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Chapter Rating; T; for Language
My writing style in Fanfiction.
"Talking"
'Thoughts'
Something one of the characters is writing or reading
Introduction/Truth
*Sound*
/ / Flashback / /
/ Dream /
Scene Change
トりのなく頃に; こしょうかけら
Tori no Naku Koro ni; koshou kakera
When the birds cry; shattered fragments
到来し編 Touraishi-hen
Arrival Arc
疑
Suspicion
I ran into the room and looked all around, but there was no trace of Umi. I ran over to the window and checked it; sure enough it was locked. It was as if Umi had just vanished while she was in her room.
Anger built up in me. I don't know how she did it, but I know Tomoyo is behind this. She was really mad at me, and kept yelling at me that I would be punished.
I ran out of the house and into the forest heading towards the school. I stormed into the building and saw Tomoyo and Yukari sitting at their desks laughing at something.
I clenched my fist. They are probably laughing at me and about what they did to Umi, those bitches! I will make them pay for what they did to her! I will make them tell me where she is!
I walked up to them. "Where is she?" I asked them.
Yukari and Tomoyo gave me a puzzled expression. "Who?" Tomoyo questioned.
"Umi! Where is she! Where is my little sister?" I screamed at them.
"We didn't touch her," Yukari told me.
"If she is gone, that means Death did," Tomoyo added.
I froze, "What do you mean?" I stuttered.
"If Umi is missing it means that Death had taken her soul," Tomoyo answered in a blank tone.
Furry rose up inside of me, and before I even knew what I was doing grabbed Meiling's desk and held it above my head. "Tell me where Umi is!?" I yelled at Tomoyo and Yukari.
When they didn't answer my rage grew to a boiling point. I slammed the desk down on Tomoyo. I lifted the desk up and slammed it down again while screaming. "Tell me where she is!?"
Tomoyo closed herself off and shielded her face with her hands. "Please Sakura, stop it hurts. Sakura please," Tomoyo cried.
"Tomoyo is innocent, Death is the culprit," Yukari cried to me.
I turned and narrowed my eyes at her. I lifted the desk up and slammed it down on her. She let out a scream as she was forced to the ground because of the beating.
"Tell me where Umi is!" I screamed with rage. "I know it was one of you, tell me where she is!" I ignored their cries of pain and screams telling me to stop. It was if I wasn't the one in control, it felt as if my arms were moving on their own, smashing the desk into them over and over again. It was as if I couldn't stop, maybe I didn't want to though.
"Sakura stop it!" Syaoran yelled as he grabbed me and held both of my arms, causing the desk to fall from my hands.
Tomoyo and Yukari looked terrible; their arms were thoroughly beaten and bleeding heavily. Their faces had taken a few hits so they were bleeding there too.
"They did something to Umi, I know they did!" I yelled as the tried to force my way out of Syaoran's grasp. "I'm going to make them tell me where she is!"
"Sakura calm down," Syaoran hissed coldly.
"Calm down!" I screamed. "They kidnapped my little sister, and maybe killed her! I can't calm down tell they tell me where she is!" I began kicking Syaoran in the knee so he would let go of me.
"Sakura beating up Tomoyo and Yukari isn't the right thing to do," Syaoran scolded.
"I thought you would understand Syaoran! But I see I was wrong, no one here is really my friend, you are all fake!" I screamed breaking away from Syaoran.
"Sakura we didn't touch Umi," Tomoyo told me in a soft voice. "Death did," her voice went creepy when she said that. "We didn't touch Umi,. Death was the one who killed her. Death entered your house and killed her."
"I warned you that Death was at your house," Yukari said in an equally creepy voice. "I warned you."
My fist clenched and I wanted to make a dive at them, but Syaoran held my shoulder. "Let me go!" I said in a dangerously low voice. Syaoran didn't let go of my shoulder, so I broke away from him and ran out of the school.
I ran my house and went inside. On the dinning room table I found a note from my mom and dad telling me that they were had some urgent business to attend to in Tokyo and wouldn't be home tonight, but they would be home tomorrow morning.
I decided to finish the book I was reading. I sat down in the living room and read and read until I finally finished the book. It was almost 10PM by then.
Touya still hasn't come home for work yet? I wonder if something is wrong. I got up from my spot on the couch and heading into the kitchen. I almost screamed when I saw Yukari standing in front of the sliding glass door to go outside. She had a warm smile on her face and a tin baking pan in her hands.
"Yukari what brings you here?" I asked as I walked over to the door.
"I noticed that your parents aren't home so I decided to make you something to eat, and because there was never a light on in the kitchen I figured you hadn't eaten yet," she explained.
"Could you hold on one second," I told her before running off upstairs. I ran to Touya's room and grabbed a wooden kendo sword and went back downstairs. I walked back to the door while keeping the wooden blade concealed behind my back.
