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VESSEL OF AN ANCIENT GOD Chapter 12
“Take cover! Everybodyyyyy, take cover!!” A soldier shouted over the walls as heavy footsteps were heard running furiously towards the gate. “Get out of here!” Jiro shouted at the students who looked dazed and in shock. “Get out now!” His spiky golden hair lit up as he jumped down from the elevated platform he was on. “Why are you still here? Run!” Jiro barked at Kakashi.“Noooooooooo!” The scream pierced the sky as his body fell to the floor.“Are you okay?” Zoa ran back towards the middle of all the chaos as she helped Kakashi to his feet. He had been knocked down from all the running of students in order to stay clear of whatever was causing the panic.Soldiers gathered in numbers. Kakashi never knew there were even soldiers until today. “Quickly raise the flag! Blow the beagle and raise the flag now!” The command came from a middle-aged looking man who was clad in cream combat shirt and chocolate flowing trousers with black jungle boots. “Move over to the wall!” The orders con
VESSEL OF AN ANCIENT GOD Chapter 13
Daichi took to the action in what took the soldiers and teachers by surprise. He swung his chaos energy in style as he took on as many chaos monsters as he saw. He was both reckless and boisterous in his flow and skill. Jiro wasn’t having it difficult with the chaos monsters. They were little and even though they still posed threats, he made light work of eliminating them. He wasn’t impressed that they made him even consider wielding his katana – the katana. Such disrespect. And with such disrespect did he take out each and every monster he was faced with.Daichi in his stand-out crimson uniform and chopped blonde hair was making a huge impression – not on his teachers and soldiers – but on his fellow students who stood admiring his courage and skill. Two monsters charged at Daichi from opposite directions with their horns on their giant heads and body that exposed muscles. They were on all fours, but they were huge with horns and a short tail. As they charged towards him, he calc
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Jiro looked exhausted as he continued swinging his chaos energy towards the chaos monsters that kept coming. “We need to close the gate. They keep coming, they are too much!” Jiro shouted his idea to the commander whose back was against his. “That’s suicide!” The commander shouted back. His voice conveyed concern. There weren’t enough soldiers around, as most had gone with the master to the field. It was unwise to put the rest in harm’s way, but something had to be done to these chaos monsters. They weren’t the highest and lethal ones but they were like ants that roamed around a granule of sugar.“We need to find a way!” Jiro whose spiky hair had fallen further down his face because of sweat spoke with determination. Jiro scouted around quickly while the commander held off more monsters. He tried to look for a way out of this, a way to get it all done once and for all. Had he made the right choice of bringing the vessel of a thousand-old demon to the safe house? He couldn’t have l
VESSEL OF AN ANCIENT GOD Chapter 15
Jay remained frozen to the spot as other students ran to the open space after the loud thud of bodies they heard. The chaos monsters were on the ground, their purple blood making an art of the compound. Some of the monsters were burnt down, their ashes being blown away by the wind. “Get back, get back” Soldiers instructed the students who eagerly looked on as Jiro Shoei was being attended to. He had no blood on him but his spirit looked defeated as all attempts to revive him in that instance proved abortive. His eyes closed, his hands spread apart, just like his lips. “There is a pulse. It is faint, but he is still breathing. We need to take him out for proper medication.” The paramedic announced. The commander wished the master of the college was around to make this tough decision. It was risky, very risky to let anyone out at this time, especially when they needed to find out exactly how these chaos monsters were able to locate and force their way in. What was to say there would
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“Help!” Kakashi screamed louder. “What are you guys doing? Do something about this. Do something fast, do something now!” The master who had just returned with the soldiers after a few days walked in on a medic attending to Kakashi.“We are doing everything we can. He just keeps burning up.” The medic replied. “They all keep burning up.” He added as he pointed at Zoa, Tanya, Daichi, and Jiro all lying beside one another. Jiro had been brought back from the city after confirmations reported his case not being medically inclined. He had followed the master’s escort. “I do not care what you have to do, save them!” The master looked from the medic to the bodies that lay motionless, their fever causing sporadic screams. “Please, save them” His eyes fixated on Zoa, his eyes begging and suffering. ***Zoa woke up in no man’s land. She looked at both sides and it was empty. She made to stand and she heard a crack. ‘What was that?’ She questioned internally. She looked down in slow motion
VESSEL OF AN ANCIENT GOD Chapter 17
“Ahhhhhh!!!” Zoa’s scream took the spotlight from Kakashi. The medics, now two, turned their heads at the same time to the direction from which the ear-piercing sharp cry came. “What could be the problem now?” One of the medics asked his colleague who looked drained of energy as he was drained of ideas. He stood with confusion written all over his face. He gripped the edge of his glove as he drew the elastic and tight material further up his hand, making a slapping sound against his wrist.They both stood gazing at the young lady who suddenly, but gradually, had veins move up her jaws to her eyes with blood clogging the eye surface. “This is beyond the realms of medicine.” Doctor Haishi Aang confessed to his colleague; who stood with the foreknowledge of what he had just heard. Doctor Haishi Aang moved closer, for further examination, to the laid patients seeking answers that eluded his professional intelligence. “What are you trying to look for?” Doctor Hiro peered at his coll
