Title: Malice in Darkness
A/N: Err… I'm REALLY sorry about the long break… if you guys read my other fics, I did commend that I would have to hang this fic for a while because of a major writer's-block. I'm gpoing crazy, trying to write so many fics at one time… well, after this chapter, this story is probably going to lie for say… er… a long time??
Chapter 4- Koshino?
'Hanagata! Hanagata! Wake up!' Fujima had been trying to do that for the past hour, but to no avail, so it was quite understandable that he cringed when Hanagata suddenly did wake up.
'Err… Toru? Daijoubu?' Fujima asked timidly. Hanagata blinked stupidly, staring back at Fujima, muttering incoherently.
'Toru?'
'Another dimension, another world… Jin, Rukawa and Sakuragi… I need help,' on and on he droned. Fujima just stared, trying not to panic. Suddenly Hanagata stood up, having made up his mind to visit Kainan High, he strode away, leaving a very wide-eyed Fujima staring at him. After five steps, Hanagata stopped, as if just realized that Fujima had been there, and turned back.
'Gomen, Fujima. I've got to get to Kainan High, so I'll be a little late for practice.' After five seconds, he added, 'Ja-ne,' and walked on. Fujima, being curious, and worried tailed him.
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'Hanagata-san,' Jin greeted quickly when they met up… which was not in Kainan High, but in a park in between both schools. Sakuragi and Rukawa was with Jin-that was the first thing Hanagata noted. From there, his eyes traveled towards Kiyota, Maki, Mitsui and Ryota, who had no doubt, like Fujima followed them with obvious curiosity and worry.
'Err…' Hanagata looked at the four students behind Jin. Jin looked behind him indifferently, then shrug, looking pointedly at Fujima.
'Okay… anyway, what the hell happened just now?'
'I… we don't know, but the day before, the three of us did have a dream too…' Jin filled Hanagata in on the 'dream' that they had, showing his their forth finger as proof. He also told Hanagata his side of story about what had happened to them before they met him.
'Fujima, has Hanagata been acting weirdly lately?' Maki questioned a bewildered Fujima. Miyagi and Mitsui quicly turned their attention away from Jin-Hanagata's conversation, where they were getting lost in between tangled details, to Maki and Fujima, waiting for Fujima's answer. Fujima looked thoughtful for a while, then shook his head.
'Well, at least not as weird ly as suddenly fainting, then waking up an hour later muttering something incoherent about another dimension and walking to a park and meeting up with Jin,' he answered.
'Didn't the teachers do anything when he woke up?' Maki was talking softly, as if he was worried about being overheard.
'No… he was left in the nurse's office.'
'Same here,' Mitsui muttered.
'Yeah, Jin too,' Maki said thoughtfully, his eyes flicking between Jin's group and Kiyota, who was busy whistling at cute girls.
'Stupid monkey! A shame to Kainan!' Maki muttered, when his eyes fell on Kiyota.
'Jeez… what the hell is happening to them?' Fujima cursed feeling frustrated.
'We've got practice in ten minutes guys, let's go!'
'Err… in a minute, Maki-sempai,' Jin called out. A minute later, Maki walked over to Jin, and pulled him away from the group, grabbed Kiyota, and started off in the direction of Kainan High School. Fujima called out to Hanagata, and both of them walked off.
'Rukawa, Sakuragi, we've got practice too!' Miyagi shouted to them.
'Oi, Rukawa! Darn, he's asleep. Baka!' Mitsui nearly screamed in frustration as he watched the taller boy drool.
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'Koshino, daijoubu ka?' Sendo asked a little surprised. They had been walking with no obstacles at all, but Koshino had just fell down… somehow. And yet, no matter how Sendo looked at the situation, it just seemed as if Koshino was clumsy… something near impossible when talking about the black-haired boy in front of him.
Koshino sat up slowly, rubbing his knee, while blood streamed down from a cut at his forehead.
'I don't think so,' he replied as he used his hand to rub his forehead. His hand came back bloody.
'Ku'so!'
'Yeah you don't look okay. Did you hit your head? Do you know your name? Do you know me?'
'Sendo! This isn't funny!'
'Who said it was? This is standard procedure… err… okay, okay, I'm sorry. How'd you trip anyway?' Sendo changed the subject at the glare that Koshino gave him.
