Chapter 279 - ALI MINI THEATER Side Story 14 Part 1

"You will come with me, or this girl will die."

The threat made the blood in their veins run cold. Ara and the rest of her friends stood frozen as they watch in horror as the gun pressed against Rin's temple.

"What are you waiting for?" the man demanded. "Come here!"

Seeing Ara shift on her feet, Rin's eyes widened.

"Ara no! Go back inside!" she screamed as she struggled in the man's arms.

Ara and the rest were frightened the man would accidentally pull the trigger.

"Rin, stop!"Ara ordered, her voice terse, and her chubby friend stopped moving. Ara then looked at the men one by one with her cold silver-eyes. "I will go with you, so let her go," she said as she stepped forward despite the others' protests.

"Ara no!"

"I'll be okay," Ara told them, but her ears could hear the soft mocking laugh from the men in masks.

It seemed they were planning something otherwise. Ara would be dead. Well, that was if she were an ordinary human.

Too bad she's not…

Ara continued to walk forward and the men immediately surrounded her, and she let them hold her. But before they could drag her to the car, she stopped and gave the man holding Rin and icy stare again.

"Let her go," she commanded, and the man pushed Rin away.

However, instead of pushing her back with the rest of the guys, he pushed Rin towards Ara. "What are you waiting for? Get them!"

WHAT?

Ara was foolish enough to think it was only her, these guys wanted. It was a good thing Sonoda moved quickly and pushed Miharu and Midori into the school gate.

"Run!" he ordered, and the two ran away.

Sonoda then turned his attention to the men who started running after the girls, but he quickly dealt with them with some judo moves. In the end, the girls were able to disappear into the safety of the school before the men were able to give the poor boy a punch in the stomach making him grunt as he fell on his knees and someone grabbed him to give him another punch.

"Quick! To the car!" the man who seemed to be the leader barked and the men dragged both girls in the van, followed by an incapacitated Sonoda.

Inside the van, Ara and Rin quickly pulled Hiroaki so he could sit between them. The two supported him as his injuries were bad. He had bruises and cuts on his face and he still crouched as his stomach was in pain from the punch earlier.

Ara's eyes narrowed as she noticed that the men had brass knuckles in their hands.  No wonder Hiroaki lost even if he was a good fighter. Just a punch with those metal knuckles could render normal people unconscious.

"Hiroaki, are you okay?"Rin asked as she wiped the boy's bloody face with a handkerchief.

"It's useless to clean him. He'll be bloodier later," a man mocked as he and his friends removed their masks, and Ara's suspicion was confirmed.

With these hooligans showing them their faces, it meant they were not afraid that Ara and the others would recognize them later. Because there wouldn't be any "later". These men were meant to kill them.

"Oh, showing us your ugly faces, aren't you afraid you'll get hunted down later?"Ara mocked back.

"Shut up, bitch. Let's see if you can still be haughty later," the man answered back.

Ara gave him an incredulous look. "Of course I can be haughty. I'm a real princess, unlike that nutjob your boss is screwing."

All the men in the car were rendered speechless. Ara knew that they were shocked that she knew who was behind this kidnapping and that she also knew about the illicit affair between Koharu and their boss.

"Well, aren't you clever?" the man who sat in front of Ara commented with a sneer which Ara returned.

"Too bad you aren't," she countered, making the man inhale sharply before he leaned over and gave Hiroaki a resounding slap.

Rin screamed. "Stop! You already hurt him!"

The man ignored Rin however and turned his attention back to Ara with an evil smile and a threatening gaze. "You shut up or I'll kill this guy right here," he snarled. "You're lucky the boss' lady wants you uninjured. If not I'd have hit you many times for being a smart-mouth."

Seeing as Sonoda would get hurt, Ara clamped her mouth shut, but not before giving the man a deadly gaze. She'd deal with this man as soon as she got the chance. For now, she'd stay quiet.

Soon, the car drove into a back alley in what Ara recognized as part of Kabukicho. They stopped in an old estate with an abandoned warehouse. Ara and the others were dragged inside and shoved onto the dusty floor. Sonoda who was injured easily fell and the girls caught him and dragged him against the wall.

"Hiroaki hang on. Miharu and Midori will surely call for help," Ara told the semi-conscious guy.

She had seen Midori surreptitiously taking pictures of them earlier while Miharu covered her. For sure, those two would be able to get someone to help them fast. But Ara was not going to wait. She was too upset she wanted to settle scores with these men right here, right now.

The malice in her heart was overwhelming. The feeling of wanting to avenge and to hurt was so intense; she couldn't even recognize the dark behavior she's showing. She had seen someone holding a stun gun earlier, and when she turned to see, she spotted the guy with the man she quarreled within the van earlier with four others.  There were seven men who took them.

Hmmmnnn…

Ara glanced at her friends.

Sorry guys…

She stood up and stared defiantly at the kidnappers. Rin looked up at her as she cradled Hiroaki's head on her lap.

"Ara? What are you doing?" Rin asked with worry written on her face.

But Ara was determined. She then marched on, and the men noticed her.

"Oi, Princess, where do you think you're going?" the men laughed as two of them came inside to block her.

As soon as they did, Ara didn't hesitate to fight with them, albeit controlling her strength as Rin was watching. She still made one fall on the ground while she attacked the other in great speed. Of course, as she was expecting, the man noticed her martial arts and took out the taser in panic.

The others also hurried to come to aid their comrade, but Ara was faster. She gave the man a kick, but as she had also wanted to happen, the guy lunged at her with the stun gun, and Ara pivoted to the right so she could be hit on the shoulder. However, she hadn't taken into account the chains buried by the dust on the floor and she tripped, making the man hit her squarely on the chest with the voltage.

ZZZZZZZZZZZAP!

The current traveled in Ara's body and she fell on the floor with her eyes closed much to Rin's horror. Even Sonoda who was injured stood up to go to her, but it was already too late.

"ARAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

The high voltage directly on the heart could cause cardiac arrhythmia, leading to a heart attack in minutes. Ara who had been hit directly above her heart normally wouldn't stand a chance.  

"Idiot! You killed her! The boss will be mad! He said to keep the girl alive until he comes!"

On the other hand, Ara who remained unmoving on the floor berated her own stupidity for not thinking to render her friends unconscious first. Because of that, she couldn't fight for real.

Hmmm…

Sorry guys…

A seal formed under Rin and Hiroaki, and soon an electric pulse hit them, making them fall on the floor, sleeping.

THUD!

"What's wrong? Did those kids got electrified too?" the man asked and one of them ran towards Rin and Sonoda to check.

"They're sleeping," he said with confusion.

"What?"

Of course, all of them were confused, making Ara laugh. As soon as her amusement rang in the place, all of the men stared at her in horror as she slowly stood up and dusted her uniform and glanced at them with bored silver-grey eyes.

Yet, her aura, without her noticing had started to emanate malice. The men sensed danger and they immediately prepared themselves for a fight.

"W-Why are y-you s-still alive?" the man who tasered her stammered as he took a step back.

"Because your weapon sucks."A huge grin spread Ara's lips as electricity radiated around her body, and a ball of plasma appeared on her hand. "Do you want to see how to use a real stun gun?"