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Author's Note: Not much left to say… just some profanity in this chapter…and more profanity… and more…and more…

ALONE

Chapter Four: Abhorrence

By: UNKNOWN

            Ryou's words resounded in my head for a while. I never thought that he liked me; let alone even trying to help me. Ryou and his friends stared at me for a while. Ryou waved his hand in front of my face, trying to snap me out of my trance.

            "Hey asshole- you there?"

            I shook my head and my bangs ruffled along with me. I readjusted my goggles and looked back up at him.

            "What?" I asked.

            Ryou crossed his arms in a sort of macho stance and leaned back against the wall again. I was getting impatient to hear what he had to say.

            "I asked you if you wanted our help or not."

            "…to do what?"

            "You said you wanted to get back at that girl for lying to everyone about something about you… something about being drunk and shit. Anyways, what do you say?"

            I regained the strength to stand up again. The events that had happened just recently this morning came washing back into my head. Kari…Kari…Kari…she lied about me. How could she not remember that she had become drunk? How could she not remember that she wanted to get into bed with me? How, how, how!?

            A sudden wave of anger and lust came over me. I didn't know how to describe it… it just felt satisfying. Ryou had broken through my barrier that had protected me from the brink of insanity easily. I fell victim to his persuasion quickly.

            I grinned. I didn't care much anymore. It was as if… as if someone had taken over my body and kicked me out. I still cared about Kari… I never wanted to see her hurt. But why was I agreeing to this plan then? I tried to struggle some more but apparently I was suppressed into nothingness.

            Ryou and his two friends lead me to one of the phone booths. His two friends stood by the entrance and Ryou yanked me down to speak.

            "Listen to me. You're going to have to do exactly everything I say for this plan to go right. Hey! Are you listening?"

            He shook me by my shoulders and I threw off his arms. "I'm always listening, even if it doesn't look like I am. Now go on with your fucking plan."

            Ryou stared at me with a weird look. "Getting cocky now huh? Well anyways, you've got to take that girl to the dance-"

            "She's going with someone else. Besides, I have work."

            "Fuck work."

            Just then, I remembered that my shift had already started and that I had decided to ditch it. I shrugged and motioned for him to continue.

            "All right… then you have two choices. One is that you could lure the guy she's going with away, so we could get to her. Or, you could lure her some place, then tell her you have to go somewhere."

            I pictured in my mind how this plan was going to go. It didn't seem very lively. For a second, I thought I had regained control of myself, but then I found that I still couldn't break through to the surface.

            "You got it jackass?"

            I nodded. "Don't call me things like that."

            Ryou laughed, a raspy, shriveled laugh. "Whatever."

            It was almost time for the formal. I forgot to tell Ryou that I didn't have tickets. Well, I guess that I would have to buy them then. The tickets were somewhere around forty bucks at the door. I opened my wallet and inside was only about twenty dollars. Shit…I couldn't go home or else my parents would yell at me for ditching work. I couldn't borrow money because there was no one to borrow from. I decided that I would have to sneak in somehow.

            I ran into building area as fast as my legs could carry me. At the door, I pretended that I was waiting for a friend. I picked up my cell phone and dialed Ryou. I forgot his number though… was it an 89 at the end or 98? I chose 98 and luckily, I guessed right. Ryou picked up. I told him that I wanted him to come now. He cussed at me and told me that he was eating dinner, but he'd be over in a few.

            Now, my only job was to sneak into the building. I observed the entrance for a while, but found no opening into the building. The security guards at the door didn't seem to even twitch, except for the occasional sticking out of hand to grab the tickets. Hmm… the guards don't even seem to look at the tickets. Maybe if I shove a piece of paper into his hand, he won't notice. So I searched the area for a piece of paper and I ripped it almost to the same size as the normal tickets. Then I waited in line for my turn. As I stood up next to the guard, I felt like an ant. He was massive, almost seven feet tall, and I was only some little five feet kid. He stuck out his hand and I placed the carefully made paper into his hand. It must've been the rough edges or the material because at once he looked down at his hand.

            "WHAT THE HELL?" he yelled.

            At once, I was running. The guard told some other guard to stand at the door and he rocketed after me. Shit, he was fast. Every one step I took equaled to three of his. By no time, he was almost at my feet. I slipped around the building into a dark corridor and met a dead end. The guard slowed, his breathing heavy, and advanced on me.

