by MillietheWarrior » 06/21/2012 3:30 AM
Kina chuckled faintly. “Yes, well, I do suppose you’re right. Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone what I saw, or that Kurohi can have actual feelings and tender moments.” She patted the growling fire demon on the shoulder. “Your reputation is safe with me.” Kurohi nudged her hand from his shoulder, looking bemused and grumpy, and waved to the plant.
“Enough banter, fox. Tell me what I have to do.” Kina still looked amused as she slid the potted plant forward a little, and lifted Kurohi’s hand. “
Carefully hold your hand out to it. It must bite you in order to absorb and replay your memories.” Although a dubious expression crossed over the smaller demon’s face, he nonetheless did as he was told, not even wincing when the plant bit down on his index finger. The strange flower writhed for a moment as it latched onto his hand, and then went ramrod straight, it’s leaves vibrating in a ‘whirring,’ whistling’ way as vines shot out from the soil. The vines wrapped themselves around one another, forming a square, and the blue haze that filled the square looked remarkably similar to a hologram. “Now we’ll see,” Kina muttered, standing back and staring down at it. The hologram was from the first person view, and they could see and hear everything Kurohi had. “What exactly brought you to the human world, through your own eyes.”
The giant beast made a lunge for him, and he grasped the trinket tightly in his palm. The little treasure was certainly a pain to retrieve. The thing that had been guarding it was far more powerful than Kurohi had initially thought, and the fight had clearly been going on for more than a few hours. Normally, this wasn’t a difficult thing for him to endure, but he hadn’t exactly been feeling like himself lately, and he was ‘off his game,’ so to speak. He’d evaded the beast’s grasp so far, but only by margins, and now his stamina was waning. It had been a long time since he’d fought a battle with something like this, for this amount of time. He wasn’t quite sure how long he could keep going. If only he could- His thoughts were cut off when the creature’s arm smashed through the rock he’d taken refuse behind, it’s sharpened, gleaming teeth baring down on him as he tried to escape. The damn trinket wasn’t even worth all this, he decided as it caught his leg in it’s grasp and hurled him through the air.
He winced as blood poured from the wound, soaking through his pants. That was the only shot the thing was going to get, he decided, flipping in midair by using the weight and momentum of his body to turn himself around. He held his sword aloft, catching the creature by the jaws just as it struck again. It drove him backwards into the Cliffside, smashing through rock and driving him into the face of the mountain. His sword was the only thing that saved him from a grisly death, and the monster’s blood dripped down onto his arms as it bore it’s weight down on him, it’s many claws and arms scrabbling for purchase and eking forward to rake his sides. He twisted and voided them, but just barely, and his arms shivered with the strain of holding back the beast. He had nowhere left to run, nowhere to go. Gritting his teeth, he began to gather his energy, a wall of black and purple flames running from his arm and enveloping his body. The energy was vast, but it was draining, and he could immediately feel the strain it was putting on his body as the muscles in his arms began to rip and tear with the force of it’s power.
The flames roared and crackled, their unholy, unearthly power burned and sizzling the monsters flesh; he could hear it howl in pain as it’s many arms scrabbled against the cliff side. With a roar that was not dissimilar to the creature’s, Kurohi focused the energy, sending it in an unwavering arm straight into the beast’s body. The creature shot out of the hole it had dug into the cliff, screaming and writhing in rage and agony as it flew through the air. Kurohi managed to hold his feet, swaying unsteadily as he made his way to the entrance of the gouge they’d created in the rocks. When he reached it, he nearly groaned in anger. The beast was still alive, and it was even angrier than before. But his energy had waned, and he hardly had enough now to lift his sword. Cursing himself for his stupidity, and the trinket that had brought him here, Kurohi managed to open a portal to the human world, a place where he’d be safe enough to at least recover his energy. Unfortunately for him, the creating of the portal sapped the last of his strength, and as he fell forward into the swirling mass of light, he felt darkness close over him and his mind went blank.
Kina made a humming noise in the back of her throat. “Ah, that’s quite interesting. Kurohi, what about the bite mark, and the trinket? I am eager to have a look at your little treasure.” Her eyes gleamed at the thought of getting her hands on the prize, and with a frown, Kurohi released himself form the plant, which returned to it’s normal state and folded over and in on itself as it began to brown and wilt. Paying the thing no mind, the fire demon leaned down and lifted his pant leg where the demon had bitten him.
“Nothing,” he remarked, sounding somewhat startled as he glanced up at Lolita. “Not even a scratch.” The flesh beneath his fingertips was unblemished, clean and devoid of any markings. There was dried blood crusted to his leg, but he otherwise seemed fine. “Come to think of it, I doubt I got out of that fight without a broken rib or two, and I know the muscles in my arm would’ve been shredded. So why am I not in pain at all?” Except for his head, but even that was beginning to ebb and no longer pained him like it had in the park. Kina held her hand out for the trinket, looking thoughtful as Kurohi gave a start and dug around in his pockets. He looked relatively intrigued as he pulled out a small red vial on a golden chain and handed it to the inquisitive fox. “What is it?” he demanded, wondering why the hell he’d risked his life like that for something so stupid.
“I’ve heard of this before,” Kina remarked, humming again as she observed the trinket in the light. “It’s called the Maiden’s Tear. It’s a legendary item, but one I’ve never put much stock into. The stories say that long ago, when dragons lived in both the human and demon world, a woman fell in love with a dragon. Her people found this to be revolting and burned her at the stake. She cried one final tear, a tear of blood and sorrow, before her death, which was saved in a vial by one of the men who had loved her before her transgression. When the dragon found out what had happened, he laid waste to the village, and a majority of the human population, prompting a massacre on both sides that nearly sent the dragon species into extinction. Their kind retreated into hell, where they would be safe from the slayers of the human and demon world, and the dragon took the maiden’s tear with him as a remembrance of their love. It is said that it is infused with great power, and the wearer would be unstoppable, or something of the like. It’s true origins and properties are relatively unknown, but there may be a chance the stories are true. Who knows.” She rubbed her chin curiously as she handed the necklace back to him. “What are you going to do with it?”
Kurohi observed the trinket, before placing it in his palm and lifting it up for Lolita to inspect. “Perhaps you’d like it. I don’t have any need for it. So maybe it could be…a gift…from me.” He looked away as he said this, his cheeks slightly pinked and his voice a tad embarrassed. Kina only smiled, her eyes gleaming knowingly.
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((Hope that didn't sound too ridiculous. XD I'm totally making all that up. The necklace does have special powers though, which they'll find out if they try to use it or sumfin~))
I love adventurous tales like that. That uplifting feeling that comes from seeing unknown lands and the knowledge that you came across—nothing can replace it! It opens a path from which self-confidence, experience, and important friendships—from the sharing of life or death situations—are born! But hearing it just isn’t the same. I want to create my own magnificent story!
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