If you don't like violence then skip the ending POV. :
PS: I HAVE THIS STORY ON WATTPAD TOO!!!!!!
PS: I HAVE THIS STORY ON WATTPAD TOO!!!!!!
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Ayame...
"Aki! Hurry up! If we don't leave now we'll be late!!" I called to him.
"Mate!!" He shouted back. (Mate= wait)
I sighed.
My name is Ayame Riku. I'm 12 years old. I have black mid shoulder length hair and silver gray eyes. I'm athletic and a great writer and singer.
I hate my life.
I have no people to call friends and I was abandoned as a baby. I was fortunately adopted by Aki parents, but it wasn't too soon they passed away after a few years. Since they had no siblings we were adopted by the Kuro's. It's been a month since. 7 year old Aki is my little brother even though we're not related by blood. Still he was my brother and i loved him like no other. He the most important thing to me in the world.
Aki came running down the stairs in his school uniform with a Naruto manga in his hand. He was a BIG time Naruto fan. Both in manga and in anime. I don't particularly like Naruto but i don't hate it either. I only watched a few episodes with Aki from time to time not really taking an interest.
"Wait! you two almost forgot your bentos!" Miss Sayako, our adoptive mother shouted running up to us with our bentos.
" A-arigato." I said hesitantly taking the bentos uncertainly.
"No problem." She says giving a smile.
You see even though she's nice i have a suspicion about her and her husband Fumio. When they think me and Aki are asleep i hear them talking about things, and not good things at that. I'm still not sure about what exactly they talk about, because their voices are muffled through the walls, but they do talk.They seem much colder when they do and judging from their voices their personality changes as well. They talk to people on the phone about who knows what. I hear them say things like "Only 3 left, 100,000,000 yen-"
( Author note: When i say 100,000,000 yen i mean like 100,000,000 US dollars FYI)
"-Female, 5 O'clock, rich, 5 foot 2, 8 years old, dead." other things to. It's always random what i hear but i do hear it. I sometimes even hear them curse, witch in the day time they would never do.
I take Aki by his hand and walk out of the house and towards school. Once we get a good distance away from the house out of site, i take our lunch's out and check them. You know for poison or drugs.
Hey, it's better safe than sorry, you never know.
"Onee-chan is something wrong?" Aki asks cutely.
"No it's nothing." I say smiling at him and ruffling his hair. Once i was satisfied that nothing harmful was put in them, i re-packed our lunches and continued to school. As you see i don't want Aki to know about what i think about Sayako and Fumio. Their a nice couple and i trust and love them, but i want Aki to have a life where he does't have to worry about home problems. I want him to have a happy childhood. Ever since our parents died murdered Aki and me been gone through a lot. The people around us constantly giving us their pity and talking about the accident behind our backs. Saying how poor that the adopted girl becomes a orphan again and a 6 years old boy become parentless.
Aki had gone and completely stopped talking to other people besides me after the accident, barely eating much too. I guess i was the same. I had absorbed my everyday life into my school work just wanting to forget everything about my miserable life becoming if not more cold and distant.
My birth parents had abandoned me, their child because they didn't love me. They couldn't care less. They just abandoned me in a abandoned building where i would've died from starvation if Aki father, an architecture hadn't found me. I was covered in dirt and dust. I had a high fever and was only covered in a thin blanket.
I was a hopeless baby who wasn't even fed and left there to die and rot. I mean, don't parents usually leave their babies at a hospital or on a person's doorstep? NOT a place where no human life exists. Obviously they didn't care about my health. That's when Aki parents took me in. They gave me a name, a roof to live under, a place to call home, people to call parents, my education and their love. They were everything to me. When Aki was born it was only a bonus to my happy life.
But everything changed when they were murdered. Nobody knew who did it. All they knew was they were killed by multiple gunshots. Me and Aki were at school during the incident so we didn't find their bodies until we got home. We went through shock and devastation from their deaths. It chewed us inside.
I swore to myself to make sure i was going to protect Aki since then. Be there for him when he needed me and help him through hard times. I wasn't going to lose anyone else i loved.
I continued walking with Aki, his small hand in mine with him using the other to read his manga.
