Chapter 50! Wow, I never thought I would make so much chapter! Thanks everyone for you support until now :)
"It's been two days since a young teenager, Mikage Tatsuya, disappeared. We didn't know yet the reason of his disappearance, but his family tries to stay optimistic. If you have any information one Mikage Tatsuya, please call the police…"
Otoya turned off the television. After what she heard, Shiena was almost about to cry. When she listened to Hiyori's message, the brunette didn't trust, she thought that it might be a trap, so she didn't respond.
"She was telling the truth" said Shiena, with remorse. "Hiyori-san wasn't lying but I didn't trust her! This is what the real culprit want, to make me doubt of my friends!"
"It's not your fault, you couldn't know. Your action didn't change the fact that he disappeared, you don't have to feel guilty for this…"
Otoya tried to comfort her girlfriend, in vain. She wasn't enough good with emotions to do this.
"I know, but she's still my friend. Her brother disappeared, this is a serious thing. If she called me, it means that she need help, someone to talk with" said the brunette.
"I don't understand, why do you care so much? It's not your problem if her brother disappeared, so why are you so worried?"
Shiena sighed, a little bit disappointed but also not surprise by her girlfriend's confusion.
"If I suddenly disappear, what would you do?" asked Shiena.
"I'll search you, duh" answered Otoya, surprised by this sudden question.
"But if you can't find me, if you didn't even know if I'm still alive. You couldn't find me all alone"
"Then I'll call someone, maybe Namatame-san or your teacher, to help me finding you…"
The serial killer suddenly realised what the brunette meant by her weird question.
"W-wait, that's not the same thing at all!" protested Otoya. "I don't care if this girl lost her brother, but if it's you who disappears then yes I'll care…"
"Of course, I already know how selfish you are, you only care if it affect you personnaly. You lack of empathy, but that's now my case, I care for Hiyori-san. Her brother is really important for her, they are really close. Poor girl. It surely hard for her to don't even know his fate. I can't ignore this, I have to go and help her!"
The brunette headed to the door, but Otoya stopped her.
"At least take your gun with you, just in case…"
"No, I don't want to doubt of her anymore, I'll trust her. I don't need to be armed to see a friend" said Shiena.
"Then let me go with you, I'm worried you know, I don't want something bad happen to you"
"Sorry Otoya, I have to go alone. It would be risky for you to come with me, the police is still searching you. I can't let Hiyori see you"
The serial killer stayed in front of the door for a moment, hesitating to let Shiena go. Finally, she moved apart. The brunette opened the door and left her apartment. She grabbed her cellphone and called Hiyori. While she was leaving, Shiena didn't notice that she was followed by someone.
Shiena arrived in front of the Mikage's house. The brunette never came here before, Hiyori told her their house's address when the brunette called her. Shiena knocked at the door and someone opened it.
"Hi, Kenmochi-san. You can enter, my parents aren't home today" said Hiyori.
"Where are they?" asked Shiena, while she entered into the house.
"They're searching Tatsuya, they probably won't come back before tomorrow"
The two girls headed to the living room and sat on one of the couches. Shiena noticed that Hiyori's eyes were a little bit red, she was probably crying before the brunette came.
"Do you have an idead why Tatsuya-san disappeared?" asked Shiena.
"No, I don't. First I thought that it was a runaway, but my brother is not the kind of guy who would do this. I'm afraid that he might be…he might be…de…"
Hiyori couldn't finish her sentence and began to cry. The brunette hastened to hug her friend, touched by her sadness.
"Don't think about that, I'm sure he's alive. Why someone would try to kill him anyway? Did he do something bad by the past?" asked Shiena.
"I don't think so…I can't think of someone who might want to kill him, except maybe…Tanaka-san" Hiyori suddenly thought about something. "Maybe it was Tanaka, she's the only one who hate him. She even said him death threats when she was still at our school. She must be the culprit!"
Shiena stayed silent for a moment. Of course Tanaka couldn't be the culprit, Shiena killed her. The brunette began to think that the one who abducted Tatsuya was probably the culprits she was looking for. It was part of their plan to torment her. But, maybe Tanaka wasn't dead. Shiena didn't remember killing her, she couldn't be sure that she was really dead…
"Of course she's dead, both Otoya and Reiko-sensei saw me killing her" thought the brunette. "Otoya couldn't mistake a fake dead body for a real one, and sensei couldn't have lied to me…I think so…"
Shiena began to think that maybe Tanaka wasn't dead. She definitely stabbed her, but maybe the bully survived. Maybe Otoya thought that she was dead. Maybe Reiko pretended that she was really dead. Maybe she was the one who made disappeared Tatsuya. The brunette remember the word "fluffynerd" that was writing on her door. Tanaka was the only one who knew this insulting nickname.
"I know who abducted my brother" suddenly said Hiyori in a whisper. "I also know how to have him back. Kenmochi-san, do you think that it's alright to do everything you could in order to save someone you love?"
Hiyori was gazing the brunette. She seemed emotionless. Shiena wasn't sure what she meant, her friend looked a little bit uncanny.
"Well, yes, of course. You should do everything to find him. But wait, you know know abducted him?!"
"I know it isn't Takana-san, since you killed her, don't you, Kenmochi-san?"
