Both of the Himura's stood in the living room staring at each other. One shocked the other angry. The elder, Hiroshi, took a step forward and changed his facial expression from a frown to a smile. He looked at his daughter with kind eyes. 'All a lie' she thought as she took a step back. Seeing this the man's face turned to a frown again.
"Somethings upsetting you, Atsuko, maybe you should get some rest." He said trying to pursued his daughter to go to her room.
But Atsuko wouldn't budge. She stood her ground firmly. "Explain this!" She demanded in a horse voice holding up a white sheet of paper. She let it go the second her fathers hands touched it. Her eyes were cold, distant, when she next spoke. "You killed her, I know you killed her!"
"Your sick Atsuko got to your room and lay down I'll call a doctor." He said reaching for Atsuko's arm but she threw herself back to avoid his touch.
"Don't touch me!" She screamed ferociously tears started to stream down her face. "At least say you're sorry, at least say you didn't mean it."
"I have no idea what you are talking about. Your mother died of an accidental overdose. The doctors confirmed it. Atsuko you're speaking crazy."
Hearing those word, those undeniable words, Atsuko knew he was not sorry for his actions. She gripped the doll in her pocket tighter searching for the scarlet thread. She was going to pull the string and bind herself into the covenant. She found it and had her finger on the thread when her arm was violently yanked and she fell forward. Shocked and confused she pulled herself up only to find her father angrily staring at her. Pulling herself to her feet Atsuko grabbed the doll from her pocket and ran to the door leading to the hallway but was unable to get passed the doorway as she was yanked by her leg and laded on the floor. The doll landing a few feet away from her. Desperately she tried to crawl to the doll but was pulled pack to the living room by her father. Holding on to the wall she tried to shake him off her leg but couldn't.
Finally in a last attempt to free herself Atsuko twisted her body to face her father, without letting go of the door frame, and kicked him as hard as she could in the stomach. It worked he let go of his hold on her and she stood up and ran, not stopping as she picked the doll up and ran to an open door in the hall. Struggling with the lock she managed to close the door and securely lock it. Seconds later her father was outside yelling for her to open the door and slamming his fist on the door. Holding the doll Atsuko yelled for him to stop.
"Please! Just go away!" She yelled from the other side.
"Not until you get out of there!" He yelled back.
"I'm sorry." She said more to herself than to anyone else and then she pulled the string.
xXx
"Ai" Came a voice from the other end of the screen.
"Yes I know Grandmother. Thank you." Ai said as she finished putting on her black kimono with floral patterns. She called to Wanyuudou who in turn became a flying coach with a burning wheel to take Ai to her destination. The others, Hone Onna, and Ren Ichimoku, came along as well to assist with the recent request.
XxX
Atsuko sat on the bathroom floor gripping the scarlet string as she held her legs to her chest and began to cry.
XxX
Hiroshi Himura was pounding on the door to the bathroom where his daughter was hiding. He was yelling for her to come out and she would not listen. He took a step back and yelled for her to come out or he would knock the door down. Some noise came from the other side and then the door opened. Atsuko came out with her head down holding a syringe. She pointed it at him but never looked up.
"What are you doing Atsuko? Put that down." He said as she neared him and he stepped back.
"Why father? Is it because this is the Syringe you used to kill my mom?" She said looking up and Hiroshi could see that this girl was not Atsuko. In fact when he looked at her eyes he found she was gone and three figures appeared in the back room.
"Who's there?" He demanded and walked to the door. As soon as he entered the room he fell down a hole in the ground. Immediately the lights switched on and he found himself in the lower room next to the bags of papers. When he stood up he saw that the figures where standing at each end of the table that should had contained the syringe and directions.
"How did you do it Hiroshi?" Asked a woman at one end she was wearing a kimono and held her hair up.
"Do what?" He asked worriedly
"Why, kill your wife of course." Stated the younger man with hair covering one eye.
