Chapter 9 Meetings

After some time of driving The Anime Artists arrived at the police station and were led inside by some officers. When they got to the meeting room they had their phones taken away, as a safety precaution to keep any info from the meeting being leaked. The four then looked around for Sakura's and Botans father.

"Hey Kids over here!" they heard someone call out. They looked over and saw Sakura's and Botans father sitting at a stand offering the four of them seats. So they walked up to him and they sat down next to him, once they were seated Sakura hugged her father and he hugged her back.

"Hey how are you doing Mr. Benjior?" Aika asked.

"I've been good, by the way Aika your mother called me earlier asking if I could come over to your place to have a talk with some people she's having over there. She also told me that she'd like it if you would spend the night at a friend's place as she'll have people she doesn't want you to see again at your house. She also said she's going out on a date tonight so she'd thought you could have your first sleepover at a friend's place." Benjiro explained.

"EEHH! OMG Aika you can sleep over at my house!" Sakura exclaimed excitedly.

"R-Really? But I don't know what to do at a sleepover." Aika explained.

"Oh don't worry I've got a list of fun activities we can do at my place!" Sakura exclaimed.

"Shh Sis, look M's on screen!" Botan whispered to Sakura.

She then stopped talking and watched the screen as the letter M came on screen (btw it M is written in Japanese).

"Hello I'm M and I am here to help with the case of the strange events going around Tokyo City in the past few months." M explained.

'Hmm Okay I wonder what this guy has in store for us?' Aika thought to herself.

"As you all know I have managed to solve a variety of cases that the FBI have not solved in years. And I believe that I have been able to come up with a theory of what is going on, and I would like to make a public announcement to all of Japan to let them know about my theory." M explained.

"As you wish M we'll have this feedback go live." The commander said.

"Thank you also I wish to let everyone know who I am, by showing my face." M said.

"Um, wait what?! Botan what's going on here?!" Haru asked, surprised.

"I don't know but let's trust what he says, after all M's the best of the best kinds of detectives out there so let's trust what he says." Botan explained.

"Okay if you say so man." Haru said.

After a while a man came on screen and everyone assumed that the man was M. So they all sat back and waited to see what would happen next.

"Hello I am M and I'm here to announce this to all of Japan. As you all know a series of strange events have been happening lately. And recently a very famous Manga Artist known as Fumihito has gone missing. I want to say to the person responsible for his disappearance that what you did was evil. And that if Fumihito is found dead you will face horrific repercussions for your actions from his family. I'm sure that they would love to see him again and he would love to be reunited with them once he is found. So be prepared to face justice once you're found and arrested." The Man explained.

'Hmm okay, but what's the motivation here?' Aika asked herself.

After a few more seconds a creature that looked like a rose bush appeared right behind the man and quickly wrapped its vines around him. The man screamed in agony as he was choked by the vines and as the thorns pierced into his flesh. Everyone who was watchin screamed in horror at the scene and Benjiro covered the kids eye's not wanting them to see this.

After a while the screaming stopped and Benjiro uncovered their eyes. When The Anime Artists saw the man lying on the desk dead blood dripping out of all the thorn wounds he had on him. The rose creature then shriveled up and shredded itself as its task was done.

"What the fuck?!" Haru said.

"Yeah I had the same thoughts here." Aika said.

"No... no... NO M! NOOO!" Botan screamed but was stopped then the screen flickered back to the letter M.

"Huh?! Wait what?" Botan asked, surprised.

"I-I can't believe it I mean I had to test this out but I never thought it would actually work. Wow it seems that the contenders of The Artists game can send their creations out to do the job they were made to do even if a contender isn't there." M siad.

"Wait, what did he just say?!" An officer said.

Everyone else in the room started whispering to each other confused as hell about what M said.

"Oh dear what's going on here?" Sakura asked.

"I don't know but I don't like it." Aika said.

"Everyone including contenders of this game. I want to let you all know that man there, that wasn't me. He was an inmate who was scheduled to be hanged today, he was arrested in secrecy and I decided to use him to see what the creations for the artists game can do." M explained.

"Wow Okay I'm impressed this guy is good." Haru said.

"Yeah he's not the greatest detective in all of Japan for nothing." Botan explained.

