Guardian Angel (Mikami)

[Prosecutor Mikami Teru]

This co-worker wasn't a very brave one - probably not even a proper lawyer. His face was pale, and he looked inches away from losing his lunch. "...Oh man...he t-took a knife...!?"

When she shouted, the man yelped a bit, scrambling back towards the office to place the call, shouting as he ran around the corner - "TERU'S BEEN STABBED! WE NEED AN AMBULANCE!"


By now, Mikami was desperately trying not to pass out - so he focused his ears on Kagumi, brown eyes unable to hold focus on anything. He had lost a lot of blood, and between that and the pain, he was fighting a losing battle to cling to wakefulness.

As he fought to keep awake, his guard started to drop, his lips twitching into strange, involuntary smiles and smirks between grimaces. For a very short moment, his breathing hitched in such a way that almost sounded like soft laughter....

But he couldn't be laughing in this situation....

Could he?

In truth, he didn't even know what he was doing anymore. There wasn't much going through his head besides what he had just done.... I took him down, God, so that you may judge him...and I protected her...just like in school. I protected her with more than words alone....

[Kagumi Michiyo]

To listen to something of hers followed was probably one of the oddest but better feelings she had so far. Her heart lifted a little bit and she pressed a bit harder on the wound, feeling the shirt soak completely in blood. The corners of her lips turned up slightly and she gave a sigh of relief. She turned slightly so her lips were by his ear, "Hear that Mikami? You're gonna be okay." She murmured in relief, continuing to stroke his hair. She couldn't believe how heavy he was even though he was so slim.

The man turned the corner and Kagumi continued to try to comfort Mikami, her shallow breathing now light and calm, hardly making a sound. "He's calling an ambulance, hang in there, you'll be okay..." She continued stroking his hair and let out a staggered sigh watching this kind of suffering coming from anyone. And she still felt helpless despite the fact she did everything she could. Now all she could do was sit there with him and talk, stroking his hair and making sure the blood wasn't too much.

Her body was steady and her breathing was calm knowing that he would be okay, but a small sound made her a little concerned. He had lost too much blood, and the small soft laugh made her worry a bit. "Mikami," she murmured, "you have to stay strong, please..." she held him tighter and tried to keep her touch gentle at the same time. The blood loss was making him lose it.

[Prosecutor Mikami Teru]

"...Don't worry...I'm just feeling...tired...." His voice was shaking and faint, more breath than anything else.

Mikami's weight was starting to shift - he nearly wasn't holding himself up anymore. In spite of himself, he left his eyes open, watching the world spin and shift like he was watching it through a curtain of heat. He was still trying to focus on her voice, but it was getting more difficult to do so...it was hard to hold onto any thought at all, really. For a moment, he tried to revert to habit, lifting a shaky hand to try and check his watch...but his strength ran out halfway through, and as his arm dropped, he let his head loll backward, turning his gaze towards the sky, resting against Kagumi's hand.

Another laugh escaped him, this one a bit louder - more unsettling. It shook his body, sending more pain through his shoulder and forcing him into a grimace. Clearly, he wasn't taking the blood loss so well at all...eyes wide, he let the grimace turn into a quivering, toothy grin.

It looked wrong on him...unpleasant.

[Kagumi Michiyo]

His forced words only made her even more uneasy. She had to keep him awake as much as she could, at least until the ambulance could get to them. She looked out to the street with fury WHERE ARE THEY! The girl growled a bit, her eyes starting to tear up again. They had to get here soon before it was too late, she couldnt hold him up like this forever...

He became heavier on her and she only pulled him in again so that way she wouldn't fall back. "I know you're tired..it's alright, but you can't sleep yet, you have to wait until the ambulance gets here," she pleaded quietly. She felt him try to check his watch, but failed. She bit her lip again, she had to do everything she could to keep him awake for now. "Stay strong...for me..."

The delusions were getting worse and she stirred a bit in surprise. His head was leaned back in her hand and he laughed, a loud grueling hysterical laugh. One she had only seen once before. The flashbacks came again and to see him that way made her go deathly pale, a whimper escaped her throat quietly, and then she shook her head. This wasnt going to end like this, she continued on holding him, still pale in the face but determined to stand by him until he was alright. If he died she didn't know what she would do.

[Prosecutor Mikami Teru]

The cheshire grin remained, twitching at the edges, unnatural and out-of-place in this situation. As she spoke, his eyes rolled downward - in this position, his head pulled back, he could see her face. When he spoke again, it was with his eyes locked on hers.

