The Crest Of Death
Chapter Twelve: Good Bye
By: PhoniexChild
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PhoniexChild - It had been several months since Kyrie Kamiya and Aurelia Izumi had found their friends and Kyrie and Matilda Ishida had fought. Aurelia didn't know what Kyrie had said to provoke Matt, but whatever was said must have run deep.
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Matilda Ishida sighed as she examined her bruise on her cheek. It was given to her by the foul Kyrie Kamiya several months ago. It was Kamiya who had started the fight, who had foulmouthed her father, but everyone seemed to act as if Matt had done the wrong. She figured that since she was older that's why Willis and Naoko thought her in the wrong, but she didn't understand everyone else. Lorelai had some strange affection to her brunette cousin and Li thought she was wrong by default, since he was dating Lorelai. Keiko didn't like fighting and that was probably why she thought Matt was wrong. Kwasi and Satine, she wasn't sure about, but Riley wasn't allowed to talk to her because Kwasi had said so.
She shook her head, quickly dried herself off, and then changed into some night clothes. After doing some bit of extra work, she'd go to bed. University life was starting to get annoying.
*
Matt suddenly sat up in bed; she thought she had heard something.
Bong! Bong! The miniature grandfather died down.
'How strange.' Matt thought as she laid back down. The clock had never woken her up before in the middle of the night.
There was another small noise, what it was Matt didn't know. She got up, out of bed, and grabbed large heavy object to use. She quickly snuck out of her room, towards the noise.
'Come out, come out, wherever you are.'
Whatever it was, it didn't come out. Matt moved around as silently as she could in her bare feet, hoping the floor boards wouldn't creak. She didn't dare call out for that would give away where she was.
Suddenly the large book Matt had grabbed to use against the intruder went flying from her hands. "Wha?!" Matt involuntary cried out.
The intruder hit Matt hard in the stomach, then grabbed her hair and pulled.
Matt thrashed out, trying to hit the attacker, but to no avail. She knocked over several other things as the attacker moved to avoid Matt's flailing arms. Matt then felt two hands wrapped around her neck, from behind. She gagged from the lack of air and still tried to hit her attacker somehow. It was a difficult job, since the attacker was behind her, plus all the movement Matt made drained her even more quickly of her dwindling energy.
With an extra tight squeeze, the attacker caused a loud crack to sound from Matt's neck, crushing a very important and vital part.
"Agh!" Matt cried out weakly in pain and redoubled her futile efforts to thwart the attacker's plan. The attacker then adjusted the placement of her hands and with a quick thrust snapped Matt's neck, ending her life in a second.
*
"Hu-uh!" Lorelai gasped suddenly, sitting up slightly. She didn't know what woke her up, the only indication was that her neck hurt. There was a dull throbbing pain from the back of her neck. Lorelai rubbed her neck tenderly, laying back down. She glanced at the clock before closing her eyes, it was 12:17 in the morning.
*
The attacker then easily picked Matt up and carried her over to her bed. The attacker placed Matt into her bed, touched Matt's neck briefly, then left the bedroom and went out to where the fight had occurred. The attacker rearranged everything the way it had been, quickly and quietly, then left the apartment.
*
Naoko Izumi stepped off the elevator and headed towards Willis's apartment. He had called not too long ago and said he needed her to come over immediately. He didn't say why or how long this would take, but Naoko didn't mind. She could sense that this involved one of the children and just hoped to God that it wasn't Aurelia. Her granddaughter had only returned a few months ago, after disappearing for almost three years.
Naoko knocked on the door and Kwasi opened it the next second.
"Hi, Kwasi." Naoko said delicately, since the boy looked upset.
Kwasi merely nodded and showed her inside.
Naoko walked in and knew something was definitely wrong. Most of the children weren't in the room, but Willis, Kwasi, and Koji were. Though Kwasi soon left after he shut the door.
"Naoko." Willis said, standing up.
"What's happened?" Naoko asked softly, sitting down next to Koji. The boy looked like he had been crying. His eyes where still red and there were somewhat dried tearstains on his cheeks.
"Matilda's not alive." Willis said with a finality that scared Naoko.
"What?" Naoko asked slowly, not quite believing what Willis had just said.
"She's dead, been killed or something!" Koji said loudly, causing Willis and Naoko to wince slightly. He left the room quickly.
Naoko sighed inwardly, somehow she had to help them. First, she needed to help Willis, he had raised Matilda from a baby, she was like a daughter to him.
