Mikoto's Lion Tamer

Chapter 7: Tears of the past.

Y/n's POV:

      "Totuska's dead." Izumo told the clan. I noticed that the recording red light on the camera was on. 'Wait.' I thought to myself. "Hey, Izumo?" I said to him trying to get his attention. "Yeah?" He asked me. "The camera? How long has it been filming?" I asked him. "Huh? Oh. I didn't even notice that it was still on." He said to me. I started to think to myself and blurted out. "Hmm. Wait! What if Tatara got the murder on film?! We could track him down and make him pay!" I said to him just as the thought entered my mind. "Hmm, that could actually work. Hold on let me.." He got the tape set up. He pulled out his phone and called the rest of the clan he asked them to meet us at the bear. Twenty minutes later the rest of the clan showed up. He pressed the last film file that was on the camera and once he had that set up, he hit the play button on the tape, as everyone gathered around the camera, as the camera started to play the tape.

Flashback to three years ago:

     "Is everything ok?" Izumo asked as Mikoto walked into the bar and sat down on the couch. "What do you mean?" Mikoto asked Izumo. "He looks stressed out wonder why." Izumo muttered under his breath as he went back to polishing his wine glasses. "Tonight's dinner is Tom yamg goong." A soft male voice said to him suddenly. Mikoto looked on the other couch only to find a sleepy Tatara who had just woken up from a nap. "You're here?" Mikoto asked him. "Well of course. This is where I always take my afternoon nap." Tatara replied back to him as he smiled at him.

     "By the way, thanks for your hard work." Tatara said to Mikoto. "Work? What work?" Mikoto asked him. "It was just a lame scuffle." Mikoto said to him bluntly. "Mr. Kusanagi was complaining about that. He said that you really didn't have to deal with them in person." Tatara said to him. Mikoto sighed. "Why the hell did I have to be a king in the first place?" Mikoto asked himself. "I knew it all along. You're different from other people." Tatara said to him cheerfully. "I seem to attract every Tom, Dick, and Harry. Why does that qualify me?" Mikoto asked him with his usual bored tone of voice.

     "You act like you don't care. The truth is your a natural born leader. They all look up to you, you know." Tatara said to Mikoto as he pointed at something. "Hm?" Mikoto followed his finger and saw what he was pointing at. It was Anna. She was sitting down next to him, and staring at him. Mikoto just sighed and looked down at his hand and closed it into a fist. "I'm telling you one day I'll.." His voice trailed off as he imagined his own hand getting burned by his own flames. Tatara got off the couch and walked over to Mikoto. "Hey don't sweat it. It'll all work out in the end." He said to him.

     "Says the guy who doesn't seem to have a care in the world." Mikoto replied back at him. "That's because I believe that there's nothing to be afraid of. A king is what you were meant to be. That means your powers are not meant for destruction Mikoto. They exist to protect the ones you love and cherish. I can guarantee you that. Don't fear your powers. It will only lead you to lose your control. Your powers is what keeps you sane. Don't fear them." Tatara reasonably said to him as he pressed his hand against the palm of Mikoto's fist. Anna came running over to Totsuka. She tugged on the end of his shirt. "What about your song?" She asked him. "Oh right!" Totsuka said. He ran off and came back with his guitar, and he started to play a song. He started to sing. His fingers plucked the guitar strings along with the beat of the song he was singing.

Flash back to one week ago:

      There was a man humming a tune on top of a building. Tatara turned his camera to him and said, "Nice night out. My names Tatara Totsuka. What's your name?" He asked the man who was humming. The humming man quickly turned around pulled out a gun and shot Totsuka as he turned the camera to him and said "A nice night you say? Indeed it is a very nice night, my friends, I am the seventh king, the Colorless King!" The man ran off into the darkness as he heard footsteps approaching them. "Gotta run!" Said the man. The man ran off. "Mr.Totsuka!" Yata's voice called out.

      "Tatara! Fuck!" Yata found him laying on the ground bleeding to death. "Hey! What happened!?" Yata yelled before he moved to the his side examining Tatara's bloody chest he quickly applied pressure to stop the bleeding. "The.....Colorless....King..." Tatara replied weakly to him. "King? Mr.Totsuka, was it another king that did this to you? Is that true?" Yata asked. "That's enough Yata! Don't push him to speak!" Izumo's commanding voice rang out. "You'll be alright, Tatara. We sent for a doctor. We'll get you fixed up in no time. Just hang on." But it was too late.

      Yata said to him as he applied more  pressure to the gun shot wound in an attempt to stop the bleeding. Tatara just pulled his hand up and rested it against Yata's cheeck as he said to him, "Hey.... Don't.... Sweat.... It..... It'll.... all.... work.... out.... in.... the.... end.... Sorry...." He weakly said to Yata. Those were his last words to them as his hand fell the to the ground as he took his final breath laying in Yata's arms. "Tatara? Tatara! Don't fall asleep! Don't do this to us! C'mon! Wake up! You gotta wake up! Please wake up! No! You can't be dead! You just can't be! Come on Tartara wake up! Please." Yata said as he shook Tatara's dead body as he sobbed. Izumo turned away he saw Tatara's camera on the ground. He sighed. He knew that Tatara was dead. He knew that there was nothing he could do.

      He picked the camera up off the ground. He took out his phone and dialed a number. He waited for the call to go through. Someone answered the call on the other side. "I'm sorry to bother you, Mikoto, but, I have some bad news." Izumo said into the phone. Soon the rest of the clan was there on the top of the building. They all helped to carry Tatara's dead body to a hospital where they pronounced him dead on arrival. The clan went back to the bar Izumo walked over to the camera and ran his hand over it. "What do we do now Tatara? You were always being so irresponsible. Then you had to go out and die on us. You damned fool." Izumo said to himself as he gently ran his hand across the camera. He sighed. Soon he walked away.