The Soul Labyrinth

From the distant and closed Soul Garden, a large group of spirits floated upwards. A portal had open up, taking the spirits in. Once all of them went inside, the portal closed without a trace. Whilst the action was happening, the spirits that are still in the labyrinth let out a cheer…some even waved goodbye to the spirits that floated away, with them waving back.

Hinata's father put his hand on Hinata's shoulder.
"I'm sure we will find him."

The spirit Loki approached looked back at her. Their mask was a leather one with X’s for eyes and had a stitched smile for a mouth. “Alex? Who’s that?” The spirit asked but they gave more of a scary vibe than a peaceful vibe.

(That mask reminds me of clockwork, a creepypasta character… shudder)

(Ticci’s coming soon, don’t worry lol)

(XD)

Knight A passed by Tolkalee, seeing him sitting in a dark corner of the room he was in. He thought that maybe the best course of action was to just not scare him. He then walked pass the room, making sure Tolk can hear him moving away.

Hinata turned to the Hunter.
"What happens to the souls the knights collect..?" She was hoping that if necessary, she could retrieve Tatsuo from wherever the "soul marbles" were kept.

Two spirits ran pass Hinata and the group, scared of what’s following them. The figure was bleeding badly and was in horrifyingly bad shape…but due to the bad lighting, they couldn’t see the figure clearly.

Hinata jerked her head in the direction of the group.
"I think we should help them." Her parents nodded. Hinata went running towards the figures.

The Hunter answered her question first before looking at the figure coming. “Well…the souls have two fates, either rebirthing which is the better fate or…turned to Officers and Knights within this soul labyrinth. Of course, people die a lot there can’t be only twelve knights or so…the rest are just not present, in training, in another place or discarded.”

The bleeding figure fainted to the ground with pieces of blue glass, similar to the marble, piercing them.

Hinata looked at the Hunter, still moving towards the group.
"…Discarded?"

“…Meaning not given another chance in life” the hunter slowly walked towards the fainted figure.

Hinata knelt next to the figure.
"What the..?"

(Yes, it is who you think it is)

(TATSUO)

(Yeppers, just in horrifyingly bad shape)

Hinata recognized the face, though it was torn and bleeding.
"Tatsuo..? Tatsuo!" Hinata gingerly placed her hand on his face.

As soon as she recognized Tatsuo, she felt a searing pain throughout her body.

One of Knight K’s many blades is still on Tatsuo’s body. The hunter said “You should consider yourself lucky, the Master of The Labyrinth would want people like you in his place of peace.” (By “Place of Peace”, He was referring to the labyrinth)

Hinata reached towards the blade, gently pulling it out.
"Why? Besides, anyone could be like this, if they were old enough. And if they someone to teach them." Tatsuo groaned as she pulled the blade. Hinata gasped, but kept pulling.

The hunter stepped away from Hinata, as he doesn’t want to get in the way. When the hunter stepped away for a little bit, a blade that was aimed straight for his head got him. He fell immediately to the ground with blood streaming out, no longer breathing.

Tolkalee waited until he was sure the Knight was gone, before he jumped up and ran the other way. He raced through the halls. turning corners and coming to a halt. In front of him was Hinata and her small band of people.

Hinata wiped her head up from looking at Tatsuo. She saw the Hunter, blade through his head. She knew she couldn't save him this time. She motioned for her parents to duck and run over.

Knight K jumped down soon after and stood on the blade, pushing it further down into the Hunter’s head. “Don’t worry, I’m just here to get his soul back” he said, gesturing towards the Hunter.

Hinata put herself between Knight K and Tatsuo.
"Really." She didn't believe a word of it.

Knight K jumped up, taking the blade out with his feet. He landed with the blade returning to his back’s sheath. He knelt down and touched the hunter’s body and got his soul marble. He kept it in his shirt’s pocket. He shrieked his hair once and walked away from the group.

Tolkalee pulled out his dagger and placed a finger to his lips. He was signaling to Hinata not to give away his position. He was currently behind Knight K.

Hinata watched him go, then turned to Tatsuo.
"What happened to you…"
Her mother knelt beside her.
"Is this..?" Hinata nodded solemnly.