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Chinmoku
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Part IX
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The young queen giggled shamelessly, snickering at the raven, a large smirk plastered on her face as she watched Black with mild interest, seeing the former queen’s face changing into a twisted looking expression that hinted of pain and dissonance.
The words hung in the open air as likely as the silence continued in that very place under the humid and tense atmosphere; the words kept ringing in Black’s ears, it kept repeating, just like a broken tape recorder, almost hauntingly mocking her.
Those were words which she had not heard from a long time after their last fight, and yet, it had now resurfaced once more and sent an unbelievable amount of terror in her heart. Black never wanted to hear them, Gekikara would often use that phrase, something which the younger girl liked, but to have that phrase aimed at her, at a timing like this was something Black did not wanted at the very moment.
Black never had the younger girl tell her that, much less being the one directed with Gekikara’s violent streak. So why of all times, had it been directed to her? Black wanted to question it oh so bitterly in her own frustration, had it not been that the young queen was staring at her with an obvious deadly glint in her eyes, something that the former queen felt fear in. It was not just a normal glint, the one that Gekikara would often wear on her eyes whenever she fought in the past; it was different as it held a much more dangerous edge in it.
It was as if Black had caught a glimpse of a killer’s eyes, void of emotions or life.
It was as if, the person Black was looking at was not Gekikara, but someone else…
Someone that wasn’t Gekikara, someone that wasn’t familiar to Black herself, as if someone had taken over the younger queen’s body…
She looked far off, too distant, too cold and malevolent, guttural even like she was deprived of something, her eyes glowed so brightly in the dark; it somehow seemed to have glowed in an eerie deep crimson color. Yet, when Black blinked for a second, it was gone, without even a single trace, as if it never appeared, as if it was just a mere illusion of a sort.
‘Was that just my hallucination…?’ Black frowned as she asked herself of what she had seen a while ago, and what she was seeing right now.
Black herself knew that she had seen something, yet looking at Gekikara and comparing her own memory of that quick unpleasant sight, it was odd and weird; also, it somehow collided with reality and common sense. While the raven did want to believe that she had seen Gekikara’s eyes glow red, Black’s eyes were telling another story as she was seeing that the younger girl’s eyes were brown, yet distant and emotionless, just like what she used to have in her own.
Yet she did not want to deny it either, that quick glimpse of seeing Gekikara’s hidden feelings. Although it scared her, seeing the younger girl’s eyes flashing red for just a few seconds, she was utmost concerned at what she had a glimpse of.
Black felt like she was looking at a mirror, a mirror of what she had used to be in those chocolate brown orbs, emotionless, careless and unconcerned.
She was plainly cold and distant.
Filled with hatred and anger over everything, regretting and guilty of all the miseries her parents had endured and taken against all the people spitting out words of indignation towards their family.
It was the anger and hatred that always hurts the most.
Taking the blame, being guilty and being hurt countless times over a mistake she never did.
That was Black disliked the most, and she felt it, those emotions through Gekikara’s eyes.
It was like a mirror, it was like she was staring at a mirror, and yet it was still different in more than one ways.
It was unexplainable and ominous.
Black quickly felt her body jerk, her thoughts were suddenly interrupted when she heard the other girl snickering, letting out a maniacal giggle as she took a step forward while dragging her weapon, its edge scrapping the floor. It made Black grit her teeth and back away, glancing back and forth from Gekikara to her dangerous gleaming katana while keeping a distance away from the younger girl.
A soft giggle escaped from Gekikara’s lips, tilting her head to the side as she eyed her victim, watching her tremble slightly like a puppy, yet bearing its teeth at her. The sight made Gekikara feel happy, almost too happy that she was enjoying the frightened and alarmed expression Black gave when she lifted her katana and pointed the tip at the raven’s chest.
“What’s wrong…?”
“Why aren’t you talking?” Gekikara asked in a gentle yet mocking voice, sharply staring at Black while she kept the katana pointed at her, a malicious grin on her face.
“Are you…scared? You seem so pale…you’re shivering you know.” The insane queen pointed out the obvious, much to the raven’s own chagrin when she saw the pleased expression on Gekikara’s face.
