AnonymousAK here. First off:
Thank you for the reviews, I'm glad people are starting to open up to it.
Thank you to Blue Eyes of a Wolf, and Demonblabe33, for the PMs. I really appreciate them.
With that, here's chapter 9:
Kurai was aware that he was dremaing, that he was having a nightmare. But ever since he enrolled at Yokai Academy, they seemed so real.
A five year old Kurai was being held back by two men in dark hoods. He was wearing a plain white T-Shirt soaked in his own blood, and gray tattered pants.
He had a look of horror to his eyes as he had witnessed the event. Tears were flooding out of his eyes.
"NO STOP IT! PLEASE!" He tried to beg to the men, but they wouldn't stop.
"Shut your filthy mouth!" One of the men said as he punched Kurai in the mouth.
Another figure, whose face was hidden in a hooded robe stood up. The figure's robe was drenched in blood. And in their hand was a bloody knife.
Kurai pushed his way through the two men, and ran to the figure. Only to move past her, and kneel next to the dead body right in front of her.
"No please, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up" Kurai sniffled.
No response.
"Don't worry." The blood stained figure said. The voice made it obvious she was a woman. "You'll both be together," She stabbed Kurai in his shoulder with the knife, his blood curtling scream was like music to her ears. "In hell, where you both belong." The woman said with a dark tone in her voice.
Kurai was whimpering in as he painfully removed the blade from his shoulder. The three hooded figures approached Kurai in an attempt to grab him. But Kurai, who has never felt a feeling of depression and hopelessness, finally snapped.
Kurai yelled. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Concentrated dark energy surrounded Kurai, as his eyes turned from blue to red.
"SHUT UP!" Kurai yelled as he suddenly bolted awake in the middle of class. As he finally opened his eyes, Kurai noticed something was flying towards him. He caught it in midair, and threw it shuriken style to Ms. Ririko's head, not only for it to miss and cut into the chalkboard, but take a piece of her hair with it.
Kurai was in Ms. Ririko's second period Math class with Kurumu, Tsukune, Moka, and Mizore. At one point he fell asllep, and started to make noise in his sleep, so she threw a Triangular Protractor at him.
"Having a good dream Mr. Kage?" Ms. Ririko sighed sarcastically.
Kurai was at a loss for words. Some of the kids snickered, while the rest just watched in silence.
"Well, I hope you learn better manners, while you'll be serving after school detention today." Ms. Ririko pointed out.
Kurai wanted to hit someone, but instead he took a nice deep breath.
He sat back in his seat. "Yes ma'am" He said through his gritted teeth.
After class was done, Kurai left without another word. His friends ran after them, but he wouldn't stop moving. After a minute Tsukune and the others caught up with him.
"Kurai, hold on." Tsukune said while catching his breath.
Kurai stopped, but for some reason he wouldn't face them.
Moka walked up to him, "Kurai, are you okay?"
"I don't want to talk about it." Kurai responded.
Kurumu spoke up. "Kurai, detention isn't all th.."
"I don't want to talk about it." Kurai interrupted, he was starting to sound aggitated.
Tsukune made the mistake of putting his hand on Kurai's shoulder. "Kurai, we just want to help you with whatev..."
"I said..." Kurai grabbed the collars on Tsukune's shirt and held him against the wall. Tsukune noticed that the pupils of Kurai's eyes were red.
"I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!" Kurai's voice sounded as if there was three of him talking at the same time.
A small crowd of students were starting to gather around at what looked to be a fight. Kurai turned and realized Mizore and Kurumu had both their claws out and was pointing them right at Kurai.
"Kurai?" Moka mumbled.
Kurai looked around at the various students witnessing. He took a deep breath and dropped Tsukune on the ground. He pushed his way through the various students, and left without another word.
"What the hell's his problem." Kurumu complained as she helped Tsukune on his feet. Tsukune wiped the dust off his uniform, and watched as his friend disappeared amongst the other students.
"Maybe he's going through something." Moka pointed out. Everyone nodded in agreement.
