"While having a conversation with a friend once, the theme of Kagura always getting the short end of the stick or having bad luck in my stories was brought out. Is strange really, I didn't realize until it was point out. And I could really say isn't intentional but yep she goes from being put in a coma state in the cult, being killed in Crimson Rain and NESTS' Freaks to be kidnapped in Neogenic Nightmares and the Renegades. But then I realize that this did not only happened in my stories, other stories suddenly surprised me by giving Kagura a bad outcome. Wich made me wonder... What if Kagura's bad luck isn't a coincidence? What if there was a outside force in charge of giving her this outcome like some type of curse? In a way that was the basis for this story.

While in general most stories go for the idea of Chizuru being who she is in the present already from her young. I just like the idea of her young self being this really spoiled brat who didn't care much about the responsabilities of her clan, leading to Maki to be picked instead of her as the guardian of the mirror originally. With her whole world changing after the death of Maki being what drives her to change this spoiled brat attitude to the serious heiress of the Yata Clan that always appears in most KOF media." - Mortos


Chapter 2 - Fatal Wish

Temple of the Yata - 1984

"Come on, Chizuru. Help me to clean the temple, we can't disappoint dad!" - Says Maki cleaning the floor of the stairs of the Yata temple

*Yawns* - The young Chizuru Yata yawns looking at the birds flying almost ignoring her sister's comments

"Come on, stop being so lazy and help me out." - Maki gives Chizuru a broom

"*Sigh* Alright, alright. I hate cleaning the temple." - Chizuru

"You think I enjoy it? Come on, you can't keep ignoring our duties as part of the clan." - Maki

"I hate this responsabilities! They are so boring!" - Chizuru

"That attitude is the reason dad didn't picked you to have the mirror." - Maki

"Well you can keep it for all I care! The less responsabilities the better! I want to go out, not stay all day cleaning this boring temple." - Chizuru

"(Chizuru. I know you're just a kid right now and barely understand it. But for your own sake I hope you can open your eyes and stop being so ignorant.)" - Maki

"What are you doing?" - Maki sees Chizuru staring at the kanji on the doors of the temple.

"Go away?" - Chizuru reads the kanji on the doors 去

"I always see dad writing this on the doors of the temple every year. I have always wonder, why he does it?" - Chizuru

"Oh, trust me. You don't want to know." - Maki says entering towards the temple

"Actually, I do! Tell me! Tell me! Tell me!" - Screams Chizuru starting to annoy her sister

"Tell me! Tell me! Tell me!" - Chizuru

"Grr... Alright! I'll tell you, but be quiet!" - Maki

Maki sits in the stairs of the temple

"Ages ago, two years after the incident with the Yasakani to be especific. Strange horrible murders started to happen nearby the lands where our ancestors lived. The situation was severe, the people that lived in this lands had reported not only animals, but men, women and even kids whose bodies were found in terrible conditions. The murders were stuff of nightmares. The victims of this murderer appeared without face, their brain have been taken alongside their hearts. It was horrible." - Maki

"It didn't took much for some members of our clan to become victims of whoever or whatever was causing this murders. The panic had been spreaded in the lands. Nobody was allowed to be outside after the sun set. The fear of becoming the victim of this murderer had taken over most people... Except our clan. People have always called our clan as bold and fearless, for the will of the Yata clan is unbreakable and is always willing to search for an answer." - Maki

"Our clan hadn't let this murders intimidate them. Despite the warnings of the people, despite the risks. They were willing to find whoever was causing this themselves. Of course it wasn't something easy, we losed some of our people in the attemtps at capturing this murderer... Until one night." - Maki

"Our clan prepared a trap for him, he fell for it. We had it a our mercy... who had been commiting was face to face with the clan trapped in a sealing prision. The biggest surprise was that, he wasn't human!" - Maki

"The strange being had grey skin, dark yellow pale eyes, no hair, no nose and pupils. And only a strange brown cloak covering his body... The head of the clan at the time tried to use the mirror to find who he was, why he was doing this and what he wanted... But everything that he saw was darkness. Everyone was shocked, it was the first time the mirror had failed. Nobody could know what this thing was, it was a demon? Or something from the stars?" - Maki

