BSD x OC

Chapter 11

Kyouka looked up to Atsushi as she tried to push him away "No! Go away! Only I should die!" She screamed at him with tears in her eyes.

Ali quickly separated Kyouka and Atsushi and picked up Kyouka, running to Kunikida's boat. She turned around to look at Atsushi "Don't die!" She yelled at him.

Then Ali turned to look at Kyouka, who was struggling to get out of Ali's grasp. Kyouka was kicking around the air and pulling at Ali's hair trying to get away.

Ali ignored everything that Kyouka was doing, she knew that Kyouka wouldn't hurt her. 

Finally the two were close enough to Kunikida's boat, Ali slowly put Kyouka down and stared down at her.

Kyouka glared at her but then felt a stinging pain across her cheek. Ali had slapped her. She lightly touched the slight bruise and then looked up to Ali.

Ali looked at her "Kyouka. Why?" 

Kyouka paused for a moment looking down to the ground as she spoke "I... I killed 35 people. Those people had families, they had dreams... hopes... All the joys in their lives... And I... I took them away..." She said, her tears splattering to the ground.

Kyouka continued to speak "Someone like me... Someone who's killed so many people, who's ended so many lives... Shouldn't deserve to exist..." She said quietly.

Ali gently took Kyouka's hands. As she quietly spoke "You may feel that way... But others obviously don't." She motioned to the battle between Atsushi and Akutagawa. "They don't see the girl who killed 35 people. They see the girl who regrets the death she's caused, they see the girl who cries herself to sleep, they see the girl who wants to be better. "

 "The girl that deserves to live."

Ali kneeled down to Kyouka's level and wiped away Kyouka's tears "So how about this? Prove Akutagawa wrong, and prove Atsushi and me  right. The hands that Akutagawa thinks can only kill... I think that these hands can help so many people." 

Kyouka crumpled into Ali's hands "Don't die for the 35 people you've killed. Live for the millions of people you can save." Ali whispered.

Kyouka pressed against Ali's sweater and quietly muttered her thanks to her.  "Thank you Ali... For having -hic...- For having hope in me... For saying it's okay for me to live... For -hic - Letting me into this world of light..." 

Ali simply stroked Kyouka's head "All I did... Was say the truth." She said to Kyouka. then she slightly tilted Kyouka's head to face her "Now... Let's go home... Your real home."

Ali swept Kyouka off her feet and then hopped into Kunikida's boat. She looked to Kunikida 
"I'll be going to help Atsushi." She told him. Kunikida nodded "Well? What are you waiting for?"

...

Atsushi dodged another blow of Rashomon as he tried getting closer to Akutagawa. Akutagawa used Rashomon to grab Atsushi's arms and stabbed him directly though his chest. Then he threw Atsushi to the metal cargo barrels.

Atsushi heard some slight ringing as he turned to look at the steel pipes nearby. His eyes widened in realization as he watched the pipes break down and explode in front of him.

Akutagawa stared at the explosion to look for any sign of Atsushi, even if the smoke was covering him it was obvious that Atsushi was dead. It hadn't even been five minutes and Atsushi had already been pathetically defeated. 

It seems that Dazai had placed his expectations too high.

Akutagawa coughed into his hand as he started to walk away. Only to feel chills run down his neck as he whipped around to see Atsushi right behind him, prepared to strike.