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Getting A Life 12
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"Omi… Bombay! Are you sure of this?"
"Yes Balinese! For the nth time, I'M SURE OF THIS!"
Yoji seemed apprehensive towards the whole plan. Going back to the ruins with Kimi made his shy, proud and well… just uneasy.
[snort…snort]
"What the hell is your problem now Balinese?"
"Eh? Well… uh… [sigh] fine! I just wanna make a snorting sound."
"…because?"
Ran arched a brow to make Yoji stand down, but the blonde just winked and led the way instead.
"Otoosan? Do you still remember where you got me?"
"Yes."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"Well then, where is it?"
"Yes."
"OTOOSAN!"
"Yes."
"Yoji!"
Ken slapped the back of Yoji's head just to make sure he's still with them… at least mentally.
"Friggin'… HIDAKA!"
"Have you not noticed that you've been stalling the whole team for about [checks watch] 30 minutes now?! We're not in a park here, Kudou! This is a mission!"
"Du-uh, Siberian!!! I wanna stall! Just wanna stall!!"
"WHY?!"
"…because!!!! I am… I'm… SHY!"
Yoji sat on a nearby corner and started to pout and grump and murmur.
"Excuse me, what?!" [puts down katana]
"…[grunt grunt] shy forgoodnesssake….[grunt grunt]"
"Toosan, but why?"
[sighs] "I vowed to myself that I will never go back here, Kimi! There's too much… see, all the things I did the morning before the mission here. All the stupidity with-… argh! Then it all changes into good and I-… I just can't believe it. I don't wanna do this. I'm out."
He stood up but Ran pushed him down.
"Kudou, please…"
"No, Fujimiya-… it's just… I'll stand guard outside just like before."
No one wanted to touch him as he took his exit and stayed out.
"Abyssinian, what shall we do now?"
"Here, Cymric and Bombay, go up to where-.. wherethehelldidhecomefrom?!!!"
Startled, Ran jumped from where hm and stood at Ken's back.
"GETITOFFME!!!GETITOFFME!!!"
"Uhm, R-Ran… you do know that you're screaming, right?"
"WHATTHEHELL'SHEDOING??"
"Oniichan! How mean! Come here, boo-boo."
"Boo…"
From Ran's leg, the cute thing came bouncing towards Kimi, as he rested on her chest.
[pant pant] "I…don't like…it."
"ABYSSINIAN! MEAN!"
"But I really don't like it!"
"Ran-kun! Kimi-chan! This isn't the right time and place! Especially for YOU [points at Ran] to show us your girly side, kochiro!" [kochiro = leader]
"Hmph! [straightens up] Cymric, Bombay! Go up to the main lab. Siberian and I will look of clues. GO!"
"…look for clues my ass.."
"I heard that Miamatsu!" [glares]
"Hn. [clutches boo-boo] Don't mind Ran-niichan, boo-boo… he's mean because he's not as cute as you!"
Omi eyes her and gives a wide grin.
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"Ken… seen anything yet?"
"Nope…"
"Footprints, laces, hair, blood?"
"footprints um… only ours. Laces…???!!! [eyes Ran] um… hair, none…all ash! Blood… it's been months, Ran; no trace. [pauses] Laces?"
"…shut-up."
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"Kimi, over here!"
"Ne, Bombay?"
"It's… blocked?!"
Omi and Kimi were standing in front of the entrance but boulders and rocks stood as barriers.
"How are we supposed to go in there?"
"Uh… ah! I have all the explosives."
"But Omi-nii! This was made possible by an explosion, right?"
"Uh…yah, as what your dad said."
"Then what's the chance of having to lessen that problem with another explosion?"
"Hmm… good point. But then how?"
"Wait, I'll look at the other side."
"Ay! I'll come with you!"
"Iie! Stay here, Omi-nii. Please check if there's even a small opening."
"Okay. But hey! Be careful, ne? and Boo-boo too!"
"Hai!" [runs towards the other side]
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"Ran, I think I found something."
"Eh?"
"Isn't this…what is it?"
[looks at it carefully] "I'm not sure but I think it's a piece of delicate fabric. I'm guessing Crawford's or Doc. Ashton's."
"Crawford?"
"…Armani."
"Ahh…"
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"Kimi! Kimi! Daoijobou?"
"…"
"Kimi-chan?! Are you-…"
"Omi-nii! Come here! I found another way in!"
[sighs] "Hooo-boy… thought you were-… okay! Coming!"
Omi took a round trip just to go where Kimi was because of all the rocks and pebbles, which were still falling.
"Ne? Nani?"
"Look!"
Omi knelt beside her and saw a small opening between two gigantic rocks.
"You're not serious!"
"…found anything else?"
"But Kimi! I can't even fit there!"
[grins] "You can't… but I can."
[looks at her] "Oh no… nonononono! Yoji's gonna kill me if anything happens to you, Kimi-chan!"
"Niichan! Toosan isn't even here!"
"Kimi! I can't… can we just do the explosion thing?"
"No! there might be more chaos around here and besides…"
"…eh?"
Her sudden pause was disturbing in that kind of situation but Omi tried to bear with her.
"One or more than one of my sisters could still be alive in there, Omi-kun."
"Kimi! It's been too long! With no air or support inside, they're… oh Kimi…"
"Ah! Let's just…. Here! Hold Boo-boo for a while. [he jumps on Omi] I'll shout when I'm already on the other side, ne?"
"But you don't even know how deep it is! From here, Kimi, it's dark! What if it leads you to-…"
"Bombay. Back me up."
Without warning, she slipped inside the opening and vanished.
"Oh shit. PURE shit."
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"I'm siiiinging in the raiiiiin…. What a glorious feeling! I'm happy again…"
Yoji sang as he threw his last cigar on the street while rain carried it away on the gutter.
"Ah! Ehem… ehem… rain drops keep falling on my head… la-la-la-lalala-la-la…." [coughs…sigh]
"…you're not even on the right tune."
"Uh? Who's there?"
Yoji readied his wire as the stranger came forward.
"Komban wa, Kudou-san."
"Uh… Naoe?"
[nods] "Fujimiya called Schwartz. I'm just making sure it's a 'safe' meeting."
[chuckles] "Oh yeah…. safe."
"You seem… out of the team?"
"Nope. Just making a clean rest before I-… what is it to you anyway, kiddo?"
[glares at the term] "Just making sure that your so-called daughter is with you?"
"Yup… but as we've talked about, you can't touch her."
"…without a fight."
"Of course." [smiles]
"Hn. Well then, you coming?"
"Eh?"
"Inside, Kudou-san."
"Nope."
"…why?"
[starts to hum again] "You're with the rest?"
"Yes. Schuldich too."
"Ah… are you in for another boring counter-part fight again?"
"I'm not sure…"
"See, I'm on duty, Nagi."
Nagi's eyes became soft as he tried to read Yoji's facial expression. He even lessened his telepathic powers just to affirm Yoji that he means no harm… not yet, at least.