Even though i love him, sometimes i wished i wasn't alive. What was there for me to live for? Aki won't always be with me and i don't have a lover or any dreams for myself. Sayako and Fumio had been acting suspiciously for the past few days so i don't know what to expect from them. I have no friends and everyone i loved were dead.
Since the Kuro's were fairly rich, i got to go to a high class school you can say. Before i moved in with the Kuro's i was bullied by other kids at my old school by the queen bitches there because i was an orphan, and i'm still am, even at my new school only worse. They would write things on my desk, spread horrible rumors about me, stick notes on my locker, blame me for things i didn't do, and beat me when nobody was around, saying how poor i was compared to them. I would never fight back since the teachers would just ignore me and be on rich kids sides, they would only give me a bad report and ruined my chance of having a job in life.
Good for them. If i did half the things that ran through my head every day i would be in prison right now.
Luckily Aki school life was different. People at his school were much more nice and compassionate.
Aki was a sweet kid. He loves me and is attached to me. He's so cute when he pouts and gets angry when people who talk bad about me. I sighed. I couldn't leave him, no matter how bad my life was in my eyes. He was somewhat better now since he meant the Kuro's. He loved them like he were his own parents, i couldn't abandon him and leave him at rock bottom.
I looked back down at Aki watching his eyes scan the pages of his manga, he facial expressions changing now an then and smiled. " As long as he was happy i was, i can't just go and die because i felt like it. Mom and Dad wouldn't forgive me." I thought sternly to myself, putting my ear buds from my IPod on. I looked up at the blue sky above me and stared longingly yet curiously.
"I wonder if their happy in the afterlife?" Was my last thought as i continued to walk.
~Fast Forward~
" Tadaima!" I shouted home from school. Flinching from the new bruises i got.
Aki quickly threw off his shoes and ran to the living room excited to watch Naruto. I could the TV click on as i walked up the stairs taking my time going to my room tired.
I turned on the shower in my room and gave it time for the hot water to start. I plopped down on my bed resting while i wait hearing the intro of Naruto downstairs.
That's when i heard muffled voices at the other side of the wall.
" If i remember Fumio study is next to my room."I thought. Curiosity got the better of me. I needed to know what exactly they talked about when we weren't around. I didn't exactly know what Sayako and Fumio did at night but i hoped my suspicions were wrong. I once saw a stranger exchanging a suitcase when i was at the library after school. I had saw them across the street in a cafe. They both had twisted looks on their faces, and the guy that was giving them the suitcase was smoking, and drinking a beer bottle in his other hand.
It was obvious he was a drug user or something. Either way he looked shaggy. For whatever reason Sayako and Fumio were with him i don't know. I only remember mostly their greedy faces when they'd gotten the suitcase. I was denying what i was seeing then, and i still do! There was no way Sayako and Fumio were criminals, but there was a small part of me that did believe and that part was getting bigger, but i still loved them, they were the closest thing me and Aki had to parents, but i have to admit those feeling were crumbling by the day....
I press my ear against the wall and concentrated on the noises.
" I can't believe it. $700 hundred yen for a seven year old bitch? Does the asshole think we're cheep or something?" I could hear Fumio voice say. I couldn't help but slightly cringe at the tone of his voice.
" I know! The business we run is not cheap. Not to mention when raising two worthless brats. Why did we take them in again?" Sayako voice asked.
I clenched my fists. "What did they mean $700 yen? 7 year old? There was a reason they took us in? Is that really Sayako and Fumio talking? " I questioned myself.
It was.
And i wasn't imagining it.
I felt a sinking feeling of dread came over me, but i kept my ear to the wall. I could hear them clearly now than i do at night. i needed to hear more, i couldn't miss this chance.
"A client spotted them and took a liking to them. He offered $300,000,000 yen each if we could get our hands on them and sell them to him. That's $600,000,000 yen total. Killing the brats parents was so easy. Raising them will be worth it. They'll make fine slaves along with the other merchandise. We finally made an agreement to meet tomorrow. Remember to drug their dinner, it's better we trade them when they're asleep." Fumio replied voice twisted.
