KHR : The Rainbow Seal

chapter 8 : Shitoro... gone...

Hello! Thanks for reading so far! Honestly speaking, I dont really know how to sell my story out so would like you readers to sell my story out as well! But even no one reads, I will still write this or else I will be hunted by Yukiko and Hibari themselves. Wow, that's scary!!

Yukiko POV

3 months after Shitoro's birthday. We were doing fine..at least that's what I thought. But things just dont happen the way you want it to be. We were still staying at the slums but that space were occupied by kids that were older than us. I really want them to leave. If you ask me to do anything, I would really want to punch them in their faces for being mean to us, especially to Mihasa. We had been under their control just because they were older than us. It's not like we were weaker than them but Shitoro always wanted to stay out of trouble so I listened to him even I dont want to.

But recently, those older kids seem to have got themselves into trouble. Because they suddenly treat us nicely instead of being mean to us. Whatever food we collected, they would let us have it instead of snatching them away. Mihasa was the only one that thought they had change for the better. But no way for me, what's up with the good treatment? They must be up to something I guess. And it appeared that I was not the only one with this thought. Shitoro as well. And the day to prove our doubts came. We were sitting down at our own area when one of those boys came ahead and grabbed Mihasa. " I think that they are looking for this one!" Before we could even react, he carried her at the back and ran away. Mihasa was being captured right in our faces! We ran ahead to stop or even block that boy's way without thinking. And I think this is where I first fought. All these time training for defense but this time is for protection. Protection of my best buddy Mihasa.

And this is where we made mistake. Every human made error right. But for this, the price to pay is too high. Shitoro head bang that boy's stomach straight while I ran behind to just in time catch the falling down Mihasa. He fell on the ground and shouted out for his back ups. And that's when those men in suits appeared. They looked like those at the orphanage, those that killed Mother Sami and those at the village. The one in the middle looked at the fallen boy and mocked at him " You dirty little beggar!! Which one is it before I turned you into mince meat!" The boy looked shaken and he pointed at Mihasa. " No!!" Shitoro and I shouted together. I stood in front of Mihasa in attempt to protect her. Those men attacked us. I was trying my best to take down as many as possible but I only managed to hit 5, one of them got Mihasa.

He had a knife up to Mihasa's neck,

" One step closer, she will be down brats!!" he mocked at us for not able to save Mihasa. Just as I was focusing on Mihasa, one of the men grabbed me by neck and attack me. I gave him a low kick at his legs so that he yelled in pain. At that moment, the man that held Mihasa shouted " Boss!! She doesn't have the seal at her neck!!" the man looked pale. And the man that attacked me a few moments ago shouted and pointed at me. " She's the one!! I feel it when I tried to grab her by neck!!" Suddenly all the attention shifted to me. Not bad, at least Mihasa is safe now. That man let go of her and came for me. All the men came for me. I was still attacking when one of the men attacked me at the back. But I was not stabbed. I didn't feel any pain until I heard Mihasa' scream. I turned behind and saw my very friend took the stab from me. Shitoro dropped to the ground with a thud.

At that moment, the world seem to stop. Every thing in front of me slowed down. That man who was eariler grabbed Mihasa by neck and now the knife the held was stained with Shitoro's blood. How could they do this to my friends?! The energy within me began to build up but I was too angry to realise. I wanted to make them regret for killing Mother Sami, those innocent villages and hurting my friends. They had to pay a price for messing with me!!They had!!!

And that's the moment when the power of mist came out of my body through the rainbow seal. The energy was too much and I had to release it before I could not take it myself. Staring at those men in suits, I thought : let them drown by their own wickedness! And the the energy within me that came through the seal gave off a light violet colour and surrounded them. That's when it happened. They seem to be drowning even when no one touch them. Could this be me? I thought? So to make them suffer furthermore, I thought : out of their mouth come forth cockroaches and rats. And this time all those at that area witnessed that those men indeed had cockroaches and rats crawling out of their mouth. Not enough! They must have their hair going into their noses!! And that happened as well. Before I could think of others to continue, a hand grabbed my leg.

Realising that it was Shitoro, I kneed down and he begged me to stop.

" Remember what Mother Sami had taught us, return evil with good.." he said breathlessly. Return evil with good? How could I? That was I realized that Mihasa seem to be afraid of me when she tried to pull Shitoro away without giving me an eye contact. How I was different from them if I continued? Closing my eyes, I broke the chain of thoughts that were against them and the misty around them started to disappear. I quickly dragged Shitoro together with Mihasa before those men could catch up. We were tired. We tried to drag him to escape out of this town but it's impossible. We dragged him to the nearest place. The abandoned fun fair area. Catching our breath, Shitoro grabbed our legs and gave a gentle pull. This causes the both of us to kneel down beside him. " Yukiko and..Mihasa...listen..up," he took in a deep breath before continuing. " Be happy...happy...always..no..matter what and live on." he swallowed his saliva then looked at me. " You're really special...so special that so.many people are after you. But Yukiko, you must stay alive at all cost because your life is saved by us all."

I couldn't help but kept crying and begging him to hang on. Mihasa on the other hand, bit her lips and cried silently. He simply just took both of our hands and placed the three of our hands together. " I always wanted to go for a fun fair. And to think that now I am here, I am goona stay here forever. We will meet again when your time is up." with a smile he said that and he let go of our hands. He closed his eyes and sleep. Till today he hasn't wake up yet. We lost Shitoro just like that.. No goodbye at all. We were all too stunned to respond. Mihasa went forward and got hold of whatever she found nearby. " Shitoro is afraid of cold. We should not let him sleep on the outside. Underground is warmer, place him there." she whispered. I was about to protest when I saw that Mihasa was holding in the sadness to herself. I could see from her face. She bit her lips and looked down as she began to dig the spot she had chosen. As she dug, there were tears rolled down her cheeks in silence. And I had chosen not to break that silence. I got down on my kneel and began to dig. The both of us didn't say anything. It was as if the silence between us was like a moaning of Shitoro's death. We buried him and made a bow to him.

As I bowed, I swore to myself that I will definitely train myself so hard that I will be so strong to take those guys down. Those that killed Mother Sami, those that killed the villagers and those that killed you, Shitoro.

After that, Mihasa and I decided not to stay at the slums anymore, knowing that this place is where we lost our friend. Without any idea of our next step, we journeyed the right east of the city. We didn't really talk to each other for days during the journey. To think that Shitoro was gone was too much for me..or maybe the both of us. I used have nightmare of seeing Shitoro died in front of my face and I would woke up in tears. And it appeared I was not the only one.

Yukiko POV ( currently)

I woke up immediately with cold sweats rolling down from my forehead. I scanned my surrounding to make sure that I am not seeing things. On the other side, I could see Sawada san sleeping soundly and Reborn san as well. Oh ya, I am supposed to be Yukiro now..not Yukiko. Realising that there are actually tears from my face, I took a deep breath and thought..' I never had this dream for so long..to think that what happen back then feel so surreal and still have such impacts on me.' Closed my eyes once again, I decided to go up to Sawada's house rooftop to calm myself down. Quietly made my way up, Coco followed me. When I reached, I took in another deep breath, maybe this dream is a reminder to train myself furthermore so I can get revenge for all of them. Shitoro..I wont forget..I couldn't forget..how he showed love to me as a younger sister, protected me all the times even it caused him his life and how Shitoro was very himself. No pretenses, just pure Shitoro. " Coco, we are leaving here soon enough. Later they become the next Shitoro..." I whispered as I looked at the sky. Shitoro, are you watching me now from there? And what I didn't notice is that there is a pair of eyes watching me. That baby's eyes observing me.