All right, I'm back. Now that it's Spring Break, let's see if I can crank out a few chapters this week.
…Hoo boy, people did not take last chapter well, as expected. Oh well, could have been worse. At least I didn't get mauled or anything.
Anyway, as we all know, Ami does not take rejection very well… And now, with another psychic showing his face… I bet you can all see where this is going. Prepare for mayhem.
Kouji Tamino
On the roof of the Hidaka mansion, early in the morning, the male psychic that attacked Shinji sat peacefully. His face covered in shadows, with several small birds perched on his shoulders and his lifted finger. He smiled softly. "Good morning, my friends… I haven't seen you in such a long time… How have things been?" He listened intently as the birds chirped. "I see… My, that must have been frightening…"
"Arcia!" shouted Kenta Hidaka, peeking through a door in the roof. "Just what the hell do you think you're doing up here? What happened last night? Did you kill Kenji?" the man was a tall, well built man in a green suit. He had long black hair with white streaks in a ponytail, a goatee, and red-brown eyes.
The birds, frightened by Kenta's loud, rough voice, scattered away in different directions. Arcia glared at his client with an annoyed look. "You scared my friends away…"
"Damn it, this is no time to play with stupid birds!" the man shouted. "Now answer me! Has your job been finished?"
Clenching his fist in anger, he stood up, shaking his head. His faces was still obscured by the lack of proper sunlight. "No, there were some… complications…" He stared down at his current employer. "Why didn't you tell me that there was a psychic girl, along with several other girls, living there?"
Kenta raised an eyebrow. "I was not aware of that… Much has changed since I was last there…" He rubbed his chin. "Perhaps he has gone to his old ways?" He shook his head. "Nah, couldn't be… He would be an idiot to cheat on such a gorgeous woman."
"What was that, dear?" a sultry sounding woman's voice said from behind. The woman was Saeko, the wife of Kenta and mother to Saki. She had very short black hair and was wearing a strapless red dress with a slit down the skirt, stockings, matching red high heels and long gloves that ended right below the elbow. The dress just barely held in her rather large pair of… ahem… "Comparing me to that ditz Mimi, again?"
Kenta screamed like a girl, falling to his wife's knees. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean it like that! I was just!"
"Shut up…" she muttered, stomping on his head, intentionally digging into his head with her heels a few times. "If I ever hear you talk in such a way about another woman besides me again, I'll-"
"…Don't you think that's a bit… excessive?" Arcia asked, looking on with what seemed to be widened eyes.
Saeko sighed, lifting her foot. "I suppose so… Anyway, I just came up here to tell you that you have a call from Shinji… He wants to talk to you later tonight, at whichever time is convenient for you…"
Kenta glared. "Fine… Tell him that I'll be over at 7..." He turned to Arcia. "I want you to come as well… Tonight, we'll finish the job! And then, Suchi's fortune will be good as mine!"
Love Hina Next: Second Phase
Chapter 58: The Beginning of the End (Part 1)
Ami awoke with a loud scream. She was breathing heavily, crying out. "What a horrible dream…" She whimpered, hugging her legs to her chest. "Junko and Shinichi-kun were getting it on… While I was tied up in the same room with them and had to watch!" She sighed, lying back down. "It's not fair… I've had my heart broken twice, now… The first time it happened, I didn't stand a chance because of my age… But I really thought that it was going to be me and Shinichi… together…" She managed to force a smile. "But they do make a decent couple… They've really brought out the best in each other, and they'll continue to grow into better people as long as they are together…" Her smile slowly turned into a frown. She cried out, grabbing her chest. "But it hurts so much… Shinichi-kun…"
"Are you all right, Ms. Ami?" Shinichi asked, talking to her from the other side of the door. "I heard you scream, so I came to check it out!"
"I'm all right, Shinichi-kun!" she giggled. "You can come in if you want, I'm decent!" As Shinichi opened the door, entered the room, and closed it again, Ami frowned. "I didn't wake you, did I?"
Shinichi tilted his head in confusion, sitting down on her bed. "Wake me? It's 8:30 in the morning… Everyone else is pretty much awake and Naoko has already headed to school…"
"Wow, I really overslept!" Ami shouted, eyes widening in surprise. She sighed sadly, looking to Shinichi.
Shinichi scratched his head, chuckling nervously. "Um… is something wrong, Ms. Ami?"
"Shinichi-kun…" she began, pouting her lips. "Please… would you kiss me, just once?"
"Bawah!" Shinichi shouted, his eyes bugging out. "B-but, Ms. Ami, I can't"
"Damn you!" Ami screamed, snapping. "What the hell is so special about that bitch Junko, anyway! She used to be so mean to you! She hated you! And then all of a sudden you're both al buddy-buddy and now you're both boyfriend and girlfriend! And has she even told you that she's loved you even once! When you declared your love, she didn't say anything back! Well I love you, Shinichi! And that's… and that's the reason why I've been pretending to be happy for you two…" the poor girl broke down and cried right there. "But the truth is I'm miserable…" She sniffled, looking at him, embarrassed at snapping like that in front of him like that. "I'm so sorry, Shinichi-kun… I didn't mean" She gasped as Shinichi suddenly hugged her.
