Lemony: Uuurgghhh! I hate men!
Wicked: Hate is such a strong word, but if that's how you feel I suppose you have the right to use it. My dear Lemony, I always pegged you incapable of hating anything…it was actually quite frightening.
Awesome: I know I'm going to hate myself for this but, why do you hate men? I thought that was my niche.
Lemony: Idk if I told you readers this, but I broke up with my boyfriend 2 or 3 months ago and now 4 different guys keep trying to ask me out! It's hard being a Sexy Beast…
Rukia Kuchiki stood outside the courtroom doors clutching a handful of papers. She asked herself, how did she get into this situation? Then the memory came shooting back to her:
It was just another normal day. Rukia wasn't doing anything to anyone, she just decided to go to the bank and cash her paycheck like a normal person…
"EVERYONE GET THE GROUND!"
BANG! BANG! BANG!
The thieves fired off warning shots to get everyone down, the alarm was blaring, and everyone was screaming at the top of their lungs. Rukia's head was spinning.
This couldn't be happening.
She couldn't be caught up in a robbery.
Rukia turned to see masked men, guns blazing storming into the bank. Suddenly Rukia found herself on the floor with her hands over her head trapped with other bank patrons praying to Jesus she would live through this. About six masked robbers began filling up bag-loads of money, however there was one…
The one who interesting in money.
He was the only one mask-less. While everyone's attention was turned towards the thugs raiding the safe Rukia had the unfortunate luck to look up.
she saw the unmasked robber strolling casually through the bank noting everyone's face. He wasn't barking commands, or waving his gun around. He seemed eerily calm, he walked around the trembling bodies of bank patrons on the floor. The unmasked man stared down a t Rukia for a moment. Scared blue eyes meet stoic brown ones as he moved one. Rukia sniffled helplessly, this couldn't be happening.
"PUT THE MONEY IN THE BAG!"
She heard the other's holler.
More shots.
Rukia was absolutely terrified.
She was going to die, they were going to kill her…
The unmasked man stalked about the bank seeming to be totally oblivious to everything, Rukia was watching his every move because he seemed to be the one plotting something. Then she saw his eyebrows furrow and a tight sneer adorn his cold face, he raised his gun…
POW!
Rukia shut her eyes and tried to stop the memory before it overcame her again. A month's worth of grief consoling didn't do shit, Rukia still had day-terrors about robbery took place no less than a month ago and now here she was about to testify with the other people who managed to cope with that God awful experience. She entered the court looking down at her feet, she glanced up to see that same pair of icy brown eyes slid over to her.
"Rukia Kuchiki?" The judge said,
Rukia stood slowly and nodded, "Y-y-yes sir…"
"You may approach the bench."
With her legs quivering, Rukia walked inside the crowded courtroom keeping her eyes locked on the judge before her. The lawyer meanwhile stood with his hands clasped behind his back looking at everyone else.
Rukia said on the bench and the bailiff swore her in
"You swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you God?"
"I do." Rukia said her voice small,
She felt like some type of animal. Everyone had their eyes locked on her. Rukia gulped hard suddenly seeing spots, she was going to pass out.
"Ms. Kuchiki," The lawyer said getting her attention, Rukia blinked wildly and then looked at him,
"Where you present the day of the robbery in question?" He asked,
"Yes." Rukia said,
"And did you witness Hotaka Amaterasu enter the bank that day?" He continued, the man he was talking about was currently the man on trial. The man with the hateful brown eyes giving Rukia an absolutely murderous look.
"Yes." Rukia answered,
"And did you witness him commit any crime?" The lawyer asked, Rukia nodded sullenly reliving that horrible memory.
"If possible, can you name the crime for the jury?"
Here Rukia gulped and looked down, tears welled in her eyes. She didn't want to say it, she couldn't say it.
"Murder…" Rukia practically whispered her chest feeling as if someone dropped a weight on it.
