AN: Disclaimer: I don't own HYD or any of the chars, if I did I'd have done a lot of things differently especially regarding the ending. But Yoko Kamio is still amazing and I love her. Anyway read the story, like the story, please don't sue me. Thanks.
Never in my most horrible nightmares or terrible thoughts could I ever have imagined that it would turn out like this. How could I have known that all my stupid posturing, my idiotic bouts of anger would cause this. If I had known...if only I had known that the price was so high...I never would have done it, any of it. I can't afford it. All my money, power and charms are nothing compared to losing...to losing the one thing I love.
"Back off!" He shouted, pointing the gun for emphasis.
"Calm down, don't get any ideas." Tsukasa said, his hands spread out in front of his body.
"You damn bastards...think you're so special." He growled. "It's about time you knew half the pain you caused others."
"Then shoot me." Tsukasa said, his face impassive. "Let her go, and take your revenge on me."
A cold smile spread across the man's crazed face and he pressed the gun into Makino's side, holding her even tighter against him. "Take out your wallet."
"Sure. Sure." Tsukasa fumbled in his haste to pull out his wallet.
"Your watch too, I want your watch." The man growled. "Hurry up!"
"Okay, okay." Tsukasa yanked his watch off and tossed both items at the man's feet. "Just...please let her go..."
"You really love her, don't you?" he asked.
"Yes. I do. She's my whole world." Tsukasa said.
He tugged her back to gain her attention. "You know what your beloved did to me? He red tagged me. The entire school started teasing me, egging me, stealing my desk..." He shuddered in anger.
"Stealing your slippers? Chasing you around the school?" Makino asked.
"Don't mock me!" He yelled.
"I'm not...I got a red tag too once...but...I fought them and in the end, we fell in love..." Makino said, shivering in fear.
"Liar!" He screamed. "There's no way to fight them! They ruined my life, even my own parents won't speak to me anymore! I had to get a job but even they found out about the red tag and fired me! Now I live on the streets! The only thing I ever lived for was to someday get revenge on you Tsukasa. And now...I will." He pointed the gun at Tsukasa.
"No! No, please don't shoot him!" Makino begged. "He's a good man! He made mistakes! Stupid terrible mistakes, but...not worth killing him over."
"I'm not going to kill him..." He pushed Makino towards Tsukasa, stooped down and scooped up the watch and wallet, then shot Makino in the back. "This is much better."
"Makino!" He screamed, catching her. "You bastard!"
"You started it." He replied, holding the gun up. "Now stay back or I'll shoot her again."
"I'll kill you." Tsukasa growled. "If it's the last thing I do, I'll hunt you down and kill you. I'll torment you then send you to your grave for what you've done. And if Makino dies, I'll torture you for days before I finally let you die..." He bared his teeth in anger. "I swear to you...you son of a bitch, I'll make you regret shooting her instead of me."
The man just laughed and shot Makino again. She screamed in pain, and Tsukasa felt the bullet leave her body and hit him in the arm.
"I'll kill you..." He snarled in pain. "I'll kill you..."
"Not before I kill you." The man laughed in crazed justice. "By killing her."
"I'll kill you!! I'LL KILL YOU!!!" His voice echoed in the misty night.
"She's stable." The doctor said. "But there's very little chance of her waking up any time soon...if at all."
"What the hell do you mean?" Tsukasa demanded.
"She's had a severe mental trauma, as well as massive internal injuries. She's in a coma and even if she did wake up, she'll need a lung transplant and a kidney transplant, not to mention several major surgeries. She'll probably never be off life support." The doctor told him meaningfully.
"I'll give any amount of money you want. I'll build you a whole new damn hospital if necessary, find her what she needs, get the best doctors in any country here to work on it. I want her in perfect health, whether or not she ever wakes up." Tsukasa ordered.
"Sir...it's not-"The doctor began.
"I'm serious. I'll build you a brand new hospital, anything you want. Just...save her. I can't live without her."
"I'll try sir but...I doubt she'll ever wake up. I believe...she is a lost cause." He felt it was his duty to report the truth to Tsukasa even if it meant losing the chance to get much needed renovations done to the hospital.
"I can't give up on her." Tsukasa said.
I can't believe that the sins of my past have erased my future.
He left the doctor's company to speak with Akira.
"What did you find out?" Tsukasa asked Akira.
"He left Japan on the morning flight to England, the idiot used your gold card." Akira said.
"Then we go to England." Tsukasa said.
"What about Tsukushi?" Akira asked.
Tsukasa looked away and muttered sadly. "She'll wait."
Nothing...nothing in the world was worth her. And it was his fault. His fault that she lay there cold. She was paying for sins that even she had tasted. He had never even thought twice about what he had done to all those people. And because of his ignorance, she paid. And the price was far too high.
"...She'll wait."
Okay this might be a one-shot, though I'm considering writing some more, maybe about Tsukasa's hunt for Tsukushi's would be murderer, and answer the question of whether or not Tsukushi will ever wake up. Tell me what you think. I hope you all liked my story, I actually really liked writing it.
