Friday, May 29, 2009

Chapter 12 Amelia and Steven arrive at Ashen's house a few minutes later. They rush inside and Steven sets Ashen down on the couch. Then sets Ta down on the table. "Who is this kid and why was he after Ashen?" Steven asks. Amelia just shrugs and tends to Ashen. "What the hell?" Steven says looking at the mirror topped table. Instead of seeing the boy on the table it shows the reflection of Ta's true self. "So he is one as well..." Amelia says looking at Ta. She undoes Ashen's belt then kneels in front of Steven. "What do you think you are doing? We can't do that in front of Ashen. It wouldn't be right." Steven protests. Amelia removes his belt and then secures Ta's wrists to the table legs. After which she pulls out a small mirror and holds it next to Ashen. "Look a this. I noticed it awhile ago." She says pointing to Sessaru's reflection. Steven jumps back speechless. Hours later Ashen wakes up first. "Sessaru? You alright?" He says inside his head. "Yeah..... I don't know what hit me." Sessaru replies. "Neither do I." Ashen says aloud. "Huh?" Amelia says waking up. She was asleep on Steven's lap in the recliner. "What?" Ashen says back to her. A look of surprise then sadness takes over his face as he sees the two of them on the chair. ______________________________________________ "Milord is it alright to let those two go with them?" The Mythology teacher. "Yes, it's fine. That girl could be helpful later on. Besides, it is good to keep all of us together. All we need now is Nara. Who knows what kind of body he is in." Shin replies picking up a toy truck from the store shelf and handing it to the Mythology teacher. He buys the toy and they leave. __________________________________________________ On a speeding train through the mountains of Western Canada, a man in an expensive looking suit is reading a very large and ancient looking book. A young boy sitting next to him glances over and looks at the book. "There is no words on your book, Mister. How can you read it?" The boy says. The man smiles and replies, "With these special glasses." He removes his oddly shaped glasses that have nothing to hold them in place. "Really? What kind of book is it?" The boy says looking through the glasses. "A very scary one." The man says taking his glasses back. The mother of the boy is sleeping in the chair across from the man, wakes up. "Leave the nice man alone." She says politely. "It's alright. Tell you what why don't you and your mommy go and have a nice meal in the dining car. I have some business to attend to first and I will join you shortly." The man says handing the boy some money. "We couldn't." The mom says. "It's fine. You look like you could use a good meal." He says noticing her poor looking clothes. "Thank you." She says and the two of them walk to the dining car. Once they left the man removed his large brimmed hat and revealed his white hair that is drawn back into a pony tail. Sticking up an inch are 8 horns that formed a circle around his head like a crown. He wiped his jaw and removed the make up that covered blood red tattoos. In a matter of seconds there were dozens of soldiers surrounding him with guns drawn. "You are to return with us as per the agreement you yourself signed." The Commander shouts holding out a piece of paper. "Sorry, I am going to have to decline your offer." The man replies. "Then you are going against your word, Demon?" The Commander says raising his pistol. "You humans haven't changed at all during the entire time I was sealed away. Still stupid and hot headed creatures. If you knew anything then you would know that that contract means nothing." The demon says still sitting with his book in his lap. "Then enlighten us?" replies the Commander. "In order for that contract to carry any value I would of had to sign it while in my body and not in that Demon Expert's body. Why else do you think I agreed to it so quickly?" The Demon says. "If I were you I would come quietly." The Commander says sternly and puts his hand on the book. "Is that so and if I were you I would retreat now. Especially if you value your men's lives." The Demon says and stands up. The book slams shut, trapping the Commander's hand inside it. The Commander screams in pain as the book lands on the ground with his arm still stuck in the pages. His entire right arm has been ripped off from the shoulder. Blood pours from the wound as well as the torn limb. Seconds later a crunching sound is heard and all the soldiers look down at the book to see the arm being devoured. "Wh...Wh...What? How is this possible?" The Commander says before falling to the ground. He lands on the book and more crunching sounds are heard. "This is my final warning. Leave now or suffer unimaginable pain." The Demon says to the soldiers. They look at each other and then