Hi guys, long time no see (again) -_-" It's bugging me how I'm not updating often but yet again, I've had a little push (or a big one ;D) from a friend so I'm going to be updating a lot more often! (No lies!) I'm trying to stick to a once-a-week schedule from now on, but if I get ideas and feel like updating sooner, then I most certainly will ^_^ On the other hand, if I get writer's block or I am busy, then my updates won't be as frequent as I intend them to be... But yeah! Enough of my rambling and on with an extra long Chapter 10!
Butch awoke from a very long sleep to find himself sprawled across the bed sheets, Kaoru nowhere in sight. Panic filled him as he remembered the going-ons of the previous night, and he rushed around the house to try to find her; but she was nowhere to be seen.
"Kaoru?" Butch shouted, trying to find his girlfriend. Silence. Butch sighed and took his phone out of his pocket, dialling Momoko's number.
"Hello?" Momoko said, oblivious to who the caller was.
"Hi, Momoko, it's me, Butch. Something really weird happened last night with me and Kaoru, and now she's missing. I have no idea where she could be, and I need you, Miyako, Brick and Boomer over at my house now, this is urgent." I explained.
"Oh no... We'll be right over Butch, stay where you are! Bye!" Momoko replied, and hung up. Where could she be?
Once Brick, Boomer, Miyako, Momoko and Butch were together, they sat down to discuss things before searching for Kaoru.
"Okay, Butch, tell us about what happened last night." Momoko said, taking a seat on the sofa next to Brick.
"Right, so I had Kaoru here, and I was planning to take her back to the hospital this morning. She was asleep so I took her to the bedroom and let her rest. After calling Momoko to let you guys know that she was safe with me, I woke her up to ask her some questions. When she was awake, she looked really scared, and you know how she never shows fear, so it startled me a little. She got up all of a sudden and stood by the window that she was pushed from-and I tried to get her to come back, but she glared at me... Really well... Evily...-" Momoko cut Butch off.
"That's what she did to me at the hospital when I was trying to ask her what's wrong, she glared at me and her eyes looked like they belonged to a snake... Kinda familiar..." Momoko recalled the moment.
"Yes, well she glared at me so I went over to her and looked at whereabouts she was looking; where she was pushed from. She began to cry, so I comforted her, and she looked at me with so much hurt... Anyway, I asked her who pushed her, and she said that she couldn't tell me, which confused me, so I asked her why. She said she just couldn't and went back to sit on the bed. I followed her and she just, well, fainted. I tried to wake her up but she was out cold. Then a voice laughed, and I had a dream before with the same voice-in fact more than one dream... Then I guess I fell asleep or something and woke up with Kaoru gone." Butch finished.
"This is strange..." Brick said, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, I know." Butch answered.
"Well about those dreams you said you had... What were they about?" Miyako asked him, cuddled up to Boomer on the carpet.
"Well mostly with just that voice, but it showed itself once. I can't remember what it looked like though, that's what confuses me. One time, when I went out of the hospital to get some air, I heard the voice. It admitted that it had pushed Kaoru out of the window, but I just didn't know who it was..." Butch explained, leaning back on the chair he was seated in.
"Hey Momoko, you know when we were in the hospital before Kaoru ran away, and you said that you thought you knew who it was that pushed her? Who did you think it was?" Boomer asked, looking up at Momoko with expectant eyes.
"Well... I thought it was Ace, and I was almost certain when Kaoru went to his house, but now I'm sure that it wasn't him. Besides, Ace can't float, or invade people's dreams and minds..." Momoko said, then perked up. "That's it!"
"What?!" Everyone asked, crowding around the redhead.
"When Kaoru wouldn't respond in the hospital, she was being controlled! Like when I said to Butch she looked possessed, that might be true!" Momoko said.
"Yes, but by who?" Boomer asked.
"That's the problem..." Momoko said, and sighed deeply. "We need to go and find Kaoru. Let's check the hospital first."
When they reached the hospital, Butch was the first to enter Kaoru's ward. He couldn't see her anywhere, but there was a suspicious-looking bump in the duvet. He walked over to it and uncovered a sleeping Kaoru. Relief washed over them all.
