Ohayo minna…...First off I must say thank you all for reviewing this story of mine.
Next off I would like to say sorry for the super long updates, I have school starting off, and I have to do homework to like 12:00 in the morning, so I haven't been writing a lot D:
Anyways here is the next chappy so please read and enjoy~!^^
Disclaimer: I don't own Kaze no Stigma
Ayano: Well…...it looks like your back Miyoko!
Kazuma: Tch...idiot you forgot the story plot haven't you?
Me: Hehehe…..um…..nonotatall!
Kazuma and Ayano: Eh? What did you say?
Me: N-nothing!^^
Ayano: Miyoko…..was what that guy said…..was it true?
Me: No n~ot at all~!
Kazuma: Wow Ayano...you didn't have to refer to me as that guy….
Me: hehehe lover quiral much?
Ayano: S-shut up Miyoko! Blushes.
Me: Nah I'm good^^
Kazuma: Hey Miyoko?
Me: Y-es Kazuma?
Kazuma: So what do I get to do to Ayano?
Me: Hehehe! You'll find out soon.
Ayano: No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, and NO!
Me: Well here we go~!
Kazuma: Smirks
Ayano: No don't do any-!
Me: Please enjoy~!
Kazuma's POV:
After having somewhat of a break, I finally was able to find out where Ayano was…..well the town anyways. With the help of Jugo I was actually able to find some of the 4 places where she could be staying.
It was kind of surprising to know that Jugo found out all of this for me…...and it was kinda weird that he was tracking his daughters every step. It was as if he needed to keep his eyes on her at all times. Which the thought of Ayano being watched closely by my clan sent chills running down my spine….but wait? When have I ever felt this?
I quickly shook my head to get some alarming thoughts out of my head. As I stood there, I realized that quite a lot of people were staring at me.
Well I guess that would happen since I was acting like an idiot in the middle of the street….in Tokyo. I walked to the other side still receiving a few glares from other people who thought I was a big idiot. I glared back at them, and some of them looked away quickly, while others continued to glare at me.
"Take a picture it lasts longer," I taunted, giving me more glares and stairs.
I let out a long sigh, and I walked into a near by dark alley and walked into it. I then used my wind magic to cause my body to levitate into the air, giving me the freedom to glide through the crisp cold air.
I was heading to the first destination chose that Jugo had written down for me to go to first. It was a small run down down that was first introduced in the 1620's by early French and English settlers. They ended up calling the place Sorcerelia since the world at that time believed that people who had magic powers were a type of witch or sorcerer.
The town of Sorcerelia was a place that was full of water magic users at the time, but as the general population of Japan came to know the name of the town, more magic users of different types came there.
Now though the town is mainly abandoned, since the place in mainly destroyed by the wars that took place there.
Sorcerelia is a place of darkness, and lifeless landscape. For some reason that once peaceful place, had now become a darkness prone environment.
A-ayano….why would you be at a place like that? The only reason why I could possible think of her being there must have been because she might be near the entrance of the town, by the road.
A-ayano…..please be safe….. I thought to myself over and over again as I traveled towards the daunting town.
Ayano's POV:
As my shift finally ended, I walked outside to see my mellow tone surroundings. I take in the still scenery as I walk over to the tall old oak tree. As I reach my signature branch, I take out my I-pod and I put my earphones on.
I look towards the main road, as I see all of the cars stream up and down it. The boring atmosphere makes me prone of being tired. While the dark, daunting atmosphere seems to be more interesting. I turn my head towards the motel, to where I can see beyond it. The dark prowling skies bring on an interesting vibe.
I jump down off the tree, and I walk towards the motel, but not to enter the motel….but to walk around the motel. As I walk around the side of the tall, but lifeless building, my feet step down on the mushy, damp ground, and what remainders of grass that is left.
When I reach the back of the motel, I can see a cliff hang about 20 meters from the back-side of the motel.
As my interest grows, I walk closer and closer to the edge to see over the cliff hang.
