Brand New World©

Chapter 10:

Memories

Well… this is my first Fan Fic… and it is a Get Backers Fic…. So please Review and give me some feed back… THANKS!

Disclaimer:

Thread-Sage: I wish I owned Get Backers….

Ban: But you don't so ha!

Ginji: Don't be so mean Ban…

Thread-Sage: -crying-

Thread-Sage: But I do own the ideas!

Ginji: And the new characters!

Ban: Grumble…

Thread-Sage: So ha! I win!

Recap:

"Don't leave me!" He yelled, tears pouring down his face.
Let the rain fall down

"I never got to say it, but." He whispered as Kazuki ran over
I'm coming clean

"I love you."
I'm coming clean

Shido sat next to Touzoku in the hospital. He had been sitting next to him for almost twelve hours.

The doctors said that he was very injured. The gang men had broken his ribs in five places, bruised his left lung, and crushed a blood vessel. The doctors did everything they could to help him, but now, it was up to Touzoku's own bodily will to stay alive.

Shido closed his eyes tightly and buried his face in his hands.

"Why?" Shido said, shaking his head.

"Why did it have to end like this?" He thought, tears at the brim.

He heard a shudder at the side of him. Shido opened his eyes and looked. Touzoku was smiling at him, his eyes, opened weakly.

"Hey…" He said, smiling.

"Hi…" Shido said slowly standing up and walking over.

"How are you feeling?" He asked, sitting at the side of the bed.

"…better.." Touzoku said, opening his eyes and putting more effort in his smile.

"…did…did you keep your promise?" Touzoku asked, coughing a bit. Red splats hit the blanket.

"Touzoku…" Shido said, standing up and getting a napkin to wipe his mouth and hands from the blood.

Touzoku smiled, but took the napkin for himself and wiped his own blood.

"Well…" Touzoku asked, taking the napkin and throwing it in the wastebasket.

"…I did…" He said remembering the man running away like a wussy.

"You can attack someone who is grieving and can't fight back, but you wont attack someone of equal stature." Shido said in his head, disgusted.

"…good…" Touzoku said, smiling back at Shido.

"Touzoku….I have to…." Shido said, looking to his left.

But he never got to finish.

Touzoku screamed out in pain as he grabbed his chest.

Shido looked in horror. A cold sweat had instantly broken out on Touzoku's face and he was shaking and shivering in cold and pain. He was also coughing violently and splats of blood were flying everywhere.

"Nurse!" Shido yelled, running out into the hall.

Two nurses came running in. They examined him for a hot second. Then, the first nurse shoved Shido out, saying that he needed to leave. The second nurse called up a doctor, but instead of one, four came.

Shido was shoved out and the curtain was closed.

He stood in the hall. Looking at the cold white curtain and seeing the silhouettes that moved through the room.

"He's gonna die." Shido whispered, falling to his knees.

"Touzoku is gonna die." He said louder.

"Don't die!" He screamed, catching everyone's attention.

He once again buried his eyes in his hands.

A minute later, someone put a hand on his shoulder. Shido thought it was a doctor, and swung his hand around, hopping to hit the doctor in the chest. But, the person he hit, didn't retaliate, or run he just stood their.

"Now money boy." The man said.

Shido looked around.

There stood Ban Midou looking down at him. Standing next to him was Ginji Amano, a position of concern on his face.

"Do you really think that Touzoku would want to see you laying on the floor, so feeble like that?" Ban said, smiling.

Shido gave a bare smile. It was nice to see a friendly face.

Shido stood up and they walked outside. The night was young and the rain had stood. IT was still very humid and the air was suffocating. The moon was out, just like Touzoku told him he liked it at night.

Shido remembered, as he smiled, Touzoku running outside and begging him to take him to the park so that he could see the moon and sleep at night. Of course, Shido would go with him, and sleep against a tree and Touzoku could sleep out on a hill and look at the moon at night.

"So, what happened?" Ban asked, breaking the moment.

Shido looked at Ban and took a deep breath. He told him about Modaka's death, Touzoku's emotions, and the fight that happened.

Ban and Ginji said on a pole against the river. The water was soft and barely moving, just like Touzoku also liked it.

"Interesting." Ban said, lighting a cigarette.

"How is that interesting?" Shido snapped back.

"Well, Touzoku has been into many different situations." Ban said, lunging off of the ledge.

"And he hasn't died yet." He said, adjusting his glasses and taking a puff.

"So I really don't think he I going to die." Ban said, smiling.

"Not now at least." Ban said, putting his hands back in his pocket and walked away.

Shido looked at him as he walked back to the hospital. Shido shoved his hands in his pocket and felt something, something different.

He pulled it out, and looked at it. Tears filled his eyes.

In his hand, was a headband with the characters best friend on it. He was never able to tell Touzoku what he thought about the headband. He wanted to tell him so badly, but he was just filled with so much anger.

Shido dipped his head and tied the headband across his head. He pulled on a few strands of hair so that a few strands fell over the band.

"Nice band." Ginji said as him and Shido walked back to the hospital.

"Where did you get it?" He asked.

The wind blew, flowing the tails in the air.

"Touzoku gave it to me." Shido said, walking through the doorway.

Standing there, was Kazuki and Juubei against the wall. Sitting in the chairs were Sakura, Himiko, HEVN, Natsumi, Paul, MakubeX, Emishi, Akisaka, and Kasai.

"Hey Shido." HEVN said walking over.

"Hi, HEVN." Shido said shaking her hand.

The doctor then came out of the room, talked to a nurse, and walked over.

"Who is…the caretaker of this child?" The doctor said, adjusting his glasses.

"I am." Shido said, rising his hand.

"Would you come with me please?" The doctor said.

Shido nodded his head and walked with the doctor to the back of the room.

"I have some bad news." The doctor said, adjusting his glasses once more.

Shido's heart thumped in his chest. Did he….is he….dead?

"The memories, of this boy, are lost." The doctor said, looking up at Shido.

"During the time when we were taking care of him, he screamed someone's name, someone named "Shido"." The doctor said.

"But, when the operation was done, he said someone else's name, someone named "Juubei". He said that this was the person he loved and he always had loved him."

The doctor said.

"So…so his memories have been…rewritten?" Shido asked, coughing.

"I'm afraid so…" the doctor said.

"Is there any way the memories can be unwritten?" Shido asked, holding the headband.

"I'm afraid not. The only solution I can think of is to keep on living this fantasy, and maybe time will correct itself." The doctor said.

Shido waited. So what would Touzoku be thinking? What new memories would he have?

Shido never even got to say what he wanted to him.

"Alright." He said, nodding his head.

"It is actually very common in these types of accidents." The doctor said, filing out a form.

"I suspect that it will be better in a month or so." The doctor said, smiling.

"Thank you for your time." Shido said as he walked over to the group and told the story.

"That's awful!" Himiko said grabbing her cheek.

Shido nodded and glared at Juubei.

"So what will you do?" Shido asked, slightly pushing Juubei.

"I guess, I will have to live this fantasy out." Juubei said the light reflecting off his shades.

"Yes." Kazuki nodded.

"and I will have to deal with it." Kazuki said.

"Then let's go." Shido said. Escorting Juubei Kazuki, and everyone else into the room. He knocked and took a deep breath.

"Here we go."