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
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
“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
“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
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
“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
Doctor Hiro felt the nerves buzz through his body like a wave of electric current. He didn’t lie to the Master, but he wasn’t truthful either. Doctor Haishi had undermined the supreme authority of the Master by going out to look for Oz, even if it was for a good cause. That would usually attract a heavy penalty. “Maybe he will be merciful. After all, he changed his mind later.” Doctor Hiro conversed with himself.“Sir, sir?” A nurse intensified her calls on Doctor Hiro.“What is the problem?” Hiro’s tone is unappreciative of the disturbance to his self-consultation. “I think you need to see this.” The nurse led the way after her last words, urgency in her footsteps. Doctor Hiro got the message as he ate up the distance between them with three giant strides.They got to the beds and the nurse pointed at something... or was it someone? “Hello?” The doctor called out from a safe distance. His neck stretched to give his eyes a clearer view of the figure away from him. “Hello?”“I can h
“H—ho... how?” Doctor Hiro expressed his shock, the magic he had just witnessed left his eyes doubting the untruth he had just seen. Speechless, he looked on as Kakashi sat up, catching his breath and the reality of his environment. “Oh God, another place. Where am I?” Kakashi groaned as he dropped his head into his palms, trying to rub the banging headache he felt away.“Can you feel your head?” Doctor Hiro peered at Kakashi, walking closer to his bed. He held his forefinger and middle finger up to test his vision as well.“Two. And yes, I’m fine.” Kakashi answered.The doctor stepped back a bit and questioned the stranger with his looks. Kakashi looked around after a quick relief from the head-splitting aching he felt. “You. You. I recognize you. You were there, weren’t you?” Kakashi fixed his gaze on the stranger.“There? Where? You were somewhere? Where? Were you with others? Alone? Did you see Doctor Haishi?” “Argh” Kakashi’s groan signaled the revival of the headache and this