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Rough Interlude

"Why the hell did you do this!?"

"Did what, woman!?" Haruka yelled back at Tsuko as she stepped on the accelerator.

"Wake up without Michiru beside you!!!" Tsuko was hysterical. She was sitting on the passenger's seat just praying that nothing has gone wrong. Yet, if her motherly instincts were correct… "Michiru went to fix everything. I just know it! It is something I would've done but not alone, damn it!" She ran her skinny fingers through her short aqua blue hair. "I am going to have a heart attack!"

"I am going to kill you if you do!" Haruka said and then registered that she had just said the dumbest thing in her life. She made a sharp turn and accelerated again making Tsuko fall back into her seat. "She is out of her mind! All Kaioh women are out of their mind!"

"Tough luck!" Tsuko growled back at Haruka.

Haruka then suddenly hit the brake and got out of the car. "Hurry up!"

"If he hurt her I swear to God…"

"Michiru!" Haruka burst the door open to the huge Kou mansion. She looked around and feared when she heard nothing at all.

"Michiru!"

Michiru gasped when she heard Haruka's voice. She looked over to Hotaru's door. Seiya did the same, only he let go of Hotaru and practically threw her over at Michiru. The violinist was lucky enough to grab Hotaru before she hurt herself. The child was screaming and yelling and she tried her best to shush her.

He ran down the stairs and let out an awkward chuckle. "You have got to be kidding me." Seiya said as he walked over to Haruka. "Hello."

"Where is Michiru?"

"Upstairs. I think she is having an abortion." Seiya said, smiling.

"What?"

"She is pregnant! Do you want a woman that is carrying my baby? I am sure you don't. Come on. Let's do this the right way. I keep Michiru and you just leave."

"Did you hurt her?"

"I don't think I did. I just punched her right in the stomach."

Haruka's eyes grew wide. Her limbs grew tense and she saw red. "You what?!"

"Michiru!" Tsuko ran inside the house just in time to catch Haruka tackling Seiya to the ground. "Holy sh… Michiru!"

Michiru heard the racket from upstairs. She kissed her daughter's cheek and pulled her close to her as she made her way downstairs. "Mom?" Her eyes fell on Haruka and Seiya. She quickly tucked Hotaru's face on her neck to prevent her from seeing everything. "Mom!"

Tsuko grabbed hold of Michiru's arms. She took a quick look at her and then turned to look at Haruka and Seiya. "Go inside the car! Now!"

Michiru nodded and ran out of the house with Hotaru in her arms. She opened the passenger's door and placed the child inside. While she tried to calm Hotaru she heard the melodic ring of Haruka's cell phone. She frowned and looked around inside the car until she found it. "Setsuna!" She yelled happily before answering it. "Setsuna-san! You need to come to Seiya's house now! Bring Matthew please!"

"Michiru what the hell is going on? Haruka was looking for you! What is happening?"

"Please. Just hurry up!"

"We'll be there in ten!"

"Hurry!" She flipped the phone off and turned to look at a sobbing Hotaru. "Hotaru. Setsuna is coming over with funny Matthew! You want to see them right?" Michiru smiled tenderly at the child before rubbing her cheeks. "Listen honey, Mommy has to go back inside the house to help Ruka and grandma. Will you be a brave little girl and wait here for mommy?"

Hotaru just nodded.

"If something happens while Setsuna gets here just honk the horn like mommy does when the bad people in front don't move with the green light, okay?"

Michiru was relieved. That remark earned a giggle from her daughter. She kissed her chubby cheek and ran back inside, rubbing her aching stomach. As soon as she heard the racket Haruka and Seiya were making, she ran over to stop them but her mother quickly grabbed her arm and pulled her away. "Aren't you going to stop them!?"

"You are not butting in!" Tsuko said before moving her trembling hands to Michiru's stomach. "Are you…"

"I am not pregnant! Damn it, stop saying that I am!"

His breath was pushed out of his system when Haruka slammed his back against the floor roughly while holding unto the collar of his shirt. He closed his eyes tightly and just laughed at Haruka's force. He grabbed unto her wrist and tried to pull her away. "What are you so mad at me for? She was the one that got knocked up. Are you going to take her in even if she is pregnant with my baby?"

Haruka growled and slammed him once again against the floor. "She could be pregnant with the devil's child and I will take her in. That's what lovers do. They love each other until they just can't love anymore. You should know about that… your wife died giving you a daughter. A daughter you just can't love because you don't have that ability in you."