"May I stand beside you?"
"Sure." [moves]
"Kudou-san, I do not wish to be rude but may I ask a personal question?"
"Hmm… you're too young to be hitting on me, ne?"
[] "That's not it!" [blush]
"I'm just kidding, Nagi! [laughs] Go on, shoot!" [hums a little again]
"…why did you change…change everything just for clone 1202 um, sorry… Kimi?"
Yoji closed his eyes and smiled as he opened them again. He looked at Nagi and nodded.
"I know that it's rude to answer a question with another question so instead, I'll just present a situation to you, Nagi."
[nods]
"Here: let's say you went in a grocery store; the 5th store you went to. You kept on looking for this um… [thinks] bear with me here… you were looking for a brownie mix so you can bake. [Nagi arched a brow…Yoji sweat dropped] Now you got in the aisle where all the cooking stuff was and you saw the brand of brownie mix you were looking for but…"
[Nagi listened more]
"A kid with her whole family was holding the LAST box of brownie mix. [looks at Nagi] Surely you're gonna get pissed and you'll try telepathy on the kid because she's easy but then again you saw the expression on her face. The blooming happiness, the innocent laughter and of course, the sudden love she showed her parents as they proudly gave her a go signal to buy that brownie mix."
[pouts]
"Now, Nagi… what are you going to do?"
[thinks]
"Now don't forget that you've been searching for that brownie mix for a very long time and consider the fact that, that store is the 5th store you'v gone to."
Nagi closed his eyes and tried to think of the situation. He also placed himself in the position of the child…but he just felt bitter doing so.
"I-…"
"Yes?"
He thought more… he applied some basic observations and even pondered as to how the situation could relate to his question to Yoji.
"I'll leave."
"…hmmm? Why so?"
"As to not make any fuss. [looks at Yoji] Kudou-san, isn't that what you're going to do? You'll just leave an innocent child to her own happy treasures, right? Just like what you can do for Kimi… have her own happy ways. That's your change, am I right?"
Yoji backed away from the wall, yawned, and walked towards the edge of the shed.
"You're wrong."
Nagi was flabbergasted.
"Then you're…"
[He faced the Nagi] "See, Nagi. I need the mix. That kid doesn't even know what to do with the mix. Oh sure, I can approach the family, ask them nicely if they'd just give the mix to me because I NEED it but hey! If the kid turns into a spoiled little brat, I will still get that brownie mix no matter what."
"But why?!"
"See here, let's change it now. Let's go back to reality, Nagi. The brownie mix is Kimi. The child and her family are nuisance, and the one who needs the brownie mix can be me or Ran or Omi or Ken etc… [faces him] In that kind of situation, like the one that happened inside that building, I chose my change. I chose to save Kimi no matter what happens…"
"Balinese…"
"I chose…and I regret. Yes, I DID. But not anymore, Prodigy. See, the change was not for Kimi. I changed my life because of Kimi. In that split second, I immediately thought of changing my entire life for that innocent. And the hindrance… I will fight all of them just for that child."
Nagi just stood there, looking directly at Yoji's determined eyes; afraid to say anything.
"Your change doesn't stop on how you save your family, Nagi. It's yet to come… so wait for it properly."
Yoji's parting words were smooth but Nagi took a different heed.
"…My change is here, Kudou-san."
[stops walking; smiles] "Oh yes, it may be here… [looks at him] but how can you handle it?"
"By fighting the hindrance no matter what." [grins]
"Hn. True, true…" [walks away]
"Is that all, Balinese?"
"Oh yes, Prodigy. I do hope I answered your question."
"Ah, hai…. Domo."
[nods]
And the child goes back to his own team…prepared to fight.
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"Kimi! Kimi! Are you okay?! can you hear me? KIMI!"
After 15 minutes of shouting and calling, Omi's voice echoed inside the entire building but apparently, he's the only one who can hear himself.
"Boo…"
"Aw, Boo-boo… why the hell did she have to be as stubborn as her father!"
"Omi!"
[looks behind] "Ran! Ken! Thank goodness! You've got to help me here!"
"Where's Miamatsu?"
"That's my point, Ran-kun! She went inside that small opening and I can't fit so I can't go after her!"
"Damn that kid! What are we supposed to do now, Ran?"
[thinks] "How deep is it, Omi?"
"I'm not really sure Ran-kun but I'm guessing it's… 3 times as long as your katana."
"Yosh."
"Eh? What's the plan, Ran?"
"Ken, go in front and try to knock the rocks with your bugnuks."
"Wha-…? I can't do that! my weapon's not that strong! I might-…"
"Ken! No time for excuses! And remember, your bugnuks' steel was made from katana metal. It can break anything."
"…boulders?!"
"Just try! Nothings stopping you."
"Hai…" [runs towards the other side]
"Omi, go get Yoji. As soon as we get inside that laboratory, we need Yoji's details. Got it?"
"Hai! On my way…ah chotto matte! What about Kimi?"
"I'll take care of it now go!"
"Ah… okay." [runs down to Yoji]
Ran knelt down and observed the opening… "too narrow…" he thought.
[shouts] "Ken! How's the work back there?"
"Argh! Arug! [pants…] I'm working on it!"
"Ay!"
He stood up, took off his trench coat and shouted still.
"Kimi! Can you hear me?"
"…"
"I need to know if you're okay, Miamatsu can you hear me?"
"…"
"Kuso… [shouts] I'll kill you if you don't-…"
"I can hear you! I can!"
[blinks…glares] "Then why answer only now?!"
[coughs] "I can't answer inside that hole! AHH!"
"KIMI!"
"I'm… [coughs] okay it's… who's scratching the big rock?!"
[thinks to himself] "Good!" [shouts] "Hidaka! Cut deeper! Your bugnuks are starting to penetrate on the other side!"
"Hai! Roger! HAAA!!!" [slash…slash…]
"Kimi, how deep is the passage?"
"It was… I think 4 times your katana! Not only 3 times."
"Yoshi. I need you to do something, Cymric. First, are you really inside the laboratory now?"
"H-hai…"
"I detect uncertainty?"
"Uh, no! It's just that… it's a little creepy in here."
"Don't touch or do anything yet. Ken's work will still take more time. Now here, [unsheathes the katana] I need you to do your job from in there. You have to help Ken."
"Oniichan I-…"
"No time for worries. You're here now…with us. You have to help."
"What will I do?"
"Kimi, I'm going to throw the katana… I'll make sure that it reaches you there. Get it and use it."
"B-but how?!"
"Remember everything that I've taught you. you know how to use the sword Kimi. Trust yourself."
"NIICHAN I CAN'T EVEN FLING IT!!!"
"Do it! I'm not asking you, Kimi. THIS IS AN ORDER."
Ran took aim and slipped the weapon with all force.
[pant] "Did it reach you?"
"matte…. I hear it… HAI!"
