Hello everyone! I updated it! Wow! I mean I have a bad tendency to not update stories for a long time, but looks like I am changing this bad habit of mine. Anyway, this chapter is a bit … violent? WARNING: violence and blood, also don't forget that the story is AU and OOC. I hope you like it. Please read and review
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Kyoko ran out of the door onto a poorly lit street. She didn't know where to go or what to do; the only thing she knew is that she would never forgive Shoutaro. After running for some time, she finally calmed down and stopped to see where she was. It's too dark here. I can't even see the street name. Where do I go now, I have no one here and going back to Kyoto without money will be difficult. She just continued walking, hoping to find a motel, a park, a bench – something where she could stay for the night. Lost in her thoughts she didn't notice people walking behind her. When she heard their steps and tried to turn it was too late, somebody grabbed her from behind and held still. She felt the stench of rotting food and alcohol coming from whoever the person was.
"Hey, girly!" The drunken raspy voice came from behind her, blowing hot, putrid air into her ear" I was waiting for ya! Give some fun time to the old fellas here." She saw the second man coming to face her front. He was in old disheveled clothes, with long greasy hair sticking to his forehead. He was tall and scrawny, the veins on his hands were popping out and multiple bruises covered the inside of his arm Heroin addict, just my luck. Kyoko tried to think of an escape plan, but the first man held her too strongly. She couldn't get away by force.
"We'll even share some good stuff with ya. Ya know what I mean" She was disgusted at the thought of drugs, she was disgusted by this hideous men, who held her and wanted to rape her, but she knew better than to show it.
"Well, boys, how can we have fun if you ain't letting go of me? You know I wanna join in actively". She said sweetly, looking at the guy in front of her.
"Oi, Jack, I thing we found just a right one." He let her go, and started walking towards one of the smaller streets "Follow us girlie, don't do anything funny, we will catch ya anyway" She knew he was right. With this big bag she was immobile, they would easily catch her if they wanted, but Kyoko had already thought of a good enough plan.
"Sure, ain't gonna miss the party of my life." She picked her bag and went after them.
Ren walked out of the building and lit another cigarrete. He glanced at his silver wristwatch to see the time – 2:01 everyone should be in their positions by now. Just when he thought about that, a bulky man came to him and bowed.
"Your car is ready Tsuruga-sama. Would you like to go now?" The man informed him and straightened up. He had slightly longish jeans on; his feet were clad in crocodile black leather boots. With the big leather jacket finishing his outfit he looked like a gangster from bad 90's movies. The new ones always dress ridiculously. Ren thought and threw his cigarrete on the ground, stepping on it.
"Let's go then" they both went to the black Gelandewagen and drove to the place of tonight's "party".
After a few minutes of walking they came to the river, and then slipped into the docks area through a hole in the fence. The whole place stunk of rotting fish. Now I know why they smell so bad. Kyoko thought with a smile. She would get out of here soon enough she hoped. After all having this smell stuck to her clothes was a good enough reason to justify her plan. They went into one of the storage houses. Inside it was fairly warm, the place was dimly lightened by a few bonfires, made by homeless people living here. One of the men stopped and exchanged a few words with somebody in the darker part of the room. After a few minutes, more men came out. They were dressed much better and didn't stink. Their faces were cleanly shaved and the strangers didn't look like junkies. What is happening? She was alarmed by the sudden appearance of the new people.
"Is that the girl you were talking about?" The man who was standing in front of the newly arrived group asked Jack and the other stinky guy.
"Yes sir! Good enough for Akatoki?" He asked pleasantly "She'd make a good whore, just look at her, she even came here on her own will!" He is trying to sell me to gangsters as a prostitute! She now had to deal with more people; the escape wouldn't be as easy as she thought. But why would these druggies cooperate with the criminal groups?
"She looks alright" The man confirmed, then turned to face the others from the group. "Hey, Yoshi, bring them their fix, they earned it, and on your way spread some stuff to dealers in here, it's all in the car!" he shouted at someone at the back. The Yoshi man just nodded and went to do as told. Could have guessed why they did it. The addiction to drugs has now disgusted her even more. People turned into animals, worthless pieces of trash for this stuff. She hated it. But her thoughts were interrupted by the commanding voice.
"Hey, you, move! You are ours now!" Akatoki bastards she thought I'd rather die than follow you anywhere. She put her bag onto the floor, unzipped it and took out her precious present from father. The perfect occasion to use them. Kyoko thought and smiled – she finally had a chance to avenge her father's death.
Ren took out his black Makarov pistol and checked for it to be fully assembled and loaded. He put some spare magazines under the coat. It was his father's pistol – old, but reliable. They would be at the docks soon; he had to be ready to go head on as soon as they arrived.
