Chapter 6
"Are you sure you're ready for this Kari?"asked Mimi.
"It's now or never, look up stories of me on the internet, Mrs Manerts said I
was a media circus"
It didn't take long for Mimi to find one. They were in the computer roomat a local library.
Kari read through the it slowly. She read first about how she was convicted of murder. A slight
familiarness of a dead body was in the back of her mind. She then read on about how she was abused
by both of her parents. Blurry flashbacks of her parents came to mind. Next came how she defended, and then
was attacked by one Ken Ichijoji. Kari gasped.
"What's wrong?"asked Mimi.
"This report, it says I was attacked by Ken before"
"WHAT!"
Mimi searched for that part and saw she was right.
"Do you remember anything?"asked Mimi.
"Everytime I read a part, a blurred memory comes back. If I read on, I can find out more"
It said how Ken had a fondness of bondage.
"Mimi?"
"Yeah?"
"What's bondage?"
Mimi fell over on her chair.
"You okay?"asked Kari.
"Where did you read that?"asked Mimi.
Kari pointed to it, and Mimi had to keep herself from screaming.
"That pervert, what he would've done to you!"
"What is it?"asked Kari.
"It's a sexual drive involving someone being tied up and or gagged, usualy woman.
I don't know much else"
Kari didn't know why, but she remembered herself in bondage a little less blurredly.
Was she into that stuff, or was she dominated by Ken a lot? The article also said how
she was kidnapped. That was why she remembered, she was abducted. When the abductors got the ransom,
their captive escaped. She returned later only to runaway from the reporters and hasn't been seen since
it continued on.
Not satisfied, Kari continued to read other articles, some going into a little more detail. However she
became dizzy, all of this was sinking in too fast for her to keep up with, and she passed out.
Kari woke up in her room, Mimi and Mrs Manerts stading above her.
"Thank God"said Mimi.
Kari sat up feeling her head, it was sore. She gasped loudly, causing Mimi and Mrs Manerts to jump
back. They both asked what was wrong but she sat there with a face full of shock. She practicly shut down.
They checked to make sure she hadn't died, she was alive and well. Mimi shook Kari but it didn't seem to do
any good.
"What's wrong with her, should we call a doctor?"asked Mimi.
"I, remember"she managed to say.
"Remember what?"asked Mimi.
Kari layed back down and closed her eyes.
"You think she got her memory back?"asked Mimi.
"That must be it, her mind must be in shock of it all"said Mrs Manerts.
Kari layed their and absorbed it all, the memories were back, it was all so clear,
yet it came so abruptly she had to shut down to absorb it.
It was there, everything, including what happened when she had amnesia. The rape, the persecutions,
the heartbreaks, the deceptions, all of it was back. She layed there for a few hours, letting it all in.
It was all there, she couldn't believe it.
After the few hours she layed there, her mind ws back at full throttle.
"I remember it all now. But do I want to go back to all that? To everything that happened to me, to
become Ken's toy? To become the media's focus? To be hated by all those people? But, I have friends
and family. If I do decide to stay here, could I really avoid it? No, I, I have to go back"thought Kari
getting up.
She walked out to where Mimi and Mrs Manerts were.
"How are you Kari?"asked Mimi.
"I got my memory back"said Kari.
"That's wonderful!"said Mimi.
"What will you do kari? Will you go back, or stay with us? Know you are
always welcome back here"
"Thank you. I'm not ready to go back yet, I need to stay a few more days to get ready,
then, I'll leave. I'll miss you guys"
"We don't live that far away from where you live. I looked up your address, you can come visit us anytime"said
Mimi.
"Really? That would be great. Mimi, when I go back, could you escort me? Even though I have all my memory
back, I still feel a little uneasy about going back so-
"Of course Kari, I'd love to"said Mimi.
"Remember, you're always welcome here. If you need anything, come to us"said Mrs Manerts.
"I'll remember that. Thank you for everything. You've done so much for me, I almost feel guilty
leaving"said Kari wiping a tear from her eye.
Mrs Manerts walked up to her and hugged her close.
