Chapter 4: Farfarello's End
The fighting seemed to go on forever. Sakura couldn't stand to see the people she loved and cared for get harmed. Crawford and Ran were going all out, both thinking only of killing the other. Their eyes never left one another and they exchanged blows. Ken and Omi both fought Schuldig together, working as a team. Even though they had the advantage, they really weren't getting anywhere. Last of all, Yoji fought his best against Farfarello. Poor Yoji wasn't holding up so well against the incredibly strong Farfarello. Not one of his punches did anything to him. Farfarello barely hit Yoji, yet he still flew a couple feet and hit the ground hard.
Sakura gasped and buried her face into Nagi's blue jacket. "I've got to do something to help." She whispered.
"No, not yet." Nagi turned Sakura so that a book that came flying at them, hit him in the back. "Watch it!" He yelled at Crawford, who had attempted to hit Ran with the book, but missed.
"You didn't have to do that. I told you to keep her out of the way, not to protect her." Crawford snarled at Nagi.
"Never take your eyes away from me!" Ran shoved the hilt of his sword in Crawford's stomach and sent the dark haired psychic to his knees. His glasses slid from his face. He glared angrily up at Ran.
"A mistake I won't make again." He stood and pushed his glasses back into place. Suddenly he threw himself viciously at Ran and they continued their battle.
Nagi looked around for a safer place to put Sakura. He couldn't protect her very well with all this chaos happening all around them. When he was sure everyone's attention focused solely on their battles, Nagi scooped Sakura up into his arms and carried her back upstairs. "You have to promise me to stay in your room and not try anything, okay?"
Sakura was shocked that at Nagi's strength to carry her. He seemed to be her height or perhaps shorter and he was carrying her up a steep stairway like it was nothing! "Will you help them?" She asked him.
"Yes. I have to pay those traitors back for what they did to Tot. I can never forgive anyone who would ever harm her!" Nagi's eyes were flaming with anger and hatred.
Sakura frowned. "Who is Tot?"
"She's the girl I love. Farfarello stabbed her, and I brought down a whole mansion in anger and grief. She lived in the end, though." He smiled weakly at Sakura. "I'd do anything for Tot. Even give up my life."
"I know how you feel." Sakura whispered. "If only I could help Ran!"
"Aya...or whatever his name is will be fine. I just hope they all can trust me."
Sakura took Nagi's hand and squeezed it. "I trust you. I don't know why, I just do. Something tells me you're a good guy.... Nagi is it?"
"Yes, I'm Nagi." He said smiling. "And you're Sakura, I know. We've kidnapped you before, remember?"
Sakura returned his smile. "Be careful Nagi, and make sure they're all safe."
"Didn't I tell you they'd be fine?" With that Nagi closed the door without locking it. If she trusted him, he would return the trust.
"Nagi!" Came Crawford's voice from the bottom of the stairway. "Get down here!"
Nagi hurried down the steps to find a badly beaten Schuldig gasping for air. He held his side where his clothes had been shredded by claw marks and six darts sticking out of his back. Ken and Omi had joined in helping Yoji. Farfarello had backed up to stand next to Crawford and Schuldig. All four angry Weiss stood there, ready to kill. "Well doesn't this look great!" Commented Nagi from halfway down the steps.
"Shut up and help us!" Yelled Schuldig.
"Poor Schuldig, did big, bad Weiss do that to you?" Asked Nagi innocently.
"Nagi...." Schuldig growled.
Crawford glared up the stairs at him. "Go get the girl. I have a feeling we'll be needing her. Why did you take her back up?"
"She's not going anywhere." Said Nagi patiently. He grinned at the looks on his teammates faces.
"What do you mean?"
Schuldig suddenly glared at Nagi. "He's blocking me again! Damn it Nagi!"
