22. Illuminating Idea (1/2)
title: of the darkness||chapter: illuminating ideacharacters: ryou, shou, camulachapters: 22-25||words: 1,087||total: 24,648genre: family, supernatural||rated: pg-13challenge: diversity writing challenge, ygo gx, j6, multi-chapter with 15-25 chaptersnotes: it's an au. it involves vampires.summary: shou invites his
other in after ryou returns from a long trip away. that is his first mistake. it only gets worse from there.
camula wrapped her fingers around the whip and pulled, not caring how it cut against her neck. she was no human who could be held against her will by something so simple! this mortal would know how foolish she'd been to attack the queen of the vampires!
chaos hunter tightened her grip, shoving the vampire against the nearest wall and pressing against her shoulders with her free arm. "you're not getting away that easily. my whip is enchanted to restrain creatures like you. so just wait patiently until we decide who gets to kill you."
camula laughed despite the pressure on her neck. "oh, you fool. do you really think this is all that you would have to do in order to destroy me? don't you even remember what i've done already?"
the hunter started to say something else, but her words were cut off when ryou's hand closed around her neck and he pulled her away from camula with little more effort than he might've used to flick away a fly. he stood before the vampire, every line of his body in a defensive posture, and she reached up to run her fingers through his hair.
"did you forget i have two slaves here, who will obey my every command?" camula's lips twisted into a dark smile, one that showed her dagger-like fangs. "or did you think that they would serve your cause when they belong to me?"
"i think we need to regroup a little," yuusuke murmured, moving carefully to go check on chaos hunter, who hadn't moved since slamming into the stone wall.
camula stretched out her arms, shadows dancing and swirling all around them as she did. "what you need to do is stop trying to avoid your fate and bow down to me."
darkness waved one hand and the shadows gathered closer to him, twisting and mutating until a small army of gray creatures stood between her and him. "no." the creatures hissed in unison, soft murmurs and whispers echoing all around as they glared at her.
yuusuke urged the hunter to her feet; her eyes remained a trifle glazed, but her steps were steady as they moved back. camula moved forward herself, fury blazing all through her.
"how dare you!" more words than that failed her and she gestured again, this time sending ryou in front of her. shou now stood by her side, large eyes wide with anger and fear, and kenzan's growl echoed all throughout the corridor at the sight of him like that.
he didn't stop with a growl, either. a ripple of energy washed all over him and left scales and strength in its wake, along with the slit eyes of a lizard and a mouth full of teeth sharp and numerous enough to combat a vampire with.
"try whatever tricks you like! nothing you can do can stop us!" camula howled, gesturing ryou forward again, this time turning him toward manjoume. "destroy the storm mage, my pet! end him!"
why manjoume? yuusuke's thoughts flashed swift and strong, if a bit confused. storm mages are powerful, but they shouldn't be that much of a threat to her, especially with darkness here. was she afraid of what she could, or couldn't, do to the demon?