I Won't Tell Your Diary
By: Lakija X
Author's Notes: Am I the only one who put two and two together? XD Well, of course I knew: ) But did any of you guess that the whole title was "I Won't Tell Your Diary?"
Well, Mio's the only one who's read everyone's diaries: Aya's, Mutsuki-chan and Itsuki-kun's, Akane and Azami-chan's, Ryozo Munakata and Seijiro Makabe's, Ryokan Kurosawa's, Yae and Sae's… am I missing anyone? Oh YEAH! There's also Masumi Makimura and his girlfriend Miyako Sudo.
So she's the biggest snoop in the universe. But she really had no choice, due to the videogame's producers little trick that disguises everything that's important as a pretty blue sparkly thing.
Anyhow, She still has the diaries, but who knows how long the SWAT team has been there? They could have stripped the entire house by now. So, let's go inside and see, shall we?
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters from FF, FF2, or Fruits Basket. I also do not own a Camera Obscura, an Xbox, a cotton candy machine, or a Windows Megatron 1000 PC...
Mio: "I really want my stuff back…"Last time, on "The Young and the Sacrificed"…
"Come on you guys… where's Ayane-san and Yankou-kun?"
"What are you doing in the house! Should you not have asked someone before barging in here!"
"Excuse me Aya, I can handle it from here. What's the problem officers?"
"Excuse me Hinasaki-san. My name is General Yukei, head of Matsushita's Special Tactics Force. We do have a warrant to search this house. Now before you get upset, you haven't committed any crimes. We have found that several people in the area are villagers from a hamlet in the woods inhabited by mad "people", and you do not have proper custody over them if they happen to be in this house and sane. Only one is of legal age to live by himself or with you, Osaka Yankou-san. But the SWAT team is here because we have reason to believe these kids here come from that village, and we do not know what they are capable of. Your brother has provided us with enough proof to tell us the attacks that occurred a few days ago in the Matsushita area were caused by a young girl from the Village," the general said. He took a breath to continue, but Miku cut him off, putting up her finger. She glanced sideways at Sae, who took the smallest breath. The officer didn't notice, and instead, waited patiently.
Miku looked taken aback. "Excuse me, where's my brother now?" she said.
He nodded slowly. "Well, that's also why we're so concerned about this Village business. He's in the hospital now. What time is it, about 8 pm? He was attacked at about 6 pm."
Miku's mouth opened. "Oh my goodness! What? Are you serious?" she asked.
"Yes. Devastating amount of blood everywhere. Terrible really. He's at the Matsushita General," he replied.
"What? Blood! What happened?" Miku asked. She grabbed her keys, in limbo between the door and the officer's tale.
"Well, Mafuyu was on his way to the Ukeda House, run by Ukeda Uriko-san. He was going to make an appointment there, allegedly to interview a charge. But before he even got off the floor of his office in the building, he was ambushed by someone in a closet. There were bloody handprints everywhere. We also recovered a tape-recorder, and the contents were very… disturbing…"
Miku could not listen any longer. "I'm going to leave now. I need to see him right now. Kyou, take care of business here. You should know what to do. General, I would be very appreciative if you ceased from doing anything drastic till I got back. Please."
Miku left the house after a little while. We all didn't know what to do.
Most of us sat in the living room waiting for all of the SWAT Members to finish sweeping the area. I noticed that a number of things were leaving the house in boxes, such as my Black Bag, Flashlight, Sacred Water, Film, and even the Camera Obscura.
"Hey! Those are mine!" I exclaimed, standing up. I started to run toward the man with the box. He walked a little faster. General Yukei grunted, grabbing me by the arms.
"Young lady, I'm going to have to ask you to refrain from interrupting the process of evidence collection," he warned.
"But that Camera, and all of that stuff… it's my personal stuff. I need it," I pleaded.
"I'm sorry Amakura-san, but it's very imperative that you let us recover any and all objects from, used in, and/or recovered within the vicinity of "the Village," he explained.
"But… they're mine…" I tried weakly.
"And you will get them back… after we have finished studying them," Yukei-san said. He patted my shoulder, and pointed me in the direction of the couch. "Don't worry about anything Amakura-san. We'll keep all of your possessions safe," he said a little more softly. "You're only a young girl, so I can see how you are attached to these objects."
I went and sat next to Mutsuki-chan. Falling onto his chest, he rubbed my hair without even noticing. He whispered into my hair, fully aware that the SWAT team, and the general, were still watching all of us closely.
"Don't worry Mio. Everything will turn out okay. But I must be truthful, I have no idea who these people are or what they want. It seems that our village is terrible, and they have discovered it for the first time."
"I don't know either. I think that they are trying to find out what happened in the village. I mean, everyone from the Village is free now, but still… something's not right about telling these people about it. What if the Village is destroyed or something? I mean, it sure almost killed me a million times, but it has to be some kind of historical landmark or something… and… what if some of the souls are still there or something? What would happen then?" I asked.
"Precisely what I want to know… what about Kurosawa-sama? He will surely be thrilled to see some more new visitors. ( I happen to be using the sarcasm. :3 ) Perhaps to use the general as a Kusabi. I'm terrified by them as is, so what will Ryoukan-san do to them if he's still there? And the other ghosts that are there? What about the Woman in the Box? Or even the Broken-Necked Woman that was there?" Mutsuki mused.
I didn't know at all, so I just wrapped my arms around Mutsuki's torso.
Sadly, I watched more and more of my belongings being taken for research. Anger and sorrow welled up inside me as I saw the Octagon Key to Itsuki's Storehouse Cell, My Spirit Stone Radio, my pouch of spirit stones, and finally… the pinwheel that Mutsuki had given to me.
That's probably what drove me to sneak out of the house, and steal my Camera Obscura from the police truck… .
