Trickle - 22 - Hypocrite
The scene was all too familiar. It looked just like the night we were beaten. What are we doing?
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After staring at the cavity on the wall, for about 16 seconds, Seifer quickly looked at Fujin and Raijin. His breathing was fast, and everyone got terrified looks on their faces, afraid to see what was going to happen.
Raijin and Fujin stood there, with surprised looks, but it turned to fear when Seifer took a little step towards them.
"Hey man, you don't think I did it, did you?"
Everyone turned and looked at Fujin and Raijin, who were backing up...afraid.
Without thinking, Seifer ran up to Raijin, pushed him against the wall, and began strangling him.
"No--man! I didn't--do--do--it."
Raijin was losing air, and his face was colored such a bright red, compared to Seifer's pale hands, rung around his neck.
Fujin stood there, and watched, afraid of what Seifer might do next.
"Seifer stop! Maybe they didn't do it!!"
Selphie yelled over the sound of Raijin's gasping for air, and the stream of obscenities, flowing out of Seifer's mouth.
"I'm going to get rid of you, once and for all. Talk about betrayl...look at that!"
He let go of his neck, violently grabbed his shirt, as Raijin's done to him, and pointed to the hole in the wall.
"I swear man! I didn't do it!"
Seifer let out a laugh, and slammed him against the wall, even harder.
"You little BASTARD! You expect me to believe that?!"
Raijin looked so afraid, and for a moment, I actually felt sorry for the guy. I couldn't believe that this terrified person held against the wall, is the reason for the stitches on Seifer. I couldn't believe that he is the cause for the bruises on my arms, and behind my knees.
Strange enough, nobody stopped Seifer. They watched him throw Raijin into the wall, and abuse him. They saw the veins protrude from his hands, as they rung around Raijin's dying neck. Sure we yelled, "Stop it!" a couple of times, and even let out a "Let's hear what they have to say!" We didn't try that hard to make him stop though. Nothing seemed to shake Seifer...he said he was going to get him back, and this is exactly what he was doing.
"ENOUGH!"
Fujin placed her hands over her ears, and began shaking her head, trying to get the sound of Raijin's cries for help, out of her mind. Her pale silver hair, swung from side to side, and hit her in the face a couple of times, but everyone ignored her. When she tried pulling Seifer away from Raijin, Squall and Rinoa held her back.
The scene was all too familiar. It looked just like the night we were beaten. What are we doing?
Seifer was laughing, just as Raijin did, at the sight of struggling for air. It was so hard to believe that a man that could make you so beautiful could be so brutal.
"Quistis! Tell him to stop!" Selphie pleaded with me. "He'll only listen to you!"
I just looked at her, and looked away.
Why wasn't I stopping him? Why wasn't anyone stopping him? Did they really do it? Of course they did. It's obvious what their plans are. Get rid of Seifer, once and for all, so they wouldn't have to fear him. Blame the remedy that ate away his life on Dr. Kadowaki...after all...she is the one who found the cure. But why, why Seifer? They respected him.
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When Raijin finally went limp in Seifer's hands, he backed away, and gazed at his work. Raijin slid down the floor slowly...his eyes closed.
Is he dead?
Fujin took one look at Raijin, and screamed. She looked exactly like me. Her head was held back, her eyes were closed...and she was crying. A lot. Her screaming was loud, and it caused most of his to give a startled jump.
I looked at Seifer. How could he do something like this? It was okay to get Raijin and Fujin back for what they've done, but it's not okay to kill them.
Thoughts of what to do flowed through our heads. Seifer moved far away from Raijin's body, and Squall began trying to recover him. Rinoa tried calming Fujin down, but it was no use.
Suddenly, I had the feeling that they had nothing to do, with the medicine that burned the wall.
What have we done?
The infirmary doors swished open, and Dr. Kadowaki walked in carrying a tray of her breakfast. Dropping her tray, she quickly ran over, when she saw the huddle we formed around the lifeless body propped up against the wall.
"What the hell is going on here?!"
Two passing students came, and stuck their heads in the door to see what was going on. What they saw was Fujin going crazy and Selphie standing there, silently crying.
Irvine was trying to tell the students there was nothing to see, and Zell helped Squall and Dr. Kadowaki resuscitate Raijin. Rinoa still continued trying to shush Fujin.
Seifer and I withdrew from the chaos. He sat in a waiting chair, and stared down at his hands. I've seen him violent before, but I've never seen him stop to think about what he just did.
Standing in front of him, I looked down at his hands. The fingertips that made me so fragile and pretty last night were tainted with rage, and I was afraid to touch them. In the background things were in such disorder. Raijin was being carried to a medical bed.
"Quistis, we need room to get through!"
Dr. Kadowaki raised her voice, she sounded a bit angry, but calm. She stood in front of Squall and Zell who were carrying him, and cleared the path. Without saying anything I backed away...and through all this noise, I heard the glass from the container shatter to even smaller pieces, as it was squashed under my heel.
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"Drag me down, I feel I'm sinking. I can't relate to what you're thinking." -Lush
Notes: Uh-oh! Trouble! Is Raijin going to make it? Is Seifer going to get caught for what he did? What about the hole in the wall? Quistis has a feeling Fujin and Raijin had nothing to do with it. Of course, she could be wrong...but if she's not...who did it? And where the heck is the real medication? You'll have to wait for the next chapter to see what happens.
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