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Rating T: for Language, Violence

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

恋人同士し編 Koibitodoushi-hen

Lovers Arc

手を出す

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"Sakura!" I heard Tomoyo call out as class ended. I turned around and greeted her. "We haven't spent much time together lately so I though it would be fun if we had a sleepover; want do you think?"

"Sounds great," I told her. "What day?"

"How about today, unless you already have plans."

I shook my head. "No, I'm free."

"Great it will be just you, Yukari and me. You do know where my house is right. You can came over after you take Umi home," Tomoyo suggested.

"That sounds fine," I told her.

"Ok, well I better go and tell Yukari, before I head home," Tomoyo said cheerfully as she ran off.

It was odd without Tomoyo in the group. She had apologized and rushed home after she had talked to Yukari.

Yukari quickly stood up and hastily made her way towards the door. "Well I have plans so I will see you guys later." She stuttered as she ran out of the door.

Syaoran turned towards me and whispered, "What to follow her before we pick up your little sister?"

"Definitely," I told him as I headed towards the door.

Syaoran and I followed Yukari as she headed down the hallway. We watched he walked out the door and turn and talk to Kira. What shocked Syaoran and I was Kira and Yukari began walking away hand in hand.

"I didn't know they finally became a couple," Syaoran said while laughing, "Took them long enough."

Syaoran and I talked as we headed back to my house with Umi. After dropping Umi off Syaoran and I walked towards Tomoyo's. Syaoran left halfway to head to his own house. But with the directions he gave me I was able to find Tomoyo's house.

Tomoyo and I talked for a long time, for a few hours, before Yukari finally showed up. "And where were you?" I asked in a teasing tone.

Yukari turned bright red. "Nowhere," she stuttered.

"Yeah right," I teased. "I bet you were with Asari-san."

Yukari turned even brighter and turned away. "I was not," she stammered.

I stopped teasing Yukari and we played games and talked till it was time for bed. I woke up to a wondrous smell coming from the kitchen. I noticed that Yukari was still asleep and that Tomoyo had gotten up. I looked up at the clock it read 6:30.

I walked into the kitchen and spotted Tomoyo quickly flying about the kitchen. I looked at the neatly set table with four plates. Each plate had pancakes, sausage, bacon, and eggs benedict on it.

"Wow Tomoyo this looks and smells great," I told her.

She giggled. "I hope so I've spent the last 30 minutes making it."

"I will go wake up Yukari," I said as I let out a light yawn.

After waking Yukari up we ate the breakfast Tomoyo had made us. Afterwards Tomoyo took her horse out for a ride. We were told she always does, before she goes to school. Tomoyo returned not to long after 7:50.

"Hurry up or we will be late!" Tomoyo cried as she hurried to get ready. "I don't want a tardy mark on my perfect record!"

Yukari and I got our things ready as Tomoyo screamed her head off at us, and we headed out the door. We ran to school and we made it long before it was time for class.

"Wow we made it with twenty minutes to spare," Yukari chuckled.

"Better safe than sorry," Tomoyo pointed out.

"What do you do now?" I asked growing bored.

"Why don't we check out the lake in the forest to the side of the school?" Yukari suggested. "That place is a nice place to go."

"Did you go there yesterday?" I asked.

"Yeah," Yukari said cheerfully.

"Alone?" I questioned playfully. That statement caused Yukari to turn bright red.

"What are we waiting for lets go," Tomoyo shouted running off into the forest.

We ran for a while till we reached the lake. We spotted rooted to our spots as he saw Mari lying near the lake.

"Mari," I cried out running towards her. I felt her pulse; there wasn't any, she was dead. "She is dead," I told Tomoyo and Yukari. As I was about to get up I noticed blood in Mari's ears. That is strange.

Tomoyo nudged Yukari. "You want to go into medicine or something like that, give us an autopsy."

"Um," Yukari muttered. She felt Mari's body, "Judging by the rigor mortis I say she has been dead for 3 hours, so I would say she died sometime between 5:45 to 6:30. It looks like she died of asphyxiation."

"What does that mean?" Tomoyo asked.

"She was strangled," Yukari explained.

"So it was a murder?" Tomoyo shrieked.

"Yeah," Yukari said softly.

"We have to find the murderer!" Tomoyo shouted.

"Well that shouldn't be too hard; we just have to find out where people were at 6AM," I announced growing determined.

