Im sorry I haven't updated in forever! I've been on vacation. :c anyways, here's chapter 11; darkness.
There was a limo sitting in front of the apartment building when we walked out, and a man with a golden rabbit mask held the door open for us. we both looked at each other in surprise before going in. the man gently shut the door behind us and walked back to the driver's side.
I stared out the window and watched in silence as we started to pass random buildings and people.
"uh... r-rose?" I heard yata stutter beside me.
"hmm?" I hummed while continuing to look out the window.
"I just wanted to tell you that... y-you look..." his voice was filled with nervousness and embarrassment as I patiently waited for him to finish.
"you look beautiful." he finished quietly. I looked over at him with a light blush on my cheeks and smiled at him.
"thank you yata." I replied quietly while placing a hand on his cheek.
"n-no problem." he stuttered as he avoided my eyes.
I leaned my head close to his and gently kissed his lips, then pulled away to look at his flustered face. I quietly giggled and looked out the window again.
"I love you yata." I smiled while glacing over at him.
he stared at me for a moment as his face grew even more flustered. he blinked a few times, then turned his head straight.
"I love you too rose."
it was a long trip, and when we got out we had to stretch from sitting still for so long. it was dark and the moon was full, but I didn't recognize where we were. the man escorted us to a large building while opening the doors for us. we stood at the entrance for a minute; it looked like everyone else hadn't shown up yet.
we both walked in slowly as the man shut the door behind us, I looked back and he was gone. suddenly more people came out from the shadows and surrounded us; they were all wearing plain white masks. I looked over at yata as his fists clenched and his eyes narrowed.
"an.. ambush?"
"what's going on?" I demanded. "I already told you, I haven't done anything."
one of the people slowly walked forward, taking loud steps while wearing combat boots. they raised their gloved left hand to their face, then slowly took their mask off and threw it to the side.
"hello... rose."
my eyes widened while I took a couple steps back.
"t-tora?" I asked in horror, watching as a wicked grin appeared on her face.
"and i was starting to worry that you wouldnt recognize me." she laughed while walking closer.
"stay back!" I yelled while holding up my hand. she continued to walk closer.
"or what? you're going to use your powers on me?" she mocked.
suddenly yata stood in front of me.
"stay away from her." he demanded.
"yata no!" i warned while pulling on his arm. she looked at him in pity, then in anger.
"so the lonely king isnt so lonely after all..." she raised her hand and a gun flew into it from one of the other members that surrounded us.
"...too bad it won't stay that way." she grinned widely while holding it up at him.
before I could do anything I heard her pull the trigger, then watched in horror as the impact sent him staggering backwards before he fell to the floor.
"yata...?" I whispered as I felt a hot tear stream down my cheek.
"oh, rose. you're so weak. you let yourself bond with someone after being betrayed by the person you trusted most."
I held my chest and fell to my knees by his side, then looked up at her.
"why?!" I screamed as more tears streamed down my cheeks, I could feel all the anger and rage I've kept inside through all the years boiling inside of me.
"you haven't figured it out yet?" she asked while pointing the gun at me. "your parents killed my father. they stole his future and mine, and that's the only thing I had left. instead of me being the new green king, you were. you betrayed me first."
she looked at me in pity, "letting someone see you weak is pathetic rose. you're the one who taught me that." she shot the gun twice, but i stopped the bullets in mid-air before they could touch me. I could feel my rage and vengeance overpowering me, I couldn't control it.
"is hiding your emotions from someone being strong, or is it just being a coward?" I asked while pulling pieces of the walls and floors into the air.
"you've become so pathetic rose." she said while shaking her head in disappointment.
I looked at the other faceless members as they tried to dodge the metal and wood floating in the air, then stabbed each and every one of them through the chest. it was silent for a moment as me and tora glared at each other, and I could only think about one thing; killing her.
I held my hand out in front of me, slowly clenching it into a fist as I felt her blood pressure rise. more faceless members came running through the door as tora fell to her knees while holding her chest. I ripped more pieces of the building apart and soon the roof rose into the air.
I could hear yata coughing and yelling my name, but I convinced myself that he was dead. I closed my hand, causing tora to fall forwards onto her face while gasping. I slowly walked towards her calapsed body while taring the building apart from the inside out and creating a large storm above me. she looked up at me with a bloody grin.
"you're over using your powers rose, you won't last much longer if you keep it up." she laughed wickedly before moving her hand slightly.
suddenly i felt a pain pierce through my shoulder; a sharp piece of medal was driven through it. I could feel my wrath grow as I pulled it out, looking at the bloody medal then back at her.
"pathetic." I whispered before shooting it into her back.
I took a deep breath and let everything in the air crash down onto the people who were running in and surrounding me again. everything was quiet for a moment and the only thing I could hear was the thunder coming from the storm above me.
"rose, stop!" I heard yata yell out to me as the storm grew larger and stronger.
I slowly looked up at my sword of damocles; it had a light green aura surrounding it's crumbling blade.
the orb was fading away.
I slowly looked over at yata while he watched in horror as the sword came crashing down, taking me with it.
all I could see
was darkness.