Toru: I cannot believe this. What is Chase doing here?
Me: we'll just have to wait and find out won't we. Re-
Hitomi: wait, wait! I want to say it, please, please let me say it!
Me: go ahead.
Hitomi: Remember Kalulu owns nothing except her own characters.
Previously:
"So how was London?" the wiccan asked as she was finishing what the girls started.
"Just as dull and boring as I left it. I might go back in another 200 years or so an oracle told me there should be some excitement by then." The man said.
"Agrona, did everything go well?" she asked her husband.
He sighed obviously tired from his long journey. "It did, but there were some complications."
"Like?"
"Like Agrona here not being able to handle some nosy reporter. I told him he should have let me kill him, but no." the mystery man said with a side smile, the girls still couldn't see his face.
"Just because you can kill someone without thinking twice doesn't mean I can as well. I actually have to sleep at night, you heartless man." Agrona said not really caring for his friend's violent tendencies.
"I'm soulless not heartless, besides sleep is overrated." He said with a nonchalant attitude.
The man then removed his hat. The girls got closer to the floor to see who he was as his long jet black hair spilled out, his Asian face and golden eyes were revealed.
Hitomi's eyes widen. "Oh, my God…"
"It's Chase." Toru said in a small whisper.
Chapter 28: Deep Roots (part 2): The Trial
The girls couldn't believe, it is Chase, why was he here? What could he possibly want?
"So where is she?" Chase asked.
Agrona motioned Chase to the second floor and the girls quickly backed up to the walls trying to remain quiet as the men went into the next room. Toru then made the wall disappear so they could see what was going on, still remaining unnoticed.
Amunet woke up from her nap and cooed seeing her father, raising her arms wanting to be picked up. Chase looked at the child intensely and smile as he saw a spark in her eyes.
"She's the one." Chase simply stated
"You're sure?"
"Yes. Your daughter's line will be the one to give birth to the next dragon of lighnting."
The girls eyes widened again. Did they hear right? The next dragon of lightning, how could he possibly know that?
"Its imperative that your family line survives, oh and don't be surprised if you don't see a male in the family for a while." Chase said with a side smile.
"Why don't you kick me while you're at it?"
After dinner Chase finally left and left Toru with a lot to think about. A little later Nefertiti came into the room holding 2 wooden bowls of rabbit stew.
"I brought some food, in case you two got hungry." Nefertiti said with a motherly tone.
Hitomi immediately jumped up and grabbed the bowl stuffing the food in her mouth, sating her hungry stomach. "Yes! Finally, I'm starving. Thank you."
The Wiccan handed Toru her food but she just looked away. "I'm not hungry."
"Hey, if she doesn't want it I'll take it. No point in letting good rabbit go to waste." Hitomi said with a full mouth.
Nefertiti placed the bowl on a night stand and walked over to Toru. "Look I know you might be a little confused and you must have some questions-"
Toru cut her off, "Oh I have questions but there not for you. I don't care if we are family. Actually, no, I do have a question- how did you know?"
"I noticed the markings on your wrists and knew that you belonged to him so I couldn't risk him seeing you."
Hitomi then raised her hand like she was in high school. "Ooh, I have a question, how did he know that the dragon of lightning would be part of your family line?"
Toru crossed her arms, "Yeah why is that?"
Nefertiti sighed. "The gods promised him the next Dragon of lightning to be his apprentice."
"Promised? Wait, wait, hold on, what do you mean promised?" Toru asked totally confused. She thought she made the choice to be with him but know she finds out that she was promised to him.
"While you would make the choice to stay with him or not part of you would be compelled to stay with him no matter what and neither one of you might never know why." Nefertiti explained.
Toru thought about her words and the more she thought about it she could see the truth in them. While she forgave Chase for the punishments she could never forget them. She never knew why she never tried to run. She would always rationalize it that because that she had nowhere else to go or that he would find her no matter where she ran. But deep inside she felt a small, yet influential force compelling her to stay and she never fought it no matter how bad things got.
Although Toru had to admit every time she was punished Chase would make it up to her and they had more good times then bad so she thought that was a reason to stay. But this was just too confusing, Toru never believed she had a set fate, although the more she thought about it, it was starting to look that way.
A few days later
Over the next few days the girls stayed with Nefertiti and Agrona, she explained to him their situation and he understood in fact he was glad to see that their great times 8 granddaughter was such a strong magic user and was mated to Chase, but he had to admit he was a little surprised. Chase had always told him that he would never mate with someone he just guessed the centuries and soften him up a little.
