Author's note: Hello this is another chapter! Yay! cheer everyone Oh by the
way if you're reading this Nicole, do you have my Sailormoon movies? Anyway
hope you guys like it! This is really shitty because I don't really know
how to write my ending not that its already finished but
Disclaimer: the character in this story do not entirely belong to me. only some though. most belong to Naoko Takeuchi sensei and Yoshiro Togashi.
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Chapter 6
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Visions of one's past.
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Makoto sighed as another boring day at school passed by. The bell rang and the whole class forward out to their afternoon clubs or home. she had signed herself up for the botany club like she always use to, but she decided not to do the home economics club.
For some reason the people at the botany club were actually nice to her. well what did you expect, she was the only girl there and for another reason, was that club seemed like it was a club for rejected people than for botany. Many of the other popular girls and guys chose clubs which the 'superior' people went in. But she didn't care, she liked planting, she loved the smell of the fresh earth and the fragrance of the natural flowers, but most of all it was because there wasn't people there that felt that they were superior to everyone.
The senpai in the club were always very nice and although overly weird sometimes, they were all easy going. Not everyone was bad in this school she guessed.
"Makoto san!" one of her senpai's screeched "you are soooooo! Cool. Since you came we have so many new plants, and this was all just in two days!"
Makoto blushed "No it's not that much, it was mostly your work too" but the rest of the guys there was already talking too loud and praising her work.
"Makoto san!" another one of her senpai's said "don't be so modest. Since you came I swear the roses looked bigger and more beautiful!" he pointed at the huge thorny trees down the back of the green house in another separate section.
Her senpai sighed "I thought that there would be no more people that would be willing to enter this club..before there was nearly no one that wanted to enter. The people all wanted to go to more active clubs where there's cute guy and pretty girls. We tried to recruit more people but it was just not enough we aren't good enough....(sigh) but It was good you entered because it means that are still people there that care for plants!" he cheered up a bit.
Makoto gave them a light smile, so light it was hardly one but her face was pleasant. She continued tending to her strawberry patches she was planting. She remembered the times when she Rei, Ami, Mina and Usagi planted strawberries in he school together and they were suppose to pick them together first but she picked them for Taiki's cooking show instead. Usagi ended up messing the show up and the group was angry at her for not waiting for them, and pick them first. She couldn't help but smile secretly too herself she missed those days. It never seemed the same now, planting the strawberries by herself.
She got to leave early because her the people in her club were being overly nice and they offered to pack up for her. She didn't really want to let them do all the work but she couldn't stop them so she decided to explore the school building to see what she could find.
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Kurama was down at the biology lab as usual, doing experiments on plants. Many of his experiments he kept to himself, since he tested a lot of seeds found in makai so he would usually stay in late. Today however he didn't feel so bright, his mind couldn't focus on anything but the two girls which broke into reikai the day before, especially the girl called Jupiter. He wished desperately to find out who she was. The continuous gnawing of his conscience was totally unbearable. Not concentrating he broke the beaker and spilt his chemicals all over the table. Thank god there was no one there. Hurriedly putting down the clock glass with a seed in it, he hastily wiped the table and went to wash it out a little.
"Minamino kun!" he shifted his gaze sideways to see two girls at the doorway. He smiled "Yes, can I help you?" he asked. The two girls looked at each other and giggled. One of them stepped forward "Minamino kun, I just need you to help me on something next door, I'm stuck on this biology prac test, can you help me Minamino kun!"
Turning back to look at the mess he just created he sighed, but the two girls pulled him by the sleeve and he couldn't reject so he left the lab and went next door. It's just a while he thought it won't hurt. He turned into the classroom next door just missing the locks of a mahogany haired girl.
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Makoto turned a corner, in the second floor of the school building. She assumed, with all the labs that this was the science section. Walking relatively carefully she looked around. Physics she thought, she use to suck at it, but now after the painful tutoring of mercury and her efforts to make Usagi and the whole group study. She herself had become a top student herself. Hey, she mighten be as smart as Ami having an I.Q. of three hundred degrees. But at least she's smart. Nonetheless she still hated physics and thinking about it made her shiver. So she concentrated on exploring.
The block was pretty quiet, probably the clubs were packing up and hardly anyone would stay in late. People were beginning to leave, every now and then she would see people running by and say bye to their club mates.
She stopped outside one of the labs and curiously opened the door. There was no one inside, but she stepped in and slid the door closed behind. It was a biology based room. She could see preserved organs and plants and things like that in jars in some cupboards, but decided that they were not good for the stomach so she quickly turned away. Her eye's passed one of the tables, walking over she found a seed in a clock glass and a mess with a broken beaker.
Someone had been doing tests but walked away for a little while. She figured that the person would be back soon and was not going to touch any of the damaged or undamaged equipment, but something caught her eye and curiosity came pumping through her blood. It was a seed, picking up the seed gently she examined it. It was the size of a watermelon pip but she'd never seen it before.