“Why…”
“Why are you doing this?” Black hissed through her teeth, the frown marring her face never leaving once. The older girl could not hide her apparent frustration and anxiety as her eyes kept pacing back and forth to the weapon and to the younger queen. There was definitely something odd, there was something wrong in all of these, not only did her gut feeling dictated it, but also her brain and heart, they were all screaming at her, telling her to run away from Gekikara.
“This? What
‘this’?” Gekikara stared at Black innocently, smiling like an angel; the kind of smile that made Black’s stomach turn uncomfortably, it was disturbing, it looked so wrong, so out of place in this alley at this time of the night with the younger girl drenched in blood.
“Don’t play with me…you know what I’m talking about.” Black bit her bottom lip, taking a step back while she kept herself into gazing back at the lifeless hazy orbs that kept staring at her, watching her just like a predator would look at its prey.
“Do I? Who knows~” The insane queen giggled, lowering the katana as she turned to her side, she laughed, her maniacal laughter echoing inside the dark blood stained alley. All of a sudden, Gekikara eerily tilted her head, limply even while gazing back at Black, staring at her with lifeless brown eyes, the annoying smirk on her lips never disappearing as it only served to grow larger.
“…Rena…” Black growled in agitation. The younger girl was playing around, as if she wanted to push Black off the edge, as if she wanted to trap the former queen.
Black hated it but she kept silent, closing her mouth tightly, restraining herself from speaking and protesting.
She hated how Gekikara was avoiding answering the questions. It was another issue however on the blood-drenched queen’s side; Gekikara immensely enjoyed Black’s twisted and pained expression, just watching the older girl as her brow furrowed and her teeth grit made her heart leap and palpitate, it made Gekikara excited. It made her want to torment this person before her even more.
Other than that though, Gekikara felt confused and curious about this person, this hazy figure in front of her who’s face she could not see, whose voice was just merely static sounding, yet when it called her by her true name, Gekikara felt an odd feeling throbbing in her chest other than excitement, other than happiness. There was something next to all those emotions; it was a feeling of something throbbing oh so painfully in her chest that it left a nagging feeling in the pit of her stomach.
‘Why…does this person know my name…?’ Gekikara thought to herself, her curiosity increasing and wanting to delve further into the thought when a voice suddenly spoke, cooing in her head, disrupting her train of thoughts.
[Does it even matter to know who this person is?] The voice in Gekikara’s head sighed, its voice dripping with disappointment hinted in the statement, as if it did not want the younger girl to think, as if it did not want her to know, as if it was hiding something from Gekikara, talking pretentiously and lightly of gaining freedom.
Gekikara listened to that voice, placing her whole attention to the devil’s whispered words that entered and ran around in her mind, lulling her into a deep trance as the voice carried on.
[Of course, it does not matter!]
[All you just need to do is kill. Kill everyone and you’ll be set free.] The voice said its words caressing, tingling and light; Gekikara felt entranced with the voice’s words, convinced of the words the devil in her head spoke of as it continued on;
[Don’t think of any other pointless things…][…Just kill…][Kill and set yourself free; show everyone what you can do.] The voice quietly whispered; its tone caressing and light, fleeting even as the voice disappeared in an instant, leaving silence in its wake.
Those words, the words of the voice were encouraging, it became a fuel to Gekikara’s igniting desire, like fuel lighting up a fire, but it was dangerous as those words were tainted with malicious.
Even then, the voice did not say anything but of a promise, a promise that was far off to happen, she did not pay attention to the nagging feeling in her conscience that she was doing something wrong, Gekikara did not pay any attention to morality and humanity.
She chose not to listen to anything else but the voice inside her head itself, thinking that everything devil said was true.
‘That’s right…all I need is to kill…’
‘This person…doesn’t matter.’ Gekikara clutched the handle of her katana tightly, throwing her head forward before letting it hang limply just as that to her limbs.
Black had been watching, staying silent and barely even moving the whole time while Gekikara was lost in her thoughts. The raven had been staring in curiosity at the younger girl, watching Gekikara’s expression change constantly as she stood still, barely even moving from her position before the insane queen suddenly threw her head forward and kept her gaze lowered down, her limbs limp with the katana still tightly clutched in her hand.
