The marines were running fast on their heels, Kiraras eyes were watering and the tears were streaming down her cheeks, behind her big brother pushed her in front of him. He was trying to get her to safety. She turned back and looked at her brother, he had a fierce face on, he didn't want his little sister to see him worry about her, and he didn't want her to see how scared he was.
The little trouble they had in the first place had turned into an incredibly big mistake.
The both of them had been in the town square, performing. It was one of their greatest talents, where ever they went their perfect symmetrical dancing and smiling faces, they gained good times everywhere, but this was a hard slap in the face. Although they knew why the marines were after them… they knew.
"Lighten your lode!" Aaron, her brother, screamed in her ear and ribbed his own mask of his face, the white marble mask shattered on the street. She did the same and also took of her belts of 'props'
'no extra lode' she thought about the both of them, she didn't want to be a burden on her brother!
"Don't let them get away!" the marine captain screamed to the others and they all screamed in agreement. Kirara trembled when bullet shots started to rain over them, her eyes started to water and her hands searched for Aarons comfort.
"Damn!" Aaron screamed and pushed Kirara to keep running. He saw the desperate look on his sisters face and felt a slight burn in his chest, he hated to see his little sister so scared. And he thought to kill anyone who made her so scared! But that would have to wait for a better time. He knew exactly why the whole marine fleet on this island was after them. But his little sister didn't know, and he had to protect her from that truth for as long as he could!
Kirara saw the world in faint flashes now, all she could manage was to trust on Aaron to guide her where to go, and occasionally he pushed her to the side and made her duck. She relied on him so much. 'Oh thank god!' she thought when she saw a forest coming in sight.
They were coming to the forest; they would be safe once they reached the forest. They kept their rides there, and when they would get there they would fly up to the sky and laugh at the stupid marines, when they would get of this horrible island and never return!
They were almost to the forest borders; Kirara could smell the trees and soil! A feeling of relief washed over her and she looked up to the trees to see her freedom! But no, instead of the soft smile to be washed over her nothing came, her heart sunk down in her chest. She saw a man, a familiar face, sitting up in the trees and smirking an evil grin. In his hands he a held a gun and he was aiming at them!
Aaron heard the shot, from up in the tree, it was different, he felt like it was familiar, and he knew who owned that gun…
Aaron grabbed his sisters shoulders and pulled her back, she shouted when she was suddenly pulled back, her brother wrapped his strong arms around her and held her tight, he kept his eyes shut tight and waited for the pain,
Kirara felt completely safe in her brother's arms, nothing could harm her. Unfortunately the same didn't go for him, her heart stopped beating when her brother's shoulder jolted to the side and he let out a muffled scream. The bullet hat shot through his shoulder!
"Aaron? Oh god, no Aaron!" she screamed and tugged on her brothers shirt, as it slowly got stained with a large circle of blood.
"I'm fine, sister, just stay calm…" he gritted between his teeth and grasped his sister's shoulders; she looked in his eyes, her eyes filled with tears. She they waited for the marines running at the twins, who just stood there and did nothing,
"…don't cry, please, that would just make me cry and they would just be a mess"
"This is a mess!" she screamed and buried her face in his shirt, but to her own horror she felt warm liquid stain her face. Red blood streamed out of his shoulder,
"I know... but you must escape. They must never catch you, even if they catch me…" he said and now the pain was clear in his voice. And it scarred Kirara from the inside out. "…you must run away!" he said and pushed her out of his embrace and sent her running.
Kirara didn't know what to do, the marines were so close and her brother was going to stop fighting! She was supposed to run away, she didn't want to let him do this, she shook her head and was going to walk back in her brothers arms, to be with him, they would go down together…like he always said they would do!
"No! You run you stupid girl!" Aaron screamed and threw her to the ground; Kirara shouted and tried to keep her feet up. But it didn't go as she planned it. Her feet failed her and she fell on her side.
Her confused large eyes stared at him and broke his heart. he felt tears form in his eyes…"please…sister…go…"he whispered just loud enough for Kirara to hear. Just when his voice broke, his sister stood up and clumsily started to run torts the forest, in seconds she was out of sight. That's when Aaron let out a sigh of pain and relief. He looked back into the angry marine solder face. He, to the solders surprise, let his whole hand pound on the solders face.
