Mato knelt on the streets, crying her heart out. What had happened? I'll tell you.
~A couple of days earlier~
"Ne, Yu?" Mato asks, her voice far away. "Mm?" Yu answered. "Where's Yomi? I'd think she'd be here by now."
"She might be sick today, Mato-chan! Has she texted you?"
"Ah! Forgot to check." She flips her phone open and goes to text messages. Indeed, there was a text from Yomi.
Hey, sorry Mato. I'm not feeling great, so I stayed home today. If you were at the corner, I'm sorry for that.
"Heh! She is sick…" Mato sounds disappointed. She had been hoping to hang out with Yomi. Yu pats her back. "Now lets get to practice! Coach is gonna be steamin'!" Mato giggles.
Soon after school, Mato stood, holding the safety pole that was on the train. She didn't like being alone. Without Yomi. She texts back.
Hope you feel better! C:
She walks out of the train, only to see Yomi waiting for her. "What are you doing out here in the cold? Your sick! You should be at home, Yomi!"
Yomi chuckles. "Sorry, I just wanted to see you. How was school?"
"Boring as ever. But I missed you! I was hoping to hang out."
"Sorry. Nature." She sniffs. Mato giggles, gently hugging Yomi, who tries to break free. "C'mon! I don't want to get you sick!" Mato smiles. "I don't care." She states.
Yomi stops with a smile. She hugs Mato back after a little bit. They were stuck like that for a while until they got a sudden edgy feeling, a feeling of weirdness of being in public. They edge away from each other. "Well, I must be going home."
"Awe but Yomi! I wanna hang!" Yomi smiles. "Then come home with me."
"Yayy!" She hugs Yomi again before running off. Yomi chuckles, walking. She soon walked to the door and led Mato into her room. They start chatting and stuff. Mato soon had to leave.
~The Next Day~
Yomi walked into class, sitting at her desk. The usual girls trying to get her arrive again. She didn't know how or why, but girls and boys have been flirting with her all of a sudden. She didn't pay attention to it though. She liked Mato. That was her final belief.
She smiles as she saw Mato start to hover over her. "Feel better?" Mato says cheerfully, pulling up a chair and sitting down. Her chin rests in her hands. Yomi nods happily. "Yep." Mato closes her eyes, smiling brightly. She brings up conversations, often whispers heard.
Such as "Damn, Mato's winning." And "I wish I was that lucky!" Yomi hears the bell for class. "Bye Yomi!" Mato waves before walking out. Yomi smiles brightly.
After school, Yomi laid in her bed, on her phone. Her phone strap laid just inches away from her as the fire alarm rang out. "Huh?" She sits up, smelling smoke. She hears her father curse, slamming something on the floors.
"What?" She was confused until the flames engulfed her bedroom door, making her scream like a fearful 7 year old girl. She called the police as fast as she could as she scoots to the corner.
She soon heard sirens.
There was panting at her door. Yu slams open the bedroom door. "Knock maybe?" Mato groans. "No…no time…"
"Why? What's happened?"
"YOMI'S HOUSE…"
"What about it?" Mato was tense now. What was she…
"IT'S ON FIRE!"
"WHAT?!" Mato rushed to her feet and raced out with Yu, running out to the streets. She saw the large cloud of smoke. Tears stung her eyes. She ran to the scene, stopping in the middle of the streets, seeing the house totally in flames.
Yomi was trembling in a corner, trying to get away from the flames. Her parents and Kagari were out, but Kagari was begging the police to find Yomi. Tears were flowing down Yomi's cheeks, screaming slightly as a piece of the flamed ceiling lands in front of her. She hears a shout.
"Anybody here?" It was one of the police. A dog was sniffing around by his side. Yomi squeaks, unable to talk. She was really scared. "Helloo?" The fearful girl let out another squeal when the wall collapses, making her hang onto the metal framing.
The dog barks, the policeman undoing his leash. The dog sniffs at Yomi, whose eyes were squeezed shut, trying not to look down. The police man found the dog, and ran across the flames. He held out his hand to her. "Come on…grab my hand…"
Yomi stares at his hand. She couldn't find the will. She soon raises a shaky hand. That was a bad idea. The metal framing snaps in half, throwing her to the side. She squeals, holding onto the side of the ashed house.
