"This is it" Elli sniffed as she opened the door to the second story of the Clinic. Ghai sneezed.
"Lots of dust." He commented before sneezing again. Elli nodded and switched on the light so they could see. The lights slowly fazed on with a quiet buzz to reveal an old broken down room. There were two beds, a dresser and a few shelves.
"Ghai. I…" Elli set the bags down and hid her face with her hands. Her shoulders shook and she started to sob uncontrollably. Ghai's face turned sympathetic but he didn't know what to do. The woman that was like a mother to him for so many years was breaking down. He was only five! What could he do?
"Aw. Miss Elli." Ghai tried to pick his words carefully. Elli dropped to her knees and put her hands over her eyes. She brought her dress up to wipe her tears, then continued to cry more. Ghai walked over to Elli and hugged her waist. Elli sobbed greatly then turned and hugged Ghai.
"Oh Ghai…" Elli cried. "My poor Ciar!" The sniffled. "How will I go one without her…?"
"I don't know Miss Elli. I just hope that…that she's happier now." Ghai looked at Elli's streaked face and felt her pain. His green eyes melted away into salty tears too. Elli nodded her head and stood up. Ghai looked up at her and smiled. Elli weakly smiled back then started to un-pack her things. Ghai walked over to the window that overlooked the ocean. He wiped his eyes in dismay as he brought up a picture of Ciar smiling in his mind. "I miss you already." He whispered to the waves that now carried Ciar. He closed his eyes, letting more tears roll down his cheeks. He turned from the window and helped Elli unpack. "I love you." He thought.
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Kai was coming on a boat, travelling to Mineral Town. He had to inspect Popuri's "friendly" relationship with Cliff. He suspected her of cheating on him.
"Darn you Cliff." He muttered under his breath. Then he spotted something moving in the water. It wasn't a fish, this poor being couldn't swim and was being carried by the waves. "What's that?" He asked himself. Instinctively, he dove into the water, forgetting his luggage on the ferry. He swam easily across the ocean current. He was a very strong swimmer.
He reached the thing and it turned out to be a little girl. She had brown hair and looked about six years old. Kai grabbed her and put her onto his back. She seemed unconscious, or dead. He hoped the first one as he began to swim the rest of the way to the island, which turned out to be quite far. Eventually, he grew very tired and didn't think he could bring himself to swim any longer.
"Gah." He grunted as he held the girl in his arms. He turned onto his back and floated on the calm waters. It was night when he left and it seemed that the sun was beginning to rise. It was getting a little warmer and the stars were disappearing. Kai laid the girl onto his chest and put on arm on her body for support. He felt her chest moving up and down. "Yes! Breathing." He smiled but couldn't bear to close his eyes for fear of the child falling off of his body. "Stay alive little one. I will guard you forever if you do."
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Ann had returned to the farm house and retired to her bed after watching a little T.V. Jack had watched with her but he didn't say a word. He only blushed every time Ann looked at him. "What is up with this guy?" She thought. She had lived with him for almost a year now and she had only left the farm on a few occasions. Once to talk to Cliff and once to pick some wild grass for cooking. Never did she go into the city. Never did she venture to festivals or holiday celebrations. Jack didn't mind staying home with her.
She hadn't thought that Jack liked her, (Like, crush like) when he said that she was beautiful. She thought he was just trying to comfort her. She wasn't as depressed as she used to be so Jack guessed that he had helped.
Ann tossed and turned in her bed. For some reason, she couldn't sleep tonight. She stood up, only wearing Jack's shirt and her underwear. She tip-toed to Jack's sleeping body and poked his shoulder. Jack murmured and rolled over. Ann poked him harder this time and he opened his eyes. After seeing Ann's thin body in only his pyjama shirt and underwear he was shocked and embarrassed.
"Whoh!" He said as she stumbled onto the floor, just in front of the sofa. He rubbed his head and looked up at Ann's glistening eyes. "Um, yes Ann?" He asked while staggering to stand.
"Um." Ann fidgeted with her hair. "Do you wanna' sleep on the bed?" She turned and pointed to the bed. Jack shrugged.
"Only if it's okay with you." Jack said. Ann smiled. Jack blushed. Ann looked confused and Jack closed his eyes, hoping the embarrassing moment would pass if he didn't look. Once he opened his eyes again, Ann's face was only inches from his.
"Is something wrong?" She sweetly asked. Jack nervously shook his head. Ann smiled.
"Okay." She chimed. "Can I ask you for a favour Jack?"
"Uh…" Jack stuttered. "Sure Ann." He blushed and rubbed the back of his neck nervously.
"I need a hug." Ann said, looking to the floor with her hands, cutely placed behind her back. Jack smiled and stepped closer to Ann. He wrapped his arms tightly around Ann's body. She felt surprisingly cold. Jack hugged her tighter and she squeezed him back. She soon pulled away and rubbed her sleepy eyes.
