Chapter 12! At long last!The problem is fixed!Another messy chapter I guess. Gomen, ne minna-sama! Yes, the story is finding its way to the end but not now. So please, be patient and enjoy your reading pleasure!
Warnings: Cursing and swearing.
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Tatsumi noticed Tsuzuki was being restless. He was even more anxious than Hijiri. He put down his reports on the nearest table and went to him. "Tsuzuki-san. What's wrong?" he asked eventually.
The amethyst-eyed man turned to his best friend. He had been biting off his nails. "I'm so dead worried about them…Hisoka especially…I have a bad feeling about this," he told the students' affair supervisor. The blue-eyed nodded in agreement. "Yes. We're still trying to contact their parents who are on a business trip in Malaysia. Hopefully we will get some reply from them."
"No…I don't mean that…" corrected Tsuzuki. Tatsumi stared at him. "What do you mean?"
Tsuzuki stood up in a jump. "Have you noticed something earlier on? Before the floor collapsed and after the shootings?"
Tatsumi put his finger under his chin, thinking. After a while, he lifted his face. "Yes…something really amiss back there…but I can't seem to figure out what," he admitted.
Tsuzuki's eyes enlarged. He punched the table next to him. "OH, HOLY SHIT! IT'S HIM! HE'S WITH HISOKA?" He exclaimed and shook Tatsumi's body.
The man stared at him, not understanding what he said. "But…who's he? Isn't Watari with Hisoka-san right now?" he asked.
Tsuzuki shook his head in terror rapidly. "One of the three men who are after the twins! He is Watari! I mean, that wasn't the real Watari! He disguised as Watari! Hisoka's in trouble!"
Silence ruled them. "How'd you know?"
"I should've noticed this earlier! Remember when Watari and you came into his office? He called Hisoka with his name. He always calls Hisoka as Bon no matter what the circumstances are, right?" Tsuzuki spread out his hands as he explained.
"Come to think of it…yes, he always do that…what are you planning to do?" Tatsumi folded his arms. He stared straight at his friend. Tsuzuki stared at his shoes. And back to the building. "I'm going to get Hisoka."
Tatsumi knew that would be Tsuzuki's answer. He would disagree with the answer but he refused to go against it. So, he decided to support Tsuzuki's plan. "I'll cover you." Tsuzuki turned to him. "Really? I…I thought you'd be against me."
"At this rate, the boy's safety comes first. I'm counting on your plan so it had better be a good one," Tatsumi walked back to his troops slowly. "Daijoubu dayo. If something happens, you'll know what to do," Tsuzuki whispered and went back to the empty building.
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"Sensei?" Hisoka backed away from him and met a wall. "What's going on?"
The man smiled as he tore a skin off his face. He even pulled away his wig to show his short black hair. "It seems that this is the first time we meet, Kurosaki Hisoka-san. It's a shame that I couldn't greet Kurosaki Hijiri-san properly now." The man threw away his disguise materials on the floor.
Hisoka stared at him in confusion. "Who are you?" he demanded.
"Suman. My name is Tooru. Nice to meet you," he apologized and pressed something in his ear. "We got the Blond Kurosaki. Get over here now," he said and turned his attention back to Hisoka.
Hisoka felt terrified now. He wanted to escape but got nowhere to go but the hallway behind Tooru. "Jin had reported to me how you escaped back there in the hospital. For a boy your age, I'm impressed. But, it won't work on me," Tooru, knowing Hisoka's intention said.
"What do you want from us?" he asked, clutching his fist, reading to attack anytime. The man grinned. "I think you guys had figured that part out but I'm not going to tell you who assigned us to do this."
'So it's true! Someone from otoo-san's family is trying to kill us both! Damn it, I have to get away from him!' he exclaimed in his head. 'Why can't my empathy sensed that he was the fake Watari? Where's the real Watari-sensei anyway?'
Suddenly, two men appeared next to Tooru. He recognized one of them. "Heh, you've got caught in the trap again eh, you little brat?" Jin stared at him like a predator waiting to assault his prey. Another guy was typing something on his mini laptop but his eyes remained on Hisoka.
Hisoka took a step backward. "Come. It's time to go," Tooru said. "Go? Go where?" Hisoka asked, feeling perplexed. Ken closed his laptop and put it in his backpack. The sound of the closed laptop distracted Hisoka and before he knew it, Jin appeared in front of him in a split second and punched him in the stomach.
He felt pain rushed throughout his body and fainted. "One down, one more to go," Jin said and lifted the poor boy onto his shoulder and carried him behind Tooru. Ken was about to turn but stopped for a while. Tooru noticed him and halted.
