Lovers and Friends: Fatal Attraction
(Authors Intro- Alright guys I need your help with a decision. As I've told you I'm About to Start a Doujinshi of Lovers and Friends on Fanart CentralI've Even Set Up A Link to the Website on my profile page. The thing I need help with is Should I post Lovers and Friends on the website so other people can read it please send me your suggestions in your reviews. In this chapter...well let's just say Winter and Blake's past is just like a characters off ofRurouni Kenshin. This chapter will mostly be a flashback sequence, enjoy.)
Chapter Four-Our Dreadful Past
When Ami woke up the next morning, Yumi had already left to go meet up with Winter somewhere. Ami grabbed her cell phone and called Blakewith the phone number he gave her yesterday. The phone rung and Blake answered.
"Hello?"
"Where do you want us to meet up?"
"Oh...meet me at Princes Park"
"Ok but...Blake will you tell me?"
"Yeah...I'll tell you everything"
"OK"Ami hung up the phone and got ready to meet up with Blake. Meanwhile Yumi and Winter were hanging out at The Cavern Club, a legendary rock n roll club.
"Aw man" Yumi said as she rubbed the side of her head"My head is bumping with pain"
"I'm sorry Yumi I didn't mean for you to get a hangover from last night"
"It's not your fault...but you drunk more than I did and you don't have a hangover."
"I guess that's what I get for drinking forseveral years" They smiled at one another.
"So you want me to get you some ice?"
"Yeah Ok" Winter asked the bartender for a bag of ice.
"Yumi, you didn't have to meet up with me if your head was hurting this bad"
"I'm sorry but I couldn't dissappoint you like that...In fact I like you, you and me understand one another."
"Really?"
"Yeah"
"Ma'am" the bartender said softly "Here's your ice"
"Thanks" Winter took the Ice and held it up against Yumi's head as they smiled ateach other.
When Ami got to Princes Park she walked around and tried to find Blake.
"Ami over here!" not to far away was Blake sitting on a park bench feeding the pigeons. Ami went over,sat right next to Blake, and joined him in . Blake took in a deep breath and said "So you really wanna know about me and Winter's past."
"Well...not really I just want to know why Winter would...yes I want to know everything"
"Ok Ami...I'll tell you of our terrible...dreadful past...It all started when Winter and I were just little kids.
"Winter, Blake Get In Here Now!" Eight year old Winter ran to the kitchen in a panic with six year old Blake right behind her. When they got to the kitchen their uncle and aunt stood along with their grand-mother and their eight cousins,five boys and three girls,all of them with a frown on their face.
Winter answereed in a quivering voice"Yes...uncle?"
"We're done eating breakfastso you and that little runt clean up the kitchen!"
"Yes sir" All of a sudden little Blake softly said "When do we get to eat?" Winter looked at Blake then their uncle came over, picked him up by the collar of his raggedy clothes and said"You've got some damn nerve talking to me like that you little brat you'll eat what evers left on the floor!" The uncle threw Blake into the wall and kicked him several times. But Blake just smiled. After the uncle brutally kicked Blake he left the kitchen along with the other famliy memebers. While he did he said "Worthless half breeds no wonder your father or mother didn't want you!"
" Your absolutely righttheir fathershould've" the aunt said elegantly "Never had sex with that geicha"
"Whore" the grandmother said "Is more like It ...and now they're both dead and they left us with those two pieces of scum" The eight cousins just sneered at Blake and Winter. After they left Winter went over to Blake as he got of the floor. She and Blake just smiled at each other.
"Why did you ask him you knew he would hit you" Blake just smiled even bigger and said "I know but I'm hungry."
"I know hopefully they didn't spit on the left over food this time...now come on we've gotta clean up."
"You see Ami...since our mother and father were dead we were sent to live with our uncle and his family at his secluded mansion in thehills of Whales, England,where hedistributed wine...but we were not welcomed...they would beat us alot and call us halfbreeds since we're half japanese."
"Then If they beat you"Ami said in a partially loud voice,"Why did you smile so much?"
"Well when they beat us,If we cried they said we were being complaining little selfish runts...but when we smiled they would get tired of beating us faster.
"Put Your Back Into It Ya Little Bitch!"One of the cousins yelled at Winter as she tried to carry a wine barrel up to her uncles wine warehouse on her back. "If you don't I'll kick your ass!" All of a sudden Winter tripped over a rock with her barefeet and fell to the ground. The eight-teen year old cousin stomped over to her with his hundred dollar Irish sword in his hand and said"You Worthless piece of shit you don't even deserve to be struck with the scabbard of my sword!" Just as he was beating Winter his older brother said "Hey come over here"
"What Is It?"
