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Chapter 11
It was early in the morning and the sun was shining brightly when she entered her car to drive to the Heart Hospital in order to start with her investigation. She could not deny that she was nervous. This was her first time she would work undercover. But she knew she had to do her best when she wanted that they came nearer their goal to find the person who stole all the organs. After all, many people died because of the lack of organs and it was simply her duty to prevent more victims. With a deep sigh, she passed the next crossroad while her thoughts drifted back to her current problem.
Her father expected that she brought her boyfriend with her although the supposed boyfriend did not exist. Sure, she could simply tell them the truth. But then Kaoru would ask about Okita and why she lied to him at the first place. And this truth she could not say aloud when she wanted to prevent a massacre. She bit her bottom lip as she thought about a solution for her problem as she reached her destination and halted the car in front of the hospital. She looked for a very long time to the building, not knowing if she was in time. Out of habit, she took her mobile-phone to check the time as she noticed she had received two new SMS. She opened the text-messages to see that they were from Sen and Hideyoshi. A small smile graced her lips as she read through the text.
Sen, 6:12 am
´Good luck, Chizuru-chan. We believe in you!´
Hideyoshi, 6:24 am
´Make your job good.´
She took her mobile-phone back in her pocket and gazed to the entrance of the building to see a group of men entering the hospital. With firm steps, she left the car and followed them. The moment she stepped in, she let her gaze wander around to see she was in the entrance hall of the hospital where her life was saved days ago. Even if she had no memory how she ended up here, she knew from Saito´s explanation that he and Okita had saved her life by bringing her here. As she continued watching, she saw a receptionist standing not so far away behind the related desk. She decided it was the best to speak with her. With this in mind, she walked to a woman who was much older than her with dark hair she had tied with hairpins and small brown eyes.
"Excuse me ?" As she spoke, the woman looked up from her newspaper she was reading. Her glare showed she was not pleased at all. "What is it ?" Chizuru simply ignored the bad mood from the woman and continued. "Can you please tell me where I can find the office of Uso-sensei, Miss ?" The woman in front of her sighed deeply. It was not hard to guess how unnerved the receptionist was from her. But she said nothing to it. She simply stood up from her seat and walked around the desk.
"Follow me." Chizuru did what was asked from her and walked behind the woman through the corridor, where many doctors and nurses passed them, until they reached a room where both stopped. The receptionist knocked on the door twice before she opened it while Chizuru waited patiently outside. She could hear voices from the inside, but she didn´t understand what they were saying. During her wait, she regarded some pictures on the wall which showed men and women in white clothing. Before she could think about this longer, the woman exited the room, made a short hand-move that showed her she could go in and left quickly. Presumably, she was happy that she could go back to her beloved newspaper. Shaking her head about this silly thougt, Chizuru opened the door and entered. The room possessed big windows that were located behind a desk. By the table, sat a man with short blond hair and azure blue eyes who looked at her expectant.
"Please take a seat." Chizuru walked to one of the chairs that stood in front of the desk and seated herself on it. The moment she sat down, the chair made a crackle sound. She even was afraid that it could not carry her weight. But even after some seconds, nothing happened to her luck. After she was sure the chair would not burst into pieces, she looked up to the blond haired man who raised his voice again. "What can I do for you ?" The man asked in a kind voice while he looked curiously at her. Chizuru took a deep breath as she responded. "My name is Yukimura Chizuru and I am the new trainee. But I don´t know where I can start working." Surprise could be seen on his face as the man looked at her with a thoughtful gaze. After some time, he cleared his throat. "Well, I indeed heard from you. I think it´s the best when you go to Kimigiku-sensei. She will explain everything to you." Chizuru nodded. She had not expected a fast solution for her problem, but she was glad that the doctor could help her. Chizuru stood up and bowed. "Thank you very much, Uso-sensei!" The man only laughed. "You´re welcome."
After Chizuru said her goodbyes to the man, she left the office and walked again through the corridor in search for the woman named Kimigiku. She even asked some of the other nurses she had met if they knew where doctor Kimigiku was, but to her regret, no one could help her. It was as if she vanished from the hospital. After one hour of searching, she stopped and leaned her aching body against the next wall, breathing hard in exhaustion. She wasn´t used to stand for so long and felt the pain in her legs.
How shall I find her in this big building ? She asked herself while she stroke with the back of her hand over her forehead. Chizuru was about to give up her search. It made no sense when she was alone in search for a single person who could be everywhere. She was about to think about another solution when she heard voices from not so far away and saw a lady-doctor with long dark hair she had tied up standing in the corridor. Across from her, stood a woman with her child, seemingly talking with the doctor. Chizuru watched them for a while until the mother and her child got ready for depart. This was the moment where Chizuru decided to go to her. Perhaps she knew where she could find doctor Kimigiku.
