Hey! Hey there! I'm so excited for this chapter like I'm dying inside to write it! And just before anyone jumps to conclusions this is NOT the last chapter! Because there is stuff after.. obviously.. so enjoy.. or not..
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Oh and there still will be switching in P.O.V's!
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Chapter 13: Arrangements
Gill's P.O.V
I glared at Chase from across the table, only for my glare to be returned by him. For the past hour or so we had been arguing about who would be the one to make the first speech at Hikari's funeral. Of course Chase thought he should be the one because he was her boyfriend, but I quickly reminded him that they were not and that even Hikari had told me so.
Which of course earned me a glare off of Chase. I told him and Jin that I should because Hikari was my closest friend and I was one of the first to talk with her properly. But Chase also muttered that she was also my only friend, which caused even more conflict between us both and so there we were, sitting glaring at each other with Jin sat between us writing out notes for the funeral.
Of course neither of them knew we had in fact fell out but at this point why would it matter? If I saw her again I would make sure to never argue with her again.
"I think Gill should go first and then Chase, because Gill's speech won't be as long as yours Chase." Jin said not looking up from the papers. I smirked for a minute at Chase before realizing and protesting. Chase only smirked and got up and walked out of the clinic.
Jin finished off writing and looked up "The police and everyone will be here soon so I better head to the docks. Will you wait here until I get back?" He asked me standing up. I shrugged in agreement still peeved at what he had just said. Jin didn't seem to notice and left the clinic without another word.
Irene also wasn't in the clinic as she had been waiting for the police for a good half hour now. I stood up from the table and walked out of the back rooms into the main part of the clinic. Hikari's body was in the other room on the hospital bed.
I walked through to see her, her skin was a chalk white due to the fact that there was no blood circulation. She looked incredibly thin, but she looked peaceful. Her features were calm and her eyes were shut. She looked as if she could of been asleep. The blood was gone now, as Jin had cleaned her up, she even had a fresh set of clothes on. He had even stitched up where she had been stabbed.
I walked over to her and layed my hand against her cold cheek. At first I expected her to flinch or move under my touch but of course she didn't. I lifted up the yellow T-Shirt she had on just showing the scar of where she had been wounded. I grazed my fingers over it slowly, the gash was long and went from her right hip to her left breast, of course, out of respect, I never pulled her top up any further than her belly button.
My stomach twisted and my chest throbbed. Why would anyone do this to Hikari? She was so sweet. I placed her shirt back over the gash and went to sit in the chair beside her bed. I looked around the plain white room it was so boring in here.. and it smelled like the hospital, like medicine and death. I knew that when the police and everyone arrived they would examine her everywhere checking for other clues to what had happened.
Would they cut her open? I hoped not. Where she had been killed was still blocked off and luckily for them there had been no rain to wash away the evidence. I sat thinking about what I had saw that day and cringed away from it.
It was then that I heard it. The small voice. Actually no, there were a few little voices, maybe five. Swirling around the room, or was it in my head? I stood up and looked around the clinic thinking someone had walked in but I was still here alone. It's not like I had heard the door open anyway. But then they had stopped. Maybe it was just me? Maybe it was this clinic, being here with Hikari was making me delusional.
I narrowed my eyes and I sat down, continuing to look around the room just in case. But then there they were again, right in my left ear. "Who's there?!" I yelled looking to my left. There were a couple of gasps and then silence. I looked under the bed but still there was no one there.
I freaked out and ran into the next room and sat on the table again. I was not staying there, especially when Hikari was there as well. I grabbed a piece of paper and a pen and started to write out my speech for Hikari, I'd show Chase.. and Jin.
Hikari was.. I started to write. I was halfway through writing when the door opened but I didn't bother to look up figuring that it would be Jin or the police or Irene. "Gill?" A small voice said. I froze.
Impossible.
Jin's P.O.V
Irene, I and the rest of the town stood at the docks waiting for them to arrive on the horizon a boat came into view, everyone gasped and then cheered. "I hope they get who it was" Chase said beside me and everyone nodded in agreement.
I looked around everyone to spot that Gill wasn't here, but I knew where he was, so I didn't think much of it. However Julius and Luna weren't here either. I pulled my eyebrows together, I wonder why? A hand touched my shoulder and lips touched my ear "You did well, Jin" A voice whispered. I looked to my side to see Anissa. I turned to face her and smiled I took her hand and kissed her forehead.
"Thank you" I whispered back.
She nodded and went back to join her family. I sighed and turned back to face the ocean. The boat was getting closer with every passing minute and it would only be a matter of time before they got here. We would catch who did this to Hikari.
Luna's P.O.V
"Luna come on! We're leaving the police will be here soon!" My grandmother called from the main part of the shop. My heart quickened and my stomach flipped over.
"I'll be right there!" I told her. I put my head in my hands, the door closed with a bang as the three of them left and went to the docks. A few seconds later the door to my bedroom opened and I looked up to see Julius standing in the doorway.
He walked over to me and sat next to me on my bed "What's up, sis?" he asked putting his arm around my shoulders. Julius had started calling me that because he and my sister had just got engaged so he had decided to start early with the whole sibling idea.
I bit my lip and put my head on his chest "I've done something really bad." I told him shakily. He put his arms around me and held me close.
