Ch. 8
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"You.... you don't remember me?" Midori's voice faltered, and she took a step away from Kagome, who bit her lip.
"Um.... sort of...." Kagome said quietly. The Sango she knew had died thousands of years ago. So how could...?
"Heyy, Midori-chan!" Ryu winked at the tall girl, and pulled a blushing Hikaru from his perch on the bed. "Meet the newbie: Hikaru-kun!"
"I..." Midori seemed flustered. "Uh... hi?"
"Pleased to meet you, Fujishima-san." Hikaru answered, not looking at her. She squinted at him as though he was someone she recognized, then shrugged and turned back to Kagome.
"Listen... do you want to take a walk or something? Maybe?" Midori asked, inclining her head toward the door. Ryu snorted.
"Yeah, like they're really gonna let you out of this room after what you just pulled."
"Shut up!" Midori whirled on Ryu, narrowing her eyes. "I'm trying to talk to someone, here!"
"Okay, okay! Sheesh..." Ryu muttered. He turned and returned to his bed, assuming the same position he had been in only a few minutes ago. Kagome suppressed a giggle. It was nice to see someone ordering Ryu around, for a change.
"Anyways..." Midori grabbed Kagome by the sleeve and jerked her to the corner, the farthest she could possibly get from the boys.
"Listen to me: I could be wrong here, but if you are Kagome, then I think I might know you." Midori winced upon hearing her own words. "Wow, that sounds insane. But seriously." She grabbed Kagome's shoulder and shook her slightly. "I was really pissed off when they dumped me here, so I gave them quite a difficult time, which resulted in me being thrown into what they call shock therapy. That's how they get you to behave in here, according to Nayamo. Anyways, when they shocked me, I felt all these memories coming back, and...."
"And I was in some of them?" Kagome asked, her dark eyes confused.
"Get this: you were in almost all of them; you, some guy with white hair and cat ears-"
"Dog ears." Kagome corrected automatically.
"All right, dog ears. Plus, some weird monk with a hole in his hand. Look, I know I sound insane, but it was like all these memories had been locked inside, and the shock was tearing them out. As the shock went on, I remembered names, places, and events, even things like my kid brother killing an entire village. It was just.... whoa." Midori laughed. "Then, when I came back in here, I saw you... do you believe me?"
Kagome could barely contain her excitement. "Yes!" This was almost too good to be true. In fact....
How could this be true? Sango is... she is....
"This is just really weird." Kagome said, frowning. "I mean, it's just way too good to be true..."
Midori smirked. "You think Naraku did something to me?"
"Sort of..." Kagome shrugged. "It's just too easy."
"Hey, you're the reincarnation of Kikyo; is it that hard to believe that maybe... I'm the reincarnation of Sango?"
"I don't have Kikyo's memories, though." Kagome countered.
"In a way, you do. You have the memories of the feudal era."
"Well..."
"It was probably the electricity. There's some sort of reaction that must take place when-"
"Young man! Young man!" A harsh voice resonated through the room, and Midori blinked. Kagome whipped around abruptly, only to see Hikaru standing at the door.
"Ryu!!" He called, his voice nervous. Kagome and Midori hurried to the door, only to see Ryu with a knife in his sweaty hand. He grinned when he saw Kagome, and winked.
"Didn't think to check the bottom pocket, didja?" He said, tauntingly. The guards eyed the knife, nervously.
"Mr. Yasuhiro! Put that down right now!"
"Hm... how 'bout not? Seriously, you guys need to check your patients more carefully; ya don't even have a metal detector in- Hey!!"
"I don't think you should be lecturing my guards, Yasuhiro-san." Nayamo said coldly, the knife in his large hand. Ryu bit his lip.
"While you were gloating, I came up and snagged this little trinket." Nayamo smiled and plunged the knife into his wrist. Hikaru gasped, but Kagome understood instantly.
"It was fake!" She said, horrified. No wonder no one had caught it.
"So, Yasuhiro-san... are you looking forward to your punishment?" Nayamo asked, throwing the retractable knife to one of the guards, who caught it.
A nervous look entered Ryu's eyes, but he smirked nonetheless. "Hell yeah, I'm ready."
