After a hard couple of months, I'm back and going strong.
Enjoy.
Utsukushii Josei
A vivid sun it was, beaming down on Tira's sand colored skin.
Beads of sweat emerged from her bangs, dripping on the floor. Steering a ship was hard work for a petite young woman like herself. She couldn't wait for her break, but she put Nightmare first to take him where he needed to go.
"Phew." The young lady exhaled greatly while steering the boat. "it's so hot. I need some water. Tira cupped her mouth and threw her face into the air. "KAH!-KAH!"
The sky turned into an overcast of darkness. A flock of ravens flew at high speeds towards the boat.
"Oh my beautiful friends, you're right on time. I didn't think I was going to make it."
The ravens formed into a hurricane and dropped a canteen into the girls hands.
Tira unscrewed the cap and drank the plain goodness. *gulp gulp* "Aahhh...water..."
The black birds flew away and caused the sky to turn back into a bright blue state.
"What's that?" She saw a coast appearing in her sight. It had a view of moss filled, wavy hills.
Her excitement made her run to the lower deck.
"Night?" It was pitch black down there.
"...hmmm." a quiet whisper escaped her mouth.
A moment of silence...
All of a sudden, two red dots appear on the other side of the dark lower deck.
"Girl, what news do you have for me?"
His voice was very calm and shrill. A contrast that was rare to be found mating together.
"Come take a look. We'll be on shore soon."
The red eyes appeared closer and began walking up the lower deck's stairs.
Nightmare and Tira walked up the deck when something popped out of no where and attacked!
"ARG!" *SLAM* the figure knocked Tira's jaw and set her to a sleep.
"You're next!" *BAM* the figure punched Nightmare onto the rail of the ship.
"I'm the great Cervantes! Yee will hail to me and give up yee sword!
*Flip!* Nightmare flipped "Cervantes" into the water.
*Splash Cough Splash* You'll pay! Yes scoundrel! *Splash*
Nightmare dusted himself off and went to the knocked out Tira.
He puked a blue liquid substance into the girl's mouth.
*Cough Cough*
"Ek, what was that?" she started spitting the goo out of her mouth.
"And it stinks too! Ewww..." She stuck her tongue out in disgust.
"Shut up and start steering this boat!" He crunched his fist in anger at her.
"Ok!" She weighted to her feet. "Geez..."
Nightmare walked back to the lower deck with heavy steps.
"One day..." Tira convinced herself, the evil she followed would be in her hands, she struggled for it.
The ship cruised through the night.
The next day
"Aaah! Nooo!" *Pant Pant*
Nightmare woke up from... well, a nightmare. He screamed about a false reality. The question was, when will it happen?
Like last night, he walked heavy steps to the top deck.
He went to the captain's cockpit when he saw Tira bent forward on the steering wheel.
"What the?" he walked towards her and got a closer view. She was asleep, snoring like a beast and drooling everywhere like a waterfall.
"GIRL! WAKE UP NOW!" He grabbed her shoulders and shook her violently.
She snored loudly into his face. So he shook her some more!
Still no response...
"GGRRR!"
*Slam!* her body flopped the floor with ease.
"Wuh? Wuh happened?" Tira rubbed her eyes and looked at Nightmare. Her voice was deeper and more hoarse than the last time her and Nightmare communicated.
"You're supposed to be steering you imbecile! Now where are we going?"
"Oh ummm..." she started guessing. "We're heading tooo... China..." She was so dull about it.
*Crash!*
"AAAHHHH!" Both of them scream while they flew and hit the wall on the other side of the cockpit.
"Or... here." she said.
Nightmare took a deep breath and growled.
"If you tarnish my plans... I will slaughter you." He began walking out of the cockpit and onto the port.
Tira sighed while watching him exit the cockpit.
"So strong, I have to be like him." She struggled onto his trail.
The two stepped on the cold wood and noticed that the port was empty.
The ship started to sink, at that exact second they knew they had to follow the hills trail if they wanted to go anywhere.
Hours later
Nightmare and Tira shredded their way through small towns and villages, looking for powerful souls to sacrifice; none.
Nightmare silently walked ahead of the gloomy girl, with no intention of planning out a route.
Tira skipped behind him and swung around her "new" pendant she robbed from an oriental monk.
It has been God knows what how long and the sun snuck out of the earths high hemisphere. The sky crawled with white lights and clouds, a rather repulsive sight for the two. A dark trail that led down the mountain side was looked highly dangerous. It was dark and loved it's reward for people who fell down its ridged slopes.
Nightmare became weaker and weaker and started to fall to his knees, but no... he regained composure and drug himself down the mountain side.
He stopped. A crowd of light rested ahead of the mountain. It appeared to be a village in the midst, he was unsure.
"Girl, look." He made her observe the village that looked like a painting in the mountain's background.
"LET'S GO!" she attempted to run down the trail-
"No! I sense a vengeful aura in the villa, I'm too weak, we attack at dawn."
A restful night for him, an anxious wait for her.
Snow fell from the white sky and landed on Tira's nose.
She slowly woke up, drawn to the white delight and woke the beast up too.
Ready to attack, they began walking down the mountain's trail.
He wanted this to be perfect. "Search around the villa's interior and kill anyone who stands in your way."
She nodded and snuck inside of the villa's entrance, he didn't see her anymore as she crept into a room.
He ran under a bridge and hid there, someone was coming. A woman walked over the bridge he hid under. She took a sip of what was guessed to be tea that was fuming steam.
