AT LAST, THE LONG AWAITED CHAPTER 11!
theKageTenshi does not own Martin Mystery.
Colin could hear his little Tatsuki arguing with one of the boys, "You shouldn't have wandered off!"
"It's not like I went that far!" Taki's voice was the calmer one, it always was. "It was almost across the street." The bags in her hand shuffled as she walked back into her home. Taki looked to her surrogate father, "Mr. Price, do you have any idea how to throw a Gothic Lolita Tea Party? Kisaki-chan won't take no for an answer and I've never been to one."
"Are you ignoring me?!" Martin complained as he to walked into the building. Diana and Arashi behind him.
"She obviously is ignoring you, Martin no bakabakashi." Arashi said dryly.
"Hey! (Was that an insult?)"
"….no." Arashi lied.
Colin blinked, "a Gothic Lolita Tea Party? Like the ones sometimes held at Anime Conventions?" he asked. Tatsuki shrugged, "Hold on," Colin said and disappeared to who knows where. There was a loud thud, and then the sounds of several objects falling off a shelf, "Ow, dammit!" the group sweat dropped. Colin then reappeared with armfuls of black and purple cloth, or drapery of some kind. "It shouldn't be hard to pull off a gothic Lolita tea party." Tatsuki's sweat drop got bigger.
"Why are you so into this?" She asked, "and why do you have all that black and purple stuff?!"
Colin looked away from the group, "I was sixteen and I had a moment."
"But why do you still have it?" Diana asked.
"I'm a pack rat."
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-The Red Monarch-
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The blue butterfly lingered it bit more, as if perhaps trying to clearly see the people now inside the shrine without bringing any attention on itself again. The creature's antenna glowed an iridescent color before fluttering off.
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Takumi waited patiently outside of a small convenience store for his blue fluttering ally to return. His golden eyes caught sight of the small glowing creature. Takumi turned to it and let the blue insect land on his outstretched palm. "Did you have any luck?" Takumi asked the small creature, his golden eyes seemed to be in a strange trance like state. A smirk found it's way to his face, "lucky, indeed…" he murmured.
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The morning of Tenjin Matsuri, Tatsuki smoothed out the collar of her lavender kimono and then checked herself in the mirror; she supposed it looked fine enough.. Tatsuki sweat dropped as she heard a noise of indignation coming from the teen in the bathroom. "Do you need some help, Diana?" Tatsuki asked.
"No, no, I got it!" Tatsuki sweat dropped a little bigger as she heard more frustrated sounds.
"Well, I'm coming in anyway." Taki declared and entered. She stifled a laugh as she saw a chibi form Diana struggling to get her obi tied. "First Miss Lombard…" Tatsuki began while she took the offending obi from Diana's grasp, "if you fold your collar that way, people will think you're a ghost." Diana gave the slightly smaller girl a look as if to ask 'why', "Because that way is how the dead are dressed." Diana paled; in other words, other festivalgoers would think she was as foolish as her brother was. Tatsuki motioned for Diana to spin so she could tie the obi belt around her waist as Diana held her kimono together in the proper way.
"How much do you wanna bet Martin has his on the wrong way?" Diana said suddenly, Tatsuki chuckled, Martin probably had his kimono – or was putting his kimono on the wrong way.
"There, I'm done." Tatsuki said as she stepped away from Diana.
"Thanks Taki." Diana smiled.
"Ladies, hurry up, we'll be late!" the two girls heard Colin call from outside the bedroom.
"Late? Taki I thought the festival was held here?" Tatsuki blinked in response to Diana's question.
"Um, no actually. What we do takes place after the main event, remember what I said about a parade?" Tatsuki said holding her pointer finger up to the sky. Diana's visage became sparkly she loved parades!
"DIAN~NA!! Hurry up!" They heard Martin called from down stairs; Diana put her hands on her hips.
"He says that like I'm the only one holding us up!"
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Takumi maneuvered through the large crowds with little difficulty, 'Hiro's an idiot' he thought to himself, 'He's already replaced Sousuke's ambitions with his own racist ones,' Takumi paid a man for the chicken skewer he picked up and went on his merry way. 'If he does succeed in bringing Sousuke back, he'll be killed.'