VESSEL OF AN ANCIENT GOD Chapter 18
A loud bang captured the curiosity of the readers within the walls of the library as its doors swung open with reckless abandon, shaking the very roots of the building.Surprise enveloped the faces of all the eyes that anticipated the culprits’ entrance as the figures of Doctors Hiro and Haishi Aang emerged. The Doctors scanned through the corners of the library with their eyes as they walked forward with urgency.“He is not here.” Doctor Hiro mentioned as his eyes almost completed a three-sixty-degree full turn around his head.“Where could he be? We were assured he would be here.” Doctor Haishi Aang responded with a slight aggression in his voice.“There he is.” Doctor Haishi shuffled backward as Doctor Hiro’s words halted his footsteps in motion. They both walked hurriedly into the private room in which Master Yonda meditated. They exchanged glances as if to communicate each other’s uncertainty about how to break the master’s meditation.“Your child is in pain.” Doctor Hiro loosen
VESSEL OF AN ANCIENT GOD Chapter 19
“Look at my medal Mom. Mom, look!!!” “I’m driving baby, I can’t look.” Kakashi’s mom replied, looking at the reflection of her son through the rearview mirror. “Look out!” Kakashi’s dad sounded a warning, but it was too late as the car collided forcefully with heavy rocks placed on the road. The car was on its side as the tyres spun non-stop. Kakashi who had run after the car, ran towards the car seats to open them. His strength was more than it was a few years back, but he still wasn’t strong enough to open the doors. “Arrrrrrrrrrgh!” One would think his voice was the force necessary to pull the doors out. “You did this.” Kakashi jumped in fear as his mother’s face suddenly banged on the windshield with a twisted neck to suit the position of her face, looking directly at him. Blood trickled down from her head and covered her face as her hands glued to the windshield for a few seconds. Kakashi tightly closed his eyes, letting out his held breath. He opened them a few minutes lat
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Suke tumbled as Jiro dived straight through him. Suke picked himself up. He swept all the corners of his mouth with his tongue. He raised his head halfway, his eyes hid below his lashes, a veil of darkness covering his gaze. He spat out blood, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand. “Last chance dear friend. Bring. Him. To. Me.” Something sinister chorused in his words. His tone was like a sweet lullaby in the dark. Only this time, you are alone. Master Yonda dug his hand into the sheath hung by his hip. His sword glittered in the light. “You will have to go through me first,” he assumed a defensive stance. “What the hell is happening?” Daichi’s breath quickened. His voice cracked with a mixture of curiosity and fear. Zoa stared intensely at Kakashi. “Don’t worry Dai, I will not be like my father. This will be over soon.” Her eyes darkened. Daichi’s gaze spun towards Zoa. Words hid under his tongue, but his face communicated his feelings. A quizzical look like a detective thro
Chapter 188
“Hey Zoa,” Tanya rushed to catch up with Zoa’s fleeting feet. “Zoa!” Zoa spun around. “What is it, Tanya?” She shot Tanya a glare. “I don’t like what is happening between us. I am sorry for anything I have done. Please, do not go on like this. Let us come back to what we used to be. I miss you. I miss my sister,” Tanya’s voice cracked, her face dropped into a plea hard to say no to. Zoa stood, rooted to the spot. Her eyes lingered on her, tears forming around her eyes. She opened her arms, pulling Tanya into a warm embrace. Her shoulders warmed with Tanya’s tears as they held each other in that position for what seemed like forever. They basked in their embrace, unconcerned about the passing gazes that fixed on them, the urgent feet that marched or even the touch of the commander. “Zoa!” She snapped out of her stare at Tanya. Tanya stood, her eyes still droopy. She rotated to a halt as she came face to face with Kokohashi. “Did you hear what I said?” Her head tilted. Her face cont
Chapter 187
The gates opened and the people left their mouths ajar.“How is he alive?” “What is he doing here?” “What are those with him?” Yonda rode into the place he once called home. It looked bigger and better. There were new structures scattered on widened grounds. He looked at the place he once lived; embers of fire heat underneath the huge smoke that went up to the sky from there. Huge men vacated there with black dust covering their bodies. Yonda continued deep into where their leader stayed. “Hi. Where is Master Ji?” Yonda asked the boy from the top of his vehicle. “I don’t know who that is.” The boy said and then ran away. Oh, okay. “Yonda?” The musical voice that called behind him sounded familiar. He turned around to see Maika beneath a hoodie. His eyes sparked, the memory of their last time time together filling him up with joy. “Maika.”“I thought you died.” Maika whispered. “Why would you think that?” Yonda asked. “Um, my brother said you were taken by raiders and there was no
Chapter 186