"Come take a look at the news paper",So he walked over to where his older brother was and read the news paper. After he read it he was even madder than before.
"Damn they still haven't caught that bastard!"
"No and accroding to the news he's killed twenty police now...just with his sword"
"Damn because of him dad's wine sell's will be alot slower...well if it was me fighting him I'd be able to take him out with just one srtike of my sword...like this!" And after he said that he cut the wine barrel in half and the wine spilled all over Winter.The uncle came out with a frown on his saying"What the hell was that noise!"The two brothers looked at one another, then at Wintersmiled and said "Winter dropped one of the wine barrels dad, and the wine spilled out of it!" The upset uncle walked over to Winter and said"You Little bitch I gave you an easy job and you can't even do It?"The cruel uncleslapped Winter across her face and beat her as the two brothers watched in pleasure. But Winter just kept smiling. "Since you can't do It alone you and your brother can do it together...and the only time your coming into the house is to take out the trash so both of you can go sleep In the warehouse tonight...nor will you two have lunch ordinner now get back to work!" And so Wnter along with Blake carried all the wine barells up to the warehouse they finished atnight time. That night whenWinter took out the trash she suddenly heard loudnoises not far from her like gunshots so she ran in the direction of the noise. When she arrived to where the noise was coming from, there she saw in the woods ten policemen being sliced bit by bit by a tall man who was wearing all blackholding a giant samurai sword and he had two wakizashi's. When the man sawWinter he walked over to her picked her up and held the sword to her throat.
"You saw me kill these men...thereforeI must kill you."Winter just started laughing.
"What's so funny...are you not afraid of death?"
"No sir...not at all" The man stared into Winter's eyes and saw that they changed colors.
"Girl...you fascinate me...give me a place to stay and I might not kill you."
"Yes... sir"Winter led the man up to the warehouse. WhenBlaked saw the man he developed apuzzled look on his face.
"I see you have a brother"
"Yes his name is Blake"
"Do you have any food and bandages?"
Winter shook her head. The mysterious man then sat down in front of one of the wine barrels.
"Um sir" Blaked asked softly"My name is Blake...what is yours?"
"My name is Shoujiro Shishio"
"Um...Mr. Shishio why did you kill those policemen"
"I killled them because they tried to kill me"
"A-a-are you a bad guy"
"I don't think so"
"What did you do for those policemen to try to kill you?"
"I assasinated a very important buiness man for the Yakuza...shouldn't you two be in bed?"
"We don't...have one sir"
"Why?"
"Because...our uncle said beds aren't ment for dogs"
"...So your uncle and his familytreats you wtong huh?"
"Yes sir" Winter said quietly
"...Then why don't you kill'em?"
"What?"
"In this world only the strong survive If your strong you live...and if your weak you die",After he said that he suddenly faded into a deep sleep and a couple of minutes later so did Wintr and Blake. So for the next several days, Blake and Winter snuck food and bandages out of their uncles house and took them back out to Shoujiro and every night when they'd finished working they would tell Shoujiro about the abusive thing's their family did to them. But Shoujiro just kept saying "In this world only the fittest survive.
One morningafter he hadfinished eating and rewrapping his bandages he then said"Both of you...are quite fascinating, your eyes change colors, you both smile when you feel pain and you don't defend yourself...interesting."
He thenstood up took both of his wakizashis out and said "Take these as payment for my stay and remember what I said...If your strong you live and if your weak...you die...I must now leave you,goodbye"Shoujiro then left Blake and Winter. That whole day as Blake and Winter carried the wine barrels, they thought upon what Shoujiro said, especially Winter.
That night at the mansion the old grandmother entered the livingroom where everyone except Winter and Blake were sitting. "Did any of you eat my beef wellington?" All of them shook their heads.
"Come to think of it" the uncle said"We are missing some food and all the bandages but none of us have been bleeding or anything" Then the aunt included herself by saying" Then who could be taking them" All of a sudden one of te cousins said "Hey Dad didn't they say on the news that that assasin was around this region and had a minimum amount of wounds?"
"Well if he's around here who could be helping him out!" All of a sudden they all had a shocked look on their face as they figured out the two people who had been housing the assasin."Damn those two brats...they're gonna pay!" As it began to thunder that night, at the warehouse Winter and Blake stared at the wakizashi's Shintoko had gave them.
"Winter?"
"Yes Blake?"
"Do you think what Mr.Shishio said is right?"
"Well...as you know it hurts when we get beatings...and would probably hurt even more to die by a sword so--" Winter was suddenly interupted by the roaring voice of her uncle"Come out of that warehouse you little traitors!" Winter and Blake hid the wakizashi's and when they opened the door to the warehouse there in front of them stood their uncle along with the rest of his family along with bat's and sticks in their hands. The uncle then grabbed Winter and said"Where's the assassin!"
