The search and promise

*crash* *bang*! That's what Satoshi heard when he was buying dumplings in a store. He quickly went outside and saw a familiar girl with two curls at the sides of her face. "SHINOHARA! SHINOHARA WHAT HAPPENED!?" Satoshi rushed to the scene and saw the poor girl crushed in her car with her head injured, particularly, her skull was likely damaged by a sniper gun. "M-Mochida?" Seiko could barely talk. Her vision was blurring and she couldn't even see who's face it was. But she was sure that the voice who she can hear right now was Satoshi's.

"SHINOHARA! YOU'RE BLEEDING! DON'T WORRY, I WILL CALL THE AMBULANCE!" Satoshi stood up and started calling the ambulance. "We're on our way sir!" "Okay, please hurry up!" Satoshi finished calling, and focused immediately at Seiko's situation. "M-Mochida....p-please g-give this to Naomi..." Seiko handed the box of muffins with a note on top of it. Satoshi grabbed the box and his voice started to sound weak, due to the sight of Seiko gasping for air. "Shinohara....don't die...I-I entrusted Naomi to you!" Satoshi's eyes were beginning to become watery. "Naomi..." Seiko let out a sigh. "Naomi...she's very important to me...she's almost my whole life...if I'm gone...will she and our future child be sad?" "OF COURSE THEY'LL BE SAD! DON'T DIE SHINOHARA! NAOMI LOVED YOU MORE THAN SHE LOVED ME! SHE WILL LOVE YOU TILL THE END OF TIME! SHE WANTS YOU MORE THAN SHE WANTED ME!" Satoshi cried.

Seiko's vision was starting to blacken. Her eyes were also staring to look dull. "I-I want to see Naomi...N-Naomi..." Seiko just continued to say "Naomi", this made Satoshi whimper and he tried to stop his tears, but it was useless. His tears flowed down his cheeks, as Seiko continued to chant. Satoshi looked at a building and saw Kizami, smirking. "That bastard!" Satoshi was about to run towards the building, but Seiko grabbed his foot, just in time the ambulance's siren was heard a few blocks away. "S-Satoshi...t-this time...I-I want you to protect Naomi...even if the outcome is death...I want you to make her happy...I'll be lying down in a hospital bed...she'd be probably crying, I want you to cheer her up...I want you to wait for my wake, with her..." Seiko vomited blood and Satoshi's eyes started to get smaller.

He didn't expect, Seiko, to become so weak and seem hopeless. He knew that Seiko Shinohara was a cheerful and energetic girl. But this, this seems like an opposite world. A world where all her hopes are starting to crack. "S-Shinohara...I-I promise to protect Naomi at all costs! Just like what you said! I'll grant everything you say!" Satoshi let out a fake smile, which made Seiko feel a bit secured. "At last...I can finally rest a bit..." Seiko finally closed her eyes and made a tired smile. The ambulance came just in time and carried Seiko safely using a stretcher and placed her inside the ambulance. "Sir, are you a relative of the victim?" The driver asked Satoshi. "A-ah no! I'm a close friend of hers!" Satoshi tried to sound as calm as possible.

Driver: "Were you in the time of the accident?"
Satoshi: "No sir."
Driver: "What may have made you come to the place of the accident?"
Satoshi: "I was buying dumplings when I heard a gunshot and a crash, then I saw her outside."
Driver: "Are you more than friends with her?"
Satoshi: "No sir. She has a fiancé"
Driver: "I see. May I know your profession?"
Satoshi: "I'm a priest, sir."
Driver: "I-I see! Thank you for answering the questions, father."
Satoshi: "No problem."
Driver: "Would you like to accompany her?"
Satoshi: "I will go to the hospital later. I need to investigate something."
Driver: "Okay then father. But, may I know the victim's name?"
Satoshi: "Seiko Shinohara."

The driver left Satoshi at the highway, and drove the ambulance, to the nearest hospital.
"I saw you, why did you do this!? Kizami!" Satoshi ran to the building. Surprisingly, the building was very old and was abandoned 70 years ago. The floor was wooden and had a lot of holes, it was slippery as well, because of the rain, and the windows were wide open. Satoshi grabbed his phone and turned on the flashlight. While he was walking, he swore he saw a silhouette of a tall man.

"KIZAMI I'LL K-?!" He shouldn't have shouted, he knew the building was old so everything is almost fragile. "?!" The ceiling broke and Satoshi rushed under a table. "Darn it! This building is like a place fit for an earthquake drill!" Satoshi stood up and started hoping through the fallen debris. He saw a lot of posters, files, documents, torn newspaper pages and video tapes. "T-this is all related to a some kind of mafia organization..." Satoshi felt a cold shock on his spine. He knew it was too dangerous to be here, it's like going inside a dragon's mouth without a weapon. Luckily, he had a boomerang with him. It had sharp edges that could slice a neck with one throw. As he continued walking, he saw a picture of Yuka with Kizami.

This made Satoshi furious. He tore the picture in half, and again he saw a silhouette of a tall man. "COME AND GET ME KIZAMI!" Satoshi turned his back and saw Kizami with a dagger. Kizami and Satoshi fought like there was no tomorrow. But it lead to Satoshi being knocked out cold. "Kizami didn't hesitate to get the torn pieces of the picture. He taped it again and left Satoshi, unconscious.

*after an hour*

"Where am I?" Satoshi could barely stand up, so he had to hold onto a table. He recalled being knocked out by Kizami. The guy who has a crush on his sister, and the one who led Seiko to her current state. "Darn it!" Satoshi punched the wall, causing the wooden structure to shaken a bit. His hand was bruised. This was a way of showing his fury and hatred towards Kizami. But he knew he had to get out of the infrastructure right away. He walked through the hallways carefully and made it out, safely. He rode the train and made his way to the parish church. He cleansed himself and dressed up. He took his wallet, umbrella and the box of muffins with a note. "Naomi...Shinohara loves you...she deeply cares for you..." Satoshi muttered to himself. He walked out of his room and made his way to the hospital.

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