Chapter Thirteen: A Kind Hearted Soul
Ukiya slowly opened his eyes and sighed with relief. Ruriko was unconscious---and safe inside Megumi's green barrier. He got out from his Gate Robot and stood below it. The green sphere lowered little by little and disappeared. Shun catches Ruriko and looks at her. Except for a few burns by the shock, she was fine.
Megumi lowers her outstretched hand. "I CAN be Kind-hearted." She said with a smile. "I'm even better than Ruriko at it."
They turned their heads towards the black cars that came screeching towards the scene. They stopped and Shirei came out from one of them. Shun's hold on Ruriko tightened protectively.
Shirei looked at Shun. "The Enemy hasn't been defeated."
Shun replies. "But I haven't failed yet."
After a short, awkward pause, Shirei said. "Get in the car. We're going to the hospital."
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"Ah!!!" Ukiya cried out in frustration. Nothing seemed to be working. Everything they did was useless. He looked at Ruriko, who was asleep in the hospital bed. The doctor just came to give Ruriko a shot of "something to make her sleep". Ukiya shuddered at the doctor's mad expression when he said this. He contemplated whether they should just tie Ruriko up to the bed so she can't go anywhere. Absentmindedly, Ukiya smiled mischievously at the thought, then turn serious under the confused looks of his comrades. They were either burned, or bandaged, or both. Ukiya sighed, tired of trying to think of ways to save her.
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Megumi stopped at door number 205. She went out of Ruriko's room even if everyone did praise her for what she did. She smiled then, but a voice said in her ear, 'He's here…he's here…'
That voice led her to ask for information on the booth. She took a deep breath and entered the room.
He was still sleep, his blond hair messy and his pale skin even paler. She quietly closed the door behind her---not quietly enough she realized when he stirred and opened his red eyes.
Megumi thought he would be mad but instead he smiled. "Megumi…."
"I'm sorry to wake you up," she said her voice emotionless and monotonic.
He shook his head, which to Megumi, seemed harder to do than it looked. "How is Ukiya?" Kageyama asked.
"He's fine…Ruriko is unconscious right now…" she broke off.
"You know you can help them, don't you?" Kageyama said, willing Megumi to look him in the eye.
"I've helped them enough…" Megumi answered, avoiding his gaze. There were so many things she wanted to say, wanted to ask, but knowing Reiji, he was probably reading her thoughts right now.
"Why are you afraid of me?' he asked, reading her thoughts.
"I'm not afraid of you! I'm angry!" she retorted, her voice getting softer as she went on, ending with barely a whisper.
"Go help them," Kageyama said. "Bugs ask help from each other and need each other."
"Are you saying that I'm a bug?" she asked, not really angry but amused.
"A SPECK of a bug, " he corrected, obviously amused himself.
Megumi wanted to hit herself for being a little too friendly than she hoped to be. Fuming, she left the room and closed the door behind her, what she hoped was loud enough for Kageyama to assume she was mad.
'I am afraid of you' she thought, as she walked towards Ruriko's room. 'I'm afraid that even though I know you betrayed me, you still have control over me.'
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Heads turned as the door opened and Megumi entered the room again. She had slipped out so quietly, no one noticed her.
"Where were you?" Kaoru asked.
"Thinking…" Megumi answered, blushing. She coughed and said, "I might just have the solution to your problem.
"Really?" Ukiya asked excitedly. "What is it?"
"Dark Psychic Intrusion." Megumi said matter-of-factly.
"but that's something you do when you use the black gate!" Reiko said.
"Finally, you figure something out." Megumi said sarcastic, but monotonic.
"But you can't use your black gate…can you?" Fei asked.
"I can…. just need hatred." And she knew she had more than enough hatred in her to do this. Most of them were protesting. Megumi looked at Ukiya. She knew how he would respond.
"It's worth a try." He said. He would try anything…anything….
"It's your call…" Megumi warned. "You'll be inside Ruriko's heart. There's no telling what you'll find out or if you'll see Izuka."
Ukiya nodded.
"Give me your hand." Megumi instructed. Ukiya outstretched his hand. Megumi took it and put it on top of Ruriko's own hands. Megumi closed her eyes and concentrated on everything she hated, everything she thought about the night before, this time calling negative energy to her. The thoughts ran through her head over and over and over again. Just as when Megumi thought tears were about to fall from her eyes, she heard Shun gasp. Megumi opened her eyes to see a black hole had formed in their hands. Megumi pushed Ukiya's hands a little bit and saw them disappearing through the hole.
Ukiya felt Megumi literally push his hands lower, this time with more force. He closed his eyes as he felt himself falling….falling….falling….falling? to where? He felt his body go completely light. Just as when he began to worry when the falling would end, he felt himself fall on cold floor.
He cautiously opened his eyes. All he could see was a dark void. "Where am I?"
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Megumi looked at Ukiya, who fell unconscious beside the hospital bed. She tried to concentrate, keeping her hand on top of Ukiya's, keeping her thoughts solid.
"What happened to sempai?" Kaoru asked, worried.
"Aiaiaiai!" Fei added.
"Is he dead?" Reiko ask, obviously back to her old clueless self.
Megumi shifted her gaze from Ukiya, then to Ruriko and back to Ukiya. "It's all up to him now." She said, making the others look at her confused.
