Hi there! Do some of you know the anime Kiniro Mosaic? I highly suggest you to watch it, it's a slice of life, pretty cute and funny, with a lot of shoujo-ai subtext ;)
And here chapter 54!
Shiena stood nervously in front of a motel room. She hesitated for a moment before knocking. She recoiled a little, worried about the owner of this house. After a moment, the door opened. Inspector Kuraudo was in front of her, kindly smiling.
"Come in." Kuraudo invited.
After their meeting yesterday, the inspector gave her the motel's address where he was temporarily living. He wanted to talk with her alone. First, Shiena tried to refuse, but Kuraudo said that he would send cops to her apartment if she didn't come. Since she was hiding a notorious serial killer, having cops coming to her apartment wasn't a good thing at all, so the brunette finally accepted to meet him alone.
"Have a sit." Kurauko proposed, pointing a table with two chairs.
Shiena obeyed and sat on one of the chair. The inspector did the same and sat in front of the brunette. Shiena didn't said to Otoya where she went, she was worried that her girlfriend will do something stupid like joining her and attacking a policeman.
"Do you know why you are here, Kenmochi-san?" Kuraudo asked.
Shiena still wondered. There have so many reasons why an inspector would want to talk with her. She was an assassin, member of an assassin's organisation, she killed two people, tried to kill another one, she witnessed severals murders without calling the police and of top of that, she hide a serial killer since at least one years.
"Do you know Takechi Otoya?" Kuraudo asked.
"Y-Yes, she's the serial killer people called the new Jack the Ripper. I heard about her in the news…"
It seemed like the inspector was after Otoya after all.
"So you don't know her personnally?"
"N-No, I wouldn't meet such a dangerous murderer" Shiena answered.
"How strange, since I have proof that you were classmate in the past"
Shiena blenched. How could he know this? Black Class was a secret kept by Myojo, did he hacked them?
"You were even roommate at Myojo Academy" Kuraudo added. "Are you sure you don't know her?"
There were no escape for the brunette, she couldn't lie anymore.
"Ok, I admit it, I know her. She was indeed my classmate and my roommate at Myojo for at least one week. And? What's the point? It doesn't mean anything, this girl was always bullying me and I heard after her expulsion that she was a serial killer. I was scared, I didn't want to tell people that I met a serial killer…" Shiena explained.
Kuraudo remained silent for a moment, thoughtful. He didn't seem to be convinced by the brunette's explication.
"The plaster on your cheek," he began, "Is it to hide a scar? Or a recent injury? Maybe it's a style?"
"T-That's not of your business." Shiena said, refusing to answer.
"Remove it" Kuraudo ordered.
Shiena hesitated. Why he wanted to see what was on her cheek? The brunette finally obeyed and removed the plaster, showing her slight scar.
"It's not recent, it's definitely a scar." Kuraudo said. "I talked with your actual classmates. They said you suddenly began to wear a plaster on your cheek, supposedly for hiding an injury. But you continued to wear it for almost one year now. You know what also happened one year ago? Takechi Otoya escaped from jail."
"W-What are you insinuating!?" shiena said, defensive.
"A taxi driver confessed something to me. The day Takechi Otoya escaped, he was the one who drove her to a specific place. Someone paid him to do this and keep the silence. I promised him to not denounce him, since he told me the place where Takechi Otoya went"
The inspector showed a little paper to Shiena, causing her to be shocked.
"B-But…that's my…"
"Your address." Kuraudo said. "Takechi Otoya went to your apartment the day she escaped. Don't try to tell me that you didn't saw her after your time together at Myojo Academy."
The brunette remained quiet. She couldn't deny the truth anymore. She suddenly began to cry.
"S-She went to my apartment that day, I admit it. I don't know how she got my address. She's the one who's responsible for this scar. She…tortured me and also sexually abused me. But she left after this and I didn't see her again, I don't know where she is now. Please, found her quickly, she's dangerous, she's…"
"I'm sure she really did this to you, Kenmochi-san, but the rest is a lie. You saw her after this event, don't you? A lot of people saw a girl corresponding with Takechi Otoya coming to the manga café where you worked. And on your shoulder right now, is it a purple hair?"
Shiena began to panic. She turned her head and saw a purple hair on her jacket.
