A Generic Love Story

Chapter 14

Chapter 14

"Nee, Onii-san, that day is coming fast. "

"Ah yes, I have been training hard, Nadeshi. Believe in me, I'm very well prepared now."

The young girl put on a grin, and held the man's face with both hands.

"Make sure, that you wipe out those creatures. Save our planet, Onii-san."

"Don't worry Nadeshi, I will. They will not destroy humanity."

The man smiled, his eyes were anything but sane.

The bell rang, signally the awaited end of exams. Students in that room were thrilled about their upcoming one week break. However, some were bored to the bone, like Takumi. Even his elite school's English test couldn't make him blink. Whatever felt right to him was the answer, as if the language was his mother's tongue. Yawning so hard that tears filled his eye sockets, Takumi gladly turned in his answer sheet and got the hell out of the room.

Ignoring the fact that Nadeshi would be waiting for him at the front entrance, he took the back gate. Squeezing through waves of people, he finally reached the hallway that led to the exit. In front of him, however, was a familiar figure. Short, small, and wearing a male uniform. It was Kyoya. Takumi stopped, but then he shrugged and went ahead. The evidence that denied his theory outweighed the ones that did, so he just let it go.

Instead of going to the movies or karaoke with his classmates, Takumi got home and took a shower. He wore a tank top inside his jacket, with trainers and tight joggers. Digging out the Bluetooth earphone that has been buried in dust for the longest time, he went to the gym.

"97...98...99...100!"

Letting out a breath, Takumi looked at the extra long list of exercises he needed to finish. (How the hell was I able to do all this before?!). The line dividing his abdominal muscles had long faded, and although he did not look out of shape, his stamina wasn't even close to what it had been a year ago. He had given up training for too long, and now his body felt like a rusty armor set.

The cold wind steadily blew the sun away from Japan, as night slowly crawled onto the empty winter sky.

Takumi's mom would be late as usual, but this time he tried to cook. Although failed miserably, the food was organic and not harmful to his health. When he looked at the time, he hesitated. He was already fatigued from all the work at that gym, but he didn't want to sleep.

(Because... that day... I will be closer to seeing that day...)

But his head quickly became drowsy, and he had no choice but to go to bed. In the dark room, Takumi slept well. A slight smile appeared on his lips.

2:24 AM. The door flung opened, and a woman staggered inside. She closed the door with haste, and locked it tightly. Trembling, she sat down and closed her eyes. It took a while for her to stop hyperventilating, and Takumi woke up to the fuss downstairs.

"What's wrong, Kaa-san?"

Takumi startled her, and she jerked her head up. Looking into her shocked eyes, Takumi's brain fired up its engine. In the middle of the night, he became wide awake.

"Takumi..."

He moved closer, and his mom hugged him with both arms. Judging from his observations, Takumi already knew why his mom was acting like this.

"*sobs* I was going home. On the same route I used every day. *sobs* But... but today I saw the murderer that was on TV... I saw him!"

Takumi's heart throbbed as his theory is confirmed. His mother didn't stop:

"I was so scared I couldn't have done anything. The man... He was killed right in front of me. And then... And then *sobs* That psycho turned to me!"

"What?!" He escaped her embrace to look at his mother in the eye.

"He asked me..."Are you one of the aliens?" I shook my head as fast as possible, and as soon as I heard "Fuck off" I ran away."

Only strangled sobs could be heard afterwards. Takumi was overwhelmed with rage. Clenching his fist, he threw the window a piercing gaze. The wind replied by playfully rattling the dry branches outside.

Next morning, the mother and son went to the police station. Surprisingly, they didn't even have any report about someone that went missing yet. Police officers were sent to retrieve the victim's corpse before the witness was interviewed. Meanwhile, Takumi asked to see all the missing and murder cases they recorded.

"Wow kid, hold up there. You won't be able to understand the documents, let alone finding something. You might be big, but what you're dealing with is a serial killer! Don't get involved in these things, it's the police's job!"

"I understand. But at least I want to know where he has been active lately so we can avoid the area. Or do you want us to blindly walk around at night and fall prey to the psychopath?

"Ah, shouganai.[can't be helped] Keep the documents clean OK?"

He was taken to the storage room. A female officer blocked his way in with a nervous expression. He was only able to read the files he required, nothing more.

(Geez, what's with all the secrecy? The police should be wary of criminal, not me.)

Going through the files, he didn't find anything new. However, the numbers of missing reports overall were much more than he had imagined. Suddenly, one case caught his attention.

It was not a murder, but a case of the offender being killed. It happened seven years ago, in a poor part of town.

(The offender was killed in an act of self defense. The victims were a woman named Sougo Kura and her son, Sougo Kyoya...)

Takumi's brain whispered in his ears:"The second murderer couldn't have been human."

(The offender's body was seriously injured. One of the victims used a pencil to defend themselves. But the offender carried a syringe in his pocket, and was later used by the victim to attack him. The cause of death was repeated stabs to the face and a deep cut that ripped the windpipe. Other injuries were: a stab to the thigh, various bruises and...)

"Kuso!"[Fuck!]

"Sougo Kyoya... What the fuck are you... Only 9 years old and you..."

He searched for more. There was another case of rape where the offender also got arrested. The victim was a girl, but the one that disabled the rapists was a 12 years old child. He alone suppressed 2 adults and continued to rampage as the neighborhood went out to check. Then the police was called. The child's name was Sougo Kyoya."

"How the fuck didn't they put this into that bastard's record? The police are slacking off!"