Chronos Number Zero's Return
Chapter 4-Why does it hurt so much?
Rena did what she said she would do, she went to Creed. It didn't take long to get there, not with the wind on her side. When she reached him he had hugged her before giving her a once-over…Making sure there were no injuries he asked her straight up, point blank.
"Why the hell did you not respond when I first asked you what was wrong? Didn't you always promise to respond to me?" Creed demanded, his voice signaling that he wanted answers.
Rena laughed, "It was kind of hard, and the first time I got it I fainted and the second time… well….I was talking to someone that is now dead. Now onto business, there is this new underground organization called the Black Glove or the Scarlet Hand…"
CNZR
Okay, saying Train was depressed didn't even cut it. Even since that Rena girl told him off before she left where they were staying he had hardly spoke. He would eat, but not as much as he usually ate. Which Sven had wished before—Train had always managed to burn a hole in his pocket—but now he just wished for the old Train to come back.
It seemed that the girl that had stayed with them for but one night had such a huge effort on him, well why wouldn't she? She practically raised Train, taught him how to fight, and made him who he is today. But Sven couldn't help seeing that Train didn't love her like a parent, it was much more than that. Whatever she'd said had obviously hit home.
At least she said she would be back. That was one of the things that was said to try to cheer him up, keyword here: try. The thing that kept on getting to him was that she was going to Creed, his rival, nemesis, whatever you want to call him. She was like a spoiled child, you couldn't get what you want from one parent, go to the other.
Train knew that Creed would do anything for her, just like Train would. The both cared so much for her. But what Rena didn't get was how they cared for her, and no matter how smart she was she'd never get it till one of them said it out loud. They both has such strong feelings for her, but she…well she had just never made it completely clear how she really felt. Sometimes she would act like a child, then a sister, then a parent then sometimes—rarely—she would act like a lover.
They couldn't be mad at her for confusing them like that. She didn't understand, and sometimes even they didn't understand their own feelings. That was what made it hard sometimes, mixed signals.
Sven tapped Train on the shoulder and snapped him out of his thoughts. "Train, I did some research about that underground organization she was talking about. She did say he was powerful business leader for Chronos, right?"
Train nodded, "She also said he just joined too. Maybe the reason that they put her with him was because he gave them lots of money or did something for them."
Sven nodded and rubbed his chin thoughtfully, "He is in the paper, I think this was printed and published before Chronos or anyone had time to stop it." He handed the paper to Train. "It says here that he was murdered by an underground organization. It doesn't say which, but it does say he had just recently been recruited by Chronos and he is, or was, the head of a major arms dealing company."
Train read over the paper and sighed, "She'll be dissapointed."
"But she'll be back, right?" Eve said, as her head popped up, entering the conversation in her usual strange way.
Train nodded, giving her a half smile. "Yes Princess, I believe she'll be back."
CNZR
Once Rena had told Creed that he was a member of Chronos's elite leaders he immediately started planning to retrieve him. He asked permission from Rena of course whether he could kill him or not. He didn't want to anger her, so he needed to make it clear.
Rena nodded, approving. "After I talk with him you can kill him. My advice is just destroy and burn down the building. Easier that way, dispose of all the evidence."
With that said they got together a plan, which took a few hours so when they were done Rena left them to it. She didn't go, because she honestly didn't feel like going. She just wasn't in the mood for fighting and killing. It was all Kitty's fault, talking to her like that. From when she woke up till when she left that house.
Those feelings, damn them! Life was so much simpler without emotions and feelings. Why did she feel so torn apart after saying what she did? Why did the only thing she wanted to do was run back to Kitty and make him stay with her?
These feelings…were getting to be too much, she wanted them gone! She wanted the pain to stop! It didn't hurt this much before, when she left Chronos for a while, when she watched her Kitty walk away. It did hurt though when she saw that bitch take him away. That had hurt more than she expected it to have.
Rena's eyes grew big, did this mean what she thought it meant? Did she care for him more then she thought? If that was true then she really was an idiot. Rena knew that she was missing something and the only way to find out what it was she was missing was to go to Kitty, and make him tell her.
Yep, that was a great plan…and she left a note to Creed.
Creedy!
