Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Haima ❯ Chapter 8: Ojos del muerte ( Chapter 8 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: Nekocin 
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Mystery / Police / Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 11.25.2003 | Pages: 4 | Words: 3.7K | Visits: 338 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Mystery / Police / Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 11.25.2003 | Pages: 4 | Words: 3.7K | Visits: 338 | Status: Work In Progress
Title: Haima
Author: Nekocin
Email: Neko_cin_6@hotmail.com
Genres: Various---> Action and Romance as main genres (I hope Romance wouldn't be so screwed up >.>).
Type: AU
Anime: Yu-gi-oh
Warnings: Shounen-ai, Violence. Maybe some OOC. In this chapter OOC and some sad one-sided love *sniffles*.
Pairings: Seto+Jou... here, only hints of Yami Malik+Malik and Malik+Yami Bakura
Rated: PG-13
Disclaimer: Anime in question doesn't belong to me. Never was. Never will.
Author's notes:
;_; People, people please forgive me. There's still no interaction between the two. I'll promise there will be some hints here and there in the next few chapters. -_-;; I'm getting the feeling this story gets a bit too unrealistic. -_-;; I've also noticed my beginning of "Haima" was much better than the middle section ;_; ;_; ;_; WHY?? *cries* I always seem to stray away from the subject ;_; and the story gets a whacked out new thing ;_;. That's a bad sign.
Oh by the way I forgot to answer the question to someone who'd asked where I got that name "Haku" for Yami Bakura in this fic. ^^;; Just thought about that white dragon from one of Miyazaki's works (forgot the name -_-;; I'll look it up). Since Yami Bakura has white/silver hair I sort of used that kid's name. Hehehehe ^^;;
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"This lovey-dovey thing is getting on my nerves" Katsuya growled and took the flowers. He instantly dumped them in a nearby thrash can and stepped into the driver's seat.
"Isn't that a bit harsh?" Otogi arched an eyebrow once Katsuya had gotten into the car. "What if you're breaking her heart just by doing that?"
"Do I care?! I'm in the middle of 'working my way up to become an agent_hopefully. I've no time for this secretive love stuff" Katsuya pointed out irritatingly and turned on the ignition.
Click.
"Oh shit!"
Not long afterwards the car exploded.
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Chapter 8: Ojos del muerte
10:55 AM
Yami looked horrified as soon as the car exploded. He'd seen the rookie and some officer step into the car. Yami wanted to call out Jounouchi's name, but...
"Dammit! We're so close keeping them safe from the killer! None of the answers how they're going to die were right! Dammit!" Yami cursed and ran over to the exploded car.
People began to look at the exploded car in confusion.
"Jounouchi-san!?" He called out in vain and then stopped half way. He looked at the dancing flames and narrowed his eyes. Something at the back of his head told him that this explosion might not be their killer's doing. Besides he somehow felt their killer wouldn't stoop so low just to kill his victims without coming face-to-face with them.
Yami turned around, cautiously as if someone might pounce on him when he'd the least expected.
THERE!
A familiar face had just caught his attention.
Yami's eyes widened when he recognized the face. He instantly whirled around, heading straight towards the person who'd just disappeared around the corner.
Yami quickly caught up with the person whom he'd suspected of putting the explosion in the engines.
"Stop right there!" He switched into his justice mode and narrowed his eyes at the back of someone wearing a dark purple tunic. [1]
The person chuckled casually and looked over his shoulder, "What a surprise to see you here"
His light indigo eyes flashed dangerously and the owner smirked.
Yami looked disapprovingly at the man in front of him.
"You did that, didn't you? The explosion was because of you, wasn't it?"
Yami glared, feeling something heavy on his chest. He just felt responsible for the rookie's death. What would he say to the rookie's sister? The girl would definitely want to be with her brother too.
"They were not worth it" The stranger commented and ran ass soon as he'd found his chance. Stupid rebel wanted to stop him again.
"Halt, Mariku [2]!" Yami kicked himself out of his daze when he noticed his suspect was escaping.
He ran.
"Dammit!," he cursed out loud and ran as fast as he could just to keep up with 'Mariku'.
