Chapter Four
It was a dream. All a dream. It had to be, how could this all be happening? She never asked for much, just a nice happy life, was that too much to ask? It seemed so.
Kari looked at a clock that was inside a drug store, it said 2:00. So in almost an hour the moment of truth would come and she had no clue what she was going to do.
"Jut let this all end, just let this end"she thought.
Now she didn't have the courage for suicide. What could she do? Just not show up? No she would get killed. Runaway? No, that woud be like suicide. Besides they would probaly find her.
She knew she had to do something, she could no longer remain nuetral, she had to make a choice. How could she choose when both sides are wrong. Either way she would have to do something wrong. Would this drug ring really just let her go if she did this? What would happen if she turned on the ring. They would probaly kill her. But if she killed Moninoke and the rest she would be a murderer.
No one to turn to, she was alone.
The an idea started forming in her head. Could she turn this all around? Yes! What if she brought the fake pot with a bomb, but told Moninoke and the others so when it exploded they would be safe. That wouldn't save her from Moninoke, but it would make it so the Drug ring leaft her alone. She knew what she had to do. **************************************************
Moninoke, Sakura and Jun were talking(well Jun just listened) when Kari ran in.
"Kari? What are you doing here?"asked Moninoke.
"Impossible, she escaped"thought Sakura.
"Listen guys, I-
"Why aren't you in school?"
"They all think I knocked Yolie out and took her necklace. Anyway-
"Hold it, you mean they thnk you did it, and you didn't defend yourself?"
"I told them I wasn't the one who did it, but they didn't believe me. Anyway-
"You didn't tell them it was us?"
"No, anyway-
Moninoke put a hand out to silence her. She stood up and walked over to Kari.
"wow, thanks kid. If you told we would've been done for. Perhaps I was wrong about you"said Moninoke.
"Listen, I have news. The guy who's pot you wanted to steal captured me. They wnat me to steal fake pot with detector and a bomb, they forced me to agree. It's a trap, they know we're coming"said Kari.
"Scoundrels, aren't they? Thanks, now we're prepared. I got an idea Kari, sit down"
There was an extra chair so Kari did so.
"Allright here's the plan. They don't know we know their plan. So you two girls pretend that Kari's gonna turn on us and hold her hostage. I'll take a lighter and throw it in the room with the fake pots. Think you can do it?"asked Moninoke.
"Yeah"said Sakura and Jun.
"Sure"said kari nervously.
Sakura looked at Kari angrily.
"That blasted kid don't know when to quit"she thought. *************************************************
It was time. Kari's stomach felt like a volcano ready to erupt. She walked nervously with Moninoke, her gang, Jaken and some of his boys.
"Remember the plan Jaken"said Moninoke.
Jaken nodded. He looked down towards Kari.
"You ready kiddo"he asked.
Kari nodded, suprised he would be so nice to her. 2 men were at the doors guarding obviously. Jaken and his boys ran up beat them with just a coulpe knees and punches.
Kari was about to run in but Sakura tripped her and jumped on her.
"Why does she have to be so rough about it?"thought Kari.
"He's not the only one with spies. We heared your talk with him. I'm rather ashamed. Keep her there"ordered Moninoke.
Sakura bent Kari's arms behind her and pushed up.
"Don't be so rough"whispered kari.
"Quiet wimp, we gotta make it look convincing"whispered Sakura who was enjoying giving Kari so much pain. **************************************************
"Allright, that was easy enough, knowing that guy he probaly was watching out the window"said Moninoke.
"Yeah, that should throw him off. Allright, split up into groups of 4(there were 16 of them excluding Jaken) Search for that pot"ordered Jaken.
"C'mon, we better search was well"said Jaken.
Jaken and Moninoke didn't seem to be running into anybody so assumed the rest of the ring was after the other guys, which was good.
"Let's check here"said Jaken opening a door.
It was there sure enough.
"wow, that was simple. I guess he didn't count on us making it this far"said Jaken.
He heared a muffled sound and turned around. Moninoke was being held by someone, hand clamped over her mouth, knife to her throat.
"Back away from that pot, or the girl get's it"he said.
