AN: Again I'd like to thank everyone who is enjoying this story so far.
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So anyway, I present to you, Age of Unknown, chapter 4.
"Please be ok." Koneko muttered as she held onto Toshi's bandaged hand.
She would try to heal him herself, but she rather do it in a place where they couldn't be seen, at the same time she doesn't want to move his body at risk of injuring it even further.
*creak*
Lifting her head slowly towards the sound of the door opening, she sighs in relief after seeing the same nurse coming in to get the equipment.
Looking down at the young girl, "Is there anything I can get for you?" the nurse asked politely.
"No thanks." was Koneko's response turning her head back down towards Toshi, hoping to see him wake up.
"Alright then, please let me know if there's anything else I can do for you." the nurse reminded her while walking back out of the room.
After the nurse leaves, Koneko grips Toshi's hand with both of hers as tears began to once again flow down the sides of her cheeks.
"why? why couldn't I protect you?" she sobbed.
*Toshi's Mind*
'Where am I?' he thought.
Looking around him, he sees nothing.
Nothing but the darkness around him.
But then again, what truely is darkness.
Is it something visable, something that can only be described as nothing. Or, is it something more emotional, such as the darkness that can dwell within one's own very heart.
Well for Toshi, it's the former.
'It's so dark.' he thought drowsily.
'Maybe I should rest a little.' he began slowly closing his eyes, subconciously noticing no difference between his eyes being opened or closed.
As his eyes slowly closed, they stopped. They stopped closing when he noticed something in the distance.
There was a light.
It was faint, but it was a light.
With some new found determination, he tried to make his way towards the light.
As he approched it, it seemed to get larger.
However upon getting closer, he was hit with a sudden burst of energy; waking himself up in the process.
But before waking up, he saw a shadow in the light.
Break
*In The Hospital Room* *Few Seconds Before Toshi Waking Up*
'Maybe I should get Asia.' Koneko thought to herself, trying to think of a way to help him as much as possible.
But something quickly caught her attention when a faint blue glow appeared underneath his bandages.
Internally, Koneko began to panic as she thought of several different possibilities crossed her mind.
All of her thoughts however, were pulled to a hault at seeing Toshi's body suddenly jerk, followed shortly by a sudden cough attack.
Quickly obtaining a bottle of water, Koneko began slowly pouring the liquid into his mouth.
"*cough, cough, gasp, cough* *sigh*" Toshi started then breathing heavily, looking around to try and indentify where he is.
He was completely caught off guard by a body siddenly clinging itself to him.
Looking down, he sees Koneko hugging his torso with tears in her eyes.
"K-Koneko, are you ok?" he asked.
"J-Just shut up." was all he got for an answer, he then simply wrapped his arms around the small female in attemp to comfort her.
*Few Hours Later*
"Well, I don't know how this happened, but you made a full recovery in a mere couple hours." the doctor spoke while looking through the follow up test results.
"There's nothing else I can really say to you. But going by these tests, it like the injuries on your body were never there; no blood, scar tissue, nothing. And since there's nothing wrong, I'll just say that you're free to go home." the doctor finished as Toshi continued looking on in slight confusion.
Walking out of the hospital, Koneko, who refused to leave his side after waking up, still continued to hold onto him.
"Come on, it's alright Koneko, you can let go now." Toshi said to her.
"I'm not letting you go, or out of my sight ever again."she replied, muttering the last part to herself.
"What was that?" he asked.
"Nothing"
"Alright, lets just get something to eat, I'm starving." he said with a grin.
"Ok." she mumbled in response.
The two of them walked around looking for a place for food, after going to a small corner deli, they then make there way towards Koneko's place.
"Why are we heading to your place again?" Toshi asked as they make their way to the door.
"Your apartment was ruined, and you're not leaving my sight." she stated flatly, leaving no room for argument.
Upon entering, they sit down at a table and start eating.
Before she started eating, Koneko decided to ask the question that's been bothering her all day.
"What happened last night after I left?"
All she got as a response was silence.
"Please. It's ok, You can tell me."
When there was more silence, she got up and moved closer to him.
But as got closer, she saw a look of pure shock and fear in his eyes, even more so then when he saw Akeno.
Moving his knees closer to his body, hugging them with his arms.
"I-I don't fully understand it." his voice was shaking as much as body at this point.
"I-If you don't want to talk about it, it's fine." she spoke hugging him slightly trying to ease him a little.
"N-No, I need to tell someone." he spoke still shaking slightly.
*Flashback*
"Well, isn't that just perfect then." the man spoke with a large grin.
Trying his hardest to hold the door back, Toshi pushed as hard as he could. After hearing the door click, signifing that the door fully closed.
'W-What t-the hell is happening?' he thought to himself.
Slowly getting up off the floor, he made his way to the kitchen, where there's a landline. But right as he could reach the phone...
*BANG*
Blinking in shock as his finds himself on the ground.
Attempting to left himself up, he winces in pain and upon looking down, sees a hole in his hand.
"AAAHHH!" he screamed as he clutched his hand against his chest.
"Well now, this isn't any fun when you aren't going to fight back." turning his head, he sees the same man from the door, INSIDE OF HIS APARTMENT!
"aahh" he tried to speak, but the pain from his hand was more intense then he thought.
"What's wrong?" the man looked down, "Can't find the words to describe your pain?" he continued with a sadistic grin.
He then began using his legs to push himself away from the man.
But the man wouldn't give him the chance as he felt a stabbing pain in his leg.
"Come now, I can't have my prey running away from me."
"But maybe I'll give you a fighting chance. You have one minute." after he said that, a phone was dropped infront of Toshi's face.
Trying his best to ignore the pain, Toshi begins reaching his good hand out to garb the cellular device.
But as he inched closer to it, he witnessed as his own arm was stabbed right infront of his own eyes.
Eyes widening, his mouth opened to scream, but nothing came out. At this moment, he felt himself drifting in and out of conciousness.
"Don't you fall asleep on me ya bastard!" the man shouted as he picked Toshi up by the collar and through him onto the table in the living room.
"Afterall, it won't be fun anymore if you don't scream." he spoke with his face mere inches away from Toshi's.
Toshi opened his mouth to speak, but nothing came out but air.
"Looks like you still have some fight left in you, I'll have to extinguish that for you." he said while picking Toshi up again by the collar of his shirt. Picking up the ruble from the table, the man then stabs the broken legs of the table into Toshi's hands and feet, pinning him against the wall.
"May god have mercy." the man spoke sarcastically as he walked out, leaving a broken and bleeding Toshi on his wall.
Toshi finished his story with his eyes bare of emotion.
All Koneko felt she can do at this moment is hug onto him tightly.
"I'm sorry I wasn't able to protect you." she mumbled as her head was burried into his back.
Break
Well everyone, here you are.
Hope you all enjoyed this chapter.
Now the biggest question is,
What is that thing that Toshi saw in dream?
Well everyone, I hope you have a nice day/night/afternoon.