"Well you can tell me, I'm your big brother after all. I won't tell" He chuckled. But I didn't laugh with him, I didn't feel like it. "Oh come on, what could be so bad? Is your hair limp today? Did you put in too much conditioner? 'Cause I think it-"
I cut him off "No! No it's not that!" I said. I removed myself from him and looked up. "...I-i think... I think I.. er..well" I paused trying to catch my breath. Julius raised an eyebrow. "IthinkIkilledHikari!" I gushed all at once.
Julius's face went blank as if processing what I had said. He blinked and his eyes grew wide. He looked at me in shock and put his hands on my shoulders. "WHAT!" He yelled.
"I'm not sure.." I said quietly.
"How can you not be 'sure'!" He hissed. I flinched back and brought my knees to my chest and wrapped myself up into a ball. "I'm sorry" He apologized "But this is serious Luna".
"You won't tell anyone will you?" I asked quietly. He paused, I looked at him and his face was unsure. Debating if he should tell the police or stick up for me. "Will you?" I hissed. I was now angry, angry that he was thinking about it. How could he think about it! All he had to do was not say ANYTHING!
He looked at me, eyes wide, and shook his slightly. "N-no.."
And then my mood changed again "I don't even know what happened. I mean I was so angry, Gill cared about her! Why her? She was a farmer! Then I went for her and then I can't remember right I just remember her face, covered in blood and I being shocked and guilty." I stopped to play with my fingers.
I took a deep breath in "and then I went to Gill's all angry but when I saw him behind the counter I instantly turned giddy and skipped over to him telling him we were going to live together and I had taken care of Hikari for us. When I left it was like the happiness of seeing Gill just disappeared instantly and I became sad and guilty." I looked over to see if Julius was listening, he was, so I continued "I went to my room and things started coming back to me in brief flashes, her face, her scream, my laugh." I cringed "But I can't remember anything else, I can't remember attacking her or stabbing her, just blood."
Julius pulled me into a hug "It's okay I won't tell but I think we better go. Or it may look suspicious." He said. He stood up and stook out his hand.
I took it and we both made our way out of the shop "Thanks big bro"
Gill's P.O.V
I jumped up from my chair making it fall to the ground in a clatter but I ignored it and went to the back of the room pressing my back up against the wall "W-who are you?" I stuttered. "W-what h-have you done w-wi-with Hika-ri?"
This did not look like Hikari. She looked like a zombie, her deep set eyes surrounded by black. Her lips were thin and cracked and her skin wasn't her healthy cream colour but an almost transparent, greyish. Her hair was limp and had lots of split ends sticking out everywhere, it wasn't its normal chestnut brown colour.
The girl looked confused for a moment but soon recovered and smiled evilly "I'm not Hikari anymore! I'm Aurella! I have took over her body, she will be mine forever!" She let out a horrible cackling laugh.
Shit! Hikari has been reborn as an evil witch! Reborn? Something like that.. no wait the witch has jumped into her body and ah never mind.. but still! Shit! I'm going to be a toad or something if I let her get away with this! "How did you know my name?" I asked panicked.
She paused "Because Hikari's little voice is still here. Stuck forever with me! Telling me who she hates the most" She laughed again, throwing back her head. She stopped for a moment and groaned pulling her head back up and rubbing her neck muttering something to herself. I panicked thinking about our argument the other day, I was probably the top of the list.
"Let her go!" I told this 'witch' firmly.
The witch smirked "Why should I let her go? Why would you care? You did after all have a row. Oh.. she seems really angry with what you did, maybe I should kill you.." she put a finger to her dried up lips.
"I'm sorry!" I blurted out. She looked at me amused "she was my friend! I cared about her!" I yelled.
But she didn't seem to buy it "Pfft. I bet she had lots of friends.. friends aren't that special! I'm getting bored now, time to kill someone!" She went to walk out the door but I stopped her.
"WAIT!" I yelled. The witch stopped and looked at me raising an eyebrow. "Please, don't hurt her" I whispered pathetically.
She laughed "Yeah right.. that's the best part" she said and put her hand on the door handle. She flung open the door making it bash against the wall she then walked out of the room to the main part of the clinic.
I ran after her and stopped in the doorway she turned to face me and smiled wickedly "Please, listen." I begged, I took in a sharp breath and built up my confidence "If you hurt her I will kill you!" I hissed. Her eyes glistened with amusement.
"Yeah right... you don't even like her, remember?" She waved her hand and continued to walk.
I sighed "I know." I said. She looked over her shoulder and smiled "I love her." I whispered. The witch stopped and then faced me.
Her face, unexpectedly, broke out into a huge grin and then the black marks around her eyes lightened with her skin to go back to her natural creamy colour. "Really?" She asked, her cheeks flushing with red. But it wasn't the voice I heard before, it wasn't the witches. It was the voice I knew all too well. "I can't believe you admitted to that!" She giggled.
I looked at her dumbfounded, what? "Hikari?" I asked slowly.
"Gilly" She replied. It was her all along! Urgh! I glared at her and then stormed right past her out of the clinic. With her calling after me saying "Awrh, don't be like that!" I slammed the door shut and went to go to the docks to tell everyone about Hikari's awakening and then I stopped.
Hikari's awake?
Now did you expect that? No? I didn't think so:) Ahh the triumph:) I thought this was quite funny actually:D especially when Gill freaks out. Anyway thanks for reading!
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