Tohru jolted upright in her hospital bed. "Hana!" she screamed "Don't!"
"Tohru? What's wrong?!" Shigure jumped out of his chair and rushed forward. Tohru pushed him away kicking and thrashing as she tried to get past him and out of bed.
Kyou stared blankly at her for a moment, unbelieving, then yelled frantically. " A doctor. Do you need a doctor?! Hatori..." He ran out of the room.
Uotani looked at the bed dazed, she whitened and stepped away her eyes adjusting looking off unseeing into space. She covered her ears stumbled slightly then crouched down pulling her knees to her chest and rocking gently on her feet. " It's Hana-chan" she said quietly.
Shigure turned to face her. "Arisa......?" he began, then stopped as she looked up at him her face frail and eyes watering.
Tohru continued screaming.
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Hanajima moved quickly, faster than she had ever ran. She flew carried against the wind her toes not quite touching the ground. To passersby she seemed to just be a breeze, a brief ruffle of leaves beside them. If they paid close attention a flicker of light.
Akito, Akito, Akito. Images of Tohru in her hospital bed flashed across her mind.
Akito, Akito, Akito,... Tohru's smiling face, Tohru's extended hand, Tohru spinning in the sun on a bright spring day.
Akito!, Akito!, Akito!. Hana's mind began to race, her thought blend together. In part she began to forget where she was, where she was going. A part of her stepped back, huddled in the back of her mind, sobbing.
"AKITO!!, AKITO!!, AKITO!!..." she screamed aloud, and with her mind. The people she passed felt a brief stabbing pain, a sharp powerful headache lasting only a brief moment. Anyone, or thing, in her path was now thrown gruffly to the side. Fat tears were racing down her cheeks unnoticed. She just kept screaming, and running. To a destination she only partly understood.
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Kyou rushed back into the room with Hatori beside him, and Tohru's hospital doctor closely behind. "Honda-san! please sit back." Hatori commanded firmly. The doctor rushed to Uotani's side paging for backup.
"What happened here?" she asked loudly directing her question at Shigure.
"I have to get to Hana-chan!" Tohru called out struggling and looking past Hatori who was trying hard to restrain her without hurting her. Uotani just rocked back and forth and held herself, sobbing quietly. The hospital backup arrived momentarily.
"Sedate them!" the doctor commanded. Just as they did Yuki walked slowly and quietly through the doors.
"What's going on" he asked.
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Megumi ran as quickly as he could to the train heading toward his sister. As he approached the pain in his head grew stronger, and the images clearer.
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Hanajima's thoughts grew less and less focused, and she became more detached as they did, The taste of dirty water as a laughing boy pushed her down again, Tohru's face bloodied on one side but still smiling, the puckering of her flesh around a burning cigarette. A young boy seizing on the floor. A laughing mans face. A crying child in the mud. Blood. A thousand unwanted thoughts stolen, malevolent and disgusting.
Suddenly she was standing in a large white hospital room, quiet save for a flickering florescent light bulb. A young boy lay staring at her from a hospital bed in the center with unseeing accusing eyes. She wanted to run, the desire to flee was overwhelming. Her chest crushed from the pressure of her fear, but her feet carried her closer steadily, slowly. She made no sounds as she moved, there were no sounds at all besides the lights humming. The walls seemed to move in around her, the room shrinking, egging her on, pushing her toward the bed. She stood beside him, his eyes looked dry, they terrified her. She moved to close them, raising her hand above him. Suddenly the light flickered out and the room went dark. She felt him grab her wrist, she pulled away, she screamed, she hit him until he let go. The light came back on just as suddenly, only, Tohru lay in the bed now. Tohru bloody, bruised, white as paper. She wasn't breathing. Hana kept screaming, a name she didn't understand or remember. "Akito, Akito..." She stepped back, turned, and ran as fast as she could through a pair of hospital double doors that had appeared behind her.
She found herself standing outside, within a traditional looking housing compound with old fashioned buildings and gardens. Two large wooden doors torn from the hinges on the ground behind her.
