A/N: And welcome back to the Call For Blood! Sorry I went AWOL for a bit there, I got a bit too wrapped up in the Higurashi fanfic I'm writing, which I've called When the Brothers Cry, so look forward to that. Anyways, enjoy the final chapter of Another: The Call For Blood: Epilogue!
Chapter 12- Epilogue
1 Year later…
"You…traitorous bastard!" The Architect coughed out, as he lay dying from his wounds. Kneeling down, Adam said, "Nah, the Assassins betrayed me, and the Templars betrayed my partner. So, we went on a crusade against both organisations. And, judging by the fact that the Mentor and Grandmaster are dead, even after teaming up to stop us, and all their officers are dead except you, I'd say it went pretty well.", before he looked to Anna, who was pouring a line of gasoline through the base, along with a couple more soldiers they had recruited. "The Assassins are broken. The people have nobody to protect them." The Architect breathed, before Adam nodded, and pressed his hand on the wound, making his victim wince in pain. "Yeah? Well, I don't care. Thanks to the Assassins, good people died in Japan. Innocent people." He said, before standing up. Looking up at him, the Architect burst into laughter. Scowling, Adam straightened back up, and nodded towards Anna and their men, who took the cue and left. As Adam went to follow Anna out, he heard the Architect say, "You know, it's funny how good, innocent people tend to die around you!", making Adam stop, and hold a hand out to Anna, who passed him a matchbox. Lighting a match, Adam turned back to the Architect, "Kiss my ass, Puto." He said, before dropping the match into the gasoline trail, which immediately ignited, heading towards some explosive barrels. Looking back towards the entrance, the Architect yelled in anger, just as the barrels exploded, absolutely obliterating the base, along with everyone inside.
As the authorities gathered to investigate the burning base, Adam and Anna overlooked the scene from a nearby hill, hidden from view. "So, we're done." Adam said, before Anna nodded. "Can't believe it myself. The Assassins and Templars in Scotland, wiped out in less than a year." She said, before Adam smiled and clasped her shoulder. "Well, it certainly wasn't easy, but we did it." He said, before Anna smiled. "What will you be doing now?" she asked, before Adam smiled. "I've got unfinished business in Yomiyama." He said quietly, before Anna nodded. "What about you?" he asked, before Anna shrugged. "I seem to have developed enjoyment for what we've been doing." She said, before Adam furrowed his eyebrows. "Hunting Assassins and Templars?" he asked, before Anna nodded. "I'm thinking of becoming the Director of a third faction, which poses as a security force, but whose real goal is to kill Assassins and Templars." She said, before Adam smiled. "Well, I can say I helped found it, but I'm retiring from this kind of work. I'm done fighting." He said, before Anna nodded. "The only problem is I have no idea what to call it." She said, before Adam scratched the beard he had grown in the last year. "The Militia?" he offered, before Anna nodded. "I like it." She said, before extending a hand. "Well, I wish you luck with your endeavours in Yomiyama, Adam." She continued, before Adam shook her hand. "And the same to you…Director. Am I right in assuming this is the last we'll be seeing of each other?" he asked, before Anna nodded. "Yeah, it's safe to assume that. Now get going." She replied, before Adam nodded, and started walking away, turning back only once to give Anna a salute, which she returned.
1 week later…
Disembarking at the airport, Adam called a taxi, and waited for it to arrive. When it eventually did, he climbed in the back, and asked, "Can you drop me off at the hill outside Yomiyama City?", receiving a weird look from the driver. "Why not in the city itself?" he asked, before Adam smiled. "I want to walk into the city, experience a bit of the countryside." He said, before the driver nodded. "Fair enough." They said, before starting the engine, eventually pulling up outside the city. After Adam got out the taxi, he rustled in his wallet for a second, before passing a couple notes to the driver. "Keep the change." He said, making the driver smile and nod, before they drove off. "Well, well, well…" Adam sighed, turning to look at Yomiyama. "Long time, no see." He finished, before starting towards the city.
