Pretear Fan Fiction ❯ Field Full of Daisies ❯ Flower Watered in Blood ( Chapter 17 )

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Field Full Of Daisies-Flower Watered in Blood

“Sasame!…Sasame wake up!”

He groaned and opened his eyes to extremely blurred vision. Had it all been a dream? The smell of dried blood nearby told him otherwise. The site of it on the shoulders of his shirt, the splitting headache he was suffering from because someone had tried to crack his skull open, Himeno's distant crying. He was lying on Sanma's couch. Someone had tried bandaging him up. Hayate shook him again. That wasn't making him feel any better. Until he realized who was missing and sat up too quick. It made him feel dizzy but he didn't care. “Wh-Where's Kagura?”

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It had to be the third. Yea, the third slap is the one that brought her out of her tranquilizer induced coma. Sight was pretty much rendered useless. All it was were a bunch of blurs. Black, blonde, blue, red…wait…the red was probably her hair. “The bitch's awake Mak!” Though, that didn't stop her from giving Kagura one more hard slap for good measure. Or at least that's the excuse she used when she saw Maki get aggravated.

Kagura winced at the volume of the voice. Apparently her hearing had been enhanced. She groaned. “Could you be any louder?” Her voice was raspy and a bit strained but still heard. She could feel pair of eyes glaring at her but all that really mattered was her burning face and pounding headache. And the sudden realization that she was tied down to something. A chair. And the cold chill let her know she was in Maki's basement. How cliché. Though…for as often as the event occurs, she never taught herself how to get out of the situation. She'd only ever been kidnapped once. And that lasted about an hour. But then again, it wasn't really the kidnapping she recalled about that night the most…

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It was dark and she was beginning to lag behind Hanai and Koriko's faster running. They were taller and ran faster. It coul;dn't be helped. She was a bit of a pipsqueak at that age. She could hardly see where she was going and the crowd of people kept bumping her around. Slowly but surely separating the three until Kagura was left lost in a stream of lights and people. Great, I don't even know the way back. I bet those bitches did it on purpose. Kagura huffed, not moving from her place for a while before wandering off. Her hand tucked into the front pockets of her favorite hoodie, occasionally coming out to play with her short head of hair. How am I going to get back to the ADOC. If I ask a policeman to take me they'll yell at me, wondering how I got out. Then they'll see that Hanai and Koriko aren't there and those two are going to kill me…or try to. The thought of admitting to herself that she was intimidated by them because they were bigger was something she was too disgusted to admit to even herself. She'd beat up other kids at the Center that were the age of the two older girls. It was just those two in particular that always seemed to get the upper hand on her. When they had first come when they were eight, she left Himeno alone for two seconds to use the bathroom and came back to see the two tryijng to take Himeno's necklace, or mom as the other twin called it. She even talked to it too. Kagura got it back but not before getting cornered by the two and having her hair chopped off with safety scissors later. Kagura laughed to herself as she kept walking down the sidewalk. Back then it was sad, but now that she looked back on it, the memory of Himeno finding her sitting there with all red hair cluttering the floor around her mad her laugh. The tulip head cried like a baby, scooping up handfuls of hair and shoving it onto Kagura's head in an attempt to make it magically grow back. Kagura bumped into another person and was brought out of her memories. The guy was on his phone and gave her a scornful look as if asking what she was still doing out at this time of night before walking away. The series of multiple colored lights all faded into one. Red. She looked around at the many adults, and a few snickering teenage boys, passing through. This was odd. She'd never been here before. Didn't even know it existed honestly. She walked forward after staring for a while. Soon the line of Full bright red light drifted into that of red with your occasional new color exception, like yellow or blue. Little did she know she completely missed the “RED LIGHT DISTRICT” sign overhead. Not that she'd know what it meant. They don't talk about that kind of thing back where she stayed. A few of the older kids mentioned it every once in a while but not too often. Kagura looked around when she heard what she thought was her name being called but didn't see anyone she recognized.

“I'm hearing things now…eh…Kagura's a common name anyway.” She continued on her walk looked at stores with that of childlike curiosity. Sign for bars and other eating establishments. There was this one place with the words `Six Star Brothel House' over it. Lots of women in their underwear, some with whips, standing in the windows. “A whore house? That's just fucking gross. I thought that kind of thing was illegal now.” There were places she recognized as gambling houses and strip joints. Then more Brothel Houses. Stands set-up next to the street selling porn magazines and other useless but still obscene junk. At this point, she may not have known what this place was, but it was evident that she wasn't supposed to be there. It was evident to the police patrolling the area for minors too.

“HEY! You! Get over here kid!” Kagura took off running before they could park the car. One of them jumped out and chased after her on foot while the other turned the car around to follow. “I said stop kid! Don't make me have to keep chasing you!”

Kagura took a quick look back. She was faster than him, true, but she had a feeling it just had to do with the fact that smaller people get through crowd faster. GREAT! Why couldn't he have been a fat guy! Then, someone grabbed her up by the hood. It irritated her since it happened all too often and choked her all too much. But the guy that did it wasn't a cop. Pretty young guy actually. Around Maki's age. Brown hair and gray eyes. The next thing that happened both surprised her and relieved her.

“THERE YOU ARE! WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN! I WAS WORRIED SICK ABOUT YOU BRAT!”

The cop came to a slow stop before them. He was pretty young himself. Black hair and brown eyes. Not too badly built either. Two hot guys. One wanted to arrest her and the other…she knew nothing about but it looked like he was getting her out of trouble so she played along. “You know this girl?”

“Yeah. I'm sorry for the trouble. This is my little sister Kagura.” Kagura visibly stiffened. This stranger knew her name and she'd never seen him in her life. “I was supposed to be watching her but she wandered off. The little brat. She doesn't know that she'd not supposed to be here. But I'll be taking her home and gouging her eyes out for all the things she's been looking at. Apologize to the man!” He gave her hood a shake for good measure and she glared at him. The little red head didn't take to kindly to being called a brat.

