By Chyna Rose
Disclaimer: Digimon, still don't own them. Slash
alert. Some bad language, and there's
a real life event stuck in their. I'm taking guesses on what the
event is and who did it and what it
is.
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One
Week Ago
Morning
started late –for all of us. By the
time Yamato and Taichi stumbled in, Ken and I were spending some quality time
together in bed. But when you consider
that my little game group didn't break up until two am…
One
of the best things about running your own business, is that you get to set your
own hours. We never have to worry if
someone came in, or called while we are asleep. Both V-mon and Wormmon knew how to handle it. They were also good at reminding people to pay
their bills. (Of course, with some
people, we just get Gomamon to handle it over the phone)
"Jun, I still want to meet him. I don't care. Of course I'll run a
background check on him; you're my sister and I care about you. I. Don't. Care. Then why are you
marrying him?! Oh Jun… Still, that
doesn't mean you have to marry him. Ken
and I could adopt it, and it's not like you'd be the only single mother in the
world. He what?! But she's your best friend! Would you chose him over me if it came down
to it? Do you love him? Then I suggest you push back the date until
you're sure. Is that the kind of man
you want to marry? Think about it. Bye Jun; take care."
Ken looked up from the book he was
reading.
"Problems?"
"She's marrying a guy she's not
sure she loves. A guy who got her
pregnant. A guy that told her to drop
her best friend wasn't strait."
"You want me to run a check on this
guy?"
"Please"
"Just give me his name, and I'll get
right on it."
"Hey guys. What's up?"
"Jun's in trouble and won't admit it."
"So in other words, nothing new."
Don't get me wrong –I love my
sister. It's just that she has a habit
of ignoring things that interfere with what she envisions. It took her a long time to realize that
Yamato wasn't interested. She didn't
figure it out from the fact that he always had pressing business in the
opposite direction from where she came. Oh no. For it to sink in that
she would never be Mrs. Ishida, my sister had to accidentally walk in on Taichi
and Yamato making out and watch them
fuck from Yamato's closet. (Looooooooooooong story which, I am sad to say, I was a part of) Suffice
to say, Jun eventually got over her crush, and went on to stalk other guys.
"So how was the party?"
"Great. Around midnight, it turned into a pub crawl."
"Kay dragged a bunch of us into a
tattoo parlor. By the time we got
finished, Mina had dragged the others to some bar or another without telling
us. We never did hook back up with
them."
"I just hope I didn't get something
I'll regret. Getting a tattoo removed's
going to be a big drain on funds –especially if business doesn't pick up
soon. So how was the game?"
"It was killer! Koushiro's character picked up a fridge with
his mind, and sent it strait through a wall –flattened Miyako's character, and
nearly decked mine."
"How did that happen?"
"We were crouched behind a table in
the fridge's path. Koushiro had no idea
who was where because the wall was in the way. I happened to make a good roll while Miyako botched hers."
"Whoa."
"You know, the offer's still open if
you're interested."
"Sorry. We have better things to do with our Friday nights."
"I still say you should keep it."
"It's a picture of a wolf's head. On my butt."
"It fits considering you were the lead
in the Teenage Wolves."
"What possessed me to get it there,
anyway?"
"You were drunk."
"Oh yeah. Why didn't you stop me?"
"I was drunk. Besides, I was trying to help Yakumo pick
one out. He had a grip on my arm that
you wouldn't believe."
"You're right. I don't
believe you."
Both Taichi and Yamato had gotten
tattoos on Friday. It just took a while
for Yamato to get the courage to actually take off the bandage and see what he had gotten.
The decision on what to do about the
tattoo was halted as Kento, a friend of Taichi's, burst into the office. Taichi has a lot of friends;
most of which are not only gay, but either shemales or transvestites. (Taichi's just one of those people who makes
friends within minutes.) Kento's come by
a few times just to talk or go shopping with Taichi. But I've never seen him like this.
"You've got to help me. Mina's missing. She never came home after the party."
"Calm down Kento. Panicking's not going to help. Now. Have you reported this to the police?"
"Yes, but the officer I talked
to wasn't very helpful."
"Don't worry Kento. The Friendly Courage Detective Agency's on
the case. Free of charge of course."
"I couldn't do that. It'd feel like I'm sponging off you guys."
"Mina was our friend too. Don't worry, we'll find her. When was the last time you saw her?"
"At the party. I left around eleven because I had to get up
early the next day. I didn't even plan
on going in the first place, but it was Kenji and John's tenth anniversary."
"Kenji and John went home about
midnight. Miki got paged a little after
and had to leave. The rest of us went
on that pub crawl we told you about."
"Who was in which group?"