Startled, Black took a step back in alarm at the suddenness of the action, yet was still able to keep her expression intact, her frown never disappearing. Black kept her resolves intact and kept herself in staying in the area instead of fleeing even as the atmosphere dropped cold, becoming too ominous and tense, making the alley seem more dangerous and isolated; a perfect ground for a perfect bloody carnage.
Black did not like her current position, there was not anything favorable of it at all in fighting the younger girl, fighting someone she cares and loves.
Not only that, Black knew that she was in a total disadvantage, her body was already screaming and aching from all the exhausting running she had done, her ankle was also hurt in the process after the wrong step she had done after evading Gekikara’s attacks earlier.
She would have died in an instant if she had not evaded them.
The thought made Black’s stomach toss over in upset, as Black felt her legs tremble and weaken at the thought of Gekikara’s earlier attack. It was intense, furious and wild, unyielding, unwavering without any restraint, every blow aiming to hurt her, to kill her.
It scared her more than anything did; it frightened her seeing Gekikara’s lifeless mocking eyes shine in the dark with amazement and glee, it was like an eye of a killer, an eye of a true fiend, the sight haunted her and it made her upset and guilty.
‘It’s my fault that it has come to this…isn’t it?’ Black bitterly thought to herself.
Bead of sweats trickled down Black’s cheeks, her mouth shut tightly as she clenched her jaw, a large lump forming in her throat. The raven teen held her breath unconsciously, waiting and waiting, watching while anticipating for the younger girl’s actions.
Black watched as Gekikara’s head slowly moved, watching as the young queen stretched her shoulders, moving her head in a circular pattern as she heard snapping or cracking sounds of bones accompanied along before Gekikara’s head was bowed down again, in the same limping fashion from a while ago.
‘What’s…happening?’ Black thought to herself; arching a brow up, puzzled yet cautious of the insane queen’s movements. There was no telling what the other girl would do. She was an enigmatic after all just the same as Black is and even though the former queen had been with Gekikara for few years; there were still some things that she had yet to understand.
It was some things that she wanted to learn and know to be able to understand the younger girl. Although Black did know of Gekikara’s past, although she did know what kind of girl the insane queen had once been, she did not know just how exactly Gekikara’s brain and emotions work.
Gekikara was a mystery, in more than one ways, yet a mystery that Black did not mind delving into and answering. It was one of the reasons why she wanted to make the younger girl open up; it was a reason next to wanting to see her smile. She was aiming for a smile so genuine, so true and pure, something that Black had only caught seeing for just a few times.
Why had she forgotten of that purpose anyway?
Why had she forgotten of the promise she had kept to herself of wanting to make the younger girl happy?
The answers were simple yet agitating, but it was the truth; the truth of which Black felt irritation for. She was obliged of being selfish. She was aware of it, how she had always kept a dark part of herself inside, something that had been set free after Black had lost her past self.
She was guilty beyond reasonable doubt even just by simply being selfish.
She had more or less taken for granted the younger girl’s dependence on her, and she took pride it in, having her attention all for herself, having all of Rena’s focus on her even if it was in the depths of her mind.
It was in human nature to be selfish, but there were boundaries to how far one can be selfish, and Black wanted to stop herself from going further and make up with all the attention Gekikara never failed to place on to her.
If she were to do that, then maybe, just maybe…Gekikara would be more free and unconstrained than of her usual restrained self as how Black viewed her all the time.
The idea itself wasn’t far off, but it wasn’t easy to attain either, but if she were to work on it now and catch up, she might as well have it in her hands. Maybe then…Black might be able to grasp her past self, her past wishes and joys, even if only a bit through fulfilling this.
‘But to do so…’
‘I’ll most likely have to stop her first.’ Black pursed her lips into a tight line, a grim expression on her face.
Taking in a deep breath as to calm her nerves, Black waited and watched patiently, keeping her guard up while in she was facing the insane enigmatic queen.
Gekikara abruptly let out a soft low giggle escape from her lips from all of a sudden, startling Black as it grew louder and crazier, turning into a full-blown maniacal laugher. The younger girl threw her head back as she cackled; a sly malicious smile slowly formed on her lips, Gekikara adjusted her line of vision, setting her attention primarily on Black.
