5102/01/40

Alright, been a while since I've updated this. Also been one year since I first posted this.

I don't have plans for doing a Lu/Ciel chapter. I might do it as part of some omake chapters (Anna, Ignia, Luriel) once the story is done.

Apperance:

Stella

Edan

Yandere vs the Law

Edan stepped out of the Principal's office. He had found a common pattern among most of the victims, they all attended or worked (in the case of the latest victim) at the same school.

He went over to the filing cabinet where the school kept their records and started to look through them. It was easy to persuade the Principal to let him do so when he told him about the grisly string of disappearances. The Principal himself was worried when several students of a certain class started not showing up.

Edan sorted through until he reached the class that the Principal was talking about. He pulled out the folder and started to look through the contents.

He saw that the class was taught by Vanessa, the latest victim and that many of the missing students were in her class.

'Aisha, Eve, Chung, Karis, Banthus' He noted. They were all absent for some time and were the names his informant gave him.

Edan went back over and looked through the records again. After some time, he finally found the class with two more of his victims.

'Rena, Raven.' He again noted. These two students were in another year.

Edan got up, making a copy of his findings before he headed out the room.

School had just finished but he knew how lines of information flowed through a school. There had to be rumors among the students that would give him some clues. And thankfully for him, there were a handful of students around.

He went around asking them about the missing students, he was careful not to give out too much information; for all he cared, any of them could be a suspect.

As he went around, a certain student's name kept popping up.

Elsword

From what he could gather, Elsword had interacted with all of the victims in some way.

He was seen walking with Aisha after school in the days before she disappeared.

He was Eve's partner for a class project before she disappeared.

He had a friendly relationship with Rena before she disappeared.

He was classmates with Chung and the two frequently talked before he disappeared.

He argued with Raven outside his classroom before he disappeared.

He was asked out by Karis before she disappeared.

He was bullied by Banthus before he disappeared.

He was in Vanessa's class before she disappeared.

Edan pondered for a moment. Elsword was the only connection to all of his victims. It could be coincidence but he didn't believe in coincidences.

He exited the school and looked through his copies of the records he made until he found the page about Elsword.

Just as he skimmed down onto the address, his cell phone rang. He grabbed it and answered.

"Edan?" Stella's voice sounded. His partner and boss was on the other end.

"Yeah, it's me. How was the lead?" Edan answered her. Stella was investigating another lead on the victims. There was a missing child alert on Apple, one of the victims, but it was quickly taken back when she showed up at the police station.

"It was good. The parents filed the report but an hour later, two people brought the kid to the station. We have them on camera but neither of them are matched to any databases."

Edan took a moment to think, his eyes wandered over the profile until they ended on his picture.

"Can you text me their picture?" He asked, he had a feeling in his gut that the connection is the same.

"Sure, hold on." A minute later, a message came in with a clear picture of the two people. His suspicions were correct, one of them was Elsword.

He looked through the profile about Elsword and found that he had an older sister. Looking back at the image, he assumed the older girl was her.

He looked up and just so happened to see his suspect walking by. Elsword was walking home at a casual pace.

"The boy is a suspect." He spoke into his phone before hanging up. On the other end, Stella understood and continued to investigate from her end.

Edan put the papers away and quickly tailed his suspect.

Elsword walked along, minding his own business. He had found it odd that Stella wasn't teaching class today. He had heard that a substitute was found last minute, not that he minded, for him class started a good half-hour late.

He glanced ahead. The path he took home was the same path as when he walked with Aisha.

He sighed at the reminder. Despite her attitude, Aisha was fun to be with. They would always poke at each other but their relationship was always friendly. He sometimes wondered if he was the reason why she disappeared, that showing up earlier that night might have made a different.

Then there was Eve. He had never really spoken to her in class before they were grouped together. She always seemed cold and distant to him and didn't really respond to him when he called to her. When they were assigned together, he was worried about how well they would work together. He mustered the courage to invite her over and was greatly surprised when she accepted. In their time together, he was wrong about her, that she was shy about her emotions. Boy was he surprised when he saw her blushing, he didn't think she had it in her.