[sighs] "Good… no go! Use it, now!"
[gulps] "Seriously, Ran-niichan. I cannot do it."
"… you may not be a full pledged asassin, Kimi…but I sure know you're my daughter."
Kimi's hesitation halted as she heard Yoji's voice.
"Otoosan I-…"
"Ay honey, with the pledge stuff… I'm actually kidding. [looks at Ran and Omi] We didn't pledge or signed a certificate but hey! A job's a job, Kimi. Now… you're 'job' is to help all of us enter your side so we can finish all of this, ne?"
"What if the sword get's stuck?"
"Then pull it out, Kimi."
"But Ran-nii!"
"Kimi-chan! You can do it, come on! You've dared yourself to fit in the narrow way and you made it safely there so come on!"
"…Abyssinian doesn't have a weapon."
"I risked it…for you to help all of us. We all believe in you! Now, GO! Cymric, for the last time. DO IT NOW!"
"WAIAAIT! Kimi!"
"Hai, [readies to slice] otoosan?"
[fat grin] "If it helps, [shouts]Ran isn't wearing any coat! If you slice faster, you might see him wearing his sleeveless shirt! ONLY his shirt!"
[a fallen katana was heard from the other side] "Oo-oops…sorry!"
"Hahahaahaha!!! I can't believe you have it in you!"
Ran grabbed Yoji's head and messed up his hair while shouting profanities.
"Hey! AAHHH! A little [grunt grun grunt] help here! KIAAAAAHH!"
"Uh, Ken-kun!"
[] "I…almost forgot about Ken."
"Gee Ran [pants pants] thank you!" [cuts]
"Yoji, stay here. Guard your daughter's actions. Omi, stand by with your explosives. If ever Kimi gets hurt inside that lab, blow up the rocks."
"But, Ran!"
"I know… but there's not much of a choice here. Ken's stamina is limited…human, Omi. Human."
"What will you do?"
[wears trench coat] "…Schwartz."
[blush] "You'll do…Schwartz?!"
[scowl] "Do not, I repeat… DO NOT STAY WITH YOJI EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT!"
Omi gave Ran a very hysteric laugh as he walked past Ken and dug his way for his little explosives.
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"Nagi…"
"Uh, Schu!"
The boy has been contemplating near the door about what Balinese said to him.
"I… can read your mind, Nagi. You've opened yourself."
"Huh?! Oh, sorry…[releases aura] and now?"
[thinks] "Nope. It's closed now…but hey, I still read it."
"Oy, Schuldich! Just leave it, okay?"
"Fine, fine… I'm not saying anything."
"…but that face expression a whole different thing."
[laughs] "Sorry, Nagi."
"It's… hai."
"Prodigy, Mastermind."
"Crawford…"
"Bradley."
"Where's Weiss?"
"Uh, I haven't seem them yet."
Crawford looked at Nagi… and slapped him.
"Never lie to me, Naoe. Where's Balinese?"
"You don't hae to slap him there and then, Crawford! What the fuck are you after, anyway?!" [stands between Crawford and Nagi]
"If it's not too much, Mastermind. WE are after the girl. And as for you, Prodigy. I wish for you to go back to the base and research on Ashton's works…a search we should've done months ago."
"…h-hai." [walks away with hatred in his eyes]
[snarl]
"Now don't try and bite me, Schuldich… I'm just starting. Too bad I had to start with Nagi."
Crawford turned around and tried to look for the staircase but Fujimiya was already descending from it.
"Ah, Abyssinian…submitting to our heed?"
"Hn."
"Where's the girl?"
"None of your business…"
"Then… perhaps this meeting was about our postponed fight?
"No, Brad. It's not. [eyes Schuldich] And if you'd be so considerate, Schuldich, leave."
Schuldich glared at Ran, but then, he used telepathy to talk with Schu.
"..follow Nagi."
"Huh?"
"Leave Crawford and follow Nagi. I saw how he slapped him. Go!"
"I'm not thanking you, if that's what you expect."
"I'm not."
…Schuldich left the scene with Crawford smiling at Ran,and he irritated at the sight.
"Well, you told me you are proposing something else?"
"Yes."
"Well?"
"…you will leave Kimi alone."
[laughs] "And?"
"…you get me, instead."
Crawford paused…
"Ahh, I did not see THIS coming. Hmmm, amusing as it may be, Ran, I cannot permit such a proposal."
"…because?" [mild glare]
"Ahum… because we don't need you."
"And what do you possibly need from a 16 year old girl?"
"Hah! We don't need the human, Fujimiya. We need the power within her…stopped."
Ran clutched his katana sheath; only to notice that he doesn't have his weapon.
"As I've said, Abyssinian, she will ruin this world for both good and bad. I cannot permit it. no one has that much of a right, anyway."
"If there's anyone who has the right to put a stop to what she's going to become, it's Yoji…and us."
"Ah, Fujimiya. You really don't understand, ne?"
"…enlighten me, Crawford. If you really think you have the true answer."
"Clone 1202 has to die. My vision never did fluctuate in any event so much to tell you that it's for real. She will wipe out the whole human race, Ran. and it's all your fault."
"Pardon?"
"…the pill didn't just make her a human; you made her hold back her power and thus, when time comes that she feels like her world's crumbling down, she'll include everyone else's world."
[smirks] "Now you amuse me."
[arches a brow]
"See, Crawford… what do you care about the world?"
"…"
"What's the agenda?"
"… she'll kill Schwartz, she'll kill Weiss. That's basically it."
"Ah, but no. She'll kill Schwartz is the IT."
"True, true…now what?" [irritated]
"…of course I won't let you take her so, go home, Crawford."
"…and what? Let my family die, Fujimiya?"
half way through going up that staircase, Ran felt heavy and jarred.
"You're…"
"Hn. Change the sides and tell me, Ran. what would you do if Kimi was raised by Schwartz and you had to kill her?"
"First of all, Crawford, I guess she won't be hard to kill because she'll be-…"
"…you're so wrong."
Crawford's grieving eyes made Ran stop at his assault.
"Well? Well?!! Aren't you going to do the same stupid thing? Even if you die and you carry all the guilt! You just have to stop that kid because your loved ones will pay the price. They're the ones who's gonna be at her mercy when time comes!"
"Now you're wrong! No matter what side Kimi was raised from, if she were good then the person to do such a heinous crime would think twice!"
Insulted and confused, Crawford took his gun and aimed it at Ran's head.
"No…"
"Crawford, you're ruining your life! It's time to move on!"
"No! [shakes his head] You don't know what we're up against, Fujimiya! You have no idea!"
"But I do, Brad! I really do!"
[clicks on the safety]
"Stop."
"Oh Fujimiya… now tell me, what were you thinking when you wanted to exchange yourself for her?"
Even if he was trained to stay calm as a gun points straight at his head, Ran' fear was rising because Crawford isn't in his right mind.
"…information. That's what you need."
