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Title: K is for.... (Final Chapter 12/30)
Post by: kuro808 on November 23, 2010, 08:00:17 AM
Okay, I needed to find a way to do something right after Rival and why not go with the last one-shot couple which was AiEri, now to put something together my way, and why not take from probably the best movie I have seen in the past ten years (I rarely see movies so you think this is probably quite selective of me) but the plot doesn't have to deal with a government but a community.  Eri has been tortured and her girlfriend Ai, has been the only help but she finally meets the only doctor who could save her but she is not an ordinary doctor, which made her famous, and now the question is: Can Reina make Eri get rid of her past or face with the limited future she has with Ai?

Chapter 1

Every day that passes by I only see her face, although it happened a year ago, she always seems to point the blame at me for leaving her for help.  As I walk through the town, they all stared at me except for one person, Takahashi Ai...

She just moved here couple months ago and she got to know me with the lurking shadow behind me, Ai never cared what I did as I told her the truth but the other students threw eggs and sometimes natto at me for being inconsiderate.  Ai usually took the same treatment and I was happy one person was by my side.  Although on the anniversary, I managed to get through the crowd and apologized to her parents but they both turned on me.  My parents were also tortured leading to them hanging themselves in the kitchen while I was on a date with Ai-chan.

However, there was the truth and I only knew it that she never died because of me, but because she finally lost her balance and fell over into the water.  If I had only been there to catch her, I would also be dead as well...

“Kamei-chan, wake up.”  Ai yelled into my ear in her usual happy mood.

“Ai, its too early, let me have couple more minutes.”  I brushed her away as she teased me with a bowl of rice with a piece of umeboshi on the top.  I sat up with the usual awkward face that makes her laugh but it always come with that shadow pointing the finger at me before getting blown away with the breeze.

“Eriiiiiiiii, get up, it is ten in the morning already, I got to get to school and you can rest here as long as you want.”  Ai patted me on the head as she took off her apron and grabbed her bag before leaving the apartment.  I picked up the newspaper to find something to get my mind off her but she appeared in front of me no matter the situation.

“Kameha, why didn't you stop me?”  She says to me as I dug my face into the news.  The voice eventually would get louder until I couldn't take it.

“Gakihan!  I'm sorry, I never wanted you to die, it was my fault, and if you want to blame me, go ahead, it doesn't matter to me anymore.”  I would yell back at her as she would walk away.

I went out of town for all the treatments but always would come back to haunt me enough that I would curl myself up into a ball and start crying for hours as I felt alone.  The days after the accident, the people who knew me, shunned me, and just getting stuff was hard, luckily for my parents being bread makers and getting their flour from out of town but eventually the price rose and they took a turn for the worst as their debt grew and I had to sell off the house to pay it back.  However, I had a feeling they would want more and finally it led to my parents hanging and living with Ai.

As I looked into Ai's magazine I found an ad of a young doctor sweeping the nation as she helped the depressed out of their funk.  I grew slightly excited but in my mind I knew I couldn't afford it but if it was worth the money, I could actually let her out of my mind.  I picked up the phone and a woman answered the phone.

“Is there a time when I can come in?”  I asked her and she quickly answered yes.  I thought of why isn't she booked if she was famous but I decided to change my clothes and walked out in my usual disguise of sunglasses and an umbrella.  As I got out of the building, I saw the bright sun shining over me and I smiled as I got to the location around the corner seeing the receptionist.

“You must be the one who called, hi my name is Sayu, and the doctor will be right with you soon...”  She went back furiously typing on the keyboard as I read through the magazine and seeing her picture being confident and showing off her smile with the usual wink.  As I looked up, she was in front of me and grabbed me into her office.

“Hello, I'm Dr. Reina Tanaka and I am going to help you.”  She said as I quickly was strapped down and a mask was put on me.  I quickly fell asleep and never felt the pain of my friend.
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 1 11/22)
Post by: oddball on November 23, 2010, 03:11:15 PM
Good start Kuro!

So Eri was blamed for the death of Gaki, which was an accident it seems and her life has been hell, it seems as though Ai likes Eri regardles of what she did (or didn't do?) and it seems as though Eri is very lucky to have Ai,

Perhpas it's jsut me or perhpas it was something in your little intro but I feel as thought there isn't something quite rite with Ai, even though I can't put my finger on what it is

So Dr Reina is a famous doctor who useses unusual methods? I wonder what she will do to help Eri, or what she will find in Eri's past.....
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 1 11/22)
Post by: gracula on November 23, 2010, 06:50:37 PM
Dr. Tanaka is hawt. I think this is the first time I've ever had the pleasure of visualizing Reina in a white lab coat. Keep writing!
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 1 11/22)
Post by: kano-chan on November 24, 2010, 12:03:45 AM
Wow! What a great start! :twothumbs

Poor Eri for getting blamed and having her parents hang themselves.  :( So it was an accident of Gaki's death that inflicted everything.. :O

Hopefully, people would understand that it was only an accident. :(

I like it, please keep writing! :cow:
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 1 11/22)
Post by: badsaints on November 24, 2010, 11:05:14 AM
I could never imagine Reina as a doctor or some intellectual character even in fic world, for that matter. But this is an interesting start.

AiEri vs TanaKame?  :shocked Gah?! Who to root for? But Reina seems like a shady doctor imo. Maybe I'll change my opinion after reading more...
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 2 11/24)
Post by: kuro808 on November 25, 2010, 06:43:23 AM
Reply time:

@oddy: Ai is quite on her own, she believes that Eri is not the culprit and believes it was an accident, but with this chapter, do you think Ai was right?

@kano: Welcome to my writing!  The people are more or less the reason to Eri's depression but meeting up with Reina will change that

@badsaints: NIJUUSANSAN is back!  Oh well back in the MM fics again :lol:  Unfortunately its only one couple so that shall be figured out in this chapter :lol:

Chapter 2

“Kamei... Kamei,,, Wake up!”  I woke up to see Gaki smiling face and scooted back into the shelf.  I quickly grabbed my head while Gaki laughed at my idiocy.  I quickly got out of bed and saw myself in the pajamas as Gaki handed me my uniform.

“Why are you here?  Aren't you dead?”  Gaki nodded as she closed the door to let me change.  I became really confused as I stripped down to take a shower.  With the hot water hitting my body, I began to pinch myself imagining my friend, my best friend appearing in front of me.  After the usual shower, I would grab my brush but it was gone and had to grab the alternative brush that my mother would usually use but it felt like my brush and quickly dried out my hair.

“Kamei~ you are taking long as usual.”  Hearing her laughter made me feel warm as I quickly put on my uniform but I realized that it was the day that she fell off the bridge and quickly grabbed the door knob and open to see my mother and father with breakfast in front of Gaki.  I slowly went down the hallway until a black hole appeared and tripped into it.

“Okay, you are awake now, how are you feeling?”  She asked as her smile was making me feel uncomfortable and I sat up to see the dark room.  She opened the drawer to show me a knife and I took a deep breath.

“I feel okay but still...”  Reina flipped open the knife and tossed it in her hands.

“Are you afraid of death?”  Reina asked as she closed the pocket knife and placed it by my side.  I wanted to say no but I ended up nodding to her.

“Don't be... you'll be dead anyway.”  I felt my body go weak as she said it and put my face into my hands as the tears fell through the cracks in my hands, and I felt the doctor slap me across the face.

“Stop, just stop, if you want to protect yourself, here's the tools you need.”  She handed me a kitsune mask and the knife she was holding.

“Trust me, I became famous because a girl once blamed herself for her parent's death, I grabbed her into my arms and trained her to be an assassin.  She killed everyone in the town except for her best friend, she was soon found out and she disappeared from the spot light.  That girl was me.  I am taking over the female doctor's name, Tanaka Reina, and if you choose to take on the challenge, please follow my lead.”  She grabbed her box of stuff and quickly got into the van with the receptionist.  She waved goodbye and I was left with the two presents in my hands.  I looked at it and stuffed it in pockets as I ran back to the apartment before the sun went down.