For the rest of the school day, neither Tsukune, or the other girls saw their friend. They even didn't see him during their lunch period. Moka and Tsukune couldn't eat, as they were worried about him.
Kurumu broke the two's silence while stuffing noodles down her mouth. "Your still worried about *Gulp* Kurai?"
The two nodded their heads.
Yukari joined the conversation. "That reminds me, why did you ever become friends with him? He's a bit of a weirdo."
"And a creep." Kurumu kept stuffing noodles down her mouth.
"Yeah, and he's really mysterious, and sneaky." Said a voice.
Everyone looked around until Yukari made a little squeak looking under the table. Everyone looked under and noticed that Mizore was crouched under the table.
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!
"MIZORE? WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?!" Yukari screamed.
Mizore ignored Yukari's question and continued with the conversation. "Like I was saying, he's really mysterious."
"Your one to talk." Kurumu mumbled.
Yukari chuckled a bit, but then she turned back to them. "So Moka, Tsukune. You never answered our question; why did you become friends with him?"
The entire table went silent. All three looked at the both of them in anticipation. Tsukune was running his hands through his hair trying to think of an answer. And Moka was pressing her fingers together trying to come up with something.
Tsukune spoke up, "Well, I guess it just happened. He rode the bus with me to school, we met Moka, and we just became friends. That was it."
Kurumu was unamused with their answer, Yukari looked like she was trying to ponder something, and Mizore's face stayed emotionless. They were brought out of the awkwardness when the school bell rang.
"HEY! Look at that, lunch is over, well we don't want to be late. I guess we can finish this up at the Newspaper Club. BYE!" Moka said in a frenzy, as she pushed Tsukune out of the lunchroom.
The other girls watched as Moka pushed Tsukune out of the lunchroom in a rush. After Moka made sure they were alone, she stopped. She faced Tsukune who looked just as confused.
"Moka, are you okay." Tsukune frowned.
Moka stared at him while catching her breath. "Do you think Kurai's okay? Maybe we should check on him." She stopped as Tsukune put his hands on her shoulder, trying to calm her down.
"Moka, it's going to be okay." Tsukune reassured her.
"Tsukune, thank you." Moka said as she bit into his neck, sucking his blood.
"Great" Tsukune thought.
After everyone minus Kurai were all done with their classes for the day, they made their way to the Newspaper Club Room. When they arrived Gin was aleady there reading a newspaper. So they came in and sat down and after a few minutes, Kurumu was down in the dumps with her face on the table.
"What is it, Kurumu?" Moka asked.
It's the finals, I know for a fact I'm going to fail!"
Yukari nodded. "Well how much studying did you do?"
Kurumu hung her head in shame. Which gave an obvious signal; 'None at all'
Yukari sighed, but then turned her head to Moka and Tsukune. Both were lost in their own thoughts.
"Are you two still thinking about Kurai?" Kurumu broke them out of their thoughts. Both of them snapped out of it, and Gin, who finally looked up from his newspaper, spoke.
"Now that you mention it, where is the little psychopath?" Gin said reffering to Kurai.
"Ms. Ririko gave him detention." Kurumu responded.
"Oh, the poor bastard." Gin sighed. Gin sat down and they began their meeting. Kurumu spoke up, "I think we should find out all we can about Kurai."
Everyone was confused. "What do you mean?" Mizore asked
There was a spark in Kurumu's eyes. "Well, it's obvious, isn't it; Kurai is hiding something important from us, and we in the Newspaper Club are going to find out what."
"What makes you think he's hiding something?" Yukari said curiously.
Kurumu scoffed. "Think about it, he attacked Tsukune for no reason, he's never takes anything serious, and he's dangerous. So were going to find out what we can about him."
"And how exactly are we supposed to do that." Mizore said in a monotone voice.
"We'll just break into his room, and snoop around. There's got to be some evidence of something." Kurumu responded.
"YEAH!" Yukari was on board.
Mizore nodded in approval.
Gin held up his camera. "I'll do anything for a juicy lead."
Moka and Tsukune were unsure. Although they wanted to help him, they didn't want to invade his privacy. But to them, helping their friend was their top priority.
They both nodded, and it was unanomously decided.