"Excuse me Ma´m?" The woman turned around to her so she could see her lilac eyes which were gazing down at her. "Do you need something, dear ?" Chizuru nodded. "Hai, I am looking for Kimigiku-sensei. Do you know where I can find her ?" First, the woman looked at her confused until she laughed. "I am Kimigiku." Taken aback by surprise, she pushed the air out of her lungs she had hold back. She had finally found the woman she was looking for. Chizuru steadied herself before she bowed deeply. "My name is Yukimura Chizuru and I am the new trainee here. Uso-sensei told me to come here so you can explain everything to me."
By hearing her words Kimigikus eyes widened lightly, but because Chizuru looked at the bottom, she did not see it. The only thing she did was hearing her next words. "I see. When this is what Uso-sensei wish then I will follow his instruction. You can raise your head." Chizuru did what was demanded from her and looked up to see a smile on the red lips of the woman. Just in the next moment she noticed how beautiful she was. She turned around and walked in the opposite direction while Chizuru did not move. After some footsteps, Kimigiku looked back to see her still standing at the same spot.
"Come, I will show you everything." With somewhat hesitation, Chizuru followed the woman. They walked through the entire hospital where Kimigiku showed her everything and explained things which were not clarified to her. More and more time passed until she had seen everything from the hospital when Kimigiku halted in front of another room. "This is my office. Whenever you have questions, come and ask me."
Chizuru nodded and bowed again. "Thank you for showing me around, Kimigiku-sensei!" The woman only smiled. Just in this moment, a picture of a woman with long dark hair, a torn white dress and teary eyes popped up in her mind. But the picture disappeared as quick as it appeared. While Chizurus body stiffened by the picture she saw, Kimigiku was already gone.
~xXx~
She walked back to the operating room she had passed together with Kimigiku during their tour through the hospital. Even if she had no idea if she was needed there, she knew she would not know when she did not try. With enough determination, she walked to one of the doctors who was talking with another doctor. As he was aware of her presence, he looked in her direction as she raised her voice. "Excuse me for jumping in. But I need your help ." The man excused himself from his dialogue partner before he turned to her. "How may I help you; Miss ?"
"My name is Yukimura Chizuru. You know, I am the new trainee and I don´t know what can I do to be useful for the hospital." He nodded in understanding as he thought about a task he could give her as an idea popped up in his mind. "We have another trainee who shall assist Matsumoto-sensei. You can go to Matsumoto-sensei and ask him for more instruction." Chizuru bowed deeply. "Thank you very much! Where can I find him ?"
"Go to section number four and ask there for Matsumoto-sensei. He will definitely have work for you." Chizuru nodded again and said her goodbyes to the doctor. Now, she knew where she had to go. And with this, she could perhaps gather more information about the stolen organs. She walked through the different sections until she reached number four. Chizuru was about to go further as she heard a scream. "Get out of the way!" The cries came nearer and nearer until someone ran into her from behind. Chizuru made a muffled sound as she fell to the ground. While Chizuru still laid awkwardly on the ground, trying hard to regain her senses, the girl sat up who ran into Chizuru, looking shocked at her.
"I am sorry! I am so sorry! I swear I didn´t mean to run into you!" Chizuru felt how the girl who wore glasses took her hands in hers the moment she sat up, looking more than confused. "Please accept my honest apologizes!" Some moments passed in which Chizuru looked into the azure blue eyes who waited patiently for her response. But as nothing came back, the girl continued. "Oh my goodness! Did I took away your voice! Damn it! I am so clumsy!" While the girl still cursed under her breath about what a fool she was, Chizuru recovered and managed it somehow to speak out her next words. "N-No. I can speak. I was just...deeply shocked."
The girl looked at her guilty for a while until she stood up jerkily and stretched out her hand to help her up. Chizuru hesitated before she took the hand in hers and stood up. Again, an awkward silence developed between the two until the girl made a face-palm. "My manners! How could I forget such a normal manner ?" Immediately, she let go of Chizurus hand and bowed. "Itoe Hana is my name. It´s nice to meet you." Taken aback by surprise, Chizuru did nothing at the moment. How should she react to a thing like that ? Somehow, she managed it to reply. "Yukimura Chizuru." Suddenly, the air shifted as the girl looked at her with big eyes. "Are you the daughter of Yukimura Kodou ?"
