Kurumi Tokisaki Pov
It's been a week since my conversation with Big Mama, during which I've mostly been in bed. During that week I received a similar lecture from Big papa about how stupid I am and how proud he is. Most of the time my body slept because of wounds and fractures. During the time I was awake I talked with Neo but while she went to help at the pawn shop I had time to think.
' We were really lucky there.'
'What would have happened if that faunus had an aura? '
'If that faunus had an unblocked aure we couldn't even hurt him.'
'What if the museum wasn't in reconstruction ?'
'If the museum wasn't in reconstruction all the cameras and motion sensors would work properly. I wouldn't have been able to walk around the museum so quietly with cameras all around me. At the entrance to the museum I would have already been caught.'
' What if there were more people inside? '
'Copper learned that just ten kilometers away from the museum the spider people were fighting the Xiong family so Ash deduced that most of the people inside the museum must have gone there as support. Not to mention that there were problems on Mistral, too. If not for that, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to pick up Neo. They probably would have already transported her somewhere else.'
' 'What if it wasn't for the miracle?
'I shouldn't be alive anymore either, I used up all the aura in my body. However, I received an aura injection at the last minute. My aura was at a level higher than that of a normal child of my age yet all the time a child's level and yet I got an extra amount as large as an adult. . However, according to the doctor's recommendations until the moment of partial healing, I am not supposed to use the aura so I can't check this . The next thing that is worrying and that I am aware of is the gun . It shot but it shouldn't , even If It coud it should disintegrate and explode when fired. '
' But it did shoot and helped me kill the man. I didn't do much it was Neo who killed him in the end. I was not influenced by what I helped with I saw homeless people dying of cold. However, Neo did it directly that's why I am worried. But when I wanted to talk about it she said it was ok.'
' And I don't know if she was telling the truth but it looks like it really didn't affect her much '.
I sigh slowly reaching for the glass of water lying on the table next to the bed.
' Thanks to the aura, my arm is already fine and the wound on my back is no longer bleeding.'
' My leg is in a cast and my head hurts all the time.'
' ' It is my spine that is in the worst condition. '
' As far as my health is concerned I will remain in a bed for a few more months'.
I'm thinking when the door opens and Neo enter the room with two plates of soup. With her usual smile, she puts both soup plates down on the table. Walking over to the bench she gently helps me lift the upper half of my body and puts a thick pillow under my back leaving me in a sitting position. And once I am seated she hands me water.
" Thanks Neo"
I thank her with a smile. Once I've had a drink Neo picks up my glass with a smile and hands me the soup. My pink mouse sits down on a chair next to the bed and we both eat in silence until I notice that Neo's bandages are mostly gone.
" Your ribs have already healed? "
I ask curiously without seeing the bracing corset on her. In response, Neo nods in confirmation. There is an expression on her face showing that she has forgotten something then she puts the empty platter down on the table and gets up from her chair. I continue my soup as I watch my mouse leave the room and return a moment later with books in her hands.
Sitting down next to me this time on the bed she picks up my empty plate and places it on the table. With joy, Neo shows me the book.
" Neo I..."
Before I can finish Neo rolls her eyes and opens the book showing inside a picture of a tree that has a few letters underneath. And I already know what's coming.
" Do you want to teach me to read and write? "
Little mouse shows a satisfied smile in response.
' It's not that I have anything to do now.'
' I didn't have the time or the teacher for that before. '
' And if Neo wants to teach me then I won't refuse her'.
Slowly with a few difficulties Neo began to teach me to read and after a few months I was able to read and write. Spring is slowly coming to an end and summer is beginning . I am finally able to get up however despite this Big Mama and Big papa have not let me leave the pawn shop yet. During the rest of my treatment time I started helping out at the pawn shop along with little mouse we start cleaning and doing other light work and compared to the rest of my life it was like a vacation for me. I also started testing my aura if my aura early on could be written as one and the aura I received was two. One plus two equals three. This is the simplest way I can describe it If in the past, creating one clone to steal used up half an aura. Now I can create four full clones and still have an aura. But the most important thing is that when I practice aura capacity both aura pools increase. I asked Big Pape and Ash about this but they never heard of such a case.
And so me and Neo are finally healthy enough to return to our normal lives. We decided not to stay in the pawn shop and live together in my bunker. Of course, I won't forget what Big mom, Big papa, Ash and Cooper did. They didn't have to but they took care of two homeless kids by rescuing us they risked fighting the syndicate however they did it anyway. Today is the last day me and little mouse sleep in the pawn shop from tomorrow we go home.