"Shhh… It's all right… I know that you only said that out of frustration…" He let her go and smiled. "The truth is… I love Junko because of her dual personality… Her tough side has really kept me on my toes, and her feminine side… Ms. Ami, you just have to see her smile… It's just… wow." He shook his head to clear his thoughts. "Anyway… I guess you can say that I'm also attracted by her mystery… There's so much of her I just can't figure out… I recently found out that she's actually afraid of most men… That's why she acts the way she does… She doesn't want to show weakness…" He chuckled. "I've made it my goal to find out as much about her as I can!"
Ami blinked rapidly. "Wow… I'm starting to think that Junko has been keeping a lot of things from us about her past…" She laughed a bit. "I guess I feel a bit better now… Thanks for talking with me, Shinichi-kun…"
He nodded, standing up. "No problem! Remember… I'll always be there for you as a friend…"
Later that day, after school, Kenji took a seat next to Naoko. "Hey babe, er I mean, Naoko… What's up?"
The girl sighed. "It's just… Shinichi is in love with my sister… And I'm pretty sure she loves him back…" She sweat dropped. "She tries to hide it, but it's pretty obvious that she wants him…"
"W-what!" he shouted. "Junko… but…"
She whimpered. "We never stood a chance…"
The boy stared at her. "Wanna catch each other on the rebound?"
The younger Sagawa sibling shrugged. "Sure, why not?"
And so, the two walked out of the classroom, hand in hand. "You know… I… actually like you a lot more than Junko…"
"Really?"
Later in the evening, after dinner, everyone prepared to put their plan into action. They planned to get Kenta to admit that he was the one behind the assassination attempt. He already had a perfect motive: if Shinji died and Saki married Shinichi, then the Suichi fortune would belong to both of them. It was simply a matter of killing Shinichi behind Saki's back afterwards. Fortunately, Saki no longer wanted anything to do with even the first part of the plan.
"Are the hidden mics and cams set up?" Shinji asked.
"Yes, dear!" Mimi said cheerfully. "I even put some in the toilet and in everyone's bedrooms for good measure!"
Sakura sweat dropped. "Was that really necessary? There are a few… items… in my room that I would prefer to not make public information…"
Junko's left eyebrow twitched. "I don't care to know, and I don't wanna know…"
Just then, Naoko came in, her disheveled and her hair looked like she had just woken up. She giggled nervously as she waved sheepishly. "Um, hey everyone…"
Her older sister crossed her arms, glaring at her. "And just where have you been? School's been over for hours! We had to eat take-out! By the way, your dinner is in the kitchen. You'll have to heat it" Her eyes widened as she noticed the state her sister was in. "Come to think of it, Kenji skipped practice today… Oh my god…"
Ami smacked her head. "Figures… Even the 13 year old is getting more action than me…" She raised an eyebrow. "Holy crap, is that a hicky?"
Naoko blushed. "Well, it's not like we did much…"
"Then why are your clothes in such a state, then?" Junko asked, not completely believing her sister.
"Well… we almost did, but then Kenji stopped us… he said he didn't want to rush things…" she giggled a bit, her cheeks turning an interesting shade of pink. "He can be sooo sweet sometimes…"
The older sister pretended to gag, giving a look of disgust. "That brat? Sure, when pigs fly…"
The younger sister frowned. "Awww, don't be so mean, sis… I… He really seems to care about me…"
Junko's expression softened. "Well, if you two really like each other… There's nothing that I can do about it…" She smiled evilly, raising a fist. "But if does anything to hurt you or make you feel uncomfortable, just say the word and I'll"
"Father and mother are here…" Saki said softly. "Damn them both… No child should go through with what I went through…" She gasped in surprise as Junko put a hand on her shoulder.
"Hey…" she whispered, looking at her sadly. "That… scar on your shoulder that goes down your back a bit… Your parents gave it to you, didn't they?"
Saki tilted her head. "What? You saw it?"
The tomboy nodded. "When we were taking a bath…" she snorted. "It's not like it was hidden or anything…"
"Ah, Shinji…" the smarmy man replied as he walked in, his wife walking in after him. "It's so good to see you…"
Saeko nodded, hugging Mimi. "Mimi! My best friend! I'm so glad that you're both okay!"
"After we heard you were attacked", Kenta began, "by a psychic no less, we were shocked!"
Our group of protagonists smirked. Bingo. "Um, Kenta…" Shinji began. "…I have no idea what your wife told you, but I never told her that I was attacked by a psychic…"
"Whhhaaaat!" Kenta screamed. He pointed at them with a shaky finger. "Y-you bastard! You tricked me! I'll kill you!"
