| Fan Fiction |
by ferine
Kame who has already lost control by now was angered further by Pi’s attack, he turned a swiftly threw a punch into Pi’s face, knocking him off-balance. Despite his usual mild appearance, Kame was a dangerous weapon himself. He wanted to vent his fury and Pi was the nearest target. He lifted his fist for another punch but Maki had already covered Pi with her body. She prepared herself for Kame’s punch, but it never came. Slowly, she turned and saw that Shun had caught Kame’s fist just before he hit her.
“Seems like a family gathering to me.” Shun said, all hints of amusement or joke gone from his face. He looked dead serious. “I never intended her to die, whether you believe me or not.” He told Kame. “She never was my target. You were.”
Kame crumbled onto the ground, tired from all the display of fury.
“Since everyone is here, and Tetsu has already found out my identity. I might as well come out in the open and be truthful. I am Hiroko’s son.” Shun turned to Pi and addressed his shocked expression. “I am Pi’s half-brother.” Shun straightened his back as he prepared for his tale. “My father was the head of a organization when he met Tetsu, an organization long gone as it was swallowed by the very organization headed by Tetsu. And Hiroko was his tool in doing so. This despicable man here,” Shun pointed towards Tetsu, “he used a woman to fulfill his own desires. He used Hiroko to control my father which eventually led to his destruction.” From the start, Shun never addressed Hiroko as his mother. “Of course this would not have been possible without your help,” Shun turned towards Mariko. “With the power of Mariko’s family and Hiroko as his insider, he successfully destroyed my father. Not only that, after Tetsu gained what he wanted, he refused to let my father off. He went on to break up the only thing my father held dear. My family. He had an affair with Hiroko and made Hiroko leave my father.” What Shun didn’t say was that in the process, his mother had left a 4 year-old him behind. Shun then turned to face Kame, “That’s why I’m back here. To exact revenge and take back what rightfully belonged to me. You became my very first target, since you were the successor to this organization then. I have to admit, I wanted you to experience the feeling of losing the one you loved most.”
“And so you killed Erika?”
“I’ve already said her death was not intended. I knew Kuma was going to kill you. But seriously, an old man against you? Kuma was a little too overconfident there. So I informed Erika that you were going to kill Kuma so that she could divert your attention and buy Kuma more chances. Never did I expect her to be so willing to die for you. Either way, you were out of the organization, though the method wasn’t what I expected. In the next 6 years, I rose within the organization rapidly without you in sight. Had it not been the sudden appearance of Pi, Tetsu might not be sitting where he is right now.”
“And so you tried to harm even your own brother?” Tetsu asked.
“We only have the same mother whom I don’t even remember.” Shun replied.
“She was a slut.” Mariko shook under rage. “A seducer…”
“She was not!” Pi was ready to tear Mariko’s mouth apart but Maki was holding on to him. Pi had always remembered his mother as a gentle, kind and loving woman. But most of all, she was a sad woman.
“Too much had been said tonight.” Shun said. With that, he turned and walked out of the room.
Kame slowly got up from the floor and walked like a soul-less body back to his room. Maki helped a badly beaten Pi back to his room leaving Tetsu and Mariko in that room.
“This is your entire fault,” said Mariko, her face turning a deathly white. She could never forget what happened 22 years ago. It was the night she saw through Tetsu’s real colours. Ever since he married her, his attitude towards her changed drastically. Just as she was pregnant with Kame, she found out about Tetsu’s affair with Hiroko. That made her the Mariko of today. She had shed a lifetime of tears the day she found out about their affair.
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Pi laid on the bed as Maki nursed him. Tonight, really was an eventful night. Never in her dreams would Maki have thought that Pi and Shun shared the same mother. She started staring at the portrait of a woman at the far end of the room. It was still there as she remembered when she first entered this room.
Pi took off the towel on his forehead and his face contorted in pain as he tried sitting up. He followed Maki’s stare towards the portrait. “She’s beautiful, isn’t she,” Pi sighed.
This was the first time Pi spoke to someone of his mother. “She was a really sad woman… I often found her crying by herself. She’s always looking at the picture of a young boy and I’ve always wondered who he was… today I finally found the answer…” Pi felt his nose going numb and his vision blurred from the tears in his eyes. He quickly sniffed back the tears that were threatening to fall and forced a smile for Maki.
“You’re so silly,” Maki stood up and leaned towards Pi as she encircled her arms around him. “Cry if you want to.” She said.
Tears started flowing from Pi’s eyes. Indeed, what had he to hide in front of her.