At the top floor of the boy's dorm, Tsukune and the others were standing outside Kurai's door. They knew it was his since the plaque on the door said 'Kage'.
They had came straight here after their little 'discussion' in the club room. Tsukune and Moka were still freaked out about the whole thing. Not only that but they could tell, Kurai wasn't a bad person. And all they wanted to do was help him.
Yukari turned the knob, and of course; it was locked.
"I got this" Kurumu extended the nail on her pinkie, and stuck it in the lock. After a minute, the door clicked open.
"Gotcha." Kurumu said as her nail retracted.
Each of them stepped in one at a time. Tsukune was the last to walk in, and instantly took in to his surroundings.
His room consisted of a small bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, a desk, and a living room like area. All in all it was a nice little place to live. It was quite normal, compared to the person who lived in it. But just being in here was making Tsukune uncomfortable.
Moka was the same. "We're in Kurai's room, he'll kill us on sight if he catches us." Moka began to panic.
Gin spoke up, but he sounded like he was eating something. "Mmmf, don't worry Moka." They turned to see he was eating a bag of pretzels from the cabinet. "We'll leave before he catches us, he's got like two hours."
Everyone was transfixed on the bag. "Really, now we're going to eat his food?" Kurumu yanked the bag and placed it back on the counter.
Moka sighed as she and everyone else looked around. She approached his desk and noticed a glass ball the size of a baseball lying on his desk. But she ignored it and kept looked around until she found a brown leather journal on the desk.
"Kurai's Journal." Moka whispered to herself.
She knew looking through his room was bad enough, but looking at his journal? That was going too far. She slipped the book in her jacket sleeve when no one was looking, so that no one else could find it.
After she made sure it was secure. She kept looking around trying to seem natural. She suddenly found an framed picture in one of his drawers. It showed a young woman lying in a hospital bed holding a newborn baby in her hand. She was quite beautiful, with wavy brown hair, and blue eyes. Next to her was a handsome man who looked to be in his late twenties. He was tall with dark blond hair, a muscular build, and Moka noticed he possessed red demonic eyes just like Kurai's. The baby in the picture was sleeping, but she recognized him from the tufts of blond hair on his head.
All of a sudden, Kurumu came up and snatched the photo from Moka's hand. "What do we have here?" Kurumu scanned her eyes at the picture. At the sight of the picture her eyes softened a bit.
Kurumu had placed the photo back on the desk, and continued the search.
She looked all over the desk until her hands came across some old newspaper clippings. She looked at one of the articles; it read:
Christian Cult Members found Mysteriously Dead, Churchouse in Ruins
"Hey guys, come look at this." Kurumu gestured to them. They had gathered around her as she began to read:
"John Catholics Church was found reduced to rubble on the Sunday morning of March 3rd, 1992. During the investigations, Detectives made a shocking discovery; hidden underground of the church, Police had found a torture chamber used by a secret cult of Christian extremists.
Three people were found dead among the debris. Deacons John Knowle age 32, and Mark Justry age 37, and nun Miley Simney age 26. Both Deacons were found to have died from being crushed under the weight of the structure, although the medical examiners have claimed 'They were already dead before they were crushed' and are believed to have died from sudden heart attacks.
Miley Simney however was already dead by the time the church had collasped, for she was found with multiple stab wounds on her abdomen, neck, and hands. Police had found the murder weapon, but claims that there were no fingerprints, almost as if they were 'Wiped Completely Clean.'
All three were members of a cult named the 'Angel's Purifiers' because of their belief to "clean the impure." According to captured members: They would kidnap people from their homes, and punish them for their sins by means of various torture methods. Several members were captured, and arrested for their crimes.
At the bottom of the article was the picture of the three victims. The only woman in the picture obviously had to be Miley Simney, she looked just like the woman in Kurai's picture. Except instead of a hospital gown, she wore that of a nun's uniform. Everyone looked from the newspaper picture to Kurai's photo.
"This was taken ten years ago...That's Kurai's mother." Kurumu realized.
All of a sudden they all heard a scream coming from the bathroom. As they rushed in to see it was Yukari, they were met by an awful smell.
