(Disclaimer: Ikigami manga belongs solely to Mase Motoro, but Sasuke Mura and the other unknown characters I am writing about belong to me. The story is just based on the plot line of the manga. If this disclaimer is wrong, then please do not sue me.)
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Chapter 4: Sasuke Makes a Decision
As the digital clock changed to 8:00 A. M. Sunday; Yoshiro was beginning to wake up from his long slumber. Yoshiro stared up at the ceiling of a room and then gasped. He sat up quickly gripping the covers. He was panting and sweating.
"Am I dead?" he whispered.
"You're not dead."
Yoshiro looked on the side of the bed and saw Sasuke sitting on the side of the bed. Yoshiro blinked in confusion and asked, "What happened? Wasn't I supposed to die?" Sasuke placed a hand on Yoshiro's chest causing him to blush slightly.
"I saved you by doing open heart surgery," said Sasuke softly. Yoshiro placed a hand to his chest.
"So you saved me?" asked Yoshiro in disbelief. Sasuke nodded as she withdrew her hand. Yoshiro slowly began to cry making Sasuke concerned.
"Are you all right, Yoshiro?" asked Sasuke. Yoshiro nodded and said, "I'm just happy that I am alive. I can now continue to keep my promises with you." Sasuke showed a small smile.
Yoshiro suddenly realized something and looked at Sasuke seriously.
"You saved me and I was supposed to die for the good of the country. That means you have gone against the Ikigami system. You've broken the law."
Sasuke nodded and said, "I don't regret it. The Ikigami system is wrong." Yoshiro bit his lip nervously.
"It may be wrong, but it is the law. Going against it means death," said Yoshiro. Sasuke nodded again and added, "I know. If they find out what I did, they will take me and inject me with the Nano pill killing me instantly." Sasuke clenched her fist.
"I know all that, but I won't stop."
Yoshiro looked at Sasuke in disbelief. Sasuke looked at Yoshiro with determined eyes and said, "I will continue to save as many people I can from the Ikigami system just like I did with you. I will continue until I am caught."
Yoshiro stared Sasuke seeing that she was dead serious and asked, "Are you really going to do this?" Sasuke nodded.
"I want to save people, not kill them," said Sasuke remembering her dead parents. Yoshiro smiled and hugged Sasuke.
"If that's what you want to do then I won't stop you. I will keep this secret," said Yoshiro in a comforting tone. Sasuke hugged Yoshiro back and nodded.
Yoshiro suddenly came to another realization and asked, "How did you do open heart surgery on me? Don't you need other people to do that?" Sasuke smiled as she pulled away from Yoshiro. Sasuke pointed at herself and said, "I did the surgery all on my own within an hour." Yoshiro stared at her in disbelief. He opened his shirt and saw that there were no traces of a surgery on him. He looked at Sasuke and asked, "All by yourself?" Sasuke nodded.
"I was desperate to save you, so I did the surgery in the park. I knocked you out first using a knockout drug I created. I used your switchblade knife, my purse clamps, and sewing kit to do the surgery. I admit it was pretty difficult because of the location of the pill and the location, but it turned out well."
Yoshiro stared at Sasuke in amazement. He placed his hand on his chest and asked, "How did you know the location of the pill?" Sasuke sighed and held up her hand.
"I haven't told anyone before, but when I touch someone I can see the inside of their body. I can tell when there is bacteria and whether the system is functioning properly. I can also see things that are not meant to be there, like the pill. I can also hear things more clearly than others like the beating of a heart. I discovered this after my parents' death."
Yoshiro was even more amazed. He held Sasuke's hand and asked, "So you have a gift?" Sasuke smiled and said, "You could say that."
Sasuke pointed at his chest and said, "I did stitches too, but as you can see, it doesn't show. I don't know why, but my stitches always disappear like they were never there. I guess that's a gift too." Yoshiro smiled as he released her hand.
"Just out of curiosity, but where is the pill and where was it located in the heart?" asked Yoshiro. Sasuke sighed and looked at her hand.
"It dissolved into dust when I touched it with my hand and it was originally located in the pulmonary artery," said Sasuke. Yoshiro gasped in surprise.
"Pulmonary artery? If you cut that, then I would have been dead from the blood loss. How did you do surgery on that?" asked Yoshiro in disbelief. Sasuke smiled and said, "I did the surgery fast. The minute the pill was out, I sewed up the pulmonary artery before it could bleed." Yoshiro stared at Sasuke in amazement and said, "That must mean that you work in the speed of lightning." Sasuke giggled.
"I guess that's a gift too," said Sasuke happily. Sasuke hugged Yoshiro and said, "I'm just glad that you're alive after I did such impossible things." Yoshiro hugged her back.
Yoshiro suddenly came to another realization and asked, "Where are we anyway?" Sasuke pulled away and said, "I couldn't take us home right away, so I rented a hotel room. The hotel was very curious because all the rooms had one bed. The person at the desk called me a cougar too when he saw the blood on me." Yoshiro put the pieces together in his head and blushed brightly.
"Sasuke, what is the name of the hotel?" asked Yoshiro nervously. Sasuke thought awhile and remembered something. She pulled out a small plastic wrapper with something round inside it from a basket bowl and said, "The candy wrapper says that the name of the hotel is 'Virgin Wraps.' What a strange name." Yoshiro was even redder than before.
