~DISCLAIMER: You all know that Yu Yu Hakusho are created and owned by Yoshihiro Togashi. My characters are entirely fictional and belong to me.~
Chapter 28: Freedom
Doors flying open the three 'family members' bolted down the aisle to the stage where a large group surrounded Keomi. Tomiko was underneath the platform as her and Keomi discussed ways they could get her out without breaking anything or harming her.
Students automatically parted for the three as they hurried to the stage. Shuichi helped his mother up onto the stage as his eyes skimmed around the students legs as his eyes searched for Keomi. After he climbed up after his mother he found her in the center as all the male students were gathered around bouncing ideas off of each other for a way to get Keomi out from under the platforms.
"We could lift them…"
"Too heavy!"
Shiori dropped to her knees then to her stomach and slid under the platforms as well. "Keomi? How are you holding up?" She reached a hand out to her surrogate daughter.
Keomi clasped Shiori's hand and offered a semi encouraging smile. "Okay I guess."
Shiori frowned slightly as she surveyed Keomi's body stuck underneath the heavy weight platforms.
"Mom, how bad is she stuck?" Shuichi called out as he stood by Shiori's ankles sticking out from under the platforms.
"Hey you girls! We're gonna try again!" One of the boys called and Shiori quickly scrabbled out from underneath the platforms and backed away as Shuichi and Kokoda took corners of the platforms they were going to lift.
"Heave HO!" A commanding male voice called out and a second later as muscles were contracting and straining while boys grunted and groaned as their fingers sweated the platform didn't move. No matter how much strength they put into lifting the platforms they weren't getting anywhere as Tomiko and another girl pulled on Keomi's legs with all their might as well. The boys cursed almost in unison as they released their holds on the platforms and stepped away. Tomiko seemed on the verge of tears as she started to climb back under the platforms. Shuichi dropped to his knees and looked under the platforms to found Keomi gasping for air as her hands lay on her stomach.
"Darn it!" Keomi let out a hasty breath and her flat hand turned into a fist. "Why can't I be strong enough to do this?" She was well beyond the point of being frustrated.
"Keomi…" Shuichi interrupted her. "This isn't your fault, none of this is."
Tomiko cut in next as her head was swiveling between Keomi and Shuichi. "I have an idea. Keomi if you aren't strong enough to push down your chest then why not have someone else who is strong push down on it and then it might work." Tomiko's eyes flicked from Keomi's bust to her face and then to Shuichi.
Keomi followed the line of Tomiko's eyes and she had to glance away quickly as they both caught on to what she was implying.
Shuichi instantly rejected the idea, "I-I, there's no-"
Keomi waved her hand at Shuichi as she held eye contact with him. "Shuichi. There is no one I trust more than you. Only you can do this."
Shuichi swallowed deeply as he held Keomi's eye contact. Her face was sincere and her eyes pleaded for help, he gave in with a sigh, "Sure, we can try it." He finished speaking and straightened.
As his red hair disappeared Keomi's face burst out in a blush and she took a deep breath as she could feel his kneecap brush up against her hip.
Shuichi knelt beside her as he steadied his hands before he leaned forward and his hands began to reach under and up towards Keomi's chest. He was aware of the slight tremble in his fingers as they moved closer.
"Shuichi…" Shiori's voice sounded behind him and he froze. He was about to make his defense but it never came out as Shiori started to speak again. "This idea will work better if you dispute the weight evenly. You should get on top of Keomi."
Shuichi and Keomi, who was listening from underneath, both began to object before Shiori continued, ignoring their combined voices.
"Kneel over her, one leg on each side of her, like you are sitting on a bike. The chance of getting Keomi out will be greater if we have everyone work together. Kokoda! Get the boys to take their positions around this edge of the platforms, we're going to lift it one more time!" She called out to Kokoda on the other side of the platforms. Shiori turned her head towards the group of girls next to the stage, "Do you girls think you can pull on Keomi's legs to make sure she'll come out?"
The girls all nodded their heads as they moved forward and Kokoda came forward with the rest of the boys. "We're ready as soon as you are Shuichi!" Kokoda called to his brother as he grinned at him.
Shuichi ignored the grin as Keomi scooted as far down as she could before the platform rim met with her rib cage. "Please bear with this Keomi." Shuichi said in a low voice that only she and Tomiko could hear as Shuichi climbed atop of Keomi's legs. He made sure he wasn't sitting on top of her so the girls would be able to pull her out.
"Shuichi give me your hands…" Keomi said and a moment later Shuichi's hands shimmied up the sides of her waist. Her hands fumbled as she took his hands within hers and began to guide his hands were they needed to go. Keomi's face was heated as she led his hands up her ribcage and onto the curve of her breasts. "All ready here." She called out as her hands left Shuichi's.
Shuichi rested his hands on top of Keomi's chest as he could feel the fabric of the white T-shirt she wore underneath his hands. The commanding start call was issued by Shiori as she urged the boys and the girls to work together. The instant his mother opened her mouth Shuichi put his strength to work on pushing Keomi's chest down. He could feel the decline of her breasts even more when she pushed all the air out of her chest to help flatten it as much as possible.
The students pulled and lifted with all their might as they were putting everything they had into this one last shot. If they couldn't get Keomi out this time then they were out of ideas and strength.
