Forward Momentum (rei ryugazaki love story) Chapter Four

Rei's POV

The next morning comes and Nagisa and I are sitting in our classroom, waiting for our homeroom teacher to come and make announcements. Nagisa, who sits behinds me, speaks,

"I haven't seen Hitomi at all this morning. I'm really worried about her, Rei." I don't answer him. I can't believe I considered her a friend. A drug dealer. I should have stopped her. Why didn't I? The door opens, it's our homeroom teacher, with his attendance book. His face looks sweaty. He walks to the podium, sets his book down, grabs a handkerchief from his shirt pocket, wipes his forehead and sticks it back.

"Before I take attendance, I have to make this announcement." He clears his throat. I stare at my notebook. "It's a heavy regret to inform everyone that your classmate, Hitomi Hirosi, has gone missing." I snap my head back, looking at our classmates.

"What!? Missing!?" Nagisa asks out loud, causing other students to ask and blurt out their own questions.

"Everyone, please calm yourselves down! The police are on the case. If anyone has any information, please speak to Kenichi and Kenji Hirosi, as they are desperate to bring their sister home."


The whole day has passed, and I haven't heard of any new developments for Hitomi. I worry about her, I'm losing focus for today's practice. I slap the water, still upset about Hitomi.

'She's a drug dealer! Why should I care about what happens to her?'

"Rei, maybe you should take a break." Makoto says, I get out of the pool.

"Hey, what the-" Makoto's head turn. I turn and see Amakata blocking some people.

"There is practice currently going on right now!" Walking past her, are Kenichi and Kenji. Kenji, looking like a gas socket is going to burst.

"Ryugazaki! Hazuki! We need to see you two! NOW!" Gou steps in front of them,

"You can't just walk in and pull our members away from practice!"

"Buzz off, Matsuoka!"

"Wait, let's just calm down here." Makoto speaks, stepping in front of Gou, along with Haru next to Mako. " If there's anything you need to say, you can say it in front of us. As Captain, I have just as enough rights to know exactly what is going on." Kenji, looking like he wants to start a fight, Kenichi places his hand on his younger brother's shoulder.

"Let me take care of it. You go back to the Team and start a search." Kenichi says, calmly. Kenji brushes off his brother's touch and leaves the pool. Makoto is thanking Kenichi for his patience to handle Kenji. "We can't be blowing off steam now. So, Ryugazaki, Hazuki. Rumors have it that you two were the last ones to see Hitomi." My eyes widen. I look at Nagisa,

"Sorry, Rei. I had to tell him." Everyone gasps.

"Hazuki, I thank you very much. I sent Kenji away because his attitude tends to get him in trouble, if you understand." Referring to the drug selling. "Don't worry, I won't suspect you two of harming her, as she was just trying to explain herself. Plus, the way she smiles at you two." As Kenichi observes us. Please. Hitomi.


We end practice early and go to Haru's house. We all sit at the table in silence. I stare at my full cup of Barley Tea. Just thinking about Hitomi and her smile. I slam my hands on the table.

"Damnit!"

"Rei, calm down. We are all just as worried about her as you are." Haru says, still speaking monotone.

"Calm down!? How can I calm down!? Our classmate, who is also our friend, is out there! Lost, angry, sad. And I can't begin to imagine what would happen if some freak grabs hold of her!"

"Rei! Calm down!" Nagisa says, "She's gonna be fine. I'm sure, she's just in hiding right now. Just stay put. We'll start our own search, okay?"

"But, it's the middle of the night! And it's way too dark to see." Gou points out.

"And our homeroom teacher said the police is involved." Nagisa adds. I stand up.

"Where are you going!?" Makoto asks.

"To find Hitomi."


"Rei! It's like 1:00am. Let's head back." Nagisa says, sounding tired.

"No! Not this way!"

"Rei, just stop." Haru says. We are ready to leave, walking by a fence, we hear rattling from the wires. We observe the other side; a kid is being slammed by another. The figure of the victim looks familiar.

"Isn't that Yuuto!?" Gou says.

"Give me all your cash, kid! Or I'll jeopardize your friend's secret!" Suddenly, the fence shakes fast, someone dressed in all black runs to the fence. The person leaps on the fence, climbs over it, and kicks the kid in the head; knocking him out. Yuuto is free from the kid's grasp. The kid in black checks Yuuto out for possible injuries.

"I'm fine, Hitomi, thanks."

"Gah!" As the hood person sees us. I step closer, finally looking at a pair of familiar blue eyes.

"Hitomi?" She grabs Yuuto and makes a break for it. "WAIT! HITOMI!"

"After her, you guys!" Nagisa screams out, climbing over the fence.

"NAGISA!" Makoto cries, Haru follows Nagisa, climbing over the fence as well. I run towards the end of the fence post, see if we can get them from the other side.

Hitomi's POV

Causing my hood to fall from my head, I run as fast as I can with Yuuto,

'Damnit! He always has to see me on my worst parts!' Passing a building, I'm being picked up by someone. I let go of Yuuto, "RUN, YUUTO! YOU DIDN'T SEE ME!" He nods fast and runs. "LET ME GO! DROP ME NOW!" I look up and see Makoto, holding me. "Makoto! Let me go!" I headbutt him, causing him to drop me.

"AH! Damnit!" He holds his nose. "Ahh, I think she broke my nose!"

"Sorry, Mako!" I run again, but bump into another chest. Arms are wrapped around me tightly. "Get off!" I ram my shoulder to whoever holding me, knocking us down. His grab got tighter. I look and see that it's Rei. My eyes widen. "Rei." More weight has been put on my back, new set of arms are around my neck.

"Hito-kun! Hito-kun! We were so worried about you!" Nagisa cries.

"Nagisa!? Get off me!"

"No way! We missed you, Hito-kun!" More footsteps come close to us, it's the rest of the swim club. Gou falls on top of Nagisa, going on her own worry rant.

"Why did you scare us like that!? Don't scare us!"

"One at a time! One at a time!" I say, pushing everyone away. Rei lets me go and I sit up, Rei is still on the ground with me. "What the hell is wrong with you guys!?"

"Our homeroom teacher said you went missing." Nagisa says.

"I-WHAT!?" Everyone gasps at my reaction. Makoto, holding is nose still, his face is very confused.

"So, uh, you never went missing, Hitomi?"

"First of all, I never went missing. I was planning to take a few days off to just, you know, to just chill out. Kenichi must have made some bullcrap excuse to make sure him and I meet in front of the public to make his grand announcement."

"Grand announcement?" Rei questions.

"After graduation, Kenichi wants me to take over as leader for his gang." Everyone gasps at the news. Rei makes me look at him.

"Not the drug dealing gang." I look down,

"Sorry, Rei.


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