Fan Fiction ❯ Demons within the innocent ❯ Questions ( Chapter 5 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
"Tina! Tina, wake up!". Kasumi tugged at Tina's arm, and rolled her onto her back. "Tina! Please wake up!". Tina's eyes slowly opened…
Her vision was hazy, but she could make out the distressed face of Kasumi looking down at her. Tears rolling down her cheeks. She felt them hit her face.

She finally relised where she was, real life. Or that's what she thought. Tina grasped her stomach expecting to find a puncture. "What?" She managed to mutter out. No blood, no wound. She yelled in shock, her eye's went wide. She quickly got up and stared down at her stomach.. Nothing. She flexed her arm. It wasn't broken anymore, and she stared across to her shoulder to where the piece of glass had lodged itself… Nothing at all. Kasumi looked over at her with concerned eyes… "What is it Tina?" She asked sadly. Still in shock Tina managed to mutter out…. "What… was.. that Kasumi…..? I was… dying..".

Kasumi paused and looked at the ground and slowly tilted her head to a corpse on the ground. Tina's eye's followed hers. It was Ayane. Face down in the hospital corridor, blood covering the ground and walls… A broken chair lay in bits next to her. It was soaked in blood. Tina reared back in horror at the view. She pressed herself firmly against the wall. "Is she.. Dead?" Tina mumbled. Kasumi took a deep breath and tilted her head up towards Tina.

"No Tina, far from it…. This is merely a quick escape". She frowned. Tina looked back over at fallen "demon". The left side of her head had been totally crushed from the blows from the chair. Tina went pale. "Kasumi… Just.. WHAT is your half sister?" she asked in anger and disgust. Kasumi examined her arm in the sling.. "Please Tina, it's an extremely long story and I'm afraid I can't tell you here.. In fact, we must escape while we can… Trust me on this one…" Kasumi's innocent eye's dug right into Tina's heart.. "Alright Kasumi, we can stay at my hotel room….". -"Thank you Tina.." Kasumi muttered coldly.

They managed to escape the Hospital with much ease.. Although they did gain a lot of unwanted attention thanks to a 17 year old school girl walking through the streets Tokyo with nothing more than a flimsy Hospital gown… Kasumi's cheeks were bright red by the time they reached the hotel.. Tina couldn't help but crack a smile.

Tina slammed the door shut behind Kasumi and turned the lock. She had a thumping headache, her brain had been put into overdrive and her emotions and senses had been crushed and mutated all within around an hour. "Sorry Kasumi, but if I'm going to go on.. I think I need a shower…" Kasumi simply nodded. The Canadian made her way to the bathroom. She flicked the light on and closed the door. She stood naked in front of the mirror, thinking about the place she had been.. She stared into her own eye's reflections and noticed that she was shaking all over. A tear escaped her eye, *why, why am I crying?* she thought…

Meanwhile Kasumi opened her suitcase she had taken from the hospital and stared down at it grimly. It only contained her school uniform from that day… Mental image's appeared in her head.. Everything was tumbling around her.. Looking into Tina's eye's for the first time.. Looking at Tina's eye's filled with anger… Looking at Tina's eye's as she licked her neck… She grinned and slammed the suitcase shut. The shower was going….

She sighed and flicked on the television. She quickly flicked to the cartoon channel, Card Captor Sakura was playing.. *Good* Kasumi thought, mindless nonsense. Something to break up the current thoughts in her mind.
She lay down on the double bed and closed her eye's listening to the booms and zaps of the TV. A while passed, the shower stopped. Kasumi sat up again. She yawned and adjusted her sling around her neck. "Wonder how long this is going to take to heal.." She mumbled under her breath. She sighed and glanced across at the clock radio "9:10 AM". Wow, the beginning of the day, and already so much has happened..

