Chapter thirty-four: Kojiro
It seemed to be around midnight when (y/n) decided to act. The crazy bastards who kidnapped her had to be asleep by then. She looked around in the drawers and found a small light, one that would be used to look in eyes and the throat. It had to do. The icy woman felt the lock and picked it a bit with a tool she found in the room and one of her Bobby pins. The lockpicking trick Uno showed her worked, the door popped right open, she let out a sigh and quietly stepped into the halls. It was dark. She had to be careful about where she went. However, this did not look like the place she was taken to before with Shiro. That place looked like a dungeon, this one looked like a hospital. Her boots tapped on the floor as she walked the halls. She needed to find a way out of there and see if she could get to a nearby town for help. If she could find a phone, she could call someone at Nanba. What was Kiji's number again?
She knew they took her cellphone, she did not feel it in her pocket. She felt the walls, leaving small ice trails where her fingers touched. The device in her spine whirred and hummed lightly. She came across a wall in her path, after feeling around, it was a dead end. She turned back and went the other direction before finding a door that led to an exit. She followed the exit and found herself in what seemed to be a courtyard of a large facility. The icy woman knew she just needed to leave the property and find a town.
Frost settled on the grass around her. She stepped and heard a crunch to see the frost around her, she was unintentionally making it with this power she had! It shocked her to see just how much more power she had than before. (Y/n) continued to walked forward and jumped the courtyard gate. She followed a path and found herself at a cliff that led down to a dock, rocks and tide pools littered the ocean below. She looked back and saw the facility was just a huge house. This place had to be the home base for these guys. Why would they risk bringing her, one who is not one of them, to their base? Her feet walked to the cliff and she sat down at the cliff. There was a huge fence past their home, this whole place was theirs. She was trapped there.
"Shiro... I'm trying to fight to stay alive for you.," the young woman spoke to nobody in particular. She had been awake the whole time since she woke up in that hospital bed. That had to have been about eight hours ago. The only way she saw herself logically getting away was by hopping the gate, or by swimming. She was not an athletic swimmer, but she could do the breast-stroke. In the water, she saw the fin of a shark. Several sharks.
'They have sharks too?!,' the cold woman thought to herself then remembered, 'My ocean spirit friend said he was friendly with sharks. I wonder if one of them know him?'
(Y/n) saw the light of the sunrise breaking the darkness. It was a beautiful sight the young woman felt the ocean breeze as the sun rose. She fell down on the cliff. They no doubt already found out that she escaped. She had tired herself out by running around all night. She felt another presence.
"What are you doing out here, Yuki?," the kind voice of the ocean spirit asked as warm hands picked her up, her head was set on a platform that smelled like the ocean, had the depth and felt the power of the ocean. She felt something be put over her.
"Ocean spirit...," (y/n) murmured as the ocean spirit let the cold bodied female rest on his shark like tail. The young woman was not that surprised at his tail.
"Yuki, what are you doing out here?," She heard his voice ask.
"Looking for your sharks.," she answered with a tired tone.
"They are right down there.," the man's voice answered, "They can see us. I can see Chojiro down there."
"Cute.," the icy woman's voice spoke as she dozed on the man's tail. She felt a warm hand on her head as it was patted.
"Silly Yuki. You're okay.," The shark like man smiled.
"But I am in hell.," she replied before dozing off.
"You're not in hell, you're home.," the young man whispered to the young woman, "And I am your best friend, Yuki."
The sun peeked over the horizon, illuminating the two on the cliff. The blue haired man let the pink and blue haired woman lay on his lap, his hand patted her hair. A smile was on his face as they were there.
Footsteps made him look behind him, "Good morning."
"She escaped, where is she?," Isou asked, "You know her better than anyone else, Kojiro."
"Yuki is right here.," Kojiro replied and lifted his cloak to show the doctor, "I found her here, she was barely awake. She must have been up all night looking for a way to get out."
The shark like man had a smile, "She was looking at the sharks down below. When she feels better, I'll introduce her."
"Right now, I have to make sure she is stable. She needs to come back inside.," the Chinese doctor explained.
"Okay.," Kojiro replied and Stood on his tail, he had somehow learned how to move on land by slithering his long tail back and forth. He carried the icy woman inside, letting her head rest on his shoulder.
The doctor followed, watching Kojiro act so gentle with the young woman.
"You really love Yuki, don't you?," Isou asked the shark man.
"I do. She and I are best friends, of course we love each other.," Kojiro replied as he looked down at the face of the woman, "Where do I need to put her? Back in the medical room?"
"Yes, that will be good. I need to finish some other checks. You can stay and then take her when I am done.," the Chinese man replied with a smile.
