The Last Battle of the Rakshasa

ANXIETY

Once I got outside, I shivered slightly as the cool morning breeze hit my skin, after it passed I hooked my dog to his chain so he could do whatever. I turned away from the breeze, put a cigarette to my mouth, and cupped my hand around it as I attempted to light it, unfortunately I wasn’t having much luck.

“Want me to do it for you?” I looked over at John and scowled “No I think I can light my own cigarette thank you very much.”

“I was just trying to help. What’s up your ass today?”

“Nothing…”

“Yea right nothing. What’s wrong?”

“I said nothing.”

“Yea but I know you better than anyone and I know something is wrong, so why don’t you shove aside your pride for a second and tell me?”

“…I don’t know, I just feel odd, its like I cant focus or sit still. I just have this feeling that something is happening or going to happen.”

“Trey that’s I would call anxiety.”

“Anxiety? What do I have to be anxious about? I mean we already defeated Fallen and Machin Shin “The Black Wind” so what do I have to be worried about?”

“Didn’t you say that you thought that the Black Wind died way too easily? You said that it should have been a lot harder am I right?”

“Yea but that’s not it its something else that’s bothering me.”

“Hmm…”


“ What?”

“Maybe its because there is something out there plotting against us?”

“There is always something plotting against us so why would I be anxious about that?”

“ Maybe its stronger than the others we have fought I don’t know maybe your just crazy and paranoid.”

I glared at him but he didn’t seem to care so I grabbed my dog and put him inside then made sure I had everything I needed for school and put it all in the car. Once I was done I turned off all the lights and locked the doors-then I traced a symbol on the door that would ward off all intruders and probably burn them to a cinder. I didn’t pay too much attention to exactly what symbol I had used. After that I got into the car and started it-John was sitting in the passenger side putting his seatbelt on.

“Why do you always put your seatbelt on when I’m driving?”

“…Uh…no reason I just…uh…”

“You don’t do it when we get into my mom’s car or Christine’s car, you only put your seatbelt on when your in my car and I’m driving like you think I’m going to wreck the car and kill us.”

“I don’t think your going to wreck the car and kill us…on purpose.”

“…But you do seem to think that I would be careless and end up wrecking the car and killing us”

“I…”

“You know what lets just drop this its way to early for me to be in a bad mood ok?”

“Ok.”

I put the car into gear and pressed on the gas and drove (with out any close encounters or wrecks or anything) to Marie’s house. When we got there she was waiting for us, I popped the trunk so she could shove her shit in it and waited until she had got in to drive off.

“Hey…what’s wrong now?”

I didn’t answer her I just focused on driving, Marie, sensing my anger dropped it and sat back as I turned on the stereo and put a CD in the CD player. Both John and Marie jumped as the music suddenly blasted out a song from Mudvayne.

When we arrived at school we headed to where our group usually met. There we found Michael (Alikard), Josiah (Ansem), Shante (Jazzu), Nicole (Radha), Jay (self explanatory), David (Undehra), Monis (Enjeru), Lilly (Suzama), Claire (Sakura), Samuel (Sesshomae-“the Earthbound One” he is an earth demon). Junior (Sephiroth), Gir (we don’t use her human name under the penalty of death), and Impy (its her name-we don’t use her real one).

We said hello, talked about school stuff for a little bit, then the bell rang, and every single one of us groaned. Our group separated. Junior and I had the same first period, so we always walked together.

“So Trey…how are things going between you and John?”

“John is an asshole and I hate him.”

“You two get into a fight again?”

“Well if he wasn’t so damn aggravating we wouldn’t have to fight.”

“I don’t think I will ever understand your relationships… one minute your all “ I love john so much!” and the next your all “I hate john! He is such an asshole!” I really don’t get it.”

“I know, I do love him but it seems that almost every time we are together we end up arguing over every little thing.