When Two Undead Hearts Meet

When Two Undead Hearts Meet

By evolution-500

Genres: Horror/Romance/Parody

Feedback: Always welcome

WARNING: This story contains violence, mature themes and disturbing imagery. Reader discretion is advised.

Disclaimer: KILLER INSTINCT is a property belonging to Rare and Microsoft. I do not own any of these characters.

The crescent moon hung over the debris-covered beach, illuminating the various scuttled ships that dotted the sand. Crabs wandered, brushing past the skeletal remains of the unfortunate people and animals that had washed upon onto these shores over the ages, the crustaceans fleeing as a shining black and green portal formed close by.

"SPIIIIIINNNNNAAAAAAALL!"

A bony hand thrust out from the ground, its cutlass pointed to the starless sky, and with it the rest of the eldritch horror's skeletal body forming out from the sand along with its tartan-clad hips, its red headband-wearing skull rolling onto its shoulders, its tentacled shield blinking as it attached itself to his arm. Now fully reassembled, Spinal let out a piercing shriek, cutting the din of crashing waves.

Rolling its shoulder, Spinal felt the clusters of rope shift on its being, the ship's steering wheel impaled into his back creaking as it swung noisily.

What new challenger dared enter his domain?

From the opposite end, a young pale girl appeared holding a naginata with a red ribbon tied around one end, causing the skeletal warrior to falter.

Dressed in the tattered remains of a red and pink kimono, the white flower decal on it was long faded, the robe held together by a red obi sash around her waist and cut off at the knee, exposing her deathly pale bare feet that were caked in mud. On her left hand were some gold rings along with a gold neko-te fitted directly over her middle finger, her nails long and black. Her face, though pretty, was scarred, with two above her brow along with a particularly large and nasty-looking one slashed across the bridge of her nose. Her hair was long and black as her irises, her white eyes empty and flat. Green energy flickered from her being, her form distorted, forming a sort of distorted afterimage akin to an old glitched video recording.

Approaching Spinal from the opposite end with a slow gait, Hisako tilted her head.

Seeing her, the skeletal warrior felt something stir within him.

Looking down, he grunted as he smacked the crab out of his rib cage. Even as it fell and crawled away, however, that sensation remained, growing stronger as he lifted his eyes towards the strange girl.

His red glowing eyes stared into her pale lifeless ones, the feeling growing stronger with each passing moment.

Spinal glanced around, then raised up a bony hand, indicating for her to wait a moment.

Hisako inclined her head curiously to the side as he wandered away, the skeleton disappearing briefly for a moment.

When he finally came back, Spinal had his back toward her, clearing his non-existent throat as he swept his bony fingers along his skull, adjusting his headband, then turned around to face her. Moving toward her, the skeleton warrior presented to Hisako a bouquet of rotting wilted flowers, their petals brown, discolored and crawling with bugs, worms and other creepy crawlies.

Blinking, Hisako gave a hideous, sharp-toothed smile as she took the flowers, inhaling their scent, grabbing hold of a worm as it wriggled before eating it whole, gulping it down happily.