As I arrived, I felt the rocks thrown at me but I neglected the pain as I got into the apartment with Ai cooking dinner.  I ran into my room and hid the two things in the wastebasket as I looked outside to see her still in her happy mood.  I slowly walked behind her and wrapped my arms around her as she let out a giggle with a kiss on my cheek.  I smelt the fish that she was grilling and smiled as I began to think about the people and their hatred.  Ai placed the fish on lettuce and brought it over as I scooped the rice into bowls.  As Ai placed the fish down, a fight broke out outside and I looked to see the two gangs fighting over their space.  I grabbed Ai and threw her into the closet, as I went into the room and threw on a hoodie and sweatpants and grabbed the knife and mask.  I put it on watching through the little holes as I jumped out the window and landed onto the ground.

“Look at the person over there.”  One of the members yelled and charged toward my direction and lunged with a knife.  I snapped it open and felt the pressure on his body on me, feeling his last breath as he fell over to my right.  Two more came at me and with one swipe I caught them in the arm and one across the throat.  Then, out of nowhere a policeman broke up the fight and I ran into the tight space in the building, luckily with the darkness, no one saw me and I waited until the noise went away and hid the knife and mask in my pocket and ran back to the apartment.

I felt my breathing getting harder as I got up the stairs and began to laugh as I looked at the blood on the knife.  I opened the door to see Ai sitting on the table eating the fish alone and I walked by her and sat at the table with her as she looked up.  Her face was unusually angry but I smiled to make her happy and it did the trick.  We spent that night just talking and leaving the knife and mask in the hoodie, she never suspected the murders outside.
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 2 11/24)
Post by: badsaints on November 25, 2010, 08:34:48 AM
I KNEW IT!!! Reina is a weirdo quack doctor who gives weird advice to her patients :P Groan...is Eri going down the dark path?  :shocked
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 2 11/24)
Post by: oddball on November 25, 2010, 01:37:37 PM
Your right Kuro, perhaps Ai may be wrong thinking that Eri was innocent, 'Dr. Reina' if that what she truely is may be an assasin of some sort? and Eri went on a killing spree because of Reina and Eri enjoyed it?  :shocked
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 2 11/24)
Post by: kano-chan on November 28, 2010, 04:45:31 AM
Wha- Whoa!  :shocked: EH?! What was all that? Reina just told Eri to go kill some people! :stunned: Everything happened so fast! Ai-chan didn't even care that she was thrown into the closet and Eri left? :shocked

And looks like people can't leave her alone. Stop throwing rocks at her! :smhid

I wonder how things would turn out... Maybe Reina can help Eri forgive herself, but how can she help with stopping the people? :O
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 3 11/27)
Post by: kuro808 on November 28, 2010, 07:28:02 AM
@badsaints: Eri is walking down that path, but what is triggering her emotions? Risa, her parents, or the fear of Ai getting hurt

@Oddy: Reina is a name that was pushed around, so the real name, is hidden luckily it is Eri's decision to kill

@kano-chan: Reina is the catalyst to her decision and Eri can stop it when she wants but the taste of blood is too good for her.

Chapter 3

The next morning the sounds of sirens and screams woke me up as Ai was glaring outside.  I touched her shoulder and turned to give me a smile.  I walked back into my room and closed the door behind me to hide the knife and mask.  I looked through the closet and the words of Ai started to echo about my habits and I took off my filthy shirt.  I picked up a new shirt and put it on before opening the door to Ai's smile.  I took her to the couch and began to kiss her as my body pressed on top of her, she pushed me back, and ran her finger down my face.

“Do you have an apology for shoving me in the closet?”  Hearing her sexy voice, left me with quite a conundrum as I whispered in her ear.

“I'm sorry, Ai-chan, I wanted to protect you...”  Ai's heart started to beat harder when she started to look into my eyes.  She pushed me away as she went into the bathroom as I looked outside at the police officers, and a black car pulled in front of the complex and a skinny figure appeared out of the car.  Instantly, I heard my phone ring and I picked it up to find Reina on the other side.

“How does it feel?”  I felt my heart beat faster but somehow I couldn't help but smile.

“It feels good... But, I think my girlfriend thinks something is up...”  I tried to whisper as Ai came out of the bathroom.  She grabbed my phone away and listened in but the dial tone came up.  She threw it aside and grabbed the front of my shirt as I tried to resist her strength.  I just gave her a hug as Ai released my shirt and started to cry.

“I thought I was here to protect you... Does it say what you did is true or you think everyone is against you.”  Through her tears, I didn't have answer and to give her a direct answer, she wouldn't understand and I needed to have the right words.

“I believed that we both need protection, I can't let you get assaulted because of my past, I didn't do it, but I feel at fault, understand?  If you don't, one day you will.”  I caressed her head as she wiped the tears from her eyes.

“I never thought you felt bad for me.”  I gave her a smile.

“I feel bad for everything I made the mistakes for and now I want to resolve it.  Sorry, but I need to go, I'll see ya after your classes.”  I patted her on her head and she grabbed my hand.

“Wait, I need to confess something to you.”  I turned to find Ai's hands shaking in mines.

“What is it, Ai?”  I felt her arms wrapped around me and feeling the tight grasp.

“This maybe the last time to ever feel you, I don't want you to ever leave.”  I kneel down to her.

“Me neither but I gotta go, see ya later.”  I grabbed my coat and shut the door behind me.  I entered into the elevator and started to have all the memories again.  Risa's ghost appeared next to me but she seemed calmer than usual and I looked toward her.  She tilted her head to the side and smiled and the doors opened to Reina.

“Your girlfriend... seems to really like you... you seem determined.”  I put my arm around her.

“It is fear, the fear of everything to make a final mistake, and when she figures who I really am behind the mask, she will realize the pain and torture but she will love me, I hope...”  I entered into the car and Sayu drove us to an undisclosed place as the garage opened up, I knew this won't end with a few murders, but to take out all the pain on everybody, to have my revenge for Risa and my parents.
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 3 11/27)
Post by: fallenxangel24952 on November 28, 2010, 07:40:39 AM
@chap1 It must be quite a big accident since it looks like the whole town knew about it
            So Eri was blamed for the death of Gaki even though it was an accident? :?

@chap2  :shocked :shocked :shocked Reina just told Eri to kill someone :shocked
             and Ai didn't know what happened outside :shocked

@chap3 At first I was OMG AiEri moment then phone rings...hasta la vista Ai.....then hi Reina!
            So at the End AiEri still lose to TanaKame :cry: well it's okay since I love both pairings
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 3 11/27)
Post by: kano-chan on November 28, 2010, 09:17:44 AM
Aww~ Ai-chan loves her so much! :wub: But the path Kame is taking isn't good at all. :mon wind: She's going to be killing lots of people. :mon scare: She's having lust already. Even if it's for revenge, she shouldn't be enjoying every bit of killing. I don't know how Reina is helping her. :mon scratch: Hopefully, Ai-chan won't get hurt when she finds out. :O Wait, so is this going to be TakaKamei or TanaKamei?
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 3 11/27)
Post by: kuro808 on November 28, 2010, 09:34:01 AM
Aww~ Ai-chan loves her so much! :wub: But the path Kame is taking isn't good at all. :mon wind: She's going to be killing lots of people. :mon scare: She's having lust already. Even if it's for revenge, she shouldn't be enjoying every bit of killing. I don't know how Reina is helping her. :mon scratch: Hopefully, Ai-chan won't get hurt when she finds out. :O Wait, so is this going to be TakaKamei or TanaKamei?

It is TakaKamei, Reina is the host for her pent up rage.

@chap1 It must be quite a big accident since it looks like the whole town knew about it
            So Eri was blamed for the death of Gaki even though it was an accident? :?

