"No ! No ! Don't do this, it really hurts . Sorry dad , I will not do this again, I will not try to escape from this mansion . Please forgive me for my sins." A little child is crying, sitting on his knees .Pleading to be spared to a middle-aged man staring angrily at the boy with his arms crossed. The child's body is full of bruises and scars." Now that you know the secret behind our magical powers and transformed from a mere rabbit into a prince. So, learn to behave like a prince too. You are no longer normal and to me you are just a tool. I am your puppeteer and you are the puppet. Your strings are in my hand. So do as I tell you, otherwise I will have no reason to keep you. Remember this" As the man finished his statement, he left. "You're just a tool, you're a monster, you don't belong to this world, no one wants to be with you. You're just a curse 'scum bag'" Such voices started reverberating in his ears..."No! No! No! No! No...!" The little boy, cried out in pain while holding his ears.
"Yes, now I remember. No one ever said these words to me. They have always seen me as a demon and a curse." Minamoto was thinking about his past. His eyes were closed. Inoue rested her head on his chest. With a soft beam a tear rolled down from his right eye . And he said "Thanks Ichika! " " Ichika...? He panicked when he didn't get her answer. "Ichika..." So he shook her body, his hand got covered in blood as he reached her back. He saw a puncture wound that penetrated the skin of her back, as if someone had attacked her brutally with any sharp object. "Ichika! Ichika! Are you okay? Ichika What happened to you?" He was scared. And suddenly he marked that Daruma is no longer in the ground. After turning his gaze around him, he found Daruma standing with that beast. He had a disgusting smile on his face. "Prince, I think I took you and this girl a little too lightly. Sorry for not showing all my powers from the beginning. but do not worry . I'll show it to you now." " I told you not to mess with Ichika, if you have done this to me I wouldn't have get so angry as I am now. I was thinking of letting you go. But it's too late. You did Hurt her. Now you're gone " He raised Inoue's head and made her sit by the tree. "Ichika, get some rest, After defeating him, I'll take you to Miss, Tamiko." Minamoto was proceeding to fight Daruma, and suddenly Inoue pulled his hand. It seemed like she wanted to stop him. "Don't worry nothing will happen to me, " he said with a smile. He was burning with anger. But still he controlled himself and decided to fight with his normal powers. His eyes were covered with hatred and despair " So, you're still not going to fight with all your might, but I won't hold back. When I am encountering such an animal. One who doesn't need a transformation to prove that he is a demon" With a swift motion, Daruma went inside the body of that beast standing next to him. He began to look like a ware-wolf.
The fight began
Daruma tried to attack him from behind, moving quickly... Minamoto sensed him. So, he raised his leg to hit him but he ducked. "Wow... that was close" Daruma spoke in his mind. He disappeared but Minamoto did not move from his place. Suddenly he started laughing, his voice was clearly heard but he was not visible. "Prince, now you can't see where I am. how will you kill me . Give up, or it won't be good for both of you." Minamoto didn't answer him. He stood there inclining his head. Minamoto's silence really pissed him off. The thought of being ignored made him more angry. So, he came out from where he was hiding. And started jumping around that abandoned area, circling Minamoto. And suddenly he jumped up and tried to cut his face from the left side. Minamoto felt him again so he used his left hand as a shield to protect his face but unfortunately Daruma was able to harm him. The evil man really felt ecstatic after hurting Minamoto. So, he decided to continue this trick to win. While finding a way to strike him next. he said " I did not know that prince you would be so weak. That means I was wrong "he was jumping from this tree to that tree." Prince tell me one thing do you still remember. How weak were you? When you didn't have any supernatural power. In our entire clan you were the only one who was unable to change yourself. And see, now that you can be transformed. Still no one likes you. Your father hated you and your mother, to him you were nothing more than a tool. And your mother still sees you as a curse. He tried to confuse Minamoto so that he could attack him without getting hurt. And it worked. Minamoto started thinking about his past. How did everyone hate him? And used to call him a curse just because he was different. He froze "Yeah I'm a curse, I don't deserve to be near anyone especially Ichika. I can't hurt her anymore." Minamoto murmured, while blaming himself for everything. "Akihiko" suddenly Inoue shouted . "Don't listen to him, he's just tricking you. So, that you can't defend yourself. You are not a curse, you are not hurting anyone. You are the most precious person in the world please come out of your past" when Inoue was reassuring Minamoto. Daruma got a chance to kill him with one stroke. So, he doubled his speed and dashed towards Minamoto. All of a sudden Minamoto felt someone's warmth behind him. He looked back and found Inoue bleeding, blood was flowing from her body like a stream of water. She let him lacerate her body to save Minamoto. She was about to fall to the ground but Minamoto caught her. Seeing her covered in red blood. His eyes turned black. He put her to sleep under a tree. He transformed from only a bunny prince to a monstrous bunny. His nails got bigger, three lines appeared on both of his cheeks, and his shoulders broadened. He ran towards Daruma angrily. who was petrified. He tried to make an escape but was caught by Minamoto. He jumped on him and sat on top of his chest . he started jabbing him fiercely. His claws were sharp and pointed, due to which a deep injury appeared on his face and neck. The way he was attacking. He might have succeeded in killing him, but "Akihiko!" Inoue's voice stopped him. His hands stopped as he turned around and remembered that Inoue need to be treated first . He regained his consciousness. He was about to leave but meanwhile Daruma whispered something in his ear, dragging his hand. after listening to him. His eyes enlarged, he was in a great shock, the tears couldn't stop. he said nothing. Just turned around and kept walking towards Inoue. The moment he left Daruma turned to dust. He died of a deep injury inflicted by Minamoto. In his last moments, he had a strange loathsome grin on his face.
