Chapter 4
Blackness everywhere...
Like a terrible black void...
I can't see...
So black...
I have to get out of here...
Running...
I have to run faster...
Where am I?
Wait...
Who is that?
He froze in his place as he saw a long body sprawled on the ground. He hesitated, but for only a second. Kneeling beside the person, he grasped their shoulder and flipped them over...
...And he let out a loud shriek as he saw who it was.
Tsuzuki.
Blood covered him and had seeped out of his mouth and ears. Blood was even around his eyes; like tears.
He shook the unmoving form. "Tsuzuki!!! Wake up, you've got to wake up!!!!"
He got no response.
He started to sob terribly. He buried his face into his chest.
"You baka!! I told you to not die!! To live for me!! Why are you laying here dead?! WHY?!?!"
While he was sobbing he did not see someone approaching him from behind.
"I'm all alone!! Why did you leave me all alone?! I never got to tell you how I feel!! Why did this happen?!"
Suddenly, a hand clamped around his throat. He couldn't breathe.
"My beautiful puppet," said the person behind him. "Now I can take you back. And I can torture you for all eternity."
Muraki.
He was been carried away. Away from Tsuzuki.
"Tsuzuki!! Please help me!! Tsuzuki!!!"
He had to tell Tsuzuki. Tell him how he felt. But before he could, a white light wrapped around him.
"Tsuzuki!!!"
Hisoka sat up in bed after screaming for Tsuzuki. He felt completely cold all over.
Nightmare, he thought with relief. But it didn't relax him.
What if it's a bad omen? What if he's going to die? No, my dream was wrong. If Muraki were going to kill Tsuzuki, he would do it after killing me. And he wants Tsuzuki, not me.
He shivered again. It was so disturbing. And it was one of his greatest fears; to find Tsuzuki like that.
Wait...is he all right now? What if he isn't? Nonononononono!!!!! He HAS to be all right!!!
Hisoka got out of bed and hurried over to his phone. He quickly dialed up Tsuzuki, hoping that he would answer.
He did. "Hullo?"
"Tsuzuki?" Hisoka nearly collapsed in relief when he heard the tired voice.
"Ohayo, 'Soka-chan!!!" god, he was already hyper. "Something wrong?"
"Um." Having a nightmare seemed like a dumb excuse to wake someone up at quarter to three in the morning. "Um, uh-"
"Oh, I know!!!"
"...You do?"
"You were wondering where our case file was!! Don't worry, I have it."
"Oh. You do?" Hisoka looked around. It certainly wasn't with him.
"Uh huh!! So don't worry!!"
"Okay. Thanks."
"No prob! Now go back to sleep!! We both need clear heads tomorrow!"
"Tsuzuki, even I do get less sleep than you, I certainly will be in better working condition."
"Aw, don't be mean 'Soka-chan!!!"
Hisoka tried not to laugh. "Well, bye."
"Bye!!" Tsuzuki hung up.
Hisoka still held onto the phone even after he hung. He was all right...but he may not be by the end of the day.
"I love you," he said softly into the phone. But he knew that it wasn't heard.
"Strange," said Tsuzuki. "The murders seemed to have stopped."
Hisoka looked up from the file. "What?"
"They were usually committed every other day. It's been three days, and...nothing has happened."
"I have a bad feeling about this..."
"Tsuzuki looked over at him. "You okay? You seem out of it."
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just so damn frustrated. Why doesn't Muraki just hurry up and die?! We've tried too many times AND methods against him, but NONE of them have worked!!! What, is he stronger than ENMA?!?!"
"Hisoka, calm down. We WILL find a way to stop him, and he WILL die. So don't worry."
Hisoka stood up, rubbing his head. "I just don't get it. Muraki has killed...how many people? Me included, AND Rei. That's two Shinigami, dammit!!! And he's put you through the worst kind of hell!!!!! Why the hell hasn't Enma issued a warrant for his fucking death?!?!"
Tsuzuki grabbed Hisoka by his shoulders. "Pull yourself together!! We can't bring him down if we're in hysterics!!"
"Can he be brought down AT ALL?!?!"
