What does it means to live?
Chapter:
24 A Dreadful Fight Disclaimer: I don't own the Noir
characters and since this is a fan fiction should have
already figured that one out,if not..I am very sorry..you aren't a
very bright individual.
Warning:
Contains Yuri which will make this story for mature readers
only. Author's Note: Here is the real Chapter 24, that I had
promised since the last was basically about Kang's
memories.
Bold
Italics = soft spoken words (whispers too)
Bold=
Loud Words.
No
additions equal regular words and/or
narration. ..................................................... ....................................................
Kirika removed herself from her lover's embrace and
stood by her sister.
Akiko nodded as she noticed her sisters
viewing the building.
She began speaking up,
"The man within the man. The love within the love. The sin within the sin. The hermit told unto the sinner - the Soldats is with truth."
Everyone turns to look over at Akiko.
"A familiar passage, is it
not?" She smirked and then continued,
"Which only makes
me think... What is truly behind the man? What is love if there is no
hate? As for sin it only creates more more sin."
"Altena often mentioned that it was the true nature of man..." Kirika commented.
"It's reference mainly is referring to the person beneath." Kiyoshi pointed out.
Mireille smiled
over at Kirika as she added,
"You once mentioned that it was
like a series of masks that were being removed one by one."
"I still don't get what your talking about..." Hikari replied feeling rather confused by the conversation that was taking place.
"Instead of reciting more of the passage..." Akiko thought out loud and then continued speaking to everyone, "Do you not notice the similarity between Kang and the beliefs from the Soldats of old?"
Valerie thought about Akiko's words and
then added,
"I believe that I understand what you are
speaking about, he may of had more to do with things than simply
being a hired assassin to kill the Matsumura family and accepting due
to his personal hatred."
"So, this prick was once a Soldat?" Hikari questioned.
"Didn't my father state that he was not a Soldat, Mireille?" Valerie questioned.
The Corsican
thought about things a little and added,
"Perhaps, it was a
classified file that was restricted to only a selected few."
Kiyoshi nervously spoke, "Kang is in this building... as for his direct location... it's on the top floor."
Mireille
looked over at the building and then questioned Kiyoshi.
"How
many entrances and exits are in this building?"
Kiyoshi began to think about it and Hikari answered instead.
"There
is a main entrance in the front and a main exit in the back of the
building.
There is an emergency exit on the left side of the
building that is close to the main entrance. There is also an
elevator on the right of the main entrance."
"Alright,
Hikari... I think since you carry hand axes you would be appropriate
for a direct attack." The Corsican Princess turned to Valerie
and added,
"I'm sure that would like to go with
her."
Valerie nodded in response and Mireille smiled back
at her and replied,
"Make sure that the two of you secure the
entrance for us."
Both Hikari and Valerie reply in Unsion, "Right!"
Kiyoshi then spoke up, "What should I do?"
"I think both you and Akiko should take the elevator."
The two of them nod.
"So, one of us has the emergency exit and the other has the main exit?" Kirika mentioned.
Mireille nodded and replied, "I think you could make it through the emergency exit rather quickly.. I'll just work my way in through the main exit."
Kirika nodded and then smiled lovingly at Mireille before she walked away.
As
the younger woman took off, the Corsican Princess looked up into the
heavens.
Then she allowed herself to speak her thoughts
allowed.
"I
am aware that Kirika is the one that took your lives." "I
simply cannot believe that it was entirely her fault..." "She
has proven herself... time and time again..."
"Mother...." "Father..." "Brother..." "Uncle
Claude..."
She began wiping her eyes with her hand as she
spoke.
"Please, don't let me fail her!".............................................................
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Dominus
Deus
exaudi nos et misrere
exaudi, Dominus
Kirika
headed on to the left of the building,
While Kiyoshi and Akiko
made their way to the right.
Hikari walked directly toward
the entrance with Valerie by her side.
The
men standing at the entrance saw them making their way towards
them.
They immediately had their weapons raised but waited to
fire.
Dona
nobis pacem
et salva nos a hostibus
Salva nos, Deus
As
the girls stopped the men looked at them with confusion. "Nobody,
could be that stupid to attack them head on like that,
right?"
"Was
the two women really going to try fighting their way in?"
Dominus misrere
Dona nobis pacem
Sanctus,
Gloria
They
noticed the Japanese girl wearing the long red jacket pulling
something out.
They immediately opened fire but realized that the
girls had vanished.
Before they could even do anything each man
had been hacked in the back
by Hikari's hand axe's, Valerie
signaled the others to head on through the entrance.As they made
their on the inside, Kirika ran toward the emergency exit and and
stopped.
While Kiyoshi and Akiko headed right toward the
elevator.
The three fired their weapons at the people blocking
their way toward their destinations.
dona
nobis pacem
e dona eis requiem
inter ovas locum
voca me cum
benedictis
pie jesu domine, dona eis requiem
dominus deus, Sanctus, Gloria
Mireille looked at her watch and decided that it was enough time to head through the back entrance. There were four guards before her that looked nervous as she approached them.
She took out one and heard another shot from another gun
take out another.
Kirika appeared and took out another guard while
she took out the other.
