Fortune telling 8
In reality, hope is the worst of all evils, because it prolongs the torment of man.
~ Frederick Neitzche
Kaoru glanced down at his phone. He didn't expect his accomplice to text him or update at all. But he looked at Tue florescent glow, hoping that maybe Cecil was worried about his sempais. No such message appeared on how screen. With a small smile Kaoru laughed.
"They must not have come across Myu-chan yet, ne Reiji-san." The blonde mused as he drew a step closer to the dark haired man. "Don't worry, I'll take you with me to see them."
"Why are you doing this?" Reiji whispered.
"Oh, can't you see?" The younger Kurusu whipped the rain from his eyes. "The tarot cards, the deaths, they're all Syo's fault. I gave him fair warning-"
"Through those cards? You're crazy."
Kaoru frowned at that. "I want you to remember who is in the bear trap and who is not." He said kicking the metal, hoping that the teeth would sink in deeper into the older male's ankle.
Reiji yelped in pain. Tears did not well thenselves in the corners of his eyes, he didn't want to throw up, and he didn't fear the young blonde. Or that's what he told himself to believe. The truth however was just the opposite.
"As I was saying, I gave nii-chan fair warning. Now I'm just making the fortune I told come true. But you see, I've already got all of the pieces I need for this game..." He laughed.
Otoya struggled with Syo. It was like the blonde had given up on life, he could barely walk and even though he made no sound, tears mixed the the rain the remained on his skin. The smaller teen shivered, standing very close to Otoya. And every time he would stumble the redhead would catch his shoulder.
But Otoya made the mistake of looking back. He saw Cecil quite a distance away, and the cyan sempai nowhere in sight. "Cecil-san, where is Ai-sempai?"
Cecil glanced over his shoulder, as well, to notice someone missing. Hus thoughts floated back to Syo's room. The window had been open, he must have been waiting outside. Knowing that Ai was on of the four in Kaoru's plan, he didn't worry much over him. He knew he was alive. At least until Kaoru became bored with him.
"He was right behind me." The dark haired teen said.
Otoya would have retorted but he felt Syo stop next to him. His red eyes trialed back to the blonde, then slowly down to the floor. Right in front of them lay as certain blond man. His eyes glazed over and breath shaky and almost nonexistent. In his pale cold hands he loosely clung to a piece of paper.
"Why did you do it?" Each word sounded as if he was gargling blood until he choked himself trying to get out the last word. His head fell to the side, and fingers let go of the paper that dropped to the floor.
Even Cecil was shocked. Forcing his brother to see almost everyone he killed was one thing. But have Syo watch someone die, and think he did it, himself, was another thing entirely. He had already broken the blonde, what more did he want?
Syo didn't say anything. He stood there looking at the corpse of a sempai, a friend, until Otoya forced him to look away. The color had drained from his face and is eyes glazed over like he was no longer there. He shivered, and felt to go to his happy place within his mind. For the redhead, holding the small teen, it was hard to tell if the water on his friends face was rain or tears.
"What about A-"
"Don't look back Ittoki." Cecil interupted, making his way up next to his unknowing brother. "You'll miss what's in front of you."
Otoya took it as, he should keep his attention on Syo. But Cecil really meant that if they went back for Ai, even he couldn't protect them anymore. They would miss their future, that Kaoru would steal. Instead Ittoki's red eyes fell on the paper that had tumbled out of Camus' hand to the floor.
"Cecil, could you grab that for me?" Otoya looked up at him. He would have grabbed it himself but he knew, right now, that he was the only thing anchoring Syo here. But what right did he have to do so?
Cecil bent down to get it, opening the folded, crumpled, paper to a very similar card. Kaoru had been fiddling with it since he planted the one in Syo's room, earlier that day. He read the note out loud before passing it to his big brother.
Otoya-chan, Cecil-san, is he broken yet, tumbling and crumbling? Well he should be. Without his Ace of Swords, a new beginning is coming. Don't worry the Ace and Fool are very happy together.
"I-I don't understand." Otoya whispered.
"O-otoya?" A voice cracked from the left turn on the other side of the corridor. Ren slid himself around the corner hugging the wall tightly. Eyes falling upon him three alive friends, Ren let his legs give out and fell to the floor. "Y-you're a-a-alive."
Cecil and Otoya both knew what had happened. It was rather obvious. Cecil flipped his phone open to text Kaoru. Ren was supposed to get caught in that trap too. He was supposed to cling to Masato, out of fear not listening to reason, and get impaled too. While sending his message he noticed the time. This whole thing had started barely after nine. Since it was so dark outside, nobody would have guessed it had been twelve hours. The dark haired male stood back while Otoya, still firmly attached to Syo, went to check on the strawberry blonde.
'Bring him too. I have a surprised at the door waiting for you guy ~' Was Kaoru's answer.
"We should go." He said cooly after Otoya got Ren to his feet and told him about Syo. Although, Ren was grief stricken, he wasn't as bad as Syo. He could still walk, he hardly talked, but he was still there with them.
Kaoru waited for them at the door. He hurried around making sure that there was no blood, nothing out of order. He threw a glance at Reiji, he had a dark purple bruise on his head from trying to run away, maybe some on his neck, but he looked to still be breathing. Just incapacitated, weak and venerable to whatever the blonde could think off. Of coarse, by now, he had removed the trap from the older man's leg.