"Thanks Jack." She gratefully thanked him then retreated to the sofa. Jack walked over to the bed and was just about to crawl under the covers when he heard a sound. It sounded like a gunshot. Ann heard it too. She quickly slipped on some pants and sprinted out the door. Jack quickly followed (he was already wearing pyjama pants and shirt.) her onto the field. They heard another shot and the sky lit up with a bright red light then faded away again. The sun had already started to rise. They both ran into the town to see what was going on.
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Elli and Ghai had unpacked their things and were trying to sleep until Ghai had asked Elli if he could go for a walk. Elli hesitated but eventually gave in. Ghai ventured all over their street and soon came into Rose Square where he saw a peculiar sight.
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Kai reached the shore and crawled up onto the sand. He lifted the girl onto a bench and fell into the sand. It stuck to his wet clothes and skin. The poor girl was still unconscious. Kai eventually got up and picked up the girl. He carried her over to his summer restaurant and turned the knob.
"Darn." He murmured. "Locked." He kicked at the door. It didn't open. He reached for his pockets. The key was left in his luggage on the ferry, not in his pockets. He sighed and bent down beneath the sign. "There you are." He spoke to the hidden, dusty key as he picked it up and opened the door.
"Here is your new home." Kai announced to the unconscious brunette. He walked over to his bed on the renovated second floor and laid the girl onto it. He covered her with a few light blankets. Kai was soaked but he didn't care. He had some business to take care of. He went behind the counter on the first floor and opened a locked cupboard. It wasn't really locked; all he had to do was kick it a bit. Inside was a handgun. He grabbed it and put it onto his belt. He let his long purple shirt hang over it so it wasn't visible. He felt for his purple bandana that was usually pulling his medium brown hair out of his face. No bandana. It had washed away in the ocean and he didn't have any at the shop.
Kai sighed as he closed the door behind him. No shoes either. His feet were muddy before long and the sand on them irritated his skin. He quickly ran around town as quietly as he could. He was looking for Cliff. Finally, he came across him sitting on a bench in Rose Square. He snuck up behind Cliff, hoping not to wake him from his day dream. The sun was rising all too soon. He didn't have much time. He grabbed Cliff's shoulders and flung him onto the cement beside the bench. Before Cliff knew it, Kai's foot was on his chest, pinning him to the ground.
"Kai?" He asked. "What do you cough want?" He struggled and eventually became free of Kai's weight. He rolled and stood quickly, his bangs almost completely covering his brown eyes. Kai lost his balance but regained it shortly after. His face was scarlet with anger.
"You." He accused, raising a shaking finger at Cliff.
"Yea." Cliff agreed. "Me." He motioned to himself. "What do you want with me?" Kai walked up to him.
"As if you don't know." Kai shook with anger. "P…p…." He stuttered.
"What?" Cliff was confused. "P…Popuri?" Cliff was beginning to understand. "Is…is this about Popuri?"
"No." Kai rolled his eyes. "Of course it is." Kai quickly pulled out his gun and raised it up against Cliff's forehead.
"Woah!" Cliff panicked. "What's this for?"
"For taking care of unwanted people." Kai slyly said. "Now, give Popuri back to me you monster."
"I didn't take her." Cliff answered honestly. "She came to me, of her own will."
"Liar." Kai said, gritting his teeth. Cliff shrugged. "Say you will leave her, or I will kill you."
"Why didn't you kill me in the summer when you had the chance?" Cliff wondered aloud.
"Because I didn't know then." Kai whispered, glaring at Cliff. "You wouldn't let her tell me." Cliff's eyes enlarged.
"She didn't tell you!" Cliff exclaimed. "Oh." He concluded.
"Mmhmm." Kai pushed the gun's barrel against Cliff's forehead. "Say you'll tell her it's over or you'll be over." He threatened.
"No." Cliff refused. "She's mine now. She loves me." Cliff thought that Kai's eyes turned red. He smacked Cliff's temple with the gun and Cliff fell to the ground with a big gaping wound on his head. Cliff was confused. That is, he was confused, until he blacked out.
"Heh, heh." Kai laughed at Cliff's misery. Kai then noticed a little boy with green hair and eyes hiding behind a bush, watching him. "Scram kid. If you know what's good for 'ya." The boy obeyed and sprinted away. Kai looked onto his unconscious victim. He remembered the good times that they had had. "Backstabber." He muttered under his breath. He sighed. "Life was much easier when girls had cooties."
"Cliffie?" Popuri ran into the north entrance of Rose Square to see Kai with a gun in his hand, standing over her boyfriend that was on the ground. "Kai! You shot him!" Popuri's eyes filled with tears, threatening to burst.
"Not yet." Kai smirked, showing Popuri the blood on the gun, left from Cliff's head. Popuri's eyes opened widely. Kai looked Popuri over. "What are you wearing?" He asked cautiously lowering the gun. Popuri blushed.
