Imperfect Love

Part 12

I run as fast as my legs take me. The whole race is around 3 hours to get to the end of the river. As I run, I notice Adler swimming alongside of me. I realize this all a game to him. To me, it is about life and death. The lives of the villagers, the ones I grew around and am fond of. Panic runs through me and urge myself to go faster.

Around 1 hour into the race, I am sweaty and panting. I need to continue on, but my body needs to rest. My body forces me to slow down and I am walking before I know it. It takes all of my energy to continue walking. I slowly try to move my head to look at the river. I don't see Adler. The bad part is that I don't know if he behind me or in front of me.

As I am walking, I notice how serene the forest is. It calms me down a little until I hear loud roar around me. I decide it's time to run again. Out of sheer fear, I start running once again even though my body protests. If Adler is in front of me, I have to catch up to him as soon as possible.

As I am running, I realize that Adler has tentacles which can help him swim faster. What if he is already done with the race? The thought makes me push myself more. I feel like I have been running for ages. My heart starts to pound through my head. I start to feel a little dizzy, but I realize that I am almost there. I don't know if I am hallucinating or not, but I see a figure waiting by a tree. I realize that it's Adler. My heart sinks when I see him and before I know my body starts to sink into the depths of the river as well.

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When I wake up, I feel something wrapped around my waist holding me up. I look up and see Adler in tentacle form swimming through the river in the direction of the village. I struggle to get out of his tentacles and he brings me up to his face. One of his eyes is the size of my head.

I feel fear and terror course through me as I realize what the results of the race meant. He is now is going to take me away and kill my village!

"Let go of me!!! You overgrown monster!!!!" I scream at Adler. I can't let him kill anyone. Adler looked down at me and I see sadness in his eyes before they turn into anger and bloodlust.

"Kaaya. You made a deal with me! I cannot let you go now! I will have to kill you village! Don't you dare scream at me!" Adler's voice is deeper and scarier when he is in this form. The tentacle around me shakes me around and I feel dizzy. Back and forth. Back and forth. Along with my extreme fatigue, the dizziness is not going away. Slowly, I start lose consciousness once more.

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Adler POV

As I am in my kraken form, I look down at my Kaaya. I accidently moved my tentacle too much and she fell unconscious once again. I don't mean to hurt her. I don't think she understands how much I actually care for her. She is different from everyone else. I feel like she meant to be with me. At first when I saved her in my smaller form, I considered letting her go and die. These humans ruin nature and take up all of Earth's resources. They don't deserve to live with all of their disgusting pollution. I feel myself getting angry at the humans before I remember Kaaya in my tentacles.

I smile softly when I look down at her. I still remember how I met her and I smirk. At the time she didn't know I was a kraken. She was so adorable when she blushed. She is absolutely perfect for me and I for her. I protect her from the rest of those vile human beings. I have to get rid of them. I have to kill them. That is the only way she will be safe.

Currently, I am swimming toward the old the village where there is no one there. I wish for my little gem to rest for some time. She needs to get her energy back. I plan to take her to an isolated island where we could enjoy the rest of lives together in peace.

I have lived for quite some time, but still maintain a youthful appearance. I never had what humans call a mother or father. To be honest, I don't quite remember how I came to be. I know I am supposed to be a monster, but I don't like that word much. If I can't kill anything, how am I supposed to quench my bloodlust? Humans naturally disgust me (with the exception of Kaaya) so I decided to kill them off. In the end, it is either them or me who die. I just so happen to have the physical advantage over them.

In the past, humans have tried to kill me even though all I wanted to do was befriend them. Kaaya was the first human that I laid eyes that didn't scream or try to kill me. It doesn't hurt that she is absolutely stunning in my eyes. I fell in love with her at first sight. I don't want anyone to taint her pure soul. I am killing them for her.

Still in my kraken form, I look down at Kaaya. She is unconscious. I rush to village faster. She should have woken up by now. Why isn't she awake?!