Fox's Name Part 3
We walked down the hall and passed by workers and patients. I knew only a few and made sure to say hi to them. They would smile or wave in return. If I ever left, then I know that I would miss them. Perhaps I'd visit... in my next life. I can't fool myself.
Now I had to get done what needed to be done. At that moment, I needed to escort Hiei, Kurama, and Koenma to see my room. They think it's important. I just think they're strange.
As we neared my room I looked around. I never really had a good long look around. I mean, I knew my way, but never stopped to look at the walls. I had always been hurried along. My room was just around the corner when I remembered something when I spoke to Koenma. Why didn't he know the muffin man? I didn't, but that didn't mean he shouldn't!
There it was- my door I mean. The boys and I were silent the whole duration of the walk. I remained quiet even though we had arrived; I wanted to know if they could see it.
"Why have we stopped? There is no door here." Koenma said. "There is only an empty passageway."
"Obviously, you are one of those who cannot see it." Hiei said.
"She did say that you had to be trained to see it." Kurama commented. I glared. They were talking like I wasn't there. I may be silly sometimes, but not an idiot!
"Remember, I am here too! Don't talk about me when I'm only a few feet in front of you!" I suddenly. See what I mean about mood swings? Happy, sad, Happy, mad, hyper, tired, happy... and so on. You know, I still can't believe they didn't know the muffin man.
I suddenly changed my thoughts, forgetting about the whole 'stop talking as though I'm not here thing'.
"Are you coming in or not? If you can't see it, then you can't come in without being knocked unconscious. Believe me, I've seen it happen. It's sort of like running into a rock wall at a very fast speed. I wouldn't suggest trying it."
Koenma briefly considered the idea before coming to a conclusion, "I guess I'll wait out here then. Don't take long or I might start to wander around." Koenma said.
'Hn. Like I care."
"Come on!" I said opening the door. I walked as I always did. On the other hand, Hiei and Kurama stared. What? It's like they've never seen plants. Well, they haven't seen my gorgeous, wonderful, admiring, and colorful plants…but don't let me get started on that!
"Since when do they let asylums keep plants in their rooms? Not to mention letting the patients make poisons." Hiei grumbled.
"I'm special." I smirked.
"…" Hiei glared at me and refrained from commenting.
I turned around to look at Kurama. "Kurama…are you ok?"
Kurama shook his head to clear his thoughts, "Of course. I am sorry to be so rude. You plants are truly beautiful. I never suspected to find plants like these in an aslylum…"
"Like I said, I'm special."
"Hn." Hiei grunted. Can you imagine Hiei grunting? Not really. I mean, I hardly know him, but I think he isn't the type.
I went to the door and shut it. Koenma was still outside. I've been in my room loads of times before. Everything was familiar over all the years I've been here. My mirror, which was covered in white roses, was on the far wall above a desk. My bed was next to the wall on the left and across it was a wardrobe with shelves to the right of it. Plants were everywhere. There was a pool of lilies was in the middle of the room. The only thing that wasn't plant related or furniture or clothing, was my shell. Seeing it, I hurry over to it. It was on my bed pillow, so I stayed on my bed, stroking it to comfort it's lonliness.
"Have a look around." I offered the two boys. I stared out of my windows in the roof above my bed. They were big and allowed lots of light in. My plants need it.
Kurama was looking around my room. I swear that he looked at every plant in the room. It was actually fun to watch. I've never seen someone who loved plants so much. When he reached my mirror, he paused at the white roses and took a red rose out of his hair. Then he placed it with the rest of my roses. Where he kept the thing, I have no idea. Maybe he was one of those street magicians I had heard about…
Hiei had a comepletly different reaction to my room. He simply glanced around for less than a second and decided to look at the window in the wall next to the desk (not all of the windows were in the ceiling).
"Why did you do that?" I asked. They both looked at me. Hiei turned away once he saw that I was talking to Kurama.
"I thought the red would add a nice touch to the rest of the roses." He replied. "You care for your plants very much."
"Thanks. You see," I came over and whispered in his ear. "I say these magic words and they grown for me." Kurama glanced at me.
"Really?" He asked as I smiled. "Will you show me?"
I grinned an evil grin. "Sure." Then I started my magic words. I whispered them very softly in the start. "lalalalalalaalala. Work work work! I love you. You love me. We're all one happy family. With a great big hug and kiss from me to you!" I said as a joke, giggling. He looked a startled. Then he grinned.
"You never had any magic words. Did you?"
