CHAPTER 10: A Small Intermission
For the first time when Koharu reached her house she felt nervous, or...she at least thought this queasy feeling in the middle of her stomach was nervousness. If her guess was correct, Koharu also hated this feeling. She had the strangest urge to vomit and she was sure her legs were starting to shake.
What made this emotion even worse was that Koharu was feeling such a thing before entering her home. A place she was sure was supposed to do the exact opposite and make her feel more relaxed. It made the experience of this new emotion all the more worse for the younger girl.
Staring at her house from a safe distance, Koharu knew she can just as easily leave. She could always return back tomorrow morning, but then that would make the bouquet of flowers in her arms worthless. She had to come home.
The consequences would be greater if she didn't come now because she knew Sayumi was waiting for an explanation. That and the smell these flowers gave off started to irritate Koharu. She needed to go inside and dump these flowers out of her hand as soon as possible.
Feeling courage return back into her, Koharu walked to the front door for her home and used her key to unlock the doorway. The walk toward the kitchen was silent and Koharu wasn't sure if that was a good thing, or something she should be concerned about. Sayumi had always been in the living room or kitchen when she waited for Koharu to come back.
Unless Koharu had came home late then Sayumi would be in their bedroom sleeping. This time, Sayumi wasn't anywhere in sight. Slowly walking deeper into the house, Koharu carefully looked around herself as she wondered deeper inside. About to enter the hallway that led to their bedroom, Koharu heard a door open and for a split second light shined into the hallway then disappeared.
The tall teenager stopped walking and waited for the person to step out of their hiding place. She was only slightly relieved when she saw that it was Sayumi who had took a short bathroom break. Koharu sighed, giving herself away and got Sayumi's attention. Koharu watched as Sayumi's face seemed empty as she walked toward her.
The killer held up her bouquet of flowers, ready to present them to her girlfriend as a silent apology. Instead, Koharu received a strong slap to the face that made her whole left cheek burn in pain. When Koharu looked back to her angered girlfriend she realized that she had started to cry.
“Where were you?!” Sayumi shouted. “When I woke up y-you were gone! You didn't answer my calls or leave a note. You just vanished like you didn't want anything to do with me!”
For a moment Koharu remained silent, picking at her brain to find an answer, or better yet, an excuse to her icy behavior. She didn't try to search for a good enough answer because she felt sorry to see Sayumi in tears, but figured it was best to try and show some type of care towards her girlfriend because Sayumi needed it.
Koharu would find it much better to just ignore these emotions because tears and sadness were emotions Koharu felt nothing for the most. She often had a hard time distinguishing between sadness and fear. What fascinated the dark haired teenager more was that she was not able to mimic these two emotions the most.
She could not even feel them. Koharu was only familiar with hatred and impulses. It was difficult for her right now to grab Sayumi by the neck and suffocate her to death the second Koharu was slapped. Her body was brewing with rage and it was new to fight that emotion back for once.
Although Koharu's beastly instincts most kick in, the logical part in Koharu's brain was trying to understand why Sayumi was in such a devastated state. Yes, Koharu had left this morning after her and Sayumi had sex, but the young teenager didn't see the harm in leaving. She had things to do. Some things were just more important than Sayumi sometimes.
“Sayumi...” Koharu started, trying to hide her anger. “I had to do a few errands.”
“How can you be so emotionless?!” Sayumi shouted. “You don't feel even a little guilty for doing something like that? You think it's normal to just have sex with someone just for pleasure and then leave in the morning?”
Koharu looked at Sayumi, still trying to understand why ever word spoken didn't seem to bother her. She found the various expressions and tone of voice Sayumi managed to make in just a single sentence a lot more interesting. Sayumi's round and pale face was lively with various expression Koharu could not identify. It reminded the killer a lot like blinking Christmas lights.
“Couples don't do that Koharu!” Sayumi scolded.
The fascination didn't last long because the longer Sayumi spoke the more annoying Koharu found her. The crazy murder started to get irritated. Various visions flashed in Koharu's mind. They amused Koharu, being that many of them consist of her finding endless ways to shut Sayumi up for good.
They were a lot more entertaining than the lecture she was receiving. Koharu felt a hand on her arm and without thinking she grabbed Sayumi by the neck and slammed her into a wall. The rage disappeared when she heard her girlfriend give out a cry of fear to the sudden attack. Koharu looked at Sayumi, realizing she was choking the older girl.
For once, Sayumi made an expression Koharu knew and the emotion was pain. Koharu released her hand from Sayumi's neck and rushed down the hall. She threw the pile of flowers to the floor and raced to the door.
“Koharu!” Sayumi shouted.