We rushed out of the forest just in time to see Mizuki-sensei heading this way. "Sensei, where were you at 6AM?" Tomoyo asked.

"I was taking a bath, I think," she told us. "Why?"

"No reason," Tomoyo quickly told her.

After Kaho had walked away, I turned to Tomoyo. "Why didn't you tell her?" I asked.

"Cause she will just call the police, we have just as much chance as them to find the killer," Tomoyo told us.

We noticed most of our classmates heading towards school. "Kano-san, Sunada-san, Mihara-san, Yamazaki-san, and Senta-san where were you at 6AM?" Tomoyo asked.

"Takashi and I were together walking around," Chiharu told her.

"I was helping my grand mother," Miyu answered.

"And where were you Kano-san?" Yukari asked.

"Sleeping, what else," Akito hissed.

"I was sleeping as well," Yuuta told them.

"Syaoran, Meiling, Eriol where were you at 6am?" Tomoyo asked.

"Training," Syaoran answered.

"I was helping my aunt," Meiling answered.

"I was reading a book," Eriol answered.

"Can anyone confirm that?" Yukari asked.

"No, I was in my room alone," Eriol replied before he went into the school building.

"Why is everyone standing here?" Haru asked as he, Hana and Kira walked over.

"Haru where were you and Hana at 6am?" I asked.

"Sleeping," he answered. Hana nodded her head in reply.

"Kira-san where were you?" Yukari shyly asked.

Kira stopped and thought about it. "I was just walking around, and no one saw me."

"Surely someone saw you," Yukari cried out.

"Yeah Asari-san think," Tomoyo told her. She tripped over a stone in the ground. She was luckily caught by Kira. "Thank you," Tomoyo thanked as she regained her balance.

"No, no one saw me," Kira told them. "Why does it matter anyway?" he asked as he walked toward the school building.

"What is going on?" Orika asked as she walked over to the increasing number of people.

"Where were you at 6AM?" I asked.

Orika looked around nervously. "I was. . . I was . . . nowhere," she told them. "No one saw me so it doesn't matter where I was." Orika started to panic. "I just remembered it is my turn to set up the classroom before it is time to start." Orika quickly ran off into the building.

Naoko, Kiyoh, and Himeko walked over. "Let me guess something has happened," Naoko said in an emotionless tone.

"Where were you three at 6AM?" Tomoyo asked.

"I was in a bookstore," Naoko answered.

"I was talking to a friend," Kiyoh replied.

"I was cleaning my house so when my brother comes home the house will be clean," Himeko told them.

A loud scream erupted from the school building. "That was Orika," I announced.

"It came from our classroom," Tomoyo yelled.

We all rushed into the school building and towards our classroom. Orika was leaning against the wall holding her mouth starring at the scene.

We rushed into the room and instantly spotted the body of Kaho lying in front of her desk. A very large knife was stabbed in her back. The knife was stabbed in vertically just below her neck. The knife was stabbed in very deep, so a lot of force was used in the stab.

"By the looks of things, the death was instant and it only occurred a few minute before we got here," Yukari told everyone.

Chiharu narrowed her eyes. She turned around and pointing an accusing finger at Orika. "It occurred only a few minute ago. That means that only you," she then pointed at the two males who were entering into the classroom. "Asari-san and Hiiragizawa-san can be the killer, cause the other classes don't start till another hour today, the rest of us were all outside!" Chiharu's eyes grew cold. "Fess up which one of you three killed Mizuki-sensei!"

"None of them also have an alibi for Mari's death," Tomoyo mentioned.

All eyes in the room glared coldly at the three of them. "Who is it? Which one of you has killed two people!? Which one of you is a cold blood thirsty monster!?" Chiharu shouted viciously.

Orika started to cry. "I'm not a killer, I didn't do anything. Sensei was like that when I entered I swear!" She cried out.

"Maybe or maybe you snuck into the classroom and stabbed sensei and then screamed and pretended to just find the body you opened the door!" Chiharu accused.

Tears were streaming down her face. "No I swear she was like that before I came in. I wouldn't kill anyone!" Orika cried. "Please believe me!" she begged.

"A sad attempt at drawing sympathy and making others think you aren't the killer; Miss Murderer!" Chiharu hissed.

