Hi there! This is my first story about Higurashi/Umineko. This story take place after Saikoroshi-hen, explaining the origin of Bernkastel and her connection with Rika. It's only based on theories that I read, maybe I'm wrong, but I really wanted to write this fanfiction.
Disclaimer: I didn't create Higurashi and Umineko.
ps: Sorry if I make some mistakes, english isn't my first language.
Furude Rika was watching with hesitation the kitchen knife she had into her hand. The young girl had to choose between two options: accepting to live in this sinless world, without her friends, or killing her mother in order to return into her own world. Why it should be her mother? What a cruel fate, being forced to kill her own mother! It was a terrible dilemma. Rika wanted to go back to her world, with her friends, but she found herself terribly selfish. How could she, rejecting this sinless world, where her friends seemed to be happier, just because of her own desires? How could she, considering killing her mother, for her selfish desires?
No, that wasn't selfish at all. Choosing this sinless world would be selfish. She fought for more than one hundred years, and she finally reached the world where she and her friends didn't die. She couldn't abandon this world, she had the right to live in her own world, even if it was a sinful world. The sinless world wasn't her world, she didn't belong to this world. Rika made her choice, even if she had to do something unforgivable. She had enough determination to do this, in order to reach her own world, but she also had enough darkness inside of her to be capable to kill her mother.
Rika's mother didn't have the time to react when her daughter stabbed her. The young girl didn't want to make her mother suffer, so she stabbed her into her heart, killing her instantly. Her corpse fell on the floor, dead. She did what Hanyuu had told her to do, killing the human who possessed the fragment, her own mother. But, if she really did what Hanyuu told her to do, why Rika was still in this world? The young girl suddenly began to feel different, like she became someone else, a darker person. She looked at her mother, before looking at her bloody hands and threw the knife away. There was only one explication that Rika found to explain what happened.
"My mom wasn't the one who possessed the fragment"
Satoko fell on the ground when she received a random object behind her head. Rika, desperate, threw a rock on her "best friend". After killing her mother, Rika escaped from her house, completely confused. She didn't know what to do, who was the human who possessed the fragment? Who she was supposed to kill if she wanted to go back to her world? During her escaping, she met Satoko. Seeing the blood on Rika, the blond haired girl felt the danger and decided the run away. Rika pursued her into the forest, and threw a rock on her. A dark idea suddenly appeared into her mind.
Maybe Satoko is the one with the fragment
Satoko tried to stand up, but Rika pushed her on the ground, before sitting on her belly to restrain her.
"Let me go, you damn crazy girl!" shouted Satoko, angrily.
Those terrible words, the real Satoko, her dear friend, would never say those words. This girl looked like Satoko, but she wasn't the real one, just a fake. This brat, this bully, she couldn't be Satoko. With rage, Rika punched the blond haired girl into the face. Blood came out from her nose and mouth, mixing with the blood Rika had on her hand, her mother's blood. Shocked, Satoko uttered a scream of pain, before starting to cry.
"I-it hurt! Stop, please, let me go. I promise, I'll stop bullying you at school, so please don't hurt me…" begged Satoko, crying.
But Rika didn't feel any compassion for this girl. She didn't consider that she was Satoko. She wasn't her best friend, she didn't show any mercy for this fake Satoko. Grabbing her throat, Rika began to strangle the blond haired girl. Without pity, Rika choked the other girl. Satoko tried to fight back, in vain. The blond haired girl suddenly stopped to move. Rika noticed that she had choked Satoko to death. She killed this brat girl, who looked exactly like a dear best friend. Strangely, Rika didn't feel any guiltiness. She was only upset, because she realised that this Satoko wasn't the one who possessed the fragment.
Trying to escape from the cops, Rika went hiding herself into the school, in her classroom. Desperate to find the human with the fragment, she killed her "fake friend". She began with Rena, or in this world, "Reina", using the famous hatchet that her friend Rena used in her world. After, she killed both of the Sonozaki twins, Mion and Shion. Only Keiichi didn't die, because in this world, he never lived in Hinamizawa. None of them was the one with the fragment. It was too late now, she could never go back to her world. She was now a murderer, considering like a madwoman. Her fate was to go into a psychiatric hospital, and maybe in jail when she'll be adult.
Rika could hear the cops, they will find her soon. Tears began to come from her eyes. It was over now. She could never go back to her own world, the one that she fought for it. This one hundred years she fought was now in vain.
Why I can't have a happy ending? What I did wrong to deserve this fate? This is unfair, why this is happened. Hanyuu, why? Why did you abandon me, why did you betray me?
Losing all hope, Rika began to cry, before laughing in an insane way. The miracle she tried to reach for one hundred years is now gone.
Miracles don't exist, I was such a fool to think I could have an happy ending
Rika was crying and laughing when the cops entered into the classroom. Taking a sharp pen, she approached it from her throat. Worried about what she'll do, the cops tried to calm her, in vain.
Maybe I was the one who possessed the fragment since the beginning. How ironic if it was me, haha! Well, it's too late anyway, but I have no reason to stay alive…
"Why I can't have a happy ending, having fun with my friends, why my fate has to be so cruel? I don't want something too much extravagant, only a world with my friends, without deaths. Why a miracle didn't occur to help me?" whispered Rika, crying.
An ugly smile appeared on her face. It was the last thing she said before stabbed herself in her throat with the pen.
