CHAPTER 19
Dr. Nagisa Kishimoto didn't expect the Hiiragi family to make another group appointment so quickly, especially when Miki called her and demanded to see her later that day. Because of the circumstances surrounding Kagami and Dr. Kishimoto's personal but still hidden connection to the troubled twin-tailed Hiiragi, the psychologist quickly made another appointment for them. What furthered the therapist's surprise was when her patients all showed up with war injuries. Tadao's nose was in a bandaged splint while his left eye was darkened slightly in addition to his already splinted hand from being crushed in Kagami's door, Miki was in a neckbrace, Inori's hand was wrapped up like a mummy, and Tsukasa's arms were wrapped in bruises from her older sister's constricting grip, as well as two bumps on her head buried underneath her hair.
As the five people sat in the office, Kishimoto slowly and awkwardly rocked in her office chair as she tapped her pen on her notepad while observing the physically battered and emotionally broken family. When the silence became too unbearable, Dr. Kishimoto asked, "So…anything new?"
The family instantly turned to Tsukasa, who quivered and began to tremble in her mounting guilt. Tadao said in a smooth but still disappointed voice, which deepened Tsukasa's anguish, "Well, tell her, Tsukasa."
Tsukasa gulped and let a tear fall from her eye as she felt as if she was about to be punished but she took comfort in looking into Kishimoto's soft eyes. "I…I've been…lying to my family. Kagami…she came home a few days ago…and I've been hiding her. She promised me that she…that she was going to get clean on her own. But she lied to me. She's been…she's been using me…to hide her…so she could keep doing drugs and…and…"
The youngest Hiiragi girl couldn't finish the last part and quickly shielded her face as her seemingly too familiar crying face reappeared and Kishimoto sighed. "Has Kagami been prostituting herself?"
Miki nodded as best as she could given the obstacle wrapped around her neck. "Tsukasa accidentally witnessed Kagami giving oral sex to a stranger in her room. I later walked in on her shooting heroin and it resulted in this huge fight and she did all of this to us, which led us to calling this meeting. We want to know if you can work with the judicial system and issue a warrant for Kagami's arrest to place her under psychiatric watch now. There's no denying it anymore. Kagami is mentally ill whether she knows it or not and if we're going to help her it needs to be now or never."
Dr. Kishimoto nodded slowly. "I understand your feelings, Miki-san, but I'm afraid the risks are higher now. The court system is going to ask me why I'm requesting a warrant such as this because technically I would be asking them to arrest someone who hadn't committed a crime yet. Now, I have no choice but to explain your predicament because physical harm has obviously befallen you at Kagami's hands."
Tsukasa lifted her head. "But…but you told us that everything we say here…never leaves."
"Yes, my dear, I did, but there are limits to that rule. The only reason I would breach that policy is if I believe physical harm will either come or has already come to people involved in the matter, which it has. This also includes Kagami. Now I'm legally obligated to tell the court system what transpired with her." Dr. Kishimoto replied. "I'm afraid obtaining a warrant for psychological detention is going to be much more difficult now because this is now a criminal matter. The prosecutors will see this as domestic violence and issue a warrant for Kagami's arrest for domestic violence, assault, and battery."
"What if we refuse to press those charges?" Inori asked.
"Then the prosecutors will look for another excuse to get Kagami off the streets. They'll try to pin a more public offense such as disturbing the peace on her." Dr. Kishimoto replied.
Tadao sighed. "Maybe pursuing criminal charges against her is for the best."
"But dad, you said you would hate to see something like this happen to Kagami!" Tsukasa wailed. "After all her hard work in school and how proud she made us! For us to take that away from her…?!"
"Tsukasa, she tried to kill your own mother." Tadao snapped. "Look at her. She's in a neck brace. I know I said that but the stakes are much higher now. Kagami is a threat to society and herself as well. She's already on drugs now I have to find out that she's been selling herself? Do you know how much that hurts me considering what I've always taught you girls about women and the spiritual beauty of them?"
