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Chapter Fourteen: Arrested
Koushirou
I stared at Sora, then looked at the others. They were all just as shocked as myself. We were stuck silent. "What if she just went home?" Joe suggested. Tai shook his head; "She wouldn't do that, she'd at least tell us first." Sora gasped; "What if it's the murderer?" I gulped involenterily. "We have to find her." Hikari squeeked. "We will." Taichi looked confident.
We crossed the street again, back to where we were standing. "Kari, you said you heard sounds here?" Tai asked. His sister nodded nervously. "I heard rustling in the bushes." I dug around in the nearby bushes. It was too dark to tell much. "Hand me a flashlight." I said, someone handed me one. I shined the small beam of light through the leaves, it was very hard to tell. "I don't see anything." I turned back to the others.
"Oh god...what if it is the murderer!? What if they're out to kill us all--" Sora started. "Stop it Sora! Stop thinking like that!" Tai said. "Sorry." "WhatdowedoWhatdowedo?" Jyou wondered. I didn't know. A sliver of moon hung in the sky. Surrounded by black. And it was still damn cold.
"Tai...look over here!" Hikari's voice was quivering still. The girl's got some serious paranoia problems. Our small group moved over to where the girl was squating. Five flashlights shined into the mud behind the bushes. There were footprints in the mud, two pairs. One, was being dragged along unwillingly. The prints were pretty fresh. "We follow them?" Kari asked. "Yeah, c'mon." Tai started to follow the footprints when Joe spoke.
"We're getting dragged into a suicide mission aren't we?" he asked. "Joe..." Sora started, but Tai got there first; "Jyou! Mimi's life might be at stake! What are you thinking!?! She's our friend! We have to go!" The blue-haired one protested, "But what if we're too late? What if we walk right into the hands of the enemy and--" "Forget you Joe! We're wasting time! How could you have changed this much!? You used to be so...RELIABLE! C'mon guys..." our leader turned and started after the tracks.
Hikari ran after her brother. Sora looked at Joe, then at me, then at Tai, and went after Kari and Tai. I glared at Joe, then followed the others. We grass was damp and squishy to the touch. It had running pretty difficult. The trail only went so far. Then the mud met the sidewalk, there were a few muddy footprints on the sidewalk, but that was it. I heard someone run up behind us.
It was Joe. I didn't say anything. Neither did the others. "What do we do now?" Sora asked quietly. Tai didn't reply. "Where are we?" Kari asked suddenly. I looked around. I hadn't been keeping track of how far we had gone,...but we were definately not in our neighborhood. The buildings here were old looking...some of them had boarded up windows and doors. "We ain't in Kansas anymore." I said lamely. No one laughed.
A sudden cry caught our attention. "What was that?" I jerked my head towards the direction of the sound. "It sounded like someone yelling; 'Home' " Sora muttered. "Let's go." Taichi jogged off in the direction of the sound. As we neared the source, we heard voices. Familiar voices. We leaned against an old brick building. The voices were on the otherside. One of them was definately Mimi.
She was pleading with someone. The other voice also sounded vaguely familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on it. It was raspy and uneven. Not a nice sound. "C'mon..." Taichi rounded the corner and we followed. I almost fell over in shock. There, holding Mimi up against the wall,...was Matt.
He was ragged looking, dirty. He was holding a knife up in the air. "My god...Matt!" Tai yelped. Yamato snapped his head in our direction. "Fuck!" "Mimi!" "Yamato! What are you //doing//!??!" Tai rushed forward, totally confused. "Stop!" Yamato yelled out, holding his knife out to us. "Don't come any closer!!" We froze. "Back away! Go away!" he growled. "What are you doing, Yama!?" Tai demanded.
"You won't understand, none of you understand! Just leave me alone!" he screamed. "Matt, you were about to KILL her!" Sora cried. Hikari was quivering behind her brother. "WHY CAN'T YOU ALL JUST FUCKING LEAVE ME BE!?" he exploded. "Matt! Please stop it! Talk to us! What's wrong!??!" I shouted. "I'll tell you what's wrong, Izumi, everything is. Takeru is DEAD, everyone thinks I'm INSANE, and you fucking bunch of bastards won't leave ME, ALONE!"
"Yamato! There's nothing you can do about Takeru! You don't even know who killed him! Please! No one thinks your insane! You--" Sora was cut off by Matt's angry crys. "You LIE!! YOU LIE YOU LIE YOU LIE!! YOU LIE, TAKENOUCHI!! You DO think I'm insane! You ALL do!! Why else would you send me to a psychiatrist!? ANSWER THAT TAI!!" Taichi shrank back, visablly afraid of his best friend.