Saeko sighed, smacking her forehead. "My husband is an idiot…" She chuckled as she crossed her arms. "Arcia, kill them all… Too much has been revealed for this plan to ever succeed, and I really don't feel like going to jail…"
From out of the shadows, the golden haired psychic revealed himself. This time dressed in a tight black body suit and nothing covering his face. His hair was short and flat with two long bangs that fell down his face, the tips ending at his ears. He bowed, smiling. "Whatever you wish, madam…" Getting in a fighter's stance, cracking his neck, he grinned at Ami. "Well hello again, my dear… By the way, I took the liberty of disabling all the hidden cameras in the house before this conversation took place…"
"Bastard…" Ami spat, glaring angrily at him. "Why are you working for such slime, anyway? If you wanted to kill the Suichi family, you could have done that yourself at anytime!"
Arcia shrugged. "What can I say? We may be psychic, but we're still people, right? And people need money… This plan would have resulted in a lot of money…"
Ami shook her head in sympathy. "So, you're just another person filled with greed…"
"Better greed than envy…" the man said in retaliation. "I've read your thoughts… You want Junko dead, don't you?"
Her eyes widened as she looked toward Shinichi and Junko. "It's not true, you two! He's lying!"
"Oh but I'm not, my white haired angel…" he smiled a toothy grin, walking over to her. "You yourself may not be thinking it, but your darker side is…" He stopped in front of her and put a hand to her cheek, stroking it lightly. "Your darker, nastier side wants Shinichi all to yourself… Deep down inside, you want to see her suffer for taking him away…"
"NO!" Ami screamed, her aura flickering back and forth between her two colors. "Shut up!" she shouted, holding her hands in front of her. "Shut up, or I'll"
"You'll do what, my dear?" he laughed, poking her on the head a few times. "In case you didn't realize, I am using quite a bit of my brain… If I can read minds, there is no telling what else I can do…"
"I'm… not afraid of you…" she replied, turning her face away. "Now stop touching me…"
"I can see it in your eyes…" he stared at her, looking deep into her pale blue eyes with hints of black in them. "Do not resist… Let your emotions flow… It is the only way that you will be able to ever reach your full potential… I can show you the way…" He put his hand to her cheek again and leaned in closer. "I can care for you in ways that Shinichi couldn't… I can be your ally, your friend, and even your lover…" He leaned in closer and kissed her on the lips.
Everyone, and I mean everyone, looked on in horror, too scared to do anything to help her. Ami's eyes widened in shock and fear. She let his words sink. Overwhelmed by heartbreak and her longing to be loved, she gave in, kissing him back. The darkness within her completely consumed her, taking over her mind. She once again 'Dark Ami'. Breaking the kiss, she smiled up at Arcia. "Thank you for saving me…"
He smiled back, chuckling. "No problem, my dear…" He noticed that their auras were intertwining. "Ah, so we're in synch… This went better than planned…"
Just then, Jin burst into the house. "Damn it! I'm too late!" unsheathing his sword, he ran towards Arcia. "Bastard! You leave her alone!"
"What the hell!" Shinichi screamed. "Where did he come from!"
"Called him…" Megumi muttered. "I was hoping he would get here before now, but…"
Jin screamed as he was sent flying back due to the double aura being emitted by the two psychics. "No… Ami, please.. Don't do this… I"
"Shut up…" she said plainly, sending a high powered wave of force at his head, crushing him.
"AAGGH!" he screamed out, struggling to break free. The force was too great, however, and he fell unconscious.
"Stop wasting time, you fool!" Kenta screamed. "Kill them now, before they get the authorities involved!"
"You're the fool…" Arcia said in a cold voice. "Don't you see! No one can stop me now!" He laughed maniacally. "WITH MY POWERS OF THE MIND, I SHALL CRUSH ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SLAUGHTERING OF MY PEOPLE!" He looked to Ami. "And with you by my side, we will be unstoppable…"
Ami smiled cruelly. "Dear, may we crush these people? I'm sick of seeing them…"
Arcia winked at her. "Of course…" the two teleported out of the room.
"Holy shit, they're really gonna do it!" Megumi screamed.
"Ami, please!" Kairi pleaded, screaming at the top of her lungs. "Don't do this! We're your friends!"
"It's no use…" Jin muttered. "When she gets like this, it's really tough to get her out of it… And now she's worse than she ever was before…" He glared angrily at Shinichi. "You must have really hurt her…"
"Well let's get the hell out of here before we're squished!" Sakura screamed.
"It's no use…" Tenshi said sadly. "They've bolted down the doors with their powers…"
Junko growled, rolling up her sleeves. "Well, fine! I'll make a new doorway!" She grunted, punching the door. It barely even shook from her punch. She screamed loudly as he punched the door over and over, trying to bust a way out. Her hands began to bleed, and she gave up, falling to her hands and knees. "It's no use… We're all going to die… I'm so sorry, everyone… It's all my fault… If only I had known how Ami felt…"
And with a few flashes of light, the Suichi Mansion was gone. Nothing but piles of rubble existed of the big, beautiful house. Arcia and Ami looked on with blank expressions. The man put his arm around the woman's waist… "Well now that they are out of the way, there is only one more person to kill before we set the rest of our plan in motion…"
Ami looked up to him and smiled a cute, yet evil smile. "And who would that be?"
End of Chapter 58
… (posts chapter and runs for shelter… again)
