The story of Nigel and Asuya
Disclaimer: I make reference to Genkai and Kurama but everything else in this story is my idea.
"What's wrong?" Nigel asked as he came in from outside with a bag of groceries in his hand. Asuya was sitting on the couch in the dark just staring into space. Nigel set his bag on the table and turned the light on. He unwrapped the scarf from around his neck and placed it on the coat rack.
"Nothing," Asuya mumbled never blinking or moving.
"Well there has to be something if you are just sitting in the living room staring into space," he laughed a little taking his gloves off and putting them in his pocket then he took his coat off and set it on the rack with his scarf.
"Well there is but I really don't want to tell you," She said closing her eyes and sticking up her nose.
"Well I guess if you don't want to tell me I won't make you," he smiled taking the bag of groceries into the kitchen and started putting them away.
"You really don't want to know?" Asuya asked as she stood up and walked to the kitchen. She leaned against the door frame with her arms crossed watching him.
"Is it something I should know?" He stopped unpacking and looked at her. His Africa features stared at her intently.
"Well ya but I don't know how to tell you," She looked down but she could still feel his eyes burning through her. She felt her eyes warm up but she held it back. She felt so stupid having to tell him that he was going to be a father. What if he wanted her to get an abortion, could she go through with it? Did she really want to have a baby at such a young age?
"What is it?" He said harshly ready to lash out. He figured she was going to leave him; after all he gave to her.
"We have a problem in a certain area," she choked out holding back more wanting to look brave. He didn't say anything but his face became less concentrated when she said "We". "I think I might be pregnant," she spat out looking up to see his reaction. He looked sad almost hurt. He looked down as if he had just been defeated in some sort of battle. They had big problems now.
ASUYA LAID IN BED ON THE phone talking to her friend. Nigel was at work and she hadn't had a job since the whole ordeal about 5 months ago so she just sat at home.
"So he didn't freak out?" Her friend said over the phone. Asuya turned over on her back and looked up at the ceiling. Of course she had told her friends before she told Nigel.
After she had told him the night before and he didn't freak out like everyone thought he would.
"Yeah, he just said 'oh' and finished what he was doing and we didn't talk for the rest of the night. We even went to bed early!" Asuya exclaimed remembering the way he was reacting the night before.
"I wonder what he is going to make you do. What if he wants it aborted? Would you do that for him?" Her friend realized over the phone as the line went silent.
"I don't know," Asuya said as she heard a knock on the front door. "I gotta go though there is someone at the door."
"OK, well call me later hun," her girlfriend said before hanging up the phone. Asuya set the phone down on the bed and slowly sat up. She felt a small head rush but it wasn't anything she couldn't handle. She walked to the door, "Who is it," she called out but no one answered. She looked out the peep whole and didn't see anyone.
She opened the door and looked around, no one was there. "That's strange," she whispered shutting the door and walking back inside. She was kinda mad that who ever had ding dong ditched her made her get off the phone with her friend. She decided against calling her back and wanted to take a shower instead.
NIGEL SLOWLY WALKED HOME staring at his cell phone. He wanted to go home for lunch to day and maybe he would say something to Asuya and maybe he wouldn't. He really didn't know what to think, he felt bad that he didn't say anything but, what could he of said? He flipped his cell phone over in his hand pretending to study it as he walked. He opened it and speed dialed their apartment.
The phone rang for a few seconds before Asuya picked up, "Hey sweetie," she answered in a bored tone.
"Hey have you eaten lunch yet?" He asked trying to sound calm and collected.
"No, I just got done taking a bath," she said in the same droned voice.
"K, well I will pick something up. Are you in the mood for something particular?" He stopped walking and looked up at the vast fast food and nice and okay restaurants. He felt his stomach growl as he looked at the Coney Island.
"Well, I do have an overwhelming craving for some hot dogs," she said reading his mind or his stomach.
"I was thinking the same thing," he smiled saying good bye and hanging up his phone. 'That wasn't weird,' he thought and he slipped his phone back into his pocket and walked over the Coney Island.
After Nigel received their food he started thinking non-stop about the baby again. Was it really his? Were they not safe? Should they abort it? Should he leave Asuya if it isn't his? Should he even ask her if there was any possible reason it wouldn't his? WHAT WAS HE TO DO? Did they have enough money? Who could they go to for help?
