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Chapter 12 – NO WAY, NOT AGAIN?!
"No way! Nemix, surely you can't be serious. This is not something you can just go around and say!" said Roxas, his eyes even wider than before. I said, "I don't really believe this, but… I don't know why, but my instinct tells me it's Sato all along!" Lawrence said, "Powder cocaine… Oh god… But, how did the drug work? They didn't inhale it, right?" How would I know?!
Actually, I did not have much confidence in my judgment. My instinct was not always that reliable. Sometimes I could make ten guess and got nothing correct, and sometimes I could start on a small clue and get the truth in the end. But my hunch this time felt stronger… Should I believe it?
"Class! Time to gather!"
Our dear Miss Aqua was summoning us again… We headed outside and queued up. We were up against the most troublesome case we had ever had, and I had no idea where to start. Of course, anyone else would have thought this had surpassed the capabilities of 9th Graders like us. Yeah, I had always wanted to pick up the phone and call the principal and say, "Hello? Miss Aerith? There is this bully here that had badly injured his victim, and he had something to do with drugs blah-blah-blah the whole shebang. We can't solve this. Bye!" … Firstly, we were in Aichi, far away from Tokyo, the principal would have other things to worry about so she might not be able to come. Secondly, if I really did that, things would get even out of control. How bad luck. In Lucky 7, we had a good leader and schemer, Zexion; I was the nasty plotter, Axel was the "stuntman" (he was very good at athletic feats); Demyx was the disguiser; Roxas was electronic savvy, Xion was the partner in crime (she was quite the daredevil sometimes, so she would gladly follow through any plan) and Lawrence was the translator (he knows Japanese, enough said). Still, we needed more help from many people…
Poke. "207? 207! Hello?" Poke, poke. Only then I returned from my thoughts and turned to see who was poking me. It was Ienzo. I asked, "What?" "Nothing, It's just… the class had gone." What! I looked at another direction; they were long gone. "What? Let's go!" I said, and proceeded to run. "207! Wait for me! Don't run too fast!" he shouted while trying to catch up. Dude, exercise more would not cost you anything…
I asked, "Zexion, what did the teacher tell us to do? I was lost in thought so I didn't hear the mission briefing." "She told us to set up the net to catch some fish, and then we have to board a ship," he replied. Hmm… It would be nice to eat some grilled fish later!
We worked together to set up the net for the fish to be caught in the trap. In the meantime, we boarded the ship. Whoa… When I got up and looked at the ocean, it was azure extravaganza. The sky merged with the sea in one colour. I did not plan to go into the resting room anymore, because I wanted to enjoy the scenery and the cool breeze. The ship would make a turn once we were ten kilometres away from the shore, and would be landing in an hour's time.
When the sea breeze hit my face gently, it swept my bangs aside. I took a deep breath; slightly salty… My hair was waving a little with the wind. My hair got a bit longer, but they were not long enough to touch my shoulders. Ever since we had escaped from the Devilish Director, I was no longer restrained by the school rules, so my hair did not need to be cut and it grew longer. I then thought about Naminé, Kairi, Ventus and some of the classmates in the former class K2D like Sora, Riku, Rita… Were they doing well? I closed my eyes, letting all the memories to sweep past me like the sea breeze. [Note: You can listen to "Treasured Memories" from Kingdom Hearts I as background music. Sorry, I got too addicted. I do not own this song.]
Then I heard a sigh, I opened my eyes and spun to the left. It was Zexion, I thought it was someone else. "Hey…" I started. He nodded slightly, and said nothing. Normally he would reply verbally but this time he was too quiet. "What's up?" I asked. "Nothing. It is already March. April is when we would have to decide whether to stay or to leave. What do you plan to do?" "Me? I… don't know…" I honestly had never considered this question seriously; leave? Stay? Where should I go if I returned? Our "offences" were way too serious, I wonder which school back there would want to accept me? [Authoress: *Cough* Shujin *cough* Sorry, bad joke…]
Stay? Well, staying at here would be… still OK, but I might get homesick though… Also, our Japanese language foundations were not good enough. Or should I put, next to nothing. Considering the academic pressure… Holy Bananas, I would die! Ugh… how bothersome! "… It's complicated… How about you?" I returned the question to Zexion. He shrugged and said, "Actually, I have not decided yet, I just wanted to know what you think about this. After all… *smirk* you are the nasty plotter…" Hey Zexion, how could you steal my trademark smirk? Copyright issues, man! "But, a nasty plotter will surely have moments when their brain wants a break, right?" I then continued. Humans were ultimately fallible.
He rested his arms on the railings at the edge of the deck, gazing at the faraway clouds and commented, "I have not asked the others yet. They look so happy at the moment, and I do not want to be that person who ruins their day." Well… Eh… I could sense the atmosphere getting tenser so I tried to break the ice that was forming readily, "Honestly, Zexion, Axel is right; you should really loosen up! Anyway, this trip to the beach is like godsend, you should at least kick back and relax! Assume that I'm begging you on behalf of the god, OK?" I tried so hard to squeeze out a puppy face and looked at him innocently. He was surprised, and then he laughed lightly. He smiled, shook his head and said, "Nemix, your puppy face was indeed an epic fail… But forget it, it looked funny anyway. Thanks!" After that, he left. What epic fail?! At least I made him laugh! What the… [Authoress: No joke, it really was an epic fail… 207: Do you really have to put salt on my wound? Authoress: Nope, I'm just giving positive criticism. You should have an attitude of openness! 207: Shut up…]
"207!" Who was that again? I spun around, this time it was Ienzo. He never really went anywhere too far away from me lately… for no apparent reason… Maybe because Sato appeared again the other day. I did tell him to report Sato and yet he was afraid to do so. This sort of behaviour was always the number one reason as to why school bullies problems were difficult to solve. "Nemix, the whole class is looking for you." I was surprised. I, a nameless nobody, also had the day when people were looking for me? He must be kidding me. "Why? For what?" I asked, rather confused. "Well… that… I… ah… Argh! Just follow me," he stuttered and after that, he grabbed my hand and pulled me to walk. But he, sadly, tripped on his own legs again and fell to ground. I pulled his hand, but inertia seemed to be stronger this time; I was pulled down together as well. I was about to land on him, but out of instinct, I used both hands to support myself. Ienzo fell on his back, my palms hit the wooden floor on both sides of his head. I almost squashed him. Whoa… A close call… but because the impact this time was too great, the pendant I hid under my shirt dropped out from the shirt collar and although restricted by the string, it hit his right eye. Bulls eye, sadly…
I was so embarrassed, I immediately pushed myself so that I flipped around and fell down beside him. That scared me to death. "Sorry! Sorry! 207! I'm so terribly sorry! I didn't do it on purpose!" Ienzo's bangs covered his slightly red face, and he kept apologising. I pushed myself up and said, "I'm the one who should apologise. Is your eye alright?" "Huh? Oh! Ow… I'm fine! Really! Are you OK?" he blurted after he touched his right eye and winced. "I'm sorry, my pendant hit the wound on your right eye… Did that hurt?" I pulled him up and asked. "I'm fine… Sorry!" He was going to do the ninety degree bow again. Crap, if he bowed and then I reciprocated, this would be endless! I grabbed his arm and said, "Alright, fine! I forgive you. Just watch your steps from onwards. OK?" He was startled, and then he nodded and said, "… Let's go…" He went into the resting room with me following behind. Thank goodness no one saw that incident, or else I would get teased to death! Looking at you, Axel.
