Chapter 20 - End Of The Beginning

Vice stared out of the window, having finally returned to the apartment. Few of the evil Douji hung around him, most leaving with their Masters to their homes. Jealousy and Rune stayed behind, in order to make sure K didn't drink himself to death or God knows what.

"Are you thinking about Kia?" Jealousy asked the dominant Douji hesitantly.

"Don't say her name," Vice mumbled, his golden eyes clouded over. Jealousy felt nothing come from the epitome of evil. No malice, no hatred, not muderous or any emotional vibes of any sort. He just felt dead inside.

"Why?"

"Because everytime you do, something weird happens," Vice explained. "It's like some part of me isn't working right or is broken. I can't fix it and it won't go away. There's a stinging feeling around my eyes, and I don't like it. So don't say her name." Jealousy opened his mouth to make a comeback and stopped. Rune must have caught this too, for his eyes were wide with either curiousity or shock. Maybe it was a combination of the two from what Jealousy felt. He raised an eyebrow at his Master, but the boy wouldn't say anything.

The door to the apartment creaked open, and both Rune and Jealousy saw Ko walk in. Her eyes were almost bloodshot from crying so much. She gave a look at Vice, and Rune and Jealousy quietly left the room.

"Vice," she said, her voice sounding a little hoarse.

"What?"

"How are you?" she spoke, not sure what to say to him. She had read what Kia had written here, had reread it several times just to try and understand it. Vice didn't answer her, so she tried again. "Are you...going to miss her?"

"Why does it matter to you?" he asked back snidely.

"You are such an ass," she growled at him. The green Douji whipped his head at her.

"Excuse me?"

"You fucking heard, you arrogant, self-centered, son of a bitch," she gritted through her teeth. "You don't know why she did what she did, do you?"

"Why does it fucking matter?" Vice yelled. "Yout think I'm having an easy enough time trying to deal with this?"

"WHO IS, VICE?" Ko screamed, almost loud enough to wake the whole apartment. "NAME ONE PERSON WHO ISN'T GOING TO MISS HER! Because believe me, I will. I don't give a flying fuck if you don't care for her-"

Vice slammed the teenage girl up against the wall, angering bubbling through him. "Don't you dare fucking say I don't care for her!"

"You are so stupid, you don't even realize it!" Ko refused to back down to him. "Kia let herself die because she loved you! She cared for you so much more than her own life that she gave it up for you! She was so terrified of losing you that she gave up everything she had! Even though you killed her mother and her sister, she still couldn't bear to hate you."

Vice dropped the teenager, feeling something break. "Kia isn't coming back, Vice," Ko sobbed. "She's not coming back." Standing up, she turned on her heel and marched out of the apartment. "I hope you're happy. You can thank Kia," she said, slamming the door shut.

Standing there alone, the green Douji leaned against the wall for support. Kia had loved him. She loved him, despite what he had done. He had hurt her, harmed her, emotionally and mentally scarred her for life, and she still loved him.

He silently walked to the outside of Kia's room, his hand hesitant on the doorknob. Turning it slowly, he entered the room she would no longer be using. Everything was as still as the day she left. Air mattress slightly deflated and a bundle of blankets on it. Dirty clothes thrown haphazardly across the room "I'll clean my room," Kia said. "Eventually." Inhaling slightly, he could still smell cherries and vanilla. A perfume she wore very rarely and accidentaly dumped half the bottle onto her carpet.

Making his way over to her bed, he wanted nothing more than to have her there again. There in his arms, where he could care less if she stayed forever. That's how he wanted it.

He wanted to tell her he loved her. Now his words could only fall on deaf ears.

Laying down on the mattress, feeling the cool sheets against his skin, Vice closed his eyes and entered oblivion.

Vice walked silently through the streets, watching busy people dodge around him like bees in a hive. It was a very sunny day, absolutely gorgeous weather that day. He had changed into his human clothing, his visors forming orange sunglasses on his face to keep out the bright rays of the sun. He was going to live with Jealousy and Rune for some time, as it had been discussed that it would be better if he didn't live with K anymore,

K had fully started to believe that Vice was the one who "killed" his niece, and for his health had the Douji removed from his apartment. After that night, Kia's room was locked and never to be opened.

Preparations had been made, and Rune had his parents believing that Vice and Jealousy were brothers who were foreign exchange students that were going to be living with them for a while. He didn't know how long they were going to keep the charade up, though.

Human like fingers were gently curled around a flower. He could feel the soft petals touching his faux skin, and he resisted the urge to crush it. As he passed over a small bridge, Vice released the flower, watching the red petals gently drift away in the water.

"I do love you, Kia," he said under his breath. 'I just can't say goodbye quite yet.' Once the flower had been washed away, he continued on.

Tansen POV

"Was that really the best thing we could do, Master?" Dante questioned him curiously. "I mean, there could have been another way, couldn't there?"

The young man was currently working on his new white haired female Douji, who had stopped working not long after she used her power. "Did you see any other way?"

The Doll shook her head. "But that's it for her? I mean, I thought she could have been more useful." Looking around the laboratory, she noticed something missing. "By the way, what happened to that Risa doll you where making?"

Tansen smiled. "She ran away. Seems like she had some unfinished business left to attend to."

"You mean a defect?"

"Exactly."

"Then how are you going to find her?" Dante questioned. "You know it's hard for me unless I have something that she's connected with."

"I know, I know," he said, exiting the room. She followed her Master obediantely as he walked to the Doll Room. She usually wasn't allowed in there unless it was of great importance or something dire was at hand. It had to have been one of the two. Opening the steel door, the giant room was dimly lit with a neon green light. Some of the chemicals were sensitive to light, and Tansen was careful of his products.

"There is a reason as to why I am not wanted by the NIPD like my grandfather," he explained. "I do not mess with the dimensions, I only create with what I am given. Why can you see visions when no one else can?"

" 'Cause I was made that way?"

"Exactly," he said, tapping her nose. "Everything happens for a reason, yes? And it's never good to leave unfinished business behind, whether it's love or duty or any of that fun jazz." He pointed to a large container, and Dante went to go inspect it.

A girl, maybe fifteen or sixteen years of age, lay sleeping in the preserving fluid. Her long black hair extended to her thighs. Three small pink scars marked her forearm. She opened her eyes when Dante touched the glass, revieling hazel orbs glazed over from exhaustion and sleep.

"I believe that this is only the end of the beginning. Isn't that right, Kia?"

Das End.

Ko: Finally she is finished.

Jealousy and Rune: It's about time.

Ko: Even though Vice never got to tell Kia how much he loved her, we hope you liked this story.

Vice: *is sitting in emo corner*

All except Vice and Kia: *bows* Thank you very much!

-In Cancun- Kia: *sips strawberry daquiri* Black Jinx is very grateful to all of those who read her story and stayed with it through the entire thing. There is a posibility for a sequel, but only if the reviewers want it so. Sayonara!