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Chapter 7 - Longing For Him

3:00 pm June 23rd, 2018

"I want to live. I want to see him again." Eiko kept muttering this as she pulled herself through the city. Many people came up to her, offering to drive the injured girl down the city, however, she would give the same response, "I want to see him again."

She would repeat this throughout her entire walk until she finally made it to the front of Heiwa Hospital. When she walked into the building, not many noticed her, she was even able to walk right past the reception desk without any of the staff noticing.

She continued to walk down the corridor and up many flights of stairs while being ignored by many of the hospital's staff. This behaviour would continue until she would finally see Shiros' hospital room in sight. Standing before was Doctor Kyobi.

She muttered very weakly, "Thank goodness... Kyobi, you have to give Shiro this."

She stuck out her hand revealing the torn piece of cloth that she found. She then said, "I found it in the same place that I found Shiro in. This might have something to do with his memories. There was even a person with strange powers like him there as well."

However, the Doctor looked completely uninterested. He slowly walked up to Eiko while quickly taking away the armband that she had protected. He then asked her,

"Do you believe in gravity, Eiko?"

She slowly looked up to her, while widening her eyes. She demanded from him, "Move out of the way."

Kyobi laughed while saying, "Fate is a funny thing really. If only you hadn't uncovered Shiro that day, then maybe Asclepius wouldn't have asked me to do this. But you were going to kill yourself anyway right? It really just shows that Fate really is inevitable."

With a frightened voice, Eiko asked, "That name... the butcherer said it too. But that can't be true right?"

Kyobi smirked to himself as he then laid his right arm on Eikos' shoulder. "All the staff here are partially under his influence too. With a snap of my fingers, I can make them kill themselves if I desire so."

Eiko tried to back away however Kyobis' abnormally strong grip stopped her. Kyboi continued, "You beating Antonio was truly impressive. I asked Asclepius if we could convert you too, however, he said that you would get in our way in the future. I really didn't want it to come to this Eiko, seeing you and Shiro together really reminded me of my Ex-girlfriend. But alas all good things come to an end."

Eiko successfully managed to barge into Kyobi, pushing him away. As she ran towards the door she tried to call out Shiros' name one last time, hoping that he would come to save her. Then suddenly her face began to crack and form fissures which spread across her whole body. Those same cracks expanded, before combusting and exploding without making a single sound, instantly vaporizing Eiko. The only thing that was left behind was her singed clothing that gently fell towards the ground.

Kyobi walked towards those remains before quickly destroying those as well. He then pulled out what seemed to be the skinned face of a woman while saying,

"Oh, my Tenohira-chan! I killed another one too soon. Im sorry if you think that I'm cheating on you but, Asclepius asked me to do this in case Antonio failed. Im so sorryyyyy! You forgive me?? I love you so much!"

He then rubbed his face on the skin as he walked off elsewhere.

00:00 am June 24th, 2018

Shiro lay in that hospital bed. Still remaining trapped in the coffins of the building's walls. He wondered, "How much longer must I stay here? When will Eiko come back for me?"

As those questions stirred in his head, he was unable to shake off this feeling of terror and dread. It was a feeling so sickening that it stopped him from leaving the room to even use the toilet. He knew that if he left this room from that door, then he would never be the same ever again. It was that fear of change that trapped him in there.

As he wondered this, the window to his room suddenly swung open, releasing a gust of wind that blew inside. Jumping through it was the Weatherman who was here to find out Shiros' final answer.

He asked, "Have you finally made your choice kiddo?"

Then finally waking himself up, he tightly gripped the bed sheets while declaring, "I want to stay here with Eiko. I feel like if I go work for you guys, then maybe I might be able to regain my lost memories, but I want to stay by her side regardless."

"And why is that?", Weatherman asked him.

Then with great confidence, he declared, "It's because I love her. We may not have known each other for that long, but I know in my heart that these feelings that I have for her are true. I don't care if I don't get my memories back, as long as she is there, then I don't care."