Disclaimer : I don't own the characters...well...not all of them atleast , I do own the nameless police men and Kenji and I do own this plot so I think I can sleep soundly tonight.
(reads disclaimer) Mhh maybe I should've just stopped after the ' I don't own the characters' sentence...oh well who cares ! Anyway thanks for reviewing , I'm glad you all liked it. Ah I know some of you didn't like it that i killed Ami but..sometimes things need to be done..plus I got paid for it !
Enjoy (The final chapter of 'Rainbow')
Chapter 19 : At the end of the Rainbow
'' Okay can we pretend to be normal people for one freaking moment !'' Kenji yelled as he took his gun in his hands expecting Yaten to react or to atleast do something. But instead of that the silver haired man just sat there staring at Kenji who aimed his gun at him. Michiru just stared at Yaten with a fearful look on her face as she kept repeating the same sentence over and over , she didn't even notice Haruka was looking at her with a worried look on her face.
'' You can shoot me if you like.'' The silver haired man said still not moving , still not showing any fear.'' But before you do that I want you to turn around first and look at your partner and her lover once more.'' To show Kenji he didn't intend on escaping or pulling hi sown weapon Yaten took his gun in his hands and threw it on the ground. First Kenji wasn't sure about what he should do. But since Yaten didn't look much as a threat on this moment he did as he was told and looked at Michiru and Haruka. The aqua haired girl was still looking at Yaten with the same fearful look on her face as when they found her at the factory , Haruka on the other hand seemed to be very worried about Michiru's state. What was there to see ? What kind of game was Yaten playing this time , or was he just trying to buy time ?
Then suddenly Michiru stopped repeating the same words and gazed back at Haruka with such a hate in her eyes it even scared him. Kenji could see Haruka flinch as he heard Yaten laugh behind him.'' This is all your damn fault...'' Michiru yelled and before anyone could predict what was going to happen next she hit the blonde tomboy across her face. Haruka just stared at her lover in shock. What was happening here ?
'' You only care about yourself...'' The aqua haired girl continued ignoring the pained look on the blonde's face. '' I don't understand why anyone would put up with you ! I tried so hard to help you , to be there for you and you just pushed me away since you found your damn job more important than me. That's no love Haruka , that's freaking lust ! It's all your fault Ami died and it's all your fault we had that stupid fight in the first place...You aren't worth it Tenoh...you aren't worth it...You deserve to die a painful death , actually I hope you'll die from this virus.''
Kenji stopped listening at her harsh words.'' What have you done to her you freak ? The real Michiru would never say that , have you infected her too ? Are her words caused by that virus ?'' Yaten just shook his head amused.
'' You know what happens with people who keep hearing the same lies day after day ?'' He asked. Kenji shook his head.'' They start to believe those lies and before you know it they'll lose reality. After that...Well you can look At Michiru to see the result of it. She hates Haruka and there's nothing you can do that is going to change that. But now you came up with it , using the virus on her would've been effective too.''
Haruka also stopped to listen to Michiru now and turned to look at Yaten with such a hate in her eyes even the silver haired man feared her for a moment , but as soon as it came it was gone and he regained his calm posture again.'' Tell me how the fuck I can get her back to who she once was or I swear I'm going to rip your head off , atleast if you are lucky to live that !'' She yelled.
Setsuna finally looked up too staring at the clock above Haruka's head. Still one hour before the virus would be spread through the building and she couldn't say anything about it.Yaten had warned her that if she would say one word he would kill her. But then again , Yaten was unarmed this time , his gun lay on the ground and Kenji was still aiming his own gun at the crazed serial killer. And even if Yaten would manage to kill her what difference would it make ? That virus was going to kill her either way and to be honest. She'd rather die by being shot down , then to die because of some virus that would eat her up alive from the inside.