The girls went shopping in the market with Nefertiti and Amunet in her arms. As they were leaving the bakery with fresh loafs of bread Hitomi sensed something.
"Run!"
"Look out!"
A runaway duel carriage was storming down the road without a driver at the helm and heading straight for Nefertiti, who was just standing there like a deer caught in the headlights. The horses trampled the ground underneath there hooves and they raced closer to the woman and her baby.
Without thinking Toru sprang into action jumping over the carriage and grabbing the back of it digging her heals into the ground trying to slow down the 1200 pound horses and it wasn't working as well as she hoped which is when Hitomi stepped in and roared, stopping the horses in their tracks.
After the horses had settled people had started to gather surrounding them.
"Did you see that?"
"She stopped the carriage with her bare hands, and did you see how she moved?"
"What about the other girl, she roared!"
"They're witches!"
Hitomi proceeded to hind behind her 'mother', frighten of the people who were quickly growing angry with their accusing looks.
"Geez you do one nice thing." Hitomi whispered behind Toru.
"No good deed goes unpunished" Toru said ready to draw her sword.
"Burn them!"
"Burn the witches!"
"Send them back to hell! Send them back to Satan!"
The frighten towns people were starting to arm themselves as they got closer. Nefertiti couldn't allow them to be killed not after they saved her and because Toru was family so she could only do one thing.
"Wait stop! They're not witches…I am. I'm simply using these two as my mindless servants. I will come peacefully and release these two as long as you don't condemn them as well." The people seemed to all nod in agreement. Nefertiti pointed a hand at Toru and Hitomi "Separatum!"
A blast of light and energy then hit them making them scream in pain as the town people backed up in fear. Toru could feel her magic dwindling as her chi was being depleted and her striking emerald green eyes turned brown. Hitomi was going through her own change, her more feline features where coming out as her illusion spell shattered and her humanoid form exposed. Hitomi could feel her bones twisting and reforming as her canines elongated and her human face turned back into a clouded leopard and her body became short and spotted returning to her cat form.
Toru felt different…normal. The girls don't know what just happened.
The wiccan then looked at the people with cold dead eyes. "There, I've released them." she hands a man her baby and hold out her arms as a man wraps a rope around them. She looks back at the girls and smiles at them. "Toru, Hitomi, I've freed you, so I need you to run before I change my mind."
The girls ran, ran until their lungs hurt until they made it to the middle of the forest. Toru sunk to her knees more tired than she's been for a long time.
"I can't believe I'm this exhausted we only ran for a few miles." She panted. Hitomi lightly roared something but nothing was coming out as English. Toru shook her head. "Its no use, I can't understand you. If we keep walking we should be able to make it to their cabin in an hour or so.
While Toru was thinking of their next move she didn't notice behind her that Hitomi was taking on her humanoid form.
"What I was saying was that I hope that you think of something fast." Hitomi said. "Hey I'm back to normal…so to say."
Toru soon felt a rush of energy surge through her as lightning struck her out of nowhere causing her to fly backwards do to the force.
"Toru!" Hitomi shouted as she ran over to her 'mother'. "Are you alright?"
Toru jolted and started to cough hard. The warrior-ess opened her eyes and they had returned back to their original green color. "Oh, that hurt. Come on, lets keep moving."
The girls ran through the trees of the dense forest trying to get to the cabin to tell Agrona what happened.
"What did she do to us?"
"My guess would have to be a separation spell; it temporally expels the magical essence of an enemy. It's normally used as a last resort in battle because it nearly depletes you of your own magic."
"Which would explain why she didn't fight back after she was sure we were safe."
"It has nothing to do with her strength of body. She gave her word she would go peacefully if we were let go and they did."
The girls made it to the cabin and told Agrona everything. Toru was expecting him to go off in a blind rage and go get his wife back or something close to it but instead he was calm the whole time. When Hitomi asked what they can do to help Agrona just shook his head and said they should do nothing, that his wife made her choice to protect Toru and Hitomi. As much as he wanted to set his wife free it would do more harm than good. He still has his daughter and might be able to get her back.
Salem court house
Nefertiti was standing in chains in front of judging eyes and behind her. People had already condemned her. She had done so much good for this town when she and her husband first arrived and now it was all for not.
A old man probably late 60s wearing a long robe and a powered wig was sitting in front of her giving her cringing stares as if he could see the 'evil' within this witch.
"Nefertiti Ashram, you have accused of using witch craft, using witch craft on others to turn them into slaves, and conspiring to use witch craft on others. How do you respond to these charges?" the old man asked as he read the charges through is old bifocals.
