A Tale Of True Demons - Book 1: Innocence Begone (Indra Otsutsuki)

Chapter 46: Your Beloved Little Brother

As the time ever so slowly passed by, young Ashura ended up falling asleep throughout those long hours. With the bright orange light of the setting sun no longer present and the dark night sky appearing in it's stead, the room the little boy was present in was completely filled to the brim with darkness, the kid not even bothering to light a single candle. As Ashura kept on twisting and turning from within his blankets, in spite of the fact how comfy they really felt, there was this uncomfortable expression etched across the boy's face as he so desperately tries to relax in his sleep.

No matter how hard the boy tried to comfortably rest in his futon, there was this unnerving feeling crawling up on his skin, bothering him from getting the good night he so desired. With knitted brows, young Ashura's eyelids began to slowly unfold and his eyes fluttered open. As soon as the blurr was finally gone from his vision, that's when he noticed something rather odd from within the shadows of the room.

In spite of the fact on how dark it was, he was able to make out a small figure sitting beside from where he lied. And surprisingly, the boy wasn't startled or frightened at all by this mysterious figure that appeared literally out of nowhere, for there was one thought that instantly appeared from within his mind the moment he noticed those all too familiar long scurls of hair from within the darkness.

"Elder Brother, is that you?" Ashura groggily spoke as he slowly sat up from his futon. Raising a single knuckle to rub one tired eye, he continue "What are you doing out here? You're supposed to be staying in the infirmary, remember? How did you even get here? Have your eyes even healed yet?"

Said boy however simply ignored his words and lightly pressed a hand against the younger male's chest.

"It doesen't matter, Little Brother! Just go back to sleep!"

The way those words rolled out of his tongue was rather calm, which was odd so to speak. Moments ago, he was aggressive and compulsive towards him, which in term is as well rather unusual for him to do. Obviously, this was due to the fact he was pretty much overwhelmed by his failure in protecting the girl just as he promised to do so.

And of course, seeing how he had quickly calmed down and shifted from such behavior, it actually surprised young Ashura. Anyhow, he may have noticed how unusual his sudden change of demeanor was, the boy seems to be rather clueless to how absurd his words were. All that was present in that drowsy mind of his was as expected, he was indeed very sleepy and wanted to return back to a peaceful and relaxing slumber.

"Oh, alright!" That was all Ashura responded with a drowsy voice before letting out yawn.

With that, the younger boy then used one hand to raise the blanket a bit just so he can hide himself from within the covers and lied back down on the bed. Slowly closing his eyes, sleep was ever so slowly beginning to take over the young male. That's until suddenly, he for some reason heard the soft sounds of rustling fabrics as well as oddly enough, felt something a bit heavy on his stomach.

This left the boy a bit puzzled and made him open his eyes to see what it was. Only to suddenly widen the moment he felt a pair of large hands tightly wrap around his thin throat, a strangled cry escaped Ashura's lips as he felt fingers digging into his windpipe. He gasped loudly, eyes widened in terror the moment he found the cause to why he has quite some trouble in breathing right now.

Ashura himself couldn't believe his own eyes when he found none other than his 'beloved' Elder Brother sitting atop him and straddling him, pinning him down on the futon.

"Elder...Brother!" The young brunette managed to choke out the words through the strangle, saliva dribbling from the side of his gaping mouth.

He then placed both his hands on the older male's wrists and so desperately tried prying it off his neck, but due to how weak he was as well as the fact that his brother was far stronger than he was, it was to no avail.