The bathroom door opened, a lot of steam flew out of the room and out stepped Tina, a towel draped across her body, drying her hair with another towel. She turned and faced Kasumi and smiled, "Feeling alright kiddo?" She asked quietly, Kasumi let out a weak smile and gave her a thumbs up. "You?" Kasumi directed the question back at Tina. Tina paused and closed her eyes.

"Sure, fine. Just a bit shaken". She opened her eye's and stared blankly at the floor.. "You know, you'll have to fill me in on this whole thing later kid.." She peered over at the school girl.. "Later" She replied coldly.
Tina frowned and opened her closet, she thumbed through her small collection of clothes she had bought with her and pulled out a purple T-shirt, and a pair of jeans. Grinning she tossed them over to Kasumi on the bed. The jeans smacked her in the side of the head, "ouch!" she cried out, Tina smirked.. "Sorry! Here, put these on kid, you can't go walking around in that hospital gown forever you know". Kasumi picked up the shirt with her good arm, it had "Hot stuff" printed on the front.. "Err.. Thanks Tina".

"You can put em on in the bathroom if you want" Tina said as she pulled her cargo's on again. "Right" Kasumi replied. She picked up the clothes and headed off. The door closed shut. Tina tossed her towel on the floor and flung herself on the bed where Kasumi was lying. *What the hell's this shit?* she asked herself as she watched TV. She flicked over to the movie channel, she laughed. A poorly dubbed version of Back to the Future was on. The words came out but the mouths didn't move, or the mouth moved and nothing came out.. She heard Kasumi cry out in the background.. "Uh, Tina?" She turned towards the bathroom, "Yeah, what is it girl?" she yelled.

There was a pause, "Er, c, could I ha, have a little help?" Kasumi stuttered out. Tina heaved herself off the bed and made her way to the closed bathroom door. She twisted the handle and peered in. "What?" She asked. Kasumi was holding the shirt in her hand.. She let out an embarrassed giggle. "I can't really seem to get my shirt on cause of my arm.. I got the pants on!" She pointed at them proudly. Tina laughed. "Sure Kasumi, hold on a tick" she opened the door and walked in. Kasumi blushed as she handed the shirt to Tina. "Hmm… let's see" Tina studied the problem for a second. "How are we going to get this on?". Kasumi looked up at her, "Don't look at me, I only had to wear a crappy gown all this time!" She smiled. Tina winked, "don't worry kid, I know". She carefully pulled the shirt over the schoolgirl's head then paused.

She stepped back and figured out the next step. She pulled the right arm hole out and very carefully stretched it to fit round the sling, she pulled it up and smiled. "Success!" Kasumi pulled the left arm through herself and pulled the shirt down. It was one of those small tight shirts, she looked down at her uncovered belly button. "Thanks Tina" Kasumi said happily. "All in a day's work" Tina replied smiling. She turned and headed out the door, Tina paused.. "Hey, Kasumi.. You hungry?". Kasumi rubbed her stomach.. "Uh, yeah I am actually". Tina spun round, "Great, you wanna go eat breakfast out or get room service?" Kasumi quickly blurted out "Room service!". Tina turned around again, "right then, room service… You'd better be prepared for food that tastes like cardboard!". She started walking off, but she was sure that she heard Kasumi mutter something along the lines of "It's safer this way" under her breath. Tina frowned.. *Safer*?

Kasumi followed Tina to the side cabinet, Tina pulled out two laminated menu's out of the top draw and handed one to the girl. "Thanks" she replied as sat down on the bed. Tina sat down next to her.. Both were silent as they studied the menu. Tina broke the silence "Hmm… Think I'll just get my usual crap.. Bacon, eggs, 2 slices of toast…" She glanced over next to her "You know what you wanna get kid?" Kasumi pointed at something on the menu, "Yeah, can I get the Works meal?" Tina's face dropped. "Shit girl, you know how big that meal is? It can feed like 3 people!".

