Part 11: The Case of the Missing Children!
Back at Iori's place, the home was being over run by many phone calls, but being the polite woman that she was, a dark, long-haired Mrs. Hida answered each and every call.
"I am sorry Mr. Inoue, but Miyako is not here," she told Miyako's father. "I haven't seen her in the longest of times since she has been so busy with other school activities."
......
"Do not worry, if I see her, I'll tell her to come straight home," the
woman promised.
......
"No, Iori isn't here yet, but I'll be sure to ask him when he comes in," Mrs. Hida responded.
::More talking::
"Okay, nice talking with you. I will talk with you later and I do promise to let Miyako know that you are looking for her."
She hanged up the phone and sighed a bit.
"What is the matter my child," asked Mrs. Hida's father-in-law.
The woman sighed and sat down next to him.
"All of the calls we've received today is the problem," the woman complained. "I have never received so many calls in one day! The earlier calls were salesman and solicitors and I hate those types of calls. All evening they've been calling. I don't know how polite I can remain if they keep calling here."
"That call just now was from a solicitor?"
The woman shook her head. "Oh, no, that was Miyako's father. He was wondering if we had seen her. She was supposed to have come home a couple of hours ago, but she hasn't."
"Maybe she is still at school. She has been staying back in school most of this week I have noticed."
"He said that she's been working on a school project all week and that she was supposed to have stayed back in school, but the school is now closed and nobody else is there."
"That is rather odd."
"Speaking of children who should be home, where is Iori," she asked her father-in-law. "He left before you did! Why isn't here!!"
The old man chuckled a bit and gave his daughter-in-law a smug smile.
"I saw him talking to a pretty young lady when I was on my way home," he told her, "but I didn't want to interfere or embarrass him."
"Father! It's getting late!" the woman exclaimed with worry. "He should be at home!"
"Have you not noticed how upset he has been lately as well as his being secretive?"
"Yes, but what does that have to do with Iori not being at home right now!"
"It is quite obvious that something was bothering him and I sense that it was a crush on a girl," the man finally said. "Maybe this girl is the one he has the crush on."
"Honestly, a girl?" She gave out a scoff of disbelief. "I think I know my Iori better than that. If he had a problem he would come to me with it."
"That's not entirely true," Mr. Hida stated wisely. "A boy Iori's age doesn't go to his mother with problems such as this. Boys normally go to their...fathers..."
He stopped as a grief-stricken look appeared on his face when he realized what he had said. Mrs. Hida had an equivalent look.
"You don't suppose that the reason he is upset is because he doesn't really know his father, do you?"
"Who knows," Mrs. Hida responded, almost crying. "I really miss him. Thinking back, Iori really didn't know his father well. He was so young when he died and today is the anniversary of his death."
"Do not worry my child." He gave her a small hug. "Zutto be all right, as long as you remember a lost loved one at his or her best."
*Note: Okay, I used an 01 kawaii Takeru phrase from his 01 theme. Zutto be all right simply translates to, "It'll always be all right" TK was SO adorable for the first season. (^_^)*
"I guess," the woman sighed after Mr. Hida had stopped hugging her, "but Iori can't because of how young he was! He probably feels as if something is missing and is looking for the answer to find out more about who he is since he resembles his father so much. He's the splitting image of him from the way he eats his food down to the way he ties his shoelaces!"
The old man nodded slowly.
"If he is having trouble with a girl, why doesn't he just talk to you about it?"
"I guess I am not the right person for him to talk to my dear," the man stated as matter of fact like.
Mrs. Hida shook her head and sighed.
"It's like I am starting to lose him," she complained. "He never used to keep secrets from me. I just feel as if I'm useless to him right now. I know he has always been mature for his age, but he still acted like a typical child. I guess I miss those times. I wasn't expecting him to grow up so fast."
"Now you know one of the toughest parts about being a parent, watching your child grow up."
