The Knights Himura

#40: The Legend of the Knights Himura

"What?" Tsukiko sat up straight on her mattress.

She had just woken up, with the late morning sun piercing through the small window above the top bunk.

Fumiko was still half asleep, laying across her legs. Tsuki sighed, realizing she had a few more moments of peace before she'd have to get out of bed.

Tsukiko's ringtone burst out. Fumi woke up and rolled over, grabbing the phone off of the floor, handing it over. Tsuki took the call, putting the phone up to her ear. A loud, booming voice shot out.

"Yeah, they found her in the hospital!" Haruka shouted from the other end. "Get down here quick!"

"I'll get there as fast as I can!" Tsuki tugged on Fumiko's arm as she spoke, before hanging up.

She stood up, hitting her head on the top bunk, before grabbing her uniform.

Fumi sat up, rubbing her eyes and yawning, "Wh-what're we doing again?"

"The Shakudos are at the hospital. We need to get there as soon as we can," Tsukiko said as she handed Fumi her clothes.

"Oh... oh shit!" the weight of those words finally hit Fumiko.

"C'mon, c'mon, get dressed!" Tsuki reached down to hand Fumi her shoes.

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Tsuki and Fumi ran out of the house in a panic. The hospital was too far to run to, but their subway station was only a few blocks away.

The ride only took a few minutes, but it felt like an eternity. They both took the time to finish dressing themselves. They kept ignoring the awkward looks they were getting from the other passengers.

When they arrived at their stop, they both ran up the steps to the surface. Fumiko wanted to come with Tsukiko, but the Knight took her friend to a nearby store and shoved her inside.

"Wait here."

"Hey! Be careful," the brown haired girl shouted.

Tsukiko ran out of the store and toward the hospital. Even from a few streets away, she could hear a commotion. There were the sounds of people shouting and the distant wails of police sirens.

When she finally arrived, the scene was a violent mess. Haruka and Shizuka stood alone against what must have been over one hundred men. Tsukiko stopped for a moment to watch, before dashing through the crowd to meet up with the other Knights.

"How'd they even find her?" Tsuki shouted.

Shizuka grabbed a Shakudo and slammed it into the ground, "No idea!"

"And the Damascenes?"

"They're held up somewhere, they can't help!" Shizuka kicked the figure that she had taken to the ground.

The three of them stood together in front of the hospital, defending the stairs that lead to the front doors. The doors had been locked, and a piece of metal jammed into the mechanism to prevent them from opening.

All of this was done to block anyone from entering. If just a single figure entered, the lives of everyone inside of the building could be in danger.

"We're gonna need a new strategy!" Haruka managed to blurt out before taking a blow to the cheek.

"I'll think of something!" Tsukiko stopped for a moment to think.

Shizuka grabbed one of the figures, and threw them back into the crowd. The tightly packed attackers all fell down like dominoes. It didn't do much damage, but it kept them occupied, at least for a second.