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Chapter III
--PREVIOUSLY—
Kagerou was alone in thought. She has been silent the whole time they were arguing about Fuuko but little did they know was that she really knew the real reason why Fuuko did that. She knew she was wrong not to say what she knew to her son and Mikagami but 'I coudn't ignore the misery Recca is in because of Yanagi' she thought 'If Fuuko will be the sacrifice to free Yanagi and releasing Recca and the others from mall this misery, then I'm willing to shut my mouth for that reason, 'May God forgive me for this but I'm doing this for my son' she sighed "I'm sorry Fuuko" she whispered.
--2 days later--
To say Fuuko was miserable would be the understatement of the day. She was in HELL. Since the deal with Kurei started, all it gave her was suffering, torture, pain and surprise, more pain.
She couldn't believe it but there she was in front of Kurei Shinimori, a willing guinea pig to be experimented on to certain delights. As she lay there on her back, the crazy scientists started to put plastics and inject some serious looking liquids on her arm, beyond the excruciating pain, all she could think and see was Yanagi as she lay beside her and some of her thoughts were on Mi-chan that broke her heart. She shut her eyes and tried to forget the pain and stop thinking about mi-chan.
"Fantastic sir, they're a perfect match! Same blood type, DNA structure, mental state, they could even be twins for all we know! I'm sure we'll be able to transfer the healing powers of the first subject to the second without difficulty. Just give me two days." The scientist reported to Kurei.
"Just be sure of it." His master said and dismissed him. Truth be told, he was amazed to see the results he was getting about the experiment. Somehow, this girl, Fuuko, once she achieves the healing powers of the other girl, will be the greatest achievement ever. 'Finally, she will be the EPITONE of my success. I will make sure she'll be my perfect puppet soldier.' And with that walk away.
Those two days were the worst for Fuuko. Since the healing power transfer was a success, they succeeded in testing those powers and other theories by training her, 'more like torturing her' and it was definitely HELL, every minute of it.
Her morning started when they lead her to her cell, then after a while, robots came and attacked her one after another. At first it was a piece of cake especially with her fuujin but after an hour without rest, she became exhausted but her enemies kept appearing and they are getting meaner by the second. "Shit!" she muttered when she missed one laser and it cut her clean on one shoulder. She was amazed that after seven minutes her cut was healed without leaving a scar. It was a weird feeling but as long as she survives, she's wiling to fight those fucking robots.
Night came and at last she was able to rest. 'At least Yanagi's already free and returned to her beloved Recca and Mikagami.' Was her last thought before sleep caught her.
--Abandoned Building on Tokyo--
They were surprised when they found a girl lying lifeless on the building they were about to search. "My God! Princess!" Recca shouted while running and holding her close to his chest. He didn't notice it but tears started to run down his cheeks. Mikagami run towards the two and checked her pulse. "She's still alive, let's get her to the hospital."
They found out later on that Yanagi doesn't have her healing powers anymore that's why it took 3 weeks for her to recuperate in the hospital.
--On the hospital--
"Ughh" Yanagi groaned. Recca was beside her in an instant. "What's the matter princess?" he asked concerned. Yanagi's eyes opened and as she took on her surroundings, she was glad that she was not in the same laboratory again but was scared that it might just be a dream so she tried to close her eyes and opened it again only to find all her friends circling her bed and watching her all worried.
"Am I dreaming?" she whispered in a hoarse voice. "No, princess, you're finally back with us." Recca said as he sweetly kissed her lips.
She looked around for a moment again and noticed that a certain purpled hair friend missing. "Where's Fuuko-san?" Recca only shook his head. "We don't know and frankly, I don't care" he said coldly "She just lost faith in finding you and like a coward, gave up hope and just left." He explained.
"Sh-she just left? I see" she asked sadly 'But I swear I heard her voice when I was sleeping in the lab… she was there with me but I doubt it, maybe I was just hallucinating or something" she wondered, confused.
--Three months: back in the cell with Fuuko--
Fuuko was lying in her cot sleeping when suddenly the lights opened so bright it almost blinded her, it woke her up. 'I guess its morning then' she muttered since there was no way to know how long she's been there and what time is it.
As she sat on her bed, the door opened and a long haired man came. She didn't look at him at once, instead ignored him wishing he would just leave her alone but after a few minutes of waiting she guessed he wasn't going away anytime soon and then just as she finished that thought the stranger was standing in front of her.
She still had her head turned down when a finger raised her chin. "Fuuko, we meet again." The long haired man said. Her eyes widened but sharpened immediately, wrenching her face away from him. "You surprised me for a moment there, but it's no wonder you're into this as well, you're his beloved PET after all."
