Tsumetai (Season 3)

Episode 13 - Matters of Understanding

Chapter 13 – Matters of Understanding

It was dark and pitch black from where I stood and where I looked as I now walked on to see the depths of my soul. I still couldn’t believe it at first but now as I drew even farther from the entrance from which I came from, it felt endless and at the same time empty. The same sensation I felt when I was still alone in the world came back to haunt me inside this place and in return I felt a bit of fear, anger and hate.

The darkness inside me began to rage as this feelings came across me. Then I remembered what shishou said. Temptations are always near so never let down your guard. It’s only the first part of the test and I’m already failing, bad. I tried to calm down and control my darkness and it seemed to work and I got right back to walking forward in this endless nigh.

I then saw something forming right in front of me from the darkness. Light energy was seeping through it as it began to form a body of a girl, a girl that’s all too well familiar to me. Her face was calm but it wasn’t smiling, her eyes which were blue as the sky looked down and sad, her hair which was platinum blonde fell on her shoulders. She was wearing that grey cloak as well, why was she here? What does Elle want with me?

“Rage, hate.” She then said afterwards she faced me. “It’s your only source of power. Just concede to it already and I’ll bring your suffering to an end.” She added as I backed away from her.

I felt my dark energy going crazy inside me as it slowly seeped out of me. I knelt on the ground because of the pain that the darkness had caused me. Damn, why me? I never wanted any of this. I just wanted to be stronger. I felt the pain continue to crush me as I struggled even harder to get up.

“Why even bother to fight it? That’s what had defined you for so long. A loner, who hates the world and in time secludes himself like a coward that he is.” Elle said with an evil smile on her face as I lay down in pain.

“Bet…rayer…” I tried to say to her but everything began to feel heavy my arms, my legs, my whole body. It was like the darkness was trying to chain me down and my anger was all that is left in my mind. The dark energy seeped through me as I felt my eyes flicker. Damn I never knew that this was gonna be hard.

“Then hate me. Resent me for what I did to you. Let the anger flow out as it fuels your power!” Elle then said to me.

I was falling for it, the temptation and a huge part of it was my fault. I trusted her with everything. I was naïve and stupid for telling her everything. Even though this was just a test it sure as hell felt real as it bit me in the back like a great white. I’m really trying to be calm and composed but the hate is just too strong in me. I needed the power immediately to kill her.

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Seiryu was still paralyzed on the ground as the dark energy around him began to rage against Elle. He felt the anger grow inside him and his eyes began to change in a red sinister color.

“Yes that’s it give in to your anger. This is the only way that you can control your darkness.” Elle said as dark energy had engulfed her as well.

“No it’s not.” A voice had said as another figure began to form from nowhere.

Light energy was present as well as it was beginning to take a form of a human as well. When the form began to clear up even more, it began to show itself as a teenage boy with short brown hair, eyes that shone a bright brown iris color as well and he was wearing normal clothes that consisted of a plain white shirt and black jeans with leather sandals.