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"Tohru? What's wrong?!" Shigure jumped out of his chair and rushed forward. Tohru pushed him away kicking and thrashing as she tried to get past him and out of bed.
Kyou stared blankly at her for a moment, unbelieving, then yelled frantically. " A doctor. Do you need a doctor?! Hatori..." He ran out of the room.
Uotani looked at the bed dazed, she whitened and stepped away her eyes adjusting looking off unseeing into space. She covered her ears stumbled slightly then crouched down pulling her knees to her chest and rocking gently on her feet. " It's Hana-chan" she said quietly.
Shigure turned to face her. "Arisa......?" he began, then stopped as she looked up at him her face frail and eyes watering.
Tohru continued screaming.
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Hanajima moved quickly, faster than she had ever ran. She flew carried against the wind her toes not quite touching the ground. To passersby she seemed to just be a breeze, a brief ruffle of leaves beside them. If they paid close attention a flicker of light.
Akito, Akito, Akito. Images of Tohru in her hospital bed flashed across her mind.
Akito, Akito, Akito,... Tohru's smiling face, Tohru's extended hand, Tohru spinning in the sun on a bright spring day.
Akito!, Akito!, Akito!. Hana's mind began to race, her thought blend together. In part she began to forget where she was, where she was going. A part of her stepped back, huddled in the back of her mind, sobbing.
"AKITO!!, AKITO!!, AKITO!!..." she screamed aloud, and with her mind. The people she passed felt a brief stabbing pain, a sharp powerful headache lasting only a brief moment. Anyone, or thing, in her path was now thrown gruffly to the side. Fat tears were racing down her cheeks unnoticed. She just kept screaming, and running. To a destination she only partly understood.
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Kyou rushed back into the room with Hatori beside him, and Tohru's hospital doctor closely behind. "Honda-san! please sit back." Hatori commanded firmly. The doctor rushed to Uotani's side paging for backup.
"What happened here?" she asked loudly directing her question at Shigure.
"I have to get to Hana-chan!" Tohru called out struggling and looking past Hatori who was trying hard to restrain her without hurting her. Uotani just rocked back and forth and held herself, sobbing quietly. The hospital backup arrived momentarily.
"Sedate them!" the doctor commanded. Just as they did Yuki walked slowly and quietly through the doors.
"What's going on" he asked.
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Megumi ran as quickly as he could to the train heading toward his sister. As he approached the pain in his head grew stronger, and the images clearer.
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Hanajima's thoughts grew less and less focused, and she became more detached as they did, The taste of dirty water as a laughing boy pushed her down again, Tohru's face bloodied on one side but still smiling, the puckering of her flesh around a burning cigarette. A young boy seizing on the floor. A laughing mans face. A crying child in the mud. Blood. A thousand unwanted thoughts stolen, malevolent and disgusting.
Suddenly she was standing in a large white hospital room, quiet save for a flickering florescent light bulb. A young boy lay staring at her from a hospital bed in the center with unseeing accusing eyes. She wanted to run, the desire to flee was overwhelming. Her chest crushed from the pressure of her fear, but her feet carried her closer steadily, slowly. She made no sounds as she moved, there were no sounds at all besides the lights humming. The walls seemed to move in around her, the room shrinking, egging her on, pushing her toward the bed. She stood beside him, his eyes looked dry, they terrified her. She moved to close them, raising her hand above him. Suddenly the light flickered out and the room went dark. She felt him grab her wrist, she pulled away, she screamed, she hit him until he let go. The light came back on just as suddenly, only, Tohru lay in the bed now. Tohru bloody, bruised, white as paper. She wasn't breathing. Hana kept screaming, a name she didn't understand or remember. "Akito, Akito..." She stepped back, turned, and ran as fast as she could through a pair of hospital double doors that had appeared behind her.
She found herself standing outside, within a traditional looking housing compound with old fashioned buildings and gardens. Two large wooden doors torn from the hinges on the ground behind her.
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