Love the way you Lie | K.B. (ENG)

23.

"Long time no see. " She heard a familiar voice as soon as she fell out of the portal. "Did you miss me? "

"Not really. " She coughed, then got up shakily to her feet. "I was hoping you wouldn't ..." She broke off as she saw what happened to Hiroto and who he was holding by the neck.

Man had disheveled hair and rather torn clothes, but his appearance was no longer quite human. Hiroto did experiments not only to check how many abilities a person could have. He also created various types of preparations and elixirs, which were designed to strengthen not only the power that a man possesses, but also the strength of the man that he has within himself. He tried many times, he had many failures, but not only that. When he was successful with one, he started something new. By mixing other substances, he started creating various mutations of his preparations, by some of them his people completely lost their humanity and from what Takao saw, Hiroto used just such a preparation on himself. Everythig to kill her. Hiroto went insane and started losing it completely what was once human in it. He gained weight, had elongated teeth and claws, and gained more muscle.

However, that wasn't what scared Rachel the most. Hiroto was holding by the neck a person who was now one of the most important people in her life.

"Kiri ...? " She whispered, seeing what her barely alive friend looks like.

Boy was battered, scratched, bruised all over his face and body. Blood was dripping from his nose and mouth, and Eijiro himself was unconscious at the moment.

"He fought bravely..." Hiroto said dryly. "But in vain. " He laughed, and Rachel felt her blood boil.

"Let him go. " She snapped. "Let him go! Now! " Screamed.

"Whatever you want. " He replied amused and threw teenager to the ground. "You used to be stronger. " Hiroto said, looking his daughter in the eyes. "But you weakened ... Because of them. " He pointed at Kirishima. "And by those who died before them. "

Takao looked devastated at Eijiro, she was terrified by the thought that boy was dead, but after a long moment, she was relieved to see that he was moving. He wasn't awake yet, but at least she knew he was alive.

"So these are you calling them... Friends ...? Family...?" Man said. " You know one move is enough and ... "

"Touch him..." She growled, and after a while a dark glow began to surround her. "And I'll tear you to pieces. " She said sharply and looked Hiroto in the eyes at which the other just laughed.

"You're angry now, that's good. " He nodded and continued to laugh.

Rachel took advantage of the moment of his inattention and took her friend and leaned him against a tree to make sure he was breathing.

"Don't worry, he's alive. " Hiroto said. "Yet. " He laughed. "The others weren't so lucky, this one was really tough. "

Takao pushed a lock of her friend's hair away, and when she heard her father's words, she looked at him immediately and stood up to her feet.

"Others? " She repeated after him. "Who are you talking about? " She got scared which caused her father to laugh again.

"What do you think? " - He smiled aggressively which worried his daughter even more. "D... A... R... A..." He said after the letter, and dark-haired girl froze. "Dara. " He repeated normally.

"What did you do to him?! " She asked immediately.

"I killed him. " He replied indifferently. "Just like the others. " Smiled, and Rachel was seething with anger and despair. "Shinichiro... Yu... Dara..." He was smiling, and the dark glow that surrounded Takao increased even more. "And now they..." Pointed to the unconscious. "That blonde guy will be next. And it's all your fault... Ray..." Laughed. "Poor Dara, he wanted to protect you so much, and look how he ended."Poor thing... "He was looking at his daughter. "Did it hurt? Haha, it hurt huh? "