The Beginning of the End
Chapter 2
I marched all the way home. I stood strong, and proud. I had stood up to Haruka. Wait, what did I say? I had stood up to Haruka!?! Oh my god! Why on earth did I do that! What was wrong with me?! That was when I knew I needed to consult a mental doctor. I raced down the flight of stairs. Now, it was only a race of time- before they got there. Too late. I was too late. I burst out of the door and straight into an angered Haruka.
"Hi?" I blurted out in a desperate plead.
"No, 'hi'." Haruka said coldly.
"Yeah! What was that all about?!" cried Rei. I could tell she was only getting started.
"Listen," I started. But what was I going to tell them, when I didn't know myself what the explanation was! "I, I," but, I couldn't finish. "I gotta go. Bye!" I somehow got free, and ran faster than when I'm late for school. I looked behind me, and saw everyone racing after me.
By then, I had tears racing down my face. Tears filled with confusion, and anger. I didn't know where I was going, but at that moment, I really didn't care. I came up with a plan. It wasn't a good plan, but at least it was a plan: I would run until I lost 'em, then jump off a cliff. And if I survived, I would hide, until I knew they are long gone. Okay, maybe I could loose the "jumping off a cliff" part, but hey, it was a plan, and it should work...
I guess my mind wasn't use to working so hard, because I started to slow down. I guess everyone saw their big opportunity, and ran faster than the wind! My legs started to tire, so I just decided it wasn't worth it. So, I stopped. And strangely, when I stopped, the tears stopped.
The next thing that I knew, Mako-chan grabbed my waist, while Haruka-san gripped my arms and blocked the front of me. Soon, everyone surrounded me, leaving no chance to escape. No one said a word and the silence seemed to last a lifetime. No one knew what to say. But I did. I knew what I wanted to say; I knew what I wanted to do. I wanted to run away.
I broke down crying again. But this time, the tears were of emptiness and loneliness. It was like these tears were washing away any good memories of my friends and myself. And they didn't stop until all I felt loneliness. For what seemed to be a thousand years, I heard nothing but the sound of silence. I didn't even hear my own sobbing. I was too mesmerized by the sound of the silence to hear anything. And oddly enough, I liked it. I was beginning to feel "normal" again; it was like the silence was "healing" me from the evil nothings inside my head. But, the healing stopped when Rei broke the silence.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING, ONDAGO ATAMA?!?" screamed Rei. I snapped out of my trance at this moment, but I continued to shut my eyes. And even though my eyes were squeezed shut, I could see Rei with steam shooting out of her ears that were attached to her fiery face. I scrunched down on the ground, waiting for everyone else to join in, but the attack never came. At least, I don't think it did. As soon as I reached the floor, my hands immediately shot up to cover my ears and my eyes opened to see who would start it first, but as soon as I opened them, the world went black.
(AN: You know, I could just leave you hanging here, not knowing what happens next, but I'm not that cruel. *evil grin* Well, keep reading since I was nice enough to include the rest of the chapter for you to finish!)
"Usagi! Usagi-chan!" Ami's voice echoed inside my throbbing head. Great. My headache has returned. Even though I was really annoyed with it, I welcomed it with open arms, I mean... after all! It did save me from everyone's vocal attacks. I knew everyone was sitting around me, wherever I was, all eyes affixed to me. I also knew that they had worried expressions on their faces and the anger had almost left their minds. I was just about to open my eyes to let them know I was okay, when I heard an eerie voice that sounded sort of like my own. "It's almost time to wake up as you true self." And then, the headache intensified so much that all I remember is rolling up into a ball, and tossing and turning on the bed that I was on. What seemed like an eternity, which was probably 10 seconds, the pain bounced everywhere in my body. And then... it stopped.
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