He was strong… no one could say otherwise… and he was one of the flying demons of the city of gold! There was not a soul in the world that could make him fall without a fight!
But what he didn't see was that the soul that had aimed at his sister, from a tree branch high up in the tree. Jumped down and slowly walked after her. Just as Aaron who was so eager to save his little sisters life was going to fight the marines until he didn't have a blood drop left in his body!
Kirara ran as fast as her legs let her! She had no intension to stop if it meant that disobeying her brother's last wish before he gave up his freedom! Al thought she didn't see at all from the tears blocking her vision. The tears came streaming down her cheeks and she just let herself flow on and on and on, she didn't care where she went and she didn't care if she got there in one piece or not…
But the way was so long… she had never thought she had to run so far... was it really that long? No she was sure that they had landed somewhat close to the city, so if something like this would happen then they would be able to get away fast…
Suddenly a cold thought ran past her. She opened her eyes, and looked around… she didn't know where the hell she was! She had gone too far. And now she had no idea where she was!
"Oh no…" she whimpered and fell to her knees… she was trying to collect her thoughts together. She had always relied on her brother so much…and without him she was hope less
She pressed her back on to a tree and tried to think clear… there was a tornado going off in her head and she was so confused. She didn't feel her body and was so light headed the forest seemed to close in on her. Suddenly she couldn't see and her world was turned upside down. The last thing she saw was the forest floor on the side of her head…
Ace walked through the sea of people that were still charging at the poor marines… the two pirates swam threw into the forest and slowly made their way out…when they came into the forest and breathed the cool evening air. The sun was setting and the, oh so calming atmosphere was being trembled and stomped on. With Marco on his heals he was going in some direction; he didn't really care where he was going. There plans to have some fun with the marines were not about to happen any time soon with all the marine idiots in town there was no way they could stay there for much longer…
"Who do you think those kids were?" Ace asked out into nothing. He was really wondering about it…what the hell they did to be that wanted by the marines…
"Who knows…"Marco said and looked to the tree tops. There was a narrow path they were walking on looked relatively new and fresh. Like it was just been stomped down. It was catching his eyes… and he wanted to know where it was leading to. They had been walking away from the shouts and screams.
"…maybe there just a couple of unfortunate souls that were unlucky…" he sighed and walked besides his friend. Ace smiled his cocky grin at the statement and rested his hands behind his head and looked up to the sky. While Marco's eyes glanced down for a moment he wondered where this path was leading.
As it turned out the path was leading to a large tree. Its thick and long stern stretched up into the sky so high that the two pirates could barely see the top of it; it was pretty darn beautiful… Marco started to walk a circle around it to see the tree in all its glory. Ace sat down at the base of the tree and leaned against it as he looked around
The tree was in the middle of a silent spread of the forest. It was like a spiritual shrine... and the strange thing was it was totally secluded and quiet. So quiet it was turning strange. There was no sound…at all. Ace looked up into a nearby tree top, looking for something interesting. A blue-bird, sitting in the small tree branch…his head stretched up into the air and opened its back and Ace waited for the sweet sound of its song…none came… Ace opened his mouth to shout out to Marco… his lips mouthed the sounds. He lost all sound in his throat
He bolted up from his sorry hind and tried to talk…there was no sound! He couldn't speak. Something turned off all the sounds, in panic he turned around to see Marco but he was nowhere to be seen…
Kirara felt he self coming to conciseness again. The forest floor felt cold against her face, she wished she didn't remember what the hell happened but as she slowly razed herself up to her elbows and looking around... her temples were pounding like someone was knocking a hammer against her head…hard… she did hit her head a little too hard…
"Oh good… you're awake…" a sly voice sounded in her head and pounded on her temples…
"Ah…what?" she said and looked around… there was no sign of a human talking. However this grand line was a strange place to be on and she thought that there might be a nice little bird talking…she shook that strange thought of her fast. When she looked up in the tree, she was relieved to see a boy sitting there…leaning lazily against the tree...