She lifted it up into the light and looked through it. The shelly layer of the seed was not thick and light penetrated through it showing orange veins. She furrowed her brow and thought it interesting, but shrugged. There were many plants in this world, it wouldn't be weird for her not to know one kind. She put down the seed and glanced sideways out the windows, the sky outside was beautiful. She walked over and opened on of the windows. Immediately her hair flew about her freely as each strand flared up behind her like fire.
She closed her eyes and took in the cool feeling if the breeze, realizing the person might be back any moment she walked back to the table where the seed was. It was dangerous to leave glass lying around so she moved her hand to help clean up the mess, but with a slight drag across one of the edges a red line appeared on one of her fingers follower by one big fat drop of luscious red blood. It fell with a splat right into the clock glass where the seed lay unawake.
Makoto sucked on her finger, she turned and headed for the sink not knowing something peculiar was happening. The seed gave a sigh, it's veins began to pump soaking in the crisp red blob. It seemed to utter a growl as it's shoots began to spread it's way out. so much power, so delicious was this human's blood. It wanted more, the uncontrollable desires of the plant grew wild.
With a slight boost it blew growing hideously, thorny leaves with spiky leaves bearing huge flowers which had mouths like venus fly traps. Three needle tipped tongues squirmed inside. It's roots felt around for more.
Makoto turned around, backing away as she watched the monstrous thing grow bigger. "Shit!" she swore under her breath, but it was too late, it was already twice as big was her and it's roots continued to expand. It turned one of it's flowers at Makoto detecting for heat and movement.
Someone knocked on the door "Hello is anyone there?"
Makoto gasped as the plant attacked the closed door. summoning up her powers she drew a symbol in the air and slightly pushed it towards the doorway. Immediately an electrical seal appeared, as the plant hit the door it rebounded off saliva leaking from it's mouth. It looked at the sealed wall with anger, while Makoto silently felt relieved. She couldn't let the thing get lose in the school, or even let anyone know! What the hell was this thing anyway?
"Hello!" another voice from outside called she glanced over at the doorway, more and more people were gathering outside the door. The plant continuously attacked the door, but nothing happened. Splinters flew everywhere as it slammed it's roots hard, smashing one of the tables.
Outside the knocking and calling grew louder. "HELLO!" one of the senpai called out worriedly. He could hear the noise inside the room, but the door was locked and it wouldn't budge. He tried shaking, but it was no use.
"Let me try!" another one shouted from behind another two people.
Kurama heard the noise from next door and went out to see what was happening. "Minamino, it's you! I think there's something happening inside and there's a person in there, comon and help!" someone said to him.
Kurama looked at his lab and a lurching feeling seem to wash around in his stomach. He looked at the door while the guys slammed themselves against it. Impossible he thought and turned around and ran up the stairs to the roof top, he had to get in there before anything fatal happens.
Makoto tried to fight the thing, but she couldn't since it didn't have a spirit. It wasn't a youkai or a youma. She didn't know where to start. It was just a stupid plant following it's feeding instincts. Makoto panicked, for the first time she felt trapped. If she fought with it physically, she wouldn't match it's strength or it's thorns and she couldn't fight with her powers either. She wished she had her Sailor Jupiter makeup pen here with her but she realized she was relying too much on it.
"What the heck!" summoning the air beads of white translucence, they appeared in her palm "Ki" she shouted and threw the beads at it, but nothing really happened. It didn't know how to hurt, just a few vines broke off but it was angry. It flared up it's leaves and shot out it's vines at her.
Makoto moved away as they hit just in time but it was too much the second shot hit her face on, it's thorny vines ripped her school uniform and pinned her to the wall. She couldn't move. Her arms and legs were pushed and cut, slammed against the wall. Blood gushed out from her newly made wounds, especially her left arm. It trickled down her red uniform and onto the plant.
Immediately it's feeding nature lightened up. The flower began to open it's trap teeth bared, the tip of it's tongue ready for attack. Through the painful sight she saw it draw back a little. Giving up hope she relaxed and closed her eyes, her strength just couldn't match.
It shot full speed its needles ready, she raised her head in defeat the strong vines giving no mercy, her hair fell from her pony tail as she lost feeling to everything.
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Kurama ran up to the rooftop, looking over the edge he saw the lab. "Rose whip!" using his whip as an extension cord he jumped over the edge. A scream pierced his ears as he jumped through the window of the lab, just in time to see the plant's stings pierce into a girl's neck. Desperately he attacked at it and withdrew it's powers. He was supprised at how much power there was. The plant turned back into it's original state.
The room was a total disaster, blood was splattered everywhere, he rushed to the hurt victim, his heart stopped when he saw her. Laying shredded clothed and destroyed was Makoto slumped against the wall. Her hair out, her neck was bleeding uncontrollably and her arms and legs were bleeding with cuts.
"Baka" he swore at himself. Why did he have to leave his lab! if he didn't then nothing would of happened, he might be talking to her, alive, well.... but now.....he shouldn't of left.