"But, but she didn't know she was doing it! Kagami was screaming 'I didn't kill Matsuri' over and over again when she was attacking mom!" Tsukasa exclaimed.
This caught Kishimoto's attention. "Is that true?"
Miki nodded. "It is. I was able to hear some of that as I was beginning to black out."
"Then that proves it was an attack driven by psychological disturbances and not simple anger. Kagami was either hearing voices or hallucinating but either way that will help me overrule any criminal charges for now." Kishimoto replied. "Of course, the only way I can do that is if you all agree as a family that this is what you want to and be willing to sign a few papers. Kagami may be a legal adult but she'll still need a signature of approval to detain her for this unlike if she had committed a more serious crime where none of us would have any say. Of course, I could still make my case before the judicial system and they can still deny it but I feel it's a risk we have to take."
The Hiiragi family exchanged looks with each other, trying to get a feel for where the other stood regarding this issue. Would they pursue the psychological route and try to save Kagami from a life of endless pain, torment and an inevitable quick death, or would they simply call the police and put her behind bars, thus seriously jeopardizing her chances of accomplishing a successful career? It was beginning to startle them however when none of them could come to a unanimous decision since each side had its significant pros and cons.
Seeing that the family was struggling with this issue, Kishimoto cleared her throat. "Perhaps we need to look at this a little more intimately. Tadao-san and Miki-san, would you two do me a favor and look at each other's injuries? Not into each other's eyes or attempts to read more body language, but truly let the ramifications of Kagami's drug addiction sink into your hearts, minds, and souls. Your daughter attacked both of you and inflicted the injuries you see on each other so you must ask yourselves do you want to risk more injuries? Because if we try to detain Kagami and take the psychological approach, she's going to need you to be there even though she'll be defiant, hostile, even violent again so are these risks you want to take again?"
Following Kishimoto's words, they analyzed each other and were able to conclude that despite all that had happened, they got off easy. So many other scenarios could've played out in that terrifying ordeal; Kagami could've succeeded in killing Miki, Kagami and/or Inori could've broken their necks or something else falling down the stairs, anything could've happened. They knew that when Kagami would eventually run out of places to run and be detained, she would fight it with everything she had. It was clear to them that the drugs in her system combined with her mental disorder were going to make her nothing short of a deadly force if they let her get the upper hand. Still, they loved her too much just to throw in the towel.
Tadao turned back and said, "Okay, we'll do it. We want to help her so please make it happen, Dr. Kishimoto."
She nodded and the rest of the appointment was spent filling out the necessary paperwork for Kishimoto to assemble to make her case for the court system. Obtaining a warrant to detain someone for such an issue was no walk in the park and it was no guarantee even with the evidence she would present. It was a long and tumultuous path riddled with scrutinizing pessimists determined to derail the process because they believed that such time and resources should be allocated to pursuing criminal matters over someone's disgruntled child. Still, Kishimoto knew this had to be done, if not for the Hiiragi family and Kagami, then for her so she would be able to feel some form of redemption.
When the Hiiragi family left her office and she was alone, Kishimoto couldn't help but cry. She allowed herself to sob in solitude for several minutes as her means of venting her relentless guilt and anguish over the trauma in her life that still showed itself in the forms of scars. She couldn't help but roll up the sleeve of her one arm and look at all the collapsed veins in her arm from the repeated heroin usage, but she also looked at her wrist on her other arm and saw three scars across her wrist. Souvenirs from a knife inflicted by her own hand so many years ago.
Kishimoto sniffed several times until she reached into her desk drawer and pulled out another picture frame. In it was a photograph of two girls, one a few years older than the other. The youngest girl was no older than nine years old while Kishimoto was in her late teens at the time it was taken. The nine year old girl looked so happy and innocent as she rode on Kishimoto's back in a piggyback ride as she was carried through a shallow stream in the woods on a camping trip so many years ago. The little girl was laughing and waving at the camera happily as the young Kishimoto also smiled and laughed. What troubled Kishimoto the most was the fact that the little girl in the image had disturbingly similar features of childhood innocence and prosperity that mirrored Tsukasa Hiiragi, while she had a persona that reminded her so much of Kagami. Still, this image brought back memories that still gutted the psychologist to the current day. She still believed that she was responsible for letting nothing short of pure evil run wild and free.
