Chapter 6:
Sakuragami Syndrome
“Inspector Yamazaki, are you sure about that?? That statement is very serious!!” Eh? Haven’t I said this earlier?
“Yes!! I’m dead serious!!!”
*STARE*
*EPIC STARE*
*EPIC SERIOUS STARE*
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…
Eh?? Didn't we have this same conversation just a moment ago? Eh?
“Butagami and that girl from the student council… are the assassins!!”
WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE???!!! “Explain it a bit, inspector!! Let me hear your explanation!!”
“I’m sorry, Matsugeta. But we need to make some papers before making any conclusions!!”
YOU ARE THE ONE WHO MADE IT!!! “Yes sir!! But since you are so sure about them being the assassins, why don’t we just detain them? If we let them be, they will probably continue killing!!”
“MATSUDA!! Don’t be so naive!! Don’t you know how the law works here in Japan?”
“You are right!! Sorry inspector Yamazaki!!” He’s serious this time for sure!! He must be really sure about his statement!!
“Start preparing the papers to access both of their houses. We need to hurry up before…”
*RIIIIIIINGGGGG… RIIIINGGGGG… RIIIIIIINGGGG*
“What now?”
*Clack*
“Yes?? This is inspector Yamazaki!!”
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“Aha… aha… yes… I get it… Very well!! Oh no!! That’s so bad!! Aha… yeah!! Don’t worry!! I’m on my way.”
*Hang*
Inspector Yamazaki was so serious there. Who might he have been speaking with? “What’s the matter, inspector?? Who called??”
“Isn’t it obvious, Matsumoto??”
*STARE*
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“They had the wrong number.”
AND WHY WERE YOU SO SERIOUS ANSWERING THEM!!!???
“They wanted to talk with someone called Kaizaki from our department. They should know where they are calling. There’s no one called like that here.”
THAT’S MY NAME YOU OLD FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! “Yeah inspector Yamazaki. They should know where they are calling because…”
“Matsuda!! We have no time to waste to chit-chat about that!!”
“Sorry sir!!” YOU WERE THE ONE WHO SAID IT FIRST!!!! “What was the reason for the call?”
“A young girl from Sakuragami went missing while we were at Butagami’s home!!”
“Then… that lifts your suspicions off of him??”
“It could be… postpone the papers!! We need to find the girl in the next 48 hours!!”
And so the Sakurashi police investigation department postponed the investigation over their prime suspects to prioritize the search for a missing student. That is what the protocol says. A huge mistake.
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*Come on, Roach-gami!! You are not fat anymore thanks to me!! So move your ass!! We need to spy on Manami-shit!!*
“Kira-san, please don’t call her like that. She’s Manami-sama. I’ve been in love with her since the day I saw her become the student council president two years ago.”
*I don’t give a fuck, Butagami!!! Keep running!!!*
And so, I… we reached school. It was early, so no one was around. We had some minutes before people started to come in.
“Now what, Kira-san??”
*Hand me the control of our body!! It will be easier!!*
“And how should I do that?? I have no idea how it’s done.”
*Useless main personality!! You just need to…*
“Hey!! Butagami!!!”
KYAAAAAAAAHHH!!! This is bad!! They found me!! But who??
“What did you do with Shizuka??!! Where is she??!!”
“Shizuka?? I don’t know. I haven't been with her ever.” Eh?? Who are these 4 guys?? And why are they asking about Shizuka?? We got rid of her body after she… ugh!!!
“You are lying!!! Tanaka told us that you spoke with her yesterday in your class!!”
“W-well… Technically, it was her the one who spoke with me. And it was merely for 5 secon…”
“ENOUGH!!! You loser!!! Come with us and don’t make a noise!!”
“O-okay!!” These guys are crazy!! They are going to give me a beating!!
I followed the group of students to an unknown spot at our school. Apparently, it was an old wooden warehouse, abandoned some years ago. It hasn’t been used for at least the last 10 years. I entered first, followed by them. Once everyone was inside, they closed and blocked the doors.
