Piranha's Retreat: Chapter 5:
Okay, maybe I did fall asleep after the darkness enveloped my eyes, but I swear I didn't faint. I never fainted before, so therefore I didn't faint now.
I don't know how long I was out of it, but when I did wake up, the darkness was different; I was simply in a dark room, with a bed, toilet, and a sink. Nothing like, let's say, a mirror where I could harm anyone with.
Damn. Why must I have this luck, to be handcuffed to the bed? Luckily the chain was long enough that I could easily move to the toilet and the sink. But anywhere towards the door, was simply impossible.
Have I mentioned that it smelled like lilacs?
"Katashi, I know your there. Show yourself!" I yelled into the darkness. The door opened slowly, and the light blinded me.
"Reiko, I see that you're awake," the evil voice of Katashi echoed throughout the room. Damn the high ceilings. Okay, so in High School, I dated this one boy, Katashi. At first everything went okay, but then I learned that he did drugs. Soon after I broke up with him, and right after someone called the police, turned out that he was a drug dealer too. He went to jail for god knows how long. And now, he was back.
"I see your just a screwed up as the day I broke up with you." I replied harshly.
Slap!
"Bitch," he snarled, "I'll make you pay for moving on."
"What do you mean? You're the only boyfriend I ever had." I said, surprised at him.
"I saw you kissing that guy; I also know you dated in high school. My spies told me so." He said. Surprising me again, I never did date after him, I thought. Why is he saying this?
"No, I didn't date in high school after you!" I screamed, hoping to god that someone would hear me.
Slap again. Wow, he hits like a girl! Then, a flashback happened.
"I love you so much!" I said, "I want to be with you forever, even if it's impossible."
"I love you too, Reiko." A deep voice answered, familiar, but I couldn't place my finger on it.
"I know! Why don't we go back to my house and see if my little brother is there, we could see if he needs help or something."
"You're right." I said, the words coming out of my mouth without any knowledge of them being formed in my head.
"See, you lied." He said gloatingly. Wow, immature much?
"I guess I did." I said again, but this time I knew what I was doing, I was simply pretending to know what happened all those years ago.
Heck, I didn't even know if that flashback was real or not. Then I started to laugh. I was happy, for the first time in my life; I realized that I dated another man, other than that blood sucking leach, aka a drug addict/trafficker.
"Crazy bitch," he snarled, "do you not realized that your life is in my complete control?"
"Oh really? I thought that my life was in the hands of my beloved Chestnut." I snorted sarcastically.
"Chestnut?" he asked sort of confusedly.
"My dog that I have to feed, so can I leave now?" I whined.
"No." he stated coldly. How cruel! My poor puppy, dying of loneliness and hunger, I could just writhe in pain.
He then did something surprisingly civil. He gave me some water. "Here, keep up you strength, because once you're willing, we'll go get married." He said, almost like he was living in a delusion.
So I played along, "And then we'll get a big castle, and live happily ever after." I said sarcastically.
"Thank you, Reiko, you finally get it!" he said, looking delighted, almost like a little kid getting his first bike. Crap.
"No, not really." I said lightly, totally not grasping the gravity of this situation. Okay, I know this will sound repetitive, but slap!
"Don't lie to my, crazy bitch." He whispered coldly in my ear.
"Aw, thanks! I'm being called a female dog!" I said, a tad too goofy for this current situation. He sighed.
"Perhaps a few days with no food will help rejuvenate your memory, and make you remember the lies you've been living." His words were more cryptic than his actions. He said next, "I'll unlock your cuffs if you be a good girl, and remember your life." He touched my nose, affectionately. Ew! Ew, ew! He touched me! Gross.
Okay, so this may not sound new, but I may be a tad bit crazy to some. I just call it eccentric.
He left, and sleep started to creep up on me, and before I knew it, I was off in dreamland.
The world around me changed, I was still in private school, even after I found out that Katashi was dealing drugs. Of course I was lonely; nobody seemed to want to talk to me anymore.
Stuck in my thoughts, I accidentally bumped into something. Upon being shoved out of my thoughts, I realized that something I bumped into was actually a someone.
"Oh my god, I'm so sorry!" I said, helping him up. Then I bowed at him. "I didn't realize that I was walking."
He laughed lightly, his deep voice surprising me, and his twinkling eyes looking amused, as he said, "No worries, it was partially my fault. I wasn't paying attention either." He laughed again, "My name is Hatori Sohma, and yours is…?" He prompted.
"Oh, my name is Reiko Hotori." I said, I added, "My last name is so similar to your name, isn't it?"
"Yeah, it is, aren't you Katashi's girl?" he asked, I scowled.