"Let's see… Kay, Yakumo, Satoshi, Yama, and I went to the tattoo parlor, so that would put Mina with Saionji, Hiroki, and Sakura. But I could be wrong –we were all pretty drunk by then."
"That sounds about right. But it's simple. We see who out of Satoshi, Saionji, Hiroki, and Sakura has a new
tattoo. If they don't have one, then
that would mean that they were with Mina and probably can help us figure out
who saw her last and where."
"Sounds good. Kento, there's not much else you can do other than go home and
wait. We'll call you if we find
anything."
"Thanks guys."
"No problem."
The first person we tried was
Saionji. By day, Saionji was a waiter
at an Italian restaurant. (If his new
manager had anything to say about it though, Saionji would be unemployed by
day. Luckily Saionji's good about not
giving the manager cause to fire him.) By night however, Saionji writes and draws shoujo manga.
We got to the restaurant a little after
one and were shoved into a little out of the way corner. (Did I mention that the new manager hates
gays?) We didn't mind the treatment this time, as we came here to talk to
Saionji and were prepared to wait anyway.
"Hey guys. What can I get you?"
"I'll have the veal parmesan."
"Fettuccini alfredo."
"Vegetarian lasagna."
"And I'll have the gnocchi. Say Saionji, when do you go on break?"
"Supposedly in half an hour. Why do you ask?"
"We have a couple of questions we need
to ask you."
"Oh. In that case, I'll join you as soon as I get my break."
"So what do you want to know? And sorry
about the bad service."
"It's okay."
"No it isn't. You shouldn't have to put up with this just because the manager doesn't like something about you."
"Saionji, we figured this would
happen. It's not a let down if you
expect it. Besides, we would've had to
wait anyway since we wanted to talk to you. We know that you went on the pub crawl Friday, and that the group split
in two. Do you remember which group you
ended up a part of?"
"Yeah. I was with the group that didn't go into the tattoo parlor. Mina wanted to check out this club, and
didn't want to wait for the others to finish getting their tattoos. Why do you ask? Did something happen to Satoshi?"
"Satoshi should be perfectly
fine. It's Mina; she disappeared and
we're trying to find her."
"Well, the last time I saw Mina, was
outside of Shelly's Sheshore. I
couldn't get in, but Hiroki, Sakura, and Mina were able to. That was about one am. I went home after that. Hope that helps."
"Thanks Saionji."
"No problem. I better get back to work; breaks almost up."
Four Days Ago
We decided to talk to Hiroki
next. It took us a while to track down
his apartment since Taichi didn't have Hiroki's address or telephone number;
just a vague sense of where he worked. So, it wasn't until the next day that we got to talk to Hiroki –or, more
accurately, his roommate.
"Hiroki? Yeah he lives here. He's
just not here right now."
"Do you know where he is, or when
he'll be back?"
"I think he may be at his
parents. He came in with a guy –Yukio I
think –about one thirty. They woke me
up from a sound sleep."
"Can you give us the address Hiroki's
parent's address? We really need to
talk to him."
"Sure. Just give me a minute."
As it turned out, Hiroki's parents
lived in a small town roughly four hours outside of Tokyo. And that was if you didn't make any stops
along the way and the traffic wasn't bad. (It also turned out that it was the same town that Yamato's grandparents
live in, but that's besides the point.)
"He's not here right now. He went to the store to pick up some fish
for tonight. Will you be staying for
dinner?"
"We wouldn't want to impose."
"Oh, nonsense. It won't be any trouble at all. Please, have a seat."
"Thank you Mrs. Baron."
"Call me Hannah."
"This is a nice place you have here
Hannah."
"Why thank you. Tea?"
Hiroki came in at that point, rescuing
us from further awkward conversation with his mother. We weren't able to actually talk to Hiroki alone until after
dinner.
"So what brings you all the way out
here?"
"We came to talk to you about Mina."
"What'd she say I do this time? I know she took it bad when we broke up, but
that's no reason to keep trying to get me in trouble."
"She didn't say you did anything. She's missing, and we're trying to find
her. You were one of the last people we
know of with her late Friday night."
"Oh. Well, I wasn't with her the whole time. When we went into Shelly's Sheshore, I headed to the bar while Mina and
Sakura headed for the dance floor. I
met a guy at the bar and we split. That
was about one fifteen."
"Thanks for your help. We'll talk to Sakura tomorrow."
"Um, hey. If you find Mina, can you let me know? She's still my friend, and I'm a little worried about her."
"Sure we can. Bye Hiroki, Mr. Barton. Hannah."
"Are you sure you can't stay the
night? I know it's a long trip, and it's
no trouble if you want to stay."
"Thank you for the offer, but we
really have to get going. We all have
work to do in the morning. It was nice
meeting you both."