"Father," Mrs. Hida commenced, "I sometimes wonder that if his father were still alive, do you think he would have turned out as mature as he is now? He acts more mature than some people my age when he was just eight years old!"
"That is something we will never know," the old man sighed.
Mrs. Hida started to think of the day when her husband passed away, frowning over the entire incident...
A four-year-old Iori was playing happily with a toy his father had given him, which made his young mother smile.
"Are you having fun, Iori?" a younger Mrs. Hida asked.
"I sure am," the boy responded with a playful smile. "When is daddy coming home?"
"Pretty soon and we're going to give him a surprise," the woman said as she kneeled down to her son.
"The dinner we made for him, mommy?"
"Hai, hai," the woman nodded.
"Yay," Iori cheered.
"I am sure your father will enjoy the surprise dinner we prepared for him to celebrate his being promoted earlier this week," the woman said. "And he is going to be especially proud of his son for helping to prepare some of his favorite dishes: Raamen with steamed vegetables along with Gyooza and Yakitora and Tenpura with fried rice, a fresh salad, and Mushroom soup. You also did a good job making his favorite side dish, Sushi Rolls."
"But they don't look too good," Iori frowned.
"Don't worry," the woman told him. "I am sure with some more practice, you'll make the best Sushi Rolls in the entire world!"
Iori clapped happily as she hugged him. She then smiled. Iori had helped to cook everything, well, more so handed her things while she cooked, but he really did make the sushi rolls and helped with dessert.
*Note: Okay, time for a little bit of translating. Raamen are Chinese noodles/Gyooza are Chinese dumplings filled with either meat or veggies and are either steamed or fried. I've tried it both ways and it's pretty good. I prefer fried though, more flavour, but for health reasons, if you're a health nut that is, you're better off eating them steamed. Steamed foods are always healthier than fried foods/Yakitori are chunks of chicken barbecued on a bamboo skewer/Tenpura is a dish of seafood and veggies. Now this is good too. I like the veggies that are used. Its all fresh and stuff...well, it tastes like it. lol. It's pretty good with fried rice and teriyaki and stuff like that. And for the seafood used, it's normally stuff like shrimp, scallops, etc.*
"What about dessert?" Iori asked after getting out of his mother's embrace.
"Now how can we forget about dessert," the woman laughed. "I am sure he'll enjoy that chocolate cake we baked."
"I got to lick the bowl and it was good," the boy said happily. "And so was the frosting!"
"Okay now," Mrs. Hida said while taking off her apron, "since we've spent all day cooking all of these foods for daddy, let's go and set up the table."
"Is ojiisama coming to dinner?"
"No, not today." She hung her apron up on the swinging kitchen door. "Your grandfather is going out to dinner with some old friends of his from the police force."
"Oh."
Both Iori and his mother set the table; Iori putting down chopsticks, spoons, and plates and his mother set the food on the table. She didn't want Iori to burn himself. Besides, Iori was happy to put the plates on the table. It made him feel grown up.
After they had finished setting everything on the table, Iori and his mother decided to watch television. She let Iori watch evening cartoons and today he was watching Pocket Monsters.
*Note: In Japan, Pokémon comes on late in the evening, at about 7:00. I don't know if it's always been at 7 but that's what it is currently. It also doesn't come on everyday...I'm sure you all figured that. I think it comes on about three times a week, though. Once for the regular showing, another day for repeated eps, and then Pokemon Encore, which shows the eps in English to help younger children there to learn English. Also, Pokemon came out in April of 1997 in Japan and this flashback technically takes place in 1997, if you did your math. ^^;*
Mrs. Hida sighed as she saw that it was now 7:13 and that her husband still wasn't home. It wasn't a late day for him. She then got up.
"Where are you going, mommy?"
"Oh, I'm just going to go and keep your father's drink warm," she told the boy. "Saké always tastes better warm."
He shrugged and went back to watching his cartoons.