open fire on the Demon. Once the smoke clears, the Demon is nowhere to be seen. Bullet holes riddle the back of the train car. Before the soldiers can even celebrate their victory, the Demon emerges from behind the seats. His suit has been ripped to shreds. He tears the rest off and reveals a large tribal tattoo that covers his chest, back, and both arms. "The humans of the Human realm have declared war against the Ruler of the Eastern Lands. You have sealed your fates, I , Nara of the Banshi tribe will destroy everything and everyone you know and love." Nara says and all the seats vaporize. Several soldiers wet themselves from the sight of the 7 and a half foot tall demon glaring at them. _______________________________________________ "You are going to explain to us what is going on here." Amelia says to Ashen. "You haven't been yourself ever since we got back from the class trip." Steven adds. "What should I do here?" Ashen asks Sessaru. "Not sure." Sessaru replies. "Come on spit it out!" Amelia shouts. Ashen diverts his eyes from hers and stares down at the floor. Several minutes go by and Ashen still hasn't said a word. __________________________________________________________ The soldiers quickly try and reload their guns while Nara stands there surveying them. A soldier reloads and raises his gun up toward Nara. Nara ducks down and lunges forward. He grabs the gun barrel and bends it backwards with one hand and grabs the trigger hand with the other. The soldier screams in pain as the bones in his hand are being broken. "What the hell? How can he possibly move that fast?" One of the other soldier says as he finishes reloading. The soldier fires but fails to see that Nara has shoved the bent gun down the barrel of his gun. The bullets back up which causes the gun to burst. All of the soldiers are hit by the shrapnel and Nara is the only one standing. "You humans are easier then I thought. It's no wonder you are doing what you are doing with our bodies." Nara says looking around at them. A soldier carefully and quietly picks up his gun and opens fire at the back of Nara's calf. Once the clip is empty Nara is standing there looking down at the missing segment of his leg. "You aren't so tough. You're the one who is going to die here. Not us." The soldier says boastfully and reloads. All the soldiers open fire and blast Nara with round after round. Pieces of flesh and bone are flying all over. Once all the soldiers have ran out of ammo they look at the mutilated body. "Humans are far superior to you demon scum." Another soldier says and spits on Nara's body. Absolute silence overcomes the train car, then demonic laughter fills the car. "That's it? That's all you can muster? Allow me to show you how to properly kill an enemy." Nara says as his body pieces its self back together. __________________________________________________________ "Come on Ashen. You can tell us. We're your friends." Amelia says sitting down next to him and resting her head on his shoulder. She also grabs his hand and squeezes it. Ashen looks down at her and sees straight down her shirt. "DAMN!!!" Sessaru shouts in Ashen's mind. "Shut it." Ashen replies. "These thoughts you have going on here are very interesting. Like this one. (brings it to Ashen's attention.) Oh and this one is a lot better if you do it this way. Trust me she'll thank you later." Sessaru says fixing the images running through Ashen's mind. Ashen shakes his head to clear his thoughts and Steven sits down next to him. "Look. I know there is something else in your body as well as his. If you just tell us, we can work something out." Steven says. Ashen takes a deep breath and stands up. "Alright, but what I tell you must stay between only the four of us. Promise me you won't tell anyone." Ashen says while Sessaru keeps putting nude thoughts of Amelia in his mind. __________________________________________________________ The remaining 9 soldiers are frozen in fear as they watch Nara's body pull itself back together. "Shit! We the hell do we do now?" A soldier asks. "Run for it!" A soldier replies. They scramble to their feet and make a break for the door. Nara is just finishing pulling himself together. The soldier in the back feels a hand on his shoulder then "CRUNCH!!!" The soldier drops to the ground, screaming in pain as he can feel parts of his shoulder sticking through his skin. Nara grabs the first soldier in line by the head and lifts him up. The other soldiers look on in terror as Nara holds him up above his head. He smirks and slams him into the floor of the train car with so much force that the soldier's legs go through the floor. He too screams in pain as the wheels of the car cut his legs to ribbons. "Why won't this door open?" A soldier asks. Nara grabs another one by the shoulder and lifts him up. Then