@chap2  :shocked :shocked :shocked Reina just told Eri to kill someone :shocked
             and Ai didn't know what happened outside :shocked

@chap3 At first I was OMG AiEri moment then phone rings...hasta la vista Ai.....then hi Reina!
            So at the End AiEri still lose to TanaKame :cry: well it's okay since I love both pairings

Ai doesn't know the whole story, reason for Eri being secretive, but the better question is that will Ai be there to prevent it or let Eri go when she realizes the truth?
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 4 11/28)
Post by: kuro808 on November 28, 2010, 11:16:30 PM
Chapter 4

I came out into a dark room and the lights went on to reveal the weapons on the wall, my jaw dropped to all the knives, guns, and small arms that were propped on the wall.  Reina put her arm around me and looking at her, her smile was devious yet maybe a clue to what my mission was and if she could help me accomplish it.  Then, Sayu came forward and grabbed a gun to stick it right at me, her expression gave me a chill down my spine and I felt the butt of the gun hit me across the face.

“There you go, Reina, you think she deserves to be told of our secret hideout.”  My consciousness was going and out as Reina looked at me.  She kicked me in the chest as I laid there in pain from the gun and she just laughed as something was coming out of my mouth.  Sayu came and rolled me over to my back as I felt the clothes being stripped off me and I just closed my eyes.

“Kameha... are you there?”  The familiar voice was ringing in my ear and looked over to see Risa at a table.  She offered me a bowl of rice and slid a plate filled with umeboshi as she drank her tea.

“Where am I?  Am I dead?”  Risa shook her head.

“No, you are just unconscious and you landed in the part of your brain, which reminds you of me.”  Risa explained as I picked up the chopsticks and started to eat my meal.  Risa put down her cup and massaged my shoulders.

“Do you think I was angry when the guy knocked me over?”  I put down the chopsticks and closed my hand to make a fist.  I didn't want to answer the question, it was too hard to put into words how I felt but after all what had happened, I did feel angry, but at me and only me, but I felt more angry that my best friend had fell off and watching her last breaths, I felt useless and then it finally came to me.

“I never thought you would be... it was an accident and I would had fell over with you to just protect you, but I always felt that the anger was at myself rather than you.”  Risa smiled and patted me on the head.

“However, I do reject killing the people who made you feel this way, it doesn't solve anything, look at what they did to you, you are not the turtle I knew from before...”  I placed another bit of rice into my mouth as I remembered my demeanor of being shy and Risa dragging me through all the events and when she felt lonely, I gave up my time to just be with her.  However, I did confessed that I was crushing on Risa but she rejected me as she was going for a better person and I just kept it inside.

“What shall I do?  If I don't do anything, they will keep stoning me.”  Risa rubbed her chin as she gave me a kiss on the head.

“You know what it is to do, and I shall send you back to your body.”  Risa pushed me toward the light and I woke up on a chair with Sayu looking at me with her gun by her side.  I moved my arms to prove I was alive and stood up in front of her.  She handed me a gun and faced the shotgun at me as I slowly walked over to Reina.


“Takahashi Ai, she seems to have a normal life and you haven't told her of your past have you?”  I shook my head furiously.

“You are quite a bad person, not telling your girlfriend about your past...”  Reina laughed as I pounded my fists on the table.  Reina stood up and clicked her fingers as a set of papers was presented to her.  It was everything about her and reading through it, it made me confused about her jobs in the town and I dropped it onto the table.

“She has been doing a lot to protect you, you still haven't told her why you get picked on, and if she continues this, she will eventually turn on you.”  I closed my ears against her voice and shook my head as Reina grabbed me.

“You can have this, since you are chicken to tell her the truth.”  She tossed me the keys and walked toward the door.

“Reina will warn you about all these weapons, conceal them, and use it toward your mission, and when she discovers the truth, you have to protect this.”  She closed the door behind her and I looked over the weapons and let out a sigh.

“How can I say the truth to her?  She needs to know but not knowing I am the culprit.”  I said to myself after grabbing the first weapon.
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 4 11/28)
Post by: oddball on November 29, 2010, 12:47:24 PM
Chapter 3: Hmm poor Ai-chan, she loves Eri but Eri is ready to throw away the only good part of her life to go down this dark path of revenge that she has chosen, perhaps she will realize to late that she may have jsut let go of the best part of her life....

Chapter 4: So Eri has some subconcious thoughts of Risa, it seems as though Risa is agaist the road she is choosing, though of course it could just be Eri's own subconcious which is taking the form of Risa...
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 4 11/28)
Post by: gracula on November 29, 2010, 03:02:57 PM
I think Eri's 'safe place' is fantastic. We should all be so lucky to have Gaki-san in our heads, taking care of us and serving us meals.
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 5 11/29)
Post by: kuro808 on November 30, 2010, 01:33:40 AM
@oddy: Eri will always have it which will influence how she will take on her later actions

@gracula: lol yeah Risa will always be there as being the angel but is it enough to protect her from later consequences

Chapter 5


I grabbed a handgun and stuck it into my pants as Reina and Sayu filed down their nails, looking at Reina I grabbed the knife and threw it past her face.  She looked back and gave a firm smile before throwing the knife and almost cutting me across my face.

“You want to kill me?”  I picked up the knife and shook my head.

“I want you to tell me your story...”  Sayu put her file down and looked at Reina as she her smirk became bigger.

“Are you squeamish?”  She asked me and I shook my head but I wonder how bad it would have sound if she really did it.  Sayu looked at the time and entered into the door as she grabbed three beers for all of us.

“Okay, when I was ten, I had a friend who was a transfer student from America, her name was Lisa and she quite attractive. all the guys would melt over everything about her but her family was super rich and made all of us jealous with all the new stuff she would get every week.  However, secretly, she would sell it off to a dealer and use the money to fund her mutual fund behind her father's back.”  Reina took a sip of her beer and let out a belch to Sayu and she protected herself from the smell.

“So, she wanted to make more money and she met me as I was a scrub in the gang, she always gave me a meal as I always tried to invest in stupid stuff.  However, she got me out of the gang and became my best and only friend.  Her parents were not happy at first because I was from the streets but the skills I had to be a good mechanic, they let me stay with them.  So, about two years ago, she finally admitted to me that she had a crush on me, I was quite flattered, but I always thought of her as a friend and knowing all the guys wanted to date her, I just politely declined and she went with the first guy who finally did ask her.”  I finished my first bottle and put it down on the table as Sayu grabbed me another bottle.

“She must have been really cute.”  Reina gulped down the last of her beer and bit down on her lip.

“She was... reason for what I had to do.”  She sat back on her chair and clasped her hand together.

“She went on that date and gave me a call, she told me to tell her parents that she was going to be late, but they went out on a dinner date and were going to be out late too.  I was left by myself and I decided to go out to visit my other friend.  I walked over to the store and saw a bunch of guys buying booze talking about a girl they had nabbed that night.  I never thought of Lisa at that moment but my friend gave me a free bento for a deed I had helped her do earlier in the day.  So I went to the park and ate it in peace as I looked around for a drink, I saw the guys again and looked like they were surrounding a person.  I ran over to find Lisa in the middle of the group and I jammed three of them in the jaw and finally the biggest one knocked me out unconscious.”  I went toward the edge of my seat while Reina tried to resisted showing her tears.

“I only heard certain things while I was trying to gain back my mind but they were doing her right in front of me, I wanted to scream but I was still in my daze.  Watching her eyes, I wanted to go get her again, but I finally saw the knife go across her throat.  I closed my eyes as the guys looked over to me and left me a message.  This what happens when you leave the gang...  I started to cry as she bled to death.”  I took another sip as Reina closed her eyes and gained back her composure.

“They found me and her in the room where they left us and took me in the hospital as she was put into a body bag.  I woke up to find a blank room and the nurse came in with my food.  I asked if there were anybody who visited me while I was out and she sadly shook her head.  I wanted to get a knife to kill myself and come to realize from the nurse that I had became public enemy number one because they thought I wanted the hit on her and I set up for being other people's fault.  I exploded out of my bed and chased the nurse out of my room and closed my hands as I wanted to get everyone for blaming me for her death.  A day later, a person came in with a book and handed it over to me.  I threw it onto the ground exposing the knife and mask in it.  She closed the door to my room and took a seat by me.”