“If you hadn't been busy having, what was it you called it big brother? SEX? Yeah, if you hadn't been having SEX with that guy in the bathroom this wouldn't have happened.”

The man looked a little shocked that she'd said anything before getting slightly angry at what she was suggesting. “Let's go you brat. Have a nice night officer.”

“You too.”

As soon as they were out of sight from the cop, Kagura wiggled her way out of the man's grasp. “So who the hell are you?”

“That's a pretty foul mouth for an eight year old.”

She kicked him again but he kept walking like he didn't feel a thing. “I'M NOT EIGHT!”

“I think thou protest too much.” He felt another kick but kept on. “I suggest you not do that again. Now hurry up before you get lost in this crowd brat.” Kagura's eyes burned into the back of his head for a while before she stopped walking. He got the picture that she wasn't moving from that spot and turned around.I had a feeling she was going to be difficult. “Let's go bitch. I don't have all day.”

“I don't even know you, I'm not going anywhere with you. And as if brat wasn't bad enough, you're calling me a bitch now?”

“I call it like I see it. Now don't make me have to pick you up.”

The rest had been expected. She tried making a run for it and ended up being tossed over his shoulder. He was faster than the cop. “Put me down!”

“Tantrums get you nowhere little one.” She used one of her legs to knee him in the chest. “Neither does attempting to hurt people a lot bigger than you.”

“Put me down!”

“Or you'll what, sick Maki on me?” They were headed down an ally now.

“I don't need him to--- is this the ally to that whore house?”

“Brothel. Expand your vocabulary.”

“What are we doing here- YOU ARE NOT SELLING ME! PUT ME DOWN YOU SUNNOVA---“

“Shut up before I go def! I couldn't sell you if I wanted to. Unless I found someone with a fetish for little girls.” He went in through a side door and locked it behind him before trotting down the stairs. Kagura grunted when he decided to jump the last three.

“Be careful you ass.”

“You know you run your mouth a lot for a person who's in no position to talk.” And he threw her down on the couch. “Besides, I'm not going to hurt you or anything. Just saw Maki's brat wondering around and thought I'd scoop you up. He'll be running around looking for you and when he comes to me, his last resort, asking if I've seen you around. And the bastard hates me so I know he's going to hate to find you here.”

“So basically you're kidnapping me…”

“Yeah.”

“…to irritate Maki?”

“You got it.”

“…I guess…I wouldn't mind staying.”

“Oh? You not afraid you're going to make him angry?”

“I make him angry all the time. Besides, at least this way he'll find me…eventually.”

He slapped her on the back a few hard time, causing her to go into a fit of coughs. “That's the spirit! You hungry munchkin?”

“STOP CALLING ME SMALL!”

“But you are small.”

“AND YOU'RE AN ASS!”

“Are you always this testy about your height?”

“I'M NOT TESTY! JUST SHUT UP!”

“Are you hungry or not-“

“NO!…wait…yeah, a little.”

The door swung open and in walked two other guys. One with dark green hair and the other with black. “What's all the noise?” Then his eyes landed on Kagura in somewhat surprise. “What's Maki's runt doing here?”

“I'm…not…a…runt. And stop calling me Maki's. I have a name.”

“I know but that still doesn't explain what you're doing in our hang out.”

“Your hang out is a room under a whore house.”

“It's convenient!” the other with the green hair piped up.

“Relax guys. She's just here for a while. Kagura, that's Hanata. Everybody calls him by his last name since he forgot his first. And the suspicious one over there is Sa-“

“It's X.” He scoweled at Kagura's captor in silent warning.

“Whatever you say Sasha.”

Kagura looked at the two oddly. “But isn't that a girl's name?”

“I'm Russian. Guys there are named Sasha all the time.”

“But we're not in Russia.”

He looked about ready to retort but instead, turned his attention to her captor. “Rei, is it really worth the trouble? Bringing Maki's brat here's going to bring us more of a headache than she's worth.”

“Call me a brat one more time asshole-“

Hanata made his way to a nearby lounge chair to relax…and watch while the two bickered like school children. One of them was still in school. “I'm not going to stoop to your level by arguing with you.”

Kagura snorted and turned her back to him, deciding the flat screen television they owned was more entertaining than the argument. But not before trying to get the last word in. “Why stoop to my level when you can get on all fours huh Sasha.” Hanata choked on his drink and Rei suddenly came down with a coughing fit.

“You little bitch-“

“Being a little bitch is better than being Rei's bitch.”

Rei stopped coughing and Hanata started laughing. Seeing as how it was no longer so entertaining for Rei decided to try and end it. “Alright guys. Settle down.”

“Tell the bitch you picked up to keep her mouth closed.”

“That's right Sasha. Bark for Rei. Bark bark.” She still hadn't turned away from the television, as if annoying X wasn't worth her undivided attention. She only saved that for Hanai and Koriko. Though, she did find Hanata's hysterics amusing.

“If you don't-“

“Sit. Stay. Be a good boy Sasha.”

The sound of a gun shot rang out. There was a smoky hole in the carpet mere inches away from the girl. Hanata stopped laughing and stared at X while Rei threw his head in his hands. “I told you to shut up.” Kagura was a bit slow about turning around to look at him. He was no real threat. Not when Maki was going to be here eventually to yank her up.

She'd been told enough times herself that she was a little creepy. Her brain always a little ahead of her age. The red hair and eyes never helped either. The guys stared at her and tried not to cringe. I guess he noticed too. “Bad bitch Sasha. You don't want to be punished do you?” Before anyone could say anything there was a pounding on the door. The voice on the other side didn't sound too pleasant.

“Berserk told me he saw her near here REI! OPEN THIS DOOR YOU BASTARD OR I'LL SHOOT IT OPEN!”

