Chapter ten:
Hikaru wastes no time in rushing off to find a therapist and it doesn't take long. He finds one who turns to him.
"Ah greetings Hikaru. Do you want a session now?"
"I want to go to the forest." Hikaru responds.
The therapist blinks in slight surprise. "The forest?"
"I want to see Kaoru again!" Hikaru says sternly.
The therapist gives Hikaru a sympathetic look at this. "Hikaru. You should focus on getting better and becoming successful in every way."
Hikaru's teeth clench at this. "I need to go to the forest!" He repeats himself.
"Hikaru. You're not ready to go anywhere into society." The therapist tells him.
"Take me to the forest!"
A tear falls to the ground.
…
A dark figure walks along humming to himself as he walks.
This continues through a few alleys as no one is around in time to see the figure walk along.
Then the figure stops with the exit of the alley he is now in to stare at the exit.
"Things are quite interesting now."
A smirk appears on the figures lips with an almost silent chuckle.
….
Not much happened over the next two years…
Hikaru begged every day to go to the forest but each time he pleaded he was not deemed well enough to return to be set free back into society.
….. But one fateful day would change that all…
"Well I'm bored."
Hikaru's P.O.V.
It's Halloween…..I can tell by the chatter of the therapists….. It's the anniversary of Kaoru's disappearance…..
I can still feel the guilt and anger over what I did the last time I saw Kaoru.
He didn't deserve that…. I would understand if he never forgave me for what I said.
However even so I would do anything to at least be able to see Kaoru once again….. To tell him that I'm sorry….. That I'm so so so sorry.
No one's P.O.V.
That Halloween the mental hospital caught fire.
The therapists' and firefighters are rushing to save all the people that they can.
When suddenly part of the ceiling drops down the ground in a burning mess blocking the way back inside the building.
The therapist, two patients and a firefighter spin to look to the burning part of the ceiling when it crashes to the ground.
"That's everyone we can get at the moment! Move out of the building!" The firefighter commands.
The four rush out the front door that they are by and rush to the safe distance away from the burning building.
"Is everyone ok?" The last firefighter to be inside the building asks a therapist who is checking to see if everyone is here.
Mr. Thompson turns as he finds that they are missing one. "I can't find Hikaru!" He says in fear and dread as he spins to face the firefighter but stares past him to the burning building.
The firefighter puts a hand on Mr. Thompson's shoulder. "We will do all that we can." He says in assurance. "Just stay here and out of harms way." He then hurries to help his coworkers battle the flames.
Mr. Thompson stares at the flames wishing and hoping that nothing has happened to Hikaru.
The flames are battled for hours until finally they are put out.
"Try to find a cause!" The lead firefighter commands.
The firefighters move in and begin to look for where the fire started while being careful of any parts still hot from the blaze.
However they came up with no way seen that the fire that burned the building pretty much to ash could of started.
And no signs of Hikaru's body anywhere.
"I hope that this just means he's out there somewhere." Mr. Thompson says to himself.
Kaoru's P.O.V.
I didn't mean for it to happen… I just wanted to warn them that the killer might still be out here…..
But as soon as I tried to warn them… They took off running….
I didn't mean to spook them….. I went after them trying to tell them that….
But I wasn't fast enough….
Cause the next thing I saw was blood splatter flying into the air…
I couldn't save them from the killer and the minions I have come to know about… I didn't mean for it to happen… I didn't mean to lead them or well chase them right to their deaths….
"I'm so so sorry."
A tear falls to the ground.
No one's P.O.V.
Everyone from mental institute is transported to another mental institute for now.
Hikaru hasn't been found yet.
Some are beginning to think that he might have burnt to a crisp in the fire.
But other believe that he is still out there somewhere.
No one will know for sure until he is found though.
… It's the next morning and two cops are sent to check for any signs at the forest….
There are two officers there trying to help see if Hikaru escaped the fire. They hang back at the edge of it right where the youngers grave is as they've been sent there.
"Do we have to go in?" One asks swallowing harshly.
"How about we just walk around it and see if we see any fresh prints." The other responds sweat dropping at the very thought of going in the dreaded forest.
"That's a good idea." The first one nods feeling relief.
"You go that way and I'll go this way." The other says pointing to the left then to the right.
The first does a salute to say ok then heads off in the direction he needs to go.
The other goes in the direction he needs to go.
The two officers scan the ground and glancing inside of the forest for any clues on whether or not someone recently entered the forest or even possibly have recently.
The first officers area to go around is a little smaller than the others so he finds that he might just end up meeting the other officer before the other officer reaches the back of the forest.
The other officer pauses to look at a part where he can look a little deeper than before into the forest.
It almost looks dark still and it sends a chill up his spine as he remembers all of the disappearances and the death that has happened here.
He turns and continues on his way before he starts imagining the bodies hanging from nooses in the tree branches put on display by the killer. He doesn't even want to think about that even if it's not real since the bodies have never been found yet of those that have vanished within the forest.
The first officer soon reaches the back of the forest only to hear some rustling making him glance behind himself.
But he sees nothing.
So he turns back around to continue on his search.