Part 5
Shohoku Highschool Cafeteria
12:00 noon
Tuesday
Sakuragi searched the whole cafeteria and he still can't find his lover, but just when he is
about to give up he spotted Rukawa in a lone area at one of the ends of the place.
"Hey!" he greeted him
"..."
"So how are you doing?" Sitting infront of his lover, Sakuragi asked.
"How would you feel if you find out another one of your friends dies?" he answered
sarcastically.
"Hey look!" Sakuragi almost shouted at Rukawa "I'm trying to have a decent conversation here!
Just don't snap at me! It's not like I can do anything about what happened! For your
information, Ayako-san's also a friend of mine and so I am too grieving like you are!"
Rukawa immediately shot up his head to face his lover. "I... I'm sorry..." he sighed dejectedly
"Everything just happened so fast... I don't know how to deal with everything anymore..."
sadness is now surprisingly evident in his voice.
Sakuragi's eye soften at once /Kaede? Apologizing at once? He really is confused right now/
"Kaede, I know... I'm sorry too. It's just that I don't know how to deal with it either."
"Hana... from the report, the next victim will probably someone who has S.H as his initials..."
Rukawa paused for a while "Just be careful okay. I... I don't want to lose you too..."He said
quietly, his face sincerely cast upon Sakuragi.
"C'mon Kaede! Mitchy heard from the news that it's a messy S.H. It could mean S.A or K. H!"
Sakuragi now is smiling. "And beside don't worry about me! I'm the Tensai remember!" He then
proudly added.
"Do ahou."
Miyagi Residence
4:00 pm
"Son, please open the door..." Mrs. Miyagi pleaded for the umpteenth time but failed to reach
Miyagi's ears. "Ryota, your teammates are here... please son... open the door." Trying not to
breakdown in front of his son's friends, Mrs. Miyagi immediately turned her back at them.
"He's been like that since yesterday... he really loves Ayako..."
"Mrs. Miyagi... I think we should come back another time... I think Miyagi ---" Akagi suggested
"No! You must be here with him! I don't want him to be like that! He needs you all!" She
immediately answered Akagi tears are now falling in her pale face. "I know this is hard for you,
but please help my son… please help him. Break down the door if you must! Just help him…
he must be reminded that he isn't alone in this."
As if on cue, Sakuragi immediately pounded hard on the door. "Oi! Ryochin! Don't be such a
crybaby!"
Now even Akagi is pounding on the door. But sill not a single sound was heard inside Miyagi's
room. /God! I hope he didn't commit suicide./ Akagi now is thinking the worst. He knows for a
fact that Miyagi love is genuine for Ayako and that could drive him to end his life.
When they finally got the door open from it's hinges, the room looked like it had been through
a hurricane. Papers, clothes, books, just about everything is a mess. Even Miyagi himself who's
just sitting at the floor in the corner of the room, hugging both his knees while clutching
tight Ayako's picture frame. Blood can be seen from his fist probably caused by hitting the
walls of his room and by the broken glass from the picture frame. His eyes were bloodshot
because the lack of sleep and it even looks like he didn't changed his shirt for it still has
stains of blood when he hugged Ayako's corpse.
"Miyagi!" Mitsui ran beside Miyagi helping him up. He understands what Miyagi's going through
right now. "Oi! Get up!" still trying to get him to stand or at least a reaction. But Miyagi
only looked at him mumbling.
"She's dead… I lost her… She's dead… I lost her…" Miyagi kept on mumbling as he stared at
Mitsui. "She's dead… I lost her…"
Mitsui blinked away the tears that formed in his eyes. "Baka! We know that! Do you think she'll
be happy to see you like this?!"
"She's dead… I lost her… She's dead… I lost her…"
Miyagi's mother fainted at the sight of his son luckily Kakuta and Yasuda caught her in time.
And by now Akagi panicked, he started shaking Miyagi just to get him out of this state
"Miyagi! Wake up! Darn it! Stop repeating those!" but to no avail.
The whole basketball team only left when Mr. Miyagi came home with a doctor.
Still, inside the broken room of Miyagi
"She's dead… I lost her… She's dead… I lost her… dead… lost… her…"
Ryonan Basketball Locker room
7:45 PM
"AAAAAAARRGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!"
A scream rocked through the hallways of Ryonan.
Sendoh recognized the shrilling scream and immediately ran inside the locker room only to find
Koshino sprawled on the floor.
"Itaii!!!" Koshino cursed sitting up and rubbing his sore back and behind. "Who the hell left
the bucket of water and mop inside the locker room?!" He demanded eyeing everyone who had just
rushed in to see what happened.