"You, finally you are awake, I've been waiting for almost a half hour…" the boy said again, he sounded like he was smiling. But his voice was so familiar… Kirara suddenly felt like she knew that sly, deep voice, it was quite deep and sounded so naughty…like he was going to let all hell loose when she would look up…oh! Where did Kirara know him from!
"I'm sorry, do I know you?" Kirara said and tried to look up to him, when suddenly she felt a hard boot press her head down in the mud hard!
"You mean you don't remember?" the boy said and stomped on her head… Kirara shouted and punched the foot of her head, she quickly lifted her body on her hands and kicked the other leg. The man fell like a stick to the ground, but he was not so much going to fall easily like that. He landed on his hands and pinned his foot on her back to the tree. Kirara was never a good fighter and a worse planner.
Kirara suddenly felt like shed been here before. On this fight, had this foot stomping on her back, pinning her to something…she had been here before. Or something…
"You were never a good fighter…" he said and gave her a hard kick in the head. Kirara screamed and fell on her face again. The boy laughed and walked to her and stomped on her hands…
"Look at you…so helpless…and to think that your brother actually lost his life to save you…" his words were so sharp… they scared her heart and made it bleed, so to speak. She closed her eyes and tried to release her hands, the boot was rough down under and she was not letting herself look up…
"What's a matter… why won't you look at me, sweetie…" he was mocking her, the slyness in his voice was driving her out of her mind, and she had heard it before. Somewhere deep in her memories she knew him, she couldn't tell who he was…she had to see his face…
She slowly lifted her head and traced his legs…a marine. How fitting. She didn't have a chance to get to his face…he bent down and grabbed a fist full her hair to lift her body, Kirara screamed in pain when her red hair was violently abused and her head was slammed against the tree. A soft laugh was heard against her ear when she felt a body press against her, and lips against her ear breathed in her cent and as creepy as it was,
He breathed in so hard…"I've missed you…dearest Kirara… "He purred and twisted her head…to face him…but as soon as she laid eyes on him…her heart froze in a thick block of coldest ice
"R-Raymond…?" her shaking voce broke as she looked upon her childhood friend…his black hair in fell into his gray eyes and his grin was large and sly, this was Raymond! Her friend…the slight happiness in her heart shattered when he pressed her arms to the tree and his body on hers.
"Not just Raymond, I've been promoted to lieutenant-master..." he purred against her ear and she felt something warm and wet stroke up and down her ear…"mmh you taste so good…" he purred and ran his tongue further down her neck.
Kirara took a move and tried to kick him from behind, but when Raymond just found that thing amusing, Kirara slammed the back of her head into his face. the shock drove him away, as he held over his face he let out a simple grunt…that wasn't nearly as strong as she hoped… when he removed his hand, his nose was only bleeding the slightest…
"Haha, little kitty found her claws…" Raymond raised himself up and walked closer to Kirara. There was this atmosphere around him that made Kirara freeze out of fear, he looked so scary. This was not the childhood friend she grew up with "sad really, I would liked to see you in your animal mode…" he said in a perverted manner and quickly grabbed her hand and pinned it to the tree. Kirara let out a scream when Raymond pressed himself up against her and buried his face in her neck.
He let out a long lust full sound as he breathed in her sent… "Mmh Kirara…you smell so wonderful… I wish I could have you and I know you wish it too…" he had Kirara locked in so no matter how much she tries to fight, it was no use. Raymond pulled his hand down and covered Kiraras mouth. No matter how much she tried to fight and no matter how much she tried desperately to get away, he was too strong…
"You know…" he said and suddenly pulled her away from the tree, he reached out his hand and made it hover in front of her face; there was something small and sharp in his hand. Kiraras heart stopped for a while when she saw that he was caring a small blade in his hand… he made it hover over her face and let the blade stroke smoothly over her cheek. The cold steel made her shake and tremble with fear even more... "I really like you Kirara…I wish I didn't have to do this…."
He held his knife high and aimed it at her heart!