            His expression was soft though, and he was smiling quite politely. "Dude, kid. I was just going to tell you that your ticket wasn't valid and-"

            A loud sound filled my ears and left my ears ringing. The guard stared down at his chest, then moaned and sank to the floor. Behind him, Ryou carried a pistol in his hand. I stepped over to him, angry.

            "What the fuck were you thinking? He was just warning me-"

            "Shut up Motomiya. We don't have time for your shit. I have to get going to another place by nine o' clock so let's get this over with already."

            "How are we going to get in?"

            "Trust me. Every building has more than one exit."

            He started off at a trot, followed by two new guys I had never seen before. I trailed after them until we reached the side of the building. Ryou grinned and reached his hand for a doorknob. When he twisted it, I heard a strange clunking noise. He said fuck and then whipped out his pistol and shot the doorknob.

            He kicked open the door and ran inside. We were running down a hallway for about a minute, until he swerved right and lead us up a set of stairs.

            "Do you know where the hell we're going?"

            "I've been to this formal twice. They've both been held here. Of course I know the way around."

            Finally we reached a door and Ryou busted it open. I could see that we were on the second floor of the building. It was littered with boxes and cans- compared to the first floor, this was a nightmare.

            "Now we wait for everyone to arrive," Ryou commented as I noted the streaming line of people walking towards the white tables.

            About fifteen minutes later, I spotted T.K. and Kari, walking arm in arm. T.K. seemed to be troubled, but he still seemed happy. He was wearing a nice black suit with a bow tie and some black pants. I thought it made him look like he was trying to get a job or something.

            Kari was wearing a white dress, whose bottom dragged along the floor. They were low enough to reveal the beginning of her cleavage, and her hair was all let down, too. I didn't know how much I lost today until that moment, when I saw how much more beautiful she was now… For a moment, I wanted to tell Ryou that I didn't care what she did anymore, that I would always love her no matter what she did. But when I tried to speak, all my lip did was tremble.

            "That your girl?"

            I jumped. I almost forgot that Ryou was still behind me. "Yeah."

            He nodded to the two other guys, who quickly lumbered forward. "Set up the stuff," Ryou said quietly.

            I guess the formal started because food was being passed out and everyone began to chat loudly. I kept my eye on Kari. She was talking excitedly and laughing at T.K.'s jokes. Her laughs sounded like music to me… with a nice rhythm and loving sound. I looked back down and saw T.K. staring at me. His mouth was open- in surprise or confusion- and I froze in place. I thought Kari would follow his stare to see me. But luckily, T.K. turned back to his food before Kari lifted her head up from her food to talk again.

            After what felt like an eternity, the dancing began. The music was nice and I could only wish that I had gone to the dance with Kari instead of going out on that date with her yesterday.

            Ryou walked up to me. "Get up. You know what to do."

            I nodded curtly.

"So who's it going to be?"

"… I'll draw T.K. away. I'm sure that Kari won't want to talk with me."

"All right. Kari is the one in the white right?"

"Yeah… wait. What are you going to do to her?" I asked in confusion as I noticed the small gun mounted onto the floor. "Hey! I told you to get back at her, not to kill her!"

"Davis! You're a fucking idiot. We wouldn't kill no one if we didn't have a reason to."

"What about that guard?"

"I've shot enough people in my life to know which spots won't a man. Fuck! That's not the point Motomiya! This gun is filled with powerful tranquilizers. We're going to send her to sleep so she'll be knocked out for the entire formal and embarrass herself."

"What if you miss?" I asked, observing the only dart in the gun.

"He never misses, " Ryou said coldly, glancing back at the lean man. "He's planning to shoot her in the leg area, so no one will see the dart. But if he misses and hits her head… she'll die."

"I thought the drug normally goes to the brain anyways."

Ryou sighed, an obvious sign of his anger. "Yes! I know you damn son of a bitch! But the drug isn't made for direct brain absorption, especially not this concentrated kind. And the needle is so damn long it could probably reach the brain."

I was silent for a while. "All right," I agreed. "But you better not miss."

The lean guy stayed quiet.

I slipped down to the dancing floor unnoticed. I hid behind a pillar to hear what T.K. and Kari were talking about.

"- and he found her!" T.K. said, obviously ending one of his crappy jokes.

Kari giggled and they continued to dance.

T.K.'s tone became more serious. "Davis told me what happened."

"…you mean his version of the story?"

"Kari. I know Davis would never do something to you like that intentionally. He just isn't like that."

Kari let her arms drop off of T.K.'s shoulders. "Did he persuade you to talk to me about this?"

