Story: Lost Girls (chapter 13)

Authors: angelronin

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Chapter 13

Title: Hellbound

Shizuru and Natsuki were setting up to watch a movie together. “Shizuru please explain to me why you did pick this romantic movie?” Natsuki was asking. “I admitted I can enjoy these movies with you,” Natsuki is embarrassingly liking them secretly.

“Oh Natsuki that so sweet of you doing this for me in spite not enjoying romantic movies,” Shizuru was teasing Natsuki.

“Seriously Shizuru your teasing is kind annoying,” Natsuki was blushing in spite of her protest. While both Shizuru and Natsuki were preoccupied there a young-looking woman observing them across the building next door. “Master we’re currently in position to follow through with the plan,”

“Proceed with caution I’m wanted her to suffer painfully through with everything that she did to my father,” The voice on the phone instructed one of the assassin.

Shizuru was in the kitchen about get the popcorn from the microwave the lights went out. She realized that something wrong her instinct told her that somebody was in the apartment.

She ran to the room warning Natsuki about the incoming danger. Natsuki get down!”

“Shizuru what happened?! The lights they got out and we paid the rent on time this month,” Shizuru was on the floor with Natsuki next to her. There was some screaming from the hallway that they can hear through the thin walls of the apartment.

“Natsuki promise me to escape things about get ugly around here,” Shizuru was serious and worried about her girlfriend’s safety.

“Shizuru please tell what the hell is going?! I don’t like being in the dark and you’re starting acting strangely after this blackout happen. Also why we hearing some noises coming outside of our apartment,” Panic was starting to rise for Natsuki.

Sound of broken glass came from their kitchen causing Natsuki be fidget. “Shizuru there somebody trying breaking into our place it starting to get crazy and you won’t telling me anything,” Natsuki is huddle close to Shizuru.

A shadow moving around in the room as Shizuru was on alert. She shifts herself and Natsuki against the wall as flash of sliver slash on the carpeted floor as they were at few second ago. Couple of throwing stars appears and embedded on the walls inches away of them. Shizuru held on her breath and covered Nastuki’s mouth preventing her from screaming. Then two shadows moved through the darken room attacking both Shizuru and Natsuki relentless. Shizuru dodging the incoming attacks in time and slightly push Natsuki away from their assaulters to avoid the deathblow. She rolling from the spot as another sword appeared out of thin air would behead her if she haven’t evaded.

Shizuru was on her feet next to the table protecting Natsuki at arm length and using one of the lamps as a defensive weapon. She threw the lamp confirm a hit after hearing one the first assassin’s yell

“Natsuki you should escape now I needed to fight these two of mine opponents.” Shizuru ordered a daze Natsuki who was perplexed by these events to listen her.

The shorter assassin recovered and resumes their relentless assault with her companion as they concentrated their attacks on Shizuru as she anticipating their movements among the darkness and constantly dodging to avoid getting hit by their weapons.

Silent as shadows they change their attack patterns hoping that Shizuru will leave an exposed Natsuki unprotected. Shizuru is realizing that Natsuki is vulnerable since she doesn’t have any combat experience as her. She pushed Natsuki away from the attacks before she can starting to protect. Shizuru decide to dive into the darkness taking them head-on.

The slender assassin using her katana performing diagonal slashes toward Shizuru whom barely rolled away. Her opponent was aiming toward her and Shizuru wasn’t making things any easier for her by keeping her from having an advantage.

She kept dodging and weaving from being cut into ribbons. She didn’t account for the second, shorter one probably after Natsuki for moment. Shizuru was very fearful for Natsuki’s life since she’s too busy to notice that the second assassin has intended to kill her girlfriend.

“Natsuki get away from here you’re in danger,” She’s yelling and Natsuki was busy searching for a flashlight in the dark that she didn’t heard Shizuru’s warning.

“I’m wanting see what going on I barely able seeing your outline with everything completely covering in darkness I can’t see what in front of me,” Then a nasty surprise came for Natsuki when a yori spearhead nearly decapitated her head off. “What the hell!” She displayed her utter shock.

The other assassin doesn’t have mercy toward Natsuki as she slowly advancing to her with intention to kill.