"Not guilty for the first and last charge your honor." Nefertiti simply said.
The people immediately started shouting saying that she was lying and that she should burn for her crimes.
The judge banged his gavel. "Order! Order! I will have order!" he shouted. The room then got quiet. "Would you care to elaborate Mrs. Ashram?" he asked.
"I am not a witch I am a wiccan. Witches use their magic for selfish gains, while wiccans use theirs to benefit others and there family."
"There are witness testimony stating that you admitted to using a young girl as a slave tell me how that benefits anyone?"
"Are you judging me on who I may or may not have as a slave when more than half the people in this town including you-your honor-has them, how I obtain mine should not be relevant. But please forgive me, I have gone off topic, yes I did use the girl as a slave with my husband constantly traveling I do require help from time to time."
The court went on for hours. The prosecution brought forth 'witnesses' that weren't there making false accusations on how evil she was and how they thought she was controlling their children to do sinful things.
Nefertiti tried to defend herself but it seemed as nothing was working. After hours the judge had finally come to a verdict.
"Nefertiti Ashram, I hear by find you guilty of using witch craft and conspiracy to commit witch craft. These crimes are punishable by death and you will be burned at the stake at dusk today." The judge read his ruling.
Nefertiti's head lowered in disappointment as she held back her tears and looked back at the judge before a man came to take her away.
"What about my daughter? What are you going to do with her." she asked.
"Your daughter will be taken care of." That's all he said.
It was dusk and Nefertiti was tied to a cross, her arms and legs tightly bound. She struggled against her ropes turning her wrists red. She looked out in to the gathering crowd and saw Agrona with Toru and Hitomi in the distance; they were safe, thank goodness.
Nefertiti looked out at the faces before her all of them had a slight smile on their faces, they couldn't wait for her death.
A man in a hood holding a torch proceeded to the podium.
Hitomi looked on in horror. "We can't let them do this." She whisper shouted.
Toru grabbed Hitomi's arm stopping her from doing anything stupid. "We don't have a choice. She did this to save us, besides think about Agrona, you think he wants to stand around here and watch his wife be killed at the hands of these bigots. Just look at him."
Toru motioned to Agrona's hands, he had dug his nails into his palms making his hands bleed.
"This is the hardest on him."
The hooded man then set the bramble of sticks and hay a blaze. The flame quickly rose and engulfed her. Nefertiti was screaming in agony as her flesh started to burn and blister. Her skin was starting to burn off, showing her muscles.
Nefertiti struggled to speak her last word. "Postea per cognationes suas in sanguine ultus sum! Experieris mors dolore te umquam cognouisse!" she shouted through the searing flames.
Salem church
Later that night the town's people gathered in the church as a priest walked in to the room holding Amunet. The little baby lied a sleep as the priest put her in a small bath of holy water in the middle of the church. The 3 large stain glass windows were lightly reflecting the moon light and shining down on her. The torches that illuminated the church suddenly went out and a gust of wind burst the doors open as Toru and Hitomi walked through.
"A moment counselor" Toru said. The girls walked up to the podium in their normal appearance. The people gasped in disgust as they saw the clothes (or lack thereof) they were wearing. "You lot sentence an innocent woman to her death, and now you expect some type of penance through her daughter. Now normally I wouldn't give 2 shits about family ties but I'll make an exception in this case."
Slow eerie voices began to lightly fill the room.
"Wait! You where the girls that where under her control" a man shouted.
"Wow, are humans normally this gullible?" Hitomi asked
"I'm taking the girl." Toru declared as she walked to the middle of the church.
"What are you talking about?! This child is to go through purification and begin a new, we can't just let you take her." the priest shouted.
"We'll see about that. You see I'm quite diverse in my own brand of magic."
The voices blasted into the room as music.
"Consentes Dei, Juno, Jupiter, (Mi)Nerva, Apollo, Mars, Ceres
Mercurius, Diana, Bacchus, Vulc(an)us, Pluto, Vesta, Venus
Falling deeper down into sleep, closed and shaking eyes I can spy
Looking at me, smiling, dream god is
Condemning me to an early grave
The thought of Nefertiti burning at the stake crossed her mind
Cause and effect, stubborn laws that bind us
Twisting away mixing time and space
Granted by the god above, delusionist programming
Toru turned and faced the stained glass windows and lightning struck the first two windows on the left and right stopping in front of the first rows.
Come on, eins zwei drei! You and I will unite!
Nefertiti's spirit touched Toru's hand
Come on, eins zwei drei! Cheating the game of life!