"It's okay Kari, helping children is my job. Those teens who raped you were unhelpable
I'm afraid. I do my best, but there will always be those who I can't reach, and for them,
I pray. Just promise me you'll never become like them, and promise you'll never let anyone,
not even the media, shape who you are"
"I promise"said Kari.
It was a beautiful morning, Kari was sitting on the porch, gazing at the town. With her new clothes
and slightly grown hair, no one could reconize her as the infamous Kari Kamiya(infamous in the eyes
of the public anyway)
She looked up as Mimi sat beside her.
"What are you doing out here Kari?"asked Mimi.
"Staring at the town, I've only seen bits and pieces since my amnesia, so I wanted to
admire it with my memory back. It's not as beautiful as when I had amnesia, I guess
because I hadn't seen it before, now I take it for granted"said Kari.
"Did I ever tell you about my old friend Sora, Kari?"asked Mimi.
Kari shook her head.
"She was my age, she was beautiful and sweet. She was so innocent, a little too innocent.
She got date raped by some punk and became pregnant. She stabbed herself in the stomach in
order to not have to put up with it"
Kari cringed at the thought of stabbing yourself.
"People called her murderer, although she didn't recieve nearly as much attention as you did Kari,
she still got it bad. Her grades were destroyed, she rep exiled, she couldn't cope with it. So those
guys who tied me up and forced you into their gang took advantage of her. They got her on drugs. She thought
she had a solution to her problems. She skipped school and began getting more"
"What happened when she ran out of money?"asked Kari.
"She resorted to prostitution. She got pregnant a lot, and killed every single baby
that was born in her, at least that I know of. She might've had a few and dumped them but
I don't know. Sometimes she would rob stores for money. I confronted her and tried to get
her to stop, but she beat me and took my money for more drugs. I told Mrs Manerts finally
and she did what she could. Sora didn't want to give up on drugs so she ranaway"
Mimi held back some tears.
"I've never seen her since"
"Is she one of the ones Mrs Manerts talked about last night?"asked Kari.
Mimi nodded.
"I just hope you don't turn out like her"said Mimi holding back tears.
"You don't have to hold them back"said Kari.
Mimi let them out and Kari hugged her close, patting her on the back.
"If it hurt so much, you didn't have to tell me"said Kari.
"No, you needed to know. If not, you may have ended up going down her path. Besides,
you should've seen me when I told Mrs Manerts, I was bawling and screaming when I told
on Sora"
Mimi lifted her head up and wiped the tears away.
"Don't worry, I won' make the mistake Sora did, I promise"
"I'll remember that Kari, don't make the mistakes she did. Don't get me wrong, Sora
was a great person, you would've loved her. She just made a wrong choice or two, and it
cost her"
Kari packed her old clothes though she decided to wear her new ones to collaberate her return to her old
life. Mimi went shopping with her, buying her a pink locket watch to remember her by.
"Mimi, you, didn't have to spend this money on me"
"We're friends Kari, money comes second"
"I wish I had something to give you, but all I have with me are my clothes"
"It's not about keeping score, it's about being there for them"
Kari didn't feel quite so guilty after Mimi said this.
The few days of rest soon went by, and Kari, as she planned, was wearing her new clothes. She got
a haircut back to what it once was. The barber didn't reconize her fourtanately.
She had her bags ready.
"Bye Rei, bye Mrs Manerts, I'll visit you guys as often as I can"
"We look forward to it"said Mrs Manerts.'
"See ya Kari"said Rei.
"Come on Kari, they're probaly worried sick about you"said Mimi.
Kari picked up her brief case and they went off. Kari and Mimi stepped into the cars, slammed
the doors and buckled up.
"Sure you're ready?"asked Mimi.
Kari gulped.
"It's now or never, I am a little nervous but I'll be fine"
"Don't worry, I'll stick with you for a little while to make sure you're okay"
"Thanks for everything"
Same here"replied Mimi.
Mimi drove off, and Kari didn't know what to expect when she got there.
TBC
The last chapter of this part coming up so please review. Then it's on to part six, the final part!
