The last and final chapter, characters will be doing things you wouldn't think they would do but I hope you enjoy this chapter and the story as a whole.
It was obviously an invitation for a final battle, Tezuka who had been watching Rai felt his heart race a bit. The man was simply smiling softly with a look of confidence as he locked eyes with Tezuka. He took one step; leaned forward almost in slow motion, then sprinted out aiming a low kick to Tezuka's side. Tezuka blocked the attack but was surprised to notice that he slid an impressive distance by the sheer force of the attack. Rai didn't hesitate and was able to land a well placed punch to Tezuka's gut, it was aimed right where Yoi had hit him earlier. Tezuka didn't say anything earlier but he could tell a massive bruise the size of his head was forming there since then and was now especially sensitive, the pain was so unbearable that when Rai hit him his knees buckled and he kneeled to the ground.
Kyo was the one to actually attack first, Kaito waited and simply dodged the punches except one, a hard right hook that got him in the jaw with considerable force. He stumbled back and rubbed it sorely, a hint of anger clouding over his eyes as he attacked back.
Rai's sharp eyes had been watching Tezuka sense the beginning and he could tell that Tezuka was being extra cautious about his gut and knew that Yoi was the cause for it. He knew her strength and no matter how stoic or good a person is at hiding their discomfort there was no way they could hide everything. Their body would give it away, the little reflexes one does when trying to nurse their wounded body or the stance they take to keep the area out of range. He saw it all.
"You really should be more careful, if this keeps up your going to be killed in front of Sakuno-chan…how do you think she would react? I wouldn't mind though…actually that's what I'm going for." Rai said and kicked him in the chest so he was laying down and brought his leg up aiming his feel for the front of Tezuka's head. He brought it down swiftly and mercilessly, Tezuka dodged by rolling to the side and did a backflip to gain some distance. Having Eiji as a friend and teammate could come in handy sometimes. Rai quirked an eyebrow slightly impressed but he still hadn't given up and rushed towards Tezuka once more.
Kyo and Kaito seemed to be in a stalemate battle, where neither side was giving in, offensively or defensively. Kaito who's poker face gave no hint to his next strike was relatively good at dodging and used mostly punches as an attack. He had a quick jab and was very agile on his feet. Kyo not having any experience with fighting or self defense was still doing pretty well using his intellect and athletic build. He had strength on his side and a calm demeanor, prepared for anything to happen. He was sharp and he seemed to have a mysterious insight that trumped Kaito's stoic face.
Sakuno who has been watching the ordeal seemed stuck on what to do, her body wouldn't stop shaking as she tried to think about what she could do to help. Shaking her head roughly she knew she was of no use sitting like this, her eyes widened as she registered that there was Nana's gun somewhere around the room. She looked side to side frantically, she spotted it and then looked back at the two groups fighting it out. She then crawled over silently and picked up the gun with only one bullet left.
"I saw that…Sakuno-chan~" Came the light hearted sing song voice of Rai, Sakuno stiffened but held onto the gun for dear life as she stood up.
Looking at the fighting groups she saw that Kaito then pulled out a long razor blade and was attacking Kyo frantically with it. Kyo was sliced slightly in the arm, leg, shoulder, cheek, and even neck but nothing was deep enough to be fatal. Kyo didn't seem to mind the pain, he didn't even flinch when it sliced him and just watched carefully so as not to get seriously hurt. He was waiting for an opening, but Kaito's jabbing was wild and fast to the point it was hard to time. Kyo seemed to sigh a bit and he decided to take a chance. He probably saw this in a movie, and did a high sweep kick that was able to knock the blade out of Kaito's hand and push him back.
Kyo then looked to Sakuno who was unsteady and unsure with what to do with the gun in her hand, he looked to Tezuka who was barely fighting off Rai's tormenting attacks. Guilt was building up in him from what he was going to ask.