Shizuru struggled with her opponent as she vainly tried to close the distance between her and Natsuki but the slender, faster assassin kept some pressure on Shizuru as she wished she have a weapon to defend herself and rescuing Natsuki.

Natsuki was scrambling for safety as the spear-wielding assassin continuously attacking her. Natsuki threw another lamp at the assassin in self-defense before she was cutting it down.

Shizuru still hope that her skills of being a vampire hunter didn’t diminish overtime and recalling a past oath. “I swear that you’re very persistence I’m getting you some credit but your time about up.” She dropped her pleasant persona and turn into the most fear vampire hunter, the legendary vampire slayer of Kyoto having a predatory grin. The sword-wielding vampire ninja witness why her kind was very fearful to Shizuru felt her blood turn cold and steadying losing courage.

Her sword slashes are starting to get very eccentric as Shizuru easily evading them. Shizuru then yank the weapon from her, using it to stab her by her own weapon in the chest. Her last express was pure horror before turning into dust.

“Oh shit, shit!” Natsuki was starting to losing estate in their tiny apartment to avoiding becoming dead. The vampire assassin kept causing destruction throughout the small apartment to terminate her target as Natsuki literally fumbling in the dark finding anything as a weapon to protecting herself from being killed. The vampire about to strike Natsuki, Shizuru parried the killing blow.

“Leave Natsuki alone or you’ll regret it,” Shizuru was straining herself to hold down the spear with borrowed sword. “Sorry Natsuki I was late to save you,” She is flashing a smile.

Natsuki was visibly shaking behind Shizuru as held her own against the strong adversity. Shizuru has realized she didn’t have any room to maneuvering around the enclosed area. The other assassin was pushing her toward the wall while Shizuru is struggling with her might to hold down her opponent’s weapon so she can’t raise it and cut both of them down. Suddenly she jumped back a couple of feet away from Shizuru and pulling out some ninja stars from her pouch on her left leg and threw about six in rapid succession, Shizuru is quickly knocking them down away from Natsuki.

Natsuki still was shellshock what have transpired these past few minutes witness the scene in front of her it felt actually surreal. Shizuru and the vampire assassin were parrying each other’s attacks going blow to blow without either side giving up an inch. Shizuru wished that she still have her naginata with her so she could dispatch the assassin currently she’s engaging.

The vampire assassin thrust her spear toward Shizuru’s neck hoping to sever one of her arteries in her neck, Shizuru gracefully rolling toward Natsuki’s location as she was paralyzed with fear. Shizuru is in crouch protecting Natsuki, the small female assassin swung down the weapon of attempted to disembowel Shizuru. Shizuru blocked attempt by intercepting the attack and knocking her down.

Shizuru got onto her feet and ready to drive the sword into her chest and to kill her once for all but she blocked the sword in last possible second with her weapon knocking Shizuru off-balance. Shizuru recovered just in time as the smaller, faster vampire assassin was on the offensive charging toward her.

Shizuru countered her opponent’s speed by sidestepping to her right, and struck her with blunt of her sword. The female vampire ninja assassin staggered leaving her wide open to Shizuru’s assault. She’s carving up her opponent with a few slashes with the sword and once again trying to end this match with impalement but her enemy recovers from being stun.

Shizuru was starting getting tired and her opponent have her injuries heal and plus since she’s beyond human fatigue won’t be a factor for her. “I can’t keep this forever sooner or later she’ll get us,” Shizuru have to will herself to battle against an enemy that don’t have to worry being tired or having their attention divert toward another person.
The smaller vampire assassin was aggressively resuming on the offensive. Shizuru was on her toes as she fought a defensive battle against a relentless opponent even she has tap into reserve of strength to push back after drove into a corner. The battle was slowly going against her but Shizuru won’t quit she have to no she must protect Natsuki at all cost even with her life. With sudden renewal of energy and strength Shizuru fought hard in spite she sustains some injuries. In desperation she dropped her acquired weapon and grabbed on the spear in attempt to steal it from her opponent but she strained herself even further.

The ninja assassin smashed her weapon against Shizuru’s stomach knocking the wind out of her. “I’m finally going to kill you for the glory of my clan. You’ve plague us for good while and now his plans finally be fruitful you have any parting words before I sending you to hell?” Shizuru starts to laugh. “What so funny about be dead you finally lost it,” The shorter vampire ninja smiles triumphantly.

