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Post by Yume on Mar 14, 2008 22:22:28 GMT 1
"Kitchen... Kitchen... Kitchen..." Kikyou thought out loud as she headed for the kitchen, holding the food in her hands as if it was something holy. "Ah, kitchen!" She said content and places the food on the kitchen unit.
"Now... How do we heat this up... Eto... It there a set of pans here?" Kikyou opened a couple of cupboards and found something suitable to heat up the food in. She put on the fire and placed the pan on it.
"And now the food... Argh... This is hard when you're kinda dizzy..." She told to herself and prepared to put the food in the pan, but something went wrong and suddenly the food in the pan caught fire. "Kuso! Ah... Eto... Water!" Kikyou quickly got some water from the sink and threw it on the fire, which resulted in making it only more worse.
Not knowing what to do know, Kikyou decided to scream as loud as she could so the others would notice something was wrong.
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Post by Infenyte on Mar 14, 2008 22:34:03 GMT 1
Sakito returned his short travel back to his dorm, once arrived there (again) He smelled somethings strange. "Hmm..It smells like something is burning." His suspicion became certainty when he heard a loud scream. quickly he rushed inside his neighbors dorm and noticed that a pan was on fire.
He quickly get back on the hallway and grabbed a fire-extinguisher and ran inside again. He sprayed the white foam all over the flames and all those who where unfortunate to stand close to the flames.
Meanwhile Kensa closed his book with a loud snap. Wiping the tears from his eyes with a smile. Chapter 13 wasn't anything like he imaginend it would be. It was...art so great, that it never should have been watched by mortal eyes. The drama, action and even humor was perfectly put in words. Chapter 14 could never best that...or could it. Whatever the case was, he was going to find that out tommorow. He stood up, dusted off his pants and put his book away in his bag. Perhaps he was going to see if Sakito was alright.
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Post by Suigintou on Mar 15, 2008 1:06:44 GMT 1
The sight appearing before her eyes, when Natsumi opened the door was really one of a kind. Some guy she vaguely had seen before was hysterically waving around a fire extinguisher, while huge red flames emerged from the stove. Kikyou was standing right next to it, with a terrified look on her face, completely covered with the white foam from the extinguisher. Sadly enough, like most of these tanks, the contents ran out too fast. It wasn't really that surprising though, had already gotten to big for them to manage. It seemed like "someone" had poured water on it, instead of closing it off with a lid. The fire in the pan was completely put out, but the flames had already gotten hold of wooden cupboards, the curtains and even the walls seemed to be smoldering.
After having stood there horror struck for a few seconds, paralyzed by the scene, Natsumi came to her senses again. Quickly she rand over to the guy with the empty tube in his hands (he at least seemed to know how to handle them) pushed him out of the apartment door, and yelled: "Hurry! Find another one, two even! And call the fire department or something!" Having done this, she ran back inside, towards Kikyou and started shaking her aggressively. "Snap out of it Kikyou! We have to get away from here!" By now, the flames were all around them, and even the doorway to the corridor had been blocked by the fire. She turned around in desperation. There was no way out. Her eye fell on the window. After grabbing a still packed suitcase, she slammed it into the glass, shattering it in pieces. Now to jump. The distance was only one story high, so she calculated nothing really bad would happen if she just jumped careful. Oh well, it wouldn't help if she kept thinking about this, or else they would all die in the flames. And with that thought, she jumped.
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Post by BakaGaijin on Mar 15, 2008 1:42:50 GMT 1
The fire was burning. It all happened so fast--Kikyou screaming, the guy with the estinquisher running past before he could think of anything to do--He had to do something! Anything!
Natsumi dashed towards the window, smashing it with Seimei's suitcase. Was she planning on jumping? The door's no way out, so that would probably be best. She jumped, and Seimei was running towards the window to follow her example. He turned around to see if Kikyou was following. "Come on Kikyou! There's not much time!", he roared, but then saw she was still in shock.
He turned around and rushed towards his roommate, grabbing her. "Come on! Snap out of it!" he yelled, but it seemed of little use. The flames where roaring, engulfing his face in big waves of heat. He dragged her towards the window, away from the raging tongues of fire.
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Post by LeannaAnne on Mar 15, 2008 9:53:17 GMT 1
While Lenna went out of the school going home, she heard a loud screaming. She froze for a second, and then looked where the scream came from. Not much later when she was still looking around smoke was starting to get out of a window. All Lenna could do is look, she was dead scared and froze. She saw a window breaking and to people appearing around it. Lenna never took any interrest what to do in emergency's, she tought they would never happen to her. When she saw the people near the window, she reconized them from just another minutes ago. It were Kikyou and Natsumi! She looked around to see if anyone was there to help, she was frightent, what should he do? When she saw all the flames she did the only thing she ever learned, scream for help. She took some breath and started to scream out loud for help.