Nagi laughed as he walked down the remainder of the steps. Instead of standing with Schwarz, he walked over and stood beside Yoji and Omi. Schwarz looked on in surprise and disgust. "This is what you have chosen, Nagi?" Asked Crawford in disbelief.
Nagi let his anger flare. He clenched his fist and yelled, "You really think I would forgive you for trying to kill Tot? You fools! You knew I loved her and still you shot her!" He shook his brown head and glared at them.
"You're still not over that girl? For gods sake Nagi, you're just as pathetic as these morons here." Crawford motioned towards Weiss. "I told you not to get involved with her! You don't even deserve to be part of Schwarz. Oh well, I suppose we'll have to kill you too."
Nagi continued to glare at them. "You're the only ones that are going to die! You're first for stabbing her!" He pointed at Farfarello. His beautiful blue eyes turned a ferocious red. Farfarello suddenly doubled over with pain. The first physical pain he had felt for quite some time. He threw back his head and screamed.
Schuldig and Crawford looked on in utter terror as Farfarello began twitching and screaming. "Farfarello! Stop in Nagi!" Yelled Schuldig.
"If I can bring down a mansion, I can certainly bring down you!" Shouted Nagi. With a final scream, Farfarello collapsed to the ground. With one last twitch, he lay still.
Nagi's eyes returned to normal. He knelt down on the ground, clutching his chest and breathing hard. No one moved. Everyone just stared in shock at the lifeless body on the ground. Once again, Nagi had demonstrated his incredible power. This time, on his teammate.
Finally Crawford stepped forward and gathered Farfarello's body. He nodded to Schuldig, who stumbled toward the window. "So you have betrayed us, Nagi. So be it. As leader, I will deal with you personally in time. Rest, you'll need all your strength." With that he followed Schuldig out the window.
Weiss started to follow, but Nagi held up a weak hand to stop them. "No, we're done here."
"He's right." Said Ran as he extended a hand to help Nagi up. "I had my doubts about you, but you came through. Thanks for taking care of Sakura. We should get her home. She's had a long day."
"This way." Said Nagi as he stumbled up the stairs.
Ran followed him up and into Sakura's room. When she saw Nagi enter she stood quickly. "How are they? What happened to you?" She reached out to him, but he just shook his head.
"I'm fine." He reassured her.
"Sakura." Ran said from the door. She look up into his violet eyes and nearly wept with happiness. He walked up to her and took her shoulders. "It's all over. I'm going to take you back home now where you can rest."
Sakura threw her arms around him, closing the distance between them. "I'm so happy you're safe!" She cried into his trench coat.
Ran hugged her back, happy to have her safe at last. "We should be leaving, the others are waiting for us downstairs."
"Okay." She whispered as she drew away from him. "Everyone must be very worried."
"No doubt." He answered as he guided her down the stairs.
Omi had torn off a piece of his shirt and was wrapping Yoji's arm with it. Yoji winced in pain and grumbled something about stupid edible knives. "You big baby! And they're not edible." Said Omi.
"Sakura!" Cried Ken. The others all looked up and smiled when they saw her. "So how was you're fourth time being kidnapped?"
Farfarello's knife that had injured Yoji was soon being hurled at Ken.
"AH! What are you trying to do, kill me?" Ken yelled at Yoji as he dodged the weapon.
Yoji grinned. "Sakura has been through enough today, she doesn't need your smart ass throwing comments like that at her!"
Ken rolled his eyes, but flashed Sakura a warm smile. "Shouldn't we be leaving?" He asked.
"Yes, Manx and Aya are still waiting for us at the shop. They've got to be really worried." Said Omi, offering his hand to help Yoji up.
"It's so wonderful to have you all back. I can't tell you how happy and relieved I am that you're not dead!" Sakura hugged Omi, who laughed and warmly returned it. She ran to Ken and hugged him too. He just smiled and blushed. She ran up to Yoji, but he crossed his arms.
"It's because of you I had to miss my date tonight!" He said and turned away. "How am I gonna explain why I didn't show?"
