Hello! This will be a special chapter. The reason is… on this site, someone commented on how all shoujo (magical girl manga) are the same. This chapter is to especially rule one of the points out. Let the chapter begin! On a side note, thanks to Ariana and mexkish I wish for being the only reviewers. Please encourage your friends to do the same. Even if you hate this fanfic and it's the worst one in the world! PLEASE! REVIEW! kneels and begs
Disclaimer: I do not own Kayami, Haru, and Berrii's looks. I own everything else.
Chapter 4- The Reason
"Spring Mouse Cross-slash!"
"Demon Cat Strike!"
The monster was destroyed, the impact unfortunately killing the deer it was created from. That brought up another question Kayami wondered about. How are the monsters created? Then the news people, ever so persistent, raced for the scene. Haru had made herself known as Green Mouse. Quickly they disappeared and headed home.
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Haru lay on her bed, troubled by her thoughts. She knew she had powers and all that,
but… she didn't want to fight. Regular life was hard enough. Why did she, out of all people, have to deal with a heroine life too? It wasn't fair. Why? Why?
Haru got up, and thought about it. Maybe she should talk to Kayami about it…
I'll let it wait till morning… she thought. I'm so tired from today…
The next day, Haru woke up at 10:00 AM. It was a Saturday, so they had no school. She hurriedly got ready and then told her mother, Mari Eimei, she was going out. She had been to Kayami's house before; Kayami's parents had thrown a party. She quickly ran over to the huge house, and walked to the door.
She was slightly nervous. She had never actually gone in the house, because the party had been outside. She let out a breath, then rang the doorbell.
Almost in a flash, Mrs. Kuroi answered the door. "Why, hello," she greeted kindly. "Aren't you Mari's daughter?" Haru nodded yes. "Why are you here?"
"I came to see Kayami," Haru told her. "Oh! You're Kayami's friend? Well, come in, come in!"
The house seemed even bigger on the inside. From Haru's point of view, it was like a mansion. "I think Kayami's in the library," Mrs. Kuroi said, indicating a door on the left. "Be careful; you can get lost in there!" Letting out a small giggle, she went to what seemed to be the kitchen.
Wow! Mrs. Kuroi is really cheerful. Nothing like Kayami. Haru walked up some stairs to get to the indicated room, then pushed open the door.
Haru's jaw dropped. The room was filled with books! Crammed to what seemed to be every inch… when, behind a wall of novels, a large amount of bookshelves were empty (If you've seen Read or Die or Full Metal Alchemist, it's like Yomiko or Scieszka's rooms. Except bigger. Yes, even bigger then Yomiko's warehouse thing…). When Mrs. Kuroi said you could get lost she wasn't kidding! How am I supposed to find Kayami in this? Just then, Haru heard a familiar voice call out in an unfamiliar language.
"Dove possiamo trovare rifugio? Quando finirà la nostra sofferenza?" Although it was foreign, Haru thought the words sounded beautiful. Follow the sound, she thought, it's definitely Kayami reading or something. She tried to follow the voice, but failed, and tried not to knock over any pile of books as she wandered around the area. Kayami continued speaking.
"La nostra salvezza è a portata di mano. Noi saremo liberati da questa prigione." This time, along with the flow of the words, Haru felt like there was some… importance to them. A message, that was it. She followed where the voice had come from just as Kayami started again.
"Comunque, morte è a portata di mano vicina. La dea di morte penzolerà il suo falcetto, e la notte sarà coperta in sangue." At these words, Haru felt a chill. She felt an air of horror, something dreadful. But Kayami was close now.
"E come io parlo a bassa voce le mie ultime parole..." Kayami murmured, and Haru felt uneasy once more.
"Io sento un giunco di aria come lei entra nel mio mezzo." At this Haru finally saw Kayami, sitting on some shorter piles of books, her face in an old novel. Kayami looked up at Haru and asked, "Why are you here?"
Oh yeah! Because of the foreign language, Haru had almost forgotten why she was here.
"Well… you know how we're fighting monsters and all?" she started. Kayami nodded. "Well… well… I… I don't want to! It's hard enough for me to deal with normal life, let alone a superhero one! I mean, all these things, how come we have to do it? How come we were chosen?"
"We weren't."
"I mean-what?"
"We weren't chosen." Kayami said earnestly, getting up. "There are many people with strong wills in the world. It was by coincidence that we were the first strong willed people to go in there. Other people, all around Japan, all around the world, might have gone there first. It was coincidence. You don't have to fight."
Haru blinked. She didn't…? Then Haru asked Kayami something.
"Then why do you fight?"
"Because I'm not going to let anyone get hurt. And," Kayami added, "I'm not going to let those monsters kill me."
Kayami started walking through a path in the books and murmured, "Io lo faccio perché io sono io sono chi." Haru stared, dumbfounded, and then made a promise to herself.
I will fight. To protect everyone, and… to become stronger. I don't want to be weak anymore!
As Kayami exited the library, she thought about what she said, and knew it was true.
Io lo faccio perché io sono io sono chi.
I do it because I am who I am.
Keeping this in mind, she walked out the door.
End of Chapter 4
I have to say, I didn't mean for the chapter to be as long as it is. I meant for it to be short. But it ended up being really long. Anyway, R+R please!
Sakura: Yes, please, before she goes off on another mass murder…
Starfire and Sakura, logging off
