Escape Chapter 5 Sudden Pain

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"Ahhh! Stop! Leave me alone!" Momiji screamed at her dreams.

"Momiji wake up! Momiji!" The voices yelled.

Momiji opened her eyes only to see Kunikida shaking her. "Oh it was horrible!" Momiji started to cry.

"Calm down. It's okay." Once he saw Momiji calm down he decided to ask Momiji about the other night. "Momiji, we need to talk."

"Wait Kunikida! Maybe this is something that I should talk to her about." Ryoko said breathless from the run.

"Oh well I guess you right. If you need me I'll be down stairs." Kunikida got up and left.

"Now Momiji you still haven't told us what all happened the other night." Ryoko said trying to be sympathetic.

"Really? Maybe that's because nothing happened!" Momiji was getting frustrated at this.

"Come on you can be honest with me. Did he hurt you? Because you have a lot of bruises on you." Ryoko probed.

"No, of coarse not! It's Kusanagi for goodness sake! He wouldn't do anything to hurt me!" Momiji said almost shocked by the question.

"Well to tell you the I already thought that, but why were you in his bed?" Ryoko had spoke with Kusanagi at other times and truly trusted him.

"You guys won't leave me alone until I tell you. Right?" Momiji decided to tell her that story. When Momiji had finished the story she was extremely satisfied.

"Do you promise?" Ryoko asked.

"Yes of coarse." Momiji started to cry again as she thought of Kusanagi locked up in the jail. Momiji started to roll over, but was stopped by Ryoko.

"How did you get this bruise? It wasn't there earlier." Ryoko was looking at the bruise on her arm.

"What? I don't know. Maybe I did it in my sleep." Momiji said not really thinking much of it.

"Yeah maybe you're right." Ryoko said with a bad feeling.

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"Ahhh!" Kusanagi fell off the cot and stood on his hands and knees. His teeth bearing as a drop of sweat ran down his nose and then dropped. She saw his matamas glowing a radiant blue. "Not again!"

"Hey man what's wrong?" a man said in a sleepy voice.

"I don't really know. All I know is that it is bad. Whenever this happens Momiji is in trouble! I've got to get out of here!" Kusanagi stood up, but another shock of pain threw him to the floor. "Ahhhh!"

"What's going on in here?" a guard asked.

"He's hurting. He should get to a doctor." A guy said. The then came over to Kusanagi and whispered in his ear. "If you really love this girl then save her."

The guard came over to help Kusanagi up. When they got near the door Kusanagi used his shoulder to ram the guard into the wall. Kusanagi turned and ran as fast as he could down the long hall. He could hear the screams and applause from all the cells. Kusanagi kept running until he got to a locked door. If he could get through this then he would be home free. Not knowing any other way Kusanagi decided to ram the door until it broke. Kusanagi took a couple of steps backwards. Taking a deep breath he ran as fast as he could into the door. As he hit the floor he heard it click. "Just one more good hit and it should open!" determined to get it open Kusanagi once again got to his feet and followed his plan from earlier. When Kusanagi made contact with the wall he again hit the floor, but he saw that this time the door did open. "Success!" Kusanagi then got up from the floor and started to run out of the building.

"Hey you! Where do you think you're going?" another guard yelled after Kusanagi.

"To save a loved one!" Kusanagi yelled once he jumped up into the air.

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"Wow he is almost invincible!" his cell mated joked.

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"No leave me alone! Ahhhh!" Momiji's nightmares were getting more and more realistic every time. "Get off me! Don't hurt me! Please!" Momiji had been having these dreams for about a day or two now. They were just horrible. This blackish-blue smoke would condense into this blob and start to hit her, but when she swung back to hit 'it'. It would always dissipate.

"Help me someone! It's trying to kill me!" Momiji screamed.

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The intensity of the pain that Kusanagi was feeling was getting much worse. Kusanagi could now see Momiji's window. "I'm coming Momiji, just hold on!" Kusanagi pleaded.

