Battered And Bruised, Chpt. 5
Hey, thanks everyone for the japanese names, and opinions (BTW, I found out from a reviewer that Makoto's family died in a plane crash, so once again I'm changing a little fact in my story,...they died in a plane crash. -_-;;; sorry,..i've been out of it for awhile. anyways, thanks for letting me know!). Well,...Now its time to write Chapter 5!
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Motoki sat in one of the booths in the arcade. Business was slow today. 'Strange,..Saturday afternoon and I haven't seen any of the girls. Haven't even heard from my buddy Mamoru...hmm,..maybe they're watching a movie or having a picnic.' He leaned his head back on the seat and closed his eyes to bask in the calmness of the moment. Then he let out a sigh and turned around to yell to his sister, "Hey, Unazuki?"
"Yeah big brother?" Unazuki popped her head from behind the counter, with a wash cloth in her left hand.
"COuld ya get me a coke please?" He asked.
"Sure, I'm about to take a break myself." Unazuki than grabbed two glasses and began to fill them with coke and ice. She filled hers to the brim, and took a quick sip before walking over to the booth her brother was sitting at. "Here ya go." She placed his coke in front of him and sat at the opposite side of the booth.
"Arigatou." He replied, before taking a large gulp from his ice cold drink.
"Hey, where are the girls? I was looking forward to seein' em, I wanted to ask them if they wanted to come to that rock concert next weekend." Unazuki thought out loud.
Motoki shrugged his shoulders as he took another sip from his coke. He took a look at his half emptied glass and decided to chug the rest of it down. When he finished he, slapped the drink down on the table in triumph.
Unazuki raised an eyebrow, "No brain freeze?"
Motoki grinned, "I'm too experienced for that."
"Experienced in chugging cokes?"
Motoki got up, and reached over to slap his sister in the head. She ducked and stuck out her tongue. Motoki chuckled a little and headed towards the back room. "I'm gonna give Rei a call and see if I can get some of that special tea she drinks,..if she's even there."
Motoki walked over to the phone and picked up the receiver, only to realize he didn't know Rei's number by heart and hung up the phone. He walked over to a drawer to pull out a little address book that had a little puppy on it, playing with a little boy in the grass. He's had that address book since he was 12. The memory of it brought a quick smile to his face. 'Hino,...Hino,...Hino...aha, Rei Hino, 273, 9184, 273, 9184, 273, 9184' Motoki chanted the number in his head until he had finished dialing the number. The phone rang once before it was answered with an anxious, "Hello?!"
"Hi,...Rei?" Motoki faltered.
"Um, who is this?" Rei asked.
"Its Motoki, I wanted to know if you had any spa-...is there something wrong?" Motoki inquired as he began to hear sobs on the other end. "Rei?"
Unazuki walked into the back room and took a seat looking at her brother and listening to what was being said. "Rei? Come on tell me what's wrong?...what?...Its okay, take a big breath...What about Makoto and Usagi?...hospital?...why?...you're joking me, please tell me you're joking...my god...can we see th-...oh...you'll keep me informed?...i'm so sorry...thank you...bye..." Motoki slowly placed the receiver on the hook and slumped to the floor.
Unazuki, completely baffled, inched to the edge of the seat, wide eyed, "What was that about? Makoto and Usagi are in the hospital?"
Motoki managed a slow nod. Unazuki continued, "Why? What happened? Was it a car wreck? A skating accident? Maybe even a brutal biking accident?" Unazuki continued to tick off the possibilities. It was around the time when she had managed an attack of wild mutant killer bee's when Motoki was able to stop her with a "shhh".
"You have to tell me, they're my friends too!"
Motoki choked and then whispered, "Someone tried to,...ra-...ra,..." Motoki sighed. 'How do I say this?' His mind raced with different ways to phrase it, but it all came back to one word. "Usagi was raped." He managed before a few tears escaped from his eyes. He took in a deep breath before he continued, "Makoto was there,...I guess,...you know her, she tried to stop it,...who wouldn't?...She got roughed up pretty bad. They're both unconscious in the hospital now." He closed his eyes and tried to tell himself that none of it was real and it never happened. But Unazuki disrupted his thoughts.
"Can we...can we see them?"
Motoki let out a sigh. "Not today." He shook his head and repeated, "Not today."
Unazuki stood up and walked over to her brother. She sat down next to him, and leaned on him. Motoki wrapped one arm around her, and gave her a big hug. They both rocked back and forth and started to sob uncontrollably.
Her head throbbed with a terrible pain. Red splotches were the only other thing she could make out in the darkness her vision had allowed. Around her, she could hear mumbling. However, everything seemed muffled and unclear. She felt her fingertips and toes twitch slightly. 'What's going on?'
