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Chapter 2
Kaoru wasn't used to being all alone…it was very…uncomfortable…especially at this time of night.
But her mother had said that she was clever. And it was true. For a seven year old, Kaoru was definitely among one of the smarter few.
It was late…and she decided to sleep in a nearby alley. Ducking into some boxes she cuddled into a tight ball and tried to sleep.
It wasn't long before she was awoken by some loud footsteps. Peeking from her little shelter she watched as she saw her over-boozed father, apparently stumbling home from another Late Hour Drink-a-thon.
He was swearing and swaggering about. He looked dangerous and scary. This was one those Father-Not-At-His-Best moments, Kaoru decided.
She hid lower as he stopped and shot a glance down her alley. Praying he wouldn't see her she shut her eyes tight and waited for the moment to end.
He finally left, all the more cussing and staggering here and there. Kaoru allowed a sigh of relief and sank back down into her boxes. Once again she closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.
Suddenly jarred awake from a piercing scream, Kaoru shot up from her boxes and rushed up the alley to see what was going on.
To her horror she saw her mother screaming and getting beat once again by her malicious father. This time it looked serious. He was hollering the loudest she's ever seen him yell. He had a knife out and was threatening to kill her if he didn't tell her something…
"WHERE IS SHE!" he kicked her hard in the gut.
"WHERE IS THE GIRL? YOU STUPID BITCH!" he whammed another hard kick to her gut.
"TELL ME! OR I'LL KILL YOU!"
"NO! LEAVE HER ALONE YOU BASTARD!"
Lights were beginning to switch on. Faces were peeping through window curtains.
Kaoru was frightened…but at the same time excited. Finally! Someone is bound to call the police and have her evil father arrested and thrown into jail for good!
But even through his drunken state, Kaoru's father seemed to be aware of his surroundings. "CALL THE POLICE…ANY OF YOU…AND YOU ALL DIE! YOU HEAR? YOU ALL DIE!"
Kaoru rolled her eyes. Do they actually believe her idiotic father? They better be calling the police.
But to her dismay, the lights began to turn off! Were these people retiring to their beds and pretending nothing happened? How could they? HE WAS GOING TO KILL HER MOTHER!
Her mother was still on the ground retching blood to the side from all the abuse. She looked up to see Kaoru's father looking down upon her, the knife glinting in the moonlight.
He crouched down beside her. "Tell me where the girl is, woman. And I'll spare you…for now."
Her mother shook her head. "I don't know…and even if I did know, I wouldn't tell you, you asshole."
He slapped her hard across the face and strangled her throat. "Tell. Me. Now!" he growled dangerously.
"N-no!" she choked out.
"Have it your way…" and he raised the knife.
Kaoru panicked. He was going to kill her! The crazy man was going to kill her mother!
"NOOO!" she let out a blood-curling scream and ran towards her parents.
Her father looked up. "There you are…" he stood up and walked over to her.
"Tried to get away, didn't 'ya? He slurred while yanking her hair. "DIDN'T 'YA!"
Kaoru winced but didn't cry out. She was strong. She wouldn't show him she was weak. She would be strong…just like her mother.
He cursed under his breath and grunted. "We're leaving." He soundly punched her in the stomach, promptly knocking the wind out of her. Letting Kaoru pass out on the ground he picked her up and tossed her over his shoulder.
Kicking her mother to the side he snarled, "You've escaped your death this time, but I'll be back to finish you off. First you, then the girl."
Kaoru's mother looked up. "You're making a mistake. Kaoru will grow up to be a beautiful and smart young woman. She won't die so easily." Her mother hissed. Every word dripped with ice-cold venom.
Her father sneered. "Whatever, whore."
And with that he dumped Kaoru in his truck and drove off, leaving her mother to pick herself up and stagger in the house. She immediately dialed the police.
"Please! Help me! My husband has just beat me and abducted my daughter…please you've got to help me!" she sobbed hysterically into the phone.
The operator on the other line calmly asked for her to relax a bit and tell her the address and that help was on it's way.
