I felt sick.
That was probably the best explanation for how my stomach clenched and twisted. Mayumi's scream snapped me out of my trance and had me running towards the figure. Lifting his head onto my lap, I had a strange feeling of déjà vu. Just like Amu, his body was covered in blood. But unlike her, it wasn't someone else's blood – it was his. I was sure of it.
She sat down beside me and tenderly yet hesitantly lifted her hand to his forehead.
"Sasuke?" she whispered through a trembling voice.
His eyelids slowly fluttered open revealing dull and lifeless brown eyes. Mayumi covered her mouth with her other hand just as she choked on a cry.
"Get the first aid kit, and a couple t-shirts," I ordered.
She scrambled up and began grabbing the items. I redirected my attention to his wounds. Deep cuts were scattered on his face yet most of them were centered on his cheeks and forehead. I had a feeling many of them came from those knuckle rings. His right eye was swollen shut and I could just barely see the shade of purple beginning to appear. Narrowing my eyes, I saw faint marks on his neck. The white t-shirt he had worn before he left had a deep crimson blotch in the middle. His left hand, I noticed with a frown, was bent at an odd angle. To confirm my suspicions, I muttered a quick apology and moved his arm slightly. He roared in pain, and I sighed – his arm was broken.
As soon as she was done, she was sitting beside me again. Mayumi carefully helped him out of his shirt and I began to disinfect his wounded torso. It was another knife wound, I noticed furiously – similar to the one he had been sporting since the death of that girl he had fallen in love with. He winced in pain through shut eyes at first. But when I applied more pressure on the cloth and began to dab it around the wound, he shouted and began to curse.
"Shut up, we're trying to help you!" snapped Mayumi even though it was clear she was worried.
Sasuke went silent, until I moved the cloth to the deepest part of the cut. With what little energy he had left, he desperately tried to push me off. Sighing, Mayumi ripped one of the t-shirts and loomed over Sasuke.
"I'm sorry," she mumbled before pressing her lips against his and then stuffing the balled up t-shirt in his mouth.
She blushed furiously when my eyes made contact with hers as I was putting the cloth away. She turned her head quickly and handed me the bandage. Asking her to lift him up a little, I began to wrap the bandage around his torso.
"Mayumi, do you think you could disinfect the cuts on his face?"
"Y-yeah…sure. What are you going to do Ikuto?"
Sighing, I looked at his broken arm.
"I'm going to try and snap his arm back into place."
Her face went pale, but she complied with the directions anyway. For every wound she finished disinfecting, a band-aid was left in place. Once she was done, she looked to me and nodded her head. As I moved my hands over his arm, I really did wish I wasn't the one who had to do this. Taking in a deep breath, I grabbed onto his arm, and with an exhale I snapped it back into place.
He screamed loudly.
But if this was going to work at all, we were going to need to be fast. Mayumi quickly grabbed the bandage and began to wrap it around his arm tightly. By this point, he was cursing and trying to kick us off – anything to make the pain subside.
Once we were done, Mayumi pulled the balled up t-shirt out of his mouth and tossed it away. By this point, the throbbing pain of his broken arm combined with the pain from his other wounds had become too overwhelming; Sasuke had passed out and was now sleeping peacefully.
After I had carried Sasuke to his bed and Mayumi had fallen asleep, I sat on the floor in deep in thought. I felt like a pot full of water on a stove – the water was boiling, rising in height. Always close to simmering over the edge, but being contained by the meddlesome lid.
If I didn't care, and for a moment I truly wish I didn't, I would've killed Hidetoshi at this point, finished the mission, and would've brought Sasuke and Mayumi home with me.
But I was being contained by the meddlesome lid – Sasuke.
The Next Day
"We want an explanation for last night Sasuke," demanded Mayumi once his eyes fluttered open.
Through hazy eyes, Sasuke looked at me helplessly, but I merely shook my head. We waited for him to pull himself up and turn around. And once he did, he cleared his throat and explained.