Makoto slightly opened her left eye, letting in a blinding white light. She felt extremely dizzy, and shut her eye. A soft groan escaped her lips. The world seemed to be spinning around her.
Dr. Mizuno had noticed some twitching in the young girls fingers. She checked the heart monitor to find that her heart beat had increased its pace slightly. 'She's regaining consciousness,...good job, Mako.' She turned to one of the nurses who was injecting some vitamins into Makoto's arm. "Could you get a glass of water please? I believe our little hero here is waking up."
The nurse nodded and gazed quickly at Makoto, who had an eye half opened and then shut again. Her lips curved into a gentle smile as she hurriedly walked out of the room to get the patient a glass of water.
Dr. Mizuno walked up to Makoto's side and gently grabbed Makoto's wrist. She tapped it a little and whispered, "Wake up, sleepy head."
Makoto, unable to understand what had just been said, slightly turned her head and let out a soft outburst of sound in a voice of confusion. Both her eyes lazily opened, and fluttered to adjust to the light. Everything was very blurry, but she could make out a female figure ahead of her.
"Shhh,...Its okay. Can you tell me your name?"
Makoto blinked twice and tilted her head. She couldn't quite make out what was being said.
"Nan-..." She breathed, a little less audible than a whisper.
Dr. Mizuno frowned. Slower, a little louder, and more stressed, she asked again, "Can you tell me your name?"
"name...?" Makoto repeated.
"Yes. What is your name?"
Makoto closed her eyes and took a deep breath. The world was still spinning. "My name?"
"Hai."
"Mako-...makoto..." She managed.
Dr. Mizuno smiled slightly. "Good girl. Now, do you know where you are right now?"
Makoto looked around and saw blurs of whites, beiges, grays, and blacks. Again she closed her eyes, trying to cease the spinning. As she inhaled, she remembered the alley, the man and the knife and,..."Usagi!" She burst out in a loud cry.
Dr. Mizuno placed a hand on Makoto's shoulder, "Shhh,...she's okay. She's right here in the hospital. In the room right next to yours." She brushed a stray strand of hair from Makoto's face, temporarily forgetting about being professional, and letting her maternal instincts take over.
A lone tear fell from Makoto's right eye, as she let out a sigh. "Were in,...the hospi-...hosp-"
"shhhh...yes. You're both in the hospital. Rei and Minako brought you in. We're all very worried."
Makoto, now fully capable of understanding every word that was being said, asked in a soft voice, "How's Usagi-chan?"
Dr. Mizuno averted her gaze to the heart monitor and let out a sigh. "She's...in bad shape, but she'll live. She's still in a coma."
Makoto frowned.
Dr. Mizuno pulled a chair up to Makoto's bed and sat down. Makoto turned her head and watched her, the world a little more stable and clear. Dr. Mizuno took a deep breath and began, "Makoto,...there's a little problem with your current living situat-..." She was interrupted by the nurse knocking gently on the door, a cup of water in her other hand. Dr. Mizuno gestured for her to come in, and she did. Giving the water to the doctor, she looked at Makoto who was staring at Dr. Mizuno in confusion. Sensing that they were in the middle of something, she walked out, gently closing the door behind her.
Dr. Mizuno held the water up, "Would you like some water?"
Makoto blinked, "Water?...yes...thirsty." She tried to lift her arm to grab the cup but it seemed that her blood had changed to lead and weighed her arm down to the bed. Dr. Mizuno motioned for her to stop. "Here you go." She brought the cup to Makoto's lips and made the necessary accommodations to help the young girl drink. When the water was gone, Dr. Mizuno continued where she had left off.
"As I was saying, there are some problems with your living situation. You're not living with a guardian right now. I'm sorry, but you can't get away with it anymore. I know as well as Ami, that your very capable of living on your own, but the law is against that. They're going to put you in an orphanage until they can set you up with a foster family."
Makoto's face twisted with emotion. Confusion, pain, anger, and rebellion all apparent. Dr. Mizuno sighed and continued, "But I can arrange it so you live with Ami and I, if thats alright with you."
Makoto managed a weak nod and a silent, "Thank you." The doctor then patted Makoto on the head and told her to get some rest and left the room after killing the lights.
AN: Hey! I know,...short chapter...I was gonna write more, but I got into more trouble for sneaking out and spending the night with my best friends boyfriend...(No! I wasn't trying to steal him, and we slept in different rooms! And my friend knows about it and is cool with it,...My mom just can't get past the fact that I "snuck out and slept with my best friends boyfriend") Anyways,...its been kinda hard to find time to write. But I found time to write this much of a chapter, and decided to end it here, so you guys had something to read while I muster more time to write the next chapter. Sorry about that...I tried to make this the best I could in my limited amount of time though. I hope you liked it! ^-^;;; Thanks! And thank you for all who have been reading and reviewing! *sniff* I really appreciate it!
