Mystification

Chapter 4

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Adachi's POV

I sat in my "room" in the jail and gazed at the note Sho left me. He said he was going to come back for me. I was convinced this guy was nuts but I felt drawn to him. Was it true he actually understood me? I shook my head back to reality I gave a sigh and let myself fall back on the tatami mat. Just then I heard key jangling at the door. "What do they want now?" I said to myself. I sat up and looked towards the door as the guard entered. The air was tense and I knew something wasn't right. I looked up at the guard from where I laid. The guard's eyes were glowing red. Huh? That glow...

"Follow me." The guard said gesturing with his hand. I stayed silent out of confusion and I got up and started following the guard outside the room. I followed him all the way to the interrogation room. There was a TV there. A TV huh? Oh boy. I thought of all the events that happened before I landed in this place. I remembered Yu and his irritating friends. Yu...

"You know what to do right?" The guard said not changing his bleak expression.

"What exactly do I do again?" I asked sarcastically. I smirked mischievously as I stared at the guard.

"Don't play dumb Tohru." The guard closed his eyes and smiled. I knew there was definitely something weird going on here and now I know what. But sheesh it was in the middle of the day. That must be why he's using this guard. What limit is there to his power anyway. I reached my hand forward to the TV. My hand went into the screen with ease. It's been so long. I stared reminiscing and the guard spoke from behind me.

"I'll be waiting for you on the other side Tohru" He whispered. With that, I nodded silently and let my self fall carelessly down the familiar portal. I landed in the TV and Sho was there to greet me.

"Hey you." He said with a confident smirk. "Oh man, am I awesome or what?!" He exclaimed proudly. I smiled at his obnoxiousness. He walked towards me and put one hand behind my back to pull me closer.

"Don't get cocky." I said playfully. He grabbed my hands and laced his fingers with my mine.

"I have a special job for you. It will make you happy." He said playfully back. I wondered what it could be.

"A job? So this isn't the 'live happily ever after' scenerio?" I was being sarcastic but I really didn't want to do any work. Call me a slacker but I'm just not in the mood for bothersome things such as "a job".

"Oh it is." he said matter-of-factly. "You see I, Sho Minazuki, am going to end all existence! Well...as least everyone but us." I widened my eyes. I will admit it sounded appealing. But what could I do to help? "I hate everyone! Those pieces of shit!" He got angered as he spoke. "Those stupid humans who boast about "friendships" and "bonds"." I knew what he meant but didn't we have a bond?

"Sho-kun...don't you have a bond with me?" I asked with a confused look on my face.

"Huh?...well...yeaaah..." His face was thoughtful and turned angry again.

"Ugh! Shut up! They take it too far!" he spat viciously. "They have to heard together to find "strength", but I don't need anyone." He continued coldly. His tone was enough to freeze anyone over. I had a chill after all. I collected my thoughts and became fuelled with irritation.

"You...punk..." I said through clenched teeth as my eyes narrowed to the floor.

"What was that?" He sounded so condescending. I wanted to rip that condescending tone right out of his throat.

"What? Are you hard of hearing? I called you a punk." I could hear my irritation seeth out of my mouth.

"You ungrateful shit! I get you out of that jail cell and offer you the world on a silver platter and all you can do is call me a punk?! If I made a mistake just say so and we can end this right now?!" He got right in my face and grabbed my shirt collar with one hand. I gulped and spoke slowly.

"No...I made the mistake. It seems like I misjudged that situation. I'm going back."

"No you're not. What reason did I give you to believe I'm a nice guy like that." He spoke in a serious tone as he unsheathed one of his blades. "If you go back...you're going in a body bag."

"Oh come on now. Do we really need to be all serious? Put me down so I can get started on me job." I joked it off hoping he would let me go. To my surprise he put me down and became relaxed. This back and forth was maddening.

"Good! That's more like it. What I want you to do is make sure those annoying persona users don't get in the way of my plans.

"Persona users?" What did they have to do with this? I need to do something. His face started to fill with impatience. "Oh! Those persona users! I got ya." I playfully waved my hand reassuringly. I started walking off without knowing where I was going. I walked deeper and deeper into the fog.