Shigure watched Akito run as he peered around the corner.
"Hee Hee! Oh, that was so funny! OOOOOHHH…I should do that again!!" he sang quietly. As he stood up, he found himself face-to-face with…
" Oh, hello, Hatori! I uh, didn't see you there!" he said nervously. "Well, I really should be going now. I have Mine at the house you see and-"
"Shigure!" Hatori said warningly. He stopped in mid-turn. A bead of sweat formed on his forehead.
He turned back around, then grabbed onto the doctor's hand.
"Hatori, it's not my fault, really! It just seemed so funny! Hiro has these pills and-" he was cut off as Hatori pulled his hand out of Shigure's grasp
"I know the medications Hiro is taking; I prescribed them. This was very irresponsible of you, Shigure." He said sternly. "I can't be sure how much Akito took, so I have no way of knowing when the effect will wear off. In the meantime, everyone will have a multitude of questions about what is going on. Fortunately, I have a way to lessen the amount of questions considerably."
Shigure noticed Hatori looking at him intently.
"Oh really? And uh, what way would that be?"
"We find Akito." The half-blind man answered.
"What an excellent idea!" the dog exclaimed. "I'll just leave you to that…"
He turned to run.
"Not so fast, Shigure" Hatori said "You're going to help me."
"What? NNNNOOOOOOOO!!" he cried "I'M SCARED OF THE DARK! NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Don't make me GOOOOOOOOO…"
He anguished cry faded as Hatori grabbed him and began dragging him down the hallway in search of Akito.
That same woman was having the time of her life. She ran down the hall wildly, asking in an almost deafining shriek if anyone could help Hatori.
Everyone seemed not to hear her. Finally, she stopped and sat against the wall, worn out after all that running. Her throat hurt, too. She didn't mind though; she was happy. A servant carring a large basket walked by. Akito waved. The servant's head stopped to watch,but the rest of her kept going. She fell flat on her face, spilling the basket's contents all over the floor.
"Oops! I'm so sorry!" Akito rasped, her throat too sore to talk normally. "Did I make you do that? Here, let me help you up!"
She grabbed the woman's wrist and helped her up. She was about to start picking up the basket, which she now saw contained clothes, when she heard someone call her name.
"Akito!"
She turned and saw Shigure running towards her.
"SHIGURE!! I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU!! DID YOU COME TO SEE MY NEW KIMONO?? ISN"T IT PRETTYFULL!" she cried, making up the last word because she couldn't decided whether to say beautiful or pretty.
"I just LOVE IT!! IT'S SO NICE!! I STILL CAN"T BELIEVE KARENO GOT IT FOR ME!! I'll have to do something EXTRA SPECIAL to thank him, won't I? What should I do? OH! I know; I'LL MAKE HIM COOKIIES!! CAN YOU HELP ME SHIGURE? I CAN"T COOK VERY WELL." She admitted.
"Well, I guess we'll just have to make the best of it. Maybe you should go change first though. You wouldn't want to get your new kimono dirty would you?"
Akito shook her head and they went back to her room. Servants and others stared as they walked past.
Hiro yawned and streached in his bed. Looking around sleepily, he saw that his anti-depression pills were missing from his night stand.
Oh, who cares anyway. I'll find 'em later
He rolled over and went back to sleep, not realizing the madness he had unwittingly caused.
What do you all think? Is this okay?
