Murderer and Suicide

Lately I have been avoiding Shizumasa-sama. Everything seemed to be falling apart. Grandpa called and said that we only have a month left to decide what to do…either way he gets what he wants. I skipped for at least 3 days of not going to the Togu's residence. I had to do an errand and saw that everyone in the student council looked happy, that's good. "Excuse me." Everyone looked at me. "Sorry to interrupt the mood." I bowed in apology.

"No what's up? You're the one who helped us get Haine away from the Kamiya household." "Eh?! Hayashi-san did?!" The way Haine-sama was surprised made me laugh. "Eh?! Did I say something funny?" "Sorry Haine-sama, it was just really funny to me, your reaction anyway." Haine had a confusing look on her face.

"I need to give you this, Shizumasa-sama." I gave him an envelope that says resign on it. "Eh?! Wait, what is this?" "Huh? You didn't hear from my grandpa?" Then he gave an Oh sort of face. Everyone else was confused. Then there was commotion outside about something, they said it to fast that I couldn't make of it.

While they were busy I told Takanari-sama, "I can't give it to Shizumasa-sama or else he would try to make excuses to make me stay…" He understood me. "Thank you, Takanari-sama." I whispered and bowed one last time for him with tears in my eyes. "No…Takanari." He was surprised but then it disappeared into a smile and I left.

The sun was setting and I was at the park on the swings. I remembered Me, Shizumasa-sama, and Takanari-sama would be playing on the swings and whoever reached the highest goes against whoever didn't go yet. It was so fun back then. There were couples coming and going as time went by slowly.

Something was different then the couples coming and going as they please. There was a person coming closer to me, but I didn't want to look up to see who it was. Before I knew it, I smelled a mix of medicine and a drug of some sort. And I passed out.

Sakura woke up and walked, where she walked is a mystery. She reached her destination. The real Togu's residence, where Shizumasa's and Takanari's mom lived. Sakura found Haine about ready to jump off the cliff and Sakura took the knife from her jacket pocket. When Haine jumped and was half way from the lake, Sakura threw the knife and it hit her near the shoulder.

Haine looked at who hit her and she couldn't believe who it was. "Hayashi…san?" Sakura grinned. And Haine then went into the water. Then Sakura snapped out of it from the drug.

"Eh where am I?" Then Sakura remembered what happened and started crying and running.

Later on Shizumasa came over to Sakura's house. Let's see what happens in Sakura's POV, shall we?

"Sakura, we know you're in there. Come out!" Did I even have a choice? I opened the door and saw Shizumasa-sama really upset. "We heard that they found a knife in the lake…and it said it was your handprint … is that true?" I could barely say anything, but I just nodded.

"All these years, you were lying to us, huh?" I looked at him, and saw how angry he was. "Senri, let's go." "Right away." They were about to leave. "Wait!" Shizumasa then said, "What else is there to say, you were a traitor to us all. You almost killed Haine!! And I can never forgive you for what you did! You have no right to say anything, be glad you're not in prison right now." I was frozen, time stopped again. When the car left my knees gave in. Right there was my brother, who just came back from work.

He took me to the couch. "Well, at least you can't go back to the Togu's even if you tried. There's no turning back is there? Sakura?!" I ran out of the house and went to the elementary school where I went to school with both Shizumasa-sama and Takanari-sama. It brought back so many memories.

I went all the way up to the roof. I had 3 letters with me. One for Haine-sama, one for Takanari-sama, and one for Shizumasa-sama. I placed my necklace that Shizumasa-sama gave me in Shizumasa-sama's letter.

I climbed the fence and was on top of the fence. That Sakura tree that we ate lunch together and had so much fun doing together. I took a breath and fell on purpose. Then everything went black but I woke up once more to find myself not near the Sakura tree but was pierced by the Sakura tree branch, then closed my eyes once more.

Shizumasa's POV

3 days later

I can't believe it. Sakura didn't throw the knife someone gave Sakura a controlling drug only found here in Japan and America. Sakura, Sakura, Sakura, where are you? "Shizumasa-sama, she's not home." One of the maids said. Where are you then, Sakura? I made Senri find her with the necklace I gave her. According to Senri she was over at the elementary school we went to.

When we got there, there were kids crying and in fear. Haine and Takanari were both there too. "Do you guys know what happened?" "According to one of the kids, it would seem a person committed suicide and landed on a thick branch of a Sakura tree. Sakura tree? Then when we found where the body was my heart started to pound hard.

The police arrived moments later. They took the body down according to police it was a high school aged girl and was already dead. Me and Takanari wondered who it was. Then a police man came up to us and asked, "Are you guys named, Takanari-sama, Shizumasa-sama, and Haine-sama?" "Yes we are. Why do you ask?" Takanari asked. "We found these letters lying next to each other. But that person that we found was really pretty, too bad, she committed suicide. I wouldn't be surprised if her name was like Sakura or something." I frozed a little. It couldn't have been her, right?

The policeman gave it to us. "This is…Sakura's…writing." No, it can't be. It can't be her, right? Cold sweat was all over my body. When I read my letter it only said, "I'm sorry, Shizumasa-sama." When I saw something else that caught my eye that was in the envelope. It was Sakura's necklace, the necklace I gave her.

"It can't be." I ran to where they laid the body. "Hey, what are you doing, please go back!" I ignored the policeman, something wasn't right. The women laid and I lifted the cloth that was covering her face. Time literally stopped. It didn't make any sense. It was Sakura.

Sakura, how can you do this? Why won't you say anything? If I leave, will you wake up? Please wake up. Just one more time is enough, please smile and say that you are joking. "Shizumasa." I turned to see Takanari and see Haine crying. "Hayashi-san. Why?" They had the letter in their hand. Mine was tightly gripped in my hand.

I felt horrible; it feels like my disease came back. Seeing Sakura with dry blood around her chest and dry blood near her mouth. My heart was aching, everything was upside down. Then Sakura's brother and sister came.

Her brother punched me in the face. "It's your fault that she committed suicide! Don't you dare think that it's not your fault, you damn bastard! It's your fault she died; IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!!!" Those words echoed through my ears.

What will Shizumasa do from now on? Find out the next and final chapter of Don't Leave Me. See you soon! ^-^