*BAM*
*CLACK*
“Now, Butagami. I’ll ask one more time. Where is Ayu Shizuka, and what did you do to her?”
“She said that she just wanted to be my friend… I just spoke with her for 5 seconds while we were in class, I swear!! I don’t know where she is.”
“Okay, Butagami!! I’ve had enough of this. Now you are going to talk. Guys take the cutters out!!”
*SWING*
*CLICK, CLICK, CLICK, CLICK, CLICK*
They all have cutters?? Are they going to kill me?? They are going to kill me!! I did nothing, I swear!! Oh no… Kira… I’m fading…
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“You are going to tell me where and what you did with my girlfriend!! I think we will start by making some scars on your face!!”
*CUT*
*DRIP*
“Hahahaha!! Look how much he’s bleeding for just a little cut on his face!! We will have a lot of fun with this fucking shit!!”
*You bet! Give me that!!*
*PAM!!*
Tsk!! What a shitty guy!! I got his cutter and put him to the ground so easily. Manami-shit is way stronger than this loser.
“What…?!! My arm!! It hurts!! Let me go, you loser!!!”
“Butagami, you coward!! How could you dare to fight back against us!!! Can’t you see we outnumber you?? Let Kaneda go or we will have to…”
*You will have to do what?*
*KILLING STARE*
“We will kill you!!!”
*Kill me? I don’t understand people. Why do they get into fist fights instead of sticking their thumbs in and gouging their victims’ eyes out??!! Why do people fall to the ground and protect their heads when they are being beaten, instead of standing up to bite and rip up their aggressor's neck??!! You just want to feel superior to others. You all talk about how you will kill others, but you just tease. You just take out your cutters to show off. You are all show and no action.*
“Butagami, you psychopa…!!!”
*SHIVERS*
*Don’t you dare to move you three!!! If you take a single step forward, I’ll slice his throat open!!*
*DRIP*
“You wouldn’t dare, you pussy!! If you kill him, we will just kill you back!!”
“You are such a hypocrite, Butagami!! You just talked about how we tease, but you just did the same!!”
*You think I’m joking? I’m in a good mood today, so let me show you how serious I am!*
*STAB*
*SLICE*
“GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!! IT HURTS!!!!!!!!!!!”
*CUT CUT CUT CUT*
“He’s… he’s… cutting Yuichi’s hand!!”
*There you are!!!*
*THROW*
*There!! If you guys want, you can have this hand and cook it for ramen!! I’m sure the taste of her girlfriend's privates is still perfuming his hand!! Pig hand with fish ramen!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!*
“You psycho!!! Stop making that voice, throw the cutter away, and let Yuichi go, Butagami!!”
*If I was you guys, I would be worried about this piece of shit!! He’s losing a lot of blood, and he’ll soon die. The best you can do is throw your weapons and carry him to the hospital before he bleeds to death.*
“He’s right guys!! We need to take Yuichi to the hospital!! Here, look, I’ll throw mine!!*
*CLANK*
“IDIOT!!! Now we are 2 against 1!!! How could you believe his words!!”
“Hurry… up… guys!! Save… me…”
*Fade*
*Oops!! This piece of shit just lost consciousness from the blood loss!! He’s dying soon!!*
“I’ll go help Yuichi!! Look!! Butagami is not attacking me!! Please hurry up and help me carry Yuichi!! Throw your cutters!!”
“FUCK!!!”
*CLANK, CLANK*
“Fucking Butagami!! We will come back for you!! Be ready for the next time!!”
*Next time?*
“Eh…?”
*SLICE*
“Grygurrurgyrugrurrgururg!!!!!!!”
*HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! His neck is like a fountain!!*
“YOU PIG!!! Hurry up Tanaka!! Grab the cutter back!!”
*It’s too late!!*
*STAB*
“UGH!!!”
*SLICE; RIP*
“Shit!!”
*Now, now… What was it again?? You said you were going to kill me or something like that?? Oooohh!! You also said I was just a teaser and a hypocrite. Now you are alone, trapped with me in this building. Are you still going to kill me?? Coward??*
“You damn psychopath!! I’ll fight you and I’ll win!!”
