Onihunter Yuna

27 Flashback

"Where should I begin?", asked the girl.

"After I left, you and Yui went to sleep, right?"

"Yes."

"What happened next?"

Yuna dug up the repressed memories from the back corners of her mind. "I was woken up by Yui. She had seen a dragon."

"A dragon?"

"A beast Oni. We called them dragons, back then."

"Original."

The blue-haired continued. "We've heard fighting sounds. Shots. Mother screamed. Yui was terrified and hid in a corner of our room. I took my kendo sword and went into the hallway. A beast had killed mother. Ayu was crying beside her body. I attacked the beast."

"That was careless."

"You think, I don't know that myself? I just reacted. I wanted to protect Ayu from the beast."

"It's okay."

"Father appeared next to me and shot the beast. I picked up Ayu and suddenly there was Tirr. He threatened to kill all of us. Father attacked him, but had no chance. Tirr hurled him into the living room. Then he dragged me and Ayu also there and took Ayu from me."

"What did he do with her?"

"He put her head in his mouth."

Yoshiro swallowed hard. "Did he ...?"

"No. He put her down on the floor. Father jumped up and rammed his sword in Tirr's stomach. Tirr beat father up and nailed him with the sword to the wall."

"What did you do?"

"I did nothing. I was so scared. Tirr hit father again, so I yelled at him. Leave us alone!, I had screamed. Tirr came towards me and threatened me."

"Did he hurt you then?"

"No. He called his "children". He used these exact words."

"The beasts?"

"Yes. One should eat Ayu. I begged him to spare her. Then ..."

Yuna thought about how she should shoot her father. What would her "uncle" think of her, when she would tell him, that she was willing to do it? She looked at Yoshiro and decided, that he didn't need to know. At least not everything.

"What happened?" The mentor watched his pupil exactly, so that he would not miss any emotion.

"He ... he wanted a Coke."

"A Coke?!"

"He's crazy."

"That's true. So you brought him a Coke?"

"Yes."

She remembered how her father had suffered. The anguish in his eyes. The endless flood of blood that was everywhere. How he asked her to do it, to save her sisters.

"Tirr wanted me to shoot father.", whispered the blue-haired.

"My God. Did you do it?"

Yuna hesitated. "No. Then he picked me up and ..."

She thought about how Tirr had played with her. How his grisly paw stroked through her hair. How he sniffled at her and then licked her cheek. The loathsome feeling when his rough tongue slipped down her cheek.