Hinata: Hi, everybody. It's Hinata Wakaba speaking to you all. I'd like
to thank anyone who's been reading the New Archives/Chronicles stories,
even those shmos who haven't reviewed it (sticks tongue out). Anyway,
here's when things get really bad... so don't go anywhere. Make sure you
check this out!
Sakura S: (off screen) I hope you know that just because my sister isn't here doesn't mean that you can get comfortable in the intro's position...
Hinata: Don't worry. It's just for today, anyway.
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Chapter 9: Psychotic Nightmare
"Uuuuugh..."
Darrell's eyes slowly opened but he could hardly see in front of him. His vision was blurred, his body was weak, and his head was pounding. He could hardly think straight, so he didn't notice a man looming over him.
"Hmm... you're awake, I see... Tell me... how do you feel?"
"N... n... na... ni...?" the boy sighed weakly as he tried to focus his eyes on the individual but to no avail. "Where... am... I...?"
"Excellent. It seems my drug is still in effect..."
"D... drug...?" Darrell echoed.
"Not to worry. You won't remember a thing once I'm done erasing your mind..."
At this moment a bit of Darrell's sense came back. "Erase... my mind...? Who are you?"
His eyes cleared up just in time to see the figure's back. He couldn't identify him, but he found himself in some type of scientific lab and he was locked onto a table by the wrists and ankles. As the man proceeded to set in front of a close by computer, Darrell's head felt heavy... as if something was on it.
"What the..."
An electronic whirling commenced... and then the figure showed his face. Darrell recognized him immediately.
"It's YOU!!!!"
"Yes!" he replied, a psychotic smile on his face. "Unfortunately for you, you won't remember me... or anything else once I'm done!"
Darrell struggled to break free but he didn't get far. The energy he was trying to summon to help him started to slip away... and he couldn't remember how to summon it back.
"What... what's happening...?"
"Your mind is being erased of everything, Darrell," the guy said coolly. "Your friends and family... your rivals... your good & bad times... but most importantly, YOUR GIRLFRIEND AND YOURSELF will be stripped from your memory!!!"
Darrell's eyes widened as he found it harder to remember those that he held dear... especially Sakura. "No... NOOOOO!!!! Don't DO this to me!!! I never deserved this!!"
"You shouldn't have messed in my affairs! Now... SUFFER!!!"
A sudden shock entered Darrell's brain... and it caused him to stop moving. The whirling died down and the guy got up from his chair, evil smile intact.
"Now how do you feel?" he asked with a sneer as he leaned over his captive. Darrell looked at him with a weak look, his eyes a dull brown color.
"I... I don't know... Who are you...? Better yet... who am I...?"
The man smirked. "Excellent... Now I shall tell you who you really are..."
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"Sakura! SAKURA!!"
Sakura forced herself to sit up on her carpet, holding her forehead. It took a while to notice that Mitsukake was right beside her. She stared at his worried face for a while before getting up, more alert than ever.
"Mitsu... I gotta go. Darrell needs me."
"Are you sure?" Mitsu replied suddenly. Sakura stared at him with a bewildered look.
"What do you mean, 'am I sure'?"
"How do you not know this is one of his little games?" Mitsu added while standing in front of Sakura's bedroom door. "I mean, he grows jealous of me because you have been spending your time with me and then he goes 'missing', now these notes... If I didn't know better... I'd say that he's just trying to get attention." He leaned against the frame of the door and crossed his arms, looking slightly agitated.
{Darrell... asshole...} Thought Mitsukake.
"What??" Sakura yelled back, offended for her boyfriend's behalf. "No way! I've known him for 4 years and I know that he'd never do something like this! He cares for me too much to make me worry about him for no reason!"
"Sakura... I'm don't think he loves you at all..." Mitsu said while grabbing her arms, trying to advance. "He's probably just lying to show me off. Don't worry about him... I'll show you how-"
He never finished. Sakura struggled against his grip as he tried to hold her still unsuccessfully.
"SAKURA-!"
"No, Mitsukake... I KNOW him... If anything, YOU'RE the one acting like a jerk. You made me neglect my own boyfriend and now he's probably in a load of danger... and you're STILL trying to flirt with me! You know what? I want you to leave, now!!!"
Mitsu stepped back from Sakura, hurt from her comments. As Sakura stood firm, staring at him with hard eyes, he just sighed and walked past her towards the front door, glancing back sadly over his shoulder before leaving. She then breathed deeply before she prepared to take off as well.
{Well... maybe I shouldn't have been that harsh on him...}The thought silently as she
"Now... I gotta get to that address before it's too late..."
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Sakura arrived at a biotech lab around the edge of Tokyo 25 minutes later. Because of her rush, she missed the bus that could have shredded her time by 10 minutes but all she could thing about was what could have happened to Darrell. As she walked into the building's lobby her heart pounded as she took deep breaths.
