A book where a certain cherry blossom wreaks havoc all over Japan.
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"What the hell do you think you're doing?" I yelled.
I hear a few gasps from around me, it looks like people have finally started to notice I was there...
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A/N: Some information I forgot to put into the previous chapters: At the time of the flashback, Sakura has never met Mikey. She only knew him by name. Later on, as the years passed she forgot Mikey's name and knew him as Shinichiro's little brother. When they first met at the fight club she didn't realize who he was. It took her until the Blossom meeting when she spoke with him to realize he was Shinichiro's little brother.
Haruno Sakura POV *A few days later*
Today Mikey, Draken, Aiko, and I went to go visit Shinichiro. We decided to invite Takemitchy and Chifuyu and tell them about what happened between Toman and Kazutora.
"Takemitchy, Chifuyu, thanks for coming with us today," Mikey smiled sadly, "we decided that you two deserved to know the truth."
We silently walked to his grave. Mikey and I bent down and prayed, we got up and let Draken and Aiko pray next. Once everyone prayed Mikey started speaking after we finished.
"This is my big bro, Shinichiro. Shinichiro, these two are Takemitchy and Chifuyu, my Third Division Commander and First Division Vice-Commander," he said. They both respectfully bowed down.
"Shinichiro was 24 when he was murdered." Mikey continued, "Kazutora killed him."
Takemitchy gasped, "H-He killed him? Why?"
"Kazutora thought that it would be a good idea to steal a bike for me as a birthday present. He recruited Baji to help him." Mikey looked at me, subtly telling me to tell them what happened that night.
August 14, 2003 (Sakura is 13)
Today Shinichiro and I worked overtime at the shop to work on his little brother's birthday present, a Honda CB250T. It used to be Shinichiro's but he decided to give it to Mikey instead. We just finished up for the night and are cleaning up and putting away the tools.
"I can't wait to see Mikey's reaction when I give it to him! He's gonna be so happy!" Shinichiro had the biggest grin on his face. "And you two are finally gonna meet! It's gonna be gre-"
CRASH
We both jumped at the sound of a window breaking from the front room. What was that?
"Sakura!" Shinichiro whispered, "Stay here I'm gonna go check out what happened."
I hid behind a corner while Shinichiro quietly walked out.
"Whadda we got here...? A thief?" Shinichiro yelled.
Burglars? I have to call the police! I tiptoed over to the cart with my phone and dialed 110.
"110, where is emergency?"
"Hello? My name is Sakura, there is a burglary at S.S. Motors, there are two people. I don't know if they are armed with weapons, my friend is confronting them right now." I whispered.
"Ok, there will be police there in a few minutes, please stay on the phone."
"KAZUTORA, STOP!!" someone yelled.
Then there was a loud thud, was that a person?
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO, KAZUTORA?!"
"What else could I do? He saw your face?"
What? Why do they sound so young?
"NO THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEAN!! SHINICHIRO IS MIKEY'S OLDER BROTHER!!"
"What happened, are you safe?" the operator asked.
I dropped the phone and ran to the front. When I got there I saw Shinichiro on the floor, lifeless. Two people were standing over him.
Tears welled in my eyes, "...Shinichiro?" I whispered, my voice cracking. I ran to him, holding his bleeding head, "SHINICHIRO!! WAKE UP! COME ON, YOU'RE OKAY! RIGHT?! YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME!! WHAT ABOUT YOU BROTHER!! HE'S WAITING FOR YOU TO COME HOME! COME ON SHIN! WAKE UP!"
"I killed Mikey's... older... brother? You're kidding, right? RIGHT?! I just wanted to do something nice for Mikey..." one of the two said, the one with a wire cutter.
At the sound of his voice, my head snapped up. I looked straight into his eyes, "You did this? YOU KILLED SHIN? I'LL KILL YOU!!" I jumped up and tackled him, punching him in the face multiple times. The other guy did nothing to save his friend, he just sat back staring at Shinichiro while crying.
"HE WAS SUCH A NICE PERSON! HE DID NOTHING WRONG, SO WHAT DID HE DO TO DESERVE THIS!? HUH?!? SHIN NEVER DID ANYTHING BAD, HE WAS A GREAT PERSON! HE WAS MY ONLY FAMILY!" I couldn't even see where I was punching, all I saw was his red blood all over my hands. Both his and Shinichiro's blood.
"Why?" he wheezed out. "I did this for Mikey... so why did this happen?!"
"WHAT'S SAYING SORRY GONNA DO?! THAT'S NOT GONNA BRING HIM BACK!"
The other guy seemed to finally snap out of whatever daze he was in and jumped up to help his injured friend. He tackled me and tried to hold me down, I tried to kick him and push him off. As we were fighting on the ground I heard sirens coming closer. It seems that the other guy heard it too, his eyes widened and he immediately jumped off me. I ran straight to Shinichiro, crying while holding him.
"Kazutora, we need to go!! The cops are coming!"
"It's all Mikey's fault." Kazutora started to cry and grin, "I've got to kill Mikey!"
What? How is this Mikey's fault? Why would he want to kill his brother? From what Shinichiro told me, Mikey loves Shinichiro. It doesn't make sense.
The police barged in through the door, they tackled Kazutora and the other guy to the ground, detaining them. A few others surrounded me.
"HEY, WE NEED AN AMBULANCE! HE'S BLEEDING OUT"
"WE HAVE A WITNESS HERE"
Shouts were coming from every direction and they took Shinichiro. I was having trouble breathing from the commotion and anxiety. I was having a panic attack. I've had a few in the past from the stress of being homeless, though I haven't had one this bad in so long.
A hand outstretched in front of me, "Hi, are you Sakura?" I looked up to see an officer bent down at my level. "My name is Himari, you did a great job earlier when you called us! Now let's try to calm down and take some deep breaths." she smiled. She took my hand and placed it on her chest, "You feel that? Now close your eyes and try to relax as best as you can. Ok, now take deep breaths with me."
After a few minutes, I finally calmed down enough to stop shaking. "There you go, do you have any injuries." I shook my head. "That's good, now let's get you in a warm car and back to your house." She helped me up covered me with a blanket. She led me to one of the police cars, "Stay here and wait, I'll be back and take you home." Himari walked to a cop a few meters away, after a short conversation she came back, asked from my address, and took me home. When I got home I quickly changed out of my bloody clothes and fell asleep on the couch. I still had a bit of blood on my skin so I didn't want to get my bed dirty. Though I wasn't able to sleep for too long because of the nightmares.
Since that day I've had nightmares about it almost every night.