Gekikara kept giggling even as she just stood there, watching Black, whom stared at the younger queen with her ever-present frown.
“Hey…”
“…Is it alright if I kill you?” The blood-drenched queen questioned, raising her katana as she tapped the hilt, the back of the sharp edge on her wounded bloody hand, flashing her sharp fangs at Black in a menacing way.
“It won’t hurt too much, only a little~” Gekikara cooed tilting her head cutely to the side with an innocent look on her face, a large grin crossing on her lips. The whole image was sickening to look at, especially with the obvious dangerous intent behind the expression itself, it was twisted.
“As if that could ever happen…!” Black answered in irritation, hissing a bit while glaring at the insane queen.
Gekikara gazed at Black in mock shock, her mouth agape, forming a small ‘o’ before it disappeared, leaving only a pout on her lips before it melted into a small smile, a smile that would normally looked so beautiful, but far off in this situation.
“Don’t be like that…”
“You still haven’t tried it…how would you know?” The younger girl placed a thoughtful finger below her chin, gazing at Black like a curious child, pouting for a second before a feral smile formed on her lips.
“Do you want me to try it? Look here…” Gekikara said inquiringly, slowly placing her palm onto the sharp edges on the katana before she gripped it, moving her hand as the katana slid and cut her skin, wounding her finger as blood dripped from the wound.
Black watched in wide horror when she watched the younger girl giggle while licking off her own blood with a pure expression of glee before she presented her wounded palm to Black with a large grin on her face, happily giving the figure in front of her, her personal opinion, “It doesn’t hurt at all.”
“Hey, now that I’ve tried it…”
“…Let’s have you try it as well, to be fair…ne?” Gekikara giggled, placing her hand in front of her mouth, biting her nails, causing the clicking sounds to echo throughout the alley in an eerily disturbing manner as the noise went on continuously.
“Rena…” Black mumbled; frowning sadly amidst all the pressure and tension between them, even amidst the painful words of killing intent, Black did not feel any remorse or rage over Gekikara. The raven only felt despair at the words as they hurt her deeply.
Was it intentional? Or unintentional?
Did Gekikara
really want to kill her?
Did the younger girl’s affections change all of a sudden from love to anger and resentment?
Black did not know, what she did know was that she was having a hard time digesting everything in her head. The words, her actions, their surroundings and what were transpiring; it was hard to process.
She did not know how to deal with this…
Black lowered her gaze, bowing her head while she placed her defenses down, her arms limping on both of her sides. Gekikara arched a brow up and frowned, ignoring the fact that the person before her called her name as she playfully swung the katana in her hand back and forth in a childish manner.
“What’s wrong? We haven’t even started yet.” The insane queen pouted, puffing her cheeks cutely as she eyed her victim, watching as how the hazy figure’s shoulders slumped while shaking its head.
“Stop it.”
“Just stop this already, please. Let’s just go home together…” Black sighed; the tone of her voice was desperate and pleading yet loud and clear enough to hear.
Gekikara tilted her head, her expression turning emotionless. The insane queen glanced at Black and blinked, once, twice, thrice…before she eventually averted her eyes, staring at her bloody katana instead while she swung it, watching as it gleamed in the dark.
“Stop?” Gekikara repeated the word, that one single word that intensely made the atmosphere’s temperature lower down. Black’s brows twitched a bit, feeling the cold midnight air biting her skin, filling her mind with apprehension and anxiety over at the situation at hand.
“Stopping now would be no fun…”
“We barely even started…” Gekikara shook her head disapprovingly while gazing straight into Black’s eyes, staring at her with lifeless and emotionless eyes that seemed so hollow, so cold and so distant.
“Besides, the police won’t come here anyways…seeing as how this place is isolated and hidden…” Gekikara simply let a smile for on her lips, her eyes blinking and twitching in an odd manner as she bit her nails, snickering a bit.