Crunch
Crunch
Crunch
My foot steps come to a halt, as I hear an alarming noise coming from the ledge. I pause for a second to see if I can tell if it's a youma or not, but I can't get a reading. This lead my interest of going down there to grow, but I must not…..
Flashback…..
"Ayano you must listen to me child," The owner said with a serious face. "You can never go down to the real town of Sorcerelia, that place is filled with demons that will play tricks on your mind. The ghost of the users who once lived there will come for you. I know it might seem to be tempting but you must never go down there. That place is like a living hell, okay?"
"Yes… I do understand sir," I said in a hesitant voice.
"Very well then, but if you so do choose to go there, then remember that you might never return," he said in a cold voice. I nodded my head in agreement.
End of flashback…
If I go there…...I might never be able to get back….b-but I…..my interest became stronger and stronger, and without knowing I walked to the ledge. I looked down and saw the darkened land.
It was astonishing. Old house remains were scattered everywhere. Farm land that had been plagued with death gave the place a overall death like feel.
My wanting to go down there grew, more and more by the minute. But the remainder of the owner was glued inside of my head, making my body hesitate even more. My heart begins to beat faster and faster as the adrenaline pumps through out my body. My breathing quickens a little, and with every second growing longer, I finally place one foot off of the ledge.
"-yano?" I heard a voice calling me. "A-no? A-ayano?" It began to yell. I turn my head facing towards the voice and I see Luka yelling at me to get away from the ledge, but I stay put at the way I was standing.
"Ayano don't go down there! That place is filled with dark creatures that will devour you whole!" he yelled. I look at him, but then I return my focus back to the town right beneath me.
"n-no…." I mumble.
"W-what?" Luka asked in a confused manner since he didn't hear what I said. And with that I hopped down onto a ledge that was ten feet below me. The dark oozing mud squished through the cracks between my toes, which felt quite nice, but I didn't really bother to care since my real objective was to go to the town completely.
I could see everything a lot better, and were I was at you couldn't see over the horizon, the town was that large and dark. I look up to see if Luka was looking down, but he wasn't he wouldn't dare to go near the haunting ledge that pulled you in.
I look down off the small ledge that I'm on, and I notice that I have to go down another 50 meter below me. I hop from ledge to ledge, getting me closer to the ground.
As I finally get to the second to last ledge, I notice something off. The ledge that was closer to the ground was a little farther away. I stepped back a bit more then, and ran and jumped. As my body glides through the air,I reach the last ledge barley, but the moment that I landed on my feet, the ground that was beneath me collapsed.
As I began to fall I quickly grab onto the ledges side. My feet dangle into the air, and I gasp for air i fear of falling.
I look down below me, and I see the pile of debris that was about 20 feet below me. If I can land on that spot of muddyish dirt then I should be fine. So I swing my legs in a back and forth moment so that I can swing off into the pile of dirt below.
As I finally get into my position, I swing off the ledge backwards, and I fall to the ground. As I crash into the pile of dirt, grass and mud, I realize that I was uninjured, with gave me a sigh of relief.
I then stand up and my eyes widen at the town that was now surrounding me. I was amazed by it all. Small wooden fences that were used to keep pigs and sheep in were now only reminders of rotten wood, that had deteriorated into nothing. Some of the post stood up, but very few managed to support itself over the year that they had been there.
To my left there was a large bundle of dead, black, crackled, old trees that stood together, outside of an opening that was fenced in by an ld black steel fence. it looked like a Gothic french type fence that was used in the early 1600's, but it's darkening vibe led me towards it. As I stood in front of it, I couldn't help but to push the fence lightly, and it swung itself open. Which freaked me out a little, but it must have just been some lonely spirit wishing to play.
I walk into the long train, as my feet step down on the crunch Earth below me. Each step seemed to echo a little. As I walk down the path, which seemed to have a clearing 20 meters ahead, I notice the site of skeletons and other decomposed bodies, that laid against some of the trees. Chills began to slover down my back, as I realized where I might me walking into.
