Toru had the same nightmare again.

It always started from the beginning and it played just like an old black and white movie in his head. 

Without sound.

Without color.

Without end.

Perhaps, it was his refusal to acknowledge that something that looked so weak could cause a damage so great that he carried it with him until today.

He didn't want to admit that he was so blind to not be able to see the evil behind the weak and frail body – or he just refused to see that the Chiaki that he knew was actually the embodiment of pure evil, not the saint that everyone else thought she was.

And suddenly the scene jumped to when he was bound and gagged, and the sudden barrage of the smell of the sickly sweet perfume mixed with Chiaki sweat caused him to jolt up from his sleep with cold sweat all over his body.

It took him a minute to remember where he was, when he noticed the warm body beside him. 

At first he had his flight instinct almost take over himself, but the next second, he calmed down immediately when he inhaled her scent.

This was not Chiaki.

This was not some random woman he slept with to get the disgusting taste off of him.

This… was home.

He was surprised by his own thoughts, and when Azusa mumbled something incoherent and snuggled deeper into his embrace. Her lips touched his neck – where his pulse was throbbing – and he felt that he could get through all those nightmares, with her by his side.

After a minute passed, he noticed that their limbs were entangled in their sleep, just like lovers did. Not that he knew since he never spent any night with anyone ever since the thing with Chiaki.

But he only felt peace and content, and when she mumbled again against his sensitive skin, he turned to face her to see her soft, red lips and flushed skin, and he couldn't help but touch her face softly.

And just like a cat, she chased his hand with her cheek and purred contently while rubbing herself on him.

"Mm, morning." Azusa opened her eyes slowly and she smiled. The seemingly innocent act caused Toru's heart to beat faster, and he instinctively moved to kiss her soft and inviting lips.

"Morning, beautiful." Toru whispered in between soft kisses, and her moans were an answer enough for him as he pulled her closer and deepened his kiss.

"Mm, this is very nice…" Azusa snuggled deeper and positioned herself between Toru's body to receive his kisses and more.

Toru was hard. From the morning wood, and from all the rubbing Azusa did on him. He sneaked his hand under her shirt and found out that she wore nothing underneath. 

God, her skin was so warm and soft, and she was so pliant in his arms, and there was nothing he would like to do than enter her and make love to her the whole day long.

He let his hand roamed her body until it stopped on the soft mound of her chest, and he could hear her catch her breath. He continued to explore her body and touch her breast before he continued to kiss her.

But then he heard a loud cough from behind them and he jolted up in surprise to see Azuma, his father, uncle and Chiori were there. All with various degrees of redness on their faces.

"I'm sorry to bother you guys, but, ehm, do you want some breakfast?" Azuma cleared his throat while the others tried hard not to get embarrassed by the blatant display of the seduction.

"Oh god." Toru groaned and covered his erection with the blanket while Azusa giggled.

"It's okay guys, please take your time." Genji cleared his throat. 

"I'll go get changed first." Azusa whispered to Toru and she ran back to the now opened room and closed the door.

"Well, we will be expecting grandchildren soon." Genji spoke with a very serious expression on his face, and Toru rolled his eyes, then he stood up from the couch. Azuma gave him a cup of coffee and slapped his back hard before he whispered to him.

"If you hurt her…"

"Stop it Azuma." Azusa came out of the room wearing jeans and a sweater and she glared at her brother. "Give me my tea please." 

Azuma took another second to glare at Toru and then he smiled and patted his back in a friendly manner before fetching his sister the tea he brewed.

"So, I called your partner, Lee, last night, and he will be here in a short while to help us search for Chikara." Azuma took a seat and started to eat the traditional Japanese breakfast that was prepared by Chiori – which consisted of a grilled mackerel, fluffy white rice, miso soup, tsukemono, and rolled sweet omelet.

"Mm this is really good, Chiori-san." He ate with such a gusto, and Chiori smiled. 

"Thank you, Azuma. Now, let's eat too, Toru, Azusa." She prepared another two servings for them before she excused herself to go back to her home in case Chikara was back. 

Genji and Kenji also excused themselves followed by Azuma who wanted to get Lee from the ferry and finally Toru was left alone with Azusa.

They ate in silence, when suddenly Azusa asked him a question.

"Forgive me for asking you this, but are you okay? You seem to have a nightmare when you sleep, and… well, you looked like you were in pain." She looked at him seriously. "Did that have anything to do with Chikara's disappearance?"

Toru put down his chopsticks and he looked into Azusa's eyes. What he saw was only concern and he decided to trust her with the story of the beginning of this mess.

Perhaps… perhaps, by sharing his pain and suffering to someone else, would he finally be able to move on and get rid of those nightmares.

If it was Azusa, he believed that he could trust her with his deepest secret.

He took the empty trays and brought them to the sink to wash them, and Azusa followed him quietly – helping him with the dishes. After that, they settled down on the couch, and Toru started to speak – while clenching his hands to brace himself.

