WATCHING CRIMINAL MINDS GAVE ME MOTIVATION!
"Don't ever say that name again!" She hissed. Suddenly her eyes widened as she noticed her hands wrapped around her cousins neck-someone whom she'd trusted her entire life. "Fai…I…" Sakura pulled her hands in front of her face, shocked by her actions. "Sakura, you're fine." Fai smiled, suddenly understanding part of her condition. "But I nearly…I nearly…" Sakura cried. "Don't forget, you used to do it to me all the time remember? It was always when I said something mean or stupid, so I'm not fazed." Fai said, waving it off. "You know, like that time when I replaced all of your underwear and bras with vegetables and fruit. Oh man that was hilarious." Fai laughed. Syaoran looked at him with a what-the-hell face and back to Sakura, who was looking at Fai with an angry smile on her face. "Oh I remember that." She growled. Fai laughed, "Now, Now-don't get so angry." He said jokingly. Syaoran watched as the two cousins had a friendly argument with each other, happy that he could finally see Sakura communicating with someone other than him. "How are you feeling?" Syaoran asked kindly. Sakura turned and looked at him, smiling. "I feel happy today!" Sakura answered. Syaoran raised his eyebrows-it was the first time he'd heard her say that with genuine happiness throughout the three months that she'd been under his care. "That's great Sakura-do you mind if Fai and I step out to talk for a moment?" He asked her. "I don't mind…" She replied. "Alright; we'll be back in a moment." Syaoran said, leaving the room with Fai.
They stood outside the door, talking quietly. "I don't think she remembers what happened earlier." Syaoran murmured. "It sure seems that way, doesn't it?" Fair replied just as softly. "Indeed. Did you notice that as soon as you said his name, she immediately reacted? I think that psychologically, it became a protective instinct for her to attack if that particular name was said around her." Syaoran explained. "She has so much psychological damage…do you think that Satoshi may have been the one that caused it all?" Fai wondered. "What do you think Fai?"
"I don't know; she never spoke of him or introduced him to any of her extended family, almost as if she was being kept on a lead-being kept as a pet or something."
"Perhaps he does have something to do with it then."
"I need to go speak with Kurogane." Fai left quickly, pulling out his phone and calling up his friend. Syaoran stood there, hoping that maybe, just maybe Sakura would be saved from her misery. Screams erupted from his patients' room and Chii burst out the door. "Syaoran, you better get in there." She said alarmed. "Go get me all of her reports-I need to check something." Syaoran requested as he entered Sakura's room.
Sakura was holding her head in her hands and her knees were brought up to her chin. She was rocking back and forth, screaming and muttering things to herself. Syaoran rushed over to her, trying to calm her down. He kept a safe distance and was careful not to touch her in case it made the situation worse. "He's coming for me. He's coming for me. He's coming for me. He's coming for me." She continued that sentence over and over again, and in between muttering things like "please don't hurt me" and screaming "someone please save me" as tears rolled down her face. Her quick violent movements re-opened her wounds that were still tender and in the midst of the healing process, blood staining her gown and bed sheets. "Sakura, it's alright. He's not here-I won't let anyone else visit you. I promise." Syaoran spoke softly; his words like velvet-for Sakura, hearing his words had some sort of calming effect, stopping her screams. "I promise to stay with you for as long as you want; I won't let anyone hurt you." Sakura collapsed into him, tears wetting his shirt and he wrapped his arms around her. "Promise?" she asked, looking up at him. "I promise." He repeated.
As Sakura slept, Syaoran read through her reports circling all the things that he found were repeating or strongly stood out to him. The main thing that caught his attention was the length and times of each of Sakura's episodes; her longest were always at night, starting from about eleven p.m. and ending around one, one thirty in the morning. Most of her other episodes were scattered throughout the day, but the times during each day were quite close together. He pulled out a pen and his notebook, jotting down his findings quickly. Chii entered carrying a bag of KFC and two hot drinks from a local café. "Here's your dinner-what are you doing?" Chii asked as she put one of the cups down on the table next to Syaoran as well as the bag containing hot chips and probably a burger of some kind. "I'm going through all of the reports to see if there's any sort of pattern that might help or give some sort of clue as to what was happening to Sakura at those times in the last five years. Farfetched I know, but I still think it's worth doing. As it turns out, the longest episodes are all around the same time with just a few minutes away or after from each other. So now I'm writing down everything that I'm finding and I'll write it all up into a document." Syaoran answered. "That makes sense…sort of. Fai's still at the agency headquarters. He said he'll be back later." Chii said before taking a mouthful of her own drink. "Cool. Hey, can you do me a favour?"
