ღLast time on Picking up the Piecesღ
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.
ღ Now ღ
I slowly went back to Takashi's room where Satoshi was sitting on the edge of the bed, his head buried into his hands. When I opened the door, he looked up and darted over to me. He gripped my arms and stared down at me with confused and angry eyes. "I'm not going to let you do this!"
"Satoshi," Takashi murmured, standing up and placing a hand on his brother's hand.
"You are alright with this? How?" Satoshi turned on Takashi now, "She's your girlfriend and my big sister! Why the fuck would you, let her go into the maze with that mad man! He stabbed her in the shoulder, if you don't remember! I don't care what you say I'm not letting you do this!" Satoshi growled before turning around and opening the door.
"What are you going to do?" Takashi asked crossing his arms as Satoshi took a step forwards.
"I'm telling Mom and Dad. They'll stop this," Satoshi said with a stern look and then started forwards again. I grabbed his shoulder, and kicked his feet out from beneath him. He flipped around and I placed my foot against his chest quickly. Daring him to flip me of.
"Satoshi, we can either do this the hard way or the easy way. The hard way is me knocking you out, the easy way is to keep Sakura and Akira busy while this is happening," I said softly, trying not to attract attention to this area of the house.
Satoshi glared up at me before sitting up, I let my foot drop. He then stood up and looked at Takashi before shoving his hands into his pockets. "If you die, I'll never forgive you, Takashi or myself," he grumbled looking at the ground. I placed my hand on his cheek before hugging him tightly then turned towards Takashi.
"Make sure they don't come out of the house," I whispered before staring down the hallway.
Takashi slipped past Satoshi and the three of us met up with Kyouya in the main room.
"Is he here?" I murmured after hurrying down the stairs. He shook his head and looked back out the window.
"Hani-sempai..." he said and glanced back at us. My heart clenched and I quickly balled my hands up and shoved them into the pockets of my sweater to keep from punching something.
"Why?" I demanded walking up to the window to see Mitsukuni and his brother walking up the path. "I don't want him near here, what if the plan doesn't go right and the same thing as before happens?" I asked, my teeth coming down on my teeth and I furrowed my brows.
"Didn't you know they were coming?" Satoshi asked, when I wheeled towards him he furrowed his brow and looked over at Takashi. "You didn't tell her?"
"Fuck!" I hissed and then threw the door open as they approached it.
"Haru-chan!" Mitsukuni called in surprise; I waved with my teeth clenched.
"Mitsukuni, it's not a good time right now," Takashi said stepping through the door, shielding me from view.
"Why?" I could hear his tone turn sour and suspicious towards that. I chewed on my lip before whispering an excuse.
"It's difficult to explain...Mother and Father are in the tea room, they are having a small argument over something. You should come back later, sorry to inconvenience you," he murmured and stepped back, to shut the door.
"Takashi. Don't lie to me," Mitsukuni said, advancing up to the door and pushing his way through. "What is going on?"
"Hani-sempai, so nice to see you," Kyouya said still looking out the window, completely disinterested in the conversation.
"What are you guys doing?" he demanded this time, and I could see Takashi starting to crack.
"I'm pregnant," I blurted out before looking away cursing my brain. Everyone stared at me in surprise; Takashi threw up his mask and just continued to stare. "That's what they are fighting about, Akira thinks I should abort and Sakura thinks I should keep it."
Mitsukuni stared at me before looking over at Takashi. "With Takashi?" he asked sounding hopeful.
"Yes," I said before looking over at Kyouya and walking over to him and leaning to look out the window. "He here?" I whispered.
"He's here," Kyouya confirmed before pointing his thumb towards the stairs. "We'll be there in an instant if you need us. Remember this. Do not do anything reckless."
"I promise," I whispered back and then turned back to the others. After giving Takashi a look, he nodded. He stepped towards me and gave me a longing kiss.
"Let's go upstairs," he said to his cousin before guiding him up the stairs by picking him up. Satoshi and Yasuchika followed talking softly. Kyouya placed his hand on my shoulder before pulling me forwards and giving me a quick hug before pulling away and adjusting his glasses.
"Just in case," he murmured before turning and walking up after the others.
Taking a deep breath, I exited the house and walked straight down the path towards where Rai was storming towards me. He cursed. "I knew you ran back here, didn't you hear my warning?"
"Hello, murderer," I called out to him, slowing to a stop.
This made him falter half a step before he continued to walk. "What are you talking about?" he called out harshly.
"You fucking know what I'm talking about," I hissed before stopping abruptly and glaring towards him. My heart thumped against my chest as if trying to jump out of it. Adrenaline spread through my body. There was no time to be afraid. He stopped after gaining a few more feet.
