SME-E: Chapter 9

About ten minutes ago from both the incidents at the amusement park and downtown Juuban… We could see Eddy and Rei, sweeping outside of the shrines front area; Eddy had an annoyed look on his face as he glanced to Rei once in a while, while Rei’s face just looked even more annoyed as she glanced at Eddy from time to time as well. It really is a good thing that they both did not look at each other at the same time; or else it would have led to another confrontation between the two hot-heads.

Suddenly, Rei’s head shot up at something that got her attention, her eyes widened as she did, “What…?”

Rei looked around at her surroundings to see if anything was out of place, but could find nothing that seemed out of the ordinary, “… Strange,” she muttered as she then went back to sweeping.

Little did she realize that she had missed a ‘customer’ that came up the shrine stairs…

Meanwhile, back over with Eddy, we could see him still sweeping up his side of the shrine in a bit of a dull manner, “Geez, why am I even doin’ these stupid chores anyway?” he grumbled a little to himself as he stopped sweeping for a moment. He soon put his back up against a stone statue, resting there for a moment with his eyes closed as he did, “It’s not like I’m gettin’ anything out of it…”

“Heheh,” chuckled a sudden voice from behind him, which caught Eddy’s immediate attention. He jolted his eyes open at the voice, “I remember you were always like that back in the Cul-De-Sac.”

“N-No way…” Eddy muttered as he turned around towards the statue that he was leaning on, backing away from it a little as he did.

Soon someone stepped out from behind the statue; it was a man in his late thirties. He had dark, almost midnight navy blue hair; with three clumps of his hair formed into a spike in the back, which was mostly covered up by his brown hat. He had a bit of a peach fuzz of blue hair on his chin, and also peach-colored skin. He wore a sports jersey with the numbers ‘62’ on the front. The jersey was underneath a slightly big, red and blue plaid, trench coat-like jacket with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows. He wore a pair of beige jeans, and a pair of beige and white sneakers.

“But, it looks like things are a little different for you now…” stated the man again as he looked to Eddy with a wide smirk, showing his dark, ice blue eyes even more, and the golden tooth on one of his teeth, “Isn’t that right, Pipsqueak?”

Eddy stood there for a moment in shock before muttering out the man’s name, “E-Evan?!”

Meanwhile, back with Rei, we could see her still sweeping up her side of the shrine like usual; that is, until she looked back to where Eddy was. She widened her eyes at the man that was standing there in front of Eddy; a malevolent energy was surging from the man, “T-That’s… the man from my vision!” Rei gasped as she soon ran over to where Eddy was, only to get the attention of both Eddy and the man.

“Heh, and so she arrives,” chuckled the man, “How appropriate.”

Rei narrowed her eyes to the man, “Who are you?!”

The man only chuckled sinisterly again, “I’m sure Pipsqueak can tell you anything you need to know about me,” he stated before glancing to Eddy, “Isn’t that right, Little Bro?”

“Little Bro…?!” Rei echoed before turning to Eddy, who still seemed to be in shock at the man, “This man is your brother?!”

“Y-Yeah…” Eddy finally replied back, finding his voice once again, “But Evan, how…?!”

“How did I get here?” replied the man named Evan as he got something out of his jacket pocket; a pack of cigarettes and a lighter, “I guess I can humor you for a minute, before I do what I came here for.”

Evan took a cigarette out of the packet, lit it with his lighter and took a puff of it before he continued, “About a couple of months ago, after I got out on probation, I tried to get back on my feet; y’know, so I could have a regular life again, before I got arrested,” he took another smoke of his cigarette again before continuing, “But things weren’t exactly going well when I got out… That is, until I met him.”

“Him?” questioned both Eddy and Rei.

“Yeah, Master Kurozen helped me get back on my feet,” Evan stated as he took another puff of his cigarette, “He also helped me realize something; something important.”

It was by this time that Shika, who was still not feeling well at all, started to come out of Rei’s house, only to see Evan in front of Eddy and Rei. She gasped at the site of him, “Uncle Evan?” she muttered with surprise as she then decided to run out of their view, to hear the conversation that was going on.

“He helped me realize that you were having a better life than me, Eddy!” Evan stated as he soon dropped his cigarette to the ground, stomping on it with his right foot as he did, “He even showed me what you would become in the future!”

“W-What?” Eddy (and Shika) muttered a little in disbelief before shaking his head, “What does that have to do with anything?”

