The Girl Under The Yellow Umbrella
Prologue
Natsume Hyuuga could not believe it.
He was standing in the middle of the street, smoke surrounding him, cars destroyed and lying around like trash, broken pieces and glass shattered on the ground, and sirens howling around him.
The heavy gun was still firmly in his hand, practically glued to his palm from the fear and adrenalin he had felt these few hours. He never thought he would go through something like this and his body still has not broken out through the shock. His feet very heavy, but still ready to jump and run as fast as possible.
And only when a paramedic touched his arm, making him look the other way, and asked if he was all right, did Natsume start to feel his muscles again. He blinked as if he just woke up and suddenly his whole body was in pain. With the paramedic still holding his arm, he slowly sat down on the ground, only now realizing he had cuts on the skin, ripped clothes, and blue spots all over his legs. His muscles hurt terribly and he felt like he just ran marathon.
He groaned, closing his eyes for a moment, hearing the voice of the doctor in front of him. ''Don't worry. We'll bring you to the hospital and you'll feel better. Luckily, you didn't get shot.''
Natsume nodded numbly and opened his eyes again.
He cleared his throat as a police officer crouched down next to him, a notebook and a pen in his hand. Natsume did not let him speak first. ''What the fuck was this about?'' he touched his head and flinched as he felt a bump at the backside.
The officer looked at him sheepishly. ''A lot. You're lucky you came out alive. We've been hot on their heels for a long time and it was pure luck Sakura-san brought you out. There were 33 of them in there.''
Natsume glared at him. ''Who? What was going on? Was this some kind of mafia altercation? What was it?''
The officer gave him a sympathetic smile, shaking his head. ''I can't give you the details, but yeah. Something like that. We need your statement if possible right now and please try to tell us everything.''
''Mikan and I just got back from- Wait. Where the hell is Mikan? Can someone please explain me what had happened?'' he looked around frantically, not seeing Mikan. This was crazy. This was mad. He could not understand what was going on.
He had finally persuaded his wonderful neighbour to go out on a date with him, when something like this happened. And then she… Kami-sama…
And now he was in this mess, the police and paramedics taking care of everything, people already watching curiously behind the yellow band.
He thought about what had happened today and could hardly believe it had been real. In movies? Yes. Things like these happened in movies. But in real life…
It had been one hell of a night…