Fur-al High

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Sam tried to stop Reno and tell him what happened, but he too was arrested for questioning, as a witness, though. Shinzuu followed along to the hospital and was restricted from going into the Operation Area where Schad and Veronica's parents were taken. He completely freaked out, not being able to sit still or even stand still. The police came not too long later and picked him up for questioning. Before being pulled away, Shinzuu turned his head to the fat nurse who had been trying to subdue him from causing a commotion, "The couple that was brought in are the Smith family. Their daughter goes to Feral High. She's a freshman named Veronica. You might want to tell her what happened." Later, on the way to the station, he had no idea why he had told the nurse that.

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

Class hadn't been going on for long before a voice came over the intercom in the classroom. "Could you send Veronica to the office please?" The secretary asked. The teacher said they would and sent Veronica on her way. She collected her things from the desk and left the room. As she headed down the hall, she wondered why she was being called to the office but figured it couldn't be anything too pressing even though she got this nagging bad feeling in the pit of her stomach. When she got to the main office, Principal Yass led her into her office. As she looked over her shoulder at the secretary, she saw a frown on the woman's face. After the principal sat her down in a chair in her office, she proceeded to calmly and gently explain what happened to Veronica's parents. Veronica sat there with a look of shock and disbelief on her face as she was being told the story then broke down into tears after it was finished. Yass tried to console her but she shrugged her hands off her shoulders. "I want to see them..." She said through her crying. "Dear, I don't think that's--" Yass started, but was cut off. "I don't care what you think, I want to see them!" She practically screamed. "Okay...okay...there's a police officer outside who will take you to the hospital..." Yass barely got the words out before Veronica was running out of her office through the main office and down the hall for the entry doors, leaving her stuff in Yass' office. The officer held the front passenger door open for her and she quickly climbed in. The officer tried to chat with her to calm her down since he knew how bad she must have been feeling, but Veronica just stared out the window and didn't utter a word as tears continued to stream down her face.

[Goblin Cat 😸]

Things had started to get fuzzy as the ambulance unloaded her and rushed her into the hospital... She was sure it was probably the drugs kicking in, but she still felt anxious and things were still swirling. She felt as if she were at the bottom of the ocean, and everything was slow and surreal. She couldn't quite tell where she was, but she knew good and well, she laid her head back instead of trying to struggle to look. She heard something about Veronica, but she couldn't make out what as they wheeled her by a dark figure struggling against several white ones. It looked like Shinzuu, but she wasn't too sure.

[Srgntcuddles]

Reno was pacing back and forth in front of the operating room doors Schadenfreude was in. The police officer had long since left, having gotten all she could from Reno. He managed to thank her for not taking him to jail, even in his shaken state. He remember seeing Shinzuu being taken out and saying something about Veronica's parents being in the car that crashed. He looked at the doors of their operating rooms with a deep concern. "Bloody hell...I hope everyone is goin' to be alright...Poor Veronica...I hope to God she won't suffer what I have to...It's not fair...Why did this all have to happen?!" He was getting a bit angry, making his face hurt again. He went over to an ice machine and got a cup of it and put it against his face. There was still blood dried to his fur, along with a thin layer of dust from the crash and a few scrapes from being tackled by police.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Shinzuu sat in the little interrogation room, explaining what had happened. "So let me get this straight, a bunch of those thug kids had held you there against your will, and the car just started careening over the edge towards you all? None of you had anything to do with the car going out of control? Because I have an account from all of them that you were the one to pick a fight with them and had been the one who pushed the one kid into the car's path." Shinzuu sighed, frustrated, "Comon, Mr. Yamamoto. You know me. I never start a fight with anyone. I..." Officer Yamamoto held up a hand to silence him and began to explain that Shinzuu was facing juvi and a lot of other troubles as well.

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

Veronica wiped her eyes and her cheeks as she followed the officer into the hospital and they approached the desk. "This young lady is the daughter of the man and woman who were in the car accident." The officer said to the nurse behind the desk. "Ah, yes, they're in surgery right now. The best we can do for her is let her wait in the waiting room by the operating rooms." The nurse responded and the officer turned to Veronica. "Okay. The people here will take care of you now. Are you going to be alright under the circumstances?" The officer asked and Veronica nodded. The officer smiled at her then left the building. Afterward, the nurse called another nurse to lead Veronica to the waiting room. When the nurse left her in the waiting room, she told her to call for her if she needed anything. After the nurse left, Veronica sat down in one of the chairs but felt restless so she ended up getting up and pacing in the room. She had been pacing for a minute before she realized there was somebody else in the room then she stopped instantly. It was Reno, standing there with a cup against his face. "Reno?" She said, a confused look on her face. "What are you doing here?"

[Srgntcuddles]

Reno was startled when he heard Veronica's voice. He jolted causing him to shoot his cup of ice into the air. He instinctively tried to catch the ice again. He stood up to try and do so, failing and slipping on the ice. Luckily the seat was behind him and he didn't have a painful fall. "Phew..." "I-Uhm...Schad's..." He stopped there and put his forehead to his hands, probably making it sound worse than it actually was. He then shot up, looking at Veronica. "I-....Heard about your parents...I hope....They're alright...I mean...I know how-" "No...that's too revealing." "...You-...I don't think...You deserve...What I-..." "I'm sure she knows anyway..." "I-..." "I might as well..." "I know how you feel...I-...you're nice...You don't deserve to go through...What I did...what I...Keep going through..." His face hurt again, making him grab it. He looked like a mess, it was surprising he wasn't admitted himself. He looked to the left, Veronica being on his right. His left hand held his face, with his right on the bench shaking. The combination of rubbing himself with ice and his emotions made him shake uncontrollably, even though he tried to fight it.