"What the hell is that?" Ginei gagged.
Yukari whimpered as she pointed to the one of the drawers in the bathroom counter. Tsukune slowly opened the drawer and was horrified to find a dead crow stuffed inside.
Kurumu screamed while Ginei held back the urge to vomit. Moka on the other hand couldn't help but vomit at the sight. Mizore just stared at the bird with her usual emotionless face.
Everyone had cleared out of the bathroom, and were all sighing in relief of getting out of there. Yukari backed away whimpering.
"Why the hell does he have a dead bird?" Ginei yelled.
Yukari kept backing up until she bumped on the desk, causing the glass ball to roll off the desk and fall to the floor, yet it didn't break on contact.
Yukari picked it up and examined it while the others were having an argument.
"There's got to be a reasonable explanation." Moka told them.
Kurumu couldn't believe what was coming out of her mouth. "How do you explain to someone you keep a dead bird stuffed in your bathroom." She argued.
"You know." Mizore butted in. "Dead animals and newspaper clippings are signs of a serial killer." Everyone froze at her little comment. Gin and Kurumu stared at both Moka and Tsukune to see what they would say.
"Look, we can talk to Kurai and hear his side of the story." Tsukune said calmly.
"Here's a story; Your Friend is a Serial Killer." Gin kept yelling.
As they continued their argument, the glass ball started growing purple bumps. They started to stretch as they grew into six long tentacles. Everyone grew quiet as they noticed the tentacles lashing onto them. Yukari dropped it as a tentacle grabbed her by the throat.
"Yukari, what did you do?" Kurumu choked.
Yukari never got the chance to respond as the tentacles dragged her, and everyone else into the glass ball.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Suddenly, they were gone.
Meanwhile, Kurai was in Class 2-1 with Ms. Nekenome. Miss Ririko had a meeting to attend and couldn't make it, so Ms. Nekenome covered for her.
Kurai was relieved, because he had heard from Gin that Ms. Ririko was infamous for whipping her students and torturing them during her 'study sessions.' Kurai didn't need any of that.
Ms. Nekenome was grading papers while Kurai was catching up on some reading. All of a sudden, his head started throbbing.
Kurai was clutching his head. "Of all times, why now?" He thought to himself.
Ms. Nekenome looked up from her papers and noticed Kurai wasn't looking so well. "Mr. Kage, is everthing alright?" She asked in a concerned tone.
"Yes, I'm fine. Just a headache is all." He tried to play it cool. But it was exceedingly difficult.
Ms. Nekenome walked over to him, of course she was unaware that her tail was sticking out. She placed a hand on his forehead. "Well, you don't seem to have a fever." She pointed out.
"Ms. Nekenome, I'm fine. There's nothing to worry about." Kurai assured her.
Ms. Nekenome was concerned for his well being, but she bought his lie.
"Okay." She said cheerfully as she walked back to her desk.
Kurai rubbed on his temple, trying to ease the pain. "I just got to survive for a little while longer." He thought as he went back to his reading.
After what felt like an eternity of falling, Tsukune finally hit what felt like concrete ground. Of course the point of impact hurt a lot. And having both Moka and Kurumu fall on his back didn't help.
"Is everyone alright?" Moka asked as she got off of Tsukune
Yukari, Mizore, and Ginei nodded, while Kurumu was helping Tsukune up. After they made sure everyone was present and accounted for, they took into their surroundings.
One thing was for sure, they were not at Yokai Academy anymore. The place they were in was completely dark, not a star in the sky. And out in the distance they could see boulders and rocks flying in midair.
"Where the hell are we?" Ginei asked.
Moka scanned her eyes over the area. "I think were in outer space."
Yukari, who of course had to be right about everything, stepped up. "We can't be in outer space. For we would've have died from the zero amount of oxygen."
"Smart ass." Kurumu whispered to herself.
"Well if were not in space, then where are we?" Gin asked again.
"And how do we get home?" Mizore pointed out.
"Maybe if we walk around, we can find some clue as to where we are, and how we can get home." Tsukune said as he started walking, the others followed suit.