I arrived at the resting room's lobby and the whole class looked at me. John was the first to ask, "Nemix, did you plan this whole thing?" I did not get it, so I asked, "What thing?" "The whole 'and then' thing! My god, that was AWESOME!" He was kind of agitated. Oh… The nasty plot where we trolled Sir Broken-Nose Seahorse! Honestly, I was so proud of it. Ian asked me, "How did you pull this whole thing off?" "Well. Let's just say that I hate his guts and Ienzo told me about his favourite fast food and… there was this booth near the shore, so… yeah," I said. Ienzo lowered his head shyly. Laura said, "He was screaming 'no and then', and you said 'and then'! C'est trop hilarious!" [Translate from French: It is too…]
Roxas commented, "We couldn't take it anymore back there, I just wanted to laugh. But we couldn't, it almost killed me." Antonio said, "When I get the chance for a part-time job, McDonald's is my first target!" He rubbed his hands in excitement. Anne shook her head and mumbled, "This sort of "and then" would get him into a lot of trouble…" [Authoress' note: Do NOT attempt this in real life!] "Ha! Ha! Ha! I wouldn't get sick of it even though I had watched it a hundred times!" William used Lawrence's iPad to surf the net to watch the nasty plot and he laughed nonstop while watching it. Ryutaro and Katra were whining beside him, "I wanna see!"
Zexion commented, "Wow, you sure are quick to have uploaded that…" Lawrence replied, "If not now, then when?" Soo-Ji came out of a room and said, "Water, anyone?" Yuanfang came up and took a cup and said, "My mouth was so dry after all the laughing…" Harayuki said to me, "OMG, there are so many 'like's! You are a natural at this!" I rubbed my nape and said, "No, I'm not, really…" Carlos was imitating the dialogue, with Axel acting as the trolled, entertaining Demyx and Xion who did not witness the real show. They were bombarding each other with a lot of "and then's" while Demyx and Xion almost laughed to death.
Ienzo said, "You guys sure have a deep bond as classmates, I really envy you all." I asked, "Why?" "… Students in the first class are always comparing their results, the competition is really tough. Your results determine whether you will be worthy of their time or not. For results' sake… they can betray their so-called friends. Even if there is a slim chance of getting something they want, they will try all their might to kick you out of the list. They are kind of… snobbish…" As he said, he averted his gaze to the ground, as if this reminded him of something unhappy.
For real though, I also faced the same problem back in my country too, and it was even worse. Even the first four classes had tough competitions. If one obtained better results, they would be boycotted and isolated by others or something unimaginable… Those snobbish people were all the same everywhere. Like what I said; a bull was a bull, even if it was dragged to a high-class venue, it was still a bull, not a noble steed. I had already seen and experienced the doings of these snobbish kind first-hand. By now it was just nothing extraordinary to me.
I nodded and said, "Hmm… I understand, it's like what I experienced back at my old school, and it was worse. Many people except for my friends are selfish snobs… Pfft! Like I care!" I could care less about the fact that they were scared of failing and being left a few steps behind. I just had to maintain my academic performance, and that was good enough for me. If they dared to mess with me and backstab me but end up "killing" themselves, it was their business. Maybe I might get to see how my greatest nemesis suffer… Er, actually, "suffer" was not accurate; they only got not-as-good results, that was all. Not enough to warrant death.
"And THEN, heheh, I'm gonna come in here, and I'm gonna put MY FOOT in YOUR $$ IF YOU SAY AND THEN AGAIN!" Axel had reached the most epic part of the trolling, Demyx and Xion almost suffocated. When they reached the rapid "and then" round, they fell to the ground, still laughing. Eh, Axel was good as this actor, but… if he was the one being trolled in reality… he would be even more violent than Broken-Nose Seahorse. I had to take note of this.
"OI! Lamers! Show yourselves!" We were still enjoying ourselves, suddenly there was a madman barking outside. What a way to destroy the mood. I was the first to get out, I wanted to see which "duck of the mid-seventh month" (meaning not knowing better) it was who wanted to become a Beijing roasted duck so badly.
At the deck, I walked to the railings. I saw Sir Broken-Nose Seahorse and his sidekicks on what I perceived as a sampan, clamouring at us. Once they saw me, Broken-Nose Seahorse raised his hand to signal his sidekicks to shut up. He stepped forward and shouted, "Hey! You! I'm not done with you about my shoe!" What? That stupid shoe I mistook as an "USO"? "You have to compensate me! My Italian branded shoe almost died in the sea, and it's all because of you who evaded it!" I laughed, "Hahaha! Say, seahorse bro, is your brain that water-logged? Only idiots would stand still and get thrown at! You didn't wear your whatever-Figaro stupid shoe properly but you used it to haul it at people. Eh? That means you're the shoe 'murderer' and the cause of all the trouble. Now what are you blaming me for?"
"What 'whatever-Figaro'?! You bumpkin! Shut up if you can't get your facts right! You have never even heard of Salvatore Ferragamo! Get lost and go back to your country! Bumpkin!" How was not familiar with a luxury brand being a bumpkin? This was getting too much. No way, I had to retort something! However, I ran out of things to say (The ones in Authoress' scripts were almost used up…), but to my delight, my classmates came to the rescue! "Hey! Guys! Look! The 'and then' dude!" I did not see John, but his voice travelled faster than him. In ten seconds, all members of 3-13 had arrived. "Hey! You bought garlic chicken, rice, soup and fortune cookies but you never invited us along, how selfish!" William shouted at him. "You sure have great patience, huh? And then? What else?" Laura also shouted.