Within a few more big strides, Yami pounced on 'Mariku'. They wrestled their way up: one was trying to get loose; the other was trying to hold him in his custody.
Not long after that Yami pulled 'Mariku' by his tunic and dragged him along the way.
"Now you'll answer to me why you've to pull that trick on the kid" Yami smirked proudly because he'd caught 'Mariku' at last. But a part of him still felt responsible for the rookie's death. They'd lost yet another_no... They'd lost two rookies.
'Mariku' snorted and choose not to answer. Besides no one can make him blurt it out. They had no right to use force unless... there were other stuff at stake.
*~*~*~*~*~
11:00 AM
From the shadows someone gritted his teeth.
He'd been watching the rookie and the other officer going into the car. He was satisfied they'd noticed the flowers. But as soon as the car had started, the police car exploded.
How could this be?
He didn't put any explosive stuff in the car's engines. And he thought he was going to strike that night.
He was quite angry about the fate of those two officers. He'd wanted to confront either of them in person before they could die in his hands.
But it was neither. Someone had done it before he could.
He clenched his fists and backed into the shadows.
He suddenly stopped in his tracks.
He hadn't seen their lifeless bodies yet. Why was he assuming? He should base their deaths on facts, right? Right.
He snorted mentally and looked over his shoulder at the burning car. Something told him that they weren't really dead. As soon as the two officers stood up from the other side of the car, his suspicions had been right.
"I knew they were going to be fun targets," he commented.
It was time to choose the next available victim just in case if anything bad would happen to those two officers.
*~*~*~*~*~
11:20 AM
Agent Ishtar was shoving a few casual clothes into a bag. He took one last glance at his apartment and closed the door. His sister had just been released from the hospital. He wanted to live close to his sister and so decided to move into her house.
Of course his sister was glad to have someone around, after living alone for so long.
"Are you okay, Malik?" his sister asked once he approached the car, which almost took her life. Malik had let it be repaired after she got admitted to the hospital. It did cost a lot on his budget. But he didn't mind. His sister's life came first.
Ishizu was sitting at the front seat next to the driver's seat. She'd been patiently waiting till her brother was done packing his stuff.
"Yeah, just a bit excited about living close to you, one-chan," Malik smiled brightly and dumped the last bag into the car. He took the seat behind the wheel and started the car.
Ishizu just shook her head sadly. Her brother was such a bad liar. As his big sister, she was able to recognize most of Malik's sorrow that had been mirrored in his eyes.
"You're going to miss him, aren't you?" she asked cautiously and peered curiously at her younger brother. She hoped he wouldn't get mad if she mentioned someone particular whom he was seeing.
Malik stared at the front road and a ghost of a smile graced his lips. He remembered the night when he'd gotten over agent Haku. It was that night he'd met someone quite interesting.
"Maybe... I just hope he stops being mean to the other," Malik responded at last and drove the car out of the parking lot. He took a deep breath and tried to enjoy the new fuzzy feeling in his chest. Malik wanted to grab it and roll it around on his stomach. The great thing about this sensation was that it felt like hugging a pillow. The problem was... what's the feeling called?
He was suddenly snapped out of his thoughts when Ishizu pulled on his sleeve. The car paused a bit once they'd reached the stoplight.
"Malik..."
"What's wrong?"
She pointed out of his window. "It's agent Yuuki"
Malik wondered what agent Yuuki might be doing that had caught his sister's attention. His sister wasn't someone who got interested that easily.
"Agent Ishtar!" Yami greeted breathlessly and dragged someone next to him. The other agent nodded the greeting in acknowledgement and carefully drove the car closer to the sidewalk.
"It's great that you're here. Please take him to the station," Yami panted heavily.
Malik's eyes widened as soon as he caught sight of someone familiar-looking. "You...!"
No wonder that his sister seemed interested...
'Mariku' laughed heartily and smirked at Malik.
"Do you still remember me?"
*~*~*~*~*~
11:10 AM
Someone coughed violently and then groaned painfully. Brown eyes slid open half way and the owner winced instantly. Pain coursed through his body in great speed. His head began to throb when he'd noticed he was lying on his stomach.
