Title: 5 Shopping Teenagers
Chapter 11
Disclaimer: I own neither Fruits Basket nor Agatha Christie's work.
A/N: Hey, Everyone! I'm sorry for taking SO long to update : ) I just haven't felt like writing because I've been thinking about the cast list of our spring musical. (I was really close to being Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz). Anyways, that's not important anymore! I'm bouncing back, and here's chapter eleven!!!
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,
Played a victim to love, and then there was none.
"You little twit! You promised; how dare you defy me!" booms a loud voice over the intercom. "Your friend's death is all your fault! You broke your promise to me, and this is the consequence. I hope you understand the error of your ways soon, because if you don't, I swear the results will be dire. It is impossible for the incident to have no effect on you. I know you will start seeing things my way now."
Silence falls over the two as sheer horror fills them to capacity.
Arisa turns to say something to Tohru, but seeing her tears only makes Arisa want to cry herself.
"We have to get out of here..." Uo thinks to herself, trying to form a plan. Her hand moves to her pocket, as she glances at the screen on her cellphone: No Signal
Uo sighs at the disappointment and thinks, "Because that would just be too easy, wouldn't it?"
Out of nowhere, Uo feels something or someone grab her arms. In fright, she whips around to see who it is and is glad to see Tohru's face.
But wait.
Her face is pale, and her eyes are wide and shimmering with tears. The hands of hers that hold Arisa are shaking.
"Www... we ha- we have tttt-o go to... to himmm. I c-can han... handle ittt," Tohru says in a hushed voice that scares Arisa.
Arisa places a firm and protective grasp on Tohru's shoulders and tells her, "No. We are not going to give in to this guy. We can find a way! It's going to be okay, I swear."
Tohru nods her head once, still with a frightened, almost dazed, expression. Carefully but swiftly, Uo stands up, pulling Tohru with her. The two look around for anything to hint them of what to do. Seeing nothing and having made no plans, they slowly put one foot in front of the other repeatedly. Not strolling, not running. Just going.
Ending up in the middle of the mall, the two girlfriends stop to scope out the setting around them: ten or so small tables, a water fountain working as the centerpiece of the building, and several potted plants scattered about decoratively.
Tohru walks to a table and sits down mechanically. Anyone looking in on the scence would have guessed her to be in a trance.
She turns around, about to wave Uo over to sit with her, but sees no one. Panicing, Tohru violently stands up and looks around for anything moving.
The only thing that could be mistaken for alive would be the ripples in the water fountain...
And the swish of a black cloth disappearing into a door opposite Tohru...
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