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Shiena was completely exhausted. The brunette was running since a long time now, trying to escape from the cops who were chasing her. She turned her head and saw that they were no one behind her. She stopped running, taking a breath. Shiena noticed that they had someone in front of her. The brunette raised her head and she was relieved to see who it was.
"Otoya! I'm here to save you, are you alright…?"
Suddenly, the serial killer was kneeling on the ground. A man wearing a black mask was beside her, an ax in his hands. He looked like a medieval executioner. Understanding what was going to happen to her girlfriend, Shiena ran toward Otoya, ready to save her. Unfortunately, the cops arrived. They seized Shiena and forced her to lay down on the ground. The brunette couldn't do anything except seeing her girlfriend getting executed. Tears began to roll on Shiena's cheeks, realising how helpless she was.
"Please, spare her!" Shiena begged, crying.
Otoya raised her head. Even if she was about to die, she was smiling.
"I love you, Shiena."
The executioner brought down the ax on the serial killer's neck.
Shiena awoke with a start. It took her a moment to remember where she was. The brunette was laid on an uncomfortable bed and her eyes were wet. She has cried in her sleep because of that nightmare. Shiena sat and looked around her. She was in a cell in the police station. She didn't know where Otoya was, which made her really worried.
The brunette wished that her organisation would save her, but she already knew it was impossible. They probably knew by now that she killed Reiko, so she was probably considered as a traitor. Since she had spared her target Subaru, Shiena was already considered as a traitor for some of her compadres. They probably won't trust her if she told them that her teacher was The Serial Bully, especially if it was according to Midori.
Shiena slightly touched the scar on her cheek. This mark dated of the first time she saw Otoya after Black Class. Even if it wasn't a good memory, since she was tortured and raped by the serial killer, it was still a precious memory for the brunette. It's the proof that despite this, she fell in love with Otoya, that her love was sincere a stronger than that bad beginning between them.
Discreetly, the brunette looked at the other scars she had on her body. It was the result of the knifeplay she did with Otoya. This time, she considered them as a good memory. They were the proof that she trusted her girlfriend enough to let her mark her body. Those scars will remembered her that her relationship with Otoya was true and that no one could erase it.
Hearing someone coming, Shiena put back her shirt and lay down, falling asleep again.
Shiena didn't know who the woman in front of her was. After she woke up, the brunette was brought into a piece with only a table and two chairs in it. On one of the chair there was an older woman. She seemed to late twenties or early thirties. She had long brown hair and pink eyes and she was wearing a business suit. She was pretty, Shiena couldn't deny that. The brunette sat on the other chair, in front of the woman.
"Good morning, Kenmochi Shiena-san." the woman said with a smile that seemed fake.
"H-Hi…" Shiena replied, nervous. "Are you…my lawyer?"
With her clothes, the woman seemed to be a lawyer, or a business woman.
"No, but I'm a powerful woman, I have a lot of lawyers who work for me. I would like to propose you one of my best lawyers for the lawsuit. Oh, by the way I'm Ichinose Meiko, nice to meet you."
Did she say Ichinose? Was she a relative of Ichinose Haru? Shiena wasn't sure, there have other people with the same surname, it doesn't mean they were in the same family. And, Meiko didn't look like Haru, except maybe their pink eyes.
"You want to provide me…a lawyer? Why?" Shiena asked.
"Well, this lawsuit seems interesting. You could probably not understand now, but proving your innocent could be benefit to my company." Meiko said.
"So…you think that I'm innocent?"
"Of course not, you're definitely guilty of multiple crimes, Kenmochi-san. You killed at least four people, including an old classmate, an inspector and your teacher. You also hid for more that a year a notorious serial killer and had a romantic and sexual relationship with."
Shiena blenched. This woman knew everything, lying to her probably won't work.
"T-Than, if you think I'm guilty, why do you want to prove my innocent?" Shiena asked, confused.
"Because the truth isn't important. Not in this case. You'll be more valuable to me free than in jail. Oh, I saw Takechi-san yesterday…"
Shiena immediately rose up from the chair when she heard her girlfriend's name.
"Is she alright? Where she is?" the brunette asked, concerned.
"She's in a maximum security prison. Don't worry, her injuries are minor. When I talked to her, she said that her only wish was to avoid you to go to jail. She wants me to prove your innocence."
This should explain why Otoya pretended that Shiena was a hostage. First, the brunette was worried that her girlfriend really tried to use her in order to escape, but she knew deep down that Otoya would never do something like that.
"She wants me to accuse her of using me as a hostage, doesn't she?"
"Yes, that's how you'll be judge not guilty. We have to prove that Takechi-san had abducted and manipulated you for a year. We have to prove that you aren't an accomplice but a victim. This should be easy, with those scars all over your body." Meiko said.
"Even so, I don't want to betray her, I don't want to use her to save myself, I really love her!" Shiena protested.
"She loves you too, this is why she wants to save you! Forget Takechi-san, she'll face death penalty no matter what, nothing can save her. She's eighteen and she's a serial killer. But what you don't understand is that you could you too face death penalty."
The brunette was shocked by what she just heard.
"But…I'm only seventeen, and I'm just suspect to be an accomplice. I'll go to jail for sure, for a long time, but that's not enough to execute me…"
"You're wrong. Even if for the moment you're only suspect to be an accomplice, nothing guarantees you that the judge won't find that you're an assassin. Even if you have only seventeen, the lawsuit could be much longer that you expect, you could have eighteen when it finish. Or, they could keep you and jail for one year and do another lawsuit, and you'll face death penalty. Even if it's not the case, life in jail is hard, Takechi-san know it and she wants to save you from that. She'll die, I think you should respect her last wish, Kenmochi-san."
Shiena hesitated. It was true that Otoya was going to die, it was certitude. But she didn't want to accuse the girl she loves to be her abductor. But what Meiko said was true. She shouldn't refuse her girlfriend's last wish.
"Ok, I'll do it. I'll accuse Otoya of kidnaping, I'll play de victim." Shiena said.
Right after she said that, the brunette began to cry. She fully understood now that her girlfriend will really die, and that she couldn't do anything to save her. Meiko gave her a handkerchief, which seemed as compassionate act.
"It's for the best, Kenmochi-san. If you still have a chance of survive, you should do everything you can to stay alive. In the verdict is that you're innocent, Takechi-san would die without regret. This is the only thing you could do for her now."
Shiena wiped her tears, convinced by Meiko's words.
"The day before the lawsuit, I'll see you and tell you what the 'truth' about your relation with Takechi-san would be. You'll have to memorise it to be convincing during the lawsuit. Your lawyer will be there too. He will say true things during the lawsuit, but also false things. Some of them might bother you, but you have to acknowledge everything he will say. Takechi-san will also support this version."
Shiena accepted Meiko's deal. Few minutes later, a police officer came to bring the brunette back to the cell. Suddenly, Shiena remembered something. Meiko reminded her of someone else. When she was in her cell, Shiena was thoughtful. She had to know who Meiko's lookalike was. She remembered the documents she hacked from Myojo. She remembered the picture of a young girl, around her age, which really looked like Meiko. Shiena suddenly remembered her name. It was Yuri Meichi.
Huh, Ichinose Meiko? Who's that? A new character?!
Next chapter will be Shiena's lawsuit!
By the way, I have an idea for another fic. I would like to write an alternate unvierse, where the Black Class never happened. Writing about how the characters (especially the regular pairings) would meet each other. They'll have the same backstory, the only difference is that Black Class doesn't exist.