*Eh?? It’s said that rats fight when their lives are about to end. Is something like an instinct. I didn’t know that you had rat genes in you. Hahahahahahaha!!!!*
“Shut up Butagami!!! Fight me!!”
*Fight you?? Then… BOO!!!!*
*DREADFUL PSYCOTHIC MENTAL-ILL FACE*
“EEEK!!!!”
*Hahahaahahah!!! Look at you!!! Running away from me!!!*
“Please!!! Don’t kill me!!! Let me gooooooo!!!”
The last of the group panicked and ran to the exit door. While his face was covered in tears and his pants in urine, he unlocked and opened the door. And there she stood. Manami-shit stood imponent behind the door, outside the abandoned warehouse. The guy froze when he saw the student council president right in front of him while his friends were dying on his back.
“MANAMI-SAN!!! PLEASE!!! HELP ME!!! BUTAGAMI IS CRAZY!!”
*GRAB*
“I BEG YOU!!! TURN BACK AND RAN!!!”
*MURDEROUS STARE*
“How could a filthy rat like you dare to grab my arms like that!!??”
“Eh??”
*KICK*
*CRACK*
With a single and precise kick, Manami broke the desperate guy’s neck. His head rotated 180 degrees and his eyes locked on mines while the last sip of life flew out of them.
*FALL; BAM*
“Kyaaaaaahh <3 Butagamiiiii!!! What a marvelous scene you created here!! I love it <3”
*Yeah, yeah… Whatever.* What a bothersome girl.
“Aaaahh <3 It is such a relief to see you again!!”
*What do you mean?*
“You know. You finally came out again!! Yesterday, you came out when I threatened your life, so I kept doing it for the rest of the day. But you didn’t came out to play </3”
*So you knew after all. I think I underestimated you.*
“It is such a relief that you finally came out <3 I was thinking that I should stab you at tonight's dinner to make you come out of Butagami’s body again <3”
*Eh? Stab me? You dare, Manami-shit!! Butagami might like you, but I don’t!! If you try to hurt us in any way, I will kill you myself!! Even if it’s the last thing I do!!*
“Come oooon <3 Relax <3 I’m not your enemy. We are dear friends, remember?? <3 We are the Sakuragami killing friends <3 Our bonds are stronger than anyone’s!!”
*Yeah, whatever, Manami-shit-san.*
“You should stop calling me Manami-shit, you know?? And you can also stop using the san. Just call me Manami, Butagami… well… How should I call you??”
*My name is Kira Oshino.*
“Oooohh!! So you have your own name!! Nice to meet you, Kira. There are a lot of things we need to talk about <3 Ki-ra <3”
*WINK*
TSK!! How annoying!!
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We hid the corpses of the guys in that abandoned warehouse no one went to. Manami-shit carried me to the student council room. There, some of the members welcomed us with tea and cookies.
“Please!! Everyone, leave. I need to address something important with Butagami.”
“Yes, president Manami!!.”
*BLAM*
The students left the room in a matter of seconds after hearing the command from this sadistic girl.
“So… Kira. You are a product of the Sakuragami Syndrome.”
*Um?? What’s that??*
“He!! So you are still unaware of your true nature!!”
*I’m a second personality. I’m aware of it if that’s what you are talking about.*
“Yeah… But that’s only half of the story <3”
*Then, stop talking non-senses and explain your point. I don’t have much time to lose here.*
“After you hear this, you will be grateful to me for the rest of your life <3”
*Go on.*
“The Sakuragami Syndrome is essentially a mental condition. Students from this particular academy develop a second personality due to the stress and anxiety suffered by the social rules of not only the school but also Japan.”