" Of course but do we have to act? I think it's ridiculous i have to put on a facade as a nice peppy mom. Thank god Aki watching his stupid show and the bitch taking a shower. I need a break." Sayako voice spoke.
That was all i needed to hear. I reattached back from the wall stumbling.
"So that's what the been doing at night? Selling innocent kids to rapists to be slaves?" I thought in horror. My skin felt clammy and i began to feel sick. I was in shock. I knew they were doing something bad, but this? I couldn't believe it. There was a small part of me that hoped i was wrong and hoped that the smiling Sayako who tucked Aki to bed and read him night time stories was the real Sayako. The Fumio who would help me with my homework patiently no mater how long it would take was the real one. The nice couple who would take me and Aki out to restaurants talking away kindly were the REAL ones, but this was reality.
I felt betrayed and heart broken. I couldn't believe i gotten so attached to them in a mouth. I should of stayed my distance. Tears began to form and fall from my eyes.
"Dammit! This was no time to cry!" I thought picking up my cell. I was going to call the police when my figure stopped at the last button i needed to press.
I couldn't call. They wouldn't believe me.
You see Fumio the head of the police department. He famously known for being such a great leader and a kind person who has a wonderful wife. He has the trust of everybody on the police force. They wouldn't believe me if i called. I didn't have any proof. I just sound like an insane teenage girl who just's upset with her adoptive family. I threw my phone across my room and tucked my head in-between my knees rocking back and forth.
"I need to do something. I won't let them take Aki away! I won't let them break his heart, his already gone through enough!" I thought feeling hatred now coursing through my veins for them killing our parents for such a stupid reason. We couldn't run away, we wouldn't be able to support ourselves and i was too young to get a job.
"We do i do? What do i do?" I reaped in my mind as if the answer would come.
I needed to do something and i needed to do something by tomorrow before dinner. I got up and paced around my room quietly fidgety hoping to get an idea.
None came of course.
Until an idea came into my mind. It ran my blood run cold and stopped me from pacing. I couldn't, i couldn't do it,
I can't kill them.
But then what do i have to lose?
Sure i become a criminal, but if i do kill them Aki would become an orphan again.
It was much better than becoming a slave of a rapist or whoever. Aki would have a good chance to getting adopted again and have a better life.
It didn't matter to me what i would become.
It felt....... right. Having revenge by blood.
That's was what scared me. That i didn't have a problem murdering people who just minutes ago loved. I wanted to kill them.
"Why did our parents have to die when sick people like them got to live!" I thought tears pouring over just thinking about the images of their bloody bodies. My dad's body laid hunched over my mom's as if to protect her death mortified on their faces. I didn't even want to think about how the people Fumio and Sayoko sold felt.
Life wasn't fair! Taking everything i loved and believed away from me! My school life was already miserable! Sooner or later Aki's life would be miserable! I just want him to have a happy life, was that so hard to ask for? What have i've been enduring everyday for? For this?
No, life wasn't fair at all.
But i was going to make it.
Night...
*Dream*
I was in an unfamiliar grave site. Everything look old fashioned yet familiar. It was day out and the greenery was fresh around here, everything peaceful.
I looked down at myself to see me wearing nothing but a simple black kimono. The fabric was soft against my skin and my face was draped with a netted fabric covering it. I felt i was holding something.
It was a bouquet of lilies.
I looked in front of me to see myself standing in front of two graves. I set the flowers down and began to read.
" May Kaede and Toshi-" But before i could finish and voice interrupted.
" Hay! Who are you? What are you doing here?!" A familiar voice shouted.
Before i could turn around and face the person, everything blurred out.
*End of Dream*
Next day....
End of School....
I was walking out of the school gates listening to my IPod, reviewing the plan i had in my head over and over again. I had a strange dream last night but i wasn't going to let that get in my way.
" Okay Aki is going to the library with one of his friends and his older brother, so he won't be back until 5:30 or something. It's now 4:00 O'clock, i should get home about 4:30, which gives me about an hour to finish the job..." I thought, until a voice interrupted.
" Hey you Hobo!!" a bitchy voice shouted. I turned around to see none other than Kira Hibiko. Kira was the queen bitch at this school just because her dad was a big shot.