"This is ridiculousness just stop this Mihara-san," Kira warned in a cold tone as he tried to comfort Orika.

"Maybe you are the killer and you are feeling sympathy for her because she is getting accused of your crime!" Chiharu countered. "You are Hiiragizawa-san could have easier slipped in here and killed sensei and taken off before Orika showed up!"

"We are not killers!" Kira hissed.

"Then what sensei killed herself! Wrong; only someone else can stab someone else in the back!" Chiharu yelled. "Or maybe the knife stabbed her on its own free will! Get real! You can't worm your way out of it; only one of you three can be the killer!"

"Look at all these papers scattered all over the floor. And blood is on so many of them. Look sensei is holding something!" Tomoyo shouted as she stopped picking up the scattered papers.

Syaoran took the gray binder that Kaho was holding and looked at the papers inside it. "There is two sheets of paper," he remarked. "It is. . ." he froze and dropped the binder in shock.

"Well!" Chiharu yelled.

"It is Kira's last two tests," Syaoran said still in shock. "They are both F's."

"But Kira-san always gets A's, he is the best in the whole class," Yukari protested.

"I think it is pretty obvious now who the killer is!" Chiharu yelled coldly. "I saw you arguing with Inihara-san last week, she was blackmailing you. So you killed her, to get the picture back, and then you murderer sensei for revenge when she gave you two bad grades!"

Almost everyone's eyes glared coldly at Kira. "Wait!" Yukari shouted. "Kira-san can't be the killer; he would never do such a thing!"

"Prove it!" Chiharu challenged. "If you killed Inihara-san I'm sure you still have that blackmail picture with you, for you wouldn't leave it at the scene of the crime. Show us what is in your jacket's pockets."

Kira blinked before reaching into his pocket. As soon as he did a shocked and horrified expression appeared on his face.

"We are waiting Kira!" Chiharu hissed.

Kira sighed dejectedly as he pulled out of his pocket a crumbled up photo. Chiharu quickly snatched it from him. And showed it for everyone to see; It was a picture of his two F's.

"This proves it!" Chiharu shouted. "We have the motive, the ability, and the opportunity to kill them. Case closed; you are the killer!"

Everyone's eyes seemed to glare at him; it seemed everyone was convinced he was the killer. "I can't believe you would do such a thing. . . I thought," Yukari seemed to choke on her words.

"I say we lock this murderer up!" Chiharu yelled.

Pretty soon she got most of the class to be shouting, "Justice! Justice! Justice!"

"We should have known not to let you back into this classroom after you murdered your own little sister!" Miyu hissed coldly. "Now Inihara-san and sensei were killed because we decided to forgive you; but it turns out you are just pure evil!"

Kira just stood there; his face was passive as if he'd given up. He just starred at the floor, refusing to look up into the cruel eyes of his classmates.

"Anyone who would cut their siblings arms off while they were awake doesn't deserve to live!" Chiharu spat.

Kira was surprised when a hand grasped his own. Haru looked up at smiled at him. "I don't believe you killed anyone," he told Kira. This brought a light smile to Kira's face. But it vanished quickly as Chiharu started to scorn him more.

"You are like a rabid dog. After you bite someone you get put down. When the police hear about this you will be put down soon!" she spat. "We need to tie him up and hold him down till the police get here!"

Syaoran walked over to Kira and held him down. He was much stronger than Kira was due to his training, so even if Kira would have fought against him Syaoran would still be able to hold him down.

They tied Kira's wrists together, behind his back, with Syaoran's belt and his upper arms together with Takashi's belt.

They threw Kira into a storage closet. Chiharu spit in his face. "Upset we caught you," she hissed coldly before she shut the door and locked it.

We called the police and they can and handcuffed Kira. "You again," one of the officials muttered as he shoved Kira into the police car and drove away.

(Chapter End)

"Those kids were extremely cruel," Bernkastel mentioned.

"Are you saying you didn't enjoy it?" Death asked.

"No on the contrary I was thoroughly amused."

"Good cause I'm just getting started," Death laughed. *ehihihihi*

They vanished

Be on the lookout for an extremely dangerous killer. Kira Asari has already killed three people and two police officers. He has cut peoples climbs off, he is an extremely sadistic killer, if you see him don't approach.

Lovers Arc: Cruelty

(Extra End)

Author's note

Don't have one *nipa!*

See ya *nipa*