No Identity: Blue Teardrops on the Floor

Chapter 12: Collapse

"Hitsuei!" Himiko looked at him. "What took you so long?"

"Well," Hitsuei pulled the gun from his pocket. "Junpei gave me this. He said it's the only thing that can get rid of Siuehti."

"It's the only thing that can get rid of Siuehti?" She looked away from him. "I didn't think it would be a gun, though."

"The thing is, Junpei said it wasn't a gun, even though it looks like one."

"Huh. Weird."

"Freeze!" A police officer walked over to the two of them.

"Nope." Hitsuei pulled the gun out of his pocket. "We're not doing this."

"Hitsuei." Himiko looked over to Hitsuei.

"..." He silently put the gun back.

"You're coming with me, bucko." The police officer said, while turning towards Hitsuei.

"No he's not." Himiko stepped right in front of Hitsuei.

"You don't have any say in the matter. Aren't you the one who obsessed over him?"

"Shut it." Hitsuei stepped in.

"What did you just say to me?"

"Shut it." Hitsuei started to sweat as his hands started to glow. "Now."

"Hitsuei!" Himiko shouted, as a crowd started to form around them.

The police officer reached to his belt and pulled out a gun. "I will shoot!"

"No you won't."

"And what makes you think I won't?"

"This." Hitsuei started to glow red as he walked up to the officer. "Get out of the way!" He shouted, as he punched him. The police officer flew to the other end of the town, and Hitsuei fell to the ground.

"Hey!" Himiko shouted. "Are you okay?"

"Ugh..." His glow started to fade away, as he started to pass out as well.

"Hitsuei! Don't-" It cut out for him, as he passed out.

Hitsuei woke up in the hospital.

"Hitsuei!" Himiko ran over to his bed. "Are you okay?"

"What?" Hitsuei looked around the room. "Is this... a hospital?"

"Yeah, you passed out while punching that police officer. What caused you to do that?"

"I... Don't know. I think I was so fed up with everything that I just went berserk on him."

"Oh, yeah. Don't do that! It could get us into trouble, and I don't want anymore of that."

"Right. I'm sorry." Hitsuei got up from the bed he was lying in, to look at his hands. "W-what? My hands!"

"Those nurses patched your hands and arm up. You should be as good as new."

"Heh. Thanks, Himiko." He smiled at her, then stopped. "But we need to focus on Siuehti right now."

"That's right, but we need a good starting point." Himiko pulled the map out of her pocket and started glancing over the pages. "Ah! This might be where one of the orbs are."

"Yeah, but what do those orbs have to do with Siuehti?"

"I don't know, but the fact that it did something while we were there means that it's probably important."

"Fair enough."

"Right. Anyway, this is where it might be." Himiko pointed to a spot on the map. "This is supposedly, 'Hamuko Hills.'"

"Alright. Let's get going sooner than later."

"Yep."

"Is this it?" Hitsuei asked, while they stumbled across a hill.

"Yeah, seems like it. Looks more like a mountain, though." She pulled the map out of her pocket only to put it right back.

"No kidding. This hill is huge! How are we going to get up?"

"Dunno, we'll figure it out." Himiko started to walk towards it when she noticed a hole in the hill. "What's that?"

"Hm? What is it, Himiko?" Hitsuei started to walk towards her.

"Why is there a hold here?" She asked, while walking inside it.

"Himiko! Be careful!" He followed her in to find something on the wall.

"What is this?" She closely inspected the wall. "Doesn't this look like something you defuse a bomb with?"

"Yeah, it does." He looked at it to find that there were three colors on the top and bottom with three holes. "Wait,"

"Huh? What is it, Hitsuei?"

"Do you think this is related to the wires we found?"

"Well, it would make sense. Try it. Put the wires in the designated spots."

"Right." He put the wires in the spots and the ground started to shake. "Woah! Himiko, get out of here!"

"Uh-huh!" They ran out of the room to look at the hill to find that it started to collapse.

'What's going on?"

"I-I don't know!? It's collapsing!" They looked at the hill to see that it was basically destroyed. "Okay then..." She looked away from the hill.

"Um... well, we can still look around for an orb, correct?"

"I think so. Let's get to it." They walked around to find an orb right next to them.

"Well isn't that convenient? Seems like we didn't even need to break down the hill."

"Yeah, well, sense you got a dream scream from those wires, I think we still need to explore this area."

"You're probably right." Hitsuei said, while putting the orb in his pocket. "Let's get to it, then."

"Yeah."