I have faced a huge writer block this past week and had to write this chapter yesterday =/ Sorry if it seems hurriedly done.
I want to say that I'll write,
Awashima in the day as 'he'
Awashima at night as 'she'
Awashima... You gender is confusing! XD That is why I love you!
Chapter 6
"Awashima, this is all your fault." Amezo sighed for the umpteenth time.
"Are you still mad at me for calling you a ninja turtle?" Awashima rolled her eyes at him. Amezo pouted, feeling his pride as Numakappa taint at her words.
"Ninja turtle." Yukari slightly laughed on purpose to make Amezo mad.
"No," He lied through his teeth. "I'm mad over the fact you got us lost,"
"For 3 days." Itaku completed the sentence, annoyed.
"We should have brought someone who knows this city well with us." Dohiko muttered.
"Want to start a fight with me or what?" Awashima looked ready to fight.
"Now, now, everyone. It is not good to fight." Reira tried to calm them down. "Besides, we reached the mansion." She pointed at the familiar house.
Both Amezo and Awashima sprinted towards the house.
"I'll finally get to eat something." Amezo exclaimed happily.
"Hot bath!" Awashima squealed in delight.
Even though the other four didn't show their happiness the same way as the other two, deep down they were relieved. They were finally out of that labyrinth.
"I'm back!" Awashima proclaimed, just to find the atmosphere tensed. Everyone had a defeated look on their faces. She saw Kurotabou at one side and greeted him with a wave. He nodded his head in acknowledgement. She made some hand gestures about her surroundings making Kurotabou sigh.
"Our guest woke up today." What guest?
"She refused to eat or talk to us. She also hit some of the yokai who tried to help her too." He pinched the bridge of his nose in exhaustion.
"Where is she?" He gave her a look but answered anyway.
"In Zen's room, why do you ask?" She ignored him and stomped angrily away from him.
"Where are you going?" Kurotabou watched as she disappeared without an explanation. He wondered for a second whether he should follow her or not, but decided against it when another yokai came, complaining to him about Kana. This is going to be a long night.
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Awashima huffed angrily, not believing that someone would be this rude. She was already in a foul mood and that just made it worse.
She barged into the room and saw a girl with her bangs shadowing her face."Oi," She pulled Kana up by her kimono collar and positioned her within her sight.
"Ho-" She trailed off what she wanted to say when she took the girl's appearance. Her grip loosened a bit. The bruises, cuts, and the black eye she had, was not what she had expected to see.
She let her go causing her to fall down, the oversized kimono slipped off her, exposing half of her body. She could see her entire body bandage, indicating wounds were there.
The girl looked at her in fright and Awashima could tell that the girl reacted like one from a traumatizing experience.
"Awashima!" She looked behind her to see Rikuo. "What are you doing in here!" He started to drag her away and she let him do that without struggling. He gave a nervous laugh to Kana before closing the door.
"What the hell!" She managed to say. "What kind of bastard would do that to a woman?" She scoffed.
"Let's go and kill him." She rolled up her sleeves, ready to beat the shit out of anyone.
"Calm down, we don't know who did this to her." He admitted. "Anyway, what were you doing there and where have you been all this time?" He changed the subject.
"About that," She scratched her neck nervously.
"She got us lost for three days." Itaku passed by them and walked to his room, not sparing anyone a glance.
"Itaku! You traitor! You weren't supposed to tell him that." She shouted at the figure that entered the room.
Rikuo just sweat dropped at them.
"You got lost?" Rikuo facepalmed, not believing what he heard.
"Do you hear that? Reira is calling for me." Awashima lied in an attempt to run away. "I will go now." She ran off somewhere.
Rikuo shook his head at her behaviour. I need to do something important but... He looked at the door he closed. Will she be alright?
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The next day
Rikuo was worried. He had just finished lunch and he heard from his mother that Kana hadn't touched her food ever since she woke up. At this rate she will suffer from malnutrition. He stopped at the front of her door and creaked the door open, taking a peak. He was checking on her again and much to his surprise she was awake. She had slept through most of the day yesterday.
He watched her as she stared lifelessly at her spread hands. He never seen such an expression like that before and he wondered what she was thinking. His grip on the door tightened when he saw her like that. It pained him to know that she may never be the same girl he knew and loved.
She looked at him and all the life went back to her eyes when she saw him. She smiled happily and waved at him. He waved back awkwardly, not understanding why she treats him differently than the others.
"Umm, I'll go bring you lunch." He ran off, embarrassed at being caught staring at her.
He came back few minutes later with a tray of food and set it down in front of her.
"My," He held his tongue in time. He was about to say his mother and knowing that her parents died... She would be depressed.
"I was told to make sure you eat. I can't get back until you finish everything." He changed his words.
She stared at the food suspiciously. He could see the mistrust in her eyes. Does she think it is poisonous?
He took the spoon from the neatly arranged cutlery and put it inside the chicken soup his mom made. He then filled the spoon with it and ate it. He was proving to her that it was okay to eat.
She gave an apologetic look, ashamed that she doubted her friend. He gave her the spoon back and smiled in assurance. He knew she wouldn't have acted like that if she hadn't experienced it before. She didn't realize how her actions were making him resent himself more.
He watched as she ate silently. Wait...
"Kana-chan! I'm so sorry. I'll go get you another spoon." He flushed at the thought of her eating from the same spoon as him.
She shook her head and smiled at him. Rikuo blushed madly as many unwanted thoughts invaded his mind. Indirect kiss! His ears turned red and you could see smoke coming out of his ears. He slapped both of his cheeks lightly and repeatedly, to get himself back to reality.
