Chapter 22 the final showdown
"Welcome my lovely fiancee how are you honey?" Seiya asked as Miyu walked into his peripheral vision. The place was moist and air was colder in this basement of a construction site which was completely obscured from the outside world, a perfect place to kill someone and leave their body to rot no one was likely to walk upon till the rotting smell will be carried outside.
"Nice place"
"It'll look nicer when I'm done"
"Where's Aya?"
"Always in a hurry Miyu, don't worry she is alive, still breathing"he said clearly enjoying the fact how much she was hurting for her friend. She looked around and surprisingly there was no one apart from his assassin comrade that is Mikan who was standing still on his right her gaze scanning Miyu just like when they had first met. She momentarily wondered if this time she'll have enough time to bandage her, no not likely. This time they'll finish what Miyu had started back then, this time she is going to turn up dead but at least she's going to make sure Aya comes out alive and she takes Seiya with her.
"Let Aya go, you wanted me here I am, lether go. She's pregnant for god sake."
"That's exactly the reason why I took her in the first place, singlearrow two birds kind of thing"Her blood boiled as he smiled at her and her jaw tightened.
"I can't tell you how much I am going to enjoy torturing you. You slut, you whore how dare you share what is rightfully mine with anyone?"
"You still think I'm yours? How pathetic, I pity you Seiya"
He took a step forward in anger but she didn't back up, no need to appear weak in front of your enemy.
"You really thought I would spend my whole life with you after what you did to me, I really do pity you"
"All I ever wanted was to have a life with you but you kept running away from me but not anymore I am going to finish this now"
"Do you really think you can?"
"Look at you, aren't you scared? After all you're going to die here"
"What makes you so sure that I will?"
"I really do like your confidence"
"Enough with this stupid talk, tell me where is Aya?"
"Not so soon sweetheart, I still have a loton my mind, oh the things that I want to do to you but first I am going to kill your best friend in front of your eyes, can't wait to see your pain"and he waved his hand and a tall strong built guy dressed like The Matrix style dragged Aya into the basement. Hands flew in the air in split seconds as everyone drew out their weapons. Two guns were trained at Miyu, Seiya's and Mikan's while her gun pointed at Seiya.
"A scratch on my friend and I am going to shoot you"
"You might've grown up but you're too righteous to shoot anyone"Seiya said.
"You'll be surprised by what I can do"
"No doubt so how about we cut a deal I'll let your friend go and you drop the gun"
"You think I'm gonna trust you"
"Sorry Miyu but you really are in no place to bargain so how about this, drop your gun or your friend goes down and so will you even if you shoot me"
Trying to think a way out she kept her gun trained at Seiya. There was no way out and she thought at least others were safe and she prepared herself for the inevitable. As she slowly started to bend down to drop the gun down a shot rang and the guy holding Aya dropped down dead.
"What the f…"
"Hold still" Mikan trained her gun at Seiya's temple and snatched the gun out of his hand as Miyu rose back to her full height training her gun at Seiya again.
He looked horrified and for the first time in her life Miyu was glad at the registered horror on that face.
"Impossible"
"Nah, did you really think you would get away, you're not invincible Seiya"she said as she smiled at Mikan who returned her smile.
"Oh she's an undercover agent and she's been gathering evidences against all your illegal activities right from the start. You thought she was your right hand too bad she's someone else's hand. You know you'll be surprised to know that you're on the radar of every intelligence agency on this planet; Japanese Intelligence Agency, CIA, MI 6, RAW in short you've topped the hit list of Interpol right from the start"
"I have been working with the governments and I have been very accommodating to keep myself off radar"
"That's because that's what we wanted you to think, that you were free, 'invincible' as you said but too bad that your allegiance was with the wrong kind of people, two-faced just like you accepting your generous pay offs and tipping you off to Interpol at the same time"
"We?"
"Oh that means she's an agent too, you messed with the wrong person this time"Mikan said strengthening her hold on him.
"Impossible, I've been tracking you since you went off to America for the first time I know exactly what you did and where you were, except for that one year when you…"
"When I wentinvisible after high school…guess you know now. I've been trained since I was 16. Why do you think I came to Japan? Not because my father was transferred here but because you took up the post of Housho Saionji's legal adviser. I came here because of you I was here to track your activities but you really took up your time to reveal yourself. You didn't come forward till months I guess you were waiting for me to hook up with Kanata Saionji...I think you guesses that it was inevitable"she enjoyed every bit of the look he gave her, shock, terror and then he smiled. She frowned.
