Chapter 13:
He fired the gun and Sunako jumped out of the way, dodging it easily. She made a beeline for the exit, dodging a storm of bullets. She didn't know if she'd be able to keep ahead of the bullets even though she was running at full speed.
She turned into a corner where two big doors were. She didn't know where they led, but at the moment, she didn't care. Opening the door, she entered and closed it behind her, breathing heavily.
"Sunako?" she looked up to see Kyouhei staring at her in bewilderment. "What are you doing here?"
"Enomoto," she began. "Who is he?"
"One of my best hit men," he said, taking a glass cup and pouring a drink in it. "He's a bit strange, but—"
"He's trying to kill me!" Sunako said, trying to keep herself calm. Kyouhei froze and looked at her. "I was in the kitchen, making lunch, when he came in and attacked me."
Kyouhei snarled. "I'll see if I can talk some sense into him."
"Fine," Sunako said. "You do that."
"In the meantime, stay here."
"You don't expect me to stay here quietly when some crazy person's after me."
"Sunako, no one could be crazier than you," Kyouhei said, smirking. Sunako tried to keep the blood back this time. "Trust me; I'll take care of it."
SQUIRT!
The door closed, leaving Sunako in a bloody mess from her nosebleed. She did what she could to keep the blood from staining the floor, but it was no use. The best thing for her to do is treat her own nosebleed and relax.
The water ran so loudly that Sunako couldn't hear the door open and close in the bedroom. Once she had staunched the blood, she decided to take a shower to wash the blood out of her hair.
Once in, she began to feel cold. "Damn," she whispered. "This isn't good." Keeping the shower running, she stepped out and redressed quickly, glad that she kept the knife just in case, even though it might be a useless weapon against Enomoto. She wondered if she'd have a chance to stab him and make another escape and get out of the house.
Sunako peeked into the bedroom. Enomoto was reloading his pistol and waiting for her to come out of the shower.
Well, at least he's not a that perverted, she thought, gently closing the door and thinking. The window! She looked outside and her heart sunk. It was a huge jump. She wondered if there was something she could shimmy down. Looking on either side of the wall, she noticed a pole for rain to trickle down.
Leaving the water running on cold as not to waste hot water, Sunako opened the window and climbed out. Then she began to slide down the pole carefully, easing herself down. She slipped once, but was able to stop before she cried out too much.
She, sadly, stopped at a window and Kyouhei spotted her. He quickly dismissed his men and went to the window.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
"Enomoto is in your room, he knew I was in there. I had to get out somehow."
Kyouhei calmed down a little after that. "Get back inside," he said, helping her climb back into the house. "He's in my room, huh?"
"Yeah."
"I see," he smirked. "Let's see what I can do about that."
Kyouhei motioned to two other men and gave them instructions. They heard a shout from a few floors up. "Looks like he noticed you escaped," Kyouhei said. "I'll stay with you this time."
"Alright, lets get that son-of-a-bitch," Asano said to the others, as they headed towards Enomoto's possible locations.
Sunako sighed. She didn't like to be protected and she began to worry about Natsuko. "Kyouhei, what if he gets to Natsuko?"
"I'll figure it out," he said, thinking. She didn't know that he was even capable of it.
They heard a shrill scream. Kyouhei and Sunako ran up to Sunako's room where three other men, Asano included, had Enomoto surrounded, but they dared not fire unless Kyouhei told them what to do about Natsuko: Enomoto had her in a one arm hug, a gun aimed at her head.
"Hey, boss," he slurred. "I'd like to add your girlfriend to my collection."
"Collection?"
"I collect beautiful women, what else?"
"Wow, I was right," Sunako whispered. "He is Eliza's male counterpart."
"I can see why you'd think so. But that makes me want to kill him more," Kyouhei muttered to her.
"I won't stop you, but get Natsuko out of there safely," Sunako said. Kyouhei nodded.
"Sato-san, on the count of three, I want you to do whatever you can to get out. Bite him if you must."
"You are a baka," Enomoto said. "What makes you think that I'll let her go unless I get what I want? Now if you want this little maid safe, I suggest you hand over your girlfriend."
"One," Kyouhei began. Natsuko gulped, tears sliding down her face.
"You can't win, just hand Sunako-san over and I might just go easy on her."
"Two." Natsuko took a deep breath and looked at Sunako, who nodded. "Three!"
Natsuko began to squirm and bit and rip at Enomoto, but it was no use. She was able to get him to turn around, creating an opening for the others.
"NOW!" Kyouhei yelled. A storm of bullets cascaded into the room, hitting Enomoto in the back; after a minute, Kyouhei ceased the firing and waited for Enomoto to fall to the ground, dead. When he did, Natsuko squealed and tore herself out of the dead man's grasp and ran over to the group, sobbing heavily.
Sunako comforted the girl and looked at Kyouhei. "Arigato," she said, looking very much like the time that Kyouhei risked himself to get Hiroshi-kun from that group of perverted girls.
"Do you understand now?" he asked. Sunako blinked and Natsuko looked at him.
"Understand what?" Natsuko asked, releasing Sunako.
Kyouhei smiled, and cupped Sunako's cheek. She began to shiver when he got a little too close, pressing his lips gently, sweetly against Sunako's. She began to shiver more.
SPLOOSH!! Sunako started muttering to herself about how damnable Kyouhei was.
"Boss what did you do to her?"
"But…but…wait…this feels like a very depressing memory."
"Really?" Natsuko asked.
"Uh, Boss, the water company called. Why do we owe them 70,000 yen?"
Kyouhei stared at them.
SPLOOSH!!
Kyouhei had joined Sunako. "My money…"
"Stupid idiot…"
"Money…"
"I want to kill him…"
"Money…"
"Is it just me, or are we drowning in a sea of depression?"