"Sorry about that Touya called for me," I apologized, "And no I'm not hungry Touya picked up from food from the café."
"What did you eat?" Yukari questioned.
"Sushi," I answered after a short pause.
Yukari smiled at me, "That's fine. Go get your brother so I can ask where to put this. I don't want this to go to waste you can have it for breakfast," she told me.
"I'm sorry Touya just went into the bathroom," I lied to her.
She blinked. "You're lying," she blankly told me. "You didn't eat anything."
"Yes I did, Touya picked it up, and as I said he is in the bathroom right now."
"You're lying," she answered.
"What makes you think that?" I asked getting annoyed and little upset that my lie was being saw through.
"Death told me," Yukari answered. "He told me that you are the only one in this house, and you have been the only one home since you got back from school. And since you are all by yourself I thought I would make you something good to eat."
I clenched the kendo sword in my hand. "Get away from here," I yelled. "Go away!"
Yukari looked a little disappointed as she turned and started to walk away. She stopped after taking a few steps though. "If you are waiting up from you brother you are going to be waiting a very very long time," she told me before running off into the darkness.
I felt a little scared over what Yukari had said. What if something did happen to Touya. I decided to go to my room and try to sleep.
I walked into my room and noticed my window was open right away. I was little crept out because of it. But I locked it from the inside when I got home. And the only time I wasn't on the couch was the few times I went to the bathroom, and when I talked to Yukari.
I went over to the window and I was about to close it when I spotted Yukari standing on the sidewalk in front of my house. She was starring at my house and singing one word over and over again.
"Sakura, Sakura, Sakura, Sakura, Sakura, Sakura, Sakura, Sakura," Yukari sang.
I don't know if it was just my imagination or not, but it sounded like Yukari's voice got creepier and creepier as she repeated my name. I felt kind of scared, Yukari was really creeping me out. I closed the window and sat down on my bed. I could still distantly hear her singing my name over and over again.
"I have to get out of this crazy creepy town," I told myself. I ran to my mom and dad's room. I opened their drawers and took out the money mom kept in the house in case of emergency. This should be enough I'm sure mom and dad will understand when I explain things to them.
I will run away to Hinamizawo. But I don't really want to go alone. But who can I ask to come with me? Is there anyone that I trust enough to run away with me? I will ask Syaoran to come with me.
I went back downstairs and walked over to the telephone. I picked up the phone and called the Li's house. Meiling picked up the phone and I asked her to give the phone to Syaoran.
"Hello," Syaoran answered after he picked up the phone.
"Syaoran you've got to help me," I cried. I didn't care that my voice was starting to sound like a horrified person in a horror movie. "I'm not sure but I think Yukari is trying to kill me. She is creeping me out, and she is standing in front of my house saying my name over and over again."
"Sakura calm down," Syaoran told me in a calm voice.
"Syaoran I can't calm down. I'm going to runaway from Yukihana. I'm going to go to Hinamizawa, and I want you to come with me," I cried out to him.
There was a long pause before Syaoran answered. "Sure Sakura, I will go with you."
"Thank you Syaoran, thank you so much. Can you meet me in front of the school in 30 minutes?" I asked.
"I will be there," he told me before hanging up.
I wrote a quick note to my parents before I went into Touya's bedroom. I unlocked his window and then opened it. It was the only bedroom with a tree you could reach from the window. I carefully climbed onto the tree and made my way down trying to be as silent as possible.
I snuck into the forest and ran to the school. Checking every once and a while to see if anyone was following me, but no one was. I waited and waited in front of the school building.
What is taking Syaoran so long I've been waiting here for over almost an hour? I hope he was able to sneak out of his house.
I heard the sound of footsteps behind me. Finally he is here, I'm going to give him a piece of my mind for making me wait so long!
When I turned around I quickly realized that it wasn't Syaoran. A large sharp knife was stabbed into my chest. I fell forward to the ground as my clothes started to be stained red. With my last bit of strength I glanced up at my attacker. "No way!" I said in disbelief, for my attacker was the cloaked red eyed figure that was haunting me at night.
The next day Sakura Kinomoto's body was found in front of the school. A large gash was in her chest, as if something very sharp had been stabbed there. Her time of death is predicted to be at midnight Sunday June 26th.
Also found was the body of Syaoran Li. He was found in his bedroom. The way he was dressed it is assumed he was going to be leaving somewhere. An autopsy showed that his cause of death was blood loss. But there were no cuts or wounds on his body. His time of death is predicted to be at 12:03AM Sunday June 26th.
And also the body of Yukari Fushima was found. She hung herself in the living room of her house. No wounds were on her body. Her time of death has been identified at 12:05AM Sunday June 26th. A confession letter was on the end table hear her. The letter reads as following.
