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Chapter 5: Memories Regained
I was afraid when Yuki-chan told me we would do it tomorrow night. I had to sneak out of the house and somehow not get caught..which is really hard for me considering I am the queen of klutz... When I walk into the house, Yuki-chan walked me all the way to the door, making sure she wasn't seen by anyone. I then tell her that I would talk to Saki-chan about all of this.
"Good, but remember..you can't let anyone know that I told you all of this, or we'll both be in big trouble." I nod reassuring her that I wouldn't give us away. She then leaves and I walk up to the door.
As I was about to open it, it flew open and nearly hit me in the face. I gasp in shock as I see Dai-chan staring at me in relief. He sighs and then I see Nana-chan standing behind him. I was about to glare at her when I remembered that she didn't know that I knew she was trying to kill me and steal my husband...
"You're back! Kari-chan, where have you been?" Nana-chan asks in worry. I shrug and just walk up the stairs to my room. I hear Dai-chan talking to Dark, like you know, it seems more like he's talking to himself, but I knew he was talking to Dark. I then hear Nana-chan. "How's Dark? Is he still upset?" She asks in sadness.
"Uh...I've got to go.." Daisuke-kun says hurriedly as I hear a door shut and lock. That was when I thought something happened between her and Dark. Is it possible that Nana-chan is like another Risa-chan in my real dimension? No that's impossible...because then that means... No I can't think like this, I should just forget about this. Maybe I shouldn't go through with it tomorrow and tell Yuki-chan to just call it off.
But, I have to remember! I wanted to close myself into a shell and never wake up. I have to know why I did what I did, but what if I don't like what I find out? I'll have to deal with it. "Kari-chan, where did you go for so long? Why'd you run away from us?" She asks in confusion.
"I didn't want to be around anyone. I went to the park." I tell her quietly while getting ready for bed. She nods and then leaves the room. I change into my pajamas and go to bed. But the next morning, I woke up in shock. The whole night I was having dreams about my past, and I realized everything Yuki-chan told me..was true. Even the part about me having a kid at sixteen. Teenaged pregnancy is not good...but I guess you could say I was also about...386 years old. So I guess it doesn't seem so bad. Or maybe it sounds worse..
When I see Dark in the morning I only stare at him as I notice the ring on my finger. I've had this ring since I can remember, but I never realized it was actually my wedding ring. He looks at me for a moment and then gasps and changes back into Dai-chan. I look at him in confusion as I see Nana-chan walk into the room. What happened between them last night?
"Good-morning everyone!" She says extremely happily. Moments later Ryu-chan and Krad come through the door. I stare at Ryu-chan seeing the resemblance between me, him and Dark. He has Dark's eyes, my hair colour, but Dark's style...sort of.. And he had my nose and lips, and Dark's body shape. It was amazing how much more you see when you're actually looking for something.
"What are you looking at?" He asks me in annoyance.
"Don't be cocky. You sound like Dark." I tell him warningly. The two of them stare at me in shock. I shrug and then sit down at the table. "Oh, Nana-chan, tell me again how we became such good friends?" I couldn't understand why I was saying any of this. It all just came flowing out of my mouth.
Nana-chan was speechless. Dark and Krad both look at her for a moment and then realize something. I even realized it, Nana-chan's eyes were black. Ryu-chan was the only one that acted quickly. He came in front of me in a defensive position. Dark went in front of both of us with Krad.
"See, I always figure out everything." I tell her smirking. She gives me a death look and just turns her head to Dark and Krad.
"How can you trust her? I'm your sister!" She says in shock, trying to be innocent. Ryu-chan smirks at her and then I see Yuki-chan come in through the window.
"Get out." Yuki-chan warns her.
"Yeah, get out!" Ryu-chan tells her evilly.
I give him a look and he apologizes. I look at Dark who had a look of disbelief on his face. Yuki-chan coming in just caught him off guard. "Yuki-chan, did you tell her?" He asks looking at her with concern. Yuki-chan only nods as Dark closes his eyes. A look of pain covering his face.
