Chapter 14 : Arrested
Koushirou
I stared at Sora, then looked at the others. They were all
just as shocked as myself. We were stuck silent. "What if
she just went home?" Joe suggested. Tai shook his head;
"She wouldn't do that, she'd at least tell us first."
Sora gasped; "What if it's the murderer?" I gulped
involenterily. "We have to find her." Hikari squeeked.
"We will." Taichi looked confident.
We crossed the street again, back to where we were standing.
"Kari, you said you heard sounds here?" Tai asked. His
sister nodded nervously. "I heard rustling in the
bushes." I dug around in the nearby bushes. It was too dark
to tell much. "Hand me a flashlight." I said, someone
handed me one. I shined the small beam of light through the
leaves, it was very hard to tell. "I don't see
anything." I turned back to the others.
"Oh god...what if it is the murderer!? What if they're out
to kill us all--" Sora started. "Stop it Sora! Stop
thinking like that!" Tai said. "Sorry."
"WhatdowedoWhatdowedo?" Jyou wondered. I didn't know. A
sliver of moon hung in the sky. Surrounded by black. And it was
still damn cold.
"Tai...look over here!" Hikari's voice was quivering
still. The girl's got some serious paranoia problems. Our small
group moved over to where the girl was squating. Five flashlights
shined into the mud behind the bushes. There were footprints in
the mud, two pairs. One, was being dragged along unwillingly. The
prints were pretty fresh. "We follow them?" Kari asked.
"Yeah, c'mon." Tai started to follow the footprints
when Joe spoke.
"We're getting dragged into a suicide mission aren't
we?" he asked. "Joe..." Sora started, but Tai got
there first; "Jyou! Mimi's life might be at stake! What are
you thinking!?! She's our friend! We have to go!" The
blue-haired one protested, "But what if we're too late? What
if we walk right into the hands of the enemy and--"
"Forget you Joe! We're wasting time! How could you have
changed this much!? You used to be so...RELIABLE! C'mon
guys..." our leader turned and started after the tracks.
Hikari ran after her brother. Sora looked at Joe, then at me,
then at Tai, and went after Kari and Tai. I glared at Joe, then
followed the others. We grass was damp and squishy to the touch.
It had running pretty difficult. The trail only went so far. Then
the mud met the sidewalk, there were a few muddy footprints on
the sidewalk, but that was it. I heard someone run up behind us.
It was Joe. I didn't say anything. Neither did the others.
"What do we do now?" Sora asked quietly. Tai didn't
reply. "Where are we?" Kari asked suddenly. I looked
around. I hadn't been keeping track of how far we had gone,...but
we were definately not in our neighborhood. The buildings here
were old looking...some of them had boarded up windows and doors.
"We ain't in Kansas anymore." I said lamely. No one
laughed.
A sudden cry caught our attention. "What was that?" I
jerked my head towards the direction of the sound. "It
sounded like someone yelling; 'Home' " Sora muttered.
"Let's go." Taichi jogged off in the direction of the
sound. As we neared the source, we heard voices. Familiar voices.
We leaned against an old brick building. The voices were on the
otherside. One of them was definately Mimi.
She was pleading with someone. The other voice also sounded
vaguely familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on it. It was
raspy and uneven. Not a nice sound. "C'mon..." Taichi
rounded the corner and we followed. I almost fell over in shock.
There, holding Mimi up against the wall,...was Matt.
He was ragged looking, dirty. He was holding a knife up in the
air. "My god...Matt!" Tai yelped. Yamato snapped his
head in our direction. "Fuck!" "Mimi!"
"Yamato! What are you //doing//!??!" Tai rushed
forward, totally confused. "Stop!" Yamato yelled out,
holding his knife out to us. "Don't come any closer!!"
We froze. "Back away! Go away!" he growled. "What
are you doing, Yama!?" Tai demanded.
"You won't understand, none of you understand! Just leave me
alone!" he screamed. "Matt, you were about to KILL
her!" Sora cried. Hikari was quivering behind her brother.
"WHY CAN'T YOU ALL JUST FUCKING LEAVE ME BE!?" he
exploded. "Matt! Please stop it! Talk to us! What's
wrong!??!" I shouted. "I'll tell you what's wrong,
Izumi, everything is. Takeru is DEAD, everyone thinks I'm INSANE,
and you fucking bunch of bastards won't leave ME, ALONE!"
"Yamato! There's nothing you can do about Takeru! You don't
even know who killed him! Please! No one thinks your insane!
You--" Sora was cut off by Matt's angry crys. "You
LIE!! YOU LIE YOU LIE YOU LIE!! YOU LIE, TAKENOUCHI!! You DO
think I'm insane! You ALL do!! Why else would you send me to a
psychiatrist!? ANSWER THAT TAI!!" Taichi shrank back,
visablly afraid of his best friend.
"Matt...you just need someone to talk to, tell them how you
feel...it'll calm you down!" the bruinette tried. "NO!
I don't WANT to calm down!! And no one will understand how I
feel! Never! Not until YOU lose someone you care about!!"
Yamato screamed. I felt numb, Mimi was crying now. She was still
pinned up against the wall, I had almost forgotten about her.
"Mimi, are you ok!?" She turned to me; "NOOO!!
Help me! He's crazy!!" she cried out. Damnit, Mimi, thanks.
"SEE!? You SEE!? She thinks I'm insane!!" Yamato shook
his knife threateningly. "Yamato! Please stop this! Think
about what your doing! You're going to KILL one of your
friends!!" Sora sobbed. Matt glared at her; "And she
will DIE! She doesn't deserve to LIVE!! NONE OF YOU DO!! YOU ALL
LEFT TAKERU! ABANDONED HIM!!" Yamato was shaking now, unable
to controll his anger. "YOU'LL ALL DIE!! I'LL KILL YOU ALL!!
I WILL!" his voice was beginning to give way, too much
shouting.
Suddenly the dark alley we were in was flooded with light,
headlights. Two police cars had appeared, police were beginning
to come out. One of them, a large portly man with brown hair,
said; "Ishida Yamato, you are under arrest for assult and
attempt murder." We all turned around and glared at him.
Mimi broke free of Matt's grip and backed away. Yamato seemed to
be in shock.
The police came forward, looking grim faced. One of them stopped
at Taichi, "You're all lucky this girl called us in time,
you all could've been killed." he said. What? Who called?
Then I saw her, Hikari, she was hiding behind one of the
officers, she looked extremely nervous. I glanced at Tai, he was
also staring at Kari, but he looked furious. Yamato didn't
attempt to fight, they confinscated his knife and snapped on the
handcuffs.
They shoved Matt into the car, our friend's face had gone from
furious to comepletely blank. He showed nothing. His eyes were
slightly wide, but that was it. They officers turned to depart,
one of them turned back to us; "You guys need to come with
us to the station, call your parents." he said. No one said
anything. Then one by one, we slowly followed the police.
© Kiriska