Re; Sekai
Episodes 4.2
Slowly the light entered Keiichi's eyes among the darkness, and he slowly saw green curtains surrounding him. Bandages filled Keiichi's head slightly closing his gaze, his body in pain from bruising and swelling. Once Keiichi took a breath, a disinfectant smell filled his lungs. He knew he was in the hospital.
“Keiichi..”.
A familiar voice rang out in Keiichi's ears, he realized his hand had been warmly held by the cheeks of his sister Maria who looked worriedly looking at him.
“Kakak..”.
“Keiichi? You up! Mercifully... Oh god, you were so sweaty earlier, and. You were crying in your sleep.”.
Keiichi realized that his sweat had dropped a lot from his forehead and the cloth held by Maria was so wet that it could have been squeezed down heavily from the cloth.
“I... I had a nightmare..” Keiichi said, and Keiichi guessed what he had just dreamed of, Aekilis? Dark king? Did he dream of the comics he had read?
“I'm like it's in an anime, and there's a sad scene in it.”
“...”
Maria silently looked at Keiichi not as Keiichi expected after hearing the stupid answer, after he was filled with relief, as if other thoughts filled his head.
“Kakak..”.
Keiichi holds his brother's hand, “I didn't keep my promise, you must be angry right?”
Maria shook her head, “Kasumi and your teacher have already told her.” Once again Maria fell silent after saying a short speech answering Keiichi, as if she was out of words before saying another sentence to finish her speech, “This is not your fault.”
Then suddenly Keiichi comes out of his bed, and Maria frantically stops Keiichi, “Keiichi! What are you doing?!”
“I want to know their condition... I must have done something so severe that brother replied like that!”
“Whose condition? You are as bad as they are.. Be here, you need rest, do not make it because of.. or.. or.. huaa.
Maria suddenly cries, and Keiichi stops his steps out of the hospital room.
“I can't protect you. Oh my god, I've lost you once, and once again you almost lost your life.”.
“Kakak..”.
“Again I am far from you, again I can not protect you? What else would happen with without the slightest bit of me being able to protect my only sister?”
“Kakak!”
Keiichi held onto his brother's shoulder.
“Please brother, I will no longer..”.
Maria hugs her sister, “Don't leave me again.”.
Keiichi was completely stunned by Maria's reaction. He hoped that Maria would get angry with both hands on her waist snapping at him mercilessly. Then forced Keiichi to face the parents while bending his head. However, what she saw was the figure of Maria who was completely frightened, embracing her like she was really afraid of losing her. Keiichi felt so claustrophobic in his chest, he really did not want to make his dear brother look so pitiful like this.
“Keiichi.. brother will protect you, whatever the stakes..” Whisper Mary vaguely while continuing to hug her sister.
***
Keiichi and Maria return home in a taxi with money sent by the grandmother who could not visit Keiichi because of her crooked waist. In the dark sky, Maria broke the quiet atmosphere, asking as if she was a fad towards Keiichi while starting with a carefree tone.
“If you had to choose, this city with its entire population or me, who would you choose?”
Keiichi looked at Maria, his eyes looked serious and speech came out of his mouth, “Of course big brother.”
“But you sacrificed your uncles, grandmothers, friends? Does that matter to you.”
“I'm only close to sister.”
Mary smiled at the reply, but slowly she swallowed her bitter saliva.
“If sister how?”
Suddenly sweat poured from Maria's forehead before she cleaned with her handkerchief, “What's the AC less tight kak?” Keiichi said while changing the AC settings in the taxi they were riding.
It was not the heat that agitated Mary, but the question.
He had just met with a dilemma that made his heart go awry, which made him forget to be angry and burst out in tears before Keiichi in the hospital room.
Maya, Maria's friend visits Keiichi, and he brings bad news about Keiichi.
…
“Maria did you hear about the shooting in the center of the night district? A yakuza shot blindly before being shot dead by police!”
“I... didn't hear the news.” Maria still looked at Keiichi, holding his limp hand.
“It's been ten years that our little town has been in conflict, and you know what? In the culverts, as well as the farms, the animals lay dead. Their bodies were filled with holes, and nothing seemed to eat them. Is this just a prank?” Maya is still trying to catch Maria's attention, but Mary's invisible interest in the news told Maya.
There was silence between the two of them, until finally Maya opened the purpose of her conversation here: “My book wants to meet you both.” Maya said that looks awkward, lost her carefree and outspoken attitude. He twirled his curly hair indicating he was groggy, a habit that Mary knew enough about his friend.