"W-what had happened?" he croaked out and slowly but carefully turned around to look up at the sky. It was still a beautiful morning; he noted when he looked intently at the clear blue sky. He moved his body a bit and flinched.
"Where am I?" he wondered out loud and could faintly see gray smoke wandering off towards the sky. Katsuya then noticed how hot his body became. Something was being burned close by.
A silhouette looked over at him. "Are you done looking at the sky?" The voice seemed far away and yet a bit too close.
Katsuya blinked a few times and squinted his eyes. Someone who'd stared at the sky for too long was definitely going to see a lot of dark patches.
"Uhm... hey"
He smiled weakly and brought a hand over his eyes, trying to blink away the weariness. Katsuya pulled his hand away and looked up.
He blinked.
"Can you see me?" the person looking down at him, had said. The tone, which he'd used, was devoid from any known emotions.
The silhouette became a bit clearer.
A very sharp sculpted face was hovering over Katsuya's face. Cobalt blue eyes stared unmoving right back at him. A strong small but visible_ nose adorned his face while a knowing thin line of lips completed the face.
Katsuya smiled, hoping that it might answer his question.
"Inspector Kaiba," he saluted and grinned unconsciously.
The inspector nodded and held a hand in front of Katsuya's eyes. He felt embarrassed to use the famous 'V' sign.
"How many fingers do I have here?"
Katsuya rolled his eyes. "Two. What had happened? What's cooking?"
The inspector looked blankly at the rookie. "What's the last thing you remember doing before you'd passed out?"
Katsuya looked thoughtful for a while. "Cleaning shards from the front seat of the car"
He frowned but quickly was attacked by a stabbing pain in his head. Aa... no use trying to pounce some past events.
"Shards?" the inspector arched an eyebrow.
"Yeah... someone broke the window just to give me these bushes of flowers" Katsuya scratched his head unconsciously and furrowed his brows. He felt he'd forgotten something… or rather someone's presence.
"Otogi! Where's he?" he shouted out in worry.
"Right here, kiddo," another face hovered above Katsuya's face. The other officer offered his trademark smile, reassuring Katsuya that he was okay. He chuckled when he noticed the rookie letting out a sigh of relief.
It felt great to be reassured that the other's life hadn't been taken... yet.
"So what had actually happened?" the inspector asked impatiently.
"I guess it was sort of an impulse once Jounouchi-san had started the car. I'm not sure how we got out but either way one of us had pushed the other push of the car", Otogi explained and stood up straight.
"I guess we should walk," Katsuya sighed and carefully pushed himself to sit up. He looked sadly at the still burning car and sighed again. "The chief will be pissed"
"I'm here hovering above you and you're worrying about the pathetic car?" the inspector almost shouted out incredulously if not angry.
"Hey, it's not pathetic!" Katsuya growled, quite annoyed somehow. "It's more flexible than any average car"
"What are you implying?" the inspector narrowed his eyes. He couldn't quite pinpoint what the rookie was trying to say. It sounded ridiculous to hear that from a rookie who had somehow finished training school.
Maybe something magical had happened there? The inspector really doubted that could be an option... somehow he suspected the rookie was still clueless about what he was really implying.
"The whole thing had just been barbequed!!! How are we supposed to chase down race freaks?" Katsuya shouted out, angrily. His ragged breathing had made it clear he was still angry and yet found no words to describe what he really meant. And... Why the hell was he talking about the car? Maybe he was just frustrated? Yeah... but why take it on someone like the inspector?
"Why are you still talking about the car? It's been destroyed..."
"It was a nice car"
The inspector frowned again. Wha?
Heh! He should've known why they had put the rookie at station 6. It was practically because of officer Jounouchi's attitude. He stayed brash indeed, jumping into things... or was it just something different? All in all the inspector noticed the rookie was definitely going to be an easy victim. Like someone walking towards a quick death.
Those authorities were quite unfair... why did they do this for?
...
"Seems like we're closer to death than expected"
Katsuya took a deep breath, trying not to concentrate on the pain and pushed himself off the ground. He brushed some dirt from his pants and thought about the unnecessary conversation. Damn. He hoped he didn't have a concussion...
