Sometimes while I'm working on the registers at coles I just want to smash little children out the window. I really fucking hate it when they decide to sit in the middle of the bagging area and pule the receipt paper from the printer and squeeze my sponge dry of the water SO THAT I CAN'T SEPARATE THE BAGS AND COUNT MONEY. Omfg. And all the mum says is "Oh yeah, just put the bags on the table behind you." Um. Well. Hm. You know, if there was someone on the register behind me, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT. People these days ;-; sorry for the rant :P
In this chapter you start to find out about some of the things that happened to Chii while she was captured. You receive a bit of an idea of how much Tomoyo had suffered and Fai's view on the situation. Sakura begins to show a little more of her true personality and feelings.
ON WITH THE…story?
Fai sat beside the sleeping blonde nurse, unable to believe what she'd told him. He had never heard of something so sickening, so completely cruel practiced on girls between the ages of twenty and twenty five-the differences in the types of torture and tools used on only girls. He was amazed that Chii was still able to trust him and the other men around her after enduring such abuse-his blood boiled at the thought of anyone touching his girlfriend in an unfriendly manor. What Chii had revealed to him made him feel sick right down the core.
-Flashback-
Chii took in a deep breath, trying to find the right words to start with. "I woke up in a dark cell-it was cold and felt sort of damp in some places. I'd looked around myself to see if there were any sort of windows or openings, but I found none-there was a small crack in the wall that I could use to see into the cell beside me however-but apart from that, there was nothing. I hadn't realised that I'd been stripped of my clothing-I was wearing my bra and underwear. That was it." Her voice was quiet, and just thinking about what had happened made her shudder. Fai looked at her sadly, a small amount of guilt appearing in his sapphire blue irises. "I'm sorry…" he whispered. "It's not your fault Fai-don't you dare blame yourself for what happened to me. It could have been anyone. I'm here now, and I will help with the investigation-no matter what." Determination filled the young woman's eyes. "Chii…" Fai whispered, taking her hands into his. She continued with her story. "I heard footsteps come down a hallway or something and someone opened my door. I don't remember his face very well now-but I know that it was someone I knew…we spoke for a bit-I think we were arguing about something…he called in some men and they forced me into a chair after debating what they were going to do with me…I was tied to it with what I think may have been rope…next thing I see are whips cutting through my flesh-they focused mostly on my back…I could feel the blood leaking from my wounds, but I knew they weren't too serious. I had faith Fai-faith that you would get me help." Chii's eyes reflected love and impenetrable trust towards her lover. "I'm sorry Chii, I'm so sorry." Tears fell down Fai's cheeks. He wished he was the one that had been hurt, not Chii. "I remember later on waking up and feeling pain all over my body-my head was fuzzy-I'd been drugged I think. I heard someone crying and begging for mercy as the poor girl was forced down into the cell-that was when I'd first spoken with Tomoyo. Who knows how long she'd been enduring their hell-the uses of torture and being raped every morning, day and night? It's a nightmare that we lived through over and over again." Tears fell down Chii's face as she spoke of her rape. "They carved words into my flesh Fai-they carved words into my body while they repeatedly beat and raped me over and over again until I bled." Fai turned pale upon hearing the words beat, carved words and rape. It made him feel disgusted and sick. "What kind of bastard would do such a thing?" he asked, voice shaking. "I swear, I will try to remember the face of that man for all of the girls that had and have to endure the endless torture." Chii vowed. "Don't hurt yourself trying to remember." Fai whispered. "I don't want to talk about the rest yet…" Chii whispered, pulling Fai close to her. "You don't have to. There's a time and place for everything sweetheart." Fai answered, wrapping his arms around her body.
