Hiwatari Delusion

It had been three days since Chia had been discovered at the scene of the crime of Kai's beloved animal's murder. Three days of a painfully tense atmosphere. Three days in which the only one who would talk to Chia, was Rei, and even he avoided visiting her as often. Said delinquent had since then locked herself in her room and refused to come out, which made the atmosphere all the more tense because even a reference to her made Kai cringe and storm out the room in a foul temper that lingered for the rest of the day.

The kitchen had be scrubbed so that no trace of Barry remained, the maimed body buried in the back garden underneath the cherry-blossom tree where the cat had spent most his afternoons in. The knife thrown away along with anything else sharp in the building, more so the kitchen, no one wanted to risk a repeat performance with possibly even worse results.

Tyson had lost his monstrous appetite and spent most of his time staring at his blade or off into space, while Max had started walking aimlessly around the house, keeping clear of Chia's room, Kai's room and the kitchen. "I know it was a hard blow Rei but it'll all get back to normal…as normal as it can get." Kenny's explanation hadn't really helped but Rei hoped it was accurate, a grieving notion. It still perturbed Rei how Kenny would stay so calm after the incident had been explained to the computer freak.

It was nearly seven in the evening when Rei carried a tray up to Chia's room and knocked on the door. "Dinnertime." He called nervously through the door. Hearing a click he opened the door and made his way over to the bed where the younger Hiwatari child had returned to curling up in a ball. He smiled softly as he placed the tray of food on to her bedside cabinet.

"Come on Chia…sitting up here on your own isn't healthy. How about we go out for a walk?" Pausing at the birdcage he peered in. "Chia…what happened to Mr Tweet?" He asked curiously while studying every inch of the cage in order to detect signs of a struggle on the birds' behalf.

"Kai…'e took 'im away. 'E said I weren't fit to have 'im. 'E said I killed Barry…but I dint. I liked Barry. 'E curled up on my bed, every morning. 'E sat on my legs and purred…I kept sayin' I thought he were a train, puffin' away." Chia rambled on in a similar fashion for another few minutes while Rei set up her dinner plate.

His mind started wandering back to the tragedy that had met them merely a few days ago. Yes, Chia had a reputation for accidentally killing animals, key point being accidental…she just didn't seem like the person who would intentionally kill anything, let alone sever its head off from its body as brutally as it had seemed, but then again there had been no one else in the house other than Kai and Kenny, having been revealed that the stoic blader was having his blade upgraded...unless someone had broken in and…that wouldn't make any sense…why break in just to kill a cat!?

Unless it wasn't the cat they were aiming to kill…what if they had tried to break in to kill someone else? Putting a hand to his forehead and wiping a bit of sweat off his brow, Rei scoffed. He was being paranoid…again! But…maybe he had good reason to…a creature had been killed in this very house…it wasn't something to be taken lightly.

"It's all right Chia. I don't think you did kill Barry." Rei smiled as he sat next to Chia and took her hand. "Just tell me, did you see anything or anyone strange?"

The deranged girl, who had buried her head in the pillow at some point towards the end of her rant looked up confused. "Strange? Stranger than normal you mean?" Suddenly her eyes glazed over and she snapped up. She started giggling inanely before placing her full and undivided attention on Rei. Her posture was entirely different from usual. Her back was straight, her face becoming alert and seemingly sane, asides the maniacal giggling.

He shuddered as her eyes gazed straight at him, the glassy appearance gone, and not trying to look through him as she usually did. "I see things Rei…I see things that aren't what they seem. You have a murderer in this house at this very moment…unless you do something soon, you'll all be dead." Her head lolled forward before she fell back onto her pillows fast asleep.

..::END CHAPTER::..

I know it's short but at least it's up! I could barely remember the plot so I had to do a bit of soul-searching…I hope you review and tell me what you think…please!?

TO

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