"Haha! You're really going to give your life for her, aren't you?"
"Brad, you don't have to do this."
"Oh… [smirks and laughs hysterically] but I do."
One shot was fired and blood was spilling out of the younger man's body.
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"Kimi! Are you okay?"
"Hai!" [slash slash]
"… it doesn't take a genius to know that you've already slashed yourself, Kimi."
[tries to wipe the blood out of her hands] "Yah…it takes to be my dad to know. Duh, toosan! A katan was made to be very sharp! Forged by thousands of men during the ancient times and please! I have to take care of the sword!"
"Oy,oy for Ran's sake! You think he'll like his sacrifice if you took care of his sword but your hands are scared and hey! Are you lis-…"
"Toosan, do me a favor and shush! [Yoji was taken aback] Yelp at me later… I have to do this on my own."
"…can't even decide if I'm gonna be proud or slap you."
[shouts] "Yoji! Did you hear something?"
"Like what, Omi?!" [shouts back]
"I think I heard a gun shot!"
[thinks] "I'll… check it. Wait! Update back there!"
"Uh hai! Ken's-…"
"…TIRED!" [puts down bugnuks and scowls]
"Ken-kun!…yah but the rocks are thin now!"
"Yosh! [shouts] Miamatsu!"
"Hai- ah!" [gush of blood was heard dripping]
"Damn it Kimi!"
"Just… what's the message!" [almost in tears]
"Give those rocks one big slice… and it's all over."
"Roger! HHHAAAAA!!"
[dismayed] "I'll go down. You guys work your way inside… Ran and I will follow, ayt?"
"Ayt!"
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"Craw-…"
Ran's shoulder was bleeding fast and his complexion was paler than usual.
"Such a miss, ne? Your rear isn't even fully healed and now, you have a bullet stuck inside your shoulder. How pitiful can you get?"
His fall on the staircase made it worse as he slipped and made his wound open up more.
"Ah!"
His pain was too much to bear but it became a happy sight for Crawford.
"Ran!"
Yoji's sudden appearance made Crawford shoot at will. Fat enough, Yoji dodged and hit Crawford straight.
"Uh!"
"Hm! Shoulder to shoulder… [goes down the stairs] Ran! ran! can you hear me?"
"Yoji… get Kimi out…of here."
"Damn it, Fujimiya! She's safe! You're not!"
"Haha! No one's going out of this building… no one alive!"
Crawford fired another shot, Yoji got hit but he got Crawford on the leg this time.
[bleeds] "Give it up, old fart!" [Crawford was down]
"Yoji!"
"It's okay… it slid through…that's all. [eyes Crawford…he wasn't moving] Ran, I have to get you upstairs. Can you move?"
[nods]
"Then let's go."
Painfully, the two older assassins of Weiss had to push themselves to reach their destination.
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"3!2!1! GO!"
Omi and Ken both kicked the thin barrier.
"Shit! At long last!"
Ken was about to smile as all his efforts paid off when a sudden scream from Omi distracted him.
"Kimi-chan! No! Wake up! Kimi-chan! Ken-kun!!!"
"Oh hell! Kimi!"
The youth was lying on the floor. Blood was all over her hands along with the weapon; her face was bloody too.
"Ken-kun! Let's stop it right here! If she loses more blood, she can-…"
"I'll take care of this, Omi but you have to keep on going!"
"What?!"
"You're the scientific one, Omi! You have to finish the mission or else all our sacrifices will be nothing!"
Omi checked Kimi's pulse one last time before Ken deliberately pushed him inside the laboratory.
"Go, Omi! Do it! I'll take care of her! Go!"
"H-hai!"
"Omi, please don't be in a hurry. We have lots of time… take everything you can!"
"Yes!"
Running from where Ken was, he immediately found himself facing all the cloning tubes, the mother board and the defused bomb Yoji stopped.
"Ken-kun! I need Yotan in here now!"
Apparently, Ken met the wounded Ran already because Yoji came running after Omi as soon as he heard him.
"I'm here, what's up?"
"Ah, yokatta! [good] I thought you-…you're also wounded!"
"Omi, Omi! Listen to me… I'll explain everything lat-…"
"Ran….[almost in tears] he's the one who got shot?!"
"Omi, for goodness sake! Snap out of it, boy! My daughter and Ran's life depends on how fast we can retrieve as many information as we can!"
[rubs eyes] "H-hai… [chokes] I need you to tell me the exact situation before Ashton killed himself up to the time you saw Kimi. Full details, Yotan!"
"Okay… uh.. [thinks…closes his eyes] he was talking about his plan for the clones… then he clicked on something and he died…uh, no wait! He broke…his thumb! Yah! Then he died because it contains something like… I dunno. "
"Then?"
"Uh, what are you doing?"
"I'm re-enacting every detail, Yoji! Now go! What's next?"
"Okay… then Schu and I fought again… more on profanities and…"
"And?!!"
"Hold on, will you! [closes his eyes again] ah… yes."
[FLASHBACK]
BEEEEEEP…. BEEEEEPPPP… BEEEEEEEEEEP… Activation sequence, positive.
"What the hell?! Shuldich, what did you do?"
sitting position "What do you mean me? May-… oh shit!"
sits too "Now, what?!!"
"The clone… THE CLONE'S ACTIVATED!"
"Uh?!! What to do now?!!" notices that Shuldich was not there "Damn it!"
[END FLASHBACK]
"We fought…he was coming up fast. I-…I jumped on one of the cloning tube… he came after me and slashed me I slashed him back as he was right behind me. [pause] I landed on the floor…he also landed beside me then…"
"…the clones were activated."
"No! Nono! The bomb was activated. After the whole thing, a bomb was activated see… I tried to stop it but then there. A light from one of the tubes suddenly caught my attention then I saw this fat blob then I went closer and saw a baby then I named it Kimi the-…"
"…that's too much Yoji. I already know that!"
"S-sorry hehe…"
"Look, you were mistaken all these months! You didn't de-active a bomb! The bomb was really part of the plan! That's why the building was ruined, dum-dum! You were trying to stop the activation of the clones!"
"Uh… okay." [sweatdrop]
"Yoji! Baka!"
"Boo…"
"Yah! And that too! You thi-…"
Omi looked up at one of the broken clone tubes and saw Boo-boo sitting on top of it!
"AARRRGGGHHHHHH!!!! BOO-BOO!!!!! COME DOWN HERE! YOU MIGHT GET HURT!!!!"
"Where did he…? How did he…? Oh gee shit!"
"Boo!"
"No time for jokes, cutey pie! You really have to come down here!"
[shakes his head]
"Boo-boo! Come here!"
[coos and shakes his head]
"MATTE! Yoji! I think he wants us to check the tube itself!"
"Eh? [looks up at the alien] Boo-boo, you want us to come get you, ne?"
[nod nod nod]
"Ah… pretty smart if I may say so."
"I'm going up, Yotan! You catch Boo-boo down here, ayt?"