Mrs. Hida went to do as she said. She took the bottle and small cup and set it aside someplace so that it would remain warm. While she did this, she had the strangest feeling that something was wrong in reference to her husband, but she just couldn't put her finger on it.
"Mommy, you're going to miss the funny parts!"
Mrs. Hida shook her head and came back to reality.
"I'll be in there in a bit, Iori," the woman called back.
She went back to watching evening cartoons with the young, oblivious Iori. Some more time passed and it was now a little after 8:00. Mrs. Hida decided that Iori should eat, but he refused and said that he wanted to wait for his father. She knew the boy was stubborn, so she let it slide, but only for a little bit longer.
Mrs. Hida looked at the clock once again and noticed that it was almost 8:15.
"Where in the world could he be?" the woman asked no one in particular. "He should have been home almost two hours ago."
The woman looked down and noticed Iori. He looked as if he was about to fall asleep in her lap.
"Iori, it's getting late so I want you to eat your dinner," the woman instructed. "You are a growing boy and you need your food so that you can be nice and healthy."
"But mom," the boy said with a yawn, "I want to wait for papa."
"Iori, don't argue with me," the woman ordered. "Just go and eat your dinner. I am letting you stay up a little past your bed time since you're eating so late. Eating late gives you nightmares."
"But what about papa?"
"I promise you that the next time your father doesn't have a late day, we will all celebrate along with Hida-ojiisan," the woman said. "Also, your father was planning on taking us all to the amusement park this Saturday so we can all celebrate then. We'll go to the amusement park, then come home for a special dinner prepared by you and me."
"You promise?"
"Have I ever lied to you?" Iori thought for a moment and shook his head. "Good. Now, you go get into your pajamas while I fix you a plate."
Iori nodded and ran off while Mrs. Hida headed to the kitchen to fix Iori a plate. She gave him a small slice of cake and gave him some of the Tenpura and the broth. She then heard the phone ring. She went to answer it.
"Moshi-moshi...Hida residence."
There was a man on the other end and he didn't sound too happy.
"Is something wrong?" the woman asked, wondering what the man could have wanted.
"Hello there, Hida-san," the man on the other end said slowly.
"Hello there," she responded, that feeling of dread coming back to her. She had the feeling that something was definitely wrong.
"I don't know how to tell you this, ma'am, but," the man started, trying to get the words out.
"Tell me what?" the woman asked while taking out a glass for Iori. "Who did you say you were again?"
"I am sorry for being rude, ma'am," the man apologized. "I am Sergeant Fisher of the Odaiba Police force."
"Sergeant Fisher?" She thought for a moment, trying her best to recall who he was. "Oh, I remember you. You were at the company picnic last summer. Hiroki speaks very highly of you."
"That's nice to know," the man said plainly.
"You and your wife should join Hiroki and me some time for dinner," the woman offered. "It's rare that we get to see you or Officer Takahoshi around."
The woman noticed the silence on the other end.
"Oh, I'm sorry Sergeant Fisher," the woman apologized. "What is it that you wanted to tell me? I'm sure it is a message for my husband."
"Not exactly," the man said, dreading what he had to say.
Mrs. Hida started to pour out a glass of juice to go with Iori's dinner.
"What do you mean?"
The man sighed and tried his best to deliver the information.
"I am, well, afraid to inform you that...your husband, a great man, was killed during an armed robbery."
Mrs. Hida couldn't believe what she had just heard. She stood there in shock as the juice she was pouring filled up the glass and spilled over. Since she was in so much shock, she didn't even realize that she was making such a mess and left it that way. At that very moment, Iori ran back in with his Sandopan (Sandslash) pajamas that he had just received for an early birthday present. He always liked Sando (Sandshrew) and Sandopan. Why he liked those two particular Pokemon so much, he never knew. He just liked the way that they were and how they could "dig" underground and such. Iori noticed his mother and the mess she had made.
"Mommy, you wasted the juice all over the floor," the boy said while pulling on his mother's sleeve.