Tsuzuki let him go. "I don't know. But we can't give up. If we doubt like this, then we obviously won't be able to stop him!! And if we can't stop him, who can?! He has to die before he can be brought to justice. And he WILL die!!"
Hisoka sighed. "...You're right. We will find a way to bring him down. And he will pay for all the lives he took."
Tsuzuki let him go and slapped him on the back. "That's the spirit!! We need high spirits in order to beat him!!" he sat back down. "Now, let's get back to the case."
Hisoka sat down. "We need to find that boy. But considering we're up against Muraki he won't just appear out of thin air."
"Right. So we need to go over specific areas to see where Muraki could be hiding him."
Hisoka watched Tsuzuki flip through the pages of the file.
He knows something is bothering me, he thought. But he doesn't know what. I don't know either. Muraki's whereabouts are nagging me...but so are my feelings. I can't deny I love Tsuzuki. But I can't read his emotions. And I fear he doesn't feel the same for me...
Tsuzuki flipped through the file. Muraki was very good at what he did. And it pissed him off.
Hisoka's acting strange, he thought. Calling me so late, and his gloomy mood...is he still mad about Rei?
Rei had told him that Hisoka felt the same way for him. But it was so damn confusing. He couldn't sense emotions like Hisoka did. And since Hisoka could, why couldn't he sense how Tsuzuki truly felt?
He tossed the file back on the table. "I can't figure out anything from reading this. I'm going to scope out the area where the bodies were found to see if I can find anything."
Hisoka turned to him. "I'll go too."
"I'll be fine by myself."
Something flickered across Hisoka's face. "But we're partners. Besides, you could get lost."
He's worried... "Don't worry, 'Soka-chan. I'll be back in a half hour. If it takes longer than that, I'll call you."
"..."
Tsuzuki ruffled the blonde's hair. "See ya later." Then he headed out.
It was very dark out. It was hard to see anything, even for Tsuzuki.
He shined a flashlight around the area. It was very empty despite the stained blood on the ground. There was an eerie feel to the air.
"Why are you out so late?" said a young voice behind him. Chills went up Tsuzuki's spine. "It's way past bedtime."
Tsuzuki quickly turned. It was the boy. He looked very pale and scared.
"Are you alone?" asked Tsuzuki.
The boy nodded. "He wasn't looking, so I ran. I want to go home. Tou-sama and Kaa-sama are worried."
Tsuzuki walked over to the boy. "I'll take you someplace safe."
"I want to go home. Can I?"
"Very soon." He picked up the boy. "But first I'll take you somewhere safe. Then I'll personally take you home. Okay?"
"...Okay."
Tsuzuki smiled and they disappeared, going back to Meifu.
Hisoka checked his watch and sighed in annoyance. Tsuzuki had been gone for forty-five minutes. And he hadn't called.
What a baka, he thought. He reached for the file and something caught his eye.
Tsuzuki's cell phone.
"Shit!!!" Hisoka shot to his feet. No wonder he hadn't called. The baka forgot the damn thing!!!
He ran into the dark street in the direction of the area they were investigating. He silently prayed that Tsuzuki was all right.
Tsuzuki hung up his phone. Hisoka had turned off his cell phone.
"Kachou, I'm going back to Chijou," he announced. He felt out Hisoka and teleported.
Needless to say, Hisoka was surprised to see him.
"You BAKA!!!!!!!!!" growled Hisoka. "Why did you leave your damn cell phone behind?!?!"
Tsuzuki rubbed his head. "Gomen, gomen. But I've got good news. We found the boy."
Hisoka's eyes widened. "Great!! Muraki can't do anything now without him!!"
"Quick, let's go back!!"
They teleported back to Meifu. However, they didn't see the person watching them in the shadows.
"Ah, my plan has been altered," he said. "But I can think of something else..."
"What's your name?" asked Watari.
"Shirou," said the boy.
"How did you meet that bad man?"
"The doctor was sick at school so he was there. I got a boo-boo in recess, so my teacher sent me to him. He gave me a pill and I went to sleep. When I woke up I was in a scary place and someone was dead. He said it was my fault."
"Well, you're safe now. We'll get that bad man then you can go home."