"I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry all that had to happen to you…" she whispered to the pixilated image of the little girl. "He…he was a very bad, bad, man. I should've seen it…but I didn't…and I failed to protect you…baby sis…"
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It wasn't a surprise for Ryuji when Kagami returned to them and told him that she was done with her family and wanted to stay with them indefinitely. It was a surprise to even him however when he realized that Kagami had blown through nearly that entire black bag of drugs she got only a few days ago after she and Yuka played tag-team on satisfying seventeen men in one day and Kagami spent all the money she made from the ordeal on the drugs. Though Ryuji never met Matsuri and was only a casual acquaintance of Misao Kusakabe, he saw now that Kagami was in serious pain and that he and his cousin were taking advantage of that for financial gain. Just as they desired.
While her family was off collaborating with Kishimoto, Kagami wanted to spend the rest of the day with Yuka but sadly for her, it wasn't meant to be. Miyakawa got a call to perform a private session for a few rich foreign tourists. Normally Miyakawa's street smarts would tell her to stay away from such invites because she would be in a new part of town where she didn't know the area and for all she knew, she was walking into a trap set by the gangbangers she and her cousin and their comrades were feuding with. However, this time Miyakawa couldn't turn it down, especially when she learned that she would be paid more than the average person made in a single year to have sex with five guys in a hotel room literally from dawn to dusk.
Kagami was disappointed when she found out that Miyakawa might miss her baptism into the world of stripping, which was scheduled for tonight. To pass the time, Kagami continued to smoke crack and crystal meth with Ryuji in Miyakawa's empty apartment in never-ending uphill battles to fight off her tortured mind. In the midst of their high, it didn't even register in Kagami's mind what she was doing, even when she and Ryuji stripped naked and the twin-tailed girl rocked herself back and forth on top of him and moaned loudly. Everything to Kagami was a filtered reality and she could only feel euphoria from the drugs and not the sensations of having sex with Miyakawa's cousin, though she would hardly care if she found out. When they were finished, the two junkies soon passed out for a few hours, allowing more time to pass by in the day and their lives because at the rate they were going, they weren't going to see too many more days.
It didn't even bother the two junkies that they were resting in a filthy apartment with an overall symbolic appearance of their lives. The walls were peeling, the carpets were moldy, discarded drugs littered the floor, the whole apartment complex was rusty and dilapidated, and every now and then several pops of gunfire, passing police car sirens, and screaming women were also heard outside. Back alley cats even hissed and fought each other, only adding to the blended stew of audible urban decay. Rats could even be heard running above the ceiling, as well as chewing on any remnants of food they could find.
As the sun began to set on this day, the day that Kagami drove a devastating wedge between her and her family, her hour to get on stage was also drawing closer. Stirring slightly in the dirty apartment, Kagami felt both the warm rays of the setting sun shine through the tattered blanket that acted as a curtain. She also suddenly felt the presence of someone nestling themselves against her back.
The twin-tailed girl groaned groggily as she stretched and yawned while muttering, "Ryuji, I told you, my backdoor is off limits. That's an exit, not an entrance."
A hand began to lower itself towards Kagami's face as she continued to stir on her side and the hand began to gently rub her skin. Kagami registered the touch to belong to a female and she smiled as she kept her eyes closed. It seemed to her that Miyakawa had returned.
"Are you back?" Kagami whispered while still lying on the dirty floor.
"I wish, Kagami. I wish." A female voice replied.
Kagami's eyes suddenly snapped open and her pupils shrank again as her heart pounded. She gulped and sweat trickled down her face as she slowly turned her head to confirm the identity of this voice. When she saw the person nestled up against her back on the floor, she nearly screamed.
"Hi there. Sleep well?" Matsuri Hiiragi said to her calmly.
