Homu watashi aishite.
(I love home, Home I love.)
The lights blacked out and people screamed. Kagome clutched Inu Yasha's arm while he slid his other around her waist protectively. Sango tensed up beside Miroku, who just gazed around, looking for something. And then, a spotlight appeared on one spot of the stage and a voice came through the speakers.
"Hello boys and girls." And then there was silence. In that silence, two teen girls said the same thing at the same time that made it echo throughout the gym.
"Kage."
A teen guy appeared in the spotlight with a smirk on his face. "Why, hello Sango, Kagome, how are you? You know, after I killed Riley, I've found that I've missed your company. It seems to quiet at night without hearing your tortured screams."
Kagome clutched Inu Yasha's arm even harder, trying to sink into his body and hide. She was terrified at the moment. This man on stage was pure evil and he knew it. He knew it and used it to his pleasure.
"Well, I bet you're wondering why I've got you all locked in here, right?" Kage paused, letting the teens talk amongst themselves. He smirked, and continued, "Well, you see, I enjoy torturing people. Playing with their emotions, killing them, scaring them, even, raping them," he let his words sink in. By this time, Kagome had wormed her way under Inu Yasha's arm and was now standing behind him, clutching his shoulders.
But, a fearless young man stood up and asked, "Why are you doing this?"
A smirk that had been on the tormentor's face for a while grew while he said, "Because, I want to. And, I can."
"Inu Yasha, please, don't let him get me," Kagome whispered. Her companion looked at her oddly.
"Why?" He whispered back.
"Just, don't," she pleaded. He looked in her eyes for a moment before turning away and telling her softly, "I'll do my best."
"Thank you," Kagome answered just as soft, her lips next to his ear, making it tickle.
"They're getting a little close, aren't they?" Miroku whispered to a tense Sango, referring to the couple above. She didn't answer.
"Okay then, now that my words have finally sank in a little, let's see who dies first," Kage announced at just that moment. "But first, there's a few who I want to live. Sango, Kagome, Naraku, get your asses up here and you know what, bring a friend if you want." Without questioning it, Kagome held Inu Yasha's hand and Sango dragged Miroku behind her as they walked up to the stage. Naraku came behind them, his best friend with him. And, as it so happened, his best friend was Kouga.
"You are safe for the time being," Kage told them. He turned back to the main crowd of students and held out a gun. With amazing accuracy, he shot down four students, each in the head or chest. The student body looked at the teen with the handgun to the dead students. For a long while.
"Hey, you," Kage pointed out to a student.
"Yes?" Yuka stammered.
"Come up here, I have a job for you," he commanded. She did so and stood in front of him moments later, waiting for whatever he told her. Kage looked at her and calmly reached behind her neck, and cleanly, snapped it in half. The crack echoed through the gym and people looked at him in terror. It wasn't until now that they began to fully comprehend what was happening. And then, it became mass chaos. All the students rushed for the doors and quite a few were trampled.
But, what was going on behind the scenes, with Kage's "safe people?"
Well, as soon as Kagome saw what Kage was doing to Yuka, her once best friend, she hid her face in Inu Yasha's chest. But, that crack kept resounding in her head. The others, well, expect Sango, so the guys, watched in disgust, unable to turn away.
"Don't bother trying to get out," Kage's voice told the students. "There's a bomb equipped to each door and as soon as the door is opened, the bomb goes off." But, it was too late.
Hojo, in a desperate attempt to get out, opened the door, only to be blown to pieces, along with the few people around him. This stopped all activity. Hojo's date, who had stayed back, rushed over to the spot and wailed, getting herself covered in the blood of the dead.
Now, there were only 100 people that came. It was a ticketed event, and there were 100 tickets. This is not counting Kage. There are six "safe people." Ten are dead. So, out of the student body that came, 84 are left alive.
"You know, I have a game in mind that would be absolutely perfect," Kage told them after he had everyone sit down on the floor. "Its called, Russian Roulette, only instead of you losing money, you lose your life."
Several girls fainted and more than a few grumbled. "Okay then, guys on that side, girls on this," Kage pointed. And, to get them to do so, he took his handgun and calmly shot a guy in the back of the head. A girl screamed and tried to run to her boyfriend, but her friends' stopped her.
"I want six guys and six girls to come out here, in the middle," Kage ordered. And, six did, though reluctantly. "Now, you die," he grinned, throwing something in the middle of the guys side. It was a bomb and needless to say, most of the gym was soon covered in the remains of most of the guys.
There are 57 left alive counting the twelve in the middle of the gym, the few alive guys, the "safe" people, and the girls. Time is running short and soon, when Kage is out of people, will he turn and begin in on his selected few?
A/N: Wow, I like this chapter. It's short, but I see another part in the future. Really, I have a lot to cover in a short amount of time. You see, I decided yesterday, on December 3, that on December 23 I would post the epilogue of this story. The finish is very near. 19 days left until then.
The reason is simple; I want to do something special on my 1-YEAR anniversary. And what better way than to finish up the story I have been working on for almost half the year. I looked back and saw that it only took me 14 days to do Nagataka and it had 13 chapters, so that's basically a chapter a day. I wish some of the stories I like were updated that fast. Kimi watashi ga natsukashi took just one day short of two months to write. It has 7 chapters. Weird huh? And this story, it will have taken me 2 months and 20 days to write. And, my estimate is 10 chapters, epilogue included. So, just two more chapters and then the epilogue. Really, that does seem to work out really good for me since that means I get to do two chapters in about two weeks plus the epilogue. And, there is very little left to write. Oh I hate when I write these giant a/n's! Sorry and congrats on making it through my a/n.
Disclaimer: The plot is mine but the characters in it, with the exception of Kage are not. I own that evil mass murderer and I will be the one to kill him. Or, actually, that's reserved for someone else. But, she has my permission!