[b]Mirror World[/b]

The shadows sprinted off, out of sight... but the boy, the boy was yelling at her. Midori slowed to a stop for a moment, and limply raised her arm, clutching the boxcutter tightly in her hands. The blade glinted briefly as she swung it forward, to point at the boy. Oh, oh, it was time for him to understand why he was a monster and why she was going to hurt him and hurt him and hurt him until all the life drained out of his body... in her momentarily wild mind, it did not register that he seemed unlikely to be the kidnapper for both her love and her younger brother. It would take more to make her realize how unlikely that was.

"You... you took them!" she cried," I could hear them crying for help... my little brother... and beautiful, beautiful Akemi-sempai!"

Midori took a step forward. "I'll kill you... and save them... and Akemi-sempai will love me!"

Her hand, still clutching the boxcutter, shook slightly. Her thoughts were a jumbled mess, fear, worry, rage... it all roiled around in her wavering mind. Midori was struggling, and yet at the moment she was sure that this was one of the kidnappers. It was hard, but not impossible to make her realize that she was making a mistake. "I'll cut your throat for trying to hurt them..."