Title: To a New Beginning
Chapter: 3. Missing
Completed chapter three: 11/12/06
Disclaimer: I own nothing…nothing---becoming mad---8D
Thank you for all the people that have read this story, I hope you enjoy this chapter as well.
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A sound of the telephone woke up Takao early in the morning. Takao tries to ignore the ringing and cling to his bed, but he couldn't take it, it was too noisy to go back to sleep. He answers the phone,
"Hello?..." Takao then yawns.
"Oh, sorry to disturb you but is Hiromi there?", asked the person in the telephone in a polite manner.
Takao immediately identified the voice, its Hiromi's mother. "No ma'am. Why? Didn't she came home last night", answered with concern.
"No, I just came home earlier and she's still not here. I don't know where did she go last night and the only place I can think of right now is your place", her voice somewhat shaky.
Takao couldn't think of any other places that she would have gone, "Yes she did came with me to my home last night, but leaves after we finished dinner. I insisted to come with her but she refused, I'm sorry". Takao now scared since it's partially his fault.
"That's alright, I'll just call a few of her friends, call me if you know where she is, ok?", she cuts off the phone.
Where the hell did she'd gone to!!!
Takao thinks for a moment, Maybe she's at Chief's, and besides, the only number that I've got that is Hiromi's friend is his.
Takao dials the telephone,"HELLO!!?!!", he shouted.
"WHAAA?!! Hey! It's only you Takao. Please stop scaring me like that, especially early in the morning." Shouted back Kenny.
Takao apologized then asked if he had seen Hiromi. "No I haven't seen her. Her mother just called me awhile ago… Why? What happened to her?" worried Kenny.
"I don't know either, that's why I'm asking you!"
"Oh… I don't think she would be stubborn enough to sleep with the other classmates since its still Friday, we have school." Answered Kenny.
"Shit!!! I forgot about that!!! Ahhh! It's getting late! Catch 'ya later!", Takao hangs off and runs to the bathroom.
I can't believe him! Oh well, "Mom, I'm leaving, see you later!". Kenny goes out of his house
and headed for school.
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Takao heads off to the door, then suddenly, he remembered his cap. Should I wear it?... Maybe not…
Takao ran like crazy across the neighborhood so that he wouldn't be late. But then, as usual, he came late.
He entered the room but didn't hear Hiromi's voice shouting 'YOU'RE LATE!!!' as he usually did. Instead, he heard an unfamiliar voice.
"Please sit down Mr. Kinomiya! Good thing I'm in a good mood today or I would have not let you in my class." said by a new and strict teacher, Ms. Kobayashi.
"Sorry, err…Yes Ma'am!" he immediate went to his sit. He looks at Hiromi's sit but didn't see her. Where is she!?! He wanted to whisper to Chief (sitting next to him), but didn't since he was too afraid of their teacher. He then just wait and stared blankly to the blackboard, pretending to listen to their teacher.
Recess came and he directly talked to Kenny. "Where do think Hiromi go?"
"I don't know Takao, maybe we should start asking them." Kenny suggested.
"Yeh! Great idea!", Takao now slightly enthusiastic.
One by one they asked there classmates.
"Sorry, I haven't seen her since yesterday."
"I didn't see her either but I saw her last night, I thought she was going to your place."
"yeh she did, but she only stayed for a moment, she said she'd be going home but her mother said she didn't", answered Takao.
"Her mother called me too but I also have no idea." Answered by another student.
"nope, no idea"
"sorry, no"
A small crowd forms, also wanting to know what happened to Hiromi.
"She's gone and nobody knows where is she?! Do you think she's been kidnapped?!" asked by one of the boys.
"Haha! No way! No kidnapper would even dare to kidnapped that blabbermouth! No one could take her noisiness!" said by Ichise, a bully in their class at the back of the crowd.
None of the students laughed at his joke except his gang. And Takao, he was very much insulted for what he had heard.
He was so angry that he grips his hand and quickly runs to Ichise to punch,
"WHY YOUUUU?!!!!..." He almost jumped towards the boy to punch him straight to the face, but the other students stopped him not wanting to cause any outrage.
"Hey Takao! Just quit it!" shouted Kenny.
"Why?! Don't you think it's funny? Especially you Takao, since she always annoy you the most." Ichise smirks.
"Even though she's like that she's still my friend!!!" Takao shouted, still infuriated.
"Hey! Settle down! The next teacher is comin'!" shouted by another classmate.
The class immediately went to their sits. Takao looks at Ichise sharply while Ichise acts as if nothing happened.
Takao and Kenny have to wait for dismissal to ask for others again.
After the class, the two of them began asking questions to some of their classmates and some students outside their class, and other teachers. In all of what they've done, there is still no clue of Hiromi's whereabouts.
"It's almost dark, lets call it a day." Kenny said.
"But!",
"Don't worry, you'll just leave your bag in your house, then will meet at her house at 7 to see if their any clues on her whereabouts. Is that ok?" suggested by Kenny.
Takao smiled and nodded, and went straight home.
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He immediately runs to the door and shouted "Gramps!!! I'm hung---", "Oh, I forgot, he's still on his vacation. Hmpf! I wish I had just come with Kenny to beg for food…". His stomach begins growls then falls to the floor. "I'm soo tired!!! And hungry!!!".
He almost fell asleep then suddenly, the phone rang. It's probably her mother…maybe they have found her!!! With that thought in his head he quickly stands up and runs to the phone.
"Hello?"
"You want to see your noisy friend alive?" asked by a big rugged voice.
"What the---WHO THE HELL IS THIS!?!" Takao shouted to the phone.
"Meet me at 7, in an abandoned building near your school. Don't tell anyone or you'll never see her again" then he hangs up.
