Hi~! I'm back~! ^^ And I have a very happy Heng Shi here with me!
Heng Shi: -shaking in anger- Me? Happy? You maybe want me to be happy, but I'm not.
-Dramatic pause-
Heng Shi: -Struggles against the ropes- Because you tied me to a chair again! And even bolted it into the floor!
-Gives Heng Shi a nasty glare- I had to. You were going to go and search for SeaDevil.
Heng Shi: -grumbles curses under his breath- I don't want to be here. Why did I even want to turn back the time to come here again?
-Smiles sweetly and hugs Heng Shi from behind- It's because you wanted to see me again, right?
Heng Shi: -snorts- Yea, you wish. I would rather be paired up with Jing then with you.
-Smiles evilly- That can be arranged you know…
Heng Shi: -Tenses up- No way in hell you will do that…
-Shrugs- Yea, you're right. I wouldn't do that to you.
Heng Shi: -relaxes a bit- And why did you use a Garel POV in this chapter? I thought that you were only going to use my POV.
Well, Garel must have the spotlight sometime. And this way, I can tell my readers what happened to you in that cave before.
Heng Shi: -sends me a nasty glare- I told you that was private.
-Sweat drop- Sorry, but I have already told A so I have to tell B. This chapter will begin in Garel POV and then become Heng Shi POV when he logs out. If you have read 'Legend of the assassin' you know that he spent some time with Bolin instead of Sabre. Bolin gets loose on a killing spree and when he sees his bloodied hands, he just breakes up and want to cry. This chapter will start from there. Enjoy~! ^^
Garel POV
That boy is breaking up, just because of a little blood on his hands. And who is An? Is that the little brat that Sabre talked about, the one that he saved from the phoenix? This guy must really care about him…
I stand up and nudge the celestial with my head. He looks up into my red eyes from his 'almost crying position' from the ground.
"I have to go back now, or else Sabre will be suspicious. Give me some of the loot that will make him believe I only killed monsters."
He nods slowly, sits up straight and gives me some of the loot with a dead look on his face. I put the loot inside the bag that Sabre have gotten for me and nods good bye to Bolin.
"This won't happen again, I assure you. This was only a one time experience. Next time we meet, we might be enemies."
With that, I lift into the air to look for my master.
I am beginning to become anxious, Sabre isn't at the café that I left him in. He wouldn't have left the café without me knowing where he is. I walk through the streets of star city, looking inside every store and ally for him. But I can't find him anywhere. Some people think that I am an abandoned pet and ask me many times if I want to become theirs. I only shoot some red flames at them in reply.
"Hey, isn't that Sabres dragon?" I can hear a familiar voice say. I turn around to see Odd Squad staring at me. I turn my back to them and continue my search, but of course they follow me.
"Your name is Garel, right?" Prince asks me in a polite tone. I snort out some red flames trough my nose and continue to look around.
Prince becomes a little bit nervous. "I take that as a yes. Do you know where Sabre is? Or maybe the celestial that I saw you with before? I really want to talk to one of them."
I give Prince a nasty glare. Even though I only reach up to his knees, he seems to shrink a little bit in fear.
"What does it look like I'm doing? I am looking for him. I left him for a while and now he is gone." I growl at him. He seems quite surprised with my answer.
I freeze, my eyes widening a little bit in horror. Don't tell me that 'that' happened again. A nagging feeling tells me that I am right with my suspicion and I quickly turn around to run towards the forest.
"Garel, wait!" I can hear Prince scream behind me. He screams something else, but I am now flying at full speed towards our cave with the wind helping my speed. I don't care what Prince said to me, the only thing I care about now is reaching Sabre.
Soon, I can feel the smell of blood. The sweet blood sent from Sabre.
I clench my teeth in anger. Why does this have to happen when I spend a little time with someone else then Sabre? And why does this even happen in the game? It should only happen in reality.
Flashback
"Garel, I have to tell you something…" Sabre says to me in a stern voice. I lift my head a little to show that I am listening.
We are right now in our cave, healing up a little before going off to slay monsters again. Sabre has never been as serious as he is right now.
"I will soon have my symptoms and I don't know if it effects me in the game or not. These symptoms are connected to my necklace and since I have my necklace in the game it might happen here. I just want you to be prepared before it happens so that you won't panic or anything."
I stare at him in confusion and nod to him to continue.
