Murderous Truth
He opened his eyes. The bright sunlight from outside the window shined down onto his face.
He felt an incredibly painful headache.
And saw Touko in front of him.
He tried to get up.
"Urgh…"
He looked around him.
"…And I'm in the hospital again. Great." He remarked sarcastically.
"Do you have anything to say about this?"
Touko raised the mirror to his face.
"…Shit."
His special Eyes was clearly seen through the mirror.
Touko was clearly not pleased about that.
"Umm… well… I got nothing." He immediately confess.
"Why didn't you tell me about this?"
"I thought it wasn't anything big!"
"Having Mystic Eyes isn't a big thing? We'll have a proper talk once you are released from the hospital. I happens to know someone that's specialized in Mystic Eyes. We need to know what your Eyes do and how they function."
"Erm…OK? How long have I fainted anyway?"
"Around half a day. It's currently 7 in the morning."
"This isn't the first time I've skipped school. Eh." He shrugged.
"Go have some rest. I'm going home now."
And in the evening of the same day, he was released.
"Thank you for taking care of Shirou, doctor." Touko bowed to the doctor. Shirou was standing next to her.
"It's not a big deal. But I'm amazed how fast the young Shirou here recovered. He has 3 of his blood veins popped yet all of them healed so fast that you cannot see where it was damaged."
"Thanks for the information. We'll be going now."
On their way home
Shirou was walking in front with Touko following behind.
"Shirou."
"What?"
"When did you unlock your Eyes?"
"It was around New Year I think…? The second time I met her…"
He stopped.
Shirou realised something.
It was her.
It had always been her.
From their first meeting, to his Eyes awakening.
Shiki. His only clue to her.
"Can you tell me more about this person, this supposedly "murderer"?"
"Sorry Touko, I've just realised something. I'll be going home first." He talked as he ran his way home.
"Wait, Shirou!" Touko tried to follow him.
At Garan no Dou.
He ran inside the office.
"Shit, I need Touko to help me with this." He realised.
"Shirou… Don't *huff* ran off *huff* without me *huff* again." Touko was standing at the door, trying to regain some air.
She then sat on her chair to get some rest, taking out a cigarett to smoke in the process.
"Touko, can you help me find this person?"
"Who do you want to find?"
"Everyone with the name "Shiki" in this city."
"You've got something in your mind?"
"Yeah… But I can't quite put it into words. Just do it. I'll explain it later."
"Fine, you unthankful brat."
A few moment later.
"I've got the informations you need." She gave Shirou a stack of paper.
"Thanks, Touko." He smiled genuinely as he quickly shuffled through the papers. Touko was startled by this.
He stopped at one specific paper.
The paper had a picture of the same girl he had met a few times.
"Shiki Ryougi…" He looked at a paper with certainty.
Shirou suddenly stood up, grabbed the knife on the table he found the other day and ran outside, leaving behind the documents.
"…And he ran off again. I wonder what did he find out?"
She took the paper Shirou left and read it.
"…the second child of the Ryougi family… a demon hunting line of family… This could be interesting." She said as she continued to smoke her cigarett.