"You are coming back home before you force my hand," he hissed and shoved his hand towards the gates.
"The guards will be out in a few minutes if they see two unauthorized people on the grounds," I lied; Kyouya had dealt with that as well. Disabling the guards momentarily, replacing them with his own guards.
"What do you mean two, doesn't the Morinozuka's want you?" he sneered with a smug look.
"They aren't home at the moment, I checked," I said before drifting towards the maze subtly. He followed probably thinking I was trying to get him off guard.
"Oh, so you lied to me when you said that Morinozuka said hi?" he said with a smirk, he thought he had an upper hand. He thought the Morinozuka's weren't home and I knew he wasn't going to check.
"Of course, how else could I have lured you here?" I said once we had entered the maze. He froze and glanced around. How stupid of him not to notice that we entered the maze.
"What are you going to do? I was the one who killed your father," he said with a laugh and a smirk, "you should have been my daughter, you know that? Kotoko was my girlfriend then my son of a bitch brother wooed her, and since our relationship was a secret she broke it off with me and started to date him," he growled and started to walk towards me.
"Even if I was your daughter, I doubt I would've liked you," I taunted with a smirk before darting down a separate branch of the maze and quickly wedging myself into a hedge and keeping it still.
"You would've liked me better than you father, at least I wouldn't have blamed you for her death. I know exactly what happened, and I knew it wasn't your fault," he called as he walked past. I kept still until he moved continued deeper into the maze. I slipped out and followed him.
"I would've given you a husband, one that is in the car right now, worried sick about you," he shouted throughout the maze. I faltered, Takahiro was here? I hissed and took a step back. Wondering if I should slip into the house and tell them to keep him out of the way.
I paused again, I thought Takahiro and Takashi knew each other...what was going on. He was lying to me wasn't he?
I continued to follow Rai just as he turned down another branch of maze. He continued to call out things that would have probably pissed me off if I wasn't already pissed off. Then he stopped and twisted around sharply. I lunged but felt arms wrap around me and held me still. I struggled before smelling the vanilla and earthy smell and froze.
"You bastard. Takashi trusted you," I whispered and struggled harder against Takahiro.
"Can't help but say that Rai has been my friend longer and he pays better, plus if I do this then I get to marry you," he said and I felt his shoulders shrug. I hissed and stopped struggling as Rai advanced.
"Good thing that the Morinozuka's aren't home isn't it?" he said with a laugh and my mouth opened slightly. He knew something was up. Which was confirmed when he brought his cell phone up and pushed a button, I could hear the phone ringing two times before he hung up and snapped. Takahiro lifted me and dragged me back out of the maze to the main area.
I stared in horror as I saw everyone in the Morinozuka household as well as Mitsukuni and Yasuchika forced onto their knees, hands tied behind their back and guns to their head. The people stood close enough that they could ensure a solid hit, but far enough that they couldn't be hurt.
"You bastard!" I shouted at Rai. He smirked and rose his hand, I clamped my eyes shut.
"I should kill you, but instead maybe I should kill the people you love, that way you'll only have me and Takahiro in your life," Rai said with a smile before dropping his hand.
"We aren't the only people who will protect her!" Kyouya snapped angrily glaring over at Rai, "she has two other families that have been instructed to take care of her if anything happens to us! You'll never ever get her!"
I struggled against Takahiro as Rai rose his hand, there was a bang and Kyouya slumped to the ground. I felt myself scream and slammed my foot against Takahiro's shin. This one must've hurt because he loosened his grip enough that I struggled out of it, turned around and delivered a solid kick to his chest. There was a cracking noise as he fell backwards.
I then slumped beside Kyouya, who was bleeding profusely from the shoulder. "Damn you, Rai!" I hissed at him before taking off my sweater and pressing it against the bleeding spot.
"You missed!" Rai said, completely ignoring me. There was another bang and the person who shot Kyouya fell down, his left eye bleeding profusely.
Kyouya was out cold, but his heartbeat was still strong. The gun surprised his body and knocked him out. I stood up and glared at Rai.
"This stops here!" I hissed at him and cracked my knuckles, "or are you too afraid to take a girl on!" I shouted at him and cocked an eyebrow taunting him again. He took off his jacket and dropped it to the side before rolling his shoulders.
"First, let's take a trip down memory lane!" Rai said with a wide grin before he turned towards the door and held up a hand. "Why would you be saving the life of your boyfriend when he cheated on you with a girl? Why would you be saving the life of a family who only fostered you so you could become a lawyer like Kotoko and defend them?" he said with a smirk. My eyes narrowed. He knew nothing. Before I could say anything, the devil walked out.
By that, I mean Kotoko.