I do not own Azu Daioh,this is just my slant on them

"Death in the family-Azumanga Daioh" Written by Krull

Chapter 2:"The nightmare begins"

Six months later-mid August.

Kronos awoke with a start and sat up in bed,blinking he looked over at the clock...3 A.M. DAMN that was a hell of a nightmare! well of what he could remember of it,Osaka sat up next to him "Ah was the matter?...you have a bad dream?" she asked quitely he shook his head "ummmm-yea,I can't recall much though...hope it's nothing" he said taking a deep breath;she ran her hand over his hair "I hate it when you get these,usually means somethin' is gonna happen" she whispered,Kronos put his arm around her "go back to sleep honey,I'm gonna get a drink of water...I'm sure it's nothing-don't worry"

But it was something and he knew it;being from a family of cops ment,more often then not,he went by what he felt and was right more then he cared to think.

And when they got up that morning the feeling of dred had turned into a knot in Kronos's gut Osaka noticed as he didn't eat much "do you have an idea what might happen? maybe we should stay home?" she asked becoming more worryed but he shook that off "no it's..not us sigh it feels like someone close to us though" he stood up "let's-un let's just go about our bussiness-but be careful ok?" he said rubbing her back,she nodded and they went to get ready.

A little under twenty four hours later Tomo's apartment;3 A.M. the next morning.

Tomo woke up screaming and covered in a cold sweat,looking around her small bedroom she swore loudly "FUCK! I hate this damned date!" she swung herself out of bed and went to her desk and opened a drawer pulling out a small box...opening it she stared at the note on top it read:"Mom,Dad,any of my friends..if something happens to me give this to Yomi-Tomo" she moved the note and took out a diary and notebook;the notebook was filled with checkmarks,each was a day she'd made it through alive;the diary was where she kept notes on things that made it seem to be lucky she was still breathing,the last entry was quite awhile back,the ski trip when she'd broke her leg.

But this one was different,it was eighteen years ago today she'd fell out of that tree and she could almost see that this might be her last day alive;but why? why? why? she thought of this as she sat there,then she wrote this:Aug,14 "the day's come around again..except I think this is it...don't think I'm gonna make it through this one..God I'm scared wish I knew how to stop it-but I don't.

Closing the diary she began to put it away,but stopped short grabbing a paper pad she began to write again.

"Yomi;Kagura;Osaka;Sakaki;Chiyo and Kronos.

Don't how to say this but,I think I'm gonna die today,I hope to god I'm wrong..but if I'm not I want to tell all of you in some way that I love you and it's been great,can't bear the thought of something happening and I can't say this..I'd probably wind up haunting all of you!

Please remember me in good times ok? don't be sad,I wouldn't like that.

Maybe next time..we can be together longer.

Tomo"

Afterwards she put the note under the older one and placed it all back in the drawer;sitting there for awhile it hit her just how scared she was..thinking back on the note she'd just written she began to cry a little and shake.

Crawling back into bed it was all she could do to keep from shaking eventhough it was the end of summer.

8 A.M. the Kasuga residence.

Osaka was busy fixing breakfast as Kronos went over some mail (mostly bills) the uneasy feeling was still stuck in his gut and to be honest it was getting worse;he'd been able to get it under control but it felt like this whole day was,as they say,"the first day of the rest of your life" managing to push that aside he ate breakfast with Osaka.

After they stepped outside into the bright sunshine "I don't want to use the train..all those people coming for the baseball game tonight" Osaka said tilting her head and looking up "such a nice day..why not use the motorcycle?" Kronos smiled "ok why not? come'on" it was something like a fifteen minute ride to the office where they worked by train and maybe twenty by road,beside Kronos thought the wind would do his head good...about half way there he caught sight of a police car and for some reason his guts sank shaking it off he didn't think anymore of it 'till they got in to work but then he wondered what the hell that was all about?

6 A.M. Tomo's apartment.

Tomo walked around in a daze-she hadn't slept since she woke from that nightmare and her legs felt like rubber;thinking about it she realized she really couldn't do much else,if she hid herself untill she was thirty she might be safe-but then what? probably walk out in front of a truck at thirty one! laughing at that she just swallowed and decided to face it head on...if she was ment to go now that was it.

By seven she was ready to go,she hadn't been able to get herself to eat anything,just some coffee but maybe that was better? walking over to a couple of framed pictures she looked at them for a awhile one was an old high-school pic of all of them together;the other was more recent and Osaka was hanging off Kronos's arm "hey guys..hope today won't be anything and I'll see you all in a few days...if not-it's been fun and I'll miss you" she said softly before she went out the door.

7:45 A.M. Tenth Precinct Tokyo Police Department.

Tomo was called into a breifing by cheif detective Kenji Howaga...there was gonna be a raid this morning,some Yakuza thing..Tomo felt almost dead and just nodded her way through the whole thing.

By eight fifteen they were on their way.

8:45 A.M. Drangon's wind P.I. office.

Kronos went to give a stat report to Mr. Menjo the company head and "father" to all the investigators;a stat report on how a case was going was normal and every few days everybody did it.

"Mr. Menji!" Kronos said bowing,he was motioned to a seat and they began to go over the details;Kronos though was finding it more and more difficult to concentrate...as he was beginning to leave Kronos stopped half way picking up a new camera he was asked to try out.

"Mr.Menji? can I ask you a favor?" looking up at Kronos he nodded "of course..is something wrong?" sighing and trying to find the right words all Kronos came up with was this:"I've got a bad feeling something bad is gonna happen today..if it does-call me ok?" considering his words Menji thought a moment before he answered "do you know something is about to happen? or is it just a "gut" feeling?" Kronos just looked at the floor "just a feeling..I've had since yesterday...it's only gotten worse,not gone away" was all he said;Menji got up and came over to him "don't forget I was a police officer for a long time...I know what you're talking about" he said patting Kronos's shoulder "don't give it a second thought-if anything happens you'll be the first I call..but let's hope it's nothing yes?"

"yea I hope to god you're right"

At that he walked out the door and headed to the garage to get a company car.

10:30 A.M.

The whole thing was set and ready to go,the first team was getting ready to go in;Tomo and about seven others were posted outside "just in case" then the count down started 5...4...3...2...1-GO! the lead screamed into his mic and then they poured into the small buliding,ten seconds later it all went to hell.

First there was a small barrage of shots,then a side window exploded and four guys came flying out;the two formost officers went running forward with their guns out Tomo and the others were close behind,suddenly there was three shots one cop in front went down and the others opened up;looking for cover Tomo saw one guy bolt down the street "HEY! ONE OF'EM IS RUNNING!" she hollered going after him,with one young officer tailing along with her.

They went about four blocks and then it happened:the guy ducked into a small store Tomo and the younger cop dove behind some cars,people were flying out of the store "GIVE IT UP! YOU'RE SURROUNDED! THROW YOU GUN OUT-NOW!" she yelled at him,he gave an answer in gunfire."shit! call for backup we've got this asshole cornered!" Tomo barked at the younger guy,he did his part and called in and reported that they needed backup and shots had been fired.

Getting up Tomo spotted him in the window and took a shot,the window exploded and he went down,but came up firing "goddamnit! he's a REAL dumbass...we nee" all at once something something darted in front of the store bringing up her gun she stopped short-it was a kid! "HEY! GET OUTTA HERE! IT'S DANGEROUS!" that's when the guy popped up again..Tomo screamed at the young cop to get up and give her cover,there was a kid out there,then she ran out to him;the young cop dropped his radio and came over the car hood shooting.

Everything went into slowmotion Tomo brought her gun up and fired twice,then as she was about to grab the kid she felt something like somebody hitting her with a hot baseball bat she yelled something and empted her gun..as she spun around she felt another hot thing slam into her side and nearly fell,but she kept going sliding in hard behind the car...

"YOU DID IT! THAT WAS GREAT TANKINO!" the young cop shouted..Tomo let the kid go and stared straight ahead..the pain was starting she couldn't talk at first;the cop reloaded his gun and was going for his radio when Tomo managed to say something "I...I..I got a problem..here" she said weakly "Hn? what do yo..." turning around he looked at her-and the two large bloodstains spreading on her shirt "oh..no! Takino? SHIT! Miss Takino! hang in there!...I'll get help!" then he was screaming into his radio about an officer down.

Aross town,Kronos didn't know what happend but it felt like someone had kicked him in the stomach at around 10: 50 A.M. he'd tryed to get ahold of himself to no avail.

"unnn damn! what the hell?" he said out loud to no one,looking at his watch he wondered if he should call in sick and go back...but..why? something had happened but he looked at his cell phone "ok..now what?" he said,and for almost an hour he got no answer.

At 11:45 he got his answer-the cell phone started ringing "oh god...please don't let it be too bad" he moaned picking it up he put on his best calm voice "Hello who is it?" Mr.Menji's voice came over the speaker in a grave voice "Kronos? you'd better get back here..something very serious has happened..you're needed son" he groaned softly "what happenedcan you tell me?"

he asked "I'd rather you be here..and sitting down when I tell you" Mr. Menji said slowly...

"OK...I'll be there quick as I can" Kronos said walking out of the room and to the elevator.

Breaking a few traffic laws along the way Kronos made it back to the Drangon wind offices within fifteen minutes.The air on the first floor was tense and the girl at the front desk pointed to Mr. Menji's office "whatever is up is serious..he walked out of a meeting to take the call and then told me to send you right in" she said quitely nodding kronos went in.

Menji's face was ashen and he looked like he was about to hand Kronos a death sentance "what's happend?" he asked "please sit I do hate to tell people these things" Menji said in a soft caring voice "your wife-Mrs. Kasuga has many friends..one is a police officer I know" Tomo! Kronos's mind shot to the police car he'd seen that morning "oh god-it's Tomo!" he said covering his face with one hand..after a few seconds he looked at Menji "what happened just...just tell me what happend" He didn't say anything for what seemed an eternity then he said something that hit Kronos like a buliding being dropped on him."she was in a gunfight this morning..she's been hurt..they don't expect her to live"

End-chapter 2.