A loud chatter from far away chiseled into Doctor Haishi’s ears. His eyes overcame their shyness and let themselves open up gradually. They were in the woods. Light beamed from three tents, while some people slept on the ground and he could see two men standing, mugs in hand. The fresh bones left to the ground to feed on, cups rolling in rhythm to the waves of new beats the wind produced, and the crackling fires that introduced to his nostrils, a sudden feeling and a new desire, all suggested a possible feast had gone down. Doctor Haishi groaned as he made to stand. His body felt overweight and restricted. He was lucky people came to his rescue before the snake had kissed him. He hated snakes, right from when he was a little boy. Why did they always have to move deceitfully? And what was the need for their tongues to taste the air? His hatred for the cunning beasts extended to its whole family of reptiles. Of all the worries that didn’t look left or right before crossing his mind
The rain had stopped a few hours ago, but the trees’ inability to keep secrets would have informed you of the rain falling. Earth wasn’t left out as it became darker and soaked. The clouds might have given way for the sun to shine through the sky, but the lit moon took its time to shine. It liked the attention it got, so it took more time to soak it all up. The birds took to their heels as the tree branches were ruffled by the super speed of the doctor who ran for his life. His occasional bumping into things didn’t seem like it hurt him. His lungs must also wish to not die because they never showed their pain. Doctor Haishi took a halt as he listened to hear the sound that had just flown past his ears. The chirping of birds, the hisses he couldn’t differentiate but hoped weren’t snakes, tree branches breaking, the whistling of hunters... each sound, no matter how low they were, filled him with panic and fear. ***“It’s been more than enough time now to go after him.” Yoda made kno
Yoda ran to where the horses were kept. He peeped from a distance. His eyes scouted for Kokohashi without success. He looked at the horses, about three or four were missing. His breath warmed his face as he stepped out further. He saw Kokohashi’s back in the distance. He was riding on his notorious white horse. Two horses accompanied him from the back. He clenched his jaws. That should have been him.When he perceived safety, he came out fully from his hiding. He looked at both sides to check if anyone spied. He was satisfied with the results his eyes came back with so he marched toward the horses. The neighing and stamping of their hoofs got the horses’ caretakers concerned. He stepped out of his tent to check the inconvenience that caused their disgruntlement. A figure jumped on the back of one of the horses for the second time asking, his posture wasn’t good but he readjusted to ride. His vision of who it was wasn’t great so he dashed toward the horses to close down the spy.“It
“Hey, I know you.” Daichi pointed as he squinted his eyes to see the stranger clearly, “Yep, it was you.”The stranger cracked his tired bones, and without a word in response to the student who had just spoken, he directed all his energy and strength into conjuring up enough chaos energy he needed to go back in to save the girl. ***“No no no no no...” A voice rued the sight before him. He saw Tanya’s veins push out the liquid they carried. Her body lay in silence, hopeless, and... lifeless. He rushed toward her without any thought. He bent over her to check her pulse. It was still faint. He was relieved. ‘If I didn’t know any better, I would think her dying would be the best situation for the genius plan of yours.’ He kept on applying pressure on the body he looked to save, paying no heed to what his mind conjured up. He tried with no evidence of his pressure working. His face had become tired from worry and he was trying to focus his thoughts on the right things. He needed to
The loud slamming of the doors and the forceful movements of the trees outside filled Suke with goosebumps that rose like flour over his cold skin. His eyes paraded the room for the figure that had just run past him in a flash, but there was still no lead. He moved in suspicion, but carefully. His back ached, although not as much as it first did. A sudden swirling of black dust came through from a corner of the room, moving toward him. It roared but moved nothing in its path. Suke stayed in the same spot, wondering how it got in. He knew what to expect, so he fell on his face.“IS THIS STILL ALL PART OF YOUR PLAN?” The wind roared its question“Yes, My Lord. I need to save them all quickly. I need to win their trust. Moreover, I think you might be able to possess the boy’s body faster than we thought.” Suke responded“FASTER? REMEMBER I AIM TO KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT THE LINKERS.” The wind reminded Suke of its plan.“Yes, and that is one of the reasons I came up with this plan. It wil
“Gotcha!” A wry smirk curved on the corners of Yoda’s lips. This was the perfect way to worm his way back into Kokohashi’s heart. He licked his lips at his unbelievable luck. The stranger strolled tiredly over the grass, walking in between scattered trees. His backpack loosely hung back. Yoda looked on to see the direction in which the stranger moved. He wondered how he didn’t see the horse tied to the tree. Must be tired. He smiled as he decided within himself to give the stranger a heads-up. After all, he had no horse to move with.Yoda walked back to where he stayed. He laughed ecstatically at the decision to come. It was the best decision after all. His smile was wiped off at the thought of Yiro for a moment, but he quickly waved it off.“He will love me now.” Yoda’s cheeks turned red. He took his sheath that lay on the ground, hung it over his shoulders, and made out to the journey at hand. He got to where he tied his horse and kissed it before climbing its back. “Beautiful g
“Hello dear friend” Doctor Haishi jumped up as the voice came out of the darkness, his heartbeat skipped a bit. “Wh—whaa...” Doctor Haishi lost his ability to speak “Or shall I say, hello... spy?” Yoda blocked the path of Doctor Haishi with his body. The slow sound of a sharpened blade clanging against iron chilled the doctor to his bones. His legs turned to vegetables and Yoda loved the fear displayed on his face.His sword looked short for how long it took it to finally escape its sheath. Yoda let his tongue taste the blade before swinging it in the doctor’s face.“Please please please please...” Doctor Haishi couldn’t say any other word. He drew back with every step forward Yoda took. His hands begged just as his mouth pleaded. Yoda clicked his tongue, waving his forefinger side to side in the doctor’s face. It was dark but the moon and stars rose to the occasion.Yoda was enjoying every minute of this. He wouldn’t mind putting an end to it all but he thought of Kokohashi and
“I HAVE GOTTEN HOLD OF YOU NOW HA HA HA...” the man’s back was turned to him, but what his eyes took in was a speechless sight. The man before him had the face of a man, he had two legs and two arms. They were longer than two adult men’s arms joined together. His legs were like springs that just stretched longer and longer as much as they wanted. It had a back filled with muscles and veins that could be seen. His body had no skin, it was a show-glass revealing everything. He had no guts, his heart was larger than normal and dark in colour. His body was red and cream, maybe his blood made the body. His muscles were thick and intertwined like tree bark. His body was like a giant structure made with bricks and thick layers of muscles. Kakashi gasped as he saw the face of the figure before him. His face was filled with hair that ran over his cheeks and extended to horns on his temples. He laughed maniacally, revealing his sharp fangs. “LITTLE LITTLE LITTLE BOY...” The man hopped on