The young Iori then noticed the distant look on his mother's face.
"Mommy, what's wrong?" the boy asked with concern.
The woman didn't say anything as she held the phone in her hand.
"His partner should be over shortly to explain all of the details," the man said sadly.
"Okay...okay...goodbye," the woman managed to say, a look of surprise on her face.
She dropped the phone. Iori was wondering what had upset his mother so much.
"Mommy?"
Mrs. Hida left the mess, slowly made her way towards kitchen table, took a seat, and cried. She just couldn't bring herself to tell Iori, but she was still in shock herself. Iori still wondered what was wrong and tried to get his mother's attention, but it just didn't work.
A short while later, there was a knock at their door. His mom was still in a state of shock and was still crying a bit. Iori shrugged and went to answer it, but he knew to ask who it was first. He recognized the voice and opened the door. The man was Iori's father's partner and one of his best friends, Takahoshi Ohmori. Normally, his father's other best friend, Oikawa Yukio, hanged around, but he wasn't this time. As a matter of fact, it was rare to see him at all. Iori didn't really know him that well and neither did his mother. One could probably count on one hand as to how many times he had actually visited the Hida household.
Iori let Mr. Takahoshi in. He still didn't understand what was going on or why his mother had left such a mess or why she was crying or why Mr. Takahoshi was in his home and why his father wasn't. He had a look of sadness on his face as well. The only thing her, his voice mournful and quiet, to Mrs. Hida was, "I guess you heard..."
"I don't know what's going on," the boy complained, wanting some answers. "Where is papa, Takahoshi-sama? Is he with Oikawa-san?"
Mrs. Hida left the spot she had been in for so very long and spoke in a gentle voice. Iori could tell from her tone that it couldn't have been good. She kneeled down and hugged Iori tightly as some of her tears fell on the top of the young boy's head.
"Mommy?"
With a sob, she let go of the boy and held his shoulders. Iori's perplexed look was even more evident now.
"Mommy, what's going on? Why are you crying?"
She took in a deep breath and painfully told Iori that his father had been killed. Iori couldn't believe what he had just heard. It meant that his father wasn't going to ever come home.
Officer Takahoshi explained everything to them. Takahoshi wasn't there, but he told them of how heroic Mr. Hida had been and how he was trying to talk the robbers into putting down their weapons while he himself was unarmed; no gun nor vest. Iori couldn't take much more and ran off to his room screaming, "I HATE THEM!! THEY TOOK PAPA AWAY FROM US!!" and cried, slamming the door behind him.
Mrs. Hida stared on at her only son and couldn't help but to feel sorry for him...
'Oh Iori, I am sorry that promise got broken to you and I'm sorry you didn't get to know your father as well as you should have. I don't know why I feel so guilty over that. It was his time to go. I kind of wish that I could talk to Iori about this. We rarely talk about Hiroki and I think it's about time that we do.'
The woman then frowned, thinking back to how Iori acted at the trial of her husband's killers and how Iori acted as he got older.
'I'm just remembering him at the trial. Those men said they were sorry and that it was an accident that they shot him. Iori looked as if he had pure hatred for them. Everyone deserves to be forgiven, even if they've done horrible things, but if they are truly sorry for what they did, then it shouldn't be held against them. And then how he became after his father was killed, that serious attitude of his started up. He took everything seriously, even games. If you cheated, he would lecture you about how it is wrong, how cheating symbolizes 'evil,' and how cheaters aren't worth his time. That's why we had to switch schools and move over to this part of Odaiba, other than that house of ours holding too many memories of Hiroki. Iori couldn't make friends or the friends that he had he lost because of his ways. We had to move to get away from all of that negativity and sadness. I am forever grateful that he met Miyako when he was seven. He started to lighten up and started acting like a child again, not entirely, he still acted serious, but he did play and didn't criticize the other children....'
"Yoo-hoo," Mr. Hida said while waving a hand in front of his daughter-in-law's face. "Anybody home in there?"