"Nope. Well, I did have this sacred dance. See? It goes like this. Try it with me." I said resisting a grin. "Okay, hold your hand like this and make it look like their talking. Then imitate wings. Then shake your booty! Now add the words. 'I don't wanna be a chicken! I don't wanna be a duck! So kiss my but!'" I said doing the funky chicken. Kevic taught me it. Of course Kurama didn't do it after I had said 'shake your booty'. It would have been funny if he had done it though.
Hiei watched the whole thing, understanding completely why I was in the asylum.
Kurama laughed. "Why do you think you are here?" He said seriously.
"I don't know." I said. "Cause I'm crazy? Ask Hiei. He thinks so."
"Hn. Well she is. Did you hear her talking about her 'poor' shell?" Hiei said coldly.
"What shell?" Kurama asked.
"My crystal one. In an attempt to make all my escape plans, I forgot to bring it with me." I replied.
"Escape plans? Is that what you were doing with the poisons? Now that you mention it, can I see them?"
"Er, sure. Why not?" I said trying to draw the conversation away from 'escape plans'. I talk far too much. I went over to my bed and reached underneath to grab my ten clay bottles. One was empty. Two had poisons and the last 7 had healing potions. See? I'm not too dangerous. I started to point them out.
"That ones a poison, and that one too. That one is empty and the rest have potions." I said. Kurama opened each one and took a sniff.
"These are very powerful. I assumed you used some of the plants in your room?"
"Of course! What else would I use?" I paused. Looking thoughtful I said. "Well, I do have some fairy dust. You see, there was this wooden block that said it would grant me 3 wishes. Or else it was a loaf of bread I had for breakfast once... Oh wait a moment! Sorry, but I can't tell you what it really was. It is top secret." I said determined to keep the secret.
"You used the poison to get sick. I understand that here, when someone is sick they are taken to the infirmary, which is near the exit. From there, escape would be easy" Kurama deduced, ignoring my fairy powder story.
"Yeah, no, well, sort of. I am not some stupid mindless baka that will submit to anything that someone does. The holy baka may shine light upon all skunk headed people. Goodness knows, they need it" I said and Hiei glared at me. Kurama clearly did not understand what I was talking about at all. Frankly, it had nothing to do with the escape plan, which was my intention.
"I am not a skunk head. Whatever that is..." Hiei said.
"Yes you are. Say it!" I demanded like a queen.
"Hn. Baka."
'I could tell…' I thought, thinking he would read my mind. He looked started, I guessed right. His startled reaction also meant he had a secret. I laughed evilly inside my mind, by quickly decided that I did not want Hiei to read my mind, so that meant keeping it blank. Oops, I was thinking again! I needed to keep my mind blank. Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank Blank!
"You…you know?" Hiei asked startled. I smiled evilly. Then he made a recovery. "If you tell, I will kill you."
"Just try. First you have to get past the..." I trailed off and voiced in an evil voice. 'The creature of doom."
"What creature?" Kurama asked. Poor guy, he had no clue what was going on.
"The fluffy bunny of doom! It holds all that is pink inside it and contains the power of BARBIE! We're all going to die!" I said and dived onto the bed. I had just remembered that I was afraid of Ken. And if he knew I was using Barbie's power... Who knows what could happen! I grabbed my shell once more to help me calm down. Soon I was feeling very sane. I remained quiet while Hiei backed away towards the door. Kurama stared at me.
Kurama's POV
She doesn't know. And she can't fight it. It is driving her mad. Yet, when she holds that shell she seems so calm.
Fox's POV
"Can I see your shell?" Kurama asked quietly.
"No." I couldn't let him hold it. I swear it was what kept me sane. I felt so calm.
"It won't be for long. I promise." He seemed so truthful. I do let all the other patients play with it, so why not him? He was a stranger, but it seemed like I knew him forever. I was so comfortable around him. If I felt this way, then why wouldn't I let him see it? I struggled with myself and finally let it fall from my hand.
"Here! Take it from my hand and ruin it forever! I shall cherish the memories we had made forever." I said dramatically. Kurama reached for it but when his hand drew near, the shell started to glow. As his hand grew closer, it brightened. He didn't seem to notice it. I closed my eyes. When I opened them, the light was gone and Kurama had a shocked look on his face. I noticed something else. My shell was gone. And why did my hearing get better? So did my sight. I started to get up and my tail dropped. Wait a moment! Since when did I have a tail?
Hiei's voice interrupted my thoughts. "You've always had it, but no one could see or feel it. Baka." My mouth dropped from surprise.