"What's wrong, Ken?" he asked. Ken stared at the rumble for a while and turned around. "They've returned."
Tooru smiled. "So, let's be hurry," he said and his subordinates tagged along.
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"Attacking Art! Earth Rage!" Tsuzuki chanted and pressed on the collapsed floor. The floor suddenly disintegrated into dust. He hopped to the other side as the floor on that level had been crumpled completely. To his expectation, Hisoka was no where to be found but he knew they couldn't get too far away.
He bent his knee to the floor and touched it slightly. "Sensing Art, Trace Link," he chanted and a glow of green light was visible on the floor forming a narrow line indicating where Hisoka was taken. "Sensing Art, Hunt," he whispered and in a split second he disappeared.
Ken came to a halt. "Jin!" he called. Ken ran toward his partner and took out a metal string. He spread it across the hallway, building something which looked a lot like a spider web. Red light glowed from the string. "He's coming!" he said. Tooru turned around and waited.
"This string should keep him from…what?" to everyone's surprise, the string went loose and fell to the ground. "You think that child's play could prevent me to come near you? I don't think so," a mellow voice appeared behind Ken and before he knew it, he was pinned to the floor, faced down.
Tsuzuki quickly bite his wrist lightly that only a small wound was evident. Blood gushed out from the wound rapidly as he chanted. "Attacking Art, Blood Embrace!" the blood came out like a stream of river and started to flow around Ken, binding him. He struggled but Tsuzuki warned him. "You know, I don't call this Blood Embrace for nothing. The more you struggle, the tight it gets. Maa, even if you don't it will still get tighter depending on your heartbeat," he said sarcastically.
He stood up and stared viciously at the other two. "Sir, I'll take him down. You go ahead with the blond. Ken and I will catch up with you later," Ken offered and passed Tooru the fainted boy. "I knew I should've got rid of you in first place."
"Give Hisoka back to me!" Tsuzuki demanded. "Opps, I cannot do that. He's so valuable to us," Ken replied. "And so does his brother. We'll get him sooner or later, though."
The amethyst-eyed man watched helplessly as Tooru walked away, carrying Hisoka with him. "Then, I have to get him back by force, eh?"
"Over my dead body."
"Granted!"
"WHAT THE-?" Tatsumi and the camp outside the building were shaken by a massive explosion from the building. The explosive came from the third floor, the floor which the floor had collapsed. Hijiri came running to him. "Tatsumi-sensei! What's happening?" he asked. His voice sounded desperate.
Even though Tatsumi tried to keep his cool but his eyes showed doubt, horror and fear. He was unsure of what had happened. "Tatsumi-sensei!" the brunette called him again. He turned around and finally got a hold of himself.
"Wakaranai…Hijiri-san," he replied eventually. His answer shocked Hijiri. "What?" he looked around. "Where's Tsuzuki-sensei?" he asked. Tatsumi adjusted his glasses and stared back at the school building. Hijiri's eyes widened in shock. "You mean, he's in there? How could you let him?" he shouted.
Tatsumi turned a sharp gaze at him that made the boy felt petrified for a moment. "Tsuzuki-san said he wanted to go and save the boy himself. It's his decision. I'm here to support him when something happens. You got it?" he stated. Hijiri stared at his shoes, feeling guilty.
He felt a pat on his shoulder. He looked up. "Daijoubu desu yo. Believe in Tsuzuki-san. I know he can do this," Tatsumi flashed a heart-warming smile at him. "Demo…what about Watari-san?"
"Oya? What happened to the school? Did one of my many magnificent experiments in the chemistry lab blow up again?" a familiar foolish voice appeared behind them. Hijiri turned around hastily. "Watari-sensei? Why are you here?" he asked. Tatsumi stared at his friend for a while, trying to determine whether this was the real Watari.
Watari gave them a puzzled look. "Huh? I went to the Ministry of Science office to discuss something with the scientists there. Are? Where's Tsuzuki-san and Bon?" he asked after realizing the two was nowhere to be found. "And why are they…polices…soldiers here, Tatsumi-san?"
Tatsumi let out a relief sighed. The Watari in front of them was the real Watari. But it made him anxious more since the real Watari was with them, the fake Watari was with Hisoka. And once again, Tsuzuki's intuition was right. "I need to tell you guys one thing." He confessed. Watari and Hijiri looked at him.
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TBC! Wow…FYI, I made up the spells' chanting. I haven't read all YnM's mangas and I believe I won't be able to in the future so that's why I made up the chants. And yup, I let Hisoka always getting called as Bon by Watari. Hope you guys forgive me! BANZAI!