“You shouldn’t assume your opponent is helpless.” Shizuru stabbed her with broken table leg. Her eyes widen that the realization that she was outsmarted and got cocky at very end.

“Son of a-“Her cries got cut off after turn into dust. Shizuru caught her breath and crawl toward a very frightened Nastuki just regained her wits. “Natsuki you’re okay?” Shizuru was worried that Natsuki will be traumatized for rest of her life. “We have to leave this place I don’t know how many of them are in here but I afraid I have an old enemy aiming toward me since you got caught in the crossfire I should told you about my past when we starting dating.” Shizuru hopes if they survive tonight’s encounter she have a lot explaining to do after words.

Natsuki stirred from the craziness that happened about fifteen minutes ago. “Shizuru please just tell me this is crazy-ass dream I’m experiencing?” Natsuki talked so low that Shizuru barely register what Natsuki have said.

“Now, now not the one you told me about me being covered in mayo and-“Natsuki quickly clamp Shizuru’s mouth.

“Shizuru not that one you shouldn’t brought it up,” Natsuki was blushing furiously. She removes her hand from Shizuru’s mouth and let her speak.

“Natsuki just listening to me carefully I never disclose my past after moving in Fuuka four years ago. I kind you said an ex-warrior fighting against evil and sake of humanity so we can have a future,” Shizuru had look of reminisce. “I think is time to leave here they probably shut off the lights in the area,” Her expression changes from playful to serious with steel in her voice.

Natsuki rose from her position with her legs quaking and look of shock. “Shizuru this more craziness to this I like a reasonable explanation all the insanity I encounter just now,” Natsuki was pissed is an understatement itself.

Shizuru pick up the spear from pile of aches and took few practice swings to get the use. “It isn’t my preferred weapon but this must do,”
“Natsuki after we leave from here the hallways is potential deathtrap since it dark and they’ll ambush us so stay close to me,” Shizuru calmly told Natsuki. “And Natsuki please don’t protest your life depend on mine,” Like a teacher scolding on a student, Shizuru politely told Natsuki to shut up before utter anything.

Shizuru opens the door and found the hallway in absolute darkness where the enemies have a tactical advantage over her. “They can see in the dark, I can’t I must be extra caution,” Her thoughts alternative between knowing the enemies’ plans and protecting Natsuki they groping in the dark finding a foothold and any walls. Slowly they walked in the blackness covered hallway with Shizuru being extra tense and Natsuki still unraveling the insanity of everything.

“Said Shizuru you are totally serious about this? We can call the police I have my cell phone with me. Back there you’re being more mysterious as usual something you spout it would came from a manga but this is reality.” Natsuki was trying to laugh out but her gut feeling had told her this not a work of fiction and absolutely true.

“Well Natsuki if this Yuri manga I bet I confess my feelings under a sakura tree with the leaves falling and then we kiss.” Shizuru smile at Natsuki even she can’t see it. Natsuki rolled her eyes in respond.

“Natsuki even the police can help us they don’t have the means and firepower to stand up against a formidable opponent could easily annihilate them.” Shizuru struck down Natsuki’s optimism.

They blindly stride in total darkness without knowing they’re going in right direction and sudden flash of brightness engulf the room. Shizuru shield her eyes in instant from being blinded. After the lights die down to reasonable level Shizuru adjust her eyesight and found Natsuki was missing. “Your princess is in another castle to order rescue her you having go through us first,” A large male vampire wielding a massive club taunted Shizuru.

“Tell me where’s Natsuki and I’ll go easy on you,” Shizuru was both determining and hoping he take the bait. Other two vampires appear next to him with murderous aura surrounding them. Shizuru ready her stance and the four combatants have brief stare down before the others making the first move.

The vampire ninja with claws bounce off the wall signaling his buddies to attack, Shizuru swiftly and decisively knocking down the airborne opponent but he twisted himself in mid-air to evade the strike, the female vampire shinobi charging quickly within Shizuru’s space in attempt opening her entails. Shizuru was currently engaging her naginata-weilding opponent while avoiding the wall-bouncing ninja. The leader of the trio assassins going to make Shizuru a red splat on the wall by swing his massive club, Shizuru was effortless back-flipped away from the would-be blow. (She’s still tired from her last fight.) Shizuru have to contend with three opponents engaging simultaneously while they’re fresh. Shizuru barely block the blade from naginata, unknown to her that another assassin behind her threw his kusaigama that stab her on her right shoulder blade causing Shizuru be in great pain. He then drags her toward himself and the leader is preparing to stuff Shizuru’s life out. Shizuru was desperate that she resort kicking the shins of the club-holding vampire.

