hey, sorry for the wait again.
It was Monday 6 a.m. Aoi was sitting on the couch in Aki's living room. A laptop on her lap. She was searching the internet about Strome, mr. Davon, jiyū no seshi, anything that could lead her to Tenma. She has been searching for three days now. Three days and nothing.
After Akemi had told the story to Aoi, Aoi wanted to go talk to Mr. Davon immediately. She was half way through town, when she realized she didn't have a clue as to where he lived. She walked all the way back to Tenma's house to ask Akemi where Mr. Davon lived. Akemi told her she didn't know where he lived.
'But what do you do in case of an emergency?' Aoi had asked.
'I have his phone number in case something happens.' Akemi answered. 'I called him when I found out Tenma was missing. He told me to grab my stuff and go home.'
'He told you to just leave?' Aoi was bewildered. To just leave when Tenma was missing!
'I already told you, Aoi, we don't rescue people! Tenma was the reason why we were here and he's gone. There's no reason to stay here!' Akemi said, trying to make Aoi understand her.
Aoi sat down. Feeling defeated.
'But then…' she started. 'then why are you still here!'
Akemi looked at her. 'Because I can't give up my cousin. I care too much about him.
Since that day (three days ago) Aoi and Akemi were working non-stop to find any lead to Tenma. But without success. Aoi went to the kitchen to make some thee. She was just pouring the hot water in the cups when she heard a little scream from the living room.
Aoi hurried to the living room to see what's going on. When she didn't see anything weird she looked at Akemi. She was looking very happy at the screen.
'What is it?!' Aoi asked. Looking at the screen.
'I found something! I found our first lead!' Akemi looked very happy. Aoi didn't understand what was so exciting. It was just the site of some big company. Nothing out of the ordinary.
'I don't understand.' She finally said, sitting down next to Akemi.
'Look! Look!' Akemi said. Pointing at the screen. She pointed at the picture of the owner of the company. He had black hair and black eyes and wore a normal black suit. Nothing out of the ordinary. The man even smiled a bit.
But under his picture stood his name. Ceasar Hannibal.
'I know that name from somewhere.' Aoi murmured. 'Hannibal is the name of the leader of jiyū no seshi! The bad guy!'
Akemi nodded happily. 'According to the site he owns this company. It's called Cramp and they organise exclusive soccer matches for important people, as a form of entertainment.'
'It must be him!' Aoi said. 'It fits him perfectly. How can we find him.'
'The site doesn't say anything about that. But he's probably at one of those soccer matches. If we go there we can find him. I hope.'
Akemi searched on the site but couldn't find the place nor time of the next match.
'It's no good. Appearently, they're very exclusive. You have to be a member to be allowed to know time and place of any match. And before you ask, to be a member you have to be invited by the boss himself. And there's no way he'll do that.'
Aoi and Akemi felt lost for a moment. And then Aoi an idea.
'If we can't get in the legal way, than why don't we in the legal way?' she said.
'What do you mean?'
'Well…' Aoi started, but at that moment Aki came in.
'What are you doing here Aoi? It's Monday. You need to go to school.' She scolded her.
'but…'
'No buts. I won't be responsible for you missing school. Akemi can stay home because of what happened to Tenma, but I can't use that excuse for you I'm afraid.' Aki said.
Aoi sighed and stood.
'Keep looking for clues on the internet.' She told Akemi. 'I tell you what I'm planning after school.' And she was gone.
On the way to school Aoi thought about the team. How was she going to explain things to them? She had promised not to tell anything about Strome and everything. They didn't even know Tenma was missing yet! For a moment she considered not telling them anything at all. But she needed them. Or, more specifically, she needed Hayami. Well, she'll just have to improvise. How hard could it be?
When she entered the schoolgrounds, she saw Shinsuke and Shindou waiting for her.
'Where were you this weekend?' Shindou asked.
'Yeah, Aoi, we were really worried.' Shinsuke added.
Aoi smiled at them. 'Ow, uhm. I was at a friend's.' Well technically it was true. 'I guess I forgot about practise. I'm sorry.'
Shindou and Shinsuke relaxed. 'It's okay, we were just worried.' Shindou said. And together they walked to the school. The day went by slowly. Everyone seemed to accept the 'I was at a friend's'-story. After school, she waited at the gates for Hayami. She hoped she could find him alone. When she finally saw him, he was talking to Kirino. Taking a deep breath, Aoi went to them.
'Hey, Hayami, can I speak with you for a moment?'
hey, this was the new chapter. I always try to make my chapters at least 1000 words. But it would've gotten really long and boring if I had done that now. It's probably still very long. Tell me what you think :-)