'' Stop ignoring me !'' Michiru cnow cried as she took Haruka's arm in her hands causing the blonde to turn around. Haruka just stared into her lovers eyes which once were full of love. Now the only thing Haruka could find in those deep blue eyes was hate and pain. Pain that was caused by not only Yaten but also by her. Haruka knew she had hurt Michiru by doing some things in the past , she knew she should've have send Michiru away knowing that there was a serial killer watching her that very moment.
Setsuna couldn't take this any longer. If this was to continue they would all die. Couldn't they see they were giving Yaten exactly what he wanted ? He wanted them to stay around too long so the virus could also get in their veins , in their blood.'' Listen Haruka this is what you have to do !'' She yelled. Yaten now also turned his head to look at the green haired woman.'' There is one way to bring people back to their sanity , i've seen it a few times with killers we caught , give her what she wants , admit you are guilty for all the pain she went through , tell her how much you love her over and over..'' Somehow these words hurted Setsuna , after all she had been in love with Haruka for quite a long time. But she had lost now , Haruka loved Michiru and she knew that was how it was suppossed to be.
'' Setsuna...'' Haruka whispered. It was also all that she said before she turned back to look at the aqua haired girl. It felt kind of weird doing this considering the situation they were in.Not to mention a serial killer was listening to very word she was going to say. Michiru just gazed back at the blonde with her blue eyes. As if she was waiting for Haruka to start talking. It was strange , really strange. Michiru had just , a few minutes ago , been incontrolable but now she seemes calm and aware of what was going on around her.
'' Michiru...i'm sorry.'' Was all Haruka said before she let go of Michiru's hands and turned around. Before anyone of them knew what was happening the blonde tomboy had taken her own gun in her hands and was now standing in front of Yaten , her gun close to his head.'' You see Yaten , you might think you are good at playing games but I also can play games and from now on we're going to play by my rules , now tell me where you hid this virus !''
The killer just smirked up at Haruka.'' You're not going to shoot me , if you will you would never find out where I hide the virus , just accept it , you lost. Even if you would manage to kill me and save yourself you will never be fast enough to save everyone in this building , all the police men who are chasing you this very moment , they'll never let you get alive anyway.''
'' Smart , very smart.'' The tomboy said as she pressed her gun to his head.'' But what if Setsuna is with us , have you ever thought of that my dear Rainbow killer ?'' Yaten went wide eyed at that statement. How could he been so stupid , how could he made such a big mistake of letting the green haired cop live.
'' But still you won't be able to save everyone..'' Yaten said trying hard to hide the fear in his voice.
'' Yes we are , again you made a mistake.'' Kenji now said.'' You know that blue haired girl you shot about an hour ago ? Well to sae Haruka from those other police men she threw some kind of bomb filled with gas , nothing dangerous but they didn't know that. Almost everyone run out of this office thinking it would be some deadly gas , the only people who were still in this building were Mamoru and his team , who you shot and us. Even if there would be more people in this building I wouldn't be surpised if all of them were wearing a gas mask , so you see Yaten you little freak , you lose.''
'' No...that's impossible..'' Yaten muttered in complete shock. It seemed everything suddenly was working against him.
'' Well it's possible and if you would excuse us now , we are going to leave this place too.'' Haruka said while giving the killer a sweet smile.'' Too bad you hadn't thought of that eh ? You know you really got me from the beginning , ever since the first victem was found I couldn't stop working on this case , then the second and the thirth and all on the same time of year , when there was a full moon , a red moon to be exact. And then I found out about your little patern and I couldn't help it but assume the killer was someone who would be very...well religious. And I somehow still think that , but like any other you made a mistake , you trusted Seiya and when you found out he was about to betray you , you could only do two things , either make him look guilty without getting caught yourself or kill him. You chose the wrong thing.'' Haruka paused for a moment. After all of this was done the first thing she was going to do was make things up with Michiru and show her much love and affection.'' Any last words before I blow your freaking head off ?''