He ran to her and pulled the hurt girl into his arms, she uttered a weak cough which gave him a sign that she was still alive, just. The room walls were unharmed "Barriers" he whispered under his breath, but it didn't matter now he had to get her to a hospital immediately. He produced a seed to stop the bleeding as much as he could. "Mako..." he whispered softly, but she didn't answer him. He used his fingertips and brushed the strands of hair away from her face. He tilted her head lightly and leaned it on his chest. Her glasses fell smashing into pieces in her own blood. His eye's widened as under those mysterious glasses lay a pair of beautiful eyes, although he couldn't see the colour of her eyes, her eyelashes gave it away. He gasped when he saw her earrings, it was her all along! The only person that gave him the same feeling everytime he saw her! It had been her all along.
He couldn't bear to touch her afraid of her fragility, yet the desire to tighten his arms around her and repeat the words 'sorry' grudged in knots in his esophagus making him feel like he was going to suffocate. It was driving him crazy, a burden of loss grew on his back. No he thought, he wasn't going to lose her like that not like this and not done by him! he wanted to kill himself, thoughts repeating over and over again. It's your fault, you hurt her, you nearly killed her! But there was no time to waste, trying his best not to think too much he ran. Ran with his full youko speed and jumped through the window of the lab.
"Hold on Makoto.....hold on" his lips whispered on and on but the more he ran, the more he felt the pain. Like all her cuts were on his own body, the aching pain felt like daggers being slowly pushed into his own body yet he could only stop and watch doing nothing that could help. He was already feeling very bad about the last time he slashed her arm, but this was too much. He burst through the doorway of the nearest hospital frantically. He could hear nothing but shouts and screams.
The sounds of his own voice.
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Haruka was walking shocked when she found herself bleeding a few steps from home. She quickly limped back inside at the pain. Blood started to gush form unknown wounds all around her body.
"Makoto" she whispered but she couldn't stand up. A dizziness drifted over her and her limbs became weak. The numbness took over her, she couldn't move. She felt her neck and her hands turned red with blood. Inurei was worried, climbing up to his hurt owner it, it tried to comfort her but the pain was really bad.
"Shit! What the hell is happening!" this was always a problem, their wounds always linked together! "Totoro! G......go and see Makoto q....quick!" Totoro was reluctant to leave. He didn't know weather to stay beside Haruka or to go and find Makoto. He was also worried, but at the command of Haruka he had to leave. Thought reluctantly he jumped through the window.
Just then the house keeper rushed in, seeing his master like so he dropped the books he was dusting and rushed to her side, but Haruka already passed out.
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"Mako" someone called out to her from a distance. The Brunette awoke to the soft singing of a woman's voice "Mako!" another someone called. It was a man this time. Looking around her she found that she was in a place with a nothingness.
She looked down at her white floating dress, since when did she change? Was she dead?
"Who is it?" she squinted while looking around the dreamy place. Then, among the fog and illusion, a tree appeared. It was an oak tree with roses and different flowers spread everywhere on the grass under it. A slight breeze blew at the place and sent the different petals dancing. She saw who it was.
"Mako chan! Stop running so fast or you'll hurt yourself!" a woman with mahogany hair just like her own spread her arms towards a little girl. She wore her hair in two pigtails and ran happily towards her.
Makoto's eye's widened when she saw the little girl, the little girl was her! she watched herself run to her mother's arms, her bright eyes sparkled, a huge smile spread across her face. It looked so tempting, so painful that she couldn't do it herself, her father's green eye's sparkled like her own. She gasped when she noticed that there was something wrong, she stood there watching herself run and run, no matter how hard she ran she never got there.
"No!" she screamed "Kaasan! Toosan!" she fell as they disappeared further and further. They waved back at their little daughter. She was crying, tears rained down her little cheeks. Makoto just stood there desolated, her eyes lost it's sparkles. Empty. No tears. No feelings.
"No! don't leave me!" she reached out to them swiping at nothing. A plane appeared in the background, the scene suddenly changed into the airport. The little Makoto screamed. Screaming at her parents to come back. Makoto's eye's also widened she also took off running at the illusion screaming, she thought that she put It down already, she thought she overcome all this but she was wrong. The death of her parents haunted her drilling holes into her dreams.
The little Makoto watched as the plane crashed, bursting in flames devouring her parents. She kicked and scream behind the glass window safe and alone. Alone from that second on
"Nooooo!"
Makoto was running desperately at the illusion, to her little self afar from her but it was no use "No! please no!" she ran faster and faster into the disappearing darkness not caring if she couldn't get out again. Ever.
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Kurama stayed beside her all along. He held her hand nervously, he could hear her saying 'no..' and 'please no!' cold sweat formed on her forehead.
"Mako, Shhhhh! I'm here.." he repeated everytime she tightened. He stroked her hair. It was worrying him, feeling her pulse he realized that it was getting weaker. "Oh no" he groaned worriedly. This couldn't be happening! She was losing her soul inside her own dreams! Anymore pressure and she'll be gone forever. with his heart pounding wildly against his chest he closed his eye's and reached within her spirit. He had to get her out!
"Comon! Comon Kurama!" he pressured himself.