Sasuke POV
Flashback
As I followed the bulky man in front of me, I thought of what Hidetoshi wanted from me. I surely doubted he wanted to congratulate me or gloat about our victory. My brother was not that kind of man. Still, I questioned the reason for my calling. The only time Hidetoshi ever bothered with me was either when I was in trouble or he was assigning a mission to me. We just came back from an all out fight, so was I being punished?
It seemed like the only logical and possible outcome.
Even as I braced myself for the worst when the door opened, one question lingered blankly in the back of my mind.
What had I done?
My brother's most trusted members were present as usual, so I wasn't too shocked about the situation. Everything seemed normal, except for Hidetoshi's eyes. They were blazing with anger. Sighing, I leaned back against the door.
"What do you want now brother?" I asked with surprised confidence and courage.
His eyes were now simmering, but I had grown weary of this game.
"You dare talk back to me now?"
"It's not like I'm that helpless kid from years back – I won't tremble in your presence. Unlike you, I was forced to grow up! And unlike you, I've suffered more than you ever could in a lifetime!"
"We both lost our parents!" he screamed, his eyes glowing dangerously.
A tight smile spread on my face as I nodded my head. It was almost comical at how he brought their names into the conversation so easily.
"You may have just lost mom and dad. But I lost them, and our friends from the gang, and I lost Mayu!"
"Mayu? You mean that insignificant little brat you tried to help escape?"
"No…Mayu, the girl you viciously killed with your bare hands!" I shouted feeling the anger spread through every inch of my body.
Hidetoshi laughed now, feeling much more at ease knowing that I was losing my cool.
"Do you want to know why you're here little brother? You've disgraced me."
"I've disgraced you huh? Is that another excuse to beat me up?"
"Don't talk back to me you little piece of shit!"
"I told you before, older brother; I'm not scared of you. All the fear that I may have had for you, was beaten out of me long ago."
"Oh really? I guess I just have to beat the fear back into you."
My brother and the men approached me all at once – grabbing me mercilessly and pounding me in every way they could. Already knowing what would happen, I just stood there like a limp puppet as they beat me refusing to go unconscious until they were done.
End of Flashback
Ikuto POV
Mayumi and I stared at Sasuke incredulously, but Mayumi was the only one who spoke.
"Why didn't you fight back?" she shouted anger seeping from her voice.
"There was no point in fighting back."
"No point? NO POINT? Don't you get how worried we've been – I've been? Don't you get how it hurts me to see you like this?"
I placed my hand on the center of her back and began to move my hand in a circular motion as tears began to cascade her cheeks.
"Mayumi," he whispered softly wiping the tears away from her face with his one good hand. "Don't cry. Please."
Deciding it was best to leave them alone at this moment; I silently got up and retreated from the room. It wasn't till I was outside our room; I realized I had no idea where Hitoshi, Kyou, or Ryuu's rooms were. Sighing, I headed towards the living slightly hoping that they'd be there. To my dismay, they were nowhere to be found.
Sighing inwardly, I decided to walk back into the room. It was when I placed my hand on the door knob; I saw Hitoshi, Kyou, and Ryuu – each of them with a frown on their face.
"Ikuto, we need to talk," began Hitoshi.
At this I frowned too. Although Hitoshi was a part of SWAT like the rest of us, he usually had a carefree tone in his voice. Dragging my hand through my hair, I nodded my head and they led the way to the living room I had been in earlier.
I leaned back against the couch, and eyed my teammates who refused to talk at the moment.
"What is it?"
"We've been here too long," began Ryuu after the other two continued to remain silent. "The mission was only supposed to take a few days – it's getting close to a week."
I really did wish I had remembered to bring my pack of cigarettes I thought to myself bitterly. Instead, I dragged my hand through my hair messily again.
"You know why we can't carry out the mission quickly," I muttered in a hushed whisper so the three men who passed by wouldn't hear.