“Hi, my name is Tanaka Reina, and I understand your pain.  I ignored her as she really didn't understood until she showed me her scar, a knife wound from her mission and told me that she would take me in as a daughter.  Couple days later, I walked out and stepped into a car, she drove me to her place in the mountains and made me mentally strong.”  Reina stood up and Sayu went into her seat as she continued the story.

“So, Reina came back into the town and I met her at the store, I had been a new member and everyone treated me okay but with Reina, they threw everything at her and made her feel like an outsider, so I decided to take her into my life.  She made me feel special every time we actually had a moment together but for a week she avoided me.  That is when I heard about the high amount of deaths and the removal of man parts.  I never thought Reina would do it until I realized she had kept them in the trash shoot.  I pleaded with her but she had a plan set up and instructed me to go here and a day later we met and we left that town on the run.  Then, she told me of you and I thought of her to assist in your comeback.”  I finished my beer and smiled.

“I never felt so glad in my life to kill a person but the person who was my friend, told me not to do it anymore.”  Reina threw her bottle back at me.

“Your friend was weak, she fell over, and that's it but you cannot give in, you have to fight to prove it isn't your fault, so its up to you, get pelted or win them over.”  I rubbed my chin as I look into Reina's eyes.

“She was not weak... She was my strength and without her I would be a weak girl, so never say anything bad about her.”  I grabbed Reina by the collar and she smiled.

“Now, you know what you have to do, so we are done here, and go home, your girlfriend might be waiting.”  Reina mumbled as I walked out with my gun and I finally got my motivation to continue, I hope Ai will understand...”
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 5 11/29)
Post by: XcuteX26262X on November 30, 2010, 03:27:41 AM
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I hope Ai will understand...
I hope so too.

I like this, it's so interesting  :twothumbs

I can't wait until the next chapter  :)
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 5 11/29)
Post by: oddball on November 30, 2010, 12:26:22 PM
Hmm I'm not to sure if Ai will understand, I can see why Eri would want revenge and to keep up with the murders but I don't think that Ai will condone what Eri is doing, I think to Ai two wrongs don't make a right....

It seems as though both Reina and Sayu have also had bad histories, and have given in to what Eri is just about to start, I wonder if Eri will continue down her path with them or if they will clash at any time?
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 6 12/2)
Post by: kuro808 on December 02, 2010, 08:23:53 PM
@XcuteX26262X: thanks for commenting, expect a lot of AiEri moments and TanaShige, although let's see for far it will go before Ai notices the pattern

@oddy: we'll see a lot of what Eri will decide and when Ai figures out the murderer is her own girlfriend

Chapter 6


I managed to get another kitsune mask and hoodie with the gun fully loaded I walked out with my disguise on and I noticed the sunset and just stood there with my face facing the setting sun and took a deep breath as I walked back into the town.  The policeman was harassing the old lady for not having her usual fruits out late for him.  I remembered him as a pushover because he was the chief's son and with no experience he just stepped in doing all the street work.  I hid behind the corner as I heard them speaking.

“Miyamoto-san, you know I will always protect you from the thieves.”  She slapped him across the face.

“You fuckin' fat idiot, you can't even run after a donut on the ground.”  He grabbed her and shoved her onto the ground and brought out his nightstick toward her.

“Well, I am a policeman and you are a weak bitch so I can beat you up whenever I feel like it.”  I aimed the barrel at him and with the sound of a bang, he fell backward to the pavement and the woman ran back to her store.  I hid the gun back in pocket and walked by her, she looked at my direction, and offered me an orange.  I took the orange and handed back at her, she looked toward my hand and could smell the gunpowder.  She just froze as I approached the corner and shot her in the back as she fell into her vegetables.  I walked back into the apartment complex and took off the mask and hid the gun in the hoodie as I walked into the room.

“Evening, Eri...”  Ai greeted as I walked by her and handed my stuff into the room.

“Evening, Ai, how was your day?”  I smiled and smelt the curry she was making on the stove and gave her a hug as she pecked me on the cheek.

“The same... class, class, and class.”  I plopped myself onto the couch and she took off her apron and jumped onto my lap and started press her lips on top of mine.  I ran my fingers through her hair and she put her hands on top of my face.  I looked into her eyes and I couldn't say anything more, I felt frozen into her gaze, and I pushed her back.  I sat up and kissed her on the head, I ran into the bathroom to jump into the shower, locking the door behind me.

“Why is it so hard?”  I said to myself as the hot water started to hit my skin and punched the wall as I felt every bone cracked in my hand and I felt the pain running into my hand.  I heard the door popped open and Ai came running in grabbed me out of the shower and laid me on the ground.

“Something is bothering you, tell me, if its anything, just tell me....”  I saw the blood run down my arm from the punch and sat up while she wrapped up the hand.

“Niigaki... she is in my mind.”  Ai paused as she finished up the wrap.

“Okay about Niigaki, was she your last girlfriend?”  I shook my head and Ai hugged me closely to her.

“She was my best friend and in my mind she forgives me but I can't forget the memory of the incident, she smiled as the guy pushed her over and he never stopped as she fell backwards into the river and the last moments.  Then, I had everyone blame me and I finally snapped at everyone...”  I wanted to say it but looking into her expression, I think she felt sorry, but I could only just let her comfort me for the night. 

“Eri... I came here to enjoy my new life, away from parents, and I met you, you know I believe your innocence but don't do anything that you'll regret, I would take anything for you.  If it causes my death, so be it but don't think about letting out your anger on them, they will realize it soon enough.”  The final words she said before I went off into my slumber.

Luckily, she didn't want to hear my streak, luckily....
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 7 12/2)
Post by: kuro808 on December 03, 2010, 10:45:48 AM
Chapter 7


I woke up about an hour later with the noises coming from outside and noticed a man and woman bickering, I looked over to Ai as she looked innocently in her sleep and I ran my finger over her cheek.  I didn't want to ruin anything so I put the blanket over her body and kissed her on the forehead as I looked outside the window with the dimmed light.  I kept my head right toward the window as I watched the whole fight as she fell to the ground.  I looked back at Ai and instantly went into my room as I grabbed the gun out and crawled out to the balcony as I had a clear shot.  I loaded up the gun and aimed between his shoulders and pulled the trigger.  He just dropped to the ground as I crawled back inside and slid the gun underneath the bed.

“Eri... where are you?  I just heard a gun shot.”  Ai softly calling me as I ran back to see her waking up from her peaceful sleep.  She got up and walked into the bathroom to do her business as I looked out the window seeing the police officers around the two bodies.  The woman ran over to the boyfriend realizing his wound to his back caused his unfortunate death.

Ai got out of the bathroom seeing the scene outside and just sighed.  She dragged me back to the couch and wrapped her arms around my head.  She gave me a smile before closing her eyes again and snuggled up to her as I went back to sleep.

“Wake up, Sleepyhead~ I made breakfast, I only have about half an hour before my class so I'll be on my way and enjoy your day!”  I waved her goodbye and happily ate the omelet she made for me with the ketchup smile on top.  I quickly consumed it to my delight and just sat on the couch as it approach mid day and another call from Reina came through as I waited for the car to pull up and seeing Reina carrying a heavy bag.

“Reina really feels strong for me to continue this but Ai seems to not like it even if I told her but I guess it is more for her safety than mine.”  I said quietly as I heard a knock at the door and I opened to Reina and her bag plopped on the floor.  She opened it up to reveal the money she had kept from everyone for her assistance.  She dragged the bag over to the closet and ran to the couch to relax, I pushed her legs away, and felt her hand on my thighs.

“You look cute for a girl who everyone hates, I personally thought they resist or forgive them but you really take the cake.”  She laughed as she walked to the refrigerator and brought out the leftover curry and zapped it up in the microwave.  I tilted my head back as Reina scooped up the first bit of curry and she gave me a look as she put down the bowl.