Makoto felt something reach into her pulling her back. The visions became hazy slowly disappearing. A hand reached her, so warm and strong. Not knowing who it was she let it pull her away anyway, she felt too tired to care. She could hear whispers "Shhhhh! Mako, I'm here daijobu...shhhh" so soft and low was the voice. Her eyelashes fluttered and she slowly opened her eyes. Although hazy on focus her sight flashed past colours of red.
Kurama jumped up when he felt her hand tighten on his. He glued his eyes on the sleeping girls' when her it hit him like cupids arrow. As dazzling as his own eye's were, his own met a contrast of a deeper green. Crisp as the reflection of a green tree leaves reflection in water was how to describe it. Her long eyelashes framed the emeralds as she blinked a few times to gain her sparkle, and to think that the whole school thought she was godzilla! The guys will be crowded around her if they see her now!
Makoto stared around the unfamiliar room, the smell of antiseptics and medicine erupted her scent. Shifting her gaze sideways she found Shuuichi staring back at her she could feel her hands in his warm grip. Loosening her hold she tried to sit up and back away but a surge of pain seared through her whole body with every slight movement. Why was he here? Was it him that took her to hospital? Clenching her teeth she managed to shift away.
"What are you doing here?" she asked, but her jaw hurt.
Kurama realized her rejection. Afraid that her wounds would start bleeding again he kept his distance. "Mak....Kino san you passed out..and I took you to the hospital. You were bleeding..hurt" she seemed to calm down a little bit but her eye's showed that he needed to keep his distance.
She gasped, if he took her here then the mess in the lab...he would know! "Wait a minute..what do you know?" she demanded.
Kurama didn't say anything but stared back at her. He didn't know if he should confess. He tried to change the subject "do you need me to call a nurse?"
"N.no it's all right" but he could see that she was struggling. She looked down at her disastrous thing of a uniform and frowned. She didn't notice the handsome young man staring at her studying her. Something seemed to tighten around him but he couldn't describe what it was. Was it admiration? Her courage and her strength, to endure such pain, he didn't know but he was attracted to her it never occurred to him it would be anything further the only love that he ever really gave to was his mother, but that was different.
Summoning up his courage he finally spoke "Jupiter"
Makoto's mouth dropped open, he knows she thought. She backed away even more edging the small hospital bed, but Shuuichi's gaze softened, his staring made her uncomfortable no matter which way she tried to look to avoid his eyes they seemed to burn into her. She opened her mouth to say something, but with a swift movement, his fingers tips touched her cheeks, she froze.
"Gomen! I should've know the first time I met you, baka!" he swore at himself. Makoto looked at him paralyzed. "I wanted to say sorry! But I didn't know that saying that word to you would be that hard. Everytime I tried the courage would always die away! I....hurt you"
"How did you know?!" Makoto followed, at the same time she told herself not to weaken at his careing sweetness.
His finger slowly moved back entangling them into her long strands of hair, twisting and playing with her locks. He brushed a little bit of her hair back to reveal her earrings "It was these.." but secretly he thought of his feelings.
"Kurama.." She lowered her head and whispered (her neck hurt) "I guess you were the first one to find out...funny I never intended to enter a school that would meet any of the reikai tantei and it was you that I had to bump into, thrice too. If you're feeling bad about last time....don't because it was my choice"
He was supprised that she actually knew his name.
"Thanks for taking me to the hospital, at that second I thought that I was going to die" she looked up suddenly into his eyes "but you pulled me out reaching within" he pulled me out of my nightmares, it was him.
"But it was me that..." she put a finger on her lips meaning him to stop talking.
"it doesn't matter now...all it matters that I am Kino Makoto nice to meet you Youko Kurama or should I say Minamino Shuuichi, reikai tantei" she introduced herself properly this time and extended her hand in greeting.
The sky was totally dark outside and it was past twelve. He wasn't suppose to stay in the hospital for so long, but he wouldn't leave until Makoto was awake and all right. Seeing that she was awake and well, he felt a bit better. Worried that shiori would be getting worried he reluctantly left Makoto's side, but a concerned expression remained on her face when he left.
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Makoto was so surprised at Kurama's reaction towards her. He was a sweet and caring guy, and she never thought that he could be so tempting. He felt that he could nearly break into her, but she kept herself withdrawn as much as she could. She recalled her senpai again, this was a lesson to be learnt. She had tried the heart broken feeling and she felt she didn't want to try it again.
Kurama, she knew he was loving towards his friends and close ones but she shivered when he revealed his coldness to those which were enemies. Taking in a breath she realized that Haruka might be in big trouble too. She closed her eyes and tried to send a telepath to her, but she couldn't, her concentration was totally disordered. Whenever she tried to think, her head throbbed like her brain was expanding, too big for her skull to hold. So she slowly laid down. She needed rest, slowly she drifted off into sleep with the smell of lavender around the room. They were left by Kurama.
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Author's note: Finally! I finished typing this chapter! Do you know how long it took me man my back's going to break! Is this long of what...well at least it is to me. anyway hope you've enjoyed reading!