The said man only chuckled and sat beside her quietly. "At first I wasn't all right with the idea but you know I couldn't say no to him, I owe him that much" the last part was whispered quietly to himself.
Sighing, Fuuko turned to her once rival from long ago and a little hope seemed to blossom on her heart. "Raiha, please, I know you're not a bad person." She pleaded. "Please help me escape this hellhole." She whispered, voice almost cracking due to sadness and hopelessness of her situation. "I…I.." she brokenly grasped his hands, shaking. Raiha looked at her stuttering and hope seemed almost on her reach but vanished just as quickly when he let go of her hands and stood up.
"I should have known" she whispered, her shoulders shaking and silent tears flowed on her cheeks. She let her hair cover her face, ashamed at her own weakness. Raiha just stood there guilty. "I'm only here as a trainer, Fuuko and tomorrow we'll start. There's nothing I can do. I'm sorry." And with that went away quickly.
Fuuko sat there quietly sobbing; 'there goes my only hope' she thought and stood up wiping her tears with the back of her hand angrily. "This will be the last time I cry" she promised to herself. 'If nobody will rescue me from this hellhole then I'd rather die with a bang than die here like a coward rat' she smirked darkly and chuckled as she raised her fuujin, winds going berserk at her command.
Raiha was already far away from Fuuko's cell almost outside the building reminiscing their past when suddenly alarm signals went off in every direction. Some of the scientists were running away in panic. He grabbed one of them asking what was happening. "It's Number 3773, she's going berserk" and shrieked when some rocks fell near his head. "Shit!" Raiha exclaimed and ran towards the building, up in Fuuko's room. He noticed a while ago that that's her barcode tattooed on her wrist. "What the hell were you thinking Fuuko?" he shouted at no one.
Fuuko knew she was going berserk but she didn't care anymore. All she thought was getting away in this horrible place. "Goddess of the wind, grant me this power, I beg of you!" she whispered in her fuujin and kissed the orb attached in the center. "What is it you desire mistress?" the spirit in her fuujin ask. "Just lend me your power." She asked in a daze. "You can use us mistress since you found our heart, the central orb, you have done your promise and now it's our turn" her fuujin replied.
The four rubies glowed and immediately shot away in every direction destroying everything in its wake while Fuuko raised her arm and tornadoes appeared everywhere, she destroyed the rooftop and was rising up in the air.
And that's how Raiha found her, up in the air and amidst the CHAOS in her own doing; she had that strange smile on her face, eyes with a naughty glint as she looks up in the heaven raising her arms almost like embracing it while everything around her turned into ruins.
Some of the buildings' security forces tried to stop her but to no avail, they were not successful.
"I didn't know it had to come like this" he muttered evading the debris falling all over the place. In one move he pulled out his "raiken sword" and sharply jumped through the falling stone ceilings to reach Fuuko.
Fuuko noticed a change in her element and good thing because for a moment there, she would have been torn into two if she didn't evade Raiha's attack. She smirked at her rival, raising her fuujin, forming a sharp blade at the end of it. "Let's do this, Raiha-kun" she said with a chuckle as she went forward to slice her rival.
'She looks like she's dancing while fighting' Raiha thought and knew that if she was dancing her tune, then he's definitely out of tune 'coz he's having a hard time parrying her attacks, not to mention those invisible icicles she's manipulating. He thought it was over when he was able to slice deep through her shoulder. She winced for a while, blood squirted all over the place. "I seemed to have cut an artery there" he cheekily told her but immediately after what seemed like minutes, her shoulder was returned to normal.
"What the hell?" he asked bewildered and wheezed when Fuuko kicked him in the gut; slashed his right shoulder and kicked him downwards. The pain was excruciating but at once he saw an opening, he almost disappeared as he used his speed technique.
"Stop this Fuuko" he whispered at her back ready to plunge his sword in her heart but hesitated in a brief moment when he saw sadness in her eyes but it quickly turned into surprise when four deadly icicles jammed in his right arm. Then he started to fall hearing a faint "sorry" from Fuuko's lips.
He was heading the floor in an enormous speed and shut his eyes as he prepared for the impact but when nothing happened, he cracked his right eye open and saw that the air seemed to buffer his fall. He was gently laid on the floor.
To say he was surprised would be an understatement because he tried to stab Fuuko a while ago but as he look up, all he could think was 'Kurei really made a monster out of her …' he blinked for a moment and all he saw was cherry blossom leaves scattering all over the place without a single shadow of where Fuuko was.
"I bet a very pissed-off Kurei will torture us when he hears about this". He shivered at that dark thought.
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