A beautiful Japanese cup it was. Gold strip protected the brim of the cup, birds on a branch were painted beautifully on one side, it was a sense of nature.
A beautiful bridge she leaned on, looking at the fish on the pond and sipping her tea in delicacy.
Her busty body lead to her personal space. Her kimono slid off of her body like the liquid of a waterfall. She was indeed, Utsukushii.
He snuck to the edge of the her dressing room and waited.
Her smile ascended mischievously, she saw his shadow. "How weak of a peasant you drag beside you."
"Did she see me?" He was confused about his previous action.
A girl was thrown out of the room and onto his feet.
"Tira..." he was angered at the woman for mocking him, her power wasn't matched for his, she'll pay.
He picked the girl up by the deeply stabbed sides of her torso and slung her over his shoulder. He spotted a room with bodies lying on the ground.
Tira must have slaughtered them in their sleep. He placed her next to a body that was leaking guts.
He walked back outside and walked into the arena where the woman stood waiting for him to do his best to her.
"I've heard all about you, Nightmare." Her words made his stomach turn, her sense of arrogance annoyed him very much so. "Your vulgar nature, your weakness... I know all about it-"
"Shut it woman! Your death was going to be very brutal, now it'll be excruciating and unbearable!"
"Shall we?" she lead her sword out of the umbrellas hilt very smoothly, her confidence bulging it's head out, mocking the beast.
"Yah!" She burst full energy in slicing a perfect line the knight's thigh.
"Rrrrr..." The cut didn't phase him, but with each one she slowly defeated him.
He began to swing his sword, but-
*Zoom! Slash!* "Ahhhh..." She was too fast for him.
*Slash!* "ER!" He groaned at the pain she built with her slashes.
Nightmare fell to his knees panting and puking up blue blood. Setsuka, as cocky as she was, advanced to the kneeling knight.
"Ha! I knew you were too weak to defeat me!" She jabbed her umbrella's handle into his hand that rested palm flat on the ground.
"Rah!" He reeked.
She pulled the hilt of her blade and rose it to the top of her head, ready to stab Nightmare to his death.
"Sweet Dreams hahaha!" She started to bash her blade down to the knight.
He lifted his head. "You're quite the fool."
He caught her hand and stood back up!
"Beautiful, but dumb..."
*Crack*
"AH!" She yelled as he twisted her wrist in a full circle. she mocked him, he wouldn't let her die a normal death, with the remarks she made.
She was on her knees screaming in the intense pain of a wrung wrist. He stood up holding her arm hostage.
*Crack* "AHH!" She sobbed at her now broken arm. He twisted it and slowly pushed it in to hear a sweet cracking noise.
Nightmare let her arm go. She lied there thinking that was the only punishment she was to receive from the beast. He walked away from her and exited the steps down to the room where Tira lied with the slain bodies. He shook her gently "Wake up." His voice was calm for some reason.
She slowly opened her beautiful brown eyes and looked into his gleaming red ones. "Hey Nighty." She was real quiet, she barely spoke. Nightmare helped her up and slung her arm over his shoulder. She had a bad limp. They walked up the stairs and saw Setsuka crying uncontrollably.
"No!" The cringing woman sobbed. "I'll give you anything you want!" The two ignored her pleas and walked towards her. Nightmare positioned Tira into a sitting position. "I want you to see this." Tira sat silently observing the woman.
Nightmare spoke to Tira. "We are strong, never weak, we are loyal, nothing less. You are my best, never forget that. She nodded to him in approval.
He turned to Setsuka and stripped her slippers off. "what are you going to do to me? *sniff sniff*
"Shut up! Take off your kimono!"
"You broke my arm and hand!"
"I don't care! Do it!" She flipped to her other side and used her other useful limb to strip naked.
Nightmare crawled to the ground.
He began to eat her bad arm!
"AAAAHHHHH!" She screams in agony at the monster devouring her arm with his sharp teeth. His slimy saliva spat onto her her body.
Tira watched in silence with a blank facial expression.
"I'm begging you! Please no!" Nightmare ignored her call for mercy, he devoured her shoulder and turned her around to start on the other arm. She screamed and screamed. He was done with the other arm and move on to her head.
"Remember this." he told Tira and Setsuka.
*Crunch! Splash! Ooze!* Every pound of pressure from his mouth bit the woman's head to a mess. Brains and oozes of blood flew onto Tira. She covered he mouth and put her hand over her eyes. Setsuka's body flapped around as her head and chest was devoured whole. He made his way all of the way down to her feet. Tira watched Setsuka's toes curl as they entered Nightmare's mouth. He licked up all of the juices that erupted from her body.
He walked back to Tira and picked her up. He ate a strong soul, his energy was unbelievable. He collected their weapons from the villa and they advanced to a land much much far from here...
Preview to chapter VII:
"The night steals my breath away as usual". She backed away from the edge of the pond smiling at him.
The stars and the moon united with a bright white light that beamed off of the garden's pond.
A hand dipped inside of the pond's water and splashed the young man's face. "Bleh! Come on! That was cheap!"
"If you wanna get me back you gotta catch meh!" She ran toward the small castle. Her beautiful figure turned around, watching the young man chase her wildly.
All of a sudden hand shoots out of the water and grabs the girl's foot! She is forced into the pond struggling for air. *Cough Cough* "Help!" She paddled viciously trying to escape from being drowned, he grabbed her hand. The young woman was pulled under the pond's layer of water, bubbles appearing to the surface...
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