I admit it I am the killer. I was mad at Kira for not even thinking of my feelings. I hated him for what he did, I want him to die. But if he was the only one to die then I would be suspected. So I used to legend of Death to cover my tracks. I first killed Yori, and then I killed Haru and Hana and put their bodies in the old well behind the school. My next target was Kira, but Mari saw me so she had to die as well. I was afraid that Syaoran and Sakura would realize that it was me, so I decided I had to kill them too. But Sakura had to many people around her, so I killed Umi, and then her older brother Touya. Sakura is in front of the school, dead. But I realized that I just can't live with myself after I have done something so terrible, but it was if I couldn't stop, once I started I just couldn't stop. Like a drug I was addicted to it. But I feel like I'm going crazy, so I'm going to end my life, end all this madness.
We have confirmed that it is Yukari's handwriting, and she is the one who wrote the note. A second note was found crumpled up in her pocket. That reads as following.
hdtea ahs parsh ngsfa. erewh eht idwn eils rth rcetse si. ohw epde iels teh arkm fo adhet. amny ot seav the ourf, ttah si the ricep of the ganfs. tralayeb slies epde in the rathe. orf the yonl hurtt is file. Was awht was vigne pu so leossthwr? si hawt saw dainge so lvleauba, was it rtowh the cirpe? Tori no naku koro ni, the gosn of sesnsda lwil nirg tuo hgtouhr the skye. revne ainga illw the irbds rcy.
This was also written by Yukari, its meaning is unknown. After a year of searching the murderer was never caught and it was decided that Yukari was the real killer and the case was closed. The bodies of Yori, Umi, and Himeko were never found. Haru and Hana's were the same place as stated in the letter. So no one could argue that Yukari wasn't the killer, and the case was closed. Is Yukari the killer? Or was the real truth never uncovered?
Arrival Arc Results
Kinomoto Family
Touya Kinomoto - died on Saturday June 25th. He was killed around 4PM in the restroom in the park. His body was found just a few minutes after he died. His cause of death was blood loss, but no cuts or wounds were found on his body. Eyewitnesses claimed that Touya enter the bathroom only about seven minutes before he died.
Umi Kinomoto - went missing either late Friday or early Saturday the 25th. Her body was never found.
Sakura Kinomoto - died on Sunday June 26th. She was found in front of the school. She was stabbed by something sharp in the chest.
Classmates
Naoko Yanagisawa – Alive
Miyu Sunada – Alive
Chiharu Mihara – Alive
Eriol Hiiragizawa – Alive
Akito Kano – Alive
Kira Asari – Died on Friday the 24th. He was killed in the guy's bathroom at the school. His shirt was stripped off and the word DEATH was scarred into his back and chest.
Orika Enoki – Alive
Takashi Yamazaki – Alive
Kiyoh Loxely – Alive
Mari Inihara – Died on Friday the 24th. She was found in front of the school yard. She was slashed twice in the stomach and DEATH was etched on her forehead. A sword was stabbed through her stomach.
Yuuta Senta – Alive
Yukari Fushima – Died on Sunday the 26th at 12:05 AM. She hung herself in the living room of her house. A confession note was found on the end table.
Syaoran Li – Died on Sunday the 26th at 12:03 AM. His body was found in his room. He was dressed ready to go out and a backpack was on his shoulder. His body was found near the window, which suggests maybe he was about to head out the window before he was killed. His death is a mystery. No wounds were found on his body, but he died of blood loss.
Tomoyo Daidouji – Alive
Meiling Li – Alive
Others
Haru Yuhara – Died on Wednesday the 23th. It is supposed that he was knocked out and lowered into the old well behind the school where he either froze to death or died of lack of oxygen.
Hana Yuhara – Died on Wednesday the 23th. It is supposed that she was knocked out and lowered into the well where she either froze or died of lack of air.
Himeko Tori – Went missing on Thursday the 24th. Her body was never found, but she is assumed to be dead.
Hayato Tori – Alive
Yori Akamori – Went missing on Tuesday the 22th. His body was never found, but he is assumed to be dead.
Kaho Mizuki – Alive
Arrival Arc Aftermath: BAD
The kids in the class were mostly unaffected and tried their best to forget the event. Kaho quit teacher after the school year ended and left the country shortly after. Tomoyo went crazy and need constant treatment for depression. Eriol stayed by Tomoyo's side but he ultimately went metal and was forced into the hospital. Hayato went into a state of shock went he heard what happened to his little sister. He committed suicide a few days after he heard the news. Meiling and the Li family were distraught over what happened. A few days after the incident the family got into fire accident and all four of them died. The Kinomoto family was terrible upset over what happen and they moved back to Tokyo.