“It has to do with everything!” Evan yelled back to him; a crazed look now in his eyes, “He said that I had no future, until yours was erased!” he then made a sinister smirk, “But, Master Kurozen also said that I had a power to prevent your future from happening altogether.”

“M-Master Kurozen?!” Shika gasped with shock, her eyes widen in horror at the name.

“Power…?!” Rei stated, “What kind of power are you talking about?”

Evan only chuckled at the question, “I guess it’s time to show and tell you what I came here for.”

It was then that Evan closed his eyes as he clapped his hands together. It was from his hands that he slowly started to make a dark, fiery black aura around his hands. He opened his eyes back up to see his targets, “I want you two to die!” he yelled out as he let loose the flame towards Eddy and Rei.

Both of them widened their eyes at the sudden attack as Rei’s instincts went into actions; she got out of the way of the flame… that is, until she noticed that Eddy didn’t get out of the way, “Eddy, you baka!” Rei yelled as she did something drastic; she pushed him to the ground before he could be hit by the flames… which left her wide open.

“Aaaahhhh!!!”

Eddy and Shika widened their eyes as they watched in horror at what was happening; Rei was hit by the flame as the flames seem to cover her entire body. She screamed in agony as the flames that contacted her grew more and more. It was after he recovered from the shock of what he was seeing that Eddy couldn’t take in the sight anymore.

“S-Stop it Evan!” Eddy shouted to his brother, tears started to form around the brim of his eyes, “S-Stop it now!!!”

“Heh, why should I?” Evan asked with a cocky smirk, his right hand also stuck out towards Rei, controlling the flame from there, “What are you gonna do about it, Pip--”

“Let. Her. Go!” cried out a slightly familiar voice.

It was before Eddy could recognize the voice that someone tackled Evan to the ground from behind him, making Evan lose his concentration on Rei. Because of this, the flames that were on Rei went out. But the damage was done; Rei started to fall backwards towards the ground, “R-Rei!” Eddy yelped aloud as he caught her before she could hit the back of her head on the ground.

Rei coughed a little in pain as she gazed back up at him when he caught her; her eyes were now filled with pain from what she had gone through, “Eddy, y-you baka…” she muttered, “Why d-didn’t you – get out of t-the way…?”

Eddy just stayed quiet for a second before replying, “… I-I should ask you the same thing,” he stated back with small sarcasm, but the sarcasm quickly went away to worriment, “But… why did you do that for me?”

There was another pause before Rei replied, “Heh… Y-You really are clueless – a-aren’t you?” she stated with a somewhat sweet chuckle and another cough in her voice.

“Huh…?” Eddy muttered with confusion, “W-What do you--”

“You little bitch!” shouted Evan’s voice as both Eddy and Rei looked towards where he was, only to widen their eyes in shock.

The two of them could see Evan holding someone up in the air with his right hand by their throat; it was a girl in a red Sailor Senshi outfit, like Sailor Mars.

“What do you think you’re doing; tryin’ to protect them?” Evan started to ask he tightened the grip on the young Sailor Senshi’s throat, “You’re just gonna end up dead like them if you do!”

“S-Stop… please stop…!” chocked out the young Senshi in red as she tried to free herself from his grasp, but to no success.

“Heh, I guess I’ll amuse myself,” Evan stated with a wicked chuckle, “Give me one good reason why I shouldn’t kill you!”

“B-Because…” the young Senshi started to say as she started to tear up in her eyes, “Y-You have a future – U-Uncle Evan…!”

Evan widened his eyes at what he heard from the girl, “W-What did you just call me…?” he asked as he loosened his grip on her neck and placed her feet down on the ground.

The young Senshi in red coughed a little more before replying back, “I called you Uncle Evan; because… you are my uncle!”

Evan and Eddy were shocked to hear this from the little girl, but it was Evan who finally realized who she was, “Oh, I see now…” he started to say, losing the shocked look on his face, “You’re my niece from the future that I heard about from Master Kurozen; Shika Wendell!”

“What…?!” Rei muttered, while Eddy widened his eyes at the sudden revelation, “S-Shika’s my…” he started to mutter, but stopped what he was saying, shaking his head in denial, “No way! H-How can that be?!”

Shika was a little shocked that Evan found out who she really was before letting out a small sigh, “… It’s true,” she started to say as she glanced to Eddy in a shy way, “You’re my dad; in the future.”

Eddy grew pale for a moment before realizing something, “Wait… I-If you’re my kid, then who…?!”

“Who’s my mom?” Shika interrupted him, glancing down a little to Rei in Eddy’s arms, “I think it’s obvious who my mom is.”