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Rated T for the following contents: Minor Language, Torture, Gore, etc.…
A/N I do apologize for making you wait for this tedious chapter. However, I hope that you enjoy this update! Please do not forget to leave a review! Thank you!
Warning: This story is un-betad.If you want to complain about it, then please find me a beta whom will work with my hectic schedule and eccentric personality!
Sunday 5:30 P.M.
Aomine and Momoi sat on the couch in Satsuki's living room, where they watched a horror movie in which the pink haired girl had rented in hopes of spending some time with her friend.
Aomine sat on the opposite side of the sofa, where he rested his cheek on his hand completely ignoring the television set as he was attentively focused on his own train of thoughts. While Momoi sat across from him with her knees curled up against her chest and her eyes observantly the scene that played out on the television set, waiting for the murderer to jump out from around the corner at any moment.
Suddenly the music to the movie sped up, and a man with a long axe came walking out from around the bend with the head of the protagonist's friend, hanging limply from his left hand.
Satsuki instantaneously threw her hands over her eyes, as the man screamed and began running down the dark hall.
"I can't look!" Momoi exclaimed, contrition eating away at her tone. "Tell me once it's over Dai-chan!" Slowly Satsuki pulled her hands away from her eyes to stare over at Aomine whom was staring across at the wall, with a rather perturbed look plastered upon his face. "Dai-chan! Are you even listening to me?"
"Hmm? Oh, yeah." Aomine replied while sparing the girl a quick glance.
"Dai-chan, what's wrong?" Momoi asked while grabbing up the remote and pausing the movie so that she could provide Aomine with her undivided attention. "You have been acting weird ever since I showed up."
Aomine continued to ignore the girl, as he pondered on the short conversation in which he had with Haizaki right after leaving the small coffee shop.
The teenager did not know why Shogo's words seemed to haunt him. Perhaps it was the way that the boy had said those few words, or maybe it was the malevolent gleam in his eyes when he had mentioned Kuroko's name.
Or perhaps it was the malice way he said: "Have you spoken with your Shadow lately?"
Suddenly there was a light hand that rested gently on his shoulder, drawing his attention back to the pink haired girl, whom had a concerned look etched upon her strikingly beautiful features.
"Hmm?" Aomine began, his eyes staring intently into hers. "What?"
"I asked if you were okay." She reiterated, her voice sounding a bit taken aback by the boy's ignorance. "What's bothering you? I have never seen you act like this unless if something has been bothering…."
"Have you talked with Tetsu?" Aomine asked, cutting her short of her sentence.
Momoi stared at him with a look of ambivalence within her large pink eyes, that seemed to be dilatorily glazing over with a look of foreboding consternation.
"Umm, no. Why? Is something wrong with Tetsu-kun?" Momoi queried, her voice laced with concern. "Have you tried calling him, to see if he's okay?"
"Yes, and he still won't answer his phone, it just sends me to his voicemail." The teen stated, while slowly turning away from the girl to stare blankly at the T.V. screen while continuing to think over what was said.
Momoi opened her mouth to speak when she was abruptly cut off by the sound of chirping coming from Aomine's phone.
Quickly Daiki reached into his pocket and retrieved his cell in hopes of seeing Kuroko's name appear across the illuminated screen. However, the only thing he saw was a message from an unknown number. He hesitated for a moment, contemplating on whether or not he should answer the text and then gradually clicked the center button to his phone and watched as the message slowly appeared.
Everything around the boy seemed to shatter, as he stared keenly at the screen where he saw an image of Kuroko's bounded and bloodied form. His clothes were torn, and it was quite evident through the blood and grime that the boy's skin was as pale as a cadaver, while his eyes were near slits, and his once flowing teal locks were now matted to his forehead from sweat and dried blood.
Aomine could hardly move, or even breath. His stomach churned as trepidation coursed through his veins, causing his heart to palpitate against his aching chest.
A perplexed look came across the pink haired girls face, when suddenly her phone began ringing, drawing her attention away from the blue haired teenager. Instantaneously she pulled the phone from the coffee table, to see that the number belonged to Kise and without a second of hesitation the girl answered to a frantic blond, in whom was shouting over the other end, causing Momoi to have to pull the phone away from her ear in order to silence the loud voice.
"Kise-kun! Calm down!" Momoi yelled into the phone, as she guided it back to her ear. "Kise! Calm down! What happened?!"
The pink haired girl sat up and waited for her friend to divulge what was taking place, when suddenly Aomine stood from the couch, his expressions taking on a rather enigmatical array of emotions.
It only took the young girl a moment to notice that Aomine's lips had paled, while the blood from his tanned face seemed to drain.
"It's Kurokocchi!" Kise cried, his voice breaking in-between words, as he tried to desperately explain the situation to her. "I found his jacket! Momoi-san! It's covered in blood!"
A look of terror swept over Satsuki, as she slowly lowered the phone from her ear her eyes looking to Aomine whom was now staring in her direction after hearing what was being said over the phone, due to the models obnoxiously strident voice.
"Tetsu…" Momoi uttered, as she stared down at Daiki's phone that began to vibrate within his tremulous hand, to see a small message displayed on the illuminated screen, and watched as Aomine slowly raised it to read the text.
"Do you know where your shadow is, Aomine?"
To Be Continued…