The woman jumped, seeing the hand being waved in her face. "Oh, sorry about that. I was just thinking about some things."
"What things?"
"I'll discuss it later. I'm just hoping that Iori gets home soon. I'm starting to worry about him and I feel that we should talk about his father. I have this feeling that he's never really coped with his death."
"I don't think any person really does," Mr. Hida responded wisely.
Before she could respond, the phone rang.
"Hold on," the woman sighed out in slight annoyance. The phone calls were really starting to annoy her some.
She went to answer it and put on a smile. She knew it would be rude to answer with a bad attitude.
"Moshi-moshi."
The person spoke on the other end, which surprised her some.
"Izumi-san," the woman said in surprise. "Why are you calling?"
::More talking on the other end::
"Oh no," Mrs. Hida apologized. "I'm just surprised that you called here. What's the matter?"
Mrs. Izumi started to ask about Koushirou.
"No, I haven't seen Koushirou. It has been a while since I've seen him and whenever I do, he's always with Miyako. I guess my seeing him less and less has a lot to do with the fact that he is in his last year of Junior High. The last year is always the most difficult since they are getting ready for High School entrance exams and learning those Kanji characters aren't nearly as difficult as the rest of the test."
::More talking::
"No, Iori isn't here yet and when he comes home, I'll be sure to ask if he has seen your son."
While Mrs. Hida was on the phone, Grandfather Hida answered the front door since somebody was knocking on it. It was a pretty young, blonde-haired lady, but her eyes were puffy and red, like she had been crying, and being the kind person that he was, let her in.
"My, what's going on around here," the woman shook her head while hanging up the phone. "First Miyako hasn't come home and now Koushirou is missing." The woman then shouted back at her father-in-law. "Father, who was at the door?"
He didn't have to answer her since she saw who it was.
"Mama-san no Takeru."
*Note: That just says, the mother of Takeru*
"My Takeru is missing," the woman cried.
"Please, have a seat first of all, Natsuko-san," Mrs. Hida said, leading her over to a seat.
*Note: That's her original name folks. ^^*
Mrs. Hida asked her father-in-law to get some tea to help calm Ms. Takaishi.
"Now, what do you mean Takeru is missing?"
"The exact way that I said it," the woman said, still crying. "Takeru is missing and so is Hikari. Her mother called over my place looking for her. I also just watched the evening news and there was some commotion going on down at that new pizza place and that's where Takeru, Hikari, and their friends, Ken and Daisuke were supposed to have been. They found a hat down there!! A hat that looked exactly like Takeru's!! The one he picked out when I took him to visit his grandfather in Paris when he was still eight years old! His grandfather got it for him and he's loved it ever since and he never takes it off except for when he has to! He wouldn't leave it behind like that!"
Iori's grandfather had come back and put out a tray of tea for the ladies and turned on the news.
"Hmm, I see a special report is on," the man noted.
"Hi there everyone," the TV anchor greeted. "This is Yamauchi Mori for FNN here with your evening news recaps and more on the strange abductions. Now, as you know, earlier today there were some strange happenings occurring here in Odaiba. Eye witnesses claimed to have seen some type of a tornado, which didn't cause any damage, but apparently, it caused an abduction. I am here right now with one of the eye witnesses. "
The young anchorwoman turned to the eye witness, who commented.
"I saw it with my own eyes," the man said.
"Would you please explain to our viewers what happened," Miss Yamauchi asked politely.
The chubby man wearing the bright blue shirt and beige pants nodded. It was quite obvious that he wasn't from around Odaiba by the way he spoke and his vernacular. His accent sounded more westernized, as if from Kyoto or someplace around there.
"I was sitting here eating a slice of pizza, and then I saw this tornado from out of nowhere just appear. Luckily, I had my camera with me. I had just finished visiting Tokyo Tower and wanted a bite to eat before heading over to a relative's home. When I saw the weird tornado, I just started recording it. I never knew Odaiba got storms like that, which is why I started taping it."
