Mistakes & Sugar

Mistakes & Sugar

Chase your dreams

Misery ran down the streets. She'd just sent herself to where he was through her bloodline limit, her ability to send herself to other places.

"Salem!" She called. The man looked back. Misery was panting.

"What are you doing here? I thought I knocked you out in the woods," he said.

"You did. I got back up and came to follow you. So where're Sora and Mizuki?" Misery asked her brother.

"Like I'm telling you, you traitor."

Misery narrowed her eyes. She lunged at him and pinned him against the wall.

"ME? YOU DARE CALL ME A TRAITOR? What did I ever do to you?" she hissed.

"You moved on. How dare you just accept my death so easily?" Salem asked.

"Your death? Your DEATH?? You didn't die," she snarled, "How dare you leave my life forever, faking dead, and expect me to be alright? You have ruined my life!"

"How have I ruined your life? Why didn't you come looking for me?"

"BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE DEAD! BUT I DID NOT JUST SIT AROUND AND SAY 'Oh well, he's dead!' No, way, Salem. I had to give up everything for you. I gave up my dreams and my future and my life! I gave up my existence because you ran away and played dead. What do you have to say?"

"I left. I had other things. You know those two people who were the ones who tortured people? The ones who you thought were awesome?" Salem asked, "Me and Sora."

Misery brought her arm back and punched Salem in the mouth.

"Goddamnit! You went away and chose an anonymous life over the life you had? Have you ever thought of who was paying the price of your…your…your stupidity? WELL?" Miser asked.

"I went away and I expected you to find me no matter what. I expected you to follow me and try to bring me back. But then…then you decided to move on…so easily…"

"EASILY? EASILY?" Misery demanded, "Did you know that the year you left, everything in my life was changed? Did you know that I'd given up everything? DID YOU KNOW THAT? DID YOU CARE WHAT HAPPENED TO ANYONE APART FROM YOURSELF?"

"I do care about you. I thought of you every single day. But I expected you to remember me…" he sighed, "But it seems I'm not good enough for you."

Misery's eyes clouded over with tears. They poured out of her eyes.

"I lost everything that year! Did you ever think of that?"

"The world is more than you, you know," Salem said.

"I know that! Did you know that so many people died of your stupidity? Did you? I know the world is more than me, but what is it? Did you know that I've been living in the shadow of your 'life'? Our parents always thought that they did something wrong."

Misery punched him, "You're not the best one for telling me the world is about 'more than me'! Everything. Every stupid thing that happened. I lost everything because of you…. I gave up the life that I wanted just because I had to replace you…I thought it was my fault…when they told me you were 'murdered', I thought that if I'd have been there, then you wouldn't have been killed!

"You were the person who meant the world to me! You were my world! And then you left! I hate you! You had no right to do that…and ruin everybody's life!"

Misery punched him over the head. Hard. She let her older brother fall onto the ground. She bent down.

"I'm not going to kill you, even though you deserve it. But I'm never, never going to waste another day of guilt. I've wasted ten years on you. I've wasted ten precious years of my life thinking that it was my own fault, thinking that I should have been better, thinking that you loved me. Clearly you didn't care about me at all, if you were willing to throw away the life that you had for some…some useless thing!" Misery turned and started walking.

"Misery," Salem hissed, "Where are you going now?"

"I'm going to find Mizuki. I'm going to find him and tell him how he saved my life. I'm going to leave you in the dust."

"Why are you leaving me in the dust? He was the criminal, but you're my sister, and you're giving that all up…" Salem said.

"My brother. Heh. What right do you have to call yourself my brother? What connection do we have? Any right to say that you're my brother," Misery narrowed her eyes to try to keep herself from crying, "Any right you have to say that you're my brother you gave up when you decided to abandon me."

"We have a bond that's stronger than anyone else's…siblings--"

"Siblings? Sure, we might be related by blood, but you have no right to say we're 'siblings', you lousy, godforsaken, damned idiot."

Misery turned to walk away.

"Have you ever heard the saying 'Blood is thicker than water?'"

"Yeah. Blood's thicker than water, but useless without a heart."

"Oh, really?"

"Yes. And you proved my point, you lying thieving, goddamn freak!"

"Why are you going after Mizuki? What use is he?"

"He saved my life. He's set me free from every single cage that you've ever sealed my life with. Plus," she added and looked at him, "If you were the man I'd thought you were, I'd have expected you to want me to move on and be happy. If you were really my brother.

Misery walked down to where Sora and Mizuki were. Sora had Mizuki pinned up against a wall, but then Mizuki kicked him. Sora fell and grabbed Mizuki's arm and yanked him down and put a knife to his throat.

Misery walked over. She was about to attack Sora, when suddenly Salem came up behind her. She glanced over her shoulder.

"I thought I'd taken care of you," she growled.

"You thought wrong," Salem said.

Misery jumped behind him and pulled a string around his neck.

"Don't move or I'll kill him," Misery said.

"Don't kill him, or I'll kill Mizuki."

Misery narrowed her eyes. Mizuki looked at her, and suddenly, Misery realized exactly what she was going to do.

Man, I hate Sora! He's such a freak! And Salem. How could he do that to her? She's wasted ten years of her life on that freak. Oh well.

Once again, thank you for reviewing, Razell. Did you guess right? I think it was genius.