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Chapter 11: Rude Awakenings

We all silently stood there in silence at a standstill. It was one of those moments where everything seemed to move in slow motion. I could see everyone's mouths moving but he words were coming out delayed and slurred. I looked down at my dead arm realizing how the river of blood flowing out wasn't stopping. I felt my head become light and dizzy. Then a few seconds later the world went hazy. My legs suddenly felt weak and I felt them collapse from beneath me letting me fall onto my knees and then my face hit the ground with a thud. I couldn't really see what was going on, but I could hear them talking.

Haru fell to his knees. He stared at the knife in his hand and the warm blood that still trickled off the blade. It fell from his hand. His face turned pale. "I didn't mean to.."

"Tsukushi! Can you hear me?! Tsukushi! Wake up!" Fujio yelled He pulled me onto my back.

"Hmmmm.." I weakly responded.

"Shhh.It'll be fine Tsukushi." Fujio whispered into my ear. He grabbed Jin's coat and wrapped my arm applying pressure to try to stop the bleeding. He turned away from me and whispered to Jin in a panicked voice on the verge of tears, but I could hear everything. "Shit! She just won't stop bleeding. We need to get some real help." He stroked my head trying to calm me. "Everything will be ok."

"Hurry! We have to get her to a hospital!" Hanazawa Rui screamed. He scooped me up in his arms and looked at the others to help.

"We'll take my car to the hospital!" Doumyouji broke free from Soujiro and Akira's hold and ran forward to me. "Oh god!" he cried at the sight of all the blood.

"We can't take her to the hospital." Jin bluntly stated. He pulled Rui back.

"What are you doing?! Get the hell out of my way. She needs to get to a hospital!" Doumyouji roared. He threw Jin aside.

"He's right. We can't go to the hospital. How can we explain all this? Take her to my house. My father's a doctor. He can help her." Fujio explained.

I opened my eyes at that moment overhearing their arguing. I looked up and could see Hanazwawa Rui's clenched face in fear. "Do as he says." I weakly muttered.

"Fine. But we're all coming with you!" Akira yelled.

"Tsukasa we'll follow them in your car!" Soujiro commanded.

Hanzawa Rui ran to his car with Fujio following from behind. He laid me gently in the back seat making with the most extreme care. Fujio sat down beside me applying pressure to the wound trying to stop the bleeding. The entire car ride I could hear the clicking of Hanzawa Rui shifting the gears pushing harder on the car to move faster. Fujio yelled out directing him where to drive.

When we reached Fujio's mansion Fujio tore open the doors screaming, "Dad!"

From behind Rui and Fujio, the others burst forth into the hall panting heavily from rushing over. Their hearts were pounding in fear.

Quickly running down the stairs an older man descended. He wore a pair of slacks and a white shirt with rolled up sleeves. He was almost the exact same as Fujio except for the slow lines of gray streaking his once jet black hair. His face was kind, and he wore the same wired rimmed glasses as his son. He looked at Doumyouji and Haru's bloody and bruised faces in confusion. He then turned towards me lying in Hanzawa Rui's arms. At first he stared in shock with the same look Hana had given me before, but as he noticed the blood dripping onto the floor he snapped out of his trance. "You bring her with me. Fujio you come too. I will need some help. You two I will deal with your injuries later."

He ran back up the stairs and led us into a room. I was laid out on a bed and Hanazawa Rui stepped back to let them do their work.

"What's your name?" the older man asked in a gentle voice.

"Tsukushi." I managed to utter out.

He gently removed my blood soaked jacket and shirt exposing my bra underneath. I noticed Hanazawa Rui quickly turn his back to me at the sight of this.

"Fujio, get me my instruments!" he yelled. He examined the raw wound and gasped, "It's deep. We need to close this up as quickly as possible. We have to hope there's no nerve damage."

"She needs morphine," Fujio alertly called out. He ran to a cabinet and began to sift through many small bottles lined up neatly in rows. His fingers raced through the labels before he grabbed a small vial. "Here!"

