Title: Terror…
A/N: Really sorry for the late update!!! I'm sooooo sorry…. I have too many stuff lar…. Well, here's chapter 15, hope you like it…. oh, BTW, some ppl have been saying that Malaysia is well-known… is it though? If u ask me… and most of my Malaysian frens… they'll say Sweden is more well know…. What do u all think???? Maybe I'm just blur… *grins* I always am…
Eliar: u're real scary…. I HATE gory stuff…. I'm REAL sorry… I really do'thave much time to read…. Gomen, gomen, I'll try to read it ok? Now Form 4 lar…. Like everything is coming down…. So MANY things to do… and my tak bertangungjawab way is not helping…. I'm losing all my stuff!!! HELP!!!
Chidero: Ha!!! Now, u dunno whether Mitsui should be killed. Well, let's hi-five, I don't like centipeds either…. You'll know what happens next!!
Sakura88: *Runs away from her parang* err… well… read on…
Alexia: U understand already right? I did explain 2 u about who said what right? Heh… Malaysia, well known? I knew Singapore was well-known
Wintery evolution: *grins* thanks…. Are you going to kill me for putting Hisashi-chan in danger too?
Miracle: I'm 15 tis year too!!! When were you born? Me staying in Seremban, studying in Puteri… someone just started writing about my school!!!
Anduril: I LOVE LOTR too!!!! I love J.R Tolkien… he's soooooo cool!!!!!! U like Rukawa MAD? *stares* u… weird…. Hahahaha!
Leviathan: Thanks…. It was short? Well, this is a little longer…. *grins* but I don't think you'll be liking this chapter much… don't worry though, me won't kill Rukawa…. Not so fast at least… but I want him t stay till the end…
Teh tarik: nah, it's ok… yup, I'm from Malaysia… Seremban… you? Your fic is good too…
Crazy4u: I hate cliffhangers too, but I like writing it!!! yup, me taking Science. Hey, chill, enjoy ur Form 2, u know, when I was in form 3, I never did any of my Maths homework…. And some others too…. Enjoy urself while u still can!
Akira: YIKES!!! Uh… calm down- ne… a..aki…akira-san….. he hasn't died yet, right? But… well… this chapter…. I dunno lar… read on!!! PS. Don't kill me!!! I wanna continue my fics!!!! N' read others too!!!
Chapter 15-A Sacrifice
'The only one who's stupid is you,' Mitsui reiterated, his face, pale. He was losing a lot of blood, judging by the amount of blood that pooled at his feet. Mitsui's right hand was held up to his left arm… where there was no arm at all…
'Mitsui-SEMPAI!' Ayako screamed, shock and terror, mingling together in her, and she didn't like it one bit.
'Sempai,' Rukawa muttered, staring at Mitsui, who had his left arm totally ripped off. The sleeve where his arm had been was now soaked in red, and that patch magnifying quickly. His beautiful and flawless features were contorted with pain… and a small sardonic smile. Beads of sweat trickled down his cheeks.
How the hell did it rip off his arm without even tearing his short sleeve shirt? Rukawa questioned himself.
'Baka! Don't think you know everything!'
'Nani?' The centipede was glaring down at Mitsui, looking as menacing as ever, but Sendo detected a little uncertainty in its voice, and he felt that even if Mitsui were to… die, he had fulfilled what he wanted to do.
'I knew, I'm not stupid, you know. I knew from the start that you wouldn't tell me anything. I knew that you'd most probably have no reason for attacking us, but I had another plan on my mind,' Mitsui managed a grin, through his pain. The centipede just stared, and as there were no features to look at, they couldn't tell what he was thinking or feeling.
'Aren't you going to ask me anything?' The centipede stiffened, seeming not to enjoy the "entertainment" that he had asked for.
'It doesn't like being teased,' Sendo murmured smiling, as the centipede prepared to strike Mitsui yet again, unmindful of the gasps that went around the gym.
'Matte! Don't tell me you don't want to know why Mitsui did that? Mitsui is smart, you know, and if you just let go of your err… what do you call it… um… pride a little, you may be able plan on how to fight us off a little,' Sendo taunted it. It shifted its attention to Sendo. Sendo heard a few people sigh thankfully, out loud.
'Plan for what? Plan how to escape from you filthy human beings?'