"Be careful, ne?"
[nods and goes up]
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"Ran, how are you holding up?"
"I'm fine, Ken. Rest yourself too."
[nods and clutches Kimi more]
"Is she-…"
"Her pulse is still stable. I think she just fainted."
"Ken s-…"
"You have the worst wound here, Ranners! Shut up and calm down, okay?!"
"Uh… [nods]"
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"Omi, what's up there?" [hugs Boo-boo]
"Yoji! It's amazing!"
"Eh?"
"From here, this tube is the only one who has an opened top! All the rest are closed!"
"What are you trying to say?" [Boo-boo curls up on his chest]
"Did you notice the tube you and Schu jumped on?"
"Er-… oh shit! You're so right! It was open! The top was open!"
"Are you sure, Yotan?!"
"Yes, I'm sure!"
[smiles] "Then Yoji, greet your daughter's cloning tube."
"Oh holy hell… are you kidding?!"
[shakes head as he smirks]
"Oh my… you're trying to say that-…"
"Yup! This is her tube!"
"Then why didn't the rest become alive too?"
"Well maybe because you pressed the button to release her tube and no one elses!"
"But it was a green and a red and there was a big yellow button!"
"That's why!"
"Omi, I pressed the red one! But it's not possible that 3 buttons control only 1 of each clone! There are 15 clones in here! Look at the tubes!"
"I know, Yoji!"
"Then how?"
"Matte."
Omi jumped from Kimi's tube to other tubes just to see if there were still 'babies' inside."
"Aha!"
[cradeling Boo-boo] "What aha?"
"Ha! 10 cloning tubes were not plugged during that faithful day when Ashton was visited by us."
"How'd you know that?!"
[jumps from the last tube to the ground] "See, Kimi's tube right here, the one at the end, the other one beside it, the other one here on the other end and the tube on Kimi's left are the only one's activated."
"Yah um, how'd you know that?"
"See, they're the only ones ruined, Yoji."
"Isn't it coincidental?"
"No, no! The other 10 are in good condition. It seems that Ashton has perfected 5 out of the 15 he wants. He didn't get to fill the 10 tubes…he just readied it."
[nods] "So are we sure that there isn't anyone alive besides Kimi?"
"Affirmative. All 5 tubes have dried out. But…"
"Eh?"
"I have here [gets a small container] a blood sample from Kimi's tube."
"WHAT? How can that be possible? It's been months!"
[sweatdrop] "That's why! I'm also curious!! I'm gonna pass this tomorrow. As for now, we get out of here."
"Wait! Let's check first! I just…want to make sure."
"Hai!"
Yoji went to the left side as Omi went to the right; both checked every single space/corner that might lead them into noticing something.
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"Ran…"
"…still here."
"Good."
"Eh Ken."
"Hm?"
"Gomen ne…"
"Ran!"
"Look, I'm really sorry if I kept on pushing you for the past few months. I'm…just-…"
"Hn. Don't worry. Wakarimasu." ["I understand."]
"Uh…"
"R-Ran?"
"…"
"N-no…" [closes his eyes and falls alseep]
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"Saw anything?"
"Nope. You?"
"Nada!" [carries Boo-boo still]
"Then let's go!"
"Not.so.fast…"
Yoji turned around first, only to be greeted by a welcoming punch from Schuldich's fist.
"Ah! Yotan! Boo-boo!"
"Hmm… so much for plan A, ne Bombay? Well I guess we really have to take Kimi now."
[gets darts] "I won't let you!"
"Oy, Omi. Can't you see? You're the only one standing here?"
"…wha-what?"
"Ran's losing a lot of blood. Ken's sleeping out of tiredness. Yoji's out cold now and well… she's not waking up."
Omi threw dart, but Nagi stopped it and threw it back at him.
"Uh!"
"Hit by your own weapon, how sad can that be?"
Schuldich grabbed Omi by the neck and flung him to the side. Instantly, he was knocked out.
"…cake."
"Ah! Schuldich! Watch out!"
A wire got hold of his arm and his leg, squeezed it and bled.
"No!"
Nagi charged Yoji; even as his mind was still pondering about Yoji's words, he acted as to how Schu screamed in pure agony.
"Iie!"
Nagi was sure that he hit Yoji but that sudden scream didn't come from him. He looked up and saw Yoji's face.
"Kimi! Run!"
He saw the girl holding a katana…Ran's katana as she took the full force of Nagi's attack.
"Kimi…?"
"See Nagi… [tries to stand up with his wire still attached to Schu] you may stop all the hindrance that can come your way but you don't know who your real brownie mix is nor how to change because of it."
"Shu-shut-up!!!!"
He attacks a second time…only to be stopped by Schuldich's mental assault.
"AH! [looks at Schu] But why?!"
"Nagi… [squirms in pain] you're being reckless. Bear in mind that they're assassins too…not JUST humans." [falls on the ground]
"Schuldich!"
"DON'T!"
"YOJI-KUN!!!"
Nagi stopped. One moment, he knew that he was just running towards Schuldich; however, as he looked at the situation he just left, he noticed that Omi was about to hit him but Yoji stood up and protected Naoe, causing him to take Omi's dart instead.
"Nooo!!! Otoosan!!"
"Yoji-kun!"
Nagi looked at Yoji with guilt and terror in his eyes.
"You incompetent fool!"
Nagi's anger grew as he threw Omi against the wall.
"NOOO!"
He looked at Kimi…her eyes were fixed on Omi's body as it slammed on the wall.
"You! You're the reason for all this suffering! You're the reason for Weiss' sacrifices and foolishness! You're the reason why my family's going to die!!! SHINNNN-NNEEEE!!!!!!!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Her outcry joined Nagi's as one waited for the attack and the attacker feasted on his waiting prey.
"DIIIEEE!!!"
However… he really didn't realize his mistake till he felt it himself.
"UH!"
Nagi's forces were stopped as the girl in front of him stood and walked towards him. He was freaked out; every single step made the land crack open. The rocks surrounding her flew in all directions…hitting everyone and everything when it passes by; her eyes were of different color, finally settling itself to pure black … mixing all the bad aura in her.
"S-stop!"
Nagi's voice trembled at the mere sight of Kimi's image. Her hair flew up and the blood on her face, hands, and some on her body transformed into patches of black. Her clothes were starting to disintegrate but skin wasn't visible; instead, cold, luminous complexion built her whole being…and she had a grown up's body.
"You don't know what you're doing anymore! Stop!"
He tried to stop her but even his high leveled powers can't penetrate through her.
"AAAAAAAAA!!!"
Shrills… that's the only sound coming from her mouth. Everything was dying… she was the symbol of destruction and Nagi now felt what Crawford felt when he saw her.
"I'm not going…to die here!"
He boosted up his spiritual level but a taste of her power made Nagi drop as he slammed into a wall.
"AAA!AAAAAAAA!!!!"
