yeah, bando kinda has a grudge against anyone who's a diclonius now, just cuz zoe decided to blind him and cut his hand off (in all fairness he started it. yeah that's right, im calling you out dumbass! do NOT mess with a diclonius!) . he needs to find himself a hobby......besides killing people that is -_-; hope you like this chapter
Bloodbath
Chapter 20
Miss Shirokawa stood in Director Kakuzawa's office, waiting for him to speak.
He turned slowly and faced her. "I'm aware that Chief Kurama has let Number Seven escape."
Miss Shirokawa gasped, shocked at the revelation. Yet, at the same time, she knew how Kurama and Nana had a special bond.
"Diclonius are mindless workers," Kakuzawa muttered. "Their only purpose they could ever have is to serve mankind, as our slaves."
Although Kurama's assistant did not agree, she was too afraid to argue with him.
"Um....I heard what happened to Chief Kurama's daughter. He probably started to think of Number Seven as his own child, and just couldn't go through with it," she said.
Kakuzawa chuckled humorlessly. "Really?"
Miss Shirokawa looked down. "He said that he killed his own daughter, and then his wife committed suicide......"
"Is that what he told you?" He asked, a thin cruel smile on his face.
The woman looked up. "Why, was it not true?"
Kakuzawa decided to ignore the question. "Kurama's punishment for his disobedience can be withheld at the moment. I have other affairs to worry about. It is more important that we find the escaped subjects, and then kill them."
Meanwhile, Chief Kurama was sitting in his own office. He was staring out the window, a tired expression on his face. A moment later he picked up a framed photograph off his desk. Tears filled his eyes as looked at the picture of his deceased wife and himself. She was in her last trimester of pregnancy at the time. Kurama had an arm around her shoulders and his his wife had her head on his shoulder. She was holding a tiny pink bunny that they were intending to give to their baby, and both of them had huge smiles on their faces.
"Hiromi.......I miss you so much....." Kurama removed his glasses and wiped his eyes.
He put the photograph down and picked up another one from inside his desk drawer. This one was of a picture of Nana. He sighed, pushing his glasses back on.
"At least she escaped this hell and can go on living..........."
In town
By now it was nighttime, and street lights illuminated the road. Nana sat on a curb, hugging herself. Before she had gone into the city, she had been smart enough to cover her horns. Kurama had left her one of his ties, which she used the same way as the other one, wrapping it over her horns.
She began to rummage through the bag, trying her hardest to control the fingers of her new hands. Inside there were a few more outfits, another pair of shoes, a hat, a light jacket, and last but not least, a thick wad of cash. Unfortunatly, she had no idea what money was, seeing how she had never been out in the real world to use it.
"What am I supposed to do with this green paper?" She asked aloud. A moment later, her stomach growled.
"Better go find some food," she said quietly, shrugging her bag onto her shoulders.
As she shakily walked down the road, she saw a stand that sold burgers, hot dogs, and pizza, as well as drinks.
"Excuse me," she said, walking up to the vendor. "Could I get something to eat?"
The man glared at her. "Only if you got money."
Just then two girls walked up and each bought a hot dog.
"That'll be three dollars each," the man told them.
Nana watched as the girls handed the man six dollars in change. She sighed, for Kurama had not left her any coins.
"Kid, if you don't have any money, then get lost." The man gave her an annoyed look.
She considered killing him and just help herself to some of the food that way. If he was dead then it wasn't like he'd be able to stop her. After all, even if that soldier had been a jerk, he at least was right. No one would ever treat her with kindness, nor would they ever welcome her around them. However, she just couldn't bring herself to hurt someone like that.
Depressed, she began to walk away, not realizing that paper money was worth much more than coins. A tear ran down her face as she walked down the road. She only place she could think of to go was the cemetary, so that was where she was headed.
"Oh, Papa. Please come back for me soon," she murmured. "I can't do this alone......."
