Chapter 3
'Man's life is hopeless. Everything that he does comes to nothing. Therefore, the idea of death is acceptable. Is that true?'
No!! Get up! Get up! Must get up! When I did wake up, the sheets were all wet from my perspiration, the cold sweat of fear. What a stupid nightmare. Taking a deep breath, I looked around. The room looks familiar. How did I get here?
"You shouldn't have done that, you know," Oriya's voice came from behind me. He walked back and forth the room clearing up all the existing mess.
"What did I do?" I asked as I dug into the closet for a clean shirt to wear. Tossing around the clothing , I took out my favourite blue shirt.
"You practically slammed you head into a sink full of razors," Oriya said angrily as he picked up all the clothing I threw around. "..and sharing room with me doesn't mean you can mess things up."
Razors? That explains the bad headache. I gave Oriya a pitiful innocent look. Oriya ignored me. He walked away and returned with a hand full of bandages. Then he ordered me to sit myself down on the bed.
"Don't move," I watched Oriya's clothed hands as it moves on my forehead wiping off the excess blood. After a while, he stopped and stared at me. What was he thinking?
"You're kind of cute for a bad guy.." he said as he removed strains of hair from my face. I backed off. He stared at me and moved closer and closer and closer and..
"That's enough, Oriya. You're going to suffocate me. Damn, I'm going to be late for work!" I rushed out of bed when the telephone rang. I'm going to get fired! "Oriya, don't answer that!" I screamed out but unfortunately it's too late. From the bathroom, I heard Oriya's voice on the phone.
"Hello, granny's psychic hotline. How can I help you?" Oriya giggled as he handed the phone to me. "It's for you."
I gave him an angry look and grabbed the phone from him. 'You're so mean, you know that." Still giggling he left me alone in the sitting room.
"Tsuzuki! How nice to hear from you. What's up?" It's really a surprise to get a call from your enemy early in the morning. Soon, we engaged into a serious conversation. So now he realized that Hisoka went missing. I thought that the kid will be tied down to the bed until he dries up without being noticed.
Now I remember. The cuts on my face didn't belong to the razors but the scratches from Hisoka's sharp nails. The boy struggles as I tried to strangle him and his screams can pierce you ears. Thank goodness I already put a spell on him before I killed him so it was so easy to take him down. After that, I added more curse on him with a special dagger so that he wouldn't escape. Not that I care if he did, but the curse seemed to look like a beautiful piece of art tattooed on a human's body.
"Give back Hisoka!!" Tsuzuki's desparate voice was heard from the other end of the line. Should I give him back? No. Let's have some fun first. Twisting the colourful wires which happens to be there for some reason, I happily answered him. "Tsuzuki, why don't we meet by the river this afternoon, that's if, you want to see you partner alive." Reluctantly he agreed.
"You are actually going with the reviving plan?" I look at Oriya and smiled. Yes, Oriya, I am, at any cause. Picking up the house keys, I left.
"What about you work?" Oriya followed from behind me. That's it. More work.
"Oriya, please. Don't remind me that I have to work."
"You have got to be kidding! Take an afternoon walk, with you?!"
The sidewalk was crowded with small children, adults and all kinds of people. Me on the other hand, was trying my best to cause disaster with Tsuzuki.
"Well, you can go then. Maybe you have your own way of looking for people." I smiled looking at worried Tsuzuki in front of me. "But, it won't be too easy, though. I make sure that if you leave me, your Hisoka will be sliced up to small pieces by my pets." This is getting fun.
Tsuzuki angrily followed from behind me. I wasted most of the time walking around the city. I even showed him the antic doll collections at the antic shop. Then, I stop. My stomach was growling with hunger. "Mr. Tsuzuki, why don't we have tea over there?" Without waiting for reply I walk towards the nearest restaurant.
Soon, we sat down. I ignored Tsuzuki's anger and enjoyed myself instead. Time passed by slowly. Tsuzuki was growing impatience.
"What are you trying to do?!" Tsuzuki suddenly burst up in anger. Banging the table so hard that it shook. "I'm leaving and I don't care about your threats!"
Smiling, I clapped my hands. "That's a good idea. Do try to be fast because if you don't find him by six, he's going to be far from dead." Then I laughed out loud as he ran out of the restaurant.
With my own technique, I reached the churchyard within seconds. I stood by the entrance waiting for Tsuzuki. At last he reached. He ran through maze-like underground tunnel.
Meanwhile, I used the nearest shortcut, through the back door. Isn't it much easier if you just stop for a while and use your brains? I silently monitored Tsuzuki through Ceberus's eyes. That's it. Slowly. I looked behind me and saw Hisoka struggling trying to undo the knots. Soon, the door which has devided us broke down by a strong explosive.
"Hisoka! Hisoka are you alright?!" Tsuzuki quickly untied Hisoka and put him down. Watching them made me boil up.
"That's enough!" I ordered my pet, Ceberus, a three headed dragon to attack them. Victory was supposed to be mine when Tsuzuki lost most of his energy defending Hisoka. Suddenly, a fiery bird rose up from the ground. Suzaku?! The intense heat was unbearable. Soon my Ceberus was swallowed up by the flames.
"I'll get you next time, Tsuzuki. It's nice playing with you." By now, my skin was almost melting. I quickly teleported myself out. Few minutes later, the building collapsed.
