[Continued] From Part 1
Tangled Revolutions
Chapter 2: Escaping the Past
The river currents brushed against Faith’s legs as she stood knee high, bending over carefully cleansing the sticky red mixture offs her trusty katana. Faith sighed, dipping the blade repeatedly into the water watching the blood slowly dissolve into the river’s depths. Faith was still seething with anger thinking of what had just occurred a few moments ago in that ally way. She hated the smell that still lingered in the air, the scent of blood. The irony was everyday that smell seemed to grow more intense and it bothered her from time to time. Especially the time, when the scent would fill the air causing her to imagine her in a graveyard filled with bodies around her. Each starring at her with lost hope and their eyes filled of the dying spirit within. Among them stood two people, their blood seeped down their skin as their faces were whiter than freshly new snow. They were her parents…They waited with wide open arms for her to come join them in the sea of death that would forever envelope them. It scared her most that in her parent’s eyes, instead of seeing herself reflected she saw her brother grinning back at her…
“I’m nothing like him.” Faith whispered, breaking from her thoughts. She resheathed her katana and began dunking her blood stained black leather jacket into the freezing water. “Miko’s nothing but a blood thirsty monster, which enjoyed killing our parents as if it wasn’t a big deal at all and I’m absolutely different from him in every way.” Faith found herself comforted by this, it soothed her anger and the feeling slowly disbursed from inside. “I had no choice but to kill Maruno, it was a matter to kill or be killed…Right?” She asked herself aloud, stopping her cleaning route to stare off into the nightly lighten sky. Faith knew she was wrong, she indeed had a choice and she choose Miko’s path to solve something. Faith confirmed this while pulling her damped jacket out of the river. She waved it about trying to dry it off as flecks of liquid flew into the air. Faith finally came up with a decision. “No more killing no matter what kind of deadly situation I must never walk the path of my brother.”
: The next day:
The morning sun’s rays stretched down to the world beneath it starting another new day to come. Among the crowds, shifting in and out of them, Faith slowly makes her way down the sidewalks. She passes by many different stores, ever vigilante. Being with that uneasy feeling that someone could recognize who she was, the dangerous Faith Tanaka everyone feared. She felt a pair of eyes glaring at her in back of her, they burned through her soul. She turned to amber eyes that she had been tormented by so many times. She backed up causing her to fall on her butt and as she looked up again those eyes were gone. She laid her hand on her heart which was pumping rapidly in shock? Where had she seen those eyes? Faith stood up and dusted off her black shorts. Faith knew her brother had amber eyes but him coming up to her in a place like this hardly. If he knew were she was how come he didn’t just deal with her already. Oh that’s right in a twisted way he needed her alive to put the blame on someone, just lovely. Each time she had killed one of those government officials her face was featured in the next newspaper about another murderous rampage. Faith sighed and backed up into someone’s arm.
“Sorry!” She exclaimed, turning to see a familiar face.
“Still ignorant as ever I see, sister.” The blonde haired man said, sending her one of his famous grins before walking off into the mixed crowds. Faith’s eyes snapped open as she reached out grabbing his arm to turn him back to face her.
“Miko you ba-“She yelled, but her heart cut her off and froze in shock. In her grip was not her brother but a young girl about the age of 15 years old or so and she looked up at Faith with big innocent smile.
“Do I know you?” Came the girl’s voice etching with curiosity, wondering why this woman was gripping her so hard. Faith released the girl and scratched the back of her head.
“Uhh…sorry mistaken you for a…a friend.” Faith hesitated at the word she had described her brother had now felt extremely sick. The girl nodded and went off into the distance. Faith watched in dismay, putting left hand in her pocket and used the right to place it on her forehead.
“What’s wrong with me, why am I seeing these visions?” Faith whispered, letting her right hand to fall to her side. She shook her head, trying to erase the thoughts she had before continuing down the road herself. Dawn seemed to hit in a matter of minutes as Faith unsuccessfully was unable to find a place to hide out at, while strolling down the endless streets and side walks. Suddenly a group of men pushed passed her in a rush as footsteps trampling from behind her after the men. Faith turned coming face to face with a childhood friend, Minoshi Misaki. Faith never expected to run into the chocolate haired woman. Than again she wasn’t expecting what Minoshi did next as she watched people scatter, screaming their hearts out. Blood…All of the blood from the men who tried to escape from Minoshi dripped down from her famous Kudachis.
(Kudachis are like things you hold on your hand and a blade kind of comes out ughh just work with me here…) Minoshi smirked at the fallen bodies and licked the freshly drawn blood off her blades in satisfaction. Faith’s insides twisted inside out with disgust. Her friend was clearly enjoying herself, an Assassin like Maruno and Faith was glad Minoshi hadn’t noticed her presence. Faith was a bit surprised by the grin after all; back in the past she seemed more of a kind of person that was incompatible of any kind of emotion. Now it was different with this murderous grin planted on her face and her copper eyes sparkled with excitement. Minoshi stopped her “moment” and stared up directly at Faith. Minoshi sneered at her making Faith wondered what was on Minoshi’s mind right now. Was the girl assigned to kill her or did she need her for another reason?
“Why are you here Minoshi, need my help or here for a fight?” Faith asked, still wondering if she should reach for her weapon to counter any unexpected attacks. Minoshi approached her with her kudachis in hand. They were shaking furiously in her grip. Minoshi halted and tilted her head quizzingly at Faith.
“Help, you said? Yes I need your help Faith.” Faith breathed out a reliefing sigh, feeling her tense muscles relax.
“How can I help you Minoshi?” Faith asked, smiling at her friend. Minoshi’s smile widened, “Well you see I need you to stand still so that way your death will be quicker and easier on me!” Minoshi yelled slashing Faith’s left shoulder. Luckily it didn’t penetrate her skin too much. Faith staggered away from Minoshi gripping her shoulder in pain. Faith could see Minoshi’s blades coming down on her for another swing but this time Faith managed to get her own katana out and blocked the attack. The blades crashed into each other as Faith tried her best to keep one away from her throat and the other from slashing her side. Slowly Faith could feel Minoshi over powering her as she skid backwards on the sidewalk. Faith looked to her right to see the many people gathering around them. Each interested in what was going on between the two women, probably wondering why they engaged combat or something really perverted. This is exactly what Faith didn’t want, attention. Thought with her being distracted by the crowds, a sharp blade struck her in the side and Minoshi managed to flip her kudachi horizontally breaking Faith’s defense. Faith fell down again landing on her butt as her katana slipped away from her hands a few feet away from her. Faith immediately went to reach for her gun but her motions were halted by one of Minoshi’s kudachis pressed against her neck.
“You lose.” Minoshi proclaimed happily as the crowd applauded at the amazing battle or rather Minoshi’s win over her. “Prepare to admit defeat Faith Tanaka.” At the sudden address of her name people began cheering her death. Faith didn’t care though…She had to agree she had lost the round but this battle was hardly over.
: End of Chapter Two.
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