Kana gave him a worried look. He was acting strange and he must have a fever seeing how his face was red. She wanted to ask him if he was alright but then remembered she was mute. She can no longer speak again...
Rikuo just laughed nervously, embarrassed at his actions in front of Kana. The second time she took a sip of her soup he noticed something strange. She was eating ten times slower than how he usually ate and caught the slight tremor her hands were making. The way she furrowed her eyebrows and had a pained expression, told him she was having difficulty eating.
He held her hand and took the spoon away from her. She looked at him curiously and watched him blow on the spoon so the soup would cool down.
"Say ahh." He averted his eyes away from her, blushing again.
Kana faced turned into a scarlet color. He is going to feed me. There were some foreign emotions she hadn't felt before and couldn't understand them yet. She felt like she had butterflies in her stomach.
She ate shyly feeling like she could die at that moment. Rikuo on the other hand, wasn't feeling any different.
After finishing the bowl of soup, he said,
"You will have to eat this too." He pointed the fork at the fruits on another bowl. She nodded and opened her mouth for him to feed her.
Just when he was about to do that, her eyes widen in horror all of a sudden. He halted what he was doing as he observed her reaction. She was scared and backed slowly away from him. She was looking behind him which made him turn to look at what she was seeing just to find there was nothing.
He looked at her confused. She breathed in and out as she looked around the room frantically. Where did it go? She swore she saw something.
"Kana-chan, are you okay?" Rikuo asked worriedly. She nodded her head unsurely. Rikuo didn't look convinced. He looked at the clock on the wall.
"I'm late! Sorry Kana-chan but I have to go!" He replied hurriedly and was about to leave when she held his hands tightly. She had a look that told him not to leave. He frowned, knowing he had to.
"I'll let someone guard you so don't worry." He patted her head affectionately. She bit her lower lip and nodded and he left the room, feeling really guilty.
"Oi, Rikuo!" Awashima waved when he saw him.
"Awashima! Can you do me a favor?"
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Awashima just stared at the girl in front of him as she stared back. He was glad that she was alright after what he did last night. He kept his distance this time and remembered Rikuo's orders to look after her.
Kana on the other hand was staring deeply at the guy chest area. She thought he was a woman! She watched him sigh and look so bored at what he was doing. She felt sorry for making him guard her.
"Sorry about earlier." He spoke not expecting any response at all. She opened her mouth to say something and his eyes widen when he saw her do that, just for her to close it again. He hung his head in disappointment. He thought she would speak to him.
They were back to just staring at each other until her eyes widened. Awashima looked at her confusedly. Her breath came erratically and she slowly lifted her arm shakily, pointing a finger behind him and Awashima felt a strange, dangerous aura behind him. Was there an enemy he couldn't sense? He robotically turned his head towards where she pointed, suddenly afriad that he may see something. When he fully turned around, he couldn't see anything. He looked around the room cautiously but he still couldn't see anything, which confused him greatly. He felt something strange about the way she was reacting, like something was really there.
He looked back at her and saw her taking her blanket and hide beneath it. He looked again just to see nothing again. Was she hallucinating? It wouldn't be a surprise if she was.
Kana breathed in and out again to calm herself down. She saw it again and she noticed that she was the only onewho can see it. The question is... what the heck was it? It didn't look human at all. It looked like a huge Halloween pumpkin but this one had arms and its eyes were those of a yellow eyed cat. Either way it was creepy, especially when it opened its mouth to reveal bones all over the place and some skulls here and there. She also saw a well inside with black water over pouring constantly. Why am I seeing this? Was she finally crazy? She shut her eyes tightly, truly afraid at what it would do. Rikuo...She felt like crying again and she did. She cried with the thoughts of how her life would go on from now on. She knew she won't live peacefully for the next few days. She knew...
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"Rikuo, when will you ask her?" His grandfather asked, eating a sweet bun happily. Rikuo understood what he meant.
"I will do it today but," He transformed into his yokai form. "I'll be the one to talk to her." Night Rikuo smirked.
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Hope the fanservice in this chapter redeems the sins I have committed. I feel obligated to make everything alright because of Awesome dt. I know when xNightDreamerx read that chapter she will be at my case too xD You two are bad influence to everybody! LOL you made my dear Fede194 be like you U.U
XxThe-Crest-Of-AnubisxX: Kana knows she is mute xD She had an entire week to find that out. As for the healing part... I wonder how they will heal her.
Fede194:No amount of screaming can make someone mute that fast. I-I U.U I have no excuse lol. Now, now *sings* Baby don't cry~ Tonight~. Did she? I don't know :P
O_O Woah woah~ Girl, calm down and yes I did well to run XD I never knew I would save my life someday.
You will have to read to find out.
Awesome D.T: Holy shit! I will get worse than that :O! O.O Come at me bro~XD *pushing their limits* JK JK. I would never defy you.
Nayrael:You like it? I did it :D I'm glad you like it :3
2) Yes, she shouldn't compare them. LOL love your reviews! XD
3) You could say they don't know he is a sadist. I'll go fix that xD You made some good points with your reviews. You are writing a horror fiction :O Cool! I didn't know my horror elements were good but I'm happy to know I inspired you :)
4) Rei is innocent XD and LOL I wonder how the heck I became her fan when I'm doing this to her. Idk who Kyousai is but we should definitely meet XD
Geez everyone is out there to kill me. It is like you guys were waiting for the right moment where I'll make a mistake then use it against me. At least I have a fangirl slayer with me! Protect me mah love! lol
Those blackmailing reviews XD you all are doing it wrong! I don't know who taught you to blackmail like that but you gotta learn from the professional *coughs*me*coughs*.
I'll see you next Tuesday I guess?