Mamoru-Hen Part 2

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When Keiichi got to school the next morning, he was disappointed that Satoko wasn't there. He sat down and was put into a melancholic mood for the rest of the day. The others must have picked up on this, because Mion canceled club activities for the day.

As he was walking home, he decided to walk by Satoko's house, just to see if she was okay.

When he got there, he saw that a black car was parked out front. 'I wonder who that is?' he thought. He passed by by their front door and bumped into someone.

"Sorry." the person said.

They looked somewhat official. I looked at his suit and he had a badge. 'He must be with child's services. Thank God.' He walked away and out of view, then he snuck a look to the road. He waited until the car drove away and snuck close by a window.

"What the hell where they here for?!" he heard Satoko's uncle yell."Did you call them?!"

"No, uncle! I promise!" he heard Satoko say.

"You're lying aren't you?!"

"No! It wasn't me!"

"Don't lie to me you bitch!"

A crashing noise. He looked through the window and saw Satoko laying against a wall.

"You called them! Oh, you are so gonna pay for that!"

"No, uncle! Please!"

"Shut your mouth!"

He grabbed her arm and slapped her.

'Dammit! I'm right here and can't do anything about it! If only I had a camera! Then they'd have to do something!' Keiichi screamed in his head.

"Uncle no!"

"You did it! You called them! Say it!"

"No!"

SMACK

"Say it!"

"No!"

SMACK

"I said Say it you little bitch!"

SMACK

"Fine! I did it! I called them! I'm sorry!"

He let go of her and she fell to them ground in tears.

"That's what I thought. You'll be going to school tomorrow. Tell anyone, and you know what I'll do."

He pulled a match from his pocket and her eyes went wide.

"NO!"

"Yes! Tell anyone, and I'll do it."

"I won't say anything! Please, just don't burn it! I'm sorry!"

She grabbed his legs as if it would make a difference. He kicked her off of him and she just layed there, muttering "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry," over and over again.

It made Keiichi so mad he almost jumped through that window and beat that bastard to a bloody pulp. But instead, he thought of a better way. A way to make it seem as if Satoko had been saved by a miracle. The Watanagashi festival was the day after tomorrow.

He decided then and there, that on that night, he would kill Satoko's uncle.

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The Next Day

Keiichi woke up that morning and had one thing on his mind. Find a Weapon. He walked to school alone that day and when he got there, he saw Satoko's shoes in the shoe locker. He went to class and saw her sitting there.

"Satoko. You're back."

She turned around and saw it was him. She smiled, but he could tell it was fake. He knew all about giving fake smiles.

"Yeah, I've not been feeling too well these past few days, but I'm okay today."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course. Why would I not be?"

"It's just, I saw a car outside your house yesterday and wanted to make sure everything was okay."

She looked kind of shocked that he knew that.

"How did you know someone was at my house yesterday?"

"I came over to check on you, but I bumped into this guy with a suit. I saw he was with child's services. Is everything okay?"

"How did you know he was with child's services?"

"He had a badge. I saw it."

"He had put it in his pocket when he left."

'Crap! I didn't think she would notice that.' he thought.

"Keiichi. How did you know he was with child services?"

A couple people were looking over in our direction now with puzzled looks on their faces.

"Answer me Keiichi. How did you know?" She was starting to get angry.

"Um, well I-"

"It was you wasn't it?!" She screamed.

"Satoko, I- I just wanted to help."

"I was you!"

She grabbed her head as if in pain.

"Satoko, I-"

"Get away from me!"

She pushed him across the room and he hit the wall hard.

"I thought you were my friend!" She yelled.

She ran out of the room crying. Everyone was talking, wondering what just happened. He saw Rika run out of the room after her. Mion and Rena ran over to make sure Keiichi was okay. Afterwards, they ran after Satoko too.

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Keiichi was in the nurse's office with a concerned look on his face. Ms. Chie walked in and over to him.

"Thank you for what you did." She said. "It seems like you were banged up pretty badly. Who knew it would get this bad. If only if it weren't for her uncle."

"Ms. Chie, you know about her uncle?"

"Yes. In fact, I had called in as well. I can't stand to see my students in such positions. I hope she calms down."

"Have they found her yet?"

"Yes, she had a breakdown and had to be taken to the hospital. We can only pray now."

"Yeah."

Ms. Chie left Keiichi to his thoughts.

'I knew it was bad, but this bad?!' he thought. 'That's it, this bastard has to die.'

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Keiichi caught the nearest taxi to Okinomiya. He knew it was a big city with a lot of gangs, so there had to be a few people he could buy from. He had a hat and sunglasses on as he walked down an alley. He saw a person walk up to him.

"You buyin'?"

"What are you selling?"

"Whatchu need?"

"A gun. 9mm."

"Right. I got that."

The person pulled the gun from his jacket pocket. Keiichi paid him and walked away. He concealed it on him and got a taxi ride back to Hinamizawa.

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He had prepared a hiding place for the gun at his house, where if anyone looked, they wouldn't find it. He listened to the message on the machine that said Satoko was out of the hospital. He knew she needed to be out of the house for this to work.

He called Mion. She answered on the third ring.

"Sonozaki residence. Mion speaking."

"Hey, Mion. It's me, Keiichi."

"Ohh, hey Kei-chan. What's up?"

"Well, I was wondering if you could take Satoko to the Watanagashi festival tomorrow night."

"Uh, sure. We'd already invited her anyway. Why do you ask?"

"Um, I just thought after what happened, she might enjoy it."

"Oh, well, you're gonna be there too right?"

"Um, I don't think so. After what happened, I think seeing me will only make things worse."

"Kei-chan, you're not about to do something are you?"

'Huh?' he thought.

"Um, no, why do you ask?"

"It's just, I remember having almost this exact same conversation with Satoshi."

"Satoshi?"

"Yeah. Right before he went missing."

"Really?"

"Yeah. Kei-chan, just, don't do anything you might regret later on, okay?"

"Uh, yeah sure, okay."

"Good. Well, see ya at school."

"Yeah, see ya."

He hung up the phone.

'That was weird. She said she had talked to Satoshi before he went missing. Regret? What did he do? Wait. Did he...kill his aunt? I knew it! He protected her back then like I am now!' he thought.

He stood up.

"Don't worry Satoko. Your new Nii-nii will protect you."

End of Part 2

Author's Note: I'm trying very hard to get the lines accurate to the show, with a few changes here and there that I think would have been perfect. I wanted to do this because it is my overall favorite chapter in the whole series. Please R & R. Laters~!