"Hey Shion!" Rena called, flipping her red hair. "You think you can win?" She asked, giving off her famous laugh. Her demon like eyes glistened as she became a bit more serious. "...Shion" Rena breathed. She rocked back and forth on her heels. "What... do you think you would achieve by getting rid of me? You would lose all your friends, I would assume your sister would fall into a deep depression, as well as the others. Killing me won't do you any good. Satoshi wouldn't see you as he saw you before."
As the girl called out her name, Shion merely glanced around trying to find ways to use the crappy classroom to her advantage. They had way better crap at St. Lucia after all. Though it didn't take long for Rena's taunting to catch her attention once more. What would she lose if Rena died? Shion hadn't that of it before, but perhaps when one puts the pieces together she does lose a lot. For one, her headache, two, her earache from that pitchy voice, and three, her heartache and any worries of losing her love. Yeah... that seemed like a major loss didn't it?
"You really think that you could turn me into the bad guy after all of this? You really are dumber than you look! When it comes to Mion, you only come second after me! And how Satoshi views me is entirely up to him. No matter what I'll always love him!" If this little girl really knew what she was up against, she'd better stop then, but of course, she didn't.
Rena then looked up at Shion, grinning at the bitch. "You think you know true love?"
Rena, having divorced parents, knows true love when she sees it. Yes, Shion really did love Satoshi, though it would be fun to pull at Shion's strings. Maybe a bit of mental fighting than physical. Rena was good at getting under peoples skin. Though Shion was good at this very tactic as well. Rena would have to work on her.
Shion angrily gritted her teeth as Rena ignorantly rambled about love. "You should be the last to talk about love, your mother left both you and your pathetic father for a life worth living! The closest thing you've ever had to love is all that worthless trash you collect at a garbage dump, a garbage dump!" Now it was the Sonozaki's turn to laugh. She walked towards one of the desks as she grinned mercilessly at the redhead.
Rena frowned and raised an eyebrow. "My mother was a bitch... And I don't know what you mean by a life worth living. Cheating on someone is no way to go. But in your twisted mind, it might just seem that way." She spat.
"Well then, it looks like the apple doesn't fall far from the tree does it Rena?" Shion smirked, comparing the girl to her slut of a mother outta get a rise out of her. As the girl began rambling on about how the village didn't care about her, Shion began to tune her out. She didn't need to village's love to protect her, she had her family politics and her sister's power on her side, that was all she needed to defeat this girl in death.
"You really think I'm the one in trouble if I win? If you do, you'll be guilty for the blood of you're best friend's sister, her twin sister at that. You'll be guilty of the spilt blood of the true Sonozaki heiress, a daughter of the village leader. You'll be responsible for the death of one of the few people that truly and unconditionally love both Satoshi and Satoko. You'd be responsible for the death of a life of a daughter of a Yakuza leader." Shion then stopped at a desk that had a bucket of water and a sponge on it, most likely one used to clean the classroom windows that had been left for the teens to put away. Her eyes showed nothing but pure ice as she smirked at her rival, her final conclusion ready for testing.
"Perhaps you should recalculate your moves Miss Rena Ryuugu. You're the only one out of this mass circle of friends who's known for owning a cleaver hook. If I die, and the evidence is tested, then everything will lead out to you. You'll not only have the leaders of the village after you, but the Yakuza, and the village itself. Perhaps then, you can find shelter in your 'Oyashiro', AFTER HE TEARS APART YOUR THROAT!" Shion then grabbed the bucket, throwing it in the direction of the girl with the intentions of drenching her with the soapy water.
"Oh? You think everyone in hinamizwa loves you, don't you? Well hate to break it to you bimbo, but you're FAR from loved. The Sonozakis' despise you! To be honest, I don't even know what Satoshi sees in you! You're a selfish, over protective, slutty BITCH!" Rena yelled. Her poison stained words seemed to echo around the small classroom. "If any girl gets NEAR him, you become psychotic! Do you REALLY think EVERY GIRL that talks to Satoshi likes him? If you seriously believe this, you're even dumber than you look!"
A few seconds after Rena got done with her rambling, soapy water was flying her way. Rena laughed, as Shion thought she could hit her with this water. The red head quickly pulled her cleaver in front of her, the sudsy water splashed onto her cleaver, and was sent flying Shion's way. Rena was no fool. After all, she's very pro at water gun fights!