Keomi could feel the pads of Shuichi's fingers digging in the sides of her boobs and the bone of his knuckles as he forced her breasts down into her rib cage. She had already pushed all the air out of her lungs and blocked the air from coming in and her body was starting to crave more oxygen that she didn't have in her lungs and wouldn't be able to get into her lungs soon enough. Her eyes watched Shuichi's hands very carefully as she could feel the rim pressing into her rib cage and the begging of her breasts as Shuichi held them down.
The edge of the rim was at the top of Shuichi's hands and he pressed harder only to feel Keomi's muscles underneath his thighs cramp up as at the first initial burst of extra strength made her want to escape from the pain he was purposely causing her. As he pushed down at the same time there was pain beginning to form at the top of his hands as his hands scraped the rim. He pushed down again and Keomi's hands joined his as she attempted to help him push her large chest down. Her hands left his as he put all his strength and weight into her chest and she tried to lift the platforms to help get out.
Pain flamed through Keomi's wrists to her pectorals and her abdomen as she helped lift the platforms as all her oxygen supply depleted. Cramps were starting to form in her nose as she still held her breath to make sure she wouldn't suck in any air causing her chest to rise and her get stuck. Not yet, she told herself, now is not the time to breathe. She wouldn't let herself get stuck and cause more problems for everyone else just because her body needed oxygen.
Shiori could see Shuichi's hands emerging from under the platforms and she gave a final encouragement to the students. The boys strained with all their bodily might and the girls leaned far enough back to equal one hundred and forty degree angle. In the next instant as everyone was putting a 150% their effort paid off and Keomi was pulled out from under the platform.
The girls all fell backwards from the instant slack and freedom as they dropped Keomi's legs and the boys all collapsed on the platforms while Shuichi's hands released their death grip on her boobs and climbed off of her stomach that he was barely sitting on. His eyes flew from her chest as he knelt next to her face as it rolled to the side, completely slack.
Shiori was already leaning over Shuichi's shoulder to inspect Keomi and she gave her diagnostic. "She isn't getting enough air. No don't, she doesn't need CPR." Shiori stopped Shuichi before his hands could press down on her sternum. "It will only work against you. All the pressure on her chest needs to disappear. The shock of forcing her body under the platforms is causing this since the memory of the weight is there. I was worried this would happen."
"All the weight is off though…" Tomiko lay on her stomach as she began to wiggle out from under the platforms were she had been laying the entire time to make sure everything went smoothly.
Shiori looked thoughtful for a small second but then her face changed and a single word blurted from her mouth, "Bra!"
Tomiko flicked her head around to stare at Keomi's chest and she saw Shuichi's stare at Keomi's chest as well. Tomiko ignored Shuichi's stare as she tried to guess the size of Keomi's bust and bra size. Judging by the size and how much force it took to get her chest down Tomiko was going to guess 34C.
"Shuichi, you need to unfasten her bra since it is causing her body to think that there is still pressure on her chest." Shiori informed her son as she stood over him as a group was beginning to form around her unconscious body.
Shuichi didn't hesitate since he knew Keomi was in trouble and her health would just get worse if she didn't get air quick enough. His hands went to her waist and slid up and under the hem of her shirt. The feel of her soft skin was almost intoxicating to the touch but Shuichi managed to keep his cool. Hands sliding around to her back the shirt tightened across his arms as he tried to keep most of the length of his arm off of her skin. His fingers found the strap and slid toward the middle of her back but the cloth was straight and semi silky under his fingers as he floundered around a little more as he tried to find the bra clasp.
Shiori was giving directions to Shuichi and she was continued on about how to unsnap the clasp from the back but Shuichi interrupted his mother.
"Mom, there is no clasp on the back…" As Shuichi spoke it clicked for him and his mother as the shade of pink on her face deepened.
No more words passed between them as Shuichi slipped his index fingers under the strap and began to follow the strap around her sides to her front. The metal underwire collided with his fingers and he withdrew his fingers a little more but continued moving for her sternum were the clasp for this front hook bra was located. His fingers shook slightly as he was a mere centimeters from Keomi's breasts but soon the tips of his index fingers came upon the plastic hook in the front and he quickly undid it. As soon as he unhooked her bra Keomi took a deep breath of air in a gasp before she started to breathe deeply as her body craved as much oxygen as she could get. Shuichi's hands retracted from underneath Keomi's shirt as Shiori took off her brown jacket and laid it across Keomi's torso as her chest was freed. There was a groan a disappointment from the boys as their eyes were glued to Keomi's chest. Annoyance filled Shuichi as he gathered Keomi up in his arms and began to walk away. Shiori was right behind him with a worried face as they headed to the nurses office.
Kokoda remained behind to finish Keomi's job and do damage control as already as whispers started to fill the auditorium around him. He could feel multiple pairs of eyes on his back as he whipped around to stare at her classmates as they all wondered what Keomi's relationship was with Shuichi and his family.
~So I forgot to put this in my last authors notes, this was actually inspired by true events. I was the one stuck under a bed though and had to have my friends help me out…*shivers* Man it hurt so bad…who knew that lifting a bed while trying to breathe could be so hard. Not fun I tell you and now Keomi gets put through it but as always I'll have to make it up to her. Comments are always appreciated!
P.S. No update on Sunday, I will be in the wilderness with no access to technology for five days so there will not be an update. Please accept my deepest apologies.~
