Found But Not Lost
Disclaimer: I don't own Higurashi
Keiichi woke up from his futon as though it were any other Sunday morning. He lazily laid back down onto his futon. He looked up at the clock he had on his wall and suddenly woke up with a jerk.
"I'm late!" Keiichi scrambled to his feet and got to his closet, pulled out his clothes and quickly got dressed. Once dressed he dashed out of house and got his bike. He then rode it to the place Mion, him, and Rena promised to meet.
"Hey guys" Keiichi said nearly out of breath. "Keiichi-kun…you're late" Rena said disappointed while seated upon her bike's seat. "Yeah…sorry I kinda overslept. So where are Satoko, Rika-chan, and Hanyuu-chan?" Mion stepped move forward, also on her bike, "We're gonna meet them in town." Keiichi was a little surprised. "Are we having the club in town today?" Mion made an evil snicker. "It'll all make sense when we get there" Mion said as she rode off towards town.
Rena and Keiichi soon followed her. Keiichi thought to himself. "I hope she's ready for what's to come AFTER the game.
Soon enough Keiichi and the others arrived at a toy store where Satoko, Rika, and Hanyuu were patiently waiting for them. "Hey you guys" Satoko cried to everyone else.
"I've been waiting long enough Mion, what are we gonna do for the Club today?" Keiichi asked increasingly frustrated. Mion waved her finger at Keiichi mockingly. "Sorry Kei-chan I can't tell you that till we're all here." Keiichi looked at everyone and noticed that Shion was missing from the group.
"Where's Shion?" Keiichi asked Mion. "She's finishing up her shift at Angel Mort. She told me she'd be here in a few minutes.
"Well I hope she hurries, I'm not ready to lose today…again." Mion let out a laugh. "GAHAHAHA! Just what I'd expect from you Kei-chan."
Shion soon ran up to the others in her usual outfit. "Sorry for the wait everyone, things were hectic at work today. So what are we doing?"
Mion formed an evil smile and laughed. "Today, fellow Club members…we're gonna play…Zombie Tag."
"Ehhh!! Mion are you sure that's a good idea?" Keiichi asked completely dumbfounded.
"Why's that Kei-chan" Mion replied. "Well its one thing at school but…here!? In the middle of town? Isn't it kinda crowded here?
"Oh Kei-chan…A TRUE Club member should be able to adapt to any situation, no matter the circumstances.
Keiichi looked quite worried nonetheless. "Hanyuu-chan doesn't stand a chance…"
"Okay! We each have an hour time limit. When the town bell rings whoever isn't tagged is the winner...kay?" Mion stated to the group.
Everyone else nodded in agreement. "Well now that that's over time to decide who will be It."
"So how will decide?" Suddenly spoke Hanyuu.
"How's about Rock-Paper-Scissors?" suggested Shion.
Everyone else seemed to agree with her suggestion as they brought out their hands in preparation for the game. Rock-Paper-Scissors. Everyone brought forth their hands. The results were that Rena, Satoko, and Hanyuu had lost. Next Rena, Satoko, and Hanyuu brought forth their hands. Hanyuu was the victor and let out a sigh of relief. It came down to Rena and Satoko. Both readied themselves for the final move. Satoko pulled out her hand which was formed liked a pair of scissors; while Rena on the other hand had hers formed like a piece of paper. Rena had lost the match, now she was It.
The others each all were given a five minute head start to hide in town. Rena took this time to contemplate on her situation.
"I'm so glad we can still be like this. After we tell them…Things will probably change. I want to have just one more day where we can act like this…"
The five minutes were soon over. "Okay! Time to get serious" Rena quickly ran around spots she thought that her friends would be hiding.
Rena quickly caught sight of Satoko looking for a place to hide. Luckily for Satoko a large crowd people separated Rena from her. Unluckily for everyone else…this obstacle was hardily going to stop Rena.
"HAU!!!!! SATOKO-CHAN OMICHIKAERI!!!!" Rena dashed forth to the crowd, sending the innocent bystanders flying as she knocked them aside trying to get Satoko.
Satoko simply stood there, as Rena got through the crowd she approached Satoko and as she landed she felt a wire snap at her feet.
Rena looked to above nervously as she saw an avalanche of bed pans fall down from the buildings above her. "Uh-Oh" Rena was soon buried in the bed pans, along with some other unfortunate victims.
"OHOHOHO!!! Rena-san you are TOO easy." Satoko gloated as she dashed off.
Rena eventually got herself out of the mountain of bed pans. "I should have been more careful…But Satoko looked SOOOOO CUTE!!"
Rena once again began her search for her friends. She arrived at the toy store where the group had first gathered. She decided she might as well give it a look. Rena searched through the aisles of the toy store until she arrived at the doll section.
She slowly walked through aisle looking at the toys as she passed by. She saw a wide assortment of dolls. She saw a Goth doll, an old European doll, a Rika doll, a Teddy bear, and a panda bear. Rena passed through the aisle and left.
"…..Wait a minute" Rena backtracked to the aisle and stared at the Rika doll. A large sweat drop appeared by Rika's head as she laughed nervously. Rena laughed deviously. "Rika…HAU!!!!" Rena grabbed Rika and hugged her whiled spinning her around. "You look SOO CUTE as a doll Rika-chan!!!"