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Post by Yume on Mar 15, 2008 18:22:14 GMT 1
Fire. Fire everywhere. And it was her fault. All her fault. If she hadn't been so careless. Because of the shock she wasn't dizzy anymore, but all she could do was stare at the flames. 'Move.' She told herself. 'Come on Kikyou, move!' But her legs wouldn't even move an inch.
"Snap out of it Kikyou! We have to get away from here!" She heard Natsumi say and shook her.
"Come on Kikyou! There's not much time!" This time it was Seimei. "Come on! Snap out of it!" He dragged her to the window.
This seemed to help Kikyou snapping out of it. The flames had already surrounded them and the only way out was the window Natsumi had just jumped out of. She glanced back one more time to the place where her stuff had been, now engulfed in the flames. "We need to jump down?" She asked, more to herself than to the others. Without much thinking Kikyou putted her foot on the window frame and jumped out.
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Post by BakaGaijin on Mar 15, 2008 19:26:00 GMT 1
Kikyou probably came to her senses, because she mumbled something inaudible and jumped. Seimei hung out of the window and looked down. Kikyou seemed okay form this distance. He could feel the flame's heat on his back; he would have to jump soon. Seimei quickly estimated his fall, and jumped. He fell, the air rushing past his body. Because of the adrenaline gushing though his blood, the fall seemed to last an eternity, until it stopped with a flash of pain.
Seimei inspected his sore foot. It was nothing bad, probably just twisted a bit. He looked at the girls. Natsumi and Kikyou where safe too, nothing fatal at least. He let a sigh of relieve. 'Good. Everyone's okay', he thought, when something occured to him.
'Natsumi's roommate is still up there!'
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Post by Hyaru on Mar 15, 2008 21:50:10 GMT 1
Kagai looked around, until he heard the scream of a familiar voice. Smelling something burned and hearing a lot of noise, he decided to see what the hell was going on in the kitchen, since the door had closed. He was just about to open the door, but he heared a loud sound. Was it... Glass breaking? He clenched the doorknob, the object feeling warm in his hand. He opened the door and a wave of heat had him stumbling back. Flames... Everywhere... He tried entering the kitchen again, but flames suddenly blocked his path. Damn it, Kagai thought, I can’t get in. However, that wasn’t his only concern. Since he opened the door, the flames spread into his and Natsumi’s room, waves of heat now surrounding him. He desperately looked around, trying to find an exit. But, his sight suddenly blurred as his eyes stung. No, Kagai thought. Not now! His eyes stung badly, and the heat and smoke only made it worse. He tried to find an exit, but even his door to the hallway was now blocked by flames. He fell on his knees, his eyes becoming watery of the pain. With his blurred sight, he spotted the window, his only chance. However, as he stumbled and crawled, flames came dangerously close, the heat pressing against his lungs, the smoke irritating his insides. He fell on his side, having no energy left. “D-Damn it...” Kagai muttered. Right now, he thought ironically, I could’ve been at my father’s hellhole, where I would’ve been safe... And with that last thought, he blacked out as he lost consciousness.
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Post by Infenyte on Mar 16, 2008 9:46:50 GMT 1
"There! There is the fire!" Sakito said as he pointed with his free hand towards the black smoke invading the hallways. In his other hand he had another fire extuingisher, but he also happenend to bring reinforcements in the form of a few teachers and students who have learnend how to handle fires.
"Alright the fire department is already on it's way. All we have to do is keep the fire from spreading. Sukawa Sakito, are you sure everyone came whent outside?" One of the teachers asked him. Sakito thought for a moment, he had heard that three perons had jumped out of the window, and he had seen three persons in the hallway...Suddenly it hit him, when he had ran insid ewith the fire extuingsher, there was someone else. Another guy...
The group arrived and immidiatlly started working on keeping the flames in the dorm, clearing the flames blocking the entrance of the open door. "There is still someone in there!" Sakito said "One other guy!" Without overthinking it he jumped trough doorway, entering the dorm. The black smoke made it unable for him to even see where he was walking, so he crawled on the floor, where the smoke couldn't reach to blur his sight. It felt terrible, the searing hot flames, the difficulty to breath but he persisted. Then he noticed a shoe, laying ont he ground, with a leg attached to it. It was Kagai. He alsoe noticed the flames coming dangerously close to the boy so with the help of the extuingisher, he quickly put them out before they could harm him. He already started to feel dizzy. It would not be long before he too would pass out. He grabbed the guy's feet and dragged him back, but alreayd he could feelhis strength wavering. He felt so sleepy, he had to sleep, just closing his eyes for a few minutes and...Suddenly he felt a hand lifting him up, just before he too passed out he looked up. "K..Kensa?"