"And I want to let you all know that while I said that this was a broadcast all over Japan it's only being broadcasted in a small Kanto region of Tokyo city. This is where all these strange phenomena's and murders have been happening. So I used that information to track down one of the bad guys and now I know where you are. I also want you all to know that M is real. I do exist and I will find out more about this little game. When I do I will find all the bad guys and make them pay for their crimes, along with the games operator. I will find you as well and I will have many questions to ask you. Once I do find you I will ask you my questions and you will give me my answers. Once the interview is done I will sentence you... to death for creating such a horrific game. That is all I have to say now, but you bad guys better keep your guards up as I will find you all, and you all will pay for your crimes, but for now M singing off." M said before cutting off his broadcast.

Everyone sat there in shock from what just happened. Aika, Sakura, and Haru were all impressed by M's performance and how he tricked a contender of the game to kill that inmate.

"Ahh! I told you guys M was awesome!" Botan said.

"Sakura I'm starting to think your brother is gay because of him simping for M." Aika whispered to Sakura.

"Yeah I know hehe." Sakura whispered back before giggling a little.

"I can hear the two of them, and I'm not Gay! I just think that M is amazing, besides he's probably as Old as dad." Botan explained while gesturing his arm towards his father.

"Hehe I know I'm just teasing you bro." Sakura said.

"Well I need to go meet up with Himari, and you kids go on and have some fun for the rest of the day." Benjiro said.

"Okie, thanks dad!" Sakura said.

"Yeah thanks, by the way, why does my mom want to meet with you and why doesnt she want me to come home?" Aika asked.

"She said that there will be people there that she doesn't want you seeing again so just trust her word on it. Mothers might not know everything but they do sometimes know what is best for their kids." Benjiro explained while resting his hand on Aika's shoulder.

"Okay well let her know that I want her to tell me what's up when I get back." Aika explained.

"Sure thing." Benjiro said before leading them outside.

"Well then I say that meeting went well." Haru said.

"Yeah aside from that inmate guy getting his ass killed on live TV." Aika remarked.

"Yeah well I'm surprised that M was able to do that he's really impressive." Haru said.

"I know right? Now you all know why I wanted to come to this meeting!" Botan explained.

"Yeah we do." Aika said.

"So um... What do we do now?" Haru asked.

"You know there's this street vendor that we can go to. They have a lot of amazing things there, good street food, an arcade, and so much more! You guys are going to love it!" Sakura exclaimed.

"Hmm that sounds like a good idea, let's go." Aika said.

Sakura cheered, Haru smiled and hugged Aika, and Botan got out his car keys before leading them all to his car.

(Later at Aika's house)

Himari was sitting in the living room on an armchair with her legs and arms crossed. She was waiting for her guest to arrive as they were the cheerleaders and their parents. Himari wanted to see if the parents were aware of their children's behavior and if they were she would give them a long hard lecture for letting their kids treat her only child in such ways.

She also called up Benjiro as she thought having an FBI agent with her would help her get her point across to all of them. Soon the door opened and when she looked she saw Benjiro coming into the house.

"Hey Himari I got your message, I'm glad you called me up to discuss some matter with your daughter's bullies." Benjiro explained.

"Thank you for coming, I could really use your help in this matter. I feel like having a police officer with me will help get my point across to both the kids and their parents." Himari explained.

"I'm sure that I will let them know the harsh consequences of their actions. Some kids might think they can get away with whatever they want because their parents have a lot of money or are in some high class position, but that's far from the truth. When it comes to the law they won't avoid justice." Benjiro explained.

"Thank you I also found some things that I feel like you should know about and that I'm glad Aika doesn't know about." Himari said.

"Hmm? What is it?" Benjiro asked.

Himari then led him over to her laptop and showed him the website she had up on there. When he took a look at the website he couldn't help but feel absolutely disgusted by it. Benjiro had put many scumbags away in prison or to death row for all the horrific crimes they had committed over the years, but he's never seen something that made him so furious in all his life.

"It looks like these girls are going to be in for it now once their parents see this. They'll also have to pay quite a fine to your daughter for everything they've done and for making such a website as well." Benjiro explained.

"Thank you, Benjiro. I'm glad to hear that." Himari said.

Just then the door opened up again and Himari looked to see one of the cheerleaders' parents.

"Ah there you are, where are the others though?" Himari asked.

"They're outside right now Mam." The man who just came in said.

"Dad, why are we here anyway and why did you drag me, my friends, and our families here?" The cheerleading captain asked.