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"I have chosen a fool to act in my stead should some tragedy befall me." Sousuke had spoken as if he knew what was to happen later that day. Takumi blinked in confusion. "Yamada-kun, despite who I have left in charge, I want you to look after Suki-chan, the Center has her, and they will alter her thinking against me,"
"What can I do to stop them?" Takumi asked, eager to assist the man.
"You can't." Sousuke said solemnly, "If you try, they will only succeed in locking her further away from us."
There was an awkward silence between the two, "Miyabe-san, " Takumi suddenly spoke up, "If I may ask, why did you kill you're parents?" Sousuke was silent for a moment, "Why kill anyone at all?" Sousuke's brown-red eyes seemed to swirl with emotions as he thought on those questions.
"That day," he began, "the Center had approached my parents and told them of a 'threatening manifestation' nearby," Sousuke smirked at his listener, "I did some investigating, it turns out the only thing nearby is a harmless gathering of forest sprites, nothing to be concerned about, however when I returned…I overheard one of the agents speaking with her superior…" his smirk grew wider and Takumi became more interested in the story, "that Superior…was going to have my family arrested for paranormal crimes they didn't commit…the whole story was a scam…and I lost it."
"That doesn't explain why you killed your parents." Takumi pointed out.
Sousuke shrugged, "They got in my way."
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Tatsuki sighed when she saw the condition of Martin's kimono, "Honestly, did you even think to ask Komatsuzaki for help?" Martin sweat dropped as Taki sent a glare in Arashi's direction while she adjusted the collar of his kimono. A light blush stained his cheeks (Diana giggled knowingly at her brother's expense)
Arashi through up his hands in surrender, "I was helping Java!" he said, Java nodded in affirmation. Ignoring the scene Colin closed his briefcase and proceeded to usher everyone out.
"If everyone is ready, let's get going!" He said
"Colin, what's in the suitcase?"
Colin sweat dropped, unsure of what to say, "Just…some…business." he laughed, and Tatsuki raised an eyebrow as if to say 'really' but proceeded out the door with the others. Colin let out a sigh before he followed behind them.
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The festival so far had gone like it did every year, Taki scanned the large crowd looking for some familiar faces. She stood on her tiptoes, hoping to catch sight of Java, Colin, or Martin. Seeing one of them, she headed in that direction. "Personally, I think it's my best creation yet!" Colin gushed like a child over the object in his hands. Tatsuki glanced at the person he was speaking to, he was around her age, but taller. He wore a sugegasa hat on his head, but she could see strands of white hair poking out from underneath it. His clothes were mostly visual kei style, obscured by the long funnel neck coat he wore (which was not zipped up). Tatsuki folded her arms over her chest as stood next to Colin.
"You aren't trying to peddle off your junk to this guy are you, Mr. Price?" Colin and the mysterious boy seemed to jump out of their skin at the sound of her voice. Tatsuki turned to the boy and bowed, "I apologize for this man, please don't feel obligated to buy anything from him."
The boy sweat dropped, "It's okay…"
Tatsuki made a small smile, "I'm Tatsuki Miyabe, 'Taki' for short." She said in English. The boy seemed taken a back, "You look European, so I assumed you spoke English, was I wrong?" Tatsuki cocked her head to the side.
He shook his head, "No…It's just….you're Tatsuki Miyabe?" Taki nodded yes.
"And you are?" She asked expectantly. The boy's eyes became hard, and Tatsuki mentally shivered, it was the exact same look Agent Olivia Mandell would give her every time she spotted Tatsuki at the Center with Colin when she was younger.
"…Isaac." He said after a while.
Taki smiled anyway, "It's nice to meet you Mr. Isaac."
"Hey! Taki! Where are you!?" Tatsuki heard Martin yell, she sighed.
"I better go see what he wants..." she said, "I hope you enjoy the festival, Mr. Isaac!" She glared over her shoulder at her guardian, "and don't you sell him any useless junk, Mr. Price!" Colin sweat dropped at the accusation.