"Hiro-kun! Are you all right?" Sendoh was already at the aid of his lover. "What happened?"
"This happened!" He angrily trusted forward the mop to Sendoh. "It was lying there and water
was everywhere. I couldn't see where I was going because the lights aren't working properly and
the next thing I know I landed flat on my ass!" He said in one deep breath.
Upon hearing that tone everyone started to back away from the fuming Koshino leaving only
Sendoh to calm his lover.
"There, there now… you slipped so what? Damn that someone who left the mop and water!" He
patted his lover from behind. "You got that nice firm ass, I'm sure it can withstand the fall."
He then whispered out of the earshot of the others.
"Still…" Koshino managed to calm down for a bit but is still grumbling about mops not finding
their own place to lie down.
"MINNA!!!"
Another shout shook the whole locker room.
"What now Hikoichi?" Ikegami exclaimed at the boy's noisiness.
"Minna! Listen to me! I just found out from my onee-chan that someone spotted the murderer
while he's killing Ayako-san!" He explained. "It's a he! He's stall, probably as tall as
Sendoh-san and…"
"And what? Go on! Don't leave us hanging!" Demanded Uozumi
"anou… that's it… " Hikoichi sheepishly answered
"Baka! When you tell us information, at least tell us something worth knowing!" Koshino once
again is back at his fuming mode.
"Hey! It was really foggy that morning and the witness can barely see a thing! At least we now
know it's a guy!" He tried to redeem himself but he failed.
"Yare yare… it's obvious that the killer's a guy, Hikoichi. How the heck did he manage to kill
the guys if the killer's a girl?" Sendoh sighed tapping Hikoichi's head. "Now tell me Hikoichi,
did you find anything new about Shohoku? How are they doing?" He asked Hikoichi as he changed
his training clothes.
"Oh them… We'll they're all shock but that was obvious and Miyagi-san is…ermm…"
"C'mon, speak up! What's with Miyagi? I know he's the most affected out of them all." Sendoh
pushed on.
"Well… nobody can talk to him… he just stares at you and mumbles. He's been like that since he
found Ayako-san." Hikoichi said, head down in sadness. / I admire him so much and I can't
believe he lost his mind/.
Kanagawa Memorial Park
9:00 AM
One month later – Sunday
"Mitsui…"
"Akagi…"
"I see you came also to her one month death anniversary." The taller boy joined Mitsui in front
of their murdered friend's grave.
"Yeah… I can't believe it's been a month already and nothing seems to be happening in their
case." Mitsui said while arranging the flowers he just bought for Ayako. "Ayako-san's parent's
was just here a while ago, they still can't seem to cope with the situation." He sighed.
"I also visited Min-kun's grave and also Fujima-san's. I can't believe we've lost so much."
Akagi sighed also as he settle some flowers. "I know… though I'm glad to know that no one died
after Ayako's murder, I thought the killing won't stop."
The two stood up and recited their own silent prayer. When Mitsui finished he started to go on
in his way only to be stopped by Akagi.
"Hey!"
"What?" he asked not turning around.
"Wanna go and see Miyagi?" Akagi asked staring at the light blue shade of the sky.
"I heard from his parents that he can now recognize some faces. And they wanted some of us from
the team to visit him. You know, I'm sure a familiar face will help."
"I guess…" He then joined Akagi on his way to Miyagi's house. "I'm just glad his parents didn't
gave up on him and send him to the mad house."
Danny's
8:15 PM
Sendoh went inside the fast food place to get his sister something to munch on later that
evening.
"Hhmm.. what would my glutton sister want this time?" He wondered, tapping his fingers on the
counter. "So I think spaghetti, a large fries and burger please. All to go." Sendoh said to
the cashier flashing his infamous smile.
The cashier cheek's flushed deep red. "Anou… you must really love your sister that you remember
to bring her home something."
"Yeah, I guess I do…" another mega-watt smile appeared on Sendoh's face.
Just outside Danny's, Sendoh spotted an all too familiar face. He then rushed out of Danny's.
"Hey there! What are you doing here in this area?" asked Sendoh
"Hi! I have to pick up something from a store over there." He said pointing at a sports store.
"Oh I see." Sendoh said as he waits for a taxi.
"Waiting for a taxi?"
"Yep! I wanna get home while this food is still hot." Answered Sendoh while gesturing the
package he carries.
"Oh then I'll join you. You're place is near mine anyways we can split the cash."
"Sure. Why not?" Sendoh is all smile.
Eastside Kanagawa
8:50
"Here's my half for the taxi fare." As Sendoh hands his part of the bill, he can't help but see
the familiar wallet in his friend's hands. /hhmm.. maybe he and Fujima has the same wallet./
he wondered.
