Monday, May 18, 2009

Chapter 10:

"What...! What is going on here!!!": Amelia said as she slid down the wall in fear as she gazed upon the blood soaked intruder.

"What the hell?!" Ashen said backing away from the intruder

The intruder slowly walked toward Ashen

"Answer me!! Why!!? Why!!?" he asked.

"(Hey Sessaru! What the hell is going on here!!)" Ashen asked

"(No clue. This boy is obviously crazy.)" Sessaru said

"(He came here looking for you! He can't be that crazy! Don't go getting us involved in YOUR problems!!)" Ashen said

"(You became involved the instant you allowed me in this piss poor excuse of a body.)" Sessaru remarked

As the two argued, the intruder took advantage and attacked with the scalpel in hand. Ashen jumped away at the last second. The scalpel grazing his thigh. Ashen rolled on the ground grabbing his thigh

Ashen glanced at the intruder and shook in fright as he saw the massive demonic aura pouring off him.

"N...N..No..." Ashen said as he began to back away

Images of flames, screaming, and crying filled his mind making the fear even stronger

"(???) Sessaru said

"Sessaru!!" the intruder said when suddenly he was hit in the head by a frying pan. The boy looked over to see that it was Amelia who hit him.

"Stay out of this! I have no business with you!!" he said

"You break into MY house and say you have no business with me!! Get real!!" she said and attempted to hit him again but the intruder grabbed her wrist as she began to swing downwards.

In the midst of it all, Ashen ran off. He jumped out the window and ran and ran and ran.

"(Ashen....)" Sessaru said

"No! Not again! Not again!" Ashen said as he continued running

"(ASHEN!!)" Sessaru yelled

Ashen came to a stop as Sessaru's voice finally got through

"(Go back.)" Sessaru said

"No...No way. There is no way I stand a chance against that thing..That......that power....." he said

Sessaru laughs

"Whats so funny dammit!" Ashen snapped

"(Not only are you weak and pathetic. You're a coward to boot. Man......I picked the WRONG body to host. I should have picked her instead...)" Sessaru said

"What did you say!!" Ashen said

"(Your mother wasn't killed in a car accident....was she?)" Sessaru said

Silence.

"(Those memories....unfortunately...both our souls are sharing this one body. Your thoughts flow into my mind and in vice versa. I don't mean to be rude but....she was killed by demons wasn't she..?)" Sessaru said

Silence

"(I figured as much. That would explained your fear for demons and the fact that you tell yourself they don't exist. Well....sorry. We're here. We have been for a while now. Some bad. Some good. Some just down right evil. Accept it and move on my friend.)" Sessaru said

"HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT!! MY MOM WAS KILLED BY YOU DAMN DEMONS!! SHE TOLD ME TO RUN AND....AND....." Ashen yelled

"(You ran away.....leaving her to be fatally wounded by that demon. After that, a vehicle arrived to take her away to try and heal her...)" Sessaru said

"Its called a ambulance..." Ashen said through tears

"(Whatever! The humans couldn't do anything for her a you and those friends of your stood there as she died and the last things she told you were...)"

"Take care....." Ashen said as the tears began to fall

"(I understand but look.....)"

Ashen looks back toward the house and sees Amelia desperately fighting off the intruder. He isn't hurting her. He is fighting her off him as she jumps on his back attempting to take him down

"(That girlfriend of yours, has no idea who or what that is. In her eyes, its just some guy who broke in. In reality, he's one of the four demons who ruled over the demon realm just like me. If he wanted to, he could crush that girl without trying.)" Sessaru said

"WHAT!! Seriously?" Ashen said

"(Yup. Seriously. So tell me Ashen. Will you run away again and let that girl die? She doesn't seem like the type to just give up and eventually, he WILL get tired of her and kill her and it will be all your fault.)" Sessaru explained

Silence

"(Well...?)" Sessaru asked

Suddenly, the two of them switch places. Sessaru now had control

"(Understood.)" he said and ran back to help that girl

Amelia fell to the ground hitting her head on the bathtub.

"I am getting sick of you human. If you won't stay out of my way, I will have no choice but to...." he said

"Yo!!" Sessaru said

"You...." the guy said

Amelia glanced over and saw who she believed to be Ashen standing there. Amelia quietly called for him before she passed out

"Sessaru....tell me! Why would you do this to me!? he said

"Eh?" Sessaru said

"DON'T ACT AS IF YOU DON'T KNOW!!!" he yelled as a huge gust of demonic energy erupted from his body. As the gust blew by, the guy, quickly rushed up and kicked Sessaru in the stomach. Much stronger than he expected. The impact shocked Sessaru as he was sent flying toward a light pole. Sessaru quickly grabbed hold of the pole and flipped up the pole to the top. Just as he reached the top, Sessaru looked up and the guy was standing there with him

The young boy grabbed Sessaru by the throat and lifted him into the air single handedly.

