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Chapter 13 : The answer is…
Where am I? It's so dark here…and cold too.
When Hikaru gained back his consciousness, he found himself on the street…the street that he had met Akira.
What happens?... Right, I'm on my way to the Go salon and then Touya…Touya! That motorcycle! I got hit! So it means that I…
He instantly looked at his hands, he could see through them! His body and his feet were also transparent! He went straightly to the traffic light and reached out to touch it but he couldn't! His hand simply…passed through it!
From his experience with Sai and the GSG, he knew perfectly well what happened to him. I'm dead! I'm dead! I'm a ghost now!
When people die, they should instinctively see the light and depart this world to a better place…
Haku's statement echoed in his thought. Light! The light! Hikaru looked up to the sky but there was no light, just a couple birds and clouds, but no light. I can't see it! Holy crab! I become a homeless ghost now!
" Hi, Hikaru-chan," Smiling sweetly, Yuzuko greeted.
" Yuzuko-chan," he uttered, " Nabeshima-san, too," Thank god!
" What in the world are you doing here?" Nabeshima who was in a black suit asked, today he wasn't in his usual pink mascot costume.
" Right, I don't belong here," Good, They come to take me. " Okay, I'm ready,"
" Ready for what?" the cool man questioned.
" Well, to leave, of course," Hikaru spoke irritably, " I'm dead, aren't I? I don't belong here anymore, that's why you come to take me, isn't it?" Suddenly, he remembered something…something important, " Wait a minute, but I can't see the light! That means I'm not ready to leave yet! What's holding me back anyway?"
" Who says that you're dead?" His boss cut in.
" Eh?" What does he mean?
" Your soul fled from your body when that motorcycle hit you," he explained,
" What?" What?
" Don't you get it? You just freaked out! You're still alive!" the black-haired man yelled loudly.
" What? What? I am what?" the newly ghost asked with doubt and confusion, " Am I…still alive?"
" Yeah, Now let's go," Nabeshima urged him to sit on the backseat of his Harley, " If we're not hurried, you'll be dead for sure!" He started the engine.
Hikaru didn't know what was going on or what would happen next, though he was still totally confused, he sat on the backseat as he was told. Three of them squeezed into the pink motorcycle and speedily headed to a hospital.
Kaburagi Hospital, room 612
When the trio ghost arrived, there were 3 people in the room; one woman, one man and one teenage boy. The woman and the man were talking seriously about something.
" Doctor, How is he?" Mitsuko pleaded. That was right, that woman was Shindou Mitsuko, the mother of the poor boy, " How is he? Tell me he's going to be fine,"
" Please, Shindou-san, please stay calm," Sukawara Tsukasa, a 27-year-old doctor tried to comfort the worried woman.
" How can I?" Gasping Sukuwara's long coat swiftly, Mrs. Shindou answered back piercingly, " It's my son lying on that bed over there!"
" I know Shindou-san, that's exactly why you have to remain calm in this kind of situation, isn't it?" The young doctor pointed out wisely.
" !"
" Shindou-kun is a strong kid, besides, that motorcycle didn't hit him that hard," he marked optimistically, " He survives the accident with no broken bones, no internal injuries, just few bruises," he reported his patient's condition.
" That's good," Letting go of the doctor, Mitsuko sighed in relief and talked to herself, " That's a good sign, isn't it? When will he wake up then?"
" Err…"
" Well?" She pressed impatiently.
" I…we don't know about that," Sukarawa spoke uncomfortably, " In fact, he should have woken up hours ago…but he didn't," Dead! I'm dead now!
" What?" The mother cried crossly, " What's wrong with my son then? Why doesn't he wake up?"She demanded.
" Err…I'm not sure," the doctor stuttered, " There's no sign of brain injury either, somehow, he's still asleep," She's gonna kill me for sure.
" What? You're telling me that you have no idea why my son doesn't wake up and you don't know when he will wake up either?" the menacing mother exploded furiously, " What kind of doctor you are?"
