ღLast time on Picking up the Piecesღ

"Your dad's really…something," Rai said smirking before looking down at my homework I shrugged. I absolutely hated Rai. Refusing to talk to him, unless he calls me a nickname I don't like. "Are you thirsty?" he asked before taking my cup of tea and filling it up with tea.

That's the end of what was true apparently. I continued to read. My eyebrows pulled together as I continued to read. "This person knew all along what happened…" I whispered and dropped the file onto the table and stared at the roof. "Not once did they step forward and explain this to the police." I whispered before slamming my fist onto the table. "Fucking hell!" I shouted causing Takashi to come back into the room.

"Haruhi?" he asked walking over and touching my forehead. "What's wrong?" He questioned looking down at the papers, probably confused to which one I was just reading.

"I think I can answer that."

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I looked up; Kyouya was standing in the doorway. His eyes were being hidden behind the glare of his glasses as he walked over and sat down in front of me. I placed my arms over the papers, knowing that he probably already knew about these and what was in them.

"If you hadn't have guessed already, Haruhi, these papers were delivered by someone serving under the Ootori family," he explained lifting his head so that the glare no longer covered his eyes, "When I was talking to my father. I learned that he had kept files about this case, he was interested in it. Why, is the only question I could not answer?"

"If you knew about these files why didn't you tell me, Kyouya? If you had given me this information back when we first met, I wouldn't have gone with Rai. All this would not have happened, I would've presented this information to the judge and have Rai arrested for the murder of my…father! My friends wouldn't think I'm a murderer!"

"I did not have this information until after you left with Rai, Haruhi. I had to go through with it and check resources and add to these before I could give them to you. The way my father had gotten them written up was sloppy in a way that the information would probably have been little help," I looked down at the neat layout of the files before flipping the page and looking at the next one. If Rai had killed Ryouji. Then would he attempt to kill me? After all, I love Ryouji as a father and I doubt that if Rai figured out that I knew he was my biological father, and still hated him like I do. He wouldn't give up.

I felt Takashi place his hand on mine and rub his thumb over mine, in comforting way. I glanced up at Kyouya and then at the papers. "How can I stop this without going to the police?" Takashi's fingers tightened on mine. Telling me he was uncomfortable with the decision I was about to make. Kyouya cleared his throat before pouring himself a cup of tea and sipping on it before answering.

"We'd have to make a plan to kill Rai and his minions so that nothing can spray back in your face. We'd have to clean up this entire ordeal which I can do simply,"

"For a fee?"

"Haruhi, you are a Morinozuka and you will always be a part of their family. If I made you pay for my services they will just pay before I even start planning to have the clean up."

I looked over at Takashi then smiled sadly. He shook his head and placed his forehead against mine. "I'm not losing you again, Haruhi," he whispered and let his mask slip from his face; I kissed him softly before pulling away and looking at Kyouya.

"I'm killing Rai sooner or later. We have to do it before he figures out that I know too much about the past. I was thinking that if I could get him in an enclosed space for long enough. I could wear him down and then knock him out before dealing the final blow," I explained to Kyouya he nodded and looked down at the folders.

"I will need a map of the Morinozuka grounds, the layout of the house and any underground passage ways as well as a terrain map of the grounds," Kyouya explained looking over at Takashi. He shook his head before crossing his arms.

"Look Takashi, if I don't try to kill Rai, then nothing will happen to him and he could kill me. If we don't kill him first…then…" I trailed off not wanting to think what could happen if Rai decided... if he decided, he didn't need me anymore. Or that the Morinozuka's were too much of a hindrance.

Before he could intervene; I stood up and walked over to the doors and slid it open, seeing Sakura nowhere in sight. Sneaking towards the security rooms without being caught was easy enough. The Morinozukas only had security implements on the outside of their house. Along with alarms, the inside had nothing to keep it secure. I slid along the walls and ducked into empty rooms before opening the hatch that led to the security rooms.

I slipped down the stairs silently and peered around the corner to see two men by the computers staring intensely at the screens while talking about the girls they have been within the last couple of months. I stuck my tongue out in disgust before smoothly jumping over the railing and creeping towards the back computers and logging in. Trailing the mouse over the documents, I clicked on the house blue prints for each floor including the ceiling and opened an email before making them attachments.

"Want more coffee bud?" one of the men asked, the creak of the chair and the sound of a glass cup being picked off the table echoed throughout the room. I quickly hit the monitor button and the screen went blank before tiptoeing over and hiding behind a desk and putting my hand over my mouth.

"Sure, black please. Anything else and I'll probably fall asleep. It's tough keeping a lookout for stupid criminals if I got sugar in me," the other one said causing them both to laugh. The sound of liquid being poured filled the silence before another laugh from the first one.

"Like that Fujioka and Kurosawa? I'd kick their asses, especially that bitch that left with Rai. Talk about using the Morinozuka's for personal gain," he said and the squeak of the chair was covered by their laughs. I frowned before peering over and seeing them staring at the screens again.

I flipped them off before going back to my computer and saw that the blue prints where completely attached to the email before going on Google Maps and using the Terrain tool before typing in the address and using the CTRL + ALT + PRNT SCRN before pasting the image into the email.

I typed in underground passageways in the 'search' bar and looked through the files. Then the screen flashed a warning sign, telling me that my time was almost up. Someone had entered the area and wasn't authorized. I typed in Kyouya's email before logging off and sneaking quickly back up the stairs and ran back to the tearoom.

