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)
Ikiru began to whisper words in the language he had spoken earlier. He took the swords from Izanagi and stabbed them into his now lifeless body. Using the blood now coating the blades he splashed it at me whispering all along what sounded like a chant. The blood was still hot, in fact, it started to… Continue reading Jin and the Solstice of Blood (Part 40)
[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 was right. In this form, I was sheltered from the cold. The icy blasts of wind didn’t touch me. However, I could see him trying to hide his shivering as we trekked along the frozen plane. If crossing the fires of the first level felt like an eternity then passing the wastes certainly felt like… Continue reading Jin and the Solstice of Blood (Part 33)
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