"Ran, can we talk?" Aki called from the living room. It had been
a week since the mission.
"Uh...uh...s-sure." Ran was nervous. What if she says she hates me? She probably thinks I'm
an ass. I have been braying and she knows it. I'm pathetic, cold, hard, and hopelessly in love...
He walked out to the couch and sat down rigidly. She scooted down so her leg was up against
his. He shivered from surprise. What? This is different.
"Ran, I just wanted to...geez, Ran, don't be so relaxed!" She said, after looking up at him, with a
laugh.
"Oh." He straightened more. Aki burst out laughing even more.
"It was a joke, ya kook!"
"Sorry." He loosened up a bit. Aki stopped laughing. Doesn't he ever laugh? Maybe that's
what's wrong. I must make him laugh, it may make him feel better about his sister. It is now my
personal mission!
"Okay... anyway, umm...well, uh..." She looked away, mumbled, then turned back to face him.
"How are you healing up? Okay, I presume?"
"Oh, uh... yeah, you?
"I only got a couple nicks and bruises." Ran looked at her. Did she really want to say that? I
don't think she got hurt. Boy, that guy sure had a lot of bodyguards.
(Flashback)
- Ran, I see our target. Eight bodyguards around him though.- - Aki said over the
head/micro phones each member had.
They both rushed in, Ran unsheathing his katana, Aki pulling her two swords out of the sheaths
on her back. Ran slashed through two of the guys cleanly, Aki had three down. The three left had
finally reacted and one had slashed at Ran's shoulder before falling victim to Aki's blade.
"Ran! Are you alright?" Aki screamed as Ran fell. "Damnit, gotta hurry!" She left her one sword
in the guy and pulled another out at her hip. The rest went smoothly, target killed and data
erased. She fell towards Ran.
"Oh Ran. Please be okay! Stay with me, I'll carry you home." Ran whimpered as Aki picked him
up. "Geez! How much do you weigh? One hundred pounds!?" She laughed and Ran let out an
almost recognizable laugh, before it turned into a cough.
(End Flashback)
Ran had recovered quite quickly. Aki had only a scrape or two left. Ran started to get up from
the couch, but Aki pulled him down.
"Wait, there's something else..." She said, looking away. "Ummm...the thing is..." Ran could
see her cheeks turning red.
"Stop, I need to tell you something too." Ran said. Aki turned and looked at him. "I... well, I l-
love you." He gasped out. Aki looked supremely startled. Ran tried to get up, but Aki held him
down. "I know I'm a cold-blooded asshole and I don't deserve any happiness. I'm mean, cruel,
evil, look at my job! I kill people for a living!" At least, he would have said that, had Aki not
kissed him. When she did, all his anger and hatred left. It only lasted a few seconds, but he
wished it could last forever. She pulled away from him and turned crimson.
"That's kinda what I've been trying to tell you. I really tried, but I just don't want to get hurt
again. Shiko...oh!" She buried her face in her hands and started mumbling.
"No, stop!" Ran pulled Aki's hands away from her face. "I want to know!" Aki gaped at him. As
confused and surprised as she was, she started;
"Well, years ago, about four years, I had a boyfriend. The aforementioned Shiko, who was
sixteen and I was thirteen at the time. I was at a very easy, impressionable age. Easily
manipulated, or forced. At first, it was the usual courting, ya know? Movies, dinners, kiss
goodbye...one
dreadful night, it happened. We had just seen a romance film, and we went to his house to get
jackets to go iceskating. I thought his parents were home, so I had no problem. He told me to
make myself at home, so I sat on a couch, covered in plastic. The reason, I didn't know then. He
went up and took a while, but I waited patiently, as a young lover would. He came down the
steps and I eagerly waited to go, for iceskating had been my favorite thing to do in the winter.
"Why don't we stay in tonight?" He asked me. Thinking nothing of it, I agreed. So we sat on the
weirdly covered couch for a little bit.
"I thought my parents would be home now, but I guess not." He said.
"Shiko? How much do you love me?" I asked him, longing for a good answer.
"Only this much, baby!" He had answered and spread his arms all the way apart. I told him I
would do anything for him, and he questioned that, and I nodded my empty head yes. He
started..." Aki paused, breathing heavily, with tears forming in her eyes. Ran held her close to
him, whispering consolensces in her ear. "He ripped at my clothing, and he... he..." Aki started
crying and buried her face in Ran's shoulder.
"It's alright, I'm here." He whispered, stroking her hair lovingly. "Aki? Can you tell me
something?" a slight nod answered him. "Is this pig still alive?"
"Yes, and stills prospers, raping many girls." She answered between spurts of rapid inhalations.
I think we just found our next target Ran thought. This man will die. A torturous, agonizing
death. He held Aki close until she cried herself to weary unconsciousness. Ran carried her to his
bed and tucked her in. Already, it was about eight a.m. as he went out to contact Manx.
