Happiness is not forever , or is it
Happiness is not forever, or is it?
Chapter 1: How it all began
Ayame and Koga had been friends ever since they can remember, they are both full blooded wolf demons, and on their freshman year in high school they started dating and were basically inseparable. Now they were out of high school, graduated and were waiting their college acceptance letters. They are both 18. Koga wants to follow his dad's steps and become one of Japan's best crime solving detective , Ayame is an art major hoping to get into Tokyo Art Institute , only the best of the best get accepted into this prestigious school. Ayame was walking slowly from her car to a nearby park Koga and her used to play in, when she saw him she quickened her pace to attack him from behind. He was sitting in a bench staring into space when he felt a hot wet kiss on his right cheek.
"I guess he sensed me coming, he didn't look surprised" she thought.
"So why'd you want
to meet up here? I was going to come over to your house……. "She said but was cut off by a passionate kiss from Koga, and he pulled her into his lap. They continued to heavily make out until she stopped, leaving an almost whining Koga dumbfounded.
"Hey why'd you stop?"He whined. Ayame chuckled at his reaction, but answered.
"Tell me why you were so urgent for me meeting you here"
Koga was a bit nervous for what he had to say, he himself didn't know what to do.
He was about to speak, but Ayame beat him to it.
"Wait me first; guess who got into TOKYO ART INSTITUTE!!" She said in a very high pitched tone, she was basically jumping up and down on his lap which only made him blush at the feeling she was giving him. Sure he was not a virgin; both of them had made sure that they would be each others first time back in high school, though that wasn't their last time doing it either .
"Let me guess, you?" he said sarcastically. She really does deserve it; she was the school's own Davinci .
"I'm so happy for you, you deserve it" he said planting a chaste kiss on her cheek.
"Damn right I do" Ayame again questioned him.
"Sooooooooo? "She asked.
"Better come right out and say it" he though.
"I got accepted in Kyoto Criminal Justice Institute"Koga said in a record time of 2 nano seconds.
Though he said it really fast she understood every word. She stood their for 5 seconds before showing an emotion.
"Really that's great, it's been your dream to become a hot shot detective ever since I met you" she answered smiling at him. The smile quickly fainted when she remembered the first word of the place Kyoto.
"Kyoto, huh? She said
"Yeah I know , that's the problem with you getting accepted here in Tokyo , if I decide to go then we would be so far apart .What should I do ?"
They just stayed hugged to each other for a little while.
"No I can't leave Ayame, we love each other, and I'm going to stay" he thought. Then almost as if she was reading his mind.
"Koga, (she caressed his cheek with her hand) you know how I feel about you. You know that I love you, and because I love you I want you to go. But in order for you to attend we have to sacrifice our relationship." She said as a single tear left her eye beautiful green eyes. He knew that this decision was not truly what she wanted, but he didn't want to defy her .If there is one thing you need to know about Ayame is that she always knows what she is talking about, even if it is a hard decision that she has to make she will grow through with it, no matter how much it eats her up inside.
They got up and hugged each other and asked
"Is this really what you want?" he asked still hugging her. She broke the hug and said "It's for the best"
They both walked off, when they were 10 feet away from each other she called Koga, he turned around to see her from faraway.
"Make me proud" she yelled .Before running off she saw him smile and kept that image forever locked inside her heart. When she reached her car, she cried and cried until she couldn't cry no more. She kept all her tears locked in because she didn't want him to see her cry. After that she simply turned on the car and went home, it was two month till classes started and she was looking for a new place to stay. As did Koga.
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Its been three months since her break up with Koga , all her close friends and family were shocked at the news .But they knew her reasons why and they actually admired her for making such a none selfish decision . During her three months Ayame reunited with a friend from high school, Rin . They are both roommates sharing a three bedroom, two bath apartments. They used the spare room for school stuff so half the room is a photography studio while the other is a painting studio. It was now the ends of August and they had already started attending the institute.
