Hi guyzzzz. XD Ugh, Bizz is having writer's block... but anyways, chapter 5. Things are finally getting interesting now, huh? Zomg, Akiraaa :D -Slapped- But well.. as my fountain of ideas was going dry I all of a sudden got it going again somehow when I was thinking of something... note that some of this inspiration comes at like 1-3 in the morning XD Maybe later.. and I can't help but think there was something important that I was going to put here, but I forgot. o-O But anyways, onto chapter 5! And I had the HARDEST time thinking up a name for this chapter...

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Chapter 5- Strangers Are Never Forgotten

"Uh.. yes. This is her mother, then?" Emi asked, nervousness in her voice.

"Yes, I am. Who might you be?"

"Uh.. I'm her friend, Emi. Natsumi is.. in the hospital at the moment..."

".. Oh dear Lord, what happened?" The motherly concern came into her voice, something a lot of people were familiar with.

"She is really sick, I guess. Some other friends and I were going to go see her."

"Well, I'll take a few minutes out of here to go see her. But wow... how did that happen so fast? Oh, Natsumi..." Her mother hung up quickly after that, and Emi sighed. She was relieved that her mom didn't have a worse reaction than that and even start blaming them for it. "So, guys.. would you like to go see how Natsumi is doing, then?" Emi asked the others. There was some hesitation, especially from Violet, before Yuni nodded, the others following.

As they all together began their walk to the hospital, they were a little unaware of the two girls that decided to follow them. One of them started to giggle and burst into laughter while the other one started hitting her in the head with a stick. "You fool! You'll get us noticed!!" Though the girl still couldn't control her continuous giggles. "I'm sorry... it's just that one guy is so hot!"

"What?" Akira had heard this comment and turned around. The others stopped walking along with him and turned to face the girls, with Yuni looking a little annoyed.

"SEE?? They noticed us!! Thanks a lot!!" The girl who seemed to be in some sort of bat outfit- which turned out to actually be real- started hitting the other girl in the head with the stick again. She was still in the middle of a giggling fit, and was right about the size of the other girl, but almost looked like a fairy. "I'm sorry, but that one girl looks so pissed off!!! She's his girlfriend, isn't he??" The girl eventually managed to say, pausing her laughing fit, then continuing again right after she was done talking.

"Who are you?" Emi asked in a serious tone. This seriousness caused the two girls to stop their bickering, and the bat girl replied, "And why should you know?" while the other girl who was finally finishing her laugh attack replied, "They call me Bizz. And this is... Evil Zukin." Zukin then proceeded to hitting Bizz in the head with the stick again. "Don't tell them my name!! No one needs to know!!"

"Well, you know I get afraid when people act serious! You heard that girl! She sounded mad..."

"Listen," Emi said, breaking up the argument again, "I want to to tell us truthfully- were you following us?"

"That's none of your buisness," Evil Zukin spat back in a rude tone of voice. Bizz, however, told them the truth again. "Well, yes, but it's because we have nothing better to do. It's not like we were going to for too long anyway, but wow..." Bizz then started to stare at Akira, her eyes sparkling like something you'd see in an anime with a girl staring romatically at a boy she likes. Violet looked at Bizz, curiosity forming again. She had been sitting on Emi's shoulders, as she did with Natsumi, though it didn't feel the same to her.

Yuni stepped right in front of the two, annoyed with Zukin, but especially annoyed at Bizz. "Unless you want us to call the police, you'd better get out of here."

"B-But--" Bizz began, but was cut off by Zukin. "Make us," The Zukin had replied. Bizz shoved Zukin away and begin to finish what she was going to say. "It's also because I think I remember seeing you." She had pointed at Yuni, and Yuni had started to get a little confused. "Huh? When?"

"I- I was seven years old," Bizz began, stammering a bit in nervousness, "You were with that one dude standing next to you," Bizz then pointed to Akira. "Y- You were getting ice cream and I had gotten some with you, b- but Zukin then stole mine. And then... andthenandthen y- you... got another one for me. You made me happy, but after that I never really got to see you again that much." Bizz started to get into some kind of emotional, dramatic mood, and Zukin just folded her arms and went "Hmph. So what? It was just ice cream."

"But I still remember. I still remember from that day... and now I know that a stranger is just a friend you haven't met yet." And even though the phrase sounded cheesy, it was still touching, you'd have to admit. Yuni had been in though for a moment, but then muttered, "I think I do remember..."

"Well, if you promise not to follow anymore random pedestrians, then you can join us," Emi offered.

Evil Zukin didn't say anything. "We accept!" Bizz answered, even though the bat girl growled a bit.

"Well, we're going to see a friend at the hospital. If you'd like to come, then you can." Emi smiled at the two, and Yuni just sighed. Emi bent down to Bizz's ear and whispered, "But, just to let you know, Akira is already Yuni's boyfriend. So, don't hit on him, because it kind of freaks Akira out and makes Yuni mad." Emi had started to giggle a bit, along with Bizz, and even though Violet had heard most of what Emi said since she was on her shoulders, she didn't really say anything, though she did smile. Yuni blinked. "Emi... what are you laughing at?"

"Oh, it's nothing," Emi replied, still smiling, "Now let's go, guys!"

Once the six arrived at the hospital, Emi went up to a woman at the main desk. The woman had been looking through files for a minute, and then she looked up to see Emi. "Oh, pardon me," She said, "Did you need something?"

"Oh, it's okay. We've.. come here to see a friend," Emi replied.

"Oh, I see. What is her name?"

"Natsumi Kuzuki."

"All right, one moment..." The woman continued to look at files, and then pulled one out. "I believe she's over in room 117," The woman then replied. "I'll get one of the nurses to escort you there. I believe we had a visitor there earlier, though..."

Emi nodded. "All right." She had wondered if the earlier visitor that the woman had mentioned had been Natsumi's mother, and also wondered if she was still there. Emi just sort of paid the thought no mind, and as a nurse started to talk up to the group, she and them, except for Zukin, greeted politely. She had then led them, through an elevator and then a long hallway, to room 117.

-End of chapter 5-

(Eh, the chapter was short again, I apologize. Lol x3 I love including a random character here and there named Bizz... so she's based off of me... and, Papersak, I was going to make Zukin just a random character appear at the end, but nah, I decided to make her more important. x3 Chapter 6 shall be coming soonz)