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Author Note: Sorry for the interruption but my computer died then I got the flu and all is well again. Let's murder some more of the cast. However film noir Aki. Shall we
Meltdown
I had left Crow shortly after he got the call from Brave about his accident and his friend. In hindsight it was probably a mistake to leave the grieving man behind with another but I had, have, bigger issues to pursue in the form of a familiar man with a familiar face and an unfamiliar accomplice. And I had Carly. Oh Carly.
Divine had escaped from his comfortable cell in prison today. He's also the one responsible for the death of Brave's friend and the injury of the other. He's also indirectly responsible for the explosion in town centre which according to the news has killed dozens. As per usual he is making his entrance as overly dramatic as he possibly can as if to say 'Hello Aki I am here. Have you missed me?' The fact that I had only briefly missed him is bound to aggravate the issue.
He has an unfamiliar accomplice as I may have mentioned before. Therefore her name eludes me. However he has been calling her S.P.W which must be her initials. This poor girl has no idea what kind of trouble she's gotten herself into. If she doesn't yield her life will most likely end. As mine had. I no longer have any drive, any point, and thus I paint on a cheerful disposition and and maximize the moisture in my eyes until they're perfectly wet and I am sympathetic and normal. That's how people behave right? They are happy and sad on the outside while on the inside they're burning with a fury that can not be contained and can not hold and is tearing them APART! I have learnt it to be so. Even the calmest and cruelest of people are crying and screaming on the inside of their foolish and meaningless chests. Even Yuusei did, even Godwin did and sure as hell, which I know very well thank you, Divine does. He hides it very well. He hides it so much that you'd think it was just smugness but no. Everyone burns inside. That is the third greatest lesson.
As I was saying before the distraction of perverted and meaningless ramblings of a suicidal teenage girl. Yes. I had matters of which we of greater importance to me. Mainly Divine and Carly, mainly Carly. You see Carly is not in a very good state of mind due to the untimely death of her no-longer lover and heading straight in her unwell direction is the man that killed her and has actually been rumored to be responsible for Jack's death. As you can see Carly is my biggest concern. As much as I loathe the man lies I can not bear to see him die in this manner. She is not well and he has never been well and this just can not happen it is too much to bear. I refuse to let it happen.
Now you see Carly is actually waiting for him; for the scoop you see. She is waiting with some members of Security due to the fact that Kazama had let him run by in an attempt to assure the survival of Brave and his friends, a valiant effort though it was all in vain. She's bound to lose it if she actually sees him. And that would be a shame. Because I've already lost him too many times, can't you see that? They still don't accept me. They hate me. They wish to be rid of me and I am still scared! And I am still burning inside and he is the only thing I have known. It would be a shame because he knows so much about psychics and our abilities. Imagine losing that knowledge. It would set us back a bit.
And thus I walked there. My D-Wheel was not in great order and I left it at the garage. I hope it will be there when I get back as all the terror in the city has caused riots and what not to break out among the area. And people have died in them and people are still dying. But right now, it's of no concern to me! Too loud again. Too much noise.
And now we are at the current point in time after much distraction by my thoughts and ramblings. Here we are Black Fairy Dragon. All is well for once but not for long as I can feel his presence I am afraid. Carly seems like she's alright, absorbed in her photography, it's as if... he never even...
"Hello Aki. Did you miss me? You've seemed to have made some friends. That's okay, a girl your age needs friends." A familiar smirking voice that must be burning up inside calls out.
And look and see his face is twisted in a smirk and it is offensive to my eyes and thus I speak up.
"Divine you won't pass!" I cry with my moments carefully planned; normal people emote like this.
I'm normal. I'm very normal.
"Aki, that's no way to greet an old friend." He tsks. "You'd think, well you'd think, you aren't happy to see me. Oh well. Would you kindly move Aki? I have some business to attend to on a different continent."
"I can't do that! For the sake of the people you've harmed!" I saturate my voice with emotion, so much that it can't even be bared.