Seiya flinched and opened his eyes to stare at Haruka's dark green eyes. He felt something explode inside of him. How dare this woman talk about his wife like she knew her? Something snapped. He bumped his head against Haruka's forehead and pushed her away from him.

Michiru just couldn't take watching this anymore. She jerked her arm away from her mother's grasp and ran over to Haruka's side, stopping her from doing whatever she was going to do next. "Stop! Stop! You guys are going to kill each other!"

"Get out of my way!"

"No!" Michiru half cried half yelled. She wrapped her arms around Haruka's neck and stopped her from moving all together.

"Kill me!"

Both women turned to look at the guitarist.

"Kill me. What the hell do I have to live for? Tell me! What do I have?" Seiya screamed as he ran both his hands through his hair in a desperate way. He sobbed and shook his head. "You don't know shit about Hota-chan! You just don't know."

"He has gone mad." Haruka whispered and wrapped her arms around Michiru before pushing her to stand behind her. "Has someone been smart enough to call the cops!?" Haruka yelled as she kept her eyes on the breaking Seiya.

Tsuko looked behind her over to the door. She looked back at Seiya and moved her hand to her hip.

Seiya shuddered, rubbed his eyes and moved to the kitchen counter. He stuck his hand inside one of the many kitchen drawers and pulled out a knife. He turned to Haruka and pointed the sharp object to Haruka's face.

"You are supposed to be dead right?"

Haruka gulped and raised her hands up. "Come on, Seiya. Take it easy man. Come on. Your daughter needs you." She walked back and bumped against the trembling Michiru. "You are not a murderer. You just need help."

"Oh now I am crazy? The woman that is standing behind you is a liar and a whore. The mother of the woman standing behind you is a liar… and a whore, also." He laughed. "Why do the good people always die and why do bad people live for so long?" He stared at Haruka's green eyes. "Answer me that, Teno'u."

"That's life."

He nodded. "Of course."

"Put down the knife, Seiya." Tsuko said as she touched her hip again.

"You shut the hell up. I should freaking kill you for ruining my life!" Seiya said turning to look at her.

Haruka took this opportunity to punch him square in the jaw making him fall to the ground. She thought that he was going to drop the knife but his grip on it was strong. He quickly turned to look at Haruka and with a quick move of his wrist thrust the knife into Haruka's thigh.

The blonde fell, holding her thigh and staring at the knife in disbelief. Michiru quickly kneeled beside her and pulled the knife out. "Gah!" The blonde closed her eyes and leaned forward as she squirmed in pain.

"Haruka! Haruka!" Michiru pressed both her trembling hands to the wound.

Seiya glared at Haruka and slowly he began to crawl over to her. Michiru noticed this. She leaned over Haruka, opened one of the many bottom kitchen drawers and pulled out a frying pan.

Haruka frowned and stared at the aqua haired woman wondering what she was about to do with that. "Michi…"

Without delay, Michiru turned around and slammed the pan against Seiya's face and threw it after wards at him, hitting him in the back of the head. "Get up!" She yelled at Haruka as she wrapped her arms around her torso and pulled the blonde closer to her body. "Now, Haruka! Get up!"

Tsuko didn't know what to do. As she saw Seiya touch his now bleeding lower lip and then move closer to Haruka she closed her eyes tightly and moved her arm up to the sky as she pulled onto something.

Seiya, Haruka and Michiru both gasped at the same time as the loud sound of a gun shot was heard.

Seiya moved to look at Tsuko with eyes wide open and a tense jaw. "You…" He just had to laugh at how pathetic Tsuko looked, holding a gun to the air and staring at him with frightened eyes. "What are you doing, Tsuko?"

The older woman gasped. She quickly moved her gun and faced Seiya with it. "Stay back! I swear I will kill you."

"Please, do. That would be the best thing you have ever done for anyone in your life."

Haruka kept an eye on Seiya as he staggered his way over to Tsuko. She grabbed hold of Michiru's arm and made the younger woman face her. "Never mind that. It's just another damn scar. We need to get out of here while your mom keeps him occupied."

Michiru titled her head to the side in disbelief. "You want me to leave my mother alone with that suicidal lunatic?!"

"Shh!!" Haruka placed her index finger over her lips and pulled Michiru closer to her chest. "Come on."

