The character of Sora belongs to Sora M. Jigen and is used only with the permission of her creator/owner. She is not to be used without permission.
Also, this is a newer version of the character, as Sora has made changes to her over the years.
The character of Graham belongs to me.
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Final chapter. Took a bit longer because I got stuck at the end. I strayed from my notes and got lost. D:
Chapter Ten
Sora gripped her guns tightly, waiting for the right moment to shoot. As the seconds went by she got more nervous. 'What is he doing?' she wondered, narrowing her eyes at him as he stood and smirked at her.
Graham just felt like toying with her and so he did nothing.
Suddenly and without warning a large explosion shook the ground, Graham's burning car finally exploding.
With chunks of debris flying at her, Sora shielded her face with her arms.
Graham payed no attention as the debris pelted him from behind, seeing this as the perfect opportunity to act. Reaching behind him he grabbed his gun and brought it out front, pointing it at Sora and firing.
Sora dove out of the way before he pulled the trigger, shooting at Graham in mid-dive and hitting him in the thigh.
Graham held his leg and grunted in pain. "That bitch!" he spat, watching as she ran off.
Graham smiled evilly as he watched her, looking down the street and spotting a motorcycle. He limped towards it, watching as a man got on it and put his helmet on.
The man gasped as Graham aimed his shotgun at his head.
"Get off," Graham demanded.
The man put his hands up and stuttered incoherently.
"I said get off!" Graham shoved the guy off the bike and got on, starting it and speeding off.
Sora breathed heavily as she continued to run, jumping over trash cans and dumpsters as she wove in and out of alleys and side streets.
Graham spotted her entering an alley and sped after her.
Halfway down the alley Sora turned as the motorcycle came at her. Graham pointed his gun at her and fired just as she jumped on top of a dumpster and propelled herself towards the brick wall at the end of the alley.
Graham stopped the bike and stared in annoyance as Sora pulled herself up and over the wall. He turned around and sped off again.
Sora ran into the middle of a busy road, almost getting hit by cars as she tried to get across it, drivers honking and yelling at her as she continued on.
Making it safely across she continued, stopping in a back street and catching her breath. "Finally lost him," she panted.
"Are you sure," Graham said as he limped from the shadows and glared at her.
Sora gasped, reaching down for her guns just as he lifted his shotgun.
"Say goodbye," he said with an evil grin.
"Sora," Jigen yelled, shoving her out of the way just as Graham fired.
"Jigen!" Sora stared up at him, scared by the hurt expression on his face.
"Ahahaha," Graham laughed loudly. "Seems like I can get all my wishes in one day,"
Sora watched as Jigen closed his eyes and fell to the ground before her. She crawled to him as tears welled up in her eyes. "Jigen, no," she cried, seeing the blood pooled underneath him.
As she stared at him memories of her past came back, of her father's trusted hitman shielding Sora from a gang members bullet, of how she lived with that, knowing that this man gave up his life for her, and of how her father reacted towards the whole incident, blaming her for everything.
She got to her feet and glared at Graham. As he stood there, grinning and ready to fire on her, she saw her father and thought back to the awful things he had done to her. Thought back to how he had killed her mother. To how she had finally killed him.
She lifted her guns, her body shaking with anger as she closed her eyes and fired several times, his one shot hitting the ground at her feet as he fell to the ground.
She continued to fire, filling him with bullets as the anger consumed her. Breaking her from this trance was the sound of a single helicopter, getting louder as it approached.
She spun around and shielded her eyes as a bright spotlight shone down on her, the helicopter hovering overhead.
Before she knew what was happening the helicopter started to fire, the bullets slowly coming towards her.
Panicked, she looked back at Jigen, rushing up to him and trying to lift his limp body up.
"Come on," she said as she struggled to drag him to safety, her arms wrapped around his shoulders as she dragged him towards a nearby alley.
The gunfire reached them, a few of the bullets piercing Jigen in the legs.
"No!" she yelled, turning and firing on the helicopter until she was out of bullets.
She was about ready to give up when a car screeched to a stop behind her.
"Sora," Lupin hollered as he ran towards her.
"Lupin," she cried, happy to see him there.
"Here," he said, handing her a grenade launcher. "Keep them busy."
She took it and nodded, firing at the helicopter as Lupin grabbed Jigen and carried him to the car.
None of the grenades hit the target, but they did force the helicopter to stop shooting as it flew to a safer spot.
"Sora! Get in!"
Sora looked over as Lupin waved her to the car before he jumped into the drivers seat. She looked up at the helicopter as it started to turn towards her and decided it was time to go, running as fast as she could to the car and getting in.
"Make sure he keeps breathing," he told her as she stared worriedly at Jigen, who was laying in the back seat. "And keep pressure on the wounds."
She nodded, taking Lupin's jacket as he handed it to her and pressing it down on the gunshot wound on Jigen's side.
"I'm gonna lose these guys, so hang on," Lupin said as he sped off, the helicopter flying behind them and firing.
