slams phone Bwahahahaha! I've finally finished the two-day debate with my cousin. Although… sulks I didn't win… good thing is— she didn't win either! My classmate did… she suggested an alternative event aside from the usual getting-run-over-by-a-car-and-ending-up-in-a-coma-or-something-worse plot (which is a bit common in most of the fanfics I've read so far…). Why did I laugh? Well, read the 4th element to find out…

Disclaimer: I already disclaimed everything I needed to disclaim.

Rating: Uhm… P-13? Not really sure… I guess I'm too wholesome

Note: I repeat… New songs and characters (which I already mentioned previously) are still coming up (in this element)— and are still mine… :P if it sounds too familiar… then it's just a coincidence… or it's not mine… My cousin, whom I quarreled for two straight days, made me a theme song for this fanfic! Hurrah! Of course, Bad Luck's performing the song much, much later…

When they speak aloud, I use "this", when they think, I use 'this', when in the phone, the other person speaks (like this), and when they sing, I use this…

Please don't freak out you don't see Shuichi's name when you read the next few paragraphs.

ELEMENT 4:

Wickedness

"Erika! Breakfast!" Erika's mom said through the intercom.

"It's Eri, mom," Erika corrected for the thousandth time, as she combed her raven-black hair.

Every morning started like this. Eri would purposely wake up later than she was supposed to, and just wait for her mom to call her to breakfast.

"Tell me something," her mom said, peering over her glasses to look at Eri's hair, "why didn't you get the blue highlights your fashion consultant suggested you to get?"

"Blue?" laughed Eri, "that madman of a consultant does not even know the meaning of the word fashion… Besides, what makes my pink highlight cool is the way it suddenly appears when the lights just hit it right…"

"I thought you hated pink."

"Pink 'things'… pink hair is different… take Shuichi for example…"

"Shu Chichi? I thought you've stopped collecting weird stuff toys already…"

"Whatever mom. Shuichi is NOT a stuffed toy."

"Speaking of which, you should buy one for your baby cousin," said her mom as she started sketching her designs for the summer wear (since she's finished the winter and spring wear already).

"I am NOT attending the 'stupid' children's party," said Eri angrily, "I'm eighteen for crying out loud! I'd rather go to the gym and practice with the other black-belters…"

"You are attending and you are buying your cousin a gift. Who knows? Someone might have pity on you and…You will abide by my rules whilst you are at my house," her mom said finally.

"My apartment's finished anyway, I shall not be here any longer…"

Eri drove along the deserted streets. She knew what her mom was talking about and it irritated her. She looked at the passenger's seat where a mask sat.

'No one's out on the street anyway, might as well get used to the torture,' she thought as she put the party mask on.

'Don't think about it,' Shuichi told himself dizzily, 'don't think about Yuki…'

He looked at the different apartments across the street.

'There's an apartment for rent… I better go and ask about it,' he thought as he stepped into the slippery road, unaware of a vehicle that was fast approaching…

Eri finished putting on her mask.

She looked straight ahead and saw the entranced hooded figure.

'Oh shit!' she thought, when she realized the guy had no intention on living, 'I can't kill a person now...'

She steered the car away from the suicidal guy, ignoring the screeching of her beloved wheels. She hastily opened her door and walked out, wanting to give the guy a piece of her mind.

"Hey you!" she said, "what the hell are you doing in the middle of the street?"

Shuichi looked at her with blank eyes before passing out.

'Oh damn, don't tell me I actually hit him… Is it just the impact or… Just great. I'm going to my cousin's party with an unconscious— possibly dead— person…'

Yuki looked ahead and found a silver convertible.

'Just what I need… a road block,' he thought as he sounded the horn, 'who the heck would drive a convertible in this weather?'

He soon saw the owner of the said vehicle, tugging at something on the road. He saw her look at him and smile apologetically. He watched lazily as she steered her vehicle a little bit.

He didn't see what she was pulling though, because he had a more important thing in his mind…

Shuichi.

'Oh no! Don't tell me…' she thought nervously, 'it's Shindou Shuichi…'

She figured that she would faint as well, but then she thought of an idea.

With a mischievous grin, she used her ability (a.k.a. strength… along with karate skill…) to carry Shuichi into her car.

'Many might call this kidnapping,' she told herself with a wicked grin, as she restarted the car, 'but when you've got only one winter left to live— you don't care what people say.'

—end of element—

note: um… well… that's the alternative to the Shuichi-gets-run-over plot… :) Twist? Twist? Twist? (-) You didn't see it coming? Or did you? Hehe! Review my dears and make me happy… :) Of course, I could always post the other version of element 4… (but I warn you, it's annoyingly short… so far…) when you ask for it nicely… (or I could e-mail it to you…) Buwahahaha! Review!