So with Kiyoshi gone and Aerith In trouble, what will Kidasama do next? Find out now
It was dusk, the day had been bright and dry, Kiyoshi's burial was being held at a mass funeral function, held at Deiwano Beach. The happiness of the day left a bitter taste in Kidasama's mouth.
"How could the earth just go on? When one of her children has just died!...What's the use… protecting the earth… Ha! What a joke, there's just too much happening… the damn Makka company is taking too much…too fast…no matter how great our efforts, we can't win! And what's more-"
A hoarse voice suddenly interrupted Kidasama's thoughts,
"Hey kid!..."
"Huh?...oh!" Kidasama narrowed her eyes on discovering Leader Ren. "I'm sorry for your loss sir." She spoke dully.
"Argh! It's no big deal. I knew he would get cocky one day and it would cost him his life…Ha! Beaten at his own game, killed by his own weapon, the Shinra Corp must be pissing their pants with laughter at this"
As he spoke Kidasama could feel a great surge of anger building up. She looked to her side at Hitomi's face, she was not amused
"Asshole!" Hitomi whispered to herself
"Anyway" Leader Ren went on "you know what they say…-"
Kidasama's anger had now peaked, she was ready to explode. An uncontrollable madness swept her as she roared-
"NO!...NO! I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY SAY LEADER REN…TELL ME PLEASE I'M DYYYING TO KNOW!" she pointed towards Kiyoshi's burning body "IN FACT DON'T…DON'T SPEAK, WHAT YOU SAY REEKS OF ROTTEN WORDS ANYWAY!"
Leader Ren was taken aback at Kidasama's boldness, her fury captured him. She didn't allow any response whilst she still spoke
"HOW COULD YOU SAY SUCH THINGS?! HE WAS YOUR SON…AND ALL HE EVER WANTED YOU TO DO WAS…W..WAS LOVE HIM." As much as she wanted to, Kidasama could not cry, but her heart was heavy and her body weak. Hitomi walked up towards her placing her arms around her for support. Kidasama glared to say as if she hadn't finished, Leader Ren still standing in silence as even he dared not interrupt.
"HE WAS YOUR SON!...WHY?!...Why were you so mean to him… I never had a father, but I know that I'd rather none than have you as one any day!" her frown beamed in Leader Ren's eyes, her words had captured his spirit, still speechless, he could say nothing but choke.
"Hck..Hk!...Kckk!...Akemmm!" he gasped for air, waiting for someone to come to his aid, but they didn't. Kidasama just stood there, her temper at ease; she was now in control again. Hitomi just stood there scornfully tutting and slowly shaking her head.
"In time, you will see that the way I treated my son…it…it was for a greater purpose…to protect him…and myself" Kidasama tried to interrupt but this time he glared at her. " If I had told him, that he was a failure, a waste of space, a good for nothing bastard, do you think he would stop loving me?"
Kidasama could not see were he was getting at but she cautiously went on to answer his question.
"Of course he wouldn't"
"What if I told him to stop loving me…do you think he would listen then?"
"No…"
"Kida…" Kidasama cringed, she didn't want him calling her by that name, but she knew this wasn't the time to correct him. "Do you know why I chose you to join the SSA?"
"No…"
"You and that other girl-"
"Her name was Aerith!" she looked at him defensively
"Yes… Aerith… you had a special relationship, in fact she was the one that gave you that nickname you so dislike"
"I don't dislike it…she gave me that nickname, I only let her call me Kida"
"Of course…you too were very special girls, I came to discover your talents when one day an evil storm was approaching, you unlike everyone else was unconcerned, can you tell me why that was so Kidasama?"
"What? A storm? You are asking me to remember a storm that occurred over 10 years ago… I grow weary of your rambling sir…please get to the point!"
"You! My dear are one special lady… you and that other girl…Aerith. You are from out of this world, you can not feel real emotion, and yet it is your love for other things that drive you to action"
"What do you mean I can't fell emotion? Of course I can, I am human you foolish man"
Hitomi gasped, that insult back in the day was enough to have you strung up and beaten with a bat
Leader Ren smirked "well that's what I'm getting at"
"W..what?! You're…your trying to say that I am not human?"
"Of course your human, foolish woman! But you like Aerith are not the same…type….as us humans here. Think about it, when was the last time you cried?... your 'brothers' death or even your 'sisters' death when you were younger. At the academy when your fellow classmates where dying at your feet, did you shed a tear? How about now! At your very own lovers funeral. Tell me have you wept?"
