Adaptation

A fan fiction by Kate-chan 91

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Kate-chan 91's Tidbits (Author's Note): First, I want to tell you I just turned 14 on August 25. (YAY! …)

Yes, this is an alt. universe fanfic. I hope you don't think the title, summary, or the story itself blows. Before moving on to chapter one, I'll inform you on my flame policy: While you're allowed to flame, be constructive, i.e. tell me what's wrong with it & how I can do better on this story. What I don't accept however are one-word & spam/hate reviews; If I get any of these, not only will the reviews be deleted, flames will never be accepted again for this fan fiction, so play nicely, okay?

Enjoy!

Chapter One: Massacre

Takahashi Jiro seemed to be the luckiest guy on the face of the earth. After all, he was a top exec of a major company (Persecom Corp., an electronics company, to be exact), had a very nice residence that was a slight bit larger than the average home in his hometown of Osaka, & had a family consisting of his charming wife, a pre-teen son named Kohaku & a teenage daughter, Sango. Because of his paycheck, he could afford sending off his brood to the top private schools & give them the most expensive & modern gifts for their birthdays.

However, despite all his success, he did have a dark side (somewhat unsurprising, when you think about it): he was a drug addict, addicted to not only marijuana, but also crack cocaine & heroin. In addition to the illegal substances, Takahashi- san regularly lighted up a cigarette or two & drank a beer at the bar every other day. Not surprisingly, his health, mentally & physically, was getting unstable as time quickly passed by, so he was constantly getting in trouble financially, since he soon wasn't able to afford the children's schooling & pay the bills.

Takahashi even started to beat his wife until she couldn't even get up daily; She started wearing long-sleeved shirts in an attempt to conceal her bruises. Eventually, his wife got fed up of his lifestyle & confronted him about it. However, she didn't she know he was drunk & very unstable when she confronted him. The couple got into a fiery argument when she threatened to divorce him & take full custody of the children.

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Meanwhile, Sango & Kohaku, the offspring of the two feuding people, were in the next room either reading a long book or finishing up their math homework when they heard a commotion of screaming & the crashing of inanimate objects in the room where they're parents were occupied. The "conversation" in the next room went like this:

"Jiro, it's over…I'm tired of your shit- ALL of it! I'm tired of you beating me in front of the kids, I'm tired of you spending your hard earned money on drugs… the complaint list goes on & on, bub! You're just too dangerous to live with now. You know what? I'm leaving… & I'm taking the kids with me…I even have the goddamned divorce papers to work on with my lawyer!"

That's when her husband started commenting in a slurred, threatening voice "Oh no, Rumi, you can NEVER leave me… I have all power to the kids & your fucking ass… Believing you can divorce me & take away the kids is one of the funniest things I've ever heard. If you really think you can leave me, THEN YOU HAVE TO FIGHT ME FIRST, WENCH!"

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His punch to his wife's body was so loud, the two children ran out of the room & into the room to see what was going on. When their mother saw them at the door, they heard her, crying, bleeding & bruised, yelling to them "Run away! Get out of here & call the police!" while choking on her own blood. Immediately after she spoke those words, their father took a police gun out of his pocket & shot their mother in the head; it was so quick she died in a pool of her own blood not long after the metal bullet penetrated her body.

Both children starting running out of the room as fast as they could when they saw their father coming towards them drunk, cackling & swinging a handgun. As they were running down the stairs, Kohaku tripped & fell down the stairs. Sango trailed down not long after he landed on the floor, swiftly asking him "Are you okay, Kohaku?" when they heard the gunshots that made them remember why they were running. Sango screamed & swiftly picked up her little brother to continue running from their deranged father. Unfortunately, when they reached the living room that was located by the door out, the teenaged girl misplaced a step & both siblings went sailing down on the floor. Sango tried to get up from being on her belly as fast as she could to get at least her brother away from their mad-hatter father, but by the time she was on all fours, it was too late- her father had came down the stairs to the living room & shot her dear little brother three times right in front of her.

Sango finally got the strength to get up when she realized not only was her brother gone, but also that she was next on Daddy's "To Kill" list. Summing up all her courage, she asked her father, choking, "Why are you doing this, Father? What have we ever done to you? This is not like you, stealing a gun from the police station & killing your own family…" She then grabbed the nearest object she could get her hands on, a candlestick, and threatened to her father "Drop the gun! I got a candlestick & I'm not afraid of using it!" I got a candlestick & I'm not afraid to use it, great Sango, like that's going to have your father drop the handgun & not kill you, Sango thought after she said those words. Unfortunately for her, he ignored her threat & shot her in the abdomen, leg, & shoulder, which rendered down onto the floor.

The feeling of warm blood –her own blood- & contracting muscle was unbearable. Her sight & consciousness was starting to fade when she saw & heard the faint shape of her father then shooting himself in the head & then falling down onto the floor. Before blacking out, she thought of only one word in her mind: Father…

A/N: Gee, I haven't written anything like this before; I'm impressed. Well I hope you enjoyed it. Don't forget to review & check out my other fanfics before you go.

Ja Ne!

Kate-chan 91