"And here's mine." The wallet flips as he turns in the money, revealing Rukawa's picture.
/Now that is weird! The only person that I know who has that picture is Fujima!/ He eyes went
wide with the realization. /OH! MY! GOD!/ he's head is now screaming at him to run.
"Doushitano?" an evil grin appeared on his face
"Huh!?" a startled Sendoh started to slowly back away. "I… Iie.. Betsuni… Ja ne!" he said as
casually as he can, but still his eyes gave away the fear inside him.
"Why don't I walk you home?"
Sendoh now is walking a bit too fast for his sake. "It's alright I can manage." He nervously
croaked.
"No, I insist! Don't you know that there are a lot of killers lose nowadays?" He said smirking
as he slowly advances towards Sendoh.
With that, Sendoh ran for his dear life. /Shit! Shit! How can he keep up with me?! I can't
shake him off/ His thoughts are now running wildly at his head. Every glance he made he can see
his killer only 5 meters away from him.
As Sendoh turned to his left he entered a dark and dead end alley. /Kuso! Why wasn't I looking
where I'm headed!/ He then frantically looks for an escape but can't find any in a 3 ft wide
alley.
"Why don't you smile? You know, a scared face doesn't suit you?"
/Shit! He's here!/ Now Sendoh is saying all the prayers he can to every God there for a miracle.
/I can't die yet… I can't leave Hiroaki… I promised him!/
After along exchange of fists and kicks, Sendoh found himself trapped in the strong hold of his
soon to be killer. "Are you the one who killed Fujima and the others?" He asked trembling
while clutching his cut, limp arm.
"Yes." He simply answered licking the knife he held in his hands.
Not wanting to give up, Sendoh gave his all just to be able to knock down his assailant. Just
when he's about to make the run for it, Sendoh felt a strong stinging flesh cutting pain
through his abdomen.
"wh..why…. ki…kill… uh.. .us…?" Sendoh asked while trying not to drown with his own blood.
"Because…" Then the only sound that can be heard is the gushing out of blood from Sendoh's
body.
"Hiroaki…" was the last thing that flew out of Sendoh's lips.
There in the dark alley lays the body of a high school boy. Blood leaks everywhere, at the wall
was written the number 5 and boldly the letters R. K.
Shohoku Highschool Cafeteria
12:00 noon
Tuesday
Sakuragi searched the whole cafeteria and he still can't find his lover, but just when he is
about to give up he spotted Rukawa in a lone area at one of the ends of the place.
"Hey!" he greeted him
"..."
"So how are you doing?" Sitting infront of his lover, Sakuragi asked.
"How would you feel if you find out another one of your friends dies?" he answered
sarcastically.
"Hey look!" Sakuragi almost shouted at Rukawa "I'm trying to have a decent conversation here!
Just don't snap at me! It's not like I can do anything about what happened! For your
information, Ayako-san's also a friend of mine and so I am too grieving like you are!"
Rukawa immediately shot up his head to face his lover. "I... I'm sorry..." he sighed dejectedly
"Everything just happened so fast... I don't know how to deal with everything anymore..."
sadness is now surprisingly evident in his voice.
Sakuragi's eye soften at once /Kaede? Apologizing at once? He really is confused right now/
"Kaede, I know... I'm sorry too. It's just that I don't know how to deal with it either."
"Hana... from the report, the next victim will probably someone who has S.H as his initials..."
Rukawa paused for a while "Just be careful okay. I... I don't want to lose you too..."He said
quietly, his face sincerely cast upon Sakuragi.
"C'mon Kaede! Mitchy heard from the news that it's a messy S.H. It could mean S.A or K. H!"
Sakuragi now is smiling. "And beside don't worry about me! I'm the Tensai remember!" He then
proudly added.
"Do ahou."
Miyagi Residence
4:00 pm
"Son, please open the door..." Mrs. Miyagi pleaded for the umpteenth time but failed to reach
Miyagi's ears. "Ryota, your teammates are here... please son... open the door." Trying not to
breakdown in front of his son's friends, Mrs. Miyagi immediately turned her back at them.
"He's been like that since yesterday... he really loves Ayako..."
"Mrs. Miyagi... I think we should come back another time... I think Miyagi ---" Akagi suggested
"No! You must be here with him! I don't want him to be like that! He needs you all!" She
immediately answered Akagi tears are now falling in her pale face. "I know this is hard for you,
but please help my son… please help him. Break down the door if you must! Just help him…
he must be reminded that he isn't alone in this."
