Chapter 13
Author note* I know third one in a row, but... some of this chapter will be told in third person. For what reason... you will see. After the part in third person I plan to have a few more little sections like this with these two (hint hint).*
It was one week after they had meet Lisa and Joan at the airport. Kenta and Kazu were driving home. Kazu was at the wheel. It was after dark. They had just left a party over at a friend's house.
It was one of those parties's you don't let your teenagers go to. Where the friends parents weren't home. There were booze, drugs, and lots of people you don't want to meet. As well as it being co-ed and no one around to stop some kids from doing what they wanted.
They had left at midnight. After calling their parents and saying they were going to be back soon. Both had alcohol in their system. But weren't drunk or not them selves. One beer never hurt. They had never had any problems.
Until tonight there had never been fog on the way home. It was never this dark, this ominous. They still drove home. Yet something was wrong. They had taken a detour to a secluded area. The only country side you could get in Japan's urban areas these days.
They had gone this way for a reason. Less traffic and less chance for them to end up in the hospital, or dead. Yet that didn't work tonight. It wasn't because of people. Nor cars. Nor even an animal.
The two didn't have a chance. It stood in their way and was so invisible in the fog. Even if they could have stopped they didn't stand and a chance.
Kazu swerved to the left to avoid any oncoming cars. He never noticed the tree till it was too late. Kenta lay back in his set and slowly opened his eyes. The impact had hit the right side of the car, the driver side. It looked to have been his friends end. He lay limp. Blood gushed from his wounds.
Kenta's right arm hurt a piece of glass was embedded in it. Using his left arm he opened the door and unbuckled his seat belt. He strained to push open the door. But his right leg wouldn't budge. It was stuck.
The giant thing that stood in their way limbered over. Its yellow eyes glowed in the darkness. Kenta panicked and struggled to pull his leg free. It had a wolf like head yet stood and looked above all, like a human.
It paused next to him. Kenta stopped struggling and looked up. His eyes widened with fear. The creature smiled a vile grin.
Kenta's eyes grew watery. He knew this too was the end. His life flashed before him. It seemed all too quick. He felt it wasn't time. When it seemed like, in this situation, it was.
The massive thing put its hand on the back of Kenta's neck. They looked each other in the eye. The werewolf like beast took pleasure from the fear. After what seemed to be hours, but were only minutes. The beast jerked its hand.
The last thing Kenta heard was the crack of his neck as the darkness surrounded him.
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It was past midnight. We sat in Ruki's living room with the TV on. Her grandmother knitted silently as Lisa tried to stay awake.
Luckly for Lisa, Ruki knew some English. It was enough that they understood each other. But Lisa was a little pissed that she didn't get to stay with Juri and be with Sue and Joan. But she did have me to talk to. We were getting a long better since the incident. I haven't been hit with any stuffed animals lately. Well, at least not by Lisa.
I didn't mind staying here. I had learned Juri's partner was Leomon. The same one who died a while ago. It worried me that being around her would 'cause the same problem. I still had doubts about Joan in that sense. But they weren't as major any more. I knew that she was going to try harder then I expected.
"I'm going to go to bed Ruki. You can stay up all night if you want. Who cares what your mother says. It's Friday."
"Thanks Grandmother-sama," she paused and stood up. Her Grandmother struggled to her feet and walked with a cane. "Do you need any help?"
"No Ruki, I'm fine. It's just some arthritis, stiff bones." They hugged, "I'll see you in the morning."
"Good night Grandmother-sama." She sighed. "It pains her to walk," she said in English. "She forgets names, things, places. Her reading is not so good. Sometimes she forgets words."
"I'm guessing you are getting worried that she won't live much longer?"
"Why shouldn't I, she is my Grandmother?"
"Sorry, you just don't seem like the most caring of person." Lisa retorted.
"I get the many times. Takato-san mostly, Jenrya-koi jokes."
"Excuse me, but may I ask. What does san and koi, and even sama mean?"
"Name endings. San, for those I don't know to well, koi, because we date, sama is great respect. I would say chan because she is a girl and family, but I feel it is time to be formal. There is sensei, for some one who teaches, and kun for the boys. There is more, but you don't need it. Yet before you ask. If I say Jenrya-chan, I either am being affectionate or am insulting him. I do that a lot with Takata-san." She laughed.
"Err, I'm confused, so San is for people you barely know, koi is about a relationship, sama means great respect. Sensei is for a teacher, kun is for boys, chan can be for a woman you are friends with or be either affection or an insult to a boy?"
"Yep," she smiled. "Just don't say Fuji-yama."
"Why not?"
"Yama may mean mountain, but it's Fuji-san."
"Whatever," Lisa said.
We sat and watched the TV for an hour. Then the phone rang. Ruki picked it up. "Takato-kun slow down." She was being more formal now, something was up. "Wait hold on, what, what happened?" She nodded slowly eyes widening. "OK, shall I call...? OK, I'll be there soon."