Her hatred has visible but her mind was out of control. She screamed and used her power at will and didn't even care if she was aiming at Weiss or Schwartz.
"Nagi! Nagi wake up!"
"Who-…uh!" [spits blood]
"We have to get everyone out of here, d you understand me?"
"I-…I can't move."
"Oh shit! Wait here."
Ken was tired and drained from all the rock scratching but he wasn't going to give up on everyone inside that place. Even as his heart was pained to see his sister like that, he had to save the others first… but still he had to put a stop to her.
"Yoji! Yoji wake up! It's Ken! Can you hear me?!"
"…Hi-…"
"Yotan! Please!"
"Ke-…[cough cough] Ken! What's going on?"
"Yoji you have to help me get all of us out of here!"
"Why are you so scared?! What's happening?!"
Ken moved his head for Yoji to see his own daughter's chaotic means.
"Oh my…who…"
"Yoji [tears] we have to get out of here! No one else can help us now! This was supposed to be her true being! Kimi's dangerous!"
[shakes Ken] "Hold on, now! Stay with me! I need you to go back to Ran [dodges an assault from Kimi] shit! Go back to Ran and take him to the hospital! One more hour and he can really die!"
"But you?!"
"I'll get Omi! Ah! [pulls dart from his body] Schuldich has to help me!"
"But h-…"
"GO! GET RAN NOW!"
Ken looked at Yoji one last time as he surpassed all the flying rocks and managed to get to Ran.
"Schuldich… Schuldich, can you hear me?"
"Still here…"
"Take Nagi and go…get the hell out of here."
"Hihihi… can't take the sight, ne?"
"I don't want the boy to die Schuldich… but if ever Nagi wasn't here…I won't even-…"
"Oh pish-posh, Balinese! We both know that we're all gonna die someday! Sad thing is, THIS won't be the first time you'll see her like this."
Schuldich got up from where he was but his leg failed him so he crawled and slowly tried to sense Nagi's aura.
"Is the boy okay?"
"Yes."
Yoji lied still for a minute. Trying to think on where he might have made a mistake in raising Kimi. He looked at her from where he was and he saw a totally different woman… monstrous and absurd.
"That's not…her. That's not my daughter!"
"Yoji!"
"What?"
"Get Omi too, now! The whole place's gonna blow for good!"
"Kimi! How will I stop her!"
"Bitch! She may be the problem now but save your little resident computer/science geek before they both get lost! And it'll be your fault too!"
Schuldich's words were harsh but it made Yoji crawl to where Omi was.
"AAAAAAA!AAAAAA!!!!"
"Her pains too much, Yoji! No one can stop that!"
"She's draining everyone! Schu, I have to stop her."
"ARE YOU NUTS?!"
"At this point, Schuldich… enemies are the only ones you can rely on. Omi…you don't have a personal grudge against the him, ne?"
"No, Yoji! NO! DON'T DO THIS!"
Yoji stood up, looked directly into Schuldich's eyes and smiled.
"Please take Omi with you and Nagi. Please, Schuldich; we've done many things against each other but his life isn't worth sacrificing for what I'm about to do."
"Yo-Yoji…"
"Schuldich, I don't want Omi to die here. He has lots of things to do… for Ran for Ken for Weiss. If I die-…"
"That's the thing, sonofabitch! You're gonna die because of me! Not your own dau-…"
"Che! Then I won't die! Just please…take Omi with you. I'm stopping this 'thing'."
"YOOOJJJJIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"
Ken's eyes were fixed on him. Even if he didn't hear the flow of conversation between the two assassins inside, he sure knew what Yoji was up to.
"KEN! DIDN'T I TELL YOU TO TAKE RAN?!"
"YOJI PLEASE DON'T!!"
"I'LL KILL YOU IF RAN DIES! I SWEAR HIDAKA!"
"Need help?"
"Huh?"
Without any warning, Ken flew down the staircase with Ran on his back. He wasn't injured but he had no choice but to walk out of the building crying.
"How'd…"
"Throw Omi over here."
Yoji eyed Schuldich but he gave him a courteous nod, and so he did as told.
"Yoji…"
"O-omi?!"
"Schuldich, Nagi… get away from this place now."
"Omi! You're coming with them!"
"NO!"
"TSUKIYONO!"
[cries] "I almost lost Ran! Ken was supposed to leave Weiss when he lost his mother and now YOU?! AND KIMI TOO! NO, DAMNIT! I WON'T ALLOW IT!"
Omi took a sharp dart from his pocket.
"Schu! If you don't get out of here, I'll kill Nagi!"
Yoji tried to stop him but his determination made Schuldich jump to the window and disappear.
"OMI!"
"YOTAN! If Ran's with Ken if he dies… [cries] at least allow me to be here if you die…so that it won't be unfair that you didn't-…"
Yoji knelt and hugged the young boy as if to say that, that will never happen again.
"Yoji… how will you stop her?!"
"I really don't know, Omittchi but…"
Yoji took his cross necklace and gave it to Omi.
"If ever she snaps out of it…but it's too late for me, please tell her that she doesn't have to punish herself and feel guilty…because I did it for her. Tell her how much I love her…take my place, Omi. I want you to be her father more than Ran or Ken could be one for her."
Even as he cried he understood every single word that Yoji said, and Yoji knew that too.
"Boo…"
"WHATTHE-…"
Omi stood up next to Yoji.
"Boo-boo's still here! OH SHIT!"
Yoji aimed his wire…shot it… but it didn't work!
"Yotan! Look!"
The exotic creature was seen by the two, walking towards Kimi and…
"He's wailing!"
"Eh [holds wound from dart] is that a cry?! That's what he says everyday!"
"Oy, Yotan! [holds Yoji for support] We have to stop him!"
"Kuso! Baka no-…"
Yoji walked towards the little one. Inching through all the commotion his daughter caused.
"Yoji! Be careful!"
A nod satisfied Omi's comforting words as the eldest Weiss' form was getting smaller and smaller from where Omi stood.
"Damn Yoji… you come back to us alive."
He murmured as he closed his eyes and sat down, his back resting on the wall.
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"Boo…. Boo-boo!"
"Pesky little-… OI! COME HERE!"
His efforts were all in vain as Boo-boo hurried up to Kimi when he saw Yoji coming for him.
"Hey! What the hell do you think you're doing! Boo-boo!!!"
[looks at Yoji…tears] "Mamow…"
Yoji stopped when he saw Boo-boo's face. He looked straight into his golden eyes and then shifted his Jade ones to Kimi.
"Damn, what is she doing?"
Bouncing and bouncing all the way up to the middle of the laboratory, the little thing just kept on going on; he didn't seem to care that he was getting hurt because he bounces on sharp pieces of rocks sometimes.
"Uh!"
Yoji was determined to go to the middle too but he also was determined to help that poor soul reach Kimi first; Yoji was responsible for breaking every single rock that could squish Boo-boo as he bounced.
"Mamow!"