Never in my most horrible nightmares or terrible thoughts could I ever have imagined that it would turn out like this. How could I have known that all my stupid posturing, my idiotic bouts of anger would cause this. If I had known...if only I had known that the price was so high...I never would have done it, any of it. I can't afford it. All my money, power and charms are nothing compared to losing...to losing the one thing I love.
"Back off!" He shouted, pointing the gun for emphasis.
"Calm down, don't get any ideas." Tsukasa said, his hands spread out in front of his body.
"You damn bastards...think you're so special." He growled. "It's about time you knew half the pain you caused others."
"Then shoot me." Tsukasa said, his face impassive. "Let her go, and take your revenge on me."
A cold smile spread across the man's crazed face and he pressed the gun into Makino's side, holding her even tighter against him. "Take out your wallet."
"Sure. Sure." Tsukasa fumbled in his haste to pull out his wallet.
"Your watch too, I want your watch." The man growled. "Hurry up!"
"Okay, okay." Tsukasa yanked his watch off and tossed both items at the man's feet. "Just...please let her go..."
"You really love her, don't you?" he asked.
"Yes. I do. She's my whole world." Tsukasa said.
He tugged her back to gain her attention. "You know what your beloved did to me? He red tagged me. The entire school started teasing me, egging me, stealing my desk..." He shuddered in anger.
"Stealing your slippers? Chasing you around the school?" Makino asked.
"Don't mock me!" He yelled.
"I'm not...I got a red tag too once...but...I fought them and in the end, we fell in love..." Makino said, shivering in fear.
"Liar!" He screamed. "There's no way to fight them! They ruined my life, even my own parents won't speak to me anymore! I had to get a job but even they found out about the red tag and fired me! Now I live on the streets! The only thing I ever lived for was to someday get revenge on you Tsukasa. And now...I will." He pointed the gun at Tsukasa.
"No! No, please don't shoot him!" Makino begged. "He's a good man! He made mistakes! Stupid terrible mistakes, but...not worth killing him over."
"I'm not going to kill him..." He pushed Makino towards Tsukasa, stooped down and scooped up the watch and wallet, then shot Makino in the back. "This is much better."
"Makino!" He screamed, catching her. "You bastard!"
"You started it." He replied, holding the gun up. "Now stay back or I'll shoot her again."
"I'll kill you." Tsukasa growled. "If it's the last thing I do, I'll hunt you down and kill you. I'll torment you then send you to your grave for what you've done. And if Makino dies, I'll torture you for days before I finally let you die..." He bared his teeth in anger. "I swear to you...you son of a bitch, I'll make you regret shooting her instead of me."
The man just laughed and shot Makino again. She screamed in pain, and Tsukasa felt the bullet leave her body and hit him in the arm.
"I'll kill you..." He snarled in pain. "I'll kill you..."
"Not before I kill you." The man laughed in crazed justice. "By killing her."
"I'll kill you!! I'LL KILL YOU!!!" His voice echoed in the misty night.
"She's stable." The doctor said. "But there's very little chance of her waking up any time soon...if at all."
"What the hell do you mean?" Tsukasa demanded.
"She's had a severe mental trauma, as well as massive internal injuries. She's in a coma and even if she did wake up, she'll need a lung transplant and a kidney transplant, not to mention several major surgeries. She'll probably never be off life support." The doctor told him meaningfully.
"I'll give any amount of money you want. I'll build you a whole new damn hospital if necessary, find her what she needs, get the best doctors in any country here to work on it. I want her in perfect health, whether or not she ever wakes up." Tsukasa ordered.
"Sir...it's not-"The doctor began.
"I'm serious. I'll build you a brand new hospital, anything you want. Just...save her. I can't live without her."
"I'll try sir but...I doubt she'll ever wake up. I believe...she is a lost cause." He felt it was his duty to report the truth to Tsukasa even if it meant losing the chance to get much needed renovations done to the hospital.
"I can't give up on her." Tsukasa said.
I can't believe that the sins of my past have erased my future.
He left the doctor's company to speak with Akira.
"What did you find out?" Tsukasa asked Akira.
"He left Japan on the morning flight to England, the idiot used your gold card." Akira said.
"Then we go to England." Tsukasa said.
"What about Tsukushi?" Akira asked.
Tsukasa looked away and muttered sadly. "She'll wait."
Nothing...nothing in the world was worth her. And it was his fault. His fault that she lay there cold. She was paying for sins that even she had tasted. He had never even thought twice about what he had done to all those people. And because of his ignorance, she paid. And the price was far too high.
"...She'll wait."
Okay this might be a one-shot, though I'm considering writing some more, maybe about Tsukasa's hunt for Tsukushi's would be murderer, and answer the question of whether or not Tsukushi will ever wake up. Tell me what you think. I hope you all liked my story, I actually really liked writing it.