They started to show the film footage of what this Eye Witness got, who was talking and explaining what he had saw.
"This is when I started taping it," the man explained. "The strangest thing is that there were two kids near by and one of them was wearing a hat and was really tall and slim and he had a girl with him and it looked like they got pulled right in after that big flash of light, but it's hard to make out on the film."
"This is indeed a strange occurrence and we found this nearby."
The woman held up an object.
"It appears to be a hat, but the owner is nowhere to be found and fits
the description of the boy who was wearing it before he vanished mysteriously."
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"THAT'S TAKERU'S HAT!!" Ms. Takaishi blubbered. " I TOLD YOU
IT WAS HIS!!"
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"Hold on, this just in," Miss Yamauchi said while listening to what
was being told to her through her earpiece. "Apparently, there was
trouble down at the Fuji TV station?" the woman said in a questioning and
surprising tone. "This is quite surprising. We now go there
live with Nishiyama Kenji for the report."
The screen is now split and shows Mr. Nishiyama standing in front of the Fuji TV station and Miss Yamauchi at the Pizza place.
"Seems that the same thing happened here earlier this afternoon, Mori,"
Mr. Nishiyama informed her. "Eye witnesses claim that a young boy
fitting the description of Ishida Yamato, the lead member for the Teen-Age
Wolves, was taken into a strange vortex. Ishida Hiroaki-san is the
station manager here at Fuji TV and is also the father of this young 16-year-old
boy."
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"YAMATO!?! NOT MY YAMATO!!" Ms. Takaishi screamed out hysterically.
"THAT NO GOOD EX OF MINE, LETTING YAMATO GET ABDUCTED LIKE THAT!!"
"Hold on," Mrs. Hida said trying to calm Ms. Takaishi down. "Maybe it wasn't him. They said someone that looked similar to him was taken."
"I have lost both of my boys," the woman sobbed into a tissue, not really
listening to what Mrs. Hida had said.
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The split screen that was up, is now gone and it is just showing Mr.
Nishiyama.
"We have a couple of girls who were around and witnessed this and called it in," Mr. Nishiyama said. "Here we have 19-year-old Motomiya Jun and her friend, 20-year-old Kokiri Marissa."
The man turned to the two.
"Now, please explain what happened girls."
He put his microphone over near the two so that they could tell their story.
"We were just on our way to the station to buy tickets to Saturday's show and to meet our friend, Inoue Momoe," Jun explained. "We then saw Yamato-kun coming from out of the station."
"We then saw a lightening bolt strike the tower up there and then it struck him," Marissa added on, "but the bolt looked like it was from far off and it looked like he was in terrible pain."
"We then saw this weird looking vortex form in the sky and it pulled him right in!" Jun finished up.
"Do you girls know Yamato well enough to know that it was actually him?" Mr. Nishiyama asked.
"To be honest," Marissa started, "I have never met him directly, but Jun seems to know him personally."
"Not really," Jun corrected. "He was just a pretty face whom I admired dearly when I was younger, but I grew out of that. I guess we're so-so friends now. I still talk to him every now and then."
"We also have here a few friends of Yamato who were with him last; two of the Teen-Age Wolves members," Mr. Nishiyama announced.
Two boys were standing out by the station awaiting to be addressed. It was Akira and Yutaka; Takashi wasn't around.
"Now, please, in your own words, describe what happened," Mr. Nishiyama politely instructed.
"We weren't here when whatever happened, happened," Akira explained. "We were just practicing for our next upcoming gig this Saturday night! One of the most important performances ever!"
"Too bad we couldn't practice long since Yamato had to run," Yutaka said.
"And where might that be," Mr. Nishiyama asked.
"C'mon man," Yutaka said in disbelief. "Isn't that like an invasion of privacy or something?"
"We are just wondering if it would help any as to where he may have been taken or ended up," Mr. Nishiyama explained.
