Chapter Three: Honey Mixed with Venom
The alley was filled with the noises of screams, rumbles, gunshots and smashing objects. By the look of things, this may be the hang-out place of the most notorious people in the city.
"There are so many, they could be anywhere…" Yazoo said, with a hint of hopelessness.
"That's the point, they COULD be anywhere. They're bound to be here somewhere." Kadaj said, not making it obvious that he, too, was losing hope.
Then, a very loud sound that seemed to come from a toppled over trash bin was heard and caught the attention of the brothers. Kadaj and the others secretly looked into the alley that the noise came from.
"Hey, baby, what's the use in struggling? You're not gonna get away…" a man said as he pinned a girl with shoulder length, silver hair to the wall.
"You're obviously not from around here, are you? You obviously don't know who I am…" she replied in an irritated manner. She was not scared at all.
"That really isn't your business and it isn't quite important… I and my friends were here to have fun… We're after girls with a body like yours…" he said maliciously," they're probably with your sisters right now."
The girl looked at her right and grinned with an evil smile. Two other girls entered the scene. Both of them had silver hair like the first girl.
"Well, how many friends do you have left?" One of them said, with an equally evil grin.
Each of the girls was carrying a corpse of a man. The long-haired one had a corpse with a slit in his throat; the one with short hair had her corpse's heart torn out. It was quite disgusting because the heart was still swinging from the chest.
The man stopped pinning the girl. His eyes widened with fear. He let out a scream and tried to run away but the first girl tripped him on purpose.
"Look, I'm sorry, okay! I was just playin' with you!" the man said in panic and desperation while scrambling on the ground. The three girls closed in on him.
"Next time, bastard, learn to respect women!" the long haired one told the man firmly.
"Too bad…" the girl he trapped said," there won't BE a fucking next time!"
An ear-piercing scream was last heard from this man as this girl plunged two swords through his forehead.
"That'll teach him…" she said, obviously remorseless.
"Asuka, why do you always stab the forehead?" the short haired one asked.
"Well Akime, I would want to tear someone's heart out too, you know?" Asuka replied.
Back at the guys who were still spying.
"Guys, we've found them!" Loz whispered in a thrilled manner.
"Yeah and they're more cold-blooded than us." Yazoo said with a tad of uneasiness.
"I like that. I think we're gonna get along just fine." Kadaj assumed. He ran his fingers through his hair in a cool way. He went out of the shadows. Yazoo and Loz trailed behind him.
"You three must be Asuka, Azalea and Akime…" Kadaj asked.
"Yeah…" Asuka said. She slashed her swords in the air and splattered all the blood on the wall and on the cold concrete below.
"We have to talk." Kadaj said confidently as he approached them slowly.
"I don't think so…" Asuka said, drawing her swords and pointing them at Kadaj. The other girls drew their weapons as well, so did Yazoo and Loz.
"No, really…" he said slowly as he held the blades of Asuka's swords and putting them down," It's about our mother."
The girls looked at each other. They all had bamboozled faces. They never met these people before and yet they talked about "mother".
"Who's that?" Asuka asked.
"Jenova… she's our mother." Kadaj answered.
They went to a restaurant and decided to talk there. No one minded them, or at least, they were too scared to mind. Waiters tried to avoid them but Asuka got up and pulled one towards their table.
"What took you so long?" She said in an angry tone.
"I'm sorry… what would be your orders?" the waiter stammered.
"Hamburgers and soft drinks… make it quick, I'm in a hurry." She said decisively.
The waiter hurried towards the counter and placed their orders.
"You didn't introduce yourselves." Asuka said.
"I'm Kadaj." Kadaj introduced himself," These are my brothers, Yazoo and Loz."
"I'm Asuka." Asuka replied, "These are my sisters, Azalea and Akime."
"You are pretty infamous here, aren't you?" Yazoo asked.
"I think it is pretty obvious… this city, Sand-Alley City, needs a dose of its own medicine. The first time we gained consciousness of the real world, this place sickened me." Asuka said as she stared out the window.
"All the men here, if not abusive, are worthless bums. All they could do is take advantage of the women and get drunk. We killed some of those 'worthless pieces of shit' and word spread. Before we knew it, we were instant celebrities." Azalea said sarcastically.
