Joker X Love X Queen
Chapter 15
Scarlet is beyond excited, she had never felt so happy in her entire life wearing this long white wedding gown while looking out of the window staring at the nearby hospital next to the shore. A smile linger to her lips as the air from outside sway her short red locks.
Her eyes blazed with happiness and content that it scares her- KNOCK! Knock!
She gaps startled by the sudden sound, she hurriedly scoop the white long gown in her arms and scramble towards the door "W-wait a minute… Uh Who's there" She ask having a little bit of trouble with the dress, afraid to step on it or do anything to damage it
"Its me" a cold yet gentle voice said behind the door, Scarlet heart jump and a smile widen on her face ready to tear the door open but halted just a few inches when she remember something important
"Oh~ gosh Tezuka I can't…I can't open the door" she ran to her dresser making a few mess as she rattle
The guy behind the door raise an eyebrow "why not?" he ask ever so compose
Scarlet blush on her beliefs "I-I'm wearing the gown..and you know what they said about the groom seeing the bride with it before the wedding…its bad luck" she said behind the door trying to reach out the zipper on her back
The brown haired man chuckle, amaze by his soon to be bride's belief "You know that the elders just made that up to make sure the groom cry in the aisle right?"
"Cry?" Scarlet ask in a curious tone
Tezuka coolly lean over the door with amuse smile "Because they want the groom to be surprise on how beautiful their bride is in that white gown and how lucky he is to have her"
Scarlet cover her mouth with a blazing blush
"But you know…" Tezuka smirk "I already knew all of that"
Scarlet had enough and tear the door open, Tezuka is welcome by beautiful woman in a white gown, eyes teary as the sunset in the back reflected her beauty in his eyes.
Tezuka smile "Now I know…. Why the groom cries seeing their like this…"
Scarlet grab his doctor coat and pull him inside in a passionately long kiss.
Scarlet chuckle, the room is a mess and the gown is currently on the sofa while she's on the bed with Tezuka, naked beneath the sheet. "I can't believe we did this before the wedding, my mom will kill me" she giggle
"not before your dad kill me" Tezuka replied with the same smile and brush Scarlet's red hair and tuck it behind her ears "Did you already told them? About you know…"
Scarlet gave a soft smile "I did…they are absolutely in rejoice and…mom even cried, speaking of…are they still hospital with dad?"
Tezuka nodded "Yeah, you know your mom, just like you…she love the hospital so much, she love nursing it with your dad, they are happy spending their life saving lives…just like you and I, in the future"
Scarlet giggle "Yeah the only difference is…I'm no nurse like mom"
"Yeah… but you are my nurse at night" he flirt kissing her lips in process, Scarlet moan and slightly pull back
"Ohhh that's just a special treatment for the hospital new owner and Chief Doctor" Scarlet seduce licking his lips as they continue their kiss
"w-wait…what? Hospital owner?...Chief?" Tezuka ask in a serious tone
Scarlet blink and nodded "didn't Dad told you, he didn't assign me…he assign you to take care of the hospital and become the chief after him" Scarlet smile "After our wedding and honeymoon…Dad will retire and visit my older sister with Ging…we're going take care of the hospital, while Dad and mom go on a journey to see my Older sister, we'll have a family here, this will be our house….we'll help everyone in here…we'll have children and we'll live- mmm"
Tezuka didn't wait for any more of those words and kiss Scarlet passionately, caressing her in his arms. The kiss feel so right, full of love and happiness. Scarlet love it, Scarlet doesn't want it to end…it feels so right
They slowly pull back and look at each other's eyes "I love you Scarlet"
Scarlet eyes went teary "I love you too Tezuka…I love you so much" they kiss again, planning to do another round of love making when the telephone rang
They decided to ignore it for a few second but something is bothering Scarlet for a while
"Mmm…T-tezuka *pat* y-you better get it" Tezuka groan in protest, Scarlet giggle at this childish behavior and turn away from Tezuka to stop the temptation and received the phone
"Hello?"
"…." Scarlet brow furrowed, when she heard no sound in the other line
"Mom? Is everything alright?...Dad?" She ask….but there's still no answer, she look over her shoulder to look at Tezuka who's also has a same expression as her
Scarlet finally hang up the phone and stood up from the bed grabbing the sheets with her, she walk to the balcony. Tezuka following her behind, they look over the hospital
"That's odd, t-the hospital light's out" Scarlet said glancing over Tezuka who looks troubled "Tezuka? What's wrong"
Tezuka face slowly went pale as he continue to stare at the hospital as if he's seeing something she can't
"S-scarlet…I need to…Um, I think there's just a black out in the hospital, My brother Vener can fix this…I'll go…back to the hospital and help your dad" he said, slightly odd because few words seems unsure and it's the first time that Scarlet found Tezuka shutter
Scarlet watch Tezuka hurriedly went back inside and gather his clothes deep in thoughts, instantly Scarlet knew something is wrong "I'll come with you" Scarlet declared grabbing her own clothes
"NO!" Tezuka shouted, sharper than Scarlet expected, surprise at this she found herself stun by Tezuka pale face dripping with cold sweat
There's an tense silence….
