A/N: I am warning you now, this chapter is horribly written. I already know that so don't bother putting that in your review. HAHAHAHA. This is almost the end. Sorry for taking soooo long to do this, but I'm back now, and I will tell you now, the end is near for this story. Haha! Well, enjoy!
Light in the Dark
Chapter 9
"I'll be there, and I'll cover you." The character on TV sang to his lover.
Masame cuddled closer to Ren. They were sitting on the sofa, watching a DVD. Both were wrapped by the same blanket, which was big enough to cover both of them, but small enough to force them to sit closely to each other.
Not like either had any objections though.
The couple had gone through quite a lot recently, and they were just thankful to have some time to rest from the drama.
But they both knew that that peace would not last long. Not with Hiiraga still around.
'But still…' Masame thought. 'I don't want to pull the string…' she sighed.
"Are you okay?" Ren asked, wrapping his arm around her shoulder.
"Yeah, I am… Just a little cold…" She said simply. She wasn't really lying anyway.
"Well let me help you then," He said, pulling her closer to him, so that her head would be resting on his shoulder.
She sighed contently before pushing her thoughts to the back of her mind to focus on the movie, and her new lover.
The next day, Ren waved goodbye to Masame as he dropped her off at her classroom.
She entered the room with a small smile on her face as she went straight to her seat to fix her things.
On the other side of the room, Hiiraga was about to explode.
"How the hell is he alive?" She asked angrily, while still trying to keep her voice down.
"I don't know either! Maybe… Maybe he isn't mortal…" Sumi said innocently.
The rest of the group stared at her for a few seconds before shaking their heads and going back to the subject at hand.
"Well, since we can't seem to harm her boyfriend, we have to go to the next step." Tsunee shrugged.
"Her sister?" Ryuu asked as he flipped a coin repeatedly, in an attempt to look cool. No surprise.
"Michino?" Kyo added, to make sure.
"Yes, her, who else do you think am I talking about? Her real sister is already dead, in case you've all forgotten." Hiiraga scoffed.
"Hey, easy sugar, easy." Kyo said, placing his hands on his girlfriend's shoulders.
She let out one long, exasperated sigh, before looking down at a piece of paper she was devising new schemes on.
Sumi pointed to one with a simple, "How about this one?"
Tsunee nodded, as the group huddled to discuss.
After a few minutes of deliberation, the group pulled away from the middle.
Tsunee grinned evilly as she said, "We'll do it tonight."
"Thanks for the fun night, sis!" Masame giggled, hugging her best friend as they approached the crossing where they'd part.
"Thanks too! Love you!" Michino answered before crossing the street.
But for some reason, something felt very wrong. Masame looked around, and saw a car speeding right towards Michino.
"NEE-SAN, LOOK OUT!" She cried.
Michino looked to her left and froze in shock as the car drove closer.
Suddenly everything seemed to go in slow motion. Masame shouted again, Michino closed her eyes, and then in another second, it was all over.
Michino was on the other side of the street, with Ren's arm around her waist.
Masame sighed in relief as the car kept going without so much as slowing down to check on the situation. Ren quickly brought Michino to the other side to reunite with Masame, who was in near tears.
"Nee-san, are you alright?" She asked with worry, as the elder of the two nodded, before passing out. "Nee-san!" Masame cried before kneeling next to her.
"She's just a little traumatized… I think we should bring her to our place." Ren said seriously.
Masame nodded and with that, they quickly transported to Masame's room. When there was no one around, teleporting seemed like a much simpler means of travel compared to taking the car.
Masame looked around her room and angrily snatched the doll from her dresser.
"Masa…" Ren said, trying to remind her of what would happen to her.
She nodded. "I know Ren. But she's gone way too far! First my family, then you… Now nee-san? I've had much more than enough! Hiiraga Tsunee, you're going to Hell!" Masame cried out as she pulled the string.
"I will deliver your vengeance." Wanyuudou's voice rang out clearly as the doll flew out of her hands. Ai appeared in Masame's room and offered her hand.
"Come with me." She said.
Masame looked at Michino then back to Ai, saying, "But what if she wakes up?"
"I will freeze time for a little while. I think you deserve to watch this unfold." She said as the three of them disappeared and the clock stopped ticking.
"Bye Tsu-chan!" Sumi said cheerily as she and Ryuu crossed the street.
Hiiraga smiled and waved goodbye, until she heard the sound of screeching tires. She screamed her best friend's name and watched as Sumi's body was mercilessly crushed by a truck. She rushed over to the bloody body and cried for her to wake up, which proved to be absolutely useless. Ryuu stared at the mess on the cement before screaming at Tsunee.
