Hiyee, minna-san! Reia-chan here!? Finally, exams are already done!!! Anywayz, this is the TWENTY-FIRST chapter already. Please enjoy it!!! :)
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Between Two Hearts
Chapter 21: The Man who knows Her Past
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A twelve year old boy with flax hair was leaning back at the swing's stand while the four year old girl was standing on the swing, swinging it lightly.
"Ne, oniichan, namae wa?"
He answered, blinking, "Hisoka… Kurosaki Hisoka…"
"Hiso…"
"Hisoka."
"Mmm… may I just call you Hiko? Anyway, it sounds fine, ne?!"
"Ah… well… all right," he said in ridicule.
She giggled, "Hiko…"
"How about you?" he asked.
"Well… I'm…"
Something suddenly rang. She pulled out a cellphone out of her bag.
She answered, "Hello?… Okaasan!…"
"… Hai… Hai…" she dully said, frowning. "… Alright…"
She turned off her cellphone and placed it back on her backpack.
The young girl frowned, saying, "Gomen. Okaasan already wants me to go home."
He shook and smiled, "Iie, daijoubu! Want me to accompany you?"
She shook, smiling sweetly, and said, "I can go home alone! I'm already used to it!"
"But you're still young to walk alone. Do your parents…?"
The girl just ran in front of him and said, "They never accompanied. They want me to move on my own."
She then smiled, "But let's just forget about that! What about you? You're still not going home yet?…"
"… Your parents would be worried about you."
He smiled fakely and lied, "Yeah… I guess…"
"Well, then! Bai bai!" she ran, waving. Then suddenly yelled, "Just call me Sara!!!"
He smiled and waved back to her.
"Sara??? Who's that??? I know I've heard that name before…" Hisoka thought. "I guess it wasn't Saino after all…"
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The young boy finally opened his eyes. He noticed that he was inside the car with everyone.
As he saw the brunette at the front seat, he suddenly asked, "Tsuzuki, where are we going???" he rubbed his eyes.
The brunette turned to him and retorted, "Have you forgotten? We're heading to the hospital!"
"To Karan and Maya?" he asked doubtfully.
Tsuzuki nodded.
The silver haired lady suddenly said while driving, "What a site you have there, eh Aoi?"
"Huh??? What do you mean???" the boy asked, confusingly.
He then saw that Saino was sleeping on his shoulders, near his chest. Her hair was partially covering her face and her hand was on his chest.
"Oh, I see…" Hisoka gently smiled.
"She must be still exhausted from yesterday," Kyla said.
Hisoka inserted his arm on her back to her shoulder.
He pulled her and softly said, "Don't worry. I'll let her rest…" He smiled, staring at the innocent young girl who was sleeping.
After a few minutes of traveling, they've finally arrived there.
----- Inside the hospital -----
They were all walking towards the corridor. Saino was continuously rubbing her squinted eyes.
"Saino, daijoubu?" Hisoka asked worriedly.
She nodded smilingly, "Don't worry. I still can manage it…"
Kyla told her, "There's a couch there. You could sleep there if you want?"
Saino nodded sleepily. They've stopped at room 315. Kyla knocked at the door then opened it.
"Ah! Akizuki Sensei!" a girl with short scarlet hair and with blood red eyes exclaimed. She was sitting on a chair beside a younger girl with long silvery blue braided hair that hanged on her shoulder and with cerulean eyes. The younger one was sitting on the hospital bed.
As they went in, Kyla bowed, followed by the others. Kyla placed the pot of Camellia on the side table and fixed them. Tsuzuki followed her while…
"Konnichiwa, Karan, Maya," Saino smiled.
"Konnichiwa," Maya giggled and smiled back.
Karan suddenly asked her, "Who are they?"
Saino introduced, "This is Kurosaki Hisoka, my bestfriend, and Tsuzuki Asato." Saino went towards Maya and asked, "So, are you feeling ok?"
She nodded and said, "And I'll be having the transplant today!"
"Really?! What time?"
"When the doctor arrives…"
Hisoka also went towards her and asked, "And the doctor?…"
"Well, he's…"
Saino's eyes squinted and she inserted her fingers through her hair.
"Are? Kagekura, daijoubu desu ka?" Karan asked. Reia: I just want you to remember that at the previous chapters (Case 1), (Saino) Kageyami changed her name to Kagekura… but she didn't know that Hisoka was pretending to be Saino's sister back then.
