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I'm so excited for this chapter! Takano and Rena!

DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING; not Higurashi or its characters or anything that deals with the anime


Takano went straight to the hospital after she talked with Rina. She was surprised to see Dr. Irie still in his office reading something on his desk with a sad expression on his face. Takano knocked on the open door to get his attention. Dr. Irie jumped and looked over to see Takano. He laughed uneasily, "What are you doing here so late?"

Takano shrugged, "I have to pick something up that I left here awhile back. What were you reading about?" Walking over to the man Takano looked over his shoulder to see her own report on the Hinamizawa Syndrome. She blinked in surprise, "Why would you be reading that?"

Dr. Irie scratched the back of his head and admitted, "Because I always thought it was incredible how there are actual parasites in the world that can control, or at least influence the human mind." He sighed and lowered his head, "Of course none of that matters now since we only have a year left to finish our research and find a cure."

Takano nodded and frowned. It still made her teary eyed whenever she thought back to that terrible day two years ago. The lead sponsor and a dear friend of Takano's died that year and not even a day after the funeral did her other sponsors called her in for a meeting. They told her that their leader was a fool to actually believe that the human mind could be influenced by something so small. The bastards told her that she only had three years left to finish the research and basically told her she was a nut job to even believe this crap as they called her work. I promised that I would finish your work grandfather but it seems that I failed you. A tear landed on Dr. Irie's desk and he looked up at Takano. Please forgive me.

Dr. Irie stood up and hugged Takano, "Those people are fools for not seeing what is so obvious in our findings. That you and your grandfather are right."

Surprising herself, Takano did the one thing that she swore she would never do, she began to cry. She wept into Dr. Irie's shoulder and held onto him, repeating, "They are wrong. They are wrong." She found herself wishing that she was being held by someone much smaller and cuter than Dr. Irie. She wished that she was being held by Rena, which was something more frightening to her than the crying.

Dr. Irie didn't know what to do so he settled for stroking Takano's hair as she finally let the world know of her crushed dreams. Even when the nurse told him that the research of the Hinamizawa Syndrome would end in three years time she held herself in a dignified manner. Now though, her armor was completely stripped off of her body and the fragile creature within was forced to meet the ugly truth of the world.

After a few minutes Takano was finally able to regain her composure and smiled weakly at Dr. Irie, "I seem to have ruined your lab coat. Sorry about that."

Dr. Irie shrugged glad that Takano was showing her strength and sarcasm again. Dr. Irie looked back at the folder on his desk and picked it up, leafing through it. "If only we had a little more time we could have made a cu-mph!" His sentence was cut off by Takano's mouth. Slowly his lips moved in sync with hers and the two kissed passionately for a minute.

Takano broke the kiss and stepped back to take off her green jacket and shirt. Dr. Irie watched her and felt his arousal rise as Takano gave him a sexy look. She walked up to him and whispered into his ear, "My my, have I turned you on?"

Dr. Irie could only nod as Takano removed him of his lab coat and the shirt underneath it. As her hands reached for the zipper of his pants though his brain finally started to function again. He grabbed her hand and Takano looked up at him confused. Dr. Irie looked back and asked, "Why are you doing this out of the blue?"

Takano smiled and leaned up to kiss his lips again before simply stating, "I need to prove something to myself." Her other hand reached down and pulled down the zipper to Dr. Irie's pants and grabbed at the bulge. "So please be my genie pig tonight."

Dr. Irie nodded and grabbed Takano, taking her into his arms and lifting her up bridal style. He carried her to the couch in his office and laid her down.


Takano got up and huffed her annoyance. She put her clothes back on and looked at the couch. Dr. Irie was fast asleep with an arm covering his eyes. Takano sneered at the man and walked out of his office, making sure to grab her research papers on the way out. "Dammit! Not even that worked!" During the sex Takano didn't feel satisfaction at all until her brain decided to betray her. Soon instead of Dr. Irie screwing her it was Rena and the result was instantaneous. Takano moaned out and begged to be fucked harder as her arms wrapped themselves around 'Rena's' shoulders. Takano bit her bottom lip, Shit shit shit! I'm in way too deep! I was just using the brat at first for a little amusement but now she's under my skin!

Takano quickly walked over to the medicine supply closet and closed the door. She slid down it and sat on the ground, one of her hands grabbing her head and the other lightly scratching her neck, "Just hold it together for a few more days. That's it. Just until my plan is completed." Takano's scratching slowed as she unwilling thought of Rena. Of what her plan would mean for the air-headed girl. Tears stung at Takano's eyes and her hand resumed its scratching, "No! I won't back out now! I have gone too far to let my feelings for a girl to stop me when I'm so close!"