"Of course our ancestors weren't ready for the moment the creature was able to free himself. It was a tough fight, the head of the clan and the rest of the people from our clan that had come with him were injured by this creature. But strangely enough he didn't killed them in the brutal ways he used to do to his victims. The creature jumped to the fields of the lands, he turned to see the head of the clan and with a deep dark voice full of echo he said..." - Maki

"(You saw me! From now on, you and your people are fated to live a cursed existence as long as I live!)" - Said the strange creature leaving his name marked on the cornfield where he was trapped... His name was Vermilion!

"He promised to one day return, the Yata believed that Vemilion's threat weren't something to take lightly. After all, he was behind a wave of murders that were never clarified. They never knew what he was, but they knew he was talking serious. The yata used this kanji as a way to scare him away, it is said that Vermilion is a mystic creature that if he were to try to enter in the temple or the home, he would burn touching the kanji. But that is just a myth... However it seens dad firmly believes in his existence and weakness." - Maki

"So that's why father keeps writting this kanji every year?" - Chizuru was surprised by this story. Despite barely caring about the traditions of her clan, there was something about this being know as Vermilion that scared her

Present - Kagura's State

Chizuru Kagura is seen in front of a mirror preparing herself for something.

*Beep* - Chizuru's phone rings with her taking it

"Miyuki! Yes, your plan somehow worked. I got three calls on that application... This Haruno seens like a good person." - Said Chizuru on the phone

"(Glad to hear you at least in a better mood than the last time we talked. Hopefully everything goes well in your date, good luck!)" - Miyuki

"Thanks, Miyuki. I'm seeing him tonight." - Chizuru

"(I just need something to distract myself after not having any luck finding who sended these papers...)" - Thought Chizuru looking at the folder where the strange papers she had recieved where

"Miss Kagura. Good luck on your date tonight." - Says Kagura's butler as she is prepared to go

Kagura leaves to work.

Kagura Enterprises

"So are you nervous?" - Ask Miyuki as she and Chizuru walk inside the Kagura Enterprises' building

"No, why should I be? Is just a date.." - Chizuru

"Well, you told me your pasts relationships have been bad." - Miyuki

"Yeah, for one reason or another. But I wouldn't call it bad luck." - Chizuru

"I mean, one of your previous dates almost killed you." - Miyuki

"Don't remind me..." - Chizuru

Meanwhile - Shibuya

The streets of tokyo looked calm when suddenly..

*Bang* - A woman falls to the ground after a gunshoot was heared, the blonde woman falls on the ground to her death making people in the street wondering what was going on

*Bang* - Another person is shot falling like the woman

The people start screaming as they run out of the zone

*Bang* - Another person running is shot and falls to the ground death

"Another one!" - Says Akira Tanaka reloading the ammo of his sniper rifle in the rooftop of a tall building in Shibuya

*Beppp* - The police sirens are heared as the police and medics come around the area where the three victims fell. The investigations to start finding the sniper assassin start

"Is a sniper!" - The people in the streets of Shibuya run as more people are shoot

"DIE! Damn bastards!" - Says the unhinged Akira shooting three more people

As the hours pass, more people get shoot by the man with the sniper, police try to localize the man.

"What a tiresome day..." - Whispers Chizuru walking out of her building. She decides to walk towards Shibuya to the restaurant where she was going to meet with Haruno

"(Maybe I should call a cab... I'm still got enough time. I'll walk!)" - Chizuru starts walking towards Shibuya.

On her way, she sees a couple of police cars driving towards the center of Shibuya

"(Huh? I wonder what is happening...)" - Chizuru sees a couple running, she tries to talk to them. But the two are too scared to answer and decide to run

As Chizuru is only five streets close to the restaurant, she sees the panic on the streets becoming more intense. Tons of police cars, ambulances and people running out or searching for a place to hide.