"Daijoubu. I'm still…"
Hisoka caught Saino, who nearly fainted. Everyone turned to Saino, worriedly.
"Saino, daijoubu?!" everyone asked in chorus.
"I…" her hands were still on her head.
"Aoi, carry her and place her on the couch. I think she needs some rest…" Kyla told him.
The young boy nodded and carried Saino in his arms. He slowly placed her on the couch while Tsuzuki put a pillow on her head and sat beside her.
"Arigato, oniichan, Hisoka-kun," she smilingly said.
"You better get some rest. You still might not be well yet…" Tsuzuki told her then patted her forehead.
"Hai…" she slowly closed her eyes then went to slumber.
Tsuzuki stood up and asked again the question Hisoka rose before, "So, who's the doctor?"
Karan answered, "His name's Muraki Kazutaka…"
"Muraki!?!" Tsuzuki and Hisoka exclaimed and exchanged glances.
"Why? Anything wrong?" the two innocent girls asked.
"Iie, nandemonai…" Hisoka said.
Then, he turned around and went towards the door.
"Where are you going, Hisoka?" Tsuzuki asked.
"Just walk around…" he said dully then left the room and closed the door.
"Matte, Hisoka!" Tsuzuki yelled and was about to follow him when…
"Chotto matte, Asato," she told him.
When Tsuzuki turned to her, she smiled, "Good luck! Aishiteru…"
Tsuzuki's cheeks burned red then followed Hisoka.
Karan suddenly asked Kyla, "Sensei, I thought you don't…!!!"
"Well, I changed my mind," she smiled and giggled.
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"Oi, Hisoka! Matte!!!" the brunette yelled at the young boy, who as walking casually.
But Hisoka continued to walk until Tsuzuki had finally arrived. Hisoka looked serious and determined about something.
Tsuzuki suddenly asked, "Do you think Muraki would do something again?"
"I have a bad feeling about it," he said, not answering directly his question.
"So, it's a yes?"
Hisoka suddenly stopped, making Tsuzuki also stop.
"Nan ka?" he asked and saw Hisoka's sour face.
Tsuzuki turned to find out Hisoka's stare and saw the person they've hated for, who was wearing pure white.
"Muraki," the brunette also gave a sour stared at him.
"Oh, hello. I didn't expect that we would meet again," he smirked, shifting his glasses.
"What are you trying to plot now?!" Hisoka angrily asked.
"Nothing in particular. I just wanted to free a patient from her pain," he told him.
"That's all?" Tsuzuki then asked.
"Yes," he shifted his glasses again. "Well, then. A patient is waiting for me. Ja!"
He walked away but then stopped and turned to them.
"Oh, and be careful not to lose the ones you love. Ja!" he continued to his destination.
Hisoka and Tsuzuki coldly stared back at him until he turned at the corner.
"I don't like the sound of that…" the younger boy thought.
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Back at one of the hospital rooms, the three were busy chatting when someone suddenly knocked at the door then opened.
The nurse said, "Fujimiya-san, the doctor's already here."
"Hai," Karan turned to her sister, worriedly.
Maya held her hand and said, "Daijoubu, neesan." Then she smiled.
Karan nodded to her.
Kyla told her, "I'll be staying here. Saino might need me…"
Karan nodded. The nurse took Maya to the wheelchair and Karan followed them outside. When they had already left, Kyla went to the bathroom for a while. Saino's eyes dartingly opened again and her pupils were blank.
"What's that?" Kyla felt a strong aura and went out of the bathroom.
She glanced at the room then turned to Saino, who was sleeping tranquilly.
She sighed, "I guess it's just my imagination…"
She went back to the bathroom. Saino's eyes slowly opened and she slowly stood up like a zombie.
"Saino… Come…" a voice told her.
Saino started to move.
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Hisoka, Tsuzuki and Karan were outside the operation room. After a few hours of waiting it suddenly opened. Muraki went out and was welcomed by the cold stare of Hisoka.
Karan quickly stood up and anxiously asked, "How's my sister, doctor?!"
He told smiled at her and said, "It was a success. Don't worry…"
Karan sighed in relief, "Thank God…"
But Hisoka and Tsuzuki's glare was still etched on their faces.
