Heart's Game
By: Lor-hime
Disclaimer: Do I really have to do this? *grumbles* Everybody knows that SD isn't mine and it never will be. The brain behind SD is Takehiko Inoue. Fanfiction disclaimers really have a way with taking the thrill out of everything illegal.
Prologue - Photographs from the Past
Two years ago.
"Kaede! What have you done this time?"
Ayako winced at her mother's shrill voice. Kaede gave a shrug at Olivia but his eyes averted from Ayako's, avoiding contact with his big sister.
"Kaede, please," Ayako said, taking her brother's hand in her own.
"The police are outside, looking for you! You have never been anything but disappointment for this family. You could have been like your sister, such a proper young woman or like your father, a regal and prominent public figure and a loving family man. But you had to be a juvenile delinquent, a lawbreaker and a drug-induced son. For heaven's sake, stop it before you kill yourself and everyone around you," Olivia continued, the veins in her ivory skin showing.
She looked devastated and saddened by everything, but she was determined to cure her son. She would very well take her son and bring him to the authorities herself.
"If you hadn't started this, everything would be alright. Your father.your father would still be alive. And he died because you let your friends take him. Do you remember that? And who's next on your list? Me? Your sister?"
"Mother!" Ayako was shocked to see her mother this way. She usually was a very calm and elite woman. But Ayako didn't blame her, circumstances permitted her to be so vulgar.
"I didn't know okay?! How many times do I have to tell you that it wasn't my fault? I didn't know it was father they took!" Kaede shot back, his eyes turning a bit glazed.
"Because you were on drugs! You were too high to see!"
"Mother, that's enough."
Turning to her brother, Ayako said, "Kaede, let's go. It isn't too late for reformation. Go with the police, I'll see to it that you go to the proper medical institute, okay? I'll ride with you."
Kaede looked at her with pleading eyes, but she had no choice, it was for his own good and probably everyone else's.
"Ne-chan.no.I don't want to go."
But he followed her out, knowing that she just wanted the best for him.
-=^_^=-
"You did the right thing."
"Then why do I feel so lousy? I locked up my own brother. He pleaded not to go, but I had to, uncle.he looks so lonely there."
Mitsuyoshi Anzai sighed and tried to sit up in his bed but he grimaced from the pain and erased the thought. It's been only two days since his operation was successfully finished.
"You'll see that after a few years of therapy, he'll be better and you'll think to yourself that it really was the right decision. You're a great big sister and he needs your support more than anyone does. Be there for him, Kaede may be a little on the dangerous side but he's a good boy to begin with. I once bounced him on my knee too, you know."
Ayako gave out a laugh, those were the days. Before she left, Ayako made sure her uncle had his medicine and his lunch. She was worried about him but he knew he would recover in no time, he was a strong man.
-=^_^=-
"You can't go."
"But I.I have to see her."
"Who?"
"A friend."
"Kaede, the doctors won't let you and you know that. What's with this friend of yours anyway?" Ayako asked, placing a hand over her brother's.
"She died."
"Oh."
"Shinichi told me that she killed herself. Drank poison or something."
"Shinichi? Maki?! Kaede! I told you to stay away from that creep. He's the one who dragged you into this in the first place. You're locked up here for treatment and he's out there roaming like some vulture. Please, stay away from him."
Kaede gave a sigh and looked at Ayako with frustration in his cool blue eyes. He needed her to understand that he did this himself, he chose this path and he needed to find a way out for himself.
"Ne-chan, Shinichi is my friend. He's the only one who cared for me-"
"But I care about you too."
"I know and I'm thankful for that. What I mean is he was like a big brother to me. He took me to places and showed me many things. He gave me this life and I love it and I know it's wrong but.but maybe I want things to be wrong."
"You're making a big mistake."
"Let me get through this on my own. I need to find out for myself. I know you probably hate me now and I'm sorry. But.I need you to do something for me."
"What?"
"Go to her. My friend. Take the money inside my closet and buy some nice tulips, she loved them. Place them over her tomb. Her body's in Memorial. Please, I just need to say goodbye, I owe her that. She's inside her family's mausoleum. Shinichi told me it was the only one in Memorial, a large marble structure, probably in the north end. Her name.Natsumi."
"Was she-?"
Kaede looked away. He didn't want his sister to see the tears that threatened to fall from his eyes. He had never cried before, not even when his father died. He was too stuck on drugs then to even know what was going on. He never cried and he wasn't going to start now. He inhaled his sadness and turned back to face Ayako.
"You loved her, didn't you?"
"I don't know."
"Okay. I'll go to the florist this afternoon. I'll go now. Take care of yourself, okay?"
"Ne-chan."
Ayako turned back to look at her only brother. She met sad sapphire eyes.and her heart broke at the sight of them.
"Arigatou," he said and he meant it.
"You're welcome."
-=^_^=-
Author's Brain:
Well.it's still a little complicated, but that was just the prologue. Natsumi is just a made-up character coz there aren't enough girls in SD and well, I know Maki and Rukawa aren't really friends but this is my fic and I have to do things my way. And yes, Rukawa and Ayako are siblings and their uncle is the white-haired monk himself.Anzai-sensei! *hoots* Great family tree. And oh.the Olivia in there is also a made-up character, Ayako and Rukawa's mother. Though I know Olivia isn't really a Japanese name, I had to find a snooty sounding name and I think Olivia did the trick. So now that that's out of the way, I bid you farewell.
