She stood in the center of a familiar place. The place where she and her older brother Kaoru, together with Kyo used to play when they were kids. The place is still the same, feelings begun flashing back as she saw the green grass field they used to lay on to take a nap, the cool but warm air that brushes her body, the blue skies that could make them calmer whenever they are angry, and the only tree, the old tree that was standing on the center of the tree that was older than them but still stood strong for a very long time upto now..
She wondered how did she get there. Then, her eyes widened when she saw a familiar figure.
"Kaoru!" She run towards the tree to where he was standing still. He looked back and smile.
"Wow! Why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be...in the hospital?" She asked wondering.
"Ne, Rii-chan... Be strong ne?" He just replied and never answer her question.
"What do you mean?" She asked as she saw Kaoru started to walk away.
"I need to go Rii-chan... Let's see each other soon ne?" He continued.
Rii-chan run. She run and run and yelled for Kaoru's name but he never looked back. At a blink of an eye, his brother was gone. She was left in the field.
"Kaoru! Chotto matte!" She shouted but he's gone right before her eyes...
She panted for air as she opened her eyes. It was a dream. A dream she could not interpret whether a good thing or not.. She sat on her bed and felt she was cold. She forgot to change her wet clothes from the rain last night. She's still trembling not only from the cold sensation she was feeling beneath her clothes, but as well as the chills her dream had caused her.
She went to her bathroom and took a hot shower...
ORIHARA ODA'S POV
It was just 5am. I was awakened by that dream. I could feel my hands cold, my breath that was anxious, my heart that is pumping loud I could hear it.
I got to see Kaoru... The alive Kaoru but it was only a dream... He said to me, to be strong, and he also said that he needs to go... that we will meet each other soon..
I don't know. I just don't know. Is he saying goodbye? Is he gonna die? Is he gonna leave us? Is he? I started crying once again. I need to see him now... I want him to be alive. Please Kami-sama, let him be alive...
I run outside the house, It's too early for school to start.. I know where I wanted to go...
"Ohayou Kaoru..." I said as I sat beside him... He's still in the hospital, so that was really a dream, I thought...
"Ne, why did you visit me in my dreams?" I said as I brushed my hands on his hair. Although he's not responding, I want to tell him how I feel. How depress I am to see him like this.
"Don't tell me, your gonna give up just like that?" I said as my voiced begun to tremble. Tears flow down on my cheeks before I knew it did.
"Kaoru... Don't be like this and just wake up already!" I almost yelled as heavy tears flow nonstop..
No response at all. I glance at him again as I saw him peacefully lying there. Then I remembered his smile at that dream... I felt my knees weakened even though I'm just sitting. I can't take this anymore. I run outside the room as I run without no directions to go..
AT KUROGIN GAKUEN; All the student's in 3-D are already in the classroom except for Yabuki's group...
"Ohayou minna!" The door opened and Takeda and Hyuuga cheerfully greeted, as always... To their surprise, none of the boys responded. Instead, they all give the five boys a warning look and pointed at a particular place in the classroom. Orihara's seat, that is.
Yabuki, Ryu, Hyuuga, Tsucchi and Takeda all together look at that direction and saw Rii-chan having her face and arms buried on her desk..
"She's sleeping? That's rare..." Takeda muttered and all of them nodded.
"She's back..." Hyuuga tilted his head on one of his classmate's remark..
"What do you mean dude?" He asked.
"She looks like the Rii-chan.. The old Rii-chan! The not smiling and the scary Rii-chan!" The other classmate answered back.
"EHHH?" They almost shouted in dissapointment but covered their mouth.. It will be bad if she'll be waken up at this time.,
They ALL love the smiling face Rii-chan the day ago, and the Rii-chan that gave them chocolates yesterday... What could have happened that trigger to her sudden change again.
Yankumi entered the room and Orihara sit down properly, the boys found it weird because she never talk nor look at them at that instant, when she usually do.. Even she's that old Rii-chan or the new Rii-chan recently.. She seems more anti-social this day.
When her name was called for attendance, She again buried her face on her desk without any words. Yankumi look at all the boys but they just shook their head. She just let it go because the girl seems to be really tired and somewhat different that day. That is the very first time too, that Orihara laze around during school time.
"Oi! What did you JUST do to her yesterday!" Tsucchi looked and whispered at Yabuki. He smirked and remembered what happened yesterday.. Could it be the reason that she's behaving like this? He asked himself but it only satisfy him. Yabuki wants Orihara to be bothered by that confession, he wanted her to took notice of HIM until it bugs her enough and come herself to Yabuki to clarify that.
That was what he know... Orihara has no time for that though, because the girl has her own problems... Not that confession but her brother.
"YAMETE KUDASAI!" I shouted but the strangers, around five did not stop hitting Kaoru..
I was hopeless. I was useless. I can't even help my brother to fight those assholes. My body won't move from the pain I received earlier. I'm beaten up into a pulp but seeing Kaoru getting hit all over his body makes my heart shiver and the pain in my heart won't stop..
I can't believe what's happening right in front of my eye. Suddenly, Kaoru stood up and run on front of me. He caress my face. I started to shook my head because of the sight I am seeing.
He's bleeding, He's face, he's arms, he's entire skin has blood on it. I started to cry until my breath started to escape from my system. Am I gonna die now? I don't want to. Is Kaoru gonna be fine after this?
"I'll protect you no matter what, ne?" Kaoru's warm words brought my breath back. He hugged me as I saw another guy approach his back. They started again. They started hitting us. They don't care how strong and how many times I yelled for them to stop. They just.. They wanted us to suffer.
Kaoru's word of pain was like nightmares visiting me everynight.
"KAORU!" I shouted and found myself sitting in my chair. At my class.. It was a dream. No, that was the nightmare that kept visiting me within the past months of my hell life. Since that incident happened.
Drops of sweats are within my face and I could feel that I'm trembling hopelessly. Then, I glance at my side and found my classmates staring at me like they watch some horror movie..
"Daijobou ka, Rii-chan?!" Yankumi asked me and I can see how startled they was from the scene I made.
I HATE THIS. HOW CAN I MAKE THEM SEE THIS TERRIBLE SIDE OF ME.
I rushed outside the room. I heard Yankumi yelled my name but I just don't want to hear anything..
I don't know where to go. I don't want to see Kaoru at that hospital, I don't want to go home.. I DON'T WANT TO SEE MYSELF. I WANT TO DISSAPEAR RIGHT THIS VERY MOMENT. The pain I caused to Kaoru and the pain I stil have from that time. It seems like I am repeatedly beeing killed.
"Kaoru?" Yankumi turned to Yabuki and the others..
"I think I might know where we can find out the truth..." Tsucchi stood and Yankumi nodded.
Yabuki was shocked from what just happened. Here he thought Orihara's thinking about yesterday's kiss but it seemed like there's something REALLY OFF AND REALLY WRONG with her. She's definitely devastated, Yabuki can