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Awaken, My Dear Kushinada

Ch. 5

"Ugh," Murakumo's body felt like he had just been beaten to hell. He cracked his eyes open to see thousands of blurry images. There was a fuzzy square of light right above his head. "Where am I?" Me managed to say.

"Oh, you're awake!" said a slight figure that sat beside him. She instantly jumped up, "just lye still, I'll go get the doctor." With that she left the room.

Murakumo tried to get up, but the pain was too much. He didn't know how long he lay there, but soon a woman in a long white coat walked in. She had black hair pulled back into a bun, and a very familiar face.

"Nice to see you awake Murakumo." The doctor walked over and looked at the monitor. "You're lucky to be alive, I mean you're an a Aragami and being exposed to the Kushinada pulse for that long should've killed you." She jotted down some information onto her clipboard.

"Were am I human?" Murakumo said with a forced scowl, he was in so much pain that it hurt to express his anger. She looked at him with a cocky smile.

"The name is Matsudaria, you're in the TAC hospital. It's the only place we could bring you were no one asks questions." She turned around and left, but not before getting in one last word, "I'd get some rest if I were you, you have a very long week ahead of you."

Murakumo glared at her exiting figure. He was pissed, if he didn't feel like crap he would've slit her throat, but for now he would let her help him. He lay back down in his bed, but heard a sound from the other side of the room; he looked over and saw a very slight figure hooked up to several machines. The figure was a girl, and she looked very familiar to Murakumo.

He squinted his eyes a bit to get a better look. It was that girl, the one that had called out to him. 'What was she doing here?' Murakumo thought to himself.

The girl stirred a bit, and began to open her eyes. She blinked a few times, and then attempted to turn her head toward Murakumo. She locked eyes with him, and a fire flickered in her eyes. Her lips formed a weak smile as she looked at him, she closed her eyes and went back to sleep.

Murakumo was deeply saddened, had she smiled for him? Was she glad that he was okay, while she was practically in her deathbed?

Murakumo sat up, and made his way to the bathroom. He locked the door, and took a shower, washing away the human blood that was on his chest. 'It was her blood,' he thought as he watched it go down the drain. He didn't want to think about it so he grabbed a towel and dried himself off, when he walked out of the bathroom in a robe he saw a pair of fresh clothes lying on his bed. He looked around trying to find the culprit, but no one was there, except the girl.

He looked at her figure once again, but she was still sleeping. 'Why had she smiled at me?' Murakumo wondered as he walked closer to her. He leaned over her, and stared at her face, 'why does she look so damn familiar?'

He listened very closely, but he could barely hear the sounds of her breathing. The doctor that had came in was right about one thing: The Kushinada pulse would've killed him…if it hadn't been for her. Murakumo walked away from the girl to the nearby window and pushed the curtains aside so he could look outside. He expected to see busy streets and towering buildings, but there was a grassy plain as far as his eyes could see.

There was a strange sound coming from behind him. He turned sharply to see who it was and his eyes locked with Momiji's (who was standing by the door). She looked at him, then at the girl, then back at him. She didn't seem to blink. Momiji was pushing along a long metal pole that had her IV bag hanging off of it.

"Kushinada…" Murakumo didn't expect to see her ever again.

Momiji opened her mouth to say something, but then closed it. She walked the rest of the way in, rolling her IV with her. She went over and sat in the chair next to Mia and placed her hand on her forehead, a soft smile curving the sides of her mouth. Murakumo watched in silence from the window as Mia opened her eyes and looked back at Momiji.

"Momiji…" She forced out.

"Shhhhh, don't try to talk," Momiji said as she brushed back some loose strands of Mia's hair.

Murakumo felt awkward standing there watching the scene in front of him, until Mia turned her head to look at him. She didn't smile like before, but instead she looked searching. Murakumo, uneasy looking into her eyes, turned away to look back out the window, but soon he felt a hand on his shoulder.

"Murakumo…You shouldn't be moving around just yet," Momiji said staring out at the scenery instead of him. Murakumo only glanced at her briefly, and then back out at the trees.

"Do not concern yourself with me Kushinada, just be glad I do not have the effort to kill you right now."

"Whatever you wish," and with that Momiji left the room. The nurse entered after her and injected something into Mia, and then printed out something from the computer in the corner. Murakumo didn't pay her much mind.

Murakumo only focused on the two red eyes in the darkness of the trees.