Author's note Hi! I'm back. Sorry for the delay. But I really expected more reviews. Please have mercy coz this is my first fic, unless you review I'll never know your views

Oh! And thanks to all my reviewers!

Chapter 3

Takeru nodded and handed me his cellular phone. "The battery is low in mine and I have to call my parents," I explained. I quickly dialed the number.

"Hello Yagami residence," It was my big brother Taichi who answered.

"Taichi? It's me, Hikari"

"Hikari! Where are you? Why didn't you come home last night?" he asked me anxiously.

I briefed him about what happened. "You didn't tell the police, did you?" I asked him finally. There was no answer. Taichi seemed to be at loss for words.

"Big brother?"

"No" he said slowly. "We didn't inform the police, but will you be alright sis? I think I'll come over. It would be better and then we could go to the police together."

"No, don't come here. It's not safe. I'm in enough trouble already without having to drag you in it as well. I'll be fine. Don't worry," I said wishing I was as brave as I sounded.

"But…" Taichi began but I cut him off, "no buts. You are to stay at home. I'll try to come home as soon as possible and please tell mom and dad that I'm staying at my friend's house ok?"

"Listen to me Hikari. We are dealing with a criminal organization. It is not as easy as it looks in the movies," Taichi said reasonably.

"I know that! I'm not kid anymore Taichi. I'm sixteen years old. I don't want to worry mom and dad as well. That's why you must stay. I'll call if there's any trouble." I said.

"Fine," Taichi finally relented. "But call me if there's any trouble at all."

"Sure."

"Bye. Take care of yourself Hikari,"

And with that I hung up. All this while I thought escaping these guys would be easy. But after talking to Taichi, I didn't think so. Fear suddenly started creeping up within me. I sat down on the bed and buried my face in my hands. Tears slowly slid between by fingers and I started crying softly. I felt a hand on my shoulder. "Here," Takeru said giving me a handkerchief. I took it and wiped my eyes. "Get some sleep," he said handing me a duvet. "Everything will be just fine," he smiled at me. "Don't worry. I'll be back in the afternoon then I'll take you home," He gave me a final grin and left. I sighed hoping it would be as easy as he says and then snuggled into the bed pulling up the duvet. For some reason the duvet had a very nice smell. I fell asleep almost immediately.

Takeru's POV

I shut the door and went to the basketball court. The guys were still practicing. Coach was yelling some advices from the stands. I went over to him.

"You are back pretty soon. Feeling better?" he asked

"Yes, sir"

"Good, the game starts in half an hour go and warm up; I'll give the others a break."

"Right" I replied.

My friends came over to me. "Glad to see you're back" Rei smiled at me.

"You're ok now aren't you?" Ken inquired. "Yeah I'm fine"

"So you guys ready for the big game?" Leo asked nervously.

"Sure, we'll wipe the floor with these guys" Daisuke cried.

"Don't underestimate them" I warned.

"Whatever"

The match started. It was a close one. We won by only a couple of points.

"See, told you it'll be easy" Daisuke stated.

"It was pretty close, Daisuke" Rei said. "Yeah you were pretty nervous towards the end" Ken agreed. "If Takeru hadn't scored that point there is a possibility that we could have lost" Leo piped up.

I was barely listening to what they said. I knew that I had to tell them about Hikari. They are my best friends so I have to trust them.

"You're pretty quiet" Ken observed.

"Huh?" I snapped back to reality.

"What's wrong, Takeru?" Rei asked. "You've been acting really strangely. Is there something you're not telling us?" Leo asked me.

I have no choice. I have to tell them.

"It's a long story. But I'll tell you." I said finally. We reached our room.

"Wait, here" I told my puzzled friends and entered the room. Hikari was fast asleep.

"Hikari" I called softly. She woke up. "Takeru, what is it?"

"Listen I have to tell my friends about you. Do you mind?"

"No" she said. "If you trust them then I can trust them too, right?"

"Ok" I went over to the door and let my friends in. Hikari was standing next to me.

The four of them gaped.

"Who are you?" Leo finally found his voice.

"This is Hikari Yagami" I said "And Hikari, they are my friends, Leo, Rei, Ken and Daisuke" I said pointing to each of them.

"Nice to meet you" She said softly. "Ok, what's going on over here?" Rei asked slowly.

I explained everything that happened to Hikari and then about the incident that morning.

"Cool, it's just like in the movies" Daisuke breathed.

"This is not a movie, Daisuke" Ken told him.

"So those criminals know you're here?" Rei asked Hikari. She nodded.

"We have to find a way to get her out of here." I told them.