"Not anymore, I hate him." I stated simply.
"Someone like you can hate?" he asked, before I could retort something, he added, "It's just that someone who looks as nice as you do, can't possibly hate."
"Are you trying to ask me something?" I asked suspiciously. Not sure whether or not he wanted to know about Katashi or not.
"Yes, I'm not doing this too well, but would you like to go on a date with me?" he asked, looking nervous, but turned serious at the same time.
I must have looked only a teensy bit surprised, because he opened his mouth to say something, only to be cut off by my, very loud, "Sure!"
"Really?" he asked, looking delighted, no acting required. Then, two guys came over, one with long, strait, platinum blond hair (either that or silver), and the other with short black hair, nothing like the style of Hatori's black hair though.
"Haa-san, we've been looking for you everywhere!" The flamboyant silver haired guy said, just what this school needed, another rich, snotty, kid-like teen.
"Aya-san, what about me, weren't we going to have fun tonight? Just the two of us?" the black haired guy said suggestively. Gay much?
"Ayame, Shigure, what do you need?" Hatori asked, seriously, as if he was covering up his amused and light side from his 'friends'. I wasn't even sure if they were his friends.
"We were wondering if you'd like to come to a party tomorrow night. Akito is throwing the party!" the one called Shigure said, almost as if he was interested in this particular girl.
"I'm sorry, I'm going on a date with Reiko tomorrow night." He said, looking at me, no, glancing at me with a desperate plea for help. I'm guessing he did NOT want to go to this party.
"Sorry, boys, Hatori is taken!" I admitted easily, how was I going to resist the pleasure of pleasing this olive green eyed boy?
"Oh, maybe another time, then?" the boys asked, and left with the each other after a minute of awkward silence came between us.
"So do you really want to go on a date with me tomorrow?" I asked, looking at him with as much curiosity as I could muster, "Or was that just a ruse to get out of that party?"
"No, I really want to go out with you. Just give me a chance? Please?" he asked, looking deep into my eyes.
I sighed in defeat, while I said, "Yes, I'll give you a chance. Pick me up at 6 o'clock?" I half stated, half asked.
"I will be on time!" he said, his happiness returned into his eyes. As he left to catch the late bus, I could have sworn I saw a flash of silver and black in the hallway, spying on us. Luckily I didn't have to take a late bus; my grandmother was there to pick me up instead.
I woke up with a start, sunlight was pouring through the little window, and just enough to tell me it was morning. Sitting up, I moved in a dreamlike state to get a drink of water. I was parched, and that's understating things.
"Why me?" I asked, looking at the little daylight I could see. Then, more to myself, than any unseen being out there, "Hatori, I thought you said you would save me? Please save me from these dreams, these strange dreams that you are in, and while you're at it, please save me from Katashi too." I pleaded.
Reluctantly I moved back to the bed, where I let my eyes rest and instantly I was swept back into the strange dreams.
"Grandmother, how do I look?" I asked the first person I ran into. It was almost 6 o'clock. And I wasn't about to make Hatori wait.
"Fine, Reiko. Just promise me you won't have sex." My grandmother said, embarrassing me slightly. She can rarely do that, but when she starts to talk about those, uh… acts, I always get embarrassed. I never even had sex with Katashi, so why would I have sex with Hatori, let alone on the first night?
Okay, enough rambling, I answered her with "I promise, grandmother, just make sure that Tadase doesn't meet Hatori until we go steady. Well, if we go steady." I asked, no pleaded. I didn't want my little brother meeting some guy that I met after school, until I was sure that he was an okay guy. Then I would trust my brother's instinct to see if he's worthy of me. My brother despised Katashi, and I made fun of him for that. But now I know to trust him on this subject. He's really good at this sort of things.
"I shall do that." She said, after kissing me on the forehead. "Be careful, dear."
"Okay, Grandmother!" I said, rushing downstairs to get the doorbell that just rung at exactly 6 o'clock. "Coming!" I yelled down the hallway. As I raced down the hallway, I got a glimpse of what I wore, which was a white tank-top, a forest green miniskirt, a silver charm bracelet of the twelve Chinese zodiac, and silver gladiator sandals.
As I opened the doors, my parents came into view. My mother had her stern look, while my father held a semi-happy face.
"Reiko," Mother said, just before I opened the door, "have fun." She said as she smiled slightly.
Father just said, "Be home before 11 o'clock." And then, as if he read my mind, "And I mean in tonight, not the morning."
I just laughed, as I opened the door. "Hatori, these are my parents." I said to my date.
"How do you do, Mr. and Mrs. Hotori?" he asked politely.