{Come on, Sakura... Relax... Everything's gonna be fine... Wait.)
She stopped as she found a large note in the wall in front of her:
MISS KASUGANO... TAKE THE ELEVATOR TO THE 6TH FLOOR. YOUR BOYFRIEND IS WAITING...
Sakura immediately looked towards her right and ran into the elevator, whose door was already open. She shakily pressed the 6 button and as the door closed, she pressed her back on the elevator door and tried to clam herself down.
{Please be okay...}
4th floor... 5th floor... 6th. Just as the doors opened, a voice came from the other side.
"It's a bit of a surprise that you'd come so early."
"Enough small talk," Sakura snapped as she walked past the electrical equipment in the room, her fists clenched. "Where's Darrell!?"
"Oh... feisty... Don't worry. You'll see him soon enough. As a matter of fact, he's to your left."
Sakura stopped and snapped her head to the left... and a sigh of relief escaped her throat. Darrell was standing right in front of the wall, not moving at all. His eyes were closed.
"Darrell!!" Sakura yelled as she made her way towards him. "I'm so glad that you're..."
She stopped when she realized that Darrell wasn't responding. Then the voice rang out again...
"Awake, Darrell... my servant..."
"SERVANT!?!" Sakura echoed in shock as Darrell opened his eyes... and she saw that his eyes were devoid of any life or soul... They were a solid brown... no sparkle.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM!?!" she shrieked.
"Simple... I erased his mind of everything that he knew and loved... including YOU!! He only serves me now and soon you'll JOIN HIM!!! Darrell! Beat her into submission and bring her to me!"
"Hai..." Darrell replied in monotone as he then flew right towards Sakura, who hesitated but got into her fighting stance.
"Darrell..." she said sadly to herself, "I'm sorry that I didn't come sooner... and stop this.... and now... I'm really sorry about... what I'm about to do to you... Please... forgive me..."
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Sakura: Oh, man, I don't believe that I'm going to actually fight Darrell for real...
Karin: But you ALWAYS spar with him...
Sakura: That's a SPAR! There was nothing at stake then! Now...
Karin: Oh... Good luck...
Sakura: Well that's really soothing, Karin... Anyway, now it's Chan's turn to set our fate. I just hope... things will work out...
Chan: *Turns to DeNice and Sakura* OMG!!
DeNice: Whaaat?!
Chan: *Scratches head and glances at infuriated Mitsukake* Uhh... nothing.... PLEASE REVIEW PEOPLE!!!!!
Sakura S: (off screen) I hope you know that just because my sister isn't here doesn't mean that you can get comfortable in the intro's position...
Hinata: Don't worry. It's just for today, anyway.
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Chapter 9: Psychotic Nightmare
"Uuuuugh..."
Darrell's eyes slowly opened but he could hardly see in front of him. His vision was blurred, his body was weak, and his head was pounding. He could hardly think straight, so he didn't notice a man looming over him.
"Hmm... you're awake, I see... Tell me... how do you feel?"
"N... n... na... ni...?" the boy sighed weakly as he tried to focus his eyes on the individual but to no avail. "Where... am... I...?"
"Excellent. It seems my drug is still in effect..."
"D... drug...?" Darrell echoed.
"Not to worry. You won't remember a thing once I'm done erasing your mind..."
At this moment a bit of Darrell's sense came back. "Erase... my mind...? Who are you?"
His eyes cleared up just in time to see the figure's back. He couldn't identify him, but he found himself in some type of scientific lab and he was locked onto a table by the wrists and ankles. As the man proceeded to set in front of a close by computer, Darrell's head felt heavy... as if something was on it.
"What the..."
An electronic whirling commenced... and then the figure showed his face. Darrell recognized him immediately.
"It's YOU!!!!"
"Yes!" he replied, a psychotic smile on his face. "Unfortunately for you, you won't remember me... or anything else once I'm done!"
Darrell struggled to break free but he didn't get far. The energy he was trying to summon to help him started to slip away... and he couldn't remember how to summon it back.
"What... what's happening...?"
"Your mind is being erased of everything, Darrell," the guy said coolly. "Your friends and family... your rivals... your good & bad times... but most importantly, YOUR GIRLFRIEND AND YOURSELF will be stripped from your memory!!!"
Darrell's eyes widened as he found it harder to remember those that he held dear... especially Sakura. "No... NOOOOO!!!! Don't DO this to me!!! I never deserved this!!"
"You shouldn't have messed in my affairs! Now... SUFFER!!!"
A sudden shock entered Darrell's brain... and it caused him to stop moving. The whirling died down and the guy got up from his chair, evil smile intact.
"Now how do you feel?" he asked with a sneer as he leaned over his captive. Darrell looked at him with a weak look, his eyes a dull brown color.