"Tezuka, what's wrong?" Scarlet ask softly approaching him in a gentle manner, before putting a hand on his cheek. This seem to calm the groom down and immediately swoop Scarlet in a warm embrace.
"P-please" Scarlet can hear his voice shaken in a hint of fear which she rarely see this wise doctor show "D-don't…you dare follow…there's nothing wrong, there's a just black out…promise me" Tezuka pull back and look at Scarlet in her eyes
"Promise me you'll stay here, keep him safe and…I'll be right back…" Tezuka kiss her softly in the forehead, which slightly feel sad "I promise"
"W-wait Tezuka…tell me what's going on…" Scarlet is starting to feel fear, tears forming in her eyes feeling as if, Tezuka will leave her and do something dangerous "T-this is not funny, that couldn't be just a blackout, the hospital has multiple Generator made by your brother and-"
"Shhh" Tezuka softly put a thump on Scarlet's lip, wipping her tear in process
"Do you trust me?" Tezuka ask in a soft tone, Scarlet slowly nodded as 'yes' Tezuka smile softly "Then don't worry…and I'll be back, you go on and have your beauty rest…and tomorrow I'll be standing across the aisle waiting for you…okay?"
Scarlet eyes were now filled with tears, Tezuka smile and give Scarlet one last kiss before turning away and bolting out of the door. Scarlet got embrace by the darkness of the room before running out of the house stop Tezuka once again, but he's already ridding a horse back to the hospital
Watching his silhouette slowly went blur to Scarlet's vision, she held on the door for support.
She doesn't know what to feel….something feels wrong, definitely wrong….everything feels heavy and she didn't know why, but she felt like Tezuka is not going to come back. Like this is the last time she'll…..Scarlet eyes went blurry with tears as she try to desperately to ran after Tezuka, in her barefoot clutching the long white sheet- when she saw all her effort is a waste, all she can do is shout
"T-….TEZUKKKKKKKKKKKKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" hoping the sound of her voice can reach him and force him to go back to her. Unfortunately she didn't have that kind of ability so- she was left kneeling in the muddy ground
Its 3:32 am in the morning, 4 hours already pass and Tezuka haven't return or contact her yet. Her worry is killing every minute while she massage her small waist, staring out the hospital in a far view.
"what's going on?" she ask herself waiting in the balcony….few minutes pass and she finally decided to break her promise and follow Tezuka to the hospital. Grabbing her white doctor coat and id, she hurriedly grab a horse in the back yard and storm out to the hospital
When she arrived the first thing she notice is that, everything is so quite…too quite for her comfort. Passing out the gates, she look for the old guard who guards the hospital at night and found him sleeping on his station. Scarlet eyes brighten and jog to the said guard, she shook him awake
"Mr. Henry, its Scarlet did you know what happen to the lig- (GAPS)" Scarlet let out a surprise gaps and step backward from the guard, he's already a dead corpse with a single card stuck on his head.
"T-this can't be" Scarlet murmur in disbelief, panic overwhelm her whole body as her feet move on its own and ran inside the hospital. Her heart is thumbing loudly in fear and it only increase by the smell of blood and corpse inside the hospital. She ran to the dark hospital hallway, her heels clicking in every step she make, checking door to door where Tezuka, her mother….her father went
"Dina" she ran over one of the wards to see her best friend, her supposed to be maids of honor is dead, hugging a young seven years old patient, shielding her from the thousand cards that is now stuck on her back. Scarlet let out short cry hugging her best friend corpse, eyes still open from the shock. "H-how could this happen…w-why?" she cried sobbing pathetically in her best friend corpse before hearing a sound.
Scarlet immediately ran to that direction, down the basement she went to the laboratory and saw her Mother and Father lying corpse in the pool of blood just outside the test laboratory.