"The police were too scared to arrest us because they are quite unsure of how much we can kill and they know that we, three, could take all of them even if they send the whole army against us." Akime bragged.
"You mentioned the name Jenova, right?" Asuka asked, changing the topic.
"Yeah, have you heard about her?" Kadaj asked.
"Yes, I know her. She keeps popping up in my dreams every night." Asuka said. She seemed bothered.
"Here," Yazoo said as he pulled out the diary, "This might help you remember her." He showed her the picture.
"Yes, that's the woman in my dreams. Why is she in a capsule? Who are in those other 6 capsules?" Asuka asked as she pointed it out.
"She was an experiment and product of the Shinra Corporation. Her six children were held in 6 different capsules. In short, those capsules hold us." Kadaj clarified.
"That would make us siblings, right?" Azalea asked.
"Not exactly…we're just made up of the same stuff. You have to be of the same gender to be qualified as siblings because the genetic make-up is almost the same. Reality is, okasan was just a creation and so are we." Kadaj said as he stared up at the tall buildings," With her cells and some genius science, we were made."
"Jenova… I mean… Mother, where is she?" Akime raised the question.
"She… was destroyed; destroyed even before we gained consciousness but we have to bring her back. She has some unfinished business to do." Kadaj explained.
"What does this have to do with us?" Azalea inquired.
"We need you to bring her back. When mother was destroyed, her cells went to different people and these people developed the Geostigma or the Star Scar Syndrome. We thought at first that those brothers of ours were enough, but we were wrong… we missed three more cells…" Yazoo said.
"…us." The girls realized.
Asuka leaned towards the table. She interlaced her fingers and she rested her chin on them. She gave them a serious look when she made a decision.
"Alright, we'll come with you." Asuka said.
They went out of the restaurant but were stopped by the call of the waiter, waving the bill in the air. Asuka drew her swords and aimed them directly at the man's Adam's apple.
"You're not making me pay for that, are you?" Asuka said in a sarcastic yet threatening manner.
"N-n-no…" he stammered as he went back to the counter and decided to pay the bill himself.
"Good." Asuka said coldly.
They went to their old residence and got some of their things and left Sand-Alley City, hopefully, for good.
Before they could leave, the girls brought out their weapons and examined them. The shiny blades were glistening against the sunlight.
"Those are pretty cool weapons you got there…" Loz complimented.
"Gee, thanks…" the girls said.
"They all have names too..." Asuka said.
The guys listened to them with much eagerness. Asuka started to introduce her weapon.
"This is my weapon. It's called the 'Twin Dragons'. You can use them either as two individual swords or, when you put them together, it's a large pair of scissors." Asuka said with much pride.
"It's like a giant grass-cutter." Azalea laughed.
"Wow… maybe you should try handling this thing!" Asuka said sarcastically.
"Mine's even harder to handle, mind you!" Azalea replied.
Azalea brought out her weapon. It was made of golden metal and chains.
"This is the Kougananki. It's an ancient Japanese weapon that, if you bend the right way, it could transform into a spear, a bow and arrow, 2 crescent blades or bladed chucks. Of course, you can use it as is. It makes it really easy for me to cut throats." Azalea smiled.
"Cool! How did you get that?" Yazoo asked with awe.
"SHE STOLE OT FROM A WEAPON STORE!" the other two girls said.
"WELL, ASUKA GOT HERS FROM A HELPLESS WARRIOR MONK!" Azalea fought back.
"Anyway, mine's called Sukiden. It's made out of a special kind of metal that makes it flexible but sharp. You can use it as a sword or a whip… but I don't use it that much. I think my fists are enough." Akime said.
"We know that's for sure…" Loz assumed.
"Huh? What do you mean?" the girls asked them.
"We saw you doing your little killing spree a while ago." Kadaj said, playing with his double-bladed sword," We admired how you killed those guys."
"That's how we kill guys…" Asuka slashed her swords in the air," Akime tears internal organs out, Azalea slits throats and I stab them in the forehead. It adds style amidst all that gore."
"Well, enough chit-chat and let's get going, shall we?" Yazoo said.
Akime rode behind Loz, Azalea rode behind Yazoo and Asuka rode behind Kadaj. They decided to go to Arjit to rest for a while.