Finally, the end. Ami's napped. Yumi's outta her mind. Sakura's revealed. Takeru's gotta do something. And I took too long getting this finale up. Sorry. Yet again, art has been making me busy. Go to the usual dA site to find it. Plus something different in this chapter. Any thoughts, flashbacks OR LYRICS are italicized. Plus it's a really cool song that you can only hear in 'KOF Another Day'. The song is called... Another DAY... by Dakota Star. Enjoy and don't forget to R&R! -Kyo
Chapter 5 – All or Nothing
It was a bright sunny day. The crowd of excited people sitting at the outdoor stadium near the park adds to the atmosphere. They were cheering away as a small concert came to a bright end by an up and coming band.
'WOW! They loved us back there!' The spunky pink-haired girl exclaimed. Just then, the indigo-haired girl replied back. 'This is nothing! I want to make it to the TOP! I want to be an awesome Goddess of Rock!'
The pink-haired girl smiled a bit. 'You don't have to be selfish; we'll get there together! Right?' The other girl just stretched and yawned. 'Yeah, sure. After all, I suppose the band IS called AMIYUMI, right?'
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'Right. Everything looks stupid now that I think about it and how much I've changed…' Yumi just so happened to be at the outdoor stadium near the park where they had their first mini-gig. She felt it was the only place to go to stop and think about everything, considering she was the only person who remembered this place and for what it stood for to her. 'I'm sure Ami would understand eventually why I ran from her.'
'You might want to explain to her AFTER we find her. Oh, and by the way, this place just reminded me; you guys weren't half bad back then.' Takeru just so happened to show up at the right time, just reminding her that he was actually there that day when they played their first mini-gig ages ago.
'Wait… what do you mean AFTER we find her? What happened to Ami?' Yumi went from a depressed look to a concerned look really fast. Takeru took his seat on a bench after he lit a cigarette and took a small puff. 'Yumi, Ami was kidnapped a few hours after you split from us. Where she is, I'm not sure, but I can tell you this much; whatever is going on, someone seems to know your weak spot.'
Yumi then grabs Takeru by the collar of his trench coat and moves him close enough to her face, where he can feel her breath. 'The person who kidnapped her. Tell me now! What does he or she look like!' Yumi shook him a bit. Granted, she probably didn't mean to, but considering her better half was captured, she's quite tense. Could you blame her?
Takeru dropped his cig from his mouth, not really expecting Yumi to be quite like this. 'Well, she had dark-raven-like hair. Her bangs covered her nose and her eyes, and she wore dark clothing, purple lining to it. She sorta spoke in enigmas.' Right there, Yumi dropped Takeru on the ground. Shaking her fists by her side, Yumi's face slowly turned red followed by her thrusting her fists in the air and screaming out. 'DAMN THAT FREAKIN' BITCH!' Her voice echoed quite some ways. Takeru expected her to be pissed, but somehow, Yumi wasn't freaking out or destroying anything. She was angry… but she has a determined, saner look on her face. She then faced Takeru.
'Takeru, where's your bike?'
Takeru points to the entrance. 'Over there.'
'Let's go! I'll drive.'
Takeru hopped on the back of the bike as Yumi hopped to the front. 'So Yumi… you know where this person is?'
'Sure, Tak-kun. If things are still how I left it, she's still at the same place she has been for the last cupla years now. She told me to swing by there, in case I wanted a "real woman" to be with…'
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Nighttime's moonlight shines on Yumi and Takeru as they finally show up in front of a 'bordello-styled' home; It seemed like a place for a lot of people to live in, but Yumi knew it only housed just one really rich woman. That would be the woman that's been plaguing Yumi all her life. This would be Sakura. She jumps from the motorbike and walks towards the front door.
'Yumi! You want me to- ' Takeru stopped midway as he saw that she didn't respond at all. He sighed and just sat there on the bike. 'Right, good luck.'
WHAM!
Yumi just kicked down a huge front door by herself, walking to find two giant staircases, spiral styled. Not wasting a beat, she ran up the left one. She checked every single room. Alas though, to no avail. For once, Yumi wasn't making any sarcastic quips, nor was she getting in over her head about the situation. She's focused, for the fact she knew there was someone she had to find and would not stop until her target is achieved. She kicked down one last door on the floor. What she saw didn't phase her expression, yet added more fuel to the fire. She was 'welcomed' by Sakura, standing over a half-naked Ami, her wrists tied up! Ami's expression was filled with fear as she twitched, wondering what's going to happen to her next.