A bulletin flashed on the TV. "Two local kids, also Tamers..."
"What is it Ruki?" Lisa asked.
"Crash, dead..." she said slowly. Then quietly moved into another room. "My mom won't mind barrowing of her keys."
"What, don't you have a car?"
"No," she retorted and pulled on a jacket. "I should have license, but failed test. Hit to many cones," she laughed, "and I thought that was point of test." Lisa smiled nervously.
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Kenta woke from a slumber. He lay in a room, a sheet over him. He got up slowly and looked around. Kazu was already awake.
"What are we doing in a morgue?" Kazu asked.
"I don't know, what happened?"
"Oh you expect me to know," he answered. The two headed out the door upstairs.
"Another thing to question, why does my neck hurt?" Kenta shook his head and moved into a hospitals lobby. Ruki, Lisa, and a covered D'Artagnan rushed past him.
"Takato-kun, what happened," Ruki asked.
"Police think there was too much alcohol consumption, they took a blood test when they found them. He must have swerved and hit a tree. Both didn't suffer, they died on impact. The police gave us these." He showed two D'Arcs.
"Hey, how'd he get those?" Kenta asked. His companion shook his head.
"This shouldn't have happened," a tear ran down Takatos cheek. "I warned them not to go, I had those visions again. This time of some dark creature. I don't know what it was. Standing in the middle of the road." He bared his head in his hands covering his eyes. "I'm sorry you guys need to see me this way."
"It's Okay, grief isn't considered unmanly."
"Don't joke with me now Jen, I don't feel like joking around. Do you not understand that our friends are dead? Gone forever, it's just like nine years ago. Just like when our partners had to leave."
"I'm sorry," Jen apologized. Kenta looked at Kazu, there was a red blotch on his shirt.
"You're bleeding!"
"HUH!" Kazu looked at his shirt. Then quickly took it off. A red hole tore in to the area where his heart was. He hadn't noticed, but there was a red gash on his forehead too. "Well look at you leg!"
Kenta looked down and noticed where there was a bright red laceration on his right leg. Kazu, remembering the comment about his neck moved behind his friend quickly. "I'm not sure how to put this, but it almost looks like you neck has been snapped."
"You're kidding... what? What is going on!?"
Kazu took a step back as Kenta turned around. They looked at each other for a moment, Kazu broke the silence. "Ah shit, I think... dude... I think we're dead!"
Authors note *Told you they wouldn't be gone for good. I'll have them come back as ghosts every once in a while, don't worry.*
Author note* I know third one in a row, but... some of this chapter will be told in third person. For what reason... you will see. After the part in third person I plan to have a few more little sections like this with these two (hint hint).*
It was one week after they had meet Lisa and Joan at the airport. Kenta and Kazu were driving home. Kazu was at the wheel. It was after dark. They had just left a party over at a friend's house.
It was one of those parties's you don't let your teenagers go to. Where the friends parents weren't home. There were booze, drugs, and lots of people you don't want to meet. As well as it being co-ed and no one around to stop some kids from doing what they wanted.
They had left at midnight. After calling their parents and saying they were going to be back soon. Both had alcohol in their system. But weren't drunk or not them selves. One beer never hurt. They had never had any problems.
Until tonight there had never been fog on the way home. It was never this dark, this ominous. They still drove home. Yet something was wrong. They had taken a detour to a secluded area. The only country side you could get in Japan's urban areas these days.
They had gone this way for a reason. Less traffic and less chance for them to end up in the hospital, or dead. Yet that didn't work tonight. It wasn't because of people. Nor cars. Nor even an animal.
The two didn't have a chance. It stood in their way and was so invisible in the fog. Even if they could have stopped they didn't stand and a chance.
Kazu swerved to the left to avoid any oncoming cars. He never noticed the tree till it was too late. Kenta lay back in his set and slowly opened his eyes. The impact had hit the right side of the car, the driver side. It looked to have been his friends end. He lay limp. Blood gushed from his wounds.
Kenta's right arm hurt a piece of glass was embedded in it. Using his left arm he opened the door and unbuckled his seat belt. He strained to push open the door. But his right leg wouldn't budge. It was stuck.
The giant thing that stood in their way limbered over. Its yellow eyes glowed in the darkness. Kenta panicked and struggled to pull his leg free. It had a wolf like head yet stood and looked above all, like a human.
It paused next to him. Kenta stopped struggling and looked up. His eyes widened with fear. The creature smiled a vile grin.
Kenta's eyes grew watery. He knew this too was the end. His life flashed before him. It seemed all too quick. He felt it wasn't time. When it seemed like, in this situation, it was.
The massive thing put its hand on the back of Kenta's neck. They looked each other in the eye. The werewolf like beast took pleasure from the fear. After what seemed to be hours, but were only minutes. The beast jerked its hand.
The last thing Kenta heard was the crack of his neck as the darkness surrounded him.