"Are you sure you're ready for this Kari?"asked Mimi.
"It's now or never, look up stories of me on the internet, Mrs Manerts said I
was a media circus"
It didn't take long for Mimi to find one. They were in the computer roomat a local library.
Kari read through the it slowly. She read first about how she was convicted of murder. A slight
familiarness of a dead body was in the back of her mind. She then read on about how she was abused
by both of her parents. Blurry flashbacks of her parents came to mind. Next came how she defended, and then
was attacked by one Ken Ichijoji. Kari gasped.
"What's wrong?"asked Mimi.
"This report, it says I was attacked by Ken before"
"WHAT!"
Mimi searched for that part and saw she was right.
"Do you remember anything?"asked Mimi.
"Everytime I read a part, a blurred memory comes back. If I read on, I can find out more"
It said how Ken had a fondness of bondage.
"Mimi?"
"Yeah?"
"What's bondage?"
Mimi fell over on her chair.
"You okay?"asked Kari.
"Where did you read that?"asked Mimi.
Kari pointed to it, and Mimi had to keep herself from screaming.
"That pervert, what he would've done to you!"
"What is it?"asked Kari.
"It's a sexual drive involving someone being tied up and or gagged, usualy woman.
I don't know much else"
Kari didn't know why, but she remembered herself in bondage a little less blurredly.
Was she into that stuff, or was she dominated by Ken a lot? The article also said how
she was kidnapped. That was why she remembered, she was abducted. When the abductors got the ransom,
their captive escaped. She returned later only to runaway from the reporters and hasn't been seen since
it continued on.
Not satisfied, Kari continued to read other articles, some going into a little more detail. However she
became dizzy, all of this was sinking in too fast for her to keep up with, and she passed out.
Kari woke up in her room, Mimi and Mrs Manerts stading above her.
"Thank God"said Mimi.
Kari sat up feeling her head, it was sore. She gasped loudly, causing Mimi and Mrs Manerts to jump
back. They both asked what was wrong but she sat there with a face full of shock. She practicly shut down.
They checked to make sure she hadn't died, she was alive and well. Mimi shook Kari but it didn't seem to do
any good.
"What's wrong with her, should we call a doctor?"asked Mimi.
"I, remember"she managed to say.
"Remember what?"asked Mimi.
Kari layed back down and closed her eyes.
"You think she got her memory back?"asked Mimi.
"That must be it, her mind must be in shock of it all"said Mrs Manerts.
Kari layed their and absorbed it all, the memories were back, it was all so clear,
yet it came so abruptly she had to shut down to absorb it.
It was there, everything, including what happened when she had amnesia. The rape, the persecutions,
the heartbreaks, the deceptions, all of it was back. She layed there for a few hours, letting it all in.
It was all there, she couldn't believe it.
After the few hours she layed there, her mind ws back at full throttle.
"I remember it all now. But do I want to go back to all that? To everything that happened to me, to
become Ken's toy? To become the media's focus? To be hated by all those people? But, I have friends
and family. If I do decide to stay here, could I really avoid it? No, I, I have to go back"thought Kari
getting up.
She walked out to where Mimi and Mrs Manerts were.
"How are you Kari?"asked Mimi.
"I got my memory back"said Kari.
"That's wonderful!"said Mimi.
"What will you do kari? Will you go back, or stay with us? Know you are
always welcome back here"
"Thank you. I'm not ready to go back yet, I need to stay a few more days to get ready,
then, I'll leave. I'll miss you guys"
"We don't live that far away from where you live. I looked up your address, you can come visit us anytime"said
Mimi.
"Really? That would be great. Mimi, when I go back, could you escort me? Even though I have all my memory
back, I still feel a little uneasy about going back so-
"Of course Kari, I'd love to"said Mimi.
"Remember, you're always welcome here. If you need anything, come to us"said Mrs Manerts.
"I'll remember that. Thank you for everything. You've done so much for me, I almost feel guilty
leaving"said Kari wiping a tear from her eye.
Mrs Manerts walked up to her and hugged her close.
