Chap. 6 Why Couldn't You Just Let Us Save You?
Welcome back my (hopefully) faithful readers. I welcome you to the newest chapter in Keiko's loss of sanity. We're not quite there yet but hopefully I'll have gotten to that by the end of the chapter. Anyway here it is, the real reason you're reading this at all:
As the days past I tried to think of some way I could stop myself from killing anyone. It wasn't easy since my thoughts were becoming less and less logical. One of the plans I felt for sure would work involved me hiding behind an ice cream stand, but that was foiled when I discovered they didn't carry butterscotch.
See what I mean?
It was in one of my rare bursts of sanity that I realized that I should probably tell the others what was happening so they could prepare and protect any weaknesses they had. I was on my way to see them when the ground started spinning and my vision blanked over.
When I came to again I was in a warehouse I had never seen before. I looked down at myself and realized I was covered in straw.
"The other me must have taken over," I said. I noticed the sun was no longer up, "Oh God, how long have I been out of it?"
I was now seriously spooked. I still had at least a day before I completely lost control and here I was someplace I had never been before with no idea how I got there. These kinds of things tend to unnerve a person.
This was no time to be cautious. I had to warn the others right away. I used my new-found speed without restraint and was soon flying along the streets of the city. Something was wrong, why was no one outside? Had I killed them already?! I stopped behind Yusuke's house and knocked on the window frantically.
After a few minutes Yusuke came to his window in his pajamas looking sleepy. He looked out through the glass and blinked in surprise. "Keiko!" he yelled. "Where the hell have you been?"
"Why are you so worried? It's only been a few hours. I've got something important to tell you and the others. And why are there no people out?"
"I can answer your last question easy," he said, "it's a little thing called three a.m. As for the other one, what are you talking about few hours? You've been gone two days! Where were you?"
I gasped, two days! Where had I been? "I ... I don't know"
"How can you not know?" he yelled.
"That's what I need to talk to you and the others about. I'm..." but Yusuke cut me off.
"Look," he said, "I'll change into some clothes and meet me at the park in fifteen minutes. You round up Kurama and Kuwabara, and Hiei if you can find him."
I nodded and started off, I got Kurama and Kuwabara easily and with a bit of hunting found Hiei as well.
Soon were all at the park and it was once again time for me to explain myself. I took a deep breath and began, "You all know about that potion I took. Well it's doing some weird things to my head and ... I ...," I paused. I didn't know what to say. My vision was clouding again.
(A/N: from here on in I'll be switching the POV a bit but it'll just be between Keiko and Yusuke.)
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Keiko was stammering a bit and was starting to sway. What had that potion done to her?
"I'm sorry," she said, "but you're going to have to... have to..." she staggered forward and looked up. There was now a new hardness in her eyes. "You're going to have to die."
I stepped back, stunned, what the hell was going on?
Suddenly there was cold, evil, laugh from the shadows. Out stepped an old woman, but not old and wrinkly beyond hope. She was like Genkai with the spirit of a fighter. This woman had a lot more years left in her than her appearance let on.
"Let me guess," said Hiei, "you must be Muzan."
"Very perceptive Hiei," she said with a smirk.
"What have you done to Keiko?" I yelled.
"I only gave her what she wanted. She asked for strength and I gave it to her. It's not my fault she was fool enough to believe that story about 'feeding off the happiness of humans'. Oh well, it's too late for that now. The Keiko you is gone and what's left of her is now hell bent on destroying you." she cackled, "If you ever want to have any chance of getting the old one back I advise you to meet me here under the full moon tomorrow night. Otherwise she will die." With that she and Keiko were gone.
I swore, "Dammit Keiko, why couldn't you just let us save you?"
Welcome back my (hopefully) faithful readers. I welcome you to the newest chapter in Keiko's loss of sanity. We're not quite there yet but hopefully I'll have gotten to that by the end of the chapter. Anyway here it is, the real reason you're reading this at all:
As the days past I tried to think of some way I could stop myself from killing anyone. It wasn't easy since my thoughts were becoming less and less logical. One of the plans I felt for sure would work involved me hiding behind an ice cream stand, but that was foiled when I discovered they didn't carry butterscotch.
See what I mean?
It was in one of my rare bursts of sanity that I realized that I should probably tell the others what was happening so they could prepare and protect any weaknesses they had. I was on my way to see them when the ground started spinning and my vision blanked over.
When I came to again I was in a warehouse I had never seen before. I looked down at myself and realized I was covered in straw.
"The other me must have taken over," I said. I noticed the sun was no longer up, "Oh God, how long have I been out of it?"
I was now seriously spooked. I still had at least a day before I completely lost control and here I was someplace I had never been before with no idea how I got there. These kinds of things tend to unnerve a person.
This was no time to be cautious. I had to warn the others right away. I used my new-found speed without restraint and was soon flying along the streets of the city. Something was wrong, why was no one outside? Had I killed them already?! I stopped behind Yusuke's house and knocked on the window frantically.
After a few minutes Yusuke came to his window in his pajamas looking sleepy. He looked out through the glass and blinked in surprise. "Keiko!" he yelled. "Where the hell have you been?"
"Why are you so worried? It's only been a few hours. I've got something important to tell you and the others. And why are there no people out?"
"I can answer your last question easy," he said, "it's a little thing called three a.m. As for the other one, what are you talking about few hours? You've been gone two days! Where were you?"
I gasped, two days! Where had I been? "I ... I don't know"
"How can you not know?" he yelled.
"That's what I need to talk to you and the others about. I'm..." but Yusuke cut me off.
"Look," he said, "I'll change into some clothes and meet me at the park in fifteen minutes. You round up Kurama and Kuwabara, and Hiei if you can find him."
I nodded and started off, I got Kurama and Kuwabara easily and with a bit of hunting found Hiei as well.
Soon were all at the park and it was once again time for me to explain myself. I took a deep breath and began, "You all know about that potion I took. Well it's doing some weird things to my head and ... I ...," I paused. I didn't know what to say. My vision was clouding again.
(A/N: from here on in I'll be switching the POV a bit but it'll just be between Keiko and Yusuke.)
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Keiko was stammering a bit and was starting to sway. What had that potion done to her?
"I'm sorry," she said, "but you're going to have to... have to..." she staggered forward and looked up. There was now a new hardness in her eyes. "You're going to have to die."
I stepped back, stunned, what the hell was going on?
Suddenly there was cold, evil, laugh from the shadows. Out stepped an old woman, but not old and wrinkly beyond hope. She was like Genkai with the spirit of a fighter. This woman had a lot more years left in her than her appearance let on.
"Let me guess," said Hiei, "you must be Muzan."
"Very perceptive Hiei," she said with a smirk.
"What have you done to Keiko?" I yelled.
"I only gave her what she wanted. She asked for strength and I gave it to her. It's not my fault she was fool enough to believe that story about 'feeding off the happiness of humans'. Oh well, it's too late for that now. The Keiko you is gone and what's left of her is now hell bent on destroying you." she cackled, "If you ever want to have any chance of getting the old one back I advise you to meet me here under the full moon tomorrow night. Otherwise she will die." With that she and Keiko were gone.
I swore, "Dammit Keiko, why couldn't you just let us save you?"
