Who is She
Chapter 12
"Where are you going, Shido?" Yayoi asked, seeing Shido about to go out the door.
"I thought I saw something in the alley."
He walked outside into the hall and passed a few doors leading to empty rooms in the building. Five minutes passed, and Shido finally came to the last door separating him from the outside. He put his hand on the door knob, twisted it, and the door slowly came ajar and opened.
Shido walked out and looked around. At first he couldn't see anything, but once his eyes adjusted, he could see in the far corner a black figure. It was hidden behind a few trashcans, but it was definitely Tao's black motorbike.
Shido walked over to the bike only to trip over the kickstand. He fell forward, landing on the wall, getting his hands covered in some sort of gunk.
"Shido, are you okay?"
He turned to see Yayoi in the doorway.
"Yeah. I just tripped on Tao's bike."
"Why would Tao leave and not take her bike?"
"I don't know, Yayoi. She's normally concerned about me taking her bike and crashing it." A slight smirk made its way onto Shido's face as he remembered when Tao threatened to seriously hurt him if he so much as put a scratch on it. "Say, where did Riho and Guni go?" he asked, forgetting the thought.
"I thought you knew. They went to the store to get a few things." Yayoi continued with something else, "Shido?"
"Yes, what is it, Yayoi?"
"I found this on the floor where Tao was sitting when we left." Yayoi held up the blue cloth Shido had seen earlier. But now it was covered in blood.
"What is going on here? Why would Tao hide something like a wound, then all of a sudden run off and forget to take her bike with her?" Shido questioned
Tao. Please tell me what's going on. I have a feeling this has to do with you. Is there something you're not telling us? Something you don't want us to know? Shido thought to himself.
BACK ELSEWHERE
"Hurry up, Riho!" Guni shouted. "What are you doing?"
"Just getting few more things." They walked out of the store after paying the salesman. Guni hid her head in Riho's hair as they entered the streets.
They turned left and walked back to the office. The crowds were still getting smaller as the time got later and later. This was a bad thing since our half-breed friend and her stalker were walking down the opposite way of Riho and Guni but on the other side of the street.
"Are you ever going to stop growling at me? If you're not, I won't let you in my home."
Riho turned her head, trying to follow where the voice came from.
"Look! Over there!" Guni barked, pointing her small finger across the street.
Riho turned and nearly died a second time, (yes, Riho is a vampire at the moment. If anywhere before this point in the story I said differently, don't mind it) for there on the other side of the road was Cain. He had his head turned away as if talking to someone. Riho put her hand over her chest, remembering where he had cut her. Wait! Wasn't he supposed to be dead?
A second figure came into view. It was Tao walking with Cain!
"This can't be. Cain's dead, isn't he? Shido said he cut his head off. He wouldn't lie, would he? No. Shido wouldn't do that. But wait! How can that be Cain? His hair and whole body seems different." Riho must have asked herself a million questions.
Guni, however, had a different view to this moment. "I knew it! I knew there was something wrong with that Tao. She's associated with that monster. We have to tell Shido right away."
With that said, the two rushed off to tell about the news. Cain, on the other hand, seemed to already have noticed those two.
Seems like this is going to get more interesting then I accepted, Cain thought with a smirk.
OFFICE
Shido and Yayoi were sitting in the office talking about the case when Riho rushed in.
"Riho! What's wrong?" Shido said, standing up
"It looks like you just ran from something," Yayoi said
"Not something. Two someone's," Guni said, floating out of Riho's hair and landing on Shido's shoulder.
"We were just leaving the store when I heard something from the other side. When I looked, I saw a blonde man about six feet tall. I don't know how, but I knew it was Cain--" She was cut off.
"That's impossible. Cain is dead. I saw his body fall into the flames after I beheaded him," Shido shot back to Riho on a chain reaction of hearing that dreaded name again.
"It was Cain, Shido. We don't know how he lived, but it was definitely him," Guni commented, closing her eyes and crossing her arms and legs.
"Okay, suppose the person you saw really was Cain. Okay? Now you said two people were seen. Who was the second one?" Yayoi calmly said.
Riho took a deep breath. "Tao."
There you go. Sorry it took so long. The day I was going to update on we had bad weather, and yesterday, I took a break.
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