Disclaimer: I do not own Klonoa, but Kuroi or Ame and OCs are mine. You can't steal them unless you ask. X3


Chapter 3: Kira Suishou, the second Rozen Maiden

I opened my eyes and the first thing I saw was the old battle field from the war two years ago. Everything was still the same, burnt down houses and buildings, the smell of gun powder and blood lingered in the air, the sky a gloomy gray filled with large dark gray clouds. Currently, I had found myself huddled against the wall of a one story building that was still standing. I was in my Rozen maiden clothes, and my weapon, a large pair of scissors, was in front of my feet.

Why did I have this growing feeling of guilt and fear in my heart?

I stood up, grabbed my scissors, and slowly walked out of the building to see almost everything had turned into debris except for a few building that were only a story or two tall. I wonder if I could leave here. I froze when I heard a voice around me that made a chill crawl up my spine. I turned around to see Suitou, my oldest sister along with my three others in shadows behind her. I froze up in fear as my big sister walked up to me and touched my cheek.

"Shippuu... what point was it that made you run away?" she asked with a smile.

I just stared at my sister trembling at her touch to my face. Suitou then grabbed my scissors then shoved me to fall to the ground. When my back made contact with the ground I quickly opened my eyes to see the point of my scissors.

"Don't think we can't find you, because we'll be sure that you're the first to die. You have no right to become Alice, calling us junk, cheating to fight, you're worse than all of us put together." She growled at me.

I was speechless, I don't remember about calling them junk or cheating in fights. Wait a minute, was it because of my killer's eye, I remember going blind sometimes whenever I fought as a maiden.

"S-Suitou, I don't want to kill you." I stammered fearfully.

"I know, but we want to kill you." She smirked.

I flinched when she lifted up my scissors and began to slash down on me. I'm going to die!

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I sat up on my bed breathing hard as my cold sweat dripped off of me. I just had another bad dream again. I had woken Suppi up from her rest and made her yowl in surprise, now she was on my lap looking at me worriedly.

"Ame, what's wrong?" she asked concerned.

I looked around to see that I was still in the cabin in Phantomile, far away from Tsubasa, far away from my family. I looked down to Suppi after I had caught my breath and shook my head with a sheepish smile. Suppi smiled at me assuring that it would be alright before starting breakfast. I nodded with a sad smirk before lying back down on our bed.

I looked at the ceiling thoughtfully wondering why I would have a dream like that. The night before yesterday was my first and last fight with Main General Dokyoo, then the news on the paper saying that he and half of the army would be coming here in two weeks. Does that mean...

I sighed, a condemned angel... yeah, how funny...

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Suppi decided to let me stay home today since Leorina's heist would be at night. She was kind of worried about me and suggested I should rest since I had been through a lot of fights yesterday. At least I felt way better than yesterday and way more relaxed without being distressed by Guntz or Suppi. I was about to take a nap so I can have enough energy to work later, but a loud knock at the door stopped me. I cursed angrily as I opened the door to reveal Guntz and Klonoa holding a lot of items. I looked at them questioningly asking why they were here with so much stuff and their answer was so... annoying.

"They were thank you gifts," Guntz replied angrily.

Klonoa nodded smiling sheepishly.

"First it was my friend Lolo asking me to give you some treats then more people came with more gifts for you. It turns out you've become a hero in La-Lakoosha now." He smiled.

I sighed annoyingly before taking some of my gifts into the cabin.

"You can come in if you want, I was going to take a nap, but with you guys here, I might as well be a good host." I grumbled.

Guntz grunted at me with a suspicious stare before putting my gifts in the cabin. Once everything was settled in, I made tea and coffee and we conversed over many things. Just as I was settling the cups down, Klonoa told me the most outrageous thing.

"Kuroi is that what your face looks like? I thought you were hiding a scar or something." He frowned pointing at my face.

I dropped my mouth in shock as I dropped my coffee mug only to be caught by Guntz. Oh shit... I forgot to put my mask on... But even if I did have it I couldn't use it, it was badly dented and Suppi brought it with her so she could ask John to fix it. Guntz came at the wrong time and worse with Klonoa. I sighed exasperatingly as I collapsed on my chair and slump my shoulders.

"Anyway, did you research anything that could be useful for our capture tonight?" I asked jadedly.

"Well, I heard that her heist would take place midnight sharp and the capture can be easy if we use twenty kilometer long range weapons." He replied.

"What are you guys talking about?" Klonoa asked.

"Our next target is a notorious sky pirate who goes by the name of Leorina." Guntz replied as I sipped from my mug.

I flinched when I heard Klonoa gasp. We looked at him to see shock in his eyes. We asked what was wrong and he replied that he and Leorina were good friends. It turns out she was a former priestess of the La-Lakoosha temple and had chosen a life as a sky pirate with a cat named Tat.

Guntz was kind of surprised that Klonoa became friends with such a person. But the dream traveler said that it was through awkward circumstances during the time the fifth kingdom appeared two years ago. Klonoa told us all about the way she had use the kingdom's bell's elements to become the most powerful creature of sorrow. Two years ago, after they had defeated the king of sorrow, Leorina was in charge of rebuilding the fifth kingdom although she left to continue her job as a sky pirate.