"This is what will happen…"
End flashback
I fly into the stone clearing where we found the cave before and see a pool of blood in the opening of the cave. A strange feeling clenches my dragon heart. Is it worry? Is it fright? Is it guilt? I don't know but what I do know is that Sabre needs me.
I quickly rush into the cave and see Sabre leaning against the stone wall, panting in pain and clenching his heart. His pained yellow eyes stare at me when I run over to his side. I look at his bloodied hand; 'it' is still bleeding. I lower my gaze to the ground in shame. Sabre has trusted me with his biggest secret, but I wasn't there by his side when 'that' feeling appeared. Instead I decided to know Bolin a little bit more just because I was bored. I don't feel like a traitor for socialising with him, everyone must know their enemy, but I feel like a traitor for not being by Sabres side.
I shoot some flames at the pile of wood in the middle of the cave to be able to see clearly. Sabres red shirt and black pants are drenched in his own blood. He managed to take off the jacket before it became too serious, but it still has a few stains as well. He also took off all his accessories and his gloves before pressing his hands to his chest. He has managed to save some of his clothes without my help, that's good.
After I have analysed his condition, I immediately get to work.
I rip off his shirt and pull his hands away to look at his chest. I winch, this looks bad. The skin over his heart has turned black and is leaking blood. The black area is slowly growing bigger and a lot of the skin on his chest has turned grey. The grey area covers more then half of his chest and is slowly stretching up towards his neck and navel. I look at the back to see that the grey area has almost reached his spine.
I let out a small whimpering sound; this is much worse then the last times. I look into Sabres eyes and he nods weakly and clenches his hands in his now red stained pants. He already knows how bad it is and is ready for the pain I will have to cause him.
I nod in return and blow some fire at my claws, making them glow red with heat. I put my other claw on Sabres chest to hold him still and press my blazing hot claws over his heart on the black area.
Sabre lets out a loud scream and launch forward in reflex, but I press him against the stone wall to hold him still. I slowly move my claws in circles over the wound, Sabre screams even more. The bleeding is slowly coming to a stop as I come closer to the centre of the hole.
When I am at the centre, the bleeding stops and I remove my hot claws. The grey skin stays where it is, but the black skin is soon vanishing. I step away from Sabre to let him breath properly. He spits out a little blood and mutters curses under his breath. Something like 'Mother fuck that hurts… It hurt more then the last fucking time…'
I sight in relief; he is alright if he curses. That is something I have figured out during the time I have been Sabres pet. Or more like a companion, he let me do whatever I want. If my master would have been a control freak and ordering me around all the time, I would have left him. Lucky for me that I got Sabre instead of some other idiot.
"Where were you before Garel?" Sabres raspy voice brings me out from my thoughts. I look into his yellow eyes; they have a kind of curious glint behind the pain. I open my bag with my tail and let the loot fall to the floor.
"I was bored so I just wandered around in the forest for a while, then I rested a bit under a tree and I killed some monsters. When I came back to the café and saw that you were gone, I began searching through the town. I got distracted by Odd Squad and when I realised what happened, I came rushing here." I replied in guilt. I don't like to lie to him, but I have to in order for him to still trust me. It won't happen again, so why bother.
Sabre nods tiredly and closes his eyes. "I would have done the same." I walk over to his side and lie down. I look up at my master in worry. "You should rest a bit before you log out. And you really should kill someone soon. You said it yourself that it this thing is dangerous if you delay it any longer. You will soon not be able to even move if the grey area reaches your spine."
Sabre opens one of his eyes to give me a tired glance, saying 'I know but I can't do much about it'. I cock my head to the side in confusion. Sabre sights and closes his eye again. "It isn't easy to find someone that you can kill anymore. Before, you could just find someone suspicious and kill that person but today people have a lot of connections to each other. If I kill the wrong person, I can be found the next morning and then I would be killed for being an assassin. Some people even have connections to the police or FBI somehow, that's why I wanted some advice from a special someone."
I can suddenly feel a wave of killing intent erupting from Sabre. I instinctively lean back a little from him. "It is the person I hate the most, but I have no choice but to work together with her. Once every month, she goes on a so called mission where she tries to convince different important persons to give her money for our school. Some people want to kill her and that's where I come in. I have to be her guard. It's angering me beyond my limits."