"You thinkI wasn't prepared for this, oh Miyu how many times I've told you I am invincible and that holds true even now" that's when another short rang and Mikan dropped on the floor crying in pain.
"No" Miyu started towards her, she was her colleague her mentor. She couldn't lose her no way.
"Stay where you are" shouted Seiya and took out his hand from his his coat revealing another gun "I never trust anyone so about those evidences they were all fake I knew there was an agent on the inside although i didn't know their identity" - "if you knew you would've killed her earlier" - "I let her believe that they were authentic so you've got nothing against me but I will give you this, I didn't know about you and as for her"he trained his gun at Mikan's writhing body.
"Drop the gun Seiya or I'll shoot you"
"You are too noble to harm anyone Miyu, it's so sad that you chose the wrong career path, you're not meant to shoot people down and I can bet this is your first case"
Damn straight he was right but no need for him to know that as they trained their guns at each other.
"Let's do this how about you let me leave and you get the chance to save your colleague and your friend, I say fair enough"
'Damn if those evidences were really not authentic then he was going to go invisible on everyone and her last chance to catch him will slip away but what about her friends' she cursed herself as she saw no other way.
"Miyu" Kanata's voice echoed as he appeared from the door she had come in.
"What the hell are you doing here I told you to secure everyone"
"They're all safe"
"Well, look who's here, you got death wish pretty boy"
"That's true for you ass hole, I recorded everything and I've sent them to the police they'll be here in seconds"
Now Seiya really did panic as he shifted his target to Kanata instead.
"You let me go or I'll shoot your boy"
Miyu couldn't stand the it anymore as the anger that rocked her was too great, the feeling of being hopeless not being able to do anything was too much and losing everything was far too much "you bastard, you killed my parents I know you did, you shot my mentor I don't know if she'll live, you tortured my best friend, you forced me to keep my innocent little brother into hiding and now you're threatening me you'll kill the only guy I've ever loved. You ruined my whole life and you're still trying to do more damage, you piece of crap"
She didn't remember when she pressed the trigger but she did and the bullet went flying and hit his right hand that was holding the gun and another bullet went to his leg incapacitating him as she vaguely heard Kanata shouting while she trained her gun right over his heart.
Seiya looked at her in pure horror the look in her eyes was not of a girl who had been unable to free herself from his clutches all those years ago but of someone who had lost too much and now she was going to avenge everything and was capable of doing some serious damage. He realised he was going to die, he knew she'll shoot him as he closed his eyes to except his fate.
"Miyu don't, don't kill him. He deserves to die but not on your conscience please Miyu don't shoot. Police will be here in no time, call your agents inform them instead please Miyu" Kanata shouted praying that she would listen but he doubted that she would after all she didn't look like she was listening at all. She looked so livid and he thought with horror that she was going to kill the guy if those officers didn't get here on time.
She couldn't reason herself out of this, she wanted to kill him and avenge everything, her parents deaths, her lost childhood, her separation from her best friends and every other misery he had brought into her life but Kanata was right he was better off executed legally than dead at her hands. If those police officers don't arrive soon and if he tried to be over smart she will shoot him down.
"Call the ambulance we need to take them to hospital"
"I already did, you going to make any calls, here" he passed her a phone.
Keeping her gun trained at Seiya she called her people.
"Hello yeah, I have him and Mikan was shot, I don't know if she is going to make it or not. No it was all sudden I didn'thavetime to inform anyone. Sent the backup ASAP"
She waited for the backup to arrive and after almost an eternity it did, she had cuffed his hands and legs together and as they took off with Seiya she knew she had done the right thing by not shooting the guy. If she had then she would have stooped down to his level and she had things to do anyway. First up was to confirm that Mikan was going to make it and then she had to take care of Aya as well.