Chizuru nodded and this was the time where she regretted her choice as the girl began to speak in a fast pace. "This is amazing! You know, I read many about him and his doings and I find it good what he does, oh my god this is so cool to speak with the daughter of him! And there is also..." She stopped to hear what the girl named Hana was talking about as she simply stared at her in hope this girl would stop talking as soon as possible. This was the first time she wished a person would stop talking and go away to leave her alone. As if heaven had heard her pleas, a doctor walked in their direction and halted two meters away, looking a the papers that laid scattered around. Just this moment she noticed the papers Hana was holding before she bumped into her.
"Hana." The girl stopped abruptly with her talking and turned around to face the doctor in surprise. "Matsumoto-sensei!" The doctor knelt down with a sigh and started to collect the papers as Chizuru decided to help him. She knelt down and began to collect the papers like him. The moment she was ready, she gave him the papers. As both stood again, he looked at her closely before a faint smile graced his lips.
"Thank you very much for the help!" Chizuru nodded. "You´re welcome, Matsumoto-sensei." He smiled warmly at her, before his gaze changed as he looked to the blond haired girl. "Hana, how often I told you not to run in the corridor ?" She pouted as she looked embarrassed to the side and murmured. "Often enough." Again the doctor sighed, asking himself what he did wrong with the girl. She was since six months his apprentice and did everything wrong. It was a miracle she did not died an accident. "Matsumoto-sensei ?" The doctor looked surprised to Chizuru who spoke some seconds ago. "What is it, child ?"
"Yukimura Chizuru is my name and I am the new trainee in this hospital. A sensei told me I should go to you because you have work for me." Matsumoto looked at her with a thoughtful gaze before he nodded. "I understand." He looked again to Hana and gave her without a word the papers. "Take this to Inoue-san. He will need it."
"Hai Matsumoto-sensei!" The girl responded and started to run again through the corridor with the papers in her hands. But Matsumoto made no effort to shout after her. Instead, he turned his attention back to Chizuru. "Well, come with me, Yukimura-kun." Chizuru nodded by his words and followed him to his office where he offered her a place to sit. After both of them took a seat, he looked through a few papers which laid on his desk. Chizuru watched him silently by his doings, waiting patiently for him to over think a work she could do.
After some minutes, he raised his head and spoke. "How you can see, I have many work to do. Perhaps you can help me and Hana by our work." Chizuru nodded in agreement as she recalled the real reason for her being here. She had to collect information on herself and for this, she had to ask questions. "Matsumoto-sensei ? Can I ask you something ?" The doctor looked firstly surprised, but he recovered quickly as he responded. "Sure. You can ask everything."
"You know, I heard about the stolen organs, but I don´t know many about this case. Can you tell me more about it ?" Matsumoto´s face fell by her words as he looked at her with a thoughtful gaze before he sighed. "Actually, I am not allowed to speak about it, but I think it´s no harm when a trainee know a little about it." He cleared his throat before he continued.
"It happened all two weeks ago as we wanted to transplant the new organs to the people who needed it the most. Suddenly, all the new organs were disappeared and we had a big problem. We asked for new ones and after we get them, we thought everything would be alright. But they also disappeared." He paused for a short moment and looked thoughtful to Chizuru who listened his words silently. This were all things they already knew. She had to get more information. "What happened then ?" Matsumoto sighed.
"We called for the police in hope they could find the culprit, but it seems that it´s very hard for them to find the person." Chizuru thought about his words. Everything he told her was not new to her. She had to ask further. "Who do you think is the culprit, Matsumoto-sensei ?" He looked to the closed door before he replied with intertwined hands.
"I think it can only be one of the doctors." Chizuru looked at him surprised, was this something she did not had expected. Who would say that one of his fellows was the culprit ? Nevertheless, she showed nothing of it as she stood up from her chair with a fake smile. "I go to Hana-chan to see if I can help her. Thank you for taking care of me!" With her words, she excused herself from doctor Matsumoto and left the room.
He hid his body behind a pillar with his gun in hands, while he waited for a sound to reveal him the position of his enemies. The boy´s face was covered with mud and blood, while his clothes were torn. His red eyes looked around the corner to see if there was someone, as he heard a sound. Quickly, he drew back to avoid that the bullet hit his head and took out a deep breath. He looked down to his gun.
´I have only three bullets left. How shall I finish them off with this ?´
He gritted his teeth by this thought and cursed under his breath as he heard how more and more bullets were fired in his direction, but thanks to the pillar, nothing of the bullets hit him. Nevertheless, he had to do something to elude this situation. The big question was, what should he do ? He could not run away. Then, they would shoot him. His gaze wandered around in search for a way for his escape as something came in his mind.
