The Story of Blitz : Chapter 12 - Approaching Darkness

A girl was blasting ice at the two guys who were trying to get her. One of them uses the plants in the shop to attack her. She blasted them apart with ice blasts and because she was at a disadvantage, she ran off. She found herself running in the streets blindly with only one objective in her mind. Back.

Back at the temple…

Luna woke up with a start, her hair tumbled in front like curtains parting her face.

What a weird dream…She thought, pushing back the covers and getting up. She bathed herself and came out, looking refreshed, but still not feeling too well. It was when she was filling water from the pond that a fact jolted her.

That girl in the dream…

She looks like me…

Except… Her eyes were glowing…

“Yeah right.” She said out loud to no one in particular as the water filled up. “I can’t freeze stuff. I’m just normal.”

Although, it wouldn’t hurt to try it out for fun right?

Feeling dumb, she stretched her palms out, focusing to freeze the water in the pond. She waved her palms, expecting to see the water freeze into an ice mirror, but…

Nothing. The water is still as clear as liquid glass.

“Freeze…” She muttered under her breath.

But still there’s no change.

Well, she thought, picking up the bucket, that just proves I’m just a normal human. Feeling lighter and cheerful of all a sudden, she left.

A bird flew down from the tree. Spotting the pool, it dived in with a small splash to bathe itself. It was barely a second when it gave a sharp chirp and flew out of the pond.

The pond, which has been liquid, suddenly froze into a pool of glacier ice.

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Luna was watering the plants happily when footsteps alerted her. Sensing someone near her, she looked up and dropped the bucket in shock.

It’s that man again, dressed in all black. And he’s smiling at her. That teasing smile that made her heart flopped over like a fish.

Like now.

“So this is where you live…” He said, picking up the bucket that had fallen and setting it upright. “They told me that a witch live up here but all I see is a beautiful shrine maiden tending to her plants.”

Luna couldn’t move, couldn’t even speak. This guy is just too mysterious and sexy. Oh dear, there I go again…She thought.

“Do you do fortune telling?” He asked.

“Oh, um, of course. I do palm reading.” She said, regaining a bit of her composure.

“I see…” He pulled off one of his gloves and held out his hand to her. “Will you read mine, please?”

Luna touched his hand to see his palm lines and kept her eyes on them, aware that the man is watching her with slight amusement.

“…………I can’t.” She whispered.

The palm that she had been reading touched her hands gently. His nails are not pink like normal humans, they’re a pale metallic blue in colour. So strange.

“What is it?”

“I can’t read your fortune…” She muttered, dropping his hand and picking up her bucket. “I’m sorry, but maybe you’ll have better luck with the omikuji slip.”

She turned to run but the man grabbed at her shoulder, not so hard and not so gently either. “Wait, please.”

“I-I got things to do…” She said, shaking him off and running into the temple, her sleeves flying.

The man regarded her figure with amusement and smiled.

Looks like he’s approaching… He thought.


Luna had retreated back into the temple and shook.

What’s with that guy? I can’t understand. I can’t read his future… It’s all blank. What’s scary is his eyes. Those volcanic blue eyes with their ravenous look. That predator hunting prey look.

His touch, she held out her hands which are trembling. His touch…

It’s just like the Phantom’s.

A blast of pain throbbed in her head and she gasped as a vision whammed into her head. A shadowy figure. She couldn’t see his face, but that smile is exactly like his.

Do I….know him?

“What’s happening to me???” She gave a sob and buried her face into her lap.


“Luna!”

Blitz came running up the steps, carrying a food container stuffed with chicken and vegie sandwiches. He hoped she like it. The chicken were slightly charred because it was leftover from last night and he had kept in the freezer then reheated it in the oven with high temperature. But he’s going to hope she does not know that.

He stopped with slight surprise.

She’s not here again…

But the plants are just watered, so she should still be here.

The temple…maybe?

He was about to take a step when someone approached from the corner. A man in his twenties, dressed all in black. He doesn’t look like he’s from town. And he’s definitely strange looking. He seems to be smiling a very secret smile, as though he knows something that he doesn’t.

When he caught sight of him though, Blitz could swear that the man’s eyes flashed dangerously for a second, giving him a look of pure hostility. But that’s crazy. They had only just met.

“Um, hello.” Blitz said, standing his ground.

The man eyed him. “Are you here to see the shrine maiden?”

“Yeah. I brought something for her.”

“There’s no need for that…” The man leaned against the wall of the temple casually. “She doesn’t want it.”

Blitz felt something inside him snapped. They had only met for a few minutes and already he dislike this guy.

“What’s your problem?” Blitz said, staring into his eyes. What a weird shade of blue. Volcanic blue.

“You shouldn’t touch things that aren’t yours, boy.” He said, his eyes filled with mockery.

“What are you crapping?”

“Stay away from the shrine maiden.” The man said, his long hair blowing in the breeze.

“Who gave you the right to say that?” Blitz said, setting the container down on the front landing. “She’s not your property.”

“On contrary, she is…” The man said, giving him a smile filled with mockery and amusement. “Long before you were even born, boy.”

Blitz clenched his fists hard. He really, really don’t like this guy. Would he stop smiling if, say, he drive a fist into that face of his and-

A sliding sound distracted them and they both turned to Luna peeing out from the sliding door. Her eyes are red, a very strong evidence that she has been weeping.

“Blitz?”

“Luna.” Blitz said, loosening his fist but still throwing that guy in black a look of dislike. “I brought you some sandwiches.”

“Luna…?” The man said, staring at the shrine maiden who is staring out at the spiky haired boy.

“…Why were you crying?”

“Oh, no, I was just tired…” She said softly. “Thank you.”

“For a second there, I thought that guy made you cry.” Blitz jerked his head at the man in black.

As the guy turned to her, she felt her heart stood still. She knew then, that night at the clock tower and when she bumped into him. Those mesmerizing eyes that gaze into her like he did now.

“……………………………………Phantom…”

Blitz stared at the man in shock. This…guy is the Phantom???

“This guy…” He began.

A storm of rose petals suddenly appeared, dancing in a gust of whirlwind, even though there are no roses in Sierra Falls because the temperature is just not suitable for the plants to grow. Shielding his eyes, he watched as a kid emerged from the rose petals storm.

At the same time, that huge annoying raven flew down from the skies and he watched with amazement and shock as the raven become a man. Tall and powerfully built with shocking white hair and eyes as blood red as the raven.

All this time, that bird was a….man???

And that kid…

Demise shook his hair back, took in all of them with one sweeping glance and said, “Well now, isn’t that great? We are all here at last. Face to face...”