[Armalite_]

Sam sat down in the interrogation room. He was alone and stared at the mirrored glass window that faced him. He smoked as he waited in there for someone, anyone, to walk through the door. He'd been questioned already. He didn't say much, in fact, he didn't say anything at all. He remained quiet the whole time. He wasn't going to lie...but he wasn't about to rat anyone out either for what'd happened. He counted the minutes that slowly ticked away on the clock above the window. He wondered if his dad knew where he was. He wondered if he even cared. Sam had been arrested before once for assualt with a deadly weapon. This time seemed more like a joke. He didn't belong there, he didn't see anything. All he was his life flash before his eyes before he jumped out of the way of almost certain death. He pressed out a half finished cigarette in the tray and sat quietly in the plastic chair.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Shiori showed up at the station to pick up Shinzuu, and pushed right through into the interrogation room. "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE, DAISUKE!? WHY THE HELL ARE YOU STICKING MY SON IN THE INTERROGATION ROOM!?" For the first time for anyone, Officer Yamamoto actually looked nervous. "B-b-but I have more than 23 accounts of him starting an all-out fight and possibly having pushed a few of the bystanders in the way of the car..." Shiori grabbed Officer Yamamoto by the front collar and pulled him off his seat and his face up to her's, "You've known our family since Shingo and I were kids, and you are Shinzuu's godfather for crying out loud! You know him better than anyone, and you would take the word of 23 wannabe thugs who have more than 7 priors apiece over your own godson who has no priors or even history of fighting!? How $%^&* dense are you!?" She threw him back onto his seat as a couple other police came into the room. Shiori turned and eyed them, stopping them in their tracks. "If you have the balls to defend your captain over justice, you can all kiss your jobs goodbye. DON'T MESS WITH ME!"

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

Veronica listened to Reno and saw how shaken he was. She got the gist of what he was saying, that he lost his parents and that he didn't want her to go through the same thing. Now she just wanted him to calm down since it seemed like he was always worked up about one thing or another. "Thanks." She said, rubbing her eyes. "Umm...so why is Schad here again?" She asked, trying to take his mind off of his parents somehow with the only thing she knew to say.

[Goblin Cat 😸]

When the possum came to, she was lying in a hospital bed, a little shaken up, her heart still in her throat. She hadn't looked down at her leg, she didn't want to, even if the doctors had fixed it. She breathed out, looking at the ceiling trying to calm down. She attempted to count the tiles to get her mind off things, but she wondered how Veronica and Shinzuu had been involved with what was going on, if Shinzuu had even been involved. The thing she hated the most was how chaotic everything was; they rushed her off into everything without hardly telling her anything. Then her thoughts returned to Reno. She was sure he'd be freaking out like he always did... Her hands returned to her face. She had a bad habit of covering her face when she was upset or nervous regardless to if there were actual tears or not. This time there wasn't, and again, she let out a labored sigh.

[Srgntcuddles]

"I-...I don't know...I just saw her when I was escorted somewhere by some thug lookin' people...I think they were goin' to do somethin' to Shinzuu...Then this all happened...I think it's all my fault, I did somethin'...Somethin'...To make him angry enough to-..." He stood up suddenly. "I hope she's alright...I don't know what happened to her...I...Hope she's alright..." He began to pace again. "It's all my fault...If I didn't do what I did...If I didn't make him so angry...I should have walked her to school...It would have been me! Why...Why?! Why wasn't it me?!" As he was pacing he walked by the ice machine, punching it out of anger. He punched it again then slammed his head into it. He fell to his knees pounding on the machine angrily shouting "Why?!" through his clenched teeth. Reno eventually turned around with his back to the machine and put his forehead to his palms again. "I'm...Sorry, Veronica...It's all my fault..."

[Armalite_]

"Okay, Crowe. You're free to go." The cop said in the doorway. Sam looked at him and slid out his chair before getting up and walking towards the door. The cop stopped him before he left. "...Whatever you guys did...Whatever you guys were about to do...Just know that a lot of people are hurt because of it." Sam wanted to explode. He didn't say anything, he swallowed his words and walked past the cop and out into the hallway. He could hear screaming from down the hall. Someone sounded like they were in some trouble. Sam didn't care much to find out who it was but he was eager to get out of there and find out what really happened. He needed to find the guys and Reno to figure things out.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

All the police and Officer Yamamoto left the room, closing the door and leaving Shinzuu in the interrogation room all by himself. After about 10 minutes, Officer Yamamoto came in with some keys, obviously flushed in embarrassment and frustration. He then walked over and uncuffed Shinzuu before putting them away, "I'm sorry, Shinzuu. I guess the shifts have been really working me a little too hard. I'm sorry." Shinzuu rubbed his wrists as he walked out, "Yea, whatever, Uncle Daisuke." He was upset, but he didn't care enough as he just walked out and got in his mother's car. Shiori sighed as he sat down almost apathetically, "Look, honey. I'm sorry that you had to go that. Your godfather means well, he just gets too into his job sometimes, especially when he's sleep-deprived. Anyways, do you want to go visit your girlfriend's parents? I'm sure she's there, too." Shinzuu shook his head, "No thanks, ma. I just want to get some food and go home. And she's not my girlfriend. Apparently that Reno kid I was being nice to only pretended to be my friend to get to her." Shiori frowned, but just started the car and sighed, "Then I guess the next stop is Kurosaki's Sushi Parlor."

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

Veronica watched and listened to Reno with surprise, which then turned to irritation. "As upset as I may be about what has happened, you seriously need to stop saying that everything is your fault. Nothing you did or didn't do caused any of this." She responded when he finished what he was doing then realized something he said. "Wait...what'd Shinzuu do to you?" The conversation was definitely distracting her from what was going on with her parents.