Takashi stood up when I entered and nodded. Something was up, and it wasn't good. I sat down in front of Kyouya and waited for him to pull up the email on his iPad. He looked at the satellites image of the grounds.

"If we set up a sniper here," I said pointing at the corner of the roof and then pointed at the maze, "I could fight Rai in here, since it would be too confined for him to do much. If the sniper sees anything that is going wrong, he will be instructed by you to shoot at Rai. I will exit through this exit and give the sniper the signal so he can send you the information about the kill so you can quickly and easily get rid of the evidence,"

Kyouya rubbed his chin and looked at the image before pulling open the blue prints and looking up at me. "Mori-senpai and I will be situated here," he said tapping the second floor window that was high enough to see where the action should take place, "so we will be able to come to your rescue immediately and safely, if you need it. I will be in charge of making sure he does not race off to save you too early since this would endanger you."

I nodded before standing up and looking over at Takashi, "I'm doing this Takashi…it's for my own good, and more importantly yours. This will work out smoothly without a hitch, I promise," I said sounding confident, while inside I was complete chaos. I didn't know how it was going to end, how it was going to play out, anything. All I knew was that I was putting my life in danger.

Kyouya stood up and nodded, "I am off to make some phone calls and makes sure this thing plays out perfectly," he said then ducked into the hallway and into another room. Takashi waited until the door was slid shut before walking towards me in two strides and dropping to his knees and wrapping his arms around my waist.

"I won't let you," he declared, his grip tightened. I ran my fingers through his hair before hugging his head.

"In this outcome, I will kill Rai. If he kills me first though, I want you to kill that bitch," I said then dropped to my knees and buried my head into his shoulder, "and know that I love you Morinozuka Takashi," I whispered clutching to his shirt and feeling his arms tighten around me. I heard the door being opened and Kyouya saying goodbye to someone before the click of a cell phone

"It's ready Haruhi, all we need is Rai," he said obviously oblivious to the moment. I pulled away from Takashi and put on my mask. I frowned, not wanting to put them in danger. I let out a sigh.

"It's a game of sitting ducks then," I crossed my arms, "I won't go back, and I don't have a cell phone so he'll call Takahiro, and then come here if I'm not with Takahiro."

"Excellent," Kyouya said with a tint of sarcasm, He sat down on a chair and reclined slightly, taking his iPad and flicking through some things. "I'll give you updates about him as I get them."

I nodded my thanks before turning towards Takashi. I grabbed one of his hands before leading him out of the room. If this was my last day on this Earth, I wanted to spend it mostly alone with him. We walked hand in hand until we reached his room. I sat down on the bed; he walked over and lowered onto his knees in front of me. He kissed my forehead lightly before squeezing my shoulders. I placed my hand on his chest and closed my eye in pure bliss. He rubbed my shoulder before using his hand to angle my face up before kissing me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and felt him lower me down to the bed.

I stared up at him and then closed my eyes and let out shuddering sigh. He cupped my face and kissed my forehead. "Don't be scared, if you don't want to do this, I can get Kyouya to take him out the moment he steps onto the grounds," he murmured and brushed my hair away from my eyes.

"I want to do this, Takashi, I have to," I kissed him gently, and our lips moved in harmony. Soft and sad. My hands ran over the slight stubble on his jaw, down his neck and arm. Feeling his muscles and trying to remember it all. He kissed me hungrily and ran his hands up my sides and back until one buried into my hair. We pulled away and he buried his head into my shoulder and held me tightly.

I should tell Sakura and Akira what was about to happen. They deserved to know, or maybe Kyouya was taking care of that? There were many things that could happen, and I knew none. After a while, I pulled away from Takashi, kissing his forehead. "I need a moment," I whispered before leaving the room, I walked slowly back down the hallway and into the foyer. Kyouya was talking to a man who was nodding and standing with a straight back. Kyouya stopped me and said that this was the sniper. I nodded before excusing myself and slipping into the tearoom. I positioned myself quickly in front of the papers and found a blank one at the back of one of the papers and began to write.

I was writing my Will. Rai wouldn't be a dumbass. The moment I raced into the maze he would look around and figure out that it was a fight to the death. I had to make him angry. This meant that I was giving him the advantage of pure rage. While I had the advantage of being able to focus. He'd be in a mad rage, and that meant he was going to make decisions before he thought them through.

I gave everything I bought to Takashi, well, all the things I found precious to me. I also gave him possession of most of my money. I didn't care if I wasn't old enough to write the will myself, it would've been better if I got a lawyer to write it. I gave all my old stuffed animals to Mitsukuni. I didn't have much that wasn't already the Morinozuka's so I couldn't exactly give stuff away.

I then signed it and folded it in half. I then went to the door, bringing the paper with me and went to my room. Satoshi passed me and paused before turning around and walking to his brother's room. I closed and locked my door before raiding my school bag for papers. Then I set to writing letters to everyone. Explaining everything.

Once I was done, and my wrist was hurting I shoved them into an envelope and placing it in my closet. No one would be in there until after this fight. If I was the one who lived. I would hide this even better so no one would find it until I really died.

I knew that it was all or nothing tonight. I wanted to be ready.

After changing into something, more appropriate. Sweats, a tank top and a sweater, and steel-toed boots. I slid a pocketknife into the sweater pocket and tucked the gun I had 'borrowed' into the back of my sweats after making sure the safety was on. Now I was ready.

Mostly.