Watanabe followed Haruka after the race. She had won, as usual, but it was pretty close between her and Hajime. Haruka was going to a celebration party with five of the decent guys she raced with. Watanabe kept up with the racers' fast pace, but stayed far enough behind so that he was not suspicious. Hajime slowed down as each of the cars pulled into the guest parking of an apartment building. Then men and the target got out of the car, each carrying a six pack on each finger. On of the men put down the beer and opened a door on the bottom floor. Then he picked them up and led the others in. A moment later, the radio inside the room began to blast music that he didn't recognize. Watanabe wouldn't have sworn that he heard the cans being opened even over the music. That was exactly what he wanted to hear.

Haruka sighed as she finished her fifth can of Red Bull, the traditional victory drink of the team. She had needed to piss after the second can, but she had been too afraid to use the toilet. It was also traditional to see which of the men could get the most urine in the bowl, and after all of those energy drinks, Haruka figured that there was more on the floor than in the toilet. Haruka simply sighed as they forced another can at her. She couldn't take it anymore. Haruka got up from the chair she was sitting on and headed for the door.
"Hey, Haruka?" one of the guys called, just as she was at the door. "Are you going to finish this?"
Haruka shook her head and the man took Haruka's half-empty can and chugged the contents.
"I'll see you all later."

Haruka felt that there was something wrong when she stepped out of the room. It was quiet(without the blaring music). Haruka looked around her, saw nothing, and approached her car with caution. She got into her car, and then she noticed something. The car was in reverse, even though it was parked, and the brake was wedged completely down with a slab of lead. Haruka got back out of the car, slammed the door shut, and then listened again. She didn't hear a thing but the stereo. Haruka picked up a large piece of gravel and hurled it toward the rest of the parked cars. She heard something move, barely a sound, but she knew it couldn't be an animal.

"Who's there?" she asked.
There was no reply.
Haruka blinked in the darkness, her eyes where finally adjusting. She was pretty sure that she saw a human form behind one of the cars. The woman approached in cautiously. The figure did not move. Haruka prepared herself for attack, but then a fist slammed down from behind her and caught her on the shoulder. Haruka had tried to dodge, but she had only gotten far enough to miss a fatal blow. She fell to the ground, screaming in agony. A moment later, Watanabe pulled the trigger on his tranquilizer gun, and Haruka stopped screaming. He went behind the car where he had placed his favorite love doll, a dark-plasticed one that had blended in well with the shadows, and carried Haruka's limp body to her car.

It had gone just as he had planned. A car accident would be much more efficient than drowning. While he was parked in front of the apartments, he had realized that it would be much easier to dispose of Haruka in a car accident, so he had blown up the doll and formed a new plan. He had used a quick-acting, but quick-dissolving sedative. The explosion would take care of any evidence that he was there. Watanabe placed Haruka in the driver's seat, removed the lead, placed Haruka's foot on the accelerator, and put Haruka's hands on the wheel. He took the key from her pocket, put it into the ignition, and was about to start the car with the remote he had been given, when a wave of aquamarine light rushed toward him.
"Neptune Deep Submerge!"

Note: The next chapter is the last. I think I have said this a few times before, but if you have not read my story Ruin, and you would like to know what happens between Haruka and Michiru directly after the end of this one, you should read it.