“Does it still bother you that Ai doesn't know?”  Reina swallowed her bite and put her hands around my face.  I bit down on my lip as she went back to her bowl of curry, she took another bite, and finally dropped the spoon into the bowl and ran into Ai's room.  I tried to grab her before she got in but it was too late and I could only look at her as she was amazed by Ai's cleanliness.

“Relax, I just wanted to see a clean room, yours is so dirty, do you ever clean up?”  I shook my head as I sat back down on the couch.  Reina dumped the rest of the curry down the drain and waved goodbye as I felt my stomach growled.  I looked inside to find a note and it seemed Reina left me a plate filled with riceballs and I happily ate it before Ai came home. 
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 7 12/2)
Post by: oddball on December 03, 2010, 05:27:56 PM
Chapter 6: Hmm, the way Ai reacts, I feel as if she knows more about the situation than Eri thinks, perhaps it's just me however....

Chapter 7: Do I detect the first signs of some Reina/Eri flirting? again, maybe just me....
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 7 12/2)
Post by: kuro808 on December 05, 2010, 08:39:25 AM
@oddy: Reina will be the playful type, just to rattle Eri a bit

Chapter 8


With Reina's advice in my head, I decided to clean up my room and I found a box filled with the pictures I had with Risa.  I hesitated to open it up as I left it to the side with the memories of her in my head, I opened the cover to find the two babies looking at each other.  It was rather cute just seeing Risa  always by my side as the years went along.  Even if I was the quiet one, she would always let me be in her group and protect me from all the other girls.  My parents thought that because how close I was with her, she would be my husband, unfortunately it was farther from the truth.

Flashback

“Erinin... How was class?”  I shook my head as I took her to the side.

“I need help... the teacher seems to pick on me more often than usual... she thinks I daydream a lot...”  Risa grabbed my hand and ran into the room as the teacher was packing up.  Risa stormed in and pounded her fists into the desk.  The teacher looked at me and then looked at the angry expression on Risa's face.

“Niigaki-san, Kamei is doing great in my class but I wish she could speak more, she has a wonderful voice and when she writes it comes out beautifully, but I do want her to speak more often.”  Risa softened her stance and she looked back to bring me over to the teacher.  The teacher looked at me and    patted me on the head.

“You have a great friend to stand up for you, but I want you to stand up for yourself and don't let other people walk over you.”  She nodded and went home for the day.  I remembered her words as the news of Risa's death arose and she came out in front of the crowd and told them it was an accident but after the crowd was angered by her words, they caved in on her and her battered body was left on the street as I was sheltered in the house eventually before grabbing them into the streets.


I closed the book as I felt the tears streaming down my face and slipped it underneath my bed as I got everything straightened out in my room and found a bag to leave the weapons and mask in case I was on the road.  I suddenly heard the door open to Ai as she carried her books in from school.  I quickly embraced her as she pecked me on the cheek as usual.

“You seem happy and you cleaned your room... I think you have been busy lately that you are trying to impress me.”  I giggled nervously as she took a seat on the couch and let me rest my head on her shoulder.  For the few quiet moments, I just stuck with Ai as she ran her fingers through my hair and finally the sound of a car screeching in the street made us both look outside.

The car avoided the person crossing the street and he came out with his anger visibly shown on his face and looked around for the police officer but since none were around he wildly threw a punch at the person and the fight ensued with the two arguing and swinging at each other with the fists until the pedestrian stabbed him with his knife and the driver fell over in pain.  He dropped the knife by his face and walked away as the witnesses came out of the buildings to care for the man.

“People these days, just react to violence, luckily we can stay here to be safe, and no one shall interfere with our lives.”  I wish I could believe those words, but I want to make it the solution and not add to the problem, well let's see how far I can get away with this...
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 8 12/4)
Post by: oddball on December 06, 2010, 01:52:24 PM
Hmm, seems as though Eri is about to do some more murdering, I Still cant see how Gaki would be happy at what Eri is doing still.....
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 9 12/6)
Post by: kuro808 on December 07, 2010, 08:03:21 AM
@oddy:  eventually you will see more

Chapter 9

As we both fell a sleep, I heard a knock at the door and Reina panting as she was trying to catch her breath from running up the stairs to our apartment.  Reina closed the door behind her and shoved both of us into my room. 

“Sorry, but they had a mock town hall meeting and I overheard that people are after you for the killings, just stay here for a while.”  Reina walked back out and lay down a trap right in front of the door and heard a bang as smoke came through the door.

“Who are you?”  Ai asked as Reina looked Ai and she smiled as I looked out side the window.

“My name is Tanaka Reina, Eri helped me when the store person was being mean with me because I didn't pay for my fruits.”  She extended her hand as Ai grabbed me from the window.

“Why didn't you tell me you had another friend.”  She playfully punched me in the arm as I nervously laughed and Reina started to grab the weapons out of my closet.  Ai's eyes widened as she saw the knife and the gun coming out of my closet.

“Wait... you were the one...”  Reina looked at me and I looked at Ai as I took her to the side.  Ai sat on my bed as she put her face into her hands.  I wanted to say it and I looked at Reina one more time before deciding to make it official.

“Ai-chan, yes... I met Reina because I was sick of getting pick on and you are always protecting me since you came here.  If you were to get injured, I would not forgive myself, and I know Risa would feel the same way but if I had a chance to protect someone, I thought it would be nice to have people to help me more often.  You are busy every day and I know you like school but I thought if I could make you feel better...”  She looked up and ran toward Reina.

“If you were helping her with the plan, why are you doing so?”  Reina paused as she stood back with the bag over her shoulder.

“Have you ever been picked on before?  Have people stepped up when you weren't sure?  It's easy to be a protector of another person, but... have you actually fought for Eri?  Risa did and look at where she is at, people protected her and turned against the one she was protecting.  Do you think Risa would do the same if Eri went away?  Answer that question before you lash out at her.”  Ai sucked up her tears and looked at me.

“So, you think killing off the people that hate you will make you any better... If that is the case, I understand and I will follow you blindly.  However, I feel hurt that it took Reina to explain it to me and I will never forgive you for the killings, but I want you to learn that running away will not solve your problems.”  I nodded and ran through the smoke and away from the group on the floor, we got to the back alley where Sayu was waiting for us and we all jumped into the limousine.

Ai looked away as I tried to speak to her and I felt angered as we spent the whole ride to the secret spot that I was taken to days earlier.  When we got out, I told Sayu and Reina to go ahead and I finally got my thoughts together.

“Listen to me...”  Ai quickly turned away as the driver was watching us.

“AI, STOP IGNORING ME!  I NEVER WANTED TO DO THIS BUT... but... it was for you to not get hurt, if you think I did it for me, you're wrong, I did it for you.”  Ai concentrated on me as she grabbed my hand.

“What about Risa?”  I froze as I thought about her.

“Risa... would never approve of this... she was the first one I'd talk to before going on this and she would have slapped all the weapons out of my hands and take the pain but I kept it in my hand and when I did the first one.  Risa yelled at me and I just ignored her, I could only think that, I was at fault, and I didn't want to lose another because I was weak and silent.  I can't shove it to you, but I want you to understand that losing another person because I was the same person as before would kill me even more.”  I fell to the ground and Ai came to my side.

“I finally understood why Risa was important, I saw the picture book, and reason why I kept it with me.”  She handed me the book.  “Risa was your strength because you were hers, she knew you would protect her even if you didn't speak up.  So, she knew you would protect her when she needed it, but not in the physical form but that alternative being that is in you to prove that you are not weak, so if it makes you feel better, do it for self-defense rather than revenge, understand?”  Ai lifted me up and the driver applauded.

“I never seen such a bond between people in my time being on this journey, do you know that someone will die right?”  We both shook our heads.

“Well I've said too much, let's have dinner.”  We all went back into the room and saw the food on the table as I had to think about the driver's words..

do you know that someone will die right?
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 9 12/6)
Post by: XcuteX26262X on December 07, 2010, 12:34:43 PM
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“So, you think killing off the people that hate you will make you any better... If that is the case, I understand and I will follow you blindly.  However, I feel hurt that it took Reina to explain it to me and I will never forgive you for the killings, but I want you to learn that running away will not solve your problems.”