Entering the city, Adam went straight for the café he used to frequent, and took a seat at the bar. After waiting for a minute, a bartender came up to him, and Adam recognised her as Mochizuki's half-sister. "What can I get you, sir?" she asked, before Adam said, "Just a beer." Nodding, the woman asked for his identification. Nodding, Adam pulled out a card, and passed it to her. Handing it back to him, the woman collected a bottle, before uncapping the top, and passing it to him. As Adam took a swig, she went to ask him something, but she was cut off by the door opening. "Teshigawara, this is your last warning. Don't start something tonight. I don't care if my brother and Kazami are here." She called out, before a grunt from behind Adam occurred, and the sound of chairs being pulled out were heard. "You were going to ask me something?" Adam asked the bartender, who nodded. "Forgive me, but have we met? You seem familiar to me." she asked, before Adam smirked. "That depends…" he said, before jerking his head over to where Teshigawara was sitting. "He cause trouble often?" he asked, before the woman sighed. "No, he just gets into fights with another guy and his friends. Teshigawara's usually a kind guy, but he's in the middle of recovering from rough times last year." She said, before Adam sat up a bit straighter. "What happened?" he asked, before the woman looked at him. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you." She said, before Adam smirked. "Try me." He said, before the woman nodded. "Class 3-3 at the school. Once a month, each year, someone connected to the class dies, be it a student, teacher, their parents or grandparents. This curse has been called the Calamity." She said, making Adam nod in understanding, even though he already knew all of this. "And let me guess, Teshigawara was in that class last year." He said, before the woman nodded. "A lot of people died last year, and a lot more would have, if their class didn't have a saving grace." She said, before Adam raised an eyebrow. "Which was?" he asked, before the woman leant in to whisper to him. "A student who was…let's just say, a bit more than ordinary." She said, before Adam nodded. "In what way?" he asked, before the woman smiled. "He was a killer. Had been for years. Actually belted out his identity in front of the whole class, just to stop a large class argument. They managed to find a way to stop the Calamity prematurely, and a week or so later, he disappeared. Been AWOL ever since." She explained, before Adam sighed, and decided to come clean.
"It's true. I have been…distant, haven't I?" he asked, looking over to Teshigawara. "I knew it was you. I never forget a face." Mochizuki's sister said, before Adam looked towards her. "You gonna turn me in?" he asked, before the woman shook her head. "You had a part in saving my brother's life. You're secret's safe with me." She said, quietly, making Adam smile, before he saw a group of men walk over to Teshigawara. "They the ones causing trouble?" he asked, before Mochizuki's sister nodded. Looking back to the group, Adam saw that they were clearly antagonising Teshigawara and his two friends. Emptying the rest of his bottle, Adam went to stand up, but the bartender grabbed his arm. "Don't get involved." She said, before Adam smiled and pulled her hand off. "I'm going to finish it." He said, before walking over. Tapping the leader of the hostile group on the shoulder, he said, "Hey, mate, your guy there seems to have had enough. How about you leave him be?", causing the man to spin and try and punch him, but Adam dodged the punch. "Beat it, asshole." The man said, making Adam scowl. "I'm going to have to ask you not to call me that." He said, before the man grinned. "What, asshole?" he asked, before Adam leaned in towards him. "Call me an asshole, one more time." He warned, before the man smirked. "Ass…" he started, before Adam moved in a flash, and decked the man. As he struggled to his feet, the man's friends glared at Adam, who simply smirked and said, "Whatever you guys are thinking, rethink it." After a few seconds of silence, one of the men ran at Adam, but Teshigawara speared him to the floor, with Kazami and Mochizuki being engaged in a melee with another two. After a few minutes, Adam and his three companions were standing round the man's gang, who were all groaning on the ground, clutching their sides.
Looking over to Teshigawara, who had fell to the floor to regain his breath, Adam grabbed the leader of the group by the shoulder, and pulled him up, slamming him into the wall. "Look, punk, I don't care who you are, but if you come anywhere near this bar, or Teshigawara and his friends again, I'll make what happened here look like child's play. Got it?" he said, before the man nodded. "Good boy, now get lost." He said, before flinging the man to the floor. Scrambling to his feet, the man got his companions up, before they all ran out of the café. Turning to Teshigawara, Adam extended a hand. When Teshigawara took it, Adam asked, "Never could keep yourself out of trouble, eh, Teshigawara?" he asked the boy, who looked at him in confusion. "Do I know you?" the boy asked, before Adam spread his arms. "I've only been gone a year, and you've already forgotten me?" he asked, before Teshigawara's eyes widened. "Adam?" he asked, before the former Assassin nodded. "Good to see you, old friend." He said, embracing Teshigawara, before shaking Mochizuki's hand. "Good to have you back, Adam." Mochizuki said, before Adam smiled. "It's good to be back, Mochizuki." He said, before his gaze went to Kazami. "Kazami." He said bluntly, as he still had a bit of a chip on his shoulder from when Kazami tried to kill him at the inn. "Robertson." Kazami returned the gesture, before shaking Adam's hand briefly. "Thought you were back in Scotland, Adam." Teshigawara said, before Adam nodded. "Took less time to settle my score than Anna and I thought." He replied, before he looked to his watch. "I need to get going. Tell you what…" he said, putting his hand in his pocket, and withdrawing a notepad and a pen. "Give me a call sometime." He ordered, tearing off a piece of paper and passing it to Teshigawara. Nodding, Teshigawara asked, "Do Yukari and Yumi know you're back?", before Adam scowled and shook his head. "Not yet. And I want to be the one to tell them." He said, before Teshigawara nodded. "You've got our word." He said, before Adam bowed his head. "See you three around." He said, before the three nodded and allowed him to take his leave.