IDEAS! IDEAS! IDEAS! MORE IDEAS PLEASE!
Disclaimer: the character in this story do not entirely belong to me. only some though. most belong to Naoko Takeuchi sensei and Yoshiro Togashi.
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Chapter 6
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Visions of one's past.
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Makoto sighed as another boring day at school passed by. The bell rang and the whole class forward out to their afternoon clubs or home. she had signed herself up for the botany club like she always use to, but she decided not to do the home economics club.
For some reason the people at the botany club were actually nice to her. well what did you expect, she was the only girl there and for another reason, was that club seemed like it was a club for rejected people than for botany. Many of the other popular girls and guys chose clubs which the 'superior' people went in. But she didn't care, she liked planting, she loved the smell of the fresh earth and the fragrance of the natural flowers, but most of all it was because there wasn't people there that felt that they were superior to everyone.
The senpai in the club were always very nice and although overly weird sometimes, they were all easy going. Not everyone was bad in this school she guessed.
"Makoto san!" one of her senpai's screeched "you are soooooo! Cool. Since you came we have so many new plants, and this was all just in two days!"
Makoto blushed "No it's not that much, it was mostly your work too" but the rest of the guys there was already talking too loud and praising her work.
"Makoto san!" another one of her senpai's said "don't be so modest. Since you came I swear the roses looked bigger and more beautiful!" he pointed at the huge thorny trees down the back of the green house in another separate section.
Her senpai sighed "I thought that there would be no more people that would be willing to enter this club..before there was nearly no one that wanted to enter. The people all wanted to go to more active clubs where there's cute guy and pretty girls. We tried to recruit more people but it was just not enough we aren't good enough....(sigh) but It was good you entered because it means that are still people there that care for plants!" he cheered up a bit.
Makoto gave them a light smile, so light it was hardly one but her face was pleasant. She continued tending to her strawberry patches she was planting. She remembered the times when she Rei, Ami, Mina and Usagi planted strawberries in he school together and they were suppose to pick them together first but she picked them for Taiki's cooking show instead. Usagi ended up messing the show up and the group was angry at her for not waiting for them, and pick them first. She couldn't help but smile secretly too herself she missed those days. It never seemed the same now, planting the strawberries by herself.
She got to leave early because her the people in her club were being overly nice and they offered to pack up for her. She didn't really want to let them do all the work but she couldn't stop them so she decided to explore the school building to see what she could find.
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Kurama was down at the biology lab as usual, doing experiments on plants. Many of his experiments he kept to himself, since he tested a lot of seeds found in makai so he would usually stay in late. Today however he didn't feel so bright, his mind couldn't focus on anything but the two girls which broke into reikai the day before, especially the girl called Jupiter. He wished desperately to find out who she was. The continuous gnawing of his conscience was totally unbearable. Not concentrating he broke the beaker and spilt his chemicals all over the table. Thank god there was no one there. Hurriedly putting down the clock glass with a seed in it, he hastily wiped the table and went to wash it out a little.
"Minamino kun!" he shifted his gaze sideways to see two girls at the doorway. He smiled "Yes, can I help you?" he asked. The two girls looked at each other and giggled. One of them stepped forward "Minamino kun, I just need you to help me on something next door, I'm stuck on this biology prac test, can you help me Minamino kun!"
Turning back to look at the mess he just created he sighed, but the two girls pulled him by the sleeve and he couldn't reject so he left the lab and went next door. It's just a while he thought it won't hurt. He turned into the classroom next door just missing the locks of a mahogany haired girl.
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Makoto turned a corner, in the second floor of the school building. She assumed, with all the labs that this was the science section. Walking relatively carefully she looked around. Physics she thought, she use to suck at it, but now after the painful tutoring of mercury and her efforts to make Usagi and the whole group study. She herself had become a top student herself. Hey, she mighten be as smart as Ami having an I.Q. of three hundred degrees. But at least she's smart. Nonetheless she still hated physics and thinking about it made her shiver. So she concentrated on exploring.
The block was pretty quiet, probably the clubs were packing up and hardly anyone would stay in late. People were beginning to leave, every now and then she would see people running by and say bye to their club mates.
She stopped outside one of the labs and curiously opened the door. There was no one inside, but she stepped in and slid the door closed behind. It was a biology based room. She could see preserved organs and plants and things like that in jars in some cupboards, but decided that they were not good for the stomach so she quickly turned away. Her eye's passed one of the tables, walking over she found a seed in a clock glass and a mess with a broken beaker.
Someone had been doing tests but walked away for a little while. She figured that the person would be back soon and was not going to touch any of the damaged or undamaged equipment, but something caught her eye and curiosity came pumping through her blood. It was a seed, picking up the seed gently she examined it. It was the size of a watermelon pip but she'd never seen it before.
She lifted it up into the light and looked through it. The shelly layer of the seed was not thick and light penetrated through it showing orange veins. She furrowed her brow and thought it interesting, but shrugged. There were many plants in this world, it wouldn't be weird for her not to know one kind. She put down the seed and glanced sideways out the windows, the sky outside was beautiful. She walked over and opened on of the windows. Immediately her hair flew about her freely as each strand flared up behind her like fire.