Because miracles don't exist
It was the smell of tea that woke her up. Rika opened her eyes, confused. She didn't know where she was. She was in an unknown place, laid on a couch. The young girl noticed that she was wearing a fancy dress, a blue outfit. She saw in front of her a small table, with a cup of tea on it. On the table's other side, there had another couch, a smaller one. Hanyuu was sitting on it, gazing Rika. The young girl remembered what happened. She killed her mother, her friends, before killing herself. But she wasn't dead, and she finally could see Hanyuu. Rika began to have some hope about her fate.
"Hanyuu…? What's the meaning of this? Did I destroy the fragment? I don't know if I did the right or the wrong thing…"
The goddess drank her tea, before answering to Rika's questionings.
"Don't worry, you did exactly what I asked you to do, child of man. It was your mother who possessed the fragment inside of her"
Rika sighed in relief. She did what was right, she did what Hanyuu told her to do. But, why she didn't return into her world? And why Hanyuu seemed to be so…different. She was too mature, even her voice sounded like an adult. Rika also noticed something weird about Hanyuu's horns. Rika remembered that one of her horns was cracked. But now, there were perfectly intact. The young girl couldn't remember clearly if there were intact when she saw Hanyuu the last time in her actual world.
"Then, why I didn't go back to my world? I killed my mother but it didn't work!" protested Rika.
"You're wrong, child of man. It's work. Furude Rika returned to her world when you destroyed the fragment"
Rika didn't understand what Hanyuu meant.
"You lie…I didn't go back to my world, I…"
"You aren't Furude Rika, child of man"
The young girl remained silent, shocked and confused by what Hanyuu said to her. How she couldn't be Rika? It was absurd!
"Is it some kind of test?" asked the young girl.
"No, I say the truth. You aren't Furude Rika, not anymore. Try to remember who you are, your real name, child of man"
After few minutes of thinking, the witch finally found an answer.
"I am…the witch Bernkastel?"
"Correct answer, child of man"
Even if she was the one who gave this answer, Bernkastel couldn't believe this. She still considered herself as Furude Rika.
"This is stupid! How I could be still here if Rika returned to her world? Maybe I became a witch, maybe I became Bernkastel, but I was Rika before. Bernkastel and Rika represent the same person!"
"Correction, Bernkastel and Rika were the same person before. Yes, it was a test, child of man. I did this because I wanted to separate your witch side from your human side"
"What are you talking about, Hanyuu!? This is nonsense…"
"First of all, stop calling me by this name. My real name is Featherine Augustus Aurora. Let me show you my true form, child of man"
Suddenly, Hanyuu's appearance began to change. Her hair became darker, her body became adult, and her horns became something floating around her head. The childish Hanyuu was gone, this person in front of her had nothing to do with her friend.
"How…you aren't Hanyuu! Where is she?!"
"Should I say 'auau' to convince you, child of man? I was the one you called Hanyuu. Unfortunately, I lost my memory for one hundred years, changing my personality and appearance. Well, one hundred years is nothing for someone like me, and it gave me the chance to meet an interesting miko"
"Well, Auaurora, explain what you're saying! Why did you separate Rika and me?" asked Bernkastel.
"Because Rika, after one hundred years, became a witch trapped into a human body. I should say she became a kind of half-witch, half-human. But me, I'm only interested by her witch side. I'm interested by you, Bernkastel. I don't care about her human side, about Rika. I want you to become my miko. After all this years of pain, you have the potential to become a really powerful witch"
Suddenly, with rage, Bernkastel threw her cup of tea toward Aurora. The creator easily dodged it. The witch's face showed a terrible expression of anger.
"Shut up! I don't care if I was half-witch half-human, I want to live with my friends! I fought for one hundred years for this happy ending, I can't give up now! I don't want to be a witch, to be your miko, I want to be a human, to be Rika, and enjoy my life as a human being!"
Aurora stayed calm and finished her cup of tea.
"How foolish, child of man. You have the chance to be a witch, a powerful being, but you still want to be a mere human? Don't worry, my miko, I'll train you to become a proud witch, I'll make you forget those human feelings you still have"
Bernkastel rose up, furiously. She approached from Aurora, ready to attack her. But a new witch like her couldn't do anything against a creator. Suddenly, the witch was projected violently against the wall by her new master.
"How rude, child of man, trying to attack your ancestor. Well, maybe I should begin with a punishment before training you. I usually did this with my pet cats"
"You…monster! I'll never forgive you, you ruined my life, give me back my friends! I swear, I'll kill you…"
Bernkastel suddenly begin to feel a terrible pain inside her. Blood begin to come out from her mouth. It was like her internal organs were destroyed from the inside. The young witch begin to vomit blood, while the creator was watching her, emotionless. In addition with the physical pain, Bernkastel felt betrayed, and this feeling was even worse. She felt betrayed by Hanyuu, and also by her human side, Rika. She threw her away in order to have a normal life as a human, condemning her witch side to this tragic fate.
"How pitiful you are, child of man. It's not like I really wanted to hurt you, my own relative, but you didn't give me the choice. I will continue to torture you, until you became my miko. I'll continue as long as you persist to act like a human. I'll stop when you'll act like a real witch. It can take few hundred years, I don't care, I can be patient"
While Bernkastel was still spatting blood, the witch began to cry of pain and despair. She uttered multitude of screams, before losing her strength. The pain was too unbearable, enough to make her faint. Before falling unconscious, Bernkastel thought: miracles are nothing more than illusions.
So, this is the first chapter. If you liked it, say it to me with a review, and I'll continue.
I also gave a explanation about the connection between Hanyuu and Aurora, based on a theory a read.
Lambdadelta will probably joined the story (with some BernXLambda, they are my otp in Umineko).
Sorry again if I did mistakes.