"Mom!...DAD!" Tears stream down Scarlet's face, absolutely torn apart "D-dad dad… no no no" she kneel in the ground not caring if her shirt got covered by blood, she immediately inspect their heart rate and everything else "No no noo …mom, d-don't do this to me…No no. no" Tears won't stop falling in her eyes as she desperately clutch into them "No MOM! DAD! Open your eyes please please! This can't be happening …this is not real, you guys are..-"
"S-scar-" Scarlet swift her head to the open door of the test room, slowly laying her parents down, she ran inside "Let…S-scarlet" a pain voice said, Scarlet eyes widen to see Tezuka legs we're chop off and now crawling desperately to Scarlet's direction
"TEZUKA!" Scarlet cried and ran to his side"W-what happen to you-oh good" Scarlet felt her chest tighten as she immediately activated her nen and lay Tezuka down. In full blast, she tried to save Tezuka who's now pale with all the lost of blood
"No- no…..Tezuka, don't close your eyes, don't freaking close your eyes…you're a doctor and you knew this…please… stay with me…don't do this" Tears keeps falling to Scarlet eyes as her hands glow, healing Tezuka desperately
"g-get" Tezuka tried to let out a breath
"Don't TALK!" Scarlet hissed, tears dripping down Tezuka's cheeks "Please…please….don't do this to me, you promise me! You promise me" Scarlet cry desperately trying to increase her blazing nen
"out…"
"Tezuka, no noo !" Scarlet gritted her teeth, feeling Tezuka's pulse weaken "God no!... Shit Tezuka, not this… …we're suppose to get married you dumbass …don't!...anything but this please..I'm begging you" Her nen increase an angel form behind Scarlet's back "Angel's breath" she exclaim as the nen angel blew on to Tezuka trying to heal all his wound and legs but-
The wind nen is not working "I-Its not working, why is it not working" Scarlet panic as she try to increase her nen again
Tezuka reach out his shaky hands to Scarlet, Scarlet eyes widen as she felt Tezuka's bloody hands on her cheek. She found him smile at her weakly before his hands went limp, his eyes ran out of color and-
"NOOOOO!" she scream and desperately pour out her nen "TEZUKA!" she cried, nen brusting out of her body desperately trying to save the dead but-….
Scarlet body shaken as she look down at Tezuka's bloodied corpse in disbelief "N-no" Scarlet breathing started to shaken as she disperse the Angel's breath and started pumping Tezuka heart alive and giving him a CPR or anything she could think of right now …but nothing is happening, he didn't come back to life and…and-
THU-THUMB
-Flash!- "I love you Scarlet" Tezuka's calm yet gentle face flash Scarlet mind as she stare down at his dead body dumbfounded
THU-THUMB
-Flash!-
"Because they want the groom to be surprise on how beautiful their bride is in that white gown and how lucky he is to have her" "But you know…" Tezuka smirk "I already knew all of that"
Tears painfully fall into Scarlet's face, her eyes went lifeless…. Staring down her grooms body
THU-THUMB
-Flash!-
"I'll be back, you go on and have your beauty…and tomorrow I'll be standing across the aisle waiting for you…okay?"
"N-no…this can't be…" Scarlet started hyperventilating "No ….No… "
-Flash!-
"Scarlet…um uh…w-will you marry me"
"TEZUKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" she scream all her might at the corpse before her…. Her groom, her soon to be groom, her love….is… "Pleaseee…. No please, open your eyes Tezuka, I'm begging you…you promise, you promise me…you promise we'll be together…you'll promise me you'll wait for me in the aisle…DAMN it Tezuka….don't do this to me! Not this …please anything but this- I won't be able to take it, I'm begging you please… …this is ….this is-"
"My~ my~…I did something terribly bad didn't I?" Scarlet eyes snap open. A man is crouching down beside her looking down to the corpse with her, while his chin rested in his palm with card stuck in between fingers, he has a playful smirk trail in his lips
Scarlet's body frozen
The jester didn't mind the sudden tension in the room, everything is silent and the girl's cry were immediately halted as if he had caught her breath. His grin widen
"I must say…I'm not particularly fond of killing normal prey like this...it bores me and just when I was about to walk out I saw you" He stand up properly and walk around the corpse to face Scarlet's stun body " ….tell me, why a nen user like you wasting her skill and dangerously precise nen control on this hospital healing pathetic people…it's a waste potential if you ask me" he chuckle in a dark tone before pointing a dangerous sharp card on her neck
"Fight me…." He said sharply releasing a dangerously suffocating nen "…or rather, Entertain me, little red" he change back his tone into a playful joker
But Scarlet didn't move an inch and continue to stare at the dead corpse.
Hisoka didn't move or made a sound, waiting for this prey to do something extraordinary like fight him for revenge but- she didn't move and she just stay there broken, crying like a weak and pathetic. Hisoka isn't fond of broken toys so giving a last bored look, he walk pass the pathetic weakling.
"Ah….I forgot" Hisoka pause on his track and dug his card along with arm on the back of Scarlet, passing through her body… Blood splatter out
FROUUUSHHH!
He had created a hole on her heart, killing her in one go. Scarlet eyes widen and let out a sharp breathe before her vision went blur.
She felt her body collapse on the tile floor, everything went cold after that, Hisoka lean down in her vision with a bored look
"Weak and …pathetic" those were his last words before Scarlet watch his figure walk out of the room. Scarlet felt everything went cold, her vision getting blurry and body feels heavy….and before she knew she-….
Died
TBC…