The annoying laughter from below him echoed in the back of his ears. He groaned awake, rolling on the bed. His eyes were wary of their new surroundings, parting slowly. He helped himself to sit back, leaning on the bed frame. His eyes widened as she walked in from the other room, her body drenched in water. Her eyes were suppressed under the heavy weight of beauty that crowned them. She wasn’t naked but there wasn’t much left to be imagined. She caught his stare from the mirror. Damn. What is that smile? That is beautiful. His eyes darted to the door flung open. “Oh, I see you’ve met her,” John said to Yonda, passing his glance from him to her. “She is quite incredible, is she not?” He strolled in without a care in the world. Yonda took his eyes off his brother, and back to the girl in front of the mirror. Her fingers clutched her shoulder, backing the mirror with her head dropped. She scampered off, back into where she appeared like an afterthought. “Why did you just walk in? You
Chapter 185
“There is nothing more I can say, John. You two are going to be great men.” Master Ji drew them into himself in an embrace. “Great men that will be part of the stories of the new world. You do not have to worry about the unseen. You have each other. You have a week, prepare your minds.” Master Ji dropped his hands, taking his time to climb the stairs back up. “What do you think this is?” John marched towards Yonda. “Is he trying to send us away?” “This is not something any of us possess an understanding of. It is certainly a mystery. But he has been training us for a long time—” Yonda’s words were interrupted. “Never have been trained to go on a mission. Never.” John jumped in. “Never, I agree with you. That makes this mission even more important now. There is something hidden within that we might not understand now. But I do disagree with you. The master loves us too much to ever want us out of his sight. He came for you without blinking. Alone. The master wants to see something i
Chapter 184
"Before you do that, I have something to tell you too.""What is it, Master?" John asked. Master Ji reached out to them to be guided up. John and Yonda hurried to his rescue as they took his hands, helping him up with ease."I can tell you, but I will rather show you boys what it is. Come with me." Master Ji walked ahead of them. Quizzical looks covered both of their faces as they marched behind their master."Where is this place, Master?" John called from behind."Be patient, my son.""Are you sure this is the way, Master?""Continue to follow me Yonda. Believe." Master Ji faced the wall, charging towards it."No!" Yonda and John rushed to pull Master Ji back. “What are you boys doing?” Master Ji dodged them, they dropped face-first into the ground. “Ow!” John winced. “What do you think you are doing?” “We wanted to save you,” John got up first, scrunching up his face as he held his waist. Yonda’s face peered from behind John. “You were going to hurt yourself. We had to save you.”
Chapter 183
The gates banged. No sound forthcoming sent him into a fit. Sweat covered his face. He glanced over his shoulders, scanning behind him to be sure he was alone. His breath quickened. The gate crashed with his fist banging again and again. It gave way, and Master Ji's face peered through the opening."Where have you been? Everyone is worried about you and… where is John?" Master Ji stretched over Yonda to check behind him. "Where is John?" Yonda whimpered. "I said where is John?!""He is—he is," Yonda stuttered, pointing in the direction of the woods."He is where? In the woods?" Yonda nodded in affirmation. "I've told you many times never to go there alone!" Master Ji's voice trailed. Restless, he goes back and forth. "What happened to him?" He appeared with his belt.Yonda stared intensely at the belt around the master's waist. "Wha—what is that for?""It is an emergency. Now tell me where John is, and with whom!""He is in the woods. There are raiders there. They caught him." His voi
Chapter 182
DECADES AGOClanging blades danced in the air. Their feet danced violently, shielding their lives from each other’s attack. “You seem to have gotten better. That is good. John! Careful with your wrist, careful! Left. Left. Stay there. Left. Do not run away, stay there. Yonda! Yonda!” A fresh breeze blew over his face. He followed her steps behind his head, sword in hand. The sunlight shone brighter, the spotlight illuminating her brightness more. She swayed her hips like she floated, without a burden. She turned, her hair spreading ecstasy. She smiled, and like a child in a strange place, he followed with a wide smile. His lips curved from one end of his jaw to the other. His spine shivered, cold ran through the blade pressing against his back. He swallowed, and his sword landed on the ground. He caught her from the corner of his eyes, the doors obstructing his determination. He turned. Slowly. “Put your hands up!” An order barked at him. He raised his hands. Footsteps closed in on
Chapter 181
“I need you to tell me exactly what happened.” “We were on the road here, it was dark and we could not see anything. We lost track of anything and now, we are here.” The aged man glances at the other man behind him. He nods to him and the man nods back. “We have been expecting you.” Kakashi and Jiro exchanged glances. “What do you mean?” Jiro asked the man. “Your name is Kakashi,” he looks down to Jiro, “And you are Jiro Shoei. You lost your brother when you went to a mountain, and you also lost your friend some months after. Life hasn’t been the best for your loved ones. Neither has it,” the man turns in Kakashi’s direction. “…been for you.”“It is not a coincidence that you were both on the mountain the day Lord Zodiac escaped the trapped jar. Every day has worked with the prophecy. Your father, your mother.” He turned to face Kakashi. “Your parents. It’s all going with the prophecy.” “How many prophecies are there? Because I don’t understand the prophecy you speak of.” Kakashi