"cemetary…" I mumble to myself. As I stand there at the clearing I learned that my conclusion was right, there infront of me was an old ancient cemetery that has been untouched for almost 400 years. Headstones were shot out of the ground in slanted forms, and some even were crumbled into pieces. As I survey the area, I see a light grey marbled headstone, and i walk up to it. It seemed as if time didn't affect it, there were no signs of decay, or to be honest not even a leaf, or leaf stain left behind on it.
As I reach the headstone, I bend down in front of it to survey the stone.
Man who brought this world of our darkness,
his pain and hatred had blossomed,
Causing us to be heartless,
he who left us unwanted
Alexander Rhodes
1598-1624
The name nailed itself into my head. The last name especially.
R-rhodes…...he couldn't be related to…...Bernhardt...could he? I gulp silently, realizing that coming down here might prove to help me find more things out about Bernhardt. I pull my Ipod out and I took a picture of the head stone with the scribing on it and put my Ipod back into my pocket.
I stand up again, and I walk back down the trail, exiting the cemetery with the doors closing behind me. I begin to randomly walk around the place, looking at buildings, farm houses, and decomposed bodies of farm animals.
After an hour of walking….
It had been a while since I finally reached into the more crowded region of the town, were I'm guessing a lot of people went to for church and for supplies. One particular shop stood out in my mind, which was a shop that was a doll shop.
The shop had a name but most of the letters had rotted off so I didn't even try to make out a name. I walked to the pure black door, and pressed on it lightly.
It then slowly creaked open for me, and I walked in. The ground was completely different, the chipped wooden floor felt more rougher than the dirt and rock pathways. I just ignored it since what surrounded me was more astonishing.
A room filled with old dolls, mannequins, one toy music box, and a few pieces of jewelry stood out. I began to slowly walk down the aisles, while running my hand softly on the sleek wooden tables and shelves. I notice the small music box so I walk to it. It was beautiful, and still in good condition with the dark vibrant purple stain showing itself off. I open the top of it to reveal the small mechanic doll that was dressed in black. I turned the knob around 20 times to hear if the music worked.
The doll began to move along with the music starting off. ("Come Out And Play" Creepy Music Box highly recommended to have you playing while you read this part^^)The creepy yet beautiful tune played while echoing throughout the store, covering every corner of the store itself. To be honest though it made a more sinister feeling, but yet it fit the scene.
I walked around another aisle which led to the jewelry shelf. As I walked towards the shelf I was a bright red jewel necklace that seemed to be the tent of blood. It was a dark color, but yet it was the most colorful of everything else. I walked in front of it and examined it closely with just my eyes, not bothering to even touch it yet.
The jewel seemed so beautiful yet, it had a sense of hatred attached to it. I slid my hand over the jewel, allowing my fingers to snake around the jewel, causing me to pick the piece of work up into my hand. The backside felt a little bumpy so I flipped it over to reveal the writing that had been left behind.
Elizabeth Kanamere
the daughter of Alexander Rhodes
Wife of William Kanamere
1621-1640
The name again flashed into my head. Bernhardt what is with your family? I continued to read as the writing engraved below became much smaller.
Et devorabit omnia in hoc mundo
in tenebris maledicam qui spem
Latin…..I thought to myself. The music stopped playing, and I decided to leave, but I look the necklace and put it in my pocket. I then walk out of the small building, and then I head to the last place where I planned on going to…...the church.
The church was different from the rest of the places, it was unharmed, and looked perfectly new. The dark granite and marble was neatly and fairly decorative. One of the most beautiful churches that I actually have ever seen before.
I stepped up the steps that lead into the church and I pushed the door in a hard manner, since they were so large. The doors made a very loud creaking noise, but open completely. I walked into the large open room and began to examine. Rows of bench like seats filled the majority of the room aside of the huge altar that was at the other end of the church. There were a huge set of stairs that lead to it, so I walked up the stairs. When I reached the top I noticed the altar was actually made of a fine white granite piece. Behind it sat a large organ that was still in an amazing shape, but was still dusty.
