Chapter 2: Who?Chapter 1: Who?Izayo

Chapter 2: Who?




Chapter 1: Who?

Izayoi's P.O.V.

I felt sore... everything hurt and the pain was getting worse and worse as I slowly came to. The distant sound of people talking made my head ache even more and the only thing I managed to do was moan.

"Izayoi-kun?" a girl's voice suddenly called and successfully pierced through my brain.

"Izayoi, can you here us?" another voice asked. Also a girl, but her voice was more gentle and not so sharp. However it still pained me.

"Hurts..." I managed to croak but still didn't dare to open my eyes. I could sense the light in room and by just imagining the agonizing pain caused by the fierce light made me shiver.

"I know, but don't worry, you'll be fine" the first girl informed me. Unfortunately, those two were too loud, or at least I find it loud, and it really hurt my head. The combination of sharp pain in the temples, back of head and dull pain behind eyes was horrible.

"speak... hurts" I couldn't help but beg for silence. However I wasn't capable of forming a proper sentence...

It seemed like both of them understood and the only response was a small whisper: "Rest"

And with that I dove into a world where pain was gone and the only thing that remained was silence and darkness. Oh that beautiful quietness that eased my pain and numbed all the senses. If only it could last forever...


Once again, I heard voices, not so loud anymore but still attacking my head. I didn't even move, not daring to risk another wave of agony to wash through my body. However I was able to recognize the words and listened to the still fuzzy conversation.

"And when will he recover?" an unknown voice asked. It belonged to a kid, boy I reckon.

"As I said, it will not be soon. That boy has an awful wound on head, concussion, some broken ribs, arm and bruises. All over his body. It's bad, but he will recover if he rests, drinks and eats" An adult-sounding woman said. Were they talking about me?

"Is there anything fatal? I mean, are any of his injuries life-threatening?" A girlish voice questioned. I couldn't really recognize if it was the one I heard when I woke up first, but it sounded very... comforting and familiar.

"Look, you guys still don't get it" the woman sighed. "He is already in a life-threatening condition. Even if he would stand up and go for a walk right now, there would be a good chance of him dying! He is gonna be pretty sore, his head will be a mess, even breathing will hurt him, just listening to us or seeing a light will undoubtedly cause him a horrible pain and that's just me assuming. It will be much worse, everything will be hurting like hell even if he will be just lying. If you want him to survive, don't even let that boy move a finger, limit talking in his presence and your volume on minimum and let him rest. At least 14 hours a day for about five days to week. That's all I can recommend now. Rest, rest, rest and rest."

Well, that woman was damn right. Every breath was like being stabbed into chest a few times, my whole body was on fire and my head might have exploded if they were talking even a little more loudly. And yes, my head was a complete mess. I couldn't remember anything, anyone... It kinda scared me that I knew nothing but still couldn't think too clearly to worry about anything. The world around me was still one big fuzzy blur and I somehow didn't want it to change. I found that nothingness surrounding my mind somehow comforting... It was like I didn't want to face something in that world, like if even opening an eye and acknowledging the existence of the outer world would make me suffer. I didn't like the feeling of despair that wrapped my mind when I tried to remember what happened. I was afraid...

"Izayoi? Are you awake?" another girlish voice spoke up, this time very near me. Thanks god she was whispering.

"Huh..." I tried to answer but felt that my throat was like a desert. I still didn't open the eyes, just relied on my ears.

"Here" I heard the girl grab something and then found a cool liquid slide down my throat. Oh, the water felt wonderful!

"Thanks" I managed to say, surprised how weakly it sounded. Suddenly, I felt the light in room dimming and supposed they drew the curtains. That was when I dared to open one my eye. Confirming it was safe, I opened the second one.

My vision was blur, trying to focus on a figure sitting right before me, I winced. After about the fiftieth wink, my eyes were focused enough to see her. A short-haired brunette with gentle and dark eyes full of concern. Behind her stood another girl, also brunette but with longer hair and more noble-like pose. But both of them looked pretty worried... was it really so bad?

"Girls," the woman I heard before, a doctor, spoke up and those two backed off. She was wearing a white mantle, face mature and calm and hair pulled into a pony tail.

"Izayoi-kun" she called... was she talking to me? Now that I think about it, both of the girls called me Izayoi before. Was it