"Aki, Aki, you've fallen so much but alright let's listen to your sorry pleas. Oh that's enough already. Okay. Now S.P.W help me get past her!" He cries with the smugness in his voice still, I hope he's still burning inside.
A flash of light appears actually. She's a card, a spirit partner. Amazing. Divine having a spirit partner as those in the books long ago did. However this spirit partner must be Serene Psychic Witch and she's very dangerous. The moments where I wish it was Esper Girl.
"Fight for me." Divine pouts before grinning again.
He looks as if he's gone mad. His face keeps moving in exaggerated positions and the pitch and tone of his voice and fluctuating greatly. What happened between the period he crashed that van and now? As far as I can tell only a long and hard talk with himself could have caused this kind of change in such a short timespan. We're all changing because of this. We really ought to stop talking to ourselves then. It'd solve so many problems, no more talking, just feeling, just burning. It's soothing.
"Yes Sir." The monster nods.
She looks me directly in the eyes and even she is burning up inside we prepare to duel.
"Uh uh Aki, I know how these things work!" Divine laughs with the playfulness of a child however his demeanor shifts to what must show his true state. "SO WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT!"
I jumped at it I admit. It was very loud and shrill and bitter for someone that was my hero and my saviour just a few years ago. He must be burning up a firestorm in there.
"Oh no Aki, we won't be DUELING, it will be a good old regular fight to the death." Divine laughs again, a laugh that is arguably familiar, it reminds me of Kiryu's.
It reminds me of Kiryu's very much. Clearly he's gone mad. I wonder what he told himself. The truth in the end. The truth is the only thing that makes men go mad in the end.
"However I am dearly troubled by the fact that SPW has the advantage, why with her inability to actually die and her innate abilities ones that you LACK." He screams again, jittering me out of my stupor.
"A fight to the death?" Carly mutters.
"Last chance to MOVE! Oh and Security, you dumbasses, I've acquired some more cards since you've last seen me. So prepare yourselves for Ultimate Axon Kicker and Magical Android! Destroy them, all of them, spare no one! Ahaha." Divine laughs once more.
The cards show themselves and I have to admit they are both terrifying in their own ways. Ultimate Axon Kicker with it's girth and threatening behavior and Magical Android with her regal poise and yet her deadly gaze.
"You know if you open this heart I've heard about suddenly monsters, well monsters call out to you. Isn't it prove that I'm not a demon if they open themselves to me so easily? Isn't that proof?" He screams to no one in particular. "Now you fight! Fight until you can't take anymore, fight until you collapse, or move perhaps."
"I won't move, Yuusei would disprove!" I cry out.
Divine scoffs and SPW takes her staff and begins her attacks.
I dodge them easily. It's clear she isn't really as fond as murdering everyone as her companions. Divine has focused himself on babbling to no one in particular. Ultimate Axon Kicker and Magical Android have already annihilated Security. A shame and a loss. I'll mourn them later. Carly however is gone, neither dead nor living as far as I can see.
"Would you mind dying very much?" SPW asks with an honestly serene voice.
"I would very much!" I cry with so much emotion.
Emotion is a mark of normality and I am very normal. Yuusei said.
"But why? All your friends are there." She states.
That causes me to stop and a blow lands, granted a weak one but it stuns me and my fingers feel very cold. I am burning inside. I am burning for Yuusei and I am burning for Divine because oh god do I hate them so much and I admit, I admit, I ADMIT that in all fairness I have... I have I want to see Yuusei again. I'm burning up inside.
"They'll be glad to see you." She mumbles. "Maybe you'll get a kiss from a special someone."
Another blow. My fingers, I can't even feel them.
"I am not, I am not, I am not, I had good intent, I had fair intent, where did it go wrong?!" Divine screeches to no one it seems.
I am burning up inside with all the anger I have ever felt. And I know nothing truly of love but I admit, I admit, I ADMIT that in all fairness I have... I have... I want to... I have loved them both... with all... my heart.
Author Note: Cliffhanger! Also Divine's chapter was filler you see so surprise surprise he actually has two. Sorry about that but I need to explain more crap. But I after this block of three comes Kiryu's chapter so I hope you can forgive me.