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“Listen to me...”  Ai quickly turned away as the driver was watching us.

“AI, STOP IGNORING ME!  I NEVER WANTED TO DO THIS BUT... but... it was for you to not get hurt, if you think I did it for me, you're wrong, I did it for you.”  Ai concentrated on me as she grabbed my hand.
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“Risa... would never approve of this... she was the first one I'd talk to before going on this and she would have slapped all the weapons out of my hands and take the pain but I kept it in my hand and when I did the first one.  Risa yelled at me and I just ignored her, I could only think that, I was at fault, and I didn't want to lose another because I was weak and silent.  I can't shove it to you, but I want you to understand that losing another person because I was the same person as before would kill me even more.”  I fell to the ground and Ai came to my side.

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WHAT? What do you mean someone will die? You're not gonna kill Ai, right??? You can't!!! Or maybe i'm just imagining things...
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 9 12/6)
Post by: oddball on December 07, 2010, 01:35:53 PM
So seems as though the town is truly after Eri now, this time for legitimate reasons, seems as though Ai has perhaps come to tearms with what Eri has become but for some reasonI am still sure that Ai is not happy about it and as she said "what would Gaki think?"

Someoe will die!  :O Why do I feel bad for Ai, even if Eri says she is doing all this to protect Ai (I can't see that myself) but will the way she has been 'protectin' her be the reason she ends up dead?
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 9 12/6)
Post by: gracula on December 07, 2010, 05:27:34 PM
uh oh. i reread this, and was kinda squinting a little to see if there were any happy endings possible. :panic:
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 10 12/8)
Post by: kuro808 on December 09, 2010, 02:12:49 AM
@XcuteX26262X: Take a guess and pray it isn't her?

@oddy: well whoever dies will have a better reason to do so, now its quite a selection of people to choose

@gracula: Hmm, I usually would have a happy ending but for who will it be happy for

Chapter 10

We both walked into a small room with a fireplace and a small table with four chairs as Reina and Sayu came from the kitchen with pieces of chicken with gravy and vegetables on their paper plates.  We walked into the kitchen and saw two women in their talking something foreign to our ears and gave us a smile as we got our food.

“You two are new here... You guys must be Reina's friends.”  The taller one wiped up her hands and took off her chef's hat as she took out her brown bag.  She silently took our her sandwich and placed it on top of the plate with a spoon of gravy over the sandwich.

“Oh I'm Li Chun and my partner Lin Qian, we are personal chefs for Reina and Sayu, they gave us jobs as we got stuck here because the offer went through.  They just gave us money and we just made the food we knew and gathered some stuff from others.  So, we are just learning about cuisine and if we can find our way back, I wanted to thank her.”  She crunched through the first bite and let us go through the line as we filled our plates.  The shorter one went to Ai and just smiled as she greeted her and I dragged Ai out of the kitchen as we sat in front of the other two.

“I guess you met Jun and Lin, they are probably the coolest people and I usually feel bad that they had that offer went through.”  Sayu swallowed her food quickly as she seemed anxious to mention something.

“Jun is also a great listener... every time I have an issue, she always manages to listen.”  Reina slapped her forehead as Ai started to giggle.

“Jun is only trying to woo you away from me, and she always sneaks a peek every time your shower.”  Sayu crossed her arms in disgust and denied Reina's words.

“Reina is jealous...”  Sayu stuck out her tongue as Reina shook her head as she took another piece of chicken into her mouth.  Ai put her hand on Sayu and smiled at her as I quietly ate my dinner and Reina just finished her dinner as she yanked me away from the table.  Reina threw her plate away and let out a sigh.

“Reina... is something wrong?” I asked her and her expression changed, she sat down, and relaxed in her chair.

“Eri you may not know this but Jun and Sayu are relatively close, its not like I am losing her but she is such a flirt but a dangerous flirt.  When I started my run, I met her and something I couldn't put my finger on that made me attracted to her.  Then, she shot a pistol at a guy who was harassing me and seeing in her eyes, something that attractive can be rather deadly.  Reason why I hung around her but she was way into the killings than I was.  When I finished my mission, she would cut off their pinkies and threw them into a jar.  However, right before we came here, she lit them on fire and in her mind something was viciously wrong.  Also, when I did ask, she told me that it was her thing to do and not mines.”  Reina and I walked back out seeing Ai and Sayu talking to each other and she ventured into the kitchen.  Jun ran up to her and she was ready to listen to her orders, as Reina gave them out, her eyes widened and ran away as Lin stood there in silence.  I observed something that Reina knew it would happen but she seemed to be stopping something.  Reina followed after Jun minutes later as Sayu and Ai were about done with the dinner.

“Where did Jun go~”  Sayu whining toward Lin who was still in shock.

“Reina wanted to talk to her...”  I replied as Ai and Sayu looked at each other and continued their conversations.  I became nervous as Lin came from behind and tapped me on the shoulder.

“I think Jun is in trouble, because Sayu has been around her a lot, making her quite jealous.”  Lin walked toward the room with the door ajar.  I followed her hearing the sounds of Jun and Reina shouting until it all ended and I quickly hid to the side as Lin ran back.  Reina came out as she wiped off her hands and saw me in shivering.

“Don't worry, Jun is tired and she'll be back tomorrow for breakfast.”  Reina walked back as I followed her and never looking back at Jun.
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 10 12/8)
Post by: oddball on December 09, 2010, 12:08:15 PM
@oddy: well whoever dies will have a better reason to do so, now its quite a selection of people to choose

You know this isn't very comforting!

So Jun and Lin are involved in this aswell?

P.S.
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  The shorter one went to Ai and just smiled as she greeted her and I dragged Ai out of the kitchen as we sat in front of the other two.

Oh dear, seems as though Lin may be some competion for Eri  :lol:
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 11 12/11)
Post by: kuro808 on December 11, 2010, 12:32:11 PM
@oddy Lin and Jun are just there because Reina knew how it felt to be wronged but gotta wait to know what happened to Jun later on

Chapter 11

The time came to finding another victim as Ai was hanging around Sayu a lot more and knowing what she had said, I couldn't help but to clue her in, even if she disagreed.  As I walked up to Ai, Reina pulled me aside as she discovered a problem:  The townspeople were at our apartment.

“Eri, a source told me they are searching for you, you must end this right away, but it will be quite tricky as I feel they might be on high security.  Now, I think the hardware owner's daughter has a date tonight with her boyfriend.  They may be undermining the situation so I'll leave it up to you to do what you have to do.”  Reina explained and I decided to walk out with my hoodie and mask on with the knife in my pocket.

Luckily it was quiet as everyone went toward the apartment and seeing the couple walking out toward the restaurant, I took my chance and threw a pebble toward them.  The man told her to wait at the restaurant as I baited him into the dark alley.  I took the blade and jammed it into his beck as he pleaded for help but with no one around, I had a shot for the woman.

“Where is he?”  She yelled and I took out a gun as she followed my orders into an empty room next to the restaurant.  She quickly yelled and whipped her with the gun as she fell to the floor with a drip of blood on her face.  She lunged toward me and knocked her unconscious, she fell over onto the floor face up as I dragged her to the bed.

“Wow she is feisty.”  I said to myself as I dimmed the lights but a thought came into mind with the gun in hand, I laid it next to her.  I gazed at her through the eye holes and began to the next step as I took her wallet and threw her purse into the thrash can.  Then, coming from the darkness a homeless man drunk from the cheap liquor stood in front of the lady.

“Free entry, eh.”  He hiccuped and sat in the chair next to the bed as he began to take off every article of her clothes.  He looked back at me as he was feeling the guilt of his actions and I looked over at the gun by her.  He picked it up and put it on the table as he undressed himself and left him with the unconscious girl.  However, after a few pleasurable minutes with her, I drew out my spare and shot him in the head.  She woke up with a dead man draping over and looking down, she screamed for help and took her out of her misery.