"Fine, thank you." Mother said curtly, then said more softly, "Take care of my little girl."
"Mother, I can hear you!" I said, mortified, as she laughed one of her snorting laughs.
"Bye, kids!" mother said, as I nearly dragged Hatori out of my house.
"Sorry about that Hatori! I didn't realize how much my parents could embarrass me so quickly!" I said. He was wearing a blazer, with a green polo shirt underneath, and a pair of jeans. "By the way, where are we going?" I asked, I wanted to know where we were going.
"I thought we could go to a local fair. I thought that would be more fun than going to a diner or a movie."
I smiled, "I hate movie theatres. I can never sit still for more than an hour." I said, relieved. I was on the brink of pulling out the puppy dog eyed arsenal before he said the local fair. But I swallowed that urge once he said our destination.
"I had that feeling when I saw how much energy you had." Hatori noted, not rudely, kindly, almost affectionately. My mind screamed 'TOO SOON!' I mean, who would think somebody would like me after my previous relationship. I mean, why the crap would he be affectionate to me, unless he had a long standing crush on me, which was so impossible, I could laugh. I mean I was UGLY!
As I got in the car, which was a black car, I realized how gentlemanly Hatori really was. He opened the door for me, granted I almost ran into the car, but that's a whole different story.
"Hatori, do you like dogs? Like, I mean love them with all your heart." I asked, suddenly looking very serious. Katashi hated dogs, so much he killed my dog once we broke up. Unfortunately I didn't have the nerve to tell my parents, grandmother, or my baby brother what my ex did.
"Of course! My cousins have a dog, and I simply love her. Her name is Chinatsu, and is simply adorable." Hatori said, showing his soft side. "Do you have any dogs?"
"Not anymore, Betty died at the hands of Katashi." I blurted out after an uncomfortable silence. "Oh no! Please don't tell anyone that I said that. Mother and Father will lecture me, and Grandmother will faint, and my baby brother will throw a fit!" I almost continued to rant, but luckily he cut me off.
"Don't worry; your secret is safe with me." Hatori said, earnestly.
I leaned on his shoulder, "Thanks, Hatori." I murmured.
I jerked awake. It was night, and Katashi was staring at me in the room. "You're awake." He stated simply as he walked towards me. He climbed into the bed, and kissed me. Eww!
"Get away from me, Katashi." I ordered, he came closer, and pinned me to the bed.
"I heard you were still a virgin." Katashi said, in a voice that once would have melted my legs. But being chained to a bed put a damper on things. And also the knowledge that I was dealing with a mentally unstable guy changed the fact.
"I- hey! Get the hell off of me!" I said, as he stroked my hair. He kissed me again, I shrieked a heartfelt shriek. A loud bang followed by, "Clear!" was issued.
"Crap!" Katashi snarled, and he unlocked me, then grabbed me by the hair. He somehow got hold of a gun, and pointed it to my head. "One more move, and I'll blow her brains out." He said, not caring if he lost me forever. Wow, true love he shows towards me.
"Put down the gun!" A serious voice said, "Nobody has to get hurt."
"You'll take her away from me, and that's worth my death." He said, as he slowly pointed the gun to his head.
"No, put down the gun!" the police officer said, pushing his glasses further up the bridge of his nose and frowning.
I felt something warm travel down my cheek, I swear, I was almost silently hysterical.
BOOM!
And a flash of light, I felt a thick warm liquid rolling down my back. I screamed again.
"Miss, are you okay?" He asked, the police officer looked at me worriedly. I tried to thrash away from him as he touched my hand. No success. "Call the paramedics!" He barked at his men. "Miss, my name is Yuu Nikaidou, I want you to tell me your name."
"Why me?" I asked, as I succumbed to the fitful dream filled sleep, that I was starting to get accustomed too.
"Hurry with those paramedics. She's losing consciousness."
Author's Note: I have lately been editing the existing chapter that are up. You shall notice it because I have erased my little rants (hopefully nothing too important) and just wrote "This chapter has been updated (roughly)". Mostly I have edited them, but mostly grammer and such. :( I'll probably take some more time to edit it later. (BTW mistakes including details and such may have been edited)
Also I may not be able to update soon. Mostly because the main computer (the one that connects to the internet) decided to be an evil tempermental piece of junk. Therefor the USB port does not work, and therefor I can't use my Flash Drive. The laptop that I type on happens to have had a few viruses on it, therefor damaging the internet browser, and my father has yet to get it fixed for me. So, if I was to post something I would have to post it through the library computers. Which I may do, but it is annoying to do it that way.
Sorry for not updating. :( But once I do, I'll try to do a double post if I can muster up my lazy motivation!