Author note

SURPRISE!

I'm back!

Random fan:When were you ever gone?
Me:... True

With another story!

Random fan: And it is not any of the ones you mentioned.
Me:... No comment.

Warning:Manga characters are in this so if you are an anime person (like me) and don't read manga (like me) then tough luck. You are free to read this story seeing how this is AU but in case you don't want the characters to be spoiled to you then I suggest reading the manga (*points an accussing finger at Nayrael* He forced me to read it!) Besides, don't any of you guys want to see Rikuo's new look? *wiggles my eyebrow*

Declaimer: I own nothing but this plot. Enjoy!

Chapter 1

The deafening roar of thunder struck once again followed by a bright flash of electricity. As if that wasn't enough, it was also pouring hard that night while she stood there, using her umbrella as a cane to lean on. She cursed her luck a hundred times for being in a dangerous situation where she could die if she was struck by a lightning.

Deciding to ignore the rumbling sky, she looked at the wet piece of paper in her hand that showed the smudged address of a certain building. The pelting water drops on the woman's raincoat distracted her from the rattling. She reminded herself to watch the weather forecast today and it only mentioned the rain, not a thunderstorm that drastically changed the sky.

"Is this the place?" she could see a tremendous building in front of her but it looked very old and abandoned.

Even though it was raining cats and dogs such that she could barely hear anything, she knew this place was as good as dead. There wasn't a single building around, just an endless amount of trees on both sides. She had to drive with her headlights on to see where she was going for 30 minutes because there wasn't a single street lamp when she came. The place screamed suspicious no matter how she looked at it. Someone could get murdered here and no one would know. Besides, what kind of hospital would ask someone to come at night? She wasn't sure if she shivered from the thought of being the victim or from the cold breeze.

She decided to try her luck by knocking vehemently. Nothing happened.

I think I got the wrong address.

She was about to run back to her car when a green laser, out of nowhere, flashed at her from her head to her toe causing her to halt her steps. She would have never noticed the camera on top of the gigantic door if it wasn't for the laser that came out of it.

"Outsider! Outsider!" she was startled by a sudden, robotic voice that came from nowhere. As soon as she heard it, it stopped.

What is going on?

There were a few shuffling sound before a disembodied voice spoke through what she thought was a mini microphone.

"What do you want?" the voice had a hint of laziness in it.

"Ummm." she wasn't sure what to say at first, but then she decided to tell him the purpose of coming here.

"I was assigned to come to a hospital called Nurarihyon, but I think I'm in the wrong place. I'll get going now," she basically shouted since she couldn't even hear her voice in this weather.

"Wait! Are you Kana Ienaga?" he asked, calling her back.

Her eyes widened. So this is the place?

"Yes," she replied hurriedly while nodding her head to emphasize it in case he saw her.

The gate parted like the Red Sea of history, inviting her in. She entered the large hallway and sighed in relief as, finally, she got out of the thunderstorm.

A tapping sound echoed in the quiet hallway when she used her umbrella as a crutch to walk on, supporting herself while she rubbed her right arm in hopes of getting warm. Her walking ended when she saw the receptionist. She opened her mouth to speak, but closed it almost at once as the receptionist beat her to the punch.

"We have been expecting your visit Dr. Ienaga." she gave her the '1 minute' gesture and pressed some random buttons on the phone. Her talk with someone was heard as muffled to Kana due to her exhaustion. She wanted to end this already and crawl into her comfy bed.

"I'll show you the way." she smiled at her, clearly seeing that the woman in front of her was tired.

Kana nodded and followed her to what appeared to be an elevator. They had another body scan before the two women were lifted up by the words of "To President Sanmoto."

Seeing the closing door of the elevator made Kana feel like she would never get out of here. Her thoughts were interrupted when the woman next to her offered to take her raincoat and umbrella to the room she would be staying in. When the elevator door opened, she took the items from a grateful Kana and then led her to a nice and cozy office.

"Mister Sanmoto is coming," the receptionist assured her and left Kana to dwell on what she was going to do.

The guy she guessed she needed to meet soon entered the office and took a seat on his fancy chair.

"I'm Sanmoto Gorozaemon," the extremely obese guy introduced himself. "It is a pleasure to meet you."

"I'm Kana Ienaga, the pleasure is all mine," she politely replied.

"I heard all sort of things about you, Dr. Ienaga."

She resisted the urge to raise an eyebrow.

"Oh really? What sort of things did you hear about me?" she asked curiously.

"You graduated medical school at a very young age and became a Thoracic Surgeon at the age of 26." Everyone knew this basic information and it seemed to impress them when they found out she is a very young doctor.

"You saved so many lives in a mere two years and everyone in Japan knows who you are. Quite an impressive achievement I have to say." She was Tokyo's best Thoracic Surgeon and had been all over the newspaper once because she saved the Prime Minister of Japan who had a sudden heart failure while giving an important speech.

The twenty-eight years old woman blushed at the compliment. She still wasn't used to being praised.

"What brings you here? A doctor such as yourself can get any job at a different hospital."

"I came here as a substitute." she explained. This hospital had such a shortage of doctors that they needed one immediately. Oddly, it didn't matter what field they were specialized in. "I thought it would be a great experience to work with some mentally ill patients." She smiled.

"It seems like you will be staying here for 2 weeks." he read the paper in his hand. She nodded to confirm it.

He stayed silent for a while then pressed a button that was on speed dial.

