Time had passed slowly the past several days. The police suspected a teenager was doing the killings; someone between the age of 15 and 17, but they weren't sure. Then there was a break. A three-week period were no one was killed. The idea among the parents was not good. It was kind of like 'Why did my son have to die when yours didn't'. This kind of thinking caused great pains between the families. The remaining Digidestined had to meet in secret, or their angry parents would drag them home.
This
break lasted more than three weeks. No killings, no threat letters, not even a
hint of suspicion from anyone. No one could figure out why the killer had
suddenly disappeared. It was discussed at a 'secret' meeting of the remaining
Digidestined.
"What
do you think happened to him," Taichi started out but caught the look from his
sister and corrected himself, "Uh, I mean, it." Upon making this correction the
everyone but Sora and Hikari gave him a very strange look, like 'What the hell
do you mean, it?' Hikari saw this look and explained to the rest of the boys
that they didn't know for sure if it was a guy or a girl. They all scratched
their heads and looked around the room trying to figure out what reason they
had for thinking it might be a girl at all. Sexist bastards, Sora
thought to herself and shot a look at Hikari who returned it with a look that
said she was thinking the same thing.
"Ok,
enough of that," Koushiro "they are right, there is absolutely no proof that
the killer is male or female."
"So
what do we do?" Sora asked. As if in habit everyone looked at Taichi. He
starred back not knowing what to say. With the new Digidestined dead he was in
full command again. He hadn't realized how much he had missed it, also he
hadn't realized how hard it was.
"Do
you think that we can assume that he just likes the rest of us and decided not
to kill us?" He asked hoping that he wouldn't get an answer. Unfortunately he
got one.
"Been
a while since you been in command, Taichi?" Koushiro said sarcastically.
Everyone laughed. It was the first real laugh that they had had in weeks. It
felt great. But it didn't last long. Soon they were all starring at each other
once again speechless. Finally Takeru spoke up.
"Do
you think that it could be one of us?" The thought had come into their heads at
one time or another, but no one had been brave enough to voice it. Could it be
one of them?
"I
suppose it is possible," Koushiro said, "but if it is…who could it be? Who
would have the motive?" It was not Takeru's fault. Her had made a simple
suggestion. He never meant to hurt the team in anyway, but what he had said
tore away what little trust was left between the Digidestined.
"I
suppose if anyone would have motive it would be Taichi." Ken broke the silence
that time. It was the first time he had said a word in several hours. Everybody
starred at him with interest, and in Taichi's case, anger.
"Why
in hell would I have any motive to kill any of my best friends?
People I have been friends with for years?!"
"That
is a good point," Sora forwarded the question in a more peaceful manner, "Why
would Taichi have a motive, Ken?"
"That
answer is simple." Ken said with a slight smile on his face, "You."
"Me?"
Sora pulled back in shock.
"Yeah,
Taichi has liked you from the beginning, but here you were dating Yamato." He
paused for a moment to consider other evidence. "Taichi has also been the most
aggressive, getting into fights, displaying acts of anger and violence for no
reason." It was starting to make sense. But why would he kill Iori first if his
main grudge was with Yamato? "Psychotic reasoning. He's the only one who has
the motive."
"Oh
yeah! What about you Mr. Digimon Kaizer?" Taichi yelled sternly at Ken. Ken was
very disturbed by this.
"You
can't be serious! I'm not the killer! Just think of all the times I saved your
sorry ass!"
"That
doesn't mean jack shit! I've done a lot of good things to cover for bad things
that I've done!" That was the worst thing that Taichi could've said. It gave
even more evidence to aid suspicions that he was the killer. The rest of the
kids watched helplessly as the argument continued. Ken brought up one last good
point,
"Even
the police said that it was most likely someone between the ages of 15 and 17.
That means that if it is one of us it would have to be either you, Sora, or
Koushiro; and guess what, you're the only one with motive enough to do it!"
With that Taichi jumped to his feet and with one swing of his arm hit Ken
square on the face and knocked him to the ground. He then bent over and picked
him up by the shirt collar and was about to hit him again when he realized what
he was doing. He dropped Ken back on the ground and them looked around him.
Every eye was focused on him in amazement. Ken had a bloody nose and was getting
up to clean it.
"I'm
not the killer." He said quietly. Then he left.
