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Rating M: for Language, Heavy Violence

My writing style in Fanfiction.

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

Something one of the characters is writing or reading

Introduction/Truth

*Sound*

/ / Flashback / /

/ Dream /

Scene Change

トりのなく頃に; こしょうかけら

Tori no Naku Koro ni; koshou kakera

When the birds cry; shattered fragments

恋人同士し編 Koibitodoushi-hen

Lovers Arc

意趣

Spite

"Come on Sakura, lets make Meiling lunch," Tomoyo told me. "I don't think she is together enough to do it."

"Ok," I said as I got up and headed to the kitchen with Tomoyo.

"Sakura lets make Meiling a sandwich, you cut the ham I will get the rest ready," Tomoyo told me.

I nodded to her, before walking over to the counter and picking up the knife. I took out the ham and started to cut it with the knife. I tried to slice the ham into thin slices, but they didn't turn out very good.

Afterwards Tomoyo put the slices together with cheese lettuce and other stuff and put it all into sandwiches.

All three of us sat down and started to eat the sandwiches. After we had finished eating we heard a knock on the door. I went over to the door and after checking who it was I opened the door. Yukari walked in and sat down in the living room with us.

We talked for a while before I just had to ask the question that was buzzing around my head. "Why did Kira-san kill Syaoran and Haru-kun?" I asked.

"Maybe he is being possessed by Death," Yukari muttered.

"That is right Syaoran didn't believe in Death," Meiling added.

"Neither did Kira-san he said it was foolishness," Yukari mentioned.

"If that is what is going on isn't Himeko maybe in danger?" I asked.

"I don't know, I'm not sure if she believes in Death," Yukari said in a whisper.

"We should go over there and make sure she is safe," I suggested. "She is by herself after all."

We went over to Himeko's house and we were surprised by what we saw. A small blue car was parked in front of the house. The others mentioned that this was very strange since only Himeko lives here right now.

We rang the door bell and waited for Himeko to answer. But a little girl didn't answer the door. Instead a young man the age of twenty two answered the door. He had dark brown hair and dark blue eyes.

"Hayato-san," Tomoyo, Yukari, and Meiling said as they saw the young man.

"Hello, Tomoyo-chan, Yukari-chan, Meiling-chan, and you must be Sakura-chan," Hayato greeted. He stepped aside allowing us to come in.

"Hayato-san what are you doing in town? I thought you weren't off until next week?" Tomoyo asked.

Hayato sighed. "I requested early leave, so I could check up on my sister. When I heard about what was going on, I became worried and called the principal late last night, and got my stuff ready then."

"Isn't it great that niichan is back!" Himeko cried out as she ran into the room.

"Himeko-chan we came over he to ask you something," Meiling told her.

"What is it?" she asked cheerfully.

"Did Haru and Hana believe in death?" she asked.

Himeko stiffened and Hayato quickly took a hold of her hand. He squeezed it lightly to comfort her. "Yes they did," she answered in a low voice.

"Do you?" I asked.

"Yes she does," Hayato answered in a firm voice. "We both do. We have been plagued by him."

I gulped not liking where this story was going. "What do you mean?"

Hayato bent down in front of Himeko. "Why don't you go upstairs," he suggested. Himeko nodded and ran up the stairs. After she had left Hayato turned his attention back to us. "Four years ago shortly before I left to go to Tokyo, I found my parents slashed up and tied to the laundry line. Stained on the glass in red ink were the words 'To Hayato from Death'. Himeko doesn't know this yet, I told her that mom and dad committed suicide."

"That is horrible," I stuttered.

"That isn't all, some of my friends were also murdered. I was sent a box a week before I left. Inside the box was the head of a friend of mine and the heart of another. The same message was written on the top of the box as that was on the lawn"

"I remember hearing about that incident. They found the two bodies on a snow covered just outside of town. The brother's head was cut off, and the little sister's heart was cut out. They never found the head, the heart, or the killer," Meiling mentioned.

"So some psycho had something against you, what does that have to do with Death?" I asked.

"If that was all, I wouldn't consider a monster named Death even exists, but I've seen him before. He is wrapped in a black cloak that covers him from head to toe. A large scythe is always in his hands. He speaks in a creepy voice and loves cruelty," Hayato told us.

"Why would he hate you?" Yukari asked.

"He said it was because my wavelength is the same," Hayato answered.

"What does that mean?" I asked.

"It means that Hayato's wavelength is the same as the sorcerer's," a voice answered from behind us. I turned around and saw Eriol standing there. "And the sorcerer can't be revived if Hayato is alive."

"Then why doesn't Death just kill Hayato?" Meiling asked.

"He can't," Hayato answered. "He can't touch me."

"Why not?" I asked getting confused.

"Because Hayato's wavelength is the same as the one who has power over him. Because Hayato and his master's wavelength are the same, he can't touch Hayato. So he has to have Hayato take his own life, because his power can not touch Hayato. Hayato has the ability to banish Death's power, if only for a short time."

"I tried to force Death to obey me once. He just laughed and said 'you aren't strong enough to control me. Though you could be, but I will prevent that from happening.' If only I could control him, I would make him slice himself in half," Hayato hissed.

"Hayato, why did Death kill Haru, when Haru respected him?" I asked.

"I don't know what goes through his brain," Hayato laughed. "But I could ask him."

"You can talk to Death!?" I exclaimed.