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It was past midnight. We sat in Ruki's living room with the TV on. Her grandmother knitted silently as Lisa tried to stay awake.
Luckly for Lisa, Ruki knew some English. It was enough that they understood each other. But Lisa was a little pissed that she didn't get to stay with Juri and be with Sue and Joan. But she did have me to talk to. We were getting a long better since the incident. I haven't been hit with any stuffed animals lately. Well, at least not by Lisa.
I didn't mind staying here. I had learned Juri's partner was Leomon. The same one who died a while ago. It worried me that being around her would 'cause the same problem. I still had doubts about Joan in that sense. But they weren't as major any more. I knew that she was going to try harder then I expected.
"I'm going to go to bed Ruki. You can stay up all night if you want. Who cares what your mother says. It's Friday."
"Thanks Grandmother-sama," she paused and stood up. Her Grandmother struggled to her feet and walked with a cane. "Do you need any help?"
"No Ruki, I'm fine. It's just some arthritis, stiff bones." They hugged, "I'll see you in the morning."
"Good night Grandmother-sama." She sighed. "It pains her to walk," she said in English. "She forgets names, things, places. Her reading is not so good. Sometimes she forgets words."
"I'm guessing you are getting worried that she won't live much longer?"
"Why shouldn't I, she is my Grandmother?"
"Sorry, you just don't seem like the most caring of person." Lisa retorted.
"I get the many times. Takato-san mostly, Jenrya-koi jokes."
"Excuse me, but may I ask. What does san and koi, and even sama mean?"
"Name endings. San, for those I don't know to well, koi, because we date, sama is great respect. I would say chan because she is a girl and family, but I feel it is time to be formal. There is sensei, for some one who teaches, and kun for the boys. There is more, but you don't need it. Yet before you ask. If I say Jenrya-chan, I either am being affectionate or am insulting him. I do that a lot with Takata-san." She laughed.
"Err, I'm confused, so San is for people you barely know, koi is about a relationship, sama means great respect. Sensei is for a teacher, kun is for boys, chan can be for a woman you are friends with or be either affection or an insult to a boy?"
"Yep," she smiled. "Just don't say Fuji-yama."
"Why not?"
"Yama may mean mountain, but it's Fuji-san."
"Whatever," Lisa said.
We sat and watched the TV for an hour. Then the phone rang. Ruki picked it up. "Takato-kun slow down." She was being more formal now, something was up. "Wait hold on, what, what happened?" She nodded slowly eyes widening. "OK, shall I call...? OK, I'll be there soon."
A bulletin flashed on the TV. "Two local kids, also Tamers..."
"What is it Ruki?" Lisa asked.
"Crash, dead..." she said slowly. Then quietly moved into another room. "My mom won't mind barrowing of her keys."
"What, don't you have a car?"
"No," she retorted and pulled on a jacket. "I should have license, but failed test. Hit to many cones," she laughed, "and I thought that was point of test." Lisa smiled nervously.
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Kenta woke from a slumber. He lay in a room, a sheet over him. He got up slowly and looked around. Kazu was already awake.
"What are we doing in a morgue?" Kazu asked.
"I don't know, what happened?"
"Oh you expect me to know," he answered. The two headed out the door upstairs.
"Another thing to question, why does my neck hurt?" Kenta shook his head and moved into a hospitals lobby. Ruki, Lisa, and a covered D'Artagnan rushed past him.
"Takato-kun, what happened," Ruki asked.
"Police think there was too much alcohol consumption, they took a blood test when they found them. He must have swerved and hit a tree. Both didn't suffer, they died on impact. The police gave us these." He showed two D'Arcs.
"Hey, how'd he get those?" Kenta asked. His companion shook his head.
"This shouldn't have happened," a tear ran down Takatos cheek. "I warned them not to go, I had those visions again. This time of some dark creature. I don't know what it was. Standing in the middle of the road." He bared his head in his hands covering his eyes. "I'm sorry you guys need to see me this way."
"It's Okay, grief isn't considered unmanly."
"Don't joke with me now Jen, I don't feel like joking around. Do you not understand that our friends are dead? Gone forever, it's just like nine years ago. Just like when our partners had to leave."
"I'm sorry," Jen apologized. Kenta looked at Kazu, there was a red blotch on his shirt.
"You're bleeding!"
"HUH!" Kazu looked at his shirt. Then quickly took it off. A red hole tore in to the area where his heart was. He hadn't noticed, but there was a red gash on his forehead too. "Well look at you leg!"
Kenta looked down and noticed where there was a bright red laceration on his right leg. Kazu, remembering the comment about his neck moved behind his friend quickly. "I'm not sure how to put this, but it almost looks like you neck has been snapped."
"You're kidding... what? What is going on!?"
Kazu took a step back as Kenta turned around. They looked at each other for a moment, Kazu broke the silence. "Ah shit, I think... dude... I think we're dead!"
Authors note *Told you they wouldn't be gone for good. I'll have them come back as ghosts every once in a while, don't worry.*