Where they were, there was a long narrow bridge that went to who knows where, looking down, they couldn't see the bottom. They weren't sure if there was a bottom, but in this situation, they didn't have another choice. After about a half mile, Kurumu started complaining. "Are we there yet?" She whined.
"Kurumu, we don't even know where were going." Tsukune said as he suddenly stopped. In front of him was a stone arc, that connected to each end of the bridge.
As Tsukune was about to step in;
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." A voice called out.
Everyone turned to see Kurai standing right behind them. And they all froze with fear. Except for Mizore who just stared at him. Kurai kept looking at their scared faces.
"Hey, are you guys making funny faces?" He said in a childlike tone.
Everyone went from feared faces to confused faces. 'What?' Everyone thought.
Moka stepped up to him. "Kurai, your not mad?"
"Why would I be mad." Kurai said cheerfully as he procceded to hug Moka. "I could never be mad at my best friends."
Everyone found this weird. They all knew Kurai wasn't a hugger. And that he never acted like this. Gin, who was most likely jealous that Kurai was hugging Moka; moved her aside, and grabbed Kurai by the collar of his shirt, and lifted him in the air.
"Okay, I've had enough of this. Where the fuck are we?" Ginei was getting ready to punch him.
Kurai gasped. "Oooohhh, you just said a swear word."
Ginei loosened his fist and dropped Kurai on his butt.
"Ow that hurt, meanie." Kurai blew a raspberry at Gin.
Moka walked up to Kurai and helped him off the ground. "Listen Kurai, we really need your help. We got trapped in...wherever we are here, and don't know how to get out. Can you please help us." Moka begged.
Kurai stared at Moka as she spoke with a dull face, yet he seemed to understood. "Okay I'll tell you." He said to them.
Everyone sighed. "If, you can catch me." He added as he ran away pretending to be an airplane.
"HEY! Get back here!" Gin yelled.
Kurai ignored him and ran until he dissapeared passing the stone arc.
"He dissapeared." Mizore said.
Kurumu ran to the stone arc. "Then lets go after him!" She too dissapeared within the arc.
Everyone followed her and dissapeared in the arc. On the other side, they realized they were in a world similar of where they just were.
"Where are we now?" Kurumu took into the enviornment. Then she suddenly remembered something. "Wait! Where's Kurai?"
"Lets go out and look for him." Moka exclaimed.
Kurai was done with his detention with Ms. Nekonome, and was heading to the Newspaper Club. He kept thinking about what happened in the hallway, and in Ms. Ririko's classroom.
"I got to apologize to him." Kurai thought as he opened the clubroom door. Only to find it was completely empty. Kurai found this weird because according to his watch; the club didn't end for another half hour.
"Maybe they got done early." With that, he went back to his room.
When Kurai returned to his room. He found that it was a mess. All of his stuff was scattered around, he found his newspapers on his bed, his journal was gone and what's worse.
He looked down and picked up the glass ball.
"Oh no" He said to himself.
Everyone vanished within the portal, to find that they were in the same place, only there was a lot more ground, and not too far from them; there was what looked to be a humongous hole. Chasm would be a better word for it because down there all they could see was endless darkness.
Not too far from them, they saw Kurai glaring at them with a scowl. Kurumu didn't take this into account as she bum rushed him. "What the hell is your problem?!" She yelled at him.
It took a minute for everyone to calm her down. Once they were assured she was fine, Moka approached Kurai.
"Listen Kurai, we really need your help. We have no idea where we are, and how we can get out. Can you please help us."
Kurai sported a sadistic grin. "Don't worry, I'll help you out." His voice sounded as rasp as a snake. All of asudden, everyone was ambushed by pitch black tentacles rising from the ground. As everyone struggled, more tentacles shot up and wrapped a round the like cocoons, with only their heads sticking out.
"What's your deal." Ginei struggled
"Kurai, why are you doing this?" Moka whimpered.
"Because that's not the real Kurai." Everyone turned to see Kurai standing behind them. It took everyone a minute to process that there were two Kurais standing by them.