"Still," spoke up Hitoshi.
I narrowed my eyes in his direction.
"If I remember specifically, you were the one who told me it wrong not to tell Sasuke! And this was his decision!"
Hitoshi immediately slammed his fist on the wooden table, causing the three men to give us weary annoyed looks.
"God dammit Ikuto! I know – I know. And I know that you know if we stay here too long, the boss will send people here who could care less about Sasuke."
I cursed.
He was right.
"Give me a few more days. I'll talk to Sasuke."
Later
It was a while before I left Hitoshi and the others and headed towards the room. When I opened the door, I saw Mayumi sleeping on Sasuke's bed and Sasuke leaning against the bed, twirling a strand of her hair around his finger.
His dark eyes landed on me immediately, and I suspected he knew where the conversation was going to lead.
"Sasuke, we need to talk."
He nodded his head and I took a seat in front of him, leaning against my bed.
"Sasuke, time is running out and-
"I know," he whispered in a raspy voice. "We can't- you guys can't…not yet."
"I've told them this, okay. But we have to at some point. He almost killed you, do you know that?"
"I know that – dammit Ikuto! I just –
Guilt washed over me when I saw his perplexed expression. I emphasized with him – I knew exactly how he felt. It was a tall order after all. Even if he hated him, Hidetoshi was still family.
Family.
An image of my dad made way in my head and my heart clenched. A family member who hated you…I could see why Sasuke was so troubled. Hidetoshi was family and you can't just kill family no matter how much bitterness you feel towards that person.
"Sasuke, I understand how you feel. But you also have to understand that this is my job, and if I don't complete then my boss will send in people who could care less about what you think and just finish him up."
He nodded his head solemnly and just then the door flung open revealing a very smug looking Hidetoshi. He stormed into the room, watching us with cold beady eyes. His eyes glanced over in Sasuke's direction taking note of every bandage and gauze that had been used to 'repair' the mangled boy. His gaze lowered slightly to where Sasuke's finger was curling around Mayumi's hair. Hidetoshi scoffed lightly before changing his line of sight to me.
It was too easy to tell that his eyes were not happy at the sight of Sasuke looking better than he had the night before. If anything, it was best to be summed up as disappointment. I frowned at this. Disappointment at what? That his only family wasn't writhing in pain or even dead?
"I see your better Sasuke. That's good."
Who was he trying to fool here? Everyone in this room knew to some extent the hate that was extended towards Sasuke.
"No thanks to you," muttered Sasuke bitterly as the lock of hair slipped out of his grasp and he placed his hand protectively on Mayumi's arm.
Hidetoshi chuckled darkly at this.
"I won't hurt her Sasuke."
Sasuke shrugged, but from the corner of my eye I saw his grasp tighten a bit on her arm. Sighing, Hidetoshi's gaze drifted towards me and a tight smile spread on his face.
"Anyways, I thought I'd come by in person and tell you two that there's going to be a mission tonight."
"Sasuke's injured," I began feeling injured. But I didn't dare to add that it was because of him Sasuke ended up like this in the first place.
"So?" he answered with a single brow raised. "I need you two at the warehouse at midnight."
And with that he strode out.
Anger bubbled inside of me like a kettle.
"It's fine," muttered Sasuke calmly, keeping his gaze on Mayumi.
"You injured badly!" I exclaimed feeling my temper rise by every passing moment. "What if something happens – you could die!"
He chuckled at this and looked at me briefly.
"You sound like Mayumi, Ikuto. And I won't die, not when I have her," he mumbled looking back at the girl sleeping peacefully on his bed.
I laughed quietly to myself.
"She's good for you."
Sasuke smirked back at me.
"Just like how Amu is good for you."
"Yeah," I muttered to myself quietly so he wouldn't hear me.
She was good for me.
11:08 p.m.