Takano realized what her hand was doing and immediately stopped scratching her neck. She got up and slowly walked to the mirror in the supply closet. Tossing her hair back she examined her neck, no broken skin but it will be red for awhile. She sighed, "I need to keep it together. I can't lose now." She turned around and walked out of the supply closet and out of the hospital, not before grabbing a vile filled with a serum that she originally came to the hospital to get.

Takano walked to her car and got in. Starting it she read that the time was well into the night. She sighed and drove to her apartment. Once there she kicked off her shoes and set her research book and vial of serum on her nightstand. She didn't even bother to change her clothes. She just took off her shirt and pants to go under her covers. The second she settled into a comfortable position sleep grabbed her.


A loud knocking awoke Takano. She groaned and rolled over looking at her clock, 1:47 A.M. Takano grumbled and crawled out of bed. The knocking persisted and Takano yelled out, "I'm coming I'm coming!" She walked to the door and yawned into her hand. Opening the door she was immediately tackled to the floor by a smaller figure. Whatever the figure was, was crying into Takano's shoulder. Acting by instinct, Takano rolled around so she was on top and looked down. What she saw shocked her to her core.

Rena was sobbing openly with a gash on her forehead that was still bleeding. She looked at Takano's face and cried even harder. Takano's brain went into overdrive, she shoved her arms under Rena's body and rushed her into her bedroom. She gently laid her on the bed and ran to her bathroom. Being a nurse, she had her own personal first aid kit in her house. Grabbing it, she ran back into the bedroom to see Rena hugging a pillow to her chest. Takano laid a gentle hand on her shoulder and felt Rena's body become rigid. Rena whimpered, "Please no more. Please."

Takano's eyes widen in fear, Rena was in shock. She gently rolled Rena so she was facing her and grabbed her chin, "Rena it's okay you're here with me. No one's going to hurt you." Rena whimpered and her dilated eyes fixed on Takano. Takano felt pain strike her heart when she saw Rena's face twist in pain when she moved her head. Takano gently pushed her body into a laying position. She got on the bed and sat on Rena's hips. In any other situation Takano would be reveling at the feel of Rena's body under hers but now all she could do was stare uncertainly down at Rena. I don't have anything to help her with shock.

Takano said gently, "Shh. It's going to be okay. I'm going to make you better." She leaned down and dabbed gauze at the wound to soak up the blood. Rena whimpered in pain and a hand reached for her throat. Takano quickly slapped it away, "No! Don't scratch your neck!" Rena shrank into the bed in fear and Takano sighed. She resumed cleaning up the blood and saw how bad the wound was. Luckily it wasn't deep but it was two inches long. Takano frowned and placed the first aid kit on her lap. She looked through it and finally found what she was looking for, her gauze roll. She grabbed it and looked at Rena. She seemed to calm a bit and her pupils constricted a little but she was still breathing too heavily and her face seemed to be stuck in a terrified grimace.

Takano said gently, "Rena you need to lift your head, can you do that?" Rena didn't move an inch for so long that Takano thought she would have to hold her head up as she wrapped it when slowly Rena's head lifted up off the bed. Takano smiled and began to wrap Rena's head. She frowned when the first layer quickly grown a red line where Rena's gash was and wrapped her head for a few more times. She grabbed a clip to hold the wrap in place. She leaned down again and gently kissed the wound whispering, "You're going to be okay." Rena whimpered and Takano felt anger sear her, "Who did this to you?"

Rena shook her head and said in a hoarse voice, "If I tell I will be punished."

Takano's eyes widen and she whispered, "I wont let anyone harm you. Not when I am around."

Rena shook her head again, "I can't say please just drop it."

Takano felt rage as she hissed, "It was that bitch wasn't it?" Rena looked at the nightstand and ignored Takano's question. Takano felt her patience snap and she gripped Rena's shoulders, causing her to flinch in pain, "Wasn't it?" Rena's eyes snapped to Takano's and she shook in fear at the look of Takano's face. Rena slowly nodded and Takano trembled with rage. Takano got off of Rena and looked around the room, seeing her clothes. She got off the bed and put on her shirt and pants.

Her hand was reaching the door knob to the bedroom's door when she heard Rena's crying. She looked back and Rena sobbed, "Pl- please d- don't leave me! I-I c-cant be a- alone right now." Takano felt her anger rise at how broken Rena sounded but she had to stomp the feeling down. She crawled into the bed and pulled Rena into a hug, rubbing her back. She laid down on the bed with Rena crying into her shoulder. Takano saw the irony because just earlier today Dr. Irie was comforting her much like she was now comforting Rena. Rena's crying slowly stopped and her breathing deepen to indicate she was sleeping. Takano looked down and sighed, "You cried yourself to sleep. What am I going to do with you?" Takano pulled Rena even closer. She stared at the fan slowly circling above her bed. Her eyes followed the fan and soon her eyes closed as she fell asleep.


