Reunion

"I can't believe that we've been hanging out for the last six hours", Takashi said, as he drove down the road.

"Where are we going?" I asked, staring out the window.

"You'll see", replied Takashi.

We'd been driving for a couple hours. Our last stop was Sōsa, a city of about 39,000 people, located in the Chiba Prefecture, but that was at about 8:00 or 9:00 P.M. The current time was 11:26 P.M., so we'd been driving along the coastline for a few hours.

Takashi had been my best friend since we were in high school. We both lived in Yūbari, with was located in the Hokkaido region and the Sorachi Prefecture. Takashi was always the lady's man, who could often be found trying to win a girl's heart, while I was more interested in studying. I had near perfect marks when I finished the three years which was high school. These marks got me a scholarship to Senshu University's Department of Law. Takashi was determined to make it big in Tokyo. He left within a week of graduating high school. He only recently got back in contact with me. His face looks almost the same as it did when we graduated. Nowadays, I'm a lawyer. I take pride in my work, especially since most of my cases are against members of the Sumiyoshi-kai, which is the second largest Yakuza group, having around 20,000 members.

"We're almost there", Takashi stated. He seemed a bit nervous.

"Is something wrong?", I asked.

"It's nothing", he replied.

After a couple moments, which were silent, Takashi parked the car.

"We're here", he said.

We both got out of his car. I looked out to the ocean, seeing the moon's rays reflect off the waters surface. It was a beautiful scene.

"Why'd you take me here?", I asked Takashi.

"Nishguchi-san needed some reassurance that his trial would go well", Takashi said as he pulled a small handgun out of his pocket.

"Takashi, what are you doing?!", I screamed.

Takashi didn't say anything as he raised the gun.

"You don't have to do this! You're better than this! Please listen to me!".

"I'm sorry, Kiyoshi. I'm just doing my job. You know how it is", Takashi said as he pulled the trigger.

The last thing I felt was the bullet entering my forehead.

Author's Note
This is the first story I've written in a while, so enjoy! It's not really scary, and it's mostly an experimentation with character development and a new writing style. If the people like it, this will be a return of me writing things and this will become my permanent writing style.

~ Kiyoshi 05:35, August 12, 2014 (UTC)