"Is there any news from Yoshi?" He asked the driver. Yoshi was their spy, whom they integrated into Akatoki in order to find out through whom the group was distributing drugs. So far the information that Yoshi got them was immensely helpful. The whole plan was based on what he provided. Ren trusted only a few people. Yoshi was one of them.
"Yes, sir. He said that they are negotiating the terms of providing the drugs with the dealers right now." He paused and thought trying to remember if there was anything else worth mentioning. "He also said something about a girl, probably prostitute, although as far as I understood she is not involved in the whole thing. Probably, just ended up in the wrong place, at the wrong time." Ren thought about the new conditions they had on their hands if we go in like was planned, she will probably end up injured or dead. Lory wouldn't like that.
"Tell the guys to avoid injuring her" That was really the best Ren could do for her at the moment. He couldn't fail the job for a prostitute, could he? If she ends up hurt, I'll pay for the medical expenses and provide for a family while she can't work. He figured, and then a more unpleasant outcome came to his mind if she dies tonight I'll make sure to pay her all respects in her resting place. Ren wasn't exactly satisfied with the latter thought. He wanted to avoid deaths of his own and innocent bystanders as much as he could. So far only 1 person died on his conscience. Rick, what would you do? I failed you, what if I'm gonna fail her as well… He didn't have more time to think about it as the car stopped, and the driver opened the door. It was 2:30. Perfect timing, as always. Ren thought satisfied. He hasn't broken his perfect record of being on time.
"We are in position. I order the start of operation. Now!" They broke into the docks, not quite expecting to see what had awaited them there.
Kyoko unfolded a beautiful pair of handcrafted knives, when one of the gangsters turned to scream at her. "You bitch, hurry…" He was shocked when he saw her with a weapon ready to attack "What the hell?!" He tried to avoid her hit, but it was too late. The first blood of this night was spilled. She didn't kill him, but wounded the man enough for him to be out of work for at least a week. Kyoko was trained since the age of five. She knew where to hit, stab or shoot to kill, and where to aim to leave them alive, but useless for the time being. Other man turned at the noise and saw what has happened.
"Jack! You bloody bastard, you planned this all!" The supposed leader of the group yelled at the junkie across the room. He took out his pistol and aimed it at the man.
"I swear, it ain't my fault. Tis not my fault, don't kill me, it ain't me!" He pleaded for mercy, but to no avail. A loud bang sound stilled everyone in the room. Jack hit the floor, with blood gashing out of his head, eyes rolling backwards. He lay there. Dead.
"I didn't get to where I am by forgiving scum like you." The man said coldly and turned to face the girl to deal with her in a similar way. Kyoko stood there frozen. She wasn't afraid of blood or death, but she couldn't look at the dead bodies. Her memory would start picturing to vividly a similar scene of her dead father lying in his own blood on the floor. This man, he was a drug addict, he didn't have family, he has probably robbed and raped people before, he was not her father, but she still felt guilty. He died because of me. Her conscience whispered in the head. She tried to get a grip of herself. Not a good place to lose your cool No he didn't. He was a criminal, a junkie, he wanted to rape me! It's not my fault that he was stupid enough to get involved with any of this shit. The more reasonable part of her insisted.
She snapped out of her state, because of sudden tearing pain. A bullet has scratched her left arm. He was certainly aiming for the heart; she would have been dead by now, if he hasn't missed for whatever reason. The pain acted had a very sobering effect on her. She started moving; trying to avoid the aim of pistols she came closer to the group of men, bringing them on the ground, wounded and helpless.
Unfortunately she didn't see the shadow behind her back, until she fell to the ground, unable to breathe properly. Sudden rush of adrenalin hit her; everything seemed to be in slow motion, in a haze. She could hear people screaming, she saw them running and dropping dead. What is happening? Then her body has convulsed from the sudden pain. Sound and vision becoming more clear for a second. She felt as if her back was on fire. Pain was unbearable. She screamed and trashed on the ground in the bloodbath. Until she could feel no more.
Sleepiness was overcoming Kyoko. She was tired. The girls wanted to close her eyes. Yes, sleep is what I need. I will just close my eyes and get some rest. Kyoko almost fall asleep, until a sudden pain radiated from her cheek. Someone slapped her across her face. Then she heard his voice.
"Open your eyes!" she obliged.
Sooo? How was it? Have you already guessed who Yoshi is from the original Skip Beat characters? If so review) did you like it? If not tell me why, I am still quite a new author, without a good experience, so I am open to any criticism. I will try to update soon. ;)