Kyou: What Happened to Maf-kun?
"Hey! General Yukei. What was on the tape-recorder?" I asked.
"Well… it's confidential. But I can make an exception for you, since you're Miku's boyfriend and all."
I snorted sarcastically.
"Yeah, like that's really gonna-"
Itsuki hit me on the arm before I could finish my sentence.
I glared at the white-haired kid. If I were a few inches taller than him I would have…
HEM!
Anyway…
"Sure, she's my girlfriend. So, about the tape recorder… what gives?" I asked.
The general laughed at me quietly. "Heh heh… well, it's a whole lot of nonsense and babbling. Here, I'll play it for you if you tell the peanut gallery to simmer down over there." The general pointed to the kids, who were all chatting feverishly but quietly amongst themselves.
"Hey! Kids! Shut up! So we can here the tape recorder," I said. They all halted their conversations and glanced at me in interest.
"Okay, so what's a tape recorder?" Itsuki whispered to me. I widened my eyes. These kids didn't know what stuff was!
"Eh… general! I need to chat with these kids about what the tape recorder may have on it before they listen… some of them are.. um… squeamish…"
I motioned for the kids to come into the kitchen.
"Hey… uh, you guys, a tape recorder is a things that records voices and sounds, 'kay?" I said.
"So it's a device that… can keep sounds? But how?" Sae asked.
"Uh… something to do with magnets. But really, it's keeps the sounds on a tape, and that's all you need to know. It's like a book, except you can hear it. Yeah, that's it."
The kids all murmured "oh" after I finished explaining. "There is a dictionary somewhere in this house. If you can find it then you can read about all of these things. So look for it, alright?" I told them. They all agreed.
But they never actually got the dictionary. They couldn't find it.
Mio: "I really want my stuff back…"
"Hey you guys, before we do this tape recorder thing, where's Chiko-chan?"
We all looked around. She was nowhere to be found!
We didn't know what to do! Where was she?
Kyou was being stared at, so he stood up, scratching his orange hair.
"Fine! I'll go find the da-… little girl…" Kyou grunted.
"I'll go!" I said, waving my hand. I stood, and Mutsuki naturally followed. It was his little sister, after all. It didn't surprise me one bit when everyone, slowly but surely, volunteered for the job. So now we had a whole crew for a makeshift missing-persons unit.
We walked through the house, calling out to the little girl. Actually, I decided to go outside with Kyou. My eyes wandered around Kyou, because I could not see over him by any means. He was so much taller than me, maybe about 6'0. Despite his height and toughness, I could see very slightly that he was a little uncomfortable.
"Are you feeling uneasy? Do you want me to go inside and look?" I asked. He stopped, his shoulders stiffening with every second.
"Of course NOT! I mean… what the hell gave you that idea?" he asked.
"Nothing… you seem kind of uptight."
"Oh… is that all?" he replied, mocking me a little. He softened up a bit. "Look kid, I'm not used to being in Hinasaki's house. I only see her at school and stuff. I mean… sometimes I take her out and stuff…" Kyou laughed, kicking at some stones on the ground. "…but I've never been here before."
"I see!" I said. I realized my hands had clamped together and raised to my chest. I was practically gushing!
Kyou's face became inflamed. "Hey! I mean…Don't… don't say anything about that, okay?" he burst, rubbing the back of his head. "Let's just look for the little red girl, okay?"
Chitose had been wearing a red…anything… everyday since we came home. I'm not sure why, but in a sense, everyone knows.
We searched the grounds for her thouroughly. Kyou went around the back of the mansion past a police van. I searched closer to the forest.
"Chiko-chan… what are you doing…" I asked, cautiously approaching her. She was standing with her back to me, her hands up to her face. She had wandered to the bridge near the house.
"Nani? Nani oneechan?" Chitose turned to face me.
She was smiling, holding my Camera. I spun around, glancing in every direction to make sure no one saw us. There were a few officials slacking at one end of the property near an armored military vehicle, but no one was paying close enoug attention to us.
"Where did you get that from?" I whispered.
"Those guards over there left some boxes on the ground. I saw your Obscura, so I took it. I know that it's important to your safelty." She gave it to me.
"Arigatou, but what were you taking pictures of?"
"A girl was saying hello to me, but I think I know better than to follow her. She was talking about a village, so I just took a picture of her, and she screamed and… de…materialized… I think that's the word. I saw it in the dictionary. I read a lot of it last night!" What a smart cookie! XDD Plus that's why no one could find the dictionary…
"Very good! So she left after that, huh?" I asked. She nodded.
"I'll take that Camera, 'kay? We don't want any other ghosts being attracted to you." Chiko-chan nodded. I adore her.
We met back up with Kyou, and he was happy to see Chitose safe and sound. We reentered the living room, and listened to the remainder of what the Chief guy had to say.
Back in the living room, we sat around the recorder, and the general pressed play on it:
(static and white noise- illegible murmuring) Mafuyu…why? Why did you leave me? You said you would stay with me…
Who is that girl? Who is she? Why… is she… with you? She forgot… she had a twin…
I'm… here.
Here.
Here.
I'm (illegible). … Die.
(hiccups… crying.)
(Laughing.)
Sae… your sister's dead. She's with me. (Laughing.)
Tell your stupid slave to stay… stay away from…Mafuyu
The tape recorder went off.
Akane started to sniffle. Ayame gave her a hug. "Aww… it's okay. She… or it… won't hurt you… you will be alright…"Besides… it's not you she's after. It's me…
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Wonder what Miku's gonna say when she returns to the house... and it someone (on a tape recorder) jealous of Ayane? And does Mafuyu like her just enough to cause this? Also, leave me alone for not knowing what sort of special police forces japan has: )
-La La XP