This was going to be a long and painful revelation.

The secret that changed his life.

The unimaginable evil that shaped him to be who he was.

"What I'm about to tell you is actually a secret that only a handful of people know…"

He remembered the first time he saw Chiaki when they were kids and she just moved into the island with her grandmother and her baby brother. His mother told him to be good to her because she had just lost her parents and her brother was just a baby. Her grandmother then decided to go back to her hometown to be able to take care of her and the baby with the help of the close-knit family.

He always thought of Chiaki as his own sister since he didn't have any siblings and neither did she. Chiaki was older by a year, but she was a sickly child so she was in the same class as he. 

Or so they all thought.

No one knew how manipulative she could be, and Toru did not like how she acted like damsel in distress in front of normal people and her own grandmother – then went to do unsavory things behind them all.

Oh, she was the student council president, the smartest and most beautiful girl in the whole school, and many boys envied him for being her neighbor. Even he felt proud of being able to go back home with her every day, and sometimes – more often than not – had dinner together since his parents and her grandmother were busy working.

But, one day, he found out that the real Chiaki was an embodiment of evil herself.

It was a coincidence that he took the different routes home than his usual since he didn't want to be bothered with girls who always waited for him and tried to talk to him when Chiaki was not around – especially the one named Karen. She was so pushy it made him feel uncomfortable when the girl pressed her huge breasts onto his arm.

That was the reason why he usually went home with Chiaki – to avoid the other girls – but for some reason she told him to go back home first since she had to meet some friends.

Of course he didn't give much thought since Chiaki always went out to see her friends – which he assumed were girls – and did not come home until late, or even spent the night in one of her friends' houses.

But that day changed his life for the worst.

He didn't want to go home and be alone, so he went around to the beach to read some of the books he borrowed from the library. But when he walked past the empty hut that used to be the lifeguard's place in the summer, he heard weird creaks and noises from the inside.

His curiosity flared and when he peeked inside the hut, he saw the most unforgettable view – and not in a good way – of Chiaki being treated like some kind of inhuman being, by five boys that he didn't recognize.

She was naked and tied and there was such an expression on her face that made him half aroused and half disgusted. She also made sounds like an animal being gutted – which made him want to run away, but his feet seemed to be planted on the ground and his eyes were glued to the indecent act before him.

True, he was of that age where sex was very fascinating and he also had a few indecent books under his bed, but this… this was too much for him.

And then suddenly Chiaki turned her head and her eyes locked with his – and she smiled knowingly.

Toru ran away from the place straight home, and he locked himself inside his room. He felt guilty and disgusted with himself, so he took a shower, and then again, just to wash all the slimy feeling away. But then he also relieved himself while feeling disgusted.

That night, he slept without eating at all. All he could see was Chiaki's face, and how she looked like she was in ecstasy.

He tossed and turned, unable to sleep, when he heard the familiar creak of his window being opened and he knew immediately who did that.

He shrunk back into the corner of the bed when Chiaki sat beside him. The sudden fear creeped inside him. 

This was not the same Chiaki that he knew.

Or maybe he was just a fool for believing the charade she put on in front of everybody, and this was her true self.

"What do you want?" He suddenly felt sick when he smelled the sickly sweet perfume mixed with sweat and other body odor that emanated from her body. It had a disgusting smell.

"Such a naughty boy, Toru." She laughed. "You saw that, didn't you? The way those boys fucked me?" She moved closer and Toru took the pillow in front of him as another barrier.

This Chiaki… he didn't know her at all.

She looked at him like he was some kind of a meat, as she licked her lips in such a lewd way.

He gulped and felt very nervous.

"I won't tell anyone. I swear."

Chiaki suddenly looked so amused and she laughed.

"Do you think I was afraid that you would tell anyone about what you saw this afternoon, Toru darling?" One minute she laughed and then the next, she looked so serious. "Go tell anyone, see if they believe that the perfect student and their goddess would do something so indecent. Right, Toru? Such a lewd act that was so different from your magazine." She smiled seductively and moved closer to him. "Did you get a hard on when you saw me being fucked like that? Do you want to do it?" She was so close to Toru and her perfume made him gag.

He closed his mouth and nose to prevent himself from inhaling the perfume and vomited, when Chiaki slapped him.

"Ungrateful bastard." She slapped him once more. "Just wait and see, I will make you mine."

She left as quick as she came and Toru ran to the bathroom to vomit until his throat was hurt and there was nothing else he could let out. He continued with the dry heave and then he took another shower and brushed his teeth to get rid of the acidic taste of his stomach content.

That Chiaki was someone that he did not recognize, and he didn't like her one bit.

He just didn't know what to do about her threat, and certainly he could not go to his parents – or her grandma – because, who would believe him?

He knew that at least his parents would believe him, but what good would it be to stir the pot on this small island? It was him against the most popular girl in the school, and he definitely would lose and shame his parents.