He stomped her in stomach in retaliation making Shizuru nearly losing her lunch. He raise the club over his head to smash Shizuru into obliteration, borderline in superhuman reaction Shizuru sweep down the chained-sickle vampire and roll away in time before turned into red paste but making floor destroyed in process by collapsing and everybody fell to next floor below. Shizuru is barely recovering before the claw-wielding vampire dive toward her after clinging to the walls.

Shizuru scramble away before being pierce, pulling off the chain-sickle from her injured shoulder. She represses a yell and will herself not to scream. Crimson flow through her wound and the other three vampire ninja/assassins recovers after momentary being stunned resume their attacks. Shizuru have dealt with an injury and overwhelming odds stacking against her. She used a few martial arts moves that she had learned back her time in Kyoto. She went a straight-forward palm strike that was easily telegraphed and simply dodged by kunoichi vampire, the chained-sickle vampire was trying to decapitate her head but he don’t have much room to throw his weapon and maneuver.

The clawed vampire ninja pounced on Shizuru from crouch position and landed a few slashes before she shook him off. The club-holding leader and the naginata-weilding kunoichi decide to double team Shizuru increasing their chances of victory. Shizuru was totally defenseless and at the mercy of her enemies. “I need to survive! I need to fight and rescuing Natsuki,” With sudden burst of strength, Shizuru threw couple of punches that connecting of the nose one of the ninja assassins but it didn’t any good and adding more to Shizuru’s growing list of injuries.

She block out the pain and continuing fighting a hopeless battle against well-cooperative and well-organized opponents. Every time she mounted resemble of an offense it got stuffed and they keep driving her toward a corner. Her blouse got bloodied with claw vampire ninja repeating slashing her, the club vampire and naginata kunoichi forcing her to waste energy be continuously moving around. Shizuru fought barehanded against four weapons wielding assassins and they’re winning.

The chain-sickle vampire threw his weapon around her neck and starting to strangle her by tightening the chains. Her consciousness is slowly fading away and her life about to end. “I am going to die here pathetically and without saving Natsuki. Jeez I let my laziness get the best of me I should training more instead peaceful times making me soft,” Shizuru was laughing mentally with the bitter end about come forth.

“Geez Shi-chin you’re about to give up that easily? This is isn’t Fujino Shizuru that I know well,” A male voice encourage her.

“Fujino-san you the one encourage to believe in my abilities and was there for me whatever I was wavering,” Soft female voice spoke.

“You are like a big sister figure toward me and help me in time of need,” Gentle female voice had spoken.

“You’re failure of a student to get kill by a few meager vampires you’re the one stuck the decisive blow to the biggest fish in all Kyoto. Fujino Shizuru I am very proud of you being my most prized pupil I ever witness to overcame obstacles. And escaping death with burning passion and love to go full throttle my student,” An older male voice spoken both harshly and fatherly.

“That right I have people depend on me and I’m depending on them back home. I never let their words being forgotten I will come back strong,”

Fuel by words of her friends and comrades Shizuru came back from brink of death gain some strength and starting to pull the kusaigama-weilding vampire to her. He’s surprised that Shizuru spring forth such strength that rivals a vampire. His companions were extreme confident a few minutes ago now seeing Shizuru turning the tables on them and shock by chain-sickle vampire’s struggle in tug-of-war against Shizuru with his own weapon.

Shizuru slowly but surely winning, the leader was helping the kusaigama user by pulling him away from Shizuru as she unwrapping the chain around her neck. The naginata user tried to eviscerate Shizuru but she was using the sickle part to decapitate her head. The three reminding ones utter lost both of their composure and confidence.

Shizuru then pick up the naginata facing the trio ninja assassins. Club vampire and claw vampire are running at Shizuru with a spin she’s peerlessly evading to their opposite side holding a familiar weapon that second nature to her. “Oh I glad you two having fun with our fight,” Shizuru is mockingly smiling at her outclassed opponents.