Everyone in the room flinched except Kagura. She had a wicked grin as another door with lots of sound behind it came into her field of view. If Maki knew she was here than he wasn't going to find her here. Leave them to sort out this mess by themselves. Rei sighed, reluctant to open the door. “I didn't think he'd get this angry…possessive isn't he?”

X backed away from the door. “You deal with the bastard. You're the one who kidnapped her.”

“I could just mention how you shot at her. Maybe that'll take the heat off me.”

The door shook again. “You don't want me to lose my patience out here. Open the door.”

Rei snorted. “Doesn't have any damn patience to begin with.”

X snapped his fingers. “We'll just throw the girl at him as soon as you open the door. That should calm him down right?” He turned around. “Hey bitch. Get…where is she?” Rei spun around, eyes wide and set on the door left ajar.

“When did she leave!”

Hanata chuckled. “'Bout a few seconds ago. She's good. Real quiet about it.”

“Why didn't you say anything!”

“Cuz it's funnier this way. Maki never hits me.”

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To sum it all up she ended up getting kidnapped by people who actually wanted to hurt her after she ditched Rei and the others. If Maki hadn't come bursting through the guy's basement door when he did, Kagura would have ended up raped and dead. How ironic. The guy who saved her from rape ended up doing it himself. She laughed to herself, forgetting for a moment that there were other people in the room. Kyoko's voice of complaint was like a splash of cold water. “What's so funny bitch?”

She stopped laughing and looked up again. Her vision was getting better do to the cold in the basement. And Kyoko's slaps actually helped the effects ware down. “You. You have got to be…the dumbest person ever…you should just leave now. I heard your mother's worried about you.”

“What I do is none of your business!”

She smirked at the enraged look on the girl's face. Her vision was good now. Her hearing getting better. “None of my business? I was abducted and tied to a chair. Sounds like I'm pretty involved to me…in fact…if you really look at it…it's none of your business. All you do is fuck him. Have you actually done any work at all?”

She was getting angrier. “He's taking me on a job when he gets through dealing with you.”

“Stop it Kyoko, it's pathetic. I feel sorry for you. Really, I do. You're useless. Maki can pull any bitch he wants off the street to do the same thing you do. He probably just used you to get to me and now you have no purpose anymore-“

“Shut up.”

“-and if you're lucky, he'll just dump you out on the street. Since he has me he doesn't need you. He'll probably just kill you. I'd advise you get going.”

“Shut up!”

“I mean really. To think you belonged at all. It's sad. And the way you're getting so insecure I can only assume that the other guys didn't approve of you to begin with. You should have just stayed in your high school bubble with your lackeys-“

“Shut UP!”

“-at least you were something in high school. You could have taken that bitchy attitude of yours and become something. Maybe marry some rich guy and suck him dry of his money or sell your body to rich people or something. But your nothing here. Just some useless whore to be discarded later like a whole in the wall or dirty tube sock-“

“I swear I'll-“

“-and I'm not surprised. You know what he did to his last whore? He shot her. Mimi or Ma-something. Doesn't matter. No body remembers a whore. Especially a whore who doesn't know her place. They're only good for fucking, mocking and killing. Just face it. You're a prop. I had more respect for you when you were beating on dorks in high school hallways but now you're no different than the filth in the alleys. No worse, you're no different from all the nameless faces Maki's been in and out of since the before I've known him. You may not know the man you're fucking but I do.” That look Kagura gave her. It was unsettling. It was the first time Kyoko looked into the eyes of the demon before her and felt burned. Like there were flames jumping out behind her eyes. She just wanted that look to stop. “But you don't have to worry. I'll remember your name when you die. It's bad enough to realize you're useless but to be useless and forgotten? That would really be sad. What's your last name Kyoko?”

Maki stood off a good ways away. Leaning against the basement wall and watching the two closely, he recognized the shift even if Kagura didn't fully realize it herself. It's that heartless side of her. The side that lived for the fight and the victory of drawing another's blood. The reason people called her demon and the self inside her that comes out and gives you this look that makes you feel like you're burning on the inside. And the side that liked to have fun when killing people. He'd noticed it the more he asked her to do jobs that involved killing people. Her way with coping with it he guessed. Such a complex girl…that's why I love her so much. He took out his gun when he noticed how much Kyoko was trembling. Great. She's going to snap already. He called Psy a while ago to stop by. He had a bit of business with her as well. His eyes narrowed at the thought. While she's here, she can clean up the mess I'm about to make.

“Don't freeze up on me now Kyoko. I'm waiting for an answer. Tell me your last name. It shouldn't be that hard. You do remember it don't you? It's not that hard. You figured out how to get my address you useless bag of nothing so tell me…what's your last name?…Still can't talk? Maybe I should ask Maki---Oh, but he wouldn't know, would he? He knows my name, first last and middle. Where I live, how old I am, when my birthday comes up, my favorite place, what annoys me the most,…heh…where my birthmark is. Come to think of it, he went through all this trouble to find me and you never stopped to worry about why. But that doesn't matter anymore. Soon you won't have to think about anything ever again. Just tell me you last name Kyoko. Tell it to me before you die…Kyoko?…Kyoko don't cry. You look so much more pathetic when you cry---“

“I TOLD YOU TO SHUT UUUP!” She made a reach for her gun but never made it. Searing hot pain shot through her chest and blood splattered on Kagura's face. But she didn't relent that look.

“Too late I guess. Pity.”

Kyoko didn't remain standing long. She dropped to a heap on the floor, convulsing before going limp. Maki made his way over and looked down at Kyoko for a while before turning his attention to the woman tied to his chair. She looked pretty normal now. At least she stopped that look. “You goaded her on purpose. Why?”

“Might as well get it over with. You were going to shoot her anyway weren't you?”

He shrugged but grinned none the less. “Maybe. You assume too much.”

She snorted in response and shifted around, trying to find a comfortable way to sit in the chair while tied to it at the same time. “Soooo, to what do I owe this kidnapping?”

