Dun dun dun! It's a new one! I wrote this in between chapters of Memory when I was having issues with Hijikata (darn him!). It was actually inspired by an episode of my favorite TV show of all time, M*A*S*H. Anyway, I hope you all like it!
Sei looked in the mirror happily. Sato had done a wonderful job with everything. She looked like a bride that every girl had dreamed of being. "Oh, thank you so much Sato-san!" she said happily.
"No need to thank me, O-Sei-chan. I just want you to be happy," Sato said. As she said the words her voice slowly got deeper and slurred until it sounded like a monsters voice.
"Sato-san?" Sei turned around to see why her voice had suddenly gone so deep and saw not Sato but a skeleton with small flames ignited in its hollow eyes. "S-…Sa-… Sato-san!" Sei screeched. She fell backwards out of fright and landed in a puddle. When had water gotten into Sato's room? She reached down with trembling hands and touched it then slowly brought her finger back up to see it dripping with red liquid. Blood. Sei stood and ran as fast as possible to get away. Once she was out of the house, she slowed, panting for air.
"Kamiya-san?" Okita asked, coming from seemingly nowhere.
Sei looked up with a relieved smile on her face. "I'm so glad you're here!"
Okita tilted his head. "Why? What's wrong?'
"Sato-san, she-!" Sei didn't get a chance to finish her sentence because Okita had been run through abruptly by a man with a corrupt and bloodstained face and was now lying on the ground surrounded by blood. His eyes looked up at her in a daze. "Kamiya…-san."
Sei knelt down quickly. She took Okita's head and laid it in her lap, feeling his forehead though it would do nothing. With the other hand she quickly stroked his hair to comfort him. "Okita-sensei! Don't die!" she pleaded.
Okita reached a hand up to her face and stroked her cheek gently. "Goodbye… Kamiya-san." His hand dropped lifelessly and his head tilted back signaling he was dead.
"Okita-sensei!" She screamed at the top of her lungs and stood up. She backed away from him and took off running again. This time, to the headquarters. Someone could make sense of all this for her there.
Instead of finding the headquarters she found a building embodied in billowing smoke and flames. Right outside, were members in their uniforms charred on the ground, already dead. The fire devoured the rest of the land and spread to other houses until everything was on fire and burning to the ground. Sei went limp and collapsed onto the ground, staring ahead blankly. The world was spinning faster and faster. Colors blurred together until it looked like a tornado of flames and other bright colors like green and pink. She grew dizzy watching it.
"Your fault!" A paper thin man said to her suddenly. He was the only thing that wasn't moving in the tornado so Sei kept her eyes fixated on him in an attempt to clear her nausea even though it wasn't pleasant to look at his face. His skin looked like a melted candle and was dripping off his face. His eyes were red and glazed over. It made her want to vomit. "You killed me!" He was joined by mobs of others just like him and they all crowded her, circling her, staring at her with their lifeless sickening eyes.
"Your fault! You killed me!" They all chanted in unison. Their voices were high-pitched to the point of squeaking causing Sei's ears to ring.
"No! Stop! Please, stop!" Sei yelled into the night. She closed her eyes and covered her ears in an attempt to shut out the chaotic world in front of her.
It started to get quieter and quieter until it was all silent. Sei opened her eyes, uncovered her ears and looked around. Beside her lay Okita sleeping peacefully. She bolted upright and was greeted by her normal room as peaceful as could be. She let out a deep breath and lay back onto her futon. "A dream. It was a dream." She stayed awake for the rest of the night in fear that the dream would continue if she dared fall back asleep.
I hope you all enjoyed it! ^-^I was sort of creeped out after writing it, honestly. I hope I was able to portray the scene correctly. Thanks for reading!