"Oh Yoji, I'm sorry. I'll help you come up with some excuse, I promise." She begged.
Yoji smiled slyly. "Of course you could always make up for it by going out with me yourself." He turned back and casually put his arm around. "Oh, well...." Sakura looked totally confused and flustered.
"Yoji." Ran gave him his famous death glare and Yoji instantly pulled his arm off her.
He smiled and said, "Maybe after you're done with this one here, give me a call." He winked at Sakura dodged the knife that Ran had thrown at him. "Or maybe not." He whispered as Ran began to draw his sword.
"Ran! He's just kidding!" Sakura cried as ran up to him and placed her hand over his and pushed the sword back in the sheath. "Let's go home now." She smiled up at him, hoping to calm him down.
"Okay." Ran placed his arm around her waist and led her out of the house. If she hadn't stopped him, he probably would have killed Yoji right then and there.
Sakura smiled to herself as they walked away from the house. She was safe and in the arms of the man she loved. The people she cared for so much were really alive. It was like waking from a bad dream to find everything perfect. Wait...Nagi!
She stopped and looked back. He was walking behind, unsure whether to follow them or not. "What's going to happen to Nagi?" She asked.
Everyone stopped and looked back at him. "He really doesn't have anywhere to go. Why not let him stay with us?" Said Yoji. "He's not part of Schwarz, so we don't have to kill him."
Nagi looked up, hopefully.
"Where's he gonna sleep?" Asked Ken.
"He can sleep on the couch if he wants." Said Omi.
Everyone looked at Ran to see his answer. "It's fine with me." He grumbled. He had all he could want for right now. His sister awake and Sakura safe.
"Thank you. I promise not to be a burden." Said Nagi.
"We owe you. Without you, we couldn't have gotten Sakura out of there safely." Said Omi.
"It was no problem." He muttered and watched the ground intently.
"Well let's get going!" Growled Ran. He wanted to get home so he could check up on Aya.
The fighting seemed to go on forever. Sakura couldn't stand to see the people she loved and cared for get harmed. Crawford and Ran were going all out, both thinking only of killing the other. Their eyes never left one another and they exchanged blows. Ken and Omi both fought Schuldig together, working as a team. Even though they had the advantage, they really weren't getting anywhere. Last of all, Yoji fought his best against Farfarello. Poor Yoji wasn't holding up so well against the incredibly strong Farfarello. Not one of his punches did anything to him. Farfarello barely hit Yoji, yet he still flew a couple feet and hit the ground hard.
Sakura gasped and buried her face into Nagi's blue jacket. "I've got to do something to help." She whispered.
"No, not yet." Nagi turned Sakura so that a book that came flying at them, hit him in the back. "Watch it!" He yelled at Crawford, who had attempted to hit Ran with the book, but missed.
"You didn't have to do that. I told you to keep her out of the way, not to protect her." Crawford snarled at Nagi.
"Never take your eyes away from me!" Ran shoved the hilt of his sword in Crawford's stomach and sent the dark haired psychic to his knees. His glasses slid from his face. He glared angrily up at Ran.
"A mistake I won't make again." He stood and pushed his glasses back into place. Suddenly he threw himself viciously at Ran and they continued their battle.
Nagi looked around for a safer place to put Sakura. He couldn't protect her very well with all this chaos happening all around them. When he was sure everyone's attention focused solely on their battles, Nagi scooped Sakura up into his arms and carried her back upstairs. "You have to promise me to stay in your room and not try anything, okay?"
Sakura was shocked that at Nagi's strength to carry her. He seemed to be her height or perhaps shorter and he was carrying her up a steep stairway like it was nothing! "Will you help them?" She asked him.
"Yes. I have to pay those traitors back for what they did to Tot. I can never forgive anyone who would ever harm her!" Nagi's eyes were flaming with anger and hatred.
Sakura frowned. "Who is Tot?"
