Chapter Eleven:
Memories 5: Secret Fear
"Akai Akago..." muttered Yoriko, reading off the name of Aizen's building.
"Eh?" asked Koyuki. "What's that mean?"
"It means 'Scarlet, baby'...or something like that." said Taro.
"Ah." said Koyuki.
"Shall we go in?" said Iwashi. Yoriko nodded.
"Alright." exclaimed Minami. "Let's go!"
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Aizen greeted them nicely, and then showed them to the kitchen. On a table there were huge mounds of food, all waiting to be eaten. The childrens' mouths watered, looking enviously at the food.
"Dig in." said Aizen, a smile on his face.
The seven rushed to the table, all eating bite after bite of food. They ate for a few minutes, nonstop, until they couldn't eat another bite.
"What a good meal..." said Iwashi. "I haven't felt full in ages!"
"Yeah..." said Kogoro. "It was good..."
Ishi smiled faintly also, but then got a chill. He looked back at Aizen.
But the scientist was merely smiling. Ishi shrugged the feeling off.
"Tomorrow." Aizen announced. "You all can start helping me around this place. Until then, rest and eat."
"Gladly!" Minami exclaimed. "Thank you, Dr. Aizen!"
"No problem." said Aizen with another smile. "I'm glad to help those I can."
With that he sat down, and started to eat a little of his own meal. His was so silent that the children forgot about him, simply discussing their happiness now.
"Ah." said Aizen, finally. "You all sound like the last children I offered this job. They were also very excited about it."
Ishi frowned. "What happened to them?"
His voice was hard, and Aizen noticed. The latter smiled. "A local orphanage asked them if they wished to be taken in by it, and they accepted the offer. Like I said before, I like to help those I can."
Ishi relaxed a little, and gave another faint smile. "And we thank you for it."
Aizen laughed. "You're welcome. Now, if you all are done...may I show you to your rooms?"
They seven got up, as did Aizen. The latter was followed by the seven friends into a hallway with three rooms in it.
"Here." he said, pointing to the left room. "This room is for the boys."
The boys nodded, and he pointed to the middle room. "And that room is for the girls."
"Thank you!" said Koyuki, with a smile.
"Um...Dr. Aizen..." said Taro. "What about the room on the right?"
Aizen smiled at him. "Don't worry about it. That's my secret room. I'll have to ask all of you to stay away from it."
"Of course!" said Yoriko. "It's the least we can do!"
Iwashi smiled, a very sly smile. He looked at Ishi.
But Ishi didn't notice. He shivered. He had a very bad feeling about the 'secret room'.
A very...secret fear...
"Anyways..." said Aizen. "You'll see that I've prepared beds for you all. Please rest, now. I'll call you all for dinner."
The seven nodded, and split off into their rooms.
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"I wanna know what's in that room!" exclaimed Minami. "It's probably something exciting!"
"Look." said Yoriko. "Like I said before, it's the least we can do is listen to his rules. Got it?"
"She's right, Minami." said Koyuki.
"...fine..." said Minami.
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Meanwhile, in the boys' room...
"We have to see what's inside!" exclaimed Iwashi. "Come on! Let's go! Let's go!"
"Stop behaving like a child, Iwashi!" said Taro. "Yoriko was right, the least we can do is obey his rules, since he took us in."
"He's right, Iwashi..." said Kogoro.
Ishi nodded as well. "Iwashi, we have to behave. Besides...I have the feeling that we don't want to know what's behind that door."
"Why do you say that, Ishi?" asked Taro.
Ishi admitted that he didn't know.
It's a secret fear. He thought. A very...secret...fear...
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Next Time:
Memories 6: On the Inside
Working for Aizen, the children are happy. But of the secret room, they are all curious, no matter what they say. Only Ishi gets a bad feeling from the secret room, but even he doesn't try to stop some of his friends from looking inside...
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Author's Note: We've reached ten thousand words! They're now settled in, and I completed Legendary Shadows last night. Kind of sad, really. Check it out if you have the chance! (I still have a goal to reach four hundred reviews! It has a lot of dueling in it...and an ending which I thought was interesting. Plus, it's 153 chapters long).
By the way, since I've finished Legendary Shadows, I might do more than one chapter a day for this story. Either that, or I'll work on Legendary Shadows: Kazuha Ogata some more.
I'm also thinking of making a Legendary Shadows sequel. But that'll come in a long time. If ever.
Well, please R&R! The end of the 'Memories' saga will come to a close soon! What's in the secret room?
-Salazare
