Revengeful Vocalist

She was gang raped. Ryuichi played Hiro's words repeatedly in his mind. Sakura was in her room while the Shindou's uncle, Shuichi Shinji (the unnamed Shindou doctor in Ryuichi's First Love), treated her wounds. A totally unexpected happened on Sakura this afternoon. No one expects that she will get raped like this. She was tortured too much in her early years, Ryuichi thought, I promised to her that it won't happen again yet I didn't fulfilled it!

Ryuichi felt a hand on his shoulder. "It's going to be okay, Sakuma-san," he heard Shuichi say. But he still felt so upset that he clenched his fists, "She's had enough sufferings. I want to protect her, but I failed and this happened to her." The pink-haired knelt beside him, "Sakuma-san, don't blame yourself." "But I—" The door to Sakura's room suddenly opened and Shuichi Shinji exited the room. "She has many cuts and bruises on her body but she will heal after resting for some weeks," he announced.

Shuichi let out a sigh of relief, "Thank goodness! I'm going to check her out." The old man held back Shuichi's arm and shook his head, "Sakura has just slept. Don't disturb her yet." He sighed heavily and muttered an, "Okay." Shinji's eyes caught Ryuichi who was still sulking in a corner, "Sakuma," he started, "She's going to be all right." Ryuichi looked at Shinji and back to staring at the wall.

Sadness mixed with rage filled within Ryuichi's blood. He feels like a new person, a complete opposite of his normal self. He finally stood up and darted towards the door out of the house. Everyone was surprised; Shuichi with Shinji and Hiro.

It was dark outside. Nearly eight in the evening, Ryuichi concluded. The heavy rain was down to tiny droplets of water. He walked briskly yet not knowing where to go. He was thinking… thinking what he must do… plotting what must be done. "That's right," he snapped, "Sakura was gang raped and left her hanging by a rope as Hiro told me a while ago. So, as her boyfriend, I should and must seek revenge. For the sake of my dear Sakura, I must." Then he stopped to his tracks, "But how should I do it?... Ah, yes. I must let them suffer long… long enough as they did to my girl."

Ryuichi looked like insane, speaking to himself, and without the knowledge of the other band members, he plotted and plotted something evil. He wasn't himself as he clearly knew. He wasn't the cheerful and loving Sakuma anymore… but… a sadist and devil Sakuma.

"Gang rape." "A gang rape," Tohma repeated, devouring each word and absorbing it to his mind, "It's about a year since she joined the band. Beside, things like this are not rare for students working as a singer or joining a music band." "But it can't happen this fast," Sakano reminded Tohma and K. "Bad Luck and Nittle Grasper were famous nationally and internationally, even before we combined," Tohma informed him. "So," K concluded, "This time it's not related to the band." The president nodded, "Ee. Perhaps one of her schoolmates?"

The shadow behind the door of the N-G President's office widened his eyes, "One of her schoolmates?" Then a grin played on his lips, "I see. So it's one of her schoolmates, eh? It's a good thing I went here to find some clues." He ran swiftly to the dark halls of the building hurriedly, smiling at himself, proud that he got an information for his revenge.

Sakura opened her eyes. She felt very weak and wished that she could just slept longer but when she heard some crying, she changed her mind. "Sakura-chan!" Hiro said as he saw her awake. Shuichi, who was full of tears, smiled as he saw his sister finally awake, "How do you feel? Are you hurt?" Sakura replied with her weak smile, "I can move a little but I'm going to be all right." Shuichi wiped his tears away with the back of his hand, "That's good." But the lady doesn't care about her condition. She looked from right to left in search of Ryuichi. Hiro, who read her mind, said, "Sakuma-san went out last night after we brought you here. It seems like he's in a hurry." "Maybe he's going to tell Seguchi-san and K," Shuichi wondered. "Ukai-san already called them yesterday," Hiro said. Shuichi, originally intending to pat his friend, slapped his back accidentally, "Aw! You don't have to be such a worrywart. You're not Sakuma-san's nanny." Hiro agonizingly rubbed his back, "You don't have to slap me!" then he turned serious, "But I have a bad feeling that something is going to happen."