She closed her eyes and took in the cool feeling if the breeze, realizing the person might be back any moment she walked back to the table where the seed was. It was dangerous to leave glass lying around so she moved her hand to help clean up the mess, but with a slight drag across one of the edges a red line appeared on one of her fingers follower by one big fat drop of luscious red blood. It fell with a splat right into the clock glass where the seed lay unawake.
Makoto sucked on her finger, she turned and headed for the sink not knowing something peculiar was happening. The seed gave a sigh, it's veins began to pump soaking in the crisp red blob. It seemed to utter a growl as it's shoots began to spread it's way out. so much power, so delicious was this human's blood. It wanted more, the uncontrollable desires of the plant grew wild.
With a slight boost it blew growing hideously, thorny leaves with spiky leaves bearing huge flowers which had mouths like venus fly traps. Three needle tipped tongues squirmed inside. It's roots felt around for more.
Makoto turned around, backing away as she watched the monstrous thing grow bigger. "Shit!" she swore under her breath, but it was too late, it was already twice as big was her and it's roots continued to expand. It turned one of it's flowers at Makoto detecting for heat and movement.
Someone knocked on the door "Hello is anyone there?"
Makoto gasped as the plant attacked the closed door. summoning up her powers she drew a symbol in the air and slightly pushed it towards the doorway. Immediately an electrical seal appeared, as the plant hit the door it rebounded off saliva leaking from it's mouth. It looked at the sealed wall with anger, while Makoto silently felt relieved. She couldn't let the thing get lose in the school, or even let anyone know! What the hell was this thing anyway?
"Hello!" another voice from outside called she glanced over at the doorway, more and more people were gathering outside the door. The plant continuously attacked the door, but nothing happened. Splinters flew everywhere as it slammed it's roots hard, smashing one of the tables.
Outside the knocking and calling grew louder. "HELLO!" one of the senpai called out worriedly. He could hear the noise inside the room, but the door was locked and it wouldn't budge. He tried shaking, but it was no use.
"Let me try!" another one shouted from behind another two people.
Kurama heard the noise from next door and went out to see what was happening. "Minamino, it's you! I think there's something happening inside and there's a person in there, comon and help!" someone said to him.
Kurama looked at his lab and a lurching feeling seem to wash around in his stomach. He looked at the door while the guys slammed themselves against it. Impossible he thought and turned around and ran up the stairs to the roof top, he had to get in there before anything fatal happens.
Makoto tried to fight the thing, but she couldn't since it didn't have a spirit. It wasn't a youkai or a youma. She didn't know where to start. It was just a stupid plant following it's feeding instincts. Makoto panicked, for the first time she felt trapped. If she fought with it physically, she wouldn't match it's strength or it's thorns and she couldn't fight with her powers either. She wished she had her Sailor Jupiter makeup pen here with her but she realized she was relying too much on it.
"What the heck!" summoning the air beads of white translucence, they appeared in her palm "Ki" she shouted and threw the beads at it, but nothing really happened. It didn't know how to hurt, just a few vines broke off but it was angry. It flared up it's leaves and shot out it's vines at her.
Makoto moved away as they hit just in time but it was too much the second shot hit her face on, it's thorny vines ripped her school uniform and pinned her to the wall. She couldn't move. Her arms and legs were pushed and cut, slammed against the wall. Blood gushed out from her newly made wounds, especially her left arm. It trickled down her red uniform and onto the plant.
Immediately it's feeding nature lightened up. The flower began to open it's trap teeth bared, the tip of it's tongue ready for attack. Through the painful sight she saw it draw back a little. Giving up hope she relaxed and closed her eyes, her strength just couldn't match.
It shot full speed its needles ready, she raised her head in defeat the strong vines giving no mercy, her hair fell from her pony tail as she lost feeling to everything.
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Kurama ran up to the rooftop, looking over the edge he saw the lab. "Rose whip!" using his whip as an extension cord he jumped over the edge. A scream pierced his ears as he jumped through the window of the lab, just in time to see the plant's stings pierce into a girl's neck. Desperately he attacked at it and withdrew it's powers. He was supprised at how much power there was. The plant turned back into it's original state.
The room was a total disaster, blood was splattered everywhere, he rushed to the hurt victim, his heart stopped when he saw her. Laying shredded clothed and destroyed was Makoto slumped against the wall. Her hair out, her neck was bleeding uncontrollably and her arms and legs were bleeding with cuts.
"Baka" he swore at himself. Why did he have to leave his lab! if he didn't then nothing would of happened, he might be talking to her, alive, well.... but now.....he shouldn't of left.