grabs his foot. With ease, he rips him in half. Blood covers Nara and he licks some off his cheek. Two of the soldiers head over to the windows only to have their heads bashed together. Brain matter, skull fragments, and blood cover the window. One soldier dives for the Commander's pistol, but misses and his hand lands on the book. His screams were so loud the Nara reaches down and shoves the soldier's own fist down his throat. "Then there were two." Nara says with blood glistening in the sun light. He grabs each of them by the throat and squeezes tightly. Their eyes start bulging and finally explode. Nara opens the door to the next train car and is greeted by a barrage of bullets. "You won't make it off this train alive." The Major shouts before throwing a grenade at him. Nara is pushed backwards by the bullets and catches the grenade in his hand. It explodes and blows out the remaining windows. Smoke billows out of the windows and the soldier's celebrate. The door suddenly disappears into the smoke filled car and Nara walks out of the smoke and leering at them. The entire right side of his body is charred and his right arm is on fire. Large chunks are missing and bones can be seen easily. The right side of his face is barely recognizable. Most of the flesh and tissue are missing. You can actually see part of his brain through several of the holes. "The weaponry has greatly improved from last time. However, your ability to recognize danger has declined." Nara says brushing the flames out. The Major swallows hard and shouts, "FIRE!!" __________________________________________________________ "That pretty much covers everything over the last few weeks." Ashen says sitting down. Steven and Amelia look at him dumbfounded. "So what you are saying is that you are housing the soul of the Great Demon, Sessaru and that guy there is the Legendary Demon, Ta." Steven says. Ashen nods. "Every word he said is the truth." The Mythology teacher says standing in the doorway. "If you value your lives then I highly suggest you untie me otherwise I can not be held accountable for what happens." Ta says laying there still tied to the table. Steven unties him and Ta jumps up. "There are two of us missing. Nara and Shin. I have reason to believe one of them is responsible for what happened earlier. It isn't easy to get the jump on me. I am always on alert. The fact that someone did can only mean it was one of those two. They have the ability to hide their demonic aura." Ta says jumping into a chair. "It would appear that you two are alive and doing just fine after this morning's little skirmish. I have a request for the two of you. Do not let your guard down. Demons are spilling over to this realm at an alarming rate. Try to keep a low profile." The Mythology teacher says and then leaves. Once outside he is met by Shin. "You pass on my message?" Shin asks. The teacher nods and they walk off. __________________________________________________________ Nara walks straight towards the Major and stops just at an arm's length away. "This is the part where you beg for your life." Nara says then jams a couple fingers in the Major's mouth. From under his chin something can be seen moving under the skin. Suddenly Nara's fingers burst through and then his thumb stabs upwards near his fingers. "Now, beg me not to kill you." Nara whispers to the Major just before ripping his jaw completely off. The other soldiers back away slowly towards the doors. Nara peels the flesh and muscle from the jaw. He tosses the chunks at the soldiers. Once it is cleaned off he inspects it and tosses it into the air a couple times. He catches it then throws it at the closest soldier. The jaw lands deep in the jugular vein severing it. Blood sprays out covering Nara. He removes the jaw and breaks it in half. The soldiers struggle with the door as Nara picks them off one by beating and stabbing them with the jaw bone. Once all of them were dead, Nara looks around for survivors. The sounds of footsteps on the roof catches his attention. He puts his hand through the roof and grabs the ankle of a soldier. "Huh?" The soldier says looking at the hand wrapped around his ankle. Without warning he is yanked through the hole. Blood rains down on Nara as he looks at the part of the soldier that made it through hole. "Damn, didn't get all of him." Nara says and tears a bigger hole in the roof. Several grenades fall through the opening and explode blowing the car to bits. Nara looks up at them and smirks as the train enters a tunnel. The soldiers are unaware of it and splatter against the wall. Nara retrieves his book and a suit case. "There you are Mister. We couldn't wait any longer so we already ordered." The young boy says waving to Nara who has changed into a new suit and hat. "Sorry, my meeting ran a bit longer then