Second Higurashi when they cry fic 3
John woke up to music 'well here we are again, it's always such a pleasure, remember when you tried to kill me twice?'
"So in London this time?" he said checking outside.
'Oh how we laughed and laughed except I wasn't laughing, I'm telling you right now I'm going to kill you now John.'
"What the…"
You think you can escape me? You just keep dreaming on.
"It's not real, it's not real."
'You don't have long to live now; from here you will soon be gone.'
"Hey John" Rika, Satako and Keiichi came in "we heard you weren't feeling well."
"I'll say" said Mion "he fell asleep right after I just made him tea too."
"Sorry Mion" said John. He checked and it was Hinamizawa again and the music had stopped. Hanyu floated worriedly near him. "Say does anyone want crème puffs I have plenty at the moment."
"Your just giving away food like that?" asked Satako suspiciously.
"As thanks for coming to visit" said John "Mion can you get them?"
"Why me?"
"You're the nurse and you know where they are" said John.
"Sure just drink the tea first" she gave him a really large mug of it and John took a sip and fought hard to keep the grimace off his face, it was stone cold.
"Refreshing, thanks" said John.
"That's what you get for sleeping when I make you tea" said Mion "so as club punishment you have to drink the whole thing."
"Love you too" said John, he took the punishment like a man though. "So how did everything go today?"
"We got the festival all set up" said Mion "so it'll be on by tomorrow, so make sure your better by then."
"I will, I will."
"Don't listen to her you should take your time getting better" said Rika "you don't want to get stabbed again this year."
"Stabbed?" asked Keiichi.
"Accident" said John quickly.
"Was not, you got stabbed defending me" said Rena. "Oh I wasn't supposed to say that was I?"
"John got stabbed by someone that wanted Rena and then he went to see Rika's dance and sat through the whole thing with the blade still in him before getting medical attention" said Satako.
"As long as you can avoid vital organ puncture you can take steps to avoid circulatory shock" said John "now crème puffs anyone?" Mion finally got those and that got Hanyu to calm down.
"John, one last thing" said Keiichi "do you know anything about the deaths and disappearances on the cotton drifting festival?" the air changed a bit as everyone was looking at him with different expectations.
"I'm aware of them" said John "but I'm guessing that's not the answer you're looking for."
"No, what do you know about them?"
"That they're most likely done by people living here" said John "well two are probably accidents."
"Two are accidents?"
"The priest and the couple that fell to their death" said John.
"Well the couple I get but why the priest, they said he died of a mysterious illness."
"It was a bloodless death" said John "they're notoriously hard to diagnose, it could've have been anything that did him in."
"How do you know?"
"My mother is a doctor" said John "I asked her after it happened."
"She's a doctor really?"
"Yeah" said Mion seeing a good way to get the conversation back to something favorable "she's the one my family uses and she even does house calls if she's available."
"Often we use her too" said Rika "she used to work in an emergency room so she's really good."
"And she can make all her cooking look really cute" said Rena. John noticed something out of the corner of his eye.
"An actual doctor in town that does house calls, I wish I'd know that earlier" said Keiichi.
"Mion, will you sit here please?" asked John.
"Why, you won't try anything if I sit there will you?" asked Mion.
"There is no whoopee cushion under the covers this time" said John, he showed her nothing was there.
"Fine serve the patient I get it" she sat down "so what's this about?"
"I have a present for you" said John.
"A present?" John put a cube with a heart on each side into her hands. "Uhh…"
"The companion cube" said John.
"It's so cute I want it I want it" said Rena.
"No" said Mion keeping it away.
"Just remember this" he brought her close "the companion cube will never threaten to stab you and in fact cannot speak" said John.
"O-okay, thank you John."
Satako snapped a photo "and there's a picture of Mion blushing!"
"Why you little!" that started a mini chase.
'Hopefully that will be enough to differentiate between Mion and Shion. When in doubt just ask them what you should remember about the cube.'
They all arrived at the cotton drifting festival the very next day.
"Wow, this years' better than the last" said Rena.
"I'll bet everyone from Hinamizawa is here" said Mion.
"Look its Satako, hey!"
"What took you so long?" asked Satako.
"Thanks for coming you guys" said Rika in her shrine uniform.
"Alright let's check out the festival till its Rika's turn to go on stage!" exclaimed Mion. They all agreed and ate at all the stands.
"There you are John" said his mother "good to see your better now."
"Mom" John saw his chance to stop a lot from happening.
"And you must be Keiichi Maebara?" she asked.
"Yes Mrs. Chains, it's good to meet you."
"And a good timing too, Keiichi needs your medical expertise" said John.
"I do?"
"The priest" John whispered in his ear before shoving him to his mother "don't worry you won't miss anything we'll save you a seat at the dance."
"John you've been rather jumpy lately" said Rena.
"I don't know what you're talking about" said John.
"You're hiding something" said Satako eyeing him suspiciously.
"It's not like I'm carrying a baseball bat wherever I go" said John "sorry that was uncalled for" he quickly apologized as he saw the reactions.
"Yet there's still something off about you" said Mion.
"I don't see it, now can we see the dance?" they saw that and as John planned Keiichi was still talking with his mother and too distracted to follow Tomitake and Takano. Though Shion was there, John did his best to pretend he didn't see her that way he could ignore her signs to come with her. Though Shion was a Sonozaki and they were known for persistence.
"Mion, do you mind if I borrow John for a bit?" she asked.
"Huh, well I guess you could…"
"Not like anything bad will happen" said Shion taking John away.
"What is this about?" asked John.
"I just needed you to come with me" said Shion "you do help protect me and Mion remember?"
"How could I forget?" asked John, he recognized this route. "Any reason we're going this way?" Shion shushed him and kept him close. They saw Takano and Tomitake going into the shrine tool shed and John reminded himself to keep paranoia under control. He could already see Hanyu nearby.
They noticed them and called them over, this could go wrong very quickly.