This next chapter will have a bit of humor to it. I know, this is a serious subject, but I'm not the type of writer who can keep things dark and depressing.
Let's hope we'll have more laughs afterwards, because after this… ah, just read.
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"Worst. Cosplay. Ever."
These words belonged to Puggsy, as he walked out of a building with FF2, ATF, Fanatic, Swaine, Junpei Iori, Tracker, a humanoid Freddy Fazbear, Fangface, Shaggy Rogers, and Scooby Doo. It was lightly raining, but the others didn't seem to care.
The city of Ikebukuro was holding an Animated-Free-For-All Comic Con, in which participants could come as any cartoon/book/movie character they pleased. ATF had bought tickets for all of them to attend, the Authors dressing as their favorite characters, while the characters joining them simply went as themselves.
And things got hectic real fast.
"Wouldn't have been so bad if someone didn't wander off and get lost in a crowd of similarly-dressed cosplayers," Freddy sneered, giving Shaggy a look.
"Like, how was I supposed to know people still cosplayed as me, man?!" Shaggy retorted. "I was hoping the fan-base died out after our 7th spin-off!"
"I think the real damage was done when SOMEONE provoked a fight between Inuyasha and Edward Elric," Swaine muttered, giving Junpei a glare.
"Don't look at me- the little blonde loudmouth was egging him on before I even showed up!" Junpei snapped. "It's not my fault that hanyu ended up throwing him into Puggsy and clear through 12 booths!"
"Considerating you said Inuyasha could beat him as far as he could throw him, you basically did!" Puggsy sneered.
"I didn't say that- Edward did!"
"Well he sounded like you!"
"Because we have the SAME VOICE-ACTOR!"
"I just wish I caught up with WG," Tracker spoke up quickly, changing the subject before a fist-fight could occur. "She took off to get some autographs from the cast of Dan VS. …before Dan tried to set some cosplayers on-fire."
"What was that about, anyway?" FF2 asked.
"He thought one of the fans was the Dan Imposter… and it didn't help that some of them were doing an impression of him," ATF answered.
"Why do people dress up like the Imposter? He's an asshole!" Fanatic questioned.
"I'm still wondering why Purple Man has fans," Freddy scoffed.
"So, anyone know where WG took off to?" Shaggy asked.
"She forgot her phone at the hotel and went back for it." Tracker answered, slowing down a bit and holding her stomach. "…I figured she would be back by now…"
"Don't worry, she probably went in a different door- she's probably taking selfies with the Host Club as we speak," Puggsy said, then gave Junpei a glare. "…we'd be able to go check if SOMEONE didn't piss off a dog-demon and got us kicked out!"
"For the last time-!" Junpei snarled.
"Rook! What's roing on?" Scooby spoke up, pointing ahead at some police-lights flashing by an alley as they came around the corner.
"Looks like more trouble in Ikebukuro… Lets go see!" ATF exclaimed, holding up a camera. "If we're lucky, it might be another fight between Shizuo and Izaya!"
"Didn't they piss off each other enough at yesterday's showcase?" Swaine scoffed.
Walking toward an alley, they did see Izaya and Shizuo… but the two were not fighting (which served as a rare photo-opportunity for all fans); instead, they were talking to a pair of officers. "…trying to kill me as always," Izaya was stating casually, while Shizuo looked pissed.
"Only because you deserve it," Shizuo sneered at him, then turned to the officer. "He led me on another chase, and that's when we found the girl,"
"Was there anyone else around?" one officer asked, while his partner took notes.
"No. It looks like she's been lying there a while." Izaya answered. He then turned his head, noticing they had some onlookers. "…Can we help you?"
"What's going on? Did someone get hurt?" Tracker asked.
"Someone got raped… at least, that's how the flea put it." Shizuo answered, turning to the officer. "When will the paramedics be here?"
"They're on their way… Move along, people, nothing to see here." The officer answered, while waving for the others to keep going.
"Yikes… poor girl," Swaine whispered, as they group walked around to continue on. However, the thief paused, getting a glimpse into the alley. "Wait a minute…" He then walked in.
"Swaine!" Tracker gasped.
"Hey! You can't go in there-!" The second officer snapped.
Swaine stopped, kneeled down, and seemed frozen. "Shit…" he quietly cursed. He looked over at the others with a sad yet terrified expression. "Guys…"
He held up a familiar cap. It was white, with a marker-drawn cross on the front.
"I-Is that…?! No… oh please no…" Tracker whimpered. Freddy held her tight.
"SIS!" ATF screamed, running into the alley.
The police went to intervene, but Shizuo stepped in their way. "Hold it." He grunted, then turned to the others. "Do you know her?"
"S-She's our friend…" Junpei replied. He couldn't bring himself to look any further into the alley.
Shaggy and Scooby held onto each other, unable to even step into the alley; Fangface looked at Puggsy, both of them shocked, and slowly they entered, standing by Swaine, who hung onto the cap.
FF2, trembling, stepped up by them with Fanatic. He looked at the cap, hoping that, by mistake, it belonged to someone else. Maybe someone who was cosplaying as the Authors… but looking at the victim, covered by a jacket and frozen in shock, he almost threw up. He wanted to punch something. "No… not her…" he gasped, beginning to sob.
Izaya looked at the cap Swaine held. On the back of it were just two initials.
W. G.
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A/N: You may ask yourself why I chose this. Because I didn't want to just make up some OC just to give them such a fate, nor did I want to select a character to suffer like this. Setting myself up as the victim was the route I decided to stick with- but just to remind you, this is a work of fiction. Nothing like this ever happened (and I pray it doesn't, not to me nor anyone I love).
And no, I'm not some 'closeted torture-porn/50 Shades of Gay' asshole. People who enjoy snuff-stories, S&M, and rape-porn should be shot. This is just focusing on the TRAUMA caused by rape, it's not going to involve any hardcore details of the event. For those of you who want something like that, you can all fuck off and die.
With that said… How will everyone handle the situation? We'll see in the next chapter.
Cameos:
Puggsy and Fangface (Fangface)
Shaggy and Scooby (Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!)
Junpei Iori (Persona 3)
Swaine (Ni No Kuni)
Freddy Fazbear (Five Nights at Freddy's) *human-version*
FF2, ATF, Fanatic, and Tracker (Authors: Fangface the Second, Anti-Twilight Forever, Fanatic97, and Tracker78)
