GX: Kaze ni Naru
Written by: LizSkywalker007
Disclaimer: I still don't own anything mentioned.
Chapter 4: On the Wind! Awakening after the fall!
After the day staff had returned to their housing for the night, Misaki was now hooked up to an oxygen machine because the doctor's were worried that her broken ribs would prevent her from breathing normally. However, the night staff discovered that she could breathe just fine on her own, but she was still hooked up to an IV, due to the fact that her wound had caused major blood loss during an attempt to stitch up the laceration. The surgeons managed to stop the bleeding, but Misaki needed a transfusion right away, or else she would die.
After all was said and done, Misaki was in the school hospital's ICU unit, sound asleep, while someone tried to contact her closest relative back in Japan. After unsuccessfully trying to reach a Miss Shoko Asami, Misaki's aunt, it was learned that Shoko had been murdered when she had been covering a breaking story about a robbery at a local grocery store.
As Misaki slept, she couldn't keep the darkness from eating away at her consciousness. She was surrounded by a dark, misty fog that seemed to blind her way, no matter where she went. It was wet and cold when she woke up.
Gasping for air, Misaki sat up, and noticed she wasn't anywhere she recognized, and to be honest where she was resembled a bog of some kind. The sky was overcast, a bone full moon appearing every few minutes. Shivering, Misaki sat up, and called out, "Hello? Is anybody out there?" Nobody answered except a foreboding gust of wind. Realizing she was only in her pajamas, Misaki ran off in order to get out and away from where ever she was.
Stumbling up a root ladder, Misaki's pajama bottoms were torn at the knees as she climbed ever higher, but paid no attention as she managed to get to higher ground.
She soon found herself standing on a somewhat paved path leading upwards, into a dark, thicker part of a forest. As the path went only in that direction, Misaki gulped, and pushed on forward.
As Misaki continued up the path, the trees became closer together, and the wind blew more frequently, and on occasion, Misaki was positive she heard something large and metallic walling around the vicinity. "I have to keep going, no matter what," Misaki told herself, and she trudged on.
After for what seemed like hours, Misaki emerged at the top of a hill. Up here, the trees thinned out, and Misaki caught sight of an enormous desert. The sky was clear, but the moon, instead of a pallid grey, was a blood red, and seemed to be directly overhead.
Misaki ventured out of the forest to investigate the desert, something about this place felt familiar, as though she had been there before. This is really weird, I feel like I've been here before, like I'm in a dream or something, Misaki thought, as she ran down the sand dune towards the river at the bottom of the valley.
Coming up to the bank, Misaki looked across to the other side, and gasped! There was an enormous black temple. It glimmered in the moonlight, giving the area a very eerie feeling. Misaki waded across the river, as though something inside the temple was drawing her there.
Misaki soon reached the main stairway, and looked up. There was a door on the stoop, but it was set so far back that she couldn't see it at all. Walking slowly up the stairs, Misaki eventually reached the top, and strode towards the gigantic doors, which seemed to have been built of black granite. When she pushed on the doors to enter the shrine, the doors felt like ice, and once she was inside, the darkness was overwhelming. It was like she was blind; there was no light, no shadow, and no heat.
Misaki walked along the marbled floors, the raw nature of the temperature inside was causing her to shiver more than she was used to, and considering that she wasn't wearing a jacket.
After what seemed like a lifetime, Misaki approached what appeared an archway. Stepping inside, she saw a familiar form, surrounded by a golden light! Misaki cried out, "Momma! It's me, Misaki!" However, as she ran towards it, the image faded, leaving a startled Misaki, and she fell forward, landing on the floor.
"It wasn't real…. I thought that it really was my mother! I just want to go home, to see everyone again!" She then began to cry uncontrollably, and was so shaken by her sobs, that she barely noticed a figure had materialized in the darkness, and it quietly stepped towards the crying child.
Misaki sat up; when she noticed the Winged Kuriboh had appeared, trying to comfort her. Misaki stood up, and started to continue walking, when the Duel Monster squeaked in surprise, causing Misaki to turn around. What she saw next truly frightened her!
Out of the shadows, stepped a human figure, with a blood-colored robe, a scarred tan face, and a fearsome blade. He had no emotion in his eyes; except an intense anger and hatred. Misaki stared back, her own eyes reflecting untold fear and horror. Something seemed very familiar, but she couldn't place it together.
As the ghost advanced, Misaki grabbed on Winged Kuriboh, and made a dash for it. Of course, the darkness returned, but Misaki knew that she had escapes, her life depended. Of course, she tripped over an unseen trap, and found herself in a vice grip of a Dark Necrofear!
"Let me go," Misaki shouted as loud as she could. However, nobody her pleas as the demon held Misaki's arms above her head, while restraining her from moving. The ghost appeared, and licked his lips. He had apparently been waiting a long time for this, as he drew a blood-soaked sword, and he aimed for Misaki's throat. Misaki shut her eyes and winced, waiting for the death blow…
Suddenly, a brilliant light flashed, and Misaki felt a strong pair of arms wrap protectively around her. She saw nothing else, as she fell into a deep sleep…
The morning sun was just coming into the window of the ICU unit, when Misaki finally woke up. Gasping from the horrific nightmare she had experienced, Misaki glanced out of the window, and for a moment, thought she saw a young couple, A Pharaoh and his Queen, and she was pregnant!
Shaking her head, the image vanished, as an orderly was walking in with breakfast. "Glad to see you're awake, Miss Suzuhara. A classmate will be by later with your homework. If you need anything, just call." Misaki nodded, and after eating the oatmeal, she fell back onto her bed, and drifted off into an uneasy slumber.
