Hey, everyone! Did you enjoy last chapter? I know I left you with a cliffhanger, but all your questions will be answered soon. Some of you already have guessed what happened to Tombo. If you have an idea as to what happened, I'd love to hear it. I want to see what you all think! Enjoy the next chapter!

Chapter 4: Looking for an Answer

"Kiki," Jiji said, "Kiki, do you even know where you're going?" I tried ignoring him, but he just would not shut up. I was going to have to answer his questions eventually. He never gave up on anything. But at the moment I was too distracted. All these questions kept arising. I had no idea as to what happened to my dear friend, Tombo. I didn't even know where he was.

"Kiki, what made you worry about Tombo in the first place?" I gave up too easily. If he wasn't going to shut up, I was going to have to tell him what I knew, although I didn't know much. Osono and Ursula wouldn't tell me anything, which meant I was going to have to find out the answer on my own.

"It was Osono and Ursula," I finally said. We were flying only a few yards above the street, avoiding any cars that would have come in our way. I looked left and right, trying to spot Tombo. I didn't even know what was wrong. Osono and Ursula were too frightened to tell me anything. Was he hurt? Was he lost? Was he…dead? I didn't want to think like that but anything could've happened within a span of six years. I could have been too late to tell him the truth after all.

"What?" He asked.

"I asked them where I could find Tombo and they got all weird, like they didn't want to tell me something. When I asked what it was, Osono said I should ask anyone but her. I don't know what to think anymore!" I was crying. Things like that made me emotional and the thought of never seeing Tombo again was excruciatingly painful. I wasn't even looking where I was going, and somehow I managed to fly lower and lower.

"Kiki, look out!" Jiji shouted. I looked up and straight ahead was a car coming right at us. I quickly maneuvered the broomstick and we dodged the oncoming car. We landed safely on the ground. I was panting; that was too close. I shouldn't have gotten distracted while flying. With so much that was going on, it was hard not to.

"That was a close one!" I shouted.

"Kiki, maybe you should talk to Nori." Nori was one of Tombo's friends. I made a delivery to her house for her birthday when I first came to Koriko. Her grandmother was so kind to me. It was shame that she passed away before I left Koriko and returned home. I barely made it home without bursting into tears.

"Yeah, we have to find her!" I shouted. I flew on my broom to the house I remembered was hers. It had been a long time since I had been there. She may have moved out already. She could have moved to a new town as well. I needed to at least try and find her. Someone was going to tell me what was going on, whether they liked it or not.

"Kiki, are you sure we're going the right way?" Jiji asked. I looked up ahead and saw a gigantic house in one of the fancy neighborhoods. Immediately, I knew this was her house. Her family was very rich and they owned the biggest house in all of Koriko.

"Yep! Right there!" I flew down and landed on the porch. The sky was becoming darker with clouds. Rain clouds. A storm was about to hit, and fast. I needed to find her before the storm started.

I rang the doorbell and waited for an answer. Jiji was sitting on my shoulder, looking at me and then at the door. The door finally opened and an older woman was standing on the other side.

"Hi," I said, "I'm Kiki, Miss. I was wondering if you knew Nori?" The woman smiled.

"Nori is my daughter," she said. I breathed a sigh of relief. She had to have known where her daughter would be. Right? "Do you know where she is? I need to find her."

"Nori moved out of our house about a year and a half ago," the woman said, "She wanted to start out on her own and bought an apartment by the clock tower. Apartment 4A, I believe." That was all I needed to hear. I got back on the broom and waved good-bye.

"Thank you, Madam!" I said and Jiji and I were off. The clock tower wasn't too far from where we were. The only problem was that the clouds were becoming thicker and thicker by the minute. Rain would be falling soon. I had to hurry or I was going to be in the middle of it.

"Uh, Kiki. You better fly faster because my whiskers say that the rain will be falling…" He couldn't even finish his sentence. It had already begun.

"Now!" He shouted. Lightning struck where we were and I flew away from it. I didn't know where I was going. It was too dark and there was nothing visible. I had to find ground or face disaster.

"KIKI!" The apartments were right in front of us. I had no time to stop. The broom made impact with one of the apartment buildings and it broke into a million pieces. Jiji fell on top of me, but I was knocked out cold. I didn't even know what had happened to me.

"Kiki," I heard, "Kiki, are you alright?"

"Jiji?"

"Haha, good one. No, it's Tombo." My eyes opened wide. It really was! He had come back to me!

"Tombo!" I shouted. I embraced him immediately. Having him hold me felt nice. It was nice knowing there was someone who loved me just as much as I did.

"Where are we?" I asked.

"Well, you hit your head pretty hard. By now Nori has found you and has called an ambulance. You'll be fine, trust me."

"I do trust you," I said, "But what about you? Why do I always see you? Where are you? What happened to you?" There were too many questions I was asking at once. The expression on his face didn't look good. I knew something bad was wrong.

"Everything will be answered soon, I promise." He assured me. Placing a hand on my shoulder, he stared at me with his chocolate brown eyes.

"Just wake up…wake up, Kiki…please Kiki, just-"

"Wake up!" I heard a voice outside of my dream. It sounded like someone I knew.

"We should have just told her, Osono." That was Ursula. The other voice had to have been Osono.

"Why didn't you? She wouldn't be in this condition if you had just come clean and told her what happened." The third voice was unfamiliar to me, but obviously the person knew who I was. Was it Nori?

"We didn't know how she would have handled it! And it wasn't even that long ago! She might have thought that if she had been there, she may have been able to stop it."

"Well no one could have. It was an accident. Poor girl, she must be feeling so confused right now." I slowly began opening my eyes. Osono and Ursula were hovered over my hospital bed and an older version of Nori was sitting in a chair next to me.

"Hey, she's waking up." Nori announced. Everyone was looking at me. Jiji was nowhere in sight. Nori smiled at me.

"Hey, Kiki," she said, "Long time no see." I smiled back and tried sitting up.

"Oh no, young lady," Osono said, "You need your rest. The doctor said you have to stay here overnight and heal."

"Wha…what happened to me?" I asked. My voice sounded weak. I was speaking so softly that only Nori was able to hear me.

"You were flying in that storm and knocked into the apartment building I live at," she told me," I ran outside and called an ambulance to help you get to the hospital." I smiled and softly thanked her for her kindness.

"I was coming to see you," I said, "because there was something I needed to ask you. It was about Tombo." Nori looked at Ursula, and then at Osono.

"I know," Nori said, "and I think it's time you know what really happened."

So we didn't find out what happened to Tombo, but by what Nori said, we will. And again, if you want to I would like to hear your opinions as to what you think happened. What really happened to Tombo? And why was it so secretive that Ursula and Osono couldn't tell her? Thanks for all the reviews I've gotten, and I hope for more to come!

Anabelle ;)