" Here it comes..." I thought my face emotionless. Kira walked over to me along with her snotty friends behind her. They looked like exactly copy's of Kira. Mimicking her style and likes.
" Nice IPod. How come a Hobo like you can have one and i can't. Hand it over." She said loud enough for others to hear.
I was sick of her attitude. Sick of this place. The bullying, the beat ups, and not to mention the nasty pranks. Everyday was like this, and you know what? i couldn't do anything about it. If i was going to become a criminal then i might as well finish my business here.
After all wouldn't you?
" You know Kira, i always thought you had a pretty face." I told her putting away my IPod in my shoulder backpack.
She pursed her lips and raised her chin proudly.
" Much prettier than yours. Now hand it over or you know what coming." She sneered as she grabbed my backpack. People around us began to cheer and shout for her wanting a fight, while her friends behind her snickered in delight.
" Prettier? Let change that fact." I said darkly my face impassive.
" What are you going to do Hobo!" She mocked. " What can a poor bitch like you do to me! You can't even lay a finger on me! My father would have you over to the police before you can even blink!" She continued, trying to yank on my backpack of my shoulder harder.
" Besides if you do anything to me, i'll have that little brat of a brother of yours screwed." She said smirking as she began to laugh with others following.
That did it.
I smacked her right across her face. Leaving a purple bruised hand print.
Everything went silent.
" How dare you-" But before she could even finish i punched her hard in the gut. I tackled her down and began beating her face like my life depended on it. I put all my hatred and anger into the beating, feeling a growing satisfaction in me. Everyone just stared at me scared shitless not knowing what to do. They didn't expect me to fight back and thought they would get entertainment. Pitiful if you ask me.
I kept beating poor Kira up until boys jocks began to pry me apart from her. But i was not letting her go i had a fist ball of her hair in my hand and i was pulling and yanking on it hard. Kira screamed in pain and fear. She looked like shit.
She deserved it.
She was lying on the ground with tears in her eyes. She had a black eyes and a broken nose which was bleeding. Her lips were split and cracked and her face had bruises all over along with a twisted wrist and maybe a few broken ribs. I did felt something crunch when i punched her stomach....
" Don't you dare touch Aki you bitch!!! Or i'll swear i kill you!!!" I shouted crazily. As the boy grips loosed on me, giving me a chance to jump on her again i continue to beat her up.
I was like a animal filled with the need to see blood.
I was working on breaking her arm until they finally managed to pry me off of her.
Some boys held me back while i trashed back in forth like a monster. My face was full of hate and disgust for everyone and everything here.
" What the fuck do you think you're doing to my sister!!!" Hisao, Kira brother hissed at me. Hisao was responsible with the beat ups of me and for people throwing their lunched at me. He was also the one who created the nickname Hobo for me. You could imagine how that name got around.
Seeing his faces only fueled my rage.
I got out of the grips of the people who were holding me back and punched them in their ribs. Once i was done with them, i pounced on Hisao wildly and started to beat him up like a punching bag. Memories of hell in my school resurfaced only making me beat him up harder. He didn't even have a chance to react.
I was going to make sure they paid their price.
After the beat up.... (Warning: Beware of Murder Scene)
By the time i was done with them no one dared to go near me.
Smart choice.
Kira and Hisao ended up in the hospital, needing who knows how long to recover.
I got away clean and unscratched. Heck you should've seen the teachers when they saw my after work. Lira and Hisao faces were unrecognizable and distorted, i made sure to scare so bad they would have nightmares for months if they dared to do anything to Aki.
I was right now walking home listening to my IPod.
I was worried. Stressed, afraid you can say, but not afraid of killing. I was afraid of failing.
If i fail who knows what would happen to me and Aki. I don't even want to think about it what could happen if we were sold. Everything we'd go through would definitely be hell, our future would be ruined. Aki life would change drastically becoming miserable. I doubt criminals would let him go to school, who knows what they're going to do to him every day.
Our life's would end. Period.
" Excuse me would you spare some food?" I hear a voice asked through the music. I take my plugs off and turn to see a poor lady in ragged clothes.