After she was well out of sight Colin scratched the back of his head, "She isn't like the person who hurt your mother, you know." He said with a sigh, "Keep in mind, the only relative you can choose to be a part of your family is your wife…or something like that…and that isn't even true in some cultures!" Colin said, "Now about my beautiful invention, let me show you how it works!" he said with childlike glee.
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Takumi spotted his prey and waited for the opportune moment to strike. His finger itched to pull the trigger, just a few more moments… 'Now!' his mind shouted. As soon as he pulled the trigger back a blast knocked Takumi off balance and he fell from his hiding spot. He knew his bullet had hit somebody, the screams of terror were enough to figure that out, however, he no longer knew if it hit the right target.
"Did you think I didn't see you up there pointing your gun?" said a voice. Takumi lazily turned his head to look up at the speaker. He was young and of European decent, and he wore a sugegasa. Takumi chuckled, "Why are you laughing?" the Sugegasa boy asked.
"My apologies Sugegasa-san," Takumi said referring to him by his hat, "but despite your valiant efforts, I still shot somebody." He laughed, "I just don't know if it was the person I was aiming for or not!"
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The crowd was in pandemonium trying to get away from the scene, Tatsuki looked around desperately for a familiar face as the crowd shoved her in every direction; suddenly she found herself no longer being pushed and shoved, but staring down at the victim. Her eyes became wide and tears welled within them, Taki cover her mouth in horror as she sunk to her knees beside the body. Hesitantly, she reached her hand out and gently shook his shoulder, "Arashi?" she asked quietly, her hand felt damp on his shoulder, slowly she lifted her hand and saw that it was stained red with the blood from his wound, she froze immediately.
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Martin pushed his way out of the panicking crowd, "TAKI!! DIANA!! JAVA!!" He called, though he doubted they could hear him over the noise. "ARASHI!!" Finally he caught sight of Taki, and his eyes filled with horror, "Oh, no…"
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It was an instantaneous reaction to the blood, with a small shockwave, Tatsuki's small body released a massive amount of electromagnetic energy forming a rather impressive barrier around Arashi and herself. Her body was frozen, and her eyes were wide, scared, and a bit teary, too. "Miss…Miyabe…" she could barely hear Arashi's voice in her autistic state, "I'm fine…it's…just my shoulder." He tried to reassure her. Arashi attempted to sit up, but it was useless considering the condition of his right arm. "I don't know if you can hear me like that, Miss Miyabe," Arashi said, "But…I'm okay…"
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"TAKI!" Martin pushed as hard as he could against the barrier, this was her worst reaction to blood he had ever seen, and it didn't make him feel any better knowing he couldn't get to her. Suddenly he wasn't he only one pushing against the barrier, to his right was Java and Diana, and to his left was Colin.
"Push and walk at the same time, Martin, it's the only way to get anywhere!" Colin shouted over the electric noise made by the barrier. Martin nodded and took the older man's advice. He soon found himself closer to the center of the barrier.
"TAKI! Can you hear me!?" He reached out to her, the barrier still tried to push him back with great force, it even burned to an extent. "Come on Taki, snap out of it!" Martin reached and grabbed hold of her shoulder as gently as he could, "Snap out of it!" Tatsuki's eyes seemed to widen before the barrier completely disappeared. Martin slumped to the ground, thoroughly exhausted.
"Martin?" her voice was small and shaky. The others had already joined them, Colin was examining Arashi's wound and Diana and Java were asking both Martin and Tatsuki if they were all right.
Colin reached into his pocket and pulled something out. He pressed a large triangular button and suddenly a portal to the Center infirmary opened, "Emergency portal." He explained before he carried Arashi through it, the others close behind.
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It felt like forever before a doctor came out to speak with them, and he was quickly bombarded with the usual questions. He answered them monotonously, "Mr. Komatsuzaki is fine, he won't die, however there is a chance he may never be able to use his right arm again." The room suddenly felt a little lighter. Arashi wasn't going to die today, that was a good thing, despite the loss of his right arm.
"Can we see him?" Tatsuki asked timidly. The doctor examined her form for a moment and then nodded.
"You may."
I don't own Isaac either, xD, he belongs to Saiyan5Nine-Tails, I'm certain I had permission. lol.
A Sugegasa is a cone shape straw hat.
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