Chapter 194 - 194 The Best And Worst
Chapter 194 – 194 The Best And Worst
Eventually the scene shifted again. This time, Kat felt a comforting feeling settle over her quickly. *I wonder if this is what people feel like in my aura. If I had to describe it… it's a bit like being under a blanket in winter.*
While Kat was enjoying the feeling, the rest of the scene was coming into focus. There was of course the figures of fire and ice, to represent the infant twins. They were laying down in a mass of fluff which was now more clearly obvious as their mother's tails.
Kat couldn't make out particularly small details like the individual fur like she would in real life, but Chiharu's tails were clear to see, though she only had four in this memory. Her hair had a slight blue tint to it, but that was all it was. As if someone had stretched blue plastic over a mannequin and called the job good enough.
The figures were on a bed, which was rendered in rather spectacular detail compared to everything else. As far as Kat could tell, even examining the details, it looked to be perfectly representative of its real-life counterpart. The sheets had wrinkles in a few places, and while Kat couldn't make out the individual threads, she was some ways away from the scene and was saving her demonic energy for now.
The bed itself was quite large, even accounting for Chiharu's tails, she didn't even take up a third of the surface. It was clearly designed with a disregard for floorspace. There were also blankets near Chiharu's head that had been discarded, likely in favour of her tails.
The rest of the room was also quite focused, though not to the same level as the bed. It was clearly an offshoot of a larger area, because the room seem to continue 'forever' rather than the strange white walls that were present in the previous memories.
On a chair nearby was another indistinct shape. Kat couldn't see the details on them but considering the blue plastic like coating and the large circle behind their back, Kat assumed that it was Enuko.
There were a few more details to the room, like a square to the left of the bed that must have been a painting, but contained nothing Kat was able to make out. There was a box with some other things on top of it, but if the box was a table, or a maid's cart, and what the items on top might have possibly been were unclear.
"This is a very calming scene" said Kat
Minor nodded "This is the last time we were all together before the attack. In many ways it is the happiest memory we both possess"
"Well, that is more than a little depressing" said Kat
Minor flinched at this "Well… I mean… No, I stand by that statement. I've not had the chance to truly make memories of my own outside of those few days with you. Everything else has been watching a play of Major's life"
"Major does have some happy moments, but I'm almost certain she couldn't shake the feeling something was horribly wrong. You haven't seen her, but she practically threw herself into training
"She is the youngest three tail in history for a reason Kat. It was only once she achieved that status that she finally took some time for herself and started to actually live a little. Then the beast king started his nonsense and well… I happened" said Minor sadly.
Kat used her tail to bring Minor into a hug "Don't worry, it isn't your fault. Plus once I'm done here you might be able to start making memories"
Minor frowned "I doubt that for myself, Major will be able to take over again"
Kat lightly thumped the back of Minor's head "It will be better. I'll make sure of it"
Minor smiled, and tried to soak in the atmosphere "I can almost believe you when I hear you say it"
Kat laughed "Don't forget, I can't lie. It will be better"
Minor smiled, "Pretty sure that's not how your curse works. But I'll try"
As Minor said those final words, the scene shifted again. Things started shifting. The world seemed to dark, and a chill started to creep into Kat's bones. *Just lovely. The only way for me to get cold is with strange dream magic.* Kat shivered as the scene continued to darken. Even with her true sight and night vision, the scene was eerie, and the shadows seemed to reach out.
The room was clearly defined. There was one large cot, with two sleeping figures of fire and ice intertwined with their tails covering each other for warmth. A blanket had been thrown off of the pair and hung around their feet.
The walls contained a number of colourful paintings that looked like beautiful vistas, covered with a layer of film hazing the details just slightly. There was a large window across from the cot, and the bright light of the moon shone a dark red.
"Minor, you don't have to watch this" said Kat suddenly realising what was about to happen.
"I've seen it before" said Minor with a hitch in her voice.
"That isn't my problem" said Kat as she snaked her tail up to cover Minor's eyes, and placed her hands where Minor's human ears would be only to find smooth skin. *Right. Duh, she has fox ears Kat.*
Kat now had the slight problem, of not really knowing how to be careful around fox ears. *Is it safe to like… squish them down? Should I just put my hands over the entrance? How do these even work?*
But the memory was not content to wait for Kat to brace Minor for what was to come. Kat heard the window shatter quietly and watched as the glass stayed floating in place. A figure flittered in through the window, dodging the glass that was held in place.
A second followed behind. Kat wasn't able to make out much, though not due to lack of quality. Both assassins were covered head to toe in tight black cloth with a mask covering each face. One was blue, and the other purple, but both in very dark shades.
The one in the blue mask took the corner next to the door, and clung to the wall above it, presumable to get the drop on anyone who might have come through. The purple mask one walked slowly over to the children.
They carefully removed a bottle from within the pouch Kat hadn't noticed attached to their side. Unstoppering the bottle purple reached out to move the firey figures face, seemingly so they could poison them.
Kat flinched as a loud boom shook the room. The assassins both froze in their movements and looked to the wall behind the twins, frozen, or perhaps waiting to confirm the sound. This proved to be their undoing.
A second explosion rocked the room as the wall shattered and the crystal-clear figure of Enuko flew through the wall. She had armour or ice surrounding her, arms transformed into furred legs with claws, and tore the assassin in purple in half with little trouble.
The poison shattered on the floor as Enuko scanned the room for any other intruders. Minor was shaking in Kat's embrace at this point but Kat just pulled her closer. In the memory the twins were very awake and crying now. Holding each other for comfort.
The blue assassin didn't stay hidden for long. Enuko managed to spot them hidden above the door and charged at them arms outstretched. Snarling as she struck the assassin who jumped forward into the attack.
Enuko's arm went straight through the assassin in question. Ripping out their heart and a number of other organs, that splattered against the wall. However just as Enuko went to lower the 'corpse' on her arm it flicked out its left hand.
Kat could see Enuko's eyes widen in horror as she tried to grab whatever the assassin had thrown but miss by a hair's breadth. Slipping slightly on the ice she had created, Enuko overbalanced slightly and had to throw away the assassin in question to recover her balance, before charging over towards the twins.
This all happened in just a split second, but it was too late. The small bead the assassin had thrown tapped lightly onto the twins. Enuko's eyes widened in fear, and she threw out some ice to counter whatever it might be.
The chunk hit the bead and catapulted it into the wall. Where it buried itself there. Enuko turned, ready to ensure that the two assassins on the ground were dead. When one final explosion rocked the room.
Pure mana exploded from the two corpses on the ground, the figure of Ice wrapping itself around the figure of fire, as Enuko quickly tried to throw up a shield and then… the memory stopped.. Everything froze, like someone had pressed pause on a dvd.