Chapter 10- Denial
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A/N: I only own the officers and Nemanon, Gumi's last name.(EDIT) And Chimuki, Miki's- the Judge's- last name. And Chapters 6+'s plotline.
{{snailing along: *grins evilly* Only I shall know that until around... Chapter 14. :) Enjoy your long days of waiting XD
Yep, he is. Sort of the wisdom to even out Gumi's recklessness.
Here it is! Wait no longer.}}
[[WonderRin: Well... *stuffs fist in mouth so I don't giggle* *still giggles* Oh, I'm nearly crying with suppressed mirth over here, because that sentence just made me totally look up my plotline... XD*it was funny because of a certain surprise up far ahead*]]
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"The trial..."
"Oh, I see. You came to ask if you could tell." I nodded, a bit anxious. "Well, it's not like it's gonna make much difference anymore, is it?" I realised what he was implying instantly.
It wouldn't make any difference because our case was pretty much borderline genocide, so...
It's not like they'll be looking on our past too much, will they?
"Guess not."
"Yeah, I s'pose it won't do much... but still," I said, "They're going to put me in here with you or I'll murder everyone in this place."
"Gumi. You're not a killer."
"It's inheritance... did I ever tell you who my grandma was?"
"Miziki?"
"Yeah... she's the Miziki Nemanon."
"Well, that's a bit scary."
"To someone who's at least three times my height?"
"..."
"Yeah, I thought so."
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The pounding of the gavel resonated through the room, and I yawned. Having not slept at all last night, I can expect to be sleepy today. But if I'm going to win this case, I need to seem awake, not half-asleep.
I'd managed to escape through the barred window- I was thin enough. I went home- by the time I'd left it was two A.M.
I had paced my room until six, because now, at seven, the trial was starting.
So I'd gotten zero sleep.
But I'd aslo gotten a last word with Piko, if all else failed.
And that's well worth zero sleep.
I drummed my fingers impatiently yet slowly. Dang Judge wouldn't stop flirting with her boyfriend.
Jerks.
"Hurry up, Chimuki, I'm growing grey hairs over here," The other attourney growled towards the judge and her boyfriend.
"Alright... Bye, Ollie."
"See ya in an hour, Se-fa-two." She blushed, then pounded her gavel again, still red in the face. But she gained some control over the situation by dropping her smile.
"We are here-"
"Lady, I'm not in the mood to sit here for an hour to listen to unnessecary stuff. Get to the point already, or we'll be here 'till midnight."
She narrowed her eyes at me.
"So, we're here for the destruction of your school, Miss Megumi Nemanon."
"I know that. Tell me something I don't know for once, somebody." I was being really sarcastic, but what I wanted to do was go to bed.
"Well. So, you were taken under hostage by a monster, nearly got killed from its attack, and still you defend it, despite the fact that it is highly dangerous."
"Listen, Lady, I'm not in the mood. I spent all night wondering if I was going to my execution today, and you know what?" I looked her cooly in the eyes. "I don't give a damn either way."
"Gumi!" My mother. Well, I wasn't in the mood. Everyone else can suck it for all I care.
"So, I sort of decided last night..."
Silence.
"You want the truth?"
...
"..Then I'll give it to you."
Surprise emnated throughout the court. I knew that both the police and my father had spread their tries to get me to reveal information everywhere short of.. what was it, Antartica? Maybe it was Tanzania.
Either way, it was worldwide stuff now.
"Well then, let's start with how you were cap-"
"If you want the facts, Lady, you're going to have to hear it from the start."
She silenced.
"Thank you."
Then, I heard a bit of shuffling.
Silence.
"It started at the beginning of the school year. That's when-"
"You were possesed?" I looked at her coldly.
"If you want to hear the truth, don't interrupt."
She fell back into her chair.
"That's when I saw this new kid at my school. He loved animals. He was the latchkey kid, and he'd just transfered over from the country. Everyone said that he walked home alone, every day. Miles away.
"It was the end of the school year when we were all lost in the roses that I finally decided to follow the transfer kid. I had a crush on him, so it was kinda like stalking."
"Miss Nemanon, we did not come to hear-"
"Didn't you hear what I just said? I am trying to give you the full story."
"We don't need it, only-"
"Actually, you will if you want to understand, or you can just shoot me right here."
Silence.
"Well? It wasn't a problem when you all showed up and shot me without warning, or are you too scared?"
...
"Fine then.
"I followed him, past his home, past a river, past a tree grove, past a candy shop, where he bought an ice popsicle. He didn't eat it. Eventually, he walked up to this vacant lot overlooking the town, and I was nearby.
"Then he threw the popsicle over the ravine that was by the edge of the lot. For a moment, I thought he was testing how far down the ravine was, but I was confused. It was this flicker that made me look down.
"The ice cream disappeared into this giant maw, and I, as the idiot I am, stuffed my fist in my mouth to stop myself from screaming, bloodied my knuckles, and whined.
"He turned around, saw me, just as it came up from behind him. To be honest, it was smaller, way smaller, then. About as big as me. He called out to me, telling me to keep the entire event a secret.
"For a moment, I was worried.
"What if I ran? It might follow me. What if I stayed? I was just easier to catch. If it tailed me, the secret would be out anyways. But then, I realised; why would he throw his ice cream to a monster he didn't know was there? He must have been here before.
"So, to me, it was like he was my safeguard.
"And I accepted.
"For the whole summer, we just talked and talked endlessly, and at one point, we knew just about everything about one another.
"It was the final day of summer vacation that it happened.
"We were sitting in the grass, it was around four or five. Both of us were tired, happy, and sleepy.
"It kept staring at Piko, who was the transfer student. It had this bright, blue eye that was just so striking. At that moment, it was all silent.
"Then, it pounced, threw Piko into the air...
"...and swallowed him like he'd been an ice cream."
A round of gasps ran through the crowd, inclusing Piko's mother, Miriam, who swooned.
She was aroused moments later, but she still looked sickened.
I still felt that blank period of shock and loss.
Still.
"I just felt... like I was in this world of dark blankness, and I think I'd passed out. I thought that something in my heart had died with him. I just felt at a loss, a blank nothingness, like someone with depression.
"Then, I came around, to hear someone laughing. Someone who had just called my name.
"Someone who I knew very well.
"I looked up to see it looming over me, laughing, with its hand extend out to me.
"I got this nostalgia, and I remembered everything from the past few months.
"I was not believing what I saw, because I thought I had gone mad.
"But then, it happened again, these memories, and...
"I realised who it was.
"Instantly.
"I asked if it was him, and he said yes.
"Miracles can happen, albeit in odd manners.
"But the fact that it'd happened to me, of all people...
"...and Piko."
Again, Miriam swooned, but it was not a faint- she was shaky, but still awake.
"It was something amazing. I was so far in love, unwilling to feel that blankness again, that I didn't care about the fact that he was in a different form.
"Everyone changes their face, their hair, over time...
"So why would an appearance matter to me when my crush was still alive?
"And... then, we went to the school.
"Everyone ran. I couldn't understand why...until I saw the military, and got scared.
"Then, I got shot.
"To him, it was like his friend had gotten hurt for no reason. It was like bullying.
"So, he decieded to defend me.
"When he was finally taken away from me..
"I wondered what gave you lot the damn right to do it.
"In my mind, that was the end of it all.
"And, just to let you know..."
I revealed my wounds again, to gasps.
"..the wounds that you put on him are mirrored on me.
"So, kill us if you want, lock us up...
"...but just keep in mind that if you try to hurt only him, you'll end up hurting me too."
Silence.
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