"Lot of girls have purple hair." Shiena replied. "What do you want from me!?"
Shiena began to panic. She turned her head and saw a purple hair on her jacket.
"Lot of girls have purple hair." Shiena replied. "What do you want from me!?"
"I want to find Takechi Otoya! I don't know your relation with her, but I know you regularly see her. Maybe she is threatening you, or maybe you help her on purpose, I don't care. I just want to know where she is. I have to arrest her and throw in jail, where she belongs!"
Shiena couldn't pretend anymore. Kuraudo knew almost everything, but she couldn't let him arrested her girlfriend. This time, it was her turn to protect Otoya.
"What would happen to her if you arrest her?" Shiena asked.
"She's eighteen now, she'll probably face the death penalty. It's a good thing, a monster like her should die. I was angry when she went to jail when she had only sixteen, because she was minor she couldn't be executed."
Otoya's life was in danger, if this inspector finds her, she'll die. Shiena couldn't lie to Kuraudo, but she couldn't let him have her girlfriend. She needed to do something to fix this crappy situation.
"She came to see me sometimes, she knows where I live, but I don't know where she is, I don't know where she live." Shiena answered.
The brunette rose up and began to walk toward the door, but she stumbled and fell on the floor. Kuraudo rose up too and approached from Shiena.
"Don't try to go, Kenmochi-san! This is important, I need to find Takechi Otoya. I don't know why you seem to protect her, but you shouldn't trust her. She's a monster, that's a miracle that she didn't kill you yet. Please, help me, you have to tell me where she is! And I need to find who freed her from jail too!"
Shiena stayed on the floor, while Kuraudo bent toward her.
"Why do you want to find her that much?" Shiena suddenly asked. "Because you're a cop?"
"Indeed, I'm a law's representant, I need to protect citizens from this dangerous serial killer. Also, maybe this is a little personal. She…killed one of my relative, my niece. I can't let her get away with this!"
He was another person who was victim of Otoya, another person who lost someone he love because of her. Just like Midori, this inspector was seeking for revenge.
"I see, you're not here for justice, you're after vengeance." Shiena said. "I'm sorry for your lost, but vengeance won't bring your niece back to life."
Before Kuraudo could respond, Shiena turned back, a gun in her hand. She was pressing the weapon on the inspector's forehead.
"I'm sorry, Kuraudo-san. Sorry to have falling in love with a monster."
The brunette shot. The inspector received the ball in the head, killing him instantly. A lot of blood splashed everywhere, with some brain piece. Shiena recoiled, petrified by what she did. She killed an innocent man in order to protect a horrible person. Maybe Kuraudo was married, maybe he had children. Now they lost their father and his potential wife become a widow. This was too much for her. She began to vomit, disgusted by herself and what she did. She got out the motel's room, needing some fresh air.
"Dammit, what I've done!? He was innocent…I hope he wasn't married or have kids…" Shiena thought.
The brunette began to cry tears of regret. She was feeling guilty for what she did, she deeply regret it. But she couldn't let him arrest Otoya neither.
"Otoya would never feel guilty for killing, she's indeed a monster. I'm not like her, I'm not a monster. Whatever I do, I will never be worse than her" Shiena began to laugh madly. "Otoya love me, I could kill a bunch of kindergarten kids and she'll still love me. Such a monster is in love with me, and this is mutual!"
She stopped to laugh and became serious. She killed someone and let is corpse in a motel's room, with a lot of evidences that she's the murderer. She needed to fix this mess. She took her cellphone. She wanted to call Yukarin to ask for her help, but she changed her mind. She did a terrible mistake today, her organisation probably won't help her. She dialed another phone number instead.
"Hello, Kamikuro-sensei. I need your help, now! I…did something terrible and you're the only one who can help me."
This story will become darker from now (well, it was already dark since few chapters now).
The inspector is the one who force Otoya to hide in Myojo Academy, he's mentionned in the manga (Kuraudo is a name I create for him, it's the name of the inspector in Higurashi, it's the japanese pronunciation of Claude).
I have a bad news. This story is about to end. This fanfiction will have at least 65 chapters with an epilogue. Don't worry, I won't stop writing AnR stories after this one, I'll have more time to work on them.