Sakura stood in the dimly lit room along with Death. "You're terrible; you didn't give anyone a happy ending. No one could live life ok after that," She cried at him.
"Fine, just for that I will make it so the aftermath isn't so harsh for game 2," Death told her. "Maybe one person will be ok after it is over," he laughed. *ehihihihihi*
"Your cruel and a horrible person!" Sakura yelled. "You should-" But before she could complete her sentence Death took out a scythe and slashed her. She fell to the floor in a bloody mess.
"Silence game piece," Death hissed.
"You don't exist," Sakura choked out before she died.
*ehihihihihi* "Then explain this, The times of death for Sakura, Syaoran and Yukari are correct, Sakura died at midnight, Syaoran at 12:03, and Yukari at 12:05. Sakura's body was in front of the school, which is a fifteen minute run from her house. The school is about 20 minutes from Syaoran's house. And it takes about 20 minutes from Syaoran's house to Sakura's. Yet three people died within five minutes at different locations. Or explain Touya's and Syaoran's deaths. No wounds were on their bodies. ANYWHERE this includes places that are covered by layers of clothing. Wounds are defined as a mark such as a cut, slash, or bruise, or any type of injury. You can't explain it for I slashed them apart and them sewed them back together after they had died." *Ehihihihihihi* "I'm even giving you a chance, you can say that Yukari was the killer, you even have a confession. But how did she kill Sakura and then Syaoran at his house that was over fifteen minutes away in three minutes? And then get to her house which takes another fifteen minutes and hang herself in a total of two minutes?" *Ehihihihihihi* *ehihihhihihi* *Ehihihihihi*
Bernkastel appeared in the room. "You are being way to fierce. A one-sided game is boring. This game will be boring if you are at too much of an advantage. The game needs to be equal for it to be interesting," she announced. "I think so more information is needed on Touya's death. The bathroom is the one in the park. It has three stalls in it, and a sink. A very small window is right below the ceiling on the far wall of the bathroom. If a person can reach the window, that means they won't make it through the tiny space. It is high off the ground on the outside as well making entrance almost impossible. The window is approximately ten feet off the floor, it is the same on the outside as well. Touya's body was found in the center of the bathroom. The next person to go in after Touya found his body, they are not killer nor have any connection to the killer. They entered the bathroom seven minutes after Touya did. And I will add a little more information. The killer was in the bathroom before Touya entered."
"Why did you tell the more information?" Death sneered.
Bernkastel cast a cold stare at Death. "Because you are at too great of an advantage," she answered.
"I will start preparing the next game," Death hissed before disappearing.
"What a sore sport," Bernkastel laughed coldly. "This is to make things fair. I'm going to explain how this game works. Each game takes place in June of 1983. The events that happen in each game differ. But there could be hints to an earlier game or later game in each game. So it is important to pay attention. Though it isn't easy to figure out what you should declare important and what you should forget about. And not everything you see is the truth, so discern between the lies and the truth. And I will choose to help you a little more to make things a little more even."
Lovers Arc
Death isn't going to make things easier for you. But with a little convincing he has promised to go easy with this game, because you didn't understand the rules of the game.
The difficulty for the next game is average. About the same as this game, maybe even a little easier, but Death has said he will just added the difficulty of the next game onto the game after.
"Do get me wrong, I'm not your ally! I just want entertainment, I don't care who wins. So if you get ahead; I WILL CRUSH YOU AS WELL! I want this game to last as long as I want. Until I grow bored I will make this game continue!" Bernkastel laughed. *ehihihihihihi*
(EXTRA END)
I just realized I forgot to put in Meiling introduction, so here it is.
Meiling Li is a sixteen year old girl. She has black hair and brown eyes. She is Syaoran cousin. She lives with her aunt and uncle because her parents hate her.
And I've decided to make things easier. Everything stated in Bold is the truth. This includes information about the arcs or the character introductions. Even the previews are the truth, because they are quotes, or at least close.
I've got rid of borders because it is easier to understand with bold. *Dark smile* It is it also easy to play with to my advantage.
And some scenes in this chapter were kind of a dedication to Higurashi. A later arc has a dedication to Umineko. And I wonder if anyone has figured out the killer in Arrival Arc. It IS possible to figure out who it is. Each arc is stand alone, by that I mean it is made so you can figure out the killer just by just reading the Arc itself. (BUT it isn't easy, or maybe it is LOL *dark smile*) Oh and I'm editting each chapter of Arrival, correcting the errors. WAS going to wait to post this chapter until I finished editing all 6 chapters, but I wanted to post something before the end of this week. It might take me over a week to go through them.....I'm slow at editing my own work. . . . . . .I get bored.
See ya next game *nipa*