Immortal Mythos: Bound by Void-Chapter 11: Between worlds

The wind had died down as Ren led Yuki through a dense forest, deeper into the mountains. The air was thick, charged with energy, as though the very atmosphere was vibrating with something ancient and powerful.

Yuki followed in silence, each step feeling heavier, as if the ground itself was pulling him downward. His body was already tired from the battle the day before, but he knew this would be different. This wasn't just about fighting—this was about control. Something he wasn't sure he had.

Finally, they reached a clearing. It was strange—there were no trees, no grass, just a wide, empty expanse that seemed to stretch forever.

"Welcome," Ren said, voice eerily calm. "This is a place that exists between worlds. It's a place for those like you, who walk the thin line between power and destruction."

Yuki took a cautious step forward. The air here felt... wrong. It wasn't just cold. It was like the very space around him felt out of place, as if the gravity itself didn't quite work.

"Is this... another dimension?" Yuki asked, his voice quiet, as if the very fabric of reality might snap if he spoke too loudly.

Ren didn't answer immediately. He stood still, watching Yuki closely. "In a way. This space is tied to your void manipulation. The emptiness you feel inside, the power you hold—it comes from places like this."

Yuki clenched his fists, thinking back to the fight he'd barely survived. The void. The strange, suffocating power that had almost overwhelmed him.

A gust of wind whipped through the space, and Ren suddenly turned, his expression hardening. "Focus, Yuki."

Yuki felt a tug at his chest. He knew he couldn't afford to hesitate. With a deep breath, he reached inside, summoning that strange, dark energy.

The air around him twisted.

A sudden pulse of void energy burst from his hands, ripping through the air like a tidal wave. It felt uncontrollable, wild. He couldn't stop it.

Ren's eyes sharpened, but there was a flicker of something—approval? He stepped back, barely avoiding the surge of energy.

"Focus," Ren repeated. "Control the void, or it will control you."

Yuki's mind raced. The energy surged again, but this time, he pulled it back. He tried to reel it in, like holding a rope that threatened to snap. His entire body trembled, sweat beading on his forehead, but slowly, the void began to settle. It calmed.

The swirling darkness around him grew still.

"You're beginning to understand," Ren said softly. "But you've only scratched the surface. The void doesn't just represent power—it represents destruction. It will consume everything if you let it."

Yuki nodded, trying to steady his breathing. But the words lingered in his mind.

"Destruction."

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The weight of it all started to sink in. His powers weren't just a gift. They could be a curse.

Suddenly, a voice broke through his thoughts.

"Are you sure you want to continue?"

Yuki turned, heart skipping a beat. Aiko stood just outside the clearing, her expression unreadable. She wasn't alone. The girl—Himari—was with her, as silent and composed as ever.

"Aiko...?" Yuki's voice cracked slightly, a mix of relief and confusion.

Aiko gave him a small smile, but her eyes were serious. "I've been keeping an eye on you. You're getting too close to something dangerous. Your powers... they're not the only thing you have to worry about."

Yuki frowned, stepping toward her. "What do you mean?"

Ren stepped forward, his posture stiff. "She's right. It's not just about control anymore. There are others who will come for you—they know you're awakening."

Aiko's eyes darkened. "And you're not ready for that."

The wind picked up again, and in that moment, Yuki could almost feel the weight of the coming storm pressing down on him.

"Ready for what?" Yuki asked, his voice firm.

Himari stepped forward, her quiet presence sending a chill through the air. "For the choices you will have to make. Some of them will tear you apart."

Yuki felt his heart beat faster, the weight of their words sinking deeper into his chest. What had he gotten himself into?

Ren's voice cut through the tension, sharper now. "Focus on your training. Everything else can wait. You have to become what you are—or die trying."

Yuki looked at each of them—Aiko, Himari, Ren—and for the first time, he felt the full weight of what it meant to be different. To be something else.

He had no choice now.

He had to survive.

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Later That Night...

Yuki sat alone in his room, the silence pressing against his ears like a thick fog. The moonlight filtering through the window painted pale streaks across the wooden floor. His body ached from the void training, but it wasn't the pain that kept him awake.

It was the emptiness.

Ren had said the void was a reflection of himself—of the chaos inside. But tonight, it wasn't chaos he felt.

It was absence.

Aiko was gone. Just... gone. She hadn't returned after their last talk. No messages. No aura. No trace.

He looked toward the window, half-expecting to see her pop in like she usually did, teasing him about his lack of spiritual awareness.

But instead, a knock.

Soft. Barely audible.

Yuki stood cautiously and slid the window open.

The wind didn't move.

A girl stood on the edge of the frame, balanced as if gravity itself had forgotten her.

That same eerie calm. Long hair drifting like ink in water. Eyes like starlight buried under centuries of silence.

Her.

"I had a feeling you'd still be awake," she whispered.

Yuki narrowed his eyes. "You... again."

Her gaze didn't waver. "You're thinking about her."

Yuki's throat tightened. "She hasn't come back. I can't feel her presence. It's like she's vanished."

"She has," the girl said simply. "But not by choice."

He stepped back, heart pounding. "What do you mean?"

"She's in a place that doesn't exist on maps. A spiritual void. A tear between realms. A black silence." Her voice lowered. "She's trapped."

Yuki clenched his fists. "Then help me get her back."

Her eyes softened, just a little. "You're not ready. The void you trained in? That was only a shadow. Where she is now... is deeper."

Yuki stepped closer, defiant. "Then train me."

The girl tilted her head. "You'd trust me?"

Yuki didn't blink. "I don't have a choice."

A moment of silence stretched between them.

Then, she nodded.

"Meet me tomorrow. Before dawn. Alone."

With that, she stepped backward and vanished into the night, leaving only silence behind.

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Somewhere Else...

Aiko floated in an endless sea of black.

No sound. No warmth. No time.

Her thoughts came in fragments, like echoes bouncing through a hollow cave.

Yuki...

She couldn't move. Couldn't breathe. But she wasn't afraid.

She was... waiting.

And something was watching her.

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Back in Yuki's Room

Yuki stared at the stars, his chest tight.

He didn't know who that girl really was. He didn't know where Aiko was.

But he knew one thing:

He would find her.

No matter what waited in the void.

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