Chapter 22
"Toga, you are awake!" Takashi felt overwhelming feelings spill inside of him as he hugged his brother tightly, never trying to let go. Toga laughed and patted his back, but Takashi wouldn't stop as tears fell down his face. "I thought you were dead." Takashi sobbed into the white hospital gown Toga wore, the wet stains showing through. The beeping of the hospital machines became just a distant noise as the two brother's embraced for a moment as if the whole world stood still.
"I'm alive Takashi, so stop crying," Toga said sternly but caring attitude was in his tone.
Toga patted his brother's back till Takashi let go and sat beside him, as Toga came to grips with the reality. "I saw Juniper there, is it true? Is he?" Toga's voice broke as he buried his head in his hands.
"You saw him?" Takashi said wide eyed, Toga nodded saddened by the news "Where were you?"
"I guess it is true then, he is dead," Toga said shaking his head, slowly rocking himself back to forth. "I was in darkness, and Juniper walked towards the light, I didn't stop him. Something made me stop from going towards it myself."
"It's okay Toga, you've been through enough," Takashi said comforting him, wrapping his arms around Toga's body as if to protect him from the world. Toga shook out of his grip as his fist slowly turned into a ball, shaking as his focus turned to a fly on the wall.
Toga knew he had to stop reacting, had to stop thinking.
"Don't treat me like a child," Toga spat at him as Takashi jumped back for a second. "We need to trap these bastards."
"How?"
"The Ball, it will be the perfect place."
"No, it is too risky."
"We need to finish this game we are playing before someone else dies. We have to prepare the ball," Takashi looked at his brother stunned as Toga glared at him, "I am sick of the games they are playing with us, we need to organize it now. Juniper said we could trap them and finish them off."
"You almost died!" Takashi shouted at him as a sudden jolt of pain ran up Toga's spine, Toga cursed in pain and clutched the white gown, "You need to rest, let the police handle it."
"You think the police will do anything! I am tired of waiting Takashi," Toga said in almost a whisper as Takashi noticed the tears running down Toga's face. "People close to us is going to die just like Juniper if we don't stop this, I want this to end, we need to finish this."
Takashi rubbed his brother's hair, "Sure Toga, what do we need to do?"
Sakura slumped in her chair, the depressed look on the host club members didn't help the mood either as the Club Room was closed today for Guests. The room was silent as a mouse as no one had anything new to say, the silence was deafening.
"Hey," Raiko whispered as she looked at him next to her. His eye patch had a faded grey colour as he looked a shade of concern, "I was wondering whether…"
Then the door burst open, Sakura's eyes widened, ignoring Raiko as she ran to the figures in the doorway, the figures laughing as she wrapped her arms tightly around the one that was in a disabled state. There was Toga in a wheel chair, looking battered and bruised with his brothers either side of him. The moment ended when they heard Ichigo cough.
"Well Toga, aren't you supposed to be in the hospital?" Ichigo asked as the triplets chuckled at him.
"It works…"
"….When you…"
"Have rich parents and can afford it," the triplets said in their usual tune, the smirk one Kakashi and Takashi's faces comforted Sakura as she let go of Toga. Ichigo nodded all knowingly, as Toga looked around.
"Where are those stupid girls and the ring leader?" Toga asked.
"They are on a leave of absence at the moment, due to Juniper." Ichigo informed them as Toga snorted loudly, neither of the triplets looked pleased with that result.
"As if they could talk," Kakashi scoffed.
"They didn't even talk to him," Takashi said in disgust.
"What's the point?" the triplets said together.
Kazuya hummed as Raiko sighed. "Now what are we going to do?"
"We are going to trap them," Toga said as Takashi pushed the wheelchair over to the table, it's wheels clacking against the tiles as he laid out a sheet a paper, haste drawing and words were spread all over the sheet. "Once and for all."
"You were busy making all of this?" Sakura asked him as Toga smiled.
"Yes, I was actually," Toga chuckled lightly, "I am done with the numbers, I am done running. I want to trap them where it hurts."
"So what is the plan?" Ichigo asked him. Toga smiled the all-knowing grin as they all huddled in a circle.
And with that, the plans for the ball began.
End of Chapter
Sorry for the short chapter, I promise it will be longer chapters soon.