"And I use to like you..." Rena laughed. She tsked. "Shion, Shion, Shion. You don't know who you're picking a fight with!"
She merely grinned, the hysteria taking in Rena's insults like a compliment. "Well for a girl who'll never know what true love is, I guess you will see it like that, after all, you've already shown yourself as a fool who doesn't like him."
Shion didn't need all of the water to hit Rena. Enough made it's way past the cleaver and onto the floor to make it easier for Shion. With her tazer charged to full shock and a small metal chair in her other hand, Shion was ready to take this girl down. In a way, she felt like the knight fighting for her love, and battling the evil redheaded scaly dragon.
"Perhaps you're the one who should choose your words a little more wisely Ryuugu, as well as your battles." She tilted her as she spoke in a more mockingly tone, "After all, you're the one here who has nobody to back you up when you're gone. I may be disliked in this village, but I'm not the only one. So by using that as your reason, you're just making yourself look worse! Now, how about we end this pointless talking so I can kick your ass already!"
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It all began to hit him. One after another. After another...
YOU, HOUJOU, DON'T DESERVE TO LIVE AFTER YOU NEARLY SACRIFICED OUR VILLAGE!
Nii-Nii, Nii-Nii... Help me...
I've also noticed him Satoshi-kun... Oyashiro-sama is always watching us... You won't know hes there at first... All you'll hear is an extra footstep when you walk down a hallway...
Hahaha, You're so clueless Satoshi~
Auntie! Please! Leave Satoko-chama alone! I take responsibility!
What if I left Hinamizawa...
There is no escape!
Is she here! Is she here right now! No... No she is! She is! We have to get out of here!
I overheard Mion talking to her on the phone and, apparently, she still holds bitter feelings about the dam project. She wasn't there when it happened, but apparently, well you know how cruel some of the people still are about it, well.. When Mion was talking to her on the phone, she confessed that she felt that way too! She said she still couldn't forgive your family and that you should pay for your parents sins..
"Satoshi! You don't have to believe me, but don't believe her! She really loves you and I assume she is willing to go very far to steal your heart! She doesn't want me talking to you, and is going to do anything to push me away from you! Oyashiro-sama IS real!"
Shion... Loves... Me?...
And how Satoshi views me is entirely up to him. No matter what I'll always love him!"
What... do you think you would achieve by getting rid of me? You would lose all your friends, I would assume your sister would fall into a deep depression, as well as the others. Killing me won't do you any good. Satoshi wouldn't see you as he saw you before.
Now he understood. Satoshi now saw the truth to his fate. On that day... Oyashiro had cursed him... Cursed him with a life that was impossible to handle, That's why! The people of Hinamizawa hate him! That's why! He couldn't do anything right! He wasn't fit to be Satoko's brother. He was too weak. He wasn't fit to be a resident of Hinamizawa or part of any club. He was too weak. He wasn't fit to be Shion's lover. He was too weak! And his weakness had cursed everyone, his friends now turned on each other... ClAwInG thEiR ThRoaTs OuT! Who would this curse hurt next!
No one.
He rose to his feet and like a zombie marched forward.
Nii-Nii...You can't leave me!
I Have to.
Satoshi-kun You can't leave us here!
There is no other way.
Satoshi-kun... I love you! You can't leave me here!
I will protect everyone... And meet you all again in that place with those smiles... We will finally live in peace...
He would push Rena back, taking the clever from her hands in the process. He would push Shion back, grabbing the taser from her hand. The water below him awaited to see what Satoshi would do next as though Oyashiro himself was telling him to do it.
There wasn't enough time. Though he had paused before acting, it would never seem like enough time spent. To be able to look at both their faces in a world where they weren't trying to kill each other.
He seamlessly cut his arm off with the billhook, letting the hand grasped around the taser fall into the puddle of water and electrocute him. There was no noise. No scream. Just silence. Satoshi was done. His body fell to the ground, and it all came to an end.
..
Rena's mouth went dry. Her cleaver was ripped out of her hand as the act unfolded. "Satoshi... What... What did you do?" She muttered to herself. The girl felt tears welling up in her emotionless blue eyes. She turned to look at Shion, who also seemed speechless.
