The Monsterhood Friend chapter 37
Darkness flashed over my eyes, fading in and out reminds me of a video recorder where it actually took a bunch of picture every second, to produce a film. 'I believe that's a tape record' how it's you again 'yes welcome back I didn't think you'll remember me' how can I, you have this unforgettable presence, 'thank you' your welcome. Anyway why am I here? 'well your just recovering from the jab the ghoul left on you' oh yeah tsukune do you know how he is? 'yes thanks to that exorcist he sleeps in a hospital covered in bandages thanks to you but at least he isn't rampaging around killing every person you care about, I would take it into my hands to finally eliminated that threat' I guess I'm glad the exorcist came in time? 'yes I'm thankful too'. May I ask what are you? 'I am you' no, no I would like to no more about you, I only have a picture and some in audio words 'ah, yes I remember you checked the achieves for my eyes to see through okay then, I am %&$ or we are &%$ due to a locket in your mind we are inseparable so I live here until you speak the verse' the verse? 'yes you remember "I play devils advocate" I'm still impress you remember the line to summon me' wait I don't remember this line, is that why I have locked memories? 'oh-kay that's weird I thought you knew It and relied on me when you can't do anything but I guess looking at the scenario it's more fight or flight then anything?' so it's based on instinct in the end? 'it seems so?' alright then. Oh one more thing can you hear my thoughts? 'yes I even share them, giving the same opinion has well' oh.. so you hear everything? 'yes nothing you think of is different to what I think of as well' oh… 'don't worry I also think kurumu will make a great wife' What?! I don't think that (the waters shook violently but with calm) 'can you relax your disturbing the waters' oh sorry, sorry, hey but when can I wake up? 'oh anytime I'll finish your repairs on your body and you'll be better in the next hour or so' okay then how do I get out again? 'like… this!' I felt a wave crash into my head causing me to jump out of the bed and come face with a white wall, "ahhh! What?!" I darted my head to see curtains of blue and beds of white, "am.. I in a hospital?"
"so you are the first to awake"
"wow it's the creepy dude from before?!" I jumped by his sudden appearance "wow, you are rude, I saved your friend and everything" I was confused "friend? I looked towards my left where he pointed and saw tsukune looking normal and in a lot of bandages "Oh! so he's okay then?" he nodded "you also did quite the number on him, almost has if he returned human he would of died that instant" he's not good with being calming now is he "alright thanks again"
"no problem" was responded and continued to be some how dead, in the corner I was very concern "so you're awake shiva-kun? Don't mind him he's a friend" I turned around to see sleepy heads around a girl in a blacken dress, "oh good morning ruby-san how have you been?" I responded seeing he sit with yukari-chan resting on her lap, "I've been good since you saved me and my master as well as the ranch"
"that's cool, that place is very pretty I'm glad it's safe" the moment I finished talking two small heads started to rise "uhh, what's going on?" kurumu blinked a few times and rubbed her eyes "shiva..?"
"nope just a spitting image of the real thing" I joked at her tiredness "oh-okay" she fell back asleep "Wait a second your not fake!" she jumped back up and lunched at me "when did you work that out?" I questioned being squeezed "grrrr… shiva!"
"yellow" I responded not realise how annoyed she is "you.. broke.. your.. promise… Again!" she started pinching my checks in frustration "owowowowoo, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry quite pinching my sensitive checks!" she released now grabbing my shirt "you… know I was so worried, this unconscious and passing out for days on end is really hurting me." She made me feel terrible, which I pulled her into a hug "shush, don't cry I'm still here and I'm not leaving your side, how about I make it up to you?" this sparked her attention "what you got?" was her responses "I'll take you on a date just us with no interference as an apology for nearly dying multiple times" she thought about humming her choices, "yes I'll take it" she smiled and rested back on me, "AHHHH!"
"Ahhh!" I screamed has tsukune finally woke up with a loud scream, scaring everybody well except the exorcist in the corner pretty sure he's really dead "and the finale member as awaken" nope the creepy dude is still alive, "having nightmares I presume, about loved ones murdering you?" tsukune was terrified can't blame him. "Whoaaah! Who are you?! Where am I!?"
"I must tell you to relax you'll strain yourself too much" the exorcist mentioned "yeah, those injourys look terrible, sorry" I spoke causing tsukune to turn, and stare, stare hard like I was ghost of his fears, he remembers, "hey buddy? Are you okay?" he was blinking, furious, sweating buckets "tsukune?" I saw it in he's eye, the fear you get in nightmares like its too late and you can't move, I knew he remember, the time he stared into my eyes for the receiving end of my power, this hurt more than any physical wound can inflict. "tsukune I know your scared maybe you want some questioned answered?" ruby finally spoke up, and tried to get tsukune to speak "wh-what… happened?" was all he said staring at ruby this time "you turned into a ghoul, and now you're here normal but broken because the exorcist and I stopped shiva from killing you," He's eyes filled with dread has he slowly turned his head towards me "sh-shiva? Tried.. to kill… me?" I looked away not wanting to see the horror in his eyes "yes.. but we got there in time I'm pretty sure he didn't want to kill you but was pushed to that conclusion" ruby tried to comfort the tension but it was telling a victim's wife to forgive the murder, dead end. "please look at your right hand tsukune-kun" the exorcist tried to break the tension this time. "what? Is this?" he questioned "a holy lock, it's very similar to Akashiya moka's sealed rosary, it's holy power is stopping the vampire blood in you from growing out of control, in other words that's your lifeline from becoming a ghoul" it seems he spiked the tension more than cooling it down, "ummm, thank.. you, thank you very much, why did you save someone like me?"
"oh, heheh and old friend said I need to look after you" a friend he says must be hard to come knowing his posture "yes, it is hard to find good friends now a days" shit, he reads minds? He just laughing at me "who is he?" tsukune questioned "oh nice fellow, dark gloomy eyes, smokes a cigar" the bus driver? "EEEEH?! The bus driver!?" tsukune shouted "yeah, he said to come save you, something along to the lines of he's in major shit this time and close to the end?" he knows way to much.
Tsukune played with the lock looking dreadful about it, like his humanity was flung out the window and he was left behind to rot. "hey buddy?" I tried to speak to him but still afraid of those terror filled eyes, "I'm sorry" tsukune was somewhat confused "for… what exactly?"
"I put you in those bandages, I pushed you away instead of helping you and your eyes still bleed terror from what I've done, so I'm sorry" I pleaded hoping he at least understands "then you are forgiven" this spiked my attention, causing me to sit up "why?" I replied "because you did what was right, 'to save a life it means to hurt another', that was something you always said when we were young" I remember, the times when bullies came at us, tsukune always wanted to forgive and befriend them all but they didn't share the same viewpoint, so I would hurt them. "yes, tsukune I remember, you were so optimistic that before every fight you wanted mercy because you knew they would be the ones to be seriously injured" I had tears flowing down my face "i-I wh-wish i-I ca-can go ba-back to those times.." sounds of rattling chains followed as tsukune extended his arm "hey cheer up, we are here now because of those times so lets keep flying through things? K" he made a fist extended to me, I looked into his eyes and hope bloomed inside instead. I copied extending my arm a giving a fist bump, "Yeah lets, tsukune aono".