"...I know God wanted...wanted me to protect you...and I did. And then...then I took him down...I got him...I helped...." Another weird laugh - his eyelids fluttered for a second before he righted himself again, trying to focus on her face.

"...God will judge them both...."

Mikami's hands tensed up as a wave of pain hit him - rational thought was becoming difficult, and he couldn't help but writhe in Kagumi's grip for a second, his grin turning into a grimace as he did so.

Somewhere in the distance, the sound of sirens could be heard - police and ambulance alike. They were loud, but a little ways off. A few more minutes before they were there, by the sounds of it.

[Kagumi Michiyo]

She was still terrified, listening to his laugh and watching his smile twist and curl in ways she had seen once, but tried to get that out of her head. This is Mikami, she had to mentally tell herself, this isn't the man who killed Megumi, this is Mika-

Her thoughts suddenly froze along with her body as his wide hysterical eyes locked onto hers. Her eyes widened a little bit, showing full well the sudden burst of inferiority she felt being under his gaze once again, but now that he was acting like this, the loss of blood got to him, her gaze wasn't out of respect, it was out of complete and total fear.

She felt her breathing become uneasy as she listened to him, but she had to keep on for him, it filled her with fear to do so, "that's right..." she said the best she could, "you did well...God will reward you greatly Mikami. He will reward you with rest..."

Before she could finish her sentence, he suddenly began to write in pain in her arms, she gripped onto him and whimpered. But the sounds of sirens filled the background and she smiled, "just a little bit longer dear, they're almost here."

[Prosecutor Mikami Teru]

When he finally stopped writhing, he gasped for breath, relaxing again against her. His head remained pitched back, no effort expended to move it now. The only effort he was putting forth was to stay awake...and to keep his eyes on her face.

"Yes...rest...I'll rest...."

His face glistened with sweat now, soft cackles wracking his body now and then. He couldn't help it, really...but with those glasses off and his ever-present poker face broken, Mikami looked like a whole new person.

It was a disturbing side of him that not many got to see.

As strange as this all was, though, Mikami was still in there...and for just a second, the laughter faded, and his eyes turned apologetic. "...Make sure...." He swallowed hard, voice slurred. "...Make sure...they see that you're...okay...."

He was starting to black out, against his will - the sirens were getting louder, but everything was getting sort of quiet in his ears. Dark brown eyes were struggling to stay open now, fluttering and shutting for moments at a time.


Soon the sirens were getting loud indeed - another few blocks and they would arrive. He only had to hold on until then...could he?

[Kagumi Michiyo]

When he stopped writhing, Kagumi relaxed, her light amber eyes alight with relief, he refused to move his head from her hand and their eyes locked again, she was trying so hard, and now he was relaxing and trying to keep his eyes on her in an attempt not to black out for her, but they were almost here, then she could bring him relief and her mind could rest at ease.

To see him this way was totally different than the cool and collected man she had first met in the park, this side she had never seen before, it was primal and feared and almost unnerving. But she tried her best to be as calm as she could so that way she could keep her cool and hope to God he would be okay.

"Its alright Mikami," she had said that repeatedly, and for a minute she almost lost hope in her tender words, but now that the sirens were near she was starting to gain back her confidence.

Then suddenly the soft pools she remembered came back to her for a split second, his eyes were apologetic, but she smiled, "I'll be fine, it's you we have to worry about," she murmured. The effort from him had become greater, he was starting to fade, but now she saw the shadows of the men and she smiled, "it's okay, they are here for you now, you can rest now."

[Prosecutor Mikami Teru]

"...Please...take...care...." He couldn't speak any more than this, his voice cutting back into one last hysterical laugh. For a moment, his back arched, eyes widening as the throbbing cackle that escaped him wracked his pained body...and he went from wide, wild grin, to grimace, then back again.

Finally there was the shouting of the medics, and the tramping of feet...but Mikami heard none of it. After Kagumi had told him he could rest, his hearing had seemed to fade out, the world going rather gray as the men rushed over to retrieve him. Before he could think one more thought, his eyes rolled back in his head and he passed out, his breathing turning slow and deep. Well-deserved rest after what he had done.

Kagumi's guardian angel had come right on cue...and now he was the one being saved.


The medics did their job well, carefully scooping him up and getting him into the ambulance. The wound didn't seem to be anything life-threatening, but the main concern was blood-loss....

And as a couple of the medics' expressions suggested, his sanity.

[Fin]

[Kagumi Michiyo]

that concludes this part!

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