Hello there fellow shiznat fans,
I've been posting this fic on my lj and so far the reviews have been great but i just wanted to have a bit more feedback so i am posting it here also. In my lj i have posted all the way to chapter 4 so i'm posting the first chapter here and then the rest on monday cuz i don't get internet on saturday or sunday.
anyways please read review, enjoy and prepare to be confused.
Disclaimer: I own nothing...seriously
They both walked past two gray doors, one on each side. The one on the left led to a training room, a large sensory-deprivation tank that they had used many times in her early training. She floated without any perception, left only to the dark spaces of her mind. Terrible, beautiful, comforting lost. But she always managed to find herself.
The other room had a small kitchen, a refrigerator, a shower, and a hard bunk without a mattress. When she wasn't training she slept and ate there.
The hall took a sharp turn then went down another flight of stairs into the pit. They called it the pit but it was really a small square concrete room with black walls. A single metal chair was bolted to the floor in the center of the room. There was a small metal door to an access tunnel at the back of the room, but it was always locked. There were no other features.
No lights.
She paused at the open door, then stepped in, walked to the chair then turned around.
Shizuru stood at the door staring at her. If she wasn't mistaken she looked sad. Shizuru didn't like her being here. Why not? It was what she needed to succeed. And it wasn't nearly as bad as the hospital bed or the electricity.
They controlled the temperature of the room by heating or cooling the floor. The only way to survive the extended periods of time in the extreme temperature was to sleep sitting, something she could do only with considerable focus.
They monitored her vital signs with remote sensors.
"How long will I be here?"
"Two days."
She slipped off her shoes and tossed them to the floor by Shizuru's feet. Shizuru picked them up and tossed them onto the steps behind her.
"And then more training?" Natsuki asked.
"Yes. I want you to forget everything that happened at the W."
Natsuki nodded. They stared at each other for a few seconds.
"Be strong, Natsuki. You have to make it...we're almost done. I'm really proud of you...you know that don't you?"
"Yes"
"They will try to break you this last month...promise me you won't break."
"I won't break."
"I think that you'll change the world, they have something special in mind for you...all of this will soon make sense."
"It already does," Natsuki said "Why are you helping me?"
Shizuru walked into the room, placed her right hand on her chest and kissed her gently on the lips. "Maybe this will help you remember," she said.
Then she walked out and shut the door behind her. A bolt slammed into place as soon as the door was shut. Familiar silence settled. She couldn't hear her go up the stairs.
Natsuki stood with one hand on the chair staring at the blackness. It made no difference if she had her eyes closed or open.
She stood without moving for a long time, at least an hour. The question that had bothered her up in the light no longer mattered. She had spent many hours asking those same questions and never getting any answers only false emotions which she could not afford. The only way to be able to survive for Shizuru was to shut herself down.
The floor begin to cool and she knew that it would soon be covered in ice. She climbed on the chair and sat cross-legged.
It was time to enter the safe tunnel in her mind.
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