Maki rolled his eyes. There were some things that were just never going to change about her. That smart mouth for one. “It's not kidnapping. I'd hardly consider you a kid.”

“Well if you did then you'd have some serious mental issues to work out with yourself since you raped me-“

“You're just going to keep throwing that back in my face aren't you?”

Kagura pretended to think it over. “Depends…can I have my virginity back?”

“Didn't look like you needed it last night,” he muttered to himself. But she heard.

“How did you kno-…you were watching!” Maki narrowed his eyes on her. He'd never seen her blush so much.

“Wasn't like I had a choice!” he scoffed. “Not my fault you idiots like to fuck with the window open.”

“Like the show, pervert?”

The more he thought about it the angrier he got. “What the hell is wrong with you! I've known you forever! I liked you, you liked me, and yet you told me no. You just met this bastard and you're screwing his brains out.” Kagura smiled at him. He looked so angry, it was too hard for her not to laugh. “What's so damn funny!”

“You. It's kind of sad really, that you don't know why. Everybody knows but you because your heads too far up your ass to see anything. You want to know why I had sex with Sasame and not you?…hmm…'cause his dick's bigger I guess.”

Maki had to take a few steps away from her. Had he gotten any closer he would have hit her. “You really enjoy making me angry, don't you?”

“I wouldn't have to if you'd just leave me the fuck alone. I was happy where I was. I have a family, friends, someone who I know won't get me drugged up so he can fuck me later. I have a life and I was hoping you'd follow my example and get your own.”

“That lifeyou have is just a dream world for isn't it? You somehow seem to forget that I know you. I know everything about you. And I can see through those sarcastic remarks you're always making. That normallife you're trying to have isn't for people like you. You can do as many things as you want and be great at them but you'll always excel at killing people. You'll always feel alive at making other people afraid. You'll always feel that sword or gun in your grip and blood on your hands. And you'll always have that heartless side of you that lives to fight and kill and smiles at people in pain when you know you caused it.” He grabbed a fistful of her hair and made her look at him. “And for the record. I know you don't hate me. That'swhy you're angry. Even after what I did to you something, somewhere deep inside you, you still like me like you used to. And you know it. And you hate yourself for it. Now I don't know about your blonde bastard and frankly I don't care about him, but you can't love him the way you thinkyou do and still have feelings for. Stop stringing him around and grow upbecause you're still acting a bit like that immature brat you were when I firs met you.” He let go when he saw her glaring at him and turned his back. “You probably never told him you love him anyway. You never could say it before. Not to anyone but your sister to my knowledge. You're just too scared.”

She stared at his back for a while then turned to look at the wall. In all honesty she didn't know if that was true herself. She did know she was stringing Sasame along but not as a distraction. At least I don't think as a distraction…She'd never bothered sorting out her feelings in the first place so why start now? Not like I'll be around much longer. I'm about to graduate. Himeno's going to go off and fawn over the baka and Sasame…That's right, after she was gone Sasame would be alone. She mentally snorted.Nah. I don't have to worry about him. The idiot looks to good to stay alone forever. Maybe he and Mawata…Why did that thought hurt so much. At least with Maki she knew exactly what feelings she had for the bastard and why. “I wouldn't sleep with you because you're a slut.”

Maki stiffened and turned around. If he had expected her to say anything, it wasn't that. “Excuse me?”

“I said you're a slut. I guess this was before you bothered liking me. But you would ditch helping me practice to go to parties with Berserk and Psy and I'd end up getting dragged along. You think I liked having to go watch you three idiots make fools out of yourselves in public and you sticking any female within a four-block radius. You were filthy and disgusting and you treated me like you treated the rest of your whores.”

“I didn't-“

“Bull shit. You bought me stuff. You bought them stuff. You may have spent more time with me than you did with them but that only had to do with the fact that I was a Saint to so it gives the illusion that you're treating better. You smiled at me the same way you smiled at them. Talked to us the same. Touched us the same. The only difference is I wouldn't fuck you. So you took it because I was no different to you than any other whore. The only difference is now you feel guilty because you knew me at the time. Just because you feel guilty with me doesn't mean you love me. It may mean you care but nothing beyond that. You may have made me laugh and smile but you also made me feel like a filthy whore and your head was too far up your ASS to notice. Berserk noticed. Psy noticed. Hell, even Koriko noticed but you were—are—an idiot. That's why I didn't tell you about my birthday. I didn't want your damn gifts because I already felt bad enough.”

“I did not treat you the same Kagura.” His tone with her was a bit softer than before. Had he actually made her feel like the rest of the girls he was with. “I actually lo-“

“Don't bother saying it. I've heard you say it before. Didn't mean shit then and it doesn't now. That's why I'm with Sasame. You may have your opinions about it but I don't care because he doesn't make me feel like a whore and he's not disgusted with me. He's to good for me but you…I wouldn't wish you on anybody. I mean really, you're fucking crazy. You say you love me yet you've got me tied up to a chair in your basement. All those drugs have gone and fucked up your brain cells because this is what crazy ax murdering stalkers do in movies. You need medication. Along with a nice padded room and one of those jackets that make you hug yourself.”

“Really? I'm crazy? You're crazy to believe that blondie's going to stay with you. You didn't tell him everything did you?”

“I did.”

“The drugs?”

“He knows.”

“The fights.”

“He knows.”

“The arrests.”

“He did pick me up from jail dumb ass.”

“The robbing.”

“He knows and if he doesn't he'll get over it-“

“The countless number of people you killed.”

“He…”

“Doesn't know? But that's what the Saints were made to do when we started out in the first place. Dirty work. Killing is dirty work, he has to know that…unless you really didn't tell him…then I guess I'll have to. We'll see if he'll want to even look at you again after that.”

“Shut the hell up.”

“People like him judge us. Look down on us for doing something that someone's going to do anyway. Might as well make money while we're doing it. But they don't understand that and I'm willing to bet that your bastard boyfriend won't either. Pity. Your little dream world is going to have to end.”

