Found But Not Lost
Disclaimer: I don't own Higurashi. I'd also like to apologize it took me so long to make this chapter. Not sure if anyone noticed, but I started a new fanfic called Godsend and that took up most of my time. Aside from that I also had my own fandubs to do and my schoolwork, so I got pretty busy. Ah well…Enough of my excuses, let's get on with the story. Oh and in case anyone didn't get the two references in the previous chapters…The movie Rena and Keiichi saw on there date was the anime Chaos; Head and the boy Mion ran into was B from Death Note….who coincidently is in an unrelated Higurashi X Death Note fanfic I've also made.
Rena sat by Keiichi's bedside. She stared longingly at the sleeping Keiichi. The machines hooked up to him occasionally beeped, reporting his physical status.
"Keiichi-kun…Please…wake up…I need you to give me strength…to fill my days with happiness again." Tears began to roll down her cheeks. She grasped his hand. "Please Keiichi-kun…"
Mion and the others stood outside the room watching Rena.
Mion looked to Dr. Irie. "What do you think his chances are?"
Dr. Irie pushed his glasses up. "At the moment it doesn't look too good…Unlike Satoshi-kun…Keiichi-kun seemed to get to this state without showing the previous symptoms like Satoshi-kun. This could mean that Keiichi-kun is a special case or…the disease is progressing much faster than I feared…Either way we have to do everything we can to help them." Mion and Shion nodded in agreement.
The next few hours consisted of nothing but medical tests performed by Dr. Irie, Mion, Shion, and Rena. Mion and Rena gathered what information they could on Keiichi's status, while Shion and Dr. Irie did what they could with Satoshi.
By the time they were all finished it was night. Dr. Irie was getting ready to close the clinic. "Thank you all for your help today. I'll be closing the clinic for now. I'll be opening it back up at about 5:00 in the morning. So I need you all to leave."
"NO!" Rena yelled, still sitting beside Keiichi. "I'm not going to leave Keiichi-kun's side!"
Mion placed her hand on Rena's shoulder. "But Rena-chan…You need to look out for yourself…It's not gonna help Kei-chan any if you keel over from exhaustion before he gets better."
"I don't care about me! I won't leave his side! He'd do the same for me! I know it…"
"Your Dad will be worried…"
"Just tell him I'll spend the night at your place! Tomorrow's Sunday so we don't have to worry about school. Please…just let me stay with him…"
The others were surprised by Rena's resolve. They figured it would be pointless to argue any further. "All right Rena…" Mion said as she waved goodbye.
The others followed suite and left the Clinic. Rena continued to stay with Keiichi throughout the rest of the night. Time seemed to lose its meaning. Seconds became minutes, minutes became hours.
"Keiichi-kun…" She spoke to the unconscious boy. "I…won't…leave you…" She stroked his hand, keeping her grip on him tight. Rena refused to let go of his hand for even the slightest second. Rena was afraid that if she released his hand, he would fall out of her reach…forever.
"Keiichi-kun…Can you hear me!? Please say something…" Rena becoming slightly delirious from her lack of rest. Rena could feel the bags forming under her eyes. Rena's vision slowly became blurred and less clear.
Rena shook her head. "No! I gotta stay awake." Rena thought as she tightened her grip on Keiichi's hand.
"Kei…ich…i…kun…" Rena mumbled as her exhaustion finally took hold of her. Her head relaxed on the bed where Keiichi lay sleeping. Her thoughts drifting into her dreams. She smiled. "Keiichi-kun…Good…Morning…"
The phone rang in Shion's apartment the next morning. "Ahh…Who's calling me this early in the morning?" Shion complained as she got out of bed.
"Hello, who's this? Shion asked, slightly annoyed.
"Hi sis…I'm sorry for calling so early…Did I wake you?"
"Nah you didn't wake me." Shion answered back, obviously lying. "So what'd you call for?"
"Well…It's just I'm so worried about everyone…I'm starting to wonder if we can even find a cure for this…And Rena-chan's pushing herself to far…I'm worried she's gonna real tire herself out."
"Well according to Dr. Irie…All we can really do is be there for them…And hope for the best." Shion answered.
"Yeah I suppose…Hey I'm gonna go to the clinic now and check up on Rena-chan and Kei-chan, I trust you'll be there later Shion."
"Yeah!"
"All right, See ya then." The twins both hung up and got ready to head over to the clinic.
Rena stirred from her sleep. "Hmmm…Keiichi-kun…Of course I'll ride the unicorn with you to the land of forgotten treasure…" Rena slowly awoke from her…interesting dream.
"AAAAHHH!!!!!" Rena jolted up after hearing a sudden ear shattering scream. Rena searched her surroundings. "What just happened?" Rena gathered that she must have fallen asleep while she watched over Keiichi. She even noticed that her hand still held Keiichi's with a firm grasp.
"Oh yeah! The scream…was that…Shi-chan!?" Rena got up immediately and followed the source of the scream. She saw that the scream came from Satoshi's room. Shion backed away from the room in shock.
"Shi-chan! What happened why'd you scream?"
Shion turned her head toward Rena, her eyes wide in both shock and amazement. "R…R…Rena-chan…." Shion laughed nervously. "Satoshi-kun…he…he…he…" Shion couldn't seem to form the necessary words to finish her sentence. With a shaky arm, Shion pointed towards Satoshi's bed.
Rena ran into the room and just like Shion was shocked at what she saw. Satoshi sat up in the bed, looking at his surroundings in sheer amazement. He looked over at the large teddy bear that lay by his bed, then over at Rena and Shion.
"Oh…Hello Shion-chan…Hello Rena-chan…How are you two doing?...Do you know where I am?..." Satoshi asked the two in confusion.
"S…S…Satoshi-kun!!" Rena exclaimed.