Chapter 7: The Truth
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A/N: I am so so sorry for not updating the 6th and 7th Chapters sooner! I was going to update on Saturday last week, but on Friday night, there was a thunderstorm, blocking every ways to the Internet!:( To make it up to you, I'm giving you a hint in this Chapter about The Prophecy!:) Don't forget to R&R and I apologise again for the delay!:)
Shock could be registered on everyone's faces, except for Mingyu, who just pretended to look shocked. Hitomi's eyes were still pitch black, almost glaring at Andra. The Huntress just stared at Hitomi with curosity and suspicion. Leifang had already let go of her.
Suddenly, she burst out laughing.
Everyone stared at her except for Andra and Hitomi, who were having a staring competition. Leifang continued to laugh so hysterically, that Mingyu whispered to Mei Lin to leave and to lock her bedroom, to not come out either. Mei Lin skipped out of the room and ran to where she was directed to with a horrified expression on her face.
Leifang stopped laughing, realising the seriousness of the situation.
"Wait, you're serious?" She asked fearfully. Hitomi nodded, her eyes still dark while Andra was still unblinking at her. Jann Lee placed a hesitant hand on Leifang's shoulder. She was trembling, and did not hesitate to grab it, turn around and wrap her arms around him, burying her face into his white shirt. Jann Lee replied by putting a hand on her back and patting it gently. He knew that Leifang was sensitive, but he didn't realise how much. Mingyu just stared at the two glaring girls, and started to worry about Eliot. He was gone for a while now and she was wondering if something happened to him.
Finally, Andra broke the trance and coughed something in Latin that sounded similar to a curse. She gave a murderous glare to Mingyu and turned back to Hitomi.
"Yeah, I am half-demon. I guess it should have come out earlier, but it was difficult. I mean,you went through such trouble that I didn't want to trouble you even more." She said. Hitomi's eyes eventually turned back into their normal shade of blue.
"Why did you help us, then? I mean, someone always has a reason to help someone else, right?" Hitomi asked. Mingyu scowled, while Leifang mumbled something in Chinese to Jann Lee. The Jeet Kune Do martial artist nodded and patted her back again.
"I had to, it...it was my duty." Andra said softly. Hitomi's eyes turned a light shade of yellow, which was not missed by Jann Lee. His jaw almost hit the floor and Leifang tightened her hold onto him.
"What do you mean?" Hitomi asked. Andra sighed, then ran a finger through her onyx waves of hair.
"Like I said, Hitomi, I'm not just a woman in black," She paused, looking at her expression,"and you're not just an ordinary girl. What you heard in your apartment, what you saw outside the plane was real." Hitomi's face paled, reminiscing about the disfigured and wicked grins she saw.
"So I'm not a lunatic?" She asked softly. Andra glared at her.
"No. Anyways, I came to this dimension to guide you. To protect and train you." She said. Leifang lifted her head from Jann Lee's chest.
"You're not from this dimension?" She asked hoarsely. Andra shook her head and fixed her eyes on The Chosen One.
"I come from The Sacra Terras. A land where religions and meditation are the most important assets. The demons that you saw outside the plane came from The Daemonum Terras. We call it The Prohibitum Terras, The Forbidden Lands, where the most repulsive beings of this universe are born. They were there to kill you. It was them who crashed the plane, though, I was the one scaring you in your apartment," She paused again seeing her glare,"I had my reasons. Your eyes were proof that you are The Electus. The Chosen One. That's also how you know that I'm a half-demon." Andra ended proudly. All was silent. Mingyu left to look for Eliot and Leifang was counting the buttons on Jann Lee's shirt. Jann Lee stared at Andra and Hitomi was looking at her lap. Then she looked up, whispering,
"What am I?"
Andra sighed again,"The Electus. The one so innocent, so pure that will defeat the Daemon Princeps." She growled the last words. Hitomi stared at her facial expression for a while playing with her fingers.
"Who is he? And why does he want to kill me by sending those demons after me? What will be accomplished?" Hitomi asked quickly. Andra suddenly looked uncomfortable.
"I can't answer that. You have to learn by yourself, Hitomi." She said. " Or maybe do you want everyone you love dead?" Hitomi froze. The image of her loved ones lying in a pool of blood entered her mind and she shuddered.
"Never! Why would I want that?" She asked, still trembling.
"Exactly. I have a question, though." Andra paused,"do you accept your fate? Your destiny to annihilate all demons attacking other dimensions?" She asked.
Hitomi looked down. This all seemed like too much for her. She was a fighter, but could she manage to fight demons? Hell, a Daemon Princeps, like Andra said? It didn't seem easy, but a small voice told her to go for it. To save the earth and her loved ones.
"Okay." She said. Andra squealed girlishly, something very unusual for her, and flung her arms around her.
"Yeah! Don't worry, we'll kick some ass!"She grinned and Hitomi couldn't help but grin back.