Rin and Ayame's apartment:
"Hey Ayame, could you come help me with this please? Rin asked.
"Coming" Ayame yelled from her room.
A blond Ayame came into their studio room and asked "what's up?"
Flashback: Three weeks ago .Both girls were walking down to their local coffee shop when they passed through a beauty parlor.
"We should get makeovers done, we haven't had one done in years" Ayame said as they walked in. Ayame worked part time to help pay for her personal things in an art supply store. Rin and her have full scholarships in the institute. Rin worked as an assistant for a photographer in a department store photo studio. Rin had a simple everyday look, but she was shocked at her friend's makeover. It looked great but still she would have never thought she'd go that far.
"How do you like?" she asked, running her fingers through her now blonde hair.
"Wow, I almost didn't recognize you . In fact the only way I knew it was you were because of your eyes." Rin answered. Ayame laughed at her words but continued to stare at her new change in the mirror.
End of Flashback.
"Could you help me with this" she said pointing to a big chest in the floor. Rin was in Tokyo Art Institute for photography. Ayame helped her lift it to a nearby table.
"Damn girl, what do you have in this thing, rocks?" she groaned.
"Ha ha, kind of. They are pieces of the new lights I ordered." she answered with a smile. It was 3:30 pm and they were done with all the house chores, it was Saturday and all they wanted to do was hang out.
"I'm in the mood for coffee, want to go to the coffee shop?" Rin suggested
"But we have a coffee machine here."Ayame said
"Yeah, but it's not the same and come on its Saturday, were young. And maybe we can run into friends or something "Rin said.
"Fine" she said. They went to get changed. Rin changed into a white jean mini skirt and a grey blouse, and Ayame changed into denim capris and a green off the shoulder long sleeved shirt.
When both of them got in the shop, Rin got an extra large espresso and Ayame got a regular sized caramel cappuccino.
"You and your caffeine" she said to Rin who was drinking her coffee like a mad woman. They sipped their coffee's for a while in conversation until one of Rins hand movement spilled half her coffee on her white mini skirt.
"Uh, hot, hot, hot "she exclaimed.
"Aw man, Rin I got you that skirt" Ayame said.
"I'll go get some napkins" Ayame said as she walked back to the register with her drink in hand. She grabbed a handful of napkins but turned around to stumble on something hard. Her drink hot drink spilled all over her and the intruder's front.
"What the hell, my shirt!!"She practically screamed.
"Oh, I'm so sorry I didn't see you, I was distracted "A man said.
Ayame stared at the man's face as a slight blush grew on her face.
"Oh no I'm the one that's sorry, I really shouldn't have gotten all worked up about it."She said still blushing.
"Is just that I was concentrated on the menu, but not anymore." He said staring into her eyes.
"I'm Ayame"
"Bankotsu , a real pleasure to meet you"
"Yo Ayame , anytime when you stop flirting , would you mind giving me the freaking napkins before the coffee dries on my skirt " Rin yelled getting all the attention from the shop .Both of them blushed .
"Um, I have to go but, um will you like to sit with us?"She asked stumbling on every word.
"Why not?" he said coming over the register.
She sat back down in the table and gave Rin her napkins and took half of them for herself, since she had also spilled her coffee in the encounter with Bankotsu .
"I invited that guy over, to sit with. Hope you don't mind."She said.
"Of course not" Rin answered with a slightly perverted grin.
"Rin, how can you think that?
"I didn't say anything"
"But you're thinking it I know that grin"
Just as they were going to start a fight Bankotsu came in, with two cups of coffee.
"Here" he said handing one over to Ayame.
"What? You didn't have to do that"
"It's the least I could do" he answered sipping his coffee.
Their was lots of chatting in the table, but Rin didn't take any part of it. Rin felt awkward around this Bankotsu guy she really didn't like him that much. Apparently Bankotsu is a 23 year old full blooded wolf demon law student.
