of complete shock spread threw her face.