Chapter 21

The darkness surrounding him was cold, uninviting as the warmth of the light was comforting, alluring to the soul. Toga could see the lost souls now, his eyes well-adjusted to the dark and the light as he could see each souls slowly drift towards it.

Something had stopped him from going, something he couldn't pinpoint as the coldness was mind numbing. Everything inside of him told him to go towards it, but he stayed.

As Toga sat on the uneven surface of the darkness, he noticed the state the souls were in. Some looked like they had just come out of the horror scene, blood stains all over themselves, bullet holes, even some held their own head in their hands as they all moved towards the light. The wandering souls looked worn, broken as each time they moved towards it, a smile would seem to appear on their face.

"Beautiful, isn't it?" a voice said from behind him. Toga nodded, uncaring who the person was as he could feel the person's cold body crouch beside him. "Pity both you and I trapped in the hell known to mortals as Oblivion."

"Oblivion?" Toga scoffed as he smiled quietly. "Yeah, that is an alright piece to call it," Toga looked around and shock horror went on his face. "Juniper."

The man behind him gave off a laugh and patted his back. His top hat and bright red hair was unmistakably Juniper, Toga looked sadly at him as they both stared across to the light. The blood splatter on his clothing and pale skin made Toga feel nauseous, sick to the core. Dark bruises on his neck told a horrific story as Juniper seemed together despite of it all.

"What happened?" Toga asked him in pure shock.

"I died." Juniper said frankly, "I was an UnderTaker murdered on my premise, I mean how fitting."

"Who did it?" Toga said through gritted teeth. "Who killed you?"

"Haruka Rito," Juniper spat out his name as he began to slowly drift towards the light, Toga went to reach out to drag him back but he brushed the hand away. "Don't try Toga Hitachiin, I am already dead, my body will soon be buried and forgotten. Don't worry about me, be worried about yourself. The Cursed will soon be following."

"The Cursed?"

"Remember the Zoo, how they made time stop. The theater and how they destroyed part of Sakura's spirit," Juniper reminded him as he walked forward. "You are in Oblivion, where all those who are cursed to wander, you must come back into the Living."

"But what do I do?" Toga yelled at him. "I'm stuck here, what can I do?"

"You will find a way," Juniper smiled. "Now wake up."

It was a dark, gloomy day as the Undertaker's coffin was slowly lowered into the earth, dirt piling onwards. People dressed in black with their heads lowered could be seen surrounding the grave. Looks of misery and despair written on their face as loud sobbing could be heard. The clouds were grey as it matched the mood of everyone there.

It was a dark atmosphere at the Wake. People from all shapes of society who had known Juniper had gathered, each had some interesting stories of their own about him. The grand dining Hall of Ouran Academy itself was used to house such a vast event in Juniper's honor. Sakura sat quietly in the corner, Keeto on her lap as Naomi was nowhere in sight. Tears had stained her face as she held her head in order not to just fall into a pit of despair.

"Mind if I join you?" she heard someone say behind her as she turned her head. Raiko was behind her, dressed in a suede black suit with a blue tie. His eye patch also matched his tie as his visible eye looked sadly at her. "You are looking quite lonely.

Sakura nodded, unable to trust her voice to speak as he pulled up a chair beside her. He smiled gently as he sank into his chair, both of them falling into uneven silence.

"I am sorry about Juniper," Raiko's voice was as low as a whisper. "He was a good manager beside our differences, he was quite the interesting man."

Sakura nodded, Keeto relaxing into her body as his eyes were slowly drifting shut. Raiko crossed his arms and sighed. It had been a tiring week, the lost of Juniper had hit them all too hard, Sakura was barely in it as she watched the world go by.

"Do you think we are going to continue organizing the ball?" Raiko asked.

"Do you know the amount of times the Chairman cancelled the ball we were going to organize?" Kakashi spat suddenly in front of them, they looked up to find him standing above them. Clearly angry. He had come out of nowhere, as the tension levels grew in the room. Sakura could see Takashi following behind him, trying to make sure his brother didn't cause trouble.

"He probably had things on older brother," Takashi said behind Kakashi as the tension in the room grew almost as fine as if someone could cut it. "I know you are angry about Juniper, Kakashi but stop this!"

"I'm tired of this. We need to face facts," Kakashi said in dead seriousness. Sakura and Raiko looked shocked at him but his face was as solemn as a Guard protecting the Palace. "Whoever is after us, wants us dead. Whoever killed Juniper probably wants us dead next."

Sakura could see Ichigo in the corner of her eye as he strolled towards them. "I know who killed Juniper."

"Who?" Raiko asked.

"Mr Rito," The news stunned them all as Sakura could feel tears welling in her eyes. They had trusted him, helped him and now Juniper was dead.

"How the hell do you know?" Kakashi yelled at him suddenly as the people around them looked worryingly at them as Takashi put a hand on Kakashi's shoulder. Kakashi pushed his hand away as he looked angrily at Ichigo.

"Brother, calm down."

"No, after this bastard tells me how he knows," Kakashi spat at Takashi. "We trusted Mr Rito, how could he ruin that trust we had."

"Mr Rito is an escaped mental patient," Ichigo said with coldness. "It was going to happen."

"Are you hearing what you are saying?" Kakashi said as Ichigo turned away and started to walk off. "Are you hearing?"

"Yes I am," Ichigo said as suddenly Kakashi punched him straight in the face. Ichigo, knocked off balance crumpled on to the floor as the people around them screamed. Security was on Kakashi like mice to cheese as Kakashi tried to fight back.

"Are you serious? Toga is in the hospital, Juniper is gone and you are alright with that?" Kakashi yelled at him through the men in full body armour dressed in black. Takashi and Raiko stood back in horror at the sight. As suddenly Kakashi saw stars and fell unconscious with a swipe to the head, falling face first on to the floor, the commotion was too much for Sakura as she ran out of the room, Keeto in her arms.

She had enough…

As Kakashi woke up, his arms was in shackles behind his back as the room surrounding him was nothing but white. He stood up slowly on shaky legs, he wasn't a trained fighter so why did he punch Ichigo?

The man was a Ootori, and Kakashi doubted he had any ability to feel emotional. Kakashi sighed as he sat on the chair in the center of the room. It's wooden frame creaked as he observed his surroundings. Nothing useful to escape as he dreaded the moment his father would come in.

"Father is going to kill me," Kakashi groaned as he noticed heavy breathing coming out of the microphone on the upper level of the wall. Kakashi realized it, he was being observed to see if he was dangerous or was it something else?. Kakashi remained quiet, slowly analyzing the room around him.

It wasn't the police station…

Takashi sighed loudly as he tapped his finger against the see through glass of the limousine. Perfected in style only suited for the triplets, Takashi couldn't help but feel anything but alone. Kakashi taken in by the police for further questioning of the incident. Takashi knew if Toga was there, he would have sorted out the chaos that had happened. He would have made sure it didn't end up as it did.

As Takashi walked into the hospital wing Toga was kept in, the nurse quickly came running to see him.

"Master Hitachiin, it is your brother," The nurse said as Takashi ran to his room as fast as his legs could take him, he ignored the nurse as he just ran to see whether his brother was okay. He couldn't stop the blood pumping throughout his body as he slowly opened up the handle to Toga's hospital room.

"TOGA!" Takashi shouted happily to the roof tops as he sprang on to Toga who laughed back weakly. "You are awake!"

End of Chapter

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