"Murder ladies and gentlemen. An execution of an innocent man," The lawyer ranted, "This was no simple bank robbery, that was simply a diversion."
The lawyer then pointed to Hotaka, "This man is a killer. He did go in to rob the bank that day. He went to the bank that day to carry out a hit! He wasn't interested in money, he was interested in someone's life! And he put two bullets, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, two bullets into the victim's head! I ask you here and now, do not let this murder walk free!"
Rukia sat on the bench sinking down into the chair, she felt lightheaded and dizzy. The younger Kuchiki threatened to vomit and her breathing was weak and labored.
Gin Ichimaru was sitting in the audience his eyes locked on his poor fiancée, Rukia. For the past month this had been tearing her apart. She witnessed a murder and then had to testify. It was an awful thing for both of them, Rukia had practically worried herself sick and all Gin could do was offer a shoulder to cry on. Gin was absolutely livid. This had gone on for too long,
First some crazed thugs decide to pull some cowboy shit and take a bank by storm, when really the whole thing was a setup.
Classic story of a robbery gone wrong, when really it was execution to begin with. Gin made a motion with his hands that got Rukia attention.
"Don't be scare," He mouthed silently, Rukia gave Gin a small smile and kept looking at him. When she was with Gin she felt safe, and he had stood by her through this whole ordeal. And now it was almost over.
After a brief recess court presumed.
"Has the jury reached a verdict?" The judge asked,
Rukia had been sitting in the audience hugging herself and trembling as if she was having a seizure. Gin lovingly wrapped his arms around her, he hated to see her like this. Gin blamed that cold, murdering bastard on trial for all this. The ruined at least twenty people's lives, and took the life an another. The silver-haired man hoped they locked him in a dark hole and threw away the key.
Let him rot in jail.
"We have your Honor." A juror said, "We the jury find the defendant guilty of Capital Murder."
Rukia nearly burst out in tears of joy.
Guilty!
They found him guilty!
Not to mention Hotaka was found guilty of three other charges!
The judge spoke, "Mr. Amaterasu, you are not sorry for your actions. You had full intentions of committing murder, that makes you a danger to society. It is my duty to sentence to Life in prison without the possibility of parole. Do you have any final words to the court?"
Hotaka Amaterasu, now convicted murderer, stood.
"I do your Honor," He said stoically,
"You may speak," The judge responded,
"To all of you who testified," Here Hotaka paused and gave Rukia deadly sideways glance that would give Satan chills. "Sleep with one eye open."
And just like that, he was hauled off to jail.
~Later That Day~
"Thank you for driving home, Gin" Rukia said still hugging herself, Gin sighed.
"It was nothing, love. Try to get some sleep," He replied gingerly caressing her face, Rukia couldn't fight back a weak smile. At least she had Gin to comfort her.
"I'll try." The raven-haired girl breathed, Gin turned to her stretching the seat-belt across his chest.
"Rukia, he's gone now. He's locked up, you'll never see him again. It's over."
Rukia unlatched her seat-belt and embraced Gin feeling a weight lift from her shoulders.
Little did she know, it wasn't over. It was only the beginning of something far worse…
Awesome: I knew it, once again, I hate myself.
Lemony: Its really hard because each guy is so difference. Guy #1 is childish and shy, Guy #2 is a sweetheart but he's a total nerd, Guy #3 is just an arrogant jackass whom I won't be talking to (sorry, cockiness turns me off), and Guy #4 is quiet and real mysterious-like (hehe, strong silent type) , idk anything about him…*sigh* I remember a time in my life when guys wouldn't give me the time of day…AND NOW THEY WON'T LEAVE ME ALONE!
Wicked: *pinches bridge of nose* Anyway, this is quite the predicament Rukia has gotten into, poor thing better buy a gun.
Awesome: I knew it, just knowing Lemony, I knew I shouldn't have asked…why did I ask? I knew it had to be something stupid and yet I asked, yup, I hate myself…REVIEW!
