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Title: Second Life
Chapter: 5 - Evading Thanatos
Character: Aoi Ryosuke, Ryuzaki Shinji, Hasebe Nagisa
Fandom: Orthros no Inu
Rating: PG13
Summary: As he continued his vigil over Ryosuke, Shinji fought his own fear over the possibility of his brother slipping away from his grasp. Meanwhile, Detective Hasebe Nagisa took Sawamura away for a proper observation...
A/N: Hopefully I don't start running out of Greek mythological reference to name my chapters...
Crossposted all over.
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“Oniichan.”
Young Shinji turned around to see his younger brother looking back at him, the small child... having his small schoolbag saddled behind his back. He frowned.
“Where are you going, Ryo-chan?” he asked as the young boy shrugged.
“Ryosuke... come here!” Their mother suddenly called, as the little boy ran towards their mother. Suddenly Shinji felt an unexplainable sense of alarm as he reached out towards Ryosuke but their hands barely missed each other.
“Ryosuke, wait!”
Suddenly he was back to his adult self again as Ryosuke turned towards him.
“What is it, aniki?”
That sense of dread still hadn’t left him as he asked.
“Where are you going?”
He started shouting now as Ryosuke stared at him bewildered, wondering why on earth he was being so alarmed at. He just shrugged.
“Mother called. She said we have to go somewhere...” he said, pointing towards the path in front of him.
But there was no path. All there was in front of them was a place of bright light. Suddenly, something clicked inside Shinji’s mind as he dashed towards Ryosuke.
“COME BACK! Ryosuke! Don’t go to that side!”
He shouted as he ran, trying his hardest to grab his brother’s hand. Trying to pull him back towards him. Trying to keep him from being apart from him...
“Idiot! Don’t you dare go to that other side!”
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“Shinji! Shinji-san! Wake up!”
Shinji jerked himself up as he turned his head towards the voice that had woken him up. Nagisa looked at him with concern painted on her face.
“Is there something wrong? You were talking in your sleep.”
Shinji blinked as he shook his head.
“Ah... nothing. I... just had a nightmare. Yeah... that’s it. Just a nightmare.”
Nagisa glanced towards his side as she seemed to have noticed something.
“Is there any problem with Aoi-san? You were holding his arm really tightly.”
Shinji froze as he realised that he had been holding onto Ryosuke’s arm so tightly. The dream earlier came back into his mind as he shook his head. He laughed unconvincingly.
“Hah... I must have been so shaken up by that bad dream—“ he said before changing the topic. “By the way, why are you still calling him by his surname? I thought you and Ryosuke had grown quite close to each other since last year—”
Nagisa blinked as she grinned nervously.
“That... right now, I guess it’s still early—”
“Did you like Ryosuke?”
Nagisa stared at him in horror.
“Why... so sudden—Anyway why did you suddenly ask such strange question?”
Shinji appeared defiant.
“Well... who’s the one waking me up so early?”
“I was just—since I’m already here, I thought I could pay Aoi-san a visit. Anyway... I had another work to do. See ya—”
Shinji glanced at the clock to see that it was still a few hours before ten.
“Work again? At this time? Miss detective, you are hardworking, aren’t you?”
Nagisa just waved the sarcasm away.
“My work was just around the corner after all. Well... see you later.” Nagisa hastily said as she excused herself hurriedly.
Minutes later, at another section of the hospital; Nagisa waited with another officer as they escorted Sawamura towards the hospital’s psychiatric department...
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“Hurry! If possible, scour this whole hospital until you find him! Everyone’s in danger if he’s let loose out of this hospital! Go!”
Shinji turned towards the source of the shout as he recognised Nagisa’s voice. He barely caught sight of the numerous plain-clothed detectives scattering all around her as Nagisa finally noticed him.
“What’s happening, Detective?”
Shinji could tell from her alarmed state that something was really bothering her. He hoped that that something was something that he had not been thinking about. What he just heard earlier that she had said... it might just be purely coincidental...
“Sawamura had escaped.”
Shinji froze. Indeed, his worst fears came true.
Nagisa continued explaining.
“Chief Goto said that it was risky that we should continue keeping him in the state prison. If he’s really crazy... he might as well escape again like he did last time—that’s why we had to take him to get a valid confirmation that he was crazy.”
“We didn’t expect him to act so sudden just at that brief second me and my fellow officers was distracted. When the psychiatrist had been—”
Shinji shook his head.
“This can’t happen. This really can’t be happening now!”
Shinji grabbed Nagisa by the shoulders.
“Hey... did he knew? Did he knew that Ryosuke was in this hospital?”