I walk over to the organ and I press on a few of the pipes, hearing the vibrant noises echo throughout the church hall. After playing with the organ, I walk up one of the side staircases that branched off of the main staircase.
When I am halfway up the staircase, I begin to hear some voices coming from the area of the altar. I realize that the spirits of this place must have woken up from the loud organ playing.
Dammit I'll need to get out of here fast after checking something out…..I think to myself as I walk to the top of the staircase. When I get to the last floor, I notice a room with a title on the top of the door.
Records room. I read off as I open the door, revealing a room filled with books and documents. I quickly shut the door behind me quietly and I search the book lists. I pull out a book of Marriage records of Sorcerelia which was small. A book over the prominent families that once lived here, and a document over the deaths here. After gathering all of those documents up I quickly got out of the room, I ran down the stairs quickly, and ran to the front doors of the church that appeared to be shutting. So I ran as fast as i could and managed to barely make it out of there.
They woke up….I thought to myself, I knew that I needed to get out of this town quickly. I began to walk faster through the town on high alert, luckily my chakra and my aura were hidden from my ring. I finally managed to reach the place where I had climbed down to come here. It took me about 20 or so minutes, but I finally climbed up all of the ledges. I finally reached the top and exerted my energy to pull myself over the last ledge. As I huff for air, I look back at the haunting town that seemed to have life of demons roaming around….thank gosh I got out of there.
But something was off. I noticed a very powerful energy that was explosive behind me. Chills ran through my body from the intensity.
A-a magic user? W-when? Theres never been a magic user here since 1946! I turn my head slowly to see who was behind me. My eyes widen immediately at the person in front of me.
"K-kazuma?" I called out in disbelief as he stood there with a smirk plastered on his face, along with his hands tucked inside of his pockets.
"Did you go down there Ayano?" He asked as he surveyed me.
"..." I didn't respond.
"Ayano?" he asked for me to respond to his other question.
"..." I still didn't respond. As I looked up at Kazuma, I could tell he was angry, his eyes were even darker than usually His complexion was pailer too. He let out a sigh and walked towards me.
"W-what?" I asked in hesitation while being somewhat alert. He didn't answer, but he grabbed my wrist and harshly pulled me up, and began to walk. I stumbled, almost falling but I managed to stay up with one of my arms still filled with the papers and books.
"What room?" he asked in a pissed off tone.
"4B but wh-" I was going to ask but he cut me off.
"That's all I needed to know so be quiet and quit annoying me." he retorted.
"..." Annoying? THAT JERK! Okay Kazuma I know that I wanted to hurt you sometimes but calling me annoying now? I'm going to castrate you! I hissed in my mind.
In room 4B…
Kazuma pushed me into the room, and slammed the door behind him.
"Why did you go down there?" he asked in a cold manner.
"ouch….and none of your buisness," I retorted with a glare.
"You had a reason, so either I can just ask you questions with you answering me, or we can do this the hard way, which you won't enjoy….or maybe you would," he said with a smirk. I felted disgusted for some reason but I don't know why…I turned my head to the side before I was about to talk but I guess that Kazuma took that wrongly, and he walked over to me and literally pushed me the ground, while leaning over me, with both of his hands on each side of my body….trapping me.
"W-what the?" I screeched with my cheeks beginning to burn.
"I told you we could do this the hard way or the easy way you idiot! You decided to pick the hard way!" He yelled back.
"W-what? No I didn't you just randomly attacked me! I was going to tell you why but no you couldn't wait you Jerk! Now get off of me, you're so damn heavy!" I yell back.
"H-heavy? Says the one who eats ten tons a day," he said with a slight blush on his face from the embarrassment.
"Quit picking a fight!" I said in an angry tone.
"I'm not the once who started it! It was you for…" he paused. I pouted and grew angier.
