Title: 5 Shopping Teenagers
Chapter 4
Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket or Agatha Christie's novel(s).
A/N: Thank you so much to all who reviewed! ((gives everyone plushie of their fav character)) Keep reveiwing; it makes me happy!
"Well, don't just stand there, Carrot Top; read it!" she says, panic now setting in.
It read:
Five shopping teenagers, shopping no more.
One disappeared, and then there were four.
Four shopping teenagers, searching for a key.
One slipped and fell, and then there were three.
Three shopping teenagers, with minds now askew,
One was choked on fashion, and then there were two.
Two shopping teenagers, danger only begun,
One had too much water, and then there was one.
One shopping teenager, having little fun,
One played a victim to love, and then there was none.
The group just stared at the note, forming a circle around Kyo, the one that held it. Then back to Hana. Then back at the note.
" 'Five shopping teenagers, shopping no more. One disappeared, and then there were four.' I guess he or she meant how Hana wasn't with us when we left the store," Yuki says rationally, trying to remain the strongest of the four.
The rest are still too shocked and scared to speak.
All of a sudden, Uo comes back to reality. "We have got to get out of here! What if this happens to someone else? We have to tell the police!"
This snaps the rest of them into the real world, and they begin to run towards the big front door.
Kyo's hand slams against the door, and he goes to turn the knob.
He pauses, and tries again.
"Kyo, what's going on? We need to get out of this place as soon as possible," Tohru says, now slightly calmer. (Which is not a whole lot...)
"Move!" Uo says forcefully as she tries to turn the knob. She tries again. And again. And again.
The same thought goes through everyone's heads, We're locked in...
"Yuki, I'm scared!" Tohru says, as she collapses into Yuki. His arms wrap around her as he tries his best to quiet her and comfort her.
Kyo and Uo begin to talk quietly, trying to think of an escape plan. "Let's just find the janitor's closet, wherever it is, and then we can get the key and unlock the door," Kyo says, stating the obvious.
"Simple, but it'll have to do," Yuki says, stabilizing Tohru so she can stand on her own.
They start to walk away from the door, when Arisa stops them.
"Did you hear that?" she asks.
They look to their right and to their left, and they see nothing.
"What are you talking about? I don't hear anything..." Yuki replies in confusion.
"Listen!"
...((nothing))...
Kyo rolls his eyes, "Arisa, get a grip!"
"I heard something, I swear! I don't know what the hell it was, but it was there!" she protests, putting her hands on her hips.
"Oh, it isn't a big deal. Can we just get out of here?" Tohru squeaks, tugging on her shirt.
"Tohru's right; we need to find that key!" offers Yuki, as he walks over to Tohru and gently squeezes her shoulders.
Uo, seeming to have had an epiphany, says, "Well, it's not helping at all to stand around talking! We have got to help Hana, so her family can give her a proper burial! It isn't fair if Mr/Mrs. Homicide gets away with killing our best friend! The quicker we find that key, the quicker we get out! We can cover twice the ground in half the time if we split up: Tohru, I want you to go with Yuki, ok? You two can look upstairs. And Me and Kyon-Kyon will stay down here and look, too. Everyone has their cells, so we'll call if we find anything, agreed?"
"Agreed," the group choruses.
Tohru and Yuki, as planned, head toward the stairs that lead up to the second floor, and Kyo and Uo begin to search for the janitorial closet.
---Kyo and Uo---
((pasuuusasssspuasssua))
"There it is, again! Do you hear it, Kyo?" Arisa asks, sure this time there was something to be heard.
...((nothing))...
"Ugh, Arisa, stop trying to scare me! It's not funny anymore!" Kyo says, slightly annoyed.
"It sounds like whispering, sorta... And it's really starting to freak me out!" Arisa argues, when all of a sudden...
BoOm!!!!! ((thunder claps, lightning strikes, rain beats down on the roof, lights flicker out))
How effing wonderful... everyone thinks to themselves.
So? Whatdya think? I know there wasn't a whole lotta creepy stuff, but I promise there will be next chapter! This is just like the filling in between big, dramatic happenings. And as always, ReViEw: )