Kisei no Shinryaku

Chapter 19

Chapter 19

When the elevator opened, no-one else was there. The trio looked out at an empty floor and they decided to continued running until they found the parasite. After a few hours they found a dark hallway, which Azuma missed, but Dai spotted instantly. They were steadily progressing through the hallway, when Azuma looked behind him to check for anything attacking from behind.

"Dai, check this out!" Azuma exclaimed.

There was a piece of paper floating gently to the ground. When Azuma looked up to see if someone had dropped it, he saw nothing but the ceiling. He looked down at the paper in his hand.

"Stand very still. If you move, I will kill Kiyomi" Dai read aloud, shocked. When did Kiyomi get involved in this? I thought we had lost her, Dai thought, not daring to speak in fear of his friend being killed. Dai hears footsteps and knows that it isn't Azuma. He wouldn't risk moving either, with Kiyomi on the line. Azuma gasped at whoever was approaching. Dai couldn't turn around and see, still frightened of who it might be, and still pondering about how Kiyomi got here.

"Two rules: don't move, and don't talk." Kiyomi approached, a knife to her own throat. She was bloody, and her arm had teeth marks, as if she had been eating away at herself.Behind her was a man, who had a tan line on his forehead, proving him to be lord Yagani. Only people of royalty got tanned from wearing a crown so often. He was bare chested, and looked as though he hadn't eaten in awhile. He is not an easy target, Azuma thought. He was muscular, and slightly beat up, most likely from fighting back when the parasite tried to possess him. Obviously he failed. The parasite in Lord Yagani's body walked up to Azuma and gently stoked his cheek.

"Ah, you could have gone far. Shame, I have to kill you," the parasite whispered into Azuma's ear. Azuma was freaking out about Kiyomi, and couldn't think of anything else."It's up to me," thought Dai.