"Oh what did I do?" I questioned him.
He took a deep breath and looked away while flatly saying, "YouranwayfrommeandIhadtosearchforyou," in a quit tone.
"Eh?" I asked in a confused tone because I couldn't make out what he said.
"Nothing," he said while rolling off me and leaning himself onto the bed behind him. I also say up and glared at him, with him giving his trademark smirk to me.
"Alright I'll tell you…..so just shut up and listen," I said while he nodded his head.
"Okay….well that town holds the first main civilization of magic user, and had the main root families ancestors originate from there. For instance one of the heirs wife came from one of the clans from there. Anyways I just wanted to look around the place until…..I came across a cemetery that had the ancestor from a man I despise….And apparently I ended up finding many thing related to how that man is like…." I said in a more mumbled tone.
I was expecting Kazuma to get angry at me, and call me an idiot, but his face looked worried...which confused me.
"Who is he?" he asked in a slightly pitched tone.
I sighed and started to explain, " His name is Bernhardt Rhodes, I found his ancestors grave and a necklace. But I also found out that his vile behavior must of been passed down," I said as I showed the picture with the grave, and I pulled the necklace out of my pocket and handed it to him to. He examined it at first, but then looked up at me.
"what did he do to you?" He asked.
"He….he um killed someone…..very important to me...right in front of me….and threatened to do something…." Kazuma's eyes widened as he heard what I said.
"Who did he kill? And what did he threaten to do?" He asked in a more worried manner.
"He um…..he killed my best friend Riku," I lied, "and threatened to kill people in my family that I'm really close to." Kazuma seemed to be agitated.
"Who's Riku?" he asked coldly, "I've never seen him before."
"Again he was my best friend that I met after leaving the clan….he pretty much was the person who let me live with him while I was alone over those years," I said flatly.
"Big deal he was just a friend….He's not as important as our family," he said with an angry look on his face. I snapped.
"Shut up what would you know! You never had to worry about not being good enough for your father, or anyone. You don't know and never would know how much of a good person he was!" I yelled at him.
Silence filled the room completely for about 3 minutes.
"Sorry," he said quietly.
"I-it's fine…" I mumbled.
"I'm going to leave…...don't worry you don't have to worry I'll just tell Jugo that I couldn't find you," he said in a pained voice, "and you won't have to worry about seeing me again." He said as he walked towards the door.
Leave? N-never see you again? I thought as he walked closer to the door. I-I'll be alone again…...but that won't be that bad. It's not like I care….He's a jerk and I'm only here since Jugo wants me to. For that damn mission. My eyes widen. Wait! If I'm not here with him…..he might die. The feeling of somebody dying because me made me feel horrible. Especially if it would be Kazuma. Kazuma reached the door and began to turn the door knob.
"No!" I yell as I run towards him. He turned his head towards my direction to see t=what happened, but I had already ran up to him and hugged him from behind tightly.
"A-aya-" I cut him off.
"No not again! I can't have someone else die because of me!" I yell in a more quiet tone.
Kazuma untangled my arms from around him, and turned towards me, and hugged me.
"I won't die baka," he said while laughing a little.
W-what the hell? He's a freaking idiot…..
"Um….okay then….."
"But if you want to I can die…" He mumbled.
"No you freakin idiot!" I yelled in anger.
He let out a sigh and let go while picking up the books and paper. He then walked over to me, handing the papers to me. I take them, but he unexpectedly picks me up.
"W-what are you doing?" I ask while pouting.
"Awwwwwww Ayano don't be cute now...save that for later he said while winking. I blush causing my cheeks to flush.
"Hentai….." I mumble. he chuckles as he walks out of the motel and blasted off towards Tokyo.
XD Please review for me, and I hope you guys did enjoy this chappy~! ouo Oh and what was in-scripted on the necklace was "I curse all of those who love" So I guess Bernhardt will be showing up soon to mess with Ayano. ono
~Miyoko-tan