Disclaimer: See Prologue.
Linkin Park's song 'Runaway' does not belong to me as well.
Rating: PG-13 for language and violence (more language then violence though)
Chapter One: Hidden in the Shadows
I jammed a key into the door and twisted it so hard it might have bent. Damn! Stupid damn fucking key!! The door unlocked and I wrenched the key out again; it was a twisted hunk of metal now. Damn…have to go to the fucking repair shop… I slammed the door open, throwing the key across the room to land on top of my bed. Least I have an extra… I closed the door to my two room apartment.
My stomach growled. Damn…haven't eaten anything since those assholes wanted to fight…no wait… I haven't had anything to damn eat today…oh that's just great… I walked to my fridge which sat in the corner of my first room. They can wait a bit… since they didn't damn ask me until now…or damn try to fucking look me up… I made myself a sandwich and ripped pieces out of it angrily with my fanged teeth. Couldn't even look in the phone book to see where I was… I stomped into my bedroom and towards a wrapped up object in the corner. Kougon anki… Shoving the rest of the sandwich in my mouth, and grabbing the kougon anki in my right hand, I flopped down on my bed.
The abandoned factory… I thought, running a hand through my spiky hair. Where Yanagi and Recca first met… Damn… I jumped up and looked out the window at the street underneath. Two floors down…I could probably jump from here… I did from Recca's window…It'll be faster also… I ran and grabbed my extra set of keys, locked the door, and opened the window. I haven't done this for a long time… I blinked. It'll take a while to get there… I grabbed my CD player and shoved it in the pocket of my baggy jeans. Putting the earphones in and pressing play, I opened the window and looked outside.
[Graffiti decorations underneath a sky of dust.
A constant wave of tension on top of broken trust.
The lessons that you taught me I learned were never true.]
Nobody was outside or at least that I could see. Banzai!! I shouted in my head, and jumped out the window, music blasting in my ears and kougon anki clutched in my hand. I landed easily in a kneeled position on the hard sidewalk. Damn…that was damn fun! I forgot how it felt… I started running down the street. It'll take about… half an hour to walk there...At least I got my music.
Now I found myself in question.
(They point the finger at me again)
Guilty by association.
(You point the finger at me again)
I looked around and realized I was outside Domon's flower shop. Can't believe such a big guy worked in a damn flower shop. I smirked, imagining him carefully planting flowers in dirt. Domon…He should be about…nineteen now…first year college. Probably failing his classes, 'cause he's an idiot… A woman stepped out of the store, her curly hair blowing in the slight wind.
"Do you need some help?" she asked. Domon's mom, I guess he got his love for flowers here… I took out one of my earphones so I could hear what she said. She blinked. "Koganei-kun?" I blinked also. Can't believe she recognized me…damn, I only met her once… I nodded once, still stunned.
"How come you haven't visited Domon lately? Last time was around…" she closed her eyes in thought. "Oh goodness…two years? What happened?" I gave her a fanged grin.
"I moved out of the neighborhood." I said, still grinning. Damn…why do I have to explain myself to her… "So I'm closer to my school." She nodded and opened her mouth to say something. "Gomen, but I have to go. I have to meet someone." She shut her mouth and nodded.
"See you around, Koganei-kun." She said, waving. I nodded and started running. It has been a while I guess… I gave nobody my famous fanged grin and continued running. Well, I haven't seen everyone in two years, since I moved…I wonder if everyone's changed…
I wanna run away never say goodbye.
I wanna know the truth instead of wondering why.
I wanna know the answers no more lies.
I wanna shut the door and open up my mind.
Why the hell are we damn meeting in an abandoned factory? I climbed to the top of the fence surrounding the dilapidated building, only to have it crash down underneath me. "Shit!!" Fucking hell!! The twisted metal had slashed me across the arm, cutting through my long sleeved black shirt and into my arm slightly. Damndamndamn…stupid fucking fence… I reached for something to bandage it when I heard footsteps running towards me. Who is it? I finished unwrapping kougon anki when figures burst out of the factory and jumped at me. Damn! I brought kougon anki's blade up, and stopped suddenly, upon seeing familiar faces.
Paper bags and angry voices under a sky of dust.
Another wave of tension has more than filled me up.
All my talk of taking action these works are never true.
Now I find myself in question.
(They point the finger at me again)
Guilty by association.
(You point the finger at me again)
The tip of kougon anki's blade was an inch away from the face of a large man with a spiky mohawk. Domon… "Domon-nichan…" I said out loud. His fist was a half raised. I looked around at the other people behind him. There was a girl with purple hair and headband, wearing a spaghetti strap black shirt and blue jeans. "Fuuko-nechan." Another swivel of the head and I came face to face with a man dressed in semi-baggy jeans, and a plain white shirt. He had long hair that hung lose and blew wildly in the wind. "M-Mikagami-nichan?!" He always wore suits…and looked…really feminine. He looks like a punk…
I wanna run away never say goodbye.