Ukiya slowly opened his eyes and sighed with relief. Ruriko was unconscious---and safe inside Megumi's green barrier. He got out from his Gate Robot and stood below it. The green sphere lowered little by little and disappeared. Shun catches Ruriko and looks at her. Except for a few burns by the shock, she was fine.
Megumi lowers her outstretched hand. "I CAN be Kind-hearted." She said with a smile. "I'm even better than Ruriko at it."
They turned their heads towards the black cars that came screeching towards the scene. They stopped and Shirei came out from one of them. Shun's hold on Ruriko tightened protectively.
Shirei looked at Shun. "The Enemy hasn't been defeated."
Shun replies. "But I haven't failed yet."
After a short, awkward pause, Shirei said. "Get in the car. We're going to the hospital."
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"Ah!!!" Ukiya cried out in frustration. Nothing seemed to be working. Everything they did was useless. He looked at Ruriko, who was asleep in the hospital bed. The doctor just came to give Ruriko a shot of "something to make her sleep". Ukiya shuddered at the doctor's mad expression when he said this. He contemplated whether they should just tie Ruriko up to the bed so she can't go anywhere. Absentmindedly, Ukiya smiled mischievously at the thought, then turn serious under the confused looks of his comrades. They were either burned, or bandaged, or both. Ukiya sighed, tired of trying to think of ways to save her.
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Megumi stopped at door number 205. She went out of Ruriko's room even if everyone did praise her for what she did. She smiled then, but a voice said in her ear, 'He's here…he's here…'
That voice led her to ask for information on the booth. She took a deep breath and entered the room.
He was still sleep, his blond hair messy and his pale skin even paler. She quietly closed the door behind her---not quietly enough she realized when he stirred and opened his red eyes.
Megumi thought he would be mad but instead he smiled. "Megumi…."
"I'm sorry to wake you up," she said her voice emotionless and monotonic.
He shook his head, which to Megumi, seemed harder to do than it looked. "How is Ukiya?" Kageyama asked.
"He's fine…Ruriko is unconscious right now…" she broke off.
"You know you can help them, don't you?" Kageyama said, willing Megumi to look him in the eye.
"I've helped them enough…" Megumi answered, avoiding his gaze. There were so many things she wanted to say, wanted to ask, but knowing Reiji, he was probably reading her thoughts right now.
"Why are you afraid of me?' he asked, reading her thoughts.
"I'm not afraid of you! I'm angry!" she retorted, her voice getting softer as she went on, ending with barely a whisper.
"Go help them," Kageyama said. "Bugs ask help from each other and need each other."
"Are you saying that I'm a bug?" she asked, not really angry but amused.
"A SPECK of a bug, " he corrected, obviously amused himself.
Megumi wanted to hit herself for being a little too friendly than she hoped to be. Fuming, she left the room and closed the door behind her, what she hoped was loud enough for Kageyama to assume she was mad.
'I am afraid of you' she thought, as she walked towards Ruriko's room. 'I'm afraid that even though I know you betrayed me, you still have control over me.'
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Heads turned as the door opened and Megumi entered the room again. She had slipped out so quietly, no one noticed her.
"Where were you?" Kaoru asked.
"Thinking…" Megumi answered, blushing. She coughed and said, "I might just have the solution to your problem.
"Really?" Ukiya asked excitedly. "What is it?"
"Dark Psychic Intrusion." Megumi said matter-of-factly.
"but that's something you do when you use the black gate!" Reiko said.
"Finally, you figure something out." Megumi said sarcastic, but monotonic.
"But you can't use your black gate…can you?" Fei asked.
"I can…. just need hatred." And she knew she had more than enough hatred in her to do this. Most of them were protesting. Megumi looked at Ukiya. She knew how he would respond.
"It's worth a try." He said. He would try anything…anything….
"It's your call…" Megumi warned. "You'll be inside Ruriko's heart. There's no telling what you'll find out or if you'll see Izuka."
Ukiya nodded.
"Give me your hand." Megumi instructed. Ukiya outstretched his hand. Megumi took it and put it on top of Ruriko's own hands. Megumi closed her eyes and concentrated on everything she hated, everything she thought about the night before, this time calling negative energy to her. The thoughts ran through her head over and over and over again. Just as when Megumi thought tears were about to fall from her eyes, she heard Shun gasp. Megumi opened her eyes to see a black hole had formed in their hands. Megumi pushed Ukiya's hands a little bit and saw them disappearing through the hole.
Ukiya felt Megumi literally push his hands lower, this time with more force. He closed his eyes as he felt himself falling….falling….falling….falling? to where? He felt his body go completely light. Just as when he began to worry when the falling would end, he felt himself fall on cold floor.
He cautiously opened his eyes. All he could see was a dark void. "Where am I?"
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Megumi looked at Ukiya, who fell unconscious beside the hospital bed. She tried to concentrate, keeping her hand on top of Ukiya's, keeping her thoughts solid.
"What happened to sempai?" Kaoru asked, worried.
"Aiaiaiai!" Fei added.
"Is he dead?" Reiko ask, obviously back to her old clueless self.
Megumi shifted her gaze from Ukiya, then to Ruriko and back to Ukiya. "It's all up to him now." She said, making the others look at her confused.