That didn't stop the psychopath from running. She easily made it out the door and to her car. Koharu wasn't leaving because she felt guilty from what she did. It was somewhat relaxing to inflect some type of unsettling emotion into Sayumi. Koharu left because she knew if she stayed any longer her impulse to snap Sayumi's neck would become too strong for her control.
So Koharu left. If she needed to let off some steam she already had the perfect person selected for that purpose. All she had to do was capture this person and bring her to the place Koharu chose as a good enough location where she wouldn't be disturbed. While keeping her eyes on the road, Koharu's hand fumbled with opening the dashboard compartment to see if she's brought the weapon she's chosen.
She stopped the car at the red light and took it as the right time to look at the opened compartment. She grabbed the syringe that nestled inside and took out a small bottle. Skillfully, Koharu placed the needle into the jar and carefully extracted the clear liquid inside the hallow syringe. About half way, Koharu pulled the needle out of the bottle then put everything back inside the glove compartment. Now all she needed was to find her victim and the plan would be complete.
***
“Stupid Goto-san!” Reina complained. “Just because I'm out here doesn't mean she can send me around the city running errands. I hate food shopping!”
Reina let out a few streams of curses to try and calm herself. She was supposed to be here to calm down and get some fresh air, but instead she's sent to do work. Clutching her bags tigther in her hands, Reina walked faster to head back to base. It was getting late so Maki had ordered Reina to return back.
“Why can't Aika stop eating all the food!? She's way to fat to be eating this much junk food anyway.” Reina grumbled.
She started to laugh, imagining Aika reaction to Reina calling her fat. She knew that Aika would become flustered to such an outburst. Starting to smile, Reina felt a little better about having to come back to the hidden lab once again. Her pride quickly disappeared when she heard a loud scream emit from the alley way she was passing.
Reina's combat training kicked in the second she heard the distress yell and silently dropped her bags. She knew it was dangerous to wonder into an alley way alone, but if she didn't try to help the person being attacked might die. It was a risk Reina would take.
Like a cat hunting it's prey, Reina silently walked into the alley way. Her sense of hearing strained to pick up the lightest sound as her eyes scanned around her for any danger. The walk was silent and nothing else was heard after the scream, which made Reina begin to wonder if there was anyone in here anyway in need of dire assistance. Her doubts were quashed when she heard grunting and shuffling ahead.
The sound of crying was easily heard and Reina quickened her pace. When she reached the noise she froze, surprised from what she saw under the pale light hung underneath a door way. A woman was scattered on the ground, desperately trying to fight her attacker back. She was crying and begging for this person to stop, but they seemed to have no mercy.
The victim was slapped across the face then yelled when she was violently stabbed in the arm. These objects appeared a lot like needles to Reina. The items were yanked out of the woman's arm then put back the attacker's pocket. The dark figure stood above the woman, watching her reaction as her health began to deteriorate and her struggling became less.
“Hey!!” Reina shouted, getting the attacker's attention.
This heartless person turned around, but Reina was unable to get a look at their face. Reina was surprised when she saw that this person didn't run away, but instead stare at Reina, warning her back away. However, the warning didn't last long because the person than charged at Reina, leaving her no choice, but to defend herself. When the attacker was close enough, Reina threw a fist, but was surprised at how easily this person dodged her.
Reina was punched in the gut then grabbed by the arms to be slammed into a brick wall. Reina began to feel lightheaded, but she knew if she didn't fight back she would die too. Desperately, Reina used her arms to push the person back and was able to dodge an on coming fist to her head. The contact of the person's fist smacking the wall didn't seem to effect Reina's attack at all. Reina slipped from the person's grasp and pulled out a baton from her pocket.
She flicked her wrist and the metal rod began to unfold, revealing a six inch baton, ready for use. This also didn't scare the assailant. Instead, a knife of their own was pulled out of the hoodie and was swung. Reina used her baton to deflected the blade and kicked the person in the stomach, stunning them.
Reina knew better than to continue this fight, so seeing her chance she fled. This person was much stronger than her and a lot more skilled than her. The attacker however, didn't want to let Reina go and ran after her, tackling Reina to the ground. She squirmed around trying to make it more difficult to hit her while trying to escape.
A hit still landed to her jaw, almost knocking her unconscious, but the pain of the punch was nothing compared to the sickening sound of her leg snapping. Reina let out a loud scream as the pain ripped through her, paralyzing her. Still holding her baton, Reina gave out one last attempt to fight back and shocked the person with the baton.
A loud grunt was heard as the attacker stumbled back, holding their arm. This person looked at Reina then ran after the lifeless body that laid on the floor. Reina watched this person pick up the body and run away just as Reina passed out.
Topic: Forgotten Past (UPDATE 1/31) (Read 13272 times)