Finally it was all over and she thought at the irony of the situation. It was pure luck that she had been approached for this case. Although it really was her first case and she had not known then that she would be given this case specifically guess destiny had wanted her to avenge what he had done. Although she had lost her parents along the way but at least she had made the arrest and somehow she hoped her parents would be happy where ever they were, she prayed that they were finally at peace.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes"
"But why all of sudden"
"The only good that came out of all this was that he was right, I was ready to let him go when he had given me the choice and if it had not been for Kanata I would have done exactly as Seiya had asked me to do. I would have let him go because I didn't want to lose Mikan and I didn't know if Aya was okay or if her baby was okay, I wasn't ready to lose yet another person I care for, I'm not the right person for this job…this job is not for me"
"You're wrong, you made the right call, you didn't shoot him and that was the right thing to do"
"You don't get it, I would've killed him if Kanata had not insisted, if he had not interfered I would have roasted that guy with bullets, you don't know how much I wanted to kill that man"
"But this case was personal for you. You lost your parents and he told us everything about him and you so I know and I understand the urge to kill"
She simply stared at her boss who had trained her to be an agent. She had learned so much but she knew this wasn't the job for her guess he knew too as he shook his head.
"Okay I get it, I can't force you to stay but I can tell you that you were among the best agents who walked out of this academy and it is a great loss for our force that you're resigning. It was nice working with you agent"he stood up and shook hands with her. She gave him a nod and walked out heading straight to her apartment.
She had packed everything and now all that was left was to await for the sunrise when she'll board the flight back to New York, back to her brother and her older life. At least she'll be able to take care of her little brother properly no more hiding. She's going to miss her friends. She knew she wouldn't be able to walk away from them for second time so she had not told anyone about this. As she sat in her living room sipping her coffee thinking about Mikan and Aya, they were both alright and the baby was fine too, the doorbell rand and she looked at the clock. 11 PM who could it be she thought as she rose and walked over to the door. She froze to her place as she saw roses, lots of roses of every colour at her doorstep and she looked around. When she didn't see anyone she bent down and picked up the card.
'Why do I keep running from the truth?
All I ever think about is you
You got me hypnotised so mesmerised
And I just got to know
Do you ever think?
When you're all alone
All that we could be
Where this thing could go
Am I crazy or falling in love?
Is it real or just another crush
Do you catch your breath?
When I look at you
Are you holding back?
Like the way I do
Cause I'm trying to walk away
But I know this crush ain't going away'
You're the only one I've ever loved and you'll always be the only one for me. If I ask you to stay will you stay because
'I don't want another pretty face
I don't want just anyone to hold
I don't want my love to go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul
You're the one I wanna chase
You're the one I wanna hold
I won't let another minute go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul'
As Miyu read the card tears started to run down her cheeks and she looked up to find Kanata standing in front of her.
"So will you stay?"he asked and when she didn't reply he asked her again.
"Okay stay for your best friends"No reply.
"No, okay stay for Aya's child, you're the god mother after all and you cannot abandon your future god child"
"No, fine stay for…Mizuki?" he asked and Miyu laughed despite of the fact that she was crying so hard. He smiled and then took a step towards her.
"You don't know how glad I am that you didn't nod your head, so will you stay…for me"he looked so…handsome like always but what made him look better was that his love for her was shining on his face his eyes telling her everything she needed to know and she nodded ever so lightly. He blinked again and she blushed as he realised she was staying.
"Oh god Miyu…" he kissed her and then touched his forehead to hers as if connecting their souls.
"Now will you marry me Miyu?" when she didn't reply he looked at her.
"Come on there's no reason to say no and you don't love anyone else then what is the prob…" she didn't let him complete as she kissed his mouth shut.
"Yes, you idiot. God save me from mood swings but I'll marry you"she smiled at him and he kissed her again and all her friends decided to get out of their hiding place and started to clap. Nanami was hooting as they cheered for the happy couple.
SO tell me how was it finally? i know the story was a bit rushed...i was scared of running out of ideas and i had a complete different ending (a very sad ending with someone dying and all that on my mind) but i am a sucker for happy endings so i decided to go with the classic happily ever after...i really hope you like this story...it is a very special one not just because it's my first but also because part of the story is true that is if you leave out the dramatics...a lot of it is true...I know I rushed this a lot i wanted to add a couple of more chapters but i felt lazy i think...anyway...i hope i didn't disappoint you...thanks a lot for reading and i really hope i'll be able to write more...until then keep reading and keep smiling...thanks a lot!