Kensa grabbed Kagai by his waist and dragged both Sakito and him back to the hallway. Where he was cheered on by the big group, appearing here. They where saved.
The sound of sirenes was heard. The island's fire department had arrived and would soon make an end to this terible fire...
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Post by Suigintou on Mar 16, 2008 15:39:51 GMT 1
'Natsumi's roommate is still up there!'
'Fuck!' Natsumi thought, Kagai was still there. Damn it, she was so stupid, forgetting about him! Without thinking about it further, she stood up with some difficulty and started running. That jump had been higher than she thought, and it seemed like she'd injured some ribs, and her right foot was limbing too. Still, she ignored the stinging pain she felt each time she moved her leg, and kept running towards the entrance on the other side of the building from where they had jumped.
There already was quite some commotion when she arrived. There were two figures lying on the grass. One of them seemed to be Kagai. Natsumi fell on her knees beside him and started sobbing. "Shuu-chan, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry." He didn't react, and appeared to be unconscious, what made her feel only worse. She kept crying in loud wailing sobs, her eyes open wide. The stress had just been to much, and the girl was completely in shock. It was this moment that a nurse from the Island hospital knelt besides her, and talked reassuring to her. However, she didn't reach her. Natsumi kept staring at Kagai, thinking he must've died or something similar. She felt a sharp sting, and soon the world around her faded slowly away as the injection the nurse had given her took effect. The three of them, Kagai, Sakito and Natsumi, were carried off to the hospital, while a few other hospital attendants were headed to the other side of the building, where apparently three students had jumped out of the window.
With all this ruckus going on, the campus president had come to the place of the accident too. At this point, the fire had already been completely extinguished, and the head of the fire department hurried over to the president to give report. "The fire seems to have started in the shared kitchen of room 16 and 17. Due to the fact that both doors to the apartments were opened, the rooms too are destroyed. It will be possible to renovate them, but it will take quite some time. The rest of the rooms in the corridor are fine, apart from some minor smoke damage in both room 15 and 18. The doors and windows have to be kept open for about 24 hours, then there won't be any problem." With this, he left to help put away the equipment with the rest of his staff, leaving the president to think over the matter.
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Post by Yume on Mar 16, 2008 19:30:44 GMT 1
The trip from the window to the ground seemed to last longer than it should. And it was quite a surprise when Kikyou met with the cold ground. The fall had lasted for a couple of seconds, but seemed like an eternity.
Kikyou woke up from her daze because of a sharp pain in her right arm. "Itai..." She tried to move her arm, but was stopped by the pain. Besides her arm, she only had a couple of scratches.
Then realization struck her. What happened to the others? Both Natsumi and Seimei seemed out of danger, but where was Kagai? Was he still in the dorm? Did he survive or did he... Kikyou looked up to the window they just jumped out of, a lot of smoke was coming from it and flames could be seen. Tears formed in her eyes as she held her right arm against her body, trying to keep it from moving too much.
The sound of the fire brigade and ambulances came nearer and Kikyou hadn't moved from the spot where she had landed. "It'll be alright." She told herself between sobs. "Everyone is alright, okay? It'll be alright." Somewhere she still blamed herself for starting the fire. How could've she been so clumsy and so stupid to throw water on it? She had been told many times not to do that, but still she did. And now everyone was hurt and their apartments were ruined. What of she was going to be expelled or something? Banned from the island or something even worse? But it was an accident, right? She didn't do it on purpose. It wasn't like she wanted this to happen.
"Hey." A voice sounded. "Are you alright?" It was a nurse. Kikyou couldn't answer and kept crying. "Don't worry, everything is going to be fine." The nurse assured her. Kikyou shook her head. No, it wasn't going to be fine. "Does your arm hurt?" The girl nodded, but when the nurse wanted to look at it, she wouldn't move. "Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you." After some more kind words Kikyou finally let the woman look at it. "Does this hurt?" The nurse moved her arm in a specific direction and Kikyou let out a small yelp, indicating that it hurt. This scene repeated itself a couple of times and the nurse concluded that Kikyou's arm must have been broken. The woman wrapped a blanket around Kikyou and helped her stand up, leading her to a car which would bring her to the hospital. She sat down on one of the backseats and closed her eyes, drifting into an uneasy dream.