The
rest of the group sat and starred at each other in silence. Ken finished with
his bloody nose and returned to the others.
"Do
you really think that he could be the killer, Ken?" Hikari asked.
"In
all honesty, anyone of us could be the killer. He just happens to have the
biggest motive." He waited, starring at the ground for a moment, "Do you think
that I was to hard on him?"
"I
think that it was a bad idea to bring it up in the first place." Sora said, but
then added "It was good that we got it out in the open though."
"Your
right, we've been avoiding it for so long, who knows what will happen now."
Koushiro said almost to himself. "It's getting late, I should probably go. My
parents are gone for the night and I have yet to eat."
"That
is a good idea, for those of us whose parents are home they may begin to wander
where we have been." Hikari said, and then looking around the room she added,
"We all remember what happened last time we were all together and our parents
found us." They all did. That was clear. It was also painfully obvious that
they didn't want to remember. Yelling. Screaming. Even a few threats between
parents. So on that they departed. Each returning to their respective houses,
and on the way thinking of a good reason that they were gone for three, solid
hours.
Koushiro
sat at his computer in his room. He looked out side. It was dark, only a few
streetlights were working. He looked at the clock, 10:17. Time was passing
slowly. He normally would be having a blast playing trigonometry trivia but
tonight Taichi was on his mind. He just didn't believe that Ken was right. It
had to be someone else. They didn't even know if it was a Digidestined. He
decided that since he didn't want to go to bed just yet he would chat for a
while. The trigonometry trivia chat room was always full of interesting people.
He had once met a porn star whose true passion was math.
"Yep,
you never know who you'll meet." He said aloud to himself. Upon logging in
under his usual name, DD_Genius01, he scrolled down the list of names to
see if he knew anyone. "Let me see, MathWizzzz95, 2PLUSTwo, MonkeysCant_ADD101…"
he trailed off into a low un-interpretable murmur. All in all he knew about ten
of the 150+ people in the room. But there was one name, one he did not know,
that caught his attention. DD_Killer01.
Someone
in the chat room asked him strait off, "R u related to Killer01, DD_Genius01?"
"No,
never seen him in my life," he typed back. He was very interested in finding
out who this person was so he decided to open a private chat with him.
"Hey,"
He typed in.
"Hey,"
Was the reply.
"Never
seen u here before."
"I'm
new, this is my first night in."
"So
u like math."
"No"
"Then
what's the point of coming into a math chat room?"
"I
wanted to talk with u."
"Do
u know who I am?"
"Of
course I do, Izumi Koushiro."
"OMG,
who are u."
"No
one of consequence."
"I
hate to ask but I have to…" He typed in.
"Yes,"
The calmness of this stranger was very unnerving.
"What
does your name mean?"
"DD_Killer01
means that I am the killer of the Digidestined." Koushiro was almost too afraid
to type his next question in, but he did anyway.
"Who
is your next victim?"
"Why
would I tell U." Was all he got in reply. Koushiro tried to think of a way to
lighten the mood; it needed it badly.
"Because
you're a nice killer?"
"LOL,
no such thing." Koushiro started to type something in reply, but this stranger
got a new message up faster.
"U
know what I love about computers? Especially laptops?"
"Not
really."
"They
can go anywhere."
"Who
are you?" The name flashed on the screen.
"Oh
my god," Koushiro said aloud, and was about to reply but once again he was to
fast.
"Goodbye,
Koushiro." A gunshot rang out in the night. The window in front of Koushiro's
desk shattered, the last thing he saw was his computer going up in sparks as
the bullet passed through it. He felt a quick pain in his chest as the bullet
passed through his body and then slammed into the wall behind him. Koushiro's
blood splattered out on the desk and remains of the computer in front of him. A
few moments later a dark figure crawled through the broken window and into the
room. Looking around him he took in the effects of his work for the first time
since he killed Iori. It was beautiful sight. Koushiro hunched over his chair,
the blood still running slowly from the hole in his chest. The smell of blood
filled his nostrils. He took it all in a savored it. He walked over to his body
and marked the name Koushiro off his list. Then he walked over to where the
bullet had hit the wall. This even shocked him. It had struck a large picture
of the Digidestined. All 12 of them. The main impact, however, was situated
directly on one Digidestined's head. Daisuke's.