I walked out hiding the gun underneath my hoodie and still watched the guy struggling to get himself back up as he swung toward me.  However, his shoulder and arm had become numbed by the wound and fell back to the ground.

“You bastard!  Why are you killing us?” I never responded as I stepped on his hand and gave him a stare into his eyes.  The brown eyes had become soft, scared, and with nothing left to care about, I had looked in her wallet and took out a few pictures.  It was her with another man, the richest man of the town and her happy face ruined the guy's hope.

“She was cheating on me...  I never deserved her, she was a two-timing whore... I wished that you would go to hell and watch you roast for what you have done.”  I carefully thought about the words and  took my foot off his hand.

“You were cheating on her too... How can you be right and she be wrong?  How can she not get away with it while you were having an affair with her sister behind her back?  Hmm but the funny part was the sister had something she wanted to give.  She contracted a disease from another suitor and as he died, he cursed her as the it spread into his body as it is doing for yours.  I saved her from the embarrassment you would have given to her.  However, she knew that her sister had it and to save her, she rejected you many times.  As her sister withered away, she gave out the secret, and with a simple speech, she hated you and planned to get her revenge.  Sleeping with the man was not enough, she became intrigued with all the men behind your back as you thought she would sit waiting for you, ha, guess what?  Every eligible man had a sample.”  Finishing the speech he swung toward me one more time and took out my gun.

“She's dead... she deserves it... me, I shall live on, even if you want me to or not.”  His final words became his wish as a pull of the trigger ended his life.  I stuck it back underneath my hoodie and walked back to headquarters.  Reina was waiting at the door as she turned on the news seeing the apartment on fire.

“Good night”  Reina smirked as I changed into my pajamas and joined Ai for sleep.  I slipped underneath the blanket and gave her a kiss tonight before turning in myself.
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 12 12/11)
Post by: kuro808 on December 12, 2010, 10:43:35 AM
Chapter 12

The next morning I woke up to the smell of something sweet and found Jun and Lin working hard as Reina and Sayu were at the table setting up the spreads for breakfast.

“Hey ya Eri?  Right?”  Jun waved as I walked over to the fresh muffins popped out of the tin.

“Yeah, what happened last night?”  Jun leaned over as she whispered into my ear.

“I had been under the weather lately, and Reina usually carried all the medications but never described to me what they really are and she let's me sleep in her room as protection from any side effects of the medication.”  Jun smiled as she stacked the muffins on top of each other and gave it to me to carry to the table.

“Eri, Ohayou!  Is Ai still sleeping?”  Sayu asked as I totally forgot about Ai and ran back to see her still in her sleep but something didn't seem right as I came closer to waking her up, she seemed to be curled up and her eyes were wide open.

“Oha...you... Aichan”  I said quietly and she turned to see my face, she stood up, and walked by me.

“I know you went out to kill again last night, so you know how I feel but the thing was, you got rid of the person who was annoying me in school.  Who told you that she was the one giving me the most grief?”  I didn't know anything about Ai's school life as they banned me from soliciting but somehow it felt quite relieving that no one was going to bother Ai again.

“I didn't know that, I made up a story so the guy would die already before anyone saw me at the scene.”  Ai shook her head.

“Okay... I want you to tell me when you gotta do it because I have an itch that I have to scratch, if Reina would let me.”  I smiled as Ai followed me to the eating room as she wrapped her arms around me and digging her face into my back as I slowed down a bit before entering the room.  I looked toward the other room and I felt a chill down my spine.  I told Ai to have breakfast as I opened the light to the empty room and a book in the middle of the room.

“The tragedy of Lady Kojima”  I said to myself as I opened the book to find the list of names in the book and it was filled with the name Tanaka Reina but the last one was in hiragana and I began to think about the story which was about the death of a merchant, the wife was accused of killing him for his money but couldn't be proven true.  Then, a fellow came with a bag of goods which was beneficial to her health as he began to court her, she became his bodyguard, eventually killing the villagers for putting the blame on her.  However, in the end, she looked at him and stabbed him in the heart as she thought he was going to back stab her.  But, he had a proposal of marriage leading to her death.  In her final note, she changed her name back to her maiden name of Tanaka Reina.

“You know the story of Lady Kojima?”  I turned to find Reina at the door and closed it behind me as she looked at the book. 

“I lied when I mentioned about my name change, my name is that but they gave me the hiragana because they wanted to avoid the story, but fate gave me this and I took it.  However, I wanted to personally end this story and no one would be able to use that name again, so it is up to you to continue the legacy or throw it into the fire.”  I closed the book and walked by her to get my breakfast as I knew what I wanted to do but was it the right thing to do?
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 12 12/11)
Post by: oddball on December 13, 2010, 04:32:29 PM
chapter 11: Man to me Eri has turned into a truly evil character with what she did with these murders, even if in the end it did kinda benefit Ai it was still a proper evil murder spree

chapter 12: Well at least Jun is back and she seems to be ok  :sweatdrop: So this book is all the people Reina has killed, andis she offering Eri to become the next in line to her?  :O
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 13 12/15)
Post by: kuro808 on December 15, 2010, 11:08:44 AM
@oddy maybe, but Reina is trying to avoid that from happening but can it stop?

Chapter 13

“Look at the newspaper!”  Ai called me over and I found the apartment burnt in pictures.  I felt my blood boil but I knew as long as Ai was here, I could actually live with myself.  Looking at Sayu, I grabbed my muffin and sat next to Ai as she turned to next page.

“Eri... I actually want to talk to you...”  Ai whispered into my ear as she dragged me out of the room as we sat in the empty room.  Ai sat across of me and then we heard an explosion right above us and ran out to see Reina with her gun in hand.

“Ai, sorry if you want to help, go ahead but if not, go follow Jun and Lin into the bunker.”  Ai waved goodbye as I heard the footsteps above us.  Reina threw me a handgun and we entered into the backroom as Sayu set the trap near the entrance.  I sat back as we waited for the footsteps to go away and the room went silent as Reina sneaked her way into a corner as listened to the wall.

“Eri, they set something to draw us out, wait for the explosion, and see if they set off the trap.  If they do, let them run through the smoke and start shooting, if they don't, wait because they might get impatient.”  After a few seconds, an explosion blasted out my ears, and the footsteps came back as they ran toward the door but it stopped.

“Eri, let Sayu take care of them.”  Reina stopped me before exiting out of the door and a few shots later, Sayu barged in and smiled.

“Wait, Sayu... knows how to use a gun?”  Sayu laughed with gun in hand and looked toward Reina as she pointed the gun toward her.

“Eri, I was the one to tell her that a gun is better than a knife, now because she has been trying to keep Jun away from me, I need to ask her to stop.”  Sayu lowered the gun and dropped it off to the side as Reina lowered her weapon.  Sayu turned and a shot went through her as she fell to the ground, Reina walked toward her, and looked into her face.

“Sayu, you poor, poor girl, even you thought me about how to shoot a gun, you told me the number one rule is to never turn your back.  Guess what?  I guess you don't follow your own rule.”  Sayu crawled to a chair and looked at Reina.

“You're right...  I did tell you that and I don't deserve the thanks for killing them off, but somehow you knew me so well.”  Sayu took off her vest and dropped it to the floor, Reina smiled as she lifted her off the chair.

“A vest?  Smart thinking... never thought about protecting myself, I thought you would have bleed but I only stunned you.”  Sayu looked at Reina with her eyes and looked back at me.

“Eri, you seemed shock that I shot at Sayu... do you think I would purposely shoot at her if I knew about the vest, sorry I didn't but somehow Sayu wants to mention something right?”  Reina looked at Sayu and she stood up as Ai came down from the stairs.  With a glance, she seemed startled by something and ran toward me with her arms out and wrapped them around me.

“What's wrong?”  Before I could get an answer, the footsteps came again, and rushed into where Ai was staying.  I turned on the light seeing two bodies on the floor, I took a breath, and knew what was up.  I ran down to see Reina and Sayu conversing and pulled the trigger quickly and the taller one fell by Reina's feet.

