Dark side

Episode 7

Yuga's pov
  I did NOT expect this.
  "No! Kiri!" I shouted as Garga swung his sword and knocked the knife out of the robber's hands. "Guuuh..." He groaned as he struggled to stand. "What're you doing, Kiri? You're hurt!" I rushed to his side as Miserea stayed at his spot, stunned.
  "Why?"
  "Huh?" I faced Miserea as he continued, "Why did you save me?" Kiri grinned again. "We are buddies, are we not?" He replied in a singsong voice, his tone turning into a more mocking one. How could he still tease like this?!😅
  I shushed him and frantically waved at Ranma, signalling for him to call the ambulance. He pulled out his phone as I cringed at the sight of Kiri moaning on the ground. That must've hurt, but I guess I would have done the same thing for Garga too...
  "Wee woo wee woo..." The ambulance arrived shortly after and Kiri was put on a stretcher. As the ambulance took Kiri to Cho-Tokyo hospital, Miserea followed him faithfully. I couldn't help feeling sorry for him. I mean, they just reunited!
  I hope Kiri's alright...

Miserea's pov
  I sat down beside the hospital bed worriedly. Why had he taken that knife for me? The doctors stopped the bleeding but he hadn't woken up yet, which meant that the wound's really deep. It's good that he's stronger than normal people...
I glared at his face in frustration. His smile had disappeared, leaving a blank, unconscious expression. Idiot! If you can't take injuries in your human form, then don't go around taking risks! Before I knew it, tears had slowly flowed down my cheeks...
"Wow. After all that time, you finally went ahead and cried." A familiar voice mocked. I glanced at my now-conscious buddy in irritation. "What happened to 'here and now my heart won't break'?" He added before chuckling, "Hi-LAR-ious!"
"Why you..." I growled at him and turned towards the window in a huff. Still, I sighed in relief. "Well, well, well...did you care about me?" He enquired smugly. "Yes..." I admitted through gritted teeth. "You of all people know that I won't go so easily," he joked.
  Although I may have exploded the flower vase in my agitation(sorry), I'm still glad that he's  okay. Sheesh, if only he could lose that cocky attitude...

Masato's pov
"What?! Kiri's in hospital? What for?!" I screamed into my handphone.
Seriously? I just met that kid for a few days and he gets hospitalised?!"......" "Oh I see. I'll be right there!" I hung up and rushed to the Linkdragon Order. "Agito! We're visiting Kiri at the hospital, now!" "Okay, Masato!" My buddy floated over and we started running.
  As we ran all the way to the hospital, a million questions zipped through my head. Kiri would take a knife for his buddy? For share! I didn't know he was so loyal to a friend. Most people would not go that far for their buddies. I must really acknowledge him for that.
  I asked the counter for Kiri's room number and went on my way. When I got there, there were already a few visitors, namely Subaru and Cross. "Hey Ki..." I stopped mid-sentence when I overheard their conversation.
"Yep, you guessed correctly." Kiri's statement made me flinch. Guessed what correctly? I continued to eavesdrop on their conversation until Cross sensed my presence. "Who's there?" I acted calm and entered the ward. "For share! How's it going, Kiri?"
I laughed nervously as Kiri retorted sarcastically, "oh, nothing. Just met a robber in the card shop and received a knife wound. Nothing at all~" Subaru stifled a laugh with a fake cough and Miserea did so too, causing the clueless Cross to offer everyone cough drops.
Gee, I wonder what happened...

Cross's pov
Why is everyone cackling away? All I did was to give out cough drops.
  I passed Subaru's phone to Miserea and he showed the latest Ranga channel video to all of us. "Ran ran ga-woo!" The background music played as Yuga and Ranma appeared on screen. They were at the hospital too?
  "Today we are visiting Kiri at hospital  and we are going to perform a few tricks to entertain him!" Yuga started excitedly. "But what kind of tricks, Yuga?" Ranma asked. "You'll see!" Yuga winked as they opened the door to the ward.
  "Hi guys!" They greeted. We all waved hello to them. "Did you know that I knew what was happening the whole time? I mean, we're all watching your livestream on Subaru's phone!" Kiri pointed and Yuga sighed in disappointment. "Oh, man! It was supposed to be a surprise!" He grumbled. I laughed awkwardly.
As Yuga performed yo-yo tricks in front of the bed, I recalled their conversation... "Tell me the truth. Are you even human?" Subaru demanded. "Mm hm. You guessed correctly. Yay! You win a cookie!" He teased.
  "What are you?" Before Subaru could ask which part he had guessed correctly, Masato had burst into the room and interrupted them. I looked at Kiri's face thoughtfully. Now that I sensed the truth, his cheeks looked a suspicious tinge of purple...
Nah, it's just psychological...

Dark Miserea's pov
Did you see his face when the flower vase exploded? Hi-LAR-ious! I burst out laughing as he frantically picked up the pieces.
Today was turning into a total freak show, even for a monster from the Hundred Demons. First this Subaru kid wanted to know the truth about me, then Masato barged in and asked me "how's it going?" I mean, what do you think? I'm in hospital!
And THEN Yuga just decided to drop by and perform a few tricks on his yo-yo. Hi-LAR-ious! Did you see how the vase broke a second time? All of them broke out in chaos while I was just chilling on my bed, giggling at them mercilessly.
Geez...why is everyone treating this like such a big deal? I'd recovered as soon as they stepped in, but there's no way I'm telling them that. It amuses me at how fragile human beings are, and how much Miserea cares about these creatures.
"Bye, Kiri!" They exclaimed as the door slammed shut. I waved lightly and stretched myself. Argh...lying in bed for too long really kills your joints. Now, it's time to warm up a little. I grinned as I looked outside the window.
Looks like I'll be having fun tonight...

Tasuku's pov
"Light, have you detected anything yet?" I questioned. "No...Wait, there's something there!" He suddenly shouted. "Above the Cho-Tokyo hospital!" I immediately hung up and got into a police car, Jack following close behind. Well done, Light! Now it's my turn.
As we zipped past, a familiar figure smirked in the darkness. "Tasuku, he's there!" Jack pointed as we took chase. "Mad Stream!" A voice echoed. Jack blocked in front of me and sliced the murky water in half.
"Show yourself!" I yelled as his creepy laughter amplified in the alley. "Ta-su-ku, Ta-su-ku~~Don't you get it? You will never, ever catch me..." I scanned my surroundings in frustration.
Where could he have gone?