"Matt...you just need someone to talk to, tell them how you feel...it'll calm you down!" the bruinette tried. "NO! I don't WANT to calm down!! And no one will understand how I feel! Never! Not until YOU lose someone you care about!!" Yamato screamed. I felt numb, Mimi was crying now. She was still pinned up against the wall, I had almost forgotten about her. "Mimi, are you ok!?" She turned to me; "NOOO!! Help me! He's crazy!!" she cried out. Damnit, Mimi, thanks.
"SEE!? You SEE!? She thinks I'm insane!!" Yamato shook his knife threateningly. "Yamato! Please stop this! Think about what your doing! You're going to KILL one of your friends!!" Sora sobbed. Matt glared at her; "And she will DIE! She doesn't deserve to LIVE!! NONE OF YOU DO!! YOU ALL LEFT TAKERU! ABANDONED HIM!!" Yamato was shaking now, unable to controll his anger. "YOU'LL ALL DIE!! I'LL KILL YOU ALL!! I WILL!" his voice was beginning to give way, too much shouting.
Suddenly the dark alley we were in was flooded with light, headlights. Two police cars had appeared, police were beginning to come out. One of them, a large portly man with brown hair, said; "Ishida Yamato, you are under arrest for assult and attempt murder." We all turned around and glared at him. Mimi broke free of Matt's grip and backed away. Yamato seemed to be in shock.
The police came forward, looking grim faced. One of them stopped at Taichi, "You're all lucky this girl called us in time, you all could've been killed." he said. What? Who called? Then I saw her, Hikari, she was hiding behind one of the officers, she looked extremely nervous. I glanced at Tai, he was also staring at Kari, but he looked furious. Yamato didn't attempt to fight, they confinscated his knife and snapped on the handcuffs.
They shoved Matt into the car, our friend's face had gone from furious to comepletely blank. He showed nothing. His eyes were slightly wide, but that was it. They officers turned to depart, one of them turned back to us; "You guys need to come with us to the station, call your parents." he said. No one said anything. Then one by one, we slowly followed the police.
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Chapter Fourteen: Arrested
Koushirou
I stared at Sora, then looked at the others. They were all just as shocked as myself. We were stuck silent. "What if she just went home?" Joe suggested. Tai shook his head; "She wouldn't do that, she'd at least tell us first." Sora gasped; "What if it's the murderer?" I gulped involenterily. "We have to find her." Hikari squeeked. "We will." Taichi looked confident.
We crossed the street again, back to where we were standing. "Kari, you said you heard sounds here?" Tai asked. His sister nodded nervously. "I heard rustling in the bushes." I dug around in the nearby bushes. It was too dark to tell much. "Hand me a flashlight." I said, someone handed me one. I shined the small beam of light through the leaves, it was very hard to tell. "I don't see anything." I turned back to the others.
"Oh god...what if it is the murderer!? What if they're out to kill us all--" Sora started. "Stop it Sora! Stop thinking like that!" Tai said. "Sorry." "WhatdowedoWhatdowedo?" Jyou wondered. I didn't know. A sliver of moon hung in the sky. Surrounded by black. And it was still damn cold.
"Tai...look over here!" Hikari's voice was quivering still. The girl's got some serious paranoia problems. Our small group moved over to where the girl was squating. Five flashlights shined into the mud behind the bushes. There were footprints in the mud, two pairs. One, was being dragged along unwillingly. The prints were pretty fresh. "We follow them?" Kari asked. "Yeah, c'mon." Tai started to follow the footprints when Joe spoke.
"We're getting dragged into a suicide mission aren't we?" he asked. "Joe..." Sora started, but Tai got there first; "Jyou! Mimi's life might be at stake! What are you thinking!?! She's our friend! We have to go!" The blue-haired one protested, "But what if we're too late? What if we walk right into the hands of the enemy and--" "Forget you Joe! We're wasting time! How could you have changed this much!? You used to be so...RELIABLE! C'mon guys..." our leader turned and started after the tracks.
Hikari ran after her brother. Sora looked at Joe, then at me, then at Tai, and went after Kari and Tai. I glared at Joe, then followed the others. We grass was damp and squishy to the touch. It had running pretty difficult. The trail only went so far. Then the mud met the sidewalk, there were a few muddy footprints on the sidewalk, but that was it. I heard someone run up behind us.