"This is not the time for that!" Krad yells at him. Dark gives him a look, but Krad dismissed it. He was concentrated on getting rid of what was in front of him. I didn't want Dark to be hurt, but there was no way to relieve him of that pain. I could feel my heart starting to hurt. That was when everyone noticed that Nana-chan was standing right behind me with that dagger from yesterday.
"You actually think I would come here to help her?" She asks laughing crazily. She grabs me from the back and puts the dagger to my neck. "Come any closer and I'll kill her!"
"Are you fucking kidding me?" I ask in annoyance. Everyone stares at me in shock. I could feel Nana-chan's hand start shaking. "I got my memory back, do you think I don't remember how to use my powers?"
She starts laughing. "Oh, I know you haven't." She whispers to me, and then she disappears. I stand there in shock for a moment. No, I don't remember how to use my powers, which is really bad. I didn't remember everything about my past. I can't remember my powers, or any fights I've been in. It's like that part of my past was sealed even deeper than my memories of my family and world.
No one says anything for a moment, which was really starting to worry my. "Why did you come here?" I ask Dark sternly. Everyone stares at me blankly. "And you young man, what makes you think that you can just come to another dimension?" Ryu-chan just stares at me for a moment as tears begin to form in his eyes.
"Considering that you left without a word, I had to come and find you. I just didn't realize you'd be living the life of a teenaged girl." Dark tells me obviously.
"I left you a note." I tell him smirking.
"Oh yeah, because a note can tell me so much!" He tells me getting annoyed. "You just up and left one day with no word leaving me alone to take care of Ryu!"
"Krad, maybe we should...go?" Yuki-chan says quietly. I see Krad nod as the two of them leave the house. But not before they took Ryu-chan with them. He didn't want to go, but there was no way they were going to let him stay when me and Dark were about to rip each others heads off.
"What did you want me to do? You were all over Nana-chan either way!" I tell him getting upset.
"Why are you bringing that up?" He asks me caught off guard.
"Even if my memories were suppressed, it's not like I can't tell when someone is so obviously trying to get into someone's pants!" I tell him in annoyance. He didn't say anything. Is he admitting it then? Did he really go and have sex with the person who was trying to kill me all along? He shakes his head and begins to turn away. "Oh, you're not going anywhere." I tell him firmly.
That was when the ground started shaking. He looks at me and tells me to stop. But, I didn't know how to. As soon as I calm down, it stops. He stands in the doorway on the other side of the room.
"So what if I did? It has nothing to do with you. How do I know you haven't been fooling around with other guys here?" He tells me obviously. He was hurt, but so was I. I look down and go and sit a the table.
"For god's sake, if you didn't love me why the hell did you marry me Dark?" I say trying to keep the tears from rolling down my cheeks. "If you didn't trust me, why didn't you come sooner?" He didn't say anything, but I could tell that there was something he wasn't telling me. Something that was eating him up. And I'm going to get him to tell me.
But for some reason, I knew now wasn't the time for that. I look down, I just wanted to run away. I didn't want to see him again like this, I wanted him to be happy. "Listen, I know you want to know why I left, but honestly, I still don't know why." I tell him looking away. He stares at me for a moment in shock.
"Didn't Yuki-chan tell you?" He asks me in confusion. I shake my head and he understood. There were some things that I had always kept to myself. It bothered him, I knew but there was no way I could just tell people everything.
"How were you and Ryu-chan holding up while I was gone?" I ask quietly. He looks at me in shock. He probably didn't think I wanted to know. But that is one of the important things that I really want to know. I hated the thought of hurting the two of them, and how much I must have hurt them when I left.
He didn't say anything for a moment as he looked around. "Yuki-chan was there a lot. She looked after Ryu the most with Kyo. Krad was gone along with Saki-chan the entire time. They were here looking after you I guess." He tells me trying to keep a straight face. I knew he was trying his hardest not to get upset at me. I was trying my hardest not to cry. I didn't want to cry in front of him, no matter how close we are.