"Sakuno-san, I need you to shoot him." His deep voice was strong and Sakuno gravitated over to him and pointed the gun at Kaito without thinking about it. When she realized what she was doing she began to shake and she wondered if she could do it, her finger was on the trigger…but she couldn't pull it. Killing someone even dirty and disgusting as him was not in her ability.
Kaito casually leaned down and picked up the razor blade then dashed to Kyo with an unknown speed unlike before. Sakuno followed his figure with the barrel of the gun but was still shaking, Kyo was able to take a step back but Kaito did a leap forward and a final thrust. A few trickles and splatters of blood hit the ground, despite having a deep gash in his side Kyo grabbed Kaito by both of his shoulders then looked towards Sakuno slowly giving her a slight nod of the head. Sakuno gulped and it may have been a nervous twitch or a cramp in the hand that finally pulled the trigger. The two interlocked figures before her stood silently for a few moments that felt like hours to her as she stared horrified by her actions and confused by the overwhelming silence that followed the bang.
Kaito then slumped to the ground clutching his side, shaking violently as he seemed to gasp desperately for air. Kyo took this opportunity to take the razor blade and step back away from Kaito who slid and laid down on his back Kyo glanced over to Sakuno and gave her another nod, as if to say she did well and she could relax now. Her knees gave and she fell down on her butt, she was clutching the gun and seemed to refuse to let go of it despite it being empty.
Back to the other two fighting, Tezuka was able to give Rai a solid kick in the gut but to his annoyance it didn't seem that affective. He went for a punch but Rai was a bit too fast and caught Tezuka's arm and twisted it back behind him. A surge of pain went through his body bringing him back down to his knees, Rai kicked him in the face breaking his glasses and causing a bloody nose.
"Hey, Hey, Kaito…get up…your missing out." He said , Tezuka looked at him confused, did he not understand what happened? "Kaito, your going to miss it, well at least Sakuno-chan won't!" Rai said not bothering to look their way. He then brought out a knife, and Tezuka was stuck on his knees while Rai brought the knife high above his head. Their was a moment Rai looked into Tezuka's eyes and smirked at him with a somewhat childish joy.
"Thanks for coming." He said softly.
Kyo ran over to them and was trying to grab Rai's arm to stop him from bringing down the blade, but when he was in arms reach Rai turned swiftly and redirect the knife, thrusting it in the middle of Kyo's chest.
"Gotcha…" Rai said simply and took the knife out roughly.
Despite the blood leaking out, Kyo didn't falter or hesitate to tackle Rai down to the ground. He sat on Rai's stomach and brought the razor he got from Kaito and brought it down aiming for Rai's neck, it hit his shoulder due to Rai jerking to the side. Rai was able to push him off and his eyes sparked with the look of a wild beast, he seemed to be enraged but also enjoying himself at the same he hasn't felt in such a long time was certainly different, it was painful yes but he felt excited. He then looked over to Kaito laying in the ground, he wondered what he was doing sleeping. Sakuno was looking terrified and worried, how delicious to see her broken face. This will be all worth it. He just had to finish off this nuisance.
Tezuka who was now not the main event stood up and leaned against the wall, Sakuno quickly went to his side and looked to Kyo.
"You two, leave now." Kyo's voice rang out dark and prominent. "I can handle this." He said trying to sound more reassuring.
"B-But…" Sakuno looked at him worried and confused, not wanting to leave him alone. Not when they were so close and things have gone so wrong, she had to at least save him. "Tezuka-san needs your help anyway." He also mentioned.
"If you play the hero, it will only break her more when you finally die in front of her. Is that why you want her to leave?" Rai asked casually.
Kyo was dodging Rai's attack but his eye sight was starting to get fuzzy, the blood leaking from his chest and his gash wound on his side was oozing out at a solid rate. He stumbled and Rai took this chance to stab him in the gut but when he tried to pull his knife back out Kyo held on his hand and kept him from taking it back.
"You just wont die will you, are you waiting for her to leave so she doesn't see you take your last breath? It wont help much, she'll never forget any of this, never. All the friends she made here have been killed in front of her. You're the last one." Rai said resting his chin on Kyo's shoulder and harshly whispering his cruel words into Kyo's ears.
