Hunt the Hunter (Revised Version To Be Uploaded)

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~Shika~

Okay, so maybe I wasn't as mad with Cameron as I thought I was. Though I wasn't really sure thanks to the confusion from ghosting.

I was glad I had my locket back, I kind of felt better with it on. But now that I actually remembered what happened to my parents, at least part of the story, I also felt guilty for wearing it.

"Argh! Stupid ghosting!" I said while flinging my hands in the air and losing grip on my panel.

Luckily, the things were stronger than they looked.

I picked my panel off the floor, but not before it beeped and something popped onto the screen.

...

It was from Cameron.

"Oh please," I picked up the panel. Goodness knows why I was talking to myself.

"Just because I apologized doesn't mean things will just go back to the way they wer—"

It was the photo I saw on the holo screen, my parents smiling brightly at the camera. My mum's smile went from ear to ear, and my dad's pale blue eyes glinting as he glanced at her. It came with a little message.

'I'm sorry.'

Okay, now I wasn't angry at all. But I was now confused on what happen to them exactly.

I clutched my locket, and something hit me.

"Wait a minute..."

I looked at the picture again, scrutinising every detail. My mum's top looked more like a camo-vest than a jacket and when I looked closer, I realized something.

My mother wasn't wearing the locket.

She wasn't wearing it before they left, and I didn't ever get to wear it until a few months ago. Which meant either she hid it, or some one took it.

But why? I had no idea.

-Why don't you try opening it?-

What good would that do?

-Hey! You've never tried it. I'm only suggesting...-

I turned the gold trinket in hand, running my index finger gingerly over the engravings at the back.

384NX Harusa

I took a deep breath, "Okay..."

...

It wouldn't open.

I stared at it dumbfounded, "There's no latch...?"

-What?!-

Woah hey! Why are you overreacting?

-Clearly because you won't do it, so someone had to-

Maybe I can get someone to help? One of the other lieutenants—

-No-

Why not? They clearly know more about myself than I do.

-I just think it's a bad idea-

Your not scared of something are you?

-Why would I be?-

I decided not to answer, seeing as Rukia was acting pretty hush and weird lately.