"Akane, my boss here, told me that she has something to discuss with me on how you and your friends have treated her daughter at school." The man explained.

Akane then got worried about what Himari had to say to them.

'If that fucking bitch told her mother about what we where doing I'm going to kill her.' Akane thought to herself.

Soon the rest of the cheerleaders and their parents came in and sat down in the living room.

"So I gathered you all here today to discuss some matters regarding my daughter and your children's treatment of her." Himari explained.

"Oh and what is it? My little Chikaki here said that she and your daughter are the best of friends!" One of the mothers exclaimed.

"Hmm strange cause my daughter told me a different story. And if any of your children had told you all that they are "friends" with my Aika, then you're dearly mistaken." Himari explained.

(Meanwhile with The Anime Artists)

The Anime Artists were walking down the streets of the vendors looking through the different shops. Aika's attention was soon caught by a delicious smell entering her nose.

"Hey guys you smell that?" Aika asked.

The others stopped and sniffed around for what Aika was talking about and the cent caught them as well.

"Ohh I know what it is. It's corn dogs! Yum!" Haru exclaimed.

"Ahh I love corn dogs! Ramen crunch is my favorite!" Aika exclaimed.

"Same here, it's really good!" Sakura exclaimed.

"Hey why don't we get some and then head to our house." Botan suggested.

"Ohh yeah that sounds like a good idea, and I know that my mom said that I shouldn't go home but I forgot my phone charger and my lucky pen." Aika explained.

"Ohh you have a lucky pen too?" Sakura asked.

"Yeah wait, you have a lucky pen as well?" Aika asked.

"Yeah I do look!" Sakura said then pulled out a yellow pen that has a green vine with leaves on it decorating the pen.

"Wow, that's so cool Sakura, I love the design on it." Akia said.

"Aww thanks, it was a gift from my mom for both my drawings and writing down my recipes for my desserts." Sakura explained.

Aika smiled after hearing that and the group went up to the corn dog vendor and placed their orders. Sakura and Aika ordered ramen crunch, while Botan ordered sweet potato, and Haru ordered Hot cheetos. Sakura then got out her notebook and looked at the first page, however when she looked at the bad guy and good guy location she felt her heart leap into her chest.

"Guys look!" Sakura whispered.

The gang looked and saw what the good guy, and bad guy counter said: Good guys in area 4 including yourself. Bad Guys in area 1.

"Oh no! What do we do guys?" Aika asked.

"Just stay calm as long as the bad guy doesn't know where we are then we won't know where they are. We'll just act casual and not look suspicious." Botan explained.

"How do you always have ideas like this Botan?" Haru asked.

"I'm just a natural genius." Botan said proudly.

"Are you sure about it? Cause I feel like it's because of all the spy and police movies you watch." Sakura said, teasing her older brother.

"SAKURA!" Botan shouted, embarrassed by his younger sister's teasing.

"Hehehe, Wow Botan you seem to be incredibly dedicated to being a police officer." Aika said.

Botan buried his head in the counter hiding his embarrassed face.

"Hey guys it's good to see you again!" A familiar voice called out to them.

The Group looked behind themselves and saw Kowai walking up to them.

"What are you all doing here?" Kowai asked in a cheerful tone.

"We're just chilling and getting some corn dogs before going to my, and Sakura's house for a slumber party." Botan explained.

"Ah okay Can I join you all?" Kowai asked.

"Um sorry but I don't think our mom and dad would want a stranger in our house as we haven't hung out enough yet and they don't know about you yet." Sakura explained.

"Ah Okay I understand parents will be parents and they want to keep their kids safe. But hey I hope to spend more time with you all later, especially with that Hinata he was rather cute!" Kowai exclaimed.

"I'm sure he'd like to hear that, so when we see him again we'll let him know that you said that." Haru said.

"Thank you all! Anyway I'll see you all later bye!" Kowai said while waving goodbye as she walked away.

The Anime Artists smiled and waved goodbye to Kowai as she walked away. Soon the group got their corn dogs, so they decided to eat and head back to Botan's car as it was getting late.

After a while of walking they got to Botan's car and got inside. When Botan got into the driver's seat he checked to make sure that everyone had their seatbelts in.

"Okay now everyone if any of you are feeling car sick I have some motion sickness medicine in the glove department and some water under my seat. So if any of you start feeling car sick let me know and please for the love of god don't throw up on the floor. My younger cousin did that to me last week and my car stinks like that for a week." Botan explained.

