She Never Really Had A Chance
One guy in particular took his attention. A weird looking old man with long gray hair and a moustache, but he was soon gone again.
"Move aside, lazy ass," said Akane laughing, but her eyes didn't smile.
She pushed him aside and sat down herself.
"Something wrong?" he asked.
She shook her head fierce.
"Iya, I have a letter that's all," she said.
"Well, let's read it, come on!" he said and snatched it out of her hands.
"Kai, give it back, it's mine!" she said mad.
"Na, let's see who's it from!" he said and opened it, ignoring the desperate calls from his sister.
"It's from otousan........" she then said soft.
Kai's eyes widened and he dropped the letter.
"From....." he could hardly bring out the words.
"Otousan," said Akane again and picked it up.
"Naze? I mean how? Or..."
Akane said nothing. She just sat there in complete silence, unfolding the letter. Kai who was at a lost for words before, tried to get the letter again from Akane.
"Akane, you should not read it, not from otousan!" he yelled.
All the people in the building started to look at them now.
"Kai, don't yell like that, we need to know what he says, ne?"
"Of course we don't! That man is pure evil, I ...I...I'm going outside!" he said mad and ran out of the building, expecting Akane to follow him.
When he figured out she didn't, he sat down on the stair steps in front of the building, waiting for her.
In the meanwhile the yellow light was coming closer and closer to his body. He was wondering why it took so long. It was like time had slowed down, waiting for the story to end, but he didn't matter. His mind seemed paralyzed after all those experiences.
'This light, it looks the same as the sun from that day. They both mean a new turn in my life for me........Kai huh? Weird..........'
Slowly he moved his hand and touched some blood that was dripping from his forehead.
'Human or killing machine?'
He moved his finger to his mouth and tasted the sweet taste of his own blood.
'It means nothing to me......I don't want to be a killing machine, but I don't have the right to call myself human. Not anymore........
I hope I'll die soon.'
"Kai!!!!!!" The doors of the mail office were thrown open and Akane came running outside.
"Finally!" he said and stood up from the dirty stairs.
"Kai, we have to get home quick!" she yelled.
"Nani, doushite?" "Just quick! Maybe I'm wrong but...... Well we'll see it when we get home, now hayaku!"
Akane totally panicked and she ran away, towards home.
"Oi, matte!" yelled Kai and ran after her.
'What's up with her?'
Akane had run so fast that Kai had lost sight of her, so he had to ask one where she was.
"Ow, you mean that cute, blond girl? Is she your sister, wow, whadda ya know..."
"Sir, please I'm in a hurry, where did she go, do you know?" he said, jumping from one foot on another.
"Heh? Oh yeah, she went into that alley, on the right."
"Arigatou!" he said and speeded away again, now into that alley.
There he heard his sister screaming.
"Let me go, you morons! I have to get home!!"
'Something is wrong,' he thought scared. 'I have to go there!'
"Kai!!!!....... Tasukete, onegai!!!" he heard her almost crying.
'Don't worry sis, I'm coming!' he thought and he ran over cars to reach her.
When he was finally there, in an awful dark alley, he didn't know what he saw. There was his sister and about six boys were standing around her, one worked himself nearly upon her.
"Iya da," she said. "Hanase!!"
Tears were coming down from her eyes as she mumbled something.
"It's happening again, naze? Why does it have to be me??"
Kai had trouble keeping his own eyes dry as he heard her words.
'I have to do something.....' he thought angered but scared. 'But he never let me, I won't let them.....not this time!'
Akane was tired and let herself fall down, not resisting anymore. The bitter taste of those lips which were being pressed on her own, fragile ones. The tongue strangling its way into her mouth. She had a hard time not to choke. A pair of hands was ripping her shirt off, exposing everything and again those fingers through her hair, caressing it, like it was some sort of treasure, which had only the meaning to be used up for other causes. Everywhere she felt those sweaty hands on her; it was just like before.
"Iya!!!!!!!!!!!"
She never really had a chance...on that fateful moonlit night, sacrificed without a fight.......
"Let her go!!!!!" Kai then yelled and jumped to those guys, kicking one away on the way. "Didn't you hear her?!"
The boy who was sitting on Akane looked up and licked his lips, smiling wickedly.
"You want a piece too, ne?" he said. "You have a good taste, this one is great!"
He moved his hands along her thighs and further down.
"Heh, nani?! You're crazy!"
"Listen punk, stay out of this, just forget what you saw and you'll be fine!" said one of them.
"Never!!! She's my sister, you idiots, now back off!!!" he yelled mad.
"Kai..." said Akane soft and she struggled to get herself up, covering as much as she could.
"Stay down girl or you might get hurt!" hissed another.
"You will get hurt if you touch her again!" yelled Kai enraged and he got himself into a fight with those guys.