Kagami screamed loudly as she shot up from the floor, knocking over the coffee table and scattering used syringes and empty pill bottles over the floor. Kagami was barely decent as she only wore a tattered t-shirt that belonged to Miyakawa and her panties and her deep blush showed how embarrassed she was in addition to her fright.
"Goddamn it! You're not there Matsuri! Why am I still seeing you?!" Kagami screamed but Ryuji remained unresponsive as he was out cold.
Matsuri slowly stood up and folded her arms across her chest while looking around the dingy setting. "For some reason I always pictured you living in a house, Kagami. A really big one with a swimming pool in the backyard, maybe with a large room dedicated to your own personal study where all your college degrees would be hanging on the walls. Maybe even a dog or two running around. Tell me…why was my visual for your life wrong?"
Kagami began to hyperventilate and quickly turned her back to her sister and covered her face. While she breathed deeply, she huffed, "It's all in my head, it's all in my head, it's all in my head…"
"Speaking of head…that was disgusting, Hiiragi. Do you know your little sister saw you sucking that guy off?" Another female voice asked only this time it was directly in front of Kagami.
Still shaking in fear, Kagami slowly removed her hands from her face and looked into the eyes of Misao Kusakabe standing only inches from her. The two girls stood there frozen in their positions and poses until Misao broke the silence the best way she knew how.
"Boo." She said casually.
"Fuck you!" Kagami shrieked, formed a fist, and swung it towards Misao's head.
In the blink of an eye, Kagami's fist struck only thin air as her late friend suddenly disappeared when the twin-tailed girl's eyelids opened again. The amount of force Kagami used behind her punch threw her off balance and she nearly fell to the floor if it wasn't for the rotting wall to catch her fall. She quickly turned again and saw Matsuri and Misao standing side-by-side each other, both with their arms folded across their chests while holding their looks of discontent for Kagami.
"Leave me alone! I don't have to tell you two anything! You're not even there!" Kagami's panic showed in her angry and frightened voice.
"I also pictured your first time having sex to be with a man. A very tall, muscular, educated man who always vowed to love, honor, cherish, and protect you and it would happen on your honeymoon. And you wouldn't even be having sex. You'd be making love." Matsuri added with remorse. "Instead, it happens with a stranger older than our own father in the backseat of a rusty car in a dark alleyway on a stormy night where you're also forced to take shelter in a moldy box after it. Tell me Kagami, was it worth it? That old man paid you pretty well to deflower you so was it worth it?"
Kagami gritted her teeth while glaring angrily at her sister and friend. She quickly looked around the sullied floor and found the visual aid she sought in the dirty crack pipe still filled with some rocks. She picked it up, put it to her mouth and hissed, "You tell me!"
The twin-tailed girl lit the bottom of the pipe and began inhaling the smoke to get her high back, hoping that her sister and friend would disappear. She felt her euphoria return, but was still overruled by fear when the visions before her remained.
"It seems that you're developing a tolerance to that drug because we're still here." Misao said with a huff. "Now seeing as how we traveled all this way, I think you should answer your sister's questions. Why was she wrong in her predictions that you would be living in a huge house and why was she wrong about how you would lose your virginity?"
Kagami turned her back to them and even though they were still there, the euphoric effects of the drug calmed her. "Shit happens. Why are you two here?"
"I'm here because Tsukasa asked me to be here. You know she visits my grave on a weekly basis praying for help?" Matsuri replied with frustration. "She keeps praying for you and for you to find the light…and she's crying when she does it."
The disgruntled twin-tailed girl tried to hide her shiver upon hearing that last part but she couldn't fool what was in her mind and she continued to look at the floor away from them. Kagami rubbed her arm as it began to turn ice-cold, a sign that it was hungry for more drugs.
"I bet you really want those drugs right now, don't you, Kagami?" Matsuri asked. "They're really good at numbing your pain but sooner or later, that pain begins to thaw as the high wears off and then you're back to square one. Tell us…what are you so afraid of that you won't seek treatment for your addictions and to deal with our losses?"
"Did you really think we would be flattered if you honored our memories with a drug addiction and a career as a prostitute?" Misao added.
