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Chapter 28- Nightmares
'The mind of a killer cannot be changed; their memories can only be hidden from the world.'
Yuu knew he was thinking nonsense, but the nightmares, each one of them he'd had since his arrival on the island a week ago, repeated the same works over and over again. He was terrified to sleep and had large, dark circles under his eyes. His hands trembled and his legs shook, but as much as he pushed his strange behaviour aside as fear, he knew, with the parts of his mind that were working correctly, that he was falling into a pit of insanity.
He still cared for his family, and he still loathed Rufus, but he now awaited the day he could find vengeance on the man he had once respected for protecting his sister. 'Zoro, you better hope your ass never crosses my path again, because I won't let you live.'
Yuu knew deep down that Zoro had done nothing wrong, but he also knew if it weren't for that swordsman, he and Hunter could both be safe. Still, with a slimmer of that knowledge, Yuu couldn't stop the sadistic smile of a killer that appeared on his face. 'Scratch that thought, Zoro you better hope you can run pretty fast because I won't let you live, WHEN I find you.' Yuu smiled and finally found the comfort to sleep; he didn't care about the nightmares, because he now understood that they spoke the truth.
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Prior to that night, Yuu had been fighting a never ending battle with himself, one between his sanity and his insanity. Until this point in time, Yuu, with the help of Garp, had been able to hide away his insanity, but it was Yuu's rotten luck which led him to the one island that would change his life back to the way it was before he had stumbled across the marines.
Yuu was certain of one thing, he had tried to prevent it but had no luck, if his sanity won, he would be fighting it for a long time to come, he would constantly be trying to win and this would trigger an alter-ego.
Sadly on that night the first of Yuu's battles had come to an end, his sanity being tucked away into a small corner of his brain allowing his psychotic side to take control. For him the battle had just begun, bit if he could win before something bad happened only time would tell.
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Nora forced Hunter to rest for several day, despite the agreement to let her leave the island, the next ship wasn't leaving for 3 more days, so until then, Nora was tending to Hunter's new wounds. After the first day Hunter was ready to leave, claiming that she was already healed enough, but Nora persuaded her otherwise.
"You leave this bed and I'll make sure Elf tells the others of your little trick." Hunter gulped at her words and agreed to wait until the next ship embarked. She didn't want to wait 5 more days, but it was her best opportunity to leave with a group and not on her own.
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Hunter groaned, she had one day left of waiting but boredom was getting the better of her, she had nothing to do and nobody close enough to her that she wanted to talk to. 'I just want to see you all again, or at least find someone who will make me cry form laughing. How long am I going to have to wait?"
She wanted to get off the bed Nora had placed her on but knew if she did that the chances she had of getting to the ship the next day would be low. She lay on the bed, and drifted to sleep, the only thing that passed the time for her, but this time around it wasn't a peaceful sleep, it was a nightmare, one that seemed too real to be a dream.
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*Hunter's dream*
"YUU DON"T DO IT!" She dropped to the floor crying, the two people she cared about the most were covered in blood and on the verge of fainting. "Why do you have to do this? Why can't we be happy like you promised?"
She stared at her brother, the life in his eyes was gone, all that could be seen was complete madness. It hurt her to see the way he was. He had challenged Zoro, and Zoro had agreed, seeing something was up. Hunter could tell he wasn't fighting with his full potential but both men were severely wounded.
"Hunter, get out of here." She heard Zoro say, he wasn't facing her so she couldn't see the expression on his face but she could tell it was one of pure hatred.
"Pleaseā¦"
"Don't worry, I won't kill him. I wouldn't do that to you."
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The dream had taken many drastic turns but now Hunter was at the worst of all points. She sat in the middle of two patches of dirt, large stones at the end of either one. One stone read Zoro's name and the other Yuu's. Zoro had kept his promise, he didn't kill Yuu, but he let himself be killed. By doing that Yuu snapped out of his trance, but after figuring it out killed himself, knowing he wouldn't be able to deal with Hunter's pained face.
"It wasn't supposed to be this way. We were supposed to find each-other and be together again." She curled over her small form and sobbed.
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*Real World*
"HUNTER!" Nora saw the small girl crying in her sleep and woke her up immediately, the girl was trembling and pale. "Don't worry, it was only a dream, you're safe."
"How could it have been a dream, it seemed so real?"
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