‘She’s really serious…isn’t she?’ Black asked herself, shuffling her feet awkwardly on the concrete pavement as the insane queen lifted the katana up and pointed its tip at her like before, a large malicious smirk forming on Gekikara before she shouted a battle cry, charging forward towards Black.
The blood-drenched queen howled, lifting the katana high up in the air before bringing it down by doing a swift downward slash. The older girl took a step to her side and ran forward, grabbing the insane queen’s forearm while thrusting a palm towards Gekikara’s chest, placing all of the pressure into the center of her palm creating a clean powerful attack that hit the younger girl, making her flinch.
Gekikara hissed, staggering a bit after being hit, but she quickly went back in and swung the katana furiously at Black who quickly avoided by swiftly jumping back a few feet away from Gekikara’s dead attack, the katana hitting the concrete pavement loudly, echoing throughout the alley.
The sound was shrill and ear-piercingly painful, yet the damage suffered by the ground was far more severe as the attack left a long slit mark, small bits of rubble and dust dirtying the ground.
Black took a deep shaky breath, her wide eyes never leaving as Gekikara lifted the katana and positioned herself for another incoming attack. The raven stared back and forth at the katana and at Gekikara in alarm and tried to move back, only to let out a hiss from her mouth when she took a step back, pain jolting on her ankle as she did so.
“Kuh…!” Black gasped, her leg shaking a bit as she felt pain travel throughout her body, the older queen almost staggered forward if not for the hand she used to support herself.
Black gritted her teeth, her expression turning pale and pain-stricken one as she placed a hand on her knee. Although she was able to establish and avoid Gekikara’s second frontal attack, the older girl however landed rather badly on the floor with her feet getting all the strain and her ankle taking all the pressure, causing pain to rupture throughout her legs.
‘This is bad…’ Black panted; sweat dripping down her chin as the pain throbbed. This was a large disadvantage; the unexpected injury came at an unwelcomed time.
The former queen growled indignantly at the small figure in front of her as it walked forward slowly, one small step at a time while dragging the katana from behind, giggling joyously, only to pause for a moment when she noticed something fairly wrong with her prey.
Gekikara arched a brow up, her interest perking up when she saw the hazy figure in her sight slightly slumping and immobile, whilst clutching its leg. She curiously watched like a child when the figure staggered back while attempting to a step.
At first, it confused Gekikara as to why her prey was suddenly acting awfully timid and slow, but it became all too clear when it attempted to walk off again, only to let out a soft small pained after doing so.
“You’re hurt…” The insane queen said that fact oh so obviously, yet not a single tone of worry or concern evident on her voice as she said the words emotionlessly without a care at all.
“…Too bad it seems…”
“Don’t worry though…I’ll free you from your pain.” Gekikara cooed before cackling evilly, smirking devilishly afterwards as her eyes glinted evilly. The blood-drenched insane queen raised the katana once more while she took a step forward, continuing her path towards her prey with every intention to kill.
It was irritating and frustrating, yet it was painful to hear the other girl snicker afterwards mockingly, as if wanting to humiliate her, wanting to kill her even.
It was painful, yet, Black could never ever hate this sinister young queen.
She could never hate her.
Black prepared herself, mentally and physically for the next attack, placing her hopes onto surviving from another furious onslaught.
The former raven queen forced herself to stand on both of her legs, hissing a bit as she placed pressure into her left feet as her ankle throbbed in pain, yet, she ignored it, or rather, she tried not to heed any attention towards it. It did not matter whether her leg would scream in pain and kill her later on.
What mattered the most was to escape from Gekikara’s katana, whether wounded or alive.
Black waited, raising her both of her arms up with both fists clenched, taking a stance of just like a boxer’s. The raven expected an incoming attack up ahead, yet it still had caught the older girl off guard when Gekikara suddenly rushed towards her, wielding the katana forward as if wanting to stab her with its pointy tip.
Black’s body jerked forward towards her right, evading just right in time before the katana even touched her, yet the action itself caused her to shoulder to forcibly colliding painfully with the bricked wall, bruising her shoulder in the process. The older girl winced yet she forced herself to move.
The raven took a light step forward, placing the pressure and her weight on her other good foot as she swiftly went behind Gekikara before ducking and tackling the younger girl when she swiftly turned around and slashed horizontally, hitting empty air and colliding yet again the bricked wall, emitting yet another ear-splitting noise.