"Kai, be careful," said Akane and knocked one away herself too.
"Don't worry about me sis, just get your clothes back on and run home, okay?" he said and smiled bravely.
Akane indeed put her clothes back on, but instead of going away she stood next to him.
"I will not go away, not this time, they'll pay...... I could not handle them alone, but together with you I can handle anything onii-chan," she said.
Kai smiled and dried her last tear.
"Gomen for not being here sooner," he whispered and then they went onto it again.
At the end of the alley a strange old man was watching the two kids fighting those six older boys, he looked amazed at their strength.
'They are perfect, just what I need for my plans......' he thought and grinned evil.
When the last boy was knocked down unconscious he came to them and applauded. Immediately the twin turned around.
"Well done you two, this neighbourhood really needed to be cleared from that scum. I just couldn't look when those boys were doing that to you my girl, but what can I do, I'm just a poor old man and a scientist even. I'm used to working with the brain."
"Who are you and what do you want?!" asked Kai protective and he went standing in front of his sister.
"I just told you kid, I'm a scientist, a very well known scientist. You may call me Dr Gero," he said and smiled nice.
"Well Dr Gero, we have to get home!" said Akane and she wanted to go.
"Chotto matte," he said. "Not so fast, I have an offer you can't possibly resist!"
"Akane, come quickly, we can't trust old men. He's probably one of those twisted ones," said Kai and he took her hand, leading her away, out off the alley, heading home.
Dr Gero just stood there and smiled at his precious two running away as fast as the wind.
"Perfect....." he whispered and laughed.
"What do you think his offer was?" asked Akane.
"I don't know, forget about it, we're home!" said Kai and he swung the door open.
Akane's face turned white and she put her hands in front of her mouth like she was going to throw up and then she screamed.
"Akane, what's wrong? Are you sick? Maybe it's just the shock from today..." he said a bit worried as he did not understand what was happening.
But Akane shook fierce with her head and she turned around.
"Akane, come in then I will get you some water!" he said.
"Iya, matte!" said Akane. "Don't go in!"
"Don't play around Akane I just go..."
Kai's breath disappeared as he finally looked inside and noticed the trail of blood on the floor. Blood marks were everywhere on the walls and at the end of the hallway a pair of ice cold eyes were looking straight at him. Hardly able to move he reached his hand out to the sad eyes, wishing he could prevent this fate of his beloved mother.
"Iya!!!!! Okaasan!!!!!"
She never really had a chance, on that fateful moonlit night.....
Sacrificed without a fight, victim of the circumstance
"Dame, Kai...we should go!" yelled Akane and tears were flowing over her face.
He did not listen and caressed his mothers damaged face, closing her eyes for eternity. Her hands were in front of her as she had tried to protect herself from something or rather someone.
"Akane, come here and face it, it's no use trying to run away from it. She was murdered Akane, our mom was murdered," said Kai harsh as he took care of her clothes which were practically ripped off.
"I...I can't Kai," she said soft and, crying, she smashed her fist into the wall, causing her knuckles to start bleeding too.
"You have too! Just look at her face, even when damaged so bad, even when she has her neck ripped open and blood is all over her, she looks beautiful."
Slowly Akane removed her fist out off the wall and turned around forcing herself to look at her mother.
"She does, doesn't she? She had always been a beautiful woman...." she said hardly audible and came closer.
Kai stood up and took her hand leading her to their mother.
"She looks peaceful, ne?" said Kai.
"She smiles, even after all this horror, she keeps on smiling, she always did that," said Akane.
"She's free now," said Kai and he searched for a blanket to wrap her up in it.
"We'll have to bury her Kai," said Akane.
He nodded and took his dead mother in his arms out to the garden. There, between the flowers she liked so much, they dug a hole and put her in it. In complete silence they filled the hole up with sand and some lilies.
I felt so empty as I cried
Like a part of me had died
"It was him, wasn't it, Kai?" asked Akane carefully when the work was done. "I knew it, that's why he wrote the letter!" she yelled and let once again her tears dropped.
"That's why you wanted to get home so bad," he said understanding.
"If only we got here sooner, then..." said Akane and fell onto her knees, begging for forgiveness.
"Stop it sis, it's not your fault, we could never have stopped him anyway!" said Kai.
"Demo, if we just....then...." she cried.
"Yamero!!" he yelled and with tears from his eyes he slapped her.
Akane looked at him with big eyes and her tears stopped.
"Gomen," she said.
"Don't be. I should be sorry because even when we were there he would've been too strong for us, even when I'm this far already!"
"Onii-chan, where to go from now? I'm sure he will hunt us wherever we go, we will never be safe..." said Akane.
"I don't know, at least far away from here!" he said.
"Maybe you would like to hear my offer now!"