I wanna know the truth instead of wondering why.
I wanna know the answers no more lies.
I wanna shut the door and open up my mind.
The three stared at me closely, still with wariness in their eyes and stances.
"Ko-chan?" Fuuko asked, walking up closer to me and looking up. "Damn, you've grown!" I gave her a fanged grin. Damn right I've grown…they always made fun of my damn height even if I was freaking three years younger…
"Who else is the master of kougon anki?" I said, twirling it. Domon grabbed me by my head. What the hell is with this guy…
"Why'd u scare us with that noise?" he said, shoving his face close to mine. Hasn't changed a bit…
"The fence fell…" I said, pouting. "Not my fault." Well if you guys told me earlier to damn come instead of damn telling without time in advance…I could fucking taken my time instead of damn racing here!!! "I tried to climb over…and it kinda…collapsed." Recca looked at me, with a strange look on his face. I looked back. What the hell you lookin' at Recca?!
"Let's go back inside." He said briefly, turning away. I ran after him, at the same time turning off my music.
"Oi, Recca-nichan, so what's happening?" I asked, putting a hand on his shoulder. He kept on walking. Damn…he's gettin' really annoyin with this silent act… The doors of the factory were closed behind us and we sat down on the floor. "So….what's happening…?" Recca closed his eyes and Yanagi looked at the floor.
"Someone's…after Hime again…" Recca said, exhaling as he said it. The rest of the Hokage, including me, blinked. What? Someone's trying to hurt Yanagi? I'll freaking kill them!! Why can't they let her alone!!
"Who is it?" Mikagami asked, making eye contact with Recca. Recca and Mikagami had a brief staring contest, and then Recca lowered his eyes.
"I don't know…" Fuuko jumped up and bashed Recca on the head.
"Idiot! Then how do you know…"
"We were damn attacked!!" Recca shouted, jumping up and cutting Fuuko off. Recca still has a temper…I thought he'd cooled down or somethin… "It was a bit later than usual... everyone had gone home already and we were in the classroom packing up our stuff to leave..."
"And then all this shadow filled up the room." Yanagi continued. "We thought it was Recca's okaa-san so we didn't worry, but then this form came out of all the shadows…"
"And it wasn't kaa-chan," Recca finished. They're completing each other's sentences...damn they're growing close... "Probably from the voice, it was a guy...He said that you guys are letting your guards down and he would take back the girl of healing from you."
"Deep voice? High voice?" I asked slowly. Can't they think properly? You have to damn plan things...
"Medium..." Recca said, looking up. "I think..."
"So…you think his madougu's shadow?" Fuuko asked, looking puzzled. Recca shrugged. "We have to let him make the next move??"
"We don't know anything about him..." Domon said. "Or if it's really a guy..." So we fucking wait until he tries to kidnap Yanagi?!? I opened my mouth, and blinked. A killing ki!! I jumped up, unwrapping kougon anki.
"A killing ki." I said, noticing the others were not getting up, other than Mikagami. Damn, they have become dull, can't freaking feel that?? The rest of the Hokage blinked then got up, and as if triggered by this movement, things that looked like blades shot through the windows of the factory and blasted towards them.
"What the fuck??" Domon shouted, barely dodging aside. The blade suddenly curved, following him, and dug into his arm. "DAMN!! WHAT THE HELL!?!?" Recca summoned madoka and the blade evaporated against the flame shield. Mikagami silently froze the blade; it fell to the floor with a tinkle and shattered. Fuuko dodged the blade and blasted it with air from the fuujin, sending it flying... towards Yanagi.
"HIME!!!" Recca shouted, jumping for her. A blade zipped towards him and slashed him on the leg, causing him to trip. Nobody can reach her... I thought, heading towards Yanagi, dodging a blade and running.
She sat, her legs underneath her, her hands held up as if to somehow block the black blade, shooting towards her. Her eyes were wide in shock; she turned to look for her ninja, who was lying on the floor a few feet from her. "Recca-kun..." she said, the blade shot towards her, her eyes focused on it and squeezed shut.
Blood flew through the air, spattering on Yanagi's dress, staining it. Recca looked up, eyes wide and teeth gritted. A vein stood out in his forehead, and tears of happiness or joy formed... I couldn't tell...
The blade dug deep into my back. Cold....Damn...it's fucking...cold.... I opened my eyes....to meet the scared, or was it relieved gaze of Yanagi. "Yanagi-nechan..." I gave her my famous fanged grin, and then fell backwards, blood trickling down the side of my mouth. It's cold...it's dark...I can't... where am I...? What the fuck happened to me...?
TBC
One bad thing about writing this fic is that I gotta be angry to get the right reactions I want from Koganei… I should work on it right after my chemistry then… Review!