LOL I sure did let you guys wait for me so long that you guys were flooding my thread xD Hahaha gomen ne~ Ok so here is the last part of Chapter 10 of this fic. The next one to be updated will be Let me be your love, a fic that I haven't updated for soooooooooooo long.
Thanks for waiting patiently and not killing me for making you wait
Enjoy the new update~Chapter 10 [Part 2]
Later, we arrived at Shimogamo Shrine in about an hour. The place was so dark and silent that we could even hear our own heartbeats. No light was seen. Everything was just in a simple color of black. I looked through the car window and somehow a chill running down my spine. At the back, Mayu and Yuki also looked outside, and they didn’t look so comfortable with the view they were seeing.
“Mayuyu, are you sure… this is the place?” Yuki asked with a quiet voice, almost like a whisper.
“I don’t know… I heard Yui said something about Shimogamo… And I thought about this place… But I don’t know anymore….” Mayu hesitated.
“Should we go check the place?” I said to them. Both of them looked at me. Then, Mayu turned her gaze to the dark shrine again and finally let out a sigh.
“I guess we should. Maybe they are hiding somewhere in there.”
“You’re right. I think I’ll go check out the place then.” I nodded then turned off the engine.
But before I could open the door to step out, a hand held my shoulder and stopped me. I looked back and met Mayu eyes along with a small headshake.
“No. You stay here. I’ll go. It’s too dangerous out there.”
“Oh, no Mayuyu. I’m not gonna let you go into the danger again. I’ll go this time.” And now it was Yuki’s turn to talk. We were fighting over a nonsense purpose, just for who was going to go out. I thought it was just a small argument at first, but then it became so serious when we were almost shouting at each other.
“Ok Stop!” Mayu was the first one who realized how loud we were currently. “Let’s go together, all of us. So no more fighting OK? And keep it quiet. We might attract some hungry vampires with our voices.”
I and Yukirin nodded at the same time and we got out of the car in silence. I tossed one of the flashlights in my bag to Yukirin and got one for myself to lighten up our way. I drew out my katana and walked aside Yukirin, who was also holding her guns. We lighted up our surrounding. As for Mayu, since she was a vampire, she could see in the darkness clearly so she walked ahead us.
Before we entered the main shrine, we had to walk past a long messy rock road. Wooden logs, broken piece of roof and bricks were found everywhere. This was an evidence of a fight. Someone had been here before, and the vampires too. Noticing the unnatural mess, Mayu rose up her guard and gestured us to stay close to her.
Carefully, the vampire girl opened the main door of the shrine. Immediately, I and Yuki lightened inside, but saw nothing. The shrine was destroyed partially when the walls were all knocked down; half the roof was damaged, leaving a big hole that the dark sky could be seen clearly. Holes were everywhere on the floor. The shrine was just like the old building which had just been through a battle in World War.
There was no way someone would ever stay in this kind of place, especially someone smart like Takamina.
“I don’t think Takamina would ever choose a place like this to stay overnight.” Mayu mumbled what I just thought.
“I agree with you, Mayu. I think you have misheard the location.” I replied to the cyborg.
“I guess so. Let’s get ouf of here. Takamina must have gone to somewhere nearby. They won’t be go too far from here.”
Mayu quickly turned around and started walking out of the shrine. Yuki followed her right away. When I was about to turn my back, a cracking noise caught my attention and stopped my track immediately.
“Shhhhh, did you hear something?” I called the others quietly. Mayu and Yuki stopped walking. The vampire girl wore a serious look on her face. A bright electric ball appeared in her palm. Slowly, she turned her head to my direction and summoned her white sword.
“Someone is here.” That was all she said before heading towards me with the speed of light.
Suddenly, a chill ran through my spinal cord. And a sense of danger appeared at the back of my head. My hand acted on itself. Immediately, I swung my katana up and received a sound of metals stroke on each other. At the same, Mayu also swung her sword and another metallic sound came.
*Keng*
At that time, Yuki also raised up her gun along with the flashlight that the black figure, who just attacked us. It was a short girl, with a brown pony tail at the back of her head and a cute red ribbon. Wait… this was familiar…
“Takamina?!?!” All of us said in surprise at the same time while looking at our precious midget.
“Ehh… You guys?” Oddly, Takamina looked at us in surprise also. She slowly withdrew her swords and sighed in relief. “Thanks God, it’s you guys, for real.”
“What do you mean by that, Takamina?” Mayu said after withdrew her sword back into her lightning ball. “You’re a vampire, for God’s sake. Don’t tell me you didn’t see us in the darkness.”
“I did. I swear I did see you guys clearly. But I’m not sure whether it’s you for real, or someone disguises as you guys.”
