Thursday, November 25, 2004

The Crow: Owarimasu
Chapter 5





Haruhiko out of the doors of his large estate, and he stumbled upon one his red ties, but the tie wasn’t his. He picked it up, and saw Aki’s name on it, and the design of the crow drawn in blood on it. He threw the tie to the ground, and walked hurriedly to his car, but found Murai’s car. The blue Celica had been scratched up, and the same crow design was found smashed into the windshield, when Haruhiko made his way to his car. He looked up to the top of his building, and saw a dark figure dressed in all black, staring down at him. The crow cawed from behind him, and the dark figure disappeared before he could look back at it. Haruhiko grabbed his cell phone and called Haru.
“Hello,” Haru said, after reaching over his bed to grab his phone.
“Haru, someone is onto us!” Haruhiko said, frantically entering his car and speeding off from his building.
“How?” Haru asked.
“Murai and Aki have been killed,” Haruhiko answered.
“Shit, meet me at the mansion,” Haru said, getting up and heading to his closet, leaving the young girl in his bed behind.

Haruko swung back into Emi’s window where he found some bloodstains on her pallet and some also dragged onto the floor.
“Haruko, out the window,” the crow cawed. Haruko looked back out of the window to find a man with a ski mask, leaving the building. Haruko did a back flip out of the window, and landed head first, shattering his skull. The man was suddenly startled, and fell back against the door, clutching his heart. Haruko’s neck snapped into place, and the blood soon diminished as he got back up.
“Where is she?” Haruko asked, grabbing the man by his shirt, and noticing the Izumi corp. name tag.
“Jin?” Haruko said, as the man collapsed, dying of a heart attack, “Bitch.” Haruko dropped the dead weight lying in the grasps of his hands. He looked down and found the necklace lying on the ground draped in Emi’s blood, and when he looked up he saw Emi’s bloody hand beating on the window of an all black Celica. Haruko ran after it, and the crow flew off, dropping a key behind for Haruko. Haruko picked up the key, and found a yellow EVO right in front of him. Haruko hopped into the driver’s side of the EVO, and jetted off in pursuit of the black Celica. The crow soared into the black skies, watching over the Celica. Haruko stomped the accelerator to the floor, and drove through the empty streets of Tokyo in the night. Haruko found the Celica getting on the freeway just forty feet away from him. He stomped the gas again and caught up to the black car. The driver saw the clown face peering through his rearview mirror, and he stomped the gas, cutting in front of another car. Two cars were in front of Haruko, and he sped passed them. He pulled the gun from his belt buckle, and he sped further to get closer to the Celica. The Celica cut in front of another car, and it spun out of control just as Haruko got up to it, Haruko turned the steering wheel to make a hard right, and dodged the oncoming vehicle. He gained his momentum back and caught up with the Celica. He was right beside it and he pointed the 9mm at the driver, who pushed his seat back as Haruko fired. He hit the man on the passenger side right in the temple. Haruko rammed into the Celica’s side, and they ran off of an exit. Haruko fired the rest of the clip at the car, but didn’t hit anything. Realizing that Haruko was out of bullets, a man in the backseat let the window down and began firing a machine gun at Haruko. Emi screamed as another man held her down, so she couldn’t attack the man shooting at Haruko. The machine gun’s bullet hit the hood of the car and it set on fire as they made it to the main road. The car exploded as they hit the main road. The men laughed, but as soon as the driver turned to look at the road, they ran into a brick wall, instantly killing the driver. The two men grabbed Emi, and got out of the car. They were limping and Emi was bleeding from her head.
“Let go of me!” She screamed, trying to fight them off, but she didn’t have any strength left. The crow landed in front of them, and one of them tried to shoot it.
“Put her down,” a voice called from across the street.
“Haruko!” Emi screamed. Haruko walked forward with his burn marks healing, and his clothes torn. He took his shirt off, because not even half of it was on him.
“This shit can’t be, how the hell is he still walking?” The man with the machine gun said, and shot Haruko to the ground with the last bullets of the machine gun. Haruko fell on his back and lie there motionlessly.
“Haruko, get up!” Emi yelled.
“He won’t be getting up anytime soon, sweetheart,” one of the men said. Haruko got up before the man could get the rest of his sentence out. Haruko charged at the two men, with his bare fists.
“Both of you bitches will die!” Haruko hollered, as he jumped on the man with empty machine gun. The other man let go of Emi, and tried to attack Haruko. Emi tripped the man as the other man tried to use the machine gun as a shield from Haruko. Haruko kicked the gun out of the man’s hand, and did a standing roundhouse kick to knock the man down. The man begged for his life as he lie on the ground, but Haruko picked him up, and rammed him into the brickwall face first.. After making a bloody mess, Haruko turned to see Emi sparring with the other man. She kicked him in his throat, and before he could attack her, and she punched him in the face. That wasn’t enough to stop the man, and he drew a small pistol from his overalls, and he kicked Emi in the stomach. He pointed the gun at Haruko, who moved to the side to dodge the bullets. The man couldn’t hit Haruko at all, and Haruko kicked the gun up into the air. In the same instant, Haruko kicked the man in his chest, and he flew into the car with the two burnt carcasses in it just as Haruko caught the falling pistol. The car exploded after Haruko fired at the trail of oil under the car. Haruko went over to Emi, who was clutching her stomach on her knees, and helped her up.
“You saved me again, Haruko,” Emi said, smiling. She hugged him around his middle, and kissed his lips. He pulled out the necklace, and handed it to her, but as she grabbed it, another flashback came to him.