Omi stood up…afraid that something might have happened to Boo-boo or Yoji or Kimi.
"Yotan! Daijoubu ka? Doko deuska?!" ["Yotan! Are you okay? Where are you?"]
There was no reply but he heard him grunting.
"Is Boo-boo okay?!"
Even with all that noise, the creature's voice remained on top for which Omi took it as a guide.
"I have to do something…but what?! I can't even stand up properly!"
"OMI!"
"Uh, YOJI?!"
"Whatever you do, stay there! I'm almost in the- urgh! I'm almost near Kimi!"
"Uh… [thinks: did he hear my words from here?] hai! Be careful, onegai!"
[grunts]
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"AAAAAA!!! AAAAAAAAA! AAAA!!"
"MAMOW!"
"Boo-boo! Stop screaming! She'll hit you!"
"MAMOW! MAMOW!"
With every scream, Boo-boo's bounce speeded up until Yoji didn't have the power to come closer.
"NOOO! STOP!!"
But he didn't. His pillow-like structure made it possible for him to go near Kimi undetected for he seems like a non-living thing.
"No!"
And he drops… Yoji's body ached; his whole weight struck the hard floor.
"…can't move…anymore."
"AAAAAAAA!"
He heard her…she was near him.
"Oh…no… she heard…me?"
His presence as a existing being made Kimi feel his aura for she was now in front of his fallen body.
"Kimi… it's me, toosan."
Her eyes were of pure negativity and her face… it was older; a woman's face, though in agony and lament.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"
"Ki-…Kimi please… stop it… you're going to hurt Omi. And Boo-boo… don't do thi-this [coughs] please."
He mustn't have noticed it, but when he coughed, blood was in it too.
[cough, cough] "Kodomo… I still love you. nothing's changed. [cries] Stop this."
The pain that he suddenly felt wasn't just because of all the riot, which was happening at the moment; his pain was also because of the anguish his daughter was feeling.
"Yameru…"
Being emotional, Yoji shut his eyes as tears just kept on running down his cheeks. Now tears and blood was present in front of him.
"MAMOW!"
He opened his eyes but his vision was blurred.
"No… please, no."
"YOJI!!! YOJI!!!"
Omi's voice was clear; as if he was just near him.
[shake shake] "YOJI!"
"Uh! Omi!" [cough]
"No! Yotan! [cries] Please don't die on me! You're going to be unfair!"
"…I thought I told you to… stay away!"
"You just can't make me lie down there! I saw you fall!"
"How'd…you get here so…fast?"
"…it wasn't as far as you thought. [smiles…chokes] And something's making her shush… look!"
Yoji blinked to stand against the blur. He concentrated on Kimi's floating figure.
"NO!"
"Yotan!"
Yoji stood up and rushed towards her.
"YOTAN!!!!"
"I have to.. [cough] save Boo-boo. She's going to kill him!" [falls]
"No! No!"
Omi rushed to Yoji's side even as he pushed him back.
"Omi, listen to me! The moment I get Kimi's attention, I want you to take Boo-boo and get the hell outta here, got it?"
"NO! I will not leave you!"
"Omi, OMI! Don't make me hurt you!"
"Yoji! Do whatever you want but I will not get out of this building without you!"
There was a pause between the two. Omi's tears were silent but harsh and Yoji's condition was worsening.
"…I really can't make your decision change, ne?"
[nods…cries]
[smiles] "Omi, this can mean that we'll never get to see Ran and Ken ever again, wakarimashita?"
[cries harder] "Wakarimasu!" [cry]
Yoji hugged him as tight as he could.
"Well then, it's you and me, kiddo. [smiles] We can't hurt Boo-boo so I guess…"
"…Kimi."
[nods]
"Oh Yoji…"
[bitter smile] "I guess Crawford was wrong. We died first before him… I guess we didn't get to stop her…see, Crawford and the rest of Schwartz died, ne? So…"
"…but we'll try. [wipes eyes] We'll die trying, damn it!"
"Uh, Omi…"
"The worse part here is she's badly wounded and we're dead. She'll get along just fine… ne? Ran-kun and Ken-kun will not blame her!"
"Sure thing! Let them try and blame her I will get up from my grave and hunt those two asses!" [coughs]
"Ah, Yotan! Shh! [pat pat] Come on! What's the plan?"
"… I play as decoy. You get Boo-boo and throw him out of this lab."
"Th-throw?!"
"Well, yah! Actually, if you can reach that window, that's better! He'll live. He has no bones to break."
"But he's a baby!"
"Oh for goodness sake, Omi! Didn't you hear Ken? He won't die unless Kimi dies."
"Oh… uh, hai. And?"
"Well, we stop her as hard as we can…"
"…how?"
Yoji stood up.
"Until she realizes that I'm her father."
He walked on. Bleeding, coughing, tired… he was set to die.
"Yo-Yoji…"
"Come on, Omi. This is it…"
He walked faster… now he was running and shouting at the same time.
"Kiiaaaaa!!!!!!!!!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"
"Omi, NOW!"
He pulled his wire and shot it up to Kimi's back.
"AAAAA!"
He hit her, much to his pain.
"Kimi!! YAMMEERRRUUU!!!"
He pulled back his wire and encircled it to her neck.
"OMI! GET HIM NOW!"
Bombay ran towards Boo-boo.
"Come here!"
"MAMOW!"
"AAA!!!"
As she faced Omi's direction, her eyes grew with rage and hit Omi with a rock.
"Uh!"
"OMI!"
Upon hitting the boulder, she enclosed Omi with 3 more large slabs and made a human cage.
"AAAAAA!!!"
Now she faced Yoji. With one icy glare, the wire started to frost, which made Yotan drop the other end before it reached his hand.
"Shit!"
Kimi flew over him and settled at his back. She took Yoji by the back of his neck and pulled him up to her level.
"Miamatsu! [cough] Stop it!"
"AAAA!!!"
"Kimi! YOU'RE MY DAUGHTER!!!"
The thought hit her as Yoji saw a different emotion on her face. Nevertheless, she still tossed Yoji on one of the slab he made for Omi's cage.
"Uh…"
The sudden noise made Omi regain consciousness but the sight of Yoji's broken body made him bewildered.
"Yoji!!!! Yoji!!! Yoji!!!!"
Hard as it may seem, Omi cannot even reach him because his body landed a little farther than the boulder, which surrounds him.
"No!! Yoji, wake up!! No!!! Get out of the way! She's going to kill you!!!"
To make everything more terrible, Kimi was still after Yoji.
"Aaaaa…"
"No… KIMI! SNAP OUT OF IT!"
Omi was mixed with anger and pity as he used his last 2 darts on her.
"ME! KILL ME! ME, DAMN IT!"
"Urrrrrrrr…."
She faced Omi but still she wanted to hurt Yoji.
"Yo…ji…."
She uttered those words as if she doesn't know who he was.
