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Chapter 6:
"Murder is born of love, and love attains the greatest intensity in murder"
- Octave Mirbeau
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"Sakura, wake up now..."
I... have heard this voice before...
Discerning that she wasn't the only person present in her vaguely lit room, Mikan started to panic. She stayed still and frozen lying on her bed, pretending to be asleep.
She tightly shut her eyes as she firmly clutched her blanket.
"Uh-uh... that isn't the way to greet an old friend, you know my trip to your beloved academy exceedingly exhausted me... and the least you could do is to offer me a simple greeting..."
He trailed a finger down her cheek as he spoke in a very soft but threatening way.
"You really have grown into a beautiful lady..."
She felt the ominous aura he emitted and the moment she felt his lingering touch she immediately felt like she was going to barf.
Oh God!! Please help me... who is this man... do I know him? His touch, is so... frightening...
Yet so... familiar...
She held her breath as she insistently stayed still. She hoped that he would give up in waking her up and eventually leave.
But relentless as she was, he was extremely determined to accomplish what he planned.
He let out chuckle as he moved his mouth closer to her ears to make his words more audible.
"Sakura... don't be so shy... I'm only here to remind you of your mission..."
Mission...??
He was busy scrutinizing her when suddenly...
"Master Reo!! We need to hurry... just use your alice on her..."
Reo turned his head to his servant irritated that he disturbed the session that he was having.
"Didn't I tell you to stay outside... and who are you to order me of such? I know what I'm doing..."
"But master, guards started roaming--"
"And surely you can handle that small tiny problem... but just tell me if you can't then I'd gladly dispose of you..."
Reo said in a very sardonic manner.
Hearing his master's words made shivers trail down his spine. And so he obeyed steadfastly and went back to his post without any retorts.
While the little distraction occurred, Mikan's mind suddenly swirled upon hearing the name 'Reo'.
Reo? I definitely have heard that name before...
But where? When was it??
After getting rid of his servant, Reo diverted his attention back to the brunette who was still lying on the bed.
"I bet by now, you already know my name?? Doesn't it... bring back memories??
She was intently listening by now but she still remains stationary under her sheets.
"Oh I see. How about this... doesn't my name bring back memories of the past? Perhaps memories of... what was her name again?
Yuka... Azumi? Oh do you happen to know her Sakura?"
He eyed the sudden movement that Mikan executed.
Yes... that's it Sakura...listen to me...
"No? You don't know her? Your own—"
Mikan abruptly sat up from her position as she incredulously eyed the man in front of her.
"Mother."
"Yes! Yes Sakura your own mother... don't tell me that you have forgotten the devastating fate that you and your mother suffered?"
This man... he knows something about my past...
"You still don't remember me don't you? Allow me to refresh your memory..."
Flashback:
"Yatta!"
I finally did it!!
My first art work…
"oka-san!!"
Where is she?
"Mom, where are you?"
I need to show this to her…
I need to find her…
Maybe she's under the Sakura tree.
"Eh??"
Why is she lying on the ground?
"mom?"
Is she sleeping?
What is this red liquid all over her?
BLOOD…?
"Oka-san… No…"
Don't leave me…
She looked up from the lady lying limply on the ground. She felt like someone was watching her.
She saw a man.
He was holding a knife covered with blood.
She didn't clearly see his face for the sun shined brightly that day and its blinding light blurred her vision.
But what was clear to her was his light blonde hair and his...
Amethyst Eyes
"Y-you... you KILLED HER!!"
The small little child, bellowed at the man who killed her mother. She was teary-eyed and a sudden rush of emotions surged within her heart.
"N-no... NO!!"
The assassin dropped the knife on the ground as he scurried away from the crime scene. He tightly clasped the alice stone in his hand. An alice stone he badly needed.
The unfortunate child was deprived of a mother, a very compassionate and loving mother.
She sat all day beside the corpse of her beloved mom under the canopy of the large Sakura tree, crying her heart out,
when all of a sudden a man with brownish-red hair and violet orbs appeared before her.
"Mikan Sakura..."
She looked up at him and no she didn't feel threatened in fact she didn't feel anything at all. She felt numb inside and no one could ever change what she felt.
"Wh-who are you? Are you going to kill me as well?"
"Sakura, I am not here to harm you, I am here to help you by any means..."
"..."
"Would you like to bring your mother back?"
"Really!! You could do that? Is that possible??"
Hope found its way back into her heart.
"Yes indeed Sakura... it is possible. But are you willing to take lives for your mother?"
"Take lives? You mean... kill?
"Yes... KILL... You have all the right to kill Sakura, kill the one who murdered your mother.
You see, it is not as bad as you think... It is only a way for you to seek justice for her.
It is never wrong to kill, when you know that you have valid reasons for doing so..."
"Will my mother really return back to life?"
"Yes... all you have to do is to kill the one who murdered your mother. It is also necessary for you to take his alice stone once he dies, because this is the key to bring your mother back to life."
"Alice stones? What are those?"
"You will know in time Sakura... and once you have learned about it, you must find him..."
"Where must I find him?"
"I'll bring you there... and once you do... you must KILL him..."
"...I-I... for my mother, I will kill him..."
"Very well then."
He started to walk away from her when she suddenly asked,
"Wait!! Who are you??"
"Reo."
End of Flashback
"Now you remember... don't you Sakura?"
Yes indeed she remembered. She remembered her sole purpose of why she was attending this academy and indeed they have met.
And she was more than ready to face him, his blonde hair and amethyst eyes. She was dauntless and determined to exterminate him.
Narumi L. Anjo
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