Scandal on a Wedding
Chapter 3
A young boy with raven hair walked slowly along the empty hallway. He knew had done the worst possible thing he could. And the least thing he could do was to say sorry to her. He hoped he was not too late.
The look on Chihiro's face at lunch was simply unbearable. Her pale green eyes were looking straight into his pleadingly, just like she did a few years ago. She stood there, mouth open in horror and trembling. And at the last minute when he thought she would explode, Chihiro looked down just as Kohaku was about to finish and bit her lip as if she wanted to say something but couldn't do it. After he had finished, he saw Chihiro excuse herself from the people seated with her on the table and walk briskly away. But not before Kohaku saw a tear streak down her face and Michiro following her with Monica behind.
Kohaku slowed his pace and finally stopped just before the corner to the stairs.
'Am I----am I really doing the right thing...? But---'
His chain of thoughts was broken when he suddenly heard a scream. Kohaku ran around the corner and saw the figure of Chihiro falling down the stairs before being shoved hard against the wall and feeling a hard object hit his head. He heard several footsteps coming their way just as he saw Chihiro's body on the floor a few inches beside him and blood trailing from her head. His head suddenly felt very dizzy as he tried standing up.
'Hurry--! Chihiro wa---!' He thought to the people.
Suddenly, Kohaku's eyes widened as he felt a very familiar presence nearby. He looked up and saw a distinct figure standing in the midst of smoke.
'Yu---Yubaba--!?!' he thought before blacking out.
"Chihiro-chan!! Wake up!!" Michiro shouted at her ear.
"Huh? huh? Wha--?!"
"You slept through last period,
again."
'I---I---what the?! But I was---he was---we
were about to be---?!'
"Michi...where are we...?" Chihiro asked.
Michiro looked confused.
"Hiro-chan? Are you ok? We're in school of course."
"Nani?! But---Aren't we supposed to be at the hospital?! I fell down the stairs right?! And—and--there was a party at your house, right?! And---what about our wedding?! And---and---we—were—at—your.....WAIT a minute!" Chihiro sighed and looked angry. "This isn't funny anymore Michiro! Cut the crap, your prank's not funny. Now will you tell me what really happened?"
Michiro looked at her liked she had grown an extra head.
"Hiro-chan, what's the matter? This is no prank. And there isn't even anything funny with this. This is no prank, I told you earlier we'd meet with Hana right? And there was even this new student Kohaku that we met."
Chihiro looked straight in Michiro's eyes, searching. Not believing a word he said. Yet...Michiro seemed to be telling the truth.
'What REALLY happened? There's something wrong...Why are we back at school again and---wait...Michiro said new student Kohaku?! But...that was eons ago!' Chihiro frowned and thought hard and suddenly her eyes widened. 'Oh...no...it can't be. Am I---?' She then glanced around the room, noticing her surroundings then she blanched. "Oh...my...god... It's true! I'm in the past---!"
Suddenly a pain shot through her head.
Kohaku opened his eyes and found himself in the infirmary bed. He sat up abruptly and glanced around.
'Infirmary bed...? Okaaaay... I fell down the stairs and they take me to the clinic at school??. This is way foolish." Kohaku thought as he rubbed his eyes and immediately looked for his shoes. Just as he was about to leave the clinic he glanced at the glass doors and blanched. He was wearing his school uniform and his hair was tied up at the back of his head like he did a few years ago....
'My...school uniform...?!?! What the---!? Something is definitely wrong here!' He thought as he pushed the doors open and stepped outside, but bumping onto someone.
"Nigihayami-san." The school nurse smiled at him "You're ok now?"
"Er...I uhm..." Kohaku stammered and blinked.
The school nurse laughed softly.
"New-student jitters eh? Daijoubu daijoubu Nigihayami-san." She said as she pushed Kohaku back in the clinic. "I forgot to let you fill out something. Can you wait a minute?"
Kohaku sat down the chair beside the nurse's table while his thoughts swam.
'New student...Jitters?? Why does this feel all to familiar...?'
"Here it is. Can you please fill this out? Our school likes to have records of things like these." The nurse smiled as she held the papers out to him.
"Oh...ok."
Kohaku filled out the form just as ordered and gave it to the nurse. The nurse scanned the form and looked puzzled halfway through the paper.
"Uhm... Nigihayami-san. I think you got the date all wrong. Today's July 9, 1998, not July 9, 2004. You've got it all wrong."
Kohaku's eyes narrowed as he changed the date.
"Arigatou, Nigihayami-san. You may go now." The nurse smiled and gestured towards the door.
Kohaku nodded and left. Just as he left the clinic, he immediately ran towards the main quadrangle and saw the large crowd of people in the middle.
'I knew it!' His eyes widened. 'I have got to get to Chihiro fast!'
end chappie
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