One guy in particular took his attention. A weird looking old man with long gray hair and a moustache, but he was soon gone again.
"Move aside, lazy ass," said Akane laughing, but her eyes didn't smile.
She pushed him aside and sat down herself.
"Something wrong?" he asked.
She shook her head fierce.
"Iya, I have a letter that's all," she said.
"Well, let's read it, come on!" he said and snatched it out of her hands.
"Kai, give it back, it's mine!" she said mad.
"Na, let's see who's it from!" he said and opened it, ignoring the desperate calls from his sister.
"It's from otousan........" she then said soft.
Kai's eyes widened and he dropped the letter.
"From....." he could hardly bring out the words.
"Otousan," said Akane again and picked it up.
"Naze? I mean how? Or..."
Akane said nothing. She just sat there in complete silence, unfolding the letter. Kai who was at a lost for words before, tried to get the letter again from Akane.
"Akane, you should not read it, not from otousan!" he yelled.
All the people in the building started to look at them now.
"Kai, don't yell like that, we need to know what he says, ne?"
"Of course we don't! That man is pure evil, I ...I...I'm going outside!" he said mad and ran out of the building, expecting Akane to follow him.
When he figured out she didn't, he sat down on the stair steps in front of the building, waiting for her.
In the meanwhile the yellow light was coming closer and closer to his body. He was wondering why it took so long. It was like time had slowed down, waiting for the story to end, but he didn't matter. His mind seemed paralyzed after all those experiences.
'This light, it looks the same as the sun from that day. They both mean a new turn in my life for me........Kai huh? Weird..........'
Slowly he moved his hand and touched some blood that was dripping from his forehead.
'Human or killing machine?'
He moved his finger to his mouth and tasted the sweet taste of his own blood.
'It means nothing to me......I don't want to be a killing machine, but I don't have the right to call myself human. Not anymore........
I hope I'll die soon.'
"Kai!!!!!!" The doors of the mail office were thrown open and Akane came running outside.
"Finally!" he said and stood up from the dirty stairs.
"Kai, we have to get home quick!" she yelled.
"Nani, doushite?" "Just quick! Maybe I'm wrong but...... Well we'll see it when we get home, now hayaku!"
Akane totally panicked and she ran away, towards home.
"Oi, matte!" yelled Kai and ran after her.
'What's up with her?'
Akane had run so fast that Kai had lost sight of her, so he had to ask one where she was.
"Ow, you mean that cute, blond girl? Is she your sister, wow, whadda ya know..."
"Sir, please I'm in a hurry, where did she go, do you know?" he said, jumping from one foot on another.
"Heh? Oh yeah, she went into that alley, on the right."
"Arigatou!" he said and speeded away again, now into that alley.
There he heard his sister screaming.
"Let me go, you morons! I have to get home!!"
'Something is wrong,' he thought scared. 'I have to go there!'
"Kai!!!!....... Tasukete, onegai!!!" he heard her almost crying.
'Don't worry sis, I'm coming!' he thought and he ran over cars to reach her.
When he was finally there, in an awful dark alley, he didn't know what he saw. There was his sister and about six boys were standing around her, one worked himself nearly upon her.
"Iya da," she said. "Hanase!!"
Tears were coming down from her eyes as she mumbled something.
"It's happening again, naze? Why does it have to be me??"
Kai had trouble keeping his own eyes dry as he heard her words.
'I have to do something.....' he thought angered but scared. 'But he never let me, I won't let them.....not this time!'
Akane was tired and let herself fall down, not resisting anymore. The bitter taste of those lips which were being pressed on her own, fragile ones. The tongue strangling its way into her mouth. She had a hard time not to choke. A pair of hands was ripping her shirt off, exposing everything and again those fingers through her hair, caressing it, like it was some sort of treasure, which had only the meaning to be used up for other causes. Everywhere she felt those sweaty hands on her; it was just like before.
"Iya!!!!!!!!!!!"
She never really had a chance...on that fateful moonlit night, sacrificed without a fight.......
"Let her go!!!!!" Kai then yelled and jumped to those guys, kicking one away on the way. "Didn't you hear her?!"
The boy who was sitting on Akane looked up and licked his lips, smiling wickedly.
"You want a piece too, ne?" he said. "You have a good taste, this one is great!"
He moved his hands along her thighs and further down.
"Heh, nani?! You're crazy!"
"Listen punk, stay out of this, just forget what you saw and you'll be fine!" said one of them.
"Never!!! She's my sister, you idiots, now back off!!!" he yelled mad.
"Kai..." said Akane soft and she struggled to get herself up, covering as much as she could.
"Stay down girl or you might get hurt!" hissed another.
"You will get hurt if you touch her again!" yelled Kai enraged and he got himself into a fight with those guys.