By: Lor-hime
Disclaimer: Do I really have to do this? *grumbles* Everybody knows that SD isn't mine and it never will be. The brain behind SD is Takehiko Inoue. Fanfiction disclaimers really have a way with taking the thrill out of everything illegal.
Prologue - Photographs from the Past
Two years ago.
"Kaede! What have you done this time?"
Ayako winced at her mother's shrill voice. Kaede gave a shrug at Olivia but his eyes averted from Ayako's, avoiding contact with his big sister.
"Kaede, please," Ayako said, taking her brother's hand in her own.
"The police are outside, looking for you! You have never been anything but disappointment for this family. You could have been like your sister, such a proper young woman or like your father, a regal and prominent public figure and a loving family man. But you had to be a juvenile delinquent, a lawbreaker and a drug-induced son. For heaven's sake, stop it before you kill yourself and everyone around you," Olivia continued, the veins in her ivory skin showing.
She looked devastated and saddened by everything, but she was determined to cure her son. She would very well take her son and bring him to the authorities herself.
"If you hadn't started this, everything would be alright. Your father.your father would still be alive. And he died because you let your friends take him. Do you remember that? And who's next on your list? Me? Your sister?"
"Mother!" Ayako was shocked to see her mother this way. She usually was a very calm and elite woman. But Ayako didn't blame her, circumstances permitted her to be so vulgar.
"I didn't know okay?! How many times do I have to tell you that it wasn't my fault? I didn't know it was father they took!" Kaede shot back, his eyes turning a bit glazed.
"Because you were on drugs! You were too high to see!"
"Mother, that's enough."
Turning to her brother, Ayako said, "Kaede, let's go. It isn't too late for reformation. Go with the police, I'll see to it that you go to the proper medical institute, okay? I'll ride with you."
Kaede looked at her with pleading eyes, but she had no choice, it was for his own good and probably everyone else's.
"Ne-chan.no.I don't want to go."
But he followed her out, knowing that she just wanted the best for him.
-=^_^=-
"You did the right thing."
"Then why do I feel so lousy? I locked up my own brother. He pleaded not to go, but I had to, uncle.he looks so lonely there."
Mitsuyoshi Anzai sighed and tried to sit up in his bed but he grimaced from the pain and erased the thought. It's been only two days since his operation was successfully finished.
"You'll see that after a few years of therapy, he'll be better and you'll think to yourself that it really was the right decision. You're a great big sister and he needs your support more than anyone does. Be there for him, Kaede may be a little on the dangerous side but he's a good boy to begin with. I once bounced him on my knee too, you know."
Ayako gave out a laugh, those were the days. Before she left, Ayako made sure her uncle had his medicine and his lunch. She was worried about him but he knew he would recover in no time, he was a strong man.
-=^_^=-
"You can't go."
"But I.I have to see her."
"Who?"
"A friend."
"Kaede, the doctors won't let you and you know that. What's with this friend of yours anyway?" Ayako asked, placing a hand over her brother's.
"She died."
"Oh."
"Shinichi told me that she killed herself. Drank poison or something."
"Shinichi? Maki?! Kaede! I told you to stay away from that creep. He's the one who dragged you into this in the first place. You're locked up here for treatment and he's out there roaming like some vulture. Please, stay away from him."
Kaede gave a sigh and looked at Ayako with frustration in his cool blue eyes. He needed her to understand that he did this himself, he chose this path and he needed to find a way out for himself.
"Ne-chan, Shinichi is my friend. He's the only one who cared for me-"
"But I care about you too."
"I know and I'm thankful for that. What I mean is he was like a big brother to me. He took me to places and showed me many things. He gave me this life and I love it and I know it's wrong but.but maybe I want things to be wrong."
"You're making a big mistake."
"Let me get through this on my own. I need to find out for myself. I know you probably hate me now and I'm sorry. But.I need you to do something for me."
"What?"
"Go to her. My friend. Take the money inside my closet and buy some nice tulips, she loved them. Place them over her tomb. Her body's in Memorial. Please, I just need to say goodbye, I owe her that. She's inside her family's mausoleum. Shinichi told me it was the only one in Memorial, a large marble structure, probably in the north end. Her name.Natsumi."
"Was she-?"
Kaede looked away. He didn't want his sister to see the tears that threatened to fall from his eyes. He had never cried before, not even when his father died. He was too stuck on drugs then to even know what was going on. He never cried and he wasn't going to start now. He inhaled his sadness and turned back to face Ayako.
"You loved her, didn't you?"
"I don't know."
"Okay. I'll go to the florist this afternoon. I'll go now. Take care of yourself, okay?"
"Ne-chan."
Ayako turned back to look at her only brother. She met sad sapphire eyes.and her heart broke at the sight of them.
"Arigatou," he said and he meant it.
"You're welcome."
-=^_^=-
Author's Brain:
Well.it's still a little complicated, but that was just the prologue. Natsumi is just a made-up character coz there aren't enough girls in SD and well, I know Maki and Rukawa aren't really friends but this is my fic and I have to do things my way. And yes, Rukawa and Ayako are siblings and their uncle is the white-haired monk himself.Anzai-sensei! *hoots* Great family tree. And oh.the Olivia in there is also a made-up character, Ayako and Rukawa's mother. Though I know Olivia isn't really a Japanese name, I had to find a snooty sounding name and I think Olivia did the trick. So now that that's out of the way, I bid you farewell.