Chapter 2
*I don't own any CLAMP characters*
(Nokoru's POV)
We didn't talk about the incidents happening to Akira when he was around, but we were really worried. I wanted to know what was happening but every time we brought up the subject, Akira would either refuse to say anything or tell us not to worry. After about two days, Akira started to come into the council room with scratches or bruises, but wouldn't tell us how they happened. When that started, I decided that I couldn't sit around and do nothing anymore so Suoh and I started to follow him.
We followed Akira for three hours before anything happened. I was getting bored and watched as Akira got surrounded by a group of giggling girls. From what I could tell, they wanted him to teach them how to make something. Akira was about to reply when he suddenly jumped into the nearest tree.
All the girls looked surprised but screamed when Akira came back down, he was bleeding form a scratch on his arm and had a deep gash on his leg. A teacher heard the screams and came over to see what was going on. When they got there and saw Akira, they took him to the hospital to get looked at, and all the girls ran off in different directions when the teacher told them to leave.
As soon as they were gone, Suoh and I come from out hiding place and went to see what had cut Akira. At first I didn't see anything but I turned when Suoh said, "Kaichou, look at this."
"What is it Suoh?" I asked him. I looked to where he was pointing and saw two sharp knifes stuck in the tree where Akira had been only moments before. "Where did these come from?"
"I'm not sure, but if Akira hadn't jumped when he did, the knifes would have either hit one of the girls or it might have seriously wounded him." Suoh looked at me, "We have to stop this before someone gets hurt or worse." I didn't have to ask what the or worse part was, I was thinking the same thing.
Suoh and I walked silently back to the student council room in silence. As we walked in the phone started to ring. "Hello?" I asked when I picked it up.
"Imonoyama?" asked a familiar voice.
"Yes?"
"This is Akechi" I recognized that name as Akira's uncle who worked as a doctor at CLAMP school, "I'm calling to let you know that Akira won't be able to come to school tomorrow, he was in an accident today and shouldn't move very much for a while."
"I understand, but will he be ok?"
"Yes, he will be fine but I would like to ask you if you know anything about this, I tried to ask Akira what happened but he just said it was an accident and wouldn't say any more."
"Well, he has been acting strange the past few days, but every time we asked what was wrong he didn't say anything. I'm worried something big might be going on but he won't tell us. If you find anything out will you let us know?"
"Yes, but you must let me know if anything else happens as well, ok?"
"Don't worry, we will. Oh, and can Suoh and I visit Akira later today?"
"Well, right now he is sleeping but I don't see any harm in that. Please come by any time."
"Thank you very much. Goodbye."
"Goodbye."
With that he hung up and I turned to Suoh who had been listening to the entire thing. "Suoh" I started but he cut me off.
"I know Kaichou" he said, "but what can we do? Ijyuin won't tell us anything and we don't know where to start."
"I know that, but the least we can do is try to protect him from getting hurt even more. Even if he doesn't want us to."
"I guess so, but it won't be easy. This person, whoever it is, is very good. I didn't even see the knives being thrown until it was too late."
"Well, for now, let's go and see Akira. I want to see if he will tell us anything, even though I don't think he will. He can be very stubborn at times."
"Just like you, Kaichou."
"I have no idea what you are talking about, Suoh." With that I turned and headed out the door, Suoh right behind me.
"Hello Doctor Akechi. Is Akira here?" I asked as we saw him. He looked at us and told us to follow him.
After a few moments we arrived at a door and Akechi motioned us to be quiet as he opened the door. "You must be quiet, he is sleeping and I don't want to wake him up." He told us.
"I understand" I whispered. I looked at Suoh and saw him nod in agreement. He looked pleased and opened the door for us but when we came in we stopped in shock. I looked at Akechi and asked, "Are you sure this is the right room?"
"Yes, of course" he replied, looking confused, "Why?"
"Because there's nobody here."
Doctor Akechi came in and his eyes grew wide, "but, that's impossible! He was here a few minutes ago! What could have happened?"
I looked at Suoh and knew we thought the same thing; Akira had gone to face the person behind the attacks once and for all.