"The raspy Kurai snickered. "You have some guts coming out here."
"Let my friends go." The other Kurai exclaimed. "Nobody gets to kill them but me."
That wasn't reassuring. The raspy Kurai laughed hysterically. "Oh, I'm not going to kill them, I'm going to devour their souls. A fate worse than death."
Kurai tightened his fist and ran at the evil Kurai with his combat knife out. E-Kurai dodged his swing and unleashed a wave of dark energy sending Kurai flying, landing a few feet from the chasm.
E-Kurai laughed wickedly as he placed the palm of his hand on the ground. Suudenly a hilt erupted from the ground, and he pulled it to reveal what looked to be a sword. This was the oddest sword anyone has ever seen. It was teal-blue with the blade four feet long, and stemming from its hilt, the blade branched off and outwards, its supplementary parts were winding around one another until they reached the vertex.
Yukari looked in fear as she examined the blade. Everyone else was confused.
"What is that?" Kurumu asked.
"It's the ancient sword Lævateinn, a blade created by demons, rumored to be cloaked in eternal darkness." She explained.
"I've heard about." Moka interrupted. "It's said to have been lost for ten centuries."
E-Kurai chuckled. "Yes, and since demons can heal most of their wounds, any wound inflicted by the sword can never heal." He approached Kurai, who was stepping towards him away from the chasm.
"Now I can kill you, and free myself from this prison." E-Kurai lunged the sword at Kurai.
Kurumu and Mizore brought out their claws, and managed to cut themselves free from their bindings. Once they were free, they cutted everyone else out, and they all watched as both Kurais began to fight.
E-Kurai was fast when it came to lunging the sword, but the real Kurai was even faster when it came to dodging them. As E-Kurai kept coming closer, Kurai kept backing up until he reached the edge of the chasm. E-Kurai made a final lunge at Kurai, only for Kurai to sidestep out of the way, and kick the Lævateinn out of his hand. The sword fell through the chasm. E-Kurai growled at Kurai and tackled him, sending them both down the chasm.
"Kurai, NOOO!" Everyone yelled as they ran towards the bottomless chasm.
Both Kurais were punching and picking at each other as they were falling into oblivion. Pretty soon, the Lævateinn came into view as they were falling faster. E-Kurai pushed the other one off of him, and dived towards the sword.
Just before he could grab it, a web wrapped around the hilt and was pulled away from him. Kurai pulled the sword towards him and grabbed it.
E-Kurai positioned himself and landed feet first on a rock that gaves way under him, causing him to lose his balance.
Kurai took advantage of the momentary distraction and plunges the sword through E-Kurai's chest. The fatal injurie caused E-Kurai to cough up blood.
"Being as your me, you should know. I am simply one hell of a demon." Kurai pointed out.
E-Kurai stared at him with his dazed eyes. He tried to gargle something out, but he couldn't say anything. His hand went limp, and he didn't say another word.
Kurai breathed heavily as he removed the sword from E-Kurai's chest, and kicked his limp body to the bottom of the abyss, or wherever the bottom led up to.
Kurai watched as the body dissapeared in the darkness. He looked up to see Kurumu flying towards him. She flew down to see him starting to cry. She didn't say a word as she hugged him, and flew him up to the surface.
Everyone looked down the abyss until they saw Kurumu flew up with what looked like an exhausted Kurai. holding the Lævateinn in his hand. Before he could say anything, he dropped the sword and collasped on the spot. Everyone rushed towards him to help him up, but right before they grabbed him; a dark aura surrounded Kurai, and manifested away from him taking the form of another stone arc.
"Maybe thats the way out." Tsukune said as he and Gin grabbed Kurai, and carried him through the arc. They vanished within, and everyone followed suit.
Kurai was aware that he was in his room, lying on his soft bed. He opened his eyes slowly, so that the light didn't hurt his eyes.
He was also aware of all the people staring at him. He made out the shape of six people, peering down over him. He had his entire head wrapped up in a layer of bandages and littles bruises and cuts everywhere else.
"Ugh...wha?" He said half asleep, as he was starting to sit up.
"Your okay!" Yukari cheered.