"Aa..." was the only response that came from Otogi.
"But you did say my area has a lot of criminals, am I right? So I guess that's sort of an answer to the explosion," Katsuya pointed out thoughtfully and ran his nervous fingers through his hair.
"The poor car" he muttered absentmindedly an sighed. ACK! It's that car again! Katsuya growled absently and tried to gather his original thoughts.
"So tell us, inspector. How did you know we're here? I don't see any back up here. Everyone in this area is ignoring us so...,"
"That's a good question," Otogi commented and eyed the inspector.
The inspector looked at both of them in return. Rookies_especially those who have potential_ were often curious that they wanted to know everything, never minding the consequences if there were any.
*~*~*~*~*~
12:03 AM
The inspector hadn't answered their question. He chose not to tell the rookies his true intentions. Of course they seemed to get a clue about the killer going after rookies. Although they'd no idea whom the killer was after. As clueless as the youngest, Katsuya, might be, he was still being dutiful. He continued his daily patrol on foot while Otogi tagged along. Because the inspector gave them a lack of response. Katsuya had left him alone.
"There's something they aren't telling me about," Katsuya commented and looked over at Otogi, who was checking his tarot cards.
"Hm," Otogi's brows were knitted together in annoyance as he picked out a card. He growled under his breath and shuffled the cards again.
"I've a bad card," Otogi explained when he noticed Katsuya looking at him. He picked out a card and growled in annoyance.
"What's wrong?" Katsuya peered curiously at the card.
"Death,"
Then it suddenly came up to him. Tarot cards have a lot of different meanings, he noted. He remembered having read about that in some review at the back of a book.
"Do you even know how to read Tarot cards? Shouldn't you meditate or something?," Katsuya continued to look where he's walking. He wondered how dangerous his area might be. Otogi sighed dejectedly and put away the cards.
"Not really. I can only remember pieces of meanings. You're right, while reading Tarot one must meditate and stuff, just to understand," Otogi answered and looked at the sky.
"Besides... I've sort of this feeling that today I've a bad omen. You can't just get four times a Death card in a row after shuffling the cards over and over again...,"
"Let go! Let me go! I'm warning you! Let go!," someone called out angrily. If one listened carefully, one could find the fear in his tones. Katsuya's attention immediately snapped. His eyes darted around in search for some screaming kid. A racing car honked annoyingly past him.
"Shit!," was the only thing he'd uttered out and ran. The car was going way too fast in the empty streets. It might hit someone. Three tall men were standing on the side walk and they were lifting a squirming teenager off the ground. Something clicked in his mind and without a second thought, Katsuya stormed into their direction. This scene looked familiar.
"Let go!!,"
"Halt! What's the meaning of this?," officer Jounouchi demanded. One of the tall men turned around and blocked Katsuya's sight.
"Nothing's wrong, officer,"
A fist was flung into his face. Something cracked. Katsuya gasped when he felt the pain in his nose and dropped onto the ground. The world got a bit hazy and people began to swirl around in front of him.
"Let go! I'm warning you! Let go!" the teenager thrashed violently.
"See if anyone is going to save you now," one of the strangers whispered to the boy and they threw him into the middle of the street. The black-haired teenager fell hard on his sides and cried out in pain as he rolled into the streets. The racing car zoomed straight towards him and honked madly in mocking.
"Jounou_," Otogi called out and wanted to help out. He was quickly cut off by a heavy hit on his head and fell unconscious.
THUD.
*.*.*.*.* End chapter 8*.*.*.*.*
Endnotes:
1: You know. That robe thing Malik and his followers wore.