After exiting the café, Adam pulled up his hoodie, which he had adopted as part of his style over the past year, and started to walk through the town, and came to a park near his old residence. Completely avoiding the park itself while pulling down his hood, he climbed a tree beside it, and situated himself in the branches, where he blended in with the darkness in the top, and he slowly drifted off to sleep. Waking up an hour or so later, he heard the sounds of two people walking. Making sure he was fully blended in, Adam heard one voice, which he recognised, say, "Yukari, I know you're holding onto this hope, but we need to move on. He knew he wasn't coming back, so he made us a false promise.", before the second replied, "I know, Yumi, but I promised that I would wait for him, and I'm going to keep that promise." His eyes widening at the second voice, Adam sat up a bit straighter. As he watched, he saw his two former roommates enter the park and sit down on the swings. Getting an idea, he pulled his hood up, then plunged his hand into the pocket in the inside of his jacket.
"Yumi, you know he's a man of his word." Yukari said, before Yumi sighed. "I know. It's part of the reason I fell in love with him. And I know it's why you did as well." She said, before looking at her arm, where Adam's old Hidden Blade was still situated. "You ever took it off?" Yukari asked, showing her own arm, the Blade still secured to it. "No. I can't bring myself to." She said, before Yukari smiled. "You don't want to lose him." She said, before Yumi nodded. As she went to reply, the two jumped when a knife embedded itself into the frame of the swings. "What the fuck?" Yumi breathed out, before they turned round when they saw a hooded figure drop from the trees, and land next to them. Walking over, the figure yanked the knife out of the frame, before putting it back inside his jacket. "Well, you two certainly haven't changed. Most people would have run." He said, before Yukari's eyes narrowed. "It can't be…" she said, before turning to Yumi. "Only one person can throw a knife that well, and knows our names." Yumi said, before Yukari turned back to the figure, who smirked and lowered his hood.
"Hey you two. Long time, no see." Adam said, before Yukari stood up. "Adam?" she asked, before the man nodded. "Hey, Yukari. Miss me?" he said, before Yukari ran forward and embraced him. "A year. You were gone a year!" she said, before Adam smiled and nodded. "Yeah, I was. But I'm back now. I have a promise to keep, after all." He said, making the girls' hands fly to their wrists, but he held up a hand. "Not what I'm talking about." He said, before Yukari's eyes widened. "You mean…" she said, before Adam nodded. "Yeah, that's what I'm talking about." He said, before Yukari pulled him close, and kissed him. After they broke apart, Adam breathed out, "I've been waiting a year to do that.", before he looked to Yumi, who was looking at the ground. "C'mere." He said, holding out his arms, before Yumi started slowly walking towards him. At the last moment, she ran up and hugged him. "It's good to see you, Yumi." He said, before the girl replied, "You too." After a few moments, Adam broke away from her.
"When did you get back, Adam?" Yukari asked, causing Adam to look at his watch. "About, 3 hours ago." He said, before the girls smiled. "So, you and Anna…settle your scores?" Yumi asked, making Adam smile and nod. "Yeah, we did." He replied, before he looked between the two of them. "One question: How's my house?" he asked, before the girls smirked. "It's good. We've been keeping it in order for you, as we promised." Yumi said, making Adam smile. "Show me." He said, before the girls nodded. "Sure, let's go." Yukari said, before they left the park, with Adam pulling his hood back up. After walking for a few minutes, they reached the old house.
