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Warning: Rating might go up because of gory content and possibly other stuff but for now... rated T to be safe.
Italicized Lyrics- Yu Yu Hakusho ending theme # 3, Unbalanced Kisses
Bold Italicized Lyrics- Yu Yu Hakusho ending theme # 1, The Homework Doesn't End
Murder Game
Chapter 1: Let the Game Begin
Who is that I'm calling out to
I can see you walk away from me
Time and time again, time and time again
He had been aware for sometime now that he had a rival. Who wouldn't be aware of it? His "good name" was almost tarnished because of this competition. Where he stole, his rival murdered. The murder that his rival had done had been blamed on him. He couldn't understand murder. Jest at them, pull the wool over their eyes, and embarrass them… but to take their lives? He couldn't understand that. He would never understand.
Rei Kon, that was his real name but at night, he was a thief and went by the name Arsene Lupin. He smirked when he thought about it. He'd just scribbled the first name on the paper that had come to mind and then fled the scene of the crime with his prize. Yeah, he had been stealing for awhile… almost two and a half years.
But he'd never had a rival.
The thought made him smile in anticipation and he shuddered, remembering faintly seeing his rival just three nights ago- he hadn't gotten what he had come for and that made him furious.
So here he was again, trying to steal his prize, stomach what he could and keep himself from throwing up from the memories of his rival's prize- the murder of the man whose possession he was going to steal. He frowned. What did his childhood friend Kai think of this? That the thief Rei was such a big fan of had murdered? He'd probably say something along the lines of, "there's nothing good about a thief." Rei bit his lip. He didn't want or even like Kai thinking that "the thief he loved so much for the shows he puts on"- who he really was- was a murderer.
The rival had left a very clear, very arrogant message in perfect handwriting with no way to trace him: Can you steal before I kill?
Rei resisted the urge to crumple the paper up in his hand, instead folding it neatly along the creases and putting it delicately in his pocket. Over the years, he had changed with wardrobe to deal with the police and the detective's close encounters with him. For his more recent jobs, he had taken up a black masquerade mask, black cape- easy to escape from if someone got ahold of it- a Chinese style shirt with gold trimming and baggy black pants, good for moving around easily and martial arts, and a top hat that he would leave behind to annoy the police.
He smirked with clenched fists. He was back tonight to prove his innocence.
The game was on.
Tick Tock, Tick
Constantly I think of things I can't complete,
Well it's time to throw them into the back seat...
Son of a Gun!
The suspect always returns to the scene of the crime. That's what Kai Hiwatari thought grimly with a cocky smirk on his face. On his first trip to the grand mansion, he had killed the master of the house. Now, he was back to kill the mistress. Not the missus. The mistress.
He didn't know why he had issued a challenge to the thief- Arsene Lupin- was that his name? But he had. He knew that he should have stayed in the shadows, murdering where the thief stole to put the blame on the thief… but if he did that, then he really would go insane. Whether anyone who got their hands on the note knew him or not was of no importance. He was ambidextrous. At school, he used his right hand. He never used his left for writing or drawing- no left handed action in the sight of the other students.
He wondered how his rival was taking the challenge he had issued. Can you steal before I kill? It was a simple enough challenge- if Arsene Lupin stole the item before he could kill his target, then he wouldn't kill them… but of course, with Kai, things weren't always as simple as they seemed.
He had been trained to kill since he was a young boy. It was in his blood to kill- his father had so desperately tried to get him out of the business but he had failed. Now Kai was going world wide with his killing due to the pressing of Voltaire, his grandfather.
It hurt Kai's head to think of the killing. It hurt his head to think of his grandfather and then he knew why he had issued the challenged to the Arsene Lupin of their generation- he would go insane if he hadn't. The picture of him and his childhood friend Rei was kept in his chest pocket, close to his heart. What would Rei say if he knew that he was killing people? He didn't know why he kept that picture... maybe to show that he had some humanity left in him?
His thoughts were interrupted when he saw the thief running across the rooftops, jumping the distance with ease. He probably hadn't seen him- Kai had dressed in black apparel for a reason. Kai stood, knowing that the thief beginning his job was his cue.
"Let the game begin," he smirked.
Me: For those of you who know my work, I shouldn't be starting a new story right now but oh well. I've been wanting to write this one for awhile and here it is.
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