The figure facing him was that of a beautiful woman in her mid twenties. She smiled at him slowly and lowered her hood. “You look hungry, and cold.” She said in a singsongy voice. “Yes, but I just want to get home.” Thomas replied though the warm fire and table she was now beckoning to… Continue reading Home (Part 5)
I slowly rose off the ground. Here I was hoping that coming back to the land of the living would be the end of all this mess. Carefully I held my hands out in front of me showing no hostility. There was no way I could fight this many soldiers in my condition and make… Continue reading Jin and the Solstice of Blood (Part 41)
[Going to be extra short this week due to my work] Ikiru suddenly coughed and began to move. “Where is he?” He mumbled and started to look around as he attempted to shift to his feet. “He’s dead,” I said, pointing over to the body of Izanagi that lay several feet from us. Ikiru looked over… Continue reading Jin and the Solstice of Blood (Part 39)
My vision became blurry as I watched the life drain from Izanagi’s eyes. His mouth moved into words that I couldn’t hear, and he became still. I tried to focus my thought and stay conscious as I looked down at the sword which was still protruding from my torso. I grabbed it by the pommel… Continue reading Jin and the Solstice of Blood (Part 38)
Inazagi still had yet to draw his blades and was standing over Ikiru. He had somehow knocked Ikiru’s sword from away and was poised to deliver a blow with his fist. Acting as fast as I could, I rushed towards them, my sword swinging in an arch that would be most difficult to block. Inazagi,… Continue reading Jin and the Solstice of Blood (Part 38)
Ooruchi slithered away as best she could as I struck at another one of her heads, however, with her increased size she was much slower than I was and severed another head from her body with a sidestep and a quick stroke. Spinning to avoid another of her attacks I finally landed a solid blow… Continue reading Jin and the Solstice of Blood (Part 37)
I charged forward along after him. Drawing my sword into a swing, I attacked at Ooruchi who suddenly transformed before me into a massive eight-headed snake. One of the heads lunged towards me, and I narrowly avoided its strike. Ikiru, on the other hand, was using my distraction to work his way towards Inazagi who had… Continue reading Jin and the Solstice of Blood (Part 36)
We all stood there until Inazagi finally broke the silence “I never thought you, of all people, would make it back here Ikiru.” I saw that he moved his hands down to what I saw were duel katana, one on each side. “Well, Inazagi, that’s just how much I hate you,” Ikiru responded, preparing to draw… Continue reading Jin and the Solstice of Blood (Part 35)
The darkness turned to a bright flash of light, and I found myself with Ikiru in a long hallway. The walls were made of wood like a castle and banners hung on them. In one direction it seemed to stretch on infinitely. In the other direction, there was a door, with a large seal over… Continue reading Jin and the Solstice of Blood (Part 34)
Ikiru began shouting as he pushed against the oni ramming down the doors. For a moment they were evenly tied until suddenly the massive oni started to give and the doors slammed shut, leaving us in darkness. I began to feel cold. Wow, you’re pretty strong there. I said awkwardly to break the silence. Also, isn’t it getting… Continue reading Jin and the Solstice of Blood (Part 31)
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