Jaken gave Moninoke a slight wink and stepped back. Moninoke took this time to dig in her pocket. The man's grip was losening so she could get it out. She got the pocket knife and stuck it in the man's gut. He bent over in pain. Moninoke ran away and Jaken kicked the man upside the head, knocking him out.
Moninoke took out her lighter.
"Here we go"she said lighting it.
She through the lighter in.
"Run"she shouted.
There was a lot of Pot in there so it would take a few minutes until the bomb went off. ****************************************************
"Oh crap"said the boss(sorry but I gotta keep this PG)
2 of Jaken's men rushed in and one kneed him, while the other sluged him.
He took out the dispatcher(really a walkie talkie but they called it a dispatcher)
"Jaken, we got the man here"he said.
"Just leave him, contact the others and tell them to get out now"said Jaken. *******************************************************
Kari's arms were soar as Moninoke and the others ran out.
"Allright, let her up now"said Moninoke.
Sakura did so, and Kari rubbed her arms slightly, not wanting to get Sakura in trouble.
"C'mon, let's beat it"said Jaken.
"Right, Kari, you go home, you're job's done for the day"said Moninoke.
Kari nodded and walked off. ************************************************
Kari was relieved to find it was only 5 minutes later then when she usualy got home so no one would ask her where's she's been. Of course had they actualy gone at the time school was supposed to end she wouldn't have been so lucky. She slipped off her shoes, walked up to her room, dropped her bookbag(which she picked up from the junkyard) and layed down with a sigh.
"I can't believe I did it, I was able to stop it. I may still work for Moninoke but they treat me better now. I got a feeling things will get better soon"she thought.
She closed her eyes and felt the cool breeze consume her body. ******************************************************
T.K shot hoops at the school courtyard which was abandoned. He made most of the shots except for a few(he's not Michale Jordan or Shequel o neil here people)
"I can't believe she did it. Why? She seemed so nice, so gentle. I thought I might have finally found my girlfriend. But she did knock Yolie out and took her necklace, even threatened her. So why do I miss her? Could I still like her even though I know she's really a bad kid now"thought T.K.
T.K decided to make this next shot decide. If he made it in the basket it would mean Kari wasn't for her. If it missed, which it usualy didn't, it meant he should see Kari more.
He made the shot, and missed.
"No way! Aw man, forget that I'm going home"thought T.K. ******************************************************
Sakura was fuming though she didn't show it.
"Again, again that Kari girl showed me up. How did she get out of that trunk? How? She's too weak to have just broke out and Dad couldn't free her until an hour from now. Darn her, I have to do something about her, no way is some tramp from Odiaba gonna make me look like a fool"thought Sakura.
"So now what do we do?"asked Sakura.
"We celebrate. Let's go to Jaken for some weed, c'mon"said Moninoke.
"Just wait until I get Kari. I'll make her sorry for showing me up"thought sakura.
She could barely enjoy the weed as the constant thought of how to get back at Kari. Ideas kept coming to her. Kidnap her? But where would she hide her. She couldn't get any rope or ducktape to tie her up with because Moninoke would have Jun guarding it.
Jun is always passive. She does whatever Monioke tells her if she agrees or not but most of the time she dosen't really care. She always kept quiet. She never felt like a real, live human being with emotions, she just felt empty so she wouldn't have an opinion anyway.
If she murdered Kari Moninoke would suspect her immidiately.
"I can't even enjoy weed because of you Kari. I'll find a way, I'll get you out of the way once and for all"thought Sakura. ******************************************************
There was a knock at Kari's door.
"Come in"said Kari stretching.
Mr Kamiya walked in very unpleased.
"Hey Dad"said Kari.
She noticed the note of anger in his face, and her stomach felt like a pit.
"What's wrong"asked Kari.
Mr Kamiya sighed and sat next ti Kari.
"Have you been having problems in school?"asked Mr Kamiya.
"No, why do you ask?"
"Well you weren't there for one thing"
"How did you know?"
"Your friend T.K called and told me"
TBC ************************************************
What has T.K done? Was he trying to get Kari some help or make her life miserable? What will Sakura do to get back at Kari? Why is Jun so passive? Is the drug ring really gone? What other missions will Kari have to go on? Can she escape these problems. Man, all these questions and many more to awnser as the first part in the "Kari's way"saga continues
It was a dream. All a dream. It had to be, how could this all be happening? She never asked for much, just a nice happy life, was that too much to ask? It seemed so.
