Strange Occurrences

Fragments and Doubts

Fragments and Doubts

The moment his eyes had met the sight of Death the Kid, Asura already knew exactly who and what that boy was. After all, they were both fragments made from the same Shinigami and fragments could always sense it each other. Asura was pretty sure that Kid had felt something too, whether he said anything or not.

Since that day, the older fragment had rather curious and wanted to get to know is long-lost little brother. However, the task was a bit difficult, considering he wouldn't be able to see him in person because of Death himself. Lord Death knew that he was free and would most likely be very careful. The Shinigami, being the protective father that he was, was most likely watching Kid to make sure they would not get in contact.

Asura would not let that get in his way, ever. See, he was a very persistent man. In the end, he always got what he wanted and that would never change, he would make sure of that because there was something that Lord Death didn't know. Asura and Kid were two halves of a whole, two fragments that were drawn together. As such, they had a connection that Lord Death wouldn't understand. With this connection, he didn't even have to be physically with Kid to contact him.

After thinking about it thoroughly, he had come up with the perfect idea. He would start by getting into the younger fragment's head, then he would proceed to drive him mad. There was no doubt in his mind that Kid was a strong-willed boy and it would take time but he was patient. Who knew, maybe he could just push the boy close enough to the edge to lure him away from his father. The very thought made the grin on his face widen.

Of course, this plan was working out perfectly. He had only been at it for a few weeks and Kid was already showing the promise he'd hoped he would. Asura also managed to learn a few useful things, too. Things like the fact that Death had apparently not changed much at all. The Shinigami was still a liar. In a way, he felt sorry for his younger brother.

His brother had been created to be the perfect fragment. Lord Death must have assumed that by creating a young, naïve fragment, that he wouldn't have to worry about creating another version of Asura. The old man was nothing but a fool. Even someone so innocent can be tainted and he would prove that.

The madness hadn't infected the young Shinigami yet but it was starting to, after all, he could practically see into the boy's mind. Doubts were already starting to sink in and any sort of trust was withering. Things were going much better than Asura had anticipated and that made him very happy.

Soon your son will be mine, Lord Death.

Death the Kid was having yet another nightmare but this one was so different from the other one that he'd been having. This time he wasn't surrounded by the familiar black water nor was he being dragged down. No, this time he was just simply in dark room. A room dark enough that he couldn't see a single thing.

The young Shinigami walked forward blindly, as if expecting to find some kind of exit. The longer he walked, the more he figured that there was no exit, just like before. However, he did suddenly hitting something, or someone, forcing him to bounce back. Kid was too curious to ignore the urge to look up. Of course, he didn't expect to be able to see anything but that wasn't the case.

Standing in front of him was man much taller than him, who was wearing a red jack but was mostly covered in bandages. It was odd... Everything else was black but not him. To top it off, he was getting a strange feeling from him.

"W-Who are you?" Death the Kid asked before freezing up as the noticed those all too familiar flesh-like scarves and quickly backed away. "Y-You..."

The man grinned and took a step forward. "Who am I? I think you already have an idea as to who I am."

Kid's eyes widened as took a few steps back, "You... You're the Kishin. How did you get in my head? Get out..."

"I'm here because of our connection, of course." Asura couldn't help but chuckle at Kid as every step took back he took bigger steps forward. "Oh, don't be like that dear little brother, is it so wrong for me to want to spend some quality time with you?"

The younger fragment looked at the other male in confusion. Little brother? What did he mean by little brother? What was he talking about?

"Little brother...? What are you talking about?" Kid said as he glared at where the Kishin's eyes should be, "I don't have a brother and I most certainly do not know you."

At first it seemed like Kishin was caught off guard as the grin on his face was replaced by a frown. However, said grin quickly returned.

"Oh, I get it, father never told you, did he?" The older fragment smirked as his scarves quickly rushed forward, wrapping around Kid and pulling him towards Asura. Just close enough for Asura to whisper in his ear, "Death is a liar, he's always been liar but I assume you know that already. Right now, you are thinking to yourself, 'why, oh, why does he have to hide so many things from me.' Am I, right?"

It became very obvious that Asura was using his silver tongue to tempt him and honestly, it was hard not to give in. However, Kid was very strong-willed and it would take much more than that to sway him. That didn't stop him from thinking about it though, since he had been thinking about it for a very long time. The fact that his own father didn't trust him enough to tell him the truth angered him.

"Don't think for a moment that you know me because you don't," Kid snapped and shook his head, "Father must have a good reason to not tell me the truth. He is just trying to protect me and he cares too much about me."

The Kishin shook his head at Death the Kid. There was no way the younger fragment could fool him. After all, he was in his brother's head, had been for a while. That has given him plenty of time to get to know him. It was most likely that he knew more about Kid than Kid knew about himself.

"Silly, fragment, I'm in your mind, you can't hide anything from me. You've had doubts for a very long time now. You hate that he is always lying to you and you're beginning to lose trust in him. Don't you see that he will never trust you? He's just using you, that's all he has ever done."

By the now the words were really starting to sink in but he still didn't want to believe him. The only way he would truly believe him was if he confronted his father once more. Kid could tell when his father was lying and only then would be able to finally if this Kishin was telling him the truth.

"You don't believe me yet but trust me, you will come crawling back sooner rather than later," Asura whispered seductively, "I will be here when you do."

Right then, the young Shinigami woke up, his eyes quickly opening as he took a deep breath. That had simply just been another dream but now he had even more doubts. Perhaps that was what the Kishin was trying accomplish but he couldn't deny it. There was no denying that the other male knew him a lot more than he thought he did.

Soon, very soon, he would finally confront his father about this... There was no escaping the truth this time, no, kid would not accept it. He would no longer be that naïve and clueless boy that his father wanted him to be.

|I know this chapter is a bit shorter but I promise they will start getting bigger again when more things pick up. I just really wanted to do a chapter like this before I did anything else. |