"Okay."
"I've got an idea!!" Watari went out the door and came back with a struggling Moomba. "You can play with him."
"Cool!!" Shirou took the Moomba. "He's cool!!"
"His name is Tatsumi. Play nice with him."
"You bastard!!!!" growled Moomba Tatsumi. "Get me that damn antidote!!!"
"Have fun!! I'll check up on you later. Bye!!" then he left.
Shirou yanked on his tail. "I wonder if his tail comes off?"
"OW!!!!!!!!!"
"Hi!!!!!" Rei said to Watari. She held up her small bag. "I'm gonna give that boy some starfish candy!!"
Watari smiled. "Well, he playing with Tatsumi."
"Aw, how cute!!!!" she went into the room. "Hello!!!! I've got some-"
She froze in her steps. Her small bag fell out of her hands and to the floor.
"Hi!!" said the boy. He yanked on Moomba Tatsumi's tail.
Rei slowly picked up her bag. "I...I've got some starfish candy for you..."
"Cool!!!" the boy took the bag and opened it. He started eating the candy. "Tou-sama makes these a lot!! Mmm, but these are better!!"
"Thanks. Um, I'll see you later."
"Okay! Bye!!"
Rei left the room. The boy had given her a shock.
He looked a lot like my little brother, she thought. I know he had four boys and one girl...was that boy one of his?
"So we've got the boy," said Tsuzuki. "Now we need to take down Muraki."
"And he will go down," said Hisoka. "Hopefully."
Konoe came up to him. "There was a large meeting held. Enma has declared that Muraki needs to be taken out of the picture."
"FINALLY!!!"
"Do whatever it takes. Just make sure he dies."
"We'll try," said Tsuzuki. "We'll try..."
Konoe nodded and walked away.
"This time, it can't just be an attempt," said Hisoka. "This time, he really needs to die."
How was that? I put in a bit of TsuzukixHisoka there. I may even have a bit of lemon later on. Do you think I should? Of course you do!! Well, I updated quickly because I'm going away for a few days. So I won't update for about a week. I'll be sure to see you then!!! ^_^
Blackness everywhere...
Like a terrible black void...
I can't see...
So black...
I have to get out of here...
Running...
I have to run faster...
Where am I?
Wait...
Who is that?
He froze in his place as he saw a long body sprawled on the ground. He hesitated, but for only a second. Kneeling beside the person, he grasped their shoulder and flipped them over...
...And he let out a loud shriek as he saw who it was.
Tsuzuki.
Blood covered him and had seeped out of his mouth and ears. Blood was even around his eyes; like tears.
He shook the unmoving form. "Tsuzuki!!! Wake up, you've got to wake up!!!!"
He got no response.
He started to sob terribly. He buried his face into his chest.
"You baka!! I told you to not die!! To live for me!! Why are you laying here dead?! WHY?!?!"
While he was sobbing he did not see someone approaching him from behind.
"I'm all alone!! Why did you leave me all alone?! I never got to tell you how I feel!! Why did this happen?!"
Suddenly, a hand clamped around his throat. He couldn't breathe.
"My beautiful puppet," said the person behind him. "Now I can take you back. And I can torture you for all eternity."
Muraki.
He was been carried away. Away from Tsuzuki.
"Tsuzuki!! Please help me!! Tsuzuki!!!"
He had to tell Tsuzuki. Tell him how he felt. But before he could, a white light wrapped around him.
"Tsuzuki!!!"
Hisoka sat up in bed after screaming for Tsuzuki. He felt completely cold all over.
Nightmare, he thought with relief. But it didn't relax him.
What if it's a bad omen? What if he's going to die? No, my dream was wrong. If Muraki were going to kill Tsuzuki, he would do it after killing me. And he wants Tsuzuki, not me.
He shivered again. It was so disturbing. And it was one of his greatest fears; to find Tsuzuki like that.
Wait...is he all right now? What if he isn't? Nonononononono!!!!! He HAS to be all right!!!
Hisoka got out of bed and hurried over to his phone. He quickly dialed up Tsuzuki, hoping that he would answer.
He did. "Hullo?"