"You…!" Broken-Nose Seahorse was shocked and tongue-tied. Axel and Demyx made some eye contact and shouted at him together, "Hey! I refuse to play YOUR stupid mind games!" "And the~~~~n?!" Roxas chimed in, and a few people laughed. Sato's face was reddened slowly, of course he was not embarrassed, since he always made a fool out of himself in the end… He must have been in rage.
I added, "And THEN, heheh, I'm gonna come in here, and I'm gonna put MY FOOT in YOUR $$ IF YOU SAY AND THEN AGAIN!" He finally managed to say a few words, "How did you…!?" We all formed a "choir" and chanted together, "And then and then and then and then and then and then and then and then…"
"As I thought! It must be you! You're the one behind this! If not, how are you to be able to recite all this?!" Finally he realised, but it was way too late. Then, I heard Roxas asking, "Huh? Where's Demyx?" He was indeed nowhere to be seen. OK… Where did he go?
Oh well, he must have gone inside to bring the iPad out for Broken-Nose Seahorse to witness his own "glory". In the meantime, we were still watching Sato getting worked up on his sampan, but could not do a thing to us… "Get down here you idiots! I want to catch and throw you all into the Pacific Ocean to feed the sharks! Don't think that you're better because you're on a ship!" "Oh yeah?! If you're that capable, conjure a shark before us! Maybe I'll do a hula dance as an apology!" Roxas shouted. I put on an "are you serious" look and stared at him. He could not even catch his breath after running 400 metres, could he really manage that? Just then…
"B-b-b-b-b-" One of Sato's sidekicks, Durian Head stuttered with fright. "What?! Speak properly! Cat got your tongue?! What is it?!" He cut him off impatiently, not even turning back to glare at Durian Head who was behind me. "T-t-t-t-t-t-t… THERE'S A SHARK!" This time both his sidekicks screamed as if possessed.
No, really, all of us were shocked too: there was a dark grey dorsal fin which was three times the size of Broken-Nose Seahorse's head approaching their sampan! Oh crap… Below the fin was a large patch of black, do not tell me that was a real shark! Did that mean… Roxas was going to do the hula?! [Authoress: What do you mean by that, Nemix! There's a shark and you're still talking nonsense?! Ain't nobody got time for that! 207: Yeah but… Authoress, would you be so cruel as to let the shark gobble us up? I know you treasure us, the main characters, very much, right? Authoress: Oh? What's with you today? Such kind words… Alright, take this chocolate as a treat. 207: Wow, thanks! Eh? Not "Kit Kat"? Authoress: What are you looking at me for? I only have "Cadbury" with me… Rest of the crew: WHAT ABOUT US?! Authoress: Oops…]
Back to the scene. Broken-Nose Seahorse saw the large fin and was shivering all over, staring with big round eyes. His legs were probably numb. "… OH MY GOD RUN AWAY!" He was silent for three seconds, suddenly he screamed like a little girl and clutched onto Durian Head's collar. He practically jumped onto Durian Head and squashed him. In the end, one side of the sampan became too heavy and the whole sampan tilted flipped 180 degrees and capsized. Despite all tangled up, it seemed like Archimedes pitied them somehow, and soon their heads appeared on the water surface, not sinking down.
Suddenly the shark stopped, like someone had pressed the "pause" button on it, everyone let out a slight breath of relief, but no one knew that this would be the tranquillity before a storm… That dark grey dorsal fin twitched once, it then burst into movement at an alarming speed, charging towards the trio! "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH~~!" The trio screamed uncontrollably. In their tangled state, they actually swam all the way to the shore like mad, without looking back. But what puzzled us was that the shark stopped after swimming one mere metre… We were all confused. But just then, Zexion called out, "Alright, 135, time is up, get up now!" … Huh?
Answer revealed: the dorsal fin detached from the pitch black patch mentioned beforehand, then the whole patch rose to the surface like something was under it. It was then revealed as a black plastic bag. Underneath it was none other than Demyx! "Ha! Stupid bunch! Didn't they know that we were in the shallow region of the sea? Could there be any sharks? What is this, Jaws?" He had his fun, but Roxas looked like he could eat a person alive. Roxas shouted to Demyx, "Hey! Darn it, Demyx! It's all your fault! Now I have to do the hula all thanks to you…" "So that's why I say 'watch what you say, even if you don't watch what you eat'! All troubles come from the mouth~" Demyx grinned, he surely deserved a punch in the face more than I did! … Eh wait, since when did I deserve a punch in the face?
"THAT'S IT! Demyx! If I don't kill you today I'll let you scramble the letters in my name!" Roxas had had enough, he jumped over the railings from the deck and with a "POM" he dived into the water to pick a bone with Demyx. "Axors? Axels? Hey Axel, you have a new evil twin! That fits you, Roxas!" Demyx was still chanting, swimming away in the process. Roxas shouted, "Say what?! Get back here!" "Oh noes! Zexy, look at Roxy! Help meeee! Swim, swim away!"
OK… Let us leave these two be, I would rather not interrupt them. "Well, first I learned that not all seahorses can swim, and now I learned that a certain seahorse can only swim if a shark is present. What do you think, Zexion?" I asked the slate-haired boy. He merely sighed and shook his head slightly with a small awkward smile.
Crap, now Zexion must be thinking, "What the heck? Why am I with these insane people in Lucky 7?! What a disgrace…" [Authoress: Background music: "Just An Itty-Bitty Too Much" from Kingdom Hearts I. I do not own this song.]
After we returned to the shore, we found our net with at least twenty or so fishes. After we had grilled fish, we also played volleyball, tug of war, sandcastle building competition etc. Phew! What a day! At night, we had a campfire. All of us sat in a circle around the fire. The teachers were chatting away somewhere, while we, the students, took turns telling ghost stories and introducing our original schools. But, seriously… were vampires really that intriguing? Well, I was not interested. I was not interested with these in my life: aliens, vampires, werewolves, zombies (either western or eastern) and some more. Well, I pretended to listen, and I did not pay much attention, my thoughts lingered to somewhere else. My original school… I had nothing to say about it. Even if I did, it would be endless rants; nothing to be proud of. If they wanted us to share our epic adventures at school, well then yes, but not much to brag about. I had only finished 8th Grade there, how many adventures could I share? So, ironically, I wished the teachers would call us to go back. Maybe that was one of the reasons why many people disliked me; I was a party pooper.
