Chapter Three: +Tavvauvutit, Karakuri ningyō+

"Maybe…" Yuki started, causing all the eyes to look at him, "We should pay attention to our trays, at all times."

"Why do you say that, Yuki-kun?" Tohru asked.

"Well, it seems maybe something happens to our figurine when were about to be…" His voice started to trail off.

"Killed?" Hiro finished.

Yuki nodded. "And, we could take it as a warning and protect that one person."

"Oh, like, keep an extra good eye on the person?" Kakeru asked.

"Mmhmm."

"Alright, then let's go get our trays," Kyo said standing up.

"Maybe we shouldn't go alone…" Kisa softly spoke.

"Kisa, we won't be gone for long, it can't be too bad," Haru reassured. The way he spoke made all of the student council members (with Yuki as an exception) shift the blame to him instantly. Since, that's what they basically were doing before the others came back.

"Don't worry Kisa; I'll stay by your side." Hiro said as he took her hand.

With Tohru

Tohru was in her room, grabbing her tray, and trying to get out of there as fast as she could. She was so scared, but she had to be strong. It's what her mom would want.

Squeeeeeeeeeeak

She whipped her head around to see her door was open ajar. Her eyes widened as she started to get flustered.

"Oh mum, someone's here what do I do? What do I do!?"

"Sissy?" A small voice came from behind the door.

"Eh?" Tohru said, stopping in her tracks. She looked at the door and tilted her head to the side.

BAM!

Her door was kicked open scaring the living hell out of her.

"Don't you know when someone calls for you; you're supposed to open the door?" Hiro said with a smug expression.

"Hiro… don't talk to sissy that way, it's not nice."

"Well, I'm just sayin'"

"Kisa?" Tohru asked.

"She was too scared to walk back down to the front room alone. I said I would protect her, but she wanted someone older," Hiro explained with an aggravated sigh.

Tohru laughed, "Oh, I see."

"Hey, whats that sound?" Hiro asked, once he heard something.

"F-footsteps!?" Tohru announced.

Hiro rolled his eyes, "I see how much help she is."

He turned his heads to see a figure standing in the door way. Her face was covered by her long black hair, and she was wearing a black cloak. Hiro nearly fainted at the sight.

"HIRO!" Kisa exclaimed as she ran to his side.

"Uh...OH! Hiro, whats wrong." Tohru asked worriedly.

He pointed a figure at the door.

"Hana-chan?" Tohru asked noticing the girl instantly.

"I felt scared wave signals coming from you, I thought you were in trouble, so I came running. Da, da, da, da ,da."

Hiro's face paled, "You have weird friends."

With Nao

Nao stood dumbfounded at the small glass book on his tray.

"A book? Why does a book resemble me?" He said a bit irritated.

"Because, you're a workaholic, Chibi-Suke!" Kakeru said, appearing in his room.

"GAH!" Nao yelled as he grabbed the nearest thing around him (Which just happened to be a pillow) and swung it at the voice.

"UWAH!" Kakeru screamed in surprise, "Oh, Chibi-Suke, did I scare you?"

WHAM!

Kakeru went flying into the wall. "Don't make fun of Chibi-Suke, Kakeru! Everyone's scared, Kimi's scared too!"

"I WASN'T SCARED!"

"Kimi thinks you're scared. So scared that you want to hold on to Kimi, right?"

"I WAS JUST CAUGHT OFF GUARD! Plus, who in the right mind would want to hold you?"

At that second, Machi came into the room, holding her tray while twitching a bit, after hearing what Kimi said.

"OH! KIMI'S SO FLATTERED, MACHI!"

"I don't want to hold you; I'm just in the wrong place, at the wrong time."

"Awww, don't be like that!"

"WHY ARE YOU ALL IN MY ROOM ANYWAY?" Nao shouted.

"To talk about what the boy with weird hair said." Kakeru explained.

"Mmhmm, Yun-Yun cousin seems very much like he'd do something like that! Well, that's what Kimi thinks!" Kimi gasped, "What if he's doing this all for Kimi! He loves Kimi so much, he wants Kimi all to himself!"

Machi grimaced.

"I don't think that's very likely," Kakeru said through reason.

"What isn't?" asked Yuki as he entered the room.

"Hm? OH NOTHING! How about we go and head off to the front room!" Kakeru said as he slung his free arm around Yuki and walked away.

With Kureno

Kureno picked up his tray, and sighed a bit.

I wonder what Akito is thinking. I haven't been by her side for a while…

Suddenly, he heard a noise, making him drop his tray in surprise, shattering the small bird to pieces.

"Dammit." Kureno said as he bent down to get the tray.

Once he did, he found himself face to face with a tea serving doll. It had a small note inside the teacup it held. He picked up the paper and read it.

'YoUr NeXT, KuReNO!'

The letter looked more like a ransom note than anything else.

Wait…

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Front Room

Everyone looked down at their tray instantly once they heard a scream. The Rooster…

"He's dead, no need checking." Kyo said, disgusted.

The Student Council members gave a suspicious glance at Kyo.

"Well, you don't have too, but Shigure, Ayame and I are going to. We knew Kureno for a long time, and were going to pay our respects. Right, Ayame?" Hatori commanded.

"Of course, Ha'ri, us and my adorable little brother!"

"NO." Yuki said, as he took a seat on one of the couches.

"But, Yuki!"

"Come on, he has no need to go." Hatori said, as he grabbed Shigure and started to leave.

"OKAY!" Ayame said, trailing behind Hatori like a ducking with its mother.

Once Hatori reached Kureno's room, he expected to see blood, but not this much. It was basically a trail leading from the body to…a closet? He carefully stepped over the body, making a mental note of the hole in it; hoping to not find some intestines lying around. He opened the closet door, and stared at the object in it. It was a tea serving doll, but it had blood spilling out of the hole in its head. It looked like the hole was meant to hold something inside.

"What is it, Hatori?" Shigure asked seeing the doctor's expression.

Hatori didn't answer. He just took the doll, and turned it upside down, letting whatever was inside flop out, with a splat.

"Ha'ri, whats that? It looks like an organ." Ayame asked, as if this sort of thing was normal.

"A spleen and I'm guessing it was Kureno's."

"Oh…"

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End of Chapter Three

Karakuri ningyō: A doll that is able to move, and has a small plate, to balance a tea cup on. Also known as a tea serving doll.

I made Kureno the Karakuri ningyō because, he's like a slave. He has no free will. He stays by Akito's side, and does whatever she pleases. His name even means 'Bows down to fate.'