2: 9_9 There's a story behind this. I mean how did Yami know the guy's name and all... I'm thinking about putting that story in either one of the side-fics. Not sure which one... ^^;;
I like to thank:
Jou-pup: ^_^ I'm glad you're sticking around to see what's going to happen next. As for your request for more fluff... ~_~ I'm sorry. Like the notes mentioned above said... the story is getting a bit 'off'. But please have patience. Thank you for being around *hugs* @-->---
Akimi: ^^;; I know I've some errors here and there... I just can't seem to see them. ^^;; I apologize for the inconvenience. @-->---
Lily Maxwell The Dark Angel: Aa... don't worry about not having reviewed each chapter. I wasn't really expecting someone to do that, but it's kind of refreshing to have a change, ne? Thank you for sticking around. Thank you for sticking around. @-->---
Misura: *huggles* You seem to be one of the few people who had reviewed my other stories here and there. I appreciate all your comments and the whole explaining behind them. I really love your reviews. Thank you for sticking around. @-->---
Shadowy Fluffball: ^^;; Hi. I see that you're quite eager about the REAL stuff behind the pairing. @-->---
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Author: Nekocin
Email: Neko_cin_6@hotmail.com
Genres: Various---> Action and Romance as main genres (I hope Romance wouldn't be so screwed up >.>).
Type: AU
Anime: Yu-gi-oh
Warnings: Shounen-ai, Violence. Maybe some OOC. In this chapter OOC and some sad one-sided love *sniffles*.
Pairings: Seto+Jou... here, only hints of Yami Malik+Malik and Malik+Yami Bakura
Rated: PG-13
Disclaimer: Anime in question doesn't belong to me. Never was. Never will.
Author's notes:
;_; People, people please forgive me. There's still no interaction between the two. I'll promise there will be some hints here and there in the next few chapters. -_-;; I'm getting the feeling this story gets a bit too unrealistic. -_-;; I've also noticed my beginning of "Haima" was much better than the middle section ;_; ;_; ;_; WHY?? *cries* I always seem to stray away from the subject ;_; and the story gets a whacked out new thing ;_;. That's a bad sign.
Oh by the way I forgot to answer the question to someone who'd asked where I got that name "Haku" for Yami Bakura in this fic. ^^;; Just thought about that white dragon from one of Miyazaki's works (forgot the name -_-;; I'll look it up). Since Yami Bakura has white/silver hair I sort of used that kid's name. Hehehehe ^^;;
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"This lovey-dovey thing is getting on my nerves" Katsuya growled and took the flowers. He instantly dumped them in a nearby thrash can and stepped into the driver's seat.
"Isn't that a bit harsh?" Otogi arched an eyebrow once Katsuya had gotten into the car. "What if you're breaking her heart just by doing that?"
"Do I care?! I'm in the middle of 'working my way up to become an agent_hopefully. I've no time for this secretive love stuff" Katsuya pointed out irritatingly and turned on the ignition.
Click.
"Oh shit!"
Not long afterwards the car exploded.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Chapter 8: Ojos del muerte
10:55 AM
Yami looked horrified as soon as the car exploded. He'd seen the rookie and some officer step into the car. Yami wanted to call out Jounouchi's name, but...
"Dammit! We're so close keeping them safe from the killer! None of the answers how they're going to die were right! Dammit!" Yami cursed and ran over to the exploded car.
People began to look at the exploded car in confusion.
"Jounouchi-san!?" He called out in vain and then stopped half way. He looked at the dancing flames and narrowed his eyes. Something at the back of his head told him that this explosion might not be their killer's doing. Besides he somehow felt their killer wouldn't stoop so low just to kill his victims without coming face-to-face with them.
Yami turned around, cautiously as if someone might pounce on him when he'd the least expected.
THERE!
A familiar face had just caught his attention.
Yami's eyes widened when he recognized the face. He instantly whirled around, heading straight towards the person who'd just disappeared around the corner.
Yami quickly caught up with the person whom he'd suspected of putting the explosion in the engines.
"Stop right there!" He switched into his justice mode and narrowed his eyes at the back of someone wearing a dark purple tunic. [1]
The person chuckled casually and looked over his shoulder, "What a surprise to see you here"
His light indigo eyes flashed dangerously and the owner smirked.
Yami looked disapprovingly at the man in front of him.
"You did that, didn't you? The explosion was because of you, wasn't it?"
Yami glared, feeling something heavy on his chest. He just felt responsible for the rookie's death. What would he say to the rookie's sister? The girl would definitely want to be with her brother too.