Kasumi looked over and smiled "Hey, I've had to live on pathetic hospital food for like 2 weeks! What do you expect?". Tina laughed, "Alright… Don't say I didn't warn you though". Kasumi put the menu down and bent down over her suitcase, she pulled out a purse and held it up "I think I've got like 50 Yen, (¥) I can pay for my meal if you'd like" Tina laughed again, "Hell girl, put that away.. I charge everything I want to the Wrestling Company! It's great!" She smiled. Kasumi smiled back and lowered her hand.. She dropped the purse and sat back down on the bed. Looking up at the TV she frowned, "Hey, where'd my cartoon go?" she asked in a lighthearted voice. Tina looked Kasumi in the eye's "Your cartoon was shit, I'm watching this badly dubbed movie… Hmm… Where's all your crazy Japanese game shows?" Kasumi didn't reply.

Realizing that Kasumi mustn't of been listening, she picked up the phone and keyed in #998#. The room service number. As she waited she went to grab the remote but Kasumi snatched it before her, she quickly changed back to her cartoons. She looked over at Tina smiled and gave her the peace signal. Tina cracked a smile and shook her head. "Hello, how may we be of assitance?" The person on the other end of the line answered. "Yeah, Hi. Umm.. I wanna get some breakfast delivered here" There was a pause, "Certanly, would you mind telling me what code numbers your choices are?" Tina squinted at the menu's "Uh yeah, hold up a second" She read the number's next to their orders "Uh, number's 24 and 43"… "Thank you for your order, what is your room number?" The lady replied.

Tina stalled for a second, then remembered, "It's number uh 2385" There was a another pause, Tina could hear typing on the other end of the line. "Room number 2385, Miss Tina Armstrong?" The lady questioned.. "That's me" Tina replied in a dull voice. "Thank you once again Miss Armstrong, we'll send the tab to your employer, you'r food will arrive shortly" The line died. Tina grinned.
She hung up the receiver, turned and faced Kasumi "Hmm.. The food will arrive shortly.. which basically means we're in for a 2 hour wait.. like bloody yesterday" - "Cool" Kasumi replied. She looked up at the TV again, she sighed "Now what the hell are you watching?" Some ship was flying around on the TV, "Macross" Kasumi said happily. "I like my cartoons, alright?" She said with a grin. Tina hung her head.

It went silent for a while
"Hey Tina", Tina slowly looked over "Yeah kid?" she replied. Kasumi faced Tina and crossed her legs on the bed "What's it like to be famous?" Tina's eye's widened. "What?" She replied confused. "You're a famous wrestler in America right? What's it like being famous?" - "Ohhh" Tina droned out. She sighed, "It's alright. It's not that fantastic. The pay's good.. But it's no fun really.. It's all fake.. but you know that right?" Kasumi sat up "Wouldn't have a clue, never watched it.. But now that I know your in it, I'll have to make sure I see it" She smiled.

Tina rubbed her eye.. "It's all scripted acting. No fun at all. Anyway, I'm basically eye candy in the show.. Parading around in skimpy outfits and stuff.. That's why I got interested in this tournament, get my adrenaline pumping.. To get some real action.. But I withdrew my name from the DOA championship after I fought you". Kasumi looked over with innocent eye's.. "Why's that?" Tina looked down.. "I, I couldn't face hurting any body such as yourself again.. Someone so young.. Someone with a heart such as yourself". Kasumi was touched.. She got up and sat close to Tina and hugged her. Tina's eye's widened and she blushed. "Wh,What's this for kiddo?" She asked in a surprised voice. Kasumi rested her head on Tina's shoulder and giggled "Cause I think you deserve a cuddle!" Tina was a bit taken back "Er, okay..".

Even though it was a surprise, Tina felt truly secure this way. She shut her eye's and relaxed. Kasumi looked up at the resting blonde and felt happy. "Thank you" She muttered. Tina opened her eye's and looked down "For what?" she asked with a questioned look. Kasumi paused.. "For everything, for stopping me from pushing myself too far during the fight.. But most of all.. Thank you for taking time out of your life to come and see how I was going in hospital.. And taking me away from Her.." Kasumi's eye's shallowed. "Ayane" she added with a pained look. Tina frowned.. "Yes.. Ayane.." she repeated.

