Author's Note~ Rogeta here…It's been a while, eh? 2 months to be precise…Well I'm coming off the midterm blues here…writers block and the such. Well, enjoy guys, and keep on reviewing!
Chapter VII~ Tank
"What the hell is this?" Harima blasted as he opened the doors to the building. He first observed the two tables about 20 feet away from him. Each table had a girl on it, each tied up and seemingly helpless. It took Harima a while to decipher who the girls were because of the dark lighting, but he gasped when he found out. "Ojo?" He saw the beautiful blonde girl's arms, legs, mouth, and eyes trapped. She spoke when she heard Harima. Her voice was muffled by the tape, and therefore Harima couldn't understand it. He looked to the left of her, and saw another girl tied up the same way Eri was. He gasped even harder at this one.
"I…Imouto-san…" It was Yakumo Tsukamoto, Harima's former manga editor. She suddenly had to stop the job and he's never heard from her since. He ran over to the two girls, but then was stopped dead in his tracks by an ear-shattering gunshot. He stared up as a figure rose out of the darkness.
"Desert Eagle Mark XIX… You gotta love it…" The shadow said. It walked out, and Harima instantly recognized who it was.
"Heh, I knew you'd come to no good…Okazaki Hiro." Okazaki stepped out even closer and started walking and walking closer to Harima. A few seconds later, he was right in his face. "So…" Harima paused before continuing, "What'd you call me here for?"
"Now now Harima… you of all people should now the answer to that question." As soon as the word was spoken, he brought his fist up in a swift uppercut to Harima's jaw. It was heavily impacted, but Harima was only sent a few inches back. The then smirked as he wiped the blood off his face. Harima then spoke-
"Tell me what's the damn story here…" Harima huffed. That punch actually took a lot out of him. Then Okazaki explained everything. The plan, the fire, the aftermath. Harima got more and more pissed for every word Okazaki spoke. "Why did you do it then? Why the hell did you have to ruin Ojo's life even further and capture Imouto-san?"
"It's because of her company…It's all her fault!" Okazaki shouted unusually loud. "Tachibana Corp…It was a huge company in America. We dominated the stock market. But when Sawachika Eri became the head of her father's company, they expanded overseas into the U.S. market. We couldn't handle it. We were driven out of the U.S. like lone wolves. That's when my cousin, Kaoru had a plan. He got close to Sawachika's father, and managed to date his daughter, Eri. We tried giving her living hell." Okazaki took a long breath after this.
"Attempted rape, burning that mansion down, kidnapping close friends…that was to ruin her life. We our next plan is to start up a rumor that her father is cheating on his wife." Okazaki grinned as Harima looked dumbfounded.
"Alright, but I still need to know what this accomplishes…" Harima told him.
"All these events would totally destroy the image of the Sawachika company." Okazaki exclaimed, "People would lose trust and faith in them, and Tachibana Corp. would rise to glory once again." The moment he finished, Harima darted towards him and threw a punch. Okazaki grabbed his fist, but found it was extremely hard to continue holding it as Harima was applying a monstrous amount of pressure.
"Hey…" Harima looked up, "Let's do this right..." Okazaki grinned again and understood, throwing the gun across the room. Both took a few steps back. Harima stared at the two people tied up on the tables. He would save t them he thought. He didn't really have a reason, but hell, he didn't need one.
Almost in unison the two dashed towards each other and started a fistfight. Harima threw punch after punch as Okazaki masterfully evaded each and every one of them. However, he couldn't keep up with Harima's swiftness and he managed to land a hard one to the upper head. Okazaki fell back as Harima grabbed his fist. "Not bad man…" Okazaki chirped. He immediately got up after that and went for a roundhouse kick. Harima ducked, with the tip of his hair just touching Okazaki's leg. He then proceeded to knee Okazaki, but he was too slow as Okazaki spun around so he was now behind him.
Okazaki rose up his own elbow and brought it down hard, but Harima foresaw this and ran forward, only to smash into a large pole as he was dodging the elbow. He hit his head rather hard, and while he was recovering, Okazaki went in for the kill. His foot rose up as it cleanly connected with Harima's cheek. He flew back into the pole, and slumped on the ground.
Okazaki walked triumphantly to the dazed Harima, but Harima wasn't completely out of the game yet. He rose up like a hawk and uppercutted Okazaki in the jaw. Blood spurted out of his mouth as he fell on his back. "Is that…all you can do…?" Harima huffed as he walked towards Okazaki's corpse like body. Okazaki's eyes were semi-shut. Okazaki got up slowly, but Harima stepped on his hand.
"UGH!" He shouted as he fell to the floor again. Harima stood there, but was surprised as Okazaki circled with his leg stretched out. It collided with Harima's foot, sending him to the ground. Now both "fighters" were on the ground, staring at each other.
"Meh…not bad asshole…" Harima said volume barely a whisper.
"Well I'd say you gotta brush up on your skills jerk…"Okazaki said at an equal volume
"So you gonna release those women now?" Harima asked him. There was a short pause, until a crackly voice destroyed the silence.
"Not on my watch man." Harima looked forward into the darkness as a new person emerged. Harima instantly recognized him.
"You're the guy that tried to…" He paused at what he remembered.
"Yep, that me. Kaoru Tachibana at your service…" Kaoru walked even closer, and Harima noticed a shining object in his pocket. "Now time for payback. That stomp on the head left me a little dazed, you know?" He then sent a booming stomp to his head, and Harima felt the surge of pain race from his head down to his legs.
"D-damn..."He said to himself.
"Heheh…"Kaoru snickered as he sent his foot upon Harima's head again. Meanwhile, back at the tables, Eri and Yakumo didn't like what they were hearing. Eri then finally managed to get the tape off her face by rubbing it on the table. She looked at the sight, and screamed.
"HIGE, NO!"
*stomp*
"NO, PLEASE!"
*stomp*
"PLEASE STOP TACHIBANA!"
*stomp*
"NO, HI-HARIMA!"
*stomp*
"KENJI, DON'T DIE!"
At that moment Kaoru stopped stomping on Harima's bloody head. He walked over to Eri. He looked at her, and he did the same. It was about five minutes of pure silence. As soon as the tears stopped streaming down Eri's face, she felt pain as Kaoru's hand smacked across her skin.
"Using first name I see…"He stopped for a second, "Interesting." I guess I'll have to have MORE fun…" He turned around, and then spoke again. "By the way Eri-baby…, we go have some fun tonight with you and the red-eyed babe over there…" Eri squealed a bit as Okazaki got up, and Kaoru walked over to Harima.
"Well cousin…it's all yours" Okazaki smiled, elated at what was about to happen.
"Hell yes…let's go." Kaoru told him. He then took out the shining object. "New Desert Eagle… my favorite…" He loaded the gun up, and pointed it.
"NO" Eri shouted.
*bang*
(No Cowboy Bebop reference intended)