Her mother let out a shaky sigh and thanked the lady. She collapsed on the couch and waited for the police to come. She prayed Kaoru was okay…
Kaoru slowly opened her eyes and suddenly winced at the pain coursing through her stomach. Everything was a blur…for a moment, she had forgotten about everything that happened. For a moment, she thought everything was a dream. Until reality struck her hard and she found herself in the back seat of her father's truck, speeding off to who-knows-where.
"Where…where are you-"
"Shut up, girl. Just shut up until we get there." She heard him snap.
Kaoru lay her head back down and shut her eyes. She was tired and sore and all out exhausted. A little rest couldn't possibly hurt…
"Wake up, stupid girl. I said, WAKE UP!" he roughly shook her awake.
"Get out." He yanked her out and led her into some old, dirty building. It reeked of trash and other horrible odors.
"Where am I?" Kaoru questioned.
"Your new home. Get used to it." He replied harshly.
Kaoru didn't say anything. She just wanted to sleep.
She was roughly led into the dingy building where she followed him to an apartment.
"Stay." He commanded and slammed the door shut.
Kaoru plopped down on a nearby couch. Dust exploded from the couch, which sent her into a fit of coughs. This just shows how long this place has been deserted.
How ancient.
She peered out the window where she saw her father climb back in the truck and speed off.
She panicked again. He was probably going to kill her mother!
What was she going to do? She was locked in the apartment.
Finally she sat down and accepted the truth. There really wasn't much she COULD do…except wait. Wait for her mother to die…wait for her father to kill her.
"He can't hurt me…I'm his daughter." She whispered. But in the back of her mind, it was taunting her. "Of course he can…look what he's done to your mother…" it hissed back.
She shook her head and shut her eyes. The most she could do was rest. So she drifted off into a deep sleep, waiting for her father to return.
And he did return a couple hours later. He seemed sober enough so she ran to him, almost expecting a hug. "DADDY! TAKE ME BACK TO MOMMY!" she screamed instead, pounding his chest with her small fists.
"Stop it, you stupid girl." He tried pushing her away.
But she kept screaming and hollering and hitting him until he roared, "I SAID, STOP IT!" and he slapped her a good hard one across her face.
Stumbling back, she lifted her hand to her stinging cheek. She looked stunned and stared up at her dad.
"You want to see your mother? Huh? Well fine, let's go back so you can watch her die." He growled and yanked her by the hair again, forcing her out the door and outside. Tossing her in the truck he sped off back to the house.
"Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no…" Kaoru started to panic like crazy. Her mother wasn't dead yet…and because of her, she was going to die very soon!
Arriving at the house, he hopped out, all the while dragging Kaoru out. He has a gun in his pocket, Kaoru realized. She also noticed a couple police cars around the street.
Her father growled. "Little shit called the police…"
Bursting the door open, he began to holler. "COME OUT YOU WENCH, OR THE GIRL DIES!"
No answer.
"I'M WARNING YOU! I'LL GIVE YOU TO THE COUNT OF THREE."
Still nothing.
"ONE."
…
"TWO!"
…
"THREE!"
He fired the gun. Out came running the police, and her mother. All the police had their weapons drawn out. "Put your weapon down, sir!" One policeman warned.
Kaoru's mother was still bloody and she was crying, breathing hard.
"NO! You put your weapons down-" he pointed the gun at Kaoru, "-or the girl dies!"
Nobody moved for a moment, until man after man put their weapons down onto the floor.
"Okay, we're armless…now let the girl go." One man, apparently the captain, spoke slowly.
"No." her father hissed. "Not until the wench dies!"
And with a swift move, he whipped the gun in her mother's direction and pulled the trigger.
There was a deafening crack and a piercing scream.
Kaoru's mother had a surprised look on her face as she fell. She was dead before she even hit the ground.
But by then her father had grabbed her and high-tailed out of that house. He flung the screaming girl into the truck and sped off. The police following suit.
Shots rang out into the night as he looked behind him and fired his gun at the police cars' wheels. They spun out of control and crashed into each other.
He laughed and sped on even faster, and before Kaoru knew it, they were out of Kyoto. Silently bidding farewell to her home, and her city, she slid down and asked in a monotone voice about where they were going.
"Tokyo." He replied harshly.
Tokyo…life would probably be worse there. He was going to kill her.
She was going to die in Tokyo.
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