Thanks for doing that; I'm glad I don't have to see him anymore.. Feel free to do whatever you want to him: kill, rape, torture I don't care. I'll see you later, and remember my most important rule: HAVE FUN!
Love,
Rena
She then left to go find her Kitty. Heading back to the city, she found him to be gone. If she knew Kitty like she thought she did, he would go to the next big city or to the next bounty—he was a sweeper now. So that was what she did, she listened and found out from a smuggler that someone with a high bounty was going to be in the next city over.
So she went there, and she knew that if she was where the bounty was she would find her Kitty. Of course the bounty tried to get away so what was she suppose to do? She knocked him out and sat on him. Within a few hours Kitty came and found her dosing off on top of him. Staring at her for a second he thought of a plan.
He took out one of Eve's old stuffed bunnies and placed it into Rena's hands, and stepped back to snap a quick picture for future blackmail purposes.
After picking her up, he left the bounty to Sven, while he and Eve went back to their rooms and laid her on the bed. She tossed in her sleep, and murmured something about telling him to wake her up later. He laughed and leaned down so that his lips were just next to her ear, and blew lightly.
She awoke with a yelp and jumped up so high she almost hit the ceiling.
Eve and Train laughed at the pouty look she gave them. Then it got quiet and Eve of course wanted to break the silence so she said, "Do you want to know where he is buried now?"
Rena titled her head, "Where who is buried?"
Eve was now confused and Train just hit himself on the head with his hand. He waved his hand at Eve, "Don't…she doesn't remember."
Rena just sighed, deciding this was her time to ask her question. Getting up off the bed she stood just in front of him, and looked him straight in the eyes. Train just stared back, realizing that she had never been this close to him before.
"Tell me, tell me why it hurt. I went to Creed, we went to have my revenge and I didn't want to help. All I could feel was the pain. Why did it hurt? Why did I want to run to you to make the pain stop? How could you make it stop?" she grabbed her head between her hands, "Rena is so confused! Rena doesn't understand, why does she never understand? Rena doesn't want to hurt anymore…make it stop!"
Train just stared down at her, in a shocked stupor. He never thought that part of her would realize it, but the other part wouldn't. It seemed that he had beat Creed after all. She as in love with him, and yet she didn't understand what her love meant.
He laughed, the irony, she realizes she loves him, but she doesn't know it. He just wanted to laugh, but cry at the same time. But luck was on his side or fate or Eve if you want to know the truth. For all those books that she read she had understood what was going on.
This child, a teenager that is almost a robot understood what Rena was feeling when the girl who was no one knew how old. That just made it even funnier. What she did no one expected and how Rena reacted no one expected either.
Eve had somehow gotten behind Rena without either Train or Rena knowing, and pushed her into him. Train grabbed her and fell over with her—fell back really, she fell forward—and their lips touched.
When Rena kissed him it all connected for her. The knowledge she had gathered, she had seen it or she had read it in books…she should have known. She loved her Kitty, and it took a little girl's smart intuition to figure it out.
When Rena got up she turned on Eve, ignoring Train's soothing comments to calm her down. Eve saw that gleam in her eye, and backed herself into a wall with Rena just a foot or so away. Rena bent down to Eve's eye level and Train forgot for a second what was happening. He was starting at her ass till Rena's voice pulled him out of his dirty thoughts.
"I like you little girl. Not only did you push me, but you're smart as well. You must read a lot." Eve nodded and smiled proudly. Rena grinned. "I see I found someone else who loves to read."
Then she straightened up and turned around, glaring at Train for a second before walked off. Eve then pushed Train toward the door. "Don't let onee-chan leave us." Her voice was pleading with him and so were her eyes. It was like she was begging Train to make her stay…did she just call her onee-chan?
Of course how could he argue with the Princess on that? He ran after Rena and grabbed her by the waist and pulled her to him. "You can't leave me, not now not ever." He held her to him, not ever wanting to let her go.
She laughed, and leaned into his embrace. "With you being the one I'll be leaving…tell me why would I want to leave you? It took me too long to realize that I love you; do you think I will be leaving anytime soon? No, if I have my way you will be staying with me as long as I live my love. And that will be a long, long time."
THE END