'Yup! Come on, or it won't be fun. We have a great plan. Don't tell me you'll fight us without one? I thought you were a sucker for fun… or maybe you're scared, and you don't want to plan, nor hear ours, because you know that you'll lose no matter what. I see,' Sendo said, pretending to be thoughtful. That was the last straw for it, it snarled, shocking a lot of them, and turned back to Mitsui.
'What the hell is your plan?!'
'Can a centipede snarl?' Fujima asked, looking totally shocked. Sendo just smiled, his attention on Mitsui, who gave him a grateful glace before starting on his explanation.
'A centipede can't talk either,' Rukawa said, he too, turning to Mitsui.
'Oh,' Fujima muttered, 'That never crossed my mind.' He ran a hand through his hair nervously.
'Hey, guys listen up. We need to know Mitsui's plan. That's the only way to not waste his death and to get us all out of here alive,' Sendo said. Just as he finished, he heard a mutters around him, and realized a little too late that he shouldn't have said the word death…
'What the hell do you mean by…'
'Sendo! How could you…'
'He's NOT going to die!'
'SHHHHH!' Sendo said, pointing towards Mitsui.
'Okay, look; the first and most important thing I've learnt from my gang was loyalty to friends. We must not let a friend down even if it requires a sacrifice from…'
'Get on with your idiotic explanation you idiot! Don't try to lengthen your time!'
'Shut up, and listen why don't you? You have too much ego, thinking you're so great. If you'd just listen, you might learn something new!' Mitsui scolded, sounding a tad bit comical, judging the situation.
'Okay, let me continue. I've learnt how to sacrifice to help a friend, and I'm doing so right now. And in this particular situation, I had a plan, which was to unite them. That would have managed to get you out of the gym, wouldn't it? But the point was, I couldn't. I was useless, staying alive, unless I could unite them. And now, you have helped me. You have provoked them to anger, and thus made them think the same thoughts. In other words, you made them one, and well, need I continue? ' The centipede just stared down at them, hardly comprehending, but some others, Rukawa and Sakuragi just to name a few, got the gist of it.
'They-are-one-now,' Mitsui said slowly.
'My, you're pretty dumb, considering what you have boasted about. Do you need me to spell it out for you?' Mitsui ridiculed it.
Suddenly, the centipede attacked, again, without any warnings what so ever. Rukawa closed his eyes, letting Mitsui's howl of pain ring in his ears. He cringed, and tried not to let his tears flow. The scream didn't last long, and when it stopped, he snapped his eyes open, beholding a strange sight onto him… nothing.
There was no blood, no Mitsui… nothing, except the centipede.
Again, there's no proof at all that they died, at least for those who died today … I dunno if Mutoh's death had any proof... wait, I thing Maki-sempai did say something about a mutilated body. Rukawa stole a look at Ishii's body that lay at one side of the gym peacefully, as if nothing had happened.
Slowly, shouts of hurt and sorrow rose from the gym. And with it, shouts of anger. And amidst those sorrowful cries, laughter erupted. Wicked, and scorning.
'Mitsui-sempai,' Ayako whispered, failing to hold back her tears.
'MITCHY!' A much stronger voice boomed. Sakuragi stared at the centipede, fire in its eyes… and Rukawa himself felt anger pouring out of him. Anger…and hatred, for that thing that had been killing all of them.
Lightning lit up the sky in a dazzling flash. Suddenly the centipede felt vulnerable in the gym. It was as if his plan wasn't working. Could he really be pushed out of the gym by their teamwork?
The mocking laughter died off, as the centipede looked around.
Rukawa balled his hands into fists, as he stepped forward. He had enough of this stupid idiot who was or had been laughing away. He would get it! Get it to repay all its debt.
'Rukawa…' Sendo stared at the boy, the determined boy who had stepped in front to confront it. He was not the only one staring at Rukawa; most of them were already looking at him. Sakuragi ran out, flanking him, and Ryota, Kiyota and a few others followed, making a line opposite the centipede.
Sendo looked at Jin and Fujima, and saw that they felt the same way he did. Unsettled. It was not supposed to be like that. They weren't supposed to blindly fight it. Mitsui had not meant for it to be like that. And… this was important. This was their only chance…
Should I? But what if I break their fire, their anger?