Michiru placed Haruka's arm over her shoulder and tried her best to lift her up. But, the wound on Haruka's thigh made the blonde yell in pain and almost collapse on the floor. Luckily, Michiru was fast enough to hold the blonde tightly and prevent her from hurting herself some more. "We should just knock him down and wait for the police to get here. I am sure there is a bigger frying pan around here or a rice pot or something!"

Haruka stared down at Michiru and wrapped one of her arms around her shoulder, pulling her close and kissing her forehead and silencing her.

"Kill me!"

Haruka's eyes flew open. Michiru turned around to look at Seiya. He was already standing in front of Tsuko and getting even closer.

"Mom!"

"No!" Haruka almost fell when she moved to reach for Michiru. She grabbed hold of her wrist and pulled her back to her. "Don't be foolish, Michiru!"

"She is my mother!"

Tsuko could hear Haruka and Michiru fighting, but right now she was trying her best not to do anything stupid with the gun. She was pointing it at the ceiling and as soon as crazy eyed Seiya began to walk towards her, she pointed the barrel at him.

She was trembling. She was trying not to pull the trigger, but as he got closer, she got even more nervous. "Seiya. No. Get back."

"Do us all a favor and kill me, Tsuko. Please. Pull the trigger! Pull it!" Seiya grabbed hold of Tsuko's wrist and pulled her closer to his body. He could feel the gun's mouth poking his chest roughly. The only thing Tsuko needed to do was to pull the trigger.

"Seiya! Stop."

Haruka couldn't just stand and watch. "Stay here! Don't you dare move!" She pushed Michiru out of her way and struggled with her wounded leg and made an effort to reach Seiya in time.

"Shoot!"

"No!"

Seiya moved his free hand over the trigger of the gun, looked at Tsuko's eyes and smiled. "Thanks for nothing." With his thumb, he crushed, Tsuko's finger over the trigger making the gun go off right on his chest.

The impact was so strong that it sent him flying right into Haruka. Both of them fell hard on the floor.

"Oh my Kami!" Tsuko let the gun fall to the ground and quickly she ran her hands though her hair. "Oh my Kami, I killed him! I killed him."

Haruka looked down at the heaving man. She placed her hand over his wound and pressed it as hard as she could as she tried her best to stop the hemorrhage. "Shit. Seiya! Seiya!"

"Seiya!" Michiru fell on her knees right beside Haruka and Seiya. Her trembling hands moved over Haruka's hand and she too pressed the wound. "Seiya. Don't close your eyes! Seiya!"

"Oh my Kami!" Tsuko was in shock. She didn't know what to do and her hands wouldn't stop shaking. She wasn't exactly the one that pulled the trigger since Seiya pushed his thumb over the trigger yet, she was the one holding the gun. She had killed her own son-in-law.

His breathing was steady yet so labored that it hurt to move. How pathetic. He was being aided by two of the people he hated most in the world. He tried to move away, but the pain it caused to even blink made him groan and just stay there, lying in Haruka's arms.

"Someone call an ambulance. Now." Haruka whispered as she held the man closer to her, pressing the gushing wound as strongly as she could.

"No." Seiya murmured back. "Don't call anyone."

"Seiya, you are bleeding to death."

"Good." He nodded and gulped before taking in a deep breath. "Good. This is what had to be done."

Michiru looked at Haruka with disbelief in her eyes. She shook her head and then turned to Seiya who was already closing his eyes. "No! No, Seiya. Don't close your eyes! Hotaru needs you. She already lost her mother you can't leave her alone."

"She already has a good mother." Seiya spoke softly he opened his eyes and looked up at Haruka and chuckled before groaning in pain. "And I think butch here can be a pretty darn good dad."

"I am not raising a child that isn't mine." Haruka lied. She hated the man. She really did, but she didn't want him to die. Not now. Not like this. "You are the father. You take care of her." Why was she being so nice? Why was she suddenly caring if he actually lived or died? "Come on, Seiya. Don't move so much."

Seiya just lay there and closed his eyes. "I am just waiting for Hota-chan to come for me."

Michiru shook her head and grabbed hold of his face, making him face her. "You can't do this! You can't just throw your life away!"

He wasn't thinking anymore. His body felt drained as if he didn't have a single drop of blood inside of him. He slightly opened his eyes and stared at the woman's eyes. "You came…"

Michiru frowned. "Seiya?"