“I'm going to kill you. I promise I'm going to kill you.”

Maki sighed and leaned back against a basement wall a little ways away. “Don't make empty threats Kagi. It's pathetic.”

“I'm not.”

“Maki! Where the hell are ya? I didn't come out here to be ignored!”

Both looked toward the stairs and Kagura seemed a bit confused. What's Psy doing here?

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“Where are we going?”

“If I knew you were going to ask questions then I wouldn't have let you get in the car.”

“And let you drive off and do something stupid!”

“You worry about Himeno, not me.”

“Did you get hit on the head too hard or were you always this stupid?”

A little irritated, Sasame sped the car up. Hayate's incessant yammering wasn't helping but at least Tokyo traffic was easy to get around today. That almost never happened. Must have been because it was a Sunday. Now was that a left or a second left.

“Sasame!”

“What? What is it now?”

“I asked earlier, where are we going?”

“To visit someone. A friend of Kagura's.” I think. “He should know where Maki took Kagura.”

“Maki…who's he?”

“The guy that took-“

“Not that idiot.”

Sasame sighed. “An old…friend of hers.”

Hayate snorted and put his face in his hands. “Kagura's friends don't sound very friendly so explain to me why we're going to visit one of them?”

“Once again Hayate, you didn't have to come.”

Hayate sighed again for seemed like the millionth time that day. When they'd come back from their trip he heard his mother scream. He came in and saw Sasame laying on the floor bleeding from some cut on the back of his head. It turned out to be shallow when Sanma's usual hospital showees bandaged him up. But they told his mother to make him rest in bed for a good while. He'd been hit pretty hard, despite the mild cut. Then Himeno showed up after a while asking for Kagura. She thought the girl and Sasame wanted alone time. When he told her she wasn't there, on top of seeing the state Sasame was in, she panicked. The police were called, a cop that apparently knew the girl in question but that was no surprise. Then Kaoru, their father was notified that Kagura was missing and he panicked. Got a little angry at Sanma too. His rich now girlfriend from what Himeno told him, Natsue, had sent out a search party. Hayate, personally, doubted the woman even gave a fuck about Kagura. Probably just doing it to make Kaoru happy. And as soon as Sasame woke up, he was dead set on finding her himself. Even though their mother had shouted at him to lie down. So Hayate told her he'd make sure Sasame was alright and jumped in the car before his brother could speed off. And now here they were. “I did have to come. You're my brother. I can't you going off to do something that'll probably get you hurt worse than you already are without back up.”

Sasame stared at him for a while. “…thanks.”

“You're already acting like an idiot! You can't drive the way you are and not keep your eyes on the road. And Kagura calls me the baka…and your not welcome. This ain't somethin' you're going to keep doing, thinking I'm going to jump out and off the cliff with you. Let's keep this to a minimum alright?”

Sasame chuckled, with a halfhearted smile on his face. The first smile all day. “That's right…you have Himeno now.”

“What the hell is that supposed to mean?”

“Nothing.”

“I wish you'd stop assuming stuff! It's not like me and Himeno are going out or anything!”

“Whatever you say dear brother.”

“Why would I go out with a stupid tulip headed valley girl like her!”

Sasame sighed. “Long live the king of the bakas. Just do us both a favor. We're almost at that Ryu guy's house. Let me talk. You just stand there and don't speak. I don't know this guy. He's creepy. Kagura told me once that he had the type of personality that would invite you out to dinner one minute and slit your throat the next.”

“Really? Hell, then what's she doing by keeping him as a friend.”

“As long as we stay on his good side, we're okay. And I think he's more keeping her as a friend. She's told me about her friends. Psy, Berserk, and she mentioned a Kor…some other girl once. But she never said anything about him so they must not have been the closest.”

The car ride was fairly quiet after that, until they pulled up to a large gate. Hayate seemed confused, staring at that big mansion on the hill. “This is his house?” There were guys in suits standing on the roof and some with dogs walking around the area with trees. The monitor by the gate flickered on and that same security bastard from before was there.

“Well, well, well, if it isn't blondie. Back with the red head again? Ryu isn't expecting any visitors today but you tell your girl to flash me something nice-“

“Just open the damn gate.”

“No can do sorry-“

“Who are you talking to?” The guy looked away, seemingly talking to someone else.

“It's that guy from before. Came with the redhead last time.”

“OOOoooo! Kagura's here! Send them up! Send them up! What are you waiting for! Hurry up and open the gate!”

“Y-Yes sir.” There was a loud buzzing before the gates opened.

Sasame recognized the voice from he and Ryu's earlier encounter. I wonder If he'll be mad that that's Hayate in the Passenger seat and not Kagura. The hood to the car was down so he didn't doubt that they couldn't see that Kagura wasn't here. The thought of her made him frown and remember most importantly why he came here. I'm coming for you Kagura…They got out of the car. “Remember, only speak when spoken to aside from a hello.”

Hayate folded his arms and frowned. “Yes mom.”

“I'm serious.” The door swung open and out came a smiling Ryu. Blue hair bouncing and hazel eyes bright. Arms open wide for what can only be assumed a welcoming hug.

“KAGURRrrrr…………where is she?”

Sasame's frown deepened. “She's not here.”

“Oh…okay…then what are you doing here? Did Kagura send you? OH, you BOUGHT me something didn't you! She sent a birthday present to me didn't she!”

“It's your birthday?”

“No but she knows I don't like to wait. My birthday's a week after hers. That's why she always remembers. And she always comes to my birthday party with a gift…so you're not here with a gift.”

“No.”

“A message from her.”

“No.”

“Then what the hell are you doing here wasting my time?”

Sasame noticed the shift in his mood and decided to get to the point. “The bastard that looks like you took Kagura.”

“…and you did nothing? What's the point in Kagura keeping such a weak toy? (dramatic sigh) And you have come to me in hopes that I would know of her whereabouts. Well come in. Introduce your friend.”