The kusaigama user got up after fell down and threw the sickle at Shizuru, she ducked as he pull back the sickle hoping kill her after she relaxes her guard. She anticipates this by crouching low, sprung up like a jack-in-box as he retrieves the sickle. Like a missile she headed toward him as pure terror showing on his eyes with the other two vampires felt helpless watching their comrade died when Shizuru lobbed his head off.

The remaining two don’t to want suffer the same fate as the kusaigama user decided going down fighting and take Shizuru to hell with them. The club vampire and claw-wielding vampire dashing at Shizuru hoping caught her off-guard, Shizuru spun around away from the club-wielding leader to avoiding being mincemeat. The claw vampire using the club vampire’s back as a springboard leapt at Shizuru to intend slice her head off.

She’s rolling to the left dodge the attack and nimble side-to side making the claw vampire confuse where she’s going at. The large vampire regains his footing and in rage wildly attacking Shizuru she effortlessly sidesteps it with her agility. The claw vampire was rolling on the ground aiming for her legs, Shizuru jump in the air and tries guillotining his head off but he moved at last second by inches away from joining his allies in the afterlife.

The large leader swung his massive club in frustration that he couldn’t hit on Shizuru causing major damage on the surround area and Shizuru kept nimble away from him. He chucks his club at her at high speed thinking she couldn’t dodge. Shizuru performing a 360 and the club wind up stuck on the north wall. His jaws drop that she unbelievably escaping the club size of a man’s arm. She ran toward now weaponless vampire who was too stupefied to recover and recognizing the situation she then vertically slashing up on his body from the groin area upward to his head neatly split into two halves before reducing to ashes.

The final one still ricocheting off the walls at different angles throwing Shizuru’s timing off to perverting her from slicing him. He’s both very persistence and annoying that every time she almost got him either back-flip away or triangle jump to the next wall. (That feat itself since he’s doing in enclosed area and all the rubble surrounding from the fighting.) Shizuru decides to drop her naginata and closing her eyes.

He’s seizing the opportunity to finish her off when Shizuru exposing herself. He fell into her gambit she quickly picking up the weapon and one fluid motion disembowel him in mid-air he dropped on the ground with his legs separate from his upper body. Vainly he is trying pushing up his guts to his body as Shizuru is cutting his head off.

Shizuru have won her hard-fought battle but also the adrenaline worn out and slid on the floor with one knee while laboring with her breathing from nearly being choking to death. Her body caked with sweat and blood. Her right hand got injured from punching one of them on the face. “Now to find Natsuki-“Her thoughts got interrupted by an explosion. The place caught on fire and she have to leave pronto.

Shizuru gingerly walked to the entrance way toward outside. On the way she saw several of corpses of the people who live in the apartment spewing either on floor next to their rooms or some of them in the apartment itself that including children cause Shizuru being very nausea.

After she got out she was greet by two more of them and this time Shizuru curse her luck. They immediately dash forward with knives as Shizuru had hard time to react they added more wounds to Shizuru’s body.

She tried thrush the naginata at one of them but larger one side-stepping and slash across her stomach almost causing Shizuru to drop it. The female one threw a few knives at her that Shizuru at half-speed knock couple of them down as one give a small cut on her right cheek.

The male assassin was aiming the jugular vein on Shizuru trying to cause her to bleed to death, Shizuru block the knife cut with pole part, reverse the grip and server his left hand off from the wrist causing him to scream in pain. Shizuru felt couple of arrows on her back make her to yell. Shizuru was figured out that another one on the rooftops and now three against one with the sniper up there.

The male ninja vampire draws out a ninja sword from scabbard with his off-hand and kamikaze charging at Shizuru with murderous rage. Shizuru is preparing to counter suddenly her vision got blurry and clutching the side of her head. The male ninja was up close to Shizuru as if he about to kiss; she recovered just barely to sever his head off.

The female one now holding chain with ball attaching to it swings at Shizuru that she almost got nail. Her movements got slow down at point as she walking on quicksand Shizuru doesn’t have her agility from earlier and the kunoichi vampire advancing to Shizuru as took couple of more hits from crossbow sniper one on her left thigh and one on the right shoulder blade.