"No. I decided to do it myself. Davis may want you like a god damn mother fucking obsessive bastard, but I know it in my heart that he would not rape you or anything like that until he was married to you. He just… wouldn't do that."

            Kari stayed quiet a while. Her white dress shimmered in the light and her face seemed to be in deep confusion.

            "I think… Don't tell Davis, but now that you tell me, I think I remember something about going to a bar. Something about drinking beer and…"

            Her eyes lit up. "Oh my god! He's been right all along! I can't… I can't believe that I've made him look like such a horny bastard! I can't believe that I put all the blame on him when he was right! I've… got to apologize to him!"

            She made a start to run off, but T.K. grabbed her by the arm. "Kari… this is my only night with you, possibly the last I'll ever have. Can't you leave the apology until tomorrow?"

            Kari smiled. "Oh, T.K. I love it when you do that. All right. But tomorrow I'm waking up at nine to call him."

            As they continued dancing, the number nine kept echoing in my head. Nine… what did Ryou say about nine?… Shut up Motomiya. We don't have time for your shit. I have to get going to another place by nine o' clock so let's get this over with already. I jerked my face upwards to see Ryou leaning over the railing, his face masked with anger.

            Suddenly, I felt that I had broken through my barrier of revenge, all my angry feelings were swept away into some black void and I was free again. Ryou! A voice shouted into my head. I couldn't let Ryou hurt Kari now. She had forgiven me and realized her wrong doings in the process. I had to stop Ryou- but the time was 8:59! Shit! I started to run.

            "Where the hell is that stupid jackass?" Ryou asked.

            The lean one shrugged. "Maybe he forgot about us and started dancing. It's almost nine Ryou. I think we should get going."

            Ryou smiled. "No. I think we'll teach Davis a little lesson. A lesson about fucking around with our gang!" Ryou's hair was matted down with sweat and his eyes were practically bulging due to insanity. He started laughing to himself quietly and from out of his pocket, he pulled out a single red bullet.

            The lean man sat up. "Ryou," he whispered, "that's the trademark bullet of our gang. Are you sure you want to use- what if the cops catch us?"

            Ryou snapped his head. "Enough with the what ifs! Take the damn bullet and shoot her ass off like the bitch she is!"

            The lean man studied his maddened companion, now trembling with rage. "All right, Ryou. But when we're in jail because of this, you can carry the burden of knowing that you killed an innocent little girl for no reason- just because some guy unknowingly offended you."

            "Shoot already, god damn it!"

            I ran up the stairs, all the way to the end, then turned left down a hall.

            "No! Ryou!" I yelled, hoping that he could hear me. "RYOU!!!!"

            I slammed open the door and saw the lean guy pointing the mounted gun, with an angry Ryou standing behind him, pointing a gun to the lean man's head. The other man stayed still and his face was pale with fear.

            "Ryou!" I yelled once more, hoping that for once, his wicked heart would do something right.

            "It's too late," he whispered.

            I began to run, slowly at first, but gaining more speed every second. I leapt for the lean man with the mounted gun. Just when I felt his sweaty, hot skin, a blast of sound practically shook my whole body. One single bullet shell flew out, hitting me with it's heated metal. As I landed on top of the lean man, I pushed him off the chair and ran over to look down at Kari and T.K., dancing romantically.

            Everyone turned to the source of the gunshot, and saw me leaning over the railing with my mouth open in horror. The bullet literally seemed to go one mile per hour as it slowly spun in midair. T.K. looked up at me, his eyes traveling from the gun back to my eyes.

And Kari… Oh Kari, how I should've said that I loved you right then. That I knew I had caused your death. How was I to know that all because you were mad at me, it would cause me so much anger and hate for you? And at that moment, why did you smile at me? Was it because you thought I had come to the formal just to see you? Or, was it because you thought my anger at you was a way of showing that every word you said to me mattered and how it would hurt me like this? Oh, I couldn't take it anymore. My heart was burning with sadness from seeing that beautiful smile on your face, and knowing that I would never see it again. Your perfect features melted right through my cold barrier that no one else could get through. I remember that first day seven years ago, when you first stepped into the room and I claimed you to be mine.

But now as this bullet inexorably finds its path to your heart, I just want you to know that I will never find another as beautiful as you- you're one of a kind Kari- and you will always be my perfect little angel…

I don't know what gave me the influence to right this piece, but boy was it sad. There's still one more chapter and I hope that you'll want to read that one! Well, I hope you review and tell me what you thought!