TT-My little Nightmare

Nekozawa had only loved once- she was a beauty strong cruel  and quiet but she had to much pain to let in his love. She was known to all those as the Clock Tower Witch, but to Nekozawa she was Raven.  Her real name under class records was rinaka kudokana- but she would not answer to it.

She had started in Ouran High a few years past from when the Host Club had started. Raven had come to Ouran because of because of some family matters that she hoped to escape.

At first the demon girl was looked at and feared for her silent stern stoic nature, but soon after that she began to show her darker tendencies which right away caught Nekozawa's attention.

"Put the stupid puppet away,"  were the first words Raven had said to umehito upon first arriving at his black magic club. (He had personally invited her to the club where he was the only member.)

"PUT IT AWAY!" she had screamed fire in her eyes, completly startling Nekozawa, who soon realized that she was more frightening than he had thought.

In no time she was ruling the club and Nekozawa felt his life was a living nightmare , still though when he saw her alone or being quiet and gentle his heart melted just to watch her light a candellabra.

yet her anger and rage burned like a bon fire and sent the desperate Nekozawa running for the help of highschool student Tamaki Suhou.

"Suhou suhou help me!!' he had screamed and slammed himself against Tamaki knocking them both down like bowling pins.

after severle minuets of elaberate explaining Tamaki tried to reason with the black magic-some what club leader- that he surely was mistaken.

at that moment Raven passed by and with out looking voiced the most anger filled threats at Nekozawa about being on time lest he were to be late for there noon meeting.

stunned but only a moment Tamaki blinked turned to the poor youth and vowed, "i will help you,"

Only the things he suggested to help in love and relationships were not working and only served to make Raven angrier. Nekozawa felt desperate and spoke in depressed language about how things weren't working right.

"I dont' understand suhou i've tried all of what you have said it drives her further and makes her a walking time bomb, i don't know how much more of this i can take- today i tried with my last efforts that technique you suggested and she flat out tried to hit me- and then swore at me yelling that she would not have me come with her to her ruitualistic trip to the clock tower- i don't even know what she does in there- but maybe.."

"don't give up sempia," Tamaki encouraged and placed his hand on the black magic leaders shoulder, watching him fondel his little belzernef puppet digectedly.

"I really don't understand why she is so mad at me- i haven't done one thing," he whispered, "not one- and today i noticed how sad she looked and forgot how to say it like you did but...i just came up...

"Raven?"

"I don't know," she whispered like a ghost as if she didn't even hear me calling.

"eh-?"

"I can't keep on- i can't do this - i'm sorry mother- i tried -just for your memory i tried toooooo-- WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE NEKOZAWA-SAN!!!"

"ahh- i-i.."
it was hard to keep my composure but when i saw her face flushed with tears i found myself reaching for her shoulder to comfort her...she looked at me for a moment as if she were going to say something to let out a secret, but a coldness came over and she returned to rage...telling me i should not follow her to the tower again today and should not go looking for her ever or interrupt when she was preparing things."

Tamaki puzzled over the story his own heart felt such pity and compassion for the witch tower girl- and the secrets she felt bound to lock up in cages of pain. "sempai i..."

Tower bells began to abruptly ring three and the two youths looked up quietly and studied the time, "suhou i'm not sure what she meant by all that - by preparing- i've..."

"Sempai!!" Tamaki jumped to his feet his face flushed and pointing to the tower face.

"suhou what is wrong with you i-

"SEmpai loook at the clock its not right"

turning slowly Nekozawa studied the face and froze the time read five but the bells had rung three.

"Some thing is not right ! Suhou!! that time is wrong  obviously but in acult death of any kind begins at the stroke of three!!
....

"I hate you!!" the words rang again like the bells had but only this time in whispers echoing each foot step Raven took up to the tower.

her eyes looked closed her cloak draped well over hiding her face hiding the tears that glistened in the setting suns rays sparkling to the floor leaving a trail.

up here there had at one time been a theater- but it was to dangerous and did not hold enough people, Raven had taken a liking to its solice nature and dusty forgotten structures.
She had come many times to be alone to contemplate to plan.
There on the dilapidating stage was a beautifully errected scalfulding, one that Raven had stared at longingly for hours- and now with the pain clutching like claws against her heart she sighed staring and then walked up to the noose.

Gently she brushed back her hood and blinked away tears from her eyes as she studied the rope dangling above her head.
"it is time," she called out along with the ringing of the bells tolling her sentence her end of pain her end of madness her end of torture.
...

"hurry suhou hurry!"

"but Nekozawa sempai! what is going on what is-

"don't you get it Suhou!" he shouted rushing up the steps as fast as he could, "she is a witch she is going to take her life i know it!

"what!!?"

"We have to stop her!"
...

carefully Raven reached up with both hands and gripped the twisted cord. the gentle creaking of the intertwining sending shivers over her skin and numbing her mind.

another stream of tears plipped from her chin before she took a deap breath.

"Raven!!" Nekozawa screamd slamming open the door.

the shock that all three students faced sent a streak of fear into their hearts and a gasp from Raven's lips as she turned her head to look out across the stage. "Nekozawa? Wh- " her eyes blazed over , "WHAT in the heck do you think your doing!!! LEave me alone I told you to not bother me up here!!!"

"You Idiot I won't let you die- I LOVE YOU!!! "

Raven's face paled in shock at what she heard words she felt like she would never hear from anyone especially her father.

"I love you," Nekozawa whispered his lips parting slighty in trembles, "please Raven please don't do this,"

the cold silence chilled the room and hung like thick puffs of frozen breath.

"i'm sorry Nekozawa- for all the pain i'm going to cause you- i'm sorry that i can't ...but i'm greatful...that you told me....i'm sorry."
her words died as Nekozawa's screams of No ripped through the air his eyes watching as the girls body went sliding off the scafflding and jerking with snap of the noose.

tears so many tears jerked from the young man's eyes as his arms gripped around Raven's ankels as he was doing his best to hold her to keep her from deaths grip. "Suaho!!" he screamed his face reddining in agony, "HELP ME!!"

the words had hardly taken flight when Tamaki had mounted the stand and furiously began to cut away the rope.

"sempai?" Tamaki asked in a small voice sounding lost as he watched Nekozawa lay the limp body on the floor.

"I tried to save her Suhou - i tried to- why-,"  he sniffed looking back at the blond with trembling damp eyes, "why wouldn't she let me?"

"I don't know- sempai...i-i don't know."

...

Even now Tamaki swears to his fear of Nekozawa and his cursed puppets, but in all actuality it was to hide the terrible  truth of the death both had witnessed a death that had left such a  hole in the heart of a very kind Black magic club leader- who would have any other member no more.