As if on cue, Sakuragi immediately pounded hard on the door. "Oi! Ryochin! Don't be such a
crybaby!"
Now even Akagi is pounding on the door. But sill not a single sound was heard inside Miyagi's
room. /God! I hope he didn't commit suicide./ Akagi now is thinking the worst. He knows for a
fact that Miyagi love is genuine for Ayako and that could drive him to end his life.
When they finally got the door open from it's hinges, the room looked like it had been through
a hurricane. Papers, clothes, books, just about everything is a mess. Even Miyagi himself who's
just sitting at the floor in the corner of the room, hugging both his knees while clutching
tight Ayako's picture frame. Blood can be seen from his fist probably caused by hitting the
walls of his room and by the broken glass from the picture frame. His eyes were bloodshot
because the lack of sleep and it even looks like he didn't changed his shirt for it still has
stains of blood when he hugged Ayako's corpse.
"Miyagi!" Mitsui ran beside Miyagi helping him up. He understands what Miyagi's going through
right now. "Oi! Get up!" still trying to get him to stand or at least a reaction. But Miyagi
only looked at him mumbling.
"She's dead… I lost her… She's dead… I lost her…" Miyagi kept on mumbling as he stared at
Mitsui. "She's dead… I lost her…"
Mitsui blinked away the tears that formed in his eyes. "Baka! We know that! Do you think she'll
be happy to see you like this?!"
"She's dead… I lost her… She's dead… I lost her…"
Miyagi's mother fainted at the sight of his son luckily Kakuta and Yasuda caught her in time.
And by now Akagi panicked, he started shaking Miyagi just to get him out of this state
"Miyagi! Wake up! Darn it! Stop repeating those!" but to no avail.
The whole basketball team only left when Mr. Miyagi came home with a doctor.
Still, inside the broken room of Miyagi
"She's dead… I lost her… She's dead… I lost her… dead… lost… her…"
Ryonan Basketball Locker room
7:45 PM
"AAAAAAARRGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!"
A scream rocked through the hallways of Ryonan.
Sendoh recognized the shrilling scream and immediately ran inside the locker room only to find
Koshino sprawled on the floor.
"Itaii!!!" Koshino cursed sitting up and rubbing his sore back and behind. "Who the hell left
the bucket of water and mop inside the locker room?!" He demanded eyeing everyone who had just
rushed in to see what happened.
"Hiro-kun! Are you all right?" Sendoh was already at the aid of his lover. "What happened?"
"This happened!" He angrily trusted forward the mop to Sendoh. "It was lying there and water
was everywhere. I couldn't see where I was going because the lights aren't working properly and
the next thing I know I landed flat on my ass!" He said in one deep breath.
Upon hearing that tone everyone started to back away from the fuming Koshino leaving only
Sendoh to calm his lover.
"There, there now… you slipped so what? Damn that someone who left the mop and water!" He
patted his lover from behind. "You got that nice firm ass, I'm sure it can withstand the fall."
He then whispered out of the earshot of the others.
"Still…" Koshino managed to calm down for a bit but is still grumbling about mops not finding
their own place to lie down.
"MINNA!!!"
Another shout shook the whole locker room.
"What now Hikoichi?" Ikegami exclaimed at the boy's noisiness.
"Minna! Listen to me! I just found out from my onee-chan that someone spotted the murderer
while he's killing Ayako-san!" He explained. "It's a he! He's stall, probably as tall as
Sendoh-san and…"
"And what? Go on! Don't leave us hanging!" Demanded Uozumi
"anou… that's it… " Hikoichi sheepishly answered
"Baka! When you tell us information, at least tell us something worth knowing!" Koshino once
again is back at his fuming mode.
"Hey! It was really foggy that morning and the witness can barely see a thing! At least we now
know it's a guy!" He tried to redeem himself but he failed.
"Yare yare… it's obvious that the killer's a guy, Hikoichi. How the heck did he manage to kill
the guys if the killer's a girl?" Sendoh sighed tapping Hikoichi's head. "Now tell me Hikoichi,
did you find anything new about Shohoku? How are they doing?" He asked Hikoichi as he changed
his training clothes.
"Oh them… We'll they're all shock but that was obvious and Miyagi-san is…ermm…"
"C'mon, speak up! What's with Miyagi? I know he's the most affected out of them all." Sendoh
pushed on.
"Well… nobody can talk to him… he just stares at you and mumbles. He's been like that since he
found Ayako-san." Hikoichi said, head down in sadness. / I admire him so much and I can't
believe he lost his mind/.
Kanagawa Memorial Park
9:00 AM
One month later – Sunday
"Mitsui…"
"Akagi…"
"I see you came also to her one month death anniversary." The taller boy joined Mitsui in front
of their murdered friend's grave.