'You BITCH! You captured my girlfriend!'
Sakura just smirked and turned around caressing Ami's cheek, wiping a sweat drop, which might've been caused from panic. 'Heh, you're not woman enough to make your cute little Ami a "real woman". Just sit back and watch a pro, my dear.'
Yumi walked up slowly to her, smirking cockily now. She wasn't sure if this next dialogue was either brave, or plain cheesy. She was going to chance it.
'Get away from Ami now… or else, I'll penetrate you - '
Sakura had to cut in with a mocking laugh; the kind evil female villains do in anime. You know, with the hand thing near the mouth? 'HAH! With what - A dildo?' Yumi then smiled as she whipped out a butterfly knife, flipping it around her hand a bit before pointing it at her. 'If that's what you want to call a blade, then yeah, whatever.' Right then, not wasting a second, Yumi runs right for Sakura and attempts a stab at her. However, Sakura evaded this and kicked it right out of her hand, followed by throwing Yumi right into a wall. Not wanting to give in easily, Yumi staggers to get up and heads for her again, this time delivering a successful punch to Sakura's face. Sakura backed away a bit, to spit out a bit of blood. She then moved her bangs out of the way just to finally show off her ice-cold stare. At first glimpse, they were normal eyes, but upon closer look, they were like a black pearl. She then smiled evilly to her.
'Hah hah…YES! I knew you had this in you! I WANT MORE!' As Sakura psychotically requested this, she ran up and kneed Yumi right in her gut and uppercut her right on her chin. This brought Yumi back down to her knees again. Coughing up a small portion of blood, she just smiled back at her and laughed. 'This is the most fun I've had in years, to be honest!'
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Lighting another cigarette, Takeru took one small puff and sat there outside. 'It's too quiet. I suppose normally, no news is good news, but in this case… and Yumi involved… anything goes.' Right as he said that, he heard some glass shattering. 'What the hell?' He turned to see both Yumi and Sakura fall right into the bushes!
The two women are still fighting and trading jabs at each other, now carrying this outside. Takeru just stands there and watches like an idiot. 'My God.' He seriously had no comment.
(ANOTHER DAY by Dakota Star starts playing)
As this was going on, Ami got up to see outside that the two kept going at it. 'Y-Yumi!' She quickly covered herself in a blanket and ran downstairs to the side where the two were at just to see the fight up close and hoping at the same time nothing happened to Yumi.
-It's not a 'PLAY ANOTHER GAME!'
-'Cuz we were born in a ruthless world!
-Who can explain a reason WHYYY…
'Be careful!' Yumi didn't need Ami to scream this out, but Ami was deathly concerned. After their small bout, Yumi gets knocked right back down on the ground, but doesn't seem to be getting up for awhile.
-Yer thinking 'Hell is what this serves!'
-This setting – we can justify!
-Who needs the mercy? Come and TRYYY…
Sakura slowly walks over smirking at her. 'Well then, Miss Yoshimura… it would be sporting of me to tell you, I have been somewhat a stalker for the past year now.
-Don't care HOW you feel -
-Just don't want to let you down!
-I can feel my heart CRYYYY!
The concert back in Florida, USA, that whole Midori situation, and now this whole "vacation". I know, I suck for following you around and keeping an eye on the girl I practically "raised" during her teen years, hah. It was amusing to see my little bitch grow up to be such a prissy little girl.'
-No way to escape it -!
-No time for setback -!
Slowly, Yumi got up, only to quickly swing her right arm right at Sakura's side, with a sharp shard of glass that broke off from the window. Sakura stopped in her tracks, with her mouth still gaping.
-No tears to fall down -!
-No fears to stop me from this FIIIIGHT!
'I'm more than just a prissy girl! I'M A WOMAN! A GODDESS OF ROCK! And you didn't raise me; YOU MADE ME A HELLISH BEAST OF PREY!' After saying this, she pushed Sakura right onto the ground, on top of her ready to stab her right in the jugular.