The short blonde pulled the other over his shoulder, having great difficulty, and place him in the corner of the room, just out of sight. He smiled, satisfied with himself, then went back to wait patiently for the four remaining teens. Kaoru hadn't expected Ren to live but now he had a perfect backup plan to test Cecil.
The blonde didn't have to wait long to see them walk aroung the corner to the lobby type room. He looked round one last time to make sure everything was in place before taking his spot in front of the glass doors. A crazed smile plastered on his face.
"You've finally made it to the end of my game." He called out grabbing everyone's, save for Syo's attention.
Otoya and Ren looked at his in disbelief. But the redhead thought he finally understood why Syo had been upset. This person in front of the must have been like looking in a mirror for him.
"Ochibi-chan?" Ren asked with a shaken voice. Was this Syo's brother they had talked about only that morning?
Kaoru, however, clicked his tongue at rich boy. "Not quite, but close."
"K-Kaoru-san?" Otoya asked recalling the name.
"Correct." He smile letting his eyes fall to Cecil. "Aijima-san, it's time for a test. This is the last stage before freedom. All that needs to happen is you walk out the door. However, I have all of my pieces, and there happened to be an extra. Cecil, get rid of the extra."
Otoya's eyes widened. Cecil had worked with the murder to kill almost all of their friends. Why?
Cecil bit his lip and looked at Ren. This must have been his surprise. "I am no killer."
"I beg to differ. Although I would have more fun doing it myself, I'll just have to find another way for you to be useful. If you ant to keep our deal up, I'll need some assistance."
At first Cecil didn't move. Then slowly, concerning each step, he grabbed Ren's arm and forced it behind his back. Once he had that arm secured he went for the other one, having to duck around Ren's attacks. And the harsh words he yelled.
"I've heard in America, that there is a very deadly plant, five kilograms is deadly, but symptoms that along time to appear. Half and hour is way to long." He said walking up, pulling a syringe from his pocket.
Otoya was stunned. He could move, he could barely hear what Kaoru was saying. He wanted to jump out and stop him, but his fear got the best of him. The only thing he could do was hold on to Syo and watch the horror take place.
"So I took the precautions of grinding it up. I wonder if the affects will come sooner if it shot into the blood stream? Wouldn't it be fun to find out?" Kaoru smiled putting his face inches away for Ren's.
The strawberry blonde wanted to shout, he wanted it to stop. But he knew he couldn't do anything. Most of all he wanted Masato back. Would they meet again in another life? So Ren smiled as well, a very sad pleading smile. He stopped struggling in vain. There was no point in it. "I suppose it would."
Send me away to where Masa is.
For Kaoru it wasn't as satisfying having this one not kicking and screaming. He put his needle in Ren's arm, and watched for symptoms. His dose mights have caused instant death, not only did he crunch up the plant, but he did use twenty kg instead of five.
Cecil tried not to cry. Although he found it weird, Ren's body did not go limp it stiffened. When he let the strawberry blond go, he fell to the floor like a statue.
"Cecil." Kaoru looked at him displeased. "When I say jump, you jump." He said throwing a punch. With his shorter height it was easier to hit him in the ribs leaving him down and out of breath.
As Kaoru's eyes turned to Ittoki, the redhead snapped back into reality. Still holdinf on to his friend he backed himself against the far wall of the hallway they had come out of.
"Syo-nii." The deranged teen called. Talking each step closer to them. "Nii-chan let's go back home now."
"Syo-chan." Otoya called, begging that the blonde could save him. "Please Syo wake up."
But Syo kept on dreaming in his own little world, until he closed is eyes and the world went back.
Syo awoke in a white room. It smeeled of disinfectents. The only color he could see came from a terrified redhead and his brother.
"Syo-nii, you're awake?" His brother called happily.
"Where is everyone?" Syo asked in a weak voice. "What happened?"
"You had an attack at school." Kaoru said smoothly.
"And everyone?"
"Who are you talking about? Otoya is the only friend we really have at school."
From the corner, the redhead nodded.
"But the Masters coarse and Starish..." Syo trailed off. It wasn't a dream. He remembered them so clearly.
"Syo-nii is something wrong?" His brother pushed.
The sick teen looked over to the corner again, noticing Otoya fiddling around with a card. Spinning it between his fingers, the card came into the ceiw of a wide set of blue eyes.
Upside down looking at him was a tarot card, was the devil sitting on his chair with two people other next to him. Memories came flooding back to him.
It couldn't have been a dream, it felt so real. But it couldn't have been real, they say it was a dream. Who could he believe when it was his fault anyways?
Syo leaned back in his bed. He didn't understand. What was real and what wasn't? Should he even hold on to his foolish hope of seeing them again? Maybe, just maybe, he would see them again in his dream.
...End...
So, last chapter... the whole Ren death, it was bases off of hemlock... but probably, entirely, fictional.
Thank you everyone who finished this. It could gave been better at points but you guys still stuck around. And an advance thanks to anyone who will review this chapter.
pinkyneko and Starishadow, I hope I was able to answer some remaking questions but some had to stay secret for now.
And don't worry, after the fortune is told, foolish hopes arise.
See you guys soon. Till next time.
Disclaimer- this story is mine. None of the characters though.