"Don't worry Botan I'm not prone to motion sickness, so you wont need to worry about me getting sick in your car." Aika explained.

"Alright well with that being said, let's head back to my and Sakura's house to have a fun time!" Botan exclaimed before starting the car engine and pulling out of the parking spot he was in.

He then drove off into the direction of his and his sisters house. As they were driving Aika got out her phone to look something up, but when she tried to turn it on she realized that the battery was dead.

"Ugh god dammit!" Aika exclaimed angrily.

"What is love?" Haru asked.

"My phone battery died and I just remembered that I forgot my charger at my house!" Aika explained.

"Oh well, passing by your house is the fastest way to get to your house so why don't we stop by there so you can get your charger and some clothes for the night." Sakura suggested.

"Hmm I don't see why not, so let's just go there and get what I need for the sleepover." Aika said.

"Alright then we'll make a pit stop at Aika's house, gather the stuff she needs, and head home." Botan said as he drove in the direction of Aika's house.

After about a few minutes of driving, The Anime Artists arrived at Aika's house, but strangely they saw about five cars parked right outside of Aika's home.

"What the heck?" Sakura said, confused and surprised by seeing all those cars.

"Why are all those cars parked right outside of Aika's home?" Haru asked.

"I don't know but I'm going in there to know why my mom has all these people here at our place and why she didn't want me coming home." Aika said as she undid her seatbelt, opened the car door, and left the car.

Her friends and boyfriend soon followed her and they all went inside to see what was going on. When they got inside they saw five families in Aika's living room with Himari and Benjiro looking at them with disapproving looks on their faces.

"I'm so sorry for how my daughter has treated your daughter!" one of the parents said.

"We are too. We promise to make sure that they'll never talk to your daughter again and we'll pay you all for the damages they caused!" Another one of the parents said.

"I'm glad you all are saying this, and my demands are clear, your children are to never talk or go near my daughter ever again, they are to pay for the damages they caused, and they are to return anything they stole from Aika as well. Get anything wrong and I'll see you all in hard core court, Understand?" Himari asked.

"Yes mam we understand." All the parents said at once.

"Um Mom, what's going on here?" Aika then asked.

Everyone turned around and saw Aika and her friends all standing in the doorway confused as hell. The cheerleading captain, Akane then wiped her head around to face Aika. When she saw her she felt burning anger and hatred boil inside her, and Akane stormed up to Aika before her parents could grab onto her. She rushed towards Aika and before anyone could do anything she punched Aika so hard in the face she fell to the floor.

"AKANE YOUNG LADY WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" Akane's father exclaimed angrily to his daughter

Akane however didn't listen to her father and just grabbed Aika by the hair and held her up to her face.

"YOU FUCKING BITCH I TOLD YOU THAT IF YOU TOLD ANYONE ABOUT US THEN I WOULD DESTORY YOU. WHY CAN YOU JUST DO EVERYONE A FAVORE AND KILL YOURSELF HUH!? THIS WORLD WOULD BE BETTER OF WITH OUT A FUCKING GOTHIC BICTCH LIKE YOU IN IT!" Akane screamed in Aika's face before she clenched her fist into a ball and was about to punch Aika in the face again.

However she was suddenly stopped by someone grabbing harshly onto her arm in a bone crushing grip. Akane furiously looked over to the person who had grabbed her and was met with the person's fist hitting her so hard in the face that she was thrown into the wall.

Akane took a moment to collect herself before grabbing onto her face and felt something warm on her face. She pulled her hands away and saw that there was blood on them, and she also felt it running down her face. She looked up to the person who punched her and was shocked to see Sakura standing over her.

Her fists clenched so tight her knuckles were practically bulging out of her skin and one of her fists had blood on them due to how hard she punched Akane. Akane then looked at the expression on Sakura's face and felt a cold chill run down her spine as the look on Sakura's face would even make Shuten-doji tremble in pure fear.

"You said that this world would be a better place if Aika killed herself?" Sakrua asked in a flat and scary tone while looking Akane in the eye with a cold dead glare.

"W-well yes After all the world dosen't need a fucking loner and loser like her!" Akane said, trying to intimidate Sakura.

However this just led to Sakrua punching Akane again, but this time Akane felt some of teeth get knocked loose.