"We can tell a little," Akira said. "He was on his way to the park, but we aren't at liberty to say why he was going or if he was going to see anyone or anything like that."
"Okay, we will now have a word with the television station's manager, Ishida Hiroaki-san."
The camera turns to Mr. Ishida who looks very upset and as if he were about to cry, but was trying his best not to...
"Now, do you have any comments for anyone out there, Ishida-san?"
"I just don't understand what's going on here, but it doesn't make sense to me," the middle-aged man sighed. "How can he get sucked into the sky? That doesn't make any sense!! I just hope someone can find my son. I have already contacted the police department and they are on the job investigating."
"Let us all hope that all goes well for you," Nishiyama said. The man then held his earpiece and said, "This just in! The identities of the two children that were abducted this afternoon has been revealed. We now go back to Mori who has more information on that."
"Thank you, Kenji," the woman said. "Now the descriptions of the
two children have been identified. Apparently, it was Yagami Hikari,
age 13, a first year student of Odaiba Junior High and with her was Takaishi
Takeru, also a first year at OJH. Apparently, they were going to
meet some friends here, but the friends never showed up and it appears
that the two may have been leaving."
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RP: The news people always find out stuff, how, we don't know.
lol
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"The police are now contacting the parents of these two children to
let them know what's going on. Until we know what we are dealing
with, we suggest that all school aged children stay in their homes," Miss
Yamauchi instructed. "We don't know why these three children have
been taken or where they could've been taken to."
The woman once again held her earpiece, being given some more information.
"Hold on, I'm getting another update," the woman said. "According to this, we are getting more phone calls in about missing children and there was also a strange occurrence over at the Gakkoo wa Eichi, the private school known for their outstanding academic achievers. It's another disappearance. We will have the details for you later on that. As for right now, the young persons that are missing are as follows: Yagami Hikari, Takaishi Takeru, and Ishida Yamato. To add on to the list, we now have concerned parents calling about Yagami Taichi, a first year student at Odaiba High; Takenouchi Sora, also a first year at Odaiba High; Motomiya Daisuke, a first year at OJH; Ichijouji Ken, also a first year at OJH; Izumi Koushirou, a third year student at OJH who was last seen with Inoue Miyako, a second year at OJH, and also a Mi Aina, a third year at OJH. If anyone has any information on these missing persons, please let us know as soon as possible so that it could help the cops in their investigation and search."
The screen split again showing both Miss Yamauchi and Mr. Nishiyama.
"I hope they are found," Mr. Nishiyama said. The man then noticed the looks on everyone else's faces that were with him. Mr. Ishida and Jun's looks were the most noticeable.
"Ishida-san, Jun-san, what is the matter?"
"Did you say a Takaishi Takeru was missing!!"
"Did you say Motomiya Daisuke was too!!"
"Yes, she did," Mr. Nishiyama nodded.
"Oh no! My brother!!"
"Oh my god...my son!!"
"Apparently, folks, this Takaishi Takeru is also the son of Ishida-san and this Motomiya Daisuke is the younger brother of our eye witness, Jun-san."
"I don't want you guys to give up your search," Mr. Ishida said as serious as could be. "I want you to find both of my sons even if it takes you all night and day! I want Takeru back home with his mother safe and sound!"
"And find my brother," Jun ordered. "Sure I said some things to him that I didn't mean and the same goes for him, but I love him very much!"
The girl started to cry a bit and grabbed the microphone from Mr. Nishiyama.
"Daisuke, if you're listening to this, please be okay and don't worry! Where ever you are, we will find you!"
"There you have it folks, two people who are close with the victims," Miss Yamauchi said from her end. "So if you can, please help. Are these indeed strange alien abductions or are they just very clever kidnappings? Only time will tell. We now go to Morimoto Reika live with the weather and we will be back with any further information dealing with the strange disappearances of...hold on, I'm getting a name on the school abduction. It's Kido Jou, a 17 year old in his 11th year and..."