-And heaven only knoooows…
-AM I A FOOOOOL?
Sakura, who didn't see any of this coming and was too cocky to not have helped herself out, was just looking in fear, as Yumi was ready to put an end to her problems.
-Some kind of 'BEAT and GO'!
-But the winner TAKES IT ALLLLLL!
'Yumi! STOP!' Ami is suddenly tugging at Yumi's arm as it was still raised. 'This isn't you, Yumi! Don't give in; she wants you to be like this! It feeds her ego!' Ami was ready to cry.
-Til all is said and done…
-Nobody knoooows!
'Ami… you don't understand! What I'm about to do to this woman is EXACTLY well over years worth of PAIN she put me through! I know death isn't good enough for her, but it'll make her stop stalking me!'
-The winner TAKES IT ALLLLLL!
'Ok, Yumi… but if you do go through with this, you won't be any better than her! I understand you don't want me around… just to make sure you don't do this to me one day…right?'
-Could be, could be, could be…
As Ami said this, Yumi lowered her arm down and dropped the shard. 'Wow… heh, you're right Ami.' Yumi then gets up with Ami, giving her black jacket to better cover Ami's top. 'Oh… and Sakura?' She turns and plants her foot down right at the center of her gut, in top speed and force on it, making Sakura scream in pain. Enough pain to make her pass out.
-Could be, could be, could be…(Fade out)
'Thanks for good times. I had a blast, Miss Sakura.'
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She and Ami then walked away, just in time as the cops started showing up around Sakura's passed out body. Apparently, it would seem she's under arrest for 'vandalism and disturbance of the peace'. Granted, it's not what she should be arrested for, but they will take her in, and do an obvious background check on the shady woman's past.
Takeru, walking around the shady parts of the streets back to his bike, sees Ami and Yumi walking together. He smiled and laughed to himself. 'I dunno what Yumi sees in her, but Ami's friggin' lucky…' He hopped on his bike and rode off.
'Yumi… I'm sorry about all this…'
'Don't apologize. This whole thing was my fault anyways.' She then looked back as she saw some cops drive off, hauling Sakura away. She stops and smirks. 'I think I finally beat them…' Ami looks up to Yumi with a perplexed look. 'Beat who?'
Yumi scratched under her nose and flashed her gleaming teeth. 'My inner demons…'
Ami smiled and hugged her girlfriend right there, and proceeded back home.
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A few months have passed by as Puffy AmiYumi returned to the wear-and-tear of producing music and trying to get their latest work out there for everyone to enjoy. However, it seemed like a very vibrant, peppier Yumi Yoshimura was glad to be back on the job and actually working with a smile nowadays. This had Kaz curious now. As the girls were taking a break from recording one of their latest tracks, Kaz walked in as they were going over ideas and whatnot and finally asked:
'Yumi, you seem to actually ENJOY your job. What happened during your vacation?'
Yumi smiled and leaned back in her chair with a heavy sigh. Ami knew what was up and smiled. Yumi just simply closed her eyes and scratched the tip of her nose with her pointer finger as she replied back to Kaz's query.
'Honestly, Kaz – it's a long story…'
END.
It's over! The 'HELL WITH FAME' Trilogy is DONE. Yumi's story, Ami's story, and both of their story in one. I freakin' conquered it! You'll look back on this one day and say 'Hey, it's that devoted Puffy Fan' or 'OH LOOK! It's that freak! What a weirdo!'
Once more, I want to say special thanks to my pal MonkeyHill, for this story would not have existed if it weren't for his badass movie-styled ideas I oh-so-needed for this final rush! And once more, special thanks to my pal Joe for being the sole inspiration for me into starting the 'Hell to Fame' series.
I might work on the comic version of this later (Or heck, one of you punks can do it for me... hint hint.) but for now, I want to take a break and think what I can now make my major fanfic series now. Azumanga? Nah. Sonic? No way. KOF? Maybe. See? What do you think? I'm always ready to listen to opinions. Well... read and review. Don't be a douche and flame me, for I will break your bones. Thanks for the support, ideas, and reviews for this series. I had as much fun writing it as you guys did reading it. Hopefully, I'll come out with something just as cool as this with a fandom just as whacky. :P
BAI BAI BUU... -Kyo