"So, you saw everything ? Mr. Takahashi's new look really terrified Takemichi. "What are you?" he asked . " Ah ! I guess I can't do anything now but to erase your memories. The memories of me in this look ," he shook his head, "Huh..? Erase the memory?" Takemichi Was bewildered "I guess you still didn't understand!" Mr. Takahashi took some glittering dust out of his pocket and blew it on his face. After breathing in the dust, he fainted and fell on the floor. "Hmm... well, you should sleep like this until I finish my work" after Takemichi faints. Mr. Takahashi destroyed Yaki's body. He lifted Takemichi on his shoulder and left the place.
" Akihiko! you are fine I'm glad to know it," Inoue said with a trembling voice while gently brushing his face. Minamoto remained silent as he shook his head and began to caresses Inoue's injuries with his hand . A yellow light illuminated the whole place. The light was so bright that Inoue had trouble opening her eyes. But gradually all her wounds healed on their own. She felt relieved. She got up and saw all her wounds were cured. " Akihiko, how did you do that? wait . So, that day all your wounds were automatically cured. Because you are a healer. But why aren't you healing yourself now?" Inoue remembered the incident when she first saw his healing power on his second day at school." And you haven't told me anything about that day yet . Why were you hurt so much back then?" She panicked immediately. "That day I punished myself for hurting you . But they healed on their own because you were saddened to see me in that condition. But now they're not getting better because I don't want them to be okay "a gentle expression appeared on his face." But even today I cannot see you with all these wounds covered in blood. I am hurting inside to see you hurt. Please, don't do this!!" Inoue cried, begging him to heal himself. "Ichika...listen" he placed both of his hands on Inoue's face "I won't be the cause of your sadness again ." From today you will never have to cry for me anymore. But whenever you feel that you are alone and no one loves you. Just remember one thing that there is still someone in this world who loves you very much, gives you more importance than his own life. Ichika "I love you." When Minamoto was expressing his feelings to Inoue, his tears couldn't stop. Inoue was in the same boat as him . She was blushing, crying and was very surprised. she didn't know , what to answer back. "Ichika, I'm sorry" he said, placing his head on Inoue's head. At first she did not understand anything but when again a bright light appeared. She realized that he is trying to erase all her memories of him. Like he did in the past. She raised her head and as she pushed him away she cried out "No! I don't want to forget you anew. No... I can't." Minamoto's eyes lit up. But still he stood up and pulled her closer to him, tightened his grip on her hand and again laid his head over hers. "No ! No....I don't want to live without you. Please don't do this . You said you don't want to hurt me but you're still hurting me . No..." She tried her best to get away from him but lost consciousness right after Minamoto finished the process. Minamoto took her by his arms and carried her to a broken house in that abandoned area and laid her there on a broken bench "I'm sorry, Ichika. I love you more than anyone in this world but I have to leave your side to keep you safe. If it's in your best to stay away from me, I'm willing to do it. As long as you're okay, I don't need anything else." He was murmuring to himself , while looking at Inoue's face. He draped his coat over her. Because all her clothes were torn.
Before leaving, he kissed Inoue's forehead. He went to a local telephone booth. And called Takemichi . Here Takemichi was lying unconscious on the chair next to Mr. Takahashi at school . There were no one else except the two of them. He woke up when his phone rang. His head was aching. Still he received the call. When he picked up the phone, Mr. Takahashi felt something suspicious. Minamoto asked " Hello are you Mr.Takemichi Genji?" "Yeah! It's me. Who are you?" His voice was quavering. ""You don't need to know me. I'm calling you because I saw a girl near a deserted area next to 'Horikoshi Gakuen High School.' She's unconscious. She's in a red gown. If you know her, come here. I got your number from her cell phone, so I called you." After completing his statement he immediately disconnected the call without giving him a chance to reply back. Takemichi stood up saying "Inoue is in danger." He was really staggered. He didn't say anything more than that and ran away steadily ignoring Mr.Takahashi. But he was also astounded to hear about Inoue. Because he knew well that nothing could ever happen to her if she is with Minamoto. So, he also went after him to know the matter.
To be continued....