Fairy of Shampoo

33.Broken

The pile in which Kazutora, Mikey and two other Valhalla members were standing on was a lot taller than it looked from far away as Kazutora held the metal pole that he had hit Mikey with. It looked extremely unstable and climbing up it would be stupid; a death wish even.

You ran up it, paying no attention to how the cars shifted under your feet. You only looked up as you saw Mikey lying on one of the cars, he looked to not be moving and this caused you to move faster.

You could see perfectly how one of Kazutora's goons were lining up another punched to Mikey and you raced up quicker, your breathing coming out quickly as you pushed your legs to move and climb up it faster.

Before a punch could land down on Mikey's face, you managed to kick him on the side. Due to the flooring being so unstable, he flew down further. Kazutora's eyes when slightly wide and you glared up at him.

"Kazutora!", you yelled up to him. He seemed to grit his teeth harshly together at you before he ran further up the pile to get away. Without thinking, you ran up after him. You didn't think to look behind you at Mikey's condition as you followed Kazutora higher and higher up the pile.

Kazutora jumped from the pile of cars we were all on to a much shorter one. You followed after him but this one was much more unstable. As soon as you both jumped onto it, it began to shake.

You both stood staring at each other as Kazutora seemed to be glaring.

"Why did you follow me?", he shouted.

"Why did you run?", you replied and he narrowed his eyes as you spoke again. "Don't you see how stupid this all is? This whole thing with Mikey? You know it isn't his fault. He's your friend".

What you said immediately made Kazutora more angry. It was completely Mikey's fault in his mind and nothing you could say in this moment would change his mind.

"Yes, yes it is! It's all his fault! It's his fault I killed his brother, it's his fault I ended up in juvie and it's his fault that Toman will fall today", he spat out.

"It's not his fault and you know it", you started, "But it's not completely your fault either. No one should take the full blame for this. Yes, you made a mistake but only because you believed you were doing something right and your brain wasn't in the right head space at the time so just stop-", you spoke out as you needed Kazutora to listen or this would end badly for everyone.

"Shut the fuck up. You have no idea what you're talking about", he said in a cold and dismissive tone as he walked closer angrily.

"No I don't. But even as an outsider I can see that what happened was truly no one's fault. No one deserves to take the full blame, not even you. I know you still care for Mikey and everyone else but yet you refuse to let yourself forgive yourself for what you did. There are people who are here to help you but only if you let them", you said to him as you desperately tried to get him to listen to you but he was having no one of it. He got very close to you as he was fuming with anger. As you stepped back, you realised you had run out of ground as the car ended there.

"You have no say in anything that goes on, so stay out of it!", he yelled as he did the unthinkable. He pushed you.

The car wasn't too high but it was still a drop. Your eyes went wide as you fell down the short distance to the ground. You attempted to try and break your fall but it was a bad idea as you heard a crack in your left arm. Your head still hit the floor as it caused you to black out straight away.

Takemichi was on his way over to where Mikey was lying down but as he saw you lay limp on the cold ground as Kazutora stared wide eyed down at you, he screamed out in horror, the memory of you dying in his arms from a head wound immediately flashed across his eyes.