I didn't hesitate to reach in my bag and take out a apple.
" It's not much but it's the only thing i have." I say offering it to her. She smiled thankfully and took it.
I was about to walk away when she stopped me.
" Wait let me read your palm return. It's the least i can do." She said. I paused, but agreed after a moment.
I gave her my right hand to read. She stared at it and traced her fingers on the lines. Her eyes widens into golf balls suddenly.
" What is it?" I ask.
" You have a great power you do not realize. Your life is soon to change drastically. You'll play a big part in the soon future. You'll face hardship and find love, and learn about your true self. You'll be the peacemaker off a long going war." She finished.
" Ok....." I said. I mean this was a lot to take in. Sure i believed in magic and ghosts some what, i mean i was an opened minded kind person but this was.... different.
" Wait here there something i want to give you." She said going through her clothes. After a few seconds she gave me 2 vials. They were beautiful and made out of rainbow like glass. They were strung to be necklaces by gold designed chains. The vials were no bigger than my thumb and had some sort of liquid in them.
" What's this?" I ask. Looking at the items in my hand in awe.
" It liquid in them will bring any person you choose back to life. Or if you or a person are close to death they can be used to heal, all you have to do is drink the contents. Each can only be used once so choose who you save wisely." She said. " You will be sure to need them."
I furrowed my eyebrows and looked at the vials curiously.
It was too good to be true for things like this to exist. And even if it was real why give it to me?
When i looked back up from my hand to the lady,
she was gone.
I walk the rest of the way home in silent thinking. " Nah no way, it can't be true." I decided. I put the necklaces on as i reached my house.
I walk up to my house and open the door quietly. Putting my IPod in my pocket.
I forget about the old lady and the necklaces and just concentrate on the job on hand. I was going to make sure i was going to protect Aki, even if i have to be a murderer.
I won't let him suffer. I don't care what they did to me, but they can forget doing anything to Aki.
As i walked through the doorway quietly i kept my guard up. I closed the door quietly and listened carefully. I could hear a conversation in the living room.
" They should be home anytime now." Sayako voice spoke. She was in her sale lady voice.
" Good a deal is a deal." A new man's voice spoke.
" I can't wait to have my fun with the girl." Another man twisted voice said.
"There's more than one person." I thought.
" I want my fun with the boy. Can't wait to torture him. I love to hear screams." A third voice said. 3 other voices from what i could tell chuckled.
" 5 people. Including Sayako and Fumio, i have to kill 7." I thought. I listen intently and set my bag down soundlessly.
I crept into the kitchen and take out a knife from the drawer. I stare at the silver pointy object in my hand, before coming to a final decision.
" It's too late to turn back now." I thought my resolve to protect Aki strong. As i was about to turn around and go into the living room a pair of strong arms envelope me.
I turn around quickly trying not to gasp. It was Sayako who was behind me with a sweet smile.
" Ayame dear, how long have you been home?" she asks.
"I guess she doesn't know i overheard their conversation." i thought.
" I just did. I was thinking for making dinner for you and Fumio. You two been taking great care of me and Aki, it's the least i can do." i said, acting out my polite voice and warm smile. She seemed to bought my excuse since she didn't change out of her peppy mom act. I listened closely to the living room area to only hear it quiet there.
" When's Fumio coming home anyway?" I ask.
" Oh don't worry, he'll be back soon. Until then i'll take care of dinner, you have homework to do right?" She says taking the knife out of my hands. I nodded and pretend to walk out of the kitchen. I took a small glance back without her noticing and see her take out some pills from her pocket.
She was facing the counter so she couldn't see me taking out a pencil from my pocket. I lift it up above and brung it down quickly on her.
Sayako let out an ear piercing scream as i did. I shut her up and ignored the blood on my cheeks. I felt cold and lifeless now that i was actually doing it, but i wasn't going to let them do anything to Aki, they were going to have to kill me first. literally.
Running could be heard through the halls. When they stopped Fumio and his customers were at the kitchen door. There was one guy who looked like to be the boss. He had gelled blond hair and was wearing designer like clothing.
