Wild Ride
"Oh shit! I hope I m not too late for the apple pie."
Tsukushi was running towards the school gate when she saw a familiar figure ran out from the gates in tears. Tsukushi stopped and shouted. "Yuki!" When Yuki continued running, Tsukushi turned and chase after her. Then a tall figure cut past her and ran ahead, blocking her view from Yuki.
Tsukushi tried to run past him but could not keep up, and after a while she realized he was chasing after Yuki as well. Very worried that this guy is going to harm Yuki, Tsukushi tried to speed up. But in her attempt to do so, she tripped and fell face down on the ground. Tsukushi lay face down on the ground for a while, when she suddenly jumped up, knocking off a hand that was in front of her.
"Woo! You scared the hell out of me! What are you? Jack out of a box!" cried Akira
"Who are you and why are you talking to me!" Tsukushi demanded.
"Hey girl, I was chasing after my friend when I saw you tripped and fell. I stop to help you up when you suddenly jumped up like a zombie. So much for kindness" Akira protested.
"Sorry for misunderstanding and thanks for your help." Tsukushi bowed and apologized. Then " AHHHHHH!"
"What is wrong with you!" cried Akira and stuck his finger into his ear. "Are you mad or are you hurt? You must be mad because you sure took a long time feel the pain."
"Yuki! I need to find Yuki!" Tsukushi started to walk but felt an excruciating pain on her knee. She bit her lower lips and tried continue walking
"Don't force yourself. You are bleeding. Let me help you to sit somewhere."
"No, I can't. Yuki ran away crying and a guy is chasing after her. I must find her!"
"Sigh. Fine then let me help you into my car. I will drive you to look for her. I believe the guy you talking about is my friend anyway.
Somewhere in the woods, a curly hair man kept putting his head out from an abnormally big tree house. His temper was constantly rising. In the last hour he has yelled continuously into his handphone, once at Soujiro for not updating him, then at Akira for being missing in action, shortly after, he yelled to the guys squatting miserably behind the bushes "Why are there stupid bugs in my tree house you morons! You got a lot to pay if I get bitten by one! And where's the wine I wanted! I'm giving you half an hour to settle this!"
His 'hitmen' all sprang up from their hiding spot immediately only to get shouted again for leaving their post unmaimed. They cursed under their breath at the opportunity lost to leave their uncomfortable hiding spot but obediently used their outside source to get their King's demand. Soon the tree house was powered by generator and television set, fridge, bugs' trap, fan, lights and cushions were installed.
However, Master Domyoji was not appeased when he felt he has been in the tree house for a life time, with Rui more detached from him than usual. His best friend kept staring at the woods around frowning. His instincts rather than his observations tell him that Rui's recent odd behaviour has a lot to do with that lower class girl. And the other two monkeys have not answered his relentless calling since they last spoken 45 mins ago. With that thought, he felt angrier at the delay of his revenge. He dialed Soujiro's handphone for the 50th time , when the familiar ring tone persist for more than a min he squeeze the end call button angrily and made a dial for Akira.
Great, thought Akira when he saw the number of missed call on his handphone, he will have to face a super angered Tsukasa later which is similar of setting a dragon loose on him.
This is all Soujiro's fault and the girl beside him is making him regret his noble sacrifice. She was driving him crazy by demanding him to drive his car towards any Soujiro or her friend look alike even though it is impossible to achieve without killing someone or getting themselves killed. She refused to resign to the fact that they have lost sight of them when the two of them turned into an alley and they weren't in time to get down from their car to give chase. She also irritate Akira by muttering under her breath in one moment then scream out loud the next moment.
Akira gathered that she has the "1001 horrible things that could happen to Yuki" images displaying in her very paranoia mind. If not for the fact for her injured knee and touched by the concern she showed to her friend Akira will love to chuck her out of his car. Really, the F4 should never say Akira is the paranoid one when they see this girl in action.
Jumped at the hundredth time she has screamed, he finally stopped his car at the side of the road and looked at her. "Do you fancy getting me killed on heart attacks? Oh god. Its like I'm sitting on an electric chair."
Tsukushi looked at him blankly, not registering what he said. She did not understand what did she do to make him upset. "Excuse me?"
Akira sighed and muttered something about big breasted equal to no brain being untrue. Tsukushi ignored him and scanned her eyes at the street surrounding their car. Then she thought she spotted Yuki again and was about to shout this news to Akira when he stopped her by saying "Your friend could not grown so tall in matter of mins, could she?"
Tsukushi fell silent at that, feeling lost and anxious. Akira saw her worried face and sighed. "It's impossible to search for them like that. Try calling her will you? I have called Soujiro but he did not pick up."
Tsukushi slapped her forehead and exclaimed "Why didn't I think of it sooner? And why didn't you tell me earlier!"
Akira went purple at the accusation while Tsukushi grabbed his handphone to make a dial for Yuki. Akira was holding himself back from pushing her out of his car when he recalled the quite a number of attempts made to tell her that only to see her not responding and eyes focused on the streets. He was so wind up that he did not noticed his handphone was being snatched. Normally he does not allow other human being borrowing his phone because he found the thought of other people's saliva, sweat and germs sticking on his handphone extremely disturbing.
"She did not pick up!" cried Tsukushi. She was now imagining a lot of bad situation that does not allow Yuki to pick up her call.
Snapping out of his own murdering thoughts, he tried to think of another way out.
"You and Yuki are best friends right?" Tsukushi nodded her head immediately. "So where does she usually go when she is upset, do you know?"
Tsukushi racked her brains and then gasped "Oh! She might be heading towards our secret head quarters! It is in the woods not far from the school. I have not gone there for a long time but Yuki gave me a bunch of flowers that day saying that she found some near the quarters. We always went there when one of us is upset .My god she must have been upset at that time; I didn't notice what she was saying. I'm such a bad friend. I have let her down and I got her into trouble with those bitches in school."
Akira looked at her guilty face and felt a pang for his new friend.
"All right then," he said gently, "What she needs now is her best friend's comfort so this is no time to blame yourself but the perfect time to test the engine of this car."
Tsukushi did not and could not reply or make any more sound from the next moment as she felt her heart stopped while everything around the car become a blurry light.
Hey mister where you headed
Are you in a hurry
I need a lift to happy hour say oh no
Do you break for distilled spirits
I need a break as well
The well that inebriates the guilt 1 2
1 2 3 4
Cold turkey's getting stale
Tonight I'm eating crow
Fermented salmonella poison oak no
There's a drought a the fountain of youth
Now I'm dehydrating
My tongue is swelling up I say 1 2
1 2 3 4
Troubled times
You know I cannot lie
I'm off the wagon and I'm hitching a ride
There's a drought at the fountain of youth
Now I'm dehydrating
My tongue is swelling up
I say shite
Troubled times
You know I cannot lie
I'm off the wagon and I'm hitching a ride
(Don't know where I'm going) hitchin' a ride
(Don't know where I'm going) hitchin' a ride
Hitchin' A Ride by Green Day