Kyoto Arc: Part 2
He growled softly in annoyance and turned around to yell at the unfortunate person but he fell mute as he gazed at the intruder. His pipe dropped, forgotten on the ground. The intruder smiled softly.
"Hello, Oriya, long time no see."
The man, now known as Oriya, was stunned speechless. Who wouldn't be, after seeing someone you knew died years ago just suddenly appear at your doorstep without so much as a word within the past three years. He quickly regained his visage ready to sprout out a million questions. The intruder raised his up his hand before he could speak.
"I know this is a surprise. Of course I am dead. The reason I couldn't contact you is because the living cannot know of my existence," he spoke. His silver eyes examined the other. Oriya was just speechless for words, though his outer features didn't show it.
"Why am I here? Simple, I need your help." He finished. Oriya scowled in annoyance.
"Three years and all you have to say is, I NEED HELP!"
-X-
Hisoka, Maria, and surprisingly Tsuzuki, made it on time for the meeting. Watari and Konoe were already seated along with Tatsumi who was ready to give a briefing. Hisoka was not surprised that Muraki wasn't there. He was sure that none of them informed him. He figured Muraki was out there planning Tsuzuki's demise or something. Not like he'd be missed, according to Hisoka's train of thought.
Hisoka sat beside Watari to avoid sitting by Tsuzuki. Maria would be okay but then again Tsuzuki probably paid her not to.
The Gushoshin were by a projector. Most likely show the murdered women in the past couple of days. Tatsumi began the briefing as the pictures flashed after each description. Luckily it wasn't as gory as the ones Muraki would like to do. Hisoka shuddered at that thought.
-X-
Hisoka sighed at his misfortune. Here he was, again, showing Tsuzuki and Maria around Kyoto. Watari was with them luckily. After all it was the blond's district. Maria and Tsuzuki would be given sectors soon but for now they were traveling around. Maria had to drag Tsuzuki a few times away from the bakeries. They couldn't get sidetracked.
They were following Watari's directions of a map that Tatsumi had made them to their rental place. Tsuzuki was hoping for a nice place. But since he really didn't know the secretary of hell, a.k.a Tatsumi, they would get a cheap place that didn't waste expenses. Usually it was enough but this time…
It was intolerable.
They made it to an abandoned place with scary scene. Counting the fact that it was dark didn't have anything to do with it. NO one would enter that house anyway. The place was broken down with pieces of wood strewn around the lawn or leaning against the walls. The house was all together quiet.
Watari let out a nervous laugh as Maria and Tsuzuki stared at it in disbelief.
"He, he… WHY DOES HE HAVE TO BE SO CRUEL!" Watari screamed on the open air. Fortunately for them there was no one else who could hear his anguish cries. Hisoka just rolled his eyes before entering the faltering shelter. At least it wouldn't fall on them. The rest followed as they figured it was safe. They did trust Hisoka's judgment.
"Tatsumi is such a cheapskate! From what I heard, we could afford a better place," Tsuzuki said opening some door a little bit forcefully since it was kind of hard.
Maria rolled her eyes in annoyance. They needed to get some groceries to last them a night. She was about to go until Hisoka volunteered to do it. She went along with him in case something would happen to him. Safety in numbers was the phrase. They both headed out when Tsuzuki handed them a list. Hisoka and Maria gladly took out a sharpie pen and scratched out half the items on the list.
-X-
Maria and Hisoka were walking back from the grocery with a few heavy bags in their hands. Maria was use to it unlike Hisoka who didn't really eat much. Most of these were Tsuzuki's items. Maria just ate whatever was presented.
"So, Hisoka-kun, is there a reason why Watari didn't ask for Muraki on this assignment?" Maria asked the question she'd been curious for. He just sighed not wanting to answer the question.
"I don't know. He did say something about – argh!" Hisoka growled in pain.
He dropped the bags on the cement as the pain in his head intensified. He knew this feeling; he knew it well. Images of red filled his vision. He knew why he was having these visions. They were only when Muraki was on one of his homicidal escapades and was around in his vicinity. Maria quickly helped him from falling down on the ground. She asked him what was wrong but he couldn't respond. She was close to panicking.
Tap…tap…tap…She looked up to see that they were in front of steps that led to a temple. A slipper fell down the steps slowly. She looked further up as her eyes widened. Blood dripped from a dead body with her hair cut. The culprit stood next to the dead, his white coat stained with blood. He sighed.
