Thank goodness our examination week is over! Finally, I could continue working on this one. Sorry about the delay. Fanfiction has been encountering some technical problems this week. I don't know if you experienced one. Well, here's what you've been waiting for! The next chapter!
A lot of lives have been troubled. A lot of hearts have been broken. It was a rainy night at the town where our hero resides. He was standing on the rooftops, thinking deeply. Tears were pouring down from his eyes along with the rain. He was watching the city as old memories unfold in his brain.
What should I do? I can't go on like this. I would only end up hurting her if ever I see her again. But my heart disagrees. I wanted to see her so badly – Uh!
Black Cat was longing for his White Cat under the dark, rainy sky. Sven was dripping wet searching for him. Eve and Saya were inside Saya's apartment. There was silence amongst them. Omi was treating Haru's wounds without even realizing that her comrade was falling more and more with her.
I have to search for the person behind all this – Kurai Rei! I have to get the answers from him!
Train Heartnet ran with great speed. The rooftops were slippery; but it did not matter to him. He wanted to hunt that person down, torture him so badly and – what was he thinking? Was he so angry just because he could not be with his Saya? Or was it because Kurai was the reason Saya forgot everything? He did not know what he was feeling. Bit by bit, he realized he was becoming more like his old self... more like Kurai. He came to a halt and closed his eyes. This was not him. It was the medicine that was making him like that. He had to be cured or...
"Train Heartnet!" a familiar voice came from behind. Train turned around and found what he was looking for all along. He moved away and pointed his Hades as fast as he could at the target.
"I'm not here for a fight." Kurai said weakly. He was resisting the medicine and he was slowly losing his strength.
"I was looking for you but I'm glad you came to find me. I need answers and I need it now." Train said in his most serious voice. His mind was clouded. He did not know what to do at the moment.
"I would give you answers if you lower your gun down." Kurai said. The rain had stopped pouring down; however, the sky was still cloudy.
"Rei could not hurt you anymore since his Imitari got broken into pieces." Vera said as she came out of nowhere. Train felt a cold chill at the back of her neck. It was something different. Train could not move his feet. He tried to ignore the figure in front of him and looked directly at Kurai.
"What's happening to me? Why am I seeing things?" Train asked.
"Vera is a ghost and you are not seeing things. She is real." Kurai explained.
"Why is she in here? I don't remember her as one of my targets before." Train said as he turned to Vera. "Are you here to take revenge?"
Vera nodded.
"See? She's here to haunt me! Get away! I have a lot of problems to settle. You could come back some other night, just not now, okay?" Train begged.
"Vera!" Kurai said.
"Sorry," Vera said. "No, I'm not going to haunt you. I'm here because of my unfinished business."
"We could talk some place else and..." Kurai stopped; Train had disappeared from his sight. He was standing at the tip of the rooftop, far away from them. "Vera, could you get him for me? I am tired."
"Train Heartnet, what is wrong with you? My Rei is already tired and he wants to discuss this somewhere else so do you mind?" Vera asked as she glided towards Train. Black Cat closed his eyes and muttered something. I am seeing things. I am seeing things. The medicine is making me see illusions I am not supposed to see. Get out of my mind. Get out of my sight.
When he opened his eyes, Vera was still there waiting. Train ran away with great speed in his chibi form crying out loud in the midst of the rainy night. "GET AWAY FROM ME! GET AWAY FROM ME! KYAA!" He and Vera chased each other on the rooftops in their chibi form. Vera was having fun watching Train ran away from him. It reminded her of Sven. Then, she disappeared all of the sudden. "Finally!" Train panted as he went down and went for a shelter to dry his clothes. When he was supposed to open the door of the inn, Vera appeared in front of him. Boo! Train turned as hard as stone. Vera was poking him but it was no use. Kurai took Train and looked at Vera strangely. "What? I was only having fun scaring him."
"Yeah and you actually did. Look at him. I could barely carry him." Kurai complained as he dragged Train with his face hitting the stony ground.
"Good thing it stopped raining. I was anxious to go outside." Saya grinned as she and Eve were walking around the city.
"It is not good for you to be outside. He may come out anywhere. He still had his killer instincts if you must know." Eve muttered. Saya heard her but did not seem to bother at all since bottles of milk suddenly caught her attention. "Oh, milk! I've been craving to drink one! Do you want some, er – what's your name again? You haven't introduced yourself."
