Suki's Surprise
" "= Talking
' '= Thinking
Chapter 10:More Surprises to Come
It was morning, today was the day they would catch the evil ghost. Suki was dreading it, and was worried that something horrible was going to happen to Katsu. Katsu, however, seemed quite confident, or was doing a good job faking (which was most likely the case). They decided to wait till 8:30 (when Suki normally goes to work) to avoid suspicion.
"Are you sure this is going to work? What if I trip? Or, if he catches me…or worse, if he catches you…or even worse! If he hurts you or…" She was cut off before she could finish.
"Enough! Everything will be fine…" 'I hope…' he added mentally "now you need to get into your work outfit and pretend to go to work, okay."
"Right! Then when I can't see the house I'll pretend that I've forgotten something and hopefully he'll take the bait." She said, still sounding worried, but slightly more confident now.
Suki went up to her bedroom to get changed, she came back down in her work outfit, and slowly started towards the front door.
"…Are you SURE this will work?" She said, now sounding paranoid.
"…How about this, if he catches you, just do to him what you would've done to me if I'd been near you during that…incident." (when he dumped water on her. See chapter 3)
"…huh? Oh! That! Okay, that I can do." She sounded a bit scary as she said the last part.
Suki left, and made her way to the ally she usually takes as a shortcut to work (when she walks) she keeps going a bit until she cant see her house, then pretends to have forgotten something.
'All right, I've got to make this look convincing' She thought to herself as she prepared for her act. "Huh?" She says as she sticks her hand in her pocket. "Whe-where is it? I could've sworn I had it with me…"
She continues to search her pockets, and then her purse, pretending to look for something. While hiding in the shadows nearby, the evil ghost is watching her. 'That dumb girl is practically asking for trouble, doesn't she know better than to be out alone…perfect…I'll take her down now, before she can get away' He goes to make his move, but fortunately for Suki, she was fully prepared, and heard him coming. She took off, leaving the surprised, and confused ghost in her dust. "What the heck! She was expecting me! Grrr! No one escapes invincible Ikari!" He yelled, then chased after her, and was gaining fast.
'I just have to get out of the ally, then leave the rest to Katsu.' She barely made it out before nearly being caught, but unknown to Ikari; he had just willingly walked straight into trap. Just as he was about to catch Suki, Katsu lunged at him, causing the surprised ghost to fall over, as he started to realize what was going on.
'Dang it! This was all a setup! Grrr! I bet that old hag had something to do with this.'
After a bit of a struggle, Katsu seemed to have the upper hand, until Ikari managed to get a hold of Suki (Who, despite Katsu's warning, was still nearby) He started laughing evilly "Make one wrong move and the girl gets it!"
"Aren't you going to kill her anyway? What's the point of taking your target hostage?"
"Mwahahaha! If you're lucky, I'll get rid of you instead. Then I'll get rid of that bothersome old hag!!" Katsu didn't try anything, and Ikari started laughing evilly, thinking he'd won.
"NO! Don't listen to him Katsu! If you and Maya aren't around then he'll just keep-mmmng(killing)! Mnnggmm(people)!!"
"Shut up Brat!" Ikari covered her mouth with his hand to silence her, but this was a big mistake, Suki immediately bit down on his hand with all her might. Causing him to shriek in pain. "STUPID BRAT!! I'LL KILL YOU FOR THAT!!"
"T-Teya!!"
Just then, out of nowhere (literally) someone had landed right in front of Ikari; she kicked him into a wall, and freed Suki. She was a young woman wearing a blue kimono, she looked surprisingly like Katsu, and speaking of Katsu, he was just staring at her, looking rather confused. "…S-Sister?" He finally said.
"We don't have time for a pleasant chat! Get the necklace from Ikari, before he wakes up. Quickly." She said, keeping her cool the whole time.
"R-right!" Katsu took Ikari's necklace, but couldn't break it.
"Give it to me." The woman said demandingly.
"Um…okay." Katsu complied, and gave his sister the necklace. She said something and it started glowing, then shattered into millions of pieces. Ikari disappeared after that, hopefully, never to return. The end…Just kidding! There's still a bit more.
"…Sister???" Suki suddenly asked. "Katsu, you never told me you had a sister!" She said, quite confused by the recent events.
"…But how? I don't under…you're supposed to be…"
"Hmm… seeing my brother confused like this is rare, honestly Katsu, 'You mean you haven't figured it out yet'?" She said the last part in the voice of an old lady. "I thought you were smarter than that."
It took a few minutes for this to soak in. "…WHAT?! How'd you change the way you look?" Katsu shouted, after realizing who she was.
"…??? I'm confused… What's going on?" Suki gave them a confused look as she tried to contemplate what had just happened.
"I think Katsu should be the one to explain." The woman said, shifting her gaze to Katsu.
"…She's my sister…Mirai…She mysteriously disappeared one day…I went looking for her, but…I ended up dying somehow…I can't remember much…Mirai, why were you pretending to be an old lady?"
"…Well, most people would get suspicious if I never got any older, so I had to change my appearance to match my age, the magic shop was just a cover, I knew Ikari was targeting Suki, and planned accordingly. We were both killed by Ikari…I remained here as a ghost so I could stop him, and learned that with the special gems that are in your bracelet, and my necklace, I could amplify my powers, and appear to be alive. Though they have a side affect…once you've worn them for a while, they become a part of you, if anything were to happen to them, you would disappear."
"…Okay…" Suki nodded, but was still confused.
"Well, brother. I should leave soon, now that Ikari's gone, I have no reason to remain here." Mirai said as she turned to leave.
"What? Why can't you stay?" Katsu questioned her.
"It is not possible, I have no reason to, therefore I must leave. I have no choice in the matter." She said sadly.
"But…I'm a ghost…and I don't have a reason to stay…"
"No! Don't leave!" Katsu was surprised by Suki's sudden outburst.
"Brother…you do have a reason to stay, I don't think your friend would like it if you left. I can stay for one more month…but no longer." Mirai said, as she turned to face Suki. "There is something I wish to tell you…alone, tomorrow, I want you to come visit me, don't tell Katsu though, okay?" She whispered to Suki.
"mm-hm" Suki nodded.
"What are you two whispering about?" Katsu asked the two girls, who only giggled in response.
"Oh, nothing." They both said.
"…Whatever you say…" Katsu said, deciding it was pointless to argue.
"Well, I'm going back to the magic shop, I think you two should go home and get some rest, I promise I wont leave, so don't worry."
End of Chapter 10
Authors Notes: Well…Its done…I tried to be patient and wait for a reply or something, but no-ones even read my story since Monday, so I did it myself…If nobody bothers to read, I really don't have a reason to finish…but I suppose I have to anyway, I'm way to nice. Sorry if the fight scene was bad, but I got impatient and decided to do it the best I could…I am still accepting help, and plan to update this chapter once I improve, if someone wants to write the fight scene than p.m. me, but please, no bad language, I will change anything I find inappropriate. There will be one more chapter. But it probably won't be long.
Also, about the names, Ikari means anger in Japanese, and Mirai means future. I thought they would be appropriate since, technically, Mirai is in the future, and Ikari is mean (and Ikari doesn't sound weird)
Suki's name means like, but that was unintentional, I just liked the name.
Disclaimer: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin or Katsu; Suki, Ikari, and Mirai, however, are mine.
All right, now back to watching Tenchi Muyo...See profile.