Chapter 07 : Worsened
Mimi
Yamato sure ran fast. I don't know why he got so angry, I was
only trying to help...the others were close behind me, all in
pursuit of our distracted friend. The funeral had been
depressing, I had never been to one before...Takeru being packed
away in a very ugly box for the rest of eternity...I didn't like
the idea.
I had been trying to tell Matt that everything would be alright,
and that the world was not going to end. That's what friends are
supposed to do right? But he got all angry, saying that things
were never going to be the same and such. I suppose he's right,
about things not going to be the same. How could it be if you had
just lost your brother? But why did he have to be all defensive?
We had argued. Not a good time to argue, at a funeral...
Yamato had also been pissed off at the fact that TK was being
packed away in a box. He had been raving as well, before I
started trying to calm him down, he was ranting under his
breath,...but it was pretty loud. I didn't hear everything, but
he was muttering things like;
"Revenge,...kill...bastard..." and stuff.
I couldn't run anymore, I was out of breath. I slowed and
stopped, trying to catch my breath. I was not made for this kind
of exercise. Taichi ran past me,.....then Izzy. Sora stopped
beside me briefly, also catching her breath.
"What...happened....Mimi?" he asked me. I shook my
head, "I was trying to be helpful! I was telling Matt that
everything was going to be ok and all...what was I //supposed//
to do?! He was cursing under his breath!" I told her.
"Damn..I knew he'd be like this..." then Sora took off
again.
I still couldn't run, my sides hurt and I was sweating. Such a
nasty feeling, sweat. I decided to rest a bit longer. Jyou ran
by, then stopped a few yards ahead. "Damn, they run
fast!" he exclaimed. "What in the world is up with
Yamato!?" I repeated what I had told Sora. "Geez, Matt
and his stupid temper problems...could save me a lot of
trouble..." Joe walked back over to me, "We ain't gonna
help much by chasin' him, we ain't eva gonna catch him.
Especially us non-atheletic people." he said.
"We could go back and see if the parents have freaked
out..." he said. "Can we walk?" He laughed and
nodded, we started to walk back towards the funeral spot. The
fields seemed endless, gravestones everywhere. I had just
noticed, earlier in the rush to follow Yamato, I hadn't noticed
all the grey stones everywhere. It freaked me out. Dead people.
Maybe three minutes passed when we spotted Kari running in our
direction. She came to a halt, panting, in front of us.
"Where'd....everyone...go!?" she asked. "They went
after Yamato, we can't run, so we figured we'd go back..." I
said. "The parents are all freaked out, some of them are
following us, but they can't move fast." Hikari informed us.
"I figured." Jyou said.
"Well,...I don't know what I would do if we caught
Yamato-san, so I might as well go back with you guys..."
Tai's little sister said to us. We nodded and continued back. The
rows and rows of gravestones went by, faded names ingraved. I
shuddered, so many dead people...how did they all die? Like
Takeru? Hopefully not....that would have been paintful..
We met the parents within a few minutes. Mr. and Mrs. Kamiya
hugged Hikari and asked where the others had gone. She replied
that Matt had freaked out and they went after him. Mr. Ishida and
Ms. Takaishi looked particularly worried. I didn't blame them.
"Did you finish the funeral without us?" Jyou asked.
Sora's mother, Mrs.Takenouchi said; "Yes, they buried poor
Takeru and set the gravestone. Would you like to go back and
look?" I nodded. So did Hikari, who's tears returned to her.
"I have to get back home,...lots of homework..." Joe
said, the parents nodded absently and he was off. Yamato's
parents decided to keep going to find their other son.
TK's gravestone was grey rock, the edges were rough and cheap
looking. Takeru's insurance must've really sucked. The
ingravement to the stone was a little better; "Takeru
Takaishi, beloved son and friend of many. May the angels carry
you forever." I sniffed, it made it seem Takeru had been
gone for years, instead of just days. I went home, totally
depressed.
~
I plopped down in front of the TV and reached for the remote when
the phone rang. I picked it up, "Hello?"
"Mimi?" a familiar voice asked. "This is
she." I replied, "Who's this?" The voice on the
other end seemed nervous; "This is Koushirou, just to let
you know, we found Yamato...but he's even worse than he
was." he said. I shivered, 'worse than he was' is pretty
bad. "How is he?" I asked.
"He was by the edge of town and he--" a sudden crash of
thunder and flash of lightning disconncected the phone. I sat up
straight in my seat; "Koushirou? Izzy? Are you still
there?" Dead line. My parents were out of town that week and
I was alone. The sudden news wasn't exactly pleasent. I was glad
they found Matt, but if he was worse than he had been....then how
was he? He seemed to be on the edge of sanity before....I placed
the phone back on the reciever and went to my room, the empty
house seemed very creepy suddenly.
© Kiriska