"She's the girl I love. Farfarello stabbed her, and I brought down a whole mansion in anger and grief. She lived in the end, though." He smiled weakly at Sakura. "I'd do anything for Tot. Even give up my life."
"I know how you feel." Sakura whispered. "If only I could help Ran!"
"Aya...or whatever his name is will be fine. I just hope they all can trust me."
Sakura took Nagi's hand and squeezed it. "I trust you. I don't know why, I just do. Something tells me you're a good guy.... Nagi is it?"
"Yes, I'm Nagi." He said smiling. "And you're Sakura, I know. We've kidnapped you before, remember?"
Sakura returned his smile. "Be careful Nagi, and make sure they're all safe."
"Didn't I tell you they'd be fine?" With that Nagi closed the door without locking it. If she trusted him, he would return the trust.
"Nagi!" Came Crawford's voice from the bottom of the stairway. "Get down here!"
Nagi hurried down the steps to find a badly beaten Schuldig gasping for air. He held his side where his clothes had been shredded by claw marks and six darts sticking out of his back. Ken and Omi had joined in helping Yoji. Farfarello had backed up to stand next to Crawford and Schuldig. All four angry Weiss stood there, ready to kill. "Well doesn't this look great!" Commented Nagi from halfway down the steps.
"Shut up and help us!" Yelled Schuldig.
"Poor Schuldig, did big, bad Weiss do that to you?" Asked Nagi innocently.
"Nagi...." Schuldig growled.
Crawford glared up the stairs at him. "Go get the girl. I have a feeling we'll be needing her. Why did you take her back up?"
"She's not going anywhere." Said Nagi patiently. He grinned at the looks on his teammates faces.
"What do you mean?"
Schuldig suddenly glared at Nagi. "He's blocking me again! Damn it Nagi!"
Nagi laughed as he walked down the remainder of the steps. Instead of standing with Schwarz, he walked over and stood beside Yoji and Omi. Schwarz looked on in surprise and disgust. "This is what you have chosen, Nagi?" Asked Crawford in disbelief.
Nagi let his anger flare. He clenched his fist and yelled, "You really think I would forgive you for trying to kill Tot? You fools! You knew I loved her and still you shot her!" He shook his brown head and glared at them.
"You're still not over that girl? For gods sake Nagi, you're just as pathetic as these morons here." Crawford motioned towards Weiss. "I told you not to get involved with her! You don't even deserve to be part of Schwarz. Oh well, I suppose we'll have to kill you too."
Nagi continued to glare at them. "You're the only ones that are going to die! You're first for stabbing her!" He pointed at Farfarello. His beautiful blue eyes turned a ferocious red. Farfarello suddenly doubled over with pain. The first physical pain he had felt for quite some time. He threw back his head and screamed.
Schuldig and Crawford looked on in utter terror as Farfarello began twitching and screaming. "Farfarello! Stop in Nagi!" Yelled Schuldig.
"If I can bring down a mansion, I can certainly bring down you!" Shouted Nagi. With a final scream, Farfarello collapsed to the ground. With one last twitch, he lay still.
Nagi's eyes returned to normal. He knelt down on the ground, clutching his chest and breathing hard. No one moved. Everyone just stared in shock at the lifeless body on the ground. Once again, Nagi had demonstrated his incredible power. This time, on his teammate.
Finally Crawford stepped forward and gathered Farfarello's body. He nodded to Schuldig, who stumbled toward the window. "So you have betrayed us, Nagi. So be it. As leader, I will deal with you personally in time. Rest, you'll need all your strength." With that he followed Schuldig out the window.
Weiss started to follow, but Nagi held up a weak hand to stop them. "No, we're done here."
"He's right." Said Ran as he extended a hand to help Nagi up. "I had my doubts about you, but you came through. Thanks for taking care of Sakura. We should get her home. She's had a long day."
