AN: Don’t kill me if this is bad. I..I.. tried my bestest! Honest. So, just don’t kill me.

They didn’t kill me. Or it didn’t kill me. I was surprised. When that policeman took out his sword from his sheath..

I was so for sure that I was going to die. His sword struck me at my solar plexus. And yet, I managed to live. Which was fairly odd, because I was a criminal.

I was a pickpocket.

A stealer.

A thief. And criminals die. So, why didn’t I?

I checked my body for any other wounds unfound. Nope. Not even a scratch.

I stood from my lying position. Dried blood on the ground. But no wounds on my body.

I backtracked my mind from earlier today. I was running away because some old man caught me stealing his fish.

flashback

‘THIEF!’ the old man’s hoarse voice rose louder than the bustling town did. ‘THIEF!! STOLE MY FISH! THIEF!!!’

‘Damn that old man.’ I thought. ‘Should have known he would be a screamer.’ I sprinted faster I heard policemen swords clank behind me. ‘There’s no way they can – Whoops. Spoke too soon.’

‘Hey, kid.’ that policeman walked casually towards me. ‘Wha’cha doing with that fish.’

‘Well, sir, I’m holding it, so that when I get home, I can eat it.’

‘Did ya pay for that stuff there?’ he pointed to the fish in my hand

‘Shit.’ ‘Well, no, sir –’

‘So, what makes you think you can steal that fish?’

‘Well, for the fun of doing this.’ I ran towards him and punched his face. ‘See ya, sucka!’

‘Oh, crap! You, you!’

‘Thanks, mister! For sparing me!’ I ran away laughing. And falling. I bumped into somebody. A girl, at that. And damn she was-

Running! I shook my thoughts out and focused on getting up and running.

‘Ah! I’m sorry, sir. I didn’t–’

‘Next time watch it!’ I ran from her trying to gain the lost meters. Too bad I wasn’t fast enough. Those policemen cornered me near a lake.

‘We gotcha now, kid. So don’t try anything stupid.’

‘Stupid? C’mon. Why would I do that?’

‘Don’t toy with us.’

‘Toy with you?’

‘Hey! What are you doing?’

‘I’m just putting the fish down.’ I bent down pretending to lay the fish on the ground. There were six police surrounding me. Three in the front and three in the back. Fools. My hand tightened on the fish’s tail and swung it around to hit it with the man behind me.

I heard a gasp among the crowd that was watching. I inwardly smirked. I must have gotten that old –

Ooh wait. Stomach pain. I looked to see blood dripping from my gi. I looked up to see the police man smirking. The fish never reached him, seeing that my wrist was held by his hand.

And his other hand, holding the sword, was right at my abdomen.

Darn my cockiness.

‘Stupid fool.’ the police man said before taking out his sword.

‘A better place for Japan, huh?’ I said while I fell unconscious.

/flashback

I was pacing now. I was for sure that blade went in. Because I could feel it. My hand unconsciously made its way to where I was injured.

Yea..I could feel it.

But how could –

My thoughts turned to the girl I bumped into. Could she have? I mean I saw her in the crowd? And, she followed me? Could she? I mean, what is she? If she did it..

All, these thoughts raced in my head at once. It gave me headache. Bah. I pushed those thoughts over.

I won’t think about it. I stretched out my limbs.

‘For now, Tanizaki Kanaye, is a new man.’

AN:

Ah! Gomen ne! I didn’t mean to make it at the end! Kanaye-san is so troublesome. TTTT

If you were left with

•Who saved Kanaye?

•Was it the girl?

•Why is this story so confusing?

I’m sorry...

This what you want, because I’m keeping this story as ‘Complete’.

Constructive criticism, please!