A Deafening Scilence
Chapter 6
PG 13
Aishin glanced outside her apartment building window.
It was raining harder than it had in years. The gloomy weather seemed to match her gloomy mood.
She got up, and taking a sip of her tea, looked at the calendar. February 7, it had been a month and a half since Usagi's suicide, or homicide, or whatever it was.
Usagi-chan was dead and nothing could change that. But was she? How could they know for sure if the body that was in the coffin the night before Aishin came back wasn't Usagi's? They didn't even know if what Detective Tenchi said was true.
"Oh, Mamo-kun," she said to the picture frame on top of her table. "I can only imagine the pain you're going through. I loved Usagi like a sister, and I miss her, but it wouldn't be the same if I lost you. I love you so much. I'd die just so that you would be happy. I'd sign my soul away to the Dark Land so that you would live. I love you."
With this Aishin bent over and kissed the picture. Then there was a knock at the door. Aishin wearily walked over to answer it, to reveal the object of her affection standing there with a piece of paper in his hand.
"I think you should read this."
"So what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Aishin exclaimed after finishing the letter from Dr. Kyoki.
Mamoru ran a hand through his hair, his trademark.
"Are you sure that it's wise to just go rushing in? For all we know it could be a trap!"
Aishin cocked her eyebrow teasingly.
"A trap? Come on, you're talking like one of the superheroes in an anime!"
"Well, how about this letter, huh? A little red button in the corner of a closet in room 505?"
"It sounds crazy, but look, he himself must be a bit nuts. I mean, he knows where you work."
"I know!" Mamoru yelled, frustrated. "Look, I don't want to put you in any danger!" He reached across the table and took both her hands in his.
"I don't want to lose you too. I love you Aishin. You've always been the little sister I never had. If you died because of a poor choice of mine, I don't think I could bear it." Aishin caressed his hand and kissed it.
"It's okay Mamo-kun, don't worry about me. I'll be fine as long as you are. Now look, if we're going to do this we must do it now. This letter expires, whatever that means, today! So are you with me?"
He looked into her coal black eyes and saw his reflection in them, just as she saw hers in his.
"All right." he whispered.
Aishin smiled. "I'll get my coat."
As she did so, Mamoru glanced over the letter and down to the name. 'Kyoki Teigino.' he thought. 'That name sounds so familiar...'
"We're sorry, Chiba-san, but for the last time your wife's death was a clear-cut suicide. NOT a murder! Dr. Kyoki himself signed the death certificate!"
"Who is this 'Kyoki'? I want to meet him."
"Mamoru-kun... Kyoki is just the doctor..."
"Of course!" Mamoru banged the table with his fist. "Ai-chan! Ai-chan! Remember? Kyoki was the guy that the officer said signed the death certificate!"
"Oh Amaterasu, you're right!" Aishin exclaimed. She thought for a moment before grabbing his arm,
"Well then, there's no going back now! COME ON!"
Mamoru nodded and ran out the door after her.
Chapter 6
PG 13
Aishin glanced outside her apartment building window.
It was raining harder than it had in years. The gloomy weather seemed to match her gloomy mood.
She got up, and taking a sip of her tea, looked at the calendar. February 7, it had been a month and a half since Usagi's suicide, or homicide, or whatever it was.
Usagi-chan was dead and nothing could change that. But was she? How could they know for sure if the body that was in the coffin the night before Aishin came back wasn't Usagi's? They didn't even know if what Detective Tenchi said was true.
"Oh, Mamo-kun," she said to the picture frame on top of her table. "I can only imagine the pain you're going through. I loved Usagi like a sister, and I miss her, but it wouldn't be the same if I lost you. I love you so much. I'd die just so that you would be happy. I'd sign my soul away to the Dark Land so that you would live. I love you."
With this Aishin bent over and kissed the picture. Then there was a knock at the door. Aishin wearily walked over to answer it, to reveal the object of her affection standing there with a piece of paper in his hand.
"I think you should read this."
"So what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Aishin exclaimed after finishing the letter from Dr. Kyoki.
Mamoru ran a hand through his hair, his trademark.
"Are you sure that it's wise to just go rushing in? For all we know it could be a trap!"
Aishin cocked her eyebrow teasingly.
"A trap? Come on, you're talking like one of the superheroes in an anime!"
"Well, how about this letter, huh? A little red button in the corner of a closet in room 505?"
"It sounds crazy, but look, he himself must be a bit nuts. I mean, he knows where you work."
"I know!" Mamoru yelled, frustrated. "Look, I don't want to put you in any danger!" He reached across the table and took both her hands in his.
"I don't want to lose you too. I love you Aishin. You've always been the little sister I never had. If you died because of a poor choice of mine, I don't think I could bear it." Aishin caressed his hand and kissed it.
"It's okay Mamo-kun, don't worry about me. I'll be fine as long as you are. Now look, if we're going to do this we must do it now. This letter expires, whatever that means, today! So are you with me?"
He looked into her coal black eyes and saw his reflection in them, just as she saw hers in his.
"All right." he whispered.
Aishin smiled. "I'll get my coat."
As she did so, Mamoru glanced over the letter and down to the name. 'Kyoki Teigino.' he thought. 'That name sounds so familiar...'
"We're sorry, Chiba-san, but for the last time your wife's death was a clear-cut suicide. NOT a murder! Dr. Kyoki himself signed the death certificate!"
"Who is this 'Kyoki'? I want to meet him."
"Mamoru-kun... Kyoki is just the doctor..."
"Of course!" Mamoru banged the table with his fist. "Ai-chan! Ai-chan! Remember? Kyoki was the guy that the officer said signed the death certificate!"
"Oh Amaterasu, you're right!" Aishin exclaimed. She thought for a moment before grabbing his arm,
"Well then, there's no going back now! COME ON!"
Mamoru nodded and ran out the door after her.