Heh heh heh, poor poor Angelamisaki, I SO sorry, if I knew that song would bring back such painful memories I wouldn't of used it.... who am I kidding, I would of anyway. But where are all my wonderful reviewers, this fic isn't getting as much as it used to (Sniff, Sniff) Oh well, at least some of you are still out there. Hmm... it looks like this story is drawing to a conclusion... or is it? Heeheehee. I love my evil laugh! Heeheehee HA! HA! HA! MWAHAHAHA! Sigh... I'm good now. Oh, if you thought I was evil for the way I ended the last chapter, just wait until you see the ending to this one! Heeheehee!
Disclaimer- I like beef jerky. (Raises an eyebrow at everyone starring at him)......What? Did you expect me to say something else?
Save Kiyone!
Speeding down the empty streets of New York, Kiyone desperately tries to outrun her pursuers, at the same time she tries to get the radio in her squad car working. "Come on you hunk of junk! Work damnit! Work!" Kiyone slams her fist into the radio, receiving a cackling noise in return. "Finally!" She grabs hold of the radio, "This is Officer Makibi, anyone there!?"
"Pshhh.. We're her-" The radio dies.
Kiyone growls in anger and chucks the radio on the dash. She chances a glance into the rearview mirror, Azaka and Kimedaki are right on her tail .'Think, think, think.' Kiyone tells herself. Azaka and Kimedaki ram into the back of her vehicle, "I got it!" Kiyone says to herself. Reaching into her pocket she pulls out her cell phone, dialing up the new number she put in recently, she waits and prays that her call is answered.
"Hello?" Kiyone hears from the other end.
"Mihoushi! Go to headquarters and tell them I need backup, tell them to meet me..." Kiyone pauses for a moment as she tries to think up of a place she can go, "At third street. It's where we went earlier today so you know where it is."
"But Kiyone, I don't know how to drive."
"........." Kiyone doesn't a say anything for a few moment as she grinds her teeth together, then it all comes out, "Mihoushi you idiot! How did you become a police officer if you can't even drive!? I swear, you are the biggest and annoying idiot I've ever met in my entire life!" Taking a deep breath, to calm herself before she runs off the road, Kiyone thins up of another plan, "Fine... I'll just.... Hello?" Kiyone calls into the phone questioningly. Taking it away from her ear she realizes she has no moments left.
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"And here we are!" Ryoko says, dropping Tenchi in front of his door. Tenchi doesn't waste a moment, he immediately rushes into his apartment, Ryoko stands in her spot for a moment, crossing her arms over her chest and scowling, "Well... no thanks or anything." Ryoko shakes her head before heading through the door of Tenchi's apartment.
Tenchi runs over to the couch and immediately begins shaking Sasami until she wakes up. She gives a muffled reply before sitting up, causing Ryo-Oki to fall from her spot on Sasami's stomach. "Sasami! I need you to go hide somewhere." Tenchi says frantically. Sasami tilts her head to the side in confusion, not understanding why Tenchi wants her to hide. "Some very bad people will be showing up soon. I don't want them to find you"
Sasami doesn't make a reply but jumps off the couch, she picks Ryo-Oki off the ground and quickly goes across the apartment to the bathroom, keeping the lights off as she closes the door. Knowing that Sasami is safe for now, Tenchi stands up and walks over to the small closet that next to the bathroom door. He glances up to the top shelf of the closet, and stares at a few shoeboxes up there. He reaches up, pulls down a grey one and sits down . "What'Cha looking for?" Ryoko asks from behind him, startling Tenchi in the process.
Glancing up, he gives a forced smile before quickly opening up the box and pulling out the object inside, only to tuck it in his pants and conceal it with his shirt in hopes that Ryoko didn't catch sight of it. However, since she's basically hovering right over him, Ryoko saw exactly what Tenchi grabbed. Ryoko gaze falls to the floor as a frown crosses her lips, "Tenchi-" Ryoko is cut off from what she's about to say by the sounds tires skidding to a stop, followed by gunfire.
Tenchi quickly stands up and rushes over to his window to see what's going on. "I was right..." He says aloud to himself. The scene in front of him, it's the same as the strange dream he had before. The one where Kiyone was shot and killed.
Kiyone sits up, raising her gun at Azaka and Kimedaki. Another shot is fired and Kiyone is struck in the shoulder. Kiyone falls back, the patrol car catching her fall, making her lean back against the car as she sits on the ground. Blood smears across the white patrol car and drips onto the road. Kiyone begins taking deep breaths, trying to will the pain away, her right hand tries to reach for her discarded gun but, before she can reach it, it's kicked out of her reach by Kimedaki. Azaka stands in front of her, his gun aimed at her head. A smirk slowly forms on Azaka's face, "Kiyone!" Tenchi shouts as he hears the gunshot.