The kunoichi vampire smirk with confidence with trumpet within hand readies to strike Shizuru whom look half-dead at this moment. She took a step forward and Shizuru grabbed and impaling her on bladed end of the naginata. She has oh crap expression with the other ones went they underestimated Shizuru now she joins them in hell.

Shizuru is looking for the sniper didn’t find her and seeing the apartment building almost burning down to the ground she turned the direction searching for Natsuki even she doesn’t have a clue where to find. Then she heard some ringing somewhere with the neighborhood. She limped toward the sound of the phone and found it in trashcan near the dumpster. Then she saw make her blood turn cold it was Natsuki’s cell phone that she have on her earlier this evening.

There a deep-voiced man speaks on the other side. “I see you dispatched my personal assassins and still alive that good I hope you enable make it to your summer princess my dear,” Said the mystery man with false-cheerfulness. “The slow-acting poison you got inflicted on you don’t worry won’t kill you now but by dawn you’ll be a dead woman. I had studied you, follow you, taking note where you and your mate would eat at, hanging around your friends, etc…all for six years worth of revenge you killed my father, destroyed my clan, humiliated me and we once a fear vampire clan in western Japan until your little gang of yours defeated him my proud father won’t lose to a teenager girl, a human girl that barely a hatching,” His true nature shows up.

“Finally all the pieces are in place since your friends won’t back you up now you’re away from Kyoto this is my final showdown with you and only you. I wanting you taste everything I have been through including being without a clan.” His anger is bubbling through the surface.

“Where’s Natsuki! You have her I like to speak to her. If you do anything to her I’ll hurt you down and personally escort you to hell myself,” Shizuru tried to sound angry but her voice sound hoarse on the phone.

“Now, now your summer princess is alive and well so don’t be impatient. I tell the address the penthouse I’m currently occupied in also I’ve antidote for the poison within your system if you could beat me.” He was mocking her. “After I defeat and you kill in front of your princess then I kill all your friends, the people associate with you, your gang, your master and finally your life mate so she can join you in hell,” He was giddy on the phone. “Show up about midnight or I’ll kill this bitch of yours,”

Shizuru have no choice but to follow his instructions and finding the penthouse.

Cool mid-summer evening breeze woke Natsuki up and found her on a rooftop. She gathered her bearings and saw the vampire at the edge admiring the view of city.

“I glad you woke up our guest I send an invitation to your lover by now she’s probably having one foot in the grave. My six-year long plan almost becoming fruitful and you will witness her demise at my hands my dear,” He’s walk to Natsuki to stoke her chin as she flinch.

“What happened to Shizuru? You seem mad at her what the deal? Also why you’re attacking our place she didn’t anything to you,” Natsuki is very inquisitive.

“You truly know her? She did tell you anything? What if she’s cover something in her past to order protect you from her enemies that my dear I like telling you a story. Once upon a time there was a clan that rules the western part of Japan during Edo period. We have power, influence, anything. We’re control multiple clans within ours and we so feared that humans are terrify they can’t utter our name. Then one day that damn girl and her friends had ruined anything she murdered him and destroyed our clan in fact other vampires around Japan can’t speak her cursed name. She has many names: The Elegant Slayer, Schoolgirl of Death, Dark Princess and finally Kiyohime. She is the one who stuck the decisive blow to my pride that I can’t even save him from Fujino Shizuru.” He spat her name in disgust.

“That crazy talk Shizuru isn’t like that well sometimes tending to tease me a bit and her lewd talks.” Natsuki don’t want to remind the last two. “I have been with her for three years now and she disclosed that her family moved to here from Kyoto after her father accepted transfer from his job. Yeah she can be a little vague when I want discuss her time prior to transferring to Fuuka academy but she’s very trustworthy person that I dear,” Natsuki was defending Shizuru to the mystery stranger.