Before Nagisa could answer his questions, Shinji dashed towards the elevator to get back towards Ryosuke’s hospital room. But the elevators were taking so long a time as he dashed towards the escalators while still running. Nagisa followed him at almost the same pace as she also realised her oversight.
Even if no one had told him that Aoi Ryosuke was being treated here... there was that off-chance that he would be in this hospital. That’s why... it was likely that the very place that Sawamura would be heading to, would be the intensive care unit.
Nagisa pulled out her phone as she hastily punch the speed dial number to one of her officers to direct them towards the ICU, as she reached the stairways to head towards the place.
Half an hour later, as they reached the floor; she could barely hear Shinji gasp aloud. It seemed that Sawamura had already found Ryosuke and he already had his hands around Ryosuke’s neck...
“Get your hands off my brother!” Shinji shouted as to her horror, Sawamura did not waver in his actions as he started to squeeze Ryosuke’s neck.
Shinji dashed inside the room and roughly grabbed Sawamura’s hands away from his brother before throwing him aside. Without warning, he started punching Sawamura’s face without any reservation.
“Stop it!”
Nagisa hastily pulled Shinji apart from Sawamura as the other offers finally arrived and dragged Sawamura out of the room. Shinji stared blankly towards Sawamura for a moment before turning around in panic towards his brother. Nagisa gave a cry as she set her eyes on Ryosuke.
He had looked even paler now as there was a clear bruise on his neck because of what Sawamura had done to try killing him. Shinji gave a pained yelp as he touched the bruise on Ryosuke’s neck for the colours started to get deeper in shade. He frowned as the monitor that displayed his brother's vital signs started showing signs of Ryosuke's conditions worsening before he shakily placed back Ryosuke’s breathing mask over his mouth and nose.
“Please... don’t die, Ryosuke!” he cried as his tears didn’t seem to want to stop from falling. Nagisa had to bite her lips not to cry at such sight. She turned around to wipe her tears as she barely heard Shinji sobbed.
“A... niki?”
Both Shinji and Nagisa turned their attention towards Ryosuke as they couldn’t believe their ears. But sure enough, the proof was right before their eyes.
Aoi... no, Tatsumi Ryosuke had opened his eyes after his deep slumber. Barely escaping death from the hands of the crazed man that wanted to kill him for not doing what he was told to do, a year before...
Chapter: 5 - Evading Thanatos
Character: Aoi Ryosuke, Ryuzaki Shinji, Hasebe Nagisa
Fandom: Orthros no Inu
Rating: PG13
Summary: As he continued his vigil over Ryosuke, Shinji fought his own fear over the possibility of his brother slipping away from his grasp. Meanwhile, Detective Hasebe Nagisa took Sawamura away for a proper observation...
A/N: Hopefully I don't start running out of Greek mythological reference to name my chapters...
Crossposted all over.
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“Oniichan.”
Young Shinji turned around to see his younger brother looking back at him, the small child... having his small schoolbag saddled behind his back. He frowned.
“Where are you going, Ryo-chan?” he asked as the young boy shrugged.
“Ryosuke... come here!” Their mother suddenly called, as the little boy ran towards their mother. Suddenly Shinji felt an unexplainable sense of alarm as he reached out towards Ryosuke but their hands barely missed each other.
“Ryosuke, wait!”
Suddenly he was back to his adult self again as Ryosuke turned towards him.
“What is it, aniki?”
That sense of dread still hadn’t left him as he asked.
“Where are you going?”
He started shouting now as Ryosuke stared at him bewildered, wondering why on earth he was being so alarmed at. He just shrugged.
“Mother called. She said we have to go somewhere...” he said, pointing towards the path in front of him.
But there was no path. All there was in front of them was a place of bright light. Suddenly, something clicked inside Shinji’s mind as he dashed towards Ryosuke.
“COME BACK! Ryosuke! Don’t go to that side!”
He shouted as he ran, trying his hardest to grab his brother’s hand. Trying to pull him back towards him. Trying to keep him from being apart from him...
“Idiot! Don’t you dare go to that other side!”
xxx
“Shinji! Shinji-san! Wake up!”
Shinji jerked himself up as he turned his head towards the voice that had woken him up. Nagisa looked at him with concern painted on her face.
“Is there something wrong? You were talking in your sleep.”
Shinji blinked as he shook his head.
“Ah... nothing. I... just had a nightmare. Yeah... that’s it. Just a nightmare.”
Nagisa glanced towards his side as she seemed to have noticed something.
“Is there any problem with Aoi-san? You were holding his arm really tightly.”
