"I believe that everything you do bad comes to you. So everything that I do that's bad, I'm going to suffer for it. But in my heart, I believe what I'm doing is right. So I feel that I'm going to heaven."
—Tupac "2-Pac" Shakur, June 1996
The Gift of Life
Part 2
Down With the Sickness
Song By Disturbed
Story By Christochi Ishida: The Crown Prince of Hardcore
(Do you feel that?)
(Oh shit)
Ooh ah ah ah ah!
Ooh ah ah ah ah!
Drowning deep in my sea of loathing
Broken your servant I kneel
(Will you give it to me?)
It seems what's left of my human side
Is slowly changing . . . in me
(Will you give it to me?)
........"How are you feeling this morning, Kari?" T.K. asked slowly.
........He had to ask slowly to make sure Kari understood everything he was saying. The cancer was worse than ever and Kari was looking terrible. Her hair had already fallen out and she was as pale as CiCi or possibly even Jaina. Her body seemed to be wasting away in front of his eyes. It hurt him emotionally just to see her like this.
........"I'm fine, T.K. Thanks for coming to see me again today."
........"Anytime or anything for you, Kari, you know that."
........"I know."
........They chatted for a while before T.K. had to go home for dinner. Leaning over her bed, he kissed her goodnight.
........"I love you, Kari. I'm gonna help you fight this for as long as it takes. See you tomorrow."
........T.K. left, not seeing the look in Kari's eyes.
Looking at my own reflection
When suddenly it changes
Violently it changes
Oh no, There is no turning back now
You've woken up the demon . . . in me
........"How was Kari today, honey?" Ms. Takashi asked her youngest son as the family
sat down to dinner. It wasn't as crowded as usual. Chris, Jacen, and Zeke were at a keg party (of course Ms. Takashi didn't know that), Matt was eating with the Tekanis, and Jaina and Theresa were having a girls-only slumber party with Mimi, Yolei, and Sora. This left her, CiCi, and T.K. to eat in the dining room at their apartment.
........"Actually, Mom, she looked better than usual today. Better than I've seen her in a while."
........"He's right, Nancy. I visited Kari a couple of days ago and she seems great," CiCi concurred.
........"That's great, T.K. That's really great."
Get up, come on get down with the sickness
Get up, come on get down with the sickness
Get up, come on get down with the sickness
Open up your hate, and let it flow into me
Get up, come on get down with the sickness
You mother get up
Come on get down with the sickness
You fucker get up
Come on get down with the sickness
Madness is the gift, that has been given to me
........"Nancy, I need to talk to you." CiCi said, walking into the kitchen as Ms. Takashi cleaned the dinner plates.
........"Sure, honey, what's up?"
........"I lied at dinner."
........Nancy blinked. "Huh?"
........"Kari isn't doing good at all."
........Ms. Takashi frowned. "She isn't? What do you mean?"
........CiCi took a deep breath. "I think that Kari is really hurting, and is in a lot of pain. I believe the only reason she's working so hard to stay alive is not to upset T.K., because she loves him so much."
........Ms. Takashi gasped. "You're right, CiCi. I need to talk to T.K."
I can see inside you, the sickness is rising
Don't try to deny what you feel
(Will you give it to me?)
It seems that all that was good has died
And is decaying in me
(Will you give it to me?)
........Nancy knocked on the door to the boys' room.
........"Come on in."
........She opened the door, the stench of alcohol reeking the room. She scowled at the wasted forms of the three Outkasts, flat unconcious on their beds. They'd get what was coming to them in the morning, along with three major headaches and a lot of vomit. Matt wasn't home yet. She turned to T.K.
........"Takeru, can I talk to you?"
........T.K. frowned. His mom only called him by his real name when she was serious. "Of course you can, Mom."
........Nancy sat down on the edge of his bed. "It's about Kari, T.K."
........T.K. leapt to his feet. "What's wrong? What happened?"
........Nancy forced him to sit down again. "Nothing's happened. Let me explain. I visited Kari the other day and spoke with her parents and Taichi."
........This was a lie, of course. CiCi had wanted Nancy to say that her revelation was Nancy's to avoid any confrontation with T.K.
........"Her family agrees with me on the fact that she is, in fact, not getting any better, but worse. She can't hold on much longer, Takeru. She's in a lot of pain. The only reason that's she's trying so very hard to keep going is for you. If you love her, you should tell her that if she wants to die, then she should be able to."
........T.K. cried out, "But I don't want to lose her."
........Nancy hugged her little boy fiercely. "You'll never truly lose her, Takeru. And one day you'll both be together again. Someday."
........And with that, she left her youngest son to decide on possibly the most terrible thing he'd ever have to think about in his entire life.
It seems you're having some trouble
In dealing with these changes
Living with these changes
Oh no, the world is a scary place
Now that you've woken up the demon . . . in me
........The next day, T.K. walked into Kari's room again. Only this time, he saw what was really happening. Various machines were pumping life into Kari's almost-dead body. She looked awful. T.K. felt ashamed at what he had been unknowingly forcing her to do to stay alive.
........"Kari I need to say something to you."
........Kari turned her head towards him.
........"Do you want to die?"
........Kari started in her bed. "No, T.K., I—"
........"Please, Kari, listen. My mom talked to me last night. I know you're in terrible pain. If you want to end the pain, and just die and go on to a better place than this hospital, then, please, do so. I will always love you, Hikari Kamiya, and no matter what, eventually we'll be together again forever."
........He leaned over and kissed Kari on the lips.
........"I love you forever, Hikari Kamiya."
........And with that, T.K. left the hospital room.
Get up, come on get down with the sickness
Get up, come on get down with the sickness
Get up, come on get down with the sickness
Open up your hate, and let it flow into me
Get up, come on get down with the sickness
You mother get up
Come on get down with the sickness
You fucker get up
Come on get down with the sickness
Madness is the gift, that has been given to me
........Later that night, Tai called T.K. In a halting voice, he told T.K. that Kari had died, after whispering "I love you forever also, Takeru Takashi."
Get up, come on get down with the sickness
Get up, come on get down with the sickness
Get up, come on get down with the sickness
Open up your hate, and let it flow into me
Get up, come on get down with the sickness
You mother get up
Come on get down with the sickness
You fucker get up
Come on get down with the sickness
Mad-ness has now come over me!
To be concluded . . .
A/N: I edited the song a little, cutting out a part that I didn't feel was appropriate for this fic. It's about the lead singer screaming terrible things about his mother; how she would beat him, treat like shit, and how he attacked her. I love this song but I just thought that part wasn't proper for this fic. Ja ne!
—Ishida
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