"Sessaru. I will ask you again. Are you siding with these humans?! What would make you do this to me!! Trap me in this...this....this body!!" he said

Frustrated and struggling for air, Sessaru grabbed hold firmly to his arm and kicked him right under the chin causing him to release him.

Sessaru and the guy both fell from the light post to the ground below. Sessaru landed on his feet breaking his leg in the process

"(UGH!! This unless body!!") he said

"(Well sorry for being useless!!!)" Ashen said

The intruder, too, landing his feet breaking his leg. He walked slowly toward Sessaru on the broken leg and all. You could hear the sounds on the broken bones grinding and snapping against one another as he walked. He finally reached Sessaru and grabbed him with both hands.

"Sessaru......." He said

"What..."

"What the hell is going on!!" He said as tears flowed down his face.

"Uh...." Sessaru said shocked

"I remember sleeping and when I woke up, I was in this disgusting body. I'm hearing voices in my head and...." he said as he continued to break down

In the background, sirens could be heard. Ashen informed Sessaru of what they were

"We can talk later. Can you walk?" Sessaru asked

"Who in the hell do you think I am? Of course I can walk!!" he said

"Then come on!" Sessaru said as they ran toward Ashen's house.

Within fifteen minutes of running in the shadows, avoiding detection from anyone and everyone. Once they got to the house, Sessaru asked for an explanation on what was going on

(Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Who the hell is he anyway!? You told me that he was one of the 4 demons that came here and halted the demonic invasion ages ago and then was back-stabbed by us humans and had your souls stripped away like what the legends say but you never told me which one it was.)" Ashen said

("Ah....so thats how the story goes....Oh! Thats Ta.)" Sessaru said

"But yeah. When I woke up, I was already in this body. I was in some dark room tied to this table. And before the room to the door was closed, I saw YOU leaving the room! What the hell is going on!" Ta asked

"Well obviously it WASN'T me if I too am stuck here in this body but unlike you, I.......sorta chose this body." Sessaru said

"You....chose that body..? Are you mad?" Ta said

"It was the only one available at the time! I went through alot of trouble to get someone to go into that cave! I had to stage a earthquake and everything!" Sessaru said

"(WHAT!! YOU RIGGED THAT WHOLE INCIDENT!!!)" Ashen said

"(SHUT UP!!)" Sessaru said

"Hmm...you think humans are making clones of us?" Ta asked

"That appears to be the case....but why?" Sessaru asked

"Power. If they could successfully clone anyone of us, they could easily take control of humans and demons." Ta said

Speaking of the others, have you seen Shino and Nara?" Sessaru asked

"No. I can't sense them either." Ta said

"Is that how you found me?" Sessaru asked

"Yeah. Your aura is pouring off in waves. You were easy." he said

Silence

"Well its late and I am just exhausted. I'm gonna crash for the night. We can catch up in the morning." Sessaru said

"What? After everything I just told you, you wanna sleep?!" Ta said

"It can't be helped. This guy here (points to himself) has to go to school in the morning and even at his school, there are demons lurking around there. I'm pretty sure that even with this useless body, I'll be able to squeeze some information out of them." Sessaru said

"School....what is this school place like?" Ta asked

A wicked smile formed on Sessaru's face.

"You will see in the morning. For now get some rest. This place has PLENTY of rooms. Just pick one." Sessaru said

"(Not one. But two. TWO of the strongest demons of all time are gonna be attending Mihara High....god help us....)" Ashen said to himself

"(Sorry. Your god won't be able to help you.)" a voice said.

Sessaru looked over at Ta and he was staring back at him.

"(What??)" Ashen said

"(Thats one of Ta's many abilities. Just ignore him.)" Sessaru said

"(He can pry into other's minds?)" Ashen asked

"(Yup. Just as easily as you can open a door. Creepy huh?)" Sessaru said

"(Very")" Ashen said

Everyone went to bed.

In the morning, Ashen was awakened by the sound of his door ringing.

"COMING!!!" he yelled as he rushed down the stairs.

Ashen looked through the peephole and saw Amelia standing there

"(Oh great! I haven't even come up with an excuse to tell her!! Hey Sessaru! Help me out here!!)" Ashen said

No reply

"(Great......he must still be sleep as well...)"

Ashen opened the door and Amelia stood there with her school uniform asked

Amelia explained to him about last night and she said that the doctors told her she must have had a bad dream. Ashen agreed.

"It must have been a dream Amelia. Wait here while I go get ready." he said

Ashen headed up the stairs and hit his leg on the railing and remembered the broken leg he sustained last night and noticed that he was completely healed

Ashen hurried and got dressed and rushed to meet Amelia at the door. Once he opened the door, Amelia stood there with her backed turned, holding a mirror. In the mirror, it showed a image of Sessaru sleeping

Ashen was too shocked to react.

"A dream huh?" she said

Silence

"Let's go Ashen or we're gonna be late." Amelia said as she took his hand and they hurried on to school.