"Uh...uh...s-sure." Ran was nervous. What if she says she hates me? She probably thinks I'm
an ass. I have been braying and she knows it. I'm pathetic, cold, hard, and hopelessly in love...
He walked out to the couch and sat down rigidly. She scooted down so her leg was up against
his. He shivered from surprise. What? This is different.
"Ran, I just wanted to...geez, Ran, don't be so relaxed!" She said, after looking up at him, with a
laugh.
"Oh." He straightened more. Aki burst out laughing even more.
"It was a joke, ya kook!"
"Sorry." He loosened up a bit. Aki stopped laughing. Doesn't he ever laugh? Maybe that's
what's wrong. I must make him laugh, it may make him feel better about his sister. It is now my
personal mission!
"Okay... anyway, umm...well, uh..." She looked away, mumbled, then turned back to face him.
"How are you healing up? Okay, I presume?"
"Oh, uh... yeah, you?
"I only got a couple nicks and bruises." Ran looked at her. Did she really want to say that? I
don't think she got hurt. Boy, that guy sure had a lot of bodyguards.
(Flashback)
- Ran, I see our target. Eight bodyguards around him though.- - Aki said over the
head/micro phones each member had.
They both rushed in, Ran unsheathing his katana, Aki pulling her two swords out of the sheaths
on her back. Ran slashed through two of the guys cleanly, Aki had three down. The three left had
finally reacted and one had slashed at Ran's shoulder before falling victim to Aki's blade.
"Ran! Are you alright?" Aki screamed as Ran fell. "Damnit, gotta hurry!" She left her one sword
in the guy and pulled another out at her hip. The rest went smoothly, target killed and data
erased. She fell towards Ran.
"Oh Ran. Please be okay! Stay with me, I'll carry you home." Ran whimpered as Aki picked him
up. "Geez! How much do you weigh? One hundred pounds!?" She laughed and Ran let out an
almost recognizable laugh, before it turned into a cough.
(End Flashback)
Ran had recovered quite quickly. Aki had only a scrape or two left. Ran started to get up from
the couch, but Aki pulled him down.
"Wait, there's something else..." She said, looking away. "Ummm...the thing is..." Ran could
see her cheeks turning red.
"Stop, I need to tell you something too." Ran said. Aki turned and looked at him. "I... well, I l-
love you." He gasped out. Aki looked supremely startled. Ran tried to get up, but Aki held him
down. "I know I'm a cold-blooded asshole and I don't deserve any happiness. I'm mean, cruel,
evil, look at my job! I kill people for a living!" At least, he would have said that, had Aki not
kissed him. When she did, all his anger and hatred left. It only lasted a few seconds, but he
wished it could last forever. She pulled away from him and turned crimson.
"That's kinda what I've been trying to tell you. I really tried, but I just don't want to get hurt
again. Shiko...oh!" She buried her face in her hands and started mumbling.
"No, stop!" Ran pulled Aki's hands away from her face. "I want to know!" Aki gaped at him. As
confused and surprised as she was, she started;
"Well, years ago, about four years, I had a boyfriend. The aforementioned Shiko, who was
sixteen and I was thirteen at the time. I was at a very easy, impressionable age. Easily
manipulated, or forced. At first, it was the usual courting, ya know? Movies, dinners, kiss
goodbye...one
dreadful night, it happened. We had just seen a romance film, and we went to his house to get
jackets to go iceskating. I thought his parents were home, so I had no problem. He told me to
make myself at home, so I sat on a couch, covered in plastic. The reason, I didn't know then. He
went up and took a while, but I waited patiently, as a young lover would. He came down the
steps and I eagerly waited to go, for iceskating had been my favorite thing to do in the winter.
"Why don't we stay in tonight?" He asked me. Thinking nothing of it, I agreed. So we sat on the
weirdly covered couch for a little bit.
"I thought my parents would be home now, but I guess not." He said.
"Shiko? How much do you love me?" I asked him, longing for a good answer.
"Only this much, baby!" He had answered and spread his arms all the way apart. I told him I
would do anything for him, and he questioned that, and I nodded my empty head yes. He
started..." Aki paused, breathing heavily, with tears forming in her eyes. Ran held her close to
him, whispering consolensces in her ear. "He ripped at my clothing, and he... he..." Aki started
crying and buried her face in Ran's shoulder.
"It's alright, I'm here." He whispered, stroking her hair lovingly. "Aki? Can you tell me
something?" a slight nod answered him. "Is this pig still alive?"
"Yes, and stills prospers, raping many girls." She answered between spurts of rapid inhalations.
I think we just found our next target Ran thought. This man will die. A torturous, agonizing
death. He held Aki close until she cried herself to weary unconsciousness. Ran carried her to his
bed and tucked her in. Already, it was about eight a.m. as he went out to contact Manx.