"Where are you taking me?!" Kira screeched into the blackness. The lack of sight was disorienting, not to mention downright petrifying. Her eyes sought any source of light at all, but to no avail.
"I'm taking you where I said I would. Back to see who Rei really is. Weren't you listening?"
"Yes, but you said that you were just going to show me!" Her head jerked back and forth, still searching for something to focus on.
"What better way to show someone then to have them live it?"
"What do you- AGH!!" A sudden burst of light blinded her. She threw her arms up to shield her burning eyes, blinking furiously to rid herself of the backflashes that swam across her vision.
"Welcome to LA, seven years ago."
Kira's eyes adjusted to the light, so she lowered her arm and took a look around. "This…This is Los Angeles?" Awe and wonder sent a tremor through her voice as she stared up at the skyscrapers of one of the best known cities in the world. People walked around her, across from her…and even THROUGH her. She gasped as a man stopped right where she stood, lighting up a cigarette before moving to cross the street.
"What's wrong? Of course they can walk through you; we're not here. This is just an illusion that's made to look as real as it possibly can."
"I kinda figured that," Kira muttered, moving over to press herself against a building to avoid having to share the same space again. Unfortunately, she fell right through the bricks. "Whoa!!"
"Let's hurry. I didn't bring you here to gawk at the city." Abruptly the scenery changed from a busy downtown street to a school campus. The time read 12:23, and Kira could see students in the building through the freshly cleaned windows. "So what's all this supposed to mean?" She craned her neck to see into the windows a little clearer.
"Not that way, idiot! Look over to your right."
Kira turned her head to look where he had directed, and gasped yet again at what she saw.
Two young men, both identical, stood at the corner of the schoolyard. On a second glance, though, Kira could make out that there were a few more students there as well. "What's going on…?"
"I'll take you a little closer." Everything blurred for a moment, then the next thing she knew she was standing no more than five feet away from the group at the edge of the grounds.
Now that she was closer to them, Kira could guess at what was happening. One of the blond boys…was it Rei or Sei? …was standing back, clutching himself and looking on in terror. That has to be Sei, Kira confirmed to herself. But why's he acting like that? Her eyes traveled over to what had to be Rei. "Oh my God…"
Rei's hand clutched a gun, pointing it directly at one of the students' head. "You will not intimidate my brother again," he said in a low, monotone voice.
"Dude, I'm sorry! Please put that gun down! I won't do it again, I swear it!" The student eyed the gun fearfully, especially the finger on the trigger. He was visibly trembling from head to foot.
A smirk tickled Rei's lips as he pressed the gun harder against the boy's head. "I know you won't. I am going to make sure of it." His finger started to tighten on the trigger.
"No, Rei don't!" Kira screamed, just as the Sei from the past shouted it as well. She blinked, confused, then watched as Sei ran up to his brother and threw his arms around him.
"Don't kill him, Rei! I don't want you to be charged with another murder!" Tears spilled over down the young blond's cheeks and soaked into Rei's jacket. "Please don't!"
Rei faltered a bit, then slowly took the gun away from his classmate's head. The boy immediately scrambled backwards a few feet. His friends grabbed his arms and pulled him further away, still watching Rei fearfully.
"Damn you and your righteousness," Rei muttered. Then he turned and fired a shot a bullet through the window of the school, hitting a student in the arm. The student buckled and fell to the ground. Rei smirked in satisfaction. "Next time, that'll be you; except it will be your heart."
The boy nodded furiously and got up, running as fast as he could to get away from the teen who still held the smoking gun. Rei's cold blue eyes followed him. Then he raised the gun and fired it once, letting the bullet whiz past the boy's ear.
Kira stood glued to the spot. Shock had set upon her like frost on a field.
…That bullet had passed right through her head.
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