They walked in but not anymore then they had to. They weren't there to stay, even if Hayate kept looking around. This place looks like a Yakuza movie set…wait…he isn't…Nah. Kagura was bad but dealing with Yakuza. Not even she would be that stupid. Maybe the guy's just rich and likes movies. Understandable.

“I just want to know where Maki lives.”

“Ah, yes where indeed. It is to my understanding that he moved into a house. Where that house is…however…I do not know. But he still owns his condo. And I know where that is. You could stop by there. I don't know what good that would do but-“

“What's the address?”

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Psy came trotting down the stairs. “He—oh! Kagura? Uh, Maki, you know there's a dead girl on your basement floor right?”

“I noticed.” Her tone was dry with her. Neutral. He was pissed about something. “Do me a favor and take it up stairs for me. Set it on the back porch. I'll come up and get rid of it later.”

“O-Okay…you alright?”

“Just carry it up stairs already. I'll be up there in a minute.”

She was a little confused by his attitude. Yesterday Maki and herself had been joking around like usual. He seemed a little extra happy about something and she couldn't find him or Berserk at all that night. They'd been gone this morning too and now she saw why. She tried her best not to look at Kagura much. She just grabbed Kyoko by the arms and dragged her up the stairs. Maki cringed at the amount of blood smearing his basement floor. Kagura waited until she heard the basement door slam closed before she turned a curious eye on Maki. He had his gun out, staring at it for a while. “You didn't tell Psy you were out getting me? That's not like you.”

“No. I guess not.”

“So what's she doing here now?”

“What's with all the questions all of a sudden?”

“I think I should be entitled to a few. I am tied to a chair in your basement after all.”

“Really? I think you're just scared. You know, this is your fault.”

She stared at him for a while, trying to see if he was really talking to her or himself. “What are you talking about?”

“You. It's your fault. I was kind of surprised at first. Psy may be friendly but in the end she usually only looks out for her own ass.”

“I know this. What's your point-“

“I was in your room last night. When I looked around to see if you had and weapons lying around. I saw that picture sticking out of the side of your mirror. I remembered it because it was mine. I liked that one. Psy asked for it and you know her, she was going to take it anyway. So I told her to go ahead and keep it. Never saw it again until I found it in your room. She's been helping you hasn't she. She helped you play dead in the first place didn't she?” Kagura froze, eyes widening just a little, stomach wrenching in this oddly sick feeling. “Oh? Deciding to be quiet now? Doesn't matter. I already know everything about it. I'll deal with her then come back and put you to sleep alright? You look tired.”

“D-Don't.”

Maki frowned. “Don't what?”

“Don't touch her.”

He grinned. “I won't have to-“

“Don't kill her…please. I-I'll stay this time just…don't-“

“Sshhh.” He knelt down in front of her and smiled. “It's okay. I know you're staying. Psy knew what she was doing and she knew what I'd do if I found out. And you shouldn't beg. It's unbecoming of you.”

“You're a bastard.”

“But I'm your bastard.” He walked up stairs and left her alone in the basement.

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“This it?”

Sasame looked down at the paper Ryu had thrown at them in his irritation. They couldn't remember the address. He'd called them simpletons and written it down on paper. “You think there'd be at least HALF a brain between the two of you. Don't come here without Kagura anymore.” He sounded like a sulking child for a minute but soon left, saying he was going to go visit someone to make the throbbing in his brain stop. Sasame shoved the paper into his back pocket. “Yea. I don't think just knocking on the door's would help-“

Hayate was already knocking. Pounding was more like it. He didn't look like he was up for spending his entire day running all over Tokyo.There was a muffled shout `I'm coming' before the door swung open to reveal a boy in his boxers. “What!” He looked at the two standing in the door. That's when surprised eyes settled on Sasame. “YOU!”

They just barged in past him and ignored the underdressed girl on the couch. “Is she here?”

He looked outraged for a moment before taking in the question. “I don't know what you're talking about. Unless you mean her,” he said, pointing at the girl on the couch, “because we're the only people in here. Now get the hell out before I decide to kick your ass for what you did to my arm blondie.”

Hayate raised a brow at the boxer clad boy before turning to Sasame. “You know him?”

“Huh?…oh. You're that guy from the movie theater. Do me a favor and tell me where Maki lives.”

“The hell. GET OUT!” The girl on the couch scrambled for her clothes and left. “Aw c'mon Mami. Don't go…damn. Now look what you—EGK!”

Sasame had him by the throat as soon as he turned back around. “I don't have time to stand around here and chat with you. The bastard who owns this condo took my girlfriend and you're going to tell me where he lives.” To say the least, Hayate was a little surprised at Sasame's sudden change in demeanor.

“F-Fuck you.”

“You remember what I did to your arm? Well there are five pressure points just like it on your neck and I have my hands on them. I could stop the blood flow to your brain right now if I wanted. And I don't care if you're spitting blood when you do it. You're going to give me that address.”

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Kagura waited downstairs in the basement. Not that she had a choice. As soon as she heard the basement door slam closed she tried her best at get her hands untied but all she ever succeeded in doing was further bruising her wrists and knocking her chair over. This was just like everything. It was always her fault. Everything was always her fault. The sound of Maki's gun ringing in her ears along with the heavy thud on the basement roof. He was probably dragging her out into the backyard right now. His foot steps were gone for a while before he came down into the basement. When he saw the predicament she'd gotten herself into he sighed. “You should get some sleep.” He lifted her chair upright and took out a needle that he probably got from upstairs.

“More tranqs?”

“You're not sleeping down here. I'm taking you up stairs.”

“Drugging me up before you toss me in your bed. This seems familiar.”

“The last thing I need right now is your attitude.” He tried his best not to shove the needle in her leg. He'd have to wait for it to take effect before he untied her. It wasn't like he wanted to shoot Psy. He cared about her. But things happened to people he cared about all the time. That was why he kept denying his little brother in his attempts to join. “Just do us both a favor and shut up.”