As soon as they were saying their good byes, Bankotsu grabbed Ayame's hand and said.
"Have you heard of the Ancient Japanese Art exhibit in Tokyo?"
"Yes, actually I was planning on going but the tickets were sold out"
"My brother and I were going but he was told of a last minute business trip and can't make it, Will you like to come with me, like in a date" he said blushing.
"Of course, here "she said handing him her number, then Rin grabbed her arm and they unknowingly started running. When she was out of hearing sight.
"Perfect" he said with an almost evil grin.
Part 2: Realizations 4 years later
Bankotsu and Ayame had been dating; apparently she thought they had lots of things in common. Ever since their first date they've proclaimed themselves boyfriend and girlfriend. Although Ayame was really hurt that her best friend didn't exactly approve of her dating him but she would just shrug it off.
4 years later:
Ayame is now more than ever in love and so is he. She already met his family, and he met her grandfather, which was her only living family member. He to sensed something wrong about Bankotsu , but since he saw how happy his grand daughter was he just ignored the feeling. She recently graduated from the institute top of her class and had many recommendations from her teachers to different gallery owners. When she turned 20, she moved out of her old apartment with Rin and moved in with her boy friend. Now she was 22, Bankotsu had already graduated too and was now working on some cases. A week he had finally proposed to her, she obviously said yes. Now he was working a case on court, if he won he would be a millionaire.
I n court:
"Your honor, I think that we have been here long enough and this is clearly getting no where, there is no proof whatsoever of Ms. Kagura's accusation" Bankotsu said to the judge.
"You're lying; since I was his personal secretary I found out quickly about the illegal transactions to his name, that money belongs to the company. When I confronted him he grew mad and raped me. I gave my lawyer the evidence". Kagura practically yelled.
"Miss I suggest you behave in my court" the angry judge said.
"And besides that so called evidence was fake." Bankotsu answered.
"What do you mean it was fake?" she yelled out of control.
"That's it get her out of my court "the judge demanded as they took the woman away.
The judge hammered his desk and said "case closed"
"I'm impressed, how did you manage to corrupt the evidence?" Naraku asked.
"I have my sources" he answered slyly.
"Interesting, you're a new lawyer, most of them are wimps that stick to the law, I would be glad to recommend you to my close friends if anything were to happen. And here, as promised." He said
"Thank you "he said grabbing the 1.5 million dollar pay check. Naraku is a billionaire.
Meanwhile with Koga :
"What do you mean we didn't get him"Koga asked.
"Yeah boss the evidence was great, but somehow when it got to court, it was concluded as fake. Somebody got his hands on it and corrupted."Hakkuka said.
"Plus Naraku had one hell of lawyer , you know the kind that I hate that will go through any measures to win their case no matter if by doing it they don't follow the law" Ginta said with disgust .
Koga is the head detective for Osaka Police Department, and a very and I mean very well paid one too. Most of his family moved with him when he got accepted (they don't live together in the same place)
"What's the guy's name?" he asked
"Bankotsu Ogawa "
"Check his background" he said to Ginta while he worked his magic on the computer.
"Here we go apparently he moved a lot in his life, he was the leader of the Band of Seven. Isn't that a gang? Anyways he is formally engaged to …… that's odd it doesn't say her name."
"Check out more about him, Imp sure he did something to the evidence."
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After months of long planning, Ayame and Bankotsu married .They were now officially Mr. and Mrs. Bankotsu Ogawa, she was ecstatic. They were both doing well on their job, Ayame's grandfather bought her a 6 room mansion, and everything was going pretty smoothly. They had converted two of the mansion's room into a study / meeting room for Bankotsu. She on the other hand had one room as her own art studio; she had gazillion cans of paint, brushes, clay and anything else you need to get your art done.
She closed her eyes for a bit, but was startled by her cell phone ringing.
