AUTHORS NOTE: so this chapter is a bit short, but that's only cause I love cliffhangers. ? ﾟﾘﾆ
MEIKO'S POV
I couldn't believe this. Lily. She was the one who put Rin in an orphanage. She'd always been around Rin as a child. And she'd constantly babysat. But now I remembered. The day Rin disappeared. I'd left Lily outside with Rin, to get a drink, and when I came back both Rin and Lily were gone. Lily told me they had both gotten kidnapped, and she woke up on the street, without Rin. But I remembered now that Lily had never taken part in the searches for Rin, and she'd always acted cold when it came to speaking about her. I heard a knock on the door. I slowly went to it and slid it open. My heart stopped. Bloody, insane, and scarred. Lily stood at my door. I felt immediate angry hate build inside me. She spoke quickly, as if she knew her words would stick in my brain. "Meiko, this is all that girls fault." She whispered, laughing a little. I need to do something, I need to get rid of her. I grabbed a knife and chucked it her. "She's drove everyone apart." Lily whispered, her knees hitting the floor. She lay on her side, grinning. Grinning and bleeding out all over my floor. "Ah!" I screamed. "I KILLED HER! I KILLED HER! I REALLY JUST KILLED HER!" Something was overcoming me. And suddenly, everything Lily said became clear. She was right. Rin had drove Lily into madness, Rin was the reason Lily had died.
HAKU'S POV
"Lily's dead, and Meiko's gone." I said, summarizing the conversation I'd just had with the police. "You mean..." Dell said. I nodded. "Meiko murdered Lily." Dell looked at me with seriousness. "The police are tracking her now." I said, answering his unasked question. "Do you think, she's after Rin still?" Dell asked. "No, otherwise she wouldn't have killed Lily, she probably only ran away because she was afraid of getting arrested." I said confidently. Dell nodded.
RIN'S POV
I'd made one request. Miki needed to know exactly what happened. But I couldn't face her. So I had Lenka call the orphanage, and had Lenka tell ms. Mengurine, what to tell Miki. I couldn't see the look on Miki's face. I know she thinks of me like I'm her child, and I know this will break her heart, but she needs to know, more than anyone else. I was still in the hospital, but I was only in here for another two days. I couldn't wait to be home.
MEIKO'S POV
Rin couldn't be home yet, she couldn't fully recovered in only two days. So I planted myself on a hill right by the hospital. And soon enough, I saw a tall lady in a nurses uniform take Rin outside, let her walk around, and then take her back inside. I grinned. This is where I'd be sleeping for tonight.
RIN'S POV
"I'll be right back with some water for you." The nurse said, stepping inside. I nodded, My leg had broken, so walking around was a bit difficult, but it was getting better. I blinked, and found myself in a familiar darkness. I panicked, trying to open my eyes, I felt a death grip on my arms and legs. I desperately tried to thrash, but the pain in my ribcage stopped me almost immediately.
LENKA'S POV
She's gone, she wasn't even back, and now she's gone again. I felt my chest rise and fall faster. Faster. Faster. My head grew lighter. Lighter. I was gone. Just like Rin I was gone.
RIN'S POV
Meiko held me down, pinning me against the ground. We were in an ally somewhere. In one hand Meiko half a knife. I saw her eyes, I'd never seen someone's eyes look like this, they were hollow, empty, with a faint wisp of uncertainty, being tied down by delusional hate. She drew the knife lightly across the side of my face. "That nurse made it easy didn't she?" She said. It seemed like she was asking herself. "Lets see here..." She whispered, tracing the knife down my arm. "Shall we make this agonizing?" She asked herself, grinning. "Then lets start with this!" She brought the knife up and whacked it down on my finger. I screamed, not daring to look. Meiko's face contorted into some crazed look of pity. "What a shame, it didn't come off." She said. "What should we do next?" "Should I cut off another finger?" "No. What about those pretty, pretty eyes?"