As he approached their apartment building he saw a man sitting in his car with it running. He didn't really think anything of it besides he was waiting to pick some one up for work. He thought about knocking on the window and saying 'Hi' but his mind was focused on other things. He glances at the man in the truck and his heart beat began to rise.
The man's face looked like it had been melted off and the hair on top of his head was in patches. Nigel tried not to act like he noticed and smile and waved to the man. The man waved back so Nigel knew he was fine. Nigel continued walking and got on the elevator. He pushed the button to floor 3 and then waited. He was alone on the elevator and was a little creeped out by the guy he had just seen. 'I wonder what his story is,' he asked himself.
He got off on floor 3 and continued to the apartment door. When he reached it he saw a metal baseball bat laying on the ground. He bent over and picked it up, "There aren't any kids in this whole apartment building. How did it end up here?" He propped the bat against the wall and opened the door. Asuya was folding laundry on the kitchen table and smiled when he came in.
Asuya hoped that now he would actually talk to her about something, she didn't care if it was about their issue she just wanted him to talk.
"Do you know why there is a baseball bat outside our door?" He asked her taking his shoes off.
"No, but someone did knock on the door and run away earlier," she said stopping her folding and grabbing the food out of Nigel's hands. Nigel took his coat off and helped Asuya clear the table of clothes.
"That's strange, I saw a weird man outside just sitting in a truck," Nigel told her sitting down at the table and separating the food. "His face was like melted off and he had like bits of hair on his head."
"Creepy," is all Asuya said taking a bite of her Coney dog. "This is so good," she smiled with chili on her face. Nigel laughed a little as she wiped it off with the back of her hand.
"So I really don't know what to do," Nigel said talking to her about the baby for the first time.
"I don't either, I made a doctor's appointment for later today but we don't really have the money," Asuya told him as she finished off her last hot dog and started to work on her drink.
"Do you think Genkai could help us; or Rika even?" Nigel was brain storming possibilities.
"I don't know we did run away from them, they might think we are just using them," Asuya said as Nigel got up and threw away all the wrappers. "You going back to work?"
"Yeah," he said kissing her and then putting his coat on, "If you need anything don't be afraid to call me at work," he said on his way out the door. Asuya smiled to herself getting up and clearing the table off more before finishing the laundry and leaving for her doctor's appointment.
AS NIGEL CAME HOME FROM work a few hours later he saw the same man waiting outside, this time he was leaning against his red trunk filing his nails. The man watched Nigel as he came closer.
"I'm sorry I can't help but notice you waiting here for something, do you need help?" Nigel offered politely with a slight chill running down his spine.
"If I was I wouldn't take any help from you Nigga," the man said in almost a chuckled.
"Excuse me," Nigel quickly became defensive. He had never really been discriminated against in Japan; when ever he traveled to America as a younger kid he noticed it but never in Japan.
"You heard me Nigga, you gonna come shot me like the gangsta you think you are?" The man insulted pushing off from his truck and standing on both feet ready to fight him.
Nigel rolled his eyes, "Do you think I'm gonna pop a cap in yo ass now?" He talked using the stereotype he assumed this man was making fun of him. "Well I may be black but I'm not going to hurt you, In fact I'm leaving and going home."
"Your hunny ain't home," the man snicker throwing his paper nail filer to the ground. Nigel knew then something was wrong, he turned with his back to the man and sped walked into the front foyer. He walked up to the main desk and told them not to let the man that is outside in and to call the cops to get rid of him.
Then he continued to go to his apartment, feeling much safer in the comfort of the elevator. He got off and looked around the coast was clear, 'why am I searching for him he can't get in here,' he thought as he laughed to himself. He continued to his apartment and went inside immediately he turned the lights on and he called for Asuya, but she didn't answer. He took his coat off and then began to look for some sort of note, there was none. He began to search the table which was full of mail and suddenly he noticed something was wrong. He looked over by the door, the bat was gone. He turned around and didn't see anything. When his phone rang, he was a little scared to pick it up but thought it could be Asuya calling to tell him her appointment ran late.
