It has come to my attention that people are actually reading this and actually want to see more. This really surprised me because I have been absent for a very long time and thought everyone thought I was dead. Anyways since people actually read this and want to know more I happily present you with this new chapter. I wonder if anyone will notice... Let's find out shall we! God it's been a while since I last wrote so forgive me for my mistakes!
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Chapter 15
Things had calmed down since last time. Things seemed to be alright and Airin was getting better. Mariko thought she was going to have another normal week of peace and quiet. Well it may not be normal but at least it won't be as bad and emotional. She was starting to wonder if her life was some soap opera and aliens were watching. Maybe she had fans and would one day be beamed up into space to attend an intergalactal grammys. Ok now Mariko was starting to lose it. She started to think she had been hanging around Kumi too much. Mariko knew she wasn't insane but there were some moments where she really thought she was. Perhaps maybe she was finally starting to lose her grip on everything.
Mariko was just sitting at her desk when there was a soft knock on her door. Mariko sat up and told the person to come in. She was expecting someone like Sayaka or Takamina but to her surprise it was Sawako. She had her head down and arms crossed. Her body was shaking and she looked awfully thin. Thinner than usual actually which was frightening to Mariko. Mariko walked over and helped Sawako to a chair. She pulled up another and started at Sawako. She noticed her breathing was panicked and her hands were fumbling gripping onto her gown. Her eyes were moving in different directions and she was saying things but Mariko couldn't tell what. After five minutes Mariko decided to call out to Sawako.
"Sawako."
"Hai!"
"Are you ok?"
"I...I don't know."
Sawako was having a hard time staring at Mariko. Mariko could see Sawako's eyes look at everything else but her. She help Sawako's head still and looked into her eyes. Sawako's eyes didn't look right either. Her pupils were dialated and twitching. There were dark bags on them like she haden't slept in days as well. Something was seriously wrong with Sawako and Mariko had to figure out.
"Sawako what's wrong? Can you tell me?" Mariko asked.
"They're fighting again..." Sawako mumbled.
"Who?"
"Ken, Yuuki, Sasshii... they're all fighting for control."
"Why?"
"I don't know... but it's hard to control them and I always get hurt see?"
Sawako showed Mariko her arms and revealed several cuts. There were also claw marks on her legs and bite marks on her hands. It looked like Sawako had gotten into a fight with a wild animal. Mariko thought that maybe her seperate personalities are trying to take over once and for all and this time they were hurting Sawako in the process. Mariko took Sawako to an isolation room and went to the other side. Sawako said the attacks happened at night so she pulled out a coffee and observed Sawako who was in the middle of the room sleeping. Nothing was happening so Mariko thought Sawako was going to be alright. But then suddenly, Sawako's body shot up and looked around.
"Where the heck am I?!"
The voice was Ken's. He seemed angry at something but what?
"Alright time for me to bust out of here and get some ladies."
Ken started to walk but then something made him trip anywhere.
"Where do you think you're going?"
This time the voice was Yuuki.
"I wanna go to the candy store! I heard there were some good chocolates and I want some!"
"No way kid we're going to a bar for some fun."
"No I wanna go to the candy store!'
"Bar!"
"Candy!"
"Bar!"
"Candy!"
The two started fighting each other in Sawako's body. Yuuki bit Sawako's arm while Ken punched her face. Yuuki clawed Sawako's neck and Ken punched her stomach. Sawako was now bleeding but the two kept going. Mariko was surprised to see Sawako fighting herself only it wasn't her and the whole scene was so strange to watch. She knew she should step in soon but then anoter voice came out. It was Sasshi and she was mad.
"Both of you shut up and let me sleep!"
Sasshi punched Sawako hard in the jaw and slammed her head into the wall. Sawako was knocked out cold her body fell to the ground. Mariko knew Sawako was done and ran into the room. She took Sawako to the MRI and scanned her brain. The results were out of this world. Before her brain was sectioned into different parts each representing the personality. But this time they were all mashed togehter and fused into this mess. Sawako's brain was being scrambled from the inside.
"Oh this is not good."
"No it isn't."
"Kya!"
Mariko turned around and saw to her surprise Sawako only it wasn't Sawako it was some ghost thing. Mariko couldn't see Sawako's feet it was just a tail. Mariko was a little taken back and for a while thought Sawako was dead. However the brain monitor said that she was alive and active on the inside. Mariko was about to ask something when Sawako said,
"I couldn't take it in there so I decided to leave and the only way I was able to do that was by connecting my side to another mind which was you. So now technically I'm part of you."
"Meaning?"
"I can do this."
Right after she said that Mariko felt as if she was pushed back to the very far end of her brain. Then she was suddenly pushed out and now she saw her own body but she wasn't in it.
"Sawako?"
"Hai!"
Sawako answered but in Mariko's body. Mariko thought she was going to faint but when she fell back she went straight through the chair.
"Hey be careful!"
Sawako grabbed Mariko and pulled her back. She told Mariko how if they separate too far the connection could break and Mariko would be stuck like that forever. Mariko didn't want that to happen so she did her best to stay close to Mariko.
"I need to borrow your body for a while. There's something I have to do and I couldn't do it in mind. Do you mind?"
"Just don't hurt it or do anything bad to it ok?"
"I'll handle it with great care."