It was Joe. I didn't say anything. Neither did the others. "What do we do now?" Sora asked quietly. Tai didn't reply. "Where are we?" Kari asked suddenly. I looked around. I hadn't been keeping track of how far we had gone,...but we were definately not in our neighborhood. The buildings here were old looking...some of them had boarded up windows and doors. "We ain't in Kansas anymore." I said lamely. No one laughed.
A sudden cry caught our attention. "What was that?" I jerked my head towards the direction of the sound. "It sounded like someone yelling; 'Home' " Sora muttered. "Let's go." Taichi jogged off in the direction of the sound. As we neared the source, we heard voices. Familiar voices. We leaned against an old brick building. The voices were on the otherside. One of them was definately Mimi.
She was pleading with someone. The other voice also sounded vaguely familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on it. It was raspy and uneven. Not a nice sound. "C'mon..." Taichi rounded the corner and we followed. I almost fell over in shock. There, holding Mimi up against the wall,...was Matt.
He was ragged looking, dirty. He was holding a knife up in the air. "My god...Matt!" Tai yelped. Yamato snapped his head in our direction. "Fuck!" "Mimi!" "Yamato! What are you //doing//!??!" Tai rushed forward, totally confused. "Stop!" Yamato yelled out, holding his knife out to us. "Don't come any closer!!" We froze. "Back away! Go away!" he growled. "What are you doing, Yama!?" Tai demanded.
"You won't understand, none of you understand! Just leave me alone!" he screamed. "Matt, you were about to KILL her!" Sora cried. Hikari was quivering behind her brother. "WHY CAN'T YOU ALL JUST FUCKING LEAVE ME BE!?" he exploded. "Matt! Please stop it! Talk to us! What's wrong!??!" I shouted. "I'll tell you what's wrong, Izumi, everything is. Takeru is DEAD, everyone thinks I'm INSANE, and you fucking bunch of bastards won't leave ME, ALONE!"
"Yamato! There's nothing you can do about Takeru! You don't even know who killed him! Please! No one thinks your insane! You--" Sora was cut off by Matt's angry crys. "You LIE!! YOU LIE YOU LIE YOU LIE!! YOU LIE, TAKENOUCHI!! You DO think I'm insane! You ALL do!! Why else would you send me to a psychiatrist!? ANSWER THAT TAI!!" Taichi shrank back, visablly afraid of his best friend.
"Matt...you just need someone to talk to, tell them how you feel...it'll calm you down!" the bruinette tried. "NO! I don't WANT to calm down!! And no one will understand how I feel! Never! Not until YOU lose someone you care about!!" Yamato screamed. I felt numb, Mimi was crying now. She was still pinned up against the wall, I had almost forgotten about her. "Mimi, are you ok!?" She turned to me; "NOOO!! Help me! He's crazy!!" she cried out. Damnit, Mimi, thanks.
"SEE!? You SEE!? She thinks I'm insane!!" Yamato shook his knife threateningly. "Yamato! Please stop this! Think about what your doing! You're going to KILL one of your friends!!" Sora sobbed. Matt glared at her; "And she will DIE! She doesn't deserve to LIVE!! NONE OF YOU DO!! YOU ALL LEFT TAKERU! ABANDONED HIM!!" Yamato was shaking now, unable to controll his anger. "YOU'LL ALL DIE!! I'LL KILL YOU ALL!! I WILL!" his voice was beginning to give way, too much shouting.
Suddenly the dark alley we were in was flooded with light, headlights. Two police cars had appeared, police were beginning to come out. One of them, a large portly man with brown hair, said; "Ishida Yamato, you are under arrest for assult and attempt murder." We all turned around and glared at him. Mimi broke free of Matt's grip and backed away. Yamato seemed to be in shock.
The police came forward, looking grim faced. One of them stopped at Taichi, "You're all lucky this girl called us in time, you all could've been killed." he said. What? Who called? Then I saw her, Hikari, she was hiding behind one of the officers, she looked extremely nervous. I glanced at Tai, he was also staring at Kari, but he looked furious. Yamato didn't attempt to fight, they confinscated his knife and snapped on the handcuffs.
They shoved Matt into the car, our friend's face had gone from furious to comepletely blank. He showed nothing. His eyes were slightly wide, but that was it. They officers turned to depart, one of them turned back to us; "You guys need to come with us to the station, call your parents." he said. No one said anything. Then one by one, we slowly followed the police.
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