Her grin was lazy and didn't reach her eyes. She looked sad and tired but at least he knew the drugs were working now. “You're…in sooo…oo much trouble.”

“If this is another one of your threats on my life…” He started to untie her and noticed the bruises on her wrists. “You shouldn't have moved around so much-“

“She was Ryu's girl.”

Maki froze before untying her legs. “What?” She didn't respond to him. He figured she had passed out by now but…Ryu and Psy? That was impossible. Ryu hadn't had a real girlfriend in…well…he couldn't remember the last time but it didn't end well. Besides, Ryu was a maniac. No one knew that better than him. But then again…Psy was a bit…psychotic herself. The more he thought about it the more he entertained the thought that maybe they actually were dating. But when Kagura went limp and slump over his shoulder he decided to forget about it. He made sure Kagura was comfortable…or as comfortable as you can get when tied to a bed, the went to the back yard to clean up his mess. There was a shovel out back. Once he got there he found Kyoko lying a little too close to his favorite outdoor chair and Psy was over…his eyes widened. She wasn't where he left her. Oh Shit. I knew I should have shot her in the head…if she hadn't looked at me. The number one rule to being a Saint. If you're going to die, take your killer with you. It was their first rule. Their favorite rule. Psy came up with it. And if he was lucky he'd find her before she got too far with that injury.

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The entire time they'd been in the car, Hayate kept casting Sasame side glances. They had sped off onto some dirt road that was supposed to lead to this Maki's house. It was a little ways away from development, surrounded by a nice amount of trees. Sasame sighed, growing irritated by the way Hayate kept looking at him. “Is there something on your mind?”

“There…aren't really five points on your neck that can stop the blood flow to your brain…are there?”

“Probably. I wouldn't know. Kagura might. Ask her when we find her.”

“But you said before-“

“I lied.”

“…you've been spending too much time with Kagura.”

“Well we're all entitled to our own opinions. Too bad yours don't matter.”

“See! That's something she would say right there!”

He chose not to reply to that. Instead, he brought the car screeching to a stop. “We're here.” They got out of the car and instead of going through the front, they walked around to the back. They hadn't seen any other cars around and for a brief panicky moment, Sasame wondered if Kagura was even there. She had to be. This was all he had left. Then they smelled something. “Oh…Kami.”

Apparently he wasn't the only one that smelled it. Hayate pulled his collar over his nose. “What the hell is that smell!”

Sasame signaled for him to keep his voice down as they rounded the corner into the backyard. As soon as they got there Sasame turned right back around and threw up. Hayate came around to look and cringed. Kyoko was just lying there in a pool of her own blood. And people loose control of their bowels when they die so she must have `went' on herself. A soon as Sasame was sure he'd emptied all the contents of his stomach and then some they proceeded to the back door. It was left wide open, though they did have to maneuvered around the body lying on the padio. Sasame with the backyard shovel gripped firmly in his hand. Hayate grabbed for the closest thing to him…it was an umbrella…but it was better than the lamp on the table. “You check the basement. I'll go upstairs.”

“Why do I have to go in the basement. Everyone always dies in the basement-“

“Just go,” Sasame whispered before walking upstairs.

Hayate grumbled but went anyway. The upstairs wasn't much. A mirror in the hall, a table with a plant and a phone. A framed picture of that bastard and a younger Kagura. She had two frayed ponytails on each side of her head and she looked a little annoyed for some reason. There were only three rooms upstairs. A bathroom, a bedroom, which he soon found empty, and the last room. Kagura was tucked in with her wrists tied to a bedpost above her head. “O god.” He dropped his shovel. H-h-he didn't touch her again…the BASTARD! He rushed over to untie her. She groaned and jerked away from him. “It's okay Kagura. It's me.”

“Sa…” She groaned again. “My head.”

Once he finally got that knot untied, he lifted her up and made his way back to the car. Hayate came racing up from the basement and sighed with relief when he saw Sasame with Kagura. “I take it the basement was empty.”

“Just a chair and a lot of blood. Kagura's…not bleeding is she.”

Sasame lead them out the front door to the car, not wanting to take a second chance looking at that body. Kyoko…I never completely believed Kagura when she said Kyoko was going to die. He accidentally bumped her wrist and she whimpered. It was only the first time she cried that he ever heard her make a sound so pathetic. Hayate opened the car's back door for the two. “I'll drive. You stay back there with her.” He put the top down to the car and started the long drive home.

But Hayate had to be glad for one thing. The crazy guy wasn't home. What the hell were we thinking, walking up to some guy's house who probably has a gun and a DEAD BODY in his back yard.

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Bonus Story :Lord of The Flies ch1

Himeno loaded her bag in the over carriage with Kagura following suit. “Stop shaking. Everything's going to be fine, I promise.”

“I'm just a little nervous is all.” Himeno sat in her seat by the window and stared out at the air strip they would soon take off on. “I mean, what if we end up crashing and burning to death!”

Kagura sighed and sat beside her. Making sure Himeno put on her seatbelt before putting on her own, she sighed, wracking her brain with a way to comfort her sister's irrational fears. “Look, we'll be flying over water most of the time. At the most, we'll probably just drown if we crashed.” That wasn't very comforting and she noticed how the tulip beside her visibly paled.

“D-D-DROWN!”

“Better than fire in my opinion. I'd rather die fighting for that last breath than scream with my flesh melting off. But that's beside the point. You need to relax, nothing's going to happen. Plane crashes only happen on the news.”

“What if we end up on the news?”