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Post by BakaGaijin on Mar 16, 2008 21:23:43 GMT 1
Seimei was just sitting there watching the firefighters do their jobs, slowly realising he was having a headache. Was it from the shock? But he didn't give it much thought and continued staring at the firefighters. Suddenly he noticed a nurse had kneeled in front of him. "You jumped from the window too, right? Are you okay?"
"Huh.......? Erm... no, I'm fine.", Seimei said. "I think I twisted my ankle a bit, but it's nothing bad." He stood up to prove it. "Ouch!" He felt a shot of pain in his ankle and staggered. He suddenly felt dizzy and a bit nauseous, while the nurse got a bit blurry. After recovering his balance he made an embarrassed smile. "I think it's a bit worse than I thought."
The nurse faced another direction. "I think this boy might have a concussion." Seimei realized he had indeed hit his head. The nurse grabbed his arm and took him somewhere, apparently the ambulance, and seated him next to someone else. Seimei looked up. It was Kikyou. She seemed to be sleeping. He then noticed the nurse doing something to his arm. He turned his head and saw some blood on his upper arm. He wondered when that happened. He tried remembering... His thoughts seemed too cloudy and his memories a bit blurry, so he gave up... He continued staring at the insides of the ambulance.
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Post by Hyaru on Mar 16, 2008 21:51:03 GMT 1
It was dark. Kagai felt cold, and tried to rub his hands. However, he found he couldn't move. His arms felt so tired... He tried to move his legs, but they wouldn't listen. He wanted to look around, but everything was dark. He felt a pressing heat in his lungs, though his hands were cold as ice. He wanted to move, desperately, but he couldn't. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't talk. He wanted to-- Kagai opened his eyes. Had it been a dream. He remembered flames... Smoke... Had there been a fire? Kagai tried to look around, but his sight was very blurry. Though his surroundings... It seemed like a hospital... He tried to move again, but even the slightest movement made his muscles ache. Suddenly he heared an unfamiliar voice, probably male and a lot older: "Kagai? Kagai Shumetsu? Can you hear me?" Kagai tried to answer, but he ended up coughing. His lungs felt horrible and raw. "Don't talk, Kagai-kun. I know it's hard, but please try to relax. Don't worry, you're safe now. There has been a fire, and you inhaled a dangerous amount of smoke. You shouldn't talk right now, you'll only put extra strain on yourself." The man probably turned around as Kagai heard the footsteps, getting further and further away. He wanted to speak again, but he only coughed some more. His eyes became watery as he gave up. Damn it, he thought. He clenched his fists in the sheets, yet his grip was weak and consumed an amazing amount of energy. His eyes began to sting again, and he felt dizzy. Oh crap, he thought. What had happened to Natsumi? And... The other two, his neighboors? Kagai thought deeply, trying to remember their names. Oh yeah, Kikyou-san and Semei-san. That's right... Damn it...... I hope they're alright... And with that thought, Kagai fell back in a restless sleep.
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Post by Suigintou on Mar 16, 2008 22:20:11 GMT 1
Natsumi opened her eyes and tried to sit up, but only succeeded half, as a sudden dizziness came over her. What happened? Where was she? She looked around, and came to the conclusion that this should be the hospital. On each side of her were two beds with a boy and a girl in it. Kikyou and Seimei... They both seemed to be asleep. Then it hit her.
The fire! Memories of that aternoon flooded her head and she fell back onto the bed closing her eyes again. Kagai, where was he? Was he safe? The curtains were closed, but she could tell it was dark outside, which would mean it had been some hours since. All her stuff and that of the others would surely be destroyed, but she didn't really care about that. She wanted to know where Kagai was. Again she struggled to get up.
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Post by Yume on Mar 16, 2008 23:02:27 GMT 1
"Huh?" Kikyou mumbled as she slowly opened her eyes. Where was she? A white room... The hospital? Her right arm felt heavy and she couldn't move it. Ah, that's right. Memories of the past hours returned to her mind. About the fire, jumping out of the window and her arm. She broke it and now it was in plaster, they had done that when she arrived in the hospital.
She turned her head to the right, there was a window with closed curtains, so it must be nighttime already. To her left was another bed in which she could see Natsumi. Thank goodness she was still alive. Behind the bed Natsumi was in, there was another bed. As far as she could see it was Seimei who was in it. But where was Kagai? He wasn't here in the room... He didn't die, did he? No. He had to be alive, he just had to. Kikyou was sure he was saved, he couldn't have burned to death right?
Her eyelids felt heavy and she closed them again. Kikyou wanted to sleep again, but she couldn't although she was very tired. The girl let out a small sigh. What a mess she had gotten her new friends and herself in.
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