Sasuke had dozed off a little while later on the bed beside Mayumi – who was still asleep. I was sitting on my bed leaning against the wall staring into the darkness waiting for time to go by faster. I wasn't too sure if it was because I could just barely make out the young couple in the darkness or if the darkness itself was making me feel melancholy, but it wasn't too long later that I pulled my cellphone out and my fingers quickly punched in the familiar numbers.
Amu POV
I was curled up on my bed, leaning against my headboard staring off into space when my phone started its ringtone. It's probably Ami checking up on me or something, I thought to myself as I trudged towards my desk and picked up my now vibrating cell phone.
"You didn't need to check up on me Ami," I answered walking back towards my bed and returning to my previous position.
"Disappointed?"
I paused for a moment before breaking into a soft laughter.
"Hello Ikuto."
"Hey. Shouldn't you be asleep?"
"Well, if I was asleep then I wouldn't be able to hear your call, and you'd be all alone," I joked lightly.
"Then I'd just keep calling till you woke up," he chuckled.
The faint smile on my face faded as I turned serious.
"How's the case going?"
I heard a soft sigh over the phone.
"Sasuke doesn't want us to carry the case out yet," he began in a hushed voice. "The prick is his only family, I get it. God Amu, I just – I get how he's feeling. The guy is his only family and no matter how much you hate that person, you can't kill family.
"Ikuto-
"I just can't bring myself to kill Hidetoshi. I know I have to or else the boss will realize something is wrong and send in people who could care less about Sasuke. I don't want to do that to him. I've gotten to know him Amu, he's a great kid."
"Talk to your boss and work out a compromise," I reasoned taking Ikuto and Sasuke's feelings along with the mission into consideration.
"No phone calls to headquarters are tolerated during a mission."
The line went silent for a moment. The thought of Ikuto getting in trouble gnawed at me for a bit before I shrugged it off. Ikuto was too smart for that. I was immensely relieved when his voice came back on, but worry tagged along with it when his voice came out lower and troubled.
"Hidetoshi and his gang beat him up bad last night – broken arm, a pretty deep knife wound, more than a few shallow cuts. He came back to us looking like a zombie – Christ Amu; it was like reliving the nightmare from when you arrived at your doorstep. His eyes were hollow, and his body was bloody all over. He collapsed as he walked in. And the strange thing is the kid didn't even fight back."
I took a moment to analyze – putting all the pieces together slowly before deciding to answer. At the end I was outraged and fuming.
"You're telling me this kid was beat up to the point where he could have died and he's still adamant on not letting you guys kill his brother – the same guy who is putting him through a living hell?"
"Yeah. It pisses me off to see a good kid like him go through his brother's shit and still defend him. Hidetoshi is making Sasuke and me go on a mission tonight in like an hour or so."
"He's hurt!" I shouted leaning away from the headboard in outrage.
"I know. Geez, I really need a smoke Amu," he said attempting to lighten the mood.
Taking the cue that it was time to stop talking about Sasuke and Hidetoshi, I leaned back against the head board and looked up at the ceiling.
"Smoking is bad for you," I answered lightly.
"I know, so I went for a healthier option- you."
My cheeks heated up slowly, to the point where I was blushing.
"So where's Ami? It didn't seem like she was with you."
With the pink tint still alive on my cheeks, I began curling a piece of hair around my hair to ease the embarrassment.
"We went over to Kukai's house yesterday to visit on Noelle and them. She misses her, so I let her sleep over."
Just I finished my sentence; an alarm went off in the background. My heart began to beat against my chest frantically; panic began to ignite its flame at the pits of my stomach. But I contained it all – along with my colorful imagination with a deep breath, hoping that everything was fine.
"What's that?" I asked as calmly as I could manage.
Ikuto's chuckle relaxed me slightly but I was still on the edge.
"Don't worry, that was just Sasuke's alarm clock."