"They were not worth it" The stranger commented and ran ass soon as he'd found his chance. Stupid rebel wanted to stop him again.
"Halt, Mariku [2]!" Yami kicked himself out of his daze when he noticed his suspect was escaping.
He ran.
"Dammit!," he cursed out loud and ran as fast as he could just to keep up with 'Mariku'.
Within a few more big strides, Yami pounced on 'Mariku'. They wrestled their way up: one was trying to get loose; the other was trying to hold him in his custody.
Not long after that Yami pulled 'Mariku' by his tunic and dragged him along the way.
"Now you'll answer to me why you've to pull that trick on the kid" Yami smirked proudly because he'd caught 'Mariku' at last. But a part of him still felt responsible for the rookie's death. They'd lost yet another_no... They'd lost two rookies.
'Mariku' snorted and choose not to answer. Besides no one can make him blurt it out. They had no right to use force unless... there were other stuff at stake.
*~*~*~*~*~
11:00 AM
From the shadows someone gritted his teeth.
He'd been watching the rookie and the other officer going into the car. He was satisfied they'd noticed the flowers. But as soon as the car had started, the police car exploded.
How could this be?
He didn't put any explosive stuff in the car's engines. And he thought he was going to strike that night.
He was quite angry about the fate of those two officers. He'd wanted to confront either of them in person before they could die in his hands.
But it was neither. Someone had done it before he could.
He clenched his fists and backed into the shadows.
He suddenly stopped in his tracks.
He hadn't seen their lifeless bodies yet. Why was he assuming? He should base their deaths on facts, right? Right.
He snorted mentally and looked over his shoulder at the burning car. Something told him that they weren't really dead. As soon as the two officers stood up from the other side of the car, his suspicions had been right.
"I knew they were going to be fun targets," he commented.
It was time to choose the next available victim just in case if anything bad would happen to those two officers.
*~*~*~*~*~
11:20 AM
Agent Ishtar was shoving a few casual clothes into a bag. He took one last glance at his apartment and closed the door. His sister had just been released from the hospital. He wanted to live close to his sister and so decided to move into her house.
Of course his sister was glad to have someone around, after living alone for so long.
"Are you okay, Malik?" his sister asked once he approached the car, which almost took her life. Malik had let it be repaired after she got admitted to the hospital. It did cost a lot on his budget. But he didn't mind. His sister's life came first.
Ishizu was sitting at the front seat next to the driver's seat. She'd been patiently waiting till her brother was done packing his stuff.
"Yeah, just a bit excited about living close to you, one-chan," Malik smiled brightly and dumped the last bag into the car. He took the seat behind the wheel and started the car.
Ishizu just shook her head sadly. Her brother was such a bad liar. As his big sister, she was able to recognize most of Malik's sorrow that had been mirrored in his eyes.
"You're going to miss him, aren't you?" she asked cautiously and peered curiously at her younger brother. She hoped he wouldn't get mad if she mentioned someone particular whom he was seeing.
Malik stared at the front road and a ghost of a smile graced his lips. He remembered the night when he'd gotten over agent Haku. It was that night he'd met someone quite interesting.
"Maybe... I just hope he stops being mean to the other," Malik responded at last and drove the car out of the parking lot. He took a deep breath and tried to enjoy the new fuzzy feeling in his chest. Malik wanted to grab it and roll it around on his stomach. The great thing about this sensation was that it felt like hugging a pillow. The problem was... what's the feeling called?
He was suddenly snapped out of his thoughts when Ishizu pulled on his sleeve. The car paused a bit once they'd reached the stoplight.
"Malik..."
"What's wrong?"
She pointed out of his window. "It's agent Yuuki"
Malik wondered what agent Yuuki might be doing that had caught his sister's attention. His sister wasn't someone who got interested that easily.
"Agent Ishtar!" Yami greeted breathlessly and dragged someone next to him. The other agent nodded the greeting in acknowledgement and carefully drove the car closer to the sidewalk.
"It's great that you're here. Please take him to the station," Yami panted heavily.
Malik's eyes widened as soon as he caught sight of someone familiar-looking. "You...!"