"I wonder how she got here in the first place..." Momoko thought out loud.
"Let's ask a nurse or doctor." Brick suggested, and they left the ward to search for one. Once they found a friendly looking nurse nearby, Momoko spoke up.
"Excuse me, how did Ms. Kaoru Matsubara get back here? She ran away a few days ago and we didn't bring her back here, she vanished."
"Oh, you mean the girl in that ward? She turned up all by herself, I assisted her. She looked really tired and scared, but I just let her rest. If you take a seat in the waiting room opposite her ward, I'll let you know when she wakes up, is that okay?" The nurse explained politely and Momoko thanked her, following the group to the waiting room.
Around an hour later, the same nurse popped her head around the door to Kaoru's ward, and called them inside.
"She's awake, but be very gentle, she's in the same state as she was when she ran away. I'm going to have to get some security guards to stand by the door, just in case she tries anything again." The nurse said, and stepped aside so that they could enter the ward. Kaoru was sitting on the windowsill, staring into the sky thoughtfully.
"Kaoru?" Momoko said, and Kaoru looked at her, then back through the window, like before. Momoko sat besides her friend, and took her hand. "Kaoru, what happened to you last night?" She asked, gently rubbing her fingers on Kaoru's soft hand. Kaoru looked at her again, then slowly averted her gaze to her hand.
"Kaoru, please answer us." Miyako said, sitting on the other side of her, so that Kaoru was in the middle. Kaoru looked at Miyako for a moment, then got back to her hand that Momoko was still stroking. It seemed to calm her a lot. Butch decided to chip in too.
"Kaoru? I was with you when you fainted last night." Butch said, kneeling before her at a distance that wouldn't make her feel pressured.
"I didn't faint." Kaoru mumbled, still staring at her hand. Butch raised an eyebrow.
"What happened to you then?" Butch asked.
"I got knocked out. You didn't see it though, obviously because he did it." Kaoru replied.
"What do you mean by he?" Butch asked, trying to keep his cool after he found out someone had knocked out his girlfriend. (Not as bad as pushing her out of a two-storey window though ^_^")
"The one that pushed me out of the window that night. I remember it all, but I can't tell you, or I'll be in trouble." Kaoru said.
"Trouble?" Butch asked, confused.
"Yes, trouble. With the one that did all this. You see he is very powerful and if I don't obey him, then I will get punished." Kaoru explained.
"Kaoru, the thing is, we have no idea who did this to you, and if we did, then we'd be able to stop them." Momoko said, still caressing Kaoru's hand reassuringly.
"I know, but I can't tell you." Kaoru said blankly, walking over to the bed.
"Is everything okay?" A nurse came into the room.
"Yes, thank you." Miyako replied politely, and the nurse left again. What nobody noticed was that Kaoru was lying face-down, crying. Boomer walked over to her and placed a hand on her back comfortingly. Miyako soon followed and sat on the floor nearby.
"I just don't know what to do..." Momoko whispered, tears welling up in her rose-coloured eyes. Brick wrapped his arm around her shoulders and she rested her head on his chest. Miyako crawled over to Boomer and hugged him, Boomer sliding on to the floor and hugging Miyako back. Butch stood there awkwardly watching them, then looked over to Kaoru. She had stopped crying and was now lying still. Butch whispered her name into her ear and sure enough, she sat up, staring at him thoughtfully. All eyes in the room were on them, even a nurse and doctor had stopped to watch the scene.
"Kaoru, are you okay?" Butch asked, as Kaoru looked somewhat scared. Then she slapped him. Hard. Butch fell to the floor in agony, and Kaoru jumped off the bed, leaping through the doors, easily pushing past the security guards. Brick was about to chase after her, but got stopped by Boomer.
"She's way too fast, Brick. Only Butch could catch up with her, and she slapped him..." Boomer held his brother by the shoulders, and he sighed, helping Butch up.
"She's gone to our house." Butch stated, and everyone stared at him blankly.
I hope you liked it! ^_^ It's not very good because I haven't written in a while, but it's still an update, so please review if you liked it.
See you soon! :) xo