I frowned at myself, and lightly scolded myself internally by thinking it was an emergency. In the background, I heard a bed groan as whoever had been sleeping on it – probably Sasuke I figured – woke up.
"Who're you talking to Ikuto?" asked an unfamiliar male voice.
"Amu," he answered simply, yet I felt my heart flutter quickly before going back to its steady ba-dump pattern.
"OH!" he exclaimed excitedly. "The girl from the picture on your phone, right?"
"Yeah."
I froze and my breath hitched as my heart began to beat erratically and loudly to the point where I was afraid Ikuto would hear. That's two Amu – two pictures of you. One flipped over at his house and one on his phone.
It doesn't mean anything though…and I'm overreacting. They're just pictures. That's it.
Just before my mind was about to take a journey through my colorful imagination, Sasuke's eager voice, thankfully, snapped me out of my trance.
"Can I talk to her?"
"No."
"Please!"
"Fine."
"Cool."
"Hi Amu, I'm going to make this quick because I know Ikuto's going to snatch the phone away."
He sucked in a deep breath and started out in a rush.
"Okay, so I don't really know what's going on but I get the gist of it. You guys need to get back together! He was trying to protect you and you got hurt finding out, but you guys are just hurting yourselves even more by not getting back together! And the fact that this guy acts like a love struck fool when he thinks we're not-
"Ignore him Amu," interjected Ikuto coolly.
"HEY!" exclaimed Sasuke.
For the first time today, I sincerely laughed. And to be honest, it was a nice relief from everything that was going on.
"He seems like a really great kid. I can see why you're so fond of him."
"Yeah, I-
"Ikuto…um…we have to leave in a couple minutes. It's 11:56."
"Shit. Amu, I-
"It's fine. Don't worry about me. Make sure to be careful, and I already know you'll do this, but take care of Sasuke too."
"Right. I miss you Amu, a lot."
Even though my mind begged me not to, my heart took control.
"I miss you too Ikuto."
"Goodnight Amu, and please go to sleep."
"Goodnight. I will," I lied through clenched teeth.
I ended the call and the smile on my face was gone.
In the end I decided it was best not to tell Ikuto about the threats. Not even the one that came in today. I looked at white paper that had arrived some time near the afternoon on my doorstep. Double checking the lock on my door and window, I walked over towards my bed, sat down and pulled the covers over me. There was no way I was getting any sleep tonight.
Ikuto POV
"Are you sure you don't want to tell Mayumi?" I asked just before we exited through the door.
Without sparing a glance at the door, he nodded his head. Sighing, I turned to look at Hitoshi and Ryuu who were sitting on my bed playing cards.
"Take care of her."
Hitoshi looked up at me and grinned cheekily.
"Yes captain."
Closing the door behind me, Sasuke and I made way to the warehouse with solemn faces. It was many of the same faces from before, and many of them had learned to ignore us when we strolled in late. Though it was obvious through the way some of them held on to the fabric of their pants with a tight grip that they were itching to 'teach us lesson'.
With narrowed eyes, I kept close to Sasuke and took survey of the very familiar room. I wasn't too sure what the reason was. Maybe it was because Sasuke was injured. Regardless, the air was different.
"We're going to rob a bank," declared Hidetoshi unceremoniously.
There were hushed murmurs between the present members of the gang.
"Robbing a bank?"
"There're too many people to just rob a bank."
"Maybe we're robbing several banks."
I glanced thoroughly throughout the room. Despite the stupid looks on their faces, they were right. For just robbing a bank, there were as much as ten to fifteen extra people. When all the men piled out to leave, I pulled Sasuke towards me, waiting for every single person to be out before we followed suit.
Hidetoshi's motives left me uneasy, and if this whole thing was some sort of scheme to get at Sasuke, then it was better left to be the last people in the parade of men. This way if anything was to happen, we wouldn't be ambushed by every end and we'd have an escape route open.
"Dude chill."
