Chapter 4
Shousuke woke up, he squinted his eyes and sat up.
He looked at the mirror across the room and saw himself.
Or someone.
This wasn't him. His name was Yasuke why was it Shousuke?
He was thinking of this for the last few days and week.
Then as if the demon was whispering into his ear.
Voices started crowding his mind as it began to get louder and louder eventually his ears started bleeding.
Stop..! Stop it! I'm Yasuke!
Pathetic, your not Yasuke. Your Madara!
No! Your Shousuke!
He began to get dizzy as he put his hands on his temples massaging them.
The screams and voices ketp getting louder and louder.
Pop!
Sounds of something popping was heard inside of his mind.
As his ears bled his eardrums popped.
Gaah!
He opened his eyes and found himself laid down once again.
His forehead was bathed with sweat as his body was also the same.
Huff.. Huff...
He gasped for breath as he checked his ears that were fine.
He sighed in relief as to what was happening to him.
Why where there voices on his mind?
His face was terrified as he was about to let out a tear but stopped him self.
He got up and went to the bathroom to brush his teeth.
He took his toothbrush and toothpaste, and started brushing his teeth in front of the mirror.
The mirror reflection of Shousuke started to change as he saw Madara standing there in the mirror, and then changed to Yasuke, then to Shousuke, then to Madara again. This process repeated again and again.
He quickly spat out the toothpaste in his mouth and widened his eyes.
The bathroom started shaking violently.
As blood started coming out of the mirror. And his eyes turning everything he saw into a bloody mess.
Stop! Stop! End this nightmare!
He began crying blood as his eyes that had pupils were now blood red as well.
Keuk..
He spat out blood with his internal organs.
He spat it on the ground as he grabbed it and tried to put It back in.
AHHH!
He screamed as he woke up once again. Now it was an instantaneous process as he quickly went to the door to open it but black hands came out of the door knob and grabbed his hands tearing it apart.
AHHHH!
He screamed as he saw his right arm on the floor. The black hands started coming to his face and gouged out his eyes turning him blind.
He felt his consciousness fade as he fell down on the ground leaving a pool of blood beneath him.
GAH!
He woke up as he started in the ceiling.
He stood up and ran to the window hoping he could jump out and land on the ground.
His hopes were crushed as Yasuke was in front of the window and choked him.
He tried to get rid of Yasuke's hand that was on his neck but couldn't.
Yasuke threw him on the ground and looked at him in the eyes.
Yasuke's hand made a motion as his fingers gradually went in his eyes and took it out.
Blood started coming out like crazy.
Yasuke started taking off his nails as blood started coming out of his fingers and feet.
GAH!
Again he woke up and repeated the same process for three hundred and forty six times.
***
He looked at the ceiling
His eyes were dead.
His body lost its life.
And his mind blank.
"Shousuke!" Shuuko his mom called out, outside the door.
Shousuke didn't move nor did he try to move, had no intention of moving.
"Shousuke I'm coming in!" She said and then opened the door to see her son on the bed.
"Come let's go! We're going out today!" She said and then came closer to drag her son's arms.
She grabbed hold of her son's arms as she easily pulled Shousuke.
"Shousuke are you alright?"
Shousuke looked at her in the eyes and didn't do anything.
He got up and changed his clothes and went out.
What happened? Did something happen to my son?
She questioned as she had thoughts on her mind.
She made her way out of his room as she looked at the back of her son.
It felt as if he had lost meaning in life with those dead eyes.
***
30 minutes later they arrived at the destination
It was a mountain.
"We're going to the top!" Shuuko raised two of her hands and excitedly shouted.
Masayoshi (The dad) and Shouko also raised their hand halfway.
They looked at Shousuke who was looking at a kid having fun with other kids.
Suddenly they felt a gloomy vibe around him as he looked at them with dead eyes that seemed to give them chills.
They decided to ignore it as they set out on their adventure to climb the mountain.
---Yasuke POV---
I looked at my family having fun.
I thought for a few moments and rephrased it.
I looked at Shousuke's family having fun.
Why am I here?
Why was I given the chance to become someone else?
Why was I not Yasuke, but Shousuke?
Or am I Madara?
Who am I?
Who?
Am i even real?
Is reality even real?
As I thought that they arrived at the top of the mountain.
I looked at the sunset with his family and thought that it was an eyesore.
Why am I even living?
Why had I not died when I had a heart attack when I was Yasuke?
With his dead eyes he looked at the sunset as bad thoughts invaded his mind.
Footsteps that sounded small started gradually getting loud.
"Shousuke!" His mom came to him and held his arm.
She looked like she was about to cry as she hugged me.
"Why are you not saying anything!" She had an angry voice but was worried.
Why do you care?
I don't know you.
She tightened her hug as she whispered into his ears, her tears flowing down on his shirt as she opened her mouth.
"Your not alone Shousuke. We're right here." She said and the rest of them came and hugged him as well.
Good for Shousuke.
Shuuko then continued with her mouth forming into a gentle smile and said.
"No matter who you are, even if you change. Just remember that you're you and we love you." The people in front of him started changing into my family. My real family.
My grandma was caressing my head as my mom and dad were hugging me tightly.
"You are you. Nothing changes that. Even if your name changed, even if your whole entire face changed. We love you son." My dad said as he hugged me tightly.
Tears started flowing out of my eyes as I remembered.
I am me. Nothing can change that.
I smiled as I looked at my family in front of me.
They gradually disappeared as they smiled in front of me.
"We love you."
They said for the last time and disappeared.
"I love you too." As I wiped my eyes and opened it.
I looked at the Komi family and smiled, even if it for a little while. They were his real family.
They all cried as they hugged.
Today was a good and sad day for the Komi family. Today was the day that Yasuke had learned an important lesson, that no matter what he was him and nothing can change that.