His father unfolded his medical bag revealing a set of sterilized shiny silver instruments. He grabbed the small vial and took a syringe sucking up the clear liquid into it. He stabbed it into one of my veins and all the pain that was shooting up my arm began to dull. "Don't worry, Tsukushi. Everything will be ok now," he kindly whispered to me.

My eyes became heavy wanting to close. Everything suddenly went very blurry. I was slipping into and out of consciousness. All I saw was fragments of my surroundings. As I watched Fujio's father trying to stop the bleeding I saw the familiar eternity tattoo on the backside his hand. Fujio was obediently running back and forth with things at his father's barking orders. I looked up to find Hanazawa Rui still in the room with his back turned to me ready to walk out the room. "Wait..Rui, don't leave me." I said with a faint voice.

Hanazawa Rui turned around and I could see the hint of tears welling up on his worried face. I had never seen him look this upset before. I could see it in his eyes. It was true undeniable fear. He walked over and knelt beside the bed. He took my hand into his. "I won't go anywhere. I'll never leave you," he whispered into my ear as he stroked head. Before I knew it my eyes closed and the world went black.

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The next morning I awoke with a throbbing sensation through every part of my body. I ached all over especially my right arm and my ribs. I opened my eyes drowsily and looked at the bandage around my arm. I could see the faint trace of blood slowly starting to soak through the white cloth bandage. Around my abdomen I was also wrapped up with bandages. I felt something warm in my hand though. I turned to my left and saw Hanazawa Rui with his head resting against the side of the bed sleeping, but his hand still tightly clutching mine. I moved my hand, which quickly awoke Hanzawa Rui.

"You're awake," he excitedly whispered.

"Nothing can stop a weed like me," I laughed wincing in pain at my body moving from laughing. "Ooowwww.even laughing hurts. How long have I been sleeping?"

"It's 6 in the morning. You've been sleeping for the last 15 hours."

At that moment Fujio and his father stepped into the room.

"I see my patient is awake finally," Fujio's father chuckled.

"Thank you for taking care of me Eto-san." I gratefully replied.

"Well I can't take all the credit. Fujio here took very good care of you before you got here with is quick thinking. I'm still busy taking care of those two outside, but I'll come back and check on you later. Fujio, I trust I can leave you to check on Tsukushi's status. I'll tell the others they can come in now and see the patient." Eto-san grinned. He turned around and quietly exited the room.

"Thank you Fujio." I smiled.

"You had us really worried back there, Tsukushi," Fujio replied fiddling with his glasses in his hand. "Do you mind if I just check Tsukushi's bandages?" he asked looking at Hanazawa Rui.

Hanazawa Rui looked at me and I nodded at him to leave. He reluctantly released my hand and walked out of the room.

"So how is my patient feeling?" Fujio asked with a half serious face.

"I'm alive, but I feel like I've been hit with a truck," I replied.

Fujio began to unravel the bandage around my arm and looked at the sealed up wound. "Hmmmm.." he said under his breath. Carefully he took a clean set of bandages and began to wrap them around my arm.

"How do you know how to do this?" I asked inquisitively. As I watched him tying a knot in the bandages, he looked up at me and pushed his glasses up.

"I've been doing this kind of thing since I was a kid. You could say it's a family business. Every male in my family has been a doctor and ever since I was born I was expected to be one, too. I've been helping my dad for as long as I could remember. It's not that I hate it. I do enjoy helping people, but it's just the kind of people I help. I've seen too many injuries like this..." His voice trailed off somewhere towards the end. His face changed slightly becoming uneasy with the conversation. He quickly changed the subject. "Forget about me. Let's talk about you. After checking on you it looks like your wound will heal nicely. It doesn't look like it's infected. We were lucky that the knife missed any nerves. You should get full use of your arm soon. My dad checked the rest of you too. Those bandages are for your bruised ribs. That guy who kicked you must have kicked you harder than we thought. You should expect some soreness there for the next few weeks. Good thing there was no internal bruising."

