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: Chapter Three :
Usagi groaned as she awoke from her deep slumber by the blaring alarm clock. Usagi stretched, crawled out of bed, and began walking towards the hall elevators into the hotel's first level, where they served free breakfast.
Upon reaching downstairs, Usagi saw her parents eating and as usual talking about something. Well, at least her mother was. Her father just nodded his head occasionally as he read the newspaper, every now and then taking a sip of his coffee.
"There you are sweetie, I set your alarm clock so you wouldn't sleep in.", Ikuko smiled.
"Thanks mom" Usagi muttered half- heartedly as she lubberly took a seat and automatically slouched.
"I was just telling your father our plans today, first we were going to go visit Ken. His wonderful shop opens up in about an hour, would you like to come?".
Usagi was about to refuse but then decided against it. Usagi wanted to visit Ami today but supposed a quick visit to see her brother wouldn't hurt, she would also see Yohji. Usagi felt butterflies frolic (AN: don't you just love that word…frolic...) in her stomach at the thought of Yohji. A strange connection developed between them last night. Maybe it was the fact that Yohji confided on her about his past that somehow brought them closer.
Usagi's wandering thoughts were disrupted by her mom's frantic waving in front of her face.
"Honey? Are you ok?" Ikuko asked, concern etched across her aging face, tendrils of ebony hair falling in her face from her messy bun.
Usagi smiled reassuredly, "I'm fine, I'd loved to go with you and dad to see Ken but how are we going to get there with no car?" Usagi stated.
Ikuko smiled, "good, because you didn't have a choice. Oh, the car issue is solved. Your father just rented a car on the phone and they dropped it off here." Ikuko replied handing Usagi a muffin from the basket placed in the center of the table.
"You can go just as long as you stay away from that Yogi man" Kenji warned.
"It's Yoga, dear" Ikuko replied batting away his comment with her hand.
"Whatever" Kenji replied.
Usagi rolled her eyes and turned her attention to her steaming blueberry muffin which she eagerly began to dig into.
Usagi winced when she glanced up at the blazing sun; there wasn't a cloud in the sky. It had been hot for the past two days and this one was no exception. Usagi followed her parents into Koneko no Sumu Ie. Today was Saturday, so Omi was at the counter apparently cleaning it. The store was empty except for Omi and an old lady who was currently sweeping the floor which was strewn with stray petals from various flowers.
"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Hidaka, and Usagi! How are you this morning?" Omi asked cheerfully looking up to greet them.
"We are doing just fine, do you happen to know where our Ken is?" Ikuko asked.
"He's sleeping right now but he should be up in about half hour." Omi answered.
"Oh dear, you don't mind if I go wake him up?" Ikuko questioned.
"Of course not, his room is upstairs and first door on your right", Omi directed.
"I'll come along too" Kenji said following Ikuko up the stairs located in the back of the room.
"Usagi, this is Momoe Yamaguchi, she works here occasionally" Omi said gesturing towards the frail woman who had stopped sweeping and looked up smiling.
"Hi, my name's Usagi" Usagi stated.
"How very nice to meet young lady, you must be Ken's sister I gather?" Momoe asked.
"Yes, I am" Usagi replied.
"Very nice young man he is, it was nice meeting you but I shall have to get back to work. The ground outside looks awful and someone has to sweep it", Momoe said, as she turned and walked outside.
"She seems nice", Usagi stated.
"She is.", Omi agreed.
"Where are Aya and Yohji?" Usagi asked.
"Oh, Yohji is asleep, his shift doesn't start for another two hours and Aya is off somewhere doing something." Omi said.
"Oh..." Usagi said, glancing around Koneko no Sumu Ie, the heavy scent of flowers intoxicating her. As usual an awkward silence settled between until Usagi suddenly heard her parents dragging Ken down the stairs.
"You need to wake up earlier honey; it is such a beautiful day outside!" Ikuko exclaimed as she reached the bottom of the stairs with a very tired and grumpy Ken attached to her arm.
"I'm nineteen; I can take care of myself." Ken said yawning. Ikuko ignored Ken's comment while Kenji just scowled.
"Your father and I just wanted to stop and say hello before we went off and visited some old friends of ours. You could at least be a little more chipper for us considering you haven't seen us in four years." Ikuko explained letting go of Ken.
"Sorry" Ken muttered rubbing his eyes, his hopeless attempt at becoming more awake.
"Well, we said hello, so I guess we better be going" Kenji said walking towards the door.
"But we've only been here for a couple of minutes honey", Ikuko protested.
Kenji sighed and replied, "We can come back later when he is more awake, and I have a lot of old business associates I haven't seen in awhile and I want to be able to visit them all".
"Alright, alright... Usagi sweetie, do you want to stay here or do you need to be dropped off somewhere?" Ikuko asked.
Usagi looked up and replied, "Oh, yeah, sure can you drop me off at the local hospital, I want to visit Ami and she should be there by now." Usagi said.
"Sure, sweetie come on, bye Ken, bye Omi, be back later" Ikuko said as she and Usagi followed Kenji out, Usagi waving goodbye as they made their exit.
Usagi made her way to the front entrance of the hospital where her parents dropped her off. Usagi felt her stomach tie itself into a knot as she thought of seeing Ami again. Had Ami changed? What did she look like? Questions kept swirling in her head as she walked up to the front desk.
A woman in her late forties busily typed away at the computer ignoring her. Her hair neatly put up into a bun, reading glasses placed on the bridge of her nose and a frown permanently painted on her face.
"May I help you?" she asked without even looking up.
"Oh, yes, um, do you know where Dr. Mizuno could be found?" Usagi asked nervously.
"Dr. Mizuno hhmm? she can be found on level four right now. Anything else?" she replied.
"Um no, thank you", Usagi said, and without waiting for a reply for which she knew she would not receive, walked to the nearest elevator.
Ami had to be with her mother, hence asking where her mother was; at least she thought she was. Usagi thoughts rambled on about nothing as the elevator shot up to into the building. Usagi walked out and glanced up and down the long hallway, various nurses could be seen rolling sickly patients to certain places, a look of either boredom or kindness showing on their faces. Usagi could distinctly smell the sanitation of the hospital, as she wandered down the hallway lost. Usagi glanced into each patient room hoping to catch Ami or her mother tending to a patient, but found nothing.
Just as Usagi was about to turn the corner something caught her eye. Glancing at the patient room right next to her.
The board attached to the door read "Name: Aya Fujimiya. Condition: comatose...". 'Aya, it must be some coincidence, but it is the same last name as Aya's.' Usagi thought. Curiosity taking over Usagi. She slowly cracked open the door and tiptoed into the room, creeping towards the patient's bed which was hidden from view by a thick curtain. Usagi walked around the curtain and gasped as she saw a petite, pale girl in her teens lying in the bed. Her dark hair woven into a braid. She looked unusually calm and peaceful.
Usagi suddenly felt that she shouldn't be here and was about to leave when an angry voice suddenly snapped behind her.
"What do you think you are doing here?"
:TBC:
Well, left you at sort of a cliffhanger, I'm sure you all know who it is, but I'm too tired to write anymore. Anyways this chapter is sort of boring and extremely short, but it will get better...I think. By the way, don't forget to review and tell me what you think, constructive criticism is always welcome. Until next time ja ne .
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