She suddenly asked, "May I see her now?"
He nodded. The nurse took her sister out and she was sitting on a wheelchair, smiling.
"Oneesan, I'm already fine…"
Karan hugged her and smiled while Muraki shifted his glasses and went away with the other people from the operation room. Hisoka was still staring at him coldly.
"This is not yet enough…" he thought.
"Hisoka!!!" a voice suddenly yelled.
Everyone turned to the person, who was running towards them. She had finally arrived there and caught her breath.
"Kyla, what's wrong?" Hisoka asked.
"Saino… Saino's missing!" she said, still gasping for air.
"NANI!?!" all of them yelled.
Hisoka's heart pounded strangely and his eyes were widely opened.
"I just went to the washroom then when I came out, she's already gone! And the window in there was opened!" she told them.
"Darn…" Hisoka suddenly ran.
"Hisoka, matte!" Kyla told him.
Tsuzuki told her, "You stay here. We'll search for her!"
Kyla nodded worriedly. Tsuzuki went off to follow again the young boy.
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Hisoka went back to room 315 and opened the door. He synchronized with the room's memory.
"Saino, where are you?!" he thought.
Images appeared in his thoughts. Saino walked towards the window and cautiously opened. He went back to the present and turned to the window. As he glanced outside the window, he saw Saino was in front of Muraki.
"Saino!!!"
When Tsuzuki was about to go in, Hisoka, passing by him, hurriedly dashed out of the room.
"Hisoka, matte!!!" Tsuzuki followed him again.
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"Sakura, it's been a while. I was expecting that you would visit me some time," he told her.
Saino suddenly asked softly, "How… How come you know my name?"
"It's because I knew you when you were young. Also, I know everything about you," he told her, smilingly. "One was when you were young, you were often called by the other kids as 'demon'… am I right?"
She nodded and stared away.
Muraki smirked, "And it's because of you powers…"
"Hai," she agreed. She suddenly asked, "Will you tell some other things you know about me?"
"You're name right now is Kageyami Saino, right?"
She nodded. Muraki continued and smiled, "I'm the one who gave you the name 'Kageyami' and I was the one who left you in Osaka… Do you remember?"
Saino recalled and said, "It was the time when I woke up in a room…"
Muraki nodded and said, "Yes, that was it…"
"… Your parents didn't thought of you as their only daughter. And they were murdered by someone."
Saino's eyes were wide opened and held tightly his coat.
She begged, "Onegai! Tell me! Tell me who killed my parents! Onegai…" She buried herself on his chest. "… Onegai…"
He patted her back and smirked, "I'm sorry. I don't know who killed them. But I have this feeling that 'he' was the one. And his name is…"
"Saino!!!" Hisoka yelled and dashed towards them.
Then, came Tsuzuki. Seeing the man, his eyes were wide opened.
"Muraki…"
He released her, shifted his glasses and told her, "I'll just tell it to you someday. When we'll meet again. Ja ne…
"… SA-ku-RA," he softly said, smirking and walking away.
He left her when Hisoka arrived at her spot.
He asked worriedly, "Did he do something to you?!"
Saino shook and stared at Muraki as he left and faded away.
"He knows it…" she softly mumbled.
"Huh???"
"… He knows my past," she turned to him. "I have to know…"
"… who killed my parents."
A tear streaked out from the side of her eye.
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Reia: It's not in this chapter where Muraki would tell Saino who killed her parents because it wouldn't be stated.
Warning: When reading the future chapters (starting chapt 23 , I guess?), prepare a roll or two of tissue papers beside or on your computer. If you are TOO conservative, use a handkerchief. This is IN CASE of emergency. Reia: I hope you understood what I meant… ^^;;;
Next chapter hints: Chapter 22: (A Date… For Her Last Days…)
Kamui: Well, just a chapter between Hisoka and Saino. Also, this is the part where Saino would be leaving…
Reia: *cries* bye-bye, Saino… *waves a handkerchief then turns to the Audience* Anyway, Saino's life with Kyla would not be stated. The next chapt would start after three weeks without Saino. And the thrill starts there! Hehe…*evil grin*… Please continue reading and reviewing! It really makes me happy reading your reviews!^^
P.S.: Sorry for those wrong grammars! I was really so excited that I didn't reread them anymore. ^^;;;