I think I remember seeing that kingdom before. I think it was covered in monsters when I last saw it when I first came here with Suppi. When Klonoa was done I was a bit hesitant if Guntz and I should capture this girl, her bounty is high and all, but she's friends with a guy who saved me just yesterday.

I then remembered I had received a profile from Mr. Seion before he and Guntz left, what did it say again? Her main weapon is usually a shot gun and her companion was a floating black and white cat named Tat. Her sky ship was a red plane with two seats, it seemed pretty a good craft to fly and seems easier to fly.

I'll just have to see when we begin the capture tonight.

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"Ame, can you hear me clearly?" Guntz asked through my walkie talkie as I crawled into position.

"Yeah, loud and clear," I replied setting up my rifle.

Currently it was night, the night after yesterday. I was lying on my stomach atop a cliff hovering over a lake, in front of the lake was Leorina's sky ship, I think it was called the Crimson Iris. Anyway, I was wearing a very dark version of the clothes I wore yesterday and was wearing my fixed mask like in every capture I had done. I was looking through my rifle-scope waiting for Leorina to appear with her friend Tat.

"Can you see her?" I called through the miniature phone.

"Yeah, she'll be at her ship within a few minutes so wait a little longer." He replied sternly.

"Hey, Ame," he called a moment later.

"Yeah,"

"Do you want to be a hero of the star medal?"

I widened my eyes as I turned away from the rifle scope I was looking through and looked towards the direction where Guntz post was.

"Sure, if it'll make Konnichi and Kaguya happy. You can arrange a meeting for me with her tomorrow if you want." I smirked.

"Alright, wait... I see her coming... when she's at least thirty meters away from her ship shoot the engines while I throw a net pod at her. You got that?" He informed me.

"Yeah, I hear ya, give me the call when she's on target." I replied shifting into a better position on my stomach.

My furry ears twitched when I heard a rustle, I got on my knees and turned to see a pair of golden eyes in a bush. I cocked my head as I stared at them questioningly.

"Shippuu..." I froze when the figure with golden eyes emerged from the bushes.

I widened my eyes in shock and began to step back in fear as she began to step towards me slowly.

"Is that the right way to greet your sister?" the figure smiled in the shadows.

I narrowed my eyes when I saw my second older sister, Kira Suishou, walk out of the forest in front of me. She was a pale girl with silver hair and golden eyes. Currently, she was wearing her Rozen Maiden clothes. She was wearing a long sleeved pale pink and lilac shirt and skirt along with boots that stopped at the middle of her thighs, and she was wearing two eyes patches with roses sewn to them that were just above her eyes. The reason she only wore them when there is no battle is because she believes her eyes are for seeing suffering and death not peace and liveliness. In her hands were two long, crystal swords. I flinched when I heard my radio in my hand.

"Ame... Ame! Can you hear me? Are you there? Am-!"

I froze as Kira Suishou destroyed my radio with a crystal and it flew off the cliff. I fell to my knees looking up to my sister as she pointed her sword at me. I hated to admit it, but I was scared out of my wits. My dream was playing all over in my head again, except Kira Suishou would be the one to kill me.

"It has already been two years and you're using your killer's eyes to capture criminals, you should have become a lieutenant instead of a cadet." She smiled slowly.

I stopped when I reached the edge of the cliff cursing at myself not to run when I had the chance earlier.

"No, you are too much of a coward to stand up to your big sisters... Even me..." She insulted.

I growled in anger as I summoned my Rozen Maiden weapon.

"So with only one Roza Mystica left, you can't even transform into your true maiden form." Kira Suishou smiled holding up a sword towards me.

We both stood still for a few moments waiting for the first to attack. As expected, Kira Suishou was the first to jump, we both clashed weapons. I glared daggers at my older sister as she smiled almost like a lunatic. Using my scissors, I threw one of her swords to the side and clashed with the other one she had used to support her other sword.

She was still smiling as I gritted my teeth at her, I was lucky she couldn't see my eyes through my mask because I wanted to rip this girl's throat out. I threw off her sword again and was about to slash at her throat when she stabbed a very sharp crystal at my old wound, I froze the moment I felt that same sharp pain I had felt two years ago.

I stepped away clutching my bleeding side as Kira Suishou caught my scissors the moment they fell from my grip. I staggered to a stop at the edge of the cliff breathing heavily as blood began to spill from my wound. Kira Suishou smiled delightfully at me as she held up my scissors. I looked down sadly as blood began to spill out of my mouth.

"Sayonara... Shippuu..." were the last words Kira Suishou said before slashing at my chest.

The force was so strong from her hit I began to fall off the cliff and down to the lake. As I began to fall limply, I could feel my Roza Mystica emerge from my body. Blood began fluttering out of my mouth and my wound, my vision was becoming blurry as I could see a small figure of Kira Suishou above me. I could hear her laughing at me or I was getting delirious as everything soon started to become dark. The last thing I heard was a loud splash and something hard hitting the back of my head.


Nya: Sorry I haven't updated in a day or two, school started today and I got lost after first period, but I made it in time. X3 Why are high schools so big you can get easily lost in them on your first freashmen year? Anyway, I'll update in two days so stay patient, but if I get a lot of reviews then I will. X3 (Being nice) I also want to know what you think is going to happen next to see what you can expect from me, i love to write. X3 See ya.