'' Yes...'' Yaten said earning curious looks from Kenji and Setsuna. Michiru just stood there looking at Yaten who was close to being killed with an empty look in her eyes. Yaten stared back at Michiru but soon he looked back at the blonde who stood in front of him.'' I want to say , I really enjoyed making all of you feel worthless and hopeless. I really enjoyed shooting Seiya and killing those girl and I just loved making your little girlfriend insane...'' Before he could say anything else Haruka had already pulled the trigger.
'' Only shit came out of his mouth , don't ask.'' She said when she saw Kenji was about to say something. Haruka just wiped the blood off her cheek. It was now that Haruka finally noticed the gun Yaten was holding though he had dropped it on the ground a while ago.
'' Michiru...'' She whispered and turned around to look at her lover who indeed lay on the ground bleeding. The only reason she hadn't noticed this earlier was because Yaten had pulled the trigger as a reflex when she did. Kenji just let his own gun fall to the ground as he rushed over to Setsuna to untie her.
Haruka on the other hand walked over to Michiru who just lay there , she was still breathing much to her relieve. With that she fell down on her knees next to Michiru.''Michi I'm really sorry about all that happened to you...''
The smaller girl opened her mouth to say something but was stopped by Haruka who put her finger on Michiru's lips.'' Hush , don't say anything. I'm taking you to the hospital , hopefully after you get better you will decide you still want to be my girlfriend...'' The last part was just a whisper but the look on the smaller girl's face told the blonde she had heard it. Haruka just didn't know wheter to take the look Michiru was giving her as a good thing or not.
( Aiiku hospital , that same night )
Michiru lay on a bed , her eyes closed. On her side sat Haruka who seemed restless and in deep thoughts.'' Haruka go home and get some sleep , I will stay here until she wakes up , i promise i will call you.'' Setsuna's voice came causing the blonde to look up.
'' Thanks for the offer but I want to be here when she wakes up.'' Was all she said as she turned her head back to look at the aqua haired girl , listening to the monitors praying to all the gods that were listening Michiru would love her when she woke up.
'' Okay...'' The green haired woman whispered while she lay one hand on the blonde's shoulder.'' Haruka if you still want...'' But she was cut off by Haruka who answered her unfinished question by shaking her head. She knew Setsuna wanted her to stay and work for her but Haruka had already promised herself to spent all the time she had left in her life with things that were more important than catching criminals to her , like being with those she loved , finding a job that didn't mean risking her life everyday. The green haired cop just nodded understand the blonde's choice.
'' I think i'd better leave you two alone then , please take good care of yourself and Michiru okay ?'' Setsuna said. It sounded more like a statement than a question though she hadn't meant for it to come out that way. When the tomboy didn't reply Setsuna just took a deep breath and started heading for the door. Just when she reached it she could hear Haruka say her name.
'' Thanks...'' The green haired woman just smiled knowing what Haruka had meant and with that she opened the door and left. The blonde tomboy turned her head back to look at her lover who was staring back at her.It seemed Michiru had woken up already.
'' Hi...'' The blonde whispered softly not knowing what to expect.
Michiru smiled but didn't say anything else as if she was waiting for Haruka to say something else. The aqua haired girl still had that look on her face , the same she had when she started yelling at Haruka back in the office , but somehow her cold facade had become a lot softer.'' I'm...'' Haruka paused for a moment. She had never been good with these things but it seemed it were the words Michiru needed to hear right now.'' I'm...sorry.'' The last part was bothing more than a whisper but loud enough for Michiru to hear it , still she didn't do or say anything to show the blonde any of her own feelings.
'' Michi...I know I haven't really showed it...but...I love you , I really love you. And also I know we don't know eachother that long or else you would know i'm not good with words...it's just...I want to get to know you , I want to spend my time with you...''
'' It's your fault...'' Michiru was now sobbing but the anger in her voice was slowly dissapearing. As if she started to doubt everything was Haruka's fault herself.'' It's your fault...He told me...how you...and then...the factory Haruka , it's going to explode with us in..it...and now...''