The activity ended at 2300 hours. The boys returned first, the girls were following behind. We had a day full of fun and trolling, so I was satisfied. I approached the stairs, ready to head up to the bedroom to sleep, but suddenly a scream came out from the kitchen, "Nemix~~! COME HERE HURRY AND HELP ME~~~~~!" … Oh my ear drums… Who was screaming like that? As if having seen a ghost…
Even so, I still paced to the kitchen to see what was going on, just in case if something bad happened. Once I set foot into the kitchen, I was totally shocked: Roxas was holding back an enraged or insane John, opposite of them were Carlos, who was rummaging the cupboards and drawers, and Yuanfang, who was holding different types of fruits in his hands. The scene was a total mess, and there were a lot of fruit residues on the floor, like they were squashed. I sighed in slight relief internally; luckily this whole chalet was like a service apartment and was rented to us, while the main office was in another building, or else I seriously would not know how to explain this to the staff!
Besides, there were apples and oranges in the air. It seemed like John and Yuanfang were having a fruit fight. Crap… Roxas noticed my trance and yelled, "What're you standing there for?! Lend me a hand!" I snapped back into reality and rushed up to him. John saw me approaching, thus he struggled out of Roxas' grip and yelled at me, "Do you have vanilla?!" I could not process what he was saying, I only blurted, "Huh?" "Bong!" Just then, Roxas was hit by a pineapple on his back and he dropped to the floor, wincing in pain. "OW! Who threw this at me?!" … Luckily it was not a durian!
"What's going on- What the hell?!" Axel came in following the noise and was surprised by the commotion before his eyes. But he reacted quickly; he evaded three bananas in a row by ducking once he arrived at the door. Holy Bananas! "Hey! I want vanilla ice-cream!" John was screaming his lungs out again. I really did not understand; why were fruits thrown at us when we entered, while he could just stand there screaming without being hit by a single fruit skin?! I could not care about his vanilla ice-cream anymore; I had to avoid some watermelons too! That was a huge one, one could lose their head once being hit, if not losing their memories! "OK, OK! John! Calm down! I… *digging out some money* OK, I, will now, go out to buy you a vanilla ice-cream, OK?" Axel panicked, so he dug out his wallet, pulled out a few coins and waved them before John. This worked; he shut up immediately. But I facepalmed: The coins in Axel's hand were for jackpot machines. No wonder it had words carved on it that read "No Cash Value; For Amusement Use Only". Nevertheless, I still let out a sigh of relief. At least we got rid of one problem, but suddenly-
"Buenos días, señor~ May I introduce you to Señor… *beating around the bush* Chocolate?" [Good day, sir~ … Sir…] A voice came. I, Axel and John followed the voice and turned to the source. Carlos, who wore an insanely smiley face, had a bag of stuff in his hand as he shouted at us. "Chocolate?" Yuanfang asked. John seemed distracted too, he also asked, "What, did you just say… chocolate?" It seemed calm… Crap, do not tell me this was the calm before the storm! In this sort of situation, one would be wise to keep really quiet and then find a chance to escape. I could be quiet, but it was difficult to get away…
But that kook Carlos continued, "Why yes, SEÑOR! Doesn't matter if you want walnuts or without them! Even caramel!" [Translate: SIR!] "Chocolate?" John murmured, but then he got louder, "Chocolate?!" And this time, it was not possible to avoid deafness, "CHOCOLAAAAAAAAAAATTE!" Crap, John had gone crazy bananas! He was screaming and howling, like he was going to flip his lungs inside out, "CHOCOLAAAAAAAAAAATTE!" [Authoress: Yes, I stole this line from some videos I saw on YouTube, they were really hilarious. I added it in only for entertainment, I own nothing of this, thus all the credits go to their rightful owners, thank you very much] A large wooden club seemingly spawned in his hands at some point, and he lunged towards the other two boys. I, Axel and Roxas, who just got up, were standing there, staring at them. John was yelling "chocolate" nonstop, also hitting and smashing with his wooden club in all directions nonstop. He destroyed many things in the process. Carlos and Yuanfang were jumping and running from different hiding spots… Oh god, what in the world was going on?!
We had no choice but to try to stop the chaos. Roxas volunteered to get support, so he ran out first. But no matter what tactics we pulled off, besides almost getting hit by the wooden club a few times, nothing changed for the better. Now, the two "fugitives" ran out of energy, and was cornered by John in a corner. John's shadow projected onto them. They were sitting ducks on the floor, while their backs glued to the walls (Imagine an insane serial killer had his poor victims cornered to a dead end). John let out a deafening roar, "CHOCOLAAAAAAAAAAATTE!" *Cue "Tension Rising" from Kingdom Hearts II* The two other boys screamed like little girls, "NO!" "NO! PLEASE! Please!" "Don't eat me!" "Please! *wailing*" John laughed maniacally and shouted to them, "FINALLY! I've been after you two all day long!" The two of them were trembling and whimpering uncontrollably. "Now that I had caught you right here…" He stopped midsentence, and coughed a few times. Axel and I were just gawking at this point, at our wits' end. All of a sudden, John menacing face reverted to a normal person's face and he said with a wide grin, "…I want to buy all your chocolates, pretty please!" We almost fell down. Some had anime sweat drops all over, some facepalmed, some had three thick straight black lines on their heads. Even imaginary crows executed "Mission Flying Over People's Heads While Squawking Three Times", initiating Operation WTF!
Axel then poked my arm, signalling me to escape now. I nodded and backed up to the door slowly. But to my worst luck, I stepped on a mandarin and slipped and crashed into Axel, and both of us fell to the floor! Curse you, mandarin, I would eat you and your family during Chinese New Year! John's attention was diverted, and he turned to look at us, but he said nothing. I did not know whether the time for me to run out of luck had come; just then, Roxas rushed in, along with Zexion and Xion. Demyx arrived after them. Roxas yelled to the trio, "Hey! John! Look what I got!" All of us looked at what was in his hand; a chocolate ice-cream, quite a big one.
All hell broke loose; John lost control and screamed, "Chocolate?! I wanted vanilla!" Uh-oh… Roxas got us into trouble once again. Roxas said, very confused, "Huh? What? Didn't you ask for chocolate just now?! He acted as if he wanted it so badly…?" Axel slapped his palm on his forehead and scolded, "Roxas! Weren't you paying attention?! He only said he wanted vanilla ice-cream since the beginning, not chocolate ice-cream!"