"Great then let's go!"
Sawako took Mariko out of the facility and out into the city. They drove across town and out the city limits. They kept going until they hit a random apartment building in the middle of nowhere. The two walked into it and saw that the place looked old and abandoned. Sawako walked up to room 13 and walked inside room. It was small and dusty making it hard to breathe. However Sawako acted as if it was home sweet home to her. She walked over to a small bedroom where there were old stuffed animals and a small bed. Sawako sat on the bed and held one of the stuffed animals.
"This was my old room..."
"Really? Looks kind of crummy to me."
"Yeah my parents were poor when I was young. Couldn't afford much."
"So why have we come here?"
"I came to find something that may stop all of them from fighting. But I need help. Look for an old photo with a picture of four people on them. They're standing in front of the building all huddled together."
"Ok."
The two started to search the old photo that Sawako was talking about. Mariko looked from all the high places to the lower places but still no luck. What she did find though was a bunch of dead rats and birds which really disgusted her. She kept looking until she saw an old photo but wasn't sure if it was the right one because it was all dirty. She would clean it but her hand went straight through it.
"Hey Sawako is this it?"
"Yes!"
Sawako ran over and picked it up. She cleaned it off and revealed the four people. There was Sawako, a little girl, a man, and an older woman.
"Sawako who are these people?"
"It's the original Ken, Yuuki and Sasshii."
"EH?!"
"Back when I lived here they lived with me too. We all hung out and had lots of fun. But then one day we were all in a car accident and I was the only one that survived. On that day were all fighting and I wasn't paying attention to the road. It was my fault they all died and I couldn't handle the guilt so I created them in my mind and they became their own person. Since they're not the original person though they have their flaws and they want control of their own body. But it's not like I can spilt my body into four. That wouldn't be right."
"So why do you need this photo?" Mariko asked.
"I was thinking if they saw this then maybe they would all stop fighting and remember all the good times we had."
"Do you think it will work?"
"Yes. Let's get going though. I hope they haven't hurt anyone."
Mariko and Sawako headed back to the facility and found the place in total chaos. Everyone was huddled into one corner of the room with Sawako in front of them with a knife. She was about to stab Airin when Sawako ran over and tackled her own body. The two fell and started fighting. The question was though who was Sawako fighting?
"Hey man let go! I was about to have some fun!" it was Ken.
"Ken stop it you know you're not the killing type!"
"No but I am!"
This time it was Sasshii and Sasshii was stronger than Sawako. Sasshii threw Sawako off and slammed her hard into the wall. Mariko knew that was going to be sore as soon as she got back into her body. Sawako got up and punched Sasshii in the face.
"Don't forget you taught me how to fight Sasshii!" Sawako screamed.
"Well let's see if you're stronger than me!"
The two started to punch each other fist to fist. Mariko watched Sawako knock hit Sasshii pretty hard but Sasshii did the same in return. However in the middle of all the punching Sasshii switched places with Yuuki and when Sawako punched she hit Yuuki who started to cry.
"Hidoi Shawako!" Yuuki said as she started crying.
"Ah gomen Yuuki gomen!"
Sawako hugged Yuuki who quickly got an evil look on her face and elbowed Sawako in the stomach causing her to fall over. Yuuki stood up and help out a sharp knife. She giggled and said,
"Baka Shawako~ You always were a sucker for my cute acts."
The personality changed and this time it was Ken who came out.
"Well babe it's been a fun ride but it's time to go now. Byebye~"
"Ken stop!"
Right as Ken was about to stab Sawako, Sawako pulled out the photo and showed it to him which made him stop. He dropped the knife and took the photo from Sawako.
"Don't you remember you guys? Back then we always had fun with each other hanging out and playing. Don't you remember we all got along so well?" Sawako said.
"This was us?" this time the voice sounded like all three of them combined as one.
"Yes it was us. Remember we used to be so fun. We had all kinds of fun. Remember!"
"Yeah I do..."
"Let's not fight anymore ok?"
"Yeah..."
Sawako stood up and hugged her body. Soon after Mariko saw Sawako leave her body and go back into her own. Then she felt something pull her in back to her body. As soon as Mariko entered her body she felt a wave of pain hit her from the abuse Sawako had given it. But she was happy to see Sawako back to normal and was now resting peacefully with a smile on her face. She stood up and took Sawako back to her room and then told the others to go back. She walked back to her desk where Churi was there waiting for her.
"Looks like you handled things well." she said.
"Yeah I was surprised too." Mariko said.
"Well rest well. You got another big day tomorrow."
"What do you mean?"
"Haha you'll see."
With that Churi walked away leaving Mariko confused but too tired to worry about it. Mariko sat back on her desk and fell asleep. While she was sleeping though, the door opened Miichan snuck in. She saw Mariko was asleep so she took a Gachapin pillow and placed it under her head then left. Miichan thought she was doing a good thing but she didn't know on that day Mariko had a dream about being chased by a giant Gachapin.
Everything seemed peaceful but somewhere in the vents of the facility was something watching everyone carefully. When it saw Churi, its eyes glowed red and it growled revealing its fangs. It could attack right there and then but decided to wait. It was too early to strike. Soon however, it will have its sweet revenge.
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Well there you go to people who actually read my stuff. Hope you liked it!