"Yeah… I can't believe it's been a month already and nothing seems to be happening in their
case." Mitsui said while arranging the flowers he just bought for Ayako. "Ayako-san's parent's
was just here a while ago, they still can't seem to cope with the situation." He sighed.
"I also visited Min-kun's grave and also Fujima-san's. I can't believe we've lost so much."
Akagi sighed also as he settle some flowers. "I know… though I'm glad to know that no one died
after Ayako's murder, I thought the killing won't stop."
The two stood up and recited their own silent prayer. When Mitsui finished he started to go on
in his way only to be stopped by Akagi.
"Hey!"
"What?" he asked not turning around.
"Wanna go and see Miyagi?" Akagi asked staring at the light blue shade of the sky.
"I heard from his parents that he can now recognize some faces. And they wanted some of us from
the team to visit him. You know, I'm sure a familiar face will help."
"I guess…" He then joined Akagi on his way to Miyagi's house. "I'm just glad his parents didn't
gave up on him and send him to the mad house."
Danny's
8:15 PM
Sendoh went inside the fast food place to get his sister something to munch on later that
evening.
"Hhmm.. what would my glutton sister want this time?" He wondered, tapping his fingers on the
counter. "So I think spaghetti, a large fries and burger please. All to go." Sendoh said to
the cashier flashing his infamous smile.
The cashier cheek's flushed deep red. "Anou… you must really love your sister that you remember
to bring her home something."
"Yeah, I guess I do…" another mega-watt smile appeared on Sendoh's face.
Just outside Danny's, Sendoh spotted an all too familiar face. He then rushed out of Danny's.
"Hey there! What are you doing here in this area?" asked Sendoh
"Hi! I have to pick up something from a store over there." He said pointing at a sports store.
"Oh I see." Sendoh said as he waits for a taxi.
"Waiting for a taxi?"
"Yep! I wanna get home while this food is still hot." Answered Sendoh while gesturing the
package he carries.
"Oh then I'll join you. You're place is near mine anyways we can split the cash."
"Sure. Why not?" Sendoh is all smile.
Eastside Kanagawa
8:50
"Here's my half for the taxi fare." As Sendoh hands his part of the bill, he can't help but see
the familiar wallet in his friend's hands. /hhmm.. maybe he and Fujima has the same wallet./
he wondered.
"And here's mine." The wallet flips as he turns in the money, revealing Rukawa's picture.
/Now that is weird! The only person that I know who has that picture is Fujima!/ He eyes went
wide with the realization. /OH! MY! GOD!/ he's head is now screaming at him to run.
"Doushitano?" an evil grin appeared on his face
"Huh!?" a startled Sendoh started to slowly back away. "I… Iie.. Betsuni… Ja ne!" he said as
casually as he can, but still his eyes gave away the fear inside him.
"Why don't I walk you home?"
Sendoh now is walking a bit too fast for his sake. "It's alright I can manage." He nervously
croaked.
"No, I insist! Don't you know that there are a lot of killers lose nowadays?" He said smirking
as he slowly advances towards Sendoh.
With that, Sendoh ran for his dear life. /Shit! Shit! How can he keep up with me?! I can't
shake him off/ His thoughts are now running wildly at his head. Every glance he made he can see
his killer only 5 meters away from him.
As Sendoh turned to his left he entered a dark and dead end alley. /Kuso! Why wasn't I looking
where I'm headed!/ He then frantically looks for an escape but can't find any in a 3 ft wide
alley.
"Why don't you smile? You know, a scared face doesn't suit you?"
/Shit! He's here!/ Now Sendoh is saying all the prayers he can to every God there for a miracle.
/I can't die yet… I can't leave Hiroaki… I promised him!/
After along exchange of fists and kicks, Sendoh found himself trapped in the strong hold of his
soon to be killer. "Are you the one who killed Fujima and the others?" He asked trembling
while clutching his cut, limp arm.
"Yes." He simply answered licking the knife he held in his hands.
Not wanting to give up, Sendoh gave his all just to be able to knock down his assailant. Just
when he's about to make the run for it, Sendoh felt a strong stinging flesh cutting pain
through his abdomen.
"wh..why…. ki…kill… uh.. .us…?" Sendoh asked while trying not to drown with his own blood.
"Because…" Then the only sound that can be heard is the gushing out of blood from Sendoh's
body.
"Hiroaki…" was the last thing that flew out of Sendoh's lips.
There in the dark alley lays the body of a high school boy. Blood leaks everywhere, at the wall
was written the number 5 and boldly the letters R. K.