Kari looked at a clock that was inside a drug store, it said 2:00. So in almost an hour the moment of truth would come and she had no clue what she was going to do.
"Jut let this all end, just let this end"she thought.
Now she didn't have the courage for suicide. What could she do? Just not show up? No she would get killed. Runaway? No, that woud be like suicide. Besides they would probaly find her.
She knew she had to do something, she could no longer remain nuetral, she had to make a choice. How could she choose when both sides are wrong. Either way she would have to do something wrong. Would this drug ring really just let her go if she did this? What would happen if she turned on the ring. They would probaly kill her. But if she killed Moninoke and the rest she would be a murderer.
No one to turn to, she was alone.
The an idea started forming in her head. Could she turn this all around? Yes! What if she brought the fake pot with a bomb, but told Moninoke and the others so when it exploded they would be safe. That wouldn't save her from Moninoke, but it would make it so the Drug ring leaft her alone. She knew what she had to do. **************************************************
Moninoke, Sakura and Jun were talking(well Jun just listened) when Kari ran in.
"Kari? What are you doing here?"asked Moninoke.
"Impossible, she escaped"thought Sakura.
"Listen guys, I-
"Why aren't you in school?"
"They all think I knocked Yolie out and took her necklace. Anyway-
"Hold it, you mean they thnk you did it, and you didn't defend yourself?"
"I told them I wasn't the one who did it, but they didn't believe me. Anyway-
"You didn't tell them it was us?"
"No, anyway-
Moninoke put a hand out to silence her. She stood up and walked over to Kari.
"wow, thanks kid. If you told we would've been done for. Perhaps I was wrong about you"said Moninoke.
"Listen, I have news. The guy who's pot you wanted to steal captured me. They wnat me to steal fake pot with detector and a bomb, they forced me to agree. It's a trap, they know we're coming"said Kari.
"Scoundrels, aren't they? Thanks, now we're prepared. I got an idea Kari, sit down"
There was an extra chair so Kari did so.
"Allright here's the plan. They don't know we know their plan. So you two girls pretend that Kari's gonna turn on us and hold her hostage. I'll take a lighter and throw it in the room with the fake pots. Think you can do it?"asked Moninoke.
"Yeah"said Sakura and Jun.
"Sure"said kari nervously.
Sakura looked at Kari angrily.
"That blasted kid don't know when to quit"she thought. *************************************************
It was time. Kari's stomach felt like a volcano ready to erupt. She walked nervously with Moninoke, her gang, Jaken and some of his boys.
"Remember the plan Jaken"said Moninoke.
Jaken nodded. He looked down towards Kari.
"You ready kiddo"he asked.
Kari nodded, suprised he would be so nice to her. 2 men were at the doors guarding obviously. Jaken and his boys ran up beat them with just a coulpe knees and punches.
Kari was about to run in but Sakura tripped her and jumped on her.
"Why does she have to be so rough about it?"thought Kari.
"He's not the only one with spies. We heared your talk with him. I'm rather ashamed. Keep her there"ordered Moninoke.
Sakura bent Kari's arms behind her and pushed up.
"Don't be so rough"whispered kari.
"Quiet wimp, we gotta make it look convincing"whispered Sakura who was enjoying giving Kari so much pain. **************************************************
"Allright, that was easy enough, knowing that guy he probaly was watching out the window"said Moninoke.
"Yeah, that should throw him off. Allright, split up into groups of 4(there were 16 of them excluding Jaken) Search for that pot"ordered Jaken.
"C'mon, we better search was well"said Jaken.
Jaken and Moninoke didn't seem to be running into anybody so assumed the rest of the ring was after the other guys, which was good.
"Let's check here"said Jaken opening a door.
It was there sure enough.
"wow, that was simple. I guess he didn't count on us making it this far"said Jaken.
He heared a muffled sound and turned around. Moninoke was being held by someone, hand clamped over her mouth, knife to her throat.
"Back away from that pot, or the girl get's it"he said.
