CAN ANYONE STOP THIS ABSOLUTE MAD MAN? Do you readers really want Nagisa to be caught and killed, or do you still think there's chance for redemption? What about Karma.. will he live? This is the 2nd to last chapter so I filled it wish SO MUCH ANGST.
Two of the victims, Seo Tomoya and Teppei Araki died of brain hemorrhaging after what appears to be a sharpened pencil was shoved through their eye-sockets, killing them within a minute.
Natsuhiko Koyama was suffered a blunt force trauma to the head, the likely cause of which was being thrown against the wall.
The evidence suggests Ren Sakakibara was killed last, by drowning in the swimming pool. All four victims were killed within a relatively short amount of time-
Asano's reading was cut short suddenly, as the computer screen suddenly went pitch black. He turned around angrily, coming face to face with his father who was holding the plug to the computer in his hand, and unimpressed look on his face.
"Plug that back in! I don't have time for your games." The student council president growled. He didn't look like his usual composed self- His complexion was pale, the usual dark circles under his eyes had intensified, his hair was disheveled, his hands were shaking.
"Hacking into the police data-base to read a report that hasn't yet been released to the public is a crime." The Chairman said in a deep monotone voice. His face was expressionless like a wax-work model.
"No! Killing people is a crime; And the police aren't doing anything to stop it, even though it's so obvious who the culprit is." Asano was yelling now, he stood up suddenly, not noticing when the chair underneath him fell to the ground and cracked.
"Oh, I didn't realize you had evidence."
"I don't have evidence yet but I will do. I know who killed them. I'll get revenge for them." Asano said, storming off to the door, the Chairman grabbed him by the shoulder and pulled him back.
"You will be expected to speak at the memorial tomorrow. You need to stay and write your speech."
"Get off me!"
"Acting like a brat throwing a tantrum wont solve anything."
"Just let me leave!" Asano yelled. The Chairman had never seen him so distraught, but he couldn't let him leave because it was clear to anyone the killer was targeting students at the school, specifically third year kids from the main building who had some sort of beef with E class. His son ticked every category so there was a good chance the slasher would want to kill him too and he couldn't let that happen. He ignored Asano's yelling and struggles and dragged him up to his room, pushing him in then locking the door.
The Chairman would deal with the bastard killing his students on his own.
Karma hurt all over. His head hurt were Nagisa had hit him and knocked him out when he first brought him here, and his body hurt from being stuck tied to a hard plastic chair for what felt like days (and probably was). The smell of blood and death was thick in the air. Manami and Hiromei were starting to rot.
He had to escape or die, that was the only options. He had secretly been filing away at the ropes on his hands while Nagisa was asleep or at school. It was slow arduous work since the spoon he was using was very blunt. His fingers were blistered and bleeding from hours of filing.
He didn't know why Nagisa had gone so crazy, but if he guessed, it was because of his abusive mother. Karma still felt a stab of guilt. Maybe if he had paid more attention to Nagisa earlier on he could of helped him before it had gotten to this point. But it was too late now, the Nagisa he knew and loved was gone and a blood-thirsty demon had replaced it.
The ropes finally snapped.
"Yes!" Karma hissed under his breath. he reached forward and grabbed the knife on the table with his newly freed hands and quickly uncut his ankles and torso. He gave one last lingering look and Okuda and whispered.
"I'm sorry." Then quickly got to his feet. A sudden pain ran through his ankle, Karma felt his leg cave underneath him, and he fell hard on the floor. He nearly blacked out from the pain. blinking away tears, he looked at his ankle. It was bruised and at an odd angle- Nagisa must of broke it when he first attacked him, and Karma hadn't noticed how bad it was because everything felt bad and he couldn't put pressure on his foot anyway.
His entire body was stiff from being tied up, he couldn't put pressure on his leg. But he still had to escape. Ignoring the pain, he crawled on his stomach as quick as he could through the house (which was far too slow). He could tell by the orange light of the sun Nagisa would be home soon.
He crawled out of the kitchen to the corridor leaving a small trail of blood behind him. It hurt, it hurt. But the front door was in sight now, he could make it- He didn't have to die. After what felt like a painful eternity, Karma made it to the front door. He was drenched in sweat and breathing so hard that his lungs hurt. He reached up and pulled the door.