Mrs. Hida turned the television off.
"I'm going out right now," Ms. Takaishi said getting up.
"Wait, you can't go out by yourself in the state of mind that you're in," Mrs. Hida warned.
"Both of my sons are missing," Ms. Takaishi snapped. "I don't care, I'm going out to look for them!"
"It'll probably be best if we..."
Mrs. Hida stopped shortly and then realized something, Iori still hadn't come home yet and that report was at least twenty minutes long.
"I wish my Iori would come home," the woman sighed.
"It is quite strange how he hasn't returned home yet," Mr. Hida said.
"Father, describe the girl to me," the woman instructed. "Maybe I know of her mother or father."
The older man described Eiji to Mrs. Hida who smiled.
"That sounds like Eiji. I remember her. She is very polite and sweet. I met her and her family at a school meeting a while back. I'm actually a pretty good friend of her mother's. I'll go give her a call."
She went over to dial her number...
"Hi there," Mrs. Hida greeted.
There was talking on the other end from Eiji's mother who sounded a bit frantic.
"Let's calm down now," Mrs. Hida responded calmly. "I was just wondering if Eiji was there."
There was more talking on the other end as well as Eiji's mother crying.
"Oh, I see. She was doing some marketing for you and should've been home over an hour ago?"
Eiji's mother was literally blubbering now.
"No, I have not seen her, but I know she is with my son, Iori, and he isn't back either and I was wondering if he went over there," the woman explained, feeling herself about to cry.
::More talking::
"Okay, I'm going out to look for them."
::More talking::
"You want to come too?"
She responded with a yes.
"Okay! We'll be over there in a bit! See you later."
She put down the receiver and cried.
"What's the matter," Mr. Hida asked.
"Eiji isn't home and she should have been home a long time ago and I do mean long," the woman said, going frantic. "Something has happened to her and if something has happened to her, then something has happened to Iori! I'm going out to look for them as well as Eiji's mother who's coming with me!"
"I'm coming with you," Ms. Takaishi said.
Mrs. Hida nodded.
"I will remain here in case someone shows up," Mr. Hida said.
Before they could respond, there was a knock on the door. Mrs. Hida opened it. It was a girl, about 19 years of age and was breathing hard like she had ran up a couple of flights of stairs.
"Momoe," the two women said.
"Konban wa Hida-san, Takaishi-san gomen nasai, demo..." Momoe tried to say while catching her breath.
"Calm down child," Mr. Hida told the girl. "Take your time."
*Note: That simply translates to, "Good evening, Mrs. Hida, Ms. Takaishi...I am sorry, but..." Oh and for the record, Momoe and Chizuru are the real names of Miyako's two sisters.*
"I was about to say that I was sorry for coming by unannounced," the girl explained. "Please excuse me for my rudeness."
"What are you doing here?" Mrs. Hida asked.
"It's my mother," Momoe explained. "She's going crazy and I just saw the news report! Miyako is missing! Me and Chizuru are going to go out and look for her. Our brother is watching the store and mom and dad have already left to go to the police station."
Before Momoe could continue, her younger 16-year-old sister ran up behind her. She too was out of breath from running up the flight of steps. Both girls had just come up from the Ai-Mart that their parents owned and didn't feel like waiting for the elevator to take them back up.
"Well, have they seen him?" the girl asked eagerly.
"I didn't get the chance to ask," Momoe told her sister. She then turned back to the two adults. "Have have you guys seen Iori-kun? He knows our sister pretty well and was wondering if he had any idea as to where she could be."
Mrs. Hida explained how their father had called earlier looking for Miyako and asked the same thing pretty much. She then told them how Iori wasn't home and was worried and was about to go out and look for him.
"May we please come with you?" Momoe asked.
They nodded.
"Let's just go find my boys," Ms. Takaishi said between sobs.
They all left out of the apartment to fetch Eiji's mother and to go on with their search....