Takao, still holding the phone, perplexed to what he had just heard,
Damn! Not again!!
Now Hiromi's been kidnapped! And its all because of me!!! Stupid me!!
"Oh shit! It's already 7!!!"
He didn't think twice and runs out of the house and to the building, where Hiromi and the mysterious man is waiting for him.
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Takao is now at the front of the building. A blonde slightly older than him and all in black coat welcomes him. The young man smiled then said, "Hey don't look at me like that! I'm not the one you talked to back there, I'm just one of his man. My boss is waiting for you inside the building, so please, come in". He then opens the door for Takao.
"WHERE IS SHE!?!", Takao shouted aggressively, his hands ready for another fight.
"My, my, what a temper you've got there, boss wouldn't like that. About your friend, she's alright. She's also inside, waiting for you…", the man gave a sly look to Takao.
Takao didn't want to fight anymore, he just want to bring Hiromi back. He runs through the door, passed by the blonde then enters a very dark warehouse.
"COME OUT!!! LET GO OF HIROMI!! SHE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME!!!" he shouted throughout the unlighted, empty room.
"Being heroic as always, are we? The champion of beyblade." Answered by a big voice by the shadows.
"It's you!!! Bring Hiromi back!!!" Takao, furious but restraining himself for the enemy might do something to her. "Where is she?! Let me see her!"
"as you wish…"
The lights turned on and like he assumed, it was a warehouse except that it is neatly polished, very different from the outside, almost like Ms. Judy's office/training building. Then he saw Hiromi at the back of the big and very masculine man; her mouth taped, and both her wrist and ankles all tied up.
"Hiromi!!!"
Hiromi also wanted to shout back but the tape on her mouth only makes her speak out a series of burbles.
"Now what is it that you want from me?!" Takao, now more serious than angry.
"Now you've got me. Ok, I'll go straight to the point so that we could all go home without anyone getting hurt", answered back, too politely compared to his sinister voice.
"I want you to not to join the tournament!!!" he shouted, now in a violent voice.
Wow! That's something new… Takao laughs at himself.
"But of course, I have to makes sure that you don't enter. You decide, give me your beyblade or will have a beyblade match?!" he asked.
Takao didn't now what to say or do, should he say he already quit, he doesn't have his beyblade , or just keep his mouth shut and just refuse.
He's all puzzled, and then looked at Hiromi, who suddenly…What?! Did she just blink at me?! Does she have a plan?!...
"Sorry, I don't have my beyblade with me, so I can't choose any of your options." Takao now falsely smiling to his enemy.
"Oh…that's why you look confused. Very well, that wouldn't be a problem. I'll let my men to go to your place and find your beyblade. Then we wait here until I have your blade. Then I'll let your girl go. Now isn't that simple?" Then he grinned with his rough face. He lifts his phone from his pocket and calls to his subordinates. Then suddenly,
ZWUUNGG!!!
A beyblade came flying across the room! And spins like crazy!!!
"WHAT THE HELL!!!", the big man panicked "FIND OUT WHO LET GO OF THAT BEYBLADE!!!"
The wild beyblade bounced to the walls, hits some men and breaks the lights making the room the dark again, and the beyblade continues to spin to distract the grunt. While the man was distracted, Takao sneaks toward Hiromi to help untie her. She then gets the beyblade, both of them makes a run for it.
Even if the lights are still turned off the enemy realized they're escaping,
"MEN!!! GET THEM!!!"
The two heroes are running away to the exit, Takao noticed that nobody's blocking it, even the blonde awhile ago. Then, they continued to head straight to the exit.
"Stupid of him to let most his men out of this place!!!" Hiromi then laughed pompously.
"What are you laughing for?! They almost got us!! And besides we're still the target even if escaped that!",he shouted crossly back to Hiromi.
"mmm…sorry 'bout that. But I guess nobody's chasing us", Both of them stopped then looked behind, no people are following them.
Takao grasps her hands and both continued to run, "No! We still must run! We're headin' to my place!".
Hiromi almost stumbles, "What?! Didn't you hear what he said? He send men to your place! He'll catch us again if we go there!!!", she shouted back.
"But---"
"Come on Takao!! What are you thinking?! Your life is more important than your beyblade?!"
"It's not that"
"Then what is it?"
He didn't answered back, they just continued to run as fast as they could across the neighborhood to his house.
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A bright light shines through the whole neighborhood, Wait! It's not light! It's fire!!! Shit!
The two run as fast as they, fearing for what they assumed is true.
Takao's house, completely burning to the ground…
the two couldn't believe what they saw. They stand in front of the house, too shocked to even move.
Suddenly, a shadow rose from the flames, walking towards Takao…the shadow was indistinguishable until he was near Takao,
"It's you!", Takao angry at the same time scared. It was the young man he met just awhile ago.
"Oh so I'm delighted. We meet again." He smiled sweetly as if Takao was a friend of his.
Takao defends Hiromi and himself," What are you going to do to us now?!", his voice croaked, scared of what he had just seen awhile ago. Hiromi was beside him, speechless also of that blonde did awhile ago.
"Nothing, really. My business is done here.", he answered politely.
"Oh yeh!! Then why did you have to burn my house?!"
That is what I do to something that's useless to me…
He gave Takao a dark, cold look, then laughs cynically, walking away from them, into the darkness…
The two of them are stunned,
"O my gosh!! Don't worry Takao! I'll go get some help!" Hiromi runs quickly to the neighbors and shouts out for help.
Takao was still standing, staring blankly at his house, burning into ashes…
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This chapter is longer than the first two, even with only one reviewer! Crazy!
Reviews, suggestions, insults and violent reactions are still welcome! 8D
And, as always, I'm begging for new cool names.
Next chapter! "A Promising Beyblader!"