'What?'
'How'd you trip?' Sendo's tone of voice was not mocking, but interested. Koshino opened his mouth, and after a moment snapped it shut.
How had he fallen? Why did I fall? And... why do I feel so weird? Suddenly Koshino sat up straight. Why… how… what the hell am I hearing?
All of a sudden, to Sendo's utmost surprise and horror, Koshino's body went slack, and his eyes unfocused. Sendo kneeled down, shaking his friend gently.
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White light? Where am I?... who's that… Hanagata –sempai? Why is he on the floor? Koshino tried to call out to him, but couldn't. he then noticed that there were three figured standing around Hanagata… three familiar figures. They seemed to be trying fighting off some… some force… Suddenly, Koshino felt a black shadow fly pass him.
It seemed to radiate some power… evil. Koshino shuddered, and turned his attention back to the four of them… and realized that he could feel their fear… hear them…
Those were… those three are… Jin? Rukawa? And… don't tell me it's him…
'KOSHINO!!!'
Koshino sat up straight, saw Sendo holding a bucket and asked, 'What the hell happened?'
'Good question, Hiroaki Koshino.' Sendo said sarcastically.
'Why did you pour water on me?'
'Ah, another good question,'
'What did happen to him? Doesn't he know?'
Koshino looked up, feeling a little weird. There was something weird about how Sendo said that. Something very weird…
'What did you say?' Sendo gave a look.
'Ah, another good question?' He said uncertainly.
'No, no, after that!' Koshino said urgently. Sendo was still looking confused and worried.
'You said something about not knowing what happened… you don't know?'
'Err… no, I don't know… do you?' Sendo asked. Now he was not only worried. He was curios, and also a trifle scared. There was something wrong with Koshino because he had not said that he didn't know what happened. He had thought it.
'Maybe I should bring him to a doctor.'
'I don't want to go to the doctor, Sendo!' Koshino said impatiently, 'I want to know what happened!' Sendo stared at him, now, not only a trifle scared, but really freaked and worried.
'How the hell did you know what I was thinking?' Sendo breathe out.
'I dunno! Sendo…' Koshino's eyes suddenly widened, as he realized what he had just done. He had just… just… read Sendo's mind…
'God… what the hell happened?' he looked up to Sendo with worried eyes, seeking for comfort and a little reality, all but receiving the same stare back.
* * * * * * * *
'Jin… What's wrong with you? You've been acting weird, very weird ever since the stupid darkness hit. Do you know what happened?' Maki asked, his eyes boring holes through Jin.
'I myself dunno what's wrong, Maki-sempai. But something's going to happen. Something big… something bad…' Jin broke off shuddering. Maki sighed.
* * * * * * * *
'Rukawa, Sakuragi, out with it! What's wrong with you people?' Mitsui asked as they stepped into the gym. Rukawa merely ignored him, nodding away.
'Nyahahahahaha! Only the Tensai knows! Sakuragi screamed… uncertainly.
'Shut up with the Tensai! Spill it!' Miyagi shouted crossly at Sakuragi. Nevertheless, he did detect the uncertainness in Sakuragi, something very rare.
'I…' However, Akagi entered at that exact moment, and Sakuragi was spared from answering. Akagi punched all of them, and ordered them to get ready for practice.
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'Toru,' Fujima began hesitantly. They were still a few metres away from Shoyo High School, but Fujima had stopped walking. Hanagata stopped too, looking at Fujima questioningly, though a little apprehensively.
'Yeah?'
'Are you okay? Why… I mean… what… Jeez… you know very well what I mean, Toru,' Fujima said softly, and a little tentatively. Hanagata stared at him a long time, as if surveying him, then sighed softly.
'I dunno… Seriously, I'm telling you, Kenji, I dunno. ' The look that Fujima gave him was obvious disbelieve.
'Toru, I've known you for a REAL long time, and you know better than to try to lie to me,' Fujima reprimanded, stressing on the word 'real'.
'If I told you, you'd think I'm mad… anyway, I'm really not sure!" Hanagata said. then, he sighed again at the look that Fujima gave him.
'Forget it, we're late, I'll tell you later.'
A/N: Well, I've told you guys what happened to Koshino…. Okay, hope you guys liked this…. And please review okay?? Right, this fic is going to sleep for a while…