" Please, Shindou-san I…" Please, don't kill me!
" He'll be fine," The boy who had stayed silent until now spoke up quietly. He was the one who called the medics, the one who brought Hikaru to the hospital, the one who knew what had happened, the one who witnessed the accident, the one who caused the accident. Yes, that boy was Touya Akira. " He is going to be fine," That's right, you'll be fine. You'll wake up soon. Once you see my face, you'll scold at me blaming me for everything so I shout back, we'll have another fight. Then tomorrow you'll come to my Go salon, we'll play the game and forgot about the fight…yes, just like always. " He is going to be fine, he must be fine," Right? Shindou, you're going to be fine. Right?
" Touya-kun…" Mitsuko uttered sympathetically. He doesn't look very well, there's something wrong with him.
" Right? Doctor, he is going to be alright, I know, I know him the best, he is going to be fine, that's right, he'll be fine," With a haunted look in his eyes, Akira kept talking to himself like a madman, " Isn't that right? Doctor," Turning around to face the young doctor, he asked with shaking voice, his body shivered with fear.
" He only want some more time to recover, that's all," Knowing that both visitors feared for the worst, Sukawara tried to cheer them up, " He'll be alright," he promised, " Now, please, excuse-me," He bowed a little before leaving the two nervous wrecks alone by themselves.
" Touya-kun, are you alright?" Hikaru's mother asked softly.
" Shindou-san, I'm..I'm sorry," the gloomy boy said with tears in his blue blue eyes. It's my entire fault! He only wants to talk but I …but I...I almost kill him! If anything happens to him, God, I don't want to think about it!
Looking at the miserable boy before her, Mitsuko sighed heavily. If she attacked him now, nobody would blame her for that, they would understand. She had every right to be angry at him for what happened to her beloved baby. However, if Hikaru inherited his impatience and his loud offensive talk from his father, he surely inherited his mother's kindness. Mitsuko wasn't mad at Akira, on the contrary, she felt sorry for him, " It's an accident, don't blame yourself," He looks even worse than me.
" But I'm the one to be blamed!" Akira burst out uncontrollably, " He…He only wanted to talk but I…I pushed…then..then he fell…that motorcycle…he flied into the air and…" With both hand on his temples, he trembled as the accident repeated in his mind. He just lay there... didn't say anything… just lay there…
" Stop it! Touya-kun! Stop it!" the scared mother yelled, she didn't want to hear this. Besides, Akira really freaked her out. Grasping his shoulders, she squeezed them and shouted to his face, " It's not your fault!"
" But I…but I…" the reserved boy stammered, he was taken aback by the sudden action.
" Hikaru would say the same," She said serenely, " He won't never ever blame you,"
Letting himself fall onto a long soft sofa beside his friend's bed, Akira sat down, his face showed no sign of hope. God, please, I'm begging you, Don't take Shindou away, not him.
"………….." Mitsuko herself didn't know what else to do but waiting so she sat next to Akira and prayed for her son.
Hikaru ,who saw it all since the beginning, hesitantly moved toward to the bed to take a better look at his empty body. He tilted his head down to look at himself who was lying on the patient bed sleeping peacefully as if he wouldn't ever wake up again.
" What're you waiting for?" Nabeshima spoke sharply, " Return into your body,"
"……….."
" Hikaru-chan, hurry up," Yuzuko urged.
"…….No," Hikaru declared firmly.
Dragonshadow : Hi! Long time no seen, ne :)
xiar : Now, he refuses to return into his body! What's next?
Giftfrombelow: As I used to say in my " He is back", Akira is the only child so he didn't get used to Sharing, especially sharing Hikaru.
Kathy :" you have never kill him, so I'm not sure" Hey! What does it mean?
Goldenrat : Hi, Nice to meet you...or rather see your review, Thank you :)
Firehedgehog : Yes, sir!
Kagomegirl : Yeah! I love Ogata. ( The proof of my love to him is my" Finding Seiji " )