"Ready?" Yukari asked, before Adam sighed and held up his key. "Always." He replied, before unlocking the door, and pushing it open. "Home sweet home." He said, looking round the house, which looked exactly the same as a year ago. "Your bike's still in the garage." Yumi said, making Adam turn to the two girls. "Thanks, you two. I owe you a lot." He said, causing the girls to smile. "Well, you can start paying it back." Yumi said, making Adam turn to her. "I need to get going, but you two have some catching up to do." She said, before pushing Yukari over to him, and closing the door behind her. "She's right." Yukari said, before kissing Adam again…
The Next Day…
"Alright, you two, where's this surprise you mentioned?" Izumi asked, as Takako, Misaki, Kouichi and herself followed Yukari and Yumi into the café. "Have a look over there." Yukari said, jerking her head towards a table at the back at the room. Looking over, the former Head of Countermeasures and her friends saw Adam sitting there, beard and all, clasping a cup of coffee. "No way." Izumi said, before Yumi smiled. "Yep. He's back." He said, before the two smiled, and all six of them walked over. "Welcome back, Adam." Izumi said, after sitting down. Smiling, Adam replied, "Thanks, Izumi. Good to see you all are doing good.", making his friends smile. "So, what have you all been up to the past year?" he asked, before they all recalled their experiences over the past year…
"Well, as fun as this has been, I gotta get going." Adam said, after about an hour had passed. "Where you going?" Izumi asked, before Adam smirked. "I need to get used to this town again, so I'm going for a ride." He said, before Misaki stood. "I need to get back to the shop. Some things I need to get. Could I trouble you for a lift?" she asked, before Adam nodded. "Yeah, that's fine with me. Just come out when you're ready." He replied, before exiting the café, with Misaki following closely behind him. Outside, Adam passed the eyepatched girl the spare helmet. "Ready?" he asked, before the girl nodded, and slid on the bike behind him. "Hold on tight." He said, before pushing the throttle, and tearing off down the street. After turning multiple corners, including the street where Yumi's house was (gladly having been rebuilt in the past year), they arrived at the doll shop, which still succeeded in creeping Adam the fuck out. "This place, no matter how many times I come here, always gives me the creeps!" he said, his eyes narrowing when he saw Misaki smirk. "Dolls tend to have that effect." She explained, before passing Adam back the helmet. "Thanks for the ride." She said, before Adam replied, "Anytime." "Well, I'll see you around, Misaki." He said, before tearing off down the street.
After driving around for a while, Adam pulled up outside his house. "Goddamn, it's good to be back." He said, as he parked his bike in the garage, and entered his home. After flopping onto his couch, he groaned. "I forgot, this couch makes my back feel like a fucking Jenga tower. But at this point, I couldn't care less." He thought, as he got himself into a more comfortable position. After a while of staring up at the ceiling, he heard the front door opening. Smiling, he pushed himself up off the couch, and greeted Yukari and Yumi as they walked in. "Hey, Adam. You get used to the town again?" Yumi asked, before Adam nodded. "Turns out, I never forgot. Took far less time to drive about than I thought it would." He said, before the girls nodded. "Well, what are your plans for now?" Yukari asked, before Adam shrugged. "Get a job, settle down. I never was good at planning." He said, before he smirked at the blush on Yukari's face. "Settle down, eh?" Yumi asked with a smirk. "Let me rephrase. I meant that I'd settle for a life unlike the one the Assassins thrust me into. It'll take time, but I need to move on." Adam said, holding up a hand. "Ahh, I see." Yumi said, before looking to Yukari, who was still blushing. "So, I'd better get started." Adam said, getting off the couch…
5 Years Later…
Sneaking up behind his target, Adam readied to lunge. Making sure he chose his steps carefully, he moved forward, holding his breath, before he leapt forward, wrapping his arms around the girl's waist. "Morning, honey." He said, before the girl smiled. "Morning, sweetie." Yukari replied, before turning round, and kissing Adam. "That you away to work?" She asked, before Adam nodded. "Yeah, the boss called me and Yumi in." he said, before Yukari nodded. "Alright, good luck." She said, before Adam smirked. "Thanks." He said, before he kissed her again. "I'll be sure to tell Yumi you said hi." He said, before Yukari nodded, and kissed him again. "Alright." She said, before Adam walked out of the house. Looking back at the plate of sandwiches she had been making, Yukari saw that one of them was missing. "You motherfucker!" she yelled, as she heard the front door close.
After shutting the front door, Adam ran down the path of his house, with the sandwich he had swiped in his hand. Vaulting his gate, he slid across the hood of his partner's car, and entered the passenger side door. "You're too childish." Yumi said, before Adam smirked. "What's the point in being grown-up, if you can't be childish sometimes?" he asked, before Yumi smirked. As she went to reply, Adam heard his phone go off. Answering the call, he asked, "Adam Robertson here. Hello?" "I understand you're the man to talk to about a certain group of individuals?" the voice on the other end asked, before Adam looked to Yumi. "What group of individuals would that be?" he asked, before putting the phone on speaker. "I'm speaking about the Assassins." His eyes widening, Adam looked to Yumi again, who nodded. "Alright…" he said, picking his phone back up…
"We're listening."
A/N: And that's a wrap! Sorry for the cliffhanger ending, it's just because I literally have no idea what else I can do here. I put that ending there as a possible segue into a sequel story, or, if you wish, you can come up with your own ideas on what happens. This story was just to show how Adam, as an Assassin, would deal with the Calamity. If you want a sequel, leave a review saying if you do or not. Anyways, thanks to all those who read all the chapters of Another: The Call For Blood. Madman out!