"Don't forget. We'll leave only after lunch." Leo reminded us. I nodded. "But still, that doesn't tell us how we can get her out of here." Ken said. We all looked at him. "We will go home on the school bus right? That means the coach will come with us too. So how can we hide her from him?"

"Ken's got a point," Rei agreed. "It's ok," Hikari suddenly said. "I'll catch the train home by myself. I don't want you guys to get into trouble because of me." "No" I said firmly. "We're helping you because we want to." I turned to my friends, "Right guys?"

"We're always behind you Takeru," Leo said.

"He's right. If you're in this, then so are we," Daisuke added. Ken and Rei agreed.

"Thank you," Hikari whispered gratefully. We heard a bell ring. "Lunch time," we heard the coach call. "We've got to go now," I told Hikari, "And don't worry we'll bring food for you," She smiled at me; a smile that lit her face up and I don't why but my heart skipped a beat. I shut the door behind me and walked downstairs to the dining room.

"I'm full!" Daisuke exclaimed giving a loud burp. We walked back to our room after the lunch not noticing the coach follow us. We were just about to enter the room when, "I have some news for you boys," the coach suddenly said. We all jumped. "Really coach you shouldn't scare us like that," I mumbled thankful that I hadn't opened the door.

"I'm sorry. I wanted to tell you that the baseball team would be coming on the bus as well. They had come to play a match in the neighborhood but unfortunately their bus broke down and they have another match day after tomorrow back home and they really need to go home today, so one of would have to catch the train home since we don't have room for all of you, ok?"

I stared at the coach. "Don't worry sir, I'll take the train," I told him. My friends glanced at me. I gave them a small wink. If I'd be able to go on the train then taking Hikari home would be much easier, I decided. Things are going very well.

"Ok, Takeru here's your train fare. I want you boys to pack up and be ready in half an hour"

"Yes sir" we said together.

Hikari's Pov:

I waited for the boys to return. Soon I could hear voices outside. Good finally I can get something to eat. The door opened.

"Hey Hikari" Takeru called. "Guess what you and I are going to catch the train back to Odaiba so that means we don't have to tell Coach anything"

I smiled at Takeru "Thank you so much. I don't think I could've escaped those gangsters all by myself"

"Yo! We'd better get packing." Ken said. "The coach has given us only half an hour"

"Here is your food Hikari" Daisuke handed me a parcel "Best we could get" Leo added.

"It's alright I'm so hungry I could eat about anything."

"By the way Hikari you need to change your clothes." Rei said suddenly. "If the crooks have seen you then they'll find it easy to see you in the same clothing."

"But I don't have any change of clothes" I said

"Here I have and extra T-shirt and track pants. They may be a little big but that's ok" Takeru threw the clothes on the bed. I picked it up and went to the bathroom to change.

Soon I came out with my clothes folded neatly in my hands.

"Good give me your dress I'll pack it" Takeru took my clothes and packed it in.

"You can also borrow my cap" Leo fixed a cap on top of my head.

"Come on boys" The coach called.

"Coming! Right Takeru we'll get the coach out of the way you get Hikari out of here" Ken said

"OK"

The guys waved and shut the door. "Come on let's go" Takeru smiled at me. I felt my heart race.

"Yeah" I stammered.

The two of us crept out. "We can leave coach" Leo was telling "Takeru said he's leaving to the train station"

Suddenly the coach turned and was about to look our way when Daisuke yelled pointing to the sky "Look it's a UFO" It wasn't exactly as we planned but fortunately the coach looked away and Daisuke winked at us. That was close. Takeru and I heaved a sigh of relief and gave a thumbs up sign to him.

"Come on let's go to the train station"

"Right"

In fifteen minutes we were at the station. "How did you know your way to the station?" I asked Takeru.

"I've come to this place before" He said. "Look there's our train"

We climbed onto the train. It was crowded. "How long will it take for us to reach Odaiba?" I asked him as we sat down. "I don't know, probably an hour or less than that," he replied. I stifled a yawn. I was so tired and before I knew it my head was nodding off to sleep.

Takeru's POV

In a little while I'd be home sweet home. But the question is will I be able to hide her from both my mom and those guys till I can get her home? I stared outside the window when I felt some thing against my shoulder. Hikari was fast asleep leaning on my shoulder. She looks really peaceful I thought. I decided to look away because every time I looked at her my heart would start beating twice its normal rate.

The train suddenly came to a halt. "We're sorry for the inconvenience, there has been an accident and hence the train will be delayed," The announcer said. I sighed. All the people around us started getting irritated.

"What happened?" Hikari was rubbing her eyes.

