Well, I did promise you all a longer chapter. This wraps up C's past, and now the story goes back. I think there will be two or three more chapters, since I have the epilogue all planned out, and actually started writing it :o Lol. Anyways, hope you enjoy the end of this strange, sad flashback.

XI. The Rope Of Change

C stood staring at the soulless corpse of his friend, hanging from the end of the rope. And all he could feel was anger, a merciless heat of anger. Towards the two that did this. Towards Beyond and D. But he could do nothing now. Auron was gone…

2 hours earlier…

C took D on the tour of Wammy's House, showing him all the corners of the home. Of course, Beyond chose to tag along. C despised him, but L was also among the group, so he'd leave his words for later. The group came to the kitchen, which had lunch served for the boys. Auron was already there, greedily eating. C started to laugh at his friend's foolery, but D just stared at Auron. "You're so stupid…" he said to Auron, washed his hands, and started to eat. B snickered at the comment, and Auron immediately stopped and looked down. He hated comments such as the one D spurted out. L came over and patted Auron on the back. Auron had always been the most likely to succeed L, but C and Auron were as close as brothers. L took an interest in C and B as well, but Auron was definitely more likely to succeed L.

After showing D around, B invited him to his room. The two discussed in that place for an hour as C and Auron went to playing 'Pong'. Then B came down. "Hey Auron, I want to show you something in my room. Come on!" he said. Auron walked with B skeptically, and C went along. The two entered the musky room, and then B shoved C out of a window in the room. C was taken aback. What was happening? And C hit the ground, and screamed in anguish. He'd broken three ribs. "Damn it…" C said after he stopped screaming. He sucked in the pain after a minute, and L came bursting out too see C on the ground. "What happened?" L asked, and C pointed to B's window, where a silhouette walked away. You could hear someone crying from the room.

"Come on, we have to get you inside." L said. He carried C in, where he dropped him off for Quillsh to look after his broken ribs, and then ran upstairs. He passed Auron on the way down, and L didn't give him a glance. But had he, he'd notice the lifeless, deprived soul floating inside Auron's tear struck eyes. He raced into B's room. "What the hell do you think you were…" and L was cut short, as B was no where to be seen, and D laid dead, a dagger stabbed into his heart. "No…" L said.

He ran down to the kitchen looking for Beyond when he heard the light caw of a few ravens. L ran outside to find Auron, hanging from a rope on the tall fence which made the perimeters of Wammy's House secure. "Damn it!" L yelled, tears blotting his eyes. C walked out to see the lifeless body of his best friend, his brother, hanging there. "C, it's…" L started, but C cut him off. "WHERE IS HE!!!" C yelled, and L knew who C was talking about. "C, he's gone. B left, after killing Auron and D, and I'm sure he'll come after you." L said. Beyond was picking off the other three. So that he could be closest to L…

And C was gone. First he had been standing there, an arm in a sling across his chest, and the next moment, gone. L ran upstairs to C's room and found nothing but a note left on the bed. And L knew he had no chance of stopping C from leaving. He was tracking down Beyond, and most likely was going to kill him. L took the note, and later that night burned it in a wood fire that took the place of Auron's funeral service. The note started to burn, but the last few lines were visible and they were implanted into L's mind.

And May Auron's Soul Rest In Peace, While I Remove The Foul Evils Of Our World…

And L remembered how C was always an eco-freak. Now he found it one of C's good points…

Next Chapter: Last Stand

I hoped you liked this chapter. I did promise a preview of chapter 12, so here it is:

C ran down the alley as fast as he could as the van chased him, but it was to no avail. The crepe van was to fast for C, and he realized that his last moments might be ending here. And he pulled out the small bomb from his pocket, and threw it. Within three seconds, the bomb destroyed everything within the alley...

Hope it interests you a little more as the story starts to come to an end :p