He was not allowed to run away.
When he would do it, they would kill him without hesitation. No, this was something he did not wanted. He wanted to see the world with his own eyes and learn more about it. With a determined expression, he looked back to hear that his enemies had stopped to shot him as another thought crossed his mind. Where was his partner ? Should he not be by his side and help him ? With another curse, the boy decided he had to do something. He left his hideout and ran in the direction of a house as he heard how his enemies shot again at him. He had nearly reached his destination when he felt how one of the bullets hit his body and fell to the ground.
"Jackpot!" One of the men shouted as he stormed in the direction of him with his companions. But as he saw the boy, he frowned. "Oi, this is only a brat." Just this moment, the other men arrived and followed his gaze as he continued. "What shall we do with him, Hayate-san ?" Hayate knelt down and reached for the boy to turn him around so he could see his face. The boy wined in pain and coughed up blood, but this was something the men simply ignored. He stood up and turned around. "Finish the brat off. I had not expected a child in the middle of the war. But because we are in war, we should kill him." The other man nodded before he took his gun and halted it in he direction of the head of the boy as his two companions turned around to walk away.
The boy opened his red orbs and looked in the eyes of the man who wanted to kill him. Was this the end of his life ? Should he really die without seeing the sun again ? Alone and useless as he was ? He wanted to say something as he felt how the man touched his hair and pulled. "Oi why is your hair white kid ?" He opened his mouth but closed it again. He was not allowed to tell them about what happened to him. Instead, he grinned and spat him in the face. "Go to hell."
"What the- I´ll kill you !" He threw his weapon away and grabbed for his throat to strangle him to death. First, the boy did nothing, but then he reached for his hands and tried to free himself. To his bad luck, he possessed not enough strength to do this. He felt how more and more air escaped his pained lungs until nothing was left. It would be only a matter of time until he would suffocate. His lungs screamed for air, but there was no way he could do something to free himself from the strong grip. Step by step, darkness clouded his mind, took him away from his plan and let his body go limp.
The man above him pressed his throat more together to kill him more quickly as suddenly, another boy with white hair jumped in and threw himself on the man. In the next moment, he could breath again and coughed hardly. He raised his body from the ground and saw how his partner fought against the man as he saw how the other two turned around and one of them took out a gun to shoot at him. He wanted to shout his name to warn him, but his voice was gone. In horror, he saw how the man named Hayate shot with cold eyes his friend in the head.
~xXx~
"Okita-san ?" He heard the voice of a woman calling his name. It was a voice he had heard before. When Souji opened his eyes, he saw the girl named Sen standing next to his desk, looking worried. "Are you alright ?" He was not sure if he was still dreaming or if he was awake as he looked at her. Was there ever a time when somebody was worried about him ? He could not remember. But her next words took him back by surprise. "Okita-san ? Why are you crying ?" He was what ? He touched his cheek to feel the wetness of the single tear that left his right eye. But besides this, he felt the unnatural warmth he was radiating. Had he not took enough of his pills, he wondered.
"Of course he is alright, don´t be too concerned Sen." The voice of Hideyoshi broke through the silence, let Souji look in his direction. He saw how the blue-haired man stared at him with this gaze that told him how he detested him. This feeling was mutual. "But-" She was interrupted by Souji.
"He is right, Sen-chan. I am fine." Souji forced his trademark smile on his lips as he looked at her in hope she would believe his lie. To his luck, she nodded. "When you say so, Okita-san." He stood up from his chair and walked to the coffee machine to make himself a strong coffee as he felt how his lilac mark began to burn. He looked to his arm to see that it got bigger than before, could you see it under the sleeve of his shirt. Suddenly, his mobile-phone began to ring. With a more than confused expression on his face, he looked at the display. Was it Hijikata ? Or Saito ? All his guesses were wrong as he saw an unknown number. Without long thinking, he selected the button. "Okita-san ?" This voice...was this Chizuru ? No, this could not be. He had threatened her when she would call him again. But, what when she was it ? "Chizuru-chan ? Is this you ?"
"Yes, it´s me. I have new information about our case." Now, Souji´s coffee was ready. He walked back to his desk to sit down while Sen still stood besides him. "Is it Chizuru-chan ?" Souji only nodded as he took a sip from his coffee before he laid it on the desk. "What is it ?" A short pause developed between them where no one said a word until Chizuru spoke out the words Souji had expected.
"I know now who the culprit is."