I watched Fujio speaking to me explaining my injuries in surprise. He really must have been trained since he was young to be a doctor. He spoke with such clarity and understanding of everything.

There was a knock at the door and Fujio walked over to open it. From my bed I could see three pairs of heads peek through.

"Can we come in?" Akira, Soujiro, and Jin asked in unison.

I looked at Fujio and nodded. Feeling a little bit mischievous I decided to play a mean little trick on them. I winked at Fujio who understood that look on my face and he nodded his head in understanding. I lay my head back on my pillow and closed my eyes.

The three boys tiptoed over to my bed careful not to wake me. They looked like a wreck. Their hair was uncombed and their clothes wrinkly probably from sleeping out in the hall all night. They looked up at Fujio for any sign of my condition. He lowered his head and shook it.

"Makino," Soujiro whispered.

"Makino, it's Akira. Are you awake?"

"Tsukushi we are really worried. Please tell us you will be ok." Jin sadly said. He looked down at my face with an apprehensive look. Fujio grabbed his arm and pulled him aside and whispered something into his ear. He looked up in shock and hid a small smile that formed on his face.

I slowly opened my eyes slightly and looked up at them. I smiled faintly. "Akira. Soujiro. Jin. I don't think I have much time left on this earth."

"No, you can't leave us! You'll be fine. You'll get better in no time and be on our backs about going to class and being more serious." Tears started to streak down Soujiro's face.

"Yeah, who else will keep us playboys in line," Akira laughed through tears.

I once again managed a small smile. I started to move my body to make it look like I was convulsing. I scrunched up my face to appear to be in terrible pain. I pretended to breathe heavily. Between breaths I called Akira and Soujiro closer to my face. "What's wrong?" Akira asked.

"I can't hold on much longer. There's just once think I want you to promise me before I go."

"What is it? We'll do anything!" Akira and Soujiro plead.

"Never call me a hard working virgin again!" I yelled out loudly into their ears sending them jumping back in shock. I burst out laughing at their shocked faces.

"Hey! That's not funny! We really thought you were dying!" Akira screamed quite angrily.

"Yeah, that was not funny at all!" Soujiro yelled.

With some help from Fujio, I sat up and leaned against the headboard of the bed. "Well now we're even after that other time in the hospital you guys made me think Doumyouji was dead!" I laughed. I looked over at Fujio and Jin who couldn't help themselves, but laugh at my little joke. My face quickly changed as I winced in pain from laughing. "Ooow, I forgot it hurts when I laugh."

"You really had us worried these last few hours. Tsukasa was having a melt down worrying about you." Soujiro commented. At the mention of Doumyouji's name I recalled what had happened earlier. The smile on my face disappeared. However, I soon remembered another person. "Where's Haru? Is he ok?"

"We don't know. He's been a wreck, too. When we got here he disappeared into one of the rooms and refused to come out or speak to any of us. I think he's just ashamed with himself." Jin said in a lowered voice.

"Well he should be. He stabbed Makino!" Soujiro yelled with anger in his voice. "He tried to kill Tsukasa and ended up almost killing her!"

'Well none of this would have happened if he didn't red tag Haru! He was too stupid to recognize that guy Hanzawa Rui with Tsukushi! Haru had nothing to do with anything and Doumyouji just red tagged him!" Jin screamed ready to punch Soujiro in the face.

"Shut up you two! It was an accident. Anyone else in the same situation would have wanted to kill Doumyouji too. But hey are equally to blamed for what happened. Yes, Haru pulled out a knife and yes Doumyouji had no right to red tag Haru. Ok! They both share the blame!" I sternly yelled at them making them turn silent. "Sorry," they both muttered.

I sat there suddenly having a rude awakening to the situation. We all sat in the room in silence for a few moments. It was a tense moment. We each were lost in our own thoughts over what had happened the day before. We looked at each other knowing that there were two others who would have to deal with their consequences and it all depended on me. "I want to see them both," I flatly said breaking the silence.

It was time for them to deal with their consequences. Only I knew what was going to happen. It was this event that gave me my much needed rude awakening.