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My Most Painful Memory
Ch. 4
Torhu, Yuki and Kyou walked out the door waving goodbye to Shigure as they went. Shigure yelled for them to be safe as he lingered in the doorway to watch them go. For once, there wasn't a sick thought in his mind. There was an understanding silence in his brain. Yuki and Kyou found his new maturity rather likable.
Torhu seemed a bit solemn since they had picked up Shiori. She hadn't smiled or laughed, and she wasn't her usual airhead-self. This worried Yuki and Kyou, because they weren't quite sure themselves what happened to Shiori. Did Torhu know something they didn't? The figured it best not to ask since it was putting her in such a down mood.
Soon the three seniors found themselves at Shiori's house. Torhu marched up to the door with a determined look on her face. She knocked lightly on the door and fidgeted while she waited. There was a low rustling sound, and what seemed to be the sound of someone kicking some tin cans aside.
In a few moments the door opened, and a pretty ragged lady answered the door. There were a lot of beer cans all over the floor, but she managed to crack the door enough to see them. She squinted a bit at the bright sunshine, "what do you want?" she slurred.
Torhu seemed to be caught off guard, because her eyes widened a bit in shock. The woman's hair was a mess and there was stuff smeared all over her face. Torhu opened her mouth to say something, but no words would come out. Yuki stepped in to save her from any further embarrassment. "Is Shiori here?"
"Shiori? Who's that?" All three of them now had their mouths hanging open. "Is she that teen girl that lives here? The one I'm supposed to be watching?"
Torhu nodded and the lady then again spoke in her harsh tone. "Yah, she's in her room, just go on up."
The three of them once again seemed shock, "were are her parents?"
"Off somewhere far away, I guess." The woman walked away tripping over things as she made her way back to the couch to pass out once again. The three senior students made their way upstairs in search of Shiori's room to get her some clothes and things.
Upstairs-
Yuki and Kyou waited outside in the hallway as Torhu grabbed Shiori's uniform, backpack and some extra clothes and packed them up in a large suitcase. Once they were done they began heading back downstairs. About halfway down the stairs Torhu stopped and said she had to go back.
"Why?" Questioned the curious Yuki.
"Well… The stuffed animals all over the floor… I think we should take her one."
Yuki smiled at Torhu's thoughtfulness and agreed. Torhu smiled and ran back while Kyou and Yuki waited in the hall.
She approached the door, but suddenly stopped. She looked in half expecting to see a ghost. She walked in and stood at the foot of the bed. There was a blanket bunched up, and it seemed to be breathing. Torhu watched the blanket carefully as she bent down and picked up one of the teddy bears.
She sighed and figured it to just be her imagination. She began to walk toward the door when something grabbed her by the ankle. As she fell she twisted to see a hand coming out from under the blanket.
She hit the ground with a thud and cried out in pain. Suddenly there was a shirtless man towering over her, and he was smirking. Torhu only had to look at him to know he intended her harm.
He took only one step toward Torhu before Kyou knocked him on his ass.
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