It makes him wonder if other parts of his dream are going to happen as well. He won't let it happen, he'll stop Azaka and Kimedaki even if it means giving his own life in the process. 'Kiyone has nothing to do with this.' He thinks to himself. He gulps nervously, now all he has to do is gather up the courage to run out there. He notices Ryoko step up at his side to glance outside, his eyes glaze over as the other part of his dream goes through his mind.
Ryoko's gaze is taken off of the stars and into Tenchi's eyes. Tenchi's immediately entranced with her golden eyes, never before has he seen eyes like hers. The smile on Ryoko's face remains, though her eyes carrying a heavy look of sorrow. "It's not my choice. I have to go. Stay out of trouble, I won't be there to help you anymore." Ryoko's form begins to fade away, making Tenchi try to reach out to her. Tenchi finds himself passing through her form, he turns back and watches as she completely fades away, he yells out her name.
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Kiyone curses as she reloads her firearm, bullets fly pass her, hitting her car, 'My car...' She thinks dejectedly, worrying more about her vehicle then herself at the moment. She peeks out from behind her shield, which happens to be her driver's side door. She's about to fire another round of shots when her ankle is pulls from behind her, causing her to fall forward as her capture pulls her underneath her vehicle. Giving a startled shout, Kiyone swings her gun around, effectively hitting Tenchi in the head. "Yeowch!" Tenchi shouts in pain.
Kiyone stares dumbfounded at Tenchi for a moment, "What are you doing here? Better yet, you have a lot of explaining to do, I want answers now!" She demands.
Tenchi gives a lopsided grin, forgetting about the guns that are currently being fired at them for a moment. "Um... this isn't exactly the time. Not only are we under your car, but we're being shot at. We need to get out of here." Tenchi explains.
Kiyone's eyes narrow into slits, as she gives him a deadly glare, "You WILL be explaining EVERYTHING to me, once this is all over with."
"Alright." Tenchi agrees, as he backs out from underneath the squad car, Kiyone quickly follows him and sits on the other side of the vehicle.
"Well?" Kiyone asks suddenly, "Any ideas on how we're going to get out of here?"
Tenchi's brows lower for a moment in thought, "We need a distraction.... I wonder if Ryoko can do that for us..." He says thinking aloud.
"Who's Ryoko?" Kiyone asks, one of her eyebrows raising questioningly. Tenchi laughs nervously as he scratches the back of his head. They turn their gaze down the street and the gunfire stops as they hear the sounds of a police car coming their way. Kiyone can't help give a smile as a sigh of relief escapes her lips, "Good, she did it." Kiyone thinks to herself just as the police car turns onto the road. "Uh..." Kiyone recognizes Mihoushi behind the wheel of the car, screaming her head off as she tries to drive the car, without crashing. She swerves from side to side on the road, Azaka and Kimedaki jump away from their black Cadillac as Mihoushi slams into their car.
Kiyone sees her opportunity, she stands up and fires a single shot at Kimedaki just as he getting to his feet. The man gives a short shout of pain before falling to the ground. Kiyone's about to run out to see if Mihoushi is alright, but Tenchi grabs her hand and begins pulling her away, "Hey! What are you doing! I got one!"
"This is the distraction we've been looking for!" Tenchi announces, keeping his grip firmly on Kiyone's hand as he runs down the alley on the other side of the road. "Azaka can be anywhere right now."
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'What the... but... how... no it can't be...this isn't right...' Thoughts jumble up in Ryoko's head as she steps closer to the unconscious detective in the police car. She stares with wide eyes at Mihoushi, 'But.. you're dead... how can you be alive? Are you a guardian angel?... No... you have to be alive, you're bleeding.' It's true, the dead can't bleed, they don't have flesh, or real bodies for that matter. Something tightens in Ryoko's chest as she stares at Mihoushi, one thought rises above all others in her mind, 'Can I be brought back to life too?'
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Kiyone couldn't focus on anything other then Tenchi, as he pulls her along the alley. She doesn't know where he's taking her or what's happening. The only thing she actually does acknowledge is that Tenchi was trying to keep her safe and her hand is held tightly in Tenchi's as he continues to pull her along. She ignores her calves that feel like they're burning from all the running and the fact that she's gasping for air.