-End Flashback-
Chii shifted in her sleep, mumbling something strange about peeled potatoes and onions. Fai smiled, but as thoughts consumed his mind once again his smile faded to a deep sadness. He'd wished that he'd gone with her, and also to check up on his only cousin that was so dear to himself and Yuui. The words rape and torture wouldn't leave his mind, and he couldn't bare it-he didn't know how to deal with the grief of his girlfriend, and his own grief and guilt of not being able to protect her from those men. "Chii, I'm so sorry…" he whispered to the sleeping girl, tears running down his face.
Meanwhile Tomoyo was clinging to Kurogane like a child to its mother, never once letting him out of her sight. Between herself and Chii, Tomoyo's injuries both internally and externally were the worst. The damage to her mental state was minor compared to Sakura-Syaoran had taken care of the two of them with Sakura sitting in Tomoyo's room for a little while and then going to see Chii. She seemed to have grown used to the doctors and nurses in the hospital walking around her as she trusted the people working in her cousin's hospital were reliable-a big sign that Sakura was recovering.
Tomoyo had been sketching a landscape when Sakura walked in wearing a nice light pink dress with full length sleeves-white lace had been sewn around the neckline and around the edges of the sleeves and felt soft against the skin, not itchy like some of the other laces that could be bought and used on other garments. "You look pretty today Sakura." Tomoyo smiled, greeting her friend. "Thank you Tomoyo." Sakura smiled, hugging her friend. "How are you feeling…?" Sakura asked, looking at her friend with worried eyes. "Don't worry Sakura; they say I'll be fine!" Tomoyo smiled brightly. "That's good…" Sakura smiled. Tomoyo's smile had faded as she herself remembered the vile tortures she had endured-the drugs, beatings and rape. She had not told anyone, not even Kurogane what had happened; she couldn't. What Tomoyo didn't know was that Sakura's feelings of trust had grown with others around her. "What are you sketching?" Sakura asked curiously, peeking round to see the picture; the scenery was quite dark compared to her usual floral and bright scenes from her previous paintings and drawings. "It's so dark…" Sakura whispered. "I haven't finished it yet…" Tomoyo murmured, adding a few strokes of her pencil to the wings of the girl in her picture. "Is Chii alright?" Tomoyo asked softly. "Chii's going to be fine-she doesn't have many wounds." Sakura replied. "I see…that's good then …" Tomoyo placed her sketching pad down on her lap, unable to get the pain and aching from her entire body out of her memories. She felt the need to tell somebody-somebody she trusted. "I better go…Syaoran might want me to go home with Yuui…" she answered. Tomoyo looked at her quizzically. "You aren't living with Fai or Yuui?" she asked. "I don't quite understand it myself either, but I'm living with Syaoran at the moment. I trust him-I also have Kurogane or Yuui with me at all times so it's alright." Sakura smiled-Tomoyo noticed her shattered emotions through that one smile, and hoped that one day, perhaps, Sakura's smile would be whole. "Have fun then." Tomoyo smiled, waving at her friend as she left.
Sakura knocked on Syaoran's door and stood up, opening it to see Sakura and Yuui standing there. "Sakura? Is there anything wrong?" Syaoran asked, stepping to the side for the young lady and the officer. "Not really, I was just wondering how you were going with everything?" she asked. "I'm only treating Chii and Tomoyo on Fai's orders. It could be a little while before they're discharged so I'm going to have to come in frequently-Sorry to be a bother Yuui." Syaoran apologised. Yuui smiled, "No problem here." He replied. Sakura felt a little down about not having him around; "Do you know what times you'll be home…?" she asked softly. Syaoran smiled. "I'll be home in time for dinner-promise." Syaoran replied. Sakura smiled, "Ok!" she answered cheerfully.
I'm leaving it off here at the moment because otherwise I'll run out of idea's for the next chapter. I'm actually so freaking tired that I can't keep my eyes open-omg. THIS CHAPTER WAS MEANT TO BE UP LAST NIGHT. BUT NO, I HAD TO PLAY MONOPOLY AND FALL ASLEEP PLAYING THAT. URGHH.
Anyway, review?