I quickly picked up the knife Sayako dropped and ran to the nearest guy and stabbed him in his stomach. He gasped but before he could make any other sound i stabbed him again. He was a bulky guy wearing trousers and a wrinkly sweatshirt.
" 5 left." I said retracting the knife and standing. I saw fear in their eyes and disbelief. Fumio looked enraged. Before i knew it they were taking guns out. I narrowed my eyes and slit the next guys throat before he could shoot. I hear a gunshot coming from Fumio direction and was able to dodge the bullet in time only letting it graze my arm. It was like a burnt cut, but other then that i was okay.
I hear another shot from behind and bend down feeling a faint wisp over my head. I heard a loud thump on a floor and look up to see that the bullet i had dodged had hit Fumio directly in his forehead.
" 3 left." I thought, taking a mental note. I threw the knife to a guy who had long brown hair tied into a ponytail, he looked to be in his mid 30's, he looked like a man who could pass to be a slave driver. The knife hit square into his chest. He started to gag with blood coming out of his mouth, with his hand sputtering around the knife trying to take it out.
" Why you son of a bitch!" The leader yelled as he and the other guy took their chance to shoot at me. I was quick to dodge the bullets thanks to my gymnastics lessons and martial arts i had taken before the accident. I took countess sports and activities to train my body and mind.
I wasn't going to let them go to waste.
My ears were pounding from the gunshot noises and adrenaline was pumping threw my veins at high speed. My heart felt like it was going to burst at any moment.
I swiftly pick up a plate from the counter and throw it with all the force i had to the leader. He cursed as he dodged and made a run for it with his partner out of the kitchen. I couldn't let them get away so i chased after them. I quickly pulled out the knife from the dead guy chest on the way out and see them run out of the door when i exist the kitchen. I fallowed top speed and was on their tail. Thankfully their was know one around the neighborhood to witness a murder.
They'd curved into an ally and i followed. The minute i turned the corner they began to shoot at me. I tried to dodge all of the bullets, but two got lodged into my waist. I bit my lip drawing blood trying not to scream and lose my balance. I continued to dodge the bullets, but the wound i got kept biting me back. In the end i had countless grazeses that were bleeding, all the cuts on my clothes were rimmed and dripping with blood, along with an added bullets in my right thigh and left shin. My body felt like it was burning and my legs felt like they were going to rip off.
They cackled with laughter having hummer in seeing me fight for my life.
" What are you going to do now you bitch! Let's see you try to kill us now!" The partner shouted. He looked like a person who would smoke and sell drugs. The leader had a massive grin on his face and a crazed look in his eyes.
" I guess it can't be helped! Once we kill you we'll settle for the other brat!" He announced smirking. This only made me angry. I wanted to kill them.
I needed to.
I had a newfound of determination in me and strength. I wasn't going to go down like this. Not until i knew Aki would be safe. I wasn't going to have bastards like them have him.
As i kept dodging i shortened this distance between us. They backed away a step each time i got closer. I gripped the knife in my hand hard giving me white knuckles. I ducked down dodging a bullet that was aimed for my head and sprinted forward embedding the knife deeply into the shaggy guy chest. I brought the knife down cutting into his stomach, creating a giant slash. The guy fell backward, his knees buckling and screamed bloody murder. I took out my knife and got back in stance, my sleeves were practically completely covered in the guys blood now. He had a look of horror and fear plastered on his face, his blood pooling around his dead form.
I began to run forward again sprinting and was able to get close enough to the leader to kick him in his gut feeling a few ribs brake under my foot, i was about to slash him before he fell to the floor, but he managed to dodge in mid fall. I threw the knife at him instead, the same time he tripped catching my leg causing me to fall backwards. My knife i threw got into his thigh though i was aiming for his heart, he screamed in savage pain as he fell back.
I had to think quick, he was slowing getting up from the wound and if i didn't do anything quick i was a goner. I looked around frantically for something i could use to kill him. I completely ignored the searing pain throughout my body.
I finally eyed the gun in the dead guy hand and dive for it. It took all my energy to sit up and aim the gun at my target.
As i put my finger around the trigger-
*Bang!!!*
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