"I-I don't know"
"Don't play dumb!" He then thew Winter down so hard that she coughed up blood.
"He's not in the warehouse dad" one of the sons said," he must of left"
"Damnit...and it's because of you two...I should kill you right now!"
"That wouldn't be a good idea dad we've already called the police on this guyand they're on their way."
"But" one of the daughter's said"What if we told the police that the assassin killed them?" They all got the idea in there head then looked at Winter and Blake with a develish smile on all their faces.
"Kill those two!" And after their uncle said that Winter and Blake ran back in to warehouse and hid along with their wakizashi's behind the wine barrels
The uncle sent two of his youngest sons in to find and kill them. Blake and Winter tried their best not to make any noise.
"They're"Blake whispered to Winter"Trying to kill us" Winter held tighter to her wakizashi and said"Mr. Shishio please...help us."
"So there you two are" Winter and Blake looked up to see the two brother's standing over them.
"We've been looking all over for you two...hey where'd yall get those nice swords from?" The two brothers then reached to grab Winter and Blake by the throat and as they did alot of things went through Winter and Blake's minds. Outside the warehouse as the uncle waited with the rest of the family,they suddenly heard to shrilly screams come from the warehouse.
"Well" the aunt said happily "They're finally dead"
"Good work you two" The Unlce said happily "Now come on out we need t--" He and the whole family were suddenly shocked at what they saw. Winter and Blake came out of the warehouse with their swords covered with blood, and Winter's eyes were bloodshot.
"I can't" Blake said sadly as he fell to his knees"Believe we killed them...Winter?"
"In this world Blake only the fittest survive" The uncle and all of his sons ran to attack Winter and Blake. Blake still in shock couldn't move but Winter just smiled as it started to rain. Justwhen the cruel uncle and his sons were about grab them Winter suddenly dodged them and slashed through them all with her sword as Blake watched in shock. After Winter slashed everyone in her sight except Blake she then looked down at the grown with her eyes shadowed by her long hair as she heard the police sirens nearing the mansion. Then both of them heard someone clap they looked behind them to seeShoujiro smiling.
"I knew you two could do it"
"Mr. Shishio" Winter said in a soft happy voice "Where did you go?"
"I hid in the woods to see what you two would do today when they came for you...and i'm impressed with both of you?"
"Since the police are coming where will you go?"
"There's a plane not far from here which will take me back to Japan"
"...Can...we come with you?"
"No...It would be two dangerous"
"Then what do we do?"
" Hide the swords in your clothes and tell ...the police that I killed them allthey might believe you" Winter then looked up as rain dripped on to her face. Blake just stood there in silence.
"Are you...crying?" Winter smiled at Mr.Shishio and said "No sir not at all?" Shishio smiled as the police cas drove up and said"You two kids...fascinate me" Then he ran into the woods as the police tried toshoot him. After Shoujiro got away the police asked Winter and Blake what happened and they told the police what Shoujro told them to say. The police believed them . As they rode in the police car from the secluded mansion Winter and Blake held the wakizashi's tighter and Winterquietly said"Goodbye...Mr.Shishio"
"Wow...what happened to you two after that"
"We were sent to a foster home...Winter andI were adopted seven years later byfamily that treated us nicely."
"Ok...but... why would Winter be devastated if she found out me a Yumi are dating?"
"...After that night at the mansion Winter...changed.
"How did she change."
"Well besides living by what Mr.Shishio said she was alot more aggressive like...at the foster home their once was this boy who would pick on me and punch me every day...then one day when nobody but me, him and Winter were around...she almost beat him to death with a bat, I had to stop her befre shekilled him. When I asked her why she was soaggressively protective she said "Blake that night at that damn mansion...you we're almost killed and you were and still are the only thing I care about. When I realizedthat,I went by what Mr. Shishio told me and... I killed them all so after that I swore to dispose of anyone or anything who tried to get in the way of someone loving me and me loving them."
"So Blake...what your saying is that if she found out she might...try to kill me?"
"Maybe so Ami...she really does love Yumi she told me herself."
"Then... what do we do if she finds out?"
"We just have to hope she doesn't...and If she does thatshe won't do anything...dangerous" Ami nodded at Blake and continued feed the pigeons with him in silence after finding out about his dreadful past.
(Aythors Note- I you watch Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X then you know who I based Winter and Blake's past off of...that's right my favorite characterSoujiro Seta. The reason I used his is beause...well i just thought It would fit well to Winter and Blake. I kind of had second thoughts to this idea because of what you guys might think but You Gotta Please Yourself before you can please anyone else.)