My Name...
"Smirnov, you understand that right? You are my greatest creation," Yuu was forced to look into the dead amethyst eyes in front of him, he couldn't look away even if he wanted to, "If you die how will I know if my experiment succeeded or not?"
'Get away from me,' Yuu wanted to say that but his mouth didn't move, he wanted to back to get the hands that were on his face, but he couldn't.
"Go on say it, That you'll only save yourself, that others do not matter, Mother, sister, lovers, friends don't matter, you can always meet new people if you are alive, The lives of others aside from your own does not matter," Yuu's face was pulled closer as his body leaned forward because of the man without any resistance.
"Go on say it, Smirnov~, you shouldn't forget that everything you've acquired was thanks to this, You can't discard this, if you do you'll lose everything,"
'No, I won't, I won't say it,' Yuu wanted to say this out loud and his lips were moving.
"I'll only save my-" But the words that were coming out of his mouth weren't the ones he wanted to say.
'No stop! Don't say it!' Yuu couldn't help but shout in his mind, it seems that his body was listening to him a little, he didn't want to live this way, but it seemed that little control was also being taken away from him.
"-Se-" His lips were moving and…
'Wake up, this is a dream wake up! Right now!' Yuu shouted but none of that came out, he can see the smile on the man's face.
It was a smile he knew well.
'I am not under your control anymore, and I won't say it,' Yuu's body was not listening no matter how much he tried, and then…
'Tachibana-sama wake up!' He heard that cry reverberate throughout the corridor and it didn't stop with just Kanae.
'Yuu Get yourself together damn it!!' This time it was Shinobu.
"Hmm? Tachibana? Yuu? Who are they calling? Do you know Smirnov?" The man sounded confused as he heard the name, but his face froze the next instant.
"My name isn't Smirnov now, It is Tachibana Yuu," Yuu was finally able to say something, and it caused the man to smile like he was quite happy.
"So, You got a new name, huh? What are you a stray cat that gets new names every time they meet a new owner?" Even after hearing this Yuu didn't bother with replying and moved back.
"No, my name won't change again, I'll stay as Tachibana Yuu, I'll be going, I don't want to make them wait any longer," Yuu was thinking that he had been away from his home for a long time. So, he turned and walked away, and just like he thought the man in the wheelchair didn't chase after him rather…
"You know you can run from it but you won't be able to hide it, they'll see your true face sooner or later, you don't know what emotions are, you were born without them, That is why you should listen to me, discard them before they choose to do it to you," Yuu heard that but didn't turn around, even then he had something to say…
"My family isn't like you,"
"I see," That was what Yuu heard in return before he felt that fuzzy sensation again and…
"Hah* hah*" His eyes opened to see a wooden ceiling above along with heavy breathing and…
"He finally came about," Shinobu's exhausted voice came from beside.
"Tachibana-sama, are you feeling alright? Do you feel dizzy?" Kanae was also nearby and she sounded just as exhausted as Shinobu if not more.
'My breathing is quite erratic,' Yuu thought as he tried to calm down his quick heartbeat, 'Why did I have to see him?'
"No, I feel ok," Yuu answered and Kanae looked relieved.
"Did you have a nightmare or something? You suddenly went into shock, we thought you were a goner," Shinobu sounded strangely angry right now, but Yuu didn't care about it.
"A nightmare? Yeah ...that sounds about right," Yuu said while looking at the ceiling again.
"So, you have nightmares as well?" Shinobu looked seriously surprised while pouring the medicine.
"Of course I do, I am also a normal human you know," Yuu said with a sigh.
"A normal human can't continue to fight after being poisoned for over an hour without having any type of poison resistance, neither can a normal human wake up the next day after such a battle," Shinobu deadpanned as she came near Yuu's bed.
"I still can't move," Yuu said as he still couldn't move freely, his whole body was hurting.
"That is because you were thrashing about just a while ago, if it weren't for us holding you down, you would've reopened all of your wounds, if it weren't for your weakened state we wouldn't even be able to stop you," Shinobu rolled her eyes as she looked at Yuu. But she still had to do her job, "Here drink the medicine, it'll help with the fever."
"Hmm?" Yuu looked at the cup held in front of his mouth by Shinobu.
"Not a Word, if you speak you're dead," Shinobu said as she made Yuu drink the medicine before he could even speak.
"Shinobu you shouldn't treat a patient so roughly," Kanae chided Shinobu as she seemed to have rested a little.
"Nee-sama why are you here? You are supposed to be resting as well," But Shinobu got angry with her own sister after she was done with Yuu.
"My injuries aren't that bad, so I can move around," Kanae smiled cheerfully and Shinobu felt like she was developing a headache now.
"Can I get some water?" Yuu said as his throat was dry not to mention he had to drink the medicine in that state.
"I'll get some," Kanae said and went straight out of the room.
"Nee-sama you should go and rest, hah*," Shinobu held her head as Kanae and rushed out without listening to her.
"You should calm down," Shinobu heard Yuu and looked at him.
"You are too calm for someone who was riddled with poison that would've certainly killed him," Shinobu said and Yuu looked at her.
"But I knew you would've been able to make the antidote if you got the blood," Yuu said plainly.
"What if I couldn't do it?" Shinobu was angry once again.
"I knew you would be able to make it, I made that conclusion after working with you for the past month," Yuu said that simply, he had left the letter for Shinobu that detailed how he would get the demon's blood which will be used to make the antidote for the poison.
"But, Did you really have to gamble your life for this mission? You could've just asked for more backup," Shinobu said and…
"I don't think I need to explain this to you, you are smart enough to know what would happen," Yuu said and Shinobu frowned, it is because she knew that he was right.
"Anyway, it was good that you didn't get poisoned for too long, or even with the antidote you wouldn't have survived," Shinobu sighed as that was a real close call.
"I misjudged the demon's strength and got hit earlier than I planned," Yuu said while staring at the ceiling.
"So, you were planning on getting hit anyway?" Shinobu asked in surprise.
"No, if possible I didn't want to, but I knew that I would get hit at least once, so I wanted to control where it would happen," Yuu knew that there was no he could keep dodging Gyutaro till the end of the fight. That is why he made plans surrounding on the fact that he was already injured.
And the main part of the plan was to get Gyutaro's blood by acting like the poison was working faster than it actually was, this was done in order to get an antidote made in advance so that it could be used immediately, that is why Shinobu was present at the scene.
"You see? You don't even sound normal," Shinobu pointed it out and Yuu sighed.
'How did he know that this demon uses poison to being with? Not to mention he already knew what type of moves the demons will make and how to defeat them,' Shinobu thought while looking at Yuu, there were many things about him that did not make sense.
Yuu was the one who asked for Yoshiwara to be emptied, he made them empty one area and drew in the demon there then kept the demon in that place while the other people were evacuated.
This was in order to get the people out of harm's way, but Shinobu understood that Yuu didn't want the demons to use the humans as hostages because that would her sister into a tough situation.
Not to mention the poison thing, and even if Yuu's plan did not work fully, it was more than enough for him to kill an Upper Moon Demon while being poisoned.
'Not to mention he got hit in the proper place where he hide a human hand, Where did he even get it from?' Shinobu had many questions.
With his combat ability and the way he gathers information Yuu is…
"Do you want to say something?"