Rena woke up in a start. She looked around the room she was and felt fear strike her heart. She struggled out of the covers she doesn't even remember getting in and end up falling on her face on the floor with an oof. Takano sprang up and looked for Rena, "Rena?" She looked over her bed to see the girl on her face. She jumped off the bed and grabbed the girl's face forcing her to look at the nurse. Takano sighed when she saw a growing red spot on her forehead, "You opened up the wound again."

Takano left the girl to get the first aid kit left on the floor. She grabbed the gauze roll again and walked over to Rena who thankfully didn't touch the bandage. She slowly unwind the bandage and frowned, the wound was completely reopened due to the fall. She rewrapped Rena's head. Once she was done she found herself kissing the wound again. Pulling back I asked the same question as the night before because I needed to have no doubt whatsoever in my mind, "Did Rina do this to you?"

Rena looked at Takano and nodded, "It wasn't just her. I- it was another man too."

Takano raised an eyebrow to this, "Who?"

Rena thought for a moment, "I- I think she called him Teppei." Rena looked at the floor as she recalled what happened, "After you left she started to yell at me. She said that I was a good for nothing faggot and that I was screwing up her plan. She chased me to a closet and locked me in there. I stayed there for about an hour before a man opened it and threw me out. H- he grabbed a lamp and hit me over the head with it." Takano felt her rage boil to new heights as Rena continued, "He then kicked me a few times. I pretended that I was knocked out and he left me alone. I heard the two of them talking." Rena's face twisted with hatred. "He asked her if my death would hinder their plan of taking my father's money. She just laughed and said that while my father was away he gave her the financial deed to everything. She said that no one would care about my death and that they could easily dispose of the body at the dump. She said they could play it off as me going to the dump and tripping over something and busting my head open when I landed. Takano," Rena sated at the nurse who pulled her into a hug, "I- I could've died. I could've died. I could've died!"

Rena kept repeating that sentence over and over again as Takano rubbed her back and felt hopeless as the poor girl wept into her shoulder again. Takano glared at anything in the room, imaging it was that bitch. Slowly she pulled back and studied Rena's face, feeling fear when she saw the eyes still dilated. Oh god not her. Please not her! A tiny voice whispered in the back of her mind, It wasn't like you weren't going to kill her anyway. Takano gritted her teeth and told the voice to shut the fuck up. She looked down at Rena and gently shook her to get her attention. Rena looked up and Takano asked, "Will you be okay?"

Rena nodded and whispered, "I think so, but what am I going to do with Rina?

Takano smiled, "Easy. They're going to disappear." Rena's eyes widen and Takano laughed, "They tried to kill you! Nobody can be that stupid as to stay in the same place when their witness is alive." Rena's eyes widen in fear and Takano patted her head, "Calm down Rena. All we have to do is to call the police and have them contact your father so he can come back."

Rena nodded and held onto Takano, "What if they find me?"

Takano shook her head, "They won't."

Rena shook her head and stared into Takano's eyes, "But Rina knows that I like you! She's gonna find out where you live and try to kill you!"

Takano chuckled and stood up, leaving Rena kneeling on the floor. She walked to her nightstand and glanced at the vial. She then grabbed one of the knobs and pulled. Reaching in, she pulled out her 45 long colt pistol, "The bitch can try." Rena gulped and stared at the gun. Takano thought for a moment and smiled inwardly, "How about you stay here while I go to the police and tell them of your dire situation?" Rena just nodded and continued to stare at the gun. Takano thought for a minute and asked Rena, "Do you know how to shoot?"

Rena blinked in surprise, "Y-yes but-"

Takano just nodded and reached to grab extra ammunition. She loaded the gun and handed it to Rena. "This gun doesn't have a safety so be very careful with it. If Rina comes here well you know what to do."

Rena sated at the nurse, "What about you?"

Takano just smiled, "What? Don't think I can take care of myself?"

Rena smiled and stood up, "Never." Gently placing the gun on the bed, she wrapped her arms around Takano's neck and pulled her down for a kiss.

Takano let Rena brush her lips against hers and felt her damn heart soaring. She pulled back and patted Rena on the head again, knowing that the girl hated it when she did that. She walked out of the room and put on her shoes. She gave Rena one last look and stared at the bandaged wound. Takano opened the door and left her apartment, tapping her index finger's nail at the vial she descretly grabbed while she was getting her gun. "Ready or not bitch here I come."