Black did not pay any attention at the ear-splitting noises as she quickly aimed for Gekikara’s arm and grasped the younger girl’s wrist while her other hand tried to pry away the offending dangerous weapon.
Gekikara grinned malevolently at Black as she fought to keep the older girl’s prying hands away from taking the katana from her by launching a jab towards Black, aiming for the older girl’s face. Black took a step back, dodging the offending hand from hitting her before she intercepted with Gekikara’s incoming bolo punch with a front kick to the insane queen’s stomach, sending her staggering back.
The younger girl coughed a bit, coughing out a mixture of saliva and blood on the ground while she clutched her stomach as she tried to recover from the strong pressure inflicted on her stomach. Black took this as a chance to take several steps away from Gekikara, dragging her feet before she leaned her trembling and tired body on the bricked wall of the alley for support while resisting the pain that was threatening to overtake her body.
‘I’m already…at my limit…’ Black panted, grasped her chest as she felt her breathing constricting, making it hard for her to breath all the same as exhaustion was slowly taking its toll on her body.
Black wanted to sit down and rest, the aching feeling of her ankle was already killing her immensely as she was overusing her legs, even pushing herself as farther from her normal limit. It hurts, the pain in her ankle was throbbing, yet she couldn’t just let herself rest completely, knowing that a single mistake such as putting her guard down might cost her her own head.
Gekikara frowned and huffed in frustration as she missed her target yet again, but smiled slowly at the fun and entertainment her prey was giving her. She did not mind that this person was struggling from her; she did not mind any one bit as she was enjoying this immensely. Gekikara knew however that her prey would eventually fall in her hands, just as the rest did.
A smile crossed on her face at the thought of what to do her victims body, just thinking of what she could do made her excited, her insane mind unconscious of the fact that she was battling someone dear to her as the voice inside in her head simply hummed in satisfaction at what was currently transpiring.
On the other hand, Black herself was not enjoying this unexpected fight, being aware of the fact that the younger girl was immensely enjoying this.
Not only that, Gekikara was perfectly fine even with the few blows she had done to her, give an unsettling feeling Black’s stomach seeing as how there was no such effects on the younger girl. It was evident with Gekikara herself cackling immensely even, looking perfectly fine. Her face painted a picture of pure happiness and amazement as she gazed at the former raven queen, a sly devilish smile on her face.
“Hehe…” Gekikara sputtered, wiping off the trail of blood dripping down her chin before she looked at her palm and stared at her own blood, sputtering out-loud maniacal laughter at the deep crimson liquid painting and staining her self-inflicted wounded hands.
“…Ahahaha!”
“You’re good…really good…!” Gekikara chortled, clapping her hand onto her wrist frantically while bobbing her head as she giggled, still holding onto the katana.
“You’re fun…better than the rest…”
The younger girl offered a smile to Black, biting her nails, the tasting the coppery taste of her own blood while her eyes trailed from up until down the figure’s body, scanning the former queen.
“You’re really good…”
“But even so…” Gekikara mumbled, licking her lips before smirking widely, flashing her teeth at Black.
“…I’ll still kill you.” The younger queen whispered ominously before giggling again, taking an offensive stance as she readied her katana, charging in all at once. Black growled in frustration as she pushed herself away from the wall quickly and run backwards, hissing as the pain in her joints intensified.
Gekikara laughed maniacally, swinging her fist at Black, who quickly placed her guard up, easily defending herself from the attack, yet only to be wounded by the younger girl’s quick upward slash, cutting the sleeves of Black’s jacket and in the process, the raven’s skin as well.
She quickly took a step back while grasping the wound on her forearm as blood dripped down from the cut. Black stared at the wound, flinching a bit when she moved her arm, she quickly took a quick scan at the wound, but thankfully, it wasn’t all too serious, it wasn’t deep either, but it was painful never the less.
‘Damn…’ The raven inwardly cursed to herself, clutching the wound while she watched as Gekikara giggled, staggering limply; smiling darkly and mischievously at her.