Shinji froze as he realised that he had been holding onto Ryosuke’s arm so tightly. The dream earlier came back into his mind as he shook his head. He laughed unconvincingly.
“Hah... I must have been so shaken up by that bad dream—“ he said before changing the topic. “By the way, why are you still calling him by his surname? I thought you and Ryosuke had grown quite close to each other since last year—”
Nagisa blinked as she grinned nervously.
“That... right now, I guess it’s still early—”
“Did you like Ryosuke?”
Nagisa stared at him in horror.
“Why... so sudden—Anyway why did you suddenly ask such strange question?”
Shinji appeared defiant.
“Well... who’s the one waking me up so early?”
“I was just—since I’m already here, I thought I could pay Aoi-san a visit. Anyway... I had another work to do. See ya—”
Shinji glanced at the clock to see that it was still a few hours before ten.
“Work again? At this time? Miss detective, you are hardworking, aren’t you?”
Nagisa just waved the sarcasm away.
“My work was just around the corner after all. Well... see you later.” Nagisa hastily said as she excused herself hurriedly.
Minutes later, at another section of the hospital; Nagisa waited with another officer as they escorted Sawamura towards the hospital’s psychiatric department...
xxx
“Hurry! If possible, scour this whole hospital until you find him! Everyone’s in danger if he’s let loose out of this hospital! Go!”
Shinji turned towards the source of the shout as he recognised Nagisa’s voice. He barely caught sight of the numerous plain-clothed detectives scattering all around her as Nagisa finally noticed him.
“What’s happening, Detective?”
Shinji could tell from her alarmed state that something was really bothering her. He hoped that that something was something that he had not been thinking about. What he just heard earlier that she had said... it might just be purely coincidental...
“Sawamura had escaped.”
Shinji froze. Indeed, his worst fears came true.
Nagisa continued explaining.
“Chief Goto said that it was risky that we should continue keeping him in the state prison. If he’s really crazy... he might as well escape again like he did last time—that’s why we had to take him to get a valid confirmation that he was crazy.”
“We didn’t expect him to act so sudden just at that brief second me and my fellow officers was distracted. When the psychiatrist had been—”
Shinji shook his head.
“This can’t happen. This really can’t be happening now!”
Shinji grabbed Nagisa by the shoulders.
“Hey... did he knew? Did he knew that Ryosuke was in this hospital?”
Before Nagisa could answer his questions, Shinji dashed towards the elevator to get back towards Ryosuke’s hospital room. But the elevators were taking so long a time as he dashed towards the escalators while still running. Nagisa followed him at almost the same pace as she also realised her oversight.
Even if no one had told him that Aoi Ryosuke was being treated here... there was that off-chance that he would be in this hospital. That’s why... it was likely that the very place that Sawamura would be heading to, would be the intensive care unit.
Nagisa pulled out her phone as she hastily punch the speed dial number to one of her officers to direct them towards the ICU, as she reached the stairways to head towards the place.
Half an hour later, as they reached the floor; she could barely hear Shinji gasp aloud. It seemed that Sawamura had already found Ryosuke and he already had his hands around Ryosuke’s neck...
“Get your hands off my brother!” Shinji shouted as to her horror, Sawamura did not waver in his actions as he started to squeeze Ryosuke’s neck.
Shinji dashed inside the room and roughly grabbed Sawamura’s hands away from his brother before throwing him aside. Without warning, he started punching Sawamura’s face without any reservation.
“Stop it!”
Nagisa hastily pulled Shinji apart from Sawamura as the other offers finally arrived and dragged Sawamura out of the room. Shinji stared blankly towards Sawamura for a moment before turning around in panic towards his brother. Nagisa gave a cry as she set her eyes on Ryosuke.
He had looked even paler now as there was a clear bruise on his neck because of what Sawamura had done to try killing him. Shinji gave a pained yelp as he touched the bruise on Ryosuke’s neck for the colours started to get deeper in shade. He frowned as the monitor that displayed his brother's vital signs started showing signs of Ryosuke's conditions worsening before he shakily placed back Ryosuke’s breathing mask over his mouth and nose.
“Please... don’t die, Ryosuke!” he cried as his tears didn’t seem to want to stop from falling. Nagisa had to bite her lips not to cry at such sight. She turned around to wipe her tears as she barely heard Shinji sobbed.
“A... niki?”
Both Shinji and Nagisa turned their attention towards Ryosuke as they couldn’t believe their ears. But sure enough, the proof was right before their eyes.
Aoi... no, Tatsumi Ryosuke had opened his eyes after his deep slumber. Barely escaping death from the hands of the crazed man that wanted to kill him for not doing what he was told to do, a year before...
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