*I see. So basically, I was born because Butagami was being bullied and on the verge of death. That’s not a rare occurrence in any school around the world. Why is it called the Sakuragami Syndrome? And why is it located only in Japan?*
“Nice questions, Kira <3 Listen carefully!! There are secret registers hidden in this school. The first known case of this syndrome was recorded 500 years ago. At that moment, the place where our school is located nowadays was called the Sakuragami Shrine. I couldn’t get much information about it, but it is said that there were a lot of strange instantaneous disappearances of people that went there to pray. One day, the disappearances stopped. They rearranged the shrine to be a place to educate people. Since then, once every 2-10 years, a person who attended to study there, developed second personalities.”
*Then, why didn’t they shut this school down?? If it’s has some kind of curse that makes people develop murderous personalities?*
“You are wrong, Kira. It doesn’t just develop murderous personalities. Actually, it’s really rare. From all the recorded cases, I could only find 2 cases aside from yours that developed a murderous personality. One was 500 years ago, the first registered case. The other one is more recent, 40 years ago.”
*I see. So I’m a 1 in a 100 case. They do not give a lot of importance to it since the personalities others developed were harmless. Now that you told me all of this information, what makes me keep being your friend and not kill you?*
“You can’t kill me because I know your triggering <3 I know how to make Butagami to control your body <3 If I wanted to, I could send you to sleep forever. But don't you worry, Kira <3 We are best friends, remember? I won't hurt you nor Butagami <3”
She knows?? Damn it!! I’ve been trying all night to figure out what made him take control over the body yesterday while I faced her!! I need to know what it is!! *Tell me how, and I’ll stand with you forever.*
“Ooooooohh <3 That’s so sweet <3 But I can’t tell you.”
DAMN IT!!!
“If I do that, I would lose my only defense weapon against you <3 I’m a defenseless woman. A big and muscular guy like you would take advantage of my slim and sexy body.”
*I would never do something like that. All I care about is killing!!*
“I know <3 And that’s your triggering to appear. Every time Butagami is in danger, you come out to defend him. That’s why I told Kaneda about you being with Shizuka yesterday <3”
*So it was you the one who sent me that group of idiots. Nice move there. Why should I keep listening to someone who sets a trap on me?*
“Don’t be mad, Kira <3 I made it to make you come out. It was that or stab you <3 So don’t be hungry at me. Also, I was out there to help you if anything went bad <3 We needed to eliminate them and make them disappear, so the police think that they had something to do with Shizuka’s disappearance.”
*I see… That’s the most clever thing I heard since I was born!! Well… I just heard Butagami’s incoherent shits!!*
“Oooohhh <3 You are going to make me fall in love with you, Kira <3”
*Then. My final question. Do you have it too?? Do you have…*
*Touch*
*...the Sak…*
“Time to sleep, Kira-kun <3 See you in a few days. I don't need you. For the moment <3”
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Aaaaahhh!! My cheek hurts… Wait!! I’m back!! I took control over my body again!! And I’m in the student council room with… MANAMI-SAMA!!??? Don’t tell me!!! She realized we were spying on her!!?? She’s going to kill me!!!
“Butagami <3 You came back. So that’s why your other personality didn’t come out yesterday <3"
*POINT*
Eh?? Why is she pointing at my crotch… Don’t tell me that I’m…!!!!!
“Huhuhuhu <3 Don’t be shy, Butagami <3 That’s a normal thing that happens to virgin teens like you <3”
“I’m so-sorry Manami-san!!! It was Kira’s idea!! I swear I didn’t mean to do it!! Please forgive my life!!!”
“Forgive?? You two are my saviors!! Come on, there’s no need to get down on your knees. We are best friends, remember <3”
“Thank you, Manami-san!! I’ll do anything for you!!” She keeps repeating that I saved her life… But how??
“Really?? Theeeeen <3 I’ll need your help on our upcoming field trip <3”
“Of c-course, Manami-san!! But wasn’t it canceled because of the assassinations??”
“Hehehe!! Not anymore, Butagami <3 Being the president of the student council is very convenient. More if you are a beauty like me <3 Those old men that rule the school were so easy to convince <3”
Eh?? What did she do to convince them?? “I see!! T-then, I’ll transport your backpack, give you massages, buy you whatever you need… I’ll be your shadow slave!!”
“I need you to kill a group from my class <3”
Eh?
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