‘I seriously need to get that katana away…’ Black glared at the younger girl, waiting and watching, searching for a perfect time to act. The former raven queen’s sharp hawk-like eyes quickly scanned Gekikara while she tried to find a weak spot, noticing the wounds on the hand the held the katana.
Black smiled to herself when she spotted that opening and jerked forward, running with all her might while ignoring the pain in her ankle. Black’s brows knitted together, grimacing a little at the prickling sensation of the cut, she continued to ignore the pain in her body and released a timed-in roundhouse kick when Gekikara has raised her arms, ready to deal another strike at her.
The older teen succeeded in hitting Gekikara’s hand, making the katana fling out of the younger girl’s grasp due to the all the force Black placed on her kick. The katana flew down towards the floor, landing on the floor with a loud heavy clanking sound as it skid further away from the two teens and into the shadows, out of their view.
Gekikara stood there, a bit startled yet amused at what had occurred. She did not expected it, being disarmed by this person who put up so much with her, fighting back with much more force and determination that her other victims. The way this person fought was in par with the insane queen’s ability, she had so much force, and fought much better, a challenge that she enjoyed, in fact, it made Gekikara’s blood boil even further, a smirk playing on her cherry lips.
Gekikara howled, swinging her fist furiously at Black whom was completely open, landing a hook to Black’s cheek, forcing the older girl to stumble back, cutting her lips in the process.
Blood dripped down Black’s chin, the cut on her lips deep and big. The raven grimaced and flinched, coughing a bit before she spit the blood and saliva accumulating in her mouth.
The scent of copper, dust and dirt floated in the air, Black scrunched her nose and winced, coughing as the scent was rather too much for her. Her heart hurts as it continued to beat rapidly inside her chest, as if wanting to leap out, as if want to be reaped off inside her.
Black placed a hand on her chest, grasping the beads adorning her rosary and her chest as she winced.
It was hard to move her body, yet Black did not want to yield, she did not want to surrender, not now, not when she had just finally realized something, just when she had finally remembered something. Moreover, knowing that if she let Gekikara take her down there and then, everything would be over.
Everything would end; all the hard work she had done; all the pain she had taken; everything that she had treasured and loved; everything that she kept in her heart and mind.
Everything…
All of them will be at lost if she were to be killed now by Gekikara.
Black desperately tried to keep her trembling leg from giving up as she watched Gekikara back towards her, releasing a hook to her right side, which the raven teen blocked with her forearm before she countered back with a short straight punch to Gekikara’s stomach.
Gekikara gasped at the force and choked down, spewing blood over the pavement as she took a step back, heaving a deep breath, before rushing back in, and thrusting in a jab straight at Black’s face. The raven moved her head to the other side, tilting her head in order to evade the punch, only to get hit by a surprise cross attack, hitting Black straight on her left cheek.
The force exerted was excessively hard and strong that it made Black stagger back, only to fall down completely as her knees gave in, making the former queen land on her bottom in the process while she groaned and hissed, clutching her head in pain, slightly dizzy from the surprise attack.
Black did not have enough time to recover as Gekikara staggered her way towards the raven, kneeling down, pushing Black to the ground before she sat on the raven’s stomach, straddling the former queen while giggling brazenly at her, forcibly grabbing the collar of Black’s t-shirt, sending down a powerful punch as she pounded the older girl.
“Ugh…” Black groaned, choking down a pained gasp. The former queen fought to keep herself from fainting whilst attempting to struggle from Gekikara as she wriggled and kicked, trying to force Gekikara off her, forcing her arms to move even just to stop another incoming assault from hurdling down towards her by catching the blood-drenched girl’s fist into her own palm, holding onto it tightly.
The action however did not stop the insane younger teen, Gekikara used her other free hand and quickly thrust her palm, grasping Black’s neck. Black’s eyes widened in horror as she felt the insane queen’s hand on her neck, her hands instantly reached up to pry off the offending hand away from her neck, only to cry back from the painful pressure when Gekikara tightened her hold.
“R-Re…na…!” Black sputtered, grasping the younger girl’s hands furiously as she tried to pry it off, finding it hard to talk due to the offending hand on her neck and the weight on her stomach.