Some of the bullets hit, the back window getting blown out and the roof getting hit a couple of times, the bullets just missing those in the car.
Lupin turned down the main street and swerved in between traffic as the helicopter continued chasing them. Seeing a small alley he swerved down it, the front of the car and the front window getting banged up as he drove through trash cans and various large pieces of garbage.
"It's still there," Sora yelled, the helicopter catching up to them.
"Yeah, I know," Lupin yelled back. "Just hang on."
He got back on one of the larger streets and drove as fast as he could down it, smirking when he spotted a tunnel before them.
"Get ready to move," Lupin told her as they entered the tunnel, the helicopter hovering overhead and waiting for them to exit on the other side.
Lupin stopped the car quickly and got out, opening the back door and dragging Jigen out, laying him on the side of the road.
"Stay with him," Lupin said as he got back inside the car.
"Wait, Lupin! What are you..." She sighed as he sped off, not knowing how this would all turn out.
Lupin got the car up to a pretty good speed, seeing the end of the tunnel about thirty yards away. "This is gonna hurt," he said, opening the drivers side door and diving out.
He hit the road hard, rolling a few times before stopping against the tunnel wall. He groaned in pain, looking up as the car left the tunnel and quickly exploded.
He bowed his head and caught his breath, the helicopter sounding farther away with every second.
Sora looked up as Lupin limped towards her. "You're bleeding," she said in worry.
Lupin looked over at his shoulder, the wound reopening and the blood once again trailing down his arm. "It's fine," he said, giving her a weak smile.
"You idiot," she cried. "I thought..."
"Not yet," he joked, trying to laugh but unable to. "How is he?"
"I... I don't know. He's lost a lot of blood."
"Yeah. You should call an ambulance. I think my phone is broken." He reached into his pants pocket and pulled out his phone, now a heavily cracked piece of plastic.
Sora watched as the phone fell from his hand, Lupin then falling unconscious to the road.
...
Jigen groaned as he woke up, opening his eyes and looking around, the room he was in unfamiliar to him.
"How are you feeling?"
Jigen looked towards the voice, Lupin standing staring at him.
Lupin, his head bandaged and his arm in a sling, stared seriously at the man in the bed.
Jigen closed his eyes and laid his head back down on the pillow. "What happened to Sora," he asked weakly.
"Nothing happened to her. Why?" Lupin chose to act dumb, wanting to know what Jigen would say.
"Is she safe?"
"Yeah. I think she's in the cafeteria getting something to drink."
"Cafeteria? Where am I?"
"The hospital," Lupin said, as if that fact was very obvious. He grinned and took a seat at the end of the bed. "So, she told me what you did."
"Who told you what," Jigen asked, glancing over as the nurse came in and checked on the guy in the next bed.
"How you took the shot for Sora," Lupin said, his expression becoming serious again. "Thanks."
"Oh, yeah, well, I wasn't going to let her die."
"So... you'd die for her?"
"I never thought of it like that. I guess I would. I don't know..."
"I have something I need to ask you," Lupin said as he stood.
"What?" Jigen stared with tired eyes at Lupin.
"Work for me."
"That's a question?"
"You can think about it."
"So, you trust me now? But, I thought I was just some mafia dog."
Lupin glared down at him "I don't. And you still are. Sora sees you differently, though. And if she's convinced that you're some great guy, then I guess I'll take her word for it."
"Why now? Did she say she'd stay with you if you hired me or something?"
Lupin stared at him in silence.
Jigen laughed as much as he could without the pain becoming unbearable. "Then my answer is no. I've worked for a lot of guys, but I'd never work for someone like you."
"Fine." Lupin walked towards the door and stopped. "And I asked because Sora is like a sister to me and I felt if she was around you that she'd become better at her job and I wouldn't have to worry about her as much. But that's fine. Saves you from working with someone like me." He turned and glared at him.
Jigen stared at him for a couple of seconds before closing his eyes. "Maybe I was wrong about you. But that still doesn't mean that-"
"You're awake," Sora said excitedly as she entered the room. She handed Lupin a bottle of water on her way to the bed.
"Hey," Jigen said, smiling at her as she took one of his hands in hers.
"I asked him to work with us," Lupin said as he continued to glare at Jigen.
"You did?" Sora asked in shock as she looked back at Lupin. "What'd you say?" she asked, looking at Jigen.
"He said yes," Lupin answered.
Jigen looked at Lupin, not at all happy that he was tricked into this.
"Thank you," Sora said, giving Jigen a gentle hug.
"Yeah," Jigen said, still staring at Lupin.
Lupin grinned. "Well, I'll leave you two alone," he said, waving to Jigen and laughing as he walked out of the room.
The End
And that, as they say, is that. :D I want to once again thank Sora for allowing me to use her character. It was fun to write a character that I am not that familiar with. Hopefully, I did it right. I also want to thank all of those who read this and those who also commented. Hopefully you all enjoyed this story. Thank you! -hyper wave-