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Yours For An Eternity
Chapter 1
"What are you doing here?" I asked.
"Well, I never figured you were the domestic type." Hiruko said, smirking, looking up and down my body. "Wow, you really grew up good."
"You have five seconds to tell me what you want before I kick you off the railing." I informed him.
"Violent as always, I see." Hiruko said, smirking.
"Times up." I slammed the door in his face, not that I expected it to do much good.
And as expected, it didn't. Hiruko simply walked through the door, appearing in front of me again.
"Now, Tomoyo, is that any way to treat your special guest?" Hiruko asked, smirking. "Why, I'm here to help you!"
"The last time you 'helped' me, you killed the man I loved." I said, glaring at him.
"No, he traded his life for yours. You should be flattered." Hiruko said, smirking. "I mean, it's not every woman who can say that her boyfriend is willing to give his life for hers, right?"
"I'll ask you again." I said through gritted teeth. "What do you want?"
"Now, Tomoyo, I'd be more polite." Hiruko said, smirking. "Did you know that 90% of accidents happen in the home? And not all of them are accidents, if you catch my drift."
"Are you threatening me?" I asked.
"Who, me? Of course not! I just wanted to inform you of what the Angels of Death do to someone who reneges on their end of the bargain." Hiruko said, smiling. "Ever heard of crib death?"
"What?" I asked, my face going white.
"It's when an infant dies in their crib under natural causes, for no reason at all. It's entirely common, so common that it wouldn't even come as a surprise to you, would it?" Hiruko asked, smirking.
"You bastard!" I exclaimed, grabbing him by the front of his robe, holding a kitchen knife to his throat. "If you dare touch a hair on Ushio's head, I'll…"
"You'll what? Kill me? You're a little too late for that." Hiruko said, laughing. "Besides, I wouldn't want to do any more harm to this family."
"Why?" I asked, tears falling down my face. "Why did you kill Ryou?"
"Who says I killed her?" Hiruko asked. "Are you so naïve that you think there is only one death in the world? Do you have any idea how many people die a day? A second? How would I get to them all at once? No, if I was there, you could have bet I would have offered her a deal."
"It's not fair…" I cried, collapsing to the ground. "Why did she have to leave? Why?"
"Pathetic." Hiruko's voice caused me to raise my head again, only to see his glare. Something I'd never seen before. "Are you serious? Do you honestly expect me to believe that you're such a pure soul, incapable of bad thoughts?"
"What?" I asked.
"You expect me to believe that you're not relieved that your rival is dead? That you're not happy you have Tomoya all to yourself?" Hiruko shouted. "How pathetic! The resentment and hatred you have for her deep down inside of you is so potent, you might as well have pushed her yourself!"
"Get out." I growled. "Get out!"
"Are you sure?" Hiruko asked, smirking. "Why don't you just give up this charade. It's getting old. Why don't we get down to the real reason you called me here?"
"Get out!" I screamed.
"Why don't you just accept the darkness in your heart?" Hiruko asked, holding my chin, leaning his face in close to mine. "Now tell me…" The look on his face, the sheer cruelty and evilness of it scared me down to my soul. "Who do you want me to kill?"
"Hey, Tomoyo, are you alright?" I was suddenly shaken awake from my sleep by Tomoya. I was sprawled on his floor, him kneeling over me.
"Look, I can't have you sleeping. What if something happened to Ushio?" Tomoya asked, concerned. "She's all I have left. I can't let her die."
"I-I'm sorry." I said, rubbing my aching head. "I must have blacked out."
"I see." Tomoya said. "Well, Ushio's alright this time, thank god, so no harm done. But I can't have you sleeping on the job, okay?"
"Okay." I said, nodding. I left Tomoya's apartment, arrived at my own, took a shower, and climbed into bed.
"Sleeping alone, I see." Hiruko said, causing me to whip my body around to face him.
"W-what are you doing here?" I exclaimed.
"Now, Tomoyo, you don't want to shout." Hiruko said, smirking. "You'd wake the neighbors. And we wouldn't want that."
"What are you doing here?" I asked much quieter.
"I came here to inform you that our earlier conversation was, I ensure you, no dream." Hiruko said. "Although I also have some more information for you."
"What is it?" I asked, sighing.
"I came here to inform you that you can't take it easy just because you're alive and everything's fine." Hiruko said, frowning. "Once you venture into the world of the dead, your soul becomes a dirty, tainted thing. And once you've become dirty, you're dirty for life. The mere influence you have around people is a struggle on them."
"So? You wouldn't be telling me this unless you wanted something from me." I said.
"Well, you've got me all figured out…" Hiruko sighed, flipping over onto his back. "You see, I do want something."
"What?" I asked.
"I want you to come clean with what you truly want." Hiruko said. "Be true to yourself, and come to terms with your hatred."
"I don't have any hatred for anyone." I said.
"If you truly didn't have any hatred, then you wouldn't have called me here subconsciously." Hiruko said. "Your hatred called me here for a reason."
"I don't hate anyone, and I don't want you to kill anyone!" I said. "Now please leave!"
"Oh, no." Hiruko said. "You see, I want to see you suffer for your hatred. I like you, Tomoyo. Because of the delicious anger you exude. And to make you come to terms with it will be the most delicious thing I'll ever experience. So I'll ask you again. Who do you want me to kill?"
"No one! I already told you that!" I said, standing up. "So go!"
"Well, why don't I tell you who you want me to kill then?" Hiruko said. "Because it's so obvious."
"Then tell me who it is, so I can tell you how wrong you are." I said.
"Ushio." Hiruko said, smirking. "You want me to kill the last surviving link between Tomoya and his dead wife. And then, you can have him all to yourself. No more of his stupid past to get in the way. You see, you're the most selfish, despicable type of person. You see, while you'll never admit it, deep down we're truly the same."
I hit him. Harder than I'd ever hit anyone before. A punch strong enough to kill him if he wasn't already dead. But he just laughed it off. He disappeared, and I tried to get to sleep, but his laughter kept ringing in my ears, and continued to haunt me even into my dreams.
That was dark, wasn't it? You can see why I changed it to M.