Feeling increasingly cold from the withdrawal, Kagami hugged herself tighter while she shivered. "You…you don't know the pain I feel. You don't know what true misery and guilt feels like."
"That's where you're wrong. Both of us did something that we regretted everyday and it was a never-ending cross for us to bear until we died." Matsuri replied. "Remember the last time we truly spoke to each other? It was a fight and you made me believe that you knew what I did that nearly made mom and dad disown me. What I did was so vile that when I recognized it, I had nightmares about it literally every night since and I carried that with me until I died."
"And remember what I told you? I was always reckless and impulsive and a party girl." Misao added. "I never listened to my parents and when those photos were taken of me and showed up online, I lost my chance to go to college. My parents never stopped crying over it and it was a devastating weight to carry for the rest of my life. So listen to me and your sister when we tell you that we've been there and we've done that. You don't own the market in feeling guilt and pain."
Still, Kagami remained silent as she shivered. She soon sighed and turned back to face them. "What do you want me to do?"
"Go home. It's as simple as that. Go home." Matsuri instructed. "You will have an uphill battle for a long time, but it's still not too late for you, Kagami. However, you have no idea what kind of devastation lies ahead of you. We know…because we've already seen it. You think that drugs, prostitution, and hurting our family are bad? That's not even the prologue. We've seen things that you will do in the days and weeks ahead that even give Satan nightmares. Things you cannot even imagine…things that end in bloodshed, torture, and death. And please heed this warning, Kagami. Tsukasa is in so much danger. Don't let Yuka Miyakawa get her hands on her. Our little sis will never recover if you let what we see in your future come to fruition. Please protect her from that devil. If not for her and if not for you…then for the sake of the very concept of the word innocence. Tsukasa still doesn't know that such evil exists in the world so she's naïve and vulnerable to a shape-shifter like Miyakawa."
Kagami turned away again. "Tsukasa is fine. She's safe in our own home so nothing will happen to her. Yuka would never hurt my sister if I told her not to. Yuka is my friend…no…she's more than that. She's special to me. I…I think I love her. Now leave me alone. Leave me in peace. It's you two I don't need. I need my drugs to deal with not only you, but also everything else that is truly fucked up in my life. You two being here is only making it worse so go. Go now."
Matsuri sighed and shook her head. "You've been warned. And to answer your question that you ask yourself every day, the answer is yes. Yes I do forgive you and I still love you."
"And if I were you, I wouldn't get in the car with any fat guys in the near future." Misao added quickly, prompting confusion in Kagami.
The twin-tailed girl showed a puzzled face and as she blinked before she replied, her eyes were met with an empty apartment when her eyelids lifted. Her late sister and friend were gone once again and Kagami was alone with the sleeping Ryuji on the floor. Kagami quickly looked around the room franticly but it didn't take her long to see that her vision was clear once again. With the silence now giving her the opportunity to think, especially about the final warnings. Was Tsukasa truly in the crosshairs of Yuka Miyakawa? Kagami couldn't logically think of any reason of how that would be possible. Tsukasa may have been naïve but she did remember such mundane principles like not talking to strangers or not going out at night without someone with her. Kagami soon concluded that it was all in her head again and that her twin sister wasn't in any danger. Though she still didn't know what to make of Misao's warning.
When darkness once again engulfed the land, the pink neon sign that stood above Teasers guided the way for more inhumane and chaotic debauchery. Miyakawa eventually returned for Kagami's dance and there was an obvious limp in her walk in addition to the big smile on her face. It appeared that she had a really good time with the men she was entertaining in the hotel across town, as the briefcase full of money she brought back with her proved.
As the hour for Kagami grew closer, she sat in the changing room of the club and trembled in her chair. She wore her regular clothes with the lingerie she chose underneath but she still wasn't wearing the costume that she promised would drive everyone crazy. Stage fright was beginning to get to her and she continued to breathe deeply in an attempt to quell her stress.
She gulped and she suddenly heard the high heels of another girl walking towards her. Kagami looked up and saw Miyakawa walk out from the darkness of the shadows and into the light. She still had a satisfied look on her face as she sat down next to Kagami and said, "Nervous, sweetheart?"
