(Chi)
'The girl will come for you soon, remain here.'
The voice plagued my mind. It had known that she would come for me but her presence was not enough to calm the escalating rage of the demons remerging with my absent soul. I had so many things I wanted to say to her, ask her, but the joint needs and wants of the damned were overpowering any coherent thought I may have had.
'KILL HER! KILL HER! KILL HERRR!'
They were so loud! I felt my hand itching for the Muramasa, wanting to free it and see her blood flow freely across my blade. I could only force out one last plead to her. I was losing control.
"Miss please!"
As I met her eyes I watched them harden but still retain a small fraction of the compassion that lived in them. The emerald color in them shone even in the consuming shadows. But in the coming seconds that last semblance of control over my actions vanished.
(Misaki)
His next actions were swift and aggressive. I forced my body back as the long sword he had at his back was brought before me. His swings were wild and rough. His intentions were clear; to flay me from scalp to heel. There were no whites left in his eyes and the black venomous lines that marred his skin became more prominent. A part of the human version of myself was overwhelmed with sadness; but this new being I'd become saw the enemy in front of me and prepared to rid the world of it.
I side stepped his wide swing, restraining myself from drawing my own weapon. But in my eversion and staying just out of reach I knew that much sooner rather than later I would have to put an end to this.
"Chi-san you must stop."
Again I shifted my weight to the left as his blade came screaming down. He didn't respond. A growl emitted from deep within him and as he lunged at me he disappeared in a plume of thick black smoke. My deep rooted intuition told me that he was still here and that my guard needed to remain up. Hissing inwardly in frustration I freed the Katana Amaterasu had given me from its scabbard at my waist and raised it. This was something I had wanted to avoid but I could leave myself vulnerable no longer. Running two fingers down the length of the blade it glowed a dull yellow before returning to normal. I waited silently in the middle of the yard, hearing him before seeing him. I spun quickly around and landed a mid air kick to his chest sending him crashing into the once closed Soji doors of the home. His home.
He was back up and clashing his sword with mine before I was able to blink. His strength was astounding as it forced me a few steps back to keep my footing.
"Chi, you must listen to me."
Many voices spewed from him in response. "The boy cannot hear you. It is we who control him."
A deep rooted sadness and concern rooted itself in me., How many demented souls lived within his body now? How many within this damned blade?
"Onegaishimasu!" I pleaded. I gritted my teeth forcing him back before our blades continued their assault upon each other. As he forced my Katana close to my chest I took sight of his exposed arm and pulled mine back splitting a small sliver of skin there. Taking a quick glance at my blade I saw that the blood was as black as ground ink.
(Chi)
I could hear her pleas but there was no way for me to respond to her. I wanted to concede but I was also starving and felt the unbearable heat in the pit of my stomach as a result. The only solution was death and the voices were unanimous in who's life they wanted.
'we must stop.' I voiced.
'who are you to command us?! The many!' they screamed.
As I fought internally my body fought the goddess externally. I could see that she was trying hard not to hurt me but when her Katana bit at my arm the screaming and hissing ceased. I sucked in a sharp breath of air like I had been held underwater.
(Misaki)
He suddenly fell forward on the hilt of his sword, gasping for air. I did not know if this would work but I knew that now was the time to try anything. I placed both hands on his temples and allowed the magic that rested deep in my soul to pour into him.
His darkness was deep and i sifted through it and the many demons that fought and clawed at the light I gave him, stinging me each time they did so. Even as I concentrated I tasted the bile and blood in my mouth. He was just so corrupted. I continued to contend with his demons but doing so brought me to my knees and caused a small amount of blood I'd tasted when I began to become overwhelming. I couldn't hold onto him much longer. The demons were refusing to part from him.
(Chi)
I had no idea what she was doing but whatever it was could only be described as a sense of warmth. Opening my eyes I took in just how close she was. Her long eyelashes that brushed across her cheeks, and the smooth contours of her face and narrow jaw. She was perfection. But then her lips parted and blood fell from her mouth, marring that perfection.
"No...." I mumbled in horror.
'yessss! We will make you watch as we destroy her.'
"NO!" I shouted. And in my terror and anger we were forced apart, her body flying halfway across the yard. I needed to get away from her, by any means. She spit up blood into the white rocks, staining them. Her gaze returned lazily to me.
"Chi-san..." She groaned.
I backed away shaking my head. "Moshiwakearimasen."
And I was gone.