Chapter 1:

Gore justice

Sakuragami Syndrome


"Hey did you guys heard it? Kanoda is dating Ayu."

"Eeeeeh? Really? I thought they were just childhood friends."

"That's why! I bet they've already been in bed more than once."

"A friend of mine said he saw them walk into a Love Hotel."

This is a normal school. Friends have fun. They talk, they gossip, they spend their free time playing together and living moments they will never forget. Although well...there really is no such thing as friends at this school.

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My name is Butagami Oshino. Thanks to my overweight and my distinctive name, there is not a day that goes by that I don't get picked on. In fact, right now I find myself in the bathrooms of my high school being harassed by the same group of 3 who always take my lunch money.

"Hey fatty, we're out of money. Lend us the 1000 yen your parents gave you for lunch. We'll pay you back tomorrow."

“Aaaaah... I'm so sorry, Sasaki-san! My mother got mad at me, and she gave me no money. I don't have any money today.”

She gave me the money, but I left it at home. Since I'm going to go hungry anyway, I might as well start saving from time to time.

"Hey Butagami… Don’t you remember what happened the last time you didn’t pay us?”

“Of course I don’t, Sasaki-san!”

Ah yes, let me explain it a little bit. Last week, I bought my lunch before they could get my money out of my hands. So I was locked in the bathroom for the whole day until the security guard found me at night. Not to mention that I was fully stripped and they threw me buckets of cold water.

“I swear!! My mom got angry at me and she even hit me, look!!”

I did this wound in the morning so I can trick them! I'm sure that they won't buy it tho.

“We don’t care about that!! You filthy pig!! Wait for us when the classes end. We are going on a short trip.”

And this is what happened almost everyday of my highschool life. They bully me for being fat and a loser. If they don't get the satisfaction of humiliating someone weaker than them, then, they beat me. Yeah… They are going to beat my ass again after school.

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School-time is over and here I am. I'm waiting for Sasaki and his friends to take me somewhere to beat me up.

“BUTAGAMI!! You waited for us!! Let’s go to karaoke!!”

These guys need to say something like this in the middle of the school. They act all nice in public with me, so no one would say they are bullying me. It’s okay… It would be okay!! But everyone knows I’m being bullied!!!

*Murmur*

“Look, there they go again…”

*Whispers*

“Haha, that fat ass deserves to be bullied…”

“Tsss!! He’s going to hear you!”

Man… the girls here are vile!! Where’s the happy school life I was promised when I entered this high school? At this moment I can just remember the pretty face of that angel called the student council president. Aaah… my dear Manami-sama… A beauty that cannot even be described with words. What are you doing right now while I’m being dragged to an abandoned place to be beaten to the pulp? If only I could marry you and live happily ever after, I wouldn't mind giving my life for it.

“Well, well, well… BUTAGAMI-KUN!! TAKE THIS, FATASS!!!”

Aaaah… Here they are, beating me in the middle of nothingness. Three against one!! It’s not fair. Well, It’s my fault for not paying them the daily bribe. I guess I’ll just lie here tasting my own blood until they are done kicking me. Man, all this fat sure helps in my defense.

“You useless piece of trash!!”

*SPIT, SPIT, SPIT*

“You are such a coward, Butagami!! Your mother should have aborted you!! Sure she is disgusted to see a fat son like you every day. That’s why she stopped giving you money to eat!! You would eat a whole cow if you had the opportunity. Hahahahah”

“Yeah you are right, Sasaki-san!! I’ll bring money for you guys tomorrow, so let’s end this for now. Okay?”

“EH!? Who do you think you are to say such things to us? Do you think you are our boss or something?”

Shit. I messed up.

“Hey guys!! Leave me alone with Butagami for now. You can go home for now. I’ll be up until late with our beloved friend.”

“Hahahaha Sasaki-san, you are a demon!”

“Be sure not to kill him. We need his money!!”

“Sit down and stay in place, you pig!! I’ll come right now.”

Man, now I’m dead for sure. What’s he looking for? Should I stay like he said or should I run? Hahaha run? Me? In this state? I won’t even last 2 minutes before he reaches me… Um?? What exactly is this rock doing here? I don’t know why, but I’ll take it.

“Bu-ta-ga-mi-kuuuuun… Oh look at you being an obedient dog!! You stayed in your place like I said!”

Wait a minute!! What is Sasaki-san doing with that iron rod? Isn’t he really thinking about killing me? I think I… I think I’m fading.

*PLOF*

“HAHAHAHAHAHA WHAT A LOSER, BUTAGAMI!! You passed out because you saw this little rod. HAHAHAHA. You are such a coward, you disgust me!!”

Oh no… he’s about to hit me with it in the head… I’m sorry, mom, dad… Goddess Manami-sama… I’m dead.

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Damn… My head hurts!! How long have I been unconscious? The sun barely moved. Maybe a couple of minutes? Wait!! I have no blood on my head. Wasn’t I hit by that steel rod? Eh? My hands… are full of blood!!

“Sasaki…san?”