"You—You just let her die! I can't believe you! I thought we were best friends?" He exploded before running towards a house that she recognized as her own. He had a tank of gas and poured it all over the walls, before dropping a lighter on the floor, setting the whole thing ablaze. She begged him to stop, as she saw her parents begging to be freed. As the final addition, Ryuu himself stepped into the flames, before locking himself in the house.
Tsunee was helpless as she saw her home burn to the ground, along with another friend of hers, and the rest of her family. She cried as the blazes naturally died out, leaving only three charred bodies crushed by debris.
She heard another familiar voice and immediately recognized it as her boyfriend's. She turned around looking for comfort, but shouted once again at the sight before her.
"Babe, how could you? I thought… you loved me…" Kyo said as he fell to his knees, clutching the surrounding part of his chest that now had a knife lodged in it.
"Babe, what are you talking about? I would never—" Tsunee stopped mid-sentence as she saw the handle of the knife, engraved with the name Hiiraga.
With that, Kyo fell to the ground, lifeless. Tsunee screamed and clutched both sides of her head, begging for everything to just stop.
Suddenly, everything was quiet. Tsunee opened her eyes and found herself in a black abyss. Three white figures approached her. She recognized them as Sumi, Ryuu and Kyo. They grabbed at her, begging for explanations, clawing her arms and leaving deep wounds on them. Four more white figures appeared and latched onto her limbs. It was the Yamaoka family's spirits.
"Get the hell off of me! Get away!" She screamed, pushing the demonic figures away to no avail. "STOP!" She yelled, and suddenly found herself in a carriage, with a mysterious woman.
"Who… Who are you? Where are you taking me?" Tsunee asked the silent geisha.
Hone-Onna merely looked out the window as a response. Tsunee did the same and yelped when she saw that the carriage was a hundred feet in the air, and the wheel had a face of an old man. "What the hell… Get me out of here!" She said, standing up and reaching for the door.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." She heard a young girl say. She looked behind her and saw a small girl in purple sitting with a smile on her face. Her giant eyes squinted slightly as her smile grew. "It's a long way down you know." She giggled.
Tsunee realized she was right and sat back down with a sigh. She looked at Kikuri with pitiful eyes and asked, "Where are we going?"
"To your trial, silly." She answered, happily kicking her feet back and forth.
"M-My trial?" She repeated, before realizing her hands were tied together by a red, unbreakable string. "But what did I do?"
"Hmph, you should know, Hiiraga." Ren suddenly appeared next to Hone-Onna.
"I-Ichimoku… What the hell is going on here?" She shouted at the familiar face.
"Oh, you'll see soon enough." He said as he lowered his head and opened the giant eye there.
Hiiraga yelled in horror and suddenly found herself in a strange dark room filled with those demonic figures again.
"Hiiraga Tsunee. Murderer. How do you plead?" Hone-Onna, now suddenly dressed in a suit, asked.
"What? No, I didn't… Not guilty!" She defended.
With those words, her three now-demoniac friends grabbed her. She yelled the words 'not guilty' once more, and the Yamaoka family came and grabbed her again.
"Jury, what is your decision?" Hone asked a hoard of Rens and Wanyuudous in one side of the room.
They all nodded, saying 'guilty' at the same time.
Hone-Onna nodded before looking up. "Mistress, your judgement?"
Hiiraga looked up and gasped as a girl in a kimono appeared above her.
"You have caused great pain and suffering." The girl said, her icy voice piercing Tsunee. "Your hollow soul drowns in your sins." Ai now stood in front of her. "I will show you what death is." She clutched Tsunee's face with one hand, and stretched out her other arm as the flowers from the sleeve devoured the sinister teen.
She awoke on a boat in a dark, eerie body of water. The demonic figures were still latched onto her, tearing her apart piece by piece. She shrieked in horror as she saw her face in the water, bloodied and broken. She looked in front of her and saw Ai rowing the boat, with Ren and Masame sitting in front of her.
"Y-You! You're playing some sick joke on me, aren't you? Get me out of here now Yamaoka!" She demanded. Masame and Ren could only chuckle.
"This is no joke, Hiiraga. You're going to Hell, where you belong." Masame said with a tone of superiority and achievement.
"No… No! You're not taking me anywhere!" She protested and tried to get up before the demons pulled her back down and pretty much chained her down to the boat with their own bones. "No! NO!" She cried again as Ai continued to row them under the arch.
"Sayonara, Hiiraga Tsunee." Masame nearly cackled as Ren brought her to a nearby rock formation where Hone-Onna, Wanyuudou and Kikuri were standing.
Tsunee continued to protest as Ai brought her to the other side of the arch. "You're coming with me. We're going to Hell."
With one last scream and the chime of a bell, Hiiraga disappeared forever in the dark oblivion of Hell.
~To be continued~
A/N: I warned you it was horribly written, due to the fact that it was written when I was high. Well, there you go, she's finally dead. But of course, there's more. ;)