"I wonder..." Nayamo put on a face of mock concern. "Will you still be so confident after a nice round of electricity?" And with that, he jerked Ryu away, leaving Hikaru, Kagome and Midori horrified in his midst.
"Well... that was exciting..." Midori said, trying to make a joke out of it. The humor fell flat. Hikaru pushed his glasses higher on his nose, and plunked himself back onto his cot, still not looking at Midori. Kagome sighed.
"What was he thinking, pulling a stunt like that?" Kagome asked Midori, who shrugged.
"That guy is a weirdo." Midori said, walking around the room. She stopped at a small table with a lamp on it. "Oh my freaking God..."
"What?" Kagome asked, walking over to join her friend.
"What kind of idiot puts a metal lamp with a light socket in a mental patient's room?" Midori laughed.
"Someone who doesn't think very much, that's for sure..." Hikaru said shyly. Midori raised an eyebrow.
"What's with that guy? It's like he's afraid of me..." Midori said quietly. Kagome nodded.
"Anyways... Midori...what you were saying before, about the electro shocks?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you think that... maybe the others are out here, as well?" Kagome said softly. Midori cringed.
"Now that's way too easy. I betcha InuYasha and Miroku are somewhere in the States or something..."
"True..." Kagome sighed. Midori shrugged and reached for her black backpack, pulling a stack of magazines from it.
"I don't feel like thinking about this anymore... my head hurts." She tossed a magazine at Kagome, who took it, but didn't open it. It was just too surreal. Sango, here!
Once we get out of this crazy house, we've got to look for InuYasha, and Miroku! I could have...
...I could have a second chance with InuYasha...
Quickly, Kagome pushed that thought out of her head. Brushing her hair back into a loose ponytail, she made herself pick up the magazine and flip through it. It wasn't a big deal. Sango's reincarnation was here... it wasn't a big deal.... She eyed Midori through the corner of her eye. Now that she really looked at her, she could see the same fire that Sango always had in her eyes. Grinning, Kagome flicked through the magazine. It was nice to know that she wasn't the only one here.
Almost an hour passed, and Midori seemed to have fallen asleep. She was resting against the head of her bed, the magazine on the floor next to her. Kagome grinned and set her own magazine down.
"Hikaru? What time is it?"
"Hm? Oh, about seven thirty pm." He replied. He was almost finished with his book, and Kagome wondered vaguely what he would do after he was completely finished.
"Seven thirty.... Ryu should be back by now, shouldn't he?" Kagome said, unconcernedly.
"Yeah..." Hikaru took a dark blue bookmark from his bag and placed it between the pages of his book. "I'm beginning to think this place isn't too horrible. Our room, anyway."
"What?"
"It's kinda like a hotel room." He said, shrugging. Kagome smiled.
"Guess so. But the torture devices and insane people are a definite downside."
"You've got that right."
The large door opened, and a short man poked his head in. "It's dinner time. Nayamo-san wanted me to inform you that if you misbehave tonight, he'll be sure to have you in shock therapy by the morning."
"That's nice." Kagome said curtly. The man raised an eyebrow, and she didn't have the courage to push her luck any further. Slowly, she tapped Midori-chan on the shoulder, until she woke up.
"We've got to go to dinner, Midori-chan..." Kagome said quietly. Midori blinked twice, then pulled herself up, her hair enviably unruffled by sleep.
"'kay.." Midori stood up and brushed her long bangs to the side of her face. Kagome and Hikaru followed her to the cafeteria, Hikaru blushing the whole way. The three descended into the cafeteria, closely followed by a guard, who left as soon as the three were inside. They were quickly guided to a corner table, already occupied by Ryu, who wasn't looking at anybody.
"Ryu-kun...?" Hikaru poked his friend softly. Ryu still didn't look up, his red tipped hair covering his face.
"Stop being an idiot, Ryu!" Midori whacked him softly. Still, no result.
"Ryu?" Kagome tried. At her voice, Ryu snapped his head up. His face took on a confused look at the sight of her own.
"Dammit, wench! Do you have to follow me everywhere I go?"
Kikyo: ::eyes get huge:: wait a minute! Is he...?
me: I'm not telling!!
Kikyo: ....::goes back to looking at yaoi::
me: wow... you're really concerned about where this story's going, aren't you?