Koharu's Deep Fear
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One would think, that with all the fight that Koharu had, against even a tazer and two people beating down on her, that she wouldn't have any fears.
Well, one of her own personal fears is if she were to lose any of her friends. That would be something that she just could not stand.
But another fear of hers, takes us to a deep dark place…
Where the screams of kids can be heard…
A receptionist checks you in…
And then, oh then…
You sit in the waiting room, and await your turn.
As Koharu sat in a chair, shaking and breathing heavily, as the scream of another child was heard, over the sound of a drill.
Yeah. The dentist's office.
"Are you going to be ok?" Kagura asked. She, Kaorin, Osaka, and Pan were all sitting in the waiting room (Arata had a business meeting that day)
"I-I'll be fine…" Koharu responded shakily.
Pan had been to a dentist office in America, so this didn't frighten her at all. She knew that as long as she took care of her teeth, the dentist wouldn't do anything harmful.
However, Koharu had been one to always see the dentist as someone who, if they didn't like you, could very easily put a drill in your mouth.
A boy with black hair came walking out with a nurse, who was holding a clipboard. A mother stood up, and went to talk to the nurse.
Koharu watched this boy, still shaking a bit. The boy noticed this, turned towards Koharu, and gave her a smile.
Koharu saw the braces, her eyes went wide, and her shaking became slightly more intense.
"Koharu, honey, are you sure you're going to be ok?" Kaorin asked.
"Did you know that the electric chair was invented by a dentist?" Osaka suddenly said.
"Osaka, that's not helping!!" Kagura yelled.
Too bad Koharu was already shaking so badly that her chair was beginning to squeak.
The mother took the boy's hand, and took him out of the office.
The nurse looked at her clipboard.
"Koharu Aida-Kagura" the nurse called out.
Koharu gulped hard, and jumped down. Fighting her fear, she walked to the nurse, who held out her hand.
Koharu grabbed hold of it.
Then another scream came from the back.
Koharu pulled out of that grip (so fast the nurse had no time to react), and jumped to Kaorin, wrapping her arms around Kaorin's body.
"Please don't send me back there!!!!" Koharu cried.
"Oh, c'mon now, Koharu, it's ok…" Kaorin said, trying to sooth her crying child.
"C'mon, Koharu!" Kagura edged on. "Think of this as a chance to face and overcome your fear!!"
"K-Koharu…you're not…afraid, are you?" Pan asked meekly.
Koharu looked over at Pan for a moment. Those terrified eyes installed some sort of courage inside of Koharu to go do this.
Either that, or Koharu didn't want to be seen as a coward in Pan's eyes.
Koharu let go of Kaorin, and slowly walked back to the nurse (who had been standing in that same place the entire time), and took her hand. The nurse squeezed Koharu's hand, making sure not to let go this time.
Koharu looked back at her parents until the door into the dentist's office closed shut.
Koharu was led to the big chair, where she got in, and laid back.
Koharu looked next to her to find a girl with her mouth being kept open.
Koharu gulped hard. Her shaking was slowly coming back.
"Open" The nurse commanded.
Koharu slowly opened her mouth. Then the nurse put some things at the corners of Koharu's mouth, so now it was being forced to stay open, like the girl's next to her.
Koharu's hands began to grip the seat handle's harder.
Then the dentist rolled up. He was a man with black hair, glasses, and a mask over his mouth and nose.
"So, Koharu-chan, first time here?" The dentist asked.
"Aaah haaa. A-Aaah aah haa taaa haha." Koharu said.
Darn these things that keep your mouth open, Koharu thought.
"I see. How was your last visit to the dentist?" The dentist asked.
"Aaaah…aah aah gaaah." Koharu said.
"I see…" The dentist said. He then looked over at the girl next to Koharu. "How about you, Akira-chan, how was your last visit to the dentist?"
"It went rather well." Akira responded.
Koharu looked over at Akira, wide-eyed. How could she talk with her mouth stuck open like that?
Akira looked over at Koharu, and giggled a bit at Koharu's stare.
"I'm going become a ventriloquist someday. This is actually excellent practice for me." Akira said, turning her head back up.
"Ok, then, Koharu, time to begin…" The dentist said.
Koharu turned her head so that her mouth was up at the bright light, closed her eyes, and held a tight grip on the chair.
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Koharu came walking back out with the nurse.
"So, how'd it go in there?" Kagura asked.
Koharu ran up, and grabbed a tight hold of Kagura.
"I don't ever want to go back in there!!" Koharu screamed, tears streaming down her face. "He sticks a pick in your mouth, picks at your teeth, then he flosses in between your far back teeth, then after he uses that fluoride stuff, he says you can't eat or drink for a half hour!!"
"And she needs to floss more" The nurse added.
Kagura and Kaorin laughed a bit.
And so, Kagura, Kaorin, and Koharu left, saying goodbye to Pan and Osaka as they left. Kagura had to carry the still-slightly-crying Koharu out.
"Well, I guess we have something to…look forward to…every six months" Kaorin said.
"Why ever six months?!" Koharu screamed from Kagura's arms. She buried her face, and cried some more.
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Author's notes: Yeah, this idea came to me when I was at the dentist's office myself. I thought to myself:
"Koharu doesn't have a deep fear like Nekosa does…and she can't be TOTALLY fearless…"
And that's when this idea came to mind.
So, all it took was some typing time to myself.
Hope you all enjoyed!!
PS. To those that are on the Azu-Insanity board, I posted a new question on the Azu-kids section.
-JBK2K1