Chapter 21: Chapter 21: The Legend of... (part 1)
[ Narrator's POV ]
On Haruki's side, things weren't looking that good.
In Yuhi's (Mom's) room,
Despite being out of danger, his mom wasn't waking up. He could force her to wake up, but not until he is done with making sure there aren't any troubles with her that got overlooked due to haste.
[ Haruki's POV ]
Everything seemed fine, except the damage on her brain was a little too much. Not that it cannot be healed, but it will take time. I have to let it heal itself. Intervention from me may make it faster but there are some underlying chances that I'll end up changing her personality.
The problem is, this speed is too slow. It's as if..... she has accepted death. Her body is trying to survive, but there's not much of a support from her will. If this continues, her body may end up giving in too.
I couldn't hold it in anymore. I ran out of the room and started crying. Nobody would ever want their loved one to be in such a condition. I was blaming myself, for not having the foresight to put a [ Shift ] Seal on her. Had I done that, she would've teleported out of there the moment she fainted. This wouldn't have happened if I was just a little more cautious.
I was too confident on my seals and other abilities that I forgot there are billions of more unseen things in just this planet. I forgot that there are more than just one way people can die.
I was really breaking right now. All that pain from Dad's death, I haven't let go of it yet. And now I may end up losing Mom too? This is not fair at all!
My cries got even more hysterical. I tried to hold back. Tried to reason with myself. Tried to convince myself that crying won't help here. But I just couldn't hold it in anymore. These were the tears I've been holding back for past 9 years! These were the motivation that kept pushing me to stay honest to my training despite wanting to be lazy.
I didn't realise when someone entered the house, but someone approached me from behind.
I was instantly alerted, but before I turned, the person behind me was already hugging me. when I sensed who it was, my nerves got a little calmed down.
It was Rika.
She was hugging me. It felt weird, but I didn't notice that weird feeling. My feelings were jumbled mess at the moment. I could only understand that she was trying to comfort me.
There were two more individuals that were going to Mom's room. That got me even more alerted than I was when Rika approached me.
Seeing that it was Aunty Nana and Aunty Asuna, I tried to call out to them and stop them from entering but my voice just didn't come out. They came out of there, devoid of any emotion on their face.
Aunty Nana could see that Mom's spiritual fluctuations were, albeit slowly, but they were dwindling. She knew that something was wrong here. She also understood what the dwindling spiritual energy implies.
After a while, I was calmed down enough to be able to talk. It was strange. I wasn't able to hold myself together. But Rika could. She didn't even do anything more than just holding me tight and stayed silent. She said nothing comforting, just hugged me.
This was the first time I noticed it. Everytime I'm around her, I am able to stay calmer.
The constant haste I was in. The hatred, anger, pain everything that I have been repressing all these years, whenever I was around her, they were toned down a lot. I could feel a little calm around her.
I never noticed because I was ignoring those feelings in the first place. But now that it's so clear in front of me, I can see that unlike other times, when I was with her, I didn't HAVE to ignore it. I could feel them, I knew they were there, but I was still calm.
After gaining my cool, I finally started thinking about how to save Mom.
First, what's the cause for her condition? Lack of oxygen for longer period of time has caused her Cerebral Hypoxia. In such conditions first organ to be damaged is the brain of the victim. Normally this damage is permanent.
Second, what's different in her case that aggravates her chance of survival? Obviously, her damages are reparable.
Third, then what is it that's causing her to lose the battle of survival? She lost her will to survive. Without it she won't be waking up.
Can I do something about this? I think I can. There's a way to enter someone's subconscious using chakra. The chakra of yin attribute to be precise. I may not understand much about it, but I believe it is related to the chakra that passes through veins in my brain.
Genjutsu could be the answer, but it's a little different. Although it does deal with opponent's brain, but it's on a very shallow level. This here requires me to invade her subconscious mind. That's something on a complete next level of Genjutsu.
I don't have much time for figuring this. At most 1 full day. So if I want to save her, I have to finish it within this hour because of urgency of the matter.
[ Rika's POV ]
I was just chilling with Mama, switching channels on TV, because everything was just too boring.
But something caught my attention on a news channel that I just skipped. I switched back. The figure I saw in it, although it was disfigured due to distortion from his energy running rampant around his body, I could still recognise him. It was Haruki!
He isn't the kind who'd meddle with something like this. He's more aware about the records affecting the selection process of U.A. This has to be something important!
Things started to make sense when I saw him holding an unconscious woman in his arms. It was his Mom! Although I don't know why she'd be there, but we didn't have much time.
The moment we realised that Aunty Yuhi is injured We both turned off the TV and quickly prepared for leaving.
When we reached there, Haruki's Aunty, Nana was already there. The panic on her face was clear indication that she was here for the same reason as us.
She understood why were here, so there was no time or need for greetings. She opened the door and we followed her in.
What we saw in there, shocked all three of us.
Haruki was crying! Him crying at a time like this meant something is terribly wrong here. I could see him breaking the way I did when Dad... I don't need to think about that right now! Haruki is not going to be another me! I can't let him!
But there were no words coming in my mind that could help him. So, I did what felt like the best thing to do. I hugged him tightly. As tightly as I could. I wanted him to know... I wanted him to feel that he wasn't alone, that I'll be there with him. That's all I could do. I wanted to do more but, I didn't know what more could I do.
After some time he seemed to calm down and started thinking about something. I wanted to ask him about it but I thought this wasn't the right time.
"Rika, I'm fine. I need to save her. Please let me go." His voice was calm. There was firm determination clearly apparent on his face. That's the Haruki I know!
"Hmm" I hummed with a nod and let him out of my hug.
"Thank you, for always being there for me and helping me." He said before leaving. I don't even know what he means by always. Even more absurd about me helping him(?) It's always me being helped by him. But in any case, this may mean I have a chance with him, right? I know, not the right time, but...
[ Haruki's POV ]
I emptied my mind of everything. It wasn't much of a big deal after meditating for so long as a part of my training.
All of my focus was on my subconscious mind. The point where everything around me fades. Where I stop feeling everything around me. That's the point I am targetting to reach.
It took me an hour just to succeed in this! So much for finishing it within an hour! Fine! Within the next hour, it must be finished!
My subconscious plane was clear dark blue sky with countless stars in them. I was standing on clear and calm water. It was a serene scene. But just beneath the surface of water, I could feel all the negative emotions I suppressed. I may need to deal with them before they some day end up erupting.
But not now! Right now, I have something else as a priority!
Once I started to focus on chakra inside of me, I could feel it's existence. The attributes of them felt even more familiar than they did before, I could see each orb dedicated to each attribute with Yin and Yang attribute being in the middle of them.
I started moving my chakra desperately trying to connect it with Yin attribute. Yang attribute was already connected because of [ Uzumaki Sage Body ], this made it a little easier to create a connection with Yin attribute. I was able to feel how it feels like. Little by little, I was understanding how to use it.
That wasn't all there was here. I could see two more orbs which were shining brightly, if I had to guess, they must be Space attribute and Temporal attribute. I want to delve into them too but... Priorities!
After getting basic understanding of how I can probably invade Mom's subconscious and pull her out of there, I quickly left... Figuratively.
Now that I have a plan, I am going to execute it. What else can I do?
I held Mom's hand. My other hand was on her forehead. I closed my eyes, let the yin attribute chakra flow into her head through my hand. Once I could feel some sort of connection. I dived into the connection that I just felt.
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To be continued.
This was way earlier than I expected. I thought the revelation will wait but I guess it didn't.
And now here we are. With a new chapter.
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