Chapter 15
Eight days later, while the rest of us winners were training hard, Tsukiko was still asleep in my room. I had been forced to sleep on our couch. Our couch! In our own house!
So, I was getting tired of having Tsukiko unknowingly sleeping in my bed.
But it wasn't until the twelfth day that something happened.
After visiting the hospital, I peeked into my room to see if there was any progress, and I found her sitting up, totally confused.
"You're awake, huh?" I asked, "I just saw Hikara. Thanks to what you did, she's doing fine. What did you do anyways? Hikara knew and she was out cold."
She smiled.
"She knew," she said, "because she was the person I had done it on before."
I looked at her, my mouth dropping open.
"Wh-whaaaaaaat?" I screamed.
"Sit," she said, "I'll tell you the story."
I sat, and she began her tale.
"When we just started as a cell, this was two years ago, mind you, that's when we begin. On our last mission of the year, we met up with some pretty tough guys. There were four of them, so we split up to each fight one. It just so happened that Hikara's had a claw that held poison. She told us later that he continuously complained that his regular partner wasn't there, or she'd be finished off sooner. But, he eventually trapped her whip, and began to slash at her. I finished off mine, as did the rest, and we ran over to kill him. But in the end, he got away. Who knows where he is now?"
This guy sounded vaguely like those guys that Sakura told me about on one of their missions.
"Dead," I blurted.
She gave me a funny look, and said, ""Yeah, okay. But we freed her, and tried countless way to see if we could take out the poison that was already draining her of life. We had no idea where to cut her with kunais, it seemed like it was coming from every which way. Finally, I decided to try something that I had been working on with Hikara herself. She looked at me, right before she fainted, and nodded. Then I proceeded to do what I did before. You know what happened, right?"
I nodded, "Hikara told me."
"Right. So, I found where it came from, her heart was pumping through her body, and promptly fainted for two days. By the way, how long was I asleep?"
I shifted on the corner of the bed, and said, "Um, you were out for a whole twelve days."
"What?" she said.
"Yeah, a whole twelve days. Sorry! I tried to wake you!"
"Oh my gosh!" Tsukiko cried, "I should be training instead of talking to you! How long until the next exam?"
"Three days."
"Crap! Bye, thanks for watching over me!"
She ran out of the door, and I watched her go, but then stood up and walked over to the door.
"Hey!" I shouted, "You forgot your jacket!"