No wonder that his sister seemed interested...
'Mariku' laughed heartily and smirked at Malik.
"Do you still remember me?"
*~*~*~*~*~
11:10 AM
Someone coughed violently and then groaned painfully. Brown eyes slid open half way and the owner winced instantly. Pain coursed through his body in great speed. His head began to throb when he'd noticed he was lying on his stomach.
"W-what had happened?" he croaked out and slowly but carefully turned around to look up at the sky. It was still a beautiful morning; he noted when he looked intently at the clear blue sky. He moved his body a bit and flinched.
"Where am I?" he wondered out loud and could faintly see gray smoke wandering off towards the sky. Katsuya then noticed how hot his body became. Something was being burned close by.
A silhouette looked over at him. "Are you done looking at the sky?" The voice seemed far away and yet a bit too close.
Katsuya blinked a few times and squinted his eyes. Someone who'd stared at the sky for too long was definitely going to see a lot of dark patches.
"Uhm... hey"
He smiled weakly and brought a hand over his eyes, trying to blink away the weariness. Katsuya pulled his hand away and looked up.
He blinked.
"Can you see me?" the person looking down at him, had said. The tone, which he'd used, was devoid from any known emotions.
The silhouette became a bit clearer.
A very sharp sculpted face was hovering over Katsuya's face. Cobalt blue eyes stared unmoving right back at him. A strong small but visible_ nose adorned his face while a knowing thin line of lips completed the face.
Katsuya smiled, hoping that it might answer his question.
"Inspector Kaiba," he saluted and grinned unconsciously.
The inspector nodded and held a hand in front of Katsuya's eyes. He felt embarrassed to use the famous 'V' sign.
"How many fingers do I have here?"
Katsuya rolled his eyes. "Two. What had happened? What's cooking?"
The inspector looked blankly at the rookie. "What's the last thing you remember doing before you'd passed out?"
Katsuya looked thoughtful for a while. "Cleaning shards from the front seat of the car"
He frowned but quickly was attacked by a stabbing pain in his head. Aa... no use trying to pounce some past events.
"Shards?" the inspector arched an eyebrow.
"Yeah... someone broke the window just to give me these bushes of flowers" Katsuya scratched his head unconsciously and furrowed his brows. He felt he'd forgotten something… or rather someone's presence.
"Otogi! Where's he?" he shouted out in worry.
"Right here, kiddo," another face hovered above Katsuya's face. The other officer offered his trademark smile, reassuring Katsuya that he was okay. He chuckled when he noticed the rookie letting out a sigh of relief.
It felt great to be reassured that the other's life hadn't been taken... yet.
"So what had actually happened?" the inspector asked impatiently.
"I guess it was sort of an impulse once Jounouchi-san had started the car. I'm not sure how we got out but either way one of us had pushed the other push of the car", Otogi explained and stood up straight.
"I guess we should walk," Katsuya sighed and carefully pushed himself to sit up. He looked sadly at the still burning car and sighed again. "The chief will be pissed"
"I'm here hovering above you and you're worrying about the pathetic car?" the inspector almost shouted out incredulously if not angry.
"Hey, it's not pathetic!" Katsuya growled, quite annoyed somehow. "It's more flexible than any average car"
"What are you implying?" the inspector narrowed his eyes. He couldn't quite pinpoint what the rookie was trying to say. It sounded ridiculous to hear that from a rookie who had somehow finished training school.
Maybe something magical had happened there? The inspector really doubted that could be an option... somehow he suspected the rookie was still clueless about what he was really implying.
"The whole thing had just been barbequed!!! How are we supposed to chase down race freaks?" Katsuya shouted out, angrily. His ragged breathing had made it clear he was still angry and yet found no words to describe what he really meant. And... Why the hell was he talking about the car? Maybe he was just frustrated? Yeah... but why take it on someone like the inspector?
"Why are you still talking about the car? It's been destroyed..."
"It was a nice car"
The inspector frowned again. Wha?
Heh! He should've known why they had put the rookie at station 6. It was practically because of officer Jounouchi's attitude. He stayed brash indeed, jumping into things... or was it just something different? All in all the inspector noticed the rookie was definitely going to be an easy victim. Like someone walking towards a quick death.