“Haruko, what is this?” Emi asked staring at the jade necklace that Haruko was handing to her. It was all gold with jade put into the charm in the place of diamonds.
“My mother gave this to me, and I am giving it to you to pass to one of our children,” Haruko responded, holding her close and staring down at the necklace.
“You don’t have to give that to me, I can see in your eyes that you are having trouble letting go of it,” Emi said. Haruko smiled, and sat on the floor by his pallet in his apartment.
“I want you to have it, along with this,” Haruko handed her a gold ring with a large diamond on the top of it.
“Yes, Haruko, yes I will!” Emi screamed, before Haruko could ask. She jumped down on top of him, and drowned him with kisses.

Emi hugged Haruko as he quaked in her arms. She kissed his lips, not knowing of the pain she was giving him.
“It’s alright, Haruko I know what you are thinking about,” She showed him the large diamond ring on her finger, “I’m still wearing it, I will be your fiancé until the day I die,” Emi said, tears falling from her hazel eyes.
“I love you, Emi, but it’s time for my father and that bastard son of his to die,” Haruko said, angrily and walked away.
“Wait, Haruko, come back with me first,” Emi begged.

Haru entered the mansion, and walked along the signature red carpet, and passed all of the ancient weapons that his father had collected far before he was even born. He opened the door to his father’s office that was laced with red wood grain, and that same crimson carpet, symbolizing his business.
“Father, what have you called me here for?” Haru asked, barely dressed in his suit, and hickeys all over his neck and face.
“I think karma is coming back to us,” Haruhiko said, sitting at his desk.
“Fuck that, you aren’t bringing me down with you. It was your fucking idea in the first place to sell that damn drug. You knew mom wouldn’t approve of that shit!” Haru yelled.
“Son, you assisted in killing off our family, so he is coming for you as well,” Haruhiko warned.
“Who is coming for me?” Haru drew his chrome pistol from his pocket.
“Your brother,” Haruhiko said.
“Bullshit! I know what you are doing, and I think I am going to beat you to the punch,” Haru pointed the gun to his father. “I guess you wanted all of the money to yourself, its no way in hell that Haruko is still breathing,” Haru said.
“Haru, I’m not lying I saw him,” Haruhiko said, in a plea for his life. A brick shattered through the window, and onto the floor in a puddle of broken glass. Haru grabbed it from the floor, and found a note with the sign of the crow on it.
“Leave Emi alone, for I am the one you have to deal with. Yes, Haru I am alive,” Haru read the note, and dropped it to the floor in a fearful fright.
“How is he still alive?” Haru asked, staring at Haruhiko.
“I don’t know son, but we will have to work fast,” Haruhiko said. The power went out in the house, and the only thing that could be heard was the sound of a bird cawing loudly. Haruhiko nearly pissed his pants, as Haru looked around just as startled as his father. Then a man with a clown face hopped onto Haruhiko’s desk, and sat there in a squatting position.
“Let the games begin, father,” The figure disappeared before Haru could fire at it, and before Haruhiko could take another breath.


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