The Dog And The Cat
By: Sissy
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Chapter 10: Found a little kitty again
"Tsuzuki-san!" Maila knocked on the door of Tsuzuki's house and didn't stop until he opened the door
"Maila? What's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost" Tsuzuki joked trying to take off that serious look on Maila's face.
"I think I just saw Hisoka-san." She said in a hurry.
"What?"
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Since Tsuzuki wasn't able to get much out of Maila, he headed to Watari's lab first thing in the morning. (He only heard Maila say "Hisoka-san", "brothel" and "not him" before she fell asleep hard on the couch).
"Tsuzuki? What happened to Maila?" Watari took the sleeping Maila out of Tsuzuki's arms and put her in the infirmary next door.
"I don't know. But I think she ran all the way from her place to mine last night, since she was tired and fell asleep on my couch." Tsuzuki explained as they went to the lab again.
"Tsuzuki? Where's Maila?" Jack asked from the floor once they entered the lab.
"She's next door, sleeping." Tsuzuki said pointing behind him.
"What?!" Jack got up quickly, "Did something happen to her?!"
"Easy, easy" Watari calmed him down, "Care to tell us what happened Tsuzuki?" he asked as Jack sat down on the floor again
Tsuzuki told them only what he knew, even if it was very little.
"So we wait for Maila to wake up?" Jack asked and the rest nodded, "Fine by me" he said.
"Watari-san! Jack!" Maila came bursting into the room and knocking Tsuzuki to the floor (yup. He was leaning to the door). "Oh! Tsuzuki-san, are you alright?!" Maila asked nervously
"I'm fine. Ow." Tsuzuki got up, rubbing his sore head.
"What's wrong Maila-san?" Tatsumi asked (yup, he's still there).
"I think I found Hisoka-san!" Maila said
"Tsuzuki told us you said something like that, but what did you mean?" Watari asked as Maila sat down on a chair Tatsumi offered
"Well, I was walking home last night when I passed this brothel but stopped when I felt this really bad feeling" Maila started explaining, "I couldn't believe it. It had the same feel as if it was Hisoka-san, but at the same time, I thought it wasn't" Maila sighed sadly
"Why is that?" Watari asked
"Well, it had Hisoka-san's energy but it had this uneasy energy that Hisoka-san wasn't there. Like as if he was another person and didn't know who everyone else was" Maila shivered
"Wait a sec. Maila, if someone losses their memory or something related to that, do they feel that way to you?" Jack asked
"Like if they were… Yeah, I believe so" Maila answered
"Wait a sec. Do you think Hisoka was brainwashed?" Watari asked and Maila gasped
"I think that's it!" Maila exclaimed, "Only Muraki could do such an awful thing!"
"Of course it's too early to think that Muraki brainwashed him or took his memories away, it could've been either of the two" Watari said
"In any case, what was the brothel's name?" Jack asked
"If I'm not mistaken it was 'Red Dragon'" Maila said thoughtfully and Jack twitched before he rammed into the pile of information and started digging.
"Jack?" everyone called him.
"Ha! I found it!" Jack exclaimed as he held up high a cream folder
"What's that?" Tsuzuki asked
"Red Dragon's information. Here Watari." Jack handed a small card to Watari who took it quickly, knowing already what to do.
"What does it say in the folder?" Maila asked curiously
"Let's see. Welcome one, welcome all. Tired of all that all-day stress? Then why don't you come on down to Red Dragon and relieve it with our employees? All cost are efficient and rooms are great! Note: Relieve stress by taking our employees as your toy. That's what this flier says…Tsuzuki?" Jack twitched as Tsuzuki rose, fire burning brightly behind him.
Everyone backed away from him, afraid that he might do something a little drastic.
"Oi! I got the…infor…mation…Jack?" Watari came and stopped dead. "Here Tsuzuki" the he ran away, followed by Tatsumi.
"Come Tsuzuki-san. We have to go." Maila tried to smile and was dragged off by Tsuzuki.
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"Which way is it?" Tsuzuki asked as they walked along the very uneasy feeling streets.
"Just a bit more" Maila said as she came to as stop, "Look it's right…there…"
"…Hi…so…ka…" Tsuzuki stared at the form across the street.
It was Hisoka. Standing next to a mural of a red chinese dragon.
"Hisoka!" Tsuzuki called and tried to run towards him but Maila stopped him, "What?!"
"We have to go Tsuzuki-san" Maila told him
"Why?! He's right there!" Tsuzuki started to cry
"…" Maila let Tsuzuki cry on her shoulder for a while before they headed to her apartment. 'I'm sorry Tsuzuki-san but if you were to go there, then not only were you to lose Hisoka-san, but you'd lose your sanity as well' she thought sadly.
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"Sheesh! Why haven't they called?! They should've called by now!" Watari was getting worried before the phone rang.
Watari ran to get it but Jack got it first.
"Hello?" Jack answered
*…*
"Maila? What's wrong?"
*Tsuzuki-san will be staying at my place today until tomorrow. Is that alright?*
"…Of course" Jack smiled, understanding everything
*I'll see you tomorrow then*
"Okay, bye"
*Bye* both hung up
"What happened?" Tatsumi asked
"Tsuzuki's a little tired and he'll be staying at Maila's until tomorrow" Jack said
"Did something happen?" Watari asked, worried
"He just saw Hisoka"
"And?"
"I'm afraid that's the only thing he did. Maila pulled him back. For his own safety" Jack explained
"What do you mean 'for his own safety'?" Tatsumi asked
"Maila will have to answer that for you. Sorry" Jack said and headed for the door, "In the meantime, we should take a break. I think you two need it the most, right?" Jack smirked then left.
"Isn't he the greatest? I can see why Maila likes him." Watari hugs Tatsumi from behind.
"Now, now Watari-san. We have a lot of time, so let's enjoy it peacefully." Tatsumi winks ant Watari and Watari blushes.
"Sei-chan, I love you!" Watari beams with happiness.
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"Why didn't you let me go see Hisoka?" Tsuzuki asks from the couch.
"You were in danger and I didn't want to see you hurt. Besides, if you really care about Hisoka-san, you might have wanted to wait. You could've lost him forever Tsuzuki-san." Maila give him a little explanation.
"Alright" Tsuzuki looks sadden and falls to sleep on the couch.
"Yasuminasai" Maila smiles before she heads out of her apartment.
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"!!!!!" Jack wakes up from his sleep all sweaty.
He breathes slowly, trying to think. Trying to remember.
Jack!!!!!
"Maila!" Jack gets up and runs away from the infirmary where he was taking a nap.
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TBC…
Sissy: Waaahh…..Finished. So happy.
Kody: Right. On with the replies:
Miyahara Yuuki-chan, here it was hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!
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