He ran to her and pulled the hurt girl into his arms, she uttered a weak cough which gave him a sign that she was still alive, just. The room walls were unharmed "Barriers" he whispered under his breath, but it didn't matter now he had to get her to a hospital immediately. He produced a seed to stop the bleeding as much as he could. "Mako..." he whispered softly, but she didn't answer him. He used his fingertips and brushed the strands of hair away from her face. He tilted her head lightly and leaned it on his chest. Her glasses fell smashing into pieces in her own blood. His eye's widened as under those mysterious glasses lay a pair of beautiful eyes, although he couldn't see the colour of her eyes, her eyelashes gave it away. He gasped when he saw her earrings, it was her all along! The only person that gave him the same feeling everytime he saw her! It had been her all along.
He couldn't bear to touch her afraid of her fragility, yet the desire to tighten his arms around her and repeat the words 'sorry' grudged in knots in his esophagus making him feel like he was going to suffocate. It was driving him crazy, a burden of loss grew on his back. No he thought, he wasn't going to lose her like that not like this and not done by him! he wanted to kill himself, thoughts repeating over and over again. It's your fault, you hurt her, you nearly killed her! But there was no time to waste, trying his best not to think too much he ran. Ran with his full youko speed and jumped through the window of the lab.
"Hold on Makoto.....hold on" his lips whispered on and on but the more he ran, the more he felt the pain. Like all her cuts were on his own body, the aching pain felt like daggers being slowly pushed into his own body yet he could only stop and watch doing nothing that could help. He was already feeling very bad about the last time he slashed her arm, but this was too much. He burst through the doorway of the nearest hospital frantically. He could hear nothing but shouts and screams.
The sounds of his own voice.
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Haruka was walking shocked when she found herself bleeding a few steps from home. She quickly limped back inside at the pain. Blood started to gush form unknown wounds all around her body.
"Makoto" she whispered but she couldn't stand up. A dizziness drifted over her and her limbs became weak. The numbness took over her, she couldn't move. She felt her neck and her hands turned red with blood. Inurei was worried, climbing up to his hurt owner it, it tried to comfort her but the pain was really bad.
"Shit! What the hell is happening!" this was always a problem, their wounds always linked together! "Totoro! G......go and see Makoto q....quick!" Totoro was reluctant to leave. He didn't know weather to stay beside Haruka or to go and find Makoto. He was also worried, but at the command of Haruka he had to leave. Thought reluctantly he jumped through the window.
Just then the house keeper rushed in, seeing his master like so he dropped the books he was dusting and rushed to her side, but Haruka already passed out.
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"Mako" someone called out to her from a distance. The Brunette awoke to the soft singing of a woman's voice "Mako!" another someone called. It was a man this time. Looking around her she found that she was in a place with a nothingness.
She looked down at her white floating dress, since when did she change? Was she dead?
"Who is it?" she squinted while looking around the dreamy place. Then, among the fog and illusion, a tree appeared. It was an oak tree with roses and different flowers spread everywhere on the grass under it. A slight breeze blew at the place and sent the different petals dancing. She saw who it was.
"Mako chan! Stop running so fast or you'll hurt yourself!" a woman with mahogany hair just like her own spread her arms towards a little girl. She wore her hair in two pigtails and ran happily towards her.
Makoto's eye's widened when she saw the little girl, the little girl was her! she watched herself run to her mother's arms, her bright eyes sparkled, a huge smile spread across her face. It looked so tempting, so painful that she couldn't do it herself, her father's green eye's sparkled like her own. She gasped when she noticed that there was something wrong, she stood there watching herself run and run, no matter how hard she ran she never got there.
"No!" she screamed "Kaasan! Toosan!" she fell as they disappeared further and further. They waved back at their little daughter. She was crying, tears rained down her little cheeks. Makoto just stood there desolated, her eyes lost it's sparkles. Empty. No tears. No feelings.
"No! don't leave me!" she reached out to them swiping at nothing. A plane appeared in the background, the scene suddenly changed into the airport. The little Makoto screamed. Screaming at her parents to come back. Makoto's eye's also widened she also took off running at the illusion screaming, she thought that she put It down already, she thought she overcome all this but she was wrong. The death of her parents haunted her drilling holes into her dreams.
The little Makoto watched as the plane crashed, bursting in flames devouring her parents. She kicked and scream behind the glass window safe and alone. Alone from that second on
"Nooooo!"
Makoto was running desperately at the illusion, to her little self afar from her but it was no use "No! please no!" she ran faster and faster into the disappearing darkness not caring if she couldn't get out again. Ever.
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Kurama stayed beside her all along. He held her hand nervously, he could hear her saying 'no..' and 'please no!' cold sweat formed on her forehead.
"Mako, Shhhhh! I'm here.." he repeated everytime she tightened. He stroked her hair. It was worrying him, feeling her pulse he realized that it was getting weaker. "Oh no" he groaned worriedly. This couldn't be happening! She was losing her soul inside her own dreams! Anymore pressure and she'll be gone forever. with his heart pounding wildly against his chest he closed his eye's and reached within her spirit. He had to get her out!
"Comon! Comon Kurama!" he pressured himself.