Sasuke's tone was relaxed and carefree. Didn't he get what any of this would cost him if it went amiss?
"You're too tense."
"Nothing is going to happen," he added as an afterthought
His words didn't ease my thoughts. If anything, they only increased my frustration with every passing minute.
We were soon informed of the procedure once we were a block away from the bank. There were a total of twenty-two men present. Five of them were to actually infiltrate the bank; five more were to surround the area and battle any pestering cops and the rest of us were just lingering in the background. Sasuke and I were two of the many who were left out of action. Hidetoshi stood with us and called the whole thing into action.
We watched everything go underway. The men infiltrated. Screams of panic and shouts were echoing throughout the neighborhood. Nearby onlookers called the cops. Red and blue lights danced across the street filling in the gaps with the cliché and obnoxious siren.
Everything seemed to be going according to procedures – that is until some grabbed my hands and pulled them behind my back. Frowning, I snapped my head around to see the very men who had been standing with us confused and silent now smirking evilly. I snapped my head back around to see them doing the same with Sasuke. They dragged us away from the scene and pulled us into the closest alleyway they could find before throwing us into the almost darkness. A street lamp that hung above our head flickered on and off – offering just enough light so I could make out all the shapes in dingy alley, including the smirk of triumph that had been plastered on Hidetoshi's face.
Suddenly everything flowed into place and I nearly smacked my head into the brick wall next to me for not realizing any of this. This had never been a real mission. Of course Hidetoshi wouldn't deploy twenty-two men just to steal money from some small bank. The robbery had been a cover up for his real motive. One that I had a lingering suspicion about.
"Did you finally realize it Ikuto?" asked Hidetoshi taking a step closer towards us.
Snapping out of my thoughts, I narrowed my eyes at him and pushed Sasuke behind me only to receive an ominous cackle from him.
"It really is a shame Ikuto. If I had only realized your potential earlier, I could have spared you."
"Spared me?"
He carelessly took another step forward.
"You know. The day you and your friends came to us, willing to join. I watched you fight. You had quick senses, nice fighting skills, and you were confident without being too cocky – a perfect combination for the ideal gang member. I only wish I hadn't decided on a whim to place you in Sasuke's room. You could've been spared from this," he said gesturing to us.
With a flick of his wrist, a few of his men who had been standing in the shadows behind him drew forward and grabbed me too quickly and too forcefully for me to even have time to react. I shouted for Sasuke to run – I could manage these pestering bugs without a hitch. But before I did anything, I needed Sasuke to leave. He, however, stayed put and glared me defiantly.
"I'm not leaving without you!"
I cursed profusely as I struggled to push the men off me. Hidetoshi lurched closer towards Sasuke and punched him in the face, relishing the impact of his fist against his younger brother's cheek.
"Stupid boy!" he exclaimed punching the boy again. "You've always too soft, too caring. You were never gang material."
Hidetoshi stopped, letting Sasuke wipe away the tiny splatter of blood away from his lip with his one good arm.
"See, Ikuto knew what he was talking about little brother," he muttered darkly punching the boy again. "If you had just been the cold selfless bastard you were supposed to be, you could've escaped-
He punched Sasuke again, and this time he fell to the floor. Hidetoshi bent down and picked Sasuke up by the collar, a dangerously sick smile growing on his lips.
"But then again, what would be the fun in that?" he exclaimed throwing Sasuke down against the floor.
"Fight you idiot!" I shouted kicking one of the men away. "Dammit Sasuke! Listen to me for once, and fucking fight!"
The other men who had been watching everything in the alley unfold rushed over towards me. They knew, I realized with a sick thought. They all knew what was going to happen tonight – it had been planned.
Taking my frustration out on the man in front of me, I punched him in the nose, hearing a crack when my fist made impact. The man fell to the floor with a grunt, but was soon replaced by someone new.