Kagura let loose a frustrated sigh. I think I made it worse. “Fine Himeno. Panic. Panic all the way there so when we land in Hawaii, I can say I told you so.” Kogo's Saint Mary Academy along with their brother school Saint Jonathan's were taking a field trip, along with a bunch of other schools from different countries. It was some type of thing America usually did with foreign countries to strengthen relationships between governments. Who cared? They were going to HAWAII! Beautiful, island resort HAWAII! And they'd actually get to interact with the boys from Jonathan's. Hell, and boys from some other country too. Didn't matter. It was a nice and much needed change from the normal all girls boarding school. A petite blonde with green eyes and a vision problem leaned over the back of their chairs chat with them. Her name was Yayoi Takato (anyone besides me ever notice she's one letter away from yaoi?). She and the twins had been good friends since the third grade when they first enrolled. They'd made it a point the share a room with her every grade since. There were three to a room and a lot of the girls didn't get along too well with Kagura.

“You know it's a fact that their tons more car crashes and wrecks than airplane crashes.”

Himeno shuddered. “But there is a much higher chance that I'll walk away from a car crash.”

Kagura huffed before turning to their friend. “Just give up, she's set in her fear of heights for life.”

Himeno grumbled at her sister before looking back out the window. They should be taking off soon. The faint sounds of trip plans, stewardess requests, and pilot complaints about a busted radio were nothing but background noise as her anxiety of getting into the air took center stage. “It isn't so much of a fear of heights as it is a fear of death traps.” It didn't take much longer than that to get the plane moving and soon they were taking off, within visible sight of the boy's plane up ahead.

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They'd been flying for hours now and the students were getting restless. “What do you think it'll be like once we get there?”

Goh laughed. “That's easy. The Island will be covered in foreign babes and St Mary's girls in bikinis.”

Hayate brought his fist down onto his cousin's head. “I swear that's all you think about. Such a pervert.”

“And you're a tight ass. You gotta learn how to loosen up Haya-chan!”

“Don't call me that!”

“You two always argue.” Sasame shook his head at them before looking out the window again. If you stared hard enough, you could see the plane full of St. Mary's girls flying behind them. But they were lagging. Probably to get some distance between the two for a safer landing later.

“I don't suppose you'll be going with me to meet a couple local girls? Maybe check out a few in coming girls from Brazil? Eh Sasame? You lady's man you!”

“Shut up already!…I'm not going.”

“Why not! Haya's coming!”

That earned him a snort from the boy. “Don't go making plans for me! Ask Kei to go with you.”

Goh grumbled something under his breath about him scaring all the hot girls away with his computer talk. Fortunately for him, Kei was seated a good enough distance away, out of earshot, with Shin and Hajime. That's when Mannen decided to pop in. Leaning in as far as his seatbelt would let him. “Sasame's not going because he's depressed.”

The blonde froze while the other two boys turned their attentions on the younger of the four. “What do you mean depressed?” Hayate asked, curious as to what would have his brother the EVER HAPPY SASAME in a rut. His smiles were a little less than normal but not enough to say depression.

“Sasame's never depressed. The guy's on happy pills twenty-four/ seven,” Goh grunted out that last sentence in his obvious disbelief.

“Let's just drop this you gu—“

“It's true-“

“Mannen-“

“I saw him with that chick from St. M's. The one with the mad red hair and eyes. The one that punched Goh for hitting on her sister.”

“The HELL!”

“The ANGRY Sanma? Kami, I had that bruise for two weeks.”

Sasame blushed and decided it best to stare out the window. Better than the odd looks they were giving him. He didn't have to turn to see the grin on Mannen's face. “So we talked. Big deal.”

“Nu-uh. I was there, I heard. Sasame asked her out and ignored him. Than when he tried talking to her again she threatened bodily harm. It was hilarious.”

“You asked out Angry Sanma! Are you off your meds!”

“You can't just ask a girl like that out. All she understands is violence, pain, and fear. Unless you're her sister, it's IMPOSSIBLE to hold a civilized conversation with that girl.”

That did it. “Her name isn't `angry sanma' or `that girl', it's Kagura. Maybe she'd be a little less hostile if you'd use her actual name and you Goh, deserved that hit to the face. You tried to cop a feel of her sister by making it look like you accidentally brushed up against her.”

“I did NOT!”

Mannen nodded. “He's got a point. You do that a lot, pervert.”

“What don't you see you nosey little ass?”

He seemed to think that over for a moment while Hayate laughed. “Oh! Hayate ran his motorcycle into that mail box because Himeno looked at him.”

Now it was Sasame's turn to be surprised. “I thought it was because you got a flat?”

“Hah! He did, after he hit the mailbox!”

Their laughter at Hayate's expense was cut short when the plane made sudden jerk. Sasame's head smacked into the window pretty hard and everything that wasn't nailed down jostled to the left. But the worst was that god-awful ringing in their ears. It made the sound of shattering glass, crumpling metal and frightened shouts all the more intolerable.

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“O God!”

“I told you it was a death trap!”

“Just keep your head down and shut the hell up!”

Various mixtures of what's happening and we're going to die along with a current high count of expletives rang out in the girls plane. It wasn't hard to miss the huge plane in flames going down over the islands they were passing. It had happened to quickly for anyone without a window seat to see it. Himeno, who had been pointing out how small the weird islands below them were from this height. It'd be a good few more hours before they reached Hawaii. The she pointed out what she thought was a bird, until it got bigger and smashed right into the boy's plane. The poor thing spun around, due to impact with the tail end, and dived off to crash who knew where. By what the pilots were screaming, it was an attack by American missiles due to the foreign aircraft. We couldn't give our verification with those busted radios. “Who the hell drives a plane with a busted radio—“

Then it happened to them. Himeno's window shattered, whipping their hair out toward the open area. Himeno was clutching her seatbelt for dear life but soon she and it were sucked right out of the window. “HIMENO!” It all happened to fast I guess. You can protect your siblings for boys and bullies and maybe even themselves sometimes but how do you stop your sister from getting sucked out of a window? The plane hit the water just as sudden as the crash started. Kagura's chest burned for air. She unbuckled her own seatbelt and and swam out of the same window Himeno had been ripped from. Her hands bled from all the glass but that didn't matter right now and until she found her sister, no one else did. I guess she was right about planes this time…

To Be Continued…