Snippet #1991050

Kojiro felt the sensation of wind brushing over his face, he could hear the wind whistling in his ears as he slowly opened his eyes. Everything was just a blurry green at first but as things came into focused and cleared up he could see far below him was massive field, it was so far down that the many multicolored flowers that littered it's surface were mere specs of color that grew ever visible, it didn't take long for him to realize that he was plummeting to his death. His eyes widened as the panic began to set in but the high altitude and wind velocity made extremely difficult, if not impossible to hyperventilate. After a full ten minutes of wailing while checking frantically all over his body for a cord to pull that would release a parachute and allow him to float safely to the ground, in that relatively short time of pure panic he exhausted himself, the ground had grown much closer now and it seemed as though he was falling faster than a normal person would. He'd seen plenty of videos of sky divers falling through the sky and it always seemed like their falls took much longer even without the chutes, he brushed the thought aside after concluding that they were always falling as fast as he was it just never appears that way on camera. Too tired now for more panicking he decided to just accept his fate, taking solace in the fact that falling as fast as he was he would certainly be killed by the impact instantly, his doom was so close now he began to simply count down in his head starting from 60, he was now at 10..
9..
8..
7..
6..
5..the smell of budding flowers filled his nose briefly
4..
3..
2..he inhaled what was to be his final breath air
1..
At that moment his eyes shot open and he began hyperventilating as he looked around his room, he lay in his bed wearing just a pair of gym shorts and his covers were on the floor next to his bed, it was just a dream " no way that was just a dream..it was so real " he muttered to himself while he lay there in the quiet dark. His heart was racing so fast and he could hardly believe it was only a dream, yet he was filled with an overwhelming relief. Even if it was only a dream he could certainly remember that feeling, the indescribable feeling one gets when they know they are about to die. Thinking the worst was over he attempted to slide out of bed to get himself a glass of water but found that he literally couldn't move a muscle from the neck down, just that quickly panic began to wash over him once more as he looked down at his ankles and saw several shadowy hands begin to creep along his body up to his chest. The closer to his head they got the more his body was consumed by a blackness.

" Mom! Mom help me! “

he cried out helplessly but she never came, he struggled and struggled to make his body move but it just wouldn't listen, soon the darkness spread all the way up and over his face. Everything around him began to blacken as the darkness crept over his eyes, it wasn't long before he found that he couldn't even call for help anymore, it felt like he was simply floating in an empty dark space now. " this can't be real, it can't be real " He thought to himself repeatedly with his eyes shut tight as he attempted to wake himself, to no avail.

The hunger of darkness is insatiable, it consumes any and all within it's path relentlessly said a soothingly deep, disembodied voice.

Kojiro's eyes shot open when he heard the voice and he jerked his head left and right searching for signs of life, it was no use though, it was exactly the same as having his eyes shut tight. He couldn't even call out to find whoever it is that spoke those words, and he desperately wanted to escape the sea of darkness he now drifted in.

But, were there is even a speck of light, there is hope

The moment those words were uttered he could see a speck of light grow out of the darkness in the distance, like a light at the end of a tunnel, and suddenly it felt as if he was standing on solid ground. Without a moment’s hesitation he bolted right for the light, the closer he got the more luminous until finally..He broke through it. Once again he awoke with a start in his bed under the covers, only this time he flailed his arms and kicked until the covers were thrown off and he jumped out of the bed fully dressed, for some odd reason. " Am I going crazy or what? " he asked himself, certain that his extended nightmare was actually over this time. Unfortunately this was not the case, his waking nightmare was only just beginning. He thought he could hear screams coming from outside and sauntered to his window, took a look outside and what he saw he almost couldn't comprehend, there were creatures of pure blackness of all shapes and sizes with pure yellow eyes running amok and attacking the townsfolk. This time there was no panic, whatever was going on he was going to take charge instead, and he immediately headed for the living room hoping he would find his mother still at home. When he found that she wasn't there he headed right for the kitchen but when he rounded the corner and opened the door that led into the kitchen he froze, there standing just a couple feet high was one of the smaller yellow eyed creatures, he saw no body so he hoped his mother was still in her room safe and asleep. The creature was clearly preparing to launch itself right at him and Kojiro made a split second decision, run, he took off through the house and out his back door that led into an ally, grabbing his baseball bat on his way out. Sprinting as hard as he could he hoped the monster would follow him away from his mom and when he looked back sure enough the monster was hot on his trail.

The allies of this town were like mazes and normally he could navigate them no sweat, but under the pressure he was hardly paying any attention to which direction he went and in just a few turns he found himself at an dead end. He cursed silently and turned to try and take a different path but as he did the creature came to stand in his path, the adrenalin the drove him this far without stopping for a moments rest had left his body now, his breathing got as heavy as a smokers and he could feel how worn out his arms and legs were. Right about now he was wishing he exorcised more than he did. Still he knew he had to fight to survive, as small as the creature was he was certain it was just as deadly as the bigger ones he saw from his window. Just as it did before the creature readied itself to launch and Kojiro readied himself s well, taking a batter's stance with perfect form, whatever this thing was he was sure it couldn't take a blow to the head from a steel bat. It sprang forward through the air at Kojiro, he swung and sure enough it hit it's mark, the creature went hurtling back through the air and landed " On its feet? How?! That was a direct hit " he exclaimed, dumbfounded. Not only did it take the hit no problem, but it looked like Kojiro managed to anger the little beast , it's eyes flashed red for a moment as it began to grow until it was about the same size as Kojiro. It kept its original shape though, just bigger and slightly slimmer, Kojiro shut his eyes tight and backed up against the wall. At the sight of this what little bravery he had managed was gone, once again he was facing certain death only this time it was real and he knew it. the creature growled even though it lacked a mouth to do so and readied itself to charge right at Kojiro to finish him off.

With his eyes shut tight he began to hear that voice again " The hunger of darkness is insatiable, it consumes any and all within it's path relentlessly" even though the words were grim ones that only added to the dreadful feeling of certain death, it also returned the will to fight to him.

" If I'm gunna die anyways " He said as he brandished his bat and readied himself to charge as well " Might as well go down swinging " Just as he said this the creature charged, and so did he.

Just as he was bringing his bat down towards the head of the creature and it's claws were inches away from the place on his chest were his heart would be, he heard that familiar voice once again "But, were there is even a speck of light, there is hope" and in that moment a blinding light came from his hands that clenched his bat, and instead of feeling it crack against the skull of the creature it went right through it causing the creature to explode in a puff of purplish black smoke, were it once stood there was only a heart remaining that floated into the sky. However, Kojiro was too memorized by what allowed him to vaporize the creature the way he did, to notice. In his right hand instead of a scratched up steel bat there was what looked to him like a giant key, not just a key but a key blade.

“W-what...is this? “ he asked himself as he stood there memorized by the mysterious weapon. Little did he know that it was ,in fact, just the beginning.