'Minna-san, this idiot killed all our friends, let's get it!' Sakuragi shouted. Thousands of cheers and roars of affirmative followed his shout.
Is it scared? Is this what it had expected? Can it fight against us?
Intuitively, Sendo ran out in front of all of them, and stood there, as if separating them, stopping both sides attack.
'We can't act rashly just based on our anger and hurt, that would blur our movements, okay? We don't want to waste Mitsui-sempai's death away right? So let's just get us under control first!' After a few seconds, he continued, 'now, let's give this idiot a kick in his ass and get him out!' Sendo shouted. He heard the centipede take in a deep breath. It had not been ready for this.
Humans rarely think before acting, that was their weak point, and now that idiot smiley had spoilt it.
There was a moment of silence, and then,
'HAI!' The centipede started backing off then, a little startled at how well Sendo's effort had turned out. Sendo, seizing the chance, started advancing slowly, hoping that the others behind him were doing the same.
'You useless race are standing up against me?' This time the doubt in its voice was clear.
'Yup, we may be a useless race… useless beings, but at least we know that we have a purpose in out life, and we strife to fulfill that purpose. And the first step to do that is to survive,' Sendo contradicted, challenging it. By now, all of them were advancing against it, Fujima and Jin beside Sendo.
'Like gimme a break!' it was losing the battle and its temper, and it knew that.
'Get lost!' The centipede's voice wavered, but it stopped backing a way, looking right back at all of them who were still coming for him. And instead of the fear that he meant to see in them, he only saw unity.
'Yeah, but you're blocking the doorway, and there's no way for us to get lost. Why don't you get your filthy but out of the way… or even better, why don't you get your whole filthy body away from this sacred gym instead?' The centipede was stunned speechless.
'Get out of here,' Sendo chanted, and the centipede took a step back without realizing so.
'Urusei!'
'Get outta here, get outta here…' more and more voices joined in the chant. Even Ayako, who was still sobbing, rose up and chanted along, sniffing occasionally.
Thunder clashed overhead, drowning the chant, and at the same time, Sendo took another step forward.
Rain lashed down heavily, shrouding the fields outside. The dark sky throbbed with lightning, and finally, the centipede backed away, quickening its pace.
* * * * * * * *
Sendo slammed the door close.
'Mit-chan…' The toughness, togetherness and courage they had mustered against it was now all crumbling to the ground. Sendo sighed. Including Mutoh, Mitsui was the fifth person it had killed.
'Kami-sama, what the heck is going on?' Sendo muttered, eyeing every sobbing person, every threshing hand, feeling the hurt blossoming in him. The hurt he was not allowed to feel just now, the pain that hit him really hard only now.
What's going on?
'Come on minna-san. We shouldn't cry for Mitsui-sempai. We should have hope in our survival!' Kiyota shouted, trying his best to revive everyone.
'Kiyota, what hope do we have?' Uekusa asked trembling.
Sendo took a deep breath.
What hope do we have? He flicked his eyes over to Rukawa, who was staring at him… no at something a little to the left of him.
What? Is there something on my feet? Sendo thought without humor as he turned. He saw tat once, he little something that Rukawa was staring at. The little black something… Sendo went silent, questioning himself if it was possible to see what he was seeing.
A tear fell from his eyes.
'Mitsui-sempai…' Sendo breathed out. He hadn't been close with him, they had hardly ever exchanged words in fact, but his very existence had meant something to Sendo. His presence had affected Sendo at one point or another, and he felt the agonizing sadness envelope him once again.
Without anyone's, save Rukawa's notice, Sendo walked over the small black thing that was lying on the floor. He picked it up and he looked at it closely.
10:28 PM
A/N: 'Uh… Uh… Frozenfemale? Calling for Frozenfemale?' *picks up a letter* 'Oh, MY! I'm really sorry to bring this bad news to all of you readers…. But *sob* Frozenfemale was found dead not long ago…. There were tools, suspected to be of her death around her…. There was a parang *looks at Sakura88 suspiciously* a murusame *glances at Akira suspiciously*… oh, my, and it says that all of you were there!!! POLICE!!!!!!!!!!!'
Frozenfemale watches from her hideout…. *grins* that mannequin well….