"…die…"
Omi was confused! He cannot believe that Kimi was angry at Yoji. Apparently, both assassins thought that she was angry when Ran was shot, he was slammed on the wall by Nagi, and when he… hit Yoji.
"KIMI! I HIT YOJI!!! I ALMOST-…"
He stopped; now he was understanding…well, at least even a bit.
"Uh…" [cough]
"Yo…ji… Ku…do…"
She took him by pulling his hair; Yoji yelped.
"Kimi! [cough] Who the hell are you?! Let my daughter go!!"
Her inky eyes were concentrated on Yoji's face as her lips quivered and her teeth gnawed.
"SSSHHHHIIIII-NNNEEEE!!!!!!"
Yoji's reaction was delayed as Kimi dropped him and kicked him right through.
"NNNOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! YOJI! YOJI!!! NO!!!"
Yoji wasn't feeling anymore. His face was expressionless even as he wondered why Kimi as so angry at him. "Maybe…it's all my fault, anyway." He thought as his whole body flew in the air as if to say that he wouldn't mind if he landed on the ground and died. "…I do hope she still realizes that I love her." He was hearing Omi's voice clearly up until he choked and… "wh- what? What's…" Omi stopped. He just stopped screaming and crying and wailing. Yoji opened his eyes, only to be blinded by pure white light surrounding him!
"Am… I dead?"
Yoji was bedazzled by the purity of whatever engulfed him; however, he was more distracted by the sudden shots of different lights coming from all around him. One was even directly at him but then it just disappeared when it almost reached his chest.
"Wow… what the fu-…"
"I won't continue that, if I were you. [wink] Unless you want me let go of you, Kudou-san."
"Huh?!"
He wasn't sure of what he just heard but as he completely opened his eyes, he saw the most beautiful entity he has ever seen.
"Uh… who or um, what a-…"
The mesmerizing being smiled ever so solemnly at Yoji, just enough to make him feel secured.
"Kudou-san, I wish for you to rest [Yoji's eyes widened] BUT not THAT long, as of what you're thinking, sir. Please relax."
It moved along with Yoji's spirit as he landed down on the rocky surface.
"YOJI!!!"
Balinese knew that he was hearing Bombay's voice but no matter what he did, he cannot seem to move nor open his eyes now. He was starting to be afraid… starting to understand that everything must've been a dream, and he was slowly being taken away. However…
"…do not be afraid for I will save thy soul from harm. You will not die here, Yoji… you will not perish."
His heart was instantly filled with all the wonderful things he could ever imagine. All the happiness of his youth came back to him again. As if he never had a bad day in his entire life.
"Yo-Yoji…?"
Finally, from a different person's view, the god-like being was revealed, but still with much glow, the figure cannot be pinpointed.
"Who… who are you?! Please don't come any clo-…"
"Omi…Tsukiyono, Omi. Please do not be afraid of me. I am a friend to all of you."
[cries] "Then save him! Save Yoji and oh no… BOO-BOO!!! NO!!! oh god…"
It smiled at Omi's crying form but it didn't say a word.
"Oh no… I'm not… just! Take me! Yoji…"
Omi was confused; even the glowing supernatural being in front of him can figure that out.
"Omi… take my hand."
"W-w-what?!"
[smiles] "You will not die… and I assure you, Yoji will not die. Take my hand, please."
Hopeless and vulnerable, Omi took it's hand.
"You're… you're so cold… you! Tenshi?!"
"Yes, I am an angel." [smiles]
Omi almost withdrew his hand but the nameless angel held it with both hands and took him higher and higher above the boulders, which held him prisoner.
"Uh!"
"Do not let go."
The angel took Omi closer to him, cradled him and made him relax under his warm embrace.
"You… seemed so cold yet you are-…"
"Hush now, brave one. You must keep your remaining stre-…"
"OMI!"
Both the angel and Bombay looked below and saw Yoji's grinning expression.
"Aha! It seems that your friend's stamina can never be paused."
"Hmm… true!"
Even as Kimi's unusual self kept on hitting the angel, nothing seemed to pervade him.
"Here…"
As he placed Omi safely beside Yoji, his luminescence dimmed until he fully revealed himself.
"Thi-this can't be…Yoji-kun!"
"We…we-we-we… we're alive and… he…impossible!"
A mid-20's youth with long blue hair with shades of gold was standing in their midst. He was dressed like an ordinary teenager -complete with accessories- {} except that he had wings… crystalline wings.
"Who-who-who…why do you look so familiar?!" [coughs]
"…you're so young!"
Before he could answer, a large rock came flying their way, but the angel shot up his right wing and dissolved the rock almost instantly.
"Uh, sorry about that! Kimi's… weird. As of now." [smiles]
He knelt in front of Yoji and Omi as if to bow then he stood up again with a solemn expression on his face.
"My name is Britain. I am a warrior angel but my true nature is of Charms; angel of charms. And yes, Yoji-san. I do look familiar for Boo-boo and I are one and the same."
Yoji's cough grew louder while Omi's face started to light up more.
"Boo-boo?! Holy cow! That's really you?"
"Aha, yes Omi-san. It is I!"
"Matte… [glares] shouldn't you be evil because Kimi's evil…right now?"
"Ah, you are mistaken, sir. Kimi's nature is good, added to that, Ken-san's mother raised me with love and purity, which saved my angel form."
"Oh…alright then um…"
"Listen, the two of you will be able to get out of here safely. Yoji, your love for your daughter gave me the strength to get out of Boo-boo's form and serve you. let me help you, please. [Yoji nods then smiles] And uh, [scratches head] I'm truly sorry for making you help Boo-boo through his way to get to Kimi. His main purpose was to daze the youth to stop… actually [sweatdrop] when she stopped and faced me, I was the one talking to her… she was full of-…"
He had to dodge another rock.
"…full of anger and hate, that I just had to talk with her. [all of them hears her scream] Omi, Yoji… I'll make her go back to who she really is."
"…isn't that her? The real her now?"
Yoji's loneliness bit back as he remembered his own daughter almost killing him just a few minutes ago.
"No, Yoji. As long as I do not see Kudou, Kimi Miamatsu back. I am not convinced that she's in her real form. [Yoji's head shot up] And for that, Kudou-san… repent. For I will believe as her own father believes in her."
Britain closed his eyes and his wings encased him. As soon as he opened his wings, a field…force-field encircled the two beaten assassins as the angel flapped his gigantic wings, raging towards the gothic youth.
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I'm sorry if it was too long and if all you've noticed are 'fully-grown men' crying and shouting and saying I love you to one another…hehe.. that's what Weiss Kreuz is all about, though. Okay! I'll make chapter 13 now ne? Bad number? I do hope it's not… thank you for your patience and reviews!
{} Okay… Japanese [boys] teens are very fashionable so I decided to make Britain super, duper good looking because face it! Angels do not have genders but let's just give Britain the benefit of the doubt that he's a male, ne? [GRIN]