"You brought us to a love hotel?" asked Yoshiro in surprise. Sasuke looked at him confusingly.
"Love hotel? What's that?" asked Sasuke with the plastic wrapper still in her hand. Yoshiro noticed the wrapper in Sasuke's hand and gasped. He yanked it out of her hand.
"Come on Yoshiro. You don't have to yank the candy from my hand. There's plenty more in that basket," said Sasuke pointing at the basket next to the bed. Yoshiro was blushing as he showed the wrapper to Sasuke.
"Don't you know what this is?"
"I presume it's candy because of the pink coloring," answered Sasuke unfazed. Yoshiro looked at Sasuke in disbelief and asked, "Don't you know what a condom is?" Sasuke nodded and said, "It is something used to prevent women from getting pregnant, but what does that have to do with the candy?" Sasuke still didn't look affected. Yoshiro shook his head wondering if Sasuke was really a medical student.
Sasuke really is clueless when it comes to these things.
Sasuke blinked in confusion. Yoshiro placed the object back in the basket and said, "Let's go home before the others worry." Sasuke nodded and was about to take some of the "candy" with her, but Yoshiro pulled her away before she could get any.
As they walked home, Yoshiro and Sasuke discussed what they should do.
"I'm supposed to be dead, so should I just keep my existence a secret?" asked Yoshiro. Sasuke shook her head and stated, "That would be too obvious. We can't have your body disappearing, so we'll just say that they made a mistake. The Ikigami system does make mistakes sometimes." Yoshiro nodded in agreement.
"What about the surgery? You should use proper medical equipment than random supplies," said Yoshiro. Sasuke nodded in agreement.
"I'll bring the necessary supplies in my purse. They're my possessions, so the medical institution won't question it. I'll also use my own made knockout drug, so they won't be able to trace it," said Sasuke. Yoshiro nodded and added, "Thus keeping your secret." Sasuke nodded.
"How will you find the people with the Nano pill?" asked Yoshiro. Sasuke smiled and said, "I can only find them by chance. Some might say it or I can just touch them to see." Sasuke held her hand as she said this.
"Will the people keep the secret?" asked Yoshiro. Sasuke sighed and said, "I'll ask them to keep it a secret, but it is their choice." Yoshiro gave a nod.
Yoshiro rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly and asked, "Should I tell mom, dad, and Tamaki about this?" Sasuke smiled.
"Like I said, it is your choice," said Sasuke. Yoshiro smiled.
They soon reached home and could hear Tamaki yelling through the door. Sasuke opened the door a crack and realized that the yelling was coming from the kitchen. Sasuke and Yoshiro tiptoed into the house and peeked into the kitchen. They saw Tamaki yelling at Mrs. Ohtori and surprisingly Mr. Ohtori, who looked saddened.
"Why didn't you tell me Yoshiro received an Ikigami? If I knew, I would have stayed home. Now Yoshiro is dead and I didn't even have a chance to say goodbye!" screamed Tamaki with red eyes. Mrs. Ohtori looked at Tamaki sadly.
"I'm sorry, Tamaki, but I didn't want you to feel sad," said Mrs. Ohtori. Tamaki clenched his fist.
"Feel sad? I would have been sad no matter when you told me," said Tamaki as tears began to escape from his eyes. Mrs. Ohtori was beginning to sob. Mr. Ohtori placed a hand on her shoulder and said, "Don't take your anger out on her. I rushed home all the way from my work place in America, but still didn't make it. I feel just as miserable as you." Tamaki clenched his teeth as he tried to prevent his tears from coming out.
"Sasuke got to spend time with him. Yoshiro decided on his own that he should stay with Sasuke till the end. It's not fair. He decided to make Sasuke watch him die and now she's missing. If Yoshiro wasn't dead, I would punch him."
Yoshiro groaned and marched into the kitchen. He smacked Tamaki behind the head causing Tamaki to gasp in pain and added, "Not if I hit you first." Tamaki looked back at Yoshiro in disbelief.
"Yoshiro?" asked Tamaki in surprise. Yoshiro nodded and looked at his parents, who were just as surprised. Yoshiro smirked and stated, "I'm home." Mrs. Ohtori and Mr. Ohtori ran to Yoshiro with tear filled eyes and embraced him.
"You're alive," cried Mrs. Ohtori out of happiness. Yoshiro nodded as he hugged his parents. Tamaki looked at Yoshiro with tear filled eyes and yelled, "Stupid!" repeatedly. Yoshiro laughed. Sasuke walked into the kitchen smiling. Tamaki spotted Sasuke and asked, "Where were you?" Sasuke held a finger to her lips making Tamaki confused.
Mr. Ohtori looked at Yoshiro and asked, "How are you alive?" Yoshiro looked toward Sasuke. He spotted the moon necklace he gave her and showed a small smile.
"I was saved by the Moon Child," he stated making his parents and Tamaki confused. Sasuke blinked in confusion and suddenly remembered her necklace. She placed a hand on it and remembered what she told her parents before. Sasuke smiled.
Moon Child sounds appropriate.
Sasuke had made her decision and she was going to stick by it.