After Rena ended the snugglefest with Rika, she and her newfound ally continued their search for everyone else. Soon enough Satoko was spotted once again, looking frantically for a place to hide. "You go distract her while I sneak up on her and tag her…Nippa!" Rika said deviously.
"Rika-chan, I like how you think" Rena ran towards her Satoko. "SATOKO-CHAN!!! OMOCHIKAERI!!!" Satoko lifted her hand to snap her fingers together to activate her carefully planned traps but was suddenly pulled by something. Satoko glanced at her arm and saw her best friend Rika hugging it.
"R-R-Rika?" Satoko stuttered utterly amazed. Rika just smiled at her beaming. "Mi!" Rena walked over to her. "Don't worry Satoko-chan, now that you're with us there's no way we can lose.
Satoko quickly got over her disappointment. "OHOHOHO!! You guys should be grateful I let my self get tagged so easily. So who's left?" Rena counted with her fingers. "Well it's just you, me, and Rika-chan so far. So that just leaves Keiichi-kun, Mi-chan, Shi-chan, and Hanyuu-chan. Okay if we split up we should capture them in no time"
Rena ran off in one direction as Satoko and Rika ran in another. She feverishly looked for someone else. There was only thirty minutes left now. Rena caught a momentary glimpse of person in a green shorts and a red jacket.
"KEIICHI-KUN! I'M COMING FOR YOU!!" Rena yelled to her boyfriend. "Oh...crap" Keiichi thought to himself as he ran more frantically, trying to ran though a large group of people. Rena charged through them as though they weren't even there.
"CRAPCRAPCRAPCRAP" Keiichi thought feeling ever more cornered. He only heard Rena scream HAU! And the next thing he knew he was flat on his stomach pinned to the ground. He looked behind him and saw that Rena was on top of him.
Rena brought her head close to his ear as she whispered into it. "Gotcha….Keiichi-kun" She laughed innocently to him. "Now to find everyone else"
Keiichi got to his once Rena got off of him. "Who's left?" Rena thought for a moment. "Well Satoko, Rika, and I split up so I can't say for sure. With you there should be Hanyuu-chan, Mi-chan, and Shi-chan."
"Okay let's go!" Keiichi said with newfound resolve. Rena and Keiichi made their way to the center of town where they soon found Rika and Satoko accompanied by Mion and Shion. Keiichi let out a laugh. "Where'd you fine em?" Satoko answered. Well I found Shion-san down by Angel Mort, while Rika found Mion-san hidden by the toy store.
"So that just leaves poor little Hanyuu-chan huh?" Keiichi said as he gave an evil smirk.
"Not even gonna go easy on the newbie eh Kei-chan?" Mion asked Keiichi.
"Well…you didn't go easy on me when I was new!" Keiichi responded to Mion.
GAHAHAHA!! You got a point there Kei-chan" Mion laughed as they began their search for Hanyuu. Time was growing thin, only ten minutes were left. As Rika passed by an alleyway she heard a familiar cry. Rika called forth everyone to the alley. The constant Au's grew louder as they ventured forth.
Rika opened a cardboard box which held her friend Hanyuu in it. Hanyuu looked up at everyone still crying Au with tears in her eyes. Her friends all looked menacingly down at her as they reached out to tag her.
To everyone's utter amazement Hanyuu got back in the box placed it over her head and charged through everyone like a crazed bull. The others were knocked against the alley walls as Hanyuu ran off into the center of town. Five minutes were left.
Everyone ran after Hanyuu following her trail of destruction. As they ran Mion said to everyone "Gee…never thought she had it in her" Everyone looked at Rika who took a moment to answer. "Even I'm surprised." Rika told everyone trying to hold in a laugh.
The others caught up to Hanyuu with less than a minute on the clock. Rena dashed faster than the others and leaped towards Hanyuu. Hanyuu saw this and likewise leaped away from Rena.
As they landed on the ground and slid, dust covered the ground. Once the dust cleared everyone could see that Rena landed mere inches away from Hanyuu, but wasn't able to tag her. The town bell rang signifying the end of their game. Hanyuu…was the victor.
Rika ran over to Hanyuu and gave her friend a big hug. "Congratulations Hanyuu on your first victory in the Club." Keiichi and the others followed suite and congratulated her on her victory.
"Gotta say Hanyuu-chan, I was a little skeptical when you first joined…but you've more than proven yourself to be a worthy member of the Club." Mion said as she patted Hanyuu's back.
" As the winner you now have the God given right of doing whatever you want to the losers." Hanyuu took a moment to think. " I want Keiichi-san to dress up in one of Irie-sensei's made outfits."
"Ehh!!! Why me!?" Keiichi yelled. "Because you just look so cute in them." Hanyuu said smiling.
As the others began to leave, Keiichi motioned for them to stop.
"What's the matter Kei-chan" Mion asked curiously.
Keiichi took a moment till he spoke up. "Well…Rena and I are…together."
"Well of course you're together Kei-chan. She's standing right next to you. Shion said abruptly.
"No Shion, what I mean is…Rena and I are dating…we're "together". Keiichi said putting as much emphasize on together as he could.
Rika, Hanyuu, and Satoko quickly congratulated them. Mion on the other hand looked as something extremely precious was broken. After a few moments Mion let out a laugh. "GAHAHAHA! Well I'm happy for you two; I hope you have a great life together." Mion said and suddenly ran off as fast as she could.
"MION!" Keiichi yelled after her. Mion was long gone before she could possibly hear him.