Then I saw it. The body of Sasaki-san was on the ground. His head was in a puddle of blood that was coming from his head. Just next to him was the rock I took from the ground when I was left alone.

Do I kill him? Nonono, that’s impossible! I’m a coward. That’s why I never fought back!! It wasn’t me, It wasn’t meeee! Aaaaaah, aaaaaah. The air is leaving my chest… I’m going to…

*BARF*

How I'm puking if I didn’t eat anything!! I need to calm down and think for a minute.

...

Okay!! First of all, throw the rock into the river. Done. Now clean my hands in the river. Done. Put my blazer and pants in my bag. Done. And now, run like hell before someone notices me!!

"Aaahh… Damn!! If I wasn’t this fat, I could run faster!"

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Finally, I arrived at home!! I need to wash my school clothes and take off all this blood. Without my mom knowing it…

“BUTAGAMI!!”

“KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!”

“COMING AGAIN WITHOUT YOUR UNIFORM?? SHOULD I CALL TO SCHOOL AND REPORT THEM TO THE POLICE??”

“Nono, I just threw it into the cleaning machine!! Today I sweated a lot. I came doing a little jogging to lose some weight! Ha ha…”

“Eeeh? Really? Okay. Go up and put on some clothes before you catch a cold.

I almost had a heart attack here. Well, while the clothes are being washed, I'll rest for a bit until dinner is ready. Man, If I keep gaining weight, my clothes won't fit me anymore.

*Hey you!!*

“Eh?? What is this voice? Where does it come from?

*I’m here!*

“What the… I’m alone in my bedroom… How can I be listening to anything!”

*You stupid whale!! I’m here!!*

I turned my head to the mirror in my room. There it was. It was me.

“Aaaah, I see. I’m the only one here in my room, so obviously It’s me who’s talkin… WHAAAAAAATTTTTTT????? WHO ARE YOU???”

*I’m you, idiot. I’m inside you!*

“Inside me? But I see you speaking in the mirror.”

*You really deserved to be bullied. Pay close attention!! The mirrors reflect reality. I’m talking with your body. Or may I say my body?*

"Wait, wait, wait… You are me? What do you mean?”

*He! It’s not like I’m you. I’m me. It happens that we both share the same body.*

“What are you? Like a second personality? Like in the films?”

*I don’t know, maybe. I was born an hour ago in that abandoned place with a rock in my hands*

“So it was you the one who killed Sasaki-san!!”

*DON’T RAISE YOUR VOICE, IDIOT!! Do you want to get in jail? If you don’t lower your voice, I’ll have to kill our mom!*

“Are you crazy or what? You used my body to kill someone and now you want to kill again?”

*I killed that guy because he was about to kill me when I was born. What’s more, he won’t stop calling me useless and fat. Why would I have remained passive against him? I did what he deserved! And I will keep doing it forever.*

“Forever? How many time do you plan to live in my body?”

*Stupid!! This is my body too!!*

“Ah… you’re right. But how do you know I was being bullied?”

*Before I was born, I listened to things and felt things in my body. We share the same body.*

“So it’s really like in movies!! You were born after a traumatic event just when I was about to die… I think I’ll pass out again.”

*If you pass out, I’ll take control of your body. So you can rest if you want.*

“No. I think I can handle it for the moment.”

Tsk. Bastard.

“So… Do you have any name? Are you also Butagami?

*HA!! I refuse to use that shitty name!! I gave myself my own name when I was born!*

“Really? And what is it?”

*Kira Oshino.*

So that’s how things are. I developed a second personality. A killer personality. I have to keep it under control or he will kill again if he thinks my life is in danger. I knelt in front of the mirror and thanked him.

“Thank you Kira for saving my life. From now on, I’ll take good care to not be in danger so you could rest.”

*No need for that Butagami…*

“Eh?”

A demonic aura started to flow from the mirror in my room. The expression I was… Kira was making, was like one of a blood-thirsty demon.

*I know who’s been wild against you. I’ll make them taste what hell is like while I take their lives away.*

Oh man… I can’t control him…

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The next morning, at the abandoned place where Sasaki was killed, the police arrived. A young, newly arrived, first-time inspector was observing his partner, an older man with more than 30 years of experience, squatting down looking at the corpse.

Waaaaaaahhh... Poor guy... His face is all swallowed and his brains are dispersed everywhere... "Inspector Yamazaki!! Apparently the homicide weapon has been a rock, but we can't find it anywhere."

*SLUUUUUURRRRRPPP*

“Inspector… You should stop eating lollipops while in the middle of an investigation…” Looking at a corpse while sucking a candy and squatting... what a weirdo...

“Yeah, I know, Matsuko. But seeing blood makes me want to lick something red. That’s why I always carry some lollipops. Do you want some?”

“No need for that." Fucking old weirdo. "More important!! Do you think this has anything to do with the assassinations from five years ago?”

*NADIR PLANE DETECTIVESQUE STARE*

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“Maybe.”

*SLUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRPPPPPPPP*