Monday, October 11, 2004

Chapter Eleven! Finally!
Oh yeah, the beginning of the story is in my archives or u can go to my other site where i have it posted. well, heres chapter eleven

Chapter Eleven
A Glimpse of Evil


“This way,” Aishiteru directed, following the AniCom’s signal. Skye and Tai trailed right behind her. Without warning, Aishiteru came to an abrupt stop, causing the boys to collide and fall to the ground. “What was that about?” Tai quizzed. Aishiteru didn’t answer. Tai gazed past her to see a tiny boy. He was thin and his clothes were tattered. It didn’t seem like he had even taken a proper bath in days. He looked frightened and confused.
Aishiteru held out her arms as if to welcome the boy. “Hey little guy. What’s wrong?” she asked. He whimpered in fear and began to slowly back away. “Don’t worry. I’m not going go hurt you. We want to help you get back home,” Aishiteru stated. The boy’s face lit up as he heard her offer. He began to approach Aishiteru’s warm smile when he let out a gasp. Aishiteru watched, unaware of what was happening. The boy’s body shivered as he slumped over and plummeted to the ground. A dark, red spot formed on his chest. “Blood!” Aishiteru exclaimed. Then, she spotted him, the little boy’s assailant. It was a man that seemed to be in his early thirties or late twenties. Aishiteru hated him instantly; spotting the gun in his hand that had murdered the little boy. She became even more sickening, seeing the evil smirk on his disgusting face.
“You killed him!” Aishiteru cried. “So, it was and your people who have been capturing kids,” Skye remarked. “You guys are monsters! Capturing and killing innocent children!” Aishiteru screamed, charging at the man. “Wait! We can’t be reckless!” Tai warned her. Aishiteru didn’t heed his words. She raced up to the demon and slapped him as hard as she could. He just turned back and gave her his evil grin. She punched him and kicked him, but all of it just seemed ineffective.
“This is getting ridiculous,” the demon told her. With one swipe, he knocked her to the floor. Aishiteru slammed into the pavement. Before Tai and Skye could make a move to help her, the demon held up its gun and shot her. Aishiteru cried out in pain as the bullet pierced through her left thigh. The demon smirked and got ready to finish her when his gun was knocked from his grasp. The man jerked around. Tai was standing beside him with a look of fury in his eyes.
“Stay out of the way. Unless you want to end up like that boy over there,” the demon warned. Tai didn’t even answer. In the blink of an eye, he had vanished. “Hey! Where’d he go!” the demon man demanded. Not another word could escape from his lips as Tai reappeared behind him. Tai made a swift movement and in a flash, the demon crumpled to the floor. Aishiteru watched Tai in awe. She had never seen such quick movements, but at the same time, she was afraid. ‘Tai’s always been against killing the demons no matter how evil. What got into him?’ Aishiteru pondered.
Tai was gazing at his shoes, panting. He looked up and for an instant; Aishiteru saw red rage taking over his usually calm and gentle eyes. Then, the look disappeared and Aishiteru tried to shove the visual out of her mind, believing that she had only imagined it.
Tai made his way over to the little boy. Aishiteru watched as Tai folded his hands, inclined his head and recited a short prayer. He stood and turned to Aishiteru. Now she was sure she’d imagined the evil look. His gaze was deep and caring, always showing genuine concern. He seemed very worried and Aishiteru knew that not even one bone in his body could be “evil”.
“Are you ok?” Tai questioned. Aishiteru nodded and tried to give him a reassuring smile. “Well, I brought my first-aid kit,” Skye spoke up. “I’ll do my best.”
Minutes later, Skye was done and the blood had stopped flowing from Aishiteru’s wound. With Skye’s help, she stood.
“Well, let’s get going,” Aishiteru commented. “Yeah, we’ve got to hurry and bring you back to my aunt’s house,” Skye stated. “No way! I’m going too!” Aishiteru insisted. “You can’t come. You’re injured,” Tai replied. “I promise I can pull my own weight. I could even run if I had to. Its not that bad,” Aishiteru urged. “It’s not that you’ll hold us down,” Tai told her. “It’s the face that I don’t want you to get hurt again.” “You’d be a distraction. I’d be too worried about your well-being, I wouldn’t be able to concentrate on saving the kids,” Skye spoke. Aishiteru smiled. ‘I have 2 great guys who care about me. One is a wonderful, but sometimes controlling, friend. The other, a really caring guy who I think and hope sees me as something more,’ Aishiteru thought.
“Fine,” Aishiteru reluctantly agreed. “I’ll go back.” Tai and Skye nodded and both helped in bringing her back.
Mid-way there, Aishiteru noticed a peculiar scent. She was about to point it out to the guys when Skye did first. “Do u guys smell something?” Skye asked. “Yeah, what is it?” Aishiteru questioned. “It smells familiar,” Tai stated. Skye looked up. “It smells like… no that cant be it,” Skye remarked. “We better hurry to make sure.” Instead of helping Aishiteru limp her way back, Skye scooped her up into his arms and jogged. Aishiteru knew she should feel more worried, but she felt so safe in Skye’s arms. She snuggled into his chest.
Soon, Skye halted. Aishiteru stopped daydreaming and glimpsed up. Aishiteru gasped. Tai’s eyes widened in fear. “What could’ve happened?” Skye asked. “We’d barely left!” Tai exclaimed. Aishiteru stared, speechless at the horrible scene. They were looking at Sakura Drive, the street where Aunt Kiori’s house had been, but now, every home on that street were just charred remains.

Well, that’s all for this chapter! Sorry its 2 days late and not very long! The next chapter will be longer though! Well, c ya guys later!

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