Jaken gave Moninoke a slight wink and stepped back. Moninoke took this time to dig in her pocket. The man's grip was losening so she could get it out. She got the pocket knife and stuck it in the man's gut. He bent over in pain. Moninoke ran away and Jaken kicked the man upside the head, knocking him out.
Moninoke took out her lighter.
"Here we go"she said lighting it.
She through the lighter in.
"Run"she shouted.
There was a lot of Pot in there so it would take a few minutes until the bomb went off. ****************************************************
"Oh crap"said the boss(sorry but I gotta keep this PG)
2 of Jaken's men rushed in and one kneed him, while the other sluged him.
He took out the dispatcher(really a walkie talkie but they called it a dispatcher)
"Jaken, we got the man here"he said.
"Just leave him, contact the others and tell them to get out now"said Jaken. *******************************************************
Kari's arms were soar as Moninoke and the others ran out.
"Allright, let her up now"said Moninoke.
Sakura did so, and Kari rubbed her arms slightly, not wanting to get Sakura in trouble.
"C'mon, let's beat it"said Jaken.
"Right, Kari, you go home, you're job's done for the day"said Moninoke.
Kari nodded and walked off. ************************************************
Kari was relieved to find it was only 5 minutes later then when she usualy got home so no one would ask her where's she's been. Of course had they actualy gone at the time school was supposed to end she wouldn't have been so lucky. She slipped off her shoes, walked up to her room, dropped her bookbag(which she picked up from the junkyard) and layed down with a sigh.
"I can't believe I did it, I was able to stop it. I may still work for Moninoke but they treat me better now. I got a feeling things will get better soon"she thought.
She closed her eyes and felt the cool breeze consume her body. ******************************************************
T.K shot hoops at the school courtyard which was abandoned. He made most of the shots except for a few(he's not Michale Jordan or Shequel o neil here people)
"I can't believe she did it. Why? She seemed so nice, so gentle. I thought I might have finally found my girlfriend. But she did knock Yolie out and took her necklace, even threatened her. So why do I miss her? Could I still like her even though I know she's really a bad kid now"thought T.K.
T.K decided to make this next shot decide. If he made it in the basket it would mean Kari wasn't for her. If it missed, which it usualy didn't, it meant he should see Kari more.
He made the shot, and missed.
"No way! Aw man, forget that I'm going home"thought T.K. ******************************************************
Sakura was fuming though she didn't show it.
"Again, again that Kari girl showed me up. How did she get out of that trunk? How? She's too weak to have just broke out and Dad couldn't free her until an hour from now. Darn her, I have to do something about her, no way is some tramp from Odiaba gonna make me look like a fool"thought Sakura.
"So now what do we do?"asked Sakura.
"We celebrate. Let's go to Jaken for some weed, c'mon"said Moninoke.
"Just wait until I get Kari. I'll make her sorry for showing me up"thought sakura.
She could barely enjoy the weed as the constant thought of how to get back at Kari. Ideas kept coming to her. Kidnap her? But where would she hide her. She couldn't get any rope or ducktape to tie her up with because Moninoke would have Jun guarding it.
Jun is always passive. She does whatever Monioke tells her if she agrees or not but most of the time she dosen't really care. She always kept quiet. She never felt like a real, live human being with emotions, she just felt empty so she wouldn't have an opinion anyway.
If she murdered Kari Moninoke would suspect her immidiately.
"I can't even enjoy weed because of you Kari. I'll find a way, I'll get you out of the way once and for all"thought Sakura. ******************************************************
There was a knock at Kari's door.
"Come in"said Kari stretching.
Mr Kamiya walked in very unpleased.
"Hey Dad"said Kari.
She noticed the note of anger in his face, and her stomach felt like a pit.
"What's wrong"asked Kari.
Mr Kamiya sighed and sat next ti Kari.
"Have you been having problems in school?"asked Mr Kamiya.
"No, why do you ask?"
"Well you weren't there for one thing"
"How did you know?"
"Your friend T.K called and told me"
TBC ************************************************
What has T.K done? Was he trying to get Kari some help or make her life miserable? What will Sakura do to get back at Kari? Why is Jun so passive? Is the drug ring really gone? What other missions will Kari have to go on? Can she escape these problems. Man, all these questions and many more to awnser as the first part in the "Kari's way"saga continues