Kyo scowled and despite the blood loss he kept his iron grip on Rai who decided to just dig the knife deeper into the gut but despite that Kyo reacted very little to it. He could feel the pressure in his gut but he felt no pain, he did feel somewhat cold however. Foot steps could be heard rushing towards the cafeteria and the sound of voices, it was the police. Sakuno looked out to Kyo.
"Kyo-sempai, the police are here! It will be okay." She said hoping he would just get away and let the police take care of the rest.
"Oh? by the time they get here, you will be drained of all your blood." Rai said with a smirk.
"No, the police will just put you in jail, I'll finish this." Kyo said simply, feeling another wave of guilt of what he was going to do, especially in front of Sakuno. Taking the razor blade in his free hand that went unnoticed by Rai he quickly rammed the blade through the others neck.
"Ah…..ha…ha" Were Rai's last words before he let go of the knife in his hand and fell back to the ground his eyes wide open with tears flowing out as he looked to the big expanse of the cafeteria ceiling.
The police finally opened the door shocked by what they say, Tezuka went and talked to them about what the situation was but Sakuno dashed off to Kyo's side. He was sitting down breathing heavily and was slowly laying himself down as if too exhausted to keep himself up. He was calm and collected though and he stared at the ceiling too but unlike Rai was not crying but simply tired, very tired.
Sakuno ran to Kyo and knelt down beside him, he really wished she didn't do this to herself, he knew what was going to happen. He heard the police man call for a medic, it would be too late, just someone take her away from him. He pleaded it again and again in his mind.
He was growing colder but when she reached and placed her hand on top of his he felt a little warm again.
"Just….so you know…I can't feel pain. Don't worry." He said and coughed up a bit, his blood staining his teeth as he did.
"Kyo-sempai…" She said softly.
"I guess…I'm just cold." He added a little offhanded he tilted his head away from the ceiling to look her in the eyes, bright purple peered from dark bangs to watery brown ones, still holding on to some innocence.
"Lean closer…." He said softly with his deep voice almost unable to leave his throat. She did so and leaned her head closer to his. "Sempai?" He leaned up and gave her a chaste kiss on the lips, staining her cheeks and lower lip with his blood. She blushed considerably but smiled softly to him.
"I've never…kissed a girl…I wanted to…kiss a pretty one…before…" He didn't finish his sentence and his breathing seemed to calm down considerably.
What he did do was even more heart wrenching for Sakuno, he smiled, not a smirk or a cheeky grin, it was a big smile that a child would have after getting what they always wanted on Christmas. It was very sweet and innocent, full of content. She bawled and wondered how she had so many tears in her body, she was blinded by her tears to such an extent she didn't notice someone grabbing her arm and hoisting her up.
She was dragged out of the cafeteria and through the school grounds but she all the while cried, she didn't even notice that Juro and Usagi were in police cars with blankets bundling them up. Sakuno didn't notice her in the police car with Tezuka on their way to the hospital for a check up.
She finally came back to reality when she noticed that she was in a patients gown sitting on a bed in the hospital, she looked over to the bed next to her and saw Tezuka laying down resting with his stomach wrapped up in bandages. He seemed to be resting somewhat peacefully and she, drained of emotion laid down and looked over to him. She felt a slight breeze and could see streams of light flood into the room despite the curtains over the window, the air smelt really clean she noticed. She closed her eyes and let her body finally drift into sleep.
Finish: This ends in a somewhat somber and positive light, I hope. So Usagi and Juro lived in the end. Kyo was a character I really really liked and was having a hard time deciding in his major role in the end. I wanted him to be seen as beautiful in the end. Tezuka kind of sucks in this story but I tried to make him do some badass things. Sorry if they didn't work out. I did want Rai's death to be abrupt and not very flashy, i'm not a fan of speeches as well.
Police are always late! damn! haha!
Special Thanks to all that have kept with the story, read and Reviewed! It meant a lot to me! I hope you enjoyed the story!