Locked, of course. Karma pulled out a paper-clip from his pocket with shaky hands, he willed himself to calm down but he couldn't. He could feel the thin strip of metal sliding in his sweaty fingers. Normally he could pick locks so easily. He put the paper-clip in the key hole, it fell out to the floor.
No!
He picked it up quickly, there wasn't much time left. He had never been this scared before. quickly, he jammed the paper-clip in the lock and started working, willing himself not to drop it again. Since when had he been such a nervous wreck?
"Please." He murmured under his breath. Then the door clicked. Karma's Amber eyes filled wih hope. With a wide smile that was more relieved than happy, he pushed the door open.
His heart stopped.
There in front of him just outside the door, inches in front of him, stood Nagisa. The blunett boy looked at him, surprised.
"Karma, what are you doing?"
Karma's throat went dry and he couldn't speak. In a desperate attempt to escape, he dived forward past Nagisa, landing on the hard ground outside. He only managed to crawl a few paces before Nagisa swooped down on him, a hurt angry expression on his face.
"Karma, you were trying to leave me, weren't you?" The killer said, his eyes filling with a dark insanity. He grabbed the red head. "You've been very, very bad."
Nagisa snapped.
A few hours later, Nagisa found himself sitting on the swings at the park, feeling a strange sense of hopelessness. He didn't want to go home were his mother was waiting for him. Karma and Okuda had been missing for days now, and the latest set of murders had left him feeling even more worried.
He couldn't believe the four supporting members of the big five had been killed all at once at school grounds. Even though the four of them could be jerks, who would do such a thing?
"You shouldn't be out this late, don't you know there's a killer on the loose?" A Voice said, Nagisa looked up to see the Student Council President Gakushu Asano.
"Sorry." Nagisa said sadly, and looked down. "But- you're a student too, aren't you? shouldn't you be careful as well."
"I think I have more of a chance of defending myself against a murderer than you do." Asano said, he seemed like he wanted to sound arrogant and scornful but his voice was so weary he just sounded tired. Nagisa shrugged, because of his size he was used to being seen as weak.
"Your clothes are torn." The Blunett commented dully, noticing the rip in Asano's jacket.
"Nicely observed." The student council president said. He had ripped it jumping out of his second floor window to get out of the house, but he wasn't going to tell this kid that.
"Sorry for your loss." Nagisa said quickly, realising. "Those four.. they were your friends, right."
Asano looked away, Nagisa realised he was actually really upset, which was strange to think about since the guy usually gave off and ice-prince aura.
"I've always treated my classmates like my undelrings. I was in charge, I used them, and they used me. I never spoke about anything personal, or spent time with them just for fun. it was always business. I associated with people for my own gains, not for friendship." He said, his voice was dull and life-less, his amethyst eyes were covered by his hair. "But those four were starting to be different.. I began to enjoy their company. Maybe they were the only real friends I've ever had."
Nagisa was lost for words. He couldn't help but think about Karma though- Will they find him alive, or will Nagisa be left as broken as Asano is now?
"That's why- " Asano growled suddenly, catching the bluenet's attention. "I'm going to kill the bastard who did this. I already know exactly who it is."
"Who?" Nagisa cried, Who was it? How did Asano know? Why hadn't he told the police?
"I'm going to kill him with this and make him suffer the way he made his victims suffer." The blonde said, he suddenly pulled out a think sharp knife from his pocket. Nagisa jumped away instinctively, he could see a grief-ridden blood-lust in Asano's eyes and it was aimed right at him. Asano took a step forward towards Nagisa.
"W- Who?" The bluenet questioned again, he was scared now. Asano was unstable. The blond didn't reply and just kep advancing, until he had Nagisa backed up against the wall, the blunet's face inches from the blade. Asano leaned closer and hissed in Nagisa's ear.
"Karma Akabane." Before stepping back and re-pocketing the knife.
"You're wrong! Karma's a good person." Nagisa yelled, instantly on the defensive. Karma had a reputation for violence, but he could never do this. Asano scoffed, but it sounded grim and hollow.