"Willis, how are you holding up?" Naoko moved over to Willis.
"Naoko, how do you think? Matilda was like a daughter to me. I swore to Sora that when I took Matt, I'd raise her as if my own. That I would make sure nothing happened to her."
"Willis." Naoko paused a moment while Willis wiped some tears from his eyes. "Look, what happened to Matilda wasn't your fault. It's not like you could see what was going to happen. And even if you could, how would you prevent it?"
"I should have known somehow, that's why people were scared of us!"
"The only DigiDestined who had some type of extraordinary power was Kari and that was kept a secret." Naoko reasoned.
"I could have made her stay here last night." Willis said weakly.
"Look, Willis, get some rest, I'll take over here. Okay?"
He nodded and then left.
Naoko got up and walked around. She didn't disturb any of the children, just listened in on them.
Kwasi was with Satine and Riley, none of who were saying much. These three were the ones of the children who knew Matt the longest.
Keiko was crying, though Naoko wondered the true reason of why she was crying. Koji was muttering words of comfort to Keiko, while awkwardly holding her.
Li and Lorelai were in the same room as Koji and Keiko, but on the other side of the room. What Lorelai was telling Li was interesting. Naoko strained to hear.
"Li, I think Koji's right."
"Right?"
"Yeah, that Matt was killed, she didn't just die in her sleep."
"How do you figure?" Li paused a moment, "Willis said he looked all over her apartment. There was no signs of struggle, nothing was broken or anything."
"But there had to be something wrong with Matt."
"Willis checked, none of her bones were broken or anything."
"He has to be wrong, than."
"How?"
"I don't know, but last night I woke up suddenly with my neck hurting. I think now it had to do with Matt somehow."
Li didn't respond to that.
Naoko went quickly over to Willis's room. She knocked and without waiting for an answer went right in.
"Naoko?"
"Willis, have you ever known of anything that would confirm what Humans said about Second Generation DigiDestined?" Naoko asked in a rush.
"What?" Willis sat up now, confused.
Naoko sat down on the floor next to the bed. "People were afraid that the children would have some type of powers, correct?"
"Yes, but nothing was quite shown that the fears are true."
Naoko nodded slowly. 'What is going on?'
*
PhoniexChild - It had been several months since Kyrie Kamiya and Aurelia Izumi had found their friends and Kyrie and Matilda Ishida had fought. Aurelia didn't know what Kyrie had said to provoke Matt, but whatever was said must have run deep.
*
Matilda Ishida sighed as she examined her bruise on her cheek. It was given to her by the foul Kyrie Kamiya several months ago. It was Kamiya who had started the fight, who had foulmouthed her father, but everyone seemed to act as if Matt had done the wrong. She figured that since she was older that's why Willis and Naoko thought her in the wrong, but she didn't understand everyone else. Lorelai had some strange affection to her brunette cousin and Li thought she was wrong by default, since he was dating Lorelai. Keiko didn't like fighting and that was probably why she thought Matt was wrong. Kwasi and Satine, she wasn't sure about, but Riley wasn't allowed to talk to her because Kwasi had said so.
She shook her head, quickly dried herself off, and then changed into some night clothes. After doing some bit of extra work, she'd go to bed. University life was starting to get annoying.
*
Matt suddenly sat up in bed; she thought she had heard something.
Bong! Bong! The miniature grandfather died down.
'How strange.' Matt thought as she laid back down. The clock had never woken her up before in the middle of the night.
There was another small noise, what it was Matt didn't know. She got up, out of bed, and grabbed large heavy object to use. She quickly snuck out of her room, towards the noise.
'Come out, come out, wherever you are.'
Whatever it was, it didn't come out. Matt moved around as silently as she could in her bare feet, hoping the floor boards wouldn't creak. She didn't dare call out for that would give away where she was.
Suddenly the large book Matt had grabbed to use against the intruder went flying from her hands. "Wha?!" Matt involuntary cried out.
The intruder hit Matt hard in the stomach, then grabbed her hair and pulled.
Matt thrashed out, trying to hit the attacker, but to no avail. She knocked over several other things as the attacker moved to avoid Matt's flailing arms. Matt then felt two hands wrapped around her neck, from behind. She gagged from the lack of air and still tried to hit her attacker somehow. It was a difficult job, since the attacker was behind her, plus all the movement Matt made drained her even more quickly of her dwindling energy.