The brunette smiled over at Mireille
and replied,
"I felt like it was important for me to be here
as well."
All at once, the blonde noticed her partner
running toward her.
Mireille looked up at the roof and noticed a
few snipers aiming.
"Mireille!"
Kirika shouted launching herself toward her love.
Both were able
to roll out of the way from the rain of bullets.
Until they were
both behind the bushes to where they could not be seen.
The
blonde looked up and noticed the younger woman breathing heavily on
top of her. "Are you alright, Mireille?" Kirika questioned
out of concern.
"In
this position, Kirika... who wouldn't be?"
The younger woman blushed and Mireille gave her quick kiss and the two became serious about the situation.
"We must get past these bastards in order to join up with the others."
"Kang is ready for us... we mustn't keep him waiting."
"I agree, you mustn't keep me waiting." Kang replied and both Mireille and Kirika turned around and aimed their guns at him.
"My, how feisty... your father would be proud to see you now."
"Were you ever a Soldat?" Kirika questioned.
"So... you are asking me something like that...child" He groaned and then continued," Behind every man is a story and a reason."
"So, what is the story and the reason?!" Mireille demanded.
Kang let out a psychotic laugh.
"I will not give you the satisfaction of knowing!" Kang yelled out.
The two fire and he does not fall due to his bullet proof armor under his clothes. He fires toward Mireille and Kirika blocks her and falls over in pain.
Kirika falls to the ground and the Corsican princess
leaps at him aggressively.
"You
will pay!"
He continues to block her attacks.
"She
is the one I planned on attacking." "It's having the
effect that I had predicted for the third." "I see
now, the two of them share a relationship together."
"Is
this what it's like to die, Father?" "It's still
not time my dear...." Nazomi spoke up. "Mother!?" "If
you love something enough, surely you must know the dangers of
leaving it behind." "Be strong... conquer your
fears... my child" "For you have the valor..." "There is so much keeping you alive." "Arise,
and be strong!"
Kirika
arises and finds Mireille and Kang fighting at almost an equal
level.
She is giving it the best she has due to her pain.
"Oh,
Mireille... I won't let you
down!" .................................................................................. ...................................................................................
"We must hurry and eliminate his men!" Hikari shouted.
Valerie looked and noticed Kang fighting Mireille and a wounded Kirika.
"Dammit!" Valerie cursed and then continued, "We are fighting in a trap while they are out there fighting that bastard!""We have to hurry and get through here..." Akiko mentioned.
"Chiyo...." "Help
us..."
Nobody knew how the majority of the men were quickly
eliminated.
After they eliminated the last few men on the roof, a
thick fog appeared.
An image of a woman was made to be in the mist
other than that nothing more.
"Chiyo!" Akiko shouted.
Hikari then placed her hand upon her eldest
sister's shoulder.
"It
wasn't her, it was someone else.."
"I believe I know who it was.." Valerie mentioned.
Hikari sighed and then replied, "Let's fight that bastard..."
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Enraged both Mireille and Kirika are fighting Kang.
"I never thought that the two of you were equals..." Kang mentioned and then continued. "However, I have been watching from afar and I am impressed."
Mireille punched him and added, "I don't give a damn whether your impressed or not, our goal here is to simply kill you without any regrets."
"Meaning without pity unlike your pity towards Altena, perhaps?" he replied.
"Altena." Kirika said as she looked deep
into his eyes.
"You are neither of hate or love, you merely
lack the skills of holding both."
Kang laughed and continued, "YOU KNOW NOTHING!"
Kirika
then continued,
"When something of importance was lost... so
was your mind..."
"Kirika?" Mireille questioned.
"What...the hell?!" Kang said as he stopped fighting.
"I lost mine as well... however your life was all in vain..." Kirika replied and continued, "You never tried to learn what it means to live, instead you took the sadistic route and made people into play things."
"Revenge should be carried out accordingly." he said in spite.
"Chloe` used to say such words but they are untrue!" Kirika continued with tears in her eyes,"Hatred can never save them, Kang!"
"Kirika...." Mireille replied sadly.
"I will serve your words back onto a platter to you, Makoto!" Kang shouted in a fit of rage clearly forgetting whom his opponent was.
He began charging at Kirika and soon another hellfire
began of gunfire.
Kang then fell towards her and the younger woman
fell to her knees sobbing.
"I don't want to live a life seeking out revenge..." Kirika mentioned as she sobbed harder.
Mireille walked over toward her partner out of
concern.
"Neither do I, Kirika..."
"I just wanted to believe that we had a chance to live a normal life together...Mireille..."
The Corsican princess moved
closer to Kirika and began wiping away her tears.
She smiled and
inched closer until her lips was pressed firmly against her lover's.
As she moved away, she spoke,"We still have that
chance..."
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Hikari,
Valerie, Kiyoshi and Akiko all run over and noticed Kang.
Kirika
is ready to pass out due to her wound and exhaustion.
"I
think he lived with so much confusion in his heart... the love and
hate inside seemed to be very complexed." Kirika
mentioned.
"Part of him hated father but I think since Tetsuo
wasn't around...
he merely took the blame on him and eventually
us..."
