HEY GUYS! YAY! THIS IS MY… I THINK MY 4TH FANFIC NOW?... YAY! HARHARHAR!!!... I HAVEN'T REALLY WRITTEN THIS KINDA STYLE B4 SO YA… IT'D BE AWESUM IF U GUYS REVIEWED! THANKS!...
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DISCLAIMER: I THINK U KNOW THE DRILL…
MOMO'S POV…
I remember everything from that day that changed my life. Turned me to what I am. Lead me to where I am. I remember everything from what I had for breakfast to what I was wearing at the moment my life burned away with all my treasures and the people that I loved.
Anyway, I should start at the beginning…
It was a Saturday where my friends, Shun, Chiyuki, and I decided to go to the theme park. We didn't do anything to deserve what was going to happen to us that very night. We were only going there to celebrate the ending of yet another school year in Grade 8 and the day was coming to an end.
"Momo! I seriously can't believe that you don't like any guys! I mean, there are SO MANY guys that would bow down at your feet!" Shun, being the extroverted type, burst out.
"Shun! That's not it! Don't describe it so vaguely!" I replied back, the heat rising to my cheeks. I had many guy friends. Basically everyone in our grade were my friends and family. The fact that I didn't have a crush must've surprised Shun.
"You're so innocent! That's what makes you so cute! I mean, I remember the day in Grade 7 where you were like, "PENIS GOES WHERE?" That was SO funny! I mean, your face was so… A-haha!" Shun was now doubled over laughing her head off.
"Mou! That was cruel! I was only in GRADE 7! I didn't know what sex was okay?"
"And everyone found out when they were in Grade 5 or lower!" Shun chimed.
"AH! Chiyuki! Save me from this harassment!" I wailed and clung onto Chiyuki's arm. Being the calm, relaxed figure, Chiyuki immediately changed the topic to something that might grasp everyone's attention.
"Look. A palm reader." Chiyuki raised her arm and pointed at a small, white tent. As planned and pleaded by myself, everyone walked towards the stall.
"This looks fun! Let's see if Momo actually takes interest in a guy!" Shun cheered and boosted to the front of the group.
"No! That's not-" I was cut off by the sight of Shun already paying the fortuneteller money. Sighing, I trudged into the tent with her friend.
"Hello darlings! Have a seat! Now, who's having the reading?" A woman in her late 20's took a seat on a cushion on the floor. Before I could say anything, Shun pushed me forward. I turned around and looked at Chiyuki with a look reading, "SAVE ME!" but she just nodded as in to tell me to go ahead.
I took a seat on another cushion on the ground in front of the lady. The woman tenderly held my hands in her own and read my palm.
"You… develop exquisite talents in the future… along with this will come… how to say this, a precious person… they will enter your life… they'll be a friend. A protector… and they have a high chance of becoming your lover! However, this will come with a great cost but things will turn out for you in the end…"
"OoooOOOOooohhhHHHHHhhh!!!!! A lover! A lover!" Shun sang out only to be shut up by Chiyuki who grabbed her arm. Hard.
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The night's cold air bit our skin as we made our way to my house to have some tea before my friends left. We were all talking about all of the fun we had that day.
"Man, Chiyuki! You never screamed on the rollercoasters! At least scream for the sake of fun!" Shun said, putting her hands on her petite waist.
"It's noisy."
"But that's what rollercoasters are known for! To make their riders scream as they rocket through their twisting tracks! HARHARHAR!"
"What's the point if you only wanted to see me scared?"
"…"
I smiled at the sight of Shun's dramatic debates being completely owned by Chiyuki's short, logical statements. We opened the front door to my home where we entered, expecting my brother, Sousuke and my parents to greet me.
I was adopted when I was 2 so I never really knew my parents. I go by my birth name, Momo Hinamori but my adoptive family name is Aizen. I had the nicest, loving parents and the coolest brother! I thought things would stay this way. Or… at least I thought it would…
My friends and I were only greeted by a silent hallway, which echoed every sound we made.
"Uh, Mum? Dad? We're home!" I called but got no response.
'They must be upstairs…' I thought and ran up the stairs after telling my friends to wait for me in the hallway. I ran up the stair and searched every room, even the balcony to check if we were the only ones in the house. No one.
'But mum and dad are normally watching TV at this time and Sousuke's normally doing his homework!...'
I ran down the stairs to tell my friends that my family wasn't home to find them gone. They weren't there.
"SHUN! CHIYUKI!"
No response came back.
'Where did they go?... I told them to wait here!...'
I jogged across the hallway into the living room but nobody was there. I turned the TV on to see what was on to find "The Seventh Sense" playing.