He chuckled and tilted his head into the woman's hands. He didn't see Michiru. He saw someone else. Blue eyes turned black and long aqua blue hair changed into a dark shade of purple. Everything changed around him. The sea scent was replaced by a soft rose scent that almost made his heart start beating again…almost.

"You came…"

Even though, right there, he knew he was about to die, he had never felt more relieved, happy and at peace. It felt like everything he had lived for the last three years had been just a horrible nightmare, and he was finally going to wake up. He was going to be awaken by his one and only true love.

"Seiya!"

Seiya's eyes lost their shine. He smiled warmly and felt how his eyelids grew heavy. "Hey." Everything disappeared around him. He just saw her. Hotaru. Hota-chan. He felt as if he was being pulled away from under a heavy rock. A rock that was pressing him to the cold ground. When he was finally out, he felt as light as a feather. Someone took his hand and he knew well whom. He smiled and nodded. "It's over… Right?"

Hota-chan smiled and squeezed his hand tightly. "Finally."

"Seiya!"

Michiru called out to him. She held his face close to hers as she noticed how his breathing stopped. She shook her head and looked up at Haruka.

The blonde's hand fell to her side and she let go of Seiya's body, letting it slide down to the floor. "He is dead." Haruka finally announced. She pushed herself away from the corpse and slowly turned to look at the hysteric Tsuko. She hissed and stood up from the floor. "Put the gun down." Haruka said to the older woman in a low, menacing tone. "Now."

Tsuko clung to the gun tighter and looked away from Seiya's body. "What have I done?"

"You haven't done anything! Give me the gun!"

Without a warning, the door was burst open. "Police! Nobody move!" A group of police men ran inside the house and stopped in front of Haruka, Michiru and Tsuko.

The older woman dropped the gun and moved her hand in a defensive manner. Michiru did the same for about a second before noticing how Haruka fell to the floor again, holding unto her injured thigh. "Wait!" She turned to look outside the door and saw Setsuna holding a frightened Hotaru.

"What happened here?" The chief policeman asked as he saw Seiya's corpse on the ground and then went to give Haruka a questioning look. "Teno'u Haruka? The Racer?" He then looked at Michiru and pointed his finger at her. He knew who she was and by giving a second look at Seiya he quickly identified him as Kou Seiya, the famous musician.

Tsuko looked at Seiya's corpse and then at the chief. She bit her lower lip and closed her eyes tightly. "I did this."

"Mom! No. Be quiet!"

"No. Not anymore. I killed Kou Seiya. It was my fault all of this reached this level." She gulped down and looked at her daughter. "It is my fault."

"Seiya!"

Michiru closed her eyes tightly as she heard Yaten's cry coming from the door. She felt her heart get grasped and compressed when she heard the young man shriek and run pass her over to Seiya's body.

Haruka looked up at Michiru and stared at her face. Yaten ran pass Michiru and pushed Haruka away to kneel beside the dead guitarist.

Taiki was next to walk in. He looked around the room before letting his eyes fall on Yaten and Seiya. He closed his eyes and tightened his jaw. He leaned over the door frame and let out a ragged breath. "Is he…?"

"Yes." Tsuko said. "I did it."

The chief policeman shook his head and pulled out a pair of handcuffs. "Ma'am. You are under arrest for the murder of Kou Seiya."

Michiru shook her head and ran over to her mother's side. She grabbed hold of the policeman's hand and tried to stop him from putting the handcuffs on her mother. "You cant do this! She didn't do anything! He pulled the trigger! He…"

"Michiru enough!" Tsuko yelled. "It was because of me all of this happened. I need to pay my debts in this life and in the next. So please, child! Don't stand in the policeman's way!"

"But, you are my mother."

"And I am guilty of hurting you, Haruka and Seiya." Tsuko sighed and kissed her daughter's temple. "Everything will be alright now." She whispered to her ear before being dragged out of the house.

Michiru stared at her mother as she was pulled out of the house. She looked down at Haruka and then at Yaten, who was crying over his brother's body. Her blue eyes went to look at the sobbing Taiki.

"Will everything be alright now?" Michiru asked out loud. Her chest felt like it was about to explode, the tension on her neck was killing her and her head felt like it was about to split open. "Is it all over?"

End Chapter 20

A/N: IS IT?! IS IT ALL OVER?!

FIND OUT! ON THE NEXT CHAPPIEEE!!! WEEE