The Serial Killer's Second Chance

Chapter 4

Narrator's Pov.

"Ssssssss...sssss....ssssss" Kaburamaru denies. (We have met back when you and Obanai were children, around 6 years old. Obanai found you trying to find shelter under a dumpster lid and accepted you for who and what you are.)

"Sssss?....ssss....sss..." Karma quizzes. (How is that possible? I don't remember meeting her....)

"Sssss....sss....sss..." Kaburamaru reveals. (You got hit by a truck after pushing her out of the way, causing you to lose your memories of being her friend for two years. Obanai thought you died from getting hit by that truck when she saw the state you were in and ran off in tear. She had a very hard time to move on with her life....)

"Sssss..." Karma acknowledges the reason why Obanai and Kaburamaru feel familiar. He now realizes that he has met them way back when he was still innocent and full of life. (I see....) Obanai has been staring at Karma and Kaburamaru back and forth, confused. She has no idea what's going on between them. She doesn't understand their language. She watches Kaburamaru licks Karma faces.

"Sssss...ssss..." Kaburamaru excitedly tells him. (We can be together! The three of us!!)

"Sssssss...sssss....sssss...."Karma rejects it. (We can't be together.... not like the old days...)

"Sssssss...." Kaburamaru looks down. (Why not?)

"Sssss....sssss...ssssss...sssss...." Karma explains. (I sacrificed my life to protect her, and I want to keep it that way.... She can never find out that her childhood friend is standing in front of her as a serial killer.... she will be heartbroken and will blame herself for not being there for me when I was going through a tough time, once she realizes I'm actually the Karma that she once knew, not some random killer that has the same name as her childhood friend......)

"Sssss....ssss....ssss...." Kaburamaru understands his reasons for wanted to stay separate. He licks Karma's cheek. (If Obanai is not going to be there for you...then I will.... I'm the only one who knows who you truly are...)

"Sss...ssss..." Karma appreciates it. (Thank you...) Kaburamaru turns around and crawls back onto a confused Obanai's arms and goes back into the scarf.

"You can understand him?" Obanai asks, narrowing her eyes at him.

"......Yeah, so what if I can? They're my only companions to keep me company...." Karma responds coldly. He walks pass Obanai, not glancing back at her. "Forgive me, Obanai. I cannot let you remember me when I hardly remember you myself. I'm doing this to protect you from the truth," he ponders. He heads to a certain staircase and uses them to get to the door that leads to the roof. He grabs the handle to twist the doorknob to open the door and steps onto the roof.

Shutting it, he strolls to the edge of the roof and leans over it, resting his arms on the bars. He takes a certain small picture out of his inside pocket of his leather jacket and stares at it. It's a small picture of Obanai as a child sitting in the dark alley under a dumpster lid, looking like she's talking to someone with a smile on her face. The other half of the picture is missing.

".... I was wondering why you looked so familiar. You're the kid in this picture," Karma thinks. "...I never understood why I kept the picture, but now I do." he places the picture of Obanai back in his pocket. He glances up to the sky and watches the clouds move.

Meanwhile with Obanai returning to her class and sit down on her chair by the window~

Obanai takes her wallet out of her pocket and pulls a half pictured of a young boy out. She places the wallet back in her pocket and stares at the half picture in her hand. The young boy has black hair, one blue eye and one anaconda eye, along with the black scale that covers that side of the forehead and around it.