"Eve," Eve replied. "No, thank you."
"Okay then!" Saya said cheerfully. Eve noticed that there was an ice cream stand opposite the store where Saya was buying. She groped for money in her pocket; however, it was empty. If only Sven was there to buy her some. It could have been sweeter. "Hey, Eve, I still have some money left. I don't know where I got these but when I looked inside my yukata, I have plenty! Oh, do you want some ice cream then? I noticed that you have been staring at it for awhile." Eve nodded and Saya made the little princess pick her favorite flavor. The two of them ate their snacks as they sat down on the bench at the park. "Eve, do I have a family?"
"I don't know." Eve said truthfully.
"Hmm... I see. Uh – do I live alone then? And what do I do for a living? I can't even believe I have a gun here." Saya asked. "Sorry for asking too much. I wanted to know more about myself."
"I don't know about you living alone, all I know is that you are a sweeper. You are like us." Eve said as she wiped her lips with her handkerchief. She could remember Sven when it was her first time to eat an ice cream. She got a bit messy on her lips and Sven wiped it out for her.
"Like you?" Saya asked astounded to what she had heard. She gulped the milk until its last drop. Satisfied with what she had drunk, she continued her question. "Is that so? Probably, that's why I got those reflexes. Remember that Train-kun? When he attacked me, I quickly took out my gun which was very odd and then pointed it at him. I was able to defend myself without knowing it. Isn't that cool? Er – what actually sweepers do? Aren't we supposed to have broomsticks instead of guns? We sweep, right?" She laughed afterwards.
Eve didn't know if Saya was making fun of her or not. "You are taking it literally, lady." she said as she took a small bite at her cone. "Sweepers are like bounty hunters who search for their targets in exchange for money. Many do that for a living. They are far more different from assassins; they don't kill the target but just weaken and capture them." It was funny for Saya to ask things such as like that. But what can Eve do? Saya forgot who she was and just like Train, she had been searching for answers.
"Hey..."
"What are we saying? Oh, the medicine! It has an – what?" Kurai stopped.
"How did I get these lumps?" Train asked as he looked at his face in the mirror. He did not look handsome anymore. It seemed that he just had an allergy. Kurai handed over an ice bag and Train placed it on his face.
"Well," Kurai was stopping himself from laughing but he could not help it. "Mmff – Ha ha! Y – You were h – heavy to carry so I dra – dragged you a – long all the w – way here."
"Grr. That's not funny. I got scared from th – that friend of y – yours." Train said, facing away from Kurai.
"Ha, ha, ha! Anyway, as I – mmff – was saying, the 4GM4E was the drug that made you turn out like that. It was good you were able to resist the medicine. You were able to remember who you are. If you hadn't resisted it, you might end up like me." Kurai explained. "It had an antidote. We just have to find it so that you could get well. Resisting it won't really help you. It would make your condition get worse. The medicine would keep your mind clouded and later on, you would realize that you already killed somebody."
"Where are we going to find the cure? Directly from the source?" Train asked.
"Yes, but it would be difficult to find Yukina. Vera would help us on that." Kurai said.
"But why are you helping me all of the sudden? Why did you suddenly change your mind?" Train asked. He was curious why Kurai was acting that way. He must have some sort of plan. Train does not want to believe him; but it was his only hope.
"Vera helped me to open my eyes and the only way I could make things right again is to help you and everyone that was affected from the mess I made." Kurai said with a weak smile.
Then, something struck Train and he was hoping Kurai and Vera could help him out. "Do you think you could help Saya get her memory back?" Vera and Kurai exchanged looks. What happened to Saya does not have anything to do with the drugs. Her head was hit hard on a wall and it made her forgot who she was. The only thing that Train could do was to wait until she could slowly remember everything, including them. Train himself knew that the couple could not do anything. He just wanted an assurance, an assurance that Saya's memory will return.
Vera smiled at him and went closer to him. "Train Heartnet, the most powerful medicine I know could bring her memory back."
"And what is that?" Train asked hopefully.
To be continued... Hi readers! How about you? Do you know what Vera is talking about? Would that medicine really help Saya bring her memory back surely? And what will happen if Train sees her again? Could he still resist the killer inside him? Well, find out and read the next chapter!