Hitomi glanced at Kidasama and saw no sign of redness from weeping. She pulled back, convinced that what leader Ren had said was true. He continued to speak
"In any militaries eyes, a warrior that has no emotion, no attachments, no soul… has no limits."
"W…Wha? Your saying I have no soul…?"
"What I am saying Kidasama…is you are special. We had to get to you before someone else did, we had to test you, to see if you were the real deal. You were. And you took my heart all that I wanted in a son I got in you!"
"Y…you…your crazy!"
"Forgive me Kida, if this is too much at once, Kiyoshi could never live up to your standards, as much as he tried, you have continued to impress me, even to this day, I am in awe of you…I pray your forgiveness if I have ever given you reason to feel sad, but one thing I will NEVER do is apologies to you, for the way I treated my dead son. He knew my principles, he lived by them! And still… still he was blown out of the competition when you came into the picture…"
Kidasama cringed at the irony.
Leader Ren began to violently cough, never had it been that bad before. Unable to catch his breathe, nothing could console it. He collapsed to the floor, Hitomi ran towards him frantically
"WHAT SHOULD I DO KIDASAMA?!"
"NOTHING!...let the old man die!"
"Huh!" Hitomi gasped
Kidasama walked up to Leader Ren slowly, croaching down to his ear. She softly whispered
"This is no game sir, your son was no contestant… I am uncertain of a lot of things right now but! One thing I am sure of…is that right now, you are going to die"
She slowly lifted her head up, gazing into his blood shot eyes. In his devastation he forced out a smirk
"Kch!..Kkch!..Ha!...Kch a true child of Jenova Kch!...Kch!"
Kidasama glinted a frown at Leader Ren. He suddenly began to choke unforgivingly. Hitomi in horror tried slamming her hand on his back, to no avail. He died, suffocating on the nothingness in the back of his throught.
"Shit! No! Leader Ren…Kidasama!"
"Leave it alone Hitomi! He is dead, there is nothing we could have done"
The atmosphere lay silent, whilst Hitomi gathered her thoughts. Reality suddenly slapped her across the face. Her master, her surrogate father had just died in her arms.
"We could have got some help! He didn't have to die" Hitomi snapped
"Think rationally Hitomi, would help really have arrived in time without exposing ourselves"
"Fuck you Kidasama" Hitomi was on a high, she hadn't slept properly for about 4 days now, since Kiyoshi's death "If it means saving a life!-"
Kidasama turned and walked off completely ignoring Hitomi.
"Hey! Were the fuck d'ya think your going?! Stop! STOP I SAID!"
"I'm leaving Hitomi!... I can't stand it here anymore… I thought, I thought I could make it up to them…but I cant…it just gets worse…I'm making it worse!" Kidasama chanted
"W…What are you talking about?...hey wait up! I'm coming!"
"NO!! Leave me alone. I have to go alone…"
"You must be crazy if you think I'm leaving your side…were a team remember…totally inseparable, y'no 'till death do us apart' sort'a thing"
Kidasama winced as if her words had stung.
"Don't…don't say that…don't come with me…please" Kidasama turned to face Hitomi, carrying a solemn look, Hitomi knew something odd was up
"Why?..."
"Your all I have left Hitomi…everything! I need to sort some things out, things from my past. It would be too dangerous you coming along…"
Hitomi who never liked being told 'she was too small' or 'too weak' or 'just a girl', always felt insulted when people judged her on her appearance.
"I can look after myself" hurt at what Kidasama was getting at.
"I know 'Tomi… You're an incredibly strong person… your father would be proud. But…I can't risk losing you; it's just something I will not even think of"
Only Kidasama, thought about it a lot. Every single person she had ever cared about in this world had always in one way or another left. Mostly in death had her dearly departed…departed. Ultimately Kidasama came to view it as "I came into this world alone... and I'll come out alone". After leaving the academy, her heart had become callous; she made sure it became unbreakable as she knew that the very next blow would defeat her.
"There are cracks in my heart. I must go away and mend them" she whispered as she walked off.
Hitomi dared not follow
"PROMISE ME YOU'LL COME BACK!?" Hitomi bellowed
Kidasama slowly tilted her head "VIEW THIS AS A VACATION…FROM ME! I'LL BE BACK BEFORE YOU KNOW IT" she yelled back. She tried to throw a dash of optimism and hope as she replied but Hitomi knew that she had used all her might to force it out.
"Travel well my friend…" Hitomi whispered
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" 'The path to my discovery lay's in the hands of a storm…' what the hell does that mean?!" Kidasama thought to herself "No matter what Aerith we will meet again…soon"
End of chapter 5…Geez its taken 5 chapters to get here. Now it starts getting good. Holla back y'all n review k!