John suddenly broke into tears, "Nobody understands me…" And then he ran to a corner, faced a wall and squatted down, drawing circles on the floor with his finger, while there was an imaginary black cloud on his head with rain showering down… Roxas muttered to himself, "… I'll eat it myself then…" I took a few steps towards John and said, "… John?" Suddenly he turned his head to me and pointed at us, yelling, "I HATE YOU ALL!" And then he yelled facing the ceiling, "AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH~~~!" I was startled, and all of a sudden he threw a punch at me. I was not able to evade it and he punched me in the right cheek! "BAM!" I staggered backwards and fell on my back onto Axel and a surprised Zexion.
"Nemix! Why are you squashing me again?!" Axel shouted. I felt a little dizzy and was unable to answer. This blow was on par with the blow from the hard cover encyclopaedia last time! That hurt… Every time the movies I saw had people being punched so I thought it was kind of normal, comical even, and sometimes I depicted characters getting punched and made them look funny. I did not expect that in the real life, being punched was something that painful… So that was why people said real life and virtual life were two different things. Now I understood that.
"Nemix! Nemix! Are you alright?" Zexion, who was at the bottom, wheezed. He was crushed by me and Axel, yet he still cared about my well-being, *sniff* I was so touched. Luckily my giddiness faded, so I got up unsteadily and pulled them up as well. Lawrence and the rest of the classmates arrived soon and took care of those three and coaxed them to go to bed. Zexion examined me and concluded that I had no concussions (thank god!), and then we went to bed as well. Holy hell, why did those three go crazy again?! Do not tell me they were "possessed" again!
No matter how I rolled and flipped in bed, I could not sleep, even though I did a 360-degree rotation on the bed, it was not any better. Firstly, my right cheek was aching badly. Secondly, I could not understand why John, Carlos and Yuanfang acted like possessed by some sort of restless spirit. They did not come into contact with Broken-Nose Seahorse during daytime… Why did that happen again?
Normally, when I had insomniac nights like these, I would lie on the bed and sing some very random songs, once I wore myself out by singing, sleepiness would invade. But I shared the same room with Zexion, if I wanted to sing for me to get tired and sleepy, of course my volume have to be really high, and I would have woken people up. Not to mention that my singing skills were… very bad. Even worse than crows! Therefore this method was not going to work anyhow. What did you want me to do? Sing "In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight~" and wake up everyone else? That punch on my face was already enough, thank you. Ugh, forget it! Execute Plan B: stroll outside and return later. Unfortunately, the wind tonight was too strong, so I walked to the balcony instead.
I sat on the wooden floor at the balcony, the breeze whipped past above my head, I sat behind the wooden bars that loosely formed the railings of the balcony, gazing at the sea. The sea was dyed pitch black, if one happened to fell into it, it was as if falling into a deep gorge, there was no escape. Really hazardous… It reminded me of the number of casualties when the tsunami took its toll on my country and some others elsewhere. See if you would agree with me: you could predict what was in a deep mountain, but you never knew what lay beneath the water. It may seem calm and serene on the surface, underneath it could be full of unpredictable deadly currents. The breeze brought coldness to me, but my right cheek was defiantly generating heat via radiation, still stinging in slight pain… I still never expected that I would be punched though…
Just then, despite almost drowned in the sounds of waves, I heard some soft footsteps. I turned my head around; it was Zexion. "Here, take this," he said, passing me a small pack. I took it and it was freezing! It was a pack of ice. I did not recognise it since it was concealed under a piece of white cloth. "Thanks…" I gently pressed the ice pack to my right cheek. He sat down on my left. "Did I wake you up?" I asked. I swore I did not let out any noise, why was he up?
006: "No. I cannot sleep as well. I thought you had already slept. It seems we have something in common."
207: "Let me guess, is it because of what happened earlier ago?"
006: "I have a feeling that something was off, but I cannot find an explanation."
207: "I don't get it too, if it's like what we had hypothesised, that it is because of the crack on Broken-Nose Seahorse, why the same scenario happened twice?"
006: "You also think that it was strange that the three of them went crazy again despite not coming into contact with Sato today?"
207: "*Nodding vigorously*"
006: "… Let us think about this, were there anything fishy, for example… similarities?"
207: "Similarities, huh… Hmm… The same three people, almost the same crazy mode, eh… What else?"
006: "… Ah!"
207: "Whoa! What is it?"
006: "I almost missed it; the same clothes!"
207: "*Anime sweat drop* … So what's with the clothes?"
006: "They wore the same clothes from their first episode… That makes sense…!"
207: "What?"
006: "Think about this: before they went crazy the first time, what did they do during daytime?"
207: "Well… They rescued Sato who almost drowned."
006: "And what happened in the end?"
207: "They were tangled up, all wet!"
006: "One more question: is powder cocaine water soluble?"
207: "Argh, of course it- Wait… what?!"
006: "*Smirking knowingly and looking at me*"
207: "Oh NO… Don't tell me… The powder cocaine dissolved in water, settled on the clothes, and when it dried up they inhaled it by accident?!"
006: "This is the most possible explanation I could think of despite the sheer improbability, but this also means that Sato is the culprit."
207: "Whoa… Once they wear those clothes without washing them, the same thing happens again. Not bad, Zexion, good one!"
006: "Alright now. Thank you for your praise. Now, we should probably discuss about how to catch him and make him to explain all these, should we?"
207: "Yeah. *Yawn~~*"
006: "You look tired. Let us call it a night and sleep, and then we will discuss with the others tomorrow. Goodnight."
207: "OK… Goodnight."
The next morning, we were called to gather, and the teachers announced that today we could conduct free activities within the safety region. After we were dismissed, members of Lucky 7 gathered at our usual spot and we started to discuss what Zexion and I discussed last night.
135: "Holy crap! Really?!"
013: "Are you serious?!"
006: "Judging the situation, that would be the best explanation. I cannot come up with any better explanations as to why it happened again. I wonder how much powder cocaine he had with him that time for the effects to be so profound…"
222: "If so, then Sato is the most suspicious. I already knew that dude isn't any good guy…"
207: "There's one thing I don't understand: how did he get his hands on drugs all by himself? I mean, I think no one knows that he had drugs with him yet. If he obtained the drugs secretly, he would need help from someone, right?"
383: "He isn't the mastermind? Someone behind the scenes…"
207: "Maybe he is only a pawn in this whole thing…"
443: "Then we have to convince him to cooperate with us!"
013: "I don't think that's easy. I guess he still doesn't know he might be used!"