"An insane ex-soldat...." Hikari mentioned and then added in a sarcastic tone, "Why am I not surprised..."
"Not all Soldats are insane!" Valerie muttered and crossed her arms.
"There is no need
to pout..." Hikari mentioned as she stroked her lover's
cheek.
"Though... you are rather cute right now."
Valerie blushed.
"I saw an image of a woman, whom quickly disappeared on the roof." Akiko mentioned.
"I believe we saw something similar." Mireille stated and then looked over at her partner."Kang was shot by the mysterious gunfire.."
When Kirika gazed toward Kang she noticed
that he had disappeared.
Mireille soon followed her gaze and
added,
"Look out, Kang has moved from his spot!"
Everyone looked but found no sign of him.
Kirika began to groan in pain "Ugh..."
Mireille became once again worried over her
partner.
"Dammit, we have to get out of here..."
"Hikari... we have to help them... please, carry Kirika." Valerie stated.
"Right." Hikari replied and began picking up her little sister.
The youngest Japanese girl weakly said, "Thank you..""Let's keep alert on our way out of here..." Kiyoshi added.
The rest simply nodded.
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The end up taking Kirika into the hospital and immediately they took the younger woman into surgery. Mireille nervously lowered her head into her hands and began thinking.
"That
bastard got away and Kirika got hurt..." "How are we
even going to kill him?" "Please, be alright
Kirika..."
"Mireille..."
She looked up and noticed Akiko looking at her with worry and concern in her eyes. The young woman then spoke up,
"They would like to look at you now.."
Mireille stood up in frustration and wiped the tears that were in her eyes away. "I can bare any pain that comes to myself but I cannot bare the pain of anymore loss..." Mireille stood up and headed towards the clinic bathroom.
Inside the bathroom, she locked the door and ran the
water from the sink.
She then began to cry to get out her worry
and pain towards her
lover.
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Finally,
when the surgeon had come out of the room.
Mireille was dozing off
in a chair looking towards the ground.
Akiko immediately got up
and asked the question,
"How is she?"
"She
is a strong girl..." The surgeon commented.
" Her will
to live is very strong."
Mireille snapped out of her rest
and asked.
"May I go see her?!"
The man then asked a question, "She specifically asked for a Mireille to enter, would you by chance be her?"
"Yes, please... I must see her!"
"Alright." he replied.
"At
least, things between the two of them will be fine.." Hikari
mentioned.
Valerie leaned against her and replied,
"Yes."
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When
Mireille entered the room she noticed Kirika looking out the
window.
"I'm sorry that I wasn't of any help..."
"Oh, SHUT UP!"Mireille snapped and then continued, "I'm... just glad that you are alive... Kirika..." tears began flowing as she placed her head in Kirika's lap. The younger woman smiled a little and ran her fingers through Mireille's hair. "I'm sorry for causing you so much worry..."
In
response, Mireille gave her partner a deep and passionate
kiss.
Kirika continued it by expressing her love as
well.
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In the waiting area.
"Kiyoshi, it's not your fault that he disappeared." Hikari snapped.
"It's best that I leave... Hikari-Chan..." he replied.
"Kiyoshi, Hikari and I thought you were dead..." Akiko added and then continued,"Please, don't make that thought a reality."
"I want to learn more, then I shall get back to you." he replied and then took off.
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Mireille
was now watching her lover rest.
It warmed her heart to see that
Kirika was recovering just fine.
However, part of her wanted to
teach Kang not to mess with Noir.
With or without her partner's
help.
She knew every time they were after someone,
Kirika
received a lot of emotional damage.
Mireille did not want her
partner to suffer anymore.
She knew revenge wasn't what her
partner wanted.
"People
like him keep getting in our way..." "What else can
I do?"
"Whatever
you do, don't do something stupid.."
Mireille found
herself a little started when she heard her lover's words.
"So...
you heard me thinking out loud...""Kang
will not listen to reason... he is set on revenge..."
"Once
I am healed...Mireille." Kirika continued, "I will put his
soul to rest."
"Promise me, Kirika that you won't do something stupid either..." Mireille replied out of concern.
"I'll do it with more accuracy this time..."
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Author's
Note:
Kirika
has made her promise to the worried and concerned Mireille.
Once
she heals, she will not hold back against Kang.
She has come to
terms with the fact that he isn't willing to listen to reason.
His
heart is set on killing the rest of Makoto's children.
Kirika
hates the idea of seeking revenge but if she doesn't do
something...
Other people could die from his actions and things
must be put to an end.
This concludes the real Chapter 24, two
more yet remain.
I have written some for the next
chapter.
Hopefully, time won't be a big issue now that a new year
has come.
I hope everyone had a decent time over the
Holidays.
Mine were a little strange but okay...
My dad had a
stroke years ago and has never been the same.
So, whether he
means to or not...
He tends to get easily frustrated and
take
his frustrations out verbally on others.
I don't remember him
yelling at me directly...
I am a lot like him so I guess he holds
respect towards me.
I just don't like seeing others get hurt
emotionally.
Happy Birthday to Scath!
I know I am early
but oh, well! 3
~Razer