Fade to Death

Chapter 15: Kiki's Training, Kira's encounter

"Welcome back, sleepy head." Marsha taunted.

"Hand me my beanie."

Marsha opened the pod and gave Kiki her hat. She helped Kiki get out and tended to her wounds. Marsha told Kiki that they would begin training the next day.

Kiki wakes up and dresses casually. She walks from the house to the forest with a backpack. She arrives to be greeted by Marsha.

"Good morning! Today, I'm gonna show you how to use your Aura as a weapon. First, pick your weapon of choice. Laying on the ground were bows and arrows, spears, swords and shields. Kiki desired none of them, for she was a bad archer and overall terrible fighter. However, Marsha opened a douffel bag and took out a weird looking kind of gun.

"What's that?" Kiki asked.

"It's called the Healing Enemy. It's a gun that can shoot bullets of Aura that can heal or hurt the person it is shot at. Although, it can change into the Gemini Blades for close range fighting. I know you are not very skilled with swords, but the Gemini Blades, which are two, hence the name, can easily be mastered. These are the two basic forms. There is the final form, which combines the two, called the Healing Enemy of Gemeni Blades (both names combined). This not only hurts the enemy, but the user, so it is only to be used as a last resort. Got it?"

Okay, but shouldn't you give it a shorter name?"

"Since it appears to be a normal gun when it hasn't been activated, it is overall called the Pistolado."

"Mhm, so how do I master it?"

"You're going to train by fighting with me everyday until you win. But, in order for this to work, you have to come with the intent to kill, as I will too."

"If I don't succeed you'll kill me?!"

"No, no, no. You've got it all wrong. Come at me with the intent to kill, meaning with all your strenght. I'm not making us kill each other, okay?"

"Fine, let's begin."

While Kiki and Marsha trained, Kira spent the day trying to figure out what happened on the night that he "died". He found himself in the dark, red-cloud-filled room that he had visited once before: his conscience and the Amuleto merged together. Yuuki was standing in front of him when he opened his eyes.

"What? No furniture? I'm so boring." Kira joked.

"Actually, the entertainment room is right over there." Yuuki replied unexpectantly.

Yuuki drew a camouflaged curtain back. Behind it was a giant room with a bar, fridge, video game consoles, sofas and chairs, and, best of all, a giant plasma screen tv. Sitting on the giant sofa playing video games was Jonah, whom Kira hadn't met yet.

"I'm going to live here now." Kira kept joking, acting amazed.

"Okay, joke's over. Why'd you come?" Yuuki said seriously, drawing the curtain down again.

"I want to know want happened the night I 'died'. Marsha said that only she and you guys know. But she didn't want to tell me. Psh, that evil bitch."

"No, she wanted to spare you. She's worried about how you'll take it. I think she's trying to protect you from it."

"Meaning that you won't tell me either?"

"I'm your vampire half, I was reverted back when you put the Amuleto on before you passed out. I can only remember the things that I have experienced when you transform into me. Only Jonah and Killer know. They were the ones who experienced it."

"I've no idea who Jonah is. Possibly, the boy plaing video games in that room?"

"Yes, he is your human half. He is the kindest and most sincere person here."