"You know you'll have to buy me the most expensive, amazing ice cream there is down in the cafeteria."
"Yeah-anyway, I want you to just be yourself when you're with Sakura-what I mean by that is no uniform, just casual clothing and your usual bouncy personality that you've had since we were midget."
"Have you spoken with the higher ups about this?"
"Fai-yeah. He said it was fine."
"Wait, when did you get the chance to even ask him?"
"I called him just before." Syaoran yawned.
"Oh. Then yeah, I guess. I'd still be on duty though right?"
"Yep." He answered.
Chii stayed quiet for a minute while she sat down next to Syaoran, pulling out a crossword puzzle book that she kept on her for times like these. "So what are you hoping to achieve exactly?" she asked. Syaoran stopped writing for a minute and looked over at Sakura who was sound asleep. "I think that it would be good for her to have a friend that she can rely on that isn't me." Syaoran answered. "Ooooh. Yeah I understand now. This could actually be a little fun."
Fai sat in the office waiting for the detective for what had seemed like hours. Kurogane had been busy with several other missing cases-all of which were women around Sakura's age. It was around nine thirty p.m. when Kurogane finally got to sit down and talk with the blonde. "What is it?" Kurogane asked gruffly as he sat down. "Where's Satoshi?" Fai asked, looking out the window and down at the working places of each agent. The one that belonged to Sakura was empty. Lifeless. "Huh? Why?" the tall man asked. "He was Sakura's boyfriend right?" Fai returned. "Yeah…what's this got to do with anything?" Kurogane asked. "I've never met him." Fai replied with a smile. "Serious? I would've thought that Sakura would have introduced you…I told him to come up here once he's done with his work, so he should be here any minute."
"Alright…has he been edgy at all lately?"
The conversation stopped right then and there as the person whom the two had been talking about walked in with a couple of files. Fai caught a quick glimpse of one of them-the one that he saw had Sakura's name on the front. He looked up at the young man, probably around the age of twenty eight or twenty nine, noticing his hair colour and the difference in eye colour. "Satoshi, this is Sakura's cousin-Fai." Kurogane introduced the two. "It's very nice to meet you sir." Satoshi held his hand out to shake hands with Fai, who responded with a firm grip and smile. "Thank you, it's nice to meet you too." Fai stared icily at the agent, noticing that there was something off about him. "How's Sakura? I heard they found her in such a horrible mess that it was too unsettling to describe." Satoshi said with a worried look. Fai also noticed the faint glimmer of amusement in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared. "My cousin is actually recovering quite well, thanks." Fai answered with an icy smile. "That's great-it's actually really boring around here without her." Satoshi said. Yeah, but I don't think she'll be returning to work after everything that's happened to her. Fai thought to himself. "Agent, could you please gather the information on all of the missing cases and the evidence to write up a report please?" Kurogane requested. "Yes sir." Satoshi left the office, shutting the door behind him. Fai waited until the boy left and he could clearly see him before speaking again. "There's something off about that kid." Kurogane murmured. "I noticed. He has an unusual habit where if he's nervous he'll dart his eyes around the room while biting his knuckle." Fai mentioned. "When did you notice that?" Kurogane asked. "Just as he walked in he saw me and I watched as his eyes darted around the room as he bought his hand up to his mouth-from a distance it would have looked like he was wiping his mouth or rubbing his nose, but I noticed the teeth marks on his knuckles on his right hand, meaning he's been doing it a lot recently." Fai replied, still looking out the window, keeping an eye on the one who could potentially be Sakura's worst nightmare. "Ok then…So why exactly are you here Fai?"
"Earlier today I was talking with Syaoran about when I was younger and how Sakura used to be before she was with Satoshi. As soon as I said that name though, Sakura's hands were at my throat."
"I'll do some looking into it, but I can't guarantee answers Fai."
"I know, but right now something is better than nothing."
And that's all for tonight! I hope it was a reasonably good chapter…review?