"Blood is so hard to get off when it's dried," he stated. Maria just gasped. Now she knew why Muraki was not at the meeting. The bureau suspected him. He just let out a small smirk.
"Why are you doing this? For some petty revenge?" Maria questioned still holding Hisoka close to her as he was close to passing out and she had to escape quickly. She knew she wouldn't win and it was pointless to question Muraki. His motives were always obvious.
"I suppose. But you're not supposed to know anything yet." Muraki answered. He instantly appeared in front of them and for a split second, before she could act, shoved her back a few steps. Her hold loosened on Hisoka who Muraki instantly gathered. Maria stood up a bit wobbly but managed. She looked at him.
"What do you want him for? He isn't even between you two," she asked. Muraki just chuckled.
"You know as much as I do that Tsuzuki-san wouldn't fight without something to fight for. Killing these people is just wasteful in luring him out. They are for other purposes. But I guess you already knew that."
He teleported taking Hisoka with him. Maria took a while to get out of her shock before running back to their temporary home.
-X-
Tsuzuki became worried as he looked at the time. Maria and Hisoka were taking a long time to come back. He kept pacing to assure himself that they were just taking a long time because of his orders. But he did vaguely remember them taking out sharpie pens and scribbling out some of his junk that he asked for. They shouldn't take this long. He voiced his concerns to Watari who replied that they were okay and they won't die.
It has been over an hour since he asked and he was getting impatient. He was about to leave until the door burst open with Maria rushing inside. She was tired as if she ran all the way from the grocery store. Tsuzuki noticed one thing. Hisoka wasn't with her. He grasped onto her shoulders and shook her lightly.
"Where's Hisoka?" he demanded in worry. Maria took deep breaths to calm her self. She cursed herself mentally for not even thinking of teleporting. When she regained her breath, she spoke.
"Muraki…Muraki took him," she answered. Watari quickly ran over to her and helped set her down on the futon.
Tsuzuki stood there, hands clenched in anger. He thought of the nerve of that man. How could he just continue this? Right now, with the time Maria took, Muraki could've done who-knows-what to Hisoka already. He didn't want to think about it as he remembered the days he saw Hisoka suffer in bed for a year until he died. It was all Muraki's fault. But he blamed himself most of all since Hisoka had gotten involved in this. He was about to rush out the door until two forces held him back. His violet eyes blared at the two who held him back.
"Let me go! I have to get Hisoka back!" he said struggling against the two. They held on tightly.
"Tsuzuki, if you go after him without a plan, then you're playing into his traps. He wants you to run there blindly! Think about it," Watari offered. His grip was tight and Tsuzuki finally calmed down a little. He sat down on the chair and his shoulders slumped. His hands cradled his face as he sighed.
"Tsuzuki, I know I don't know how you feel, but remember that you're dealing with Muraki. I'm sure he has planned out everything from all angles. If we rush in there too quickly things could go wrong," Maria said calmly.
"I know… I know," Tsuzuki began, "But he could've done something to Hisoka already."
"It's okay Tsuzuki, we'll get him back. Don't worry."
-X-
Beep, beep, beep… beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeppppppppppppppppp…
The heart had failed. The doctor cursed as his cloning project was failing. He was trying to create another Frankenstein. It seemed hopeless in his case. After all, his electricity is limited. He cursed under his breath. He needed a new heart. Then and only then would his experiment of cloning would succeed.
Now, where was Muraki?
-X-
"No, no, and NO!" Oriya said to his best friend who was carrying an unconscious figure. Muraki was usually persuasive in making his friend agree with him. But he really needed some convincing.
"C'mon Oriya, it's just for the week," Muraki stated.
"No, I will not. I told you don't bring your schemes to my establishment."
"I promise you Oriya that he will not bother you much."
They did a staring contest for a while until Oriya sighed and looked away.
"Fine."
Muraki smiled a little. No one would see him smiling for real unless it really amused him.
"Where do I set him?" Muraki asked. Oriya pointed over to his futon. Muraki gladly complied.
"If something goes wrong Kazutaka, I swear you'll be finding a new friend to bug." Muraki just chuckled.
"Thanks Oriya."
TBC-------------
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