Hell's Carnival has opened

Lute saw Cerbera slowly going out of her sight, her mind not pin pointed that even Keiko was against her when it came to Cerbera, her eyes half opened saying nothing to Keiko as she was hugged but soon enough she forcefully shook herself loose from the hug and walked off without a word, not even wanting to look Keiko in the eye for this, she had just lost all faith in the happiness she thought she shared with others.

Keiko quickly released the hug as soon as she felt Lute acting too forceful, and merely looked at her while she walked away with saddened eyes. "I-I'm sorry!..." She yelled out so Lute could hear.

It was then that Lute snapped when she heard Keiko's apology, stopping dead in her tricks and soon enough she turned to look over her shoulder at Keiko with her fiery eyes, a hateful glare given to the girl.

" What the hell do I need your fucking sorry for, HUH!? I've spend my entire life looking after people who basically betray or cast me aside like trash! Maybe my mom was right after all! "

She spoke about what her mom had said during a night Keiko had accidentally heared the conersation, then resuming to walk away and back to Cerbera's house to gather her stuff, she wasn't planning to stay any longer.

Keiko stood silent and nearly speechless as she heard Lute's rant. She tried to say something, but instead, she shallowed her tears and slowly walked towards the girl, trying to catch up. "P-Please! Don't leave us! I don't want you to leave too!!" She shouted as she started to pick up into a running pace, her hand reaching out to grab Lute's shoulder.

The moment she heard Keiko was close enough, she'll turn to send a vicious punch straight towards Keiko's face but even that was going to be but a warning punch, it couldn't knock her out but it would still be enough to knock the girl back.

" Would you shut the fuck up!? You made your decision when it came down to it! I would've captured Cerbera and have her talk to us but it seems everything is wasted! I am done wasting my time on people like Cerbera and you! I'd rather die then to get my heart broken every single time! "

The only thing Lute was giving was another hateful, cold glare, waiting to see if Keiko would back down.

"Ah!" Keiko yelped and her two hands immediately clutched her face, taking a couple of steps back. She started to sob now as she heard what Lute said, and she fell down onto all fours, almost as if she was bowing down to her. "P-P-Please... Stay... I don't want you to go! I'll do anything!" She said in such a sober voice, already completely soaked in the rain.

" .. You're too late, you can keep waiting for Cerbera for all I care, I'm going to her house to pick up my stuff and leave. " She then turned again to walk off, making sure her last words came out as harsh and cold as possible.

" I don't want you around me anymore, Keiko. "

Keiko nearly gasped out, looking up at Lute and looked at her as the latter walked away. She broke up into tears. "DON'T LEAVE! I BEG OF YOU!" She shouted out, her hand reaching out for her. "Please..." She would mutter very softly at the very end, only watching as Lute walked away.

Even Keiko's loud begging did not stop Lute from walking away, were it in much different circumstances, she would be heart broken and hugging the Keiko like there was no tomorrow.. But this was diferent.. She wanted nothing to do with the Era of Hell any longer, nor with the people around her, she just wanted to be left alone now, to find her own little place to rest.

Meanwhile, Yuriko started to wake up, groaning just a bit.

Keiko continued to sob, collapsing onto her front as the rain continued to poor down on her. She had just lost her first family, well, almost. She still had Obsidia and Pearl, and her own actual family, but even so, Cerbera and Lute meant a lot to her, and it was just heart breaking. She would repeatedly slam her right fist onto the hard ground, not caring if it bleeds from the impact of the hits. She just felt like punishing herself for this as she sobbed like if it seems like forever.