"This way." Said Nagi as he stumbled up the stairs.
Ran followed him up and into Sakura's room. When she saw Nagi enter she stood quickly. "How are they? What happened to you?" She reached out to him, but he just shook his head.
"I'm fine." He reassured her.
"Sakura." Ran said from the door. She look up into his violet eyes and nearly wept with happiness. He walked up to her and took her shoulders. "It's all over. I'm going to take you back home now where you can rest."
Sakura threw her arms around him, closing the distance between them. "I'm so happy you're safe!" She cried into his trench coat.
Ran hugged her back, happy to have her safe at last. "We should be leaving, the others are waiting for us downstairs."
"Okay." She whispered as she drew away from him. "Everyone must be very worried."
"No doubt." He answered as he guided her down the stairs.
Omi had torn off a piece of his shirt and was wrapping Yoji's arm with it. Yoji winced in pain and grumbled something about stupid edible knives. "You big baby! And they're not edible." Said Omi.
"Sakura!" Cried Ken. The others all looked up and smiled when they saw her. "So how was you're fourth time being kidnapped?"
Farfarello's knife that had injured Yoji was soon being hurled at Ken.
"AH! What are you trying to do, kill me?" Ken yelled at Yoji as he dodged the weapon.
Yoji grinned. "Sakura has been through enough today, she doesn't need your smart ass throwing comments like that at her!"
Ken rolled his eyes, but flashed Sakura a warm smile. "Shouldn't we be leaving?" He asked.
"Yes, Manx and Aya are still waiting for us at the shop. They've got to be really worried." Said Omi, offering his hand to help Yoji up.
"It's so wonderful to have you all back. I can't tell you how happy and relieved I am that you're not dead!" Sakura hugged Omi, who laughed and warmly returned it. She ran to Ken and hugged him too. He just smiled and blushed. She ran up to Yoji, but he crossed his arms.
"It's because of you I had to miss my date tonight!" He said and turned away. "How am I gonna explain why I didn't show?"
"Oh Yoji, I'm sorry. I'll help you come up with some excuse, I promise." She begged.
Yoji smiled slyly. "Of course you could always make up for it by going out with me yourself." He turned back and casually put his arm around. "Oh, well...." Sakura looked totally confused and flustered.
"Yoji." Ran gave him his famous death glare and Yoji instantly pulled his arm off her.
He smiled and said, "Maybe after you're done with this one here, give me a call." He winked at Sakura dodged the knife that Ran had thrown at him. "Or maybe not." He whispered as Ran began to draw his sword.
"Ran! He's just kidding!" Sakura cried as ran up to him and placed her hand over his and pushed the sword back in the sheath. "Let's go home now." She smiled up at him, hoping to calm him down.
"Okay." Ran placed his arm around her waist and led her out of the house. If she hadn't stopped him, he probably would have killed Yoji right then and there.
Sakura smiled to herself as they walked away from the house. She was safe and in the arms of the man she loved. The people she cared for so much were really alive. It was like waking from a bad dream to find everything perfect. Wait...Nagi!
She stopped and looked back. He was walking behind, unsure whether to follow them or not. "What's going to happen to Nagi?" She asked.
Everyone stopped and looked back at him. "He really doesn't have anywhere to go. Why not let him stay with us?" Said Yoji. "He's not part of Schwarz, so we don't have to kill him."
Nagi looked up, hopefully.
"Where's he gonna sleep?" Asked Ken.
"He can sleep on the couch if he wants." Said Omi.
Everyone looked at Ran to see his answer. "It's fine with me." He grumbled. He had all he could want for right now. His sister awake and Sakura safe.
"Thank you. I promise not to be a burden." Said Nagi.
"We owe you. Without you, we couldn't have gotten Sakura out of there safely." Said Omi.
"It was no problem." He muttered and watched the ground intently.
"Well let's get going!" Growled Ran. He wanted to get home so he could check up on Aya.