I let out a deep sight. He really can't socialise with people without hating them… At least he will be able to kill every month with her help. No matter how much he hates her.
Sabre suddenly groans in irritation and I give him a questioning glance. "Stupid alarm clock… Waking me up just for the stupid school…" He mutters angrily. I stand up, put the loot and Sabres accessories into my bag and walk towards the door.
"I will get you a new shirt and pants while you are gone." I say and walk outside. I can hear Sabre say a soft 'thanks' before he logs out. I sight tiredly and lie down in the shadow to take a nap.
Heng Shi POV
I wake up from my bed and turn off my alarm clock. I feel drained after all the pain I experienced before. That happens all the time, but this is the first time it happens before school and not after.
I slowly rise from my bed and stumble across the room to my mirror. I take a few deep breaths before looking at my reflection. Even though I don't bleed in reality, I still get the grey mark. You can clearly see a bit of the grey mark on my neck, but I can easily cover it up with a scarf or some bandages.
I slowly make my way to the kitchen to make a quick breakfast and after breakfast I just put on my school uniform, bandage my neck and go to school. I don't even have the power to do my daily exercise, that's how drained I am.
I succeed to walk straight but I am too tired to put on my face mask as I walk into the school grounds. A lot of people cast me questioning glances as I walk through the corridor. My face is completely blank from tiredness.
The former captain of the karate club suddenly stands in front of me. (Former because I gained that title immediately when I stepped into the karate club for the first time.) I manage to notice him and stop right in front of him, looking straight at his neck.
"Move out of the way." I mutter darkly to him. I know that he heard me, but he still have to mock me despite my bad mood. "Huh? What was that? I couldn't hear you from down there shorty."
Because of me being tired, I easily loose my temper. So I punch him in the jaw, making him fly up a little and land hard on the floor. I glare coldly down at him, making him shiver in fear.
"You heard me. I will not accept any fights or anything that annoys me today. I have slept very badly and I am simply not in the mood." With that, I step on him and proceed to walk to my class. A stunned silence covers the corridor as I walk away. I can hear the girls whisper 'Heng Ru Shi is soooo cool…' and the guys whisper 'Man, I don't want to be on his bad side today…' to each other. I simply ignore it and focus more on walking straight. And that is a hard task itself.
I am now sitting in my first class, art. I am sitting furthest away from the teacher, not listening to Mr. Hathaway but only staring blankly forward. I meditate inside of my head to regain some of my energy, but it doesn't work as well as it used to more then a month ago.
"Heng Ru Shi, are you even listening to what I am saying?" Mr. Hathaway calls to me, sending me out of my daze. I stare at my teacher and shake my head, forcing a tired smile. "I'm sorry, but I haven't. I haven't slept very well so I am really tired. I can barely walk straight." My teacher looks at me in concern.
"Maybe you should take today off then; since it is winter break you only have two lessons today so you really shouldn't push yourself." At this I smile a true smile.
"I can't miss art, it's my favourite lesson. I have always loved art since I was little." That is true. When I was with my mother we painted and made sculptures, and when I grew up I began to like to pain walls or floors in my victims blood. When I was an assassin, I always painted something with my victim's blood. It was my signature that it was me that killed the person, a drawing in blood next to the dead body.
Mr. Hathaway gives me a warm smile. "I just gave you all a task to make something that you like the most. Like some beautiful memory or just a thing that you like. I give you 10 minutes to think over what to do and those 10 minutes starts… Now."
Immediately after he says 'Now' everyone in the classroom begins to talk to each other. After thinking about my mother, I already know what to do. So I stand up and walk towards all the painting equipment and pick different kinds of pencils, colour pencils in all the colours that I need for the drawing, an A3 paper and a rubber. Then I walk back to my place and start sketching.
I don't notice the people around me stop talking and glance at me for a moment. I picture my happiest memory inside my head and I can't help but to smile softly while my pen moves across the paper swiftly but steady.
Right now, everybody looks at me with admiration or pure awe. Because my expression is very soft and gentle as I draw. An expression I have never shown in public, not even to Gin that I considered as my Grandpa before. But I can't help it, when I think of this memory I feel really happy.
I don't even notice when Mr. Hathaway claps his hands and tell the others to begin with their work. I am too engrossed in my work to even notice all the girls staring at me with hearts as eyes.