"How is Dai-chan?" I ask him thoughtfully.
"He..is holding up. Trying not to listen." He tells me obviously.
"Good, because there is something else I have to ask you." I tell him looking away.
"What is it?" He asks me getting annoyed.
"Were we ever planning on having more kids after Ryu?" I ask looking down.
"Kari-chan, we..never talked about that. You had left too soon after Ryu was born to think of stuff like that." He tells me sighing.
I didn't want to think about how much I hurt them. It was making my throat clog. I close my eyes and cover my face. I couldn't help it anymore. I just wanted to cry. He stares at me in shock, thinking he did something wrong. But, it was all me. I was the one who did something wrong. I left him, and our child to go do who knows what here in this dimension. I know that people are trying to kill me so I can't take over my dimension, but there must be another reason why I left... But who could possibly know why?
Considering that I am very secretive, I could have told no one, but maybe I did tell someone. I need to talk to Yuki-chan again, she's probably the only one who would know. But she said I didn't...this is going to be a problem. I have to try and remember.
That night when I was sleeping, I dug my brain for the answers. I woke up sweating and with information that I didn't have before. Wiz was laying down on my stomach sleeping. I close my eyes and then sit up and breathe as best as I could. I heard a sound moments later that made my eyes shoot open. "Do you think something happened back then?" I ask quietly.
"Uh, Kari-chan? I don't understand what you're talking about." Dai-chan tells me in confusion. I look up at him and then stare at him. I shake my head at him and tell him that I wasn't talking to him. "Did you want me to wake up Dark?"
I stare at him in confusion. He isn't awake yet? I stare at my clock and see that it is two in the morning. No wonder there's no light outside... I shake my head. He nods and then leaves the room after making sure I was alright. I then get out my cell phone and call Saki-chan.
"Saki-chan, it's Kari-chan." I say once she picks up. "Are Yuki-chan and Krad with you?" She tells me that they are with her and then she asks me what was wrong.
"Give me the phone Saki!" Yuki-chan says in annoyance. Saki-chan sighs and then passes her the phone. "Kari-chan! What are you thinking trying to get back to our dimension?" She asks yelling at me.
"I need to find someone." I tell her obviously.
She didn't approve. She told me there was no way I was allowed to go anywhere. "I can get other people to tell me how..." I tell her warningly.
"No, only me and Dark know how to. And that is to create a portal with your magic." Yuki-chan tells me. She then gasps in shock. "Oh fuck, no that was a lie!" I chuckle at her and then tell her that she either comes with me, or stays out of my way. "Well you can't do it because you don't know how to use your powers."
"I can get Dark to do it. Or even Ryu." I tell her smirking to myself in triumph.
"You would never..." She says warningly.
"I would if it's for answers." I tell her in the same tone.
She couldn't think of anything to say. So Krad took the phone away from her and started talking to me. "Does Dark know about this?" He asks me casually. I tell him no, and then he started freaking out at me. "I'm not letting you go anywhere until you tell him about this!"
"I can't. He might want to come and I have to go alone. I don't want to do anything that would hurt him or Ryu-chan!" I tell him trying to keep myself from crying. "I can't bare leaving Ryu-chan with no parents at all!"
I knew he understood. He may not have children of his own, but I knew he knew I didn't want to cause Ryu-chan anymore sadness. I wipe my eyes of tears and then hear someone walking towards my bedroom. I hang up the phone and then the door opens. Dark was standing right in front of me.
"I know who you told." He tells me quietly. I stare at him in shock. I don't even know who I told! He looks down and then shows me something in his hand. "It's old, but the picture is still there."
I take the paper and stare at it for a moment. "Who drew this?" I ask in shock. It looked like the dreams I had been having before I got my memories back.
"Ryu." He tells me blankly. "But, he was too young to understand that it meant something." I continue staring at it, not understanding what it was supposed to mean.
"Who's this person?" I ask in confusion. "It sort of looks like you." I tell him looking at him.
He looks at the picture in shock and then it came to me. Something bad was going to happen to Dark.