"Something I bought…" Popuri mumbled. "For Cliff." She retorted. Kai was shocked. Popuri glared.
"For Cliff? I thought you loved me Pop…What happened?" Kai asked, taking a step away from Cliff and one towards Popuri.
"You were never here for me." Popuri whimpered. "It just didn't work."
"Why didn't you tell me about you two when I came down two seasons ago!" Kai screamed. Popuri started to cry.
"Because I was afraid something like this would happen!" Popuri shrieked back, motioning to Cliff's motionless body. Kai stepped toward Popuri again.
"Your mine." He said confidently. "You belong, to me." He advanced on Popuri, stuck his gun back in his belt and grabbed her.
"I am not your property. Nor Cliff's. I belong to no one." Popuri backed away and slapped Kai. Kai was silent and Popuri ran over to Cliff. She lifted it and cradled it. "I am my own person."
"Stupid girl." He muttered. He walked back over to the couple and shoved Popuri out of the way. Apparently, the whole town had gathered, including the little green haired boy and Elli, holding him. Cliff had also woken up. "No one step any closer." Kai yelled, grabbing Cliff's collar and forcing him to stand. He raised the gun to the side of his head, the opposite to the side of the nasty, bloody gash. "Or I'll shoot." The townsfolk immediately shushed, especially the girls. They all liked Cliff. (Typical.)
Popuri was sitting off to the side, weeping into her hands. Kai pushed Cliff onto the ground beside her, still pointing the gun at him.
"Look at her." He ordered. Cliff hesitated. "LOOK AT HER!" He screamed. Cliff obeyed and looked into Popuri's blotchy pink eyes. "Tell her it's over." Cliff said nothing. "Tell her." Kai was getting annoyed. "Or…" Kai ran over to Elli and grabbed the green haired boy out of her arms. Elli shrieked and fell to her knees, crying. Kai dragged the struggling young boy by the arm, over to where Cliff and Popuri were sitting.
"Or…" Kai hesitated. The boy looked about the same age as the girl that he had saved in the water. Kai shook his head to forget this sympathetic thought. "Or I'll kill him." Kai yanked the boy forward and put the gun next to his head.
"No!" The boy shouted, trying to get away. Kai grinned mischievously and waited for Cliff to answer. Cliff stood, walked up to Kai and punched him in the face. Kai fell over onto his hands and knees, coughing out blood. He let go of the boy on his way down. Although he was too afraid to run away.
"I knew he was evil!" Rick shrieked, pointing at Kai. Kai stood up and punched Cliff in the face, then in the stomach. Cliff spat blood but didn't fall over. Cliff pretended to trip, and then sweep kicked Kai. Kai fell then Cliff pinned him. Kai head bunted his forehead. Cliff stumbled back and Kai brought his gun on him. He shot the ground next to Cliff and he jumped up. Kai stood up also. They glared at each other. The entire town's people were yelling. Kai rolled his eyes and shot into the air. The townsfolk immediately shut up.
"Now." He started. "Cliff." Kai sprinted back to the crying, green haired boy and dragged him over to the middle of the cement square. "Tell Popuri it's over, or I will kill this boy." Kai repositioned his gun on the top of the boy's head. Cliff went onto his knees.
"What's your name?" He asked the little boy. The boy shuddered and cried.
"G-g….Ghai." He quivered.
"Okay Ghai." Cliff calmly said. "I won't let him hurt you." Cliff almost smiled. He stood again and looked Kai in the face. He then softened his gaze and walked over to Popuri. He pulled her onto her feet.
"No. No Cliff." Popuri sobbed. "I love you." She tried to touch his cheek but Cliff resisted. Just then, Jack and Ann pushed to the front of the crowd. Not many noticed them.
"We can't be selfish Popuri." Cliff's expression didn't change. "I'm sorry." Popuri fell onto the ground. Cliff turned to Kai. "There, happy now?" Kai was amused. "Will you leave us in peace now?" Kai shook his head.
"A little parting gift first." He snarled. He shoved the boy away suddenly and aimed for Cliff. Ann reacted and shoved Kai out of the way right before he pulled the trigger. While they fell towards the cement the gun shot at Ghai. It hit him in the shoulder and he fell onto the ground. Kai landed on the ground and Elli ran to the green-haired boy. Kai turned, with Ann falling beside him. He shot at Cliff. Elli's blue dress was stained with blood. Cliff tried to dodge but the bullet ended up lodged in his chest. He fell to the ground too, immediately unconscious.
Popuri looked up from her crying but stayed sitting. She watched as the other townspeople drove Kai back into the beach. Thomas and Harris stayed there, making sure he packed his things and left soon. The others helped get the two "Kai victims" to the clinic. Elli was back from Dustwood City and she could help them. At least, they hoped she could.
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Please review. Even if it might seem that I have an idea of where this story is going, I don't! Please, send me some ideas…if it isn't too much trouble that is. I apologize to Young Roy for making another Cliff story. :-P