I soon change pen to draw the contours and then I erase the pencil lines and change pen again to draw the details. After that is done, I begin to colour the drawing. All the while as I draw the picture, I wear the soft expression on my face.
When the drawing is finally done, I lean back in my chair to study my work. It looks very real, like I am at the same place once again.
The drawing is of when I, my mom and my dad are going on a picnic in the middle of the summer. I am about 8 years that time and my dad and I are playing in the sun while my mom sits under the shadow of a tree watching us. My dad holds me in a playful strangle grip and rubs my white spiky hair with his big fist. I hold onto my dads arm and has one of my eyes closed. My dad has lifted me into the air, so my feet are kicking in the air. My mother is packing up our picnic and laugh at us, her beautiful white hair blowing in the wind and her blue eyes looking warmly at us. My father has his dark blue hair in his usual loose ponytail, his bangs framing his slightly tanned face and his glasses almost slipping off his nose. His yellow eyes are a little bit narrowed in his laughter as well as my own visible yellow eye. We are in our semester clearing where only one big oak tree stands in the middle of it, an old oak tree that shares all of our happy memories. I often climbed up in the tree to just lie there and think and my dad usually joined me to take a nap. The sky is bright and blue and some of the sunlight is shown to make it even more realistic. The mood is happy and playful, just like my life was back together with my parents.
I can hear a click from behind me as someone takes a picture of my drawing. I turn around slowly, my happy mood destroyed by the one taking a picture of my memory.
Behind me stands almost everyone with their mobile or camera ready to take a picture of my drawing. I snatch the camera from the person taking the first picture and crush it with my hands. Everyone seems to tense up as I drop the remains of the camera on the floor. I give the other persons a hard glare.
"No one takes a picture of my memories. If someone even dares to do just that, the devise will be destroyed like that camera." All the persons with mobiles quickly put their phones away, but the others with cameras still have them pointed to my drawing on the table. I can hear a click when someone takes a picture and I immediately appear in front of the person and destroy its camera much like the last one. I snort in annoyance.
"When I am tired, I often get grumpy and you all just destroyed my good mood by trying to take pictures of my memory. I am serious when I mean that I will destroy every devise in this room to keep this memory to be shown to other people I don't know." I can hear another click and once again a destroyed camera lies on the floor.
"Remember this; I am not the karate captain for nothing. And if I see or hear anyone talking about my drawing that it is on that site or something like that, I will track you down and kill you. Ok maybe not kill you, but destroy your things. This memory is the one most precious to me and I will not allow anyone else to see it." A huge killer intent surrounds me and everyone backs away from me, not wanting to anger me any further.
The art class sure has been interesting for the other students, they have seen two completely different sides of me today. A very soft and happy side and a completely pissed off side of me has been shown just over a drawing. Every person in this room thinks the same thing right now. "Hope he doesn't sleep badly again. His angry side is really frightening, and all this just because of a drawing."
I pick up my drawing and walk over to the shocked teacher. I am still in a bad mood so he becomes a little nervous. I hand him my drawing of my memory and he immediately brightens up.
"This drawing is amazing Heng Ru Shi! The happiness is shining through the whole picture and such details. You are an amazing artist; you can probably live on your drawing in the future." I grumble a 'thanks', takes back the picture from my teacher and looks back to my classmates with an angry glare. They all swallow in fear.
"Remember what I said. This is my most important memory and I will not allow any of you to even speak of it. If you even utter a single description of my drawing, I will know it." And with that, I walk out from the classroom since it is only 15 minutes left of class.
Yay~! I looove your drawing Heng Shi~! ^^ It's so adorable!
Heng Shi: -glares at me- Will you make any of the students in the class speak of my drawing?
Nope, I won't. But I will always think of this drawing, it's so cute! ^^
Heng Shi: -sight- Since that crazy girl is being a fangirl over my drawing; I will just announce that this chapter was just a filler chapter. Something exciting will happen in the next chapter… Exciting for me that is…
Bye everyone~! See you soon and review~! ^^ -squeal- Heng Shi is so cute!
Heng Shi: -heavy sight-
Oh! I almost forgot! :o If you like Naruto, or you know someone that likes Naruto, read my other story Blank mind. I still haven't gotten any reviewers or 'story has become one of someone's favorite'. And i have already written 4 chapters! T-T I know that i have talked about this story before, but i really want to know what other people think of it. ^^
