Intertwine (Strings of Fate)-UNEDITED

Chapter Twenty-Five

"What is it?" I turn to look at her when she stops talking. She hit her forehead and shut her eyes. "I'm an idiot, I forgot to read his notebook!" "What!?" "I'll go get it, stay right here and continue searching, ok?" "Yes." She burst out of the door to get her brother's notebook after a few moments she came back with it. "Here it is!" She said excitedly. She plank down on the bed and I sit down beside her. "What does it says?" "Hmm...some old stuffs of course." But even the notebook doesn't have anything to do with what we search. "Ugh! I gave up, there's nothing in here!" She blurted out and throws the notebook in the air and drop down in the floor beside me, but something caught my attention. I immediately grab it and inspect it closely. "Hey, some pages are glued together." I stated. "Huh? What?" "Look closely here." I let her see the glued pages and tried to split it so that the content won't be destroyed easily. And when I finally through it, I was shocked on what I read about, the truth about the death of Ryuzaki.

(Ritsu's POV)

The feeling of all the energy you have, have been draining in your body. My sight was getting in blur because of the tears trying to escape in my eyes. I felt his hand on my nape and pull my head unto his chest. "It's alright, you can cry freely." And with all the emotions that has been built along time ago was now cascading through the tears in my cheeks. "I-I didn't know, that he did this..." I sob while Kohei is patting my back and kiss my forehead. "I know, I never thought he would do this, but I'm thankful enough." I never help myself but cry harder this time.

All this time, nii-san never forgets who he was. He was just trying to protect us from those bad people who want to harm us. "So, this is it, the reason why he died, no, the reason why he was killed. It was not an accident, Kohei, he was killed!" I hysterically cried. "I can't believe this, all of these. How can they be?" I tried to calm down a bit but he slowly wiped my tears with his bare hands. "Don't worry, will find justice, I promise." As he said those soothing words, I felt that I gain my strength back again and I nod to agree.

"Yes, you're right I need give justice to his death." "That's it, so, let's check it out first. So, everything pieces of the puzzle is fitting in. And the group Insignia is behind the death of your brother, but how is it connected to Alexis? What is her connection to Insignia itself?" "That, is I don't know, maybe we can find answers if we know what is the goal of Insignia, and why is this happening to us?" "Maybe, we should tell this to everybody so that they can help us." "Yes, you are right, I think we should too. And, I think you should know this too." "What is it?"

He dropped down the notebook beside him and faced me. "I find this secret compartment awhile ago." I crawl in the bed, face the painting on top of the bed, and took it out off the hook and I saw a switch and press it. "What is it for?" I felt cold shivers on my spine when I realized that his face was just on top of my shoulders and his breathe just caress my cheeks. My heart always throbbing when his near, and that is so dangerous. I calm down myself quickly before I answered back.

"It's a secret passage going to the library, I didn't think that nii-san has this in his room." After a few seconds, we heard a something and a small door appeared in the wall that will lead to a passage. "Let's go." I said, stand, and walk through the door while Kohei is tailing her. We come to the library that I was talking about, where my father is working when his at the house. "There is nothing unusual about in the library, only that it was connected to Ryuzaki's room, right?"

"Yeah, you said it right. But why is that connected it here?" "Maybe, we can search it here too, right?" "Yes, we can do that, but---." "But what?" I swallow the lump in throat as I continue what I was about to say. "Let's search in otou-san's computer." I said with nervousness. I know this is the first time I'm gonna interfere with my parents business, but I have a bad feeling that I'm going to reveal something that they held it secret, even the secret of nii-san's death to me. I have known that they keep it from me, but the reason behind it I can't tolerate anymore, even if it means turning my back at them. "Why are we doing this?" "Just trust me." I said strongly. "Ok, but we have to do this quick." I nod and went straight to the computer and infiltrated the files that will lead me to the truth that was far from grasp.