"Tsuzuki?" Hisoka nearly collapsed in relief when he heard the tired voice.
"Ohayo, 'Soka-chan!!!" god, he was already hyper. "Something wrong?"
"Um." Having a nightmare seemed like a dumb excuse to wake someone up at quarter to three in the morning. "Um, uh-"
"Oh, I know!!!"
"...You do?"
"You were wondering where our case file was!! Don't worry, I have it."
"Oh. You do?" Hisoka looked around. It certainly wasn't with him.
"Uh huh!! So don't worry!!"
"Okay. Thanks."
"No prob! Now go back to sleep!! We both need clear heads tomorrow!"
"Tsuzuki, even I do get less sleep than you, I certainly will be in better working condition."
"Aw, don't be mean 'Soka-chan!!!"
Hisoka tried not to laugh. "Well, bye."
"Bye!!" Tsuzuki hung up.
Hisoka still held onto the phone even after he hung. He was all right...but he may not be by the end of the day.
"I love you," he said softly into the phone. But he knew that it wasn't heard.
"Strange," said Tsuzuki. "The murders seemed to have stopped."
Hisoka looked up from the file. "What?"
"They were usually committed every other day. It's been three days, and...nothing has happened."
"I have a bad feeling about this..."
"Tsuzuki looked over at him. "You okay? You seem out of it."
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just so damn frustrated. Why doesn't Muraki just hurry up and die?! We've tried too many times AND methods against him, but NONE of them have worked!!! What, is he stronger than ENMA?!?!"
"Hisoka, calm down. We WILL find a way to stop him, and he WILL die. So don't worry."
Hisoka stood up, rubbing his head. "I just don't get it. Muraki has killed...how many people? Me included, AND Rei. That's two Shinigami, dammit!!! And he's put you through the worst kind of hell!!!!! Why the hell hasn't Enma issued a warrant for his fucking death?!?!"
Tsuzuki grabbed Hisoka by his shoulders. "Pull yourself together!! We can't bring him down if we're in hysterics!!"
"Can he be brought down AT ALL?!?!"
Tsuzuki let him go. "I don't know. But we can't give up. If we doubt like this, then we obviously won't be able to stop him!! And if we can't stop him, who can?! He has to die before he can be brought to justice. And he WILL die!!"
Hisoka sighed. "...You're right. We will find a way to bring him down. And he will pay for all the lives he took."
Tsuzuki let him go and slapped him on the back. "That's the spirit!! We need high spirits in order to beat him!!" he sat back down. "Now, let's get back to the case."
Hisoka sat down. "We need to find that boy. But considering we're up against Muraki he won't just appear out of thin air."
"Right. So we need to go over specific areas to see where Muraki could be hiding him."
Hisoka watched Tsuzuki flip through the pages of the file.
He knows something is bothering me, he thought. But he doesn't know what. I don't know either. Muraki's whereabouts are nagging me...but so are my feelings. I can't deny I love Tsuzuki. But I can't read his emotions. And I fear he doesn't feel the same for me...
Tsuzuki flipped through the file. Muraki was very good at what he did. And it pissed him off.
Hisoka's acting strange, he thought. Calling me so late, and his gloomy mood...is he still mad about Rei?
Rei had told him that Hisoka felt the same way for him. But it was so damn confusing. He couldn't sense emotions like Hisoka did. And since Hisoka could, why couldn't he sense how Tsuzuki truly felt?
He tossed the file back on the table. "I can't figure out anything from reading this. I'm going to scope out the area where the bodies were found to see if I can find anything."
Hisoka turned to him. "I'll go too."
"I'll be fine by myself."
Something flickered across Hisoka's face. "But we're partners. Besides, you could get lost."
He's worried... "Don't worry, 'Soka-chan. I'll be back in a half hour. If it takes longer than that, I'll call you."
"..."
Tsuzuki ruffled the blonde's hair. "See ya later." Then he headed out.
It was very dark out. It was hard to see anything, even for Tsuzuki.
He shined a flashlight around the area. It was very empty despite the stained blood on the ground. There was an eerie feel to the air.
"Why are you out so late?" said a young voice behind him. Chills went up Tsuzuki's spine. "It's way past bedtime."