"When he landed on her window sill he could hear her pleas loud and clear now. He jumped down from it and ran to her side. "Momiji it's okay! Wake up?" Kusanagi started to shake her. When he saw her eyes flutter open he quickly stopped. "Momiji?"

"Kusana." Momiji started to say his name, but found Kusanagi's hand over her mouth.

"Shh, Momiji if they find me they will arrest me again. Oh no.remember I'm not here." Kusanagi heard someone coming down the hall and got up and hid behind the bathroom door.

"Momiji what's going on in here?" Ryoko asked while Kunikida answered the phone.

"Nothing, just another bad dream." Momiji said.

Kunikida ran into the room and looked out the window. "Is Kusanagi in here?"

"No, why would you ask that?" Momiji asked trying to hide her guilt.

"Because that was the police department and they said that Kusanagi had escaped!" Kunikida said very upset.

"Good! He didn't deserve to be in there anyways!" Momiji said getting very upset again.

"But Momiji you know he committed a crime." Ryoko tried to reason with Momiji.

"No! That's not true!" Momiji cried.

"Momiji, I won't have him near you again! So once he is caught then he's going right back!" Kunikida said in a raised voice.

"Well you know what, I don't want you here so get out! Now!" Momiji screamed.

Kunikida and Ryoko were to shocked too much to argue with Momiji, so they just turned around and left.

When Kusanagi heard the door close he emerged from the room.

"Kusanagi why did you escape?" Momiji asked.

"Because I got the feeling that you were in trouble." Kusanagi said bluntly.

"You did that for me?" Momiji said.

"Of coarse!" he said "I've got to get out of here now Momiji!"

Momiji had a shocked but sad expression on now. "What? Why now?"

"What hit you?" Kusanagi asked as he gripped Momiji's chin to get a better look of her cheek.

"Do what? My face was fine before I went to bed." Momiji said.

"I don't like this. I should go and tell Ryoko and Kunikida." Kusanagi said as he walked to the door.

"No!" Momiji said in a raised voice. "They'll take you away again! I really don't want that!"

"Me neither, but I think your safety is more important then me going back to protect you." Kusanagi said with a laugh.

Momiji lay back down as Kusanagi left the room. She saw no reason in arguing with him. It always was a wasted effort. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~

As Kusanagi walked out into the hallway he started to get extremely nervous. He could hear Ryoko's voice downstairs trying to calm Kunikida's loud and frustrated voice. Kusanagi then took a deep breath and started down the stairs. Fear started to seep into his body twisting and churning it as if it was butter. He could barely stand it. Every part of Kusanagi's strong body wanted to run and hide as if it never happened. But then Kusanagi remembered Momiji and how her safety was in danger. This, for some reason that Kusanagi couldn't figure out, gave him new courage.

When Kusanagi entered the room he immediately stated to speak. "Kunikida your presence is needed up stairs." Kusanagi could hear Kunikida starting to speak but paid him no attention. "I found a bruise over Momiji's left eye. She says that she has no idea how it got there and that it wasn't there earlier." Looking around his eyes were met with some evil glares. Finally though they both ran up the stairs. As Kusanagi followed their path he could hear ryoko's voice on the phone. He knew it wouldn't be long before the police got there. He also knew that he needed to leave. As quickly as he could Kusanagi went to the window. Turning around for one last look Kusanagi said goodbye to Momiji. As he jumped off the ledge Kusanagi could hear Momiji's sweet voice telling him goodbye. He also heard all of Kunikida's threatening words. Below he watched as the police cars swarmed Momiji's house. "Sorry but you just missed me."

His stomach twisted as he thought of how much had changed. It took only one night and all he worked for was now gone. The people that trusted him no longer did. Instead of working for the government he was now running from it. And what really hurt now was that he felt that he had some feelings for Momiji but he figured that all out just a little to late!

Kusanagi finally decided to sleep at the old TAC building. It was a perfect place. It had been abandoned when Kunikida had first let the members go.

Kusanagi walked to the floor with the lab on it and looked for something to make a bed out of. As luck would have it, Kusanagi found a cot with all of its old bedding. Kusanagi didn't find a pillow so he had to use his coat, but that made no difference.