"I'm in, too." Leifang said and crawled over to hug her. Hitomi gaped at her in shock, so did Andra. "What? An opportunity to kick asses and the ones who have been scaring my best friend? Hell yes!" She gushed. Jann Lee stared at the girls in awe and stood up.
"No way I'll let you kick some ass alone. I'm in too!" He said.
"Wait," Andra interrupted,"no. Hell, no. You'll get killed, no fucking ways you'll survive." She said.
"Oh well," Leifang shrugged,"we'll die trying." Andra couldn't help but smile at her bravado. Hitomi couldn't help but hug her friends, hard, her eyes turning a bright shade of white.
"Thank you," she whispered.
"I just have one thing to say," Andra said,"don't trust your mind. Trust your heart, never your mind. You could be possessed by a demon." The three martial artists nodded. Andra stood, satisfied and started to make her way outside, but then stopped.
"One more thing," she said,"don't trust Mingyu."
Then she left, leaving the trio staring at the door in disbelief.
Mingyu thought of all the curses that she could think of. She just had to come along, didn't she? She thought angrily. She knew that Andra knew about her dirty little secret. Her plan of killing Hitomi on the plane crash by sending her squad was a terrible idea. Those guys were experienced, but too cocky. Too proud.
"Enya?" A deep voice called. Mingyu froze.
"Master, I can explain..." She whimpered in her mind.
"I thought you killed her! She should have died in that plane! Kai is not going to be happy about this!" The voice hissed. Mingyu whimpered again.
"Please, give me another chance! Don't kill him, please!" She begged. The voice sighed.
"Fine! I will give you five more chances. Five more, do you hear? Enya, can you hear?!" The voice hissed again.
"Yes, master. I hear..."
"Alright. I hope that your plan will work this time, or else, I will not be so merciful to your little human boyfriend." It growled. Mingyu closed her eyes and unfortunately whimpered again. Then the voice disappeared. Mingyu looked at the ground. Five. I have five more chances, then Eliot and I will be together. She thought, smiling. Speaking of the human, where is he? She asked herself. A smell filled her nostrils. The sweet smell of fresh blood. Her mouth watered. It was AB blood, but it wasn't Eliot's. A growl then escaped her, it was a female's. And she was near Eliot.
Whoever it is will die now.
Eliot stared at Ayane's pained face. Her eyes were closed and her lips formed a frown. He hated seeing her in pain, it wasn't a pretty sight. But it was seeing the blood pour out of her shoulder wound that made his heart sink. The cut was deep enough to paralyze her whole arm and honestly, he didn't want that. Eliot did his best to clean and bandage it with the herbs he had, but it would take longer to properly heal. He thought about going to the shops to get those herbs, but he was terrified of leaving her here alone. What if's questions entered his mind. What if more blood pours out? What if she had a sudden heart attack like Hitomi? What if she died while he was gone?
A soft moan snapped him out of his thoughts. He almost cried out in joy when he saw a pair of rubies staring back at him.
"Ayane. You're alright." Unconsciously, he grabbed her hands. Ayane jerked away at his electric touch. Eliot flushed and rubbed the back of his neck, a nervous act of his if it wasn't stuttering.
"Sorry. But," He said,"are you alright? How do you feel?" Ayane stared at him. The fatigue that his body language showed proved that he spent the whole afternoon watching her. Wait, she was here for the whole afternoon?
"I feel like I've been run over by a car," she answered flatly. Eliot gave her a hint of a smile, then grabbed a glass to pour water in it. He gave it to her and she drank it greedily.
"Thanks," she said, wiping her mouth with the back of her hand. She winced at the immobilisation of her left shoulder, then noticed the bandages.
"Did you do this?" She asked. Eliot blushed, then rubbed the back of his neck.
"Yeah. You came here with blood pouring out your shoulder. You could have died, so I nursed you the best I could." He said. Ayane touched her bandaged shoulder and winced. Eliot gently removed her hand away.
"It's still healing. You can't go anywhere with that, so don't come and tell me you have to heal yet." He tried to joke, but only received a glare from her.
"Who are you to tell me what to do?" She asked icily. Eliot smiled, making Ayane's cheeks warm just slightly. He then gently pushed her back on the futon.
"For today, your personal doctor. Now sleep." He chided softly. Ayane glared at him, but obeyed, just about to fall into a dreamless sleep when the door burst open.
An angry looking Mingyu, with red eyes, greeted their sights.
"Mingyu...?" Eliot started, but was interrupted by Mingyu who let out a shrill cry and pounced on Ayane, fists raised.
A/N: *hides behind Hagrid* Hey, I hope you're not completely annoyed I made you wait!:) I hate thunderstorms... anyways, MINGYU SHOWS HER TRUE COLOURS!:D WHO IS KAI? DO YOU WANT TO KNOW? KEEP REVIEWING. Oh, yeah. I decided to make you wait for Ryu and Kasumi again. I promise they will be in the eighth chapter, I promise!:P Don't forget to R&R!:)