Kagami nodded quickly.
Miyakawa couldn't help but giggle and she reached into her pocket and pulled out a small baggie of cocaine. "This should help take the edge off."
Kagami watched with craving eyes as Miyakawa poured the drugs onto the dressing table Kagami sat in front of and she used a razor blade to divide them into three perfect lines. The twin-tailed girl wasted no time when Miyakawa handed her a straw and she put her face to the powder and snorted it quickly. When the white powder was gone and Kagami became jittery and twitched wildly, Miyakawa knew the twin-tailed girl was ready.
Miyakawa's digital watch began beeping and she looked at it, telling her it was close to midnight. She stood and informed, "Fifteen minutes to show time, dear. You better get that costume on. I know you'll do great."
As she turned and began walking away, Kagami quickly stood. "Yu…Yuka? You…you wouldn't do anything to…to hurt my little sister…would you?"
Miyakawa froze in her steps. With her back facing her, Kagami was unable to see the look of panic form on Miyakawa's face. It was the kind of look that only surfaced when a criminal feared that they were discovered. She struggled to hold back her boiling emotions and thankfully for her sake, Kagami couldn't read her mind. The sadistic and pure inhumane plan Miyakawa had for Tsukasa to divide the Hiiragi twins forever was still underdevelopment and needed more time to grow. Now wasn't the time to execute it, so Miyakawa didn't know if Kagami overheard a conversation she had had with Ryuji or Itou in what to do with Tsukasa.
Miyakawa quickly turned around with a smile on her face and a look of innocence in her eyes. "Why of course not, Kagami. Why would you even ask such a thing? Look, I understand that you and your family have had some…issues…but I bear no grudge against them or little Tsukasa. I know how much she means to you and I would never hurt a single hair on her head. As far as I know, Tsukasa is my little sister, too. That's how much I care about you, Kagami."
Miyakawa's conniving and award-worthy act once again seeped into Kagami's brain and fooled her. The twin-tailed girl smiled and nodded while saying, "Yuka…thank you."
Deepening her smile, Miyakawa slowly waltzed back to Kagami and placed her hands on her hips. "You know I care about you, right?"
Still twitching from the influx of cocaine in her system, Kagami still saw Miyakawa as something more than a friend and nodded while hugging her tightly. When Miyakawa pulled out of the hug, she placed her hands under Kagami's chin and smiled.
"So cute…how about a kiss for good luck?" Miyakawa asked with a seductive smile.
Kagami nodded quickly with a smile. Miyakawa pulled her close and gently placed her lips on Kagami's lips, who instantly returned the gesture and the sociopath opened the twin-tail's mouth and made the contact deeper. Miyakawa never tired of this girl's touch, but at the same time never saw her as anything else but expendable and wouldn't lose a single second of sleep if something terrible would happen to her.
Miyakawa pulled away from Kagami's lips and stared at her, who was still lost in a daze from the intimate contact. Kagami slowly opened her eyes and stared at Miyakawa's smiling face. She stuttered before she could force out, "When…when can we…?"
The scheming girl giggled and placed her hand on Kagami's cheek. "Tell you what. If you do really well on your dance tonight…I'll reward you. You…me…my room afterward. Sound good?"
Kagami smiled and nodded. "I want you already."
"All good things to those who wait, my dear. Break a leg." Miyakawa whispered and walked away, leaving Kagami a twitching pile of putty.
When the clock struck midnight, the strip club once again became a mosh pit of enthusiastic and corrupt men crowding the stage waiting to shower the latest addition to Miyakawa's team with the contents of their saving accounts. As the stage was set, Itou once again got on the microphone when everything was ready and made the announcement.
"Gentlemen, get ready for the dancing debut of our newest girl!" He said. "I ask that you be very gentle with her because she's a girl of principles."
The men instantly began booing, though they all knew it was part of the show.