"Shin-san, I would like you to accompany Kana Ienaga to her room." he hung up on him immediately after having said that.

A knock on the door was heard."I came to pick up Kana Ienaga." the same lazy voice she had heard outside the hospital made her whip around to face him.

That was fast.

Her eyes were greeted with a slim, pale man with long, red hair, tied up in a ponytail and sleepy, black eyes.

"Let's go," he said dully.

She quickly bade the president goodbye and let him escort her to the room she would be staying in. They made a few turns before they reached a room that had a '246' sign on it.

"Thank you..." she said to the guy who was walking away.

She shrugged and entered her room. It was small room with a bed on one side, a bathroom next to it, and a kitchen on the other side of the room. She wasn't complaining though since they provided her with a closet full of clothes. She took out a set of pajamas and decided to take a quick shower.

I'll start my job tomorrow.

She went to bed right after her shower, letting out a content sigh involuntarily when her exhausted body finally relaxed.

I hope they like me.Was the last thought she had before she let the darkness envelop her peacefully.

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She woke up early in the morning to start her job by wearing a formal outfit which consisted of a black knee length pencil skirt, white dress shirt tucked in, with a laboratory coat over it and a pair of black pumps.

She locked the door to her room while swallowing the last crumbles of the croissant, which she made, in pleasure. Since she didn't know the hospital well, she guessed that she would have someone introducing the place to her. So while waiting for her escort to come, she took out some papers that were placed on her study desk when she first came in from her coat pocket and flipped through them slowly to make sure she got everything. She furrowed her eyebrows in confusion when she noticed something strange.

What is this?

She could ask her questions when she met her escort. As if on cue, her escort came.

"Good morning, Shin-san," she politely greeted one of the few people she knew. He raised his hand while yawning. He seemed not to really care about anything. He just signaled her to follow him and she did.

"I have been meaning to ask, what are these ranks?" she pointed at the paper that had ranks from A to F. "Is it something like their level of difficulties?" she questioned. He entered the elevator with Kana.

"Rank B." the elevator went down when he said that. He then looked at her indifferently. This guy didn't look like the type that took their job seriously and for that she wondered how he got one in here.

"No, dangerousness." she furrowed her eyebrows in concern. She knew some patients could be dangerous but is that really it?

She looked at the paper again and there were fewer names in rank A than all ranks.

Doctor:Abe no Seimei

Rank A: Hagorome Gitsune, Nura Riku-

She was cut off her thoughts when she realized her escort was way ahead of her. She quickly rushed after him to ask her last question.

"One last question, I promise." he gave a sigh in exasperation.

"What now?" for an escort, he was doing a terrible job.

"There isn't a single name in rank F." she pointed out.

"Ah, that is because Rank F are animals."

What? Animals? What kind of mental hospital had animals? She racked her brain to think if she knew one but she got none.

"We are here." he stood in front of what she thought was a door.

"Only authorized users can use this card." he gave her a card that looked like her ID. "Make sure you don't lose it, especially not to the patients..." his cold eyes made her feel uneasy but she didn't show it. When he thought she understood he gave her advice for her safety.

"If anything happened." he gave her a small bag designed so she could wrap it around her waist. "Don't hesitate to use these against them. Also, there is a large red button for emergency. If you think the situation is out of your control, press it. All the bodyguards in this floor will come to rescue you." with that he left to attend to his matters.

She sighed at how uptight the security in here was. They were treating their patients differently than most hospitals did. She took out one syringe out of the bag he gave her and brought it near her eyesight. It was an anesthetic drug.

The fact she might need these scared her. She couldn't forget the fact she got the 2nd and 3rd highest rank of all. She took out her card and held it within the camera lenses to scan it.

"Access permitted." the door opened for her. She breathed in and out to get herself ready for her job, never forgetting to smile.

Her smile faltered when she heard a glass break accompanied with screams of horror.

"Ao is out of control again!" someone shouted to warn the others to get away.

Her jaw almost dropped when she saw someone flying or, should she say, thrown! She quickly regained her composure.

"What is going on?" she managed to catch a woman with long, brown hair and green eyes to tell her.

"You better get out of here." she warned her as she watched a crazy blond wrestling Ao. "Awashima is such an idiot," she muttered after which she sprinted away.

"Emergency situation?" Kana repeated what the guy said earlier, nervously. "I think he meant now." she saw that large button he was talking about just around the corner so dashed toward it but was stopped when a huge guy screaming angrily came in front of her. Out of reflex, she took out a syringe from her bag and shouted. "Someone press the button."

She dodged a punch from him and took the opportunity to stab her syringe on his arm. She pushed down the plunger of the syringe, injecting the drug into him. Much to her surprise, he had enough strength to swing her petite form higher to the ceiling like she weighed nothing and then slam her down brutally.

The air was knocked out of her lungs painfully. She spluttered and coughed, gasping for air. Her sprawled body was aching so much and it only got worse when he stepped on her back causing her to scream against her will. She received another painful blow on her side, sending her flying to the wall.

She fell down with a thud, blood leaking out from both her head and mouth. She couldn't move a single muscle right now.

I...

As she slipped between consciousness and unconsciousness, his scream and several heavy footsteps were the last thing she had heard before darkness consumed her.

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I'm not in any position to be writing a new fanfiction XD but the place is so freaking deserted that I'm afriad by next year it would be dead. So I thought why not write a new one :3 I finished the manga yesterday and decided to do a last minute change with the OCs. Let's not suffer from them XD