Those authorities were quite unfair... why did they do this for?
...
"Seems like we're closer to death than expected"
Katsuya took a deep breath, trying not to concentrate on the pain and pushed himself off the ground. He brushed some dirt from his pants and thought about the unnecessary conversation. Damn. He hoped he didn't have a concussion...
"Aa..." was the only response that came from Otogi.
"But you did say my area has a lot of criminals, am I right? So I guess that's sort of an answer to the explosion," Katsuya pointed out thoughtfully and ran his nervous fingers through his hair.
"The poor car" he muttered absentmindedly an sighed. ACK! It's that car again! Katsuya growled absently and tried to gather his original thoughts.
"So tell us, inspector. How did you know we're here? I don't see any back up here. Everyone in this area is ignoring us so...,"
"That's a good question," Otogi commented and eyed the inspector.
The inspector looked at both of them in return. Rookies_especially those who have potential_ were often curious that they wanted to know everything, never minding the consequences if there were any.
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12:03 AM
The inspector hadn't answered their question. He chose not to tell the rookies his true intentions. Of course they seemed to get a clue about the killer going after rookies. Although they'd no idea whom the killer was after. As clueless as the youngest, Katsuya, might be, he was still being dutiful. He continued his daily patrol on foot while Otogi tagged along. Because the inspector gave them a lack of response. Katsuya had left him alone.
"There's something they aren't telling me about," Katsuya commented and looked over at Otogi, who was checking his tarot cards.
"Hm," Otogi's brows were knitted together in annoyance as he picked out a card. He growled under his breath and shuffled the cards again.
"I've a bad card," Otogi explained when he noticed Katsuya looking at him. He picked out a card and growled in annoyance.
"What's wrong?" Katsuya peered curiously at the card.
"Death,"
Then it suddenly came up to him. Tarot cards have a lot of different meanings, he noted. He remembered having read about that in some review at the back of a book.
"Do you even know how to read Tarot cards? Shouldn't you meditate or something?," Katsuya continued to look where he's walking. He wondered how dangerous his area might be. Otogi sighed dejectedly and put away the cards.
"Not really. I can only remember pieces of meanings. You're right, while reading Tarot one must meditate and stuff, just to understand," Otogi answered and looked at the sky.
"Besides... I've sort of this feeling that today I've a bad omen. You can't just get four times a Death card in a row after shuffling the cards over and over again...,"
"Let go! Let me go! I'm warning you! Let go!," someone called out angrily. If one listened carefully, one could find the fear in his tones. Katsuya's attention immediately snapped. His eyes darted around in search for some screaming kid. A racing car honked annoyingly past him.
"Shit!," was the only thing he'd uttered out and ran. The car was going way too fast in the empty streets. It might hit someone. Three tall men were standing on the side walk and they were lifting a squirming teenager off the ground. Something clicked in his mind and without a second thought, Katsuya stormed into their direction. This scene looked familiar.
"Let go!!,"
"Halt! What's the meaning of this?," officer Jounouchi demanded. One of the tall men turned around and blocked Katsuya's sight.
"Nothing's wrong, officer,"
A fist was flung into his face. Something cracked. Katsuya gasped when he felt the pain in his nose and dropped onto the ground. The world got a bit hazy and people began to swirl around in front of him.
"Let go! I'm warning you! Let go!" the teenager thrashed violently.
"See if anyone is going to save you now," one of the strangers whispered to the boy and they threw him into the middle of the street. The black-haired teenager fell hard on his sides and cried out in pain as he rolled into the streets. The racing car zoomed straight towards him and honked madly in mocking.
"Jounou_," Otogi called out and wanted to help out. He was quickly cut off by a heavy hit on his head and fell unconscious.
THUD.
*.*.*.*.* End chapter 8*.*.*.*.*
Endnotes:
1: You know. That robe thing Malik and his followers wore.
2: 9_9 There's a story behind this. I mean how did Yami know the guy's name and all... I'm thinking about putting that story in either one of the side-fics. Not sure which one... ^^;;
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