So he decided to shut his mouth, and went about the days as if nothing happened at all.

The difference was, he avoided Chiaki at all costs, and even went to such lengths to change his seat as far away as possible from her.

She disgusted him.

And he did not try to hide it, by blatantly ignoring her.

Then another thing happened.

A newly transferred student came to the island and she was beautiful, kind and smart. And she had a crush on Toru.

It didn't take long for both of them to be a couple and went out together on a date, to the movie, had their first kiss, and for a while Toru forgot about Chiaki's threat.

It was their last year as high school students when Toru decided to go to the law school to become a lawyer just like his father. Since his grades were always in the top three, he was accepted to the top university. And when he was invited to attend the open day festival of his future school, he asked his girlfriend to go with him since she was also accepted at the same university in the art major.

They spend the weekend there going to museums, amusement parks, and having fun together. And finally they lost their virginity to each other.

It was such a different experience than what he saw Chiaki did. 

He felt happy, and content, and everything went normal – although a bit clumsy. He liked her and she liked him, and at that time, he believed that it was love.

The last day before they went back to the island, Toru bought a necklace for his girlfriend as a surprise gift for her acceptance. She was waiting in their hotel room, packing her stuff and Toru left alone.

When he got back to the room, he saw that it was dark and he thought that she had not woken up yet. He entered the room and walked slowly to the bed to surprise her, and yet, he was the one who got surprised.

Instead of seeing her naked and ready to have another round, he saw her naked – and tied to a chair – with blood all over her body. 

He tried to help her but a hit from behind caused him to lose his consciousness.

When he came to his senses, he was already tied to a chair and he saw a blur on the bed – grunting and groaning. He was suddenly brought back to the hut and he became cold with dread. He wasn't sure if this was a reality – or a nightmare.

The second when his eyes were focused, all of his fear came to life. 

He saw a strange man on top of his girlfriend, raping her and slapping her face repeatedly, while she was not making any sound at all. Her face was swollen and bloodied and so was her whole body. She was covered in blood and other substances, and from the look of things, it happened quite a while ago.

He was so angry and he tried to get out of the chair, unfortunately the zip ties were biting deeper into his skin and his resistance only made them tighter.

He knew that there was only one person who could cause this damage, so he yelled her name in rage.

"Chiaki, you fucking bitch! Let her go or I swear I will kill you!"

He heard a laugh from behind him and Chiaki appeared in front of him with such a satisfied smile on her face.

"Toru, you're such a bad boy. I told you that you're mine and here you are, fucking this little whore in this fancy hotel room. What should a woman do?" She giggled and blew smoke on his face.

"Let. Her. Go." Toru bit his cheek trying to contain his anger. "She didn't have anything to do with you. Do whatever you want to me, but let her go. Please." He gave his now eerily quiet girlfriend a quick glance – just as the man finished his business and splurted all over her – but she didn't give any reaction at all.

"Oh? She enjoyed that though?" Chiaki giggled. "He was the third man who slept with her, and she didn't even complain. See? All women are just whore, they just didn't want to admit it." Chiaki walked to the bed and pulled the girl's hair up and slapped her face. "How dare you take my man? This was not a punishment enough." Then she took out a short knife from her pocket and before Toru was able to do anything, Chiaki stabbed her repeatedly on her stomach before she let her go.

"See, Toru? I won't let her carry your seed. You can only give them to me and only me. If you dare to sleep with another woman, I will make them all suffer like this."

"What's the fuck wrong with you, you psycho bitch? Why do you think I want to be with you, a disgusting human trash? Even sleeping with dogs would be better than sleeping with you!"

Toru was enraged when he saw the bleeding woman and the one who caused it. He also saw a few other men on the side, but they didn't seem to pay attention to whatever happened. Like they were on drugs.

"Hmm, I will take your words as a compliment, Toru. Right now I am in my fertile stage, and I want your kid to be Chikara's brother or sister." She laughed when she saw Toru's face. "Oh? You didn't know? Yes, Chikara is my son. I had him when I was fifteen and that's the reason why my parents disowned me and why I have to move to the godforsaken island with that old woman that's not even my blood." She threw her cigarette down and stepped on it. "So, get ready, because I will make you the father of my kid, and then we can get married and I can be a lawyer's wife. Isn't that great, Toru, or should I call you husband?" She giggled at the term of endearment, while Toru could not believe his ears. 

This woman was delusional, and he was the focus of the delusion. But right now he was more afraid of his girlfriend – who stopped moving, or even showing a sign of life. What if she died?

"Don't worry, she's still alive. I only stabbed her womb to prevent any pregnancy taking place. If you obey me, I will take her to the hospital."

She then took a vial filled with blue pills and she force fed it to him.

"This drug is called Viagra, and its main function is to make your thing hard for a long time, no matter if you don't feel like it." Chiaki took off her clothes and then she took out her knife. "Now, it's playtime, Toru."