"What...What did you think you would accomplish?" Rena shrieked, staring, horrified, at the dead boy. "What about Satoko! What about Shion! What will they do without you!" She continued. This situation was confusing. CLEARLY this was Shion's fault! If she hadn't made that water... NO! She would not blame anyone for this! It was no ones fault... Right? Right?
"Sh-Shii-chan..." Rena muttered, staring at the emerald eyed girl. For some reason, Rena felt BAD for Shion. All the while, Satoshi lay dead. His blood mixed with the soapy water, causing the water to turn red. The teenage girl couldn't take her eyes off the blood, the arm, the peaceful look on Satoshi's face. None of it made sense! Suicide... Right in front of the two? Satoshi had friends! Satoshi had a sister that depended on him! Satoshi had HOPE! Why? Why did he do this? Rena knew now, it was Shion and herself's fault. She understood now! He was trying to stop them, wasn't he? Was the girls' fighting over? She didn't know yet. Finally, Rena let herself cry, she let the confusion out.
..
Before the Sonozaki had another chance to throw an attack towards her rival, her love had suddenly stepped between the two of them before taking both of their weapons from them. Shion was confused, why was he stopping her? She was fighting for him!
"Satoshi, what are you-" Before she had a chance to even finish questioning the boy, he committed an act that shattered every bit of anger in her bones; replacing it with horror. Too soon was there spilt blood and a collapse on the floor. What.. just happened? Did Satoshi really just do what it looked like he had? The blood... The body... Everything seemed too horrific to be true.
"S... Satoshi-kun?" she whispered softly as she stared at him, as if expecting him to respond, no, praying for him to respond. With those gentle eyes, that warming smile. "Satoshi kun.. Satoshi kun? Satoshi kun? Satoshi kun?" Soon her questioning whispers grew into shrieks of terror as she fell to her knees. She grabbed fist fulls of her hair as she looked around frantically, no longer even recognizing Rena's presence.
The bloody water now staining her porcelain skin as she continued to stare at it in horror, while crying his name over and over. Tears quickly welled up in her eyes as her hair hang limply from her once held high head. She reached over nervously to his shoulder, hoping to shake him awake before once again noticing the missing limb. The sight finally was too much for her... Shion Sonozaki finally cracked.
"Satoshi-kun.. Satoshi-kun.. Answer me, please.. Satoshi..? Satoshi? Satoshi-kun!"
Her cries continued to grow louder as the more she panicked, the more blood got on her, and the more tears fell.
"Satoshi?
Satoshi?
Satoshi?
SATOSHI?"
The girl was now broken as she reached over for her lifeless love, now cradled him in her arms, not caring about the massive amount of blood she'd now gotten on herself. All she cared about was Satoshi. Why did he do this? Her sobs grew heavier before the answer finally made its appearance. For.. them?
Her cries had now evolved into wails as she continued to cry out his name. This was all her fault, all hers, and now he was gone. All she wanted was to be with him, just the two of them.
I'm sorry Satoshi-kun.. Her heart seemed to want to say if not fallen on deaf ears. From all of the crying, her voice had finally given out as it turned into a series of croaks and whimpers. Unlike her voice though, her tears seemed to be endless as they fell onto the boy's soft face, his soft smile.
It wasn't long before Chie Sensei rushed in from hearing all the commotion from outside, and seeing the terrible sight. Not long after had police officer cars and an ambulance rushed over to the scene. By now, the sun seemed to be setting as Shion refused to let go of the boy. Her head hurt immensely as her breaths began to grow shorter and faster. The more the others tried to pry her from her love, the more she refused. The pain from all of this, the pain growing from deep within her chest, seemed to be stabbing at her more and more as she cried out one last thing, directed towards both Rena and Satoshi.
"I'm so sorry.."
She then collapsed backwards as her vision began to spin, as her breaths became fainter, and as her chest pains began to get the best of her. Despite all the physical pain she'd now felt, the pain of Satoshi, of everything was far greater. As everything seemed to be coming to a close, Shion Sonozaki found her final thought,
Next time we all see each other... I won't ever doubt any of my friends... I promise you, Satoshi...
The end.