Some streets are closed, Chizuru starts regretting having coming walking

"(What happened here?)" - Chizuru sees people being attended by the medics. Police trying to localize where the shots are coming and some people trying to run away

*BANG*

"Argh!" - Suddenly a woman running in front of her is shot. Chizuru is surprised as she opens her eyes shocked. The blood of the woman covers the street

"(A bullet wound!)" - Chizuru runs to aid the woman, she starts trying to heal her by pulling the bullet out of her body slowly.

"Resist, you will be fine!" - Chizuru

"Argh!" - The woman screams as Chizuru using the powers of the mirror manages to pull the bullet without hurting the woman too much

"I'll close your wound." - Chizuru starts cauterizing the wound, she intends to take her to one of the ambulances when suddenly

*Bang* - Another shot is heared as the woman is shot in the head this time. Chizuru is horrorised as the woman instantly dies with her hands covered in blood

"WHAT? NO!" - Chizuru

Chizuru doesn't have time to process what is going on, she feels something coming towards her. She moves backwards as a bullet impacts in the wall

"Damn! I miss! How did she do it?!" - Says Akira from his position seeing that Chizuru had dodge the bullet

"(That was close! Just what is going on?)" - Chizuru

"What happened?!" - A police and two paramedics arrive to Chizuru's location seeing the woman who had been shot two times

"She was shot! She got shot twice... This bullets are from a sniper." - Chizuru

"You're Miss Kagura... Right? Listen, we need to get out of here. There's a maniac with a sniper shooting at people somewhere. We are trying to localize his position." - Said the cop explaining the situation to Chizuru

"A sniper? But why would he do that?" - Chizuru

"We don't know. But we advice to get out of here and find a safe place to stay." - Said the police officer

"When are those helicopters coming?! That man could be changing his position." - Said the paramedic seeing the state of the woman

Chizuru leaves the two men. She looks at the horizon, remembering her pending date

"(I'm sorry, Haruno. It seens our date will have to wait..)" - Chizuru grabs her Yata Mirror. She starts focusing her chi as she hides in a corner trying to avoid being shot by Akira

"(Even with the helicopters. It would take a while until they would find him. But the Yata Mirror can track him...)" - Chizuru

"Not very far... I see it now!" - Says Chizuru finally having a clear image of where is the sniper hidding and who he is

Without wasting more time, she starts running towards the place as more shots are heared in the distance

*Bang*

*Bang*

*Bang*

"I need to hurry up!" - says Chizuru gritting her teeth

"DIE!" - Screams Akira with a hateful tone as he shots and reloads his rifle

"Everyone in this town will learn the cold truth! I'll shot every single one of you!" - Akira

Chizuru arrives at the street where the shots come from, she sees other four victims in the streets. The police arrive shortly after her.

"We found him! He is at the rooftop of that tall building!" - Said one of the police officers

"This isn't a warning, come out of there with your hands up and drop that weapon!" - A police with a megaphone threatens Akira. Chizuru hides nearby to not be seen by neither of them

"NEVER! If any of you dares to get do something. It will be your end!" - Akira

"Stop this!" - Scream the police aiming at him as Akira hides to not let himself be shoot

"I'll kill you pigs!" - Akira

"Starting with her!" - Akira shows himself in the border of the rooftop, revealing to have a hostage. A woman of brown hair with her hands tied and her mouth gagged

"He has a hostage! Don't shot!" - Says one of the officers

Akira takes advantage to shot more people with him keeping a look at his hostage

Chizuru runs towards the building. She takes advantage of the police keeping their eyes on Akira as the reinforments are called

"DIE! I hate you all!" - Screams Akira as Chizuru is about to enter

"I wish you were all dead..." - Screams Akira making Chizuru open her eyes widely as something comes to her mind after hearing this

1986 - Yata's state

"Lets play together, Maki?!" - Said the young Chizuru Yata arriving to see her sister sitting worried about paying the bills. A year had happened after both sisters had loss their parents

"I'm sorry sister, but right now I can't! I have to fill those papers and pay the debts. Now that dad is gone, I need to take care of the home." - Commented Maki as she was unable to play with her sister