135: "If we decide to capture him rashly, we would arouse his suspicions… Then it'll be harder to capture the mastermind."
222: "But we couldn't just sit here and do nothing!"
006: "We could only plan ahead, like using Sato to lure them to appear."
383: "But… God knows where that seahorse is!"
135: "*Thinking hard…* … Aha! I had an idea to force Sato to appear!"
006: "Fire away."
135: "Every time he appears is because someone is there, and Sato wants to cut him into pieces so badly…"
443: "You mean, Ienzo?"
135: "Bingo!"
207: "*Sigh* Here comes the problem; he doesn't even dare to look at Sir Broken-Nose Seahorse in the eye, let alone standing there to lure him out."
135: "I know that, so someone else should be there as well, and this person also happens to be someone he hates the most…"
207: "*Staring at 135 while he was looking at me innocently* Hey, don't look at me like that… I get it, you want me to be the bodyguard?"
135: "Who else?"
207: "… Fine, I'll go. But one more thing, what should we do once he appeared? Ambush from every direction and pounce on him, beat the crap out of him and then make him confess?"
013: "This kind of plot sounds boring…" [*Got hit by a book* OW! Authoress: Ahem, you are not the one to determine if the plot is boring or not! Also, since when did my plots sound boring? Let's hear the others regarding their ideas…]
443: "Hey, I got an idea, why don't we…. And then… So… That's how it's done!"
006: "*Going through the idea* Not bad… It is worth a try."
222: "Very well… When do we start?"
207: "No need to procrastinate. I'll go find where he is and say there is something I wanted to talk to him in private!" After the words left my mouth, I got up from the sand and headed to the chalet to see if he was in there.
I looked everywhere in the chalet, I just could not find him. I guessed maybe he went to watch the sea, so I headed to the big rock he used to be at. To my content, he was there after all. OK… I needed some topics to talk about. Eh… Let me try homework, and then I would try to convince him to report Broken-Nose Seahorse… yeah, that should do it.
"Hey!" I said, climbing up that huge rock at the shore. Ienzo, who was sitting on the rock, was startled, when he turned around to see me, he calmed down. Once I got up, I sat beside him and started to talk, "… You sure have the time to sit here and let the sea breeze calm you. I see that you had finished your homework?" "Yep, I had finished collecting the necessary data, now I have to wait until we go back and organise the data, prepare a research report and print it out." "Oh… That's good!" I said.
Shoot… I ran out of lines… Authoress! Give me some more new scripts, pronto! [Authoress: Shut up. You're not the only one ran out of lines, don't you have a second topic still?] Oh, yeah, right… "… Honestly, why are you hiding here every day?" I asked. He tensed up slightly, and then he replied, "I prefer serenity and tranquillity…" "Hmm… I agree, we all need some quiet time alone. But don't you think that… you do this every day… as if you're, sorry, running away from something?"
"…" He said nothing, but averted his gaze to the faraway clouds. "Actually, if you would appear personally and testify Sato's doings, then he would receive his punishment and not be able to do anything to you anymore, no?" I continued, trying to get my words into that thick skull of his. "But…" he paused, but hesitant to continue, so I finished the sentence for him, "He may not to let you go, you mean? I understand, he's stubborn and likes to pick on you, but if you take no action, he's not going to be sorry and repent, but becoming even far gone!"
I noticed that he was retreating into silence again, so I said, "I know you are worried that Sato may 'kill you with someone's knife'; asking his father to cancel your stipend. Firstly, you did nothing wrong, it's his fault. He injured you in the first place and almost got you blind, do you think the school's going to side him? You can even demand medical compensation. Secondly, if his father decides to interfere, judging his social status and occupation, things could be easily publicised, he should be worrying about his reputation soon enough. It's up to him to choose whether to practice favouritism or not. Thirdly, there are financial aids everywhere. With your academic performance, are you still worried of getting none?" After droning on so much, I just hoped he would not be too hesitant. As if I would believe that the principal would side the bullies when she gave us the authority to catch them! What a joke.
He said, "Would it be fine… if I do what you say?" Argh! I really wanted to punch him to wake him up! What was he afraid of?! "Of course! There's nothing to hesitate about! I should tell you; I cannot possibly standby 24/7 just to protect you from Broken-Nose Seahorse. Also, I'm an exchange student and will be leaving in April. If I'm gone and you still haven't done anything, you would have to face the music yourself and no one's going to save you!" I was getting hot-headed by the second and blurted everything out. Seriously, who gave a damn in this place? Or else he would have been free from threats ages ago! "You… would be leaving?" he sounded surprised, but I did not notice that and continued, "There's a big possibility, but if you act as if you don't mind, he will take it as a sign that you are afraid of him and will not hold back, because he knows you don't have the guts to tell anybody about it!" "Then why don't you just stay?!" he suddenly blurted.
"… Huh?" Now I was the one surprised. "… Er… Nothing… It's just… don't you get to… choose to stay or leave?" His explosiveness disappeared without a trace, and he stuttered. Only then I realised my words just now were too harsh. After I regained my composure, I sighed and continued, "It's true I get to choose, but what if I decide to return to my country?" He looked down, not going to say anything. Oh god… I was losing my patience. I sighed, "I understand that you want to leave it be so he would get tired and you don't want to cause trouble. But that dude obviously doesn't appreciate your peace offer."
Silence, again…
"Relax, the principal's a rational and sensible person. Once she knew about this, she would uphold justice, and you won't lose anything," I had no choice but to coax him. Now that I had pulled the triumph card, he had better not have any doubts and worries. Seriously, this Broken-Nose Seahorse had something to do with illicit drugs too! He would be expelled solely on that grounds, ending up even worse than Big Sis! If we got our hands on the evidence, I was pretty sure Lucky 7 could defeat him.