"I... I don't know... Who are you...? Better yet... who am I...?"
The man smirked. "Excellent... Now I shall tell you who you really are..."
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"Sakura! SAKURA!!"
Sakura forced herself to sit up on her carpet, holding her forehead. It took a while to notice that Mitsukake was right beside her. She stared at his worried face for a while before getting up, more alert than ever.
"Mitsu... I gotta go. Darrell needs me."
"Are you sure?" Mitsu replied suddenly. Sakura stared at him with a bewildered look.
"What do you mean, 'am I sure'?"
"How do you not know this is one of his little games?" Mitsu added while standing in front of Sakura's bedroom door. "I mean, he grows jealous of me because you have been spending your time with me and then he goes 'missing', now these notes... If I didn't know better... I'd say that he's just trying to get attention." He leaned against the frame of the door and crossed his arms, looking slightly agitated.
{Darrell... asshole...} Thought Mitsukake.
"What??" Sakura yelled back, offended for her boyfriend's behalf. "No way! I've known him for 4 years and I know that he'd never do something like this! He cares for me too much to make me worry about him for no reason!"
"Sakura... I'm don't think he loves you at all..." Mitsu said while grabbing her arms, trying to advance. "He's probably just lying to show me off. Don't worry about him... I'll show you how-"
He never finished. Sakura struggled against his grip as he tried to hold her still unsuccessfully.
"SAKURA-!"
"No, Mitsukake... I KNOW him... If anything, YOU'RE the one acting like a jerk. You made me neglect my own boyfriend and now he's probably in a load of danger... and you're STILL trying to flirt with me! You know what? I want you to leave, now!!!"
Mitsu stepped back from Sakura, hurt from her comments. As Sakura stood firm, staring at him with hard eyes, he just sighed and walked past her towards the front door, glancing back sadly over his shoulder before leaving. She then breathed deeply before she prepared to take off as well.
{Well... maybe I shouldn't have been that harsh on him...}The thought silently as she
"Now... I gotta get to that address before it's too late..."
---- ----
Sakura arrived at a biotech lab around the edge of Tokyo 25 minutes later. Because of her rush, she missed the bus that could have shredded her time by 10 minutes but all she could thing about was what could have happened to Darrell. As she walked into the building's lobby her heart pounded as she took deep breaths.
{Come on, Sakura... Relax... Everything's gonna be fine... Wait.)
She stopped as she found a large note in the wall in front of her:
MISS KASUGANO... TAKE THE ELEVATOR TO THE 6TH FLOOR. YOUR BOYFRIEND IS WAITING...
Sakura immediately looked towards her right and ran into the elevator, whose door was already open. She shakily pressed the 6 button and as the door closed, she pressed her back on the elevator door and tried to clam herself down.
{Please be okay...}
4th floor... 5th floor... 6th. Just as the doors opened, a voice came from the other side.
"It's a bit of a surprise that you'd come so early."
"Enough small talk," Sakura snapped as she walked past the electrical equipment in the room, her fists clenched. "Where's Darrell!?"
"Oh... feisty... Don't worry. You'll see him soon enough. As a matter of fact, he's to your left."
Sakura stopped and snapped her head to the left... and a sigh of relief escaped her throat. Darrell was standing right in front of the wall, not moving at all. His eyes were closed.
"Darrell!!" Sakura yelled as she made her way towards him. "I'm so glad that you're..."
She stopped when she realized that Darrell wasn't responding. Then the voice rang out again...
"Awake, Darrell... my servant..."
"SERVANT!?!" Sakura echoed in shock as Darrell opened his eyes... and she saw that his eyes were devoid of any life or soul... They were a solid brown... no sparkle.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM!?!" she shrieked.
"Simple... I erased his mind of everything that he knew and loved... including YOU!! He only serves me now and soon you'll JOIN HIM!!! Darrell! Beat her into submission and bring her to me!"
"Hai..." Darrell replied in monotone as he then flew right towards Sakura, who hesitated but got into her fighting stance.
"Darrell..." she said sadly to herself, "I'm sorry that I didn't come sooner... and stop this.... and now... I'm really sorry about... what I'm about to do to you... Please... forgive me..."
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Sakura: Oh, man, I don't believe that I'm going to actually fight Darrell for real...
Karin: But you ALWAYS spar with him...
Sakura: That's a SPAR! There was nothing at stake then! Now...
Karin: Oh... Good luck...
Sakura: Well that's really soothing, Karin... Anyway, now it's Chan's turn to set our fate. I just hope... things will work out...
Chan: *Turns to DeNice and Sakura* OMG!!
DeNice: Whaaat?!
Chan: *Scratches head and glances at infuriated Mitsukake* Uhh... nothing.... PLEASE REVIEW PEOPLE!!!!!