"Manji was a little disappointed that he could not meet her yesterday, especially after that entrance she made.," Kojiro chimed happily as he rubbed his face lightly against the sleeping woman's. He did not mind that she was cold, he felt a warmth under the cold exterior.
After returning to the room, he placed (y/n) back onto the medical bed. Isou was quick to do the physical checks to the young woman, once he finished, he gave the shark like man the go-ahead to take the young woman away. Kojiro scooped (y/n) up and left. He looked down on the sleeping face of the icy woman. There was something peaceful about her face as she was resting. Yet, he knew she would not be as peaceful when she woke up and saw where she was and who was around her.
The shark like man placed her down and propped her up on a pillow, "Here you are, Yuki. Stay here, I'll be back."
The blue haired man left her alone on that couch. She was still blissfully unaware of things around her. Like the sudden appearance of a young man who was immediately interested in her. This new person poked her cold cheek with a clawed finger, bells softly chimed as he moved. There was a small giggle from the newcomer and the young woman poked her cheeks a little more before touching her shoulder lightly.
"Ew, cold.," the young man whined, "Pretty, but cold."
This newcomer was pulled back by Kojiro, "Manji. Don't wake her up. She's exhausted."
Manji pouted, his dark cheeks puffed up, "But I want to play with her now."
"When she wakes up and meets you, okay?," Kojiro replied. The dark skinned young man got up and left the pale young woman alone. The blue haired man watched his friend leave and sat by (y/n) to wait for her to wake up. The shark like man felt her drop onto his lap again.
"Exactly like how it used to be, Yuki.," he hummed as he patted her head and drank from the cup he had gotten.
His fingers ran over the hair of the icy woman. His eyes looked down after he felt some movement from (y/n). The young woman's eyes opened. She found herself in a warmer area. What she remembered last was being on the cliff with her ocean spirit friend. Her eyelashes brushed against something below her head, a hand was on her head. Her pink and blue eyes looked at what she was laying on, it looked like water, yet it felt like It was alive. The hand on her hair stroked her hair more. She was still a little sleepy.
"Are you awake now, Yuki?," She heard a familiar voice ask. It sounded like her ocean spirit friend's voice. Her eyes looked up, meeting eyes that were completely black, save for small yellow dots. Blue eyelashes and reddish markings below his eyes.
The man gave her a smile, "Good morning, Yuki." (Y/n)'s body went cold. She recognized this man, he was the one who had taken her from her home in Nanba prison.
"It's not really morning anymore. It is the afternoon.," the shark like man said and drank from his cup.
(Y/n) could smell alcohol on him, he was drinking awamori.
The icy woman sat up quickly and scooted away from him, "What the hell is your problem?! Why are you acting friendly after taking me from my home?!"
The blue haired man looked at her, an expression of surprise before smiling.
"That's right, you don't remember much. But, I can assure you, you are home now.," the man stated, "I've been waiting for you to come home, Yuki."
"Don't use that name.," the icy woman snapped, "I don't know you."
"(Y/n) Yukinohana, 22 years old. Favorite food is mochi and adzuki beans. You are the only child of your parents. Your family all possess this freezing ability, yet yours is the strongest, however you are sickly and weak to heat as a result of it.," the man spoke and took a sip of his drink, "You have a diamond shaped mole on your stomach, underneath your breasts. You used to be introverted to the point of avoiding people at any cost, but, you changed... became warmer."
(Y/n)'s face heated up a bit, "Creep. Nobody is supposed to know about the mole except the doctors and my parents..."
"And someone who happened to see it from not knocking first.," The young man hummed, "Your cheeks are cute when they are pink, Yuki."
"Creepy alcoholic.," The icy woman said to the shark like man. "I'm a handsome alcoholic.," The shark like man said in a friendly tone. A tone that sounded almost like... Shiro.
The blue and pink haired woman shook a little, "Don't say that..."
"Why not? This is something I've always said. You used to laugh at it.," the man, Kojiro asked, "You're angrier than you used to be, Yuki."
(Y/n) shook more, "You're supposed to be dead."
Kojiro put down his cup, "Ah, so you do remember."
"You idiot! We had a funeral! Your parents died thinking that you were dead!," the young woman snapped at him, "I thought you were dead, Shiro! I went to see your grave every time I could!"
"I know.," The shark like man said with a sad yet smiling expression, "I was there when you went last time. When you visited my parents' graves, too."
"You're the one who same me from the riptide.," (y/n) gripped her hands into fists, "Why did you not stay and tell me?"
"I was not supposed to be there. I would have gotten in trouble.," Kojiro replied, "My new name is Kojiro. The old me is dead, but I am reborn."
He finished his drink and held his hand to her, "I have some friends who want to meet you."
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