Hayato nodded his head. "Because I have that wavelength I can talk to that bastard whenever I want." Hayato closed his eyes, it was over a minute before he opened them a minute. "That weirdo, he just keeps going on and on," Hayato said with a sigh as he shook his head. "Death says that someone wished that Haru had a painful death. Death was being a tease and wouldn't tell me who, but he did tell me it is someone in your class."

Someone in my class; someone wanted Haru to die painfully!?

"Excuse me, I just realized something I have to do," Hayato told us before he left the house and drove off.

I stayed and talked to Himeko a bit before heading home. It was around 11PM when I heard the phone ring downstairs. I sleepily got up from my bed and went downstairs and picked up the phone.

At first there was only silence, and I was about to hang up when. "Sakura, Sakura," came the panicked voice of Meiling. "Sakura, help me! I think someone else besides me is inside the house!"

"Hang on Meiling, I will be over as soon as I can!" I told her. I quickly hung up the phone and hurried over to the Li house.

The front door was open when I arrived. I carefully walked inside the house. "Meiling!" I called out. The house was pitch-black. I found myself stumbling as I tried to walk around the house. "Meiling!" I yelled again. Once again I received no answer.

*CREAK!*

I turned around expecting to see Meiling, but the figure standing there was wearing a black cloak that covered them from head to toe. In their hands was a large scythe.

"What have you done with Meiling!" I asked in a cold voice.

"She is no longer among the living," Death answered. "Do you want me to kill you?" Death asked.

"Why did you kill them?" I asked ignoring his question. "Kaho, Mari, Meiling, Syaoran, Haru, Orika, Hana and those police officers?"

"Some were used as sacrifices, others were just for fun," he answered.

I couldn't stop the hatred that built up inside of me. I noticed the knife sitting on the counter. I picked it up and held it in my hands.

"What are you planning on doing with that?" Death asked in a mocking tone.

"Die you monster!" I screamed as I threw the knife at him.

As if by magic the knife disappeared when it got close to Death. "Do you want to die?" he asked. He lifted his hand up, and as he did a knife appeared just above his shoulder. The knife flew forward and flew right into my chest. Then the knife slowly rose out of my chest and went up into the air before falling back down into my chest again. After the third time everything blacked out. As things darkened I heard the sound of Death's vile laughter *ehihihihihihi*

The next morning the bodies of Sakura Kinomoto and Meiling Li were found inside the Li's house. It appears that both Meiling and Sakura were stabbed in the chest. The knife was found in Sakura's chest. The only fingerprints on it were Sakura's. So it suspected that Sakura snuck into the Li's house and stabbed Meiling to death before committing suicide.

A large man hunt went out that day searching for Kira Asari. We found him deep in the woods. He was already dead when we found him. He died of lack of oxygen. We suspect he went into sudden cardiac arrest when he leaned against this tree while taking a short breath. But strange marks were found on his lower arms.

A note was found crumpled up in his pocket. This is what the note said.

What is love? What does it mean to love? And what does it mean to be loved? Why is it so important? Why does it cause so much pain? Is it what humans search there whole life for? When does caring for someone turn into desire? When does it turn to obsession? Darkness lies in the heart filled with such emotion. The spring falls into despair as the flower petals dance upon the red coated river. Tori no Naku koro ni

Lovers Arc Results

Sakura Kinomoto – Was found stabbed in the chest at the Li house

Naoko Yanagisawa – Alive

Miyu Sunada – Alive

Chiharu Mihara – Alive

Eriol Hiiragizawa – Alive

Akito Kano – Alive

Kira Asari – Died in the forest of lack of oxygen.

Orika Enoki – She was stabbed in the chest multiple times at the bus stop. She wrote a dying message that said 'Kira-san I'm sorry'

Takashi Yamazaki – Alive

Kiyoh Loxely – Alive

Mari Inihara – She was killed next to the lake near school. Yukari said that she was strangled.

Yuuta Senta – Alive

Yukari Fushima – Alive

Syaoran Li – Was found tied to the fountain in the center of town. His clothes were stripped off and he body was covered in whip marks. The words Traitor was scarred in his chest.

Tomoyo Daidouji – Alive

Meiling Li – She was stabbed in the chest.

Haru Yuhara – He was stabbed multiple times and he throat was slit open

Hana Yuhara –She went missing, she was never found.

Himeko Tori – Alive

Hayato Tori – Alive

Kaho Mizuki – She was stabbed in the back in the classroom.

Arrival Arc Aftermath: BAD

Yukari and Tomoyo tried to cheer each other up, but two weeks after the incidents they both committed suicide. Eriol left Japan and never came back. Hayato and Himeko fled out of the country by plane, but the plane they left on exploded while it was in the air.

Death laughed, "That will teach that Hayato to tell them things I said." He laughed more. "I feel like helping you. Eriol is not the killer. Hayato was in Tokyo until that morning. He was in Tokyo when all but Sakura and Meiling's murders took place."

"By help you meant take anyway any theories they might come up with," Bernkastel laughed. "I don't think it was really fair for you to show yourself yet, so I'm going to help out."

Blood Water Arc

Death isn't going to go easy anymore. From now on things will just get tougher and tougher.

The difficulty for the next game is Tricky. Death plans to play games with your mind with tricks.

(Extra End)

Author's Note

Hello, hello, hello. I wonder if anyone reading figured out the answer to Lovers. I gave more clues to this answer than in the Arrival. See-through the lies, 'There is only one truth!' XD I've been watching a ton of Detective Conan. And next arc is going to be different than all the others so far. (Cicadas!)

See ya *Nipa!*