Again he sighed. The last time he saw that was also the last time he saw her. Again, he sometimes wondered if it was a good idea to let her go off by herself. She had turned down his offer to walk her home and he accepted it to give her space. He didn't want to push her away by being too attached. But looking back, perhaps if he had been more stubborn about it, she might have not disappeared.

"Excuse me."

Elsword turned toward the voice. Behind he saw a man in a red uniform. He took a step back in surpise. The man stepped forward, waving his hand.

"Are you Elsword?"

"W-Who wants to know?"

The man held up his badge "I'm with the police force."

Elsword froze, wondering why the police was talking to him.

"I have a few questions for you. A few students have gone missing at your school…"

Elsword started to listen intently. This could be about everyone who had suddenly disappeared in his life. He was hoping to get some answers.

"Can you tell me about a girl named Aisha?" The man first asked.

"She was my classmate. We used to walk home together."

"And when was the last time you saw her?"

"It was valentine's day. We were supposed to meet in the park but she never showed."

This caught Edan's attention; the park was the location where they found the blood.

"What about Eve?" He asked, continuing on to the next missing person.

"She was also a classmate. We worked together on a project."

Elsword paused. Edan was again about to ask when he last time he saw her but he continued.

"After we turned our project in, we went out to celebrate. We said goodbye in the park."

Again, the park came up as interest. Edan continued to go through all the victims. Elsword had an answer for all of them and they all seemed genuine.

Once Elsword had finished answering all of the questions, he asked one of his own.

"Am I a bad person?"

Edan was puzzled at the question.

"What do you mean?"

Elsword scratched his head as he looked at towards ground. "I mean…it seems like everyone I know is leaving me. My friends…enemies too. I don't know why..."

Edan looked at him for a bit. Through their entire conversation, Edan could see that he was just a lonely kid. He sympathized but he preferred not getting too close to people unless he had to.

"Look after yourself kid. The world is a scary place."

Elsword nodded and started heading home. Edan watched him for a bit before turning around and heading towards his car. Something told him that Elsword isn't the one responsible.

Edan watched the home of Elsword and Elesis from a few blocks away in his car. His focus was broken when the passenger door was open and Stella sat beside him.

"So what did you find?" She questioned. He handed her a profile of Elsword and explained his connections to all the victims.

"Seems like a strong lead." She commented. He nodded. Her brows furrowed as she remembered something.

"You don't think this might have a connection to the murders in Fahrmann?" She asked.

Similar to their town, there was a serial murderer in Fahrmann. Authorities had found over 60 bodies and believed there were more victims.

"Most of the victims, while similar, are still different." Edan replied. He explained that their murderer focused primarily on school girls. Most of the victims in Fahrmann were young adult females with the occasional male and those outside the age group, similar to them.

"The MO is also different." Whereas they have yet to find any bodies, most of the victims in Fahrmann were found, usually a week after death. They were killed in various ways but all were to ensure death.

"But the trail has gone cold. There hasn't been any murders in the last few weeks. This guy could taken the time to move. Improve his game as well." As much as she hated the idea of it, she couldn't rule out the possibility.

"Well whatever the case may be, he made the wrong mistake coming to our town." Edan said, a slight smirk on his face.

She smiled in response but they both looked towards the house as the front door opened.

A red-haired girl walked out and away from the house, though the two officers were out of view for her.

Edan turned back towards Stella who now got out of the car.

"I'll tail her."

Edan watched as Stella got into her own vehicle and drove after the sister. He spent a little over an hour watching the household, the night was heavy and moon was clear in the sky. His phone rang again, once again, Stella was calling to update.

He answered and Stella immediately spoke. "She went to some abandon factory on the other side of town."

Edan was puzzled at this. "You want me to back you up?" He asked, it was definitely suspicious the girl would have some business over there.

"No, I can take her on my own. You keep watching the house." She answered.

"Alright. Be careful." He warned. She chuckled before hanging up.

Again, Edan turned his attention to the house. He wondered as to why Elsword would commit these murders. In their brief conversation, he couldn't sense anything wrong with him. Still, there was the obvious pattern with Elsword at the center of it.

A few minutes later, his phone rang again. He looked at it, seeing that Stella was calling him again.

He answered the call. "Yeah?"

"Edan…" Her voice was soft. He could immediately tell something was wrong

"Stella?"