Kasumi held her tighter. Tina looked down at girl resting on her shoulder and noticed something quite shocking.. "Kasumi?? Your arm?" Kasumi's eye's opened sharply.. "My arm?" she questioned.. Then she looked at her arm, which was firmly around Tina's body, her "broken" arm. She reared back in shock, she had just now realized that her arm was basically fine! No pain. She moved it around in the sling and flexed her fingers, it hurt a bit.. A slight stabbing pain, but it was certainly not broken!

"What the hell?" Tina let out. She bent over and untied the sling from Kasumi's neck. Both were in shock. Kasumi could move her arm around freely, it couldn't have fixed itself with a 2 week span! "Hmmmpf" Kasumi muttered. "It mustn't of been broken.. Just a fracture or something.." She had a puzzled look on her face. Tina's face dropped "What do you mean? Didn't the doctors TELL you what it was??" Kasumi paused, "Wouldn't know. I was unconscious for a long time, about a week and a half.." She pointed to the small scar on the side of her head. "After I woke up, they wouldn't tell me anything, they only gave me food"… She hung her head.

Tina froze for a moment.. "Hmmmm.." Kasumi rose her head again and stared into Tina's eyes.. "Ayane arrived the same day you did Tina…Today… She put me to sleep and read my soul.. It was like she knew you were coming this same morning" Tina had a confused look on her face.. The memories of this morning were slowly slipping away from her for some reason..
Both sat silently for what seemed forever.. "Well…" Tina started, "At least we now know your arm's pretty much fine" Kasumi glanced over but did not pass any emotion.

Tina decided that now was as probably good as time as any to try and get the full story out of Kasumi something, which she already knew she wasn't looking forward to.
But of course, things always get in your way.. Tina was about to ask the question when they heard three knocks on the motel room door. Kasumi jumped up with excitement, "Food!" She yelled out with anticipation.

She ran over to the door and opened it hastily, a grinning servant pushed the food cart into the room. He pulled two dishes off the cart and placed them on the wooden table. Kasumi was basically drooling at the thought of real food. "Thank you!" She let out happily. The man smiled back at her, "Enjoy ladies" he replied. He glanced over at Tina. She simply nodded her head in thanks. He made his way out and closed the door shut.

Kasumi sat down and took the lid off her quite massive plate. Her face dropped. Tina looked over, she shook her head with a smile "Told ya kid". Kasumi scanned over the food on the plate. "Holy crap!" she mumbled. There was at least 8 rashes of bacon, 5 eggs, 10 slices of toast, 4 sliced tomatoes, onions, ham, cheese, and a shit load of salad decorating the plate.. Kasumi laughed weakly. Tina got up from off the bed and sat opposite from Kasumi at the table. She unraveled her knife and fork from the napkin and took the lid off her plate, a more organized assortment of food presented her. 2 slices of bacon, 2 eggs and 4 slices of toast. She grinned at Kasumi. She looked up at Tina and poked her tongue out.

The two ate in silence. Well sort of. Kasumi seemed to be making a whole range of noises as she ate her food. Not much of the food actually made it to her mouth as well. Tina glanced up with a disturbed look, "Geez, you have got to be the messiest eater I have ever seen in my life!"- Kasumi frowned "Shu upbt" She managed to get out with a mouth full of food. A while later, they finished. At the same time basically. Tina had a shocked look on her face "How the hell" she started.. "Did you actually finish that plate of food? And so freakin fast too??" Her eye twitched in disbelief. Kasumi replied with a horrendous burp. She giggled, "Told you I was hungrey!". Tina hung her head in shame.. She looked down at the floor "Hey, kid.. I think.. If they gather all the food you dropped.. They actually might be able to feed all the starving children in the world!" Kasumi looked down at the mess of egg bits and crap. She blushed.