Time To Say It


Chapter 7


A/N: Thank you all for the reviews! Special thanks to my beta Brokenshardsofmyheart99! I'll try to make the next chapter longer than this.


"Damn it! Wake up, Tsuzuki!"

The voice drew him out of his unconscious state. In what felt like minutes, he fluttered his eyes opened to see the strong light from the ceiling penetrate his sight. After getting used to the light, he peered around him. Tatsumi was to his left and off the other side of the hallway was Watari with Hisoka, who was also laying down on the carpeted floor. From his standpoint, Hisoka appeared to be okay. There wasn't any blood around him, and he didn't seem to have any wounds. It was odd since he remembered seeing blood before.

'Not just blood,' he recalled. Although he strained to look around himself, he didn't want to take any chances. 'Muraki was here. I didn't imagine it, but where is he?'

"Tsuzuki, how do you feel? Are you okay? Do you know what happened?" Tatsumi helped him up into a sitting position and held him there.

From the corners of his eyes, he wasn't able to see anything suspicious. Of course, he hadn't expected much since Muraki was perhaps long gone by now. "I'm okay, but what about Hisoka? How is he doing?"

Watari stood up and walked over to him. "The kid's doing just fine. There aren't any injuries on him." The blonde's smile began to fade. "Tsuzuki, what did happen? We came back to our assembly point after our 20 minutes were up, but you weren't there. Tatsumi and I went looking for you, thinking that you might have gotten yourself into some sort of trouble. And we were right. Both you and the kid were face down in the middle of an empty hallway!"

Although he struggled to get up, Tsuzuki made his way over to Hisoka. He had trusted Watari's judgment, but he had to see it with his own eyes. The blood that had been seeping out of Hisoka's body had been too real to just ignore or pretend it had been his imagination. When he got to him, he didn't notice anything wrong with him. Hisoka remained unconscious, but nothing life-threatening.

"He's alright," he muttered to himself before turning to face Tatsumi and Watari. "Guys, I think Muraki might be here. I saw him right after we all split up. If he's here than this won't turn out good." Tatsumi and Watari exchanged a look before turning to face him. "I'm not making it up! Muraki was here!"

After clearing his throat, Tatsumi walked to him and got down to his eye-level. "Tsuzuki, if Muraki was here, then why are you both just fine? I admit that finding you two knocked out is suspicious, but if it had been Muraki… You two wouldn't be here, or alive."

Frowning, Tsuzuki stood up. "You don't believe me. I know what I saw!" He turned his back to his friend and looked at Hisoka, who was beginning to open his eyes already. "Just wait, Hisoka will tell you that Muraki is here."

"Is that true, Kurosaki?" Tatsumi asked, helping Hisoka sit up.

The young man's green eyes weren't opened all the way, almost as if he was falling asleep. "Well, kid, is it true?" Watari asked as he too came near them. All three gathered around him. "Was Muraki really here?"

Hisoka looked at them. "Muraki…"