I nearly made a running leap for Shane’s bed. I was so tired for all the fighting all I wanted to do was go to sleep. The pillow was nice and soft, and my muscles instantly relaxed. Maki laughed, and I cocked my head up to look at her.
“You looked like a cat,” she laughed.
“Naw,” I smirked, “You have jussst never ssseen me when I am thissss tired.”
“Are you really that tired?” Maki asked, “Hachi? Hachi?”
Too bad for Maki but I was already asleep. My dreams were scattered and utterly random thoughts moving through my consciousness. Sooner or later they formed into a labyrinth of sorts. I continued my tour not minding making a wrong move and having to retrace myself, but as my head turned to look over a corner, I suddenly wished I hadn’t….but I had…..I had seen him…..
I took a deep breath walked fully out of the maze to face him. He was chained to the walls of my consciousness, but he fought them and bared fangs. It was Dark. His features had sharpened and his skin was far paler. I stared at him a tad frightened for a second. There was no way for him to escape, but some part of me begged for me to turn and run.
“Hachimata,” Dark hissed his eyes glaring at me.
“Dark,” I said flatly.
“You’re afraid…..” Dark smirked, “Of me? Or of you?”
“Neither,” I answered.
“Isssss that sssssso,” Dark hissed, “Then why come here? To thisssss desssolate hell you forced me into……”
“I don’t know why I am here, but I am,” I answered.
“You lie…..we both know it sssso ssstop lying you weakling….” Dark hissed. He struggled for a moment and the rattling of the chains seemed to make my heartbeat come alive.
“Fine,” I answered, “I wanted to know……why you deceived me.”
“That’ssss eassssy,” Dark laughed, “You were weak…..”
“No,” I answered, “I want to know why you sssaid that I was not going to die but sssleep even to the lassst of my pleassss…..You could have laughed…..you could have told me outright that I would die….but you didn’t……”
“Hachimata…..contrary to what you may thing for I know what you think and you do not know what I think, I did not believe you were going to die,” Dark said coldly.
“W-what do you mean….” I said having to stop myself before I got in too deep with my own emotion of shock.
“It wassss my thought…..that you would become a part of me…sssleep for a bit….and dream and underssstad…..realize your wrong and together we become a whole…..when I thought you died….I had to control the immense amount of stimuli that I received….it causssed me pain….and the control wasss too much…..I became the weak one….” Dark answered.
“But I remember in your mind that you stopped to see if I wassss dead,” I answered.
“Indeed you were protesssting far too much and the darkness wasss eating away at you….I could not sstop the jutsu until you had either given up or died….I wasss ssso ssure you would give up but when you didn’t…..” a look appeared across Dark’s face that I wished I hadn’t seen. It was a look one would give to someone he cared about.
Anger flooded me, and I punched him. Dark did not struggle or try to move as I punched him again. Blood ran from the side of his mouth but he smirked. The sounds of the chains rattling mixed with the sounds of my fist hitting his cheek.
“Basssssstard!” I hissed, “How dare you give me that look…..”
I punched him twelve more times before I stopped. More blood was running on him, but he looked up and smiled.
“We are the ssame perssson Hachimata……it isss not wrong to love yourssself…..” he smirked.
I punched him again, and this time he let out a cry. It was a cry of pain, and it seemed to drill into me. I wanted to hit him and at the same time…..something stopped me.
“Heh Hachimata…..isssss that all you have?” he asked, “You are a weak one…..how did I lose to someone ssso weak?”
“Like you said before,” I said, “We are the ssame person….but I am the ssstronger.”
“You have your anssswerssss,” Dark hissed, “Issss that all you were here for? Or were you planning to beat me up more?”
“I hate you,” I hissed.
“Well then…..hate me all you want…..” Dark smirked.
I suddenly felt something pulling me away from the dream. Everything melted away until all that was left was the light trying to penetrate my eyelids.
“Did you have a good nap?” Maki asked. She was looking out Shane’s open window.
“Sssure….” I said unsure of myself, “I don’t need to sssleep anymore.”
I sat up and looked around. We were still in Shane’s room, but time had passed. I sighed and got off the bed. My shoulder’s ached for some reason or another. I stretched and found that only part of my energy had returned. It would have to do.
The large amount of biju presence was so immense I wondered why the Akatski hadn’t banged on the door yet. I laughed and walked to the main room.
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Ya I know this was kinda weird but I've never written in dreams before.
Hachi: you make me sound gay
Soji: ._.