'Man's life is hopeless. Everything that he does comes to nothing. Therefore, the idea of death is acceptable. Is that true?'
No!! Get up! Get up! Must get up! When I did wake up, the sheets were all wet from my perspiration, the cold sweat of fear. What a stupid nightmare. Taking a deep breath, I looked around. The room looks familiar. How did I get here?
"You shouldn't have done that, you know," Oriya's voice came from behind me. He walked back and forth the room clearing up all the existing mess.
"What did I do?" I asked as I dug into the closet for a clean shirt to wear. Tossing around the clothing , I took out my favourite blue shirt.
"You practically slammed you head into a sink full of razors," Oriya said angrily as he picked up all the clothing I threw around. "..and sharing room with me doesn't mean you can mess things up."
Razors? That explains the bad headache. I gave Oriya a pitiful innocent look. Oriya ignored me. He walked away and returned with a hand full of bandages. Then he ordered me to sit myself down on the bed.
"Don't move," I watched Oriya's clothed hands as it moves on my forehead wiping off the excess blood. After a while, he stopped and stared at me. What was he thinking?
"You're kind of cute for a bad guy.." he said as he removed strains of hair from my face. I backed off. He stared at me and moved closer and closer and closer and..
"That's enough, Oriya. You're going to suffocate me. Damn, I'm going to be late for work!" I rushed out of bed when the telephone rang. I'm going to get fired! "Oriya, don't answer that!" I screamed out but unfortunately it's too late. From the bathroom, I heard Oriya's voice on the phone.
"Hello, granny's psychic hotline. How can I help you?" Oriya giggled as he handed the phone to me. "It's for you."
I gave him an angry look and grabbed the phone from him. 'You're so mean, you know that." Still giggling he left me alone in the sitting room.
"Tsuzuki! How nice to hear from you. What's up?" It's really a surprise to get a call from your enemy early in the morning. Soon, we engaged into a serious conversation. So now he realized that Hisoka went missing. I thought that the kid will be tied down to the bed until he dries up without being noticed.
Now I remember. The cuts on my face didn't belong to the razors but the scratches from Hisoka's sharp nails. The boy struggles as I tried to strangle him and his screams can pierce you ears. Thank goodness I already put a spell on him before I killed him so it was so easy to take him down. After that, I added more curse on him with a special dagger so that he wouldn't escape. Not that I care if he did, but the curse seemed to look like a beautiful piece of art tattooed on a human's body.
"Give back Hisoka!!" Tsuzuki's desparate voice was heard from the other end of the line. Should I give him back? No. Let's have some fun first. Twisting the colourful wires which happens to be there for some reason, I happily answered him. "Tsuzuki, why don't we meet by the river this afternoon, that's if, you want to see you partner alive." Reluctantly he agreed.
"You are actually going with the reviving plan?" I look at Oriya and smiled. Yes, Oriya, I am, at any cause. Picking up the house keys, I left.
"What about you work?" Oriya followed from behind me. That's it. More work.
"Oriya, please. Don't remind me that I have to work."
"You have got to be kidding! Take an afternoon walk, with you?!"
The sidewalk was crowded with small children, adults and all kinds of people. Me on the other hand, was trying my best to cause disaster with Tsuzuki.
"Well, you can go then. Maybe you have your own way of looking for people." I smiled looking at worried Tsuzuki in front of me. "But, it won't be too easy, though. I make sure that if you leave me, your Hisoka will be sliced up to small pieces by my pets." This is getting fun.
Tsuzuki angrily followed from behind me. I wasted most of the time walking around the city. I even showed him the antic doll collections at the antic shop. Then, I stop. My stomach was growling with hunger. "Mr. Tsuzuki, why don't we have tea over there?" Without waiting for reply I walk towards the nearest restaurant.
Soon, we sat down. I ignored Tsuzuki's anger and enjoyed myself instead. Time passed by slowly. Tsuzuki was growing impatience.
"What are you trying to do?!" Tsuzuki suddenly burst up in anger. Banging the table so hard that it shook. "I'm leaving and I don't care about your threats!"
Smiling, I clapped my hands. "That's a good idea. Do try to be fast because if you don't find him by six, he's going to be far from dead." Then I laughed out loud as he ran out of the restaurant.
With my own technique, I reached the churchyard within seconds. I stood by the entrance waiting for Tsuzuki. At last he reached. He ran through maze-like underground tunnel.
Meanwhile, I used the nearest shortcut, through the back door. Isn't it much easier if you just stop for a while and use your brains? I silently monitored Tsuzuki through Ceberus's eyes. That's it. Slowly. I looked behind me and saw Hisoka struggling trying to undo the knots. Soon, the door which has devided us broke down by a strong explosive.
"Hisoka! Hisoka are you alright?!" Tsuzuki quickly untied Hisoka and put him down. Watching them made me boil up.
"That's enough!" I ordered my pet, Ceberus, a three headed dragon to attack them. Victory was supposed to be mine when Tsuzuki lost most of his energy defending Hisoka. Suddenly, a fiery bird rose up from the ground. Suzaku?! The intense heat was unbearable. Soon my Ceberus was swallowed up by the flames.
"I'll get you next time, Tsuzuki. It's nice playing with you." By now, my skin was almost melting. I quickly teleported myself out. Few minutes later, the building collapsed.