"It's okay Kari, helping children is my job. Those teens who raped you were unhelpable
I'm afraid. I do my best, but there will always be those who I can't reach, and for them,
I pray. Just promise me you'll never become like them, and promise you'll never let anyone,
not even the media, shape who you are"
"I promise"said Kari.
It was a beautiful morning, Kari was sitting on the porch, gazing at the town. With her new clothes
and slightly grown hair, no one could reconize her as the infamous Kari Kamiya(infamous in the eyes
of the public anyway)
She looked up as Mimi sat beside her.
"What are you doing out here Kari?"asked Mimi.
"Staring at the town, I've only seen bits and pieces since my amnesia, so I wanted to
admire it with my memory back. It's not as beautiful as when I had amnesia, I guess
because I hadn't seen it before, now I take it for granted"said Kari.
"Did I ever tell you about my old friend Sora, Kari?"asked Mimi.
Kari shook her head.
"She was my age, she was beautiful and sweet. She was so innocent, a little too innocent.
She got date raped by some punk and became pregnant. She stabbed herself in the stomach in
order to not have to put up with it"
Kari cringed at the thought of stabbing yourself.
"People called her murderer, although she didn't recieve nearly as much attention as you did Kari,
she still got it bad. Her grades were destroyed, she rep exiled, she couldn't cope with it. So those
guys who tied me up and forced you into their gang took advantage of her. They got her on drugs. She thought
she had a solution to her problems. She skipped school and began getting more"
"What happened when she ran out of money?"asked Kari.
"She resorted to prostitution. She got pregnant a lot, and killed every single baby
that was born in her, at least that I know of. She might've had a few and dumped them but
I don't know. Sometimes she would rob stores for money. I confronted her and tried to get
her to stop, but she beat me and took my money for more drugs. I told Mrs Manerts finally
and she did what she could. Sora didn't want to give up on drugs so she ranaway"
Mimi held back some tears.
"I've never seen her since"
"Is she one of the ones Mrs Manerts talked about last night?"asked Kari.
Mimi nodded.
"I just hope you don't turn out like her"said Mimi holding back tears.
"You don't have to hold them back"said Kari.
Mimi let them out and Kari hugged her close, patting her on the back.
"If it hurt so much, you didn't have to tell me"said Kari.
"No, you needed to know. If not, you may have ended up going down her path. Besides,
you should've seen me when I told Mrs Manerts, I was bawling and screaming when I told
on Sora"
Mimi lifted her head up and wiped the tears away.
"Don't worry, I won' make the mistake Sora did, I promise"
"I'll remember that Kari, don't make the mistakes she did. Don't get me wrong, Sora
was a great person, you would've loved her. She just made a wrong choice or two, and it
cost her"
Kari packed her old clothes though she decided to wear her new ones to collaberate her return to her old
life. Mimi went shopping with her, buying her a pink locket watch to remember her by.
"Mimi, you, didn't have to spend this money on me"
"We're friends Kari, money comes second"
"I wish I had something to give you, but all I have with me are my clothes"
"It's not about keeping score, it's about being there for them"
Kari didn't feel quite so guilty after Mimi said this.
The few days of rest soon went by, and Kari, as she planned, was wearing her new clothes. She got
a haircut back to what it once was. The barber didn't reconize her fourtanately.
She had her bags ready.
"Bye Rei, bye Mrs Manerts, I'll visit you guys as often as I can"
"We look forward to it"said Mrs Manerts.'
"See ya Kari"said Rei.
"Come on Kari, they're probaly worried sick about you"said Mimi.
Kari picked up her brief case and they went off. Kari and Mimi stepped into the cars, slammed
the doors and buckled up.
"Sure you're ready?"asked Mimi.
Kari gulped.
"It's now or never, I am a little nervous but I'll be fine"
"Don't worry, I'll stick with you for a little while to make sure you're okay"
"Thanks for everything"
Same here"replied Mimi.
Mimi drove off, and Kari didn't know what to expect when she got there.
TBC
The last chapter of this part coming up so please review. Then it's on to part six, the final part!