“Oh that cute it making me sick to the stomach that she’s a killer who slew many of my kind merciless carving up corpses piling like a mountain rivals size of Mt. Fuji. She’s giving nightmares to our children that she’s version of a boogey man and I want her dead, dead, dead!” Briefly he lost his composure. “My summer princess your mate isn’t what she seems I’m ready expose her true self in front of your eyes,” He stoke her midnight hair and Natsuki spat his face. “My, my you’re a feisty one,” He pulling out a handkerchief to wipe the spit on his cheek. “Oh course you earn the penalty.” His cocky smile turned into sneer and his appearance from calm to full-born rage. He smack her so hard Natsuki felt she’s seeing stars and knock her down while she still bound. “You dine in hell with her tonight after I’m though with her.” He picks up his hostage’s chair and Natsuki tasted metal in her mouth.

Shizuru staggered through the park fighting off the poison and fatigue using the naginata as a walking cane. She have to arrive at the destination before Natsuki die tonight and she is no condition to fight more. She used her blouse as bindings for her post-battle wounds. (It was her favorite that Natsuki has given her from past Christmas.) Shizuru sat down one of the park’s benches to rest a bit. “I need a break, I need some rest, my body is aching all over and I’m extremely tired maybe a nice little nap on the bench can do,” Shizuru fought off the sleepiness and realize if she rested here she never be wake up from the poison. Shizuru forces herself to get up and walking to the downtown area operating on pure willpower and adrenaline.

Takeda was driving to home after teaching at another dojo when he spotted Shizuru lumping along side of the road. “Fujino-san what happened to you! Your body is cover with blood and bruises also you like very pale.” Takeda was concern for Shizuru’s well-bring.

“Thanks Takeda-san I appreciate for looking out for me but I sort in hurry I have to rescue Natsuki or she is dead by end of the night.” Shizuru got in Takeda’s car. (And somehow fit the naginata in the compact space.)

“Kuga-san is in trouble?! You need go to the hospital quickly I swore you almost dead-“Shizuru interrupted him.

“Takeda-san please do me a favor and drive me to this address this is very urgent,” Shizuru is a little forceful than she like but Natsuki’s life is on danger and sometime she can’t polite all the time.

When they arrive at the place Takeda was astonish by size of the building. “Why we’re in Fuuka’s wealthy district? This mansion cost millions of yen to afford and expensive to boot,” Takeda was staring up.

“Takeda-san please staying in the car I must this did and don’t follow me,” Shizuru was slowly dragging herself to the penthouse.

“Fujino-san is very dangerous I don’t know what details are we should call the local police to handle this,” Takeda was worrying for Shizuru. She’s turnaround and smiling weary. “I’m the one can do this I have some experience and the police won’t a last second against them,” Shizuru enter the penthouse and pandemonium of noises heard from there with shouting, gunfire and death screams echoes through the lower level Takeda wonders a war zone happened within the large apartment.

Shizuru got in the elevator after few minutes of intense fighting reaching for the top floor where both Natsuki and the mystery guy are at.

When Shizuru emerge from the elevator Natsuki was horrify at the state as Shizuru is in. Added a few more wounds from her body from the battle on the first floor, Shizuru was at death’s door with the poison ravishing throughout her body. “Our guest of honor has arrived. You just make here on time I’m starting to get a little bore I see the reinforcement didn’t stop you downstairs that doesn’t matter I personally I am want this revenge that I can taste it,” He was gloating.

Shizuru was worse shape of the two limping basically her almost dead body toward the man. “I promise I take Natsuki back from you,” Shizuru was defiance.

“You still some spirit within you I see I need to stuff out of you. My name is Hiroto and I avenge my father and my clan,” Hiroto summon his weapon.

Shizuru didn’t waste anytime she took the offensive and swing the pole arm at him, Hiroto parried it and slashed of her expose side, Shizuru bit her tongue to suppress the pain coursing through.

Shizuru weakly swung the naginata hoped he caught off guard but his defenses proving be impenetrable. Hiroto swiftly kicked her on the stomach making Shizuru to fall. Then he stomped the ribs causing Shizuru to scream in pain. “That it the sound I’m want to hear. Scream some more that bring you closer to your doom.” Hiroto took sadistic pleasure of Shizuru’s suffering. He kicked her few more times before lift her by the hair to face Natsuki. “See how pathetic she’s to you. She can’t even save her mate in this sorry state look at her she worthless,” Natsuki turned around not wanting see Shizuru’s battered body.