Kiyone hears Tenchi curse and before she realizes what's happening, she rams straight into Tenchi's back, making him tumble onto the ground. "Sorry." Kiyone apologizes breathlessly. She hunches down on her knees, gasping for breath as she glances around to look for the reason as to why Tenchi stopped. IT doesn't take her long to come up with the answer, Tenchi had in fact, led them to a dead end, meaning they would have to turn back around and try an find another way. To where, Kiyone doesn't know, all she knows is that Tenchi wants to keep on running as long as they know Azaka is somewhere out there.
Tenchi mutters a few incoherent words as he pushes himself on his feet. He glances over his shoulder only to widen his eyes, "Kiyone look out!" He calls out quickly. Kiyone quickly turns around, raising her gun at the same time, before she can fire however, Azaka knocks her to the ground with the crowbar he's holding, causing her to drop her gun in the process. Kiyone's pretty sure she heard something crack in her side as she hit the ground, 'Probably a few ribs.' She thinks to herself for a moment.
Azaka kneels down and picks up Kiyone's gun and aims it down at the police officer, "You killed my partner. Now I'll kill you." He doesn't get a chance however, Tenchi taking the momentarily distraction to his advantage, manage to charge forth and tackle Azaka to the ground, "Kiyone, Run!" He orders as he wrestles Azaka for possession of the gun.
Kiyone winces in pain as she forces herself up to her feet, she begins running away, staggering a bit from her injury, leaving Tenchi behind with Azaka, 'I need to get help.' She thinks to herself.
Tenchi successfully knocked the gun away from both of their grasp, however, Azaka still proves to be stronger than him when it comes to hand to hand. Kneeing Tenchi in the stomach, and throwing him off to the side, Azaka gets to his feet and turns to Tenchi and watches as he slowly gets back up on his own feet.
Tenchi takes a deep breath before charging at Azaka once again, the older man proves ready this time, easily striking Tenchi off to the side with a firm kick, making him slide and roll on the ground in the process. "I don't care how much the boss wants you alive anymore." Azaka says as he walks over to the discarded gun, "I've put up with you long enough." Picking up the gun of the ground he turns around and aims it at Tenchi's back as he lays on the ground.
Tenchi closes his eyes tightly as he lays on the ground. He begins thinking about how his life has been up to this point. His mother abandoning him and his father, having his father and grandfather murdered, living on the streets, doing whatever Azaka and Kimedaki had ordered him to do. They've made his life a hell in more than one way.
He was there watching them as they killed his grandfather and than his father, he was there watching them as they burned their house down, tossing his father and grandfather's body in the apartment to make it look like an accident. That's all he could ever do, watch. He was helpless back then, being tied up in the backseat of their Cadillac outside of his family's apartment. Than after all they did to him, he begins working for them, not having any other way of supporting himself on his own. When he was younger, he vowed to get his revenge for what they did, and yet, as he grew older, he cared less.
But here he is now, sprawled out across the ground, a gun pointed at him, ready to be shot in the back. 'No...' Tenchi thinks to himself. His right hand slowly begins inching its way down to his waist.
"Goodbye Masaki." Tenchi hears Azaka say.
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Kiyone stops her running at the sound of a gun being fired. 'Tenchi...' She immediately begins heading back to where she last saw him, fearing the worst has happened. She wills her legs to push her faster, cutting the corner, she stops and stares at the seen in front of her, her mouth hanging wide, 'Oh my god.'
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'Where did they go?' Ryoko thinks as she becomes frustrated, she's flown all around the area in search of Tenchi, desperate to find him before something bad happens. "Damnit Tenchi! Where the hell are you!" She shouts throughout the city. She freezes when she suddenly hears a single gunshot go off. Without a moment of hesitation she takes off in the direction. 'No.. I can't be too late, no.' She thinks to herself.
'He gives his life for another'
Tsunami's words flow through Ryoko's mind, 'No! It's not too late, it can't be!' Ryoko shouts, her eyes stinging as the tears weld up in her eyes. She finally finds the place and stops, hovering above the scene, 'Tenchi...'
Azaka can't help but smirk.
Sorry y'all! But guess what? That's it for now! Ain't I evil? Hee hee hee HA HA HA MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Cough hack cough! Well anyways, sorry this chapter was so short. Well sort of short. In my opinion, this chapter was poorly done, to me, it's crap. I don't know why, it just seemed hard to write out. Maybe one day I'll come back and redo this chapter, heh heh, yea when pigs grow wings and spit fire out of their asses. (Looks at the people staring at him) What? (Shakes head) Well anyways, review and tell me how much you just LOVE me! Hee hee hee. TTNC!