"What about our new CD?" Shuichi asked, changing the subject as to not to upset the patient. Hiro rubbed his chin unconsciously, "The lyrics were finished so we're going to do the arrangements later." As Hiro's gaze caught Shuichi's teary puppy dog eyes, he sweat dropped and said, "You don't have to come. You can look after Sakura." Shuichi hopped around like a bunny then squeezed Hiro, "Wai! Thanks Hiro! You're the best!" The guitarists face turned blue, "Yeah, whatever. Just let go of me. Can't breathe." However, Sakura's mind is on Ryuichi. What would he say to me when he sees me like this? she thought, Would he break up with me if he hears what happened? But the questions were left unanswered.

Ryuichi groaned as he heavily got up on his bed. His body ached from his three whole hour search of the criminal, which he learned when the owner of a nearby flower store told him. Sakura was carried away by her classmate using a van. Shibuya Kyou was the name and he was frequent on the store to buy flowers. Just thinking that he was Sakura's suitor only made him more furious than ever. "Shibuya Kyou, eh?" Ryuichi said to himself, "Let's see how long will he last if he was going to be tortured to death."

"Wah!" Sakano screamed while spinning around the studio, "It's the second time Sakuma-san didn't come! He hasn't submitted the lyrics yet! The CD release will be delayed! I will be fired!" "Please Sakano-san," Tohma said, "I won't fire you." Luckily, Sakano heard this despite his screams and stopped spinning. But he began to get dizzy and fell down unconscious. "Ryu-chan could be at the Shindou's with Sakura," Noriko said. "Nakano-san," Tohma turned to Hiro, "Could you call Shindou-san to confirm?" He nodded and wordlessly grabbed his phone.

"Hello? This is—"

"Shuichi, is Sakuma-san with you?"

"No."

"This is trouble," Hiro turned to Tohma, "He's not there." Noriko sighed and placed her hand on her hip, "He could be anywhere right now. That Ryu-chan." "So it was Ryuichi I saw last night," K said silently. "You saw Ryuichi-san?" Tohma repeated. "My! You have sharp hearing," K exclaimed, "I saw him running. Finding something… Perhaps," he paused for a while, "He was looking for the cause of all these." Tohma's eyes widened, "You don't mean—" "Shuichi," Hiro suddenly shouted on the phone, "Leave Sakura for a while and find Sakuma-san!!"

On the other line, Shuichi rubbed his ear, "Are you trying to make me deaf again?"

"Never mind that! Just help us find him!" he insisted.

"There's another trouble?" Shuichi asked, standing up and leaving his sleeping sister.

"Who knows. Maybe this one is more serious."

Kyou fell back and spitted blood then he turned to glare at the man before him. In an instant, he was pushed back by the wall. Two hands choked him with no mercy. "Stop it," he coughed, "Gossip will be spread faster if someone found us… Sakuma Ryuichi." The madman grinned, "Good. You know me well." The boy tried to pull the killer's hand away but he was far too weak. Ryuichi was too strong despite his lean figure. "Who do you think you are, huh?!!" Ryuichi shouted, "You know that she already has a boyfriend and you're still courting her?!! Why do you have to go far?!! Why did you rape her!!!"

"Are we near?" K asked. Unlike his two companions, Hiro and Shuichi, his feet weren't worn out at all after running for a long time. "Over there," Hiro nodded at the old warehouse, which hasn't been used for several years, beside Sakura's case. K took out his gun and checked its bullets. Good, he smiled, it's full. They were already near the door and the other two were slowing down from exhaustion. K shrugged it off and broke down the rusty door in excitement in using his gun. "Ryuichi!" he called. Everything he saw was darkness and only the moonlight gave a dim light throughout the wide space. K caught sight of two figures at the other side and one seems to be choking, "Ryuichi!"

Sighing, Ryuichi turned to see the anxious man who called him twice and gave him a death glare. K shivered and dropped his gun as Ryuichi said five unusual words, "I'll kill you after this."

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Translations:

-chan

Honorific. Can be used either as a diminutive (e.g., with a small child—"Little Sasuke"), or with those who are grown, to indicate affection ("My dear").

Ee

Informal saying of 'yes.'

-san

Honorific. Carries the meaning of "Mr.," "Ms.," "Miss," etc., but used extensively in Japanese than its English equivalent.