"Jeez...Not so loud... I feel like hammered shit. What happened?" He asked them, now knowing that he was awake.
"You mean you don't remember?" Moka told him.
"No, wait everything is starting to come back to me." He remembered everything that happened. He looked around the room and saw everyone with their eyes fixed on him. He was still wearing his uniform, which means they never unclothed him. In the corner of the room, he noticed the Lævateinn standing there in the corner.
He pointed to it. "You brought the sword." He asked.
"Yeah, we thought you might like it, and so it doesn't end up in the wrong hands." Mizore explained.
Kurai sighed and then remembered something else.
All of a sudden, he punched Gin in his nose with enough force to push him back. "That's for breaking into my room." He yelled as he laid back down.
Moka approached Kurai, and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Kurai, what was that place?" She asked.
Everyone was once again transfixed on him, even Gin who momentarily forgot that he had just punched him.
Kurai looked around and sighed finally giving in. He began to explain:
"That glass ball you guys found, was a gift from the headmaster, to help me gain better control of my powers. It opens a gateway into my sub-consious."
Kurumu and Gin both looked confused.
"It acts as a portal to my mind." He explained.
Kurumu got it. "So that means, we were in your head?" Kurai nodded.
"There was a reason I spent two months in a coma, I actually got 'lost in my own thoughts" He chuckled.
"Wait, what about the other Kurai who tried to kill us?" Tsukune asked.
Kurai had an answer for that. "Manifestations of my personalitys and emotions reside in my head; happy, sad, noisy, grumpy, and the one I just defeated; Evil.
Before they could continue, he asked. "Now I got a question, what exactly were you guys doing in my room?"
Everyone didn't look him in the eyes. It was then Yukari pushed Kurumu forward to answer. She made direct eye contact with him and finally spoke. "We just wanted to find out all we could about you. So we can get to know you better. Like what happened ten years ago."
Those last few words got a shocked look from Kurai. But he knew he couldn't keep it in any longer. Although he wanted to strangle them all, he knew their hearts were in the right place, and he had enough trust in them to tell them everything.
He got up despite the protests from Moka and began to unbutton his shirt. Moka blushed at the sight of his bare chest, and everyone else stared at the long hideous scars that were spread across his chest.
"Kurai?" Yukari began
"It's not just there, but on my back, and on my legs too." He interrupted
He walked over to his desk after puuting on a t-shirt, and picked up the photo of his family. He pointed to his mother.
"My mother was a nun for a church, and was also a member of a cult who called themselves the 'Angel's Purifiers' she had no clue though. She met my father, who was a demon but she also didn't know about him."
"You could call it love at first sight, but pretty soon they got to know each other better. But their love was considered a sin, so the church excommunicated her. After that, she moved in with him, about a year later they gave birth to a health baby boy." Everyone was on the edge of their seat.
Kurai continued, "March 3rd, the worst day of my life. Even if it was my birthday, every year just brought me more, and more misery."
"Wait, didn't your mother die on March 3rd?" Moka asked him.
Kurai nodded. "Killed is the better word for it, I saw it with my own eyes." He tried to hold back the tears that were begginning to stream down his face. Everyone else noticed this.
"Demons feed on the souls of any living creature that crosses their path, it's in our nature. After a long period of time, we go through withdrawl. And pretty soon we get weak and die. When I was only two, I got severely sick, and was about to die. My father told my mom everything about him, and what he was capable of. She didn't care, she loved him too much to care, and she loved her child more." All the girls were starting to cry at his story.
"He gave me his soul, so that I can live. Of course my mother was devestated, but she had to be strong to raise me. Pretty soon the church found out about my father's true nature, and the demon spawn he concieved." Kurai held back the lump in his throat as he continued his story.
"They kidnapped when I was only three, and tortured me for two years. They whipped me everyday, drowned me, beat me with crucifixes. All to punish me for my existence."
"When I was five, they took my mother, and made me watch as they repeatedly stabbed her to death."
