Chapter 4:

A Calmer Day

Saturday, November 9th, 10:14 a.m.

"I'm gonna go get your clothes and lunch from the mansion. I'll be back soon" She said while getting Putting on her jacket "Also, Professor Stein said you've got no serious wounds so you'll be in school by Monday again" she smiled "See ya"

She was soon again on the streets. The snow from yesterday covered everything, from roofs and streets to cars and balconies, and it was still going. It was a freezing cold morning, but for Tachiko it was the favorite kind. She was walking through heaps of snow whenever she got the chance and slid on the frozen puddles. She enjoyed the fresh air and the silver-white streets. She hasn't seen Yoshiki since yesterday afternoon but she didn't pay it any mind at the time. She was worried about her brother. She knew well that Kidd won't recover so swiftly.

"Kidd got a really hard blow in head, I can't say if that will do anything bad yet but I know it will take a long while to heal." Professor Stein's words echoed in her head. She didn't even notice that she was already walking on the Guillotine Path of their front yard.

"Father has a strange sense when it comes to decoration." She often thought while passing there, even as a kid.

She walked in and went straight to Kidd's bedroom and took clothes for him and on her way out the lunch she packed in the kitchen, then headed back to Shibusen.

After a while she saw a group of people coming towards her- No, better said surrounding her; those were same people who attacked Kidd. Everyone of them was masked.

"Little Miss.." the tall man with radio mask spoke. "Would you be so kind to come with us?"

It didn't take her long to connect the lines and figure out those were the people that attacked her older brother. She recoiled as the tall man took a step further and kneeled on one knee. He waited for her response but became annoyed after about five seconds; patience wasn't his stronger side.

He cleared his throat and tried to make his voice to sound softer, though he obviously forgot that the radio mask was destroying any sweetness.

"Little Miss-" Was all he got to say before he got hit in the face with full force of Tachiko's foot. He put face in his hands. She used the opening and ran

"Little brat…" he said before looking up and smirking "Just like her father…"

The men chased after her but soon lost her. She hid in an alleyway as they passed her, breathing heavily. She waited for a minute or two to make sure they're gone then continued to Shibusen.

Meanwhile Kidd was in Dispensary, resting. He knew he told a lie, but he didn't want to risk her panicking. She now thinks they're just street robbers or something of that kind. The silence was broken by sound of doors opening. Kidd sat up.

It was Yoshiki.

"H-hey Kidd-kun." He said, "I heard what happened, I'm sorry I didn't come earlier, family business.. So, feeling any better?"

"A bit." He looked at Yoshiki, trying to figure out the aim of his visit.

"I brought something, my dad said it's some kind of family medicine. It helps a lot with headaches." he said while taking a bottle with some amber colored liquid in it out of bag and putting it on table. "He used to make me swallow down a teaspoon of it after I hit my head while playing and such as a kid…" He slightly smiled "It has the worst taste, like old sugar syrup, but it works. And also, it's strong so don't drink too much at once"

"Thanks" Kidd replied.

"No problem" He turned on his heel to exit "Well, see ya Kidd-kun, I have to visit Tachiko, I bet she's head over heels angry at me for literally disappearing out of blue." And walked out.

Kidd was just thinking and looking at bottle. He knew that he wouldn't try to poison him with such a visible way but he still had his suspicions. Not long after Tachiko walked in to drop off clean clothes. She then gone back to search for Yoshiki who she ran into merely two minutes after leaving Dispensary.

Saturday, November 9th, 11:28 p.m.

Kidd was let go from the Dispensary and went back home. In late afternoon he finally decided to take the medicine (with Tachiko giving him a light push). He drank just a little, like Yoshiki told him and had the taste he described. He then made the nightly check and went to bed around midnight. He fell asleep at least a hour later because of so many things that happened last few days; His body was tired, but mind was working, along with the headache he was having. Though, he fell asleep as soon as the headache medicine started to work.

"Maybe Yoshiki isn't such a bad guy after all…" he thought before falling asleep, his suspicion had lowered a lot, though did not disappear completely.