"I'm not a hostess."
"Why not, it suited you so well," he whispered placing a small kiss on my neck.
Such a small action made chills run down my spine, almost paralyzing me right then and there. Straining my neck a bit, I discovered the detonator just below the sole of my foot. If only I could…
He saw me and kicked it so hard the small remote slid towards the shadows of the attic.
"You cannot undo what has been done…or at least that's what a wise person once told me."
"Don't you have to be wise in the first place to recite words of another?"
He chuckled, his hair shaking. For a moment there, he reminded me of Ikuto. Even if that small movement did remind of Ikuto, this guy was nothing like him at all. Ikuto wouldn't do this to me. He wouldn't pin me down to the floor and kiss me like this against my will.
"You've had your fun, get off me Kyou."
"Oh?" he said raising a brow. "Are you willing to give me Noelle now?"
I paused for a moment, thinking over my decision.
"How about this, how about I call her? After you talk to her, why don't you make your decision from there?"
"Fine. Call."
"Ah, but you'd have to get off me first."
Silently agreeing he got up off me, and walked across the room to sit on a large green trunk. After getting up myself, I bent down to retrieve my gun. It'd come in handy.
"No guns, Amu."
Mentally, I cussed him out like there was no tomorrow. On the outside however, I flashed him an annoyed smile.
"Same goes to you, Kyou."
He shrugged.
"I don't have any, but if your suspicious you can always come and search me."
"Eeew…creep."
Kyou just chuckled it off, but I had the mental picture and everything now. Thanks a lot. Sighing, I pulled out my cell phone and hesitantly dialed the familiar digits.
"Hello?"
"Ami, it's Amu."
"Gosh I haven't heard from you in a while…well actually a couple hours but this is good t-
"Ami, give the phone to Noelle."
"What? Why?"
"Just give it to her!"
"Sheesh Amu, you didn't have to say it like that."
"Quite the caring sister you are," he said with an amused grin on his face.
"Shut up," I growled, already angry at myself by the way I had treated Ami.
I put the phone on speaker the minute I heard Noelle come on.
"Hi Amu!" she squealed excitedly.
Sneaking a glance at Kyou – who seemed unaffected by any of this – I sighed and tried to erase all hesitancy and worry out of my voice
"Hi Noelle."
"What you doing?"
"I'm trying to beat the bad guy."
"Ooooh…what kwind of bad guy?"
"The one with the mean words and scary hideout."
"Bweat him up swissy!"
"I will. Noelle, there's someone I want you to talk to."
"Who?"
"Well…he's not a friend but – it's just best if you do."
"Do I have to?" she asked stretching out her words as long as possible as though it would help delay anything at all.
"Yes."
"Fine," she mumbled in much exasperation even for a five year old. "Who is it?"
"Noelle I can't tell-
"Tell me! Tell me! Tell me! Tell-
"OKAY! It's your…dad…Kyou."
There was no sound from Noelle at all, but I knew she was still on. I glanced over at Kyou, to see him still sitting there. Guess he won't be walking over here to get the phone. Walking over to him, I noticed – much to my surprise – he was staring at the wall with wide eyes. Maybe…just maybe he missed Noelle as well.
"Here."
He grabbed the phone out my hand and I slowly stepped back. Kyou just stared at it with a confused expression. He didn't even look like a criminal anymore, more like a lost father.
"Hello? Daddy?"
Without any warning or anything he snapped the phone shut and tossed it onto the floor with a gentle 'thud'.
"Why the hell did you do that for?"
"That isn't any of your damn concern."
"So what are you going to do?"
"I don't want Noelle."
"Thank goodness."
"I want you instead."
"WHAT?"
"That's right; it's you that I want."
With two long strides he was already standing in front of me. He lifted his finger and tucked a loose strand of hair behind my ear brushing my neck in the process. I froze. A very unwise move but I was paralyzed on the spot.
"I don't think you want this at all."
"I think I do," he whispered huskily throwing his arm around my neck and brought me so close to him that our bodies were smashed together.
When he pulled out a gun I almost screamed – almost meaning I was so terrified of dying at the moment that no sound ejected from my throat. I had to do something or else he would kill me and then go after my friends and Noelle. Listening to him was a bad idea, seeing how now I didn't have my gun. The detonator was out of sight – and I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have helped anyways. All that was left was my talent, negotiating.
