Train Wreck

:( Sorry for any mistakes. No beta yet. Her laptop is still on the fritz. :(

Italics: from chapter 18

Chapter 19: Answers (or maybe not)

“But,” Shuichi suddenly spoke quietly enough causing Hiro and Fujisaki to turn and look in his direction. Eiri looked on when Shuichi turned in his arms, placing his own arms over the top of Eiri’s which rested around his waist, not yet releasing him.

“Shuichi?” Hiro questioned, silently asking Shuichi to continue his thought.

“Well, if that was for my well being then why didn’t you just let me stay with Eiri instead?” Shuichi asked, his voice growing steadily stronger. “Why did you have to get me out? Why did you tell me to leave Eiri behind?” Shuichi yelled in tears. Eiri’s arms being the only thing keeping Shuichi from standing up.

“Correct me if I’m wrong Dr. Namagi, but didn’t you say a few moments ago that you wanted to keep Yuki out of harm’s way? If that was the case then tell me the reason behind deciding to leave him behind, without hesitation, where he clearly got hurt.” Fujisaki calmly asked, making it seem like he was just conducting business.

Kyoko covered her ears with her hands, bending her finger nails behind her ears, scraping against her scalp. She closed her eyes shut tight and screamed out, “Shut up! You people don’t know anything at all! Stop making it sound worse than it really is!”

“Then how about explaining things for us lady?” Eiri growled out, the peak of his aggravation almost reached. He held Shuichi tightly in his lap against his chest with arms wrapped around Shu’s middle.

“But…I can’t. I’m not supposed to tell anyone anything. If I did, they’d kill me for sure.” Kyoko pleaded in a soft voice dripping with sadness.

“Oh, well in that case.” Fujisaki stated sarcastically rolling his eyes.

“If you don’t start talking, we’ll decide to leave you behind. You can stay here and find help on your own.” Hiro yelled over to Kyoko and turned with his back to the rock hill, starting to walk away. “Let’s go guys.” He spoke to the other three.

Shuichi unwrapped himself from Eiri’s arms and with placing his hands on the ground, pushed himself up off of Eiri’s lap. Turning, Shuichi reached out and grabbed Eiri’s hands despite his reluctance to accept help and tried to yank him up. Fujisaki jogged over to help, taking hold of Eiri’s upper left arm.

Hearing the rustling of clothes and the shifting of dirt made Kyoko gasp in sudden realization. They were willing to leave her behind with this psycho old man and those other two who just happened to disappear. They’d find out what she did, how she just let them leave. That would put her in a far worse situation. Thinking it through quickly in her mind, Kyoko weighed all the consequences of both scenarios.

Hearing the rustling getting farther away, Kyoko opened her mouth to say something but not a sound came out. Closing her mouth, she tried to swallow down a tightened throat and licking her lips, tried again.

“WAIT!” Kyoko screamed loudly to the air, hoping the wind would allow it to travel over to the leaving party. “I’ll tell you. I promise to tell you everything, please just get me out of here. I don’t want to be stuck here with them. Please don’t leave me behind.” As she begged a single tear full of regret spilled down her flushed cheek.

“She just had to wait until I was up and walking to make her decision.” Eiri growled in a low voice.

Shuichi looked at Eiri who was by his side and started to grow worried. Eiri looked to be in pain. You couldn’t tell by the expression on his face. You never can with anything. But his eyes tend to show the truth when he’s not concentrating on making them look otherwise. He was breathing heavy and winced at every step.

‘Eiri’s body must be full of bruises’ Shuichi thought pulling Eiri closer to himself. “Eiri are you going to be okay?” Shuichi quietly asked.

Eiri took a deep breath and sighed out, “Fine,” In that never mind tone of voice. When he glanced at Shuichi and saw the look of complete worry still on his face, Eiri stated, “I’ll be fine, Shuichi. You don’t need to worry about me.”

‘Yeah but, when you say stuff like that it usually means I should.’ Shuichi thought, his eyebrows coming together in concern and he started to nibble at his bottom lip. Setting his concern for Eiri aside, Shuichi tuned into the conversation that was currently underway between Kyoko and Fujisaki.

“That’s all I know. I mean it, I swear to you that is all I was told. They didn’t trust me with all the information. Please, you have to trust me.” Kyoko begged with all her heart, her hands clasped together in front of her chest.

When she was met with silence, Kyoko began to worry. She began to think that maybe they were already gone. They could have left her behind. Kyoko began to sweat and tears stung her eyes. She was starting to regret every decision she made up until now.

Fujisaki stood there watching the sky, sorting through what he was told. Hiro was close by with one eyebrow raised in confusion. They murmured to each other, discussing every detail. Fujisaki was about to open his mouth and refuse to believe her story. After all, how could that possibly happen to someone? But Eiri was the one to speak first, surprising the two, Hiro and Fujisaki, with his response.

“I believe you.” It was said so simply and devoid of any emotion. With a nod to Fujisaki and Hiro, Eiri continued, “They’ll help you get out of here.”

Shuichi, having missed the entire thing, was extremely confused. He wanted to question Hiro but Eiri tugged at his arm, signaling him to start walking towards the other train again. Shuichi turned his head away from the rocks and the memories to look closely at Eiri. “Eiri? What did she say?” He asked quietly, searching the lines on Eiri’s face.

Eiri just continues to walk ahead with Shuichi’s support. He only shook his head to tell Shuichi in a silent gesture, not now. Behind them, Eiri could hear the shift of rocks and debris as Hiro and Fujisaki helped the doctor over. ‘I wonder what they’ll do with the old guy.’ Eiri thought without any concern to the man’s safety and wellbeing.


AN; That's the last of the my already new chapters. the next will be out shortly. with work and all i don't have a lot of time. please tell me what you think. Review!!