'' Sssh.'' Haruka interrupted the smaller girl.'' The factory isn't going to explode , everything is over now , Yaten is gone as well as all the bad that happened. Don't think about that anymore.It's over , it's in the past now.'' Somehow the words seemed to have affect on the smaller girl because she started to calm down a little but not completely.
'' You won't be there to protect me anymore..'' Michiru cried not knowing where all these words came from. She wanted to hold Haruka and to kiss those lips but something inside of her was stopping her from doing that , making it impossible for her to tell Haruka she wasn't mad and she wasn't angry with her. It was just that stupid voice inside of her head didn't stop screaming to hate the blonde tomboy.
'' I will always be there to protect you Michi , from now on I will never leave you.'' Haruka said her voice full of emotion.
'' How can I be sure ?''
'' You can't , but you'll never know unless you give me another chance. Please Michi , try to snap out of it. What you are seeing and thinking isn't reality.''
'' What if it is , what if you are lying and you just want to hurt me like he hurt...'' She was cut off by Haruka who pressed her lips on those of the smaller girl. The kiss didn't last long because before Michiru could return it or even react Haruka pulled back again.'' H-aruka...?''
'' I'm sorry , I just wanted to know...'' This time Haruka couldn't finish her sentence when Michiru pressed her lips against those of Haruka pulling the other close. And before they even knew it Haruka sat on top of the smaller girl as Michiru opened her mouth to welcome Haruka's tongue. Just when the kiss started to get passionate they parted again only to look in eachothers eyes.
'' You talk too much Ruka...I love you too.'' Was all Michiru said before she pushed Haruka on her back and crawled on top of her lover.'' Now let's see how you are when there are no camera's watching us..''
'' You knew about them ?'' Haruka asked shocked , after all she had only found out after Yaten told her on the phone.
'' Yaten told me during the ride towards that factory.'' Was the only thing Haruka got in reply before the smaller girl started to undo the buttons of the blonde's shirt.
Haruka blushed but didn't stop Michiru.'' Uhm , you are aware of the fact we are lying in a hospital bed and someone could walk in any moment ?'' The smaller girl just nodded obviously amused by Haruka's shyness.
'' Well isn't that the point ? It makes things a little more...exciting , don't you think ?'' The aqua haired girl whispered in a seductive tone causing her lover to smirk beneath her. Who would've ever known a serial killer could cause for two people to meet and fall in love ? This was maybe what they meant with finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow , because now they had ended the Rainbow case Haruka had also won something that was far more better than gold , she found herself a lover , a girl she knew she could trust.
Kenji sat on a bench next to Setsuna looking rather amused.It felt so weird to know that just a few hours ago they were fighting against some sick weirdo and now they sat here and suddenly everything seemed so peaceful.'' So...'' He started. He had also decided to quit his job but somehow Setsuna had managed to talk him out of it.Both knew that if they ever needed some help on a case they could always call Haruka and that was exactly what they were planning to do when another serial killer would show up and when they wouldn't be able to make something out of it.
'' So...'' Setsuna said repeating his words. That was all there really was needed to be said in the end. They had caught and killed the person who they had been after for such a long time , Haruka was now together with her lover again. What else could they ask for ? On that same moment Setsuna's cellphone was heard through the silence of the night. After letting it ring for three more times she picked it up. Kenji just listened.
'' Yes. I understand. Sure no problem.We'll be there in twenty minutes.'' With that said she hung up and stood up looking at the man who still sat on the bench.'' Ready ?'' He just nodded and stood up too.
The End
W0w I finally finished this story , ah i'm sorry about the end i've never been go0d with writing down endings. Anyway I want to thank everyone who reviewed this story , without all of your encouragement i wouldn't have continued this fic , A special thanks to those who reviewed me almost everytime a new chapter showed up :
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