Puppet Love
Trembling
Weell, back
to the plot, before we add more violence-and yes, it will be *juicy*, if I may
so myself.
Until then,
enjoy the suspense, and remember to review!
Ja ne!^^
A rather
disshelved looking Honda appeared at school a few minutes before the bell rang.
Yugi was already waiting for him at their usual spot, but Anzu was nowhere to
be seen.
“Sorry, I’m
late, but I slept in” panted the brunet, before looking around and asking:
“Anzu ain’t
here yet?” Yugi only shook his head.
“No,
actually I wanted to ask you, if you’ve seen her. I tried to call her over her
cell phone, but it’s always occupied.”
“Odd”
frowned Honda, “but then again, maybe she decided to call in sick and is informing the teachers?”
Yugi’s face
brightened up at that.
“Hey, you’re probably right, plus, the cheerleaders have a rehearsal tomorrow, so she’s probably giving them advises, too.”
Satisfied
with that explanation, the two boys rushed for class.
“Good morning, nii-san, how are you?” cheered Shizuka, as she stepped into her brother’s room.
flash, she was at Katsuya’s side, who lay there, strung taut like a bow.
“Kami,
Katsuya, what’s wrong? Are you hurting? Where? Oh Gods, if only you could
talk!” The brunette sobbed in near hysterics, as she searched for the phone.
Just as she was about to pick up the receiver, a strong hand shot forwards and
grabbed her wrist. In mute shock, she stared at her brother, who lay there,
eyes burning, focused on something in the distant, face covered in sweat, his
whole body shivering.
“n..zu..”
Shizuka only just managed to lay down the receiver, before she sunk to her
knees.
“Ka-Katsuya.-you
spoke!” breathed the young girl, just to be interrupted by the blond’s whisper:
“An..zu..help..An..n..zu..”
The flicker in his eyes dimmed, and his body relaxed again.
Puzzled,
Shizuka stared at her brother, trying to comprehend, what had happened.
Two days
later, the police rang again at the Kaiba mansion.
Frowning,
Seto listened to the officer telling him about the missing Mazaki Anzu. When
the turn came to him to answer, Kaiba shook his head.
“As you already reveiled, Sergeant, Mazaki-san left my home short before dawn, and I have not heard of or seen her yet. I admit, we did have a small argument before she left, which was fairly understandable, regarding my..carelessness, which caused Jounouchi-kun’s recent accident.”
The officer
nodded.
“Yes, we checked that one too, and found out, that you and young Jounouchi did not..click?”
He shot Kaiba a quick glance, who remained absolutely motionless.
“Which of course, raises the question, why you would take him into custody in the first place. And at your own home for that matter.” A sigh, perfectly balanced between annoyance and boredom, escaped the CEO’s lips, before he answered:
little brother has taken a liking to Katsuya, and he can be rather..stubborn, if he has his mind set on something. Persistance runs in the family.”
After a few
more questions, the police officers left, leaving Seto to stare out his window.
“So, what
do you think? What does your instinct tell you?” asked the seargent his assistant. The younger man pondered the question a few seconds, then requested:
“Just between you and me? Strictly inofficial?” His superior nodded. Frowning, the young man replied:
“And, strictly inofficial of course, I would say, your instincts are right. But there is the indisputable fact, that Kaiba does have an alibi, and a good one for that.”
He shook
his head sadly.
“Let’s just hope, young Mazaki is doing well and that we can find her, before it’s too late.”
Gritting her teeth, Anzu pushed the last of the heavy boxes under the shattered window.
her.
the others, her left arm dangling useless at her side.
She had tried escaping already four times, the first time only short time after her imprisonment, once the following day, aswell as the previous nights. Her kidnapper caught her every time, and each time, her ‘punishment’ grew crueler.
Yesterday, she had almost made it, if only she would have taken a different turn, chosen a different road. But no, she had run smack into her kidnapper, who wasted no time in showing her, what he did with ‘disobeiant, snotty little girls’.
Her arm was broken in at least two different places, and there was a huge bump on her spine. The wound in her left hip, where he had stabbed her while kidnapping her, was beginning to heal, but had gotten infected, and was continuosly seeping pus.
Huffing, Anzu rested for a few moments, pain shooting through her body, making her eyes fill with tears.
‘I don’t give up! Because Jounouchi Katsuya never gives up!’
The voice
echoed in her mind, as if the blond were standing next to her, fueling her with his bravado and passion.
A fierce,
determinded smile crossed Anzu’s features.
“Because he
never gives up! You’re right, Jou, and neither will I! If there’s anything I’ve ever learned from you, then it’s to keep on fighting, never mind the odds!”
With those
words, and new-found strength, Anzu fought her way out of her prison.