Hello, world! Sorry I haven't updated in so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so long!!!!! Truth is, I had school, writer's block, and I was just being lazy too. I am truly sorry. In fact, I am only typing this right now because I finally checked up on my fan fiction account and I saw that they have a new thing called Stats, or whatever, and I saw that some people actually like me. Thank you so much! And also, for the people (or person) who said that Akito was their favorite character… Akito is my favorite character also! My background on my desktop is sometimes full of Akito pics!!!!………………Me just let you read chapter 6 now…um…please enjoy…

WARNING: in this chapter, you find out what happened to Ayame and Shigure…so…um…beware of violence?

Chapter 5: Akina

(A/N: the beginning takes place before Shigure went looking for Ayame…um…if what I just said confused you sorry cuz I don't know how else to explain…sweat drop)

"Akina?" Ayame managed to say, the blade getting ever closer to his skin. "Why…?"

Akina said nothing, only brought the metallic blade closer to her victim. Then she sighed and said, "I'm sorry, Ayame. I really am. You were a great friend in the past, but even you could never understand what I went through. So… good bye, Ayame Sohma." Then she cut through, slicing Ayame's throat, killing him quickly. The blood flowed from him freely, dripping onto the cold hard floor. The red, sticky liquid was also on her hands and clothes. She had done this, killed one of her best friends ever. And yet…it had to be done.

"Ayame!"

The sudden shout brought Akina from her thoughts back to the cruel reality. "Shigure…?" she asked. "Is that really you…Shigure?"

He didn't say anything, only staring at Ayame's lifeless body. H-how could this have happened? he wondered frantically. Did she… did Akina really do this? His answer became clear when he saw the bloodied weapon in her hand, dripping from still wet blood. "Akina… why are you doing this?"

She dropped the cold corpse to the ground and walked toward the dark-haired man calmly. "Why? You want to know…why?" She looked at him coldly. "Only the head of your family, Akito Sohma, knows why I do what I do. He should've known to keep his distance from this place."

"What are you talking about? What about when we were children? We were friends, remember?" Shigure said, hoping to get through to her, the girl that he once thought of as a sister.

"Shigure Sohma… I have no friends. Protecting this mansion is my sole purpose in this life. Whoever dares to enter here is put to death… eventually." Akina grabbed his arm and placed the blade on his wrist. "I'm so sorry that I have to do this to you too," she said, leaving a small cut on his wrist then moving the blade up his arm, the blade leaving a bloody trail as it went, "but I'm afraid I have no choice. It was your mistake to come here in the first place, then searching for your cousin, not once thinking of the consequences." The blade stopped at Shigure's chest. "Here is the price you pay for your actions, Shigure Sohma. Good bye." Then she thrust forward, causing Shigure to fall on his back with the weapon in his chest. He wouldn't live long, she knew, and so she just stood there, watching him die.

FLASHBACK

Shigure was writing his school report on the book he read over winter break when he saw Akina watching him. "What is it?" he asked her.

"I'm bored, that's all. Ayame isn't here, and Ha'ri says that he's too busy to do anything with me. And I guess you're busy too, huh?" She continued watching him.

"I'm afraid so. You see, this report is due tomorrow, and…"

"Why are you doing it at the last minute? You know you're gonna get a bad grade because of that, don't you?"

"Anything is better than a zero."

"I guess so." Then Akina thought of something. "Say, Shigure?"

"What?"

"If you saw that your friend was in trouble, what would you do?"

"Try to help them out in any way that I can."

"Even if it meant risking your own life?"

"That's right."

END FLASHBACK

Haru looked around the room, and he saw Ayame and Shigure, both laying in a pool of blood. Ayame's throat was completely slashed open, and Shigure still had the murder weapon in his chest. Haru couldn't move, the sight of his cousins like this was too much for him to handle. His gaze wandered to the ground, where he saw bloody footsteps that went away from the door. Whoever did this to Ayame and Shigure, it was the same person who had left them here. He followed, not really knowing what to expect.

Akito continued walking, not really looking for a safe place but instead just trying to think. He knew it was Akina who was doing this, and the diary just proved it. It was hard to believe that such a sweet girl was capable of killing anyone who dared to enter here. Still, it was part of her family's tradition, or so they said. The chosen child from her family was to be the guardian of this place, and had to kill anyone who entered so that the rest of the world would not know about this place.

Akina… Akito remembered her quite well. He had not seen her in years, and now he realized what had become of her. She had become a killing machine, like others before her. Why was her family so evilly twisted? It made no sense whatsoever. It was only a mansion, like any other mansion… only difference was the dead bodies in certain rooms. He stopped suddenly after hearing a gasp come from someone in front of him. He looked up, only to see Akina staring back at him, drying blood covering her from head to toe.

Here peoples! I know it's short, but the next chapter will be up fairly soon, I have no more school for the whole summer and so I will hopefully be updating more often. (yay!)

Hikari Rioki

PS: people have told me that they like the way I write. Well, if you want to read an original story that I'm working on, it's at www.nfiction.com I hope you will take the time to read it. My pen name there is Vampire Lover. If the address doesn't show up, then check in my bio for it.