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Part 42: Secrets
Info
Writer
Dougurasu
Character Introductions
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Character Deaths
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Arcs
Hikari Crystals Arc
Siren's love for Zesshou Arc
Hitori loves Shuhan Arc
Secret of the Tiko Tribe Arc
Kyen Koh's Identity Crisis Arc
Timeline Entries
The Story
Endless Rain
Part 42 Secrets
© Dougurasu
“Ow… my head…” Hitori said whilst rubbing her forehead.
“Hitori!” Zesshou was glad to see his secret love finally wake up, “Are you okay?”
Hitori sat up straight, but was having trouble keeping her balance, “No… I’m not. My head…”. Suddenly she remembered something, “Shuhan! Where’s Shuhan?”
Nagata sat down next to her, “Shuhan? Shuhan died half a year ago. Don’t you remember? You were in the same room when it happened.”
The other Mikomi soldiers had made a camp near a forest. The light of the campfire drove the blackness of the night away.
“Shuhan… died…? I don’t understand… I don’t remember anymore…” Hitori said.
Zesshou frowned, “You don’t remember? You remember me, don’t you? And you remember who you are, right?”
Behind him Siren was grinning, “She doesn’t remember… That wasn’t really the idea, but I like it.”
“Yes. You’re Zesshou. And I’m Hitori… Lady Hitori of the Mikomi. What happened to me?”
“You were slowly walking away from our camp, crying out Shuhan’s name and then you reached a cliff. Before I could reach you, you made a two meter fall down. You were immediately rendered unconscious.” Nagata explained.
“I was? For how long?” Hitori demanded.
“Two days.”
“Two days?!” Hitori asked with disbelief, “What about Shuhan?”
Zesshou stood up, “Hitori… Shuhan is dead. You were there… You were the only one there.”
“I… really don’t remember.” Hitori said, trying to hold in her tears, “Half a year ago… Half a year…”
“Lady Hitori.” Nagata started, “I really think you should give someone else command of our mission to save Baku. I don’t mean to be blunt, but I should be appointed to lead this group.” Nagata didn’t really know what he was getting himself into, but he had to do this. He felt it was right.
“Save Baku… Yes, I remember. Yes. You should take command, Nagata.” Hitori said, “I really need to sit down…”
For two days Kyen Koh had been wandering aimlessly around the Sendo village. Both days she had stopped in front of her and her father’s house. She hadn’t slept there in over four months. She had not dared to speak to him after she was degraded to commander of the seventh legion. The seventh legion… She had seen her soldiers only twice. Both times she was laughed at and a few of them were even joking to defect to the Mikomi.
“How did you get that hairpin?”
It had been two days ago since she was asked that. She glanced at the hairpin again. What was so special about it? All she wanted to know was why Baku said she wasn’t really evil just before Lana hit him and he stumbled and passed out. He didn’t answer her question. In fact he wanted her to leave. He said he wanted to think things over.
“Kyen!”
Kyen Koh awoke from her daydream and looked around. She found her father standing on the porch of their house. He had seen her looking at her hairpin.
“There’s something I must tell you, Kyen Koh. Please come in…”
“You called, Empress?” Tebok said while kneeling before Lana.
Lana sat down on her throne, “Yes, Lord Tebok. I have a mission for you. Our scouts have found the Mikomi. They’re hiding in the ruins of the Chi village. I want you to take a legion and exterminate them. Search them for crystals, but beware. I don’t want you touch any of them. Let those Mikomi bring it here,” She smirked and drank some of her wine.
Without question Lord Tebok agreed and assembled his troops.
“You see her?” Pyro asked, “The girl with the long brown braids?”
It didn’t take long before Moyasu had spotted her, “She’s the one with my pendant?” Moyasu’s arm was still in the process of healing, but she was allowed to walk around the Tiko village, but only with two guards accompanying her. It felt awkward being so free, yet so imprisoned. She wasn’t allowed in any of the buildings, or out of the gates.
“Now you know where your pendant is, but first we need to get you out of here.” Pyro said whilst looking around. The guards weren’t close enough to see or hear that Moyasu was talking.
“Pyro… What is the Tiko’s secret?” Moyasu asked, “You mentioned they were hiding something from me…”
Pyro looked troubled, “I know… Do you really want to know?”
“I really want to know.”
“Okay.” Pyro said, “Take a left turn… NOW. Run!”
Surprised by Pyro’s immediate response she veered off from her path and entered an alleyway.
“Now right through that door!”
She turned right and banged against the door. It flung open and fell out of its hinges. Just as she stumbled in, three Tiko members in robes were working on something. An intense light covered up what they were doing. When they noticed Moyasu they stopped.
Moyasu almost began to scream. A Sendo warrior was standing there, tied up, his face looked terrified, with tears streaming down of his cheeks. His feet were covered by a giant crystal. In fact the crystal was an extension of his feet.
“What the… oh my god… are you transforming people into crystals? Get me out of here!!” Moyasu screamed.
Kyen Koh sat down in her house. It hadn’t changed much… her father was already old, so he wouldn’t go and shift the furniture.
Her father sat down in front of her, “Kyen… What I’m about to tell you… might startle you… That hairpin was not given to you by your mother.”
“What? But you told me that she did… I remember her giving it to me.”
“Kyen… Mariko… you are not our daughter… Nor was Aiko. We found you both in the woods. We found Aiko twenty three years ago and we found you a year later somewhere else. We have no idea who your parents are… You were carrying that hairpin when we found you. It’s the only lead we have to your parents…”
Lana visited Baku, like she did every day, hoping to extract some information on where Hitori was, or how to get the Hikari Crystals. This time, Baku was smiling when she entered the room.
“Sister! How I’ve been waiting for this moment.”
“Ha! There’s a nice change. Finally having some information for me?”
“Yes. It’s about Kyen Koh. A long time ago… our mother’s hairpin vanished. No one knew what happened… but I did. I knew of your daughter with Layou, Lana. I knew!”
“You knew?! You never said anything.”
“No I never did. I was afraid our father, Afrain, would not believe me… But I’ve had some time to think and I came to the surprising conclusion that Kyen Koh is… your daughter.”
To be continued
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