The brunette was shocked. How Hiyori could know this? This is impossible! Hiyori was still gazing Shiena, who began to be even more worried and even terrified.
"W-what are you saying, Hiyori-san! How could you…I didn't kill her, where did you hear that?" said Shiena, while trying to control the nervousness in her voice.
"Don't try to fool me, I already know that you killed Tanaka-san, not that I care for this bitch. But still, you're a murderer Kenmochi-san, than I shouldn't feel guilty…"
Shiena saw Hiyori took out something that was under one of the couch's cushions. The brunette had a bad feeling. She rapidly rose from the couch, narrowly dodging Hiyori's attack, which could have killed her. Shiena suddenly felt a sharp pain in her arm and also a wet sensation. The brunette looked her arm and noticed that it was bleeding. Hiyori rose up too, and bloody knife into her hand.
"You shouldn't have moved, Kenmochi-san. Now it would be harder for me to kill you, you risk to suffer more"
"H-Hiyori-san, what's the meaning of this!? Why…why are you doing this…"
Shiena thought seeing an ounce of guilt in Hiyori's eyes, but it rapidly disappeared. Hiyori's gaze was now cold. If her hands weren't shaking, Shiena would think that she was a coldblooded killer.
"You're a murderer, Tanaka-san wasn't your first one. You know, I said that it was alright for you to like girl, but there is limits. How could you have this kind of relationship with Takechi Otoya? Dammit, your kind of girl is the serial killer one? Are you a masochist? It doesn't matter, you'll die anyway"
Hiyori seemed to know a lot of things about Shiena. The brunette remembered that the culprit spied her for a long time now. Everything seemed to be clear now. Shiena was sad to see that she was wrong about the Mikage twins not being guilty. But she wasn't enough shocked to not being able to defend herself.
"I see, so you were the culprit after all" said Shiena. "You and Tastuya-san are the culprits. You really went far in your plan, to pretend that your brother disappeared, you even fooled your own parents! He runaway and hid somewhere, he's your accomplice. So, what's the purpose of this? Your plan was to kill me, torment me, or maybe both? Or maybe it's revenge against Otoya, that won't be the first time someone attacked me because of something she did. Anwser me, Hiyori-san!"
Hiyori remained quiet. She seemed confused by what Shiena accused her, but she didn't say anything to disprove her. She attacked one more time Shiena with the knife. The two girls fought for few minutes, until the brunette succeeded to steal Hiyori's knife. Shiena stabbed her in the thigh. Hiyori uttered a cry of pain and fell on the floor. She tried to stand up, but Shiena put the knife under her throat. What Hiyori could only do was to kneel in front of the brunette, helpless.
"Anwser me now, or I'll kill you. I won't hesitate you know. Like you said, I'm a murderer, it won't be the first time I killed someone" menaced Shiena.
Suddenly, Hiyori began to cry. Shiena couldn't know if she was crying for real or only pretending. The brunette's menace really terrified her.
"Please don't kill me! I'm sorry, I'm truly sorry! I didn't want to kill you, but I didn't have the choice. Tatsuya really disappeared, he have nothing to do with this! Please Shiena, you have to believe me, I'm not the culprit you're talking about" tried to beg Hiyori.
"Shut up! Don't try to mess with me, how I could believe someone who tried to kill me? You're the culprit! How could you know that I killed Tanaka and my relation with Otoya without being the culprit? Maybe Tatsuya isn't your accomplice, but you surely are a culprit. If you persist lying to me, I'll really kill you"
"No, wait! I'm not lying, I'm not the culprit! You're going to commit a huge mistake if you kill me, a mistake you couldn't undo. I know who the real culprit is!"
Shiena removed the knife from under Hiyori's throat, still holding it. She was slightly interested, even if she was pretty sure she was the real culprit. But the brunette didn't find it fair to not let Hiyori try to defend herself.
"I'm listening, you have five minutes before a kill you" said Shiena.
Hiyori stayed silent for a moment, hesitating to say what she wanted to say. If she didn't want to die, she should hurry and tell what she knew to the brunette.
"The culprit is…the culprit abducted Tatsuya! The culprit, it's…"
Before Hiyori could finish her sentence, Shiena heard a shot. Both girls fell on the floor. The brunette felt blood on her body, but it wasn't hers. Hiyori was on top of her, her eyes closed. There was blood that came out her mouth.
"Hiyori…san?"
It took few seconds to Shiena to notice that Hiyori was dead. Panicked, the brunette pushed her away and rose up. She had a lot of Hiyori's blood on her shirt. Someone shot Hiyori in the back and killed her instantly.
'"W-who's there?" called Shiena.
The brunette heard footsteps come closer. The shooter was approaching, Shiena was about to see who it was. She dropped the knife when she saw her identity.
"I arrived just in time, you were about to let her fool you" said Reiko, holding a gun. "I think we need to have a talk, Shiena-san"
The brunette began to recoil, too confuse to be able to think clearly. Her teacher was really suspiscious, she just killed Hiyori and she was still armed.
"Wait, Shiena-san! I'm not your enemy, don't go"
Shiena closed her eyes, she was having an awful headach. She tried to run away, but she was feeling dizzy. She almost fell on the floor, but Reiko grabbed her, while Shiena lost consciousness in her arm.
Hiyori or Reiko, who's the culprit and why? Or maybe it's Tanaka who faked her death!