He picked it up, "Hello."
"Hello Mr. I looked outside and I didn't see the man you were speaking of so I didn't call the cops is that okay?"
"You mean you didn't see the guy with the burned up face or a red truck," Nigel spoke calm even though his heart was racing.
"Well there is a red truck out there," the person at the front desk told him.
"Well then he is still out there so call the cops," Nigel yelled knowing that wherever that man was he was watching Nigel.
"Sir, also Asuya called a few minutes ago and wanted me to tell you that she lost the baby and she will be home after the procedure in an hour or so," he said in a low sympathetic voice. "I'm sorry." He said hanging up the phone.
Nigel was stunned he had just found out and at work was starting to feel okay about having a baby. He was sure it was his, and knew they could some how scrounge up money. Nigel finally hung up the phone; he wasn't focused on the crazy guy anymore.
"I'm sorry Nigga, that must be heart racking knowing that the only child you would ever have is now gone," came the man's voice from the living room window. Nigel's eyes went wide open as he spun around to see the melted faced man standing there with the bat in his hand. Nigel immediately reached behind him to grab the phone but the man ran at him and slammed him in the head with the baseball bat knocking him unconscious.
WHEN ASUYA RETURNED HOME LATER that night she was surprised to see the police and ambulance surrounding the building. She watched in horror as she saw them carrying a body bag out to the ambulance. She looked over to Rika who had taken her to the doctors. Rika only agreed to this under the circumstances she not tell Koenma she helped them.
"Some one died," Rika said pulling her car into the nearest parking spot. Asuya quickly leapt out of the car and looked around for Nigel. "Whoa, honey you shouldn't be moving so fast right now. Nigel is probably up in your apartment waiting to tell you about what happened." Rika got out of the car and ran to help escort Asuya inside. They walked past all the mess and didn't ask any questions.
Asuya remembered Nigel telling her about that creepy guy; maybe someone killed him for being creepy. They finally got off the elevator at their floor and saw more cops and medical workers and press and tenants all standing outside of her door. She had a gut retching feeling and froze. Rika tried to push her along but she refused to move.
"Are you Asuya?" A police officer asked as she approached them. Asuya nodded her head knowing that the body bag had Nigel in it. Tears began to stream down her face she had lost the baby and Nigel with in the same day. She fell to the ground paralyzed and some medics ran over to her.
"Are you her friend?" The police officer looked at Rika.
"No not really more like an acquaintance. Can you tell me what happened?" Rika knew the medics would take care of Asuya as the put her on a stretcher.
"Well we aren't sure but we got a call about 2 hours ago that there was a man insulting a Mr. Nigel and that we should come check it out. When we got here we saw a ladder leading up to his room and when we came to investigate we found him dead, beaten by a baseball bat. We are assuming it was the man we originally came to see about." The police told her everything he was allowed to. Rika put her head down no longer mad at Nigel for leaving though she wished he hadn't; maybe he would have still been alive.
"Do you know anything about Nigel or the man that could help us?" The police investigator asked her.
"The only thing I know is I brought him to Japan only about 8 months ago and I haven't really talked to him since," she told the cop turning and walking out to her car. She saw Asuya crying outside the ambulance looking in as they were getting identification. Rika felt depressed as she drove home that night. What would she do if she came home one night and found Kurama dead? She began to cry just thinking about all the horrible things that were going on at the moment.
Lash's mom was still in the hospital and agreed to have Lash train with them but, Lash never left the hospital. She hadn't seen her in about 2 weeks, and every time she would go to the hospital they wouldn't let her in the room. Genkai was mad at her so she hadn't visited over there in a while. Now Asuya had lost her baby and Nigel, it was a horribly sad world.
Rika turned on her windshield wipers as it began to sprinkle, it was a creepy night. She stopped at a stop light and looked around she saw a gas station at her right. There was a man leaning against the gas price sign, it was dark all he could see was his figure as the light turned green and she continued home.
Talk about creepy, just to let everyone know I am very proud of myself for this brillant writing, The story of Rika part 2 is in the works and half done, then The story of Lash part 2 maybe and then the final installment of Rika and I'm done hopefully, this has been dragged out way longer than I assumed it would of been.