'OK! That's mum and dad's favourite movie and they would NEVER miss it! Something's wrong!...'
I walked around the corner to the dining room to see if they were there. First, I couldn't see them hunched over, lying asleep at the dinner table. I exhaled a long sigh of relief and made my way towards them.
'They'll get a sore back from sleeping there…'
"Mum! We're home! You'll get a sore back if you sleep here!" I whispered into her ear and started to shake her when she didn't respond. "Mum! I know you're tired but at least sleep in your bed! Mu-"
I stopped shaking her when I realised something was on my fingers. I raised them up to my face to only gasp in horror. Blood. Red, fresh and shining in the light of the small chandelier above our dinner table. I gently grabbed her shoulders and sat her back to find a deep, cut stabbed into her throat.
Not knowing what to do, I ran over to the opposite end where dad was slouching and sat him up as well only to find stabs in his chest. I stepped back but only slipped on a wet substance on the tile floor.
'Crap… that hurt…'
I rubbed my head and opened my eyes to only have a scream escaping my throat when I found myself lying in my parents' blood. I tried to get up but only slipped again, soaking myself to the skin in the red liquid. Choked sobs were escaping my throat as I quickly stumbled onto the couch of the living room for support.
'Wait… Mum and dad are the only ones that are here! Then… where's Aizen?... and Chiyuki and Shun?...'
I fell to my knees with my head in my hands, crying my eyes out. What was I supposed to do in such a situation?
RRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RRRRIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The shrill cries of the telephone interrupted my cries as I quickly scrambled to pick it up.
"PLEASE! HELP ME! I dunno what to do and-"
"Woa! Momo! Calm down! Take deep breaths and tell me what's going on!"
"Sousuke! Mum and dad were murdered!"
"What?"
"They're dead!"
"Oh My, Okay! I'll be right there with the police and ambulance! Be careful and… stay in your room! No matter what, stay in your room until I arrive with the police! Okay?"
"Okay!" I sobbed before putting the phone down into the receiver and running upstairs into my room.
'Thank God! He's alive!... Oh My God!...'
I slammed the room door shut behind me and heaved in deep, heavy breaths. I quickly flicked the light switch on when I noticed two computed chairs in the middle of my room. I was barely able to make out arms and legs that were positioned as if the people sitting in them had their legs crossed with their arms on the rests.
"Chiyuki! Shun!" I cried, turning the chairs around only to scream as they both fell on top of me. Dead. Their blood splattered all over the floor, including me and ran through my hair. This time, the blood was warm. Unlike before, it was fresh.
I dragged myself out of the mess and stepped backwards towards my door before quickly turning around and-
"ARGH! LET! ME! GO!" My lungs screamed as my arms and legs thrashed but the strong, masculine figure just held me tight to his chest. I immediately calmed down at this warm embrace before recognising who it was by the smell that filled my nostrils. This smell. The unexplainable smell of my brother.
"Sousuke! You came! Oh my God!"
"Yeah, I'm here Momo! Calm down! The police will arrive any second!"
"Mum! Dad! Shun and Chiyuki… Oh, Sousuke!"
"Don't worry! They're in good places now… I mean, I should know!... I sent them there…"
Time seemed to have stopped at that very moment as the words took what seemed like millenniums to sink into my heart. Sent them there? What was that meant to mean?
'No way… HELL NO!'
I squirmed out of Sousuke's grasp and stepped away from him. He watched me move away as he slowly bent down and picked up a large bottle with a long nuzzle sticking out of it. He removed the cap from the tip of the lid and I immediately knew what it was as soon as the smell hit my nose. Oil.
"What are you doing?"
I watched in fear as he poured the oil all over himself, my friends and my room before slowly taking out a cigarette lighter.
"What are you doing?" I demanded but he only looked at me and smiled.
"Sayonara…"
The lighter fell to the ground and fire seemed to spread everywhere like a growing carpet. I screamed and watched my brother fall to the ground, being burned alive. I tried to make out a way to my bedroom door but everywhere seemed to be on fire. Panic took over my brain as I bumped into something behind me. A window.
Following my instincts, I quickly opened the window and looked down. The swimming pool. Without a second's thought, I threw myself out of the window to feel hundreds of cold needles hitting my back as it came in contact with the water's surface. The air was knocked out of my lungs as I fell to the bottom of the pool. Darkness was starting to take over me as realisation hit me too late…
'I can't swim…'
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TO BE CONTINUED…
THANK YOU 4 READING! IT'D BE GREAT IF YOU COULD LEAVE A REVIEW! HINAMORI'S FLASHBACK WILL BE CONTINUED IN THE NEXT CHAPPIE!...
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