With some ounce of strength left Shizuru thrust her weapon on his right thigh. Hiroto retaliated by lift Shizuru and slammed her on the concrete. “You’re persistence little bitch aren’t we?” He continues his brutal beating on her…

Takeda is still in his car waiting on Shizuru even he’s reluctant be involve something tell him that Shizuru was in deep trouble. (He had called the police Shizuru explicitly told him not do.) Takeda strolled in the building and found the aftermath almost made him gagged. There were severed arms, decapitated bodies, piles of ashes scattered around, blood on the walls, corpses gathered at the front area. “Fujino really did this?!” Takeda was hesitating to go forward after experiencing the craziness around Fuuka. “As if the universe is laughing at my ass,” He went on the elevator.

“Stop it! She can’t take it anymore she’s too hurt,” Natsuki pleading to Hiroto. He ignores her and resumed torturing Shizuru.

“She’s pleading to me for sparing your life but too bad I want her suffer too,” Shizuru didn’t have any reserves left, her will got broken, her injuries have finally caught up on, her strength got sapped and unable to defend herself. Shizuru decides to resign her fate to end this horrible pain. Either the poison or the beating ends it for her she doesn’t care anymore.

Natsuki watched helpless that Shizuru was basically dead and Hiroto kept knocking her around. Vainly trying loosened her bounds to save Shizuru, Natsuki felt useless that her girlfriend was beating to inch of her life.

“This is like beating on a rag doll you didn’t put up a fight. I am wanting my revenge being pleasant but you just taking it without lifting a finger to fight back. This is the vampire slayer that my kind fears of? You beyond pathetic I have to putting you out of your misery,” Hiroto sounded indifferent.

“J-Just kill me my body is a wreck,” Her voice was barely audible. Hiroto pick up his sword, walked to Shizuru and ready to ending her life.

Takeda doesn’t know what causing him to pick the naginata and charging toward Hiroto. It was Natsuki’s helpless pleas? Or Shizuru’s battered and near lifeless body on the ground. He knows that he’s an idiot, an idiot rescue his former crush and her girlfriend from doom. He impale him on the back made Hiroto to drop the sword and he fell on his knees screaming.

“Kuga we must leave with Fujino and take her to hospital immediately or she will die,” Takeda was untying Natsuki and Natsuki was too stunned to response.

“Human how dares you to interference with my plan,” Hiroto roars with anger. Takeda didn’t paid attention and got smacked toward one of the pillars on the building. A sicken thud heard when he hit on the wall of the rooftop and knock unconscious.

“Takeda!” Natsuki yelled after Takeda was out cold. Hiroto stands over Natsuki with fury. “Your little friend pay dearly with his life no more playing around here I’ll kill you,” Natsuki scoots away from Hiroto as he slowly stalking Natsuki on the roof like a cat merciless playing with a mouse.

Natsuki was definitely afraid for her life Hiroto crazed with anger grabbing her on the throat and threw her across the roof. “Now it your time to dine in hell since she probably dead now and my revenge got denied I need to vent something oh like you,” Hiroto lost all his composure and marched toward Natsuki with murderous intentions. Natsuki moving backward away Hiroto, he lifts Natsuki up and throws her to Shizuru. “You two lovers shall die together tonight it beautiful seeing crimson of your blood spill,” Natsuki in despair pick up his sword and held onto it. Hiroto about to pick her up one more time, Natsuki stab him in the chest and his foolhardiness that he left his sword laying around. “Father I fail!” that was his dying words. Natsuki found the antidote in the pile of ashes.

“Please, please Shizuru don’t die on me. You risk your life for me tonight I don’t care that bastard said about your past you’re still you,” She forcefully given Shizuru the antidote as she barely drank it.

“Natsuki I glad to met you back then I’m sorry I didn’t tell you my time as vampire hunter and now the past kills me. Don’t cry Natsuki everything be alright just stay strong for my sake.”

“Shizuru, Shizuru please don’t go!” Natsuki was candling Shizuru’s body crying uncontrollably as the paramedics and the police arriving at the scene.

Author’s Note: Another chapter of Lost Girls it finish. I wrote this chapter in five days and don’t believe Shizuru is dead I won’t kill off the most popular character of Mai-series. The chapter is a little more brutal than I like but the fight scenes of more intense than ever. I appreciate some constructive criticism to improve my writing so helps grow as a writer. We shall meet in the next chapter.

































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