Meanwhile
Although it was getting quite late, Tommy was taking Wanta out for one last walk. He walked the puppy down the street, debating on whether or not he should call Bando. He wanted to find out more about Zoe, as things weren't making any sense. Just as he got to a pay phone, the little dog's leash slipped from Tommy's grasp.
"Wanta! Come back!" He began to chase the puppy, cutting into the nearby cemetary.
He found him in front of the stone temple, yipping.
"What's going on?" He asked, picking Wanta up. "Someone up there?"
The boy slowly began to ascend the stone steps, his heart quickening at what he might find. When he got to the top, he saw a girl sitting there near a tiny make-shift fire. Tommy gasped, recognizing her as the girl Zoe had dismembered. But it was only a dream, he thought to himself. A dream and nothing more...
Nana was too deep in her thoughts to hear him approaching. "Maybe Papa did abandon me after all......."
"Umm.....excuse me?" Tommy softly said.
Nana turned around and came face to face with a boy. He looked slightly older than her and was holding a dog.
She smile shyly. "Hi."
Tommy sat down, an uneasy feeling coming over him.
"What's wrong?" Nana asked.
"What? Oh, nothing. Just remembering a dream, that's all........." Tommy said.
Losing her concentration for a second, one of Nana's legs fell off. Tommy's eyes widened as it rolled towards him, stopping only a few feet in front of him.
"Sorry about that," Nana sheepishly apologized, grabbing hold of it. "I'm still getting used to these. I'm not quite skilled enough to keep them on me at all times.........Hey are you okay?"
Tommy fainted a moment later.
Back at Takuya's house
Courtney was still sulking in her room, refusing to come out. No one seemed to care, though. Takuya had been able to send most of his belongings to his house by now, including a flat-screen television set and his playstation 3.
"I wanna play God of War 3," J.P. complained.
"Too bad, because I'm playing Call of Duty," Kouji shot back.
Kouichi, who was reading his book, only rolled his eyes.
"God of War!"
"Call of Duty!"
Takuya jumped up. "Would you guys just shut up already? Shouldn't I get to choose, seeing how it's mine?"
"No!" His friends shouted at him in unision.
The brunette sighed. "Whatever. Fight to the death, then. The winner gets to choose the game. Just make sure you don't get too much blood on the floor. If you do, you two are gonna be the ones to mop it up."
As the two continued to bicker, Takuya looked around to see that Zoe was no longer in the room.
"Zoe?" He walked into the hallway to see her crouched down in front of the broken grandfather clock. "You really like that thing, huh?"
Zoe smiled, her green eyes shining. "Like."
Takuya returned her smile, then gently put his hands on her shoulders, sinking to his knees in front of her. "Zoe, you probably won't be able to answer this but........how did you escape from Professor Kakuzawa?"
Zoe looked down, her smile fading. She didn't say anything, though.
"I'm sorry I left you with him. That was a mistake, and I think you knew it, too. I should've listened to you when you were calling to me......" He dropped his gaze to floor, ashamed.
Zoe suddenly tilted his chin up. "Okay."
"You forgive me?" Takuya asked, turning slightly red.
The blond rested her head on his chest. "Okay!"
Takuya smiled, wrapping his arms around her. He stroked her soft hair. A moment later the image of Professor Kakuzawa's severed head flashed through his mind. He shuddered at the thought.
Zoe stared into his eyes, worried. "Takuya."
"Don't worry, it's nothing. And you have no idea how happy I am that you remembered my name," he told her.
"Takuya!" Zoe looked proud of herself.
"I don't know why he kidnapped you, and I don't know what the hell is going on around here. But I promise that I will never let anything like that ever happen to you again," he whispered into her ear.
Behind them, Courtney was peeking out of her room. Her blue eyes burned with fire as she saw Takuya cuddling with Zoe on the floor.
"We'll see about that," she quietly said to herself. "We'll just fucking see about that."
alright, so tommy encountered nana, and courtney (the little bitch, may she burn in hell someday) is scheming something. review please and stay tuned for chapter 21 bye bye ^_^
