Reality Check
AN: Sorry it's another short chapter. I'll try to make up for it in the next post. I'm going to try for at least 10 or more pages. No promises though I've been busy. If everything goes right I'll have it up at least by Monday (hopefully by tomorrow night –crosses fingers-).
Disclaimer: I don't own the show…. Yet…. Ah who am I kidding. I'll never own it T-T
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The first ting I became aware of was pain, a very intense pain in the side of my head. The throbbing was so bad I had to wonder what had hit me. I tried to open my eyes but I couldn't manage to do it. When I tried to speak a weak groan was all I could manage to get out. Whatever that guy did to me it really had sent me for a loop that's for sure.
My thoughts were starting to fade out again when a sensation of something cold and wet was being placed on my forehead. The shock helped me to open my eyes and I saw a blurry figure standing over me.
"She's waking up."
I wasn't sure who it was until I caught the sight of something red. Kurama was standing over me with a worried look on his face. As I looked around I noticed that they all had the same looks on their faces.
"Ugh, did anyone get the license plate number of the truck that ran me over?"
"What are you stupid, Yusuke said in a raised voice? You what were thinking?"
I sat up so I could look him directly in the eyes. It was a lot harder then I expected it to be. What ever was done to me still hadn't fully left my system and was leaving me very tired and weak.
"I take that as a no then", I said just above a whisper.
Kurama sat down next to me and turned so I would have to look him directly in the eye. There was something in the look that he gave me but I couldn't quite put my finger one what it was and at the time I didn't really think much of it.
Before he could say anything about me being reckless and endangering my life I felt the need to point out the fact that it was Kuwabara that ditched me, not the other way around.
"I didn't do it on purpose", was all I managed to get out.
"We know", Kurama said. "But you shouldn't have gone off with him. You knew the risk that was involved yet you still ignored it. Such a blatant disregard for you own safety will end up getting you killed." His voice was soft but I could still hear the edge of anger hidden underneath.
"The fool was as much to blame for this as the rest of you."
I looked over to the window, finally noticing Hiei standing there. I wasn't sure if he had been there the whole time or if he had just gotten in.
"He never should have taken his eyes off of her in. If it were up to me she never would have been there in the fist place."
I could tell Kuwabara was angry. His fists were clenched as he turned towards Hiei.
"Look I already told you guys I heard Crystal say she needed to go to the bathroom. So I was brining her there when all of the sudden she was gone. She just disappeared like 'poof'."
I didn't understand what he was talking about. I never asked to go to the bathroom. I was still standing in the same spot the whole time. It was Kuwabara that he left me.
"No I didn't."
All eyes turned on me when I said that.
"I was standing near the wall with Kuwabara the whole time. I never asked to go the bathroom. All I knew was one minute he was there and the next he was gone. When I looked around I didn't see him anywhere. That's when that guy came."
Kuwabara asked me why I went with them but I couldn't answer that. Thinking about it at that point it didn't really make any sense.
"I don't know."
It was a lame excuse but that was all I could come up with. I looked down to the floor trying to avoid any more eye contact. I was waiting for some one to yell at me but no one did.
"The man that took you is goes by the nick name puppet master. He has a strong psychic ability and uses it to control his victims. You were very lucky that Yusuke, Kuwabara and I were able to get to you when we did."
I didn't want to talk to anyone right now. What I needed to do was to clear the fog in my head and take some time to myself to think about everything.
When I asked everyone agreed and left me alone to my thoughts.
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Even though I hated the idea, I really wanted to take a long hot shower. Before they left they told me that there was a few more out fits for me to wear in the closet. I just grabbed the first t-shirt and pair of pants I got my hands on. I didn't even bother to look to see if they matched.
The hot water felt good and it helped to clear up some of the remaining effects of what ever that puppet master guy did. I stayed in there for a few more minutes before stepping out and placing a towel around my waist.
After I got dressed I went back to the bed and laid down looking up at the ceiling.
'I've got to get back to see Koenma. There's something about this that isn't sitting right with me. The whole deal has felt off from the beginning. Like what my connection to the evil spirit is. I have a feeling like he knows something.'
I closed my eyes and just listened to the sound of the fan.
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It was three hours later that I got up and went to find the others. I wanted to say sorry again to them. It really was a bone head move that I pulled and I also wanted to see what they found out.
All three of them were in the living when I came in.
There was a spot on the couch open next to Kurama so I took the seat there. I liked sitting next to him. For some reason it made me feel more at ease.
"Look I know what I did was wrong, and I'm really, really sorry, but in my defense it wasn't exactly my fault. I couldn't stop myself from following the guy."
"Look we're not made at you, Crystal, Kuwabara said." There was a 'like hell' that came from Yusuke. "But you can't take any more risks like that. From now on you can't go anywhere with out someone being with you… got it."
"Alright mom I got it."
"No I'm serious Crystal. You can't be alone anymore."
I just sighed. There was no arguing the point with him.
"So did you find anything out?"
I was surprised to hear that they did find out quite a bit. I seems that who ever the evil spirit was, he wasn't really even from this reality. It was only rumor but from what the guys did say he had come to this world thinking that's where he could find the power he was looking for.
I didn't put it together what that meant for me but I was sure in for a surprise later on I can tell you that.
Kurama filled the group in on some of the story behind puppet master. Apparently he and Yoko had worked together once before. The partnership ended after only a couple of jobs and they guy was really pissed about it. I also found out it was part of the reason he was able to get to me so quickly.
Without my noticing it he had placed some kind of liquid root in my drink that made me more susceptible to his power. Kurama countered the effect of the drug as soon as he recognized it to be a mixture he created himself a long time ago. I had wanted to ask him what he used it for but I pretty much figured it was to make some one talk… You know like an ancient truth serum.
We talked for about an hour more when I remembered wanting to ask if I could talk to Koenma. I was about to ask when I noticed something weird out of the corner of my eye. It was as if there was a small ripple in the room, like the small waves you see after throwing a stone into water. I turned my head but the illusion was gone.
When I asked the guys if they saw it, they just said that the effects of what Puppet Master did had yet to wear off. Even if it did make sense I couldn't shake the feeling that something was off. I kept waiting for someone to attack us at a moments notice.
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And that's the chapter. -gets sporked- #-0 -ouchies-
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