Makoto felt something reach into her pulling her back. The visions became hazy slowly disappearing. A hand reached her, so warm and strong. Not knowing who it was she let it pull her away anyway, she felt too tired to care. She could hear whispers "Shhhhh! Mako, I'm here daijobu...shhhh" so soft and low was the voice. Her eyelashes fluttered and she slowly opened her eyes. Although hazy on focus her sight flashed past colours of red.
Kurama jumped up when he felt her hand tighten on his. He glued his eyes on the sleeping girls' when her it hit him like cupids arrow. As dazzling as his own eye's were, his own met a contrast of a deeper green. Crisp as the reflection of a green tree leaves reflection in water was how to describe it. Her long eyelashes framed the emeralds as she blinked a few times to gain her sparkle, and to think that the whole school thought she was godzilla! The guys will be crowded around her if they see her now!
Makoto stared around the unfamiliar room, the smell of antiseptics and medicine erupted her scent. Shifting her gaze sideways she found Shuuichi staring back at her she could feel her hands in his warm grip. Loosening her hold she tried to sit up and back away but a surge of pain seared through her whole body with every slight movement. Why was he here? Was it him that took her to hospital? Clenching her teeth she managed to shift away.
"What are you doing here?" she asked, but her jaw hurt.
Kurama realized her rejection. Afraid that her wounds would start bleeding again he kept his distance. "Mak....Kino san you passed out..and I took you to the hospital. You were bleeding..hurt" she seemed to calm down a little bit but her eye's showed that he needed to keep his distance.
She gasped, if he took her here then the mess in the lab...he would know! "Wait a minute..what do you know?" she demanded.
Kurama didn't say anything but stared back at her. He didn't know if he should confess. He tried to change the subject "do you need me to call a nurse?"
"N.no it's all right" but he could see that she was struggling. She looked down at her disastrous thing of a uniform and frowned. She didn't notice the handsome young man staring at her studying her. Something seemed to tighten around him but he couldn't describe what it was. Was it admiration? Her courage and her strength, to endure such pain, he didn't know but he was attracted to her it never occurred to him it would be anything further the only love that he ever really gave to was his mother, but that was different.
Summoning up his courage he finally spoke "Jupiter"
Makoto's mouth dropped open, he knows she thought. She backed away even more edging the small hospital bed, but Shuuichi's gaze softened, his staring made her uncomfortable no matter which way she tried to look to avoid his eyes they seemed to burn into her. She opened her mouth to say something, but with a swift movement, his fingers tips touched her cheeks, she froze.
"Gomen! I should've know the first time I met you, baka!" he swore at himself. Makoto looked at him paralyzed. "I wanted to say sorry! But I didn't know that saying that word to you would be that hard. Everytime I tried the courage would always die away! I....hurt you"
"How did you know?!" Makoto followed, at the same time she told herself not to weaken at his careing sweetness.
His finger slowly moved back entangling them into her long strands of hair, twisting and playing with her locks. He brushed a little bit of her hair back to reveal her earrings "It was these.." but secretly he thought of his feelings.
"Kurama.." She lowered her head and whispered (her neck hurt) "I guess you were the first one to find out...funny I never intended to enter a school that would meet any of the reikai tantei and it was you that I had to bump into, thrice too. If you're feeling bad about last time....don't because it was my choice"
He was supprised that she actually knew his name.
"Thanks for taking me to the hospital, at that second I thought that I was going to die" she looked up suddenly into his eyes "but you pulled me out reaching within" he pulled me out of my nightmares, it was him.
"But it was me that..." she put a finger on her lips meaning him to stop talking.
"it doesn't matter now...all it matters that I am Kino Makoto nice to meet you Youko Kurama or should I say Minamino Shuuichi, reikai tantei" she introduced herself properly this time and extended her hand in greeting.
The sky was totally dark outside and it was past twelve. He wasn't suppose to stay in the hospital for so long, but he wouldn't leave until Makoto was awake and all right. Seeing that she was awake and well, he felt a bit better. Worried that shiori would be getting worried he reluctantly left Makoto's side, but a concerned expression remained on her face when he left.
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Makoto was so surprised at Kurama's reaction towards her. He was a sweet and caring guy, and she never thought that he could be so tempting. He felt that he could nearly break into her, but she kept herself withdrawn as much as she could. She recalled her senpai again, this was a lesson to be learnt. She had tried the heart broken feeling and she felt she didn't want to try it again.
Kurama, she knew he was loving towards his friends and close ones but she shivered when he revealed his coldness to those which were enemies. Taking in a breath she realized that Haruka might be in big trouble too. She closed her eyes and tried to send a telepath to her, but she couldn't, her concentration was totally disordered. Whenever she tried to think, her head throbbed like her brain was expanding, too big for her skull to hold. So she slowly laid down. She needed rest, slowly she drifted off into sleep with the smell of lavender around the room. They were left by Kurama.
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Author's note: Finally! I finished typing this chapter! Do you know how long it took me man my back's going to break! Is this long of what...well at least it is to me. anyway hope you've enjoyed reading!
IDEAS! IDEAS! IDEAS! MORE IDEAS PLEASE!