"Did you poison her?" Added an older man who held up a piece of paper.
"I don't know what you are talking about. You are all crazy leave my house!" He said and threw a bag of papers at them. The bag tore and papers flew everywhere that for a second he could not see. When the papers landed on the floor the woman was gone and the two men where smiling to each other.
As soon as he began to panic something grabbed him from behind and spoke. "We cant leave until you confess to your sins." Turning around he saw the woman was a skeleton holding him to his spot. "Now if you'd be so kind as to tell us what you did. We could be on our way."
"Get off of me you disgusting creature." He yelled and ran up the stairs.
xXx
Bellow the assistants looked to each other and Hone Onna spoke.
"He wont give up will he?"
"Looks like we'll have to go to plane B." Stated Wanyuudou and he walked up the stairs.
XxX
"Dammit!" Yelled the man as he ran into the hallway and paused. Catching his breath he looked around. His heart nearly stopped as he saw his deceased wife walk out of his room. "No you're dead!" He yelled and tried to move away but at the other end of the hall he saw the three people from earlier.
"She was sick and you killed her, look at her!" The woman yelled.
"What did she ever do to you in order for you to take her life?" The older man asked. And at that Hiroshi couldn't help but answer.
"She was sick. She was always sick!" He yelled and added. "Everything she needed I always had to do it for her. It was driving me crazy! I had to do it!"
"That sounds like a confession to me." Ren turned to look at Hone Onna.
"Did you hear that miss?" Wanyuudou asked and then a girl with long black hair wearing a black floral kimono appeared in front of him. She had her eyes closed as she spoke.
"Oh pitiful shadow lost in the darkness bringing pain and torment to others. Oh, dammed soul wallowing in your sin." She opened her eyes and Hiroshi fearfully saw that they were red. "Perhaps it is time to die?" She lifted her arm and a chiming sound was heard.
xXx
Hiroshi woke up in a fairy boat, looking around he saw lantern in the water and a little while off was an arch shaped entrance, the kind people saw when visiting a temple. The girl from earlier was guiding the boat. He stayed quiet for a second as he noticed the strange moon. It was in four parts and shaped in a form of a sort of flower. Finally he decided to ask the girl a question.
"What is this place?" He said staring at the girl.
"This is vengeance," The girl said not bothering to look at him. "so I'm to ferry you to hell." Upon hearing this Hiroshi tried to stand but skeletal arms kept him in his place.
XxX
"Atsuko!" Misa called excitedly as she hugged the girl and ushered her in to the room. "I'm so glad you came."
"Of course I came" Atsuko said smiling.
"But should you be here? I heard about your father how he just disappeared like that. Are you sure its okay?"
"I'm fine thank you for your concern." She said still smiling. "Oh I have this for you." she held out a wrapped box.
"Whats this for?"
"Well I heard about your treatment and how you might get to leave the hospital if it goes well. This is a congratulations."
"Thank you I have something for you too. Its by the window go ahead and get it I need to call my nurse, I'll be back."
Atsuko waved and walked to the window, on the sill was a wrapped present for her. She picked it up and saw her reflection on the glass. Her smile wavered as she was her mark. The mark of the covenant she had entered, the mark that reminded her everyday that as soon as she would die she was destined to hell, the mark that reminded her that she sent her own father to hell. She placed a hand over the black flame mark on her chest as she sat down on the sill to wait for Misa to get back.
xXx
'Your grievance shall be avenged'
~Authors Note~
This is the last chapter and I like to put authors notes at the end of my story's
(and maybe somewhere in between)
So this is mine: (Thank You)
To everyone who reviewed, alerted or favorite this story.
Oxymoron 2011, James Birdsong, S.I.R.E. Ruby-san, The Spirit Alchemist, nisa, ppp, Mya, and finally xXKuro-IchigoXx. (That includes anonymous review)
and also thank you to all that read.
Well I think that's it so... goodbye.