Stay With Me

48|The Truth|

~ Summer of sixth-grade ~

"Mikey! (Y/n)!" Draken called out to the twins. "Wait for us upstairs!" Mikey shouts as he was still taking a shower. (Y/n) took the other one and did the same. Draken invited himself in and bumped into Emma. "You their sister? I'm Mikey's and (Y/n)'s friend, Draken." Draken introduced himself to her. "Oh, I'm their little sister, Emma." Emma nervously smiles. Draken helped her with the boxes she was carrying and chuckle that she wasn't as strong as the twins. "Were you talking sh*t about us?" Mikey asks as he walked in, still drying his hair. (Y/n) walked next to him, as she too was half-naked and drying her hair. "(Y-Y/n), put a shirt on!" Draken panics as he looks away while blushing. "I have a training bra, calm down." She pouts at the tall male. 

/ / /

"Kazu!" (Y/n) smiles as she hugged her boyfriend. Kazutora smiles and hugs her back with glee. He did feel Draken's, Baji's, and Mitsuya's stares of envy, but he felt too happy to acknowledge them. He had an angel in his arms that loved him dearly and didn't see himself letting her go anytime soon. Everything was perfect for the seven of them. Running wild and free. Wishing that these days can be as better as the next. But. . .nothing good last forever. 

(Y/n) quit Toman after the loss of Shinichiro. Another figure who she looked up to. Her world grew a bit darker, just like when she lost her mother. Her lungs felt tight as the darkness consumed her heart. She felt trapped. . .trapped in a box. She thought this box was something to feel safe in and stay away from the darkness. Instead, it was a coffin in where she was slowly suffocating. The darkness just kept putting the nails in unless she wanted to give in. To give in to what it wants. To make her feel what it felt. 

A certain hero could've let things be where she died in that coffin, but instead. . .he kept pulling the nails out not knowing what the outcome could be. Not knowing that the darkness was still inside her all this time. 

~ Back in 2008 ~

Takemichi stood back up and continued to fight against (Y/n). She kept taking him down, but he wouldn't give up. Despite his condition, he wanted to keep his promise. Angela and Emika. . .two girls who lost their mother to the darkness. He wanted (Y/n) and everyone to live a normal happy life. For her to reunite with either one of her daughters. For her to watch her children grow. Takemichi's eyes widen as he had a vision of (Y/n)'s next attack, but it came too late. 

Seeing that his visions have evolved, Takemichi dodged (Y/n)'s kicks. (Y/n) kept attacking unpredictable moves, but Takemichi still dodged them. Everyone began to wake up and watch in shock at how Takemichi was dodging her attacks. (Y/n) knew that he was able to predict the future at this point, but kept trying to kick him down. "You can't keep dodging forever!" She shouts. Takemichi saw an opening and apologized to her in his mind, before punching her face. 

(Y/n) grew angry as she stood back up. "WHY DID YOU COME BACK?!" She shouts. "I'M SURE YOU SAW THE VIDEO MESSAGE, SO WHY DON'T YOU LEAVE ME ALONE?!" She sent a kick, but he still dodged. "BUT YOU JUST KEEP COMING BACK! MEANING EVERYTHING I DID FOR EVERYONE WAS FOR NOTHING!" Takemichi punched her again. "BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING!" he shouts at her. 

(Y/n) stops as Takemichi asked her why she changed so suddenly. Finally, she spat out the truth. . ."Sano Shinichiro is a time leaper." (Y/n) said as she looked at Takemichi. 

~ In the original timeline~

"Manjiro is. . .he's fallen unconscious and is in critical condition!" Grandpa Sano shouts through the phone. "Huh?!" Shinichiro was in disbelief. "He was playing around and fell down the stair, and hit is head really hard!" Grandpa Sano then began to choke on his cries. "A-As for (Y/n). . ."

/ / /

Baji, Sanzu, and Senju cried at they explained what happened. "When Mikey tripped, (Y/n) went to grab him to stop falling. . .but she fell down with him. We heard a loud 'bonk' and 'crack'. Mikey didn't wake up, but (Y/n). . ."Baji shut his eyes and cried more. "S-She kept choking on air. . .we tried to help her, but she went quiet!" He wailed out. 

The truth came to light. . .Sano (Y/n) was dead due to her neck cracking the wrong way. As for Sano Manjiro. . .he wouldn't know what was going on around him. He wouldn't know that his twin sister died trying to save his fall. All Shinichiro could do was cry in pain as his heart ached and be there for Mikey. 

Sanzu, Baji, Wakasa, Inui, and Takeomi sunk into depression since the girl they loved was no longer with them anymore. They were no longer going to hear her voice, her laughter, her calling out to them. Nor would they see her beautiful smile and eyes or even fell her warm hugs she would give them every time she would see them. 

In this time line. . .Sano (Y/n) died not knowing what her future could have been.