“Your mother? What happened to your mother, Maya?”
Maria looks interested, she feels bad when she sees Maya being awkward after trying to talk to her. Keiichi's hand was taken off, and Maria focused her attention on this friend who even made Maya more groggy.
“You know, ughh, I'm ashamed to say it. But my mother was a priest, and she now lives in a temple on a mountain, our usual place of festival.”
“Your mother who led the dance of the Miko?!”
Maria spoke while raising her voice, trying to create a carefree atmosphere like the mood that Maya tried to build before, but what she did instead made Maya more down.
“Yes, and my mother is interested in Keiichi's condition.”.
“What he is interested in people who come back to life.”
“Ya. I know it's weird, but he believes there's something about your sister. Ah, but that doesn't mean he's right.”.
Raising her head, she suddenly saw Maria change her facial water. He no longer smiled, but showed a sinister face that had never been shown to Maya. Maria's instinct says her friend wants to say bad news about Keiichi, “Maya, finish your words.”
“Ahh. But, while it's true that your sister is a miracle, my mother is probably a lunatic. Well, he said your sister was possessed by an evil spirit like what happened in this city in the past.”
“You said, this bedridden person isn't my sister?”
“Not, my mother said so, Maria-chan, the one who came back to life brought other evil spirits towards the city and made a profit
“Maya, are you saying Keiichi is bringing disaster? That's why you told those weird news stories?!”
“I didn't tell you, but my mom! Oh my god, Maria, you told me to finish my talk, didn't you?”
“Maria! I really didn't mean it badly. But it's good you guys met my mom.”.
“No..”
“Maria. I really think he's crazy! That is why we prove it. My mother, of course because of her delusions, to try futile things by exorcising demons from Keii-”'s body
“Come out you Maya! I'm really angry and disappointed you said this to me. You're the same as Ryusuke!! You think Keiichi is weird, don't you? You assume Keiichi is wreaking havoc because of his strangeness, and you want to make me part with Keiichi. Out you, out!!”
Maria pushes Maya away while being seen by the crowd attracted by the sound of Maria screaming her words. Maya also panicked not to think that her friend Maria had been so hysterical about her words, “Maria. You... Ah, no miracle comes without consequences, Maria!”
“Fuck with consequences.. I can't protect her today, but I can protect her from you..”.
“Maria...” Walk Maya away from Maria, and see Maria still staring at her from a distance, “We are still friends instead, hey, Maria-chan!” Shouted Maya while told not to be noisy by the hospital nurse. Maria simply fell silent not answering, and when Maya's back disappeared, Maria returned to her room crying in front of her sister's still unconscious body.
Line Maria's voice reads, Maya sends her a message: “I promise I won't bother this anymore, but please don't be mad at me.”.
Maria knew she was wrong to yell at one of her closest friends. She, Maya, did all this because she was someone honest. She was worried about Maria and Keiichi, of course, and her mother, but Mary was somehow filled with resentment, as if it had really happened that she was putting her sister's life at risk. If the one in Keiichi's body is an evil spirit like Maya said, isn't this really terrible.
“What's true Keiichi is not my brother. Yes, this morning he cooked. Then he battered to the point of three armed men.”
Maria's mind enslaved with prejudice and cries slowly came out Maria's eyes, before Keiichi suddenly let out a voice, “ugh…” and the crying out of Keiichi's eyes as well as the sweat made Maria press the button calling the sisters in panic. But heard from Keiichi's mouth: “Aekilis forgive me. forgive..”.
Keiichi's voice sounded so soft, heavy. Maria doesn't know who Keiichi mentioned, but she knows her sister is tormented in the dream. Maria held her sister's hand, pasted it on her cheek, “Kak is here, Keiichi, you're not alone.”.
…
Then at the taxi, Maria knew that she had promised to protect her sister. Not only that, they were supposed to protect each other. Whatever happens to Keiichi, Maria won't leave him. Whether the city or the world is destroyed with him, the distant mind, has the same answer that should be with his sister who is so steady answer will choose Mary.
Why is Mary so confused about this? Why is he so doubtful? Do not-don't, he also secretly had the same thoughts as the people he considered the bastard?
“Kakak?”
Suddenly Mary awoke from her contemplation, and she spoke spontaneously.
“Keiichi, if I had to choose a city, whatever world it was and you, I would choose you Keiichi!”
