Ronin Warriors Fan Fiction ❯ Betrayed Innocence ❯ Chapter 8 ( Chapter 8 )

Chapter 8

 

The others following her, Kaida makes her way down the stairs. Seeing that her father and the others had remained in the hallway, Kaida says nothing as she makes her way into the living room. Waiting for the others to follow her, Kaida takes her father's usually spot and stands near the window.

 

Everyone files into the room. Glaring at the two Warlords who have caused his daughter such distress, Ryo stands next to his child. All too soon, Kaida finds herself staring at fourteen waiting faces.

 

“Something happened,” starts Kaida, but stops to take a breath.

 

“What did they do?” asks Ryo, laying a comforting hand on Kaida's shoulder.

 

“If I understand what has happened, dad, then it happened not just to me, but to all three of us,” says Kaida, shaking her head.

 

Taking another deep breath, Kaida steps away from her father.

 

“Last night, I went for a walk,” starts Kaida, glancing at Ryo. “I should have mentioned this last night, but, I was more worried about how it would look than what had happened.”

 

“I don't understand,” says Ryo, shaking his head. “What does last night have to do with what happened between you and them?”

 

Instead of answering, Kaida seeks out Miki. Finding him seated on the floor with Nami, she smiles at him.

 

“Miki, do you remember what I told you?” asks Kaida.

 

“Huh?” asks Miki, uncomfortable at suddenly being the center of attention.

 

“After you got back from the bushes,” reminds Kaida.

 

“Umm,” says Miki. “Yeah, you said that you had heard voices.”

 

“Yeah,” says Kaida, glancing at her father. “I thought I had heard a group of people chanting.”

 

“You've lost me,” says Kento, shaking his head.

 

“Dais and Sekhmet told me that they also heard voices chanting before…what happened in the woods,” says Kaida, ignoring Kento.

 

“What do voices have to do with what they've done?” demands Ryo, pointing a finger at the two Warlords.

 

“The voices that we heard were Nether Spirits,” explains Dais, trying to hold onto his patience. “If what Kaida says is true, then it's possible that the Spirits also visited her last night.”

 

“Ok, so the Nether Spirits were involved somehow,” says Cye, glancing between the Warlords and Kaida. “But that doesn't explain what happened?”

 

“Before I explain what happened, can someone explain what they are?” asks Kaida. Please tell me that they were the ones who were behind what happened. That it wasn't me. That I'm not a slut.

 

“In short,” says Lady Kayra, from the couch. “They were, for lack of a better term, ghosts that Tulpa controlled.”

 

“But what did they do?” demands Kaida, praying to hear an answer that would help her deal with what she had done.

 

“They could do many things,” says Lady Kayra, confused at the girl's insistence. “Tulpa used them to gain information, raise his power or the power of others, make weapons, and other things.”

 

“And let's not forget that he also used them to control you,” says Rowen, speaking to Lady Kayra.

 

Nodding her head, Lady Kayra glances between her Warlords and the girl.

 

“But what has this to do with whatever has happened?” asks Sage. “Why the sudden interest in the Spirits?”

 

“From what you told me, these spirits could control or influence others?” asks Kaida, wanting to make sure.

 

“Yes, Kaida,” says Ryo, beginning to lose patience with his daughter and her unwillingness to explain what has happened.

 

Sighing, Kaida stares at the two men who were her lovers in the woods. Nodding their heads, they wait for her to tell the room what happened.

 

“I think that the Spirits were used to force them…force us,” says Kaida, but finds that she can't complete the sentence.

 

“Force what?” demands Ryo.

 

Shaking her head, Kaida does not answer.

 

“Forced them to have sex,” says Kira quietly.

 

For a moment, a deadened silence fills the room before it explodes into voices.

 

“Are you saying they fucking raped you?” shouts Ryo, stepping toward Sekhmet and Dais.

 

“How could you?” asks Cale, staring at his fellow Warlords. “Did our oath mean nothing?”

 

“Stop!” shouts Kaida, gaining the attention of everyone in the room.

 

Pausing, Kaida takes a breath before she continues.

 

“If the Spirits were involved, like we're thinking, then…” says Kaida, but stops.

 

“Then all three of you were raped,” finishes Lady Kayra, staring in sympathy at the girl. “All of you were victims and your rapist wasn't even there.”

 

Nodding her head, Kaida says nothing.