Chapter 4:No Return
Yu woke up to the sound of crying.
Pitiful,heartfelt sobs that wrenched the heart when heard.
His eyes opened,and he looked at the ceiling.
It took a moment for his brain to process where he was.
I'm in the hospital,he lay back down.Strange...I thought I'd be dead right now...
Then Yu realized that he still heard sobbing to his looked over to see Mitsuki crying in a chair next to his bed.
"M...Mitsuki...,"he said in surprise.
She stopped crying,and looked at him.
"Yu...?",she quietly said.
All of a sudden,she ran over and tackle-hugged Yu,tears raining down once again."I thought you were gone,Yu..."
"Not yet,"he said,chuckling slightly,then stopped,feeling a pain in his left side.
He felt where it hurt,and when he looked at his hand,there was blood on it.
Shit...,he thought,remembering the events of the previous-wait.
"Mitsuki, how long have I been here?",Yu asked.
"About a week,"Mitsuki said,sniffing.
He placed his head on his pillow.So,a week has passed since that night...
"How do you feel,Yu?",Mitsuki asked.
"Better than usual,I guess,"Yu replied.
An awkward silence filled the room then,a presence which neither knew how to disperse.
Finally,Yu asked,"Do you remember when you asked me to talk,that day after school?"
"Yeah...,"Mitsuki said,and sighed heavily.
"Well,do you remember what happened after?"
She looked at Yu strangely."What do you mean?"
"I mean...do you remember what happened after I left?"
She shook her head."Not really...I guess I just went home after that."
"What about last week?",Yu asked her."Do you remember that,at least?"
"The last I remember,we were hanging out with some people who played that Rabbit Doubt game,and then...",she stops.
"And then...?",Yu asks,slightly worried.
"I woke up here, just after you arrived. I've been here ever since,"she said.
Yu closed his eyes,and held the bridge of his nose.
She doesn't remember killing anyone...
...not Kei...
...not Haruka...
...not Eiji...
...not anyone.
She doesn't even remember Rei...that sociopathic bitch...
But...
"Mitzuki, were you asked any questions by the police?",Yu asked.
"Yeah...why?",she asked,puzzled.
"Before all of this happened,you had something to say to me,right?"
"Yeah,but-"
"And I didn't listen,right?"
"You're not-"
"Well,I'm here now,"he said to her,grabbing her by the shoulders."I'll always be here.I promise."
"Why?", Mitsuki asked,completely confused at this point.
"I'm the reason the police were talking to you,because about two weeks ago..."
So Yu explained what had happened to himself and Mitsuki,how they had been trapped in a game of Rabbit Doubt,how the bodies fell one by one as they scrambled to find the true wolf,how Mitsuki had been hypnotized into killing everyone,and how Rei was behind it all.
Then,he explained that he had gone on a date with Rei to get her to confess,and boy,did she ever...
"I have it all on tape,"Yu mentioned.
"Can I hear it?",Mitsuki asked.
"Let's listen together,"Yu said,and Mitsuki nodded.
So they sat there,listening to their date go on and on,to Rei grandly say how she killed everyone and
pinned it on Mitsuki through ,they listened to Rei's confession to Yu on how she felt, and Yu noticed Mitsuki slouch slightly when he didn't reply with any denial...
He stopped the tape,cutting Rei off mid-sentence."Mitsuki,are you OK?"
"How do you feel about me?",she asked him.
Flabbergasted,Yu stupidly replied with,"Uh...what do you mean?"
She got up and pointed at Yu,flames in her eyes.
"Do you love her?",she said,her voice wavering slightly.
"No,God no,"Yu said,laughing slightly."She's a bit crazy for my tastes."
Mitsuki sighs."I'm sorry,Yu...I guess I just..."
"Hey,it's alright,"he replied."We've been through a lot of shit in the past week,enough to put anyone
on edge,especially with allegations of murder that they don't remember committing."
Mitsuki nodded,but didn't look relieved,so Yu awkwardly placed an arm around soon as he did,a
single tear dropped from Mitsuki's face,then another,until she started wailing again.
"Wh-what did I do?!,"Yu asked,surprised at her reaction.
"You idiot...you don't realize why I would have done that,do you?Kill people?"she said,looking at Yu.
"Be...cause you were hypnotized?"
"I saw you and Kei,and I got super jealous...so jealous that I killed her."
"No,I'm pretty sure that-"
"I WASN'T HYPNOTIZED,DAMMIT!",she yelled with surprising force through her tears,making Yu jump out of
his seat.
She continued to cry for a bit,and finally said,"I wasn't hypnotized...because I remember killing her."
"Wait,you told me-"
"I know,I told you differently,but...",she began,but stopped suddenly,pondering if she should say anything else.
"But,what?",Yu asked.
She replies,"I care a lot more about you than you know...more than you'll ever know."She looks out the
window as she says that."That's all,"
"So,wait...",he said,slightly confused."You killed her...before you were hypnotized?And-wait a second,how do
you know you were hypnotized?"
"It's all on tape,Yu.",she replies flatly.
I look at the tape recorder,and sigh.
Looks like it caused more harm than good.
"So,now what?",I ask her.
She looks at me,a new determination in her eyes."We give this to the police,and let them take care of the rest."