expected." Nara replies. __________________________________________________________ It has been almost two weeks since the Ta and Sessaru fight and everything has gone back to normal. As Amelia, Ashen, Steven, and Ta sit around Ashen's house watching TV Nara is making his way toward the house. "Jeez, could they at least try to hide their aura. This town is crawling with demons cause of it." Nara says walking past a park where Shin is playing with his truck. Nara stops and stares at the boy for a second before continuing on leaving a wooden box near the sandbox. "This should prove to be interesting." Shin says playing in the sandbox. Nara stands at the door of Ashen's house for a few minutes before kicking it off the hinges. Ta is the first one to respond, and Sessaru is right behind him. "YOU!!!" Ta shouts and lunges at Nara. "I'm glad you remember me after all these years." Nara replies and gives Ta a Powerslam on the marble floor. Sessaru slides to a halt and laughs. "It figures you would be the one to get his body back first." Sessaru says. Ta gets up slowly and backs away towards Sessaru. The two of them try to attack at the same time but fail horribly. "You don't stand a chance in this form." Nara says holding them by the throat and off the ground a couple feet. Amelia runs in with Steven right behind her. The two of them also try to attack but end up caught as well. Suddenly Nara's eyes glaze over and he falls over. His arms loosen just enough for Amelia and Steven to get free from the headlock. Ta and Sessaru however are still caught in his iron grip. Amelia starts panicking as Steven attempts to break the grip. "Its impossible. You have no need to worry. Those two will be just fine." The Mythology teacher says standing in the doorway, "He is just exhausted. Remember that horrible train incident last week? That was his handiwork. Just let him sleep awhile and everything will be fine. The next morning when Amelia and Steven wake up, Nara is missing and as well as Ashen. She starts to worry but stops when Ashen walks out of the kitchen eating a sandwich. "Where's that tall guy?" Steven asks. "Not sure. When I woke up he was gone." Sessaru replies then kicks Ta in the stomach. He gives possession back to Ashen. __________________________________________________________ Across town Nara is sitting in a park near a playground. The Mythology teacher approaches with Shin following behind him with the box in his arms. "Greetings Lord Nara." The teacher says with a slight bow. "Hisao." Nara says with a slight bow as well then looks at Shin and smiles. "What are you looking at?" Shin replies and steps behind Hisao. "Very good, Lord Shin of the Northern Lands." Nara says with a smile. "How could you tell? I thought I mastered this disguise." Shin replies and sits down next to Nara. "You have it mastered. It was this that gave you away. The entire trip it was silent till I walked by you yesterday. Then it started to shake. Don't worry I won't tell the other two." Nara says messing up Shin's hair. "Good. Now tell me what you found out." Shin replies. __________________________________________________________ That night Nara returns to Ashen's house and is attacked by Ta again. This time Nara chokeslams him into the ground with so much force that the ground shakes. "Enough. In that form you don't stand a chance." Nara says sternly. He walks into the front room where the others are watching TV "Who are you?" Amelia asks. "I am Nara of the Banshi Tribe from the Eastern Lands and I am here to watch out for those two. (Looks at Sessaru and Ta who is crawling back into the room) You two are to keep a low profile. Anything happens let me know and I will handle it. The good thing is you aren't completely useless in those bodies. Before you ask, I don't know where your bodies are. The humans have split us up. As well as our "toys"." Nara explains. "Damn it!" Sessaru says and slams his fist through the table. The house shakes and everyone looks back at Ta who has put his fist into a marble column. "How did you get your body back?" Sessaru asks. "I was fortunate enough to leave my body before that fateful day and entered a nearly dead soldier's body. Then when he died later on I jumped to another body till I jumped into a Researcher's body. Luckily, my body was discovered in the Bering Sea by some Crab Fishermen. The Researcher was assigned to it with my help. I told them I would help them if I got back in my body, I lied. Once I was back in my body, I took off to find you guys." Nara explains. "Glad one of us got our body back. Wait a sec. You were responsible for that train incident. Just going from those pictures they showed, you must of gotten it back. Didn't you?" Nara just smiles. "Huh?" Amelia and Steven says together. "Of course!" Ta says and punches the column again.