Black wriggled, struggling excessively to be released from Gekikara’s hold, which amused the insane queen as she watched her prey gasping, her chest heaving up and down in a fast rhythmical state.
“I finally got you now…” Gekikara let a giggle escape from her lips, enjoying the sight of her prey struggling and in pain, hearing this person’s gasps and pained groans was musical to her ears, it made her want to hear more.
“I’ll be able to kill you after all that struggling…hehehe…” Gekikara giggled in amusement, smiling angelically at Black while she used her free hand to cup the older girl’s cheek, caressing it lighting with her thumbs.
The blood-drenched queen turned her head to both of her sides, looking around, searching for something while she securely held Black in place. Gekikara quickly spotted something shining in the dark from out of the corner of her eyes and instantly, she reached up for it, picking it up; a malevolent and vicious grin on her lips.
Black stared at Gekikara in wide horror as she saw what the shorter girl held in her hand. It made all the blood in the raven’s body turn cold, her body started to sweat and shiver at the sight of the sharp point blade in front of her; it was the blade that she had carelessly thrown away, only to be back, but in Gekikara’s hands instead.
The blade gleamed threateningly at Black, frightening the older girl as she saw it coming closer to her. Black tried to struggle again, but Gekikara was far too powerful for her.
“Ne…”
“Okkotteru?” Gekikara asked the familiar ominous question yet again, tilting her head cutely with a perfect angelic smile on her face. Seeing the younger girl’s smiling face up this close, Black trembled, tears slowly forming at the corner of her eyes as she stared at Gekikara, her predator, her would-be killer, this young frail looking girl, Matsui Rena.
The thought of being killed and dying in Gekikara’s hands made Black weep at her helpless state.
This seemed to be her end.
The end of everything.
The realization of what was to come left a burning and stinging sensation in her heart just as much as the pain in her throat, as much as the pain screaming in her lungs. Yet she wasn’t angry, nor was she blaming Gekikara.
“I-I’m…not angry…” Black shakily struggled to answer, only coming out in a weak voice.
Gekikara frowned at the answer, but shrugged her shoulders before she giggled, she did not care either way of what the answer was; this hazy figure before her was a no body, and Gekikara did not care for someone she did not know.
It did not matter whether this person was angry with her or not.
What matters the most for her was her freedom.
What matters the most was to be worthy to be someone near Black, and she was going to prove it everyone, by all means of killing or eliminating them all.
It did not matter what method, just as long as she gets what she wanted.
“I don’t care either way…”
“I’ll kill you anyways…” Gekikara cooed softly at Black as she raised her arm, the blade ready in her hand, its sharp tip dangerously pointing threateningly down at Black while the insane queen kept her head steady by holding onto Black’s neck and placing all of her weight onto the raven’s stomach.
There was no escape, struggling was not an option either way.
It was hopeless.
‘This…is the end it seems…’Black stared at the blade, letting tears trickle down her cheeks as she choked down a sob, painfully trying to breath as much as what was possible.
Black watched Gekikara raise her hand higher, everything seemingly happening in a slow-paced motion, nevertheless, tears cascaded down in a long trail, never seemingly ending as it travelled down her cheeks to her chin.
‘I’m sorry.’She closed her eyes tightly, apologizing in her mind as Black had no more strength to open her mouth, she let darkness obscure her sight, and after that…
It happened…
The sound of the blade cutting and piercing flesh resounded in the silence of the humid and dark alley. Blood splattered on the pavement floor, painting it with a new and fresher deep crimson liquid…
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End of Part IX
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A/N: Long update is long! See you guys next update! I hope you enjoyed reading this.....lol, btw, if anyone's curious, Part IX is worth two updates you know, its 15 pages long in MS Word and about 6500+ words all in all.
Longest update I ever wrote in my whole time as a writer! This is my way of paying you guys for the trolling, hope it'll calm you from wanting to hunt me down~
Anyways, bye! Gotta catch up with reading other fics and commenting.
(Note: Edited this a bit and corrected some mistakes. I don't think I got them all though... Anyways, there are some terminologies here coming from boxing and basic kicks for the moves/attacks, you can find more information about them in wikipedia.)
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