“Why did you do that for?”  Reina's fist was inches away from my face as I stopped her with my hand and I pointed at the hiding place.  Reina ran up as I saw the blood slowly ran out of her, Sayu strugled to get back up as she groaned in pain with the bullet in her midsection.  I wanted to choke her out but looking at Ai, I held back as I looked over her.

“Why kill the Chinese girls?  What did they do?”  Sayu turned herself over and looked up toward me.

“They know too much, they couldn't live as long as they stayed here, Reina knew that...”  I stepped on Sayu's hand as she let out another groan.  Ai saw Reina coming down as she cocked her gun and shot at Sayu's foot missing her by an inch.

“Let her go, she will die here in peace, Eri, Ai, this is gonna be a hell of a trip and since this is rather new, Eri take care of Ai and venture toward the city limits in the West, the driver should be there with the limousine.”  Ai paused as she looked at Reina.

“What about you?”

“My mission is done, I will go my own way without Sayu, I will enjoy my time with you guys, and I'll be somewhere, just go!”  With the final goodbye, we left to go West seeing the people on the street corners guarding the exit.
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 13 12/15)
Post by: oddball on December 15, 2010, 11:35:30 AM
What! Sayu shot Jun and Lin!  :angry: at leat Eri has gotten revenge for them, it seems as though it's just Eri and Ai now as it seems as though Sayu is finished and Reina is now going her own way!
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 13 12/15)
Post by: kuro808 on December 15, 2010, 12:18:20 PM
What! Sayu shot Jun and Lin!  :angry: at leat Eri has gotten revenge for them, it seems as though it's just Eri and Ai now as it seems as though Sayu is finished and Reina is now going her own way!

Sayu kinda had it coming to her... although Reina knew that she had a vest... interesting how Eri got an easy shot, eh?
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 14 12/18)
Post by: kuro808 on December 19, 2010, 01:26:30 AM
Chapter 14


“How many do we have to go through Eri?”  Ai asked as I hid behind the building.

“I don't know, we have to see for ourselves, and we need a lot of luck on our side.”  I felt the rush of shooting off my gun but leaving Ai vulnerable was not my idea and with only 24 bullets left, I had to be creative.

Looking at Ai, I grabbed her hand and held her as long as I could feeling her warmth and one more chance to not be what Ai saw me as.  I looked at the corner and aimed at his leg as Ai looked behind me and I pulled the trigger.  I turned back into the space and heard a few shots go my way and the parry continued as I waited for it to be over.

“Eri, why did Sayu spare me?”  I thought about the fact and I had a hunch but what if it was true?

“Sayu knew that killing you would not be worth my time, she wanted to get rid of all the present stuff, I don't know if Reina was going to do the same but she wants us to continue the tragedy.

“Do you want to?”  I shook my head.

“The Tanaka Reina name shall be buried with her.”  Ai tilted the head as the gunfire stopped and seeing toward the side of Ai was an unused flare.  I threw the flare out into the road and one turned toward us and shot him on the dot.  We ran past the corner and saw the limousine in front of us but seeing the group behind us, we threw out arms in the air as they approached us.

“We finally got them!”  One yelled as they were within arm's range and then a shot rung out from the back of them as they all turned and it was Reina strapped with a bomb.

“You guys should be after me... I did the killings, that girl you guys blame for her for the death of a friend, now you shall go to hell...”  With a click of a button the buildings started to go off as I grabbed Ai and jumped into the limousine.  I looked behind as the buildings were turned to rubble and the people silenced as the town were the fireworks for the setting sun.

“Madam, shall we go to the next town?”  The driver asked as I looked at Ai.

“Take me to the nearest airport and I will make my decision from there.”  I commanded and the driver took the freeway and we saw a familiar sight and asked to detour here before we got to the airport.

We arrived at the cemetery and found the head stone with Risa's name and put my hands together in prayer.  A few seconds in, I felt my hands being pressed harder together but it didn't seem like Ai's hands but Risa...

“Go on, Eri don't let anything stop you”  The whisper made me smile.

“Thank you, Risa, I will never forget you.”  I dropped my hands to the ground and teared up as Ai picked me up.

“Let's go”  Ai took me into the limousine and drove off.
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 14 12/18)
Post by: oddball on December 20, 2010, 12:06:45 PM
So Reina sacarficed herself to save Eri and Ai.....  :cry:

I wonder if this is the chance that Eri needed to change her life and give up on the killings or at least escape to somewhere safe with Ai....
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 14 12/18)
Post by: gracula on December 29, 2010, 12:45:16 PM
oh my god- i finally finished this. I've taken to calling Eri the angel of death while reading this. Be interesting to see what happens in the wake of Eri's destruction. this is not the end, right?
Title: Re: K is for.... (Chapter 14 12/18)
Post by: kuro808 on December 30, 2010, 07:57:16 AM
No update as for now but maybe soon.... I hope

@oddy I think Eri will teach a lesson however its how she will do it

@gracula it isn't the end but somehow I needed to get out of this mode, so a little sweetness to add to the pot before going back to this fic
Title: Re: K is for.... (Final Chapter 12/30)
Post by: kuro808 on December 31, 2010, 07:55:57 AM
Chapter 15


The short drive to the airport gave me little time to think of my next move although looking at Ai I saw Risa's face and I felt more confident about my decision.  As the limousine stopped at out location, I grabbed the suitcase and opened it to take out 200,000 yen and gave the rest away to the driver.

“Mister... thank you for all what you have done and as our gift to you keep this and be with your family.”  The driver looked at the money and closed the suitcase.

“You girls be safe and good luck.”  We closed the doors and walked into the airport to get our tickets, however I had no clue where to go.

“I know we can go to Nagoya for a bit and make our new lives there.”  I rubbed my chin for a bit and shook off the idea.

“Okinawa, let's go there!” I insisted as Ai nodded and went up to get our tickets.

“Two one-way tickets to Okinawa.”  The lady smiled and punched the keys to get us our tickets but somehow there were a few men with radios going toward us.  I grabbed Ai by the hand and ran toward the bathroom.

“Kamei!  We are not going to do it here!”  Ai said and I tried to keep her quiet as the radios went silent.

“Sorry, I think they might be after us, we have to find a way out of here...”  I looked around and then found some toilet paper and decided to throw it out and luckily many went after it.  We both ran to the gate and shoved ourselves through.  We hid behind the curtain as the flight was boarding and no one was behind us but somehow it seemed safe to assume people were after us and we walked to the back of the plane to find a bag to raid.  Surprisingly, two jackets and ski masks to cover our faces.

“I think we are safe for now as long as we stay back here and chill.”  Ai's muffled voice was making me giggle.

We sat back and waited for the place to go off as we are the lone people in the back of the plane and looking outside I just took a deep breath and held Ai's hand.  Looking into her eyes, I felt the most happiest when I was with her and as the plane started to move, I gave her a kiss on her head and felt relieved for the first time.

I closed my eyes as we lifted off and when I woke up the plane had landed and we raced out of the airport to see sunny Okinawa.  We ran out of the airport and walked toward the beach as I fell to my knees and started to cry as a little girl went by us.

“Ma'am, are you all right?”  She asked.

“Yes, I am just happy to be here and I hope you never experience my life or my friends.  I want you to enjoy your life and if there was anything I can give, I want you to hold your friends tight, they will always be there....”  Ai lifted me up as the girl silently went away.

“Eri, thank you.”  Ai gave me a kiss on the cheek and we went off to find a new place to stay and hope no one shall ever experience what thousands have experienced in 300 years.
Title: Re: K is for.... (Final Chapter 12/30)
Post by: gracula on December 31, 2010, 09:43:50 AM
Ah, a happy ending after all.

The ski masks gave me a funny mental image though.  :lol:
Title: Re: K is for.... (Final Chapter 12/30)
Post by: oddball on January 01, 2011, 02:07:06 PM
So a happy ending for Eri and Ai, I'm glad that Eri was able to escape from her life of killing to be with Ai!  :D