Maria said steadily while looking intently at Keiichi, and Keiichi was puzzled to answer his older brother, “This is just a game question ‘what if’ is not?”
“Yes, of course, but I feel so guilty thinking before answering the question. Haha...” Maria said, still wiping her sweat.
So it looks Keiichi is not too troubled by Maria's answer.
“Well, it's okay, brother. You have Maya's sister, sister's archery club friends, Grandma is also close to sister, then I heard you are also close to men, I heard all that from sister Maya.”
“Aa... I'm not close to anyone? Yeah, that Ryusuke wasn't what I thought!” was Maria said angrily with her reddened face.
“Haha... Her face is so red.” Say Keiichi and make Maria more moaning, “Aaaah Maya and her big mouth!”
It was also the thought of Maria, “Ah, and you weren't it? There is Kasumi who really cares about you, then Takeshi also visited and even tried to give an excuse to the teacher's mother, I'm sure the man in question actually has a good heart and wants to be friends with you. Grandma too, although rarely talked to you, when you died yesterday, yes, she cried with regret because she had not been able to get close to you.”.
“But everything is not as good as big brother. My friend tomorrow can be anyone, my relationship with friends is so easy to change through time, but want time and place to change, I only have one brother.”
Keiichi's words sounded somehow cold to Maria's ears. His gaze when he spoke was as if far away from looking at something in his memory.
Not long ago Keiichi answered his brother's words, the taxi car stopped in front of Keiichi's house. The rain was falling at that moment. Maria tells Keiichi to stay in the car while Maria runs into the house to pick up an umbrella.
...
But back with the big umbrella in his hand, Keiichi was no longer in the car.
“Keiichi? Driver sir, my sister-”
“Miss, your sister just ran chasing something there,” While pointing towards the park, “Eh, hey! Miss pay first!”
Maria ran away from the driver. He felt a bad feeling, and his heart was pounding so fast. What is Keiichi chasing? Didn't someone named Takeshi also tell me Keiichi was after something that got him hit by a truck?
“Keiichi!”
Shouted Mary, and he saw traces of the mud in the garden. Maria followed the trail, until it led to an alley between the buildings. Dark alley, with garbage sacks. In the distance he sees Keiichi wet and a red bandage on his head.
“Keiichi! What are you doing, eh?”
In front of Keiichi was a little girl, a pale face like a porcelain doll, shining blue eyes, with blonde hair and bandages with blood spots like Keiichi. He hugged the torn doll between his stomach giving off foam. Maria stepped slowly towards Keiichi, and suddenly her steps came to a halt, as if something made her unable to move.
“Dad..”
Said the little girl looking at Keiichi, her hands pointing at the corpse of the dog filled with holes.
“Something calamity will kill the whole city, and everyone you love.”
“Who are you?” Keiichi said, “Why do you call me father?”
“You have to stop him, Dad. Then, he!” Say the girl pointed at Maria, “She brought your smell.”
“Kakak!” Keiichi only realized the brother behind him, but it looks like Maria is not able to move, nor move her lips, then look at Keiichi back to the girl while saying, “Who is something that will make a harm? Hey!”
But once he looked back, the girl had already disappeared from the sight of the two of them. Slowly Mary moved again, and her legs felt so limp that Mary fell between the puddles. Keiichi immediately ran towards Maria, and lifted Maria between the puddles. Maria looked at him, “Keiichi, what did I just see?”
“Nothing brother.”
“What have I just heard? A catastrophe? Wretched?”
“Illusion only. Brother just woke up, yes, you must be exhausted accompanying me earlier.”
Mary knew what she saw and felt. Something else from this world. Maya's words overshadowed her mind.
Did ya? Wild thoughts filled his head, Did Keiichi really bring calamity with him?
“Yes all this is just an illusion, I'm too tired. Can you help the road sister? I forgot to pay the taxi..”.
Keiichi tried to wake Maria up, propping her up with his shoulder. While Maria with a listless look gazed between the puddles, saw the reflection of herself and Keiichi, saying many times, trying to deny her wild thoughts and whatever happened earlier, he said,
“Everything is just an illusion.. I'm too tired.. nothing, everything will be fine...”.
Maria looks towards Keiichi, “ Everything will be fine instead of Keiichi?”
“Everything will be fine..”.
Thus, Keiichi's answer seemed unsteady. Maria investigates Keiichi's face, which is then seen throwing away his face, not wanting his sister's eyes to interrogate him further. Maria decides to stop talking to Keiichi about all of this.