Here's chappie 4! I hope you're all enjoying this story. Please R&R so I can know what all of you are thinking about my story:)
Chapter 4
"That's strange," Megumi said as Hana finished her story.
"Very, Megumi," she said with a nod.
"So you're saying that after this man left the store everything went away, the headache, the voices, everything?" Megumi asked. She nodded. "What were the voices saying?"
"I don't remember, I don't think they were clear, some were harsh, like threats; others were soft, like a lullaby," she explained. Megumi scratched his head confusedly and shrugged.
"I don't know what to make of it, Saki," he said.
"Neither do I, but it's starting to bother me, it's very disconcerting," Hana said.
"Do you think you should mention this to Mother or Father?" Megumi asked.
"They'd just worry," she replied, shaking her head.
"Well, if it happens again I think you should," he brother advised. She nodded.
"Thank you, Megumi," she whispered.
"So, the new book will be in tomorrow? Splendid, I'll have to tell Hari," Shigure exclaimed happily, elbows on the checkout counter of the Shiraki Bookstore. Mayu rolled her eyes and looked up from the stack of papers she was grading.
"Don't you ever have anywhere else to be?" she asked.
"Nope," he replied brightly. She sighed heavily.
"Then why don't you run the store for me?" she questioned.
"Ah, Mayu, but you're forgetting that if I ran the shop for you, you wouldn't get to see Hatori," Shigure said with a grin that spread from ear to ear.
"Honestly!" she shouted, frustrated beyond words. It took all her willpower not to rear back and slap him across the face.
"What's this, Mayu, did I make you angry?" he teased, knowing she was helpless.
How did I get myself into this position? She thought. She turned back to her papers as Shigure just stood over her, chuckling.
Poor Mayu, I'm only trying to help you, really.
"Hatori!" Mayu shouted, rushing out the front door of the bookstore in pursuit of the solemn doctor. "Hatori!" He turned, book in hand, surprised.
"What is it, Mayu?" he asked curiously.
"Help, Hatori! A-a girl, she passed out in the store!" she shouted, gasping for breath. "Y-you're a doctor, right?" He nodded. "Please come help me!" She looked desperate, as if she half expected him to say "no," but he didn't; he nodded and walked back in with her.
The girl lay in the middle of the horror aisle, dressed in all black, her long flowing black hair covering half the floor. He bent over the girl's body and took her pulse immediately. It was extremely rapid. He put a hand to her head to check for a fever. None. Mayu just sat beside him breathing heavily and looking completely out of sorts. She suddenly gasped.
"What is it?" Hatori asked.
"I can't believe I didn't realize this before, I guess I was so shaken. This girl is one of the students in my class," she explained.
"Who is she?" he asked. Before Mayu could answer, however, a small boy ran down the aisle, followed by a tall blonde girl.
"Hana!" the girl shouted. Within an instant the two were on the floor by Hana's side.
"Uotani!" Mayu cried, surprised. Hatori now had no idea what was going on; he just watched the scene unfold in front of him. Hana began to stir, blinking twice, trying to figure out where she was. She saw her teacher, and Uo, and her brother Megumi.
"Arisa, Megumi, what are you doing-" she broke off as a splitting pain shot through her head, the same pain she had felt before she had passed out. She put her hands over her ears and shut her eyes tight, grunting in pain.
"Hana!" Uo cried. Hatori stared at Hana, worry in his eyes. He had no idea what was going on with this girl but he knew she was in extreme pain.
"A-Arisa," Hana managed to say.
"Hana, we've gotta get you outta here, come on," Uo said gently, grabbing Hana's arm. She struggled with her footing, feeling extremely dizzy. The voices in her head didn't help either. Uo finally pulled her up and dragged her out of the shop. Megumi got up from the floor and was about to leave when Hatori stopped him.
"Who is that girl and what's wrong with her?" he asked. Megumi turned around slowly.
"She's my sister. The doctors don't really know what's wrong with her, she says she hears voices in her head occasionally and it gives her violent headaches. They haven't discovered a way to cure her yet," Megumi said, turning back around and exiting the store.
"What the hell happened back there?" Uo cried, worry written in every feature of her face. She had seated Hana on a bench in the park and now her hands were on Hana's shoulders as she bent over the girl.
"I'm fine, Arisa," Hana assured her.
"That's a load of crap!" Uo shouted just as Megumi ran up.
"Saki, what happened?" he asked.
"To tell the truth, I don't know; I heard those voices in my head again, more extreme this time," she said. "I must have fainted this time."
"Was that the same man as last time?" Megumi questioned.
"It must have been or it wouldn't have happened again when I awoke," Hana replied. "I had never seen him before but I'm positive it was him."
"What's going on?" Uo asked, confused. Hana then explained to her everything that had happened in the last week. Uo nodded.
"What are you doing here?" Hana asked, going right from her tale to her question without giving Uo an opportunity to say anything.
"I saw Megumi and he said he was out looking for you, so I joined him," Uo replied with a smile.