"What do you think killing me will accomplish?"
"What I want."
"What do you want?"
There was a slight pause and hesitancy when he answered.
"I want to be free."
I slightly turned my head so I could see his face. All I saw was a pair of dark eyes that didn't portray the slightest bit of emotion.
"Why do you want to be free?"
"Because I can't breathe the way I am now."
Was it me or did his voice just soften?
"Goodbye Amu."
When I felt the tip of the gun touch my neck I squeezed my eyes shut. I couldn't do it. I couldn't do anything, and now he'd kill me.
My friends…
Noelle…
My family…
The kids…
Ikuto…
I peeked my eyes open when I saw that nothing had happened, and at that moment a single gunshot erupted. I immediately met Kyou's stare with wide eyes as I saw his own eyes turn lifeless before me. The smell of blood wavered in the air and the cool liquid spilled over my hands and face.
"You-
"Hah…some bad guy huh? Thank you, for letting me hear her voice one more time."
He collapsed on the floor with me under him. When I felt his breathing stop, I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and pushed him off me. Much like a zombie, I walked over to the detonator and picked it up. Unlike what I had seen there wasn't a single button, but a very smaller gray button that read 'DEACTIVATE'. Clicking the button with much relief, I rushed out of the attic without a single look back and to the stage.
The way back was much quicker that I realized, before no time I had reached the stage to find Kukai unconscious on the stage with a pool of blood gathered around him. Without thinking, I checked for his pulse which was still there. I tore off a piece of fabric from Noelle's doll and wrapped it around his arm to stop the bleeding. After checking to make sure he was okay, I walked over to the cage where Ikuto and Kain currently were.
They were still asleep. Sighing, I walked back over to Kukai and pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and dialed 911.
Later
I waited on the stage until I heard the sirens from the police and ambulance. The doors burst open leading a swarm of police and ambulance workers in. Without a second's delay they lifted Kukai onto the gurney and rushed him to the hospital. The police without sparing a blink in my direction lifted the cage off the Ikuto and Kain freeing them from their prison. They too were taken to the hospital.
"Excuse me sir," I said tapping one of the older members of the police department on the shoulder.
"Yes?"
He was Japanese – guess I lucked out on that one.
"There are some missing kids still left in this building; plus Kyou Kurosaki who is currently dead and TaeYang who was last reported unconscious."
With a tender smile, he looked at me gently.
"Don't you worry about a thing, we got it from here. I'm having one of my people take you to the hospital as well."
"But-
"It's fine, you've had enough for one day. Thank you for your help."
I nodded my head while he called over another police member to take me to the hospital. That was the last time I ever saw the opera house again.
Later
At the Hospital
I sat on one of the waiting room chairs, my head buried in my knees. Just a few minutes ago, I'd gotten a call on Kukai's cell from the police saying they'd found the kids. They were all being checked out at a different hospital and then sent home to their families. TaeYang, was taken to a heavily guarded prison hospital, and as for Kyou I had no idea.
"Hey there."
I looked up to see Ikuto standing there with a small smile on his face.
"They let you out?"
"Yeah, apparently I didn't have as much chloroform inhaled like Kain did. Not to mention I had sort of trained myself when I was younger to fight the substance."
"Oh," I mumbled burying my head back into my knees.
"Can you come with me?" he said after a brief period of silence.
"Where?"
"Just come."
Sighing I got up; knowing I'd already attracted the attention of all the people in that hallway. I had yet to clean any of the blood off my appearance. Suddenly Ikuto pulled me into his chest and kept me there when I tried to get away.
"You don't have to hide it," he whispered as he rested his chin on my head.
"Hide what?" I muttered defensively even though I felt a lump of emotion form in my chest.
"I heard what happened. Let it all out."
"I have nothing to let out."
"Then why are you crying?"
"I'm not crying!"
"Says my wet shirt."
My eyes widened, I wasn't crying. I couldn't be. When I tried to pull away, he only held me there tighter. I stared at his chest before grabbing his shirt and crying into it.
"You did good Amu," he said against the sound of my loud wailing.
A/N
Yes~ I finally finished the Paris episode (: Yes Kyou killed himself and to me it seemed a bit abrupt but I didn't know what else to do with it since I had this image of him killing himself from the beginning. I don't think it turned out as good as I had imagined it would 0 3 0
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