"You're in E-class, so you're probably too slow to add up the facts." The blond sneered (but his eyes still looked in pain). "Akabane has a history of being violent towards students in the main school, especially those who have a disdainful attitude towards E class. Just like all the victims. On top of that, he conveniently vanished as soon as the murders started. He's the filthy lowlife that did this and I'm going to kill him for it."
"That's not true!" Nagisa cried, his voice edging on desperate. He Hated Karma being spoke about like that. It made him so upset and angry.
"Open your eyes, E-class! Akabane is nothing but a filthy murder! He's less than a beast! He's a subhuman!" Asano ranted, sparks of madness in his eyes.
Nagisa snapped.
"That's not true." The Blunet said, but his voice wasn't scared any more it was cold, his eyes were like chips of ice. Asano stopped his tirade and looked at him.
"What? Does the truth piss you off- Ahhh!" he screamed as Nagisa dived forward and grabbed the knife from Asano's pocket and stabbed it into Asano's leg making him fall to the ground.
"I really don't like it that you talk about my friend that way, Karma can be a little troublesome (he tried to run away before and I got mad). But he isn't a killer." Nagisa said, He stabbed Asano's other leg when he tried to stand up. "It's wrong for you to always typecast people, you don't understand how much it can hurt; So I'm an idiot just because I'm in E-class? And Karma's a monster just because he's a delinquent. The real monster is you, Asano, but nobody notices because you hide behind the mask of the 'perfect student'."
"You! You're the killer!" Asano cried- Why hadn't he noticed until it was too late? He was weak with blood-loss now. Everytime he tried to fight he just got stabbed.
"I think I should make it easier for people to see what you really are. What if I carved the Kanji for monster on you?" Nagisa said, licking the blood of the knife (It didn't taste as good as Karma's).
"Crazy E-Class Psycho!" The Blond shouted. He tried to attack Nagisa but he just rolled his eyes and used a attack move to push him back down.
"Don't worry. I practiced on Karma before. I carved my name into him. And His name into me, see?" Nagisa said, smiling a killer's smile and rolling up his sleeve to reveal a bloody bandage with the words 'Karma Akabane' underneath.
"What have you done to him?" Asano whispered. Nagisa ignored him, and started his work.
Kayano was just walking back from the shops, her head filled with the horrible recent events, when she saw a horrifying sight;
Nagisa walking the street covered in blood, a dazed expression on his face.
"Nagisa!" She cried, running over, "Are you okay! Are you hurt!"
The Blunet just gave her a slow smile, and shrugged. "I'm okay, Kayano, I'm not hurt, calm down." he said to her. The greenet realised that it wasn't Nagisa's own blood that he was covered in. Her eyes honed in on the blood-stained knife in his hands.
"What have you done..?" She whispered.
"Oh, not much, Just went to the park." Nagisa said, looking casual and calm. But just behind his eyes there was insanity. "To cool down, since me and Karma had a fight."
"You and karma...?"
"Yeah, he's staying over at my place." the Blunet said with a crazy grin. The truth Suddenly dawned on Kayano. She felt her heart break inside as she realized that the boy she loved had done something very bad. She had to put a stop to this. But she loved him so she wanted to do it herself.
"Great." Kayano said, forcing a smile that looked real because she is an actress. "Do you mind if I come over to? I've been so lonely lately."
"Sure, of course." Nagisa said, and started walking back. "You, me Karma and Okuda will have a lot of fun together!"
Kayano walked along side him, the happy look on her face not giving away the despair she felt.
She had to end this.
I call this chapter; Asano snaps, then Nagisa snaps even worse. Nagisa's mind really is completely fractured now :(
Can Kayano save the day? or will she become another one of his victims? Sorry if Asano seemed Ooc, its becoz of grief, and if Karma seemed ooc too it's because he's been tied up in a room with two dead bodies for days by his best friend YOU WOULD BE A LIL SCARED TOO! lol.
Anyway, tell me what you think, d you feel bad for Karma? Nagisa? Asano? Kayano? poor Okuda? how do you think this should end.
Review if u want me to finish this story, an write the last chapter. x