Coded Law, Volume 3

The First and Last

In the west part of Ushin on the same day as the Sawa high entrance exams. At a nice local restaurant/dinner. There Kat and Juo would be sitting at a booth. Both eating some nice food, and enjoying a decent drink. Juo was eating and stuffing his face best he could while Kat just held her head in hands. Leaning forward as she stared at him.

"Mmmm, Uhh thanks for taking me out again. I'm not sure how you found me though." Juo said

"Oh it was simple, I just followed the reeling stench of self-loathing and denial. Heheh." Kat snickered. Juo wiped his mouth and looked down, his face pained by the words Kat said. He knew he had a problem, that he just couldn't let go. Let go of Himmy.

"Look, I get it. You said I should throw her away, well I can't ok? I can't. Even if I was to move on...theres no way I could live with myself. Knowing that she may be out there suffering with that...that monster!" Juo said. Kat rolled her eyes as she played with the butter knife. "Monster you say? You know people only identify something as a monster when it acts or behaves in a manner that they can't rationalize." Kat said

"Well then I guess he fits the description." Juo said. He sighed as he looked down at his food. Kat looked at him and then looked behind him. She saw a man, his wife and a child. Child looked no younger than 12 years old. "Hey, so. Uhhh, sorry about just blabbering. I'll try to uh...what do you like to do?" Juo asked stuttering. Kat grew a large grin across her face. Her hands clasping into her face.

"I like to inflict pain...and hunt." Kat smirked, Juo looked at her nervous and worried rubbing the back of his head. Kat then remembered what Kibe had told her. She then produced a very cute smile and gave a out a cute laugh, which caught Juo's attention. Kat giggled and the wiped her eye of a tear. "Oh my, I'm sorry. I just couldn't help freaking you out there. Your face was just priceless." Kat smirked, with Juo now feeling a bit more comfortable around her. The two then continued to have a wonderful time at the dinner.

Across town, the night beginning to come in. Kibe was sitting down with Rin, his eyes closed and arms folded. "Seems like they don't want to hand over anything to me unless I show them I mean business.
I have a feeling that a good way to get through to them is-" but Kibe wasn't listening to her. His eyes opened for a moment. Slightly.

"What other parts of my life are made up? What other pieces of my history were just...written in?

Is no part of my life organic at all?

Mi.....what was our relationship. Did any of it mean anything? I may have been distant, cold and emotionless. But in the end, minus all of the conditioning and programming. You still gave me something that no other living person...even my mother, could never have given me.

You gave me a sense of normality. Where others ignored my existence, you welcomed it. Even though I did everything to stay out of the light. You always there...to put me back in it again." Kibe said, his eyes looked up at all the lights blaring off from the arcade machines all around him. Thats when he looked over to see Kenji walking over. Kibe got up and looked to him. "Hey there Nori, I did as you asked." Kenji said as he walked next to Kibe with his hands in his pockets.

"Good. Now then. All you need to do now. Beat Kazutaka, hes our target today." Kibe said

"You mean you're target." Said a familiar feminine voice. Kibe then looked over along with Kenji to see it was Kiko. She was wearing some casual clothes as well.