"Hello"
"Hello, is this Ayame Ogawa speaking"
"The one and only"
"Hi, this is Yoga Ikeda the owner of "Shrine" galleries, one of my sisters was your art teacher in the institute and she insists that I meet you to arrange your own exhibit"
"What? I've be delighted , but I've sold most of my paintings through the months , can we post pone until I get some new material done ?she asked .
"Of course, great art needs time. Although I really have seen your works at the institute and they were really good, I was shocked when my sister said that it was done by on e of her students."
She giggled "Well if you still want to meet me I'd be happy to apply"
"Unfortunately I am booked with meeting and what not for three weeks, do you mind if it could be for next month "Yoga said.
"Oh, that's fine. I'm quite busy myself. Well bye" she finished as she hung up the phone.
She walked out of her art room; Bankotsu had spent all day inside his study room in a meeting with an old client named Naraku.
"I don't know what's so important about him, ever since he won that case; he's been Naraku's private lawyer. I sense so much evil when I'm around him, Bankotsu had saved his butt numeral times and I don't know how he still commits the crimes he does. I wonder if he is one of those law breaking lawyers. No what am I thinking my Bankotsu will never do that?" she said to herself. Just then she heard a door open and two voices.
"So when are you putting your plans in action? And when are you getting rid of the old hag? Asked Naraku.
"Soon, he won't die though, with every trap I have put him in he miraculously seems to dodge them or escape them." Bankotsu answered. They were both unaware of Ayame's presence.
"Does she really know where it is? He asked once again
"Yep"
"Lucky dog"
"Wolf" bankotsu corrected.
"What? Apparently they think I know where something is. And why does he want to kill the old hag and who is he. This is not the same person I married" she said to herself .Just then she leaned closer to hear better but something dropped and shattered on the floor drawing the attention to her.
"Whoops, clumsy me" she said pretending that she didn't hear anything.
"Naraku I don't think you have formally met my wife Ayame" he said taking her hand.
"She is very attractive, I might just take her in the future "he thought with a smirk.
"Damn this guy is creepy" she thought and she shook his hand.
"Why can't I ever sense her?" Bankotsu thought to himself
"So I better get going "Naraku said as he went off.
The rest of the afternoon was kept pretty quiet.
"Ever since we got married his personality changes so much, all he lives for was business" she thought to herself.
Bankotsu went to the bedroom to take a nap; meanwhile Ayame was finishing marking some boxes for future art supplies when the marker dried out.
"Great "she said
"I'll go Bankotsu's study room, I'm pretty sure he has another marker "she said to herself.
When she got inside she went to his desk to pick the marker from his pencil holder. As she walked back to the door she noticed a certain book on his book shelf.
"Hey, I didn't know we had this" she said as she picked it up. Suddenly a door opened from inside one of the walls into a dark room. She was shocked at her discovery but still curiosity was itching to know what was kept their, when she turned on the light she saw something that she never thought she would see in her house.
"What the hell is this?" she said as she walked in, but as soon as she did that some alarm went on and Bankotsu woke up rushing in towards his precious study room. When he saw Ayame standing in front of his secret room, he grew furious. The room was filled with stacks of money and many different kinds of drugs.
"What are you doing here?"He said with a lot of anger.
"Since when have you kept this from me? Since when have you sunk this low?" she asked with disgust in her voice.
"It's not mine, its clients "He said returning to his normal voice.
"So this is last week's case, you told me Suikotsu was innocent, that everything about the drugs are fake. You even convinced the judge, he should be in prison."
"I can't do that darling, if you want the big bucks this is how you earn them "he said.
"Have you been using them? You have changed a little in the couple days, is it because of that?" she said pointing at the stack of drugs. He only smirked.
"I want everything out of here, or I'm calling the police "she threatened.
"You wouldn't dare "
"Try me" she said with enough disgust that made his blood boil. He slammed her against into the book case making a bloody wound in her head.
"What happened to the guy I married? "she asked.
"He never existed" he said and dropped her to the floor, letting unconsciousness take over her.