“Who are you talking about? And why the heck are you still here? It’s not like you at all, Takamina. I never thought you would ever stay overnight at this place.” Mayu crossed her arms in front of her chest.
“It’s a long story. I would never stay here if there wasn’t any reason.” Suddenly, Takamina looked sadder than before. She looked down at her shoes and did not want to look at us like she was feeling guilty about something.
“What’s wrong Takamina?” I placed my hand onto her shoulder. To my surprise, she was trembling. This was the first time I saw our leader weak like this.
“Just follow me. It’s not a good place to talk.”
After saying that, Takamina walked further into the shrine. I, Yuki and Mayu looked at each other and followed Takamina quietly. Walking through many broken concrete and wooden plates, we finally reached a small room hidden behind the stairs that led to the second floor. It was used to be the closet of the shrine. But now, it was Takamina’s resting place. The midget looked around to make sure we were not following and then she opened the closet door. When the door was opened, I and Yuki gasped in horror. Sitting there was Yui holding a knife to protect herself. Lying on her laps was no other than Acchan. But it was not the usually Acchan we knew. She looked paler than ever. And on her stomach and head there were pieces of bandage. They were dark red and under the ground, blood was still flowing from her wounds. Her eyes closed and she lay still, letting out small and weak breaths.
“Oh my God. Quick, Rena-chan. Gimme the first-aid kit.”
I quickly dug into my backpack and tossed the kit to Yuki. She caught it and rushed to Acchan’s side.
“I’m glad that you guys could find us.” Yui smiled weakly to Mayu, who just nodded at her and then turned to Takamina.
“What happened here, Takamina?”
“We were chased by a group of degenerated vampires to here. We managed to kill them all. But then when we were hiding here and about to move to another place, I saw a person, who looked just like Mayu, calling for me. I thought it was you for real, Mayuyu. But then when I approached that person, she attacked me. It was too sudden that I couldn’t dodge the attack. At that time, Acchan was near to me. She saw that attack so…. She took it for me… and ended up being like this…”
Takamina trailed off at the end of her sentence. And once again, she looked down, feeling guilty about her recklessness.
“In that case…” I heard Mayu mumble and then, suddenly, she punched Takamina hard on her cheek and held her collar up. “Get a hold of yourself, Takamina. Stop blaming yourself and fix your mistakes already. It’s the past already and you can’t anything about that!” She yelled at the midget, which startled everyone except the passing out. “You have already made a big mistake. And now you’re making another one. You can’t let Acchan stay here, you know that. We have to move to safer place and treat her injuries or else, she would die soon! Stay strong if you want to protect your precious people, Takamina. Remember that.”
After that, Mayu let go of Takamina and walked out of the closet. With her back facing us, she put her hood over her head and chewed a gum she took from her pocket.
“I’ll wait outside the car. We will have to go right now. I have a feeling that the longer we stay here, the more dangerous all of us will be.”
As she disappeared behind the stairs, all of us looked at each other thoughtfully. At that time, Yuki has finished bandaging Acchan and gave her some medication; she drew out her gun, loaded it and looked at me. I nodded at her as I understood what she was trying to say to me. I also drew out my katana and looked outside the closet.
“We have to go now. Takamina, you’re still our leader so please stay strong for us and Acchan. The battle is still long and we can’t win without your lead. We’re waiting for you.”
I looked at the midget sincerely, waiting patiently for her reply. The midget looked at me, Yuki, Yui, and then finally, her gaze stopped at the girl lying still on Yui’s laps. I could see her eyes reflecting sorrow and pain over the injured Acchan. She let out a sigh and her eyes were back to their usual sharpness and seriousness. She approached Acchan and lifted her up gently in her arms, carefully not to hurt the girl anymore. Acchan moaned in pain and buried her head deeper into Takamina’s neck.
“Let’s go to a nearby hospital. Yuihan can treat Acchan’s wounds better if we have medication there, right Yuihan?”
The midget said to Yui and received back a nod. I and Yuki also nod in agreement and quickly escorted all of us to the car outside the shrine. Fortunately, Mayu had taken out some vampires in her rage and made a clear exist for all of us. I took the driver seat while Mayu took the seat beside me. Takamina sat behind with Acchan sitting neatly in her arms. Yuki sat at the other end of the back seat and Yui stayed between her and Takamina, holding the first-aid kit in case of Acchan having any troubles. When everyone was ready, I immediately drove to the nearby hospital. Acchan was in danger so I had to leave Jurina and other missing people behind. We had to save her first. If we were lucky enough, we would met someone in our group in the hospital, hopefully.
A/N: Please excuse me for the bad grammar and spelling mistakes ^^;
Topic: PJ48 Gakuen - chapter 11 (Wmatsui, Mayuki, Atsumina, Kuminon) - 20/12/2013 (Read 95808 times)