I still could not let him know that we were entrusted by Miss Aerith to solve school bully cases, or else things would get messy for us. If some random bad guy knew about this, our true identities would be revealed, and then it would be mission impossible for us to find the criminals. He finally said something, "… You sure?" "Of course! All is well!" I reassured. I had to strike while the iron was hot. Phew! It was so difficult to persuade someone, mental note: do not engage in careers requiring persuading abilities. Just then…
"Hey 207! Why didn't that Sato show up? I was already hiding for twenty minutes straight! My leg muscles…" My interphone emitted a voice, it was 222. This was the latest model, with built-in microphones and the size of a thumb. It was not easily seen if put in the ear. It could even record sounds! But… if the other user spoke too loud, the voice could be heard by others as well, and this was Example Number One… "Eh? What's that sound? Like someone's talking… 207, what's that in your ear?" Ienzo's eyesight were too sharp, how did it was discovered so soon?! Damn you, sea breeze… It blew too hard and revealed the interphone… This would not do. I had to lie, "Eh? Oh, you mean this, this is my… eh, MP3 player!" He did not look convinced… "… And it's playing music now!" I took it down and said in a loud tone. I had to warn Axel on the line; if he could not sing, he might as well shut up and change the frequency for another user to do the job. This interphone has variable frequencies that could be changed to communicate with multiple users on the same frequency. He took it and put it in his ear, I could hear a voice from the interphone clearly, "A whole new world~ A dazzling place I never knew, but when I'm way up here, it's crystal clear…" I had to stifle a laugh; that was Xion. Ienzo took it out and handed it to me. Suddenly- "Hey! You guys! It's lunch time, hurry up!" We turned to the source of the voice; it was Roxas.
"Coming!" I replied, getting down from the rock. Once I landed on the sand, Ienzo called out, "Nemix!" "What?" I spun around to face him. "About that matter… I'll think about it." Holy Bananas of Kingdom Hearts! I was only one hair away from strangling you! I persuaded you the whole day, by advising and by coercing. The only step left was to kneel down, address you as "Your Majesty" and idolise you as god, and you had the nerve to tell me that you will think about this?! What the freaking heck are you on about?! All these words flashed through my head but I put on a normal poker face as if nothing happened. Well, at least he did not shy away this time. I still had to give him some motivation. Since Ienzo was too meek and weak-minded, if I messed this up, he would retreat into his shell again. "Sure, but you have to think this through. Remember, you are not guilty," I said this once and I turned to leave. What the heck…
I caught up with Roxas and asked, "Why are we retreating so early? What happened?" Roxas replied, "That's my question. Why didn't Sato show up?" "Beats me. I was so engrossed in my topic just now, it should have been very easy for him to sneak up on us while we're not paying attention to our surroundings, but he didn't appear at all…" I said. Frustrated, Roxas said, "We also kept a close eye from our respective hiding spots. If he showed up, you should be able to drop a tracking device on him secretly, and then we would track him down. But now we couldn't even spot a shadow! What the crap…"
I patted his shoulder and said, "Relax, anyway, we still had the chance to hear Xion singing, it's worth it!" "Hey… My ears are itching~ What are you talking about me, 207?" Xion, who was ahead of us, asked. Roxas smiled and joked, "Nothing at all, Jasmine. Say, why isn't Aladdin with you today?" I chimed in, "The magic carpet doesn't know how to get to Japan, so they are lost in the middle of nowhere!" Xion blushed and retorted, "Hey! If it wasn't for Axel who changed the frequency to mine at the last minute, I wouldn't have to sing! That's the only song I know…" Roxas said, "Hey, what do you guys think Axel would sing if he were to do it?" "Oh I just can't wait to be king~" Xion thought for a while and sang. I suggested, "How about 'I'll Make a Man Out of You'? Does it sound more appropriate?" The three of us imagined Axel as General Shang, leading his troops under vigorous training… "HELL NO!" The three of us shouted in unison! [I do not own those songs.]
We were discussing while having lunch, but we had no idea why Broken-Nose Seahorse did not show up today.
222: "What the Kingdom Hearts, why didn't he show up…"
207: "Maybe he had gone 'Under the Sea'…"
383: "*Almost choked*"
006: "We have not leaked any information… Is he aware of our plans now?"
443: "No way, I suppose…"
013: "How about we do this for consecutive days?"
207: "Are you serious? I don't have a magic hat full of topics, you know. Am I supposed to persuade him like that every day?!"
135: "If not, we have to resort to following Ienzo around. It's impossible for Sato to not feel suspicious of us if we do this a few more times though."
207: "Hmm… You have a point."
006: "Alternatively, we could invite Ienzo to participate in our activities with us, and try not to leave him alone. *Sigh*"
443: "I support 006's idea, that way we won't arouse anyone's suspicion."
383: "Why don't we do two things at a time; we keep an eye on him when there are no activities and we ask him to join us if there's one. It might be possible that he wouldn't dare to appear if Nemix is there instead."
207: "Pfft, he bullies people all the time. He only learned not to mess with me once he was trolled yesterday. Haha!"
222: "Not bad, 207, you succeeded. Anyways, we're letting Ienzo be alone for a few times to lure him out, right?"
135: "That might work, and that is a deadly trap for Sato."
383: "So it's all set. But we still have to plan ahead about what we should do after we got him."
006: "… It would be the best if we could capture the mastermind with him in one clean swoop along with the drugs. But if we only got Sato…"
207: "Stop, once we got Sato, we would have already completed our goal."
383: "Why did you say so?"
207: "Our main goal is to only capture the school bullies, but not to crack the case… And this case has something to do with drugs; this is beyond our power and authority. Once we got him, we only have to contact the principal and tell her everything. As for the job to capture the mastermind, we'll leave it to the police."
443: "Yeah… If we just happened to capture them all, we just have to alert the police ourselves!"
006: "… For now, we should proceed like so."
Oh… Crap… Holy… Bananas… This was the third day, I repeat, the third day! We had done everything, but it was as if that kook Sato evaporated without a trace, not even a single shadow was sighted! What the hell… Let us hope Ienzo would not feel strange about our frequent invitations… Come to think of it, where had Sato been for the last three days? Was he still somewhere near the beach?
Actually, I still had one question that had not been answered yet: did he come all the way from Tokyo to here just to bully Ienzo? If I were him, I would have been too lazy to do so. What kind of a school bully was he? Maybe… he had some hidden secret? Ugh… If I wanted to understand all of these, I had to catch him first. It was pointless to guess. If it was not for the principal's request, I guessed we would have almost given up…
It was 2000 hours now, we just had our dinner not long ago, and we still had one more hour of free time before bedtime. Lucky 7 sat under a light, forming a circle on the veranda wooden floor. Others were playing or enjoying themselves somewhere else near the chalet. We were planning something.
383: "OK, here's the white paper! Can we jot down the plan now?"
006: "*Taking out a pen* … OK, so how was the progress?"
222: "Well… tracking down failed, enemy baiting also failed. Although we had kept an eye on Ienzo and prevented him from being alone most of the time, not much progress was made."
207: "Sir Broken-Nose Seahorse had yet to make an appearance since the first day we started to lure him out, could he be hiding from us?"
