If only the Fairytale

Chapter Twelve

Shizuru trotted over to Suzushiro. "Have you heard anything yet?"

Haruka shook her head. "No, and Michiko-san hasn't said anything." She yawned. "This really sucks. If weird things keep happening no one will want to go to school here."

Shizuru nodded. "Have you spoken to any of the officers yet?"

"Yeah." Haruka sighed. "They said it was pretty messy."

Shizuru bit her lip. "Do…Do they know who did it?"

Haruka shook her head. "No. They…" She took a breathe and glanced at the police officers that were wandering around, "They said she was torn apart."

Shizuru glanced toward the ground. "Has Furude-san said anything?"

"No." Haruka looked over at the sobbing girl. "She keeps crying. Not that I blame her. If I found my roommate like that…" She bit her lip. "They think an animal got into her room. That that's what did it."

"You don't think so?"

Haruka sighed, "No. There was no sign of that sort of intrusion. It was too…clean."

"A person?" Shizuru frowned.

"Yeah, that's what I think." Haruka groaned. "What the school planning on saying?"

Shizuru clenched the jacket. "That a thief broke into Hoshizawa-san and Furude-san's room. Hoshizawa-san returned and the thief killed her and fled."

"That's the story?" Haruka laughed. "That's a load of crap and you know it."

"That's what the school is going to say." Shizuru sighed. "I'm going to talk to the police and then go back to bed."

Mai blinked. "No school?" Mikoto nodded enthusiastically. "How come?

Mikoto shrugged. "Don't know. Food!"

Mai flung the covers off and stood up. "Alright." She made her way to the kitchen. As she was pulled out the frying pan there was a knock at the door. "Coming," she called. She put the pan down and opened the door. "Takumi, Akira, are you okay?" Both middle schoolers looked worried.

"Hoshizawa-san died last night," Takumi whimpered.

Mai gasped, "What? She was in your class, right?" That must be why they cancelled school, she thought. "Do, do they know what happened?"

"Someone killed her," Takumi choked out. "The school made up some bogus story about a thief."

"I saw someone last night," Akira confessed. "I think they might have done it."

"Who was it?" Mai asked.

Akira shook her head. "I don't know. Whoever it was, their skin was glowing. Not all of it, but some." She sighed. "I was hoping the HiME could look into it. I called Midori earlier but she didn't answer."

"She was probably out getting drunk," Mai said. "But yeah, I'll definitely get the HiME to take a look. Maybe Yukino will find something."

"What did you do?"

Nagi smirked down at the younger girl. "Hello there Mashiro-chan." He laughed. "Or should I be calling you Hotaru-chan now?"

"Tell me," she ordered.

Nagi leapt down. "I'm just playing."

"It's disgusting," Mashiro sneered. Nagi continued smiling. "Where's Midori? You have her."

Nagi's smile grew and Mashiro shuddered. "She was going to ruin my fun. She's still alive though." He licked his lips. "For now."