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Death and Rebirth 16- "I no longer exist…"
"Who the hell are you?" Yuki asked. Shuichi just stared at him with his eyes widen in shock.
Shuichi sat up but he kept his head low.
"I… I'm sorry but I can't tell you… I'm grateful that you saved me.. but…" Shuichi was cut off by Yuki who suddenly grab his shirt and stare into blue eyes.
"I don't give a shit about whether you can tell or not but I demand an answer her. Who are you? Why does your wound heal so fast? Most importantly, why do you resemble him so much….?" Yuki let go of Shuichi's shirt after he ended his question. Yuki looked away and then walked aside.
Shuichi's heart is filled with guilt. He did not want to hurt Yuki but he can not expose his identity here.
"Yuki…. I…." Suddenly the sound of the window break took their attention. Yuki looked at Shuichi for a moment before he rushed out from the room to see what is happening.
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Just when Yuki rushed out, he saw Ryuichi standing in his living room with a big black wolf like animal.
"What… Ryuichi-san. What's the meaning of this?" Yuki asked as he stared to go near Ryuichi but got stopped in his tracks when Shuichi ran out and shouted.
"Don't go near him!"
Yuki turned and look behind at Shuichi giving him a confused look, "Huh?"
Shuichi's eyes widen in shock as shouted to Yuki again, "Be careful!"
Yuki looked behind only to the wolf which is standing next to Ryuichi a moment ago is lunging itself towards Yuki. Yuki wanted to move and evade it but his body wouldn't move as if his leg is glued to the floor. Just when the wolf nearly reaches Yuki, Shuichi ran in front of him and pulled out a fuda and created a barrier to stop the wolf from going anywhere closer to him and Yuki. Shuichi turned his head aside.
"Get out when I break off the barrier!" Shuichi shouted.
"Huh?" Yuki who was still shocked from the attacked looked at Shuichi confusedly.
"I said; get out from this house when I break off the barrier!" Shuichi repeated his sentence. Yuki nodded weakly and waited. Just when Shuichi see the chance, he broke the barrier and took out another fuda to create a force to flung the wolf farther apart to create some time for Yuki to escape.
"Now!" Shuichi shouted at Yuki and Yuki took the cue and ran out from the house.
'Good… Now he won't get involve…'
When Shuichi is assured that Yuki is out from the house already, he then focused on how to defeat Ryuichi and the wolf that is looking for any chance to hit him down and take him away.
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Yuki kept running without looking back. He was confused and shocked by the thing that is happening in his house. However, out of a sudden, Yuki stopped.
'I…I ran away… Once again...' Yuki never visited Shuichi's grave even once because he did not want to admit to the fact that his lover committed suicide and died. Yuki took a deep breath to calm himself down. He then looked left and right. One road leads him away from the house, away from danger while the other one lead him back to his house. He chooses the one that lead him back to his house. He did not want to escape anymore.
'Why is Ryuichi looking for that kid?... What is that big animal? Why are they fighting…?'
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Shuichi stared at Ryuichi and vice verse for sometime. Then, Ryuichi flicked his finger and the wolf disappeared but his gaze never left Shuichi.
"What are you trying to do to me?" Shuichi asked in a steady voice breaking the silent.
"Hmm… To save you of course, na no da!" Ryuichi replied cheerfully.
"Save me? For what?" Shuichi asked again.
"For myself, for everyone… I'll save you, Shu-chan…"Ryuichi said with a hint of sadness in his voice. Shuichi stare soften.
"….. It's useless… Ryuichi-san… I.. I no longer exist in this world…" Shuichi looked down at the floor with his bangs covering his eyes. Suddenly Shuichi heard the sound of the door creaking. He and Ryuichi looked behind and saw Yuki looking very surprise.
"You are… Shuichi?" Yuki muttered softly but loud enough for it to be heard in the room. Shuichi looked away. He kept silent as he did not want to answer Yuki's question.
No one move or speak in the room for around 2 minutes till Shuichi decided to tell everything out.
"Yes… I am Shindou Shuichi." Shuichi said breaking the silence in the room that had been going on for a while.
"What does this means?" Yuki asked in disbelieve. He did not know whether she should be happy or scare now.
"I am a Shinigami. People who died with regrets or attachment are given an option to be a shinigami. I took up the offer and passed the exam to be a shinigami. Though I'm given a body, I no longer exist in this world because I had already died…" Shuichi explained with his head down.
"It's a lie… You can still come back and live with us right? You can right?" Ryuichi with his voice shaking but what the response he got from Shuichi is not what he wanted to hear.
"I'm sorry, Ryuichi… What have left cannot come back anymore."
"No! I'm sure there's a way… He told me he can bring you back. Let's go and see him."
Shuichi looked at Ryuichi with a frown, "He?"
"Yes… He gave me these powers. He said you'll put up a fight because you don't know anything… He said that if I can bring you to him, he can save you. Let's go and see him." Ryuichi grabbed Shuichi's hand trying to pull Shuichi with him but Shuichi would not budge.
"Ryuichi.. STOP!" Shuichi shouted. Ryuichi looked at Shuichi with his eyes widen in shock.
"Why? I just want you back…" Ryuichi said.
"It's useless. Do you understand? This world goes by and order, when there is death, there is birth. Bringing me back will just mess the order up. I'm dead…." Shuichi was trying to suppress the tears from falling, "No matter how much I wanted to return and live with all of you again, I no longer can come back. Shindou Shuichi is dead in this world. Nothing can bring me back anymore!"
Ryuichi looked at Shuichi in shock.
Shuichi looked up at Yuki and Ryuichi with tears flowing down. He smiled at them with a sad smile.
"Everything is over from the moment I die…"
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'Where could he be'?' Rye ran out from the house to search for Shuichi when he noticed the he could have been wounded badly by someone.
He has been searching for one and a half hour in vain. Rye has tried to search the room for any clue that could lead him to Shuichi but there is nothing. Rye was panting hard that he decided to stop and take a short rest for a moment.
Just when he was about to continue his search, his cell phone rang.
"Hello? … Shuichi! Where are you? ….. Okay….. I'll come to you. Bye." Rye sighed in relief before moving off to look for Shuichi.
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Shuichi hang up the phone and looked at Yuki and Ryuichi who was sitting on the couch trying to digest what they had just heard from Shuichi.
"Thanks for letting me using the phone." Shuichi said to Yuki as he sat on the couch next to Yuki.
"Ah… It's okay." Yuki replied.
After sitting 20 minutes in silence, the door bell rang.
"It must be my partner. I'll go and get it." Shuichi said as he stood up and walk towards the door. He opened the door.
"Hi…" Shuichi said.
"Hi….? Where the hell have you been? I have been looking for you for the past 2 hour!" Rye scolded Shuichi.
"It's not my fault! I was attacked and unconscious for about an hour!" Shuichi fought back.
"You could at least call an hour earlier!"
"I!... I can't….." Shuichi looked down the floor sadly.
"Can you both enter and close the door before my neighbors' starts to come out from their house asking what is going on?" Yuki said surprising Rye. He never thought that there is another person in the house.
"He's right. Let's get in. I'll explain everything to you later." Shuichi said. He let Rye enter the house and then close the door.
When Rye entered the living room, he looked at Ryuichi in surprise.
"Ryuichi-san… Why are you here?" Rye asked but Ryuichi did not answer him but kept his head low.
"Sit down. I'll explain everything." Shuichi said.
"Okay…."
-End of Death and Rebirth 16: "I no longer exist…."-
Well… I'll just end it here for this chapter. There will be more truth revealed on the next chapter. Till then! Keep reading and leave me lotsa reviews!