135: "No way… He knew all our plans?!"
443: "It is a possibility…"
013: "Does that mean we have to reshuffle our plans?"
383: "Hey, actually, if we do nothing and leave Ienzo alone, would Sato fall for our trap?"
207: "Hmm… For him it is a very dangerous trap… But what's the difference between this and what had been planned earlier?"
135: "I guess no…"
222: "Argh, anyways, we just have to do nothing, but only pay attention to Ienzo's whereabouts and that should be good enough!"
006: "It seems to be the solution, but there is something that I had just looked up on the Internet… *Pulling out another paper*"
013: "What is it?"
006: "This is the map of the beach and the surroundings within its ten kilometre radius. After we disregard this many buildings, these marked with an 'X' are hotels, chalets and any other accommodations. Our chalet is here *tapping with a pen* If Sato could appear anytime he wants before he disappeared, that means he could be staying in these *drawing a circle* places near the beach."
443: "Wait… If you're going to pinpoint where Sato stays, what are we going to do once we locate him?"
383: "Well, we could always give him a surprise attack, like show up in the hotel and knock on his door…"
207: "Stop… When the 'Figaro' shoe incident happened, after he's rescued from the sea, he left in a limousine… Does that mean he is staying at a luxurious hotel?"
222: "Eh, it's possible! But, could the limousine be from his family?"
207: "Darn it, I didn't get to see the logo or anything on the car. I was so angry that time…"
006: "Is that so… *A strong wind blew past* Ah! The map flew away!"
207: "I'll go get it!"
After I said the words, I jumped up from the wooden floor and chased after the floating paper in the winds. The breeze was too strong, I had chased the paper down along the coastline and I had yet to catch it. I was getting further and further away from the bright side of the area, if it was not for the moonlight, I would have fallen into the water. Almost there… Hyah! I jumped with full force and finally caught the paper. But, I failed the landing part and fell on my stomach. Ouch… It hurt a little, but at least the paper was finally in my hands. My hands were in front of me, holding the paper tightly in my grip. The wind was blowing at the paper from side to side. But… when the paper bent aside, why was there a big dark shadow ahead?
I got up first, patting the sand off myself. I stood in the wind and waited for my pupils to accommodate to the darkness… Soon, I could make out the shape of the dark shadow; an abandoned wooden cottage. It was about a bit smaller than our chalet. There was no sign of light in there and there seemed to be many objects surrounding it. But the moonlight was not strong enough, and I was not close enough to the wooden cottage, so I could not see everything at a glance. I was about to step forward to investigate, and just then…
I sneezed, the weather was starting to turn cold. I rubbed my forearm, only then I realised the paper was still in my hands. I remembered why I was here in the first place. If I did not turn around now, Lucky 7 would be worried sick, wondering why I had not returned yet as it was getting late. Hmm, exploring the wooden cottage at night had its hazards. Maybe I could come tomorrow morning, and it should be easier under the sun. Furthermore, if I inform Lucky 7 now about my discovery, would it cause too much trouble? It could ruin the whole plan… I should think about this tomorrow.
I turned to leave by running. But… "POK!" "Ow!" I was tripped over by an unidentified object, and that hurt. Once I got up, I turned to the back to see what made me fall. That was odd; I was returning via the same route I took when I came, and I was running as well when I came. Now when I ran back, why was I not safe, but hurt instead? Huh? A shoe?
I bent down slightly to take a good look- W-what?! I froze on the spot: this shoe… I would still recognise it even in the depths of hell! And it almost hit me once! Was this not Sato's shoe?! The Salvatore Ferragamo Italian branded shoe! [Authoress: Hey! You finally remembered it! 207: *Kicked Authoress out* Stop ruining the atmosphere! Shoo!]
I moved my palm nearer to the insole, I detected heat. If I was correct, this shoe had left its owner's foot not long ago. That means… Broken-Nose Seahorse was somewhere nearby?! I looked at the footprints on the sand, except for mine… no one else's. Yes, no more! It was late, where could he be?
"Hey! Nemix! Where are you?! If you hear me, answer me!" It was Demyx's voice, I was startled by the sudden burst of noise and accidentally kicked the shoe into the water! But, the waves did not wash it away, it just stuck there firmly. Suddenly, a hand was on my shoulder. I shivered and was about to attack, but before I could move a muscle, the person said, "Calm down, it's me, Demyx." I spun around, it was him. "Wow, you scared me, man. Don't do that again." I let out a sigh of relief and said. "… Yeah, you're right, or else, according to your behaviour, you would have punched and kicked me…" "OK, let's go back. I got the paper." We walked back to the chalet.
I returned the paper to Zexion, and the teacher called us to go to bed. Time ticked away… But I had long since lost track of it…
… No… This would not do!
I sat up on the bad, feeling restless. How could Broken-Nose Seahorse's shoe appear at the beach for no apparent reason, and at a time like this? Did he drop it? He treasured his shoe so much, if he did drop it, he would not ignore it. Maybe he dropped it in a hurry… In a hurry? Why did he have to be in a hurry? There were not many people at the beach at night, if he wanted to come out, he did not need to be so secretive, let alone worried of being discovered. Unless… he was discovered by someone? And, by any chance… that person was me?!
He would not appear during daytime, and he was being sneaky at night, obviously he was hiding from us! Hehe, now that I had known he was here somewhere, his doomsday was not far anymore. Although… where was he headed at this hour? Let me see… The spot where I found the shoe was near the wooden cottage and there were no other places for someone to hide, except for the rocks. But people could not possibly go to a rock all the time, right? Could it be that wooden cottage? What was inside? Adding up all the clues I had… There had to be something in that wooden cottage, or someone!
No way in hell was I going to wait till tomorrow, I had to go see what was going on myself! I changed into something I could move about in easily, took my gadgets, and tiptoed to the door. I turned to look at Zexion, who was sleeping soundly on his bed. After that, I gently pushed the door open and sneaked out without a noise.
Sorry, Lucky 7. This time… it was my turn to go first.
~ CHAPTER 12 FIN ~
TO BE CONTINUED
Bwahaha! Chapter 12 at your service! Man, it is hard to collect ideas now, I am still working on Chapter 13, so the updates may not be as frequent as before. This is getting more suspense… Also I am thinking up ideas for a new story. But I am currently at the stage of planning characters. It may take some time… Oh well, that is all for now. Stayed tuned and you may message me about the story or rate if you want. Bye!