There were too many of them. The ones I pushed or punched or kicked were replaced by someone else. And the same ones who had fallen to the floor got up again to fight. It was an endless cycle. At this point, I was never going to get a chance to help Sasuke.
Sasuke POV
From my position on the ground, I glanced over to Ikuto to see him struggling to beat off the rest of the twelve men. There were too many of them I realized.
Another blow came at me.
There was only one person fighting me. If I could beat Hidetoshi, then I could help Ikuto. This could actually work.
"Why are you doing this?" I asked Hidetoshi knowing my question would be in vain.
He lowered his face and his cold beady eyes settled onto mine. For the first time in a couple months, I felt truly disgusted and maybe even fear.
"Why am I doing this?" he repeated. "I need to get rid of you. You're my competition."
"How the fuck am I your completion?"
Hidetoshi picked me up and threw me against wall. Groaning, I pulled myself up and glared into my brother's face.
"It's simple. I don't need you to somehow steal the gang from under me."
"You're going to kill you're only family?" I exclaimed outraged.
"Family?" he scoffed. "You are nothing but a pathetic obstacle in my way."
I sat there, leaning against the wall, stunned.
"Sasuke! You need to fucking fight! Dammit, think about Mayumi!" screamed Ikuto shoving a man into the wall.
Ikuto POV
I cursed.
Simply punching wasn't going to cut it. Remembering the fight from before with Hitoshi, I quickly fished through my pocket and pulled out the cool metal. I slipped the ring onto my fingers. If Sasuke and I got out of this alive, I was going to thank Hitoshi profusely.
The fight became easier. All I had to do was punch them in the face – hard – with the knuckle ring on my hand, kick them in the gut as they staggered backwards and they were gone. Once every single last fucking person was spread out on the ground around me, I let out a quick satisfied sigh.
I took in a deep breath, and began to run towards Sasuke and Hidetoshi. To my relief, Sasuke was fighting back, but it wasn't working out to his advantage. Just as I was about to pull Hidetoshi away from Sasuke, I felt sharp pain shoot up my back.
I froze.
I felt the taste of cool iron in the back of my throat as I collapsed onto the floor. Snapping my head around, I saw one of guys I had beaten down earlier holding a long sliver blade in his hand. Coughing furiously, I used any of my remaining strength to kick the man down.
I coughed blood up this time, feeling the blood pool around me.
I looked up weakly to see Sasuke still fighting his brother. It was obvious how this situation would turn out.
Cursing quietly, I pounded my hand against the ground.
How could I have been so stupid? So oblivious?
I couldn't get up I realized with faded hope. Dammit! How the fuck was I going to help Sasuke now?
My vision was beginning to fade.
Attempting to drag myself towards them was a failed attempt. And then with horror, I watched Hidetoshi push Sasuke down, pull out a knife, and stab him. Not once or twice. But four heart-wrenching times.
I felt every last bit of power escape my body as I struggled to stay conscious. That was a losing battle I realized after a moment. Sasuke's body went limp, and Hidetoshi whirled around. Immediately, I pretended as though I was dead – though that wasn't too far off the point. With all blood that was leaving my body at such a rapid pace, I'd probably be dead in an hour.
He kicked my body roughly several times, as though testing to make sure I was truly dead. Glancing back at us, he left the alley way and I felt everything before me go dark.
Author's Notes
Hello my lovely readers.
Yes, so I threw in a little Amuto action in for you guys. BUT then I made it end like this. Plus I've been typing like a mad woman for the past two nights trying to get this chapter out as soon as possible. In my personal opinion, I feel like the quality at the beginning if this chapter was good and it seemed consistently good until I started to write about the whole alley scene with the fighting. Any who, I hope this chapter is up to par.
This chapter is 15 pages long – 5 pages more than I usually do. And I am so going to stop saying things like 'oh this story will be done in 5 chapters' because obviously my estimating capability of off. This whole story should've been done by 59 and the epilogue would've been on 60. O . o Obviously that's not going to happen.
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