"HOW CAN YOU SAY SOMETHING SO HARSH TO MY FRIEND YOU FUCKING BITCH! YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT AIKA! SHE'S AN AMAZING PERSON AND NEVER DID ANYTHING TO YOU. SO WHY DO YOU TREAT HER LIKE SHIT? I ALSO SAW YOUR HATE AND BULLING WEBSITE ON HER, AND THE THINGS YOU SAY ABOUT HER ON THERE IS FUCKING DESCISTING! NOT TO MENTION THE PHOTOS YOU'VE POSTED ON THERE ABOUT HER MAKING FUN OF HER APPEARANCE, BY CALLING HER UGLY, FAT AND A FUCKING WHORE! YOU SAY THAT THE WORLD WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE WITHOUT HER IN IT, BUT I THINK THE OPPOSITE. I THINK THAT THE WORLD IS PERFECT WITH HER IN IT! INFACT I THINK THAT THE WORLD WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE WITHOUT FUCKING BITCHES LIKE YOU IN IT!" Sakura screamed as loud and furiously as she could in Akane's face while also holding her up by the collar of her shirt up to her face.

Akane looked like her soul had just left her body as she was so horrified by Sakura. Everyone else looked just as horrified as Akane as they didnt expect someone as kind and sweet as Sakura to have such a violent outburst.

"Um Botan, did you see that coming out of your sister?" Haru whispered to Botan.

"No man, my little sister is normally a pacifist and never uses violence. This is the first time I ever saw her so mad at someone that she'd physically assault them." Botan whispered back to Haru.

Sakura then let Akane go before walking up to Aika and helping her up off the floor.

"Come on Aika, let's go get your stuff and head back to my home! I wanna show you all the fun activities we can do together!" Sakura exclaimed happily, going back to her normal personality, which was kind, gentle, sweet, and caring.

Aika just nodded slowly before Sakura let them all upstairs, everyone just stood there watching them go upstairs. Once The Anime Artists were out of view Akane's mother and father both grabbed her by the arms and once again apologized to Himari.

"We're so sorry about our daughter's behavior towards your daughter. We'll make sure she straightens out her act and that she'll take down that hate website at once." Akane's father explained.

"Yes and we'll make sure she doesn't make another website like that ever again." Akane;s mother explained.

"Thank you, now I feel like you all should be going, your stay has reached its limit and I don't want your kids to ever step foot on our property ever again." Himari explained.

"Of course we won't allow them to ever go near your family again." One of the other parents explained before they all started leaving the house.

Himari sighed and rubbed her fingers between her eyes.

"Ugh I feel tired, I need to unwind after dealing with such girls in my house. Especially after one of them just assaulted my daughter." Himari explained.

"Well don't worry about it Himari, I'm sure that your date with Asahi will go well. Trust me he's a nice guy and much better than your ex husband. Also if it helps he hasn't had much luck with women in the past, so that's something to talk about, your bad luck with romance and previous partners in the past." Benjiro explained.

"Thank you for telling me, but that's not what I'm worried about, I'm worried if Aika will like him or not due to her past with her father." Himari explained.

"Well your daughter will like him once she sees that he's nothing like your ex." Benjiro explained.

"Thank you Benjiro, and you should probably go home with your son and daughter, and speaking of which Sakura has quite the personality." Himari said.

"Yeah Not even I saw that violent outburst coming, nor did I expect her to be that strong." Benjiro said.

"Well I'm glad she stood up for her friend, I can see that she and Aika are going to be good and true friends." Himari explained.

"Yeah I'm sure they will." Benjiro said while smiling.

After sometime The Anime Artists came down and Aika had some of her stuff for the sleepover in a backpack she had. They all also agreed to stop by Haru's house so he could also collect some stuff for the sleepover. Before leaving Aika asked her mom where she was going now.

"I'm going out with someone I meet Aika, and I feel like you'll like him once you get to know him dear." Himari explained before kissing her daughter on the forehead.

Himari then got into her car after saying goodbye to her daughter, wishing her to have a good time, and driving off to meet up with Asahi.

The Anime artists then got into their car and drove off to Haru's house, once they got there Haru went inside and got his stuff. Once he had what he needed the group drove off to Sakura's and Botan's house to have a fun time at the sleepover.

As they were driving, Aika looked at all of them and smiled as she finally felt like she had found true and real friends who would never betray her.

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