"Trap! Don't-" A high pitched scream interrupted causing Edan to flinch.

"Stella? STELLA!" He yelled into his phone. He heard maniacal laugher on the other end before the call ended.

Edan quickly started the engine and drove to her last known location.

Edan parked next to Stella's car and jumped out. His weapon was already drawn as he sprinted through the area.

He looked around for some clue, something that would lead him to her. He spotted two sets of footprints in the dirt. He followed them towards an open door.

Edan peered inside, seeing a dimly lit hallway. He made his way inside, checking and clearing any room he passed by. He then proceeded up a set of stairs onto the second floor. This time, there was no light to illuminate his path except for the moon which shone through the broken windows. He again made his way through the floor, checking each room for any clues to Stella. He got to the last room on the left and looked inside.

A figure stood inside the room covered by the moon, though Edan could easily see their outline.

He raised his gun. "Who are you?"

The figure didn't answer. He slowly stepped into the room. Moonlight illuminated the area between them.

He was about to yell again when he saw something shine. The light angled just a bit, revealing a very familiar shine of metal. A gun.

He clenched his gun in frustration. A gun pointed at him and it was none other than Stella's gun. He easily recognized it.

"Put the gun down!" He yelled. Again the figure didn't answer.

"I said put the gun down!" Yelling even harder, his sweat started to break.

Then a bright flash and a loud bang.

In response, Edan fired three shots, all of them hitting his target square in the chest.

The figure fell back onto the ground, a low murmur coming from them.

He took a moment to take in what had happened, a shot was fired at him and he simply fired back in self-defense.

He slowly approached, his gun still trained. By habit, he walked towards the gun which fell towards him, picking it and putting it in his back pocket so as to remove it as a weapon against anyone.

He now walked over to the figure, she fell into the light of the moon coming through the window.

He froze once he got a look at her face.

In front of him lay, Stella. There were cuffs and chains on her wrists and ankles that he could now see with the light from the moon and her mouth was taped to stop her from saying anything. She twitched in pain as her blood started to soak her.

Edan's hand shook in terror at what he had just done. He had shot his partner, the person he trusted.

His hands lowered, dropping his gun in the process. He moved to her side, placing a hand on hers which were trying to slow the blood loss.

Tears clouded his vision as he looked at Stella. She looked back at him but remained still.

"...I'm sorry..." Edan apologized. He knelt down and kissed her on the forehead.

He could see her started to cry, perhaps in joy, until her eyes suddenly went wide in horror.

Stella started to shake and quiver. She tried to scream put the tape muffled it.

Unable to make out anything she was trying to say, he grabbed the edge of the tape on her mouth.

He took a quick moment to ready himself before he quickly ripped the tape off her mouth.

Stella took a deep breath with her mouth now free.

"BEHIND YOU!" She screamed at the top of her lungs.

But before Edan could even turn, Elesis swung a metal pipe into the back of his head, knocking him out.

Edan awoke to the feeling of water pouring onto his face. He was tied to a chair with to the back with a cloth as his face.

Once the bucket was empty, Elesis slammed the side of it into his face before tossing it away. She picked up the back of the chair and sat him upright, taking off the cloth so he could see her.

He coughed and glared at her. There was darkness all around, leaving only the girl in his sight.

"What did you do with Stella?" He barked. She smiled.

"I didn't do anything. You're the one that shot her."

Edan lunged at her but she simply laughed at the futile attempt.

"Where is she!" He yelled. She pointed a finger to somewhere in the darkness. He looked up to see an area a few feet away light up. Stella sat tied to a chair, similar to him. Her head was down with her hair over her face and she was covered in blood.

"Stella!" Edan called out. He tried to wriggle around in his chair in an attempt to see if she was ok but Elesis slammed a knife into his thigh. He cried out in pain while Elesis walked behind him and held another knife to his neck.

"Who told you about me..." She questioned, lightly tracing the blade against his neck, enough for him to feel his own blood drip down.

He remained silent, refusing to give her any information.

"You think I didn't know? How you were asking around about my Elsword? How you were watching our lovely home?" She slapped him hard with her free hand.

"Why were following my Elsword?"