A man grabbed a mounted sword and ran at her. "Damned witch!"
Stealing the one thing that I'm craving
Toru grabbed the blade and grasped the man by the neck and ripped off his head, his spinal column still attached.
A fairy tale and playing by tooth and nail
She dropped the man's body, her hands dripping with blood.
Survival game!
Toru released a sonic wave from her mouth, making some of the peoples ears bleed.
As we go 'round and around
She then levitated 4 people in the air and spun them around twice before shoving their bodies through the stands that held the torches. Their corpses dipped blood on the walls. The women screamed in horror.
Consentes Dei, Juno, Jupiter, (Mi)Nerva, Apollo, Mars, Ceres
Mercurius, Diana, Bacchus, Vulc(an)us, Pluto, Vesta, Venus
Writing over deserts of time, Changing futures chiseled in ice
Toru went over to the wall smearing her hand in the blood, using it to cause the towns people to hallucinate that they were drowning in it.
Pounding my head, it's the cry of rebirth
Smashing the line between real and fake
Cause and effect, stubborn laws that guide us
Rotting away warping time and space
Granted by the god above, succsessionist programming
A pentagram opens up below the roof dropping knives and swords. Dozens of threads then shot out of Toru's finger tips and wrapped around the towns people controlling them like puppets forcing them to pick up the weapons and start attacking each other.
Come on, eins zwei drei! You and I join to fight!
Hitomi then joined in the ramped madness as the smell of fresh blood and started killing the towns people as well
Come on, eins zwei drei! Free from the game of life!
Fight for the one thing that can save me
Toru looked back at Amunet.
Breaking from hell and playing by tooth and nail
Eraser game
As we dream safe and sound
The eerie voices rose again making the people go mad and continue to kill each other without Toru having to control them. She walked through the madness and spotted the judge that sentenced Nefertiti to death. She grabbed the judge by the neck and threw him into the remaining stain glass window holding him there with magic.
Granted by the god above, industrial programming
She climbed up the window, reptilian like until she was face to face with him. She plunged her hand threw his heart putting a hole through the window, then jumped down and surged lighting through him until he exploded, splattering blood over half her body and shattering the remaining window.
Come on, eins zwei drei! You and I will unite!
Come on, eins zwei drei! Cheating the game of life!
As the song was close to ending the towns people were speeding up their attacks still savagely murdering each other.
Eins zwei drei! You and I join to fight!
Come on, eins zwei drei! Free from the game of life!
Stealing the one thing, that I'm craving
Toru then took off her inhibiter collar and used her tail to stab a struggling man through the heart.
A fairy tale and playing by tooth and nail
Survival game
Another sonic blast hit the people and they stopped killing each other and started killing themselves.
As we go 'round and around
Look down on us from such heights
Toru went up to the podium and grabbed Amunet.
We're getting closer to ending and starting life
The baby cooed and touch Toru's blood covered face.
Craving a miracle hid in a garden
She rubbed Hitomi's head and it stopped her from killing.
A tiny place where I know it'll end is
All I wanted"
The girls looked back and saw that no one was left alive. They walked out of the church and teleported away back to the cabin. They gave Amunet back to Agrona and they were leaving on a ship that night. The girls so left as well back to the same moment they left.
Unbeknownst to them a little girl only 11 years old had seen everything and was looking off frighten half to death. She had never seen anything more terrifying in her young life. Another little girl soon joined her.
"Abby? Abby!" the girl shouted.
"Huh?"
"Geez what are you thinking about so hard?"
"Oh, um, nothing Betty, really" Abby said.
The young girl stopped in front of Abby. "Abigail Williams, you're my cousin and I know when you're lying to me, so tell me the truth."
"Alright I'll tell you but you have to promise that you won't tell anybody, not yet anyway."
"Ok I won't."
"Swear it!"
Betty sighed. "I, Betty Parris, swear to God not to tell anybody until you say so. Are you happy now?" Abby nodded. "So tell me what you saw."
"I saw a witch." She whispered in her cousin's ear.
Let the Salem witch Trials begin! It only lasted for a year you guys but 300 more innocent people will be tried and killed. That is unfortunately history. So what do you think of all this? Toru being promised to Chase hundreds of years before she was even born, and Toru's actions causing the largest paranoia trial in American history. Also did you like the song? also I am not an atheist I just love bloody, violent scenes! plez review. The song is called Kuusou Mesorogiwi here's the link: www. youtube. com watch? v=0WdUEl89M7k (remove the spaces)