"Fuck, Keisuke!" Illumi hollered in horror. His arms frantically rushed to assess the wound, wide black eyes looking for Chifuyu. He needed his bag and he needed it now.
"C'mon, Kei, stay with me," Illumi lowered Baji to the floor, keeping a tight grip on him.
"Mikey," Kazutora grinned with mania as he climbed to his feet. "You're next. You're gonna die along with him."
"Shut up," Mikey ordered. "I'll beat you to death."
"Baji," Takemichi huffed. "Why'd you do it? I don't get it...why would you...what were you trying to achieve...by stabbing yourself?!"
"Where is he?" Illumi hissed in regards to Chifuyu. His hands were occupied in keeping pressure on both stab wounds while Baji's head rested on his lap.
"Takemicchi..." Baji panted. "Come closer." He huffed trying to ease himself further into Illumi's hold. "Kisaki is the enemy."
Illumi's brows furrowed at this, he knew little about the third division captain other than the fact that he saved Illumi and Mikey earlier. The boy did look vaguely familiar but much of lllumi's childhood becomes hazy in his mind.
"I realised that back when Pah stabbed Osanai," Baji said. "'I'll get Pah out of prison. In exchange make me the third division captain.' I just happened to catch Kisaki proposing that to Mikey." His breath wheezed in his throat. "Kisaki is not... our third division captain! Toman was formed... by the six of us."
Baji's eyes started to flutter. "No matter what happens...Pah's the only captain of the third division."
In the distance Chifuyu came scrambling around people. An ordinary black backpack clenched so tight like it was a lifeline, and it was. It was Baji's lifeline.
The blond came and dropped to his knees beside his best friend while Illumi frantically grabbed the bag, rooting through it.
"Baji..." Chifuyu trembled.
"Pah-chin," Keisuke started. "Mitsuya...Draken...Mikey...Kazutora."
Illumi dumped out a few things in his bag catching the attention of the Haitani brothers who watched the whole spectacle with vague tones of amusement.
"lllumi," Baji said causing the other boy to look down at him in his lap with a blood stained smile. "Toman founding members... are my treasure." Keisuke's eyes filled with tears that broke their dam and fell down his cheeks, turning pink along their trail. "I wanted to fix this on my own. But I just couldn't. I..."
He choked on his breath.
"...died on my own. Mikey has no reason to kill Kazutora..."
Illumi sucked on his teeth at the lengths Baji was going through to prevent something he shouldn't have to.
"...It's about time..." Baji panted. "I'm startin' to hallucinate."
Cursing Illumi ignored what was going on and started to level out the contents of his bag. People looked confused before a few things started to look framilair. It was medical equipment. Chifuyu's heart swelled with hope, maybe- maybe Illumi could save Baji?
Chifuyu hiccupped as Baji's sleepy eyes turned to look at his most loyal friend.
"Chifuyu?" Keisuke asked head comforted in his most precious' lap.
"Yes?" Chifuyu choked.
"I'd kill for some Peyoung Yakisoba right now."
Illumi's head craned up for a fraction of a second, his heart hurting at the scene before him.
"I'll go buy you some." Chifuyu promises, voice shaky.
"We'll split it right? I wanna eat it with Illumi too..." Baji wonders aloud.
Chifuyu bravely held back tears spill over as he sniffles to which Baji grins widely at.
"Thanks...Chifuyu."
Quiet...the air fell quiet.
"...Baji?..." Chifuyu's voice strained, eyes red with heartbreak. His grip became unbearably tight. "No... Baji! AAAAAAAAAGH!"
A resounding crunch echoed in the silence. Mikey's fist caved in Kazutora's face.
"I'll kill you. I'll kill you!!"
"Fuck," Illumi panicked. Regardless of how cruel it might be, Illumi shoved Chifuyu away. He needed space. Chifuyu fell on his ass in surprise.
"Illumi?"
He ignored him, pressing his ear to Baji's chest, he could barely hear anything. Huffing he took out a knife and held it under Baji's nose watching as the steel fogged up and condensation built.
"Okay, okay....I can do this." Illumi's face grew deathly serious, he gathered his hair up and tied it up into a tight ponytail.
"Chifuyu?" Illumi called. But the blond didn't respond, too caught up in watching Takemicchi step between Mikey and Kazutora. "Chifuyu!" Illumi snapped.
"Wha-"
"Who here is an O negative blood donor?"
"I don't- I don't-" Chifuyu fumbled, grabbing roughly at his hair.
"Think Chifuyu. Think!" Illumi pestered. "Listen I gotta do a blood transfusion and now, the ambulance is too far out Kei isn't gonna make it! Chifuyu, think!"
"uh, am okay okay, Draken," Chifuyu lit up. "Draken is O, I- I remember him gloating to Mikey about his blood," Chifuyu gasped. "His blood it's rare, universal or something like that."
"That's good, " Illumi praised. "Well done Chifuyu, alright now I need you to go get Draken for me. We're saving Keisuke, he's not going today."
Determined puppy blue eyes stare at Illumi with all the hope in the world before steeling and running off to find the vice-captain.
Illumi watched as Takemichi tried to get the reasoning for Baji's sacrifice, his actions of trying to kill himself into Mikey and Kazutora's thick skulls. Baji killed himself so that Mikey wouldn't have a reason to kill Kazutora.
While all that drama was going on Illumi was removing his outer clothing leaving his upper half in a long sleeve compression top. He pulled out a clear sealed packet containing sterile gloves. He had no tray to put his equipment on, only some surgical paper and the plastic it was wrapped in.
"Mitsuya, get over here please!" Illumi called out, starting to cut away at Baji's shirt revealing the two deep stab wounds.
Mitsuya came running over, worry drowning his face.
"I need you to lift Baji, carefully so I can put my jacket under him. I can't have dirt getting in his wounds." Illumi said.
"Right," Mitsuya muttered under his breath, gently placing his hands under his longtime friend and raising him up so Illumi could lay a jacket underneath.
He looked at the wounds critically then Baji's paling complexion. He snapped on his gloves and was quick to take some gauze and saline. He cleared the side wound quickly before patching up the best he could. The stitches left much to be desired but it was the best Illumi could do on a time budget. It was shoddy but better than nothing. Illumi peeked at the gut wound before wincing and continuing on.
"What? What's wrong?" Mitsuya asked, noticing the reaction.
"It's... deep, I'm just worried it might have hit an organ. All I can do is patch it until the ambulance arrives. My biggest priority right now is getting that blood transfusion. Where the well is Chifuyu with Draken?!" Illumi bellowed.
"Here!" Chifuyu called, rushing with the vice captain right behind him. "Right here."
"Sit." Illumi ordered Draken who complied with no fuss. He set about taking out an intravenous line from a sterile package. "Now..." Illumi paused. "doing a straight transfusion isn't preferred nor is not having the blood tested but... it's all I can do. It's either take the risk or Baji dies right here before the ambulance even arrives."
Draken's eyes harden. "Do it." He rolled up his sleeve to expose his forearm so that Illumi may start the transfusