Chapter 3

Taboo relationship

It was morning and the sun was shining brightly but for some reason Halicity felt a little empty and dark. No one really noticed except for squad 15, team 1 gang but even they didn't know why it felt that way.

They were in the meeting room waiting for Maemi who was nowhere to be found. She was half an hour late now and Makoto was getting restless.

"Where the hell is she?" he asked in a angry tone "when I get my hands on her I swear-"

"Makoto! Don't say something like that. What if something happened to her?" Mamoru said in her defense

"Happen? Do you really think somethin-?"

"We'll just have to start without her that's all." Keigo said before Makoto could finish his sentence "I'm sure she's fine…" Keigo looked outside to see if he could since Maemi but no such luck.

Maemi was on the roof right above them. She erased her presence so no one could since her. She had cried all night on the roof and there were no tears left to drop. Her eyes were and dried out and they were puffy. She wanted to skip patrol but that's something she couldn't do. But still she wasn't ready to face Keigo just yet.

Maemi felt a cold rain drop on her face and as she looked up at the sky it started to pour.

The sky was dark gray. These were the days that demons like to come out because it's raining and the Guardians seem to take their job lightly and the demons take advantage of it.

Maemi went into the clubhouse and into the meeting room. She was soaking wet.

"Maemi!" Mamoru shouted as he saw Maemi walk in "what happened to you?"

Maemi didn't answer. She saw Keigo and looked down. Tears started to form and forced their way out of her eyes. No one was able to tell if they were tears or rain.

'Is she crying?' Mamoru thought as he grabbed a towel and dried her hair.

Maemi wiped her face and managed to stop her tears from coming out. Her vision was blurry and she could barely hear what captain Keigo was saying. She couldn't think at all… it was like her mind was in a different place than her body.

They met with an awful lot of demons today. It was triple the amount of what they fight in a normal day and there were some strong ones too… stronger that usual.

A big purple squish looking things came out of the ground and grabbed Maemi with its tongue. Maemi who was not at her best didn't' notice and got caught. The tongue drained out her strength and she couldn't' free her self from the demon.

'Damnit! I can't… my strength is…' the last thing she remembers before blacking out was Keigo coming to rescue her.

"Maemi!" Keigo shouted but Maemi was out cold…

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"Mommy… please open your eyes… mommy" Maemi wept as she held on to her mothers dead body.

The place was covered in blood. On the floor lie her mother, father, her two brothers and her best friends. A panther demon had come and murdered them for no reason that she knows of. Her brothers hid her inside a cabinet and told her to stay there until everything was silent. Of course she didn't listen. She opened the cabinet door and witnessed the murder of her loved ones. The panther demon didn't notice her in the cabinet and just left.

Maemi went to them hoping they were alive but they weren't. She was left alone. Maemi cried until she could cry no more… and even though she didn't' have any energy and her eyes were all dried out, the tears kept crying… she couldn't stop crying

A couple of hours later the paramedics and the police arrived. They carried Maemi and took her into the ambulance while Maemi screamed for her mom. The police was taking all the bodies away. The sight was dreadful and they felt pity for Maemi who saw it all. They asked her questions but she didn't answer. She was still crying and she was screaming for her loved ones.

She was put in the hospital and after she calmed down the police came again.

All she said was: "I saw it all. The death of everyone. The sadness. The tears. I saw it all. It seems I have bad luck for everyone around me disappears."

The police left… they were gonna give her some time. They couldn't stand seeing her so lifeless but who could blame her?

The last thing Maemi remember was promising before she fell into eternal sleep…

"I vow that I will never get close to anyone again. I'm sick of feeling sad and depressed. I will become stronger. I will become stronger and then I will never be hurt. I won't ever be hurt again. I'll be alone for the rest of my life. If I'm alone then I won't get hurt and I won't hurt anyone. I have nothing to lose. All I can do now is go forward. Alone… all alone. I won't look back. There's nothing in my life. There's nothing to live for. All I do is be strong a live on for them. They sacrificed their life for me and I will live on for them. I will become stronger and take revenge I swear…"

She awoke in the forest of Halicity and there learned about the Guardians and demons. That's when she found what she was gonna live for…. That's when she really decided to take revenge. Although it was a mystery how she got to this place, she didn't care. She was gonna kill all the demons and make sure that no one will ever know what she felt cause no one in the world deserved to feel that way she did. To see the death of everyone they love… no one deserved that…

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Maemi slowly opened her eyes and found her self in a pure white room. It remembered her of the hospital that she was in a month ago before she found her self here. 'Where am I?' Maemi thought as she looked around the room. There was nothing in the room except for the bed she was laying on. She got up and headed towards the door but then she felt dizzy and fell to the ground. Just in time the door opened and Keigo walked in.

"You're awake" Keigo smiled and kneeled down beside Maemi "but you shouldn't be getting up yet." He helped her up and took her back to her bed.

They remembered what happened between then and blushed. They looked at each other. Maemi still wasn't ready to face him.

There was an awkward silence between them.

Maemi just didn't want to face him because she knew that if she heard those words again… she'd give in… in truth she was very happy that he loved her. He felt the same way that she did but she couldn't betray them. She promised them.

Keigo was happy that Maemi was awake. She had been out for 3 hours now. Although it was awkward knowing that she had rejected him he was still happy to see her and it still took all he had not to tell her again but he didn't feel like being rejected twice or seeing her crying face.

"How are you feeling?" Keigo asked, breaking the silence.

"I'm doing ok… I guess…" Maemi answered not looking into Keigo's eyes. Her mind was filled with the memory of her family's death. Tears started to form in her eyes but she forced them back.

Keigo noticed the tears. He thought that they were because of him and got up from the chair he was sitting in. "I'll come back later ok? Feel better" and with that he closed the door behind him.

As soon as Keigo left the tear that Maemi was fighting so had not to drop, slid down her face.

Keigo sensed her tears and came back running into the room. He slammed open the door and slammed it shut. "Wha… why are you crying? I thought you wanted me gone… I thought that I was the reason you were crying… and so I left… but… if you're gonna cry either way then I won't leave you!"

"Wha-" Maemi looked surprised at Keigo.

He came closer and wiped her tears away. "I love you Maemi… I really do…" he said in a low voice.

"Captain Keigo… please… don't say that…" Maemi begged as more tears slid down her face.

"Why?"

"Because I can't… I can't love you… I promised…"

"Then why are you crying?"

"Because… it hurts…"

"Am I bothering you that much?"

"No! No you're not! It hurts because… I don't want to betray them and I don't want to lie to you… and I-"

Keigo caught her off with a kiss. He's at his limit. He can't control his feelings anymore. Although what Maemi was saying was clearly something that she'd say to reject someone but he felt that that's not what she was trying to do.

"And you…"Keigo repeated her last words.

"And I…" Maemi closed her eyes. Who was she trying to kid? She loved him and there was nothing she could do about that. "I love you," she whispered.

Keigo smiled and touched her face. "Are you sure? We can get in a lot of trouble for this"

"Yea… I'm sure…"

Keigo kissed her. He put his arms around her waist and she put hers around his neck. 'I'm sorry… I'm sorry you guys…' she thought as she lost her self in Keigo's kiss.