Okay and this is the chapter where I'm expecting a lot of people to want to stop reading because they disagree that Hikari could be in this state, but two things...one this is a fanfic and much worse things have happened in fanfics, and two there is actually more to it than there seems.

So please keep reading and reviewing! ~Fay

Chapter Four :: Condition Revealed

Hikari's breath stopped in her throat as she entered the bathroom, she had been intending just to go in and use the toilet but instead she found someone already in there. She grinned to herself, "What the hell do you think you're doing in here?" she asked with a grin forming her hand into a fist. "Don't think that you can steal from the Hanazono family."

"You stupid girl," a woman took a step towards her, putting her hands on Hikari's shoulders, "Oh you poor foolish girl,"

"What?" Hikari asked as she tried to break free but found herself pushed against the wall with a loud thud. She blinked before the woman ran her hands through the student's hair. "Do you think a stupid girl like you can harm us?"

She looked back at her partner, a guy who was incredibly skinny but had a rather cold, calculating expression on his face. "What should we do with her?" he asked as he looked at the mirror and shattered it with his fist, Hikari's eyes widened as she noticed no blood flowed from his hand.

"We can't feel pain," the woman whispered licking Hikari's neck, "And we're too strong for you to defeat us," she laughed coldly before putting her hand around Hikari's neck, digging her finger nails in. "We don't want you though, you're just bait..."

"Bait?" the black haired girl asked as she struggled to make some martial arts moves but she wasn't having any effect on this woman, it was as if she couldn't be hurt. Soon she felt her head hurting as she continued to hear the voices taunting her before she felt herself grow incredibly weak.

Falling over she felt the woman put her hand on her head and play with her hair. "Call him," the woman whispered, "Call him or..." the man behind her got out a gun.

"We'll kill you," he finished off as Hikari shook her head.

"I don't want to get Takishima involved in this," she protested before feeling him shoot her and all of a sudden the blood trickled down from her arm and she grabbed to the phone, forced to call her precious boyfriend.

Meanwhile

Kei stared ahead at the files his grandfather had left for his father about the new ordering of employees. A man, a very successful man for the company had been fired and it had seemed that the only reason given was mental stability. Kei looked aside, these were the type of people he knew his grandfather secretly hated to fire, but had to for the company to function as it should, and under him always did.

"Takeda-san," Satoru sighed as he noticed the file Kei was looking at, "Did you know that he was depressed?" he asked with a sigh wanting to sit down as Kei looked away his thoughts turning to Hikari.

"It was evident wasn't it?" Kei asked with a formal, mature tone, but his heart just went out to his girlfriend. He looked down at the folder, "His son, it says he's unemployed...perhaps we could see if..." he tried but Satoru stared down sadly.

"Kei, have you ever heard of schizophrenia?" Satoru asked as Kei looked up hoping to show no facial expression.

"It's where you see and hear things that aren't there," he replied to his father, "Togo Shitcho sho."

"Yes," Satoru sighed before he looked down sadly, "That's what his son has, no company will hire him," that felt like a stab through the blonde's heart, "When the man was a boy he was taken out of school because of his illness and committed to a mental hospital." He looked at him as Kei tried to control his fear. There was a time of silence before Satoru spoke again.

"Jiro confided in me," he told his son, "You don't need to be so calm Kei, this is Hikari-chan we're talking about." He saw the lack of surprise in his son's eyes and was slightly relieved that Kei already knew about this most likely through Hikari herself. "Jiro's told me that it's in its early stages at the moment, but she will probably get worse."

"I don't care," Kei whispered, "I love her,"

"I know you do, but Jiro's told me that it's alright if you don't feel you can be with her if she goes to the hospital," Satoru told him. He had already checked around to make sure he and Kei were alone during this discussion.

"I'll still be there supporting her," he said sadly before looking at his father, "No matter what grandfather says. Besides her father and I feel the same, that she shouldn't be in the hospital."

Satoru sighed, "I know what you mean, I don't want her there either which is why I consider this a private matter, even mama won't be hearing it from me."

Kei took a deep breath before pushing a hand up his forehead before hearing his phone ring and his eyes snapped open realizing that was the tone he had set for Hikari. "Hikari?" he asked but heard some sobbing, "Hikari! What is it?" he asked before looking down, "Okay..." he took a deep breath wanting so badly to comfort the girl, he didn't know how bad this was going to be since he had never seen Hikari in what her father called 'one of her states before'. Pulling on a jacket he looked to his dad as he ended the call saying that he'd be there soon.

"Work is over for today right?" he asked as Satoru nodded showing his worry on his face as Kei bolted to get a driver and get ready to leave, however part of him was thinking that he should run there he was that panicked.

Fifteen Minutes Later

Kei stood breathless outside the house, he had practically begged the driver to go as fast as he could, but he still felt it was too late. He had also called Jiro in order to make sure he knew what was going on, he did but Kei felt safer knowing that there was at least someone with the girl he treasured far above all others.

Atsushi answered the door with a weak smile, "Takishima-san," he sighed as Kei looked at him desperately.

"Is she...is she alright?" he asked panicked, his migrane building up again.

"Yeah," Atsushi shrugged, "I guess, I mean it's all in her head anyway."

"Doesn't make it any less frightening though does it?" he sighed before looking at Atsushi, "May I come in and talk to her?" he asked the concern showing on his face. Atsushi nodded and Kei took off his shoes before approaching Hikari's bedroom.

He knocked on the door and then opened it, "Hikari?" he asked before seeing her laying in bed asleep. "It's good you're getting some rest Hikari," he smiled weakly.

"She passed out," Jiro commented, "We found her unconscious in the bathroom. There's something you should see."

Kei gently touched Hikari's shoulder as she lay there, "I'll be right back," he told her before going to the bathroom and finding that it was completely trashed, the mirror broken and blood on the walls. His eyes widened as he looked around, what the hell had gone on in here? What had she been seeing which had caused this. "She could defeat anyone...well except for me and a few other people."

"I think what she sees are people who could beat even you," Jiro told him as Kei looked down sadly.

"I'd like to be around her more," he told Jiro, "To make sure that she's safe, she trusts me, that's why she called me, because she thinks that I can help her and I want to help her."

"Alright, but I think she belongs in a hospital...as much as I hate to say that," Jiro sighed, "Tokiwa-san has even given us details of hospitals that his family owns or that he knows people who own."

Kei's fist tightened, "She doesn't need a hospital, but she does need help." He bowed his head starting to shake from the stress of it all, he had really wanted to help Hikari.