With an extra tight squeeze, the attacker caused a loud crack to sound from Matt's neck, crushing a very important and vital part.
"Agh!" Matt cried out weakly in pain and redoubled her futile efforts to thwart the attacker's plan. The attacker then adjusted the placement of her hands and with a quick thrust snapped Matt's neck, ending her life in a second.
*
"Hu-uh!" Lorelai gasped suddenly, sitting up slightly. She didn't know what woke her up, the only indication was that her neck hurt. There was a dull throbbing pain from the back of her neck. Lorelai rubbed her neck tenderly, laying back down. She glanced at the clock before closing her eyes, it was 12:17 in the morning.
*
The attacker then easily picked Matt up and carried her over to her bed. The attacker placed Matt into her bed, touched Matt's neck briefly, then left the bedroom and went out to where the fight had occurred. The attacker rearranged everything the way it had been, quickly and quietly, then left the apartment.
*
Naoko Izumi stepped off the elevator and headed towards Willis's apartment. He had called not too long ago and said he needed her to come over immediately. He didn't say why or how long this would take, but Naoko didn't mind. She could sense that this involved one of the children and just hoped to God that it wasn't Aurelia. Her granddaughter had only returned a few months ago, after disappearing for almost three years.
Naoko knocked on the door and Kwasi opened it the next second.
"Hi, Kwasi." Naoko said delicately, since the boy looked upset.
Kwasi merely nodded and showed her inside.
Naoko walked in and knew something was definitely wrong. Most of the children weren't in the room, but Willis, Kwasi, and Koji were. Though Kwasi soon left after he shut the door.
"Naoko." Willis said, standing up.
"What's happened?" Naoko asked softly, sitting down next to Koji. The boy looked like he had been crying. His eyes where still red and there were somewhat dried tearstains on his cheeks.
"Matilda's not alive." Willis said with a finality that scared Naoko.
"What?" Naoko asked slowly, not quite believing what Willis had just said.
"She's dead, been killed or something!" Koji said loudly, causing Willis and Naoko to wince slightly. He left the room quickly.
Naoko sighed inwardly, somehow she had to help them. First, she needed to help Willis, he had raised Matilda from a baby, she was like a daughter to him.
"Willis, how are you holding up?" Naoko moved over to Willis.
"Naoko, how do you think? Matilda was like a daughter to me. I swore to Sora that when I took Matt, I'd raise her as if my own. That I would make sure nothing happened to her."
"Willis." Naoko paused a moment while Willis wiped some tears from his eyes. "Look, what happened to Matilda wasn't your fault. It's not like you could see what was going to happen. And even if you could, how would you prevent it?"
"I should have known somehow, that's why people were scared of us!"
"The only DigiDestined who had some type of extraordinary power was Kari and that was kept a secret." Naoko reasoned.
"I could have made her stay here last night." Willis said weakly.
"Look, Willis, get some rest, I'll take over here. Okay?"
He nodded and then left.
Naoko got up and walked around. She didn't disturb any of the children, just listened in on them.
Kwasi was with Satine and Riley, none of who were saying much. These three were the ones of the children who knew Matt the longest.
Keiko was crying, though Naoko wondered the true reason of why she was crying. Koji was muttering words of comfort to Keiko, while awkwardly holding her.
Li and Lorelai were in the same room as Koji and Keiko, but on the other side of the room. What Lorelai was telling Li was interesting. Naoko strained to hear.
"Li, I think Koji's right."
"Right?"
"Yeah, that Matt was killed, she didn't just die in her sleep."
"How do you figure?" Li paused a moment, "Willis said he looked all over her apartment. There was no signs of struggle, nothing was broken or anything."
"But there had to be something wrong with Matt."
"Willis checked, none of her bones were broken or anything."
"He has to be wrong, than."
"How?"
"I don't know, but last night I woke up suddenly with my neck hurting. I think now it had to do with Matt somehow."
Li didn't respond to that.
Naoko went quickly over to Willis's room. She knocked and without waiting for an answer went right in.
"Naoko?"
"Willis, have you ever known of anything that would confirm what Humans said about Second Generation DigiDestined?" Naoko asked in a rush.
"What?" Willis sat up now, confused.
Naoko sat down on the floor next to the bed. "People were afraid that the children would have some type of powers, correct?"
"Yes, but nothing was quite shown that the fears are true."
Naoko nodded slowly. 'What is going on?'