"C'mon! Just a quick space lunar princess game. I'll let you be Clara White now!" - Said Chizuru trying to make Maki grab the toy wand

"No, sorry. I can't." - Maki felt frustated

"Come on! Just a little game." - Chizuru continued insisting

"Grrr.. Will you leave me alone!" - In a moment of frustation, Maki slaps Chizuru in the face

"Argh!" - Chizuru falls on the ground hurt

"*Gasp* I'm-I'm sorry, sister. I didn't mean to do it-" - Said Maki crouching helping her sister to get up as she realizes her mistake

"I'm sorry, Chizuru!" - Maki looks at Chizuru who almost wants to cry

"I HATE YOU!" - Screamed Chizuru crying to her sister Maki

"I WISH YOU WERE DEAD, MAKI!" - Screamed Chizuru to Maki's face before leaving the room

Later that day Maki Kagura apologized to her sister when the situation was more calm... Maki found the right words to express her regret to her sister, Chizuru realize her sister was being sincere and regretted having acted that way. Both sisters hug each other apologizing with the promise that Maki would make space in her agenda to spend more time with her sister... But the fate of Maki Kagura was already sealed.

"MAAAKKKKIIII! Please, don't die! Please! *Sobs*" - Screams Chizuru to the sky looking at the rain as she hugs her sister in her arms... Maki had died

"Ah. Ah." - Chizuru arrives to the door to the rooftop after having walked a large amount of stairs. She stands there

*BANG* - Akira shoots at the door.

"I know you're there! You must be one of those noisy cops with enough guts to try to take me on! But you wont take me alive!" - Says Akira

"Today I kiss goodbye to this life! But I'm not going by myself, you hear me?! More people are going to die, they don't deserve to live!" - Akira

Chizuru manages to barely dodge the bullets with her kicking the door and standing face to face with Akira

"You're the owner of Kagura Enterprises! Chizuru Kagura... Just another corporate pig!" - Akira

"Akira Tanaka... I know what happened to you, you got fired from the bank. It was tough for you. But this won't solve your problems!" - Says Chizuru having used the mirror of yata to know more about Akira

Akira aims his rifle at Chizuru

"I can help you! Isn't too late to walk out of the darkness... You won't win anything by keep hurting more people!" - Chizuru

"Shut up! Stop talking to me as if you knew me! What can a rich scum who has never suffer tell me!" - Akira

"You're wrong! I have been there on your position... What you feel is a burning hatred towards the world... You want to return the pain to the world... Almost as trying to get even, isn't it?" - Chizuru

Akira opens his eyes shocked as Kagura had hit in the nail. Chizuru takes advantage of Akira's shock to move foward two steps

"Grr... You won't convince me to stop this! I have take my decision!" - Akira grabs his hostage with him threatening to kill her pulling out a small gun as Chizuru approaches

"Don't throw your life to the trash! Isn't too late to stop this!" - Chizuru

"(He is getting edgy. One step foward and he shots her, one second late and I could get shot... Must be careful.)" - Chizuru

"DIE!" - Feeling desperate, Akira points his gun at Kagura with the intention to kill her

*Bang*

"What?" - Akira sees the Chizuru that he had in front of him vanish

"ARGH!" - Akira is hit by the real Chizuru who had left a illusion in her place, he losses his gun

Akira quickly pulls out his rifle. He and Chizuru struggle for the surprised of the cops seeing this encounter on the streets and buildings nearby

"Is our chance!" - Two of the officers take advantage of the struggle between Akira and Kagura and point their weapons at Akira

*Bang*

*Bang*

"NO!" - Chizuru

"ARGH!" - Akira is shot in the back two times for Kagura's shock. He falls back to the streets as Kagura tries to grab his hand. But she is unable to reach him

Chizuru sees Akira's body crash to the streets. She quickly frees the hostage.

"Thank you! Thank you!" - The woman thanks Kagura as she hugs her. Chizuru can't help but look at the street where the body of Akira is as more police officers and medics come

Deep within the depths of subconscious, a little girl cries out.

"(I'm sorry, sister! I didn't mean it!)"

To Be Continued...