"Hailing from the spiritual world, give it up for our own priestess, Kagami Hiiragi!" He shouted over the microphone and the cheering began, though it immediately subsided when the curtains opened and the lights went out and a single spotlight shined down on Kagami.
She was wearing her traditional Miko outfit and as her intro, a traditional Japanese biwa began playing over the loudspeakers as she slowly walked onto the stage. She kept her head lowered and her face hidden underneath her long hair, almost as if she was ashamed of what she was doing and she kept her hands connected in front of her stomach. As the traditional music played and Kagami approached the main pole surrounded by the men, she stopped and slowly looked up to present her face to them.
"My friends…I have come to you today because this is a house of sin…and it needs to be absolved of its wickedness." Kagami whispered in a soft acting voice as a new song began to play quietly but was gaining momentum. "Tonight, I will perform the ceremonial dance that will cleanse this wicked place of its sin…and its horniness."
The loudspeakers suddenly erupted with Kagami's choice song and simultaneously, Kagami threw her arms open, tearing the Miko outfit off her body and revealing her true wardrobe underneath. It consisted of nothing but pink platform shoes, a pink thong, and light blue tassels covering her breasts, even more daring than what Yuka Miyakawa used in most of her routines. The song tearing through the loudspeakers was Halestorm's "Mz. Hyde," which opened with heavy music and Kagami began swinging from the pole with it as the cheering started.
As she danced, Kagami mouthed the first few lines of the song. "In the daylight, I'm your sweetheart! Your goody-two-shows prude is a work of art! But you don't know me, and soon you won't forget! Bad as can be yeah you know I'm not so innocent!"
While Kagami continued to dance and thrive in her routines on stage, Miyakawa and her cousin Ryuji sat at the bar and watched the whole ordeal. Miyakawa held Kagami's cell phone in her hand as she watched with lustful eyes at her current toy dancing on stage while Ryuji remained passive.
"I'll admit it I was pessimistic at first but you trained her well, just like all the others." Ryuji said to her as Miyakawa stared at a picture on display on Kagami's phone. "What the hell are you so interested in with that phone?"
Miyakawa turned her head to her cousin and smiled an evil and conniving grin. She turned the phone to him and it showed a picture of Kagami and Tsukasa together in their swimsuits at the beach when they took a vacation with Konata, Miyuki, Yui, and their teacher. The first thing Ryuji could see in the picture was how close Tsukasa was clinging to her sister and he was able to put it together.
"Oh so is that Tsukasa?" Ryuji asked as he turned back to watch Kagami keep dancing and saw her bend down to one man who slipped a yen bill into her thong strap.
Miyakawa looked back at the phone. "It is."
The psychotic girl dug into her pocket and slowly pulled out a switchblade knife. She flicked the blade out and couldn't help but play with the weapon as she smiled and also reached down her shirt and pulled a homemade piece of jewelry out. It was a necklace consisting of over a dozen human teeth with the one from their latest robbery now tied around it. Miyakawa giggled sinisterly as she looked at the picture while playing with her knife and necklace.
"So you're really going to do it?" Ryuji asked. "You're really going to kill that Tsukasa girl?"
Keeping her sadistic grin held firm, Miyakawa sighed happily. "Only slightly, dear cousin. Only slightly. I'm going to take something more valuable than even her own life. Her innocence."
Miyakawa closed the phone and watched Kagami finish her dance and was met with thunderous applause from the audience.
"How lovely…" Miyakawa whispered.
(See that? Yuka actually needed time to formulate her plan. Not like Villain Stu Satoshi Fujisaku, who could somehow pull stuff out of his ass that would "work" while his friends barely got to actually know their own prey. Quotes are to indicate that, along with leading up to their demises, his plan of action wasn't even as bright to begin with as getting info from people who actually use it and not even involving any of the girls. Both those points go to show how badly Blood's talent for storytelling had fallen apart by the time he came back as bloodscorpion4ever.)
(Really, that's something I would have pointed out in a review to Crap Unread, if only he hadn't jumped down my throat when I pointed out other things wrong with that fic. Admittedly, he was right to snap at certain things that I did say, but that's another issue unto itself.)