Kurai finally broke and began to cry. "After her death, I snapped, and released powerful waves of demoic energy; causing the church to collapse, and I unintentionally swallowed the souls of mother, and the deacons who held me back. As for the person who killed my mother." Kurai pointed to his shoulder blade and revealed yet another scar.
"She got away." Kurai said
"Ever since then, I never wanted to eat another human soul again. I could never do it. I fed on the souls of dead animals I'd find, but it wasn't enough."
'That explained the crow in his bathroom,' Kurumu thought feeling ashamed of her accusation.
"Tomorrow is my sixteenth birthday, and I didn't want to be around to celebrate it."
Everyone went completely quiet. One by one they all left without another word. They felt bad for all the touble they caused, and they didn't want to make anything worse.
Only Moka was left.
She took his journal out of her pocket and handed it to him. "If it makes you feel better, I didn't read it at all."
Kurai took the journal, and Moka left. "Kurai, you should know we all care about you, and we just wanted to help. Sorry for everything." With that she left.
Kurai spent ten minutes cleaning up his room. Once he was done, he rolled the glass ball in his hand.
"The real reason the headmaster gave me this, was so I can find something that could help me.'
Kurai stared at the Lævateinn, 'could that be what I was looking for.' He thought to himself.
After a minute, Kurai smashed the glass ball between his fingers.
'Whatever it is, I dont need it' He yelled in his mind as he went to bed.
Kurai didn't make it to any of his classes the next morning. They all knew why. He was depressed about turning sixteen. Everyone met up in the lunchroom during breakfast to discuss about yesterday.
"I feel like a complete jackass." Gin mumbled as he ate his noodles.
"We all do." Kurumu added in.
It was then Yukari stood up. "Well instead of moping, we should cheer him up."
"We should throw him a party. It is his birthday." Moka interrupted
"That sounds like a great idea!" Yukari cheered.
"Yahoohoo! I'll make my best cake for everyone!" Kurumu cheered.
Everyone once again nodded in agreement.
Kurai was heading to the Newspaper Club to apologize to everyone for the trouble he caused. Although something in his gut told him not to, since they did break into his room. He was willing to forgive and forget.
As he stepped into the clubroom, he got a huge surprise: an actual surprise party.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY KURAI!" Everyone yelled.
Kurai was at a loss of words, he's never been to a birthday party, let alone been thrown one.
The clubroom was nicely put together. There were streamers and balloons littering the walls and ceilings, there was a huge chocolate cake obviously baked by Kurumu, boxes of pizzas, bottles of drinks, and a huge banner that read:
HAPPY 16th BIRTHDAY KURAI
When everyone had eaten their fill, the gang decided that this was a good opportunity to open Kurai's presents.
Kurai stared at the pile of presents that he got from her friends and tried to think of one to open first. His friends really went all out
"Open mine." Gin said grinning.
"Fine." Kurai said and opened the blue box Gin handed to him. Inside was a silver necklace with the gray wolf head as the pendant. "Thanks Gin, it's nice." Kurai tried it on.
"Open mine next." Mizore said as she handed him a long box. Inside was a sword sheath you wear on your back. "It's for your Lævateinn. I figured you might be carrying it everywhere now."
"Thanks." Kurai said.
Kurumu got him cologne, Yukari got him a hoodie, and Tsukune bought him an Mp3 player.
"Can you open mine?" Moka asked.
Kurai opened the box and pull out a framed picture of him, Mizore, Kurumu, Tsukune, Moka, Yukari and Gin when they first came to the newspaper club.
A single tear rolled down his cheek.
The party would've went on forever, but it got late.
Kurai was up in his room, rummaging through his gifts. He placed the photo on his desk, took out his journal, and began his writing:
Journal entry #5
I really do have the greatest friends, even if they stick their noses where they don't belong. Although I have to say, I really appreciate how much they care for me.
Usually kids would be excited for their birthday. Back then, I hated my birthday, because it reminds me of my family, and how much I miss them. But now I have a new family. And I plan on keeping them alive. Although I am still gonna mess with each of them for breaking into my room.
Once again Kurai stared at the picture Moka gave him, and all the other thoughtful gifts his friends gave him. To him, this was truly the best birthday ever.
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