Tsuzuki quickly turned. It was the boy. He looked very pale and scared.
"Are you alone?" asked Tsuzuki.
The boy nodded. "He wasn't looking, so I ran. I want to go home. Tou-sama and Kaa-sama are worried."
Tsuzuki walked over to the boy. "I'll take you someplace safe."
"I want to go home. Can I?"
"Very soon." He picked up the boy. "But first I'll take you somewhere safe. Then I'll personally take you home. Okay?"
"...Okay."
Tsuzuki smiled and they disappeared, going back to Meifu.
Hisoka checked his watch and sighed in annoyance. Tsuzuki had been gone for forty-five minutes. And he hadn't called.
What a baka, he thought. He reached for the file and something caught his eye.
Tsuzuki's cell phone.
"Shit!!!" Hisoka shot to his feet. No wonder he hadn't called. The baka forgot the damn thing!!!
He ran into the dark street in the direction of the area they were investigating. He silently prayed that Tsuzuki was all right.
Tsuzuki hung up his phone. Hisoka had turned off his cell phone.
"Kachou, I'm going back to Chijou," he announced. He felt out Hisoka and teleported.
Needless to say, Hisoka was surprised to see him.
"You BAKA!!!!!!!!!" growled Hisoka. "Why did you leave your damn cell phone behind?!?!"
Tsuzuki rubbed his head. "Gomen, gomen. But I've got good news. We found the boy."
Hisoka's eyes widened. "Great!! Muraki can't do anything now without him!!"
"Quick, let's go back!!"
They teleported back to Meifu. However, they didn't see the person watching them in the shadows.
"Ah, my plan has been altered," he said. "But I can think of something else..."
"What's your name?" asked Watari.
"Shirou," said the boy.
"How did you meet that bad man?"
"The doctor was sick at school so he was there. I got a boo-boo in recess, so my teacher sent me to him. He gave me a pill and I went to sleep. When I woke up I was in a scary place and someone was dead. He said it was my fault."
"Well, you're safe now. We'll get that bad man then you can go home."
"Okay."
"I've got an idea!!" Watari went out the door and came back with a struggling Moomba. "You can play with him."
"Cool!!" Shirou took the Moomba. "He's cool!!"
"His name is Tatsumi. Play nice with him."
"You bastard!!!!" growled Moomba Tatsumi. "Get me that damn antidote!!!"
"Have fun!! I'll check up on you later. Bye!!" then he left.
Shirou yanked on his tail. "I wonder if his tail comes off?"
"OW!!!!!!!!!"
"Hi!!!!!" Rei said to Watari. She held up her small bag. "I'm gonna give that boy some starfish candy!!"
Watari smiled. "Well, he playing with Tatsumi."
"Aw, how cute!!!!" she went into the room. "Hello!!!! I've got some-"
She froze in her steps. Her small bag fell out of her hands and to the floor.
"Hi!!" said the boy. He yanked on Moomba Tatsumi's tail.
Rei slowly picked up her bag. "I...I've got some starfish candy for you..."
"Cool!!!" the boy took the bag and opened it. He started eating the candy. "Tou-sama makes these a lot!! Mmm, but these are better!!"
"Thanks. Um, I'll see you later."
"Okay! Bye!!"
Rei left the room. The boy had given her a shock.
He looked a lot like my little brother, she thought. I know he had four boys and one girl...was that boy one of his?
"So we've got the boy," said Tsuzuki. "Now we need to take down Muraki."
"And he will go down," said Hisoka. "Hopefully."
Konoe came up to him. "There was a large meeting held. Enma has declared that Muraki needs to be taken out of the picture."
"FINALLY!!!"
"Do whatever it takes. Just make sure he dies."
"We'll try," said Tsuzuki. "We'll try..."
Konoe nodded and walked away.
"This time, it can't just be an attempt," said Hisoka. "This time, he really needs to die."
How was that? I put in a bit of TsuzukixHisoka there. I may even have a bit of lemon later on. Do you think I should? Of course you do!! Well, I updated quickly because I'm going away for a few days. So I won't update for about a week. I'll be sure to see you then!!! ^_^