Mato's eyes widen, seeing Yomi. She was keeping herself from screaming at her for couragement. She ignored it. "Come on, Yomi!"
Yomi's eyes burst open, seeing the one and only. Mato. She was trembling horribly. She pulls herself up, and stepped on the floor, avoiding flames. Although, the house let out a loud moan. Yomi gasps, getting ready to jump, but the house collapses.
"NO! YOOMI!" Mato reached out her hand, falling out onto her knees, crying. Her arms tremble. Why…why?! Why to YOMI?!
After hours and hours of searching, they finally found her. The policeman held her in his arms, Yomi unconscious. But Yomi soon wakes up, able to limp on one leg. She looks around, stopping at Mato. Mato was edging closer, crying her heart out.
She managed to hug the girl that was scared to death. "Oh my god…are you okay…?!"
Yomi sniffs, quickly hugging back. "No…I'm scared, Mato…" Yomi squeezed her lover, her eyes shut tight. "It hurts…I…"
"I know…I know…" Mato rubs Yomi's back, in the places that weren't broken.
"I couldn't save it…" She squeaks. Mato's eyes open. "Save what?"
"My charm…our charm…it's gone…" Yomi starts to sob, keeping Mato really close. Mato's eyes were open and she was crying as hard as she could.
"Alright. Time for you to go, Takanashi-san." Yomi was soon dragged away into the ambulance. Yomi looks at Mato once more, a desperate, scared look. Mato was crying. Her heart was crushed. Yomi was pushed into the vehicle, the doors soon shut. Mato squeals.
"WAIT! WAIT, PLEASE!" She chased after the ambulance, soon twisting her ankle, landing on her knees. "I…love you…" She slams a fist onto the concrete, crying her heart out. Yu stood still, in shock.
This one was by far worse than her own house fire. Nobody knew what caused it, but it happened. Somehow, a way unknown, they weren't ready for Dead Master.
Just months later, Yomi still in the hospital, Her house had been rebuilt but unseen to the human eye. Only ones with other selves could see the monstrosity. It was Dead Master's old chapel, such a chapel of it's own.
It was the one from the other world. The afterlife, the place in which they fight. Though she knew that the one and only Black Rock Shooter has also moved into this world for one reason, one reason only. To protect Mato from her own claws.
Dead chuckles at such a thought. Although she could never reveal her true feelings –
No. They don't have feelings. But now they do. So hush hush.
—to her precious Rock, she would always flirt just a tiny pinch in every fight. Every time she would, she could sense a tiny hint of desire in those bright, neon blue eyes.
The chapel isn't where Yomi's house was. It was in a deep ditch, like the one in the other world ((The OVA vers.))
Dead held a tiny skull in her greedy claws, the skull calm in her clutches. She knew what was coming. She could sense it. She could always tell who or what was coming. Like, Rock for example. She could feel a burn in her right eye—which she struggles to keep down from hurting—and maybe some tight squeezes on her throat.
She jumps down, yawning slightly. She rubs her right eye. "Hm, I guess she's coming…mm…Dammit, why does it hurt when it senses…" She rubs her throat, which was throbbing. She swings out her scythe, clutching it in her blood thirsty claws.
She felt bad for Yomi. For such a kind and helpless girl, that was what she had wanted. She smiles, a sinister smile. She jumps back into the throne as the familiar kick of the door came. The doors swing open at ease, creaking loudly. Rock stood there, surprisingly in a…
Dead instantly cracks up. Rock glares. "HAHAAAA! YOU GOING TO SCHOOL?!" She was laughing her head off. "OHMYGOD!" Rock snarls. She expected this from Dead. Why did she even still have this on, she had no clue. Her clothes dissolved into her regular ones.
"Shut up! Mato-"
"BAHA! Mato Mato Mato…took you to SCHOOL?! OHMYGOD THIS HURTS! OHMYGOD!"
"Yeah! So what?!"
"PFFFT!" Dead calms down after a while, still chuckling.
