A Life With Ritsu
Chapter 2: Believe in the Body Bags.
The next day I was taken to the hospital. I was so excited, Mum and Dad must be ok and were being treated by the doctors. But I wasn't taken to a cozy room full of hospital beds; instead I was steered into a cold dark room that made my insides feel the same as the atmosphere in the room. Why would they be here? It was far from cozy and there were only walls that seemed to be made completely out of cupboard draws. The only thing that stood out were the two steel tables with big black bags on them. Someone must have forgotten to take the garbage out.
"Where are they?" I asked Ritsu rudely. We were here very early, we hadn't even had breakfast and I wanted to go home, and I mean right now. Ritsu wasn't very nice, he snapped at me whenever we talked and didn't cuddle at all. I felt sorry for any of the pets he might of had in the past.
"They're right there on the table." He said, pointing to the bags. I thought that he must be joking, why would my parent be inside the big plastic bags? They must be hiding in there ready to surprise me, and Ritsu, being a spoilsport, ruined the surprise. I didn't care; they must be feeling so much better to want to play with me.
I ran up to the table and started yelling happily, "MUM! DAD! I know you're in there! I missed you, can we go home now?" but no-one answered. No one even moved, so I poked one of them in the side as both of them were ticklish there. I instantly recoiled at when I felt. They were stone cold. Even though the room was cold, I still had some warmth. My Mum and Dad were like stone.
I looked to Ritsu who had the strangest of looks on his face. "What's the matter with them, they won't answer me." I started to sniffle. They had never done this before.
"They're dead Soubi. That's why they won't answer you. The car you were in crushed them, they died on impact."
"You mean...I can't hug them again?" I asked my body trembling but not as much as my lips were at this very moment.
"No, you can't. That's it, it's over. You have to come and live with me permanently now." Ritsu sniffed uncaring.
"No! I don't believe you! You're just saying that! They can't be dead. Mum! Dad! Wake up! I wanna go home!" I cried, torn between hugging them and running from the room.
"You don't believe me, then look for yourself." Ritsu said, slowly walking towards the bag labelled 'Mrs Agatsuma', and unzipped it to the neck.
Little Soubi burst into tears, there was no doubt that this was his Mum, but she was so bruised and cut up that she was frightening. I closed my eyes as I heard Ritsu zip up the bag . Then he knelt down next to me and took my face in his large adult hands. "You should be happy that they no longer have to live in such a horrible, sinful world. Where they are, there is no such thing as pain."
"But they left me behind."I whispered tearfully. "Why?"
"Because you're important. Your Mother left you behind so that you could follow in her footsteps as a fighter; you need to make her proud."
I didn't understand what he meant. I dint even bother to ponder as we left the hospital and drove back to his house. But I knew that this horrible lonely feeling would never leave my soul.