With the sharp moment right before he plunged the knife into her heart, Kirara found the strength to move finally she slid to the side and ribbed herself out of Raymond's forceful embrace and tried to get away. But to her oven horror, she didn't get completely away…and the knife jabbed into her rib-cage…
He incredible scream of pain bolted threw out the entire forest, it echoed all the way to the marine base where her brother was still panting fighting the marines, his face chalk white from blood loss…
When he heard the scream his heart got the sting…she didn't make it… she had been captured…
He just stopped and stood there, until the marine slammed on his back and pinned him to the ground. The marine shoulders kept coming back at him and pinning him to the ground they pulled out a knife and put it at his neck… and with a swift motion his throat was slit open… blood squirted out of his neck and he let out a little squeal… his eyes felt like they would go to the back of his head while his lungs filled with his bloody fluids… and with that his world went white…
"Heh! My little kitty…you just ensured yourself a slower death…" Raymond mocked and let her go…Kirara crumbled to the ground and let a hand cover her wound…
"Hahaha! You look pathetic!" Raymond shouted and pressed his boot on her head…
"You should look at yourself!" Kirara screamed with the pain…
"Huh?" Raymond was surprised to hear her talk he had expected her to do nothing more…
"you look pretty pathetic yourself in your monkey suit!" she continued" what the hell happened to you?"
Raymond smiled and bent down to her… his lips touched almost touched her skin and "I changed for the better…" he said and pressed his lips against hers. Kirara clenched her eyes closed in disgust, this was her friend! Her child hood friend, she had treated him like a brother. She thought that they were siblings…
He was kissing her…he had killed her and now he was kissing her! This was not the Raymond she knew…
"There now didn't that feel good…" he purred into her skin, and with that, he just got up and started walking away…
"Oh, but you know Kirara… if this would be up to me, our meeting would not have gone like this…" he said and smiled his fake smile…that smile she knew. She'd seen it so many times when they were younger."… You would've just been arrested and ill have you brought to my quarters…"he grinned and turned around…"I would've loved having you there…on my bed…all mine. But alas…this the way it was supposed to go…" he said and turned around again. He walked slowly like to see if Kirara would try to get away…
Raymond waked with victory glory in his eyes and the smiled that grew ever so much with the thought of what he did. Not he was sure to get a promotion and gain full control of an army, all he ever wanted…his plan was going perfectly
Suddenly they heard a ruffle in the bushes behind the tree. The ruffle became louder but Raymond only thought that it was one of those small woodland creatures and kept walking away. When he was way out of sight then Kirara saw someone step out
Marco stepped out of the bushes. Kiraras eyes went wide fast when she saw the fears look on the pirates face, THE phoenix Marco had stepped in front of her. When she looked like this. There was small pool of blood forming under her and she could feel her heart rate go slower. But when the pirate turned to her and she laid her eyes on his face, her cols feel it went faster for some reason…
The pirate didn't say anything; he just bent down and lifted her face a little so he could see her. Her face was as pale as chalk the miserable look she had on, he couldn't heave his eyes off her…her eyes were closed and her lips were parted, there was a thin line of blood running from the corner of her mouth. Marco's brain was working on what the hell this was about, who would do this to a girl…she didn't look a day over fifteen! And for another thing this was the girl in town the one who was performing, was It not…
"who did this to you…?" he asked in a low voice, there was still a chance that the one who did this was still here, not that he couldn't take whoever it was. But for all he knew then the person who did this would try to hurt her more…
The girl opened her mouth and tried to answer, but right now there was no sound in her throat, gasped a few times and coughed up blood…
Suddenly Marco's heart was filled with something, some feeling that he didn't know what was. Some urge pushed him on and as he thought about what would be the right thing to do, found that it would be best to do something stupid… "It's alright… ill take care of you…"
"t-the m-marine*gasp*… jerk!" she gasped out and tried as hard as she could to speak so he understood"t-tried to k-kill m-*gasp*me"
"Who did…?" he asked as he softly pulled her close and lifted her off the ground.
"Mmh I don't even k-know…anymore" she said and rested her head on his shoulder, he felt her weight get heavier and her hand fell lifelessly down,
"Don't pass out… you want to live…" he said a little harsher and walked faster back to where ace was… seemed like the best thought right now…