Prologue

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"Damn it...damn it...DAMN IT...DAMN IT!"

"How...could I...have been...this careless...?"

"How coulnd't I have protected her?"

"Didn't I promise?"

"How could I have...let this happen...?"

"WHY DIDN'T IT TAKE ME INSTEAD?"

"I AM RIGHT HERE, TAKE ME INSTEAD! BRING HER BACK..."

"BRING...her...back..."

"I offer you a life for a life..."

"I would do anything to bring her back..."

Aya holds a familiar lifeless body in her bloody hands.

Her pained voice reaches through the sky.

Rain falls...slowly... drop by drop... the water is as cold as her eyes.

Time has stopped.

[Flashback]

Aya: "C'MON snakey! Catch me!"

"KILL.HER."

The dark voice instructs the snake again.

Aya: "YA HEARD UR BOSS FANG FACE! Over here!"

(Suddenly, the snake stopped moving. It stood...still?)

Aya: "Why is it not... attacking?"

(The snake seems to slither in another direction, Aya's eyes widen.)

(To Aya's surprise, the snake is not heading into the direction of the village either. It slithers, and stops. Looking behind.)

Aya: "Wait...are you...leading me?"

(Completely lost and confused, Aya glances at the huge, golden snake.)

"Is my mind playing tricks on me?"

(The snake slithers away, looking at Aya, waiting. Aya decides to follow the snake.)

Suddenly, it leads Aya to a lifeless body.

"W...what? T...this..."

And...disappears...
It disappeared.

Aya's eyes widen.

She falls to the ground.

"This...no..."

Aya holds the lifeless body tight to her chest. The body is wet...

Her shaking fingers run through the cold, pale skin of the lifeless body

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Her shaking fingers run through the cold, pale skin of the lifeless body... blood was all over her hand...

Her hands trembling... shaking.

She holds it, slowly, carefully...

As if she was touching the most fragile thing in the world.

A mixture of rain and blood, perhaps Aya's tears as well...

"Damn it...Damn it...DAMN IT... NO...YOU CAN'T BE...gone..."

(A loud slam...again...and...again.)

Aya slams her hand against the ground. Again.

Again.
Again.
Again.
Again.
Again.

Until the pain has been numbed...
Until there is nothing more to break...

"Break all your bones! You have let this happen!"

Aya's pained voice reaches the sky.

After screaming for what felt like an eternity...

And after the rain has completely hidden Aya's tears...

And after all bones on her hand broke...

Her eyes finally go back to the lifeless body.

"I...will...avenge you...I swear...I will... I will...rip out their hearts...and make them pay...for what...they...did..."

Aya stood up, blood and tears falling off her.

Letting out a numbed scream...

"WHERE ARE YOU!!! SHOW YOURSELF, COME AND GET ME INSTEAD! BRING HER BACK... BRING HER BACK... BRING HER BACK..."

The loud sound of thunder is the only reply Aya got.

Her legs collapsed

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Her legs collapsed.

"I OFFER YOU A LIFE FOR A LIFE. COME BACK... NO...COME BACK...!!!"

"Back I said..."

She slammed her already broken hand against the ground.
Again.
Again.
AGAIN.

"Break it until you feel no pain."

"Break it until there is no more."

"You have let this happen, Aya."

"You have killed her, Aya."

"How could you have been this careless, Aya?"

"NO...NO...NO...STOP...STOP IT... STOP!!!"

Are you ready to face death?
Ready to play with fire?
Ready to fight blood for blood?

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