"Kai, be careful," said Akane and knocked one away herself too.
"Don't worry about me sis, just get your clothes back on and run home, okay?" he said and smiled bravely.
Akane indeed put her clothes back on, but instead of going away she stood next to him.
"I will not go away, not this time, they'll pay...... I could not handle them alone, but together with you I can handle anything onii-chan," she said.
Kai smiled and dried her last tear.
"Gomen for not being here sooner," he whispered and then they went onto it again.
At the end of the alley a strange old man was watching the two kids fighting those six older boys, he looked amazed at their strength.
'They are perfect, just what I need for my plans......' he thought and grinned evil.
When the last boy was knocked down unconscious he came to them and applauded. Immediately the twin turned around.
"Well done you two, this neighbourhood really needed to be cleared from that scum. I just couldn't look when those boys were doing that to you my girl, but what can I do, I'm just a poor old man and a scientist even. I'm used to working with the brain."
"Who are you and what do you want?!" asked Kai protective and he went standing in front of his sister.
"I just told you kid, I'm a scientist, a very well known scientist. You may call me Dr Gero," he said and smiled nice.
"Well Dr Gero, we have to get home!" said Akane and she wanted to go.
"Chotto matte," he said. "Not so fast, I have an offer you can't possibly resist!"
"Akane, come quickly, we can't trust old men. He's probably one of those twisted ones," said Kai and he took her hand, leading her away, out off the alley, heading home.
Dr Gero just stood there and smiled at his precious two running away as fast as the wind.
"Perfect....." he whispered and laughed.
"What do you think his offer was?" asked Akane.
"I don't know, forget about it, we're home!" said Kai and he swung the door open.
Akane's face turned white and she put her hands in front of her mouth like she was going to throw up and then she screamed.
"Akane, what's wrong? Are you sick? Maybe it's just the shock from today..." he said a bit worried as he did not understand what was happening.
But Akane shook fierce with her head and she turned around.
"Akane, come in then I will get you some water!" he said.
"Iya, matte!" said Akane. "Don't go in!"
"Don't play around Akane I just go..."
Kai's breath disappeared as he finally looked inside and noticed the trail of blood on the floor. Blood marks were everywhere on the walls and at the end of the hallway a pair of ice cold eyes were looking straight at him. Hardly able to move he reached his hand out to the sad eyes, wishing he could prevent this fate of his beloved mother.
"Iya!!!!! Okaasan!!!!!"
She never really had a chance, on that fateful moonlit night.....
Sacrificed without a fight, victim of the circumstance
"Dame, Kai...we should go!" yelled Akane and tears were flowing over her face.
He did not listen and caressed his mothers damaged face, closing her eyes for eternity. Her hands were in front of her as she had tried to protect herself from something or rather someone.
"Akane, come here and face it, it's no use trying to run away from it. She was murdered Akane, our mom was murdered," said Kai harsh as he took care of her clothes which were practically ripped off.
"I...I can't Kai," she said soft and, crying, she smashed her fist into the wall, causing her knuckles to start bleeding too.
"You have too! Just look at her face, even when damaged so bad, even when she has her neck ripped open and blood is all over her, she looks beautiful."
Slowly Akane removed her fist out off the wall and turned around forcing herself to look at her mother.
"She does, doesn't she? She had always been a beautiful woman...." she said hardly audible and came closer.
Kai stood up and took her hand leading her to their mother.
"She looks peaceful, ne?" said Kai.
"She smiles, even after all this horror, she keeps on smiling, she always did that," said Akane.
"She's free now," said Kai and he searched for a blanket to wrap her up in it.
"We'll have to bury her Kai," said Akane.
He nodded and took his dead mother in his arms out to the garden. There, between the flowers she liked so much, they dug a hole and put her in it. In complete silence they filled the hole up with sand and some lilies.
I felt so empty as I cried
Like a part of me had died
"It was him, wasn't it, Kai?" asked Akane carefully when the work was done. "I knew it, that's why he wrote the letter!" she yelled and let once again her tears dropped.
"That's why you wanted to get home so bad," he said understanding.
"If only we got here sooner, then..." said Akane and fell onto her knees, begging for forgiveness.
"Stop it sis, it's not your fault, we could never have stopped him anyway!" said Kai.
"Demo, if we just....then...." she cried.
"Yamero!!" he yelled and with tears from his eyes he slapped her.
Akane looked at him with big eyes and her tears stopped.
"Gomen," she said.
"Don't be. I should be sorry because even when we were there he would've been too strong for us, even when I'm this far already!"
"Onii-chan, where to go from now? I'm sure he will hunt us wherever we go, we will never be safe..." said Akane.
"I don't know, at least far away from here!" he said.
"Maybe you would like to hear my offer now!"