"There has been an accident," I told her. She must have woken up due to all the confusion.

"Can we stand outside for a little while? It's a little sultry in here"

"Sure"

Hikari's POV

We stepped outside the train and I took a deep breath. It was nice to be outside. I looked around the station. It was packed with people most of them who were grumbling about the train's delay. I unexpectedly spotted a man; he looked like an ordinary business man but his piercing eyes were too familiar. I stared at him for while and suddenly he caught me looking at him. Our eyes locked for a second and I knew who he was. I almost gasped out loud because he was the man whom I saw, the murderer! I clutched hard at Takeru's hand.

"What is it?" he asked me.

I was too scared to reply. I simply stared at the man who immediately whipped out a phone and barked out some orders. Takeru gave one glance at me and then at the man and I guess he realized who he was. He grabbed my hand and ran dragging me with him.

"We have to get out of here," We ran through crowds of people with the men hot on our trail. I was gasping for breath, my lungs felt as though they were going to burst but I knew there was no time to rest. And finally after what seemed like hours of running we exited the station.

Takeru quickly caught a bus that was just about to leave and we took our seats. Takeru bought us tickets while I was trying to catch my breath.

"Do you…think we lost them?" I gasped.

"Yeah, for now that is,"

"Where are we going now?"

"Home," he replied simply. I looked at my knees and said, "Sorry for the trouble,"

"How many times do I have to tell stop saying that?"

"Fine. I won't. But you don't know what you're getting yourself into,"

"Like I care."

"Anyway how come you aren't tired at all?" I asked trying to change the subject.

Takeru smiled and said proudly, "Basketball training,"

"Wow no wonder you're a star,"

"Stop it, you're embarrassing me," he said going red.

"Aww little Takeru's going all red,"

"Shut up!" he turned redder than ever. I giggled and then looked outside the window.

It was 6 in the evening when we reached Takeru's apartment, "Won't your parents be worried?" I asked him.

"Nah, my mom comes home late after work, she won't know and my dad… well that's another story." He said opening the door. Takeru made us some tea and he told me how his parents were divorced and that he lived with his mom while his older brother, Yamato lived with his dad.

"I visit dad and my brother once in while though," he said. I helped him wash the cups and told him about my family, my mom, my dad and my big brother Taichi.

"Come in," he said motioning to one of the rooms, "This is my room," he said. I looked around; it was tiny room with a bed in one corner and a table in the other. There was a huge window leading to the balcony. The room was small but spotless. Clothes were neatly piled up in a basket, books arranged on the shelf and a basketball in the corner. I was reminded of my brother's room which was always untidy; you could never go in and come out without an accident. I grinned to myself and thought that Takeru would rather go to hell than share a room with my brother.

"Is something funny in my room?" he noticed my grin.

"No, I was just wondering how it would be if you had to share a room with my brother,"

"What do you mean?" He gave me a puzzled look. I laughed at the expression on his face and was abut to explain when we heard a car screech as it entered the driveway.

"Uh oh, I think my mom is back," Takeru said, "You stay here, I'll try and bring some dinner for you,"

I shook my head, "No I'm not that hungry, but thanks anyway,"

The door clicked open, "I'm home," a woman's voice called out, "Takeru, where are you?"

"In my room, I'll come in a sec mom," he replied.

"I'll be right back," he whispered to me and left.

I sat down on his bed wondering what to do. I laid down on his bed and sighed, that road I took the other day changed my life. I felt myself falling asleep as all the recent events in my life ran through my head.

Takeru's POV

"How was the game Takeru?" mom asked me.

"Fine. We won by a couple of points,"

"Did you come home late tonight?"

"Yeah. Had to catch the train since the baseball players came along and there was no room for me,"

"You'd better get some rest then, I'll make breakfast tomorrow,"

"Sure. Goodnight mom,"

I entered my room, "Hikari?" But I found her fast asleep on my bed. She mumbling something in her sleep but couldn't quite catch what she was saying. I smiled and pulled a duvet over her and got out a camp bed for myself.

This has been a long day. I fell asleep immediately as I was very tired.

Meanwhile elsewhere a man dressed in black was standing inside a telephone booth.

"Did you get her?" a voice on the other line barked.

"No, sir but we found her with another blond kid and we're sure that she's somewhere in Odaiba."

"Good I want you to trace out where she is in Odaiba and then report to me. She's going to learn a lesson for messing with us." The other man smirked evilly.

He knew how he was going to get rid of her…

Author's note: I know that it was kinda boring but please bear with me cause the next chapter is going to be thrilling (At least I hope so). Don't forget to R&R readers!