[dream | 05-04-09 | how bout them eyeballs]
"I can't believe I finally found you."
The youkai puts a foot on his head, crushing his face into the dirt.
"Here," he says, a sadistic smile on his face as he tosses something down. "I wanted to give you this."
[static] "...looking for someone..." [static] "...he's also a fugitive..." [static] "...name is Cho Gonou..."
A jar with two whole, intact eyeballs in it.
"Here they are," the youkai sneers. "From when you took my brother... and ripped his eyes out."
He stares in sick horror.
"It's your hair and eyes, Gojyo-san. They strike me as the color of blood..." [static] "...they're like a warning, I suppose..."
"We took away each other's families. We're almost even. Will giving you my eyes be enough?"
He smiles darkly as he reaches up for his right eye. "Be my guest. It's not as if I need them."
The youkai stares at him. There's a horrible, sickening noise. Pain, except pain doesn't register anymore. He tosses the eyeball at the youkai, who's cringing back away from him.
The entire right side of his face is splashed with blood, which flows freely down his cheek. "All right. Let me get you the other one." His smile doesn't falter as he reaches up with bloodied fingertips to his other eye.
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[wakes up, breathing hard]
...again...