"There was no way you could have found me out on your own. Who told you!" She questioned more furiously. Edan just smiled, spiting into her face.

Unamused, Elesis wiped her face off then started walking towards Stella.

"Hey!" Edan cried out. His eyes widen in horror as he watched her hold the knife against Stella's throat.

"Woman. He's calling for you." Elesis whispered into the Sheriffs ear. Stella groaned in pain, she was still bleeding from her gunshot wound.

"Edan…" She cried softly. Edan was relieved that she was still alive.

However, seeing the look on his face, Elesis smiled. She grabbed Stella's ear and forced her knife down, severing it. Stella screamed and struggled in pain while Edan yelled out anger.

"Tell me who told you." Elesis barked at him. He swallowed as he tried to think. Stella was going to die if he didn't do something.

Stella screamed again, he looked as Elesis was dragging the knife down her arm.

He quivered in rage and despair. He wanted to save her, to suffer in her stead. He needed to draw the Elesis's attention.

He muttered something, loud enough for Elesis to hear but not clear enough to make out. Elesis raised a brow in curiosity.

"What." She questioned. Edan's mouth moved again, again muttering something inaudible to her.

Elesis grew impatient. She slammed her knife into Stella's shoulder, causing Edan to clench at the act.

She stomped towards him and leaned into his face. "WHAT?"

He head-butted her then quickly spinned with the chair to smack her away. The chair broke from the impact, allowing him to wriggle free. However, he was unable to stand due to the knife wounds he received. He looked at Stella and started to crawl as best he could to her.

"Edan…" Stella called out. Hearing her voice, he mustered the strength to crawl even faster, a smile started to form on his face as he got closer. He reached out to touch her leg when he heard a loud gun shot from behind him.

He remained frozen as he continued to look forward. Stella fell back in her chair.

He knew what had happened yet he couldn't believe it.

Elesis walked over, Edan's gun in her hand. She kicked his head into the ground and started to laugh.

"I'm impressed, you didn't give in."

She lowered her head and whispered into his ear. "She already told me everything I needed to know. I just wanted you to suffer."

His eyes widen after she had said this to him. The entire time he was being toyed with, forced to watch Stella's suffering. He trembled in anger as he could feel the barrel of his gun press up against the back of his head.

Elsword laid comfortably on the couch. He was home alone, listening to music. Elesis told him she had to do something and left the house. He didn't mind, in fact he was thankful. There were times when he felt Elesis was too…attached...to him. And yet, there were times he didn't mind. After all, no matter what crazy thing she did to him, he would still love her as his older sister.

Then the doorbell rang.

Elsword glanced at the clock, noting that it was very late for a guest to arrive.

The bell rang again making Elsword sigh in annoyance. He removed his head phones, leaving it and the music player on the couch. He got up when the bell started ringing again. Whoever it was did not have any patience.

Getting up, he hurried to the door as the bell continued to ring.

He was so annoyed by whoever it was, he unlocked the door without bothering to look through the peephole.

Elsword opened the door, a man in a purple suit, stood in front of him.

The man's pink eyes looked at Elsword intently.

Not liking the mood, Elsword took a step back, his hand that was behind the door, formed into a fist.

"Can I help you?" Elsword asked annoyed.

The man smiled at him. "Are you Elsword?"

"Yeah, I am. What do you want?" Elsword answered.

The man lowered his head before chuckling.

"I have something to give you."

The man quickly lunged forward, placing his foot in the doorway. Elsword tried to close the door on him but the foot got in way. The man grabbed Elsword's wrist before he could whisk himself behind the door. Elsword struggled to pull himself free while the man pushed himself against the door to keep it open, keeping a strong grip on Elsword's wrist.

Reaching into his back pocket with his other hand, the man pulled out a taser. He slammed it into Elsword's arm before turning on the taser. The shock surged through both of them. Elsword yelped in pain while the man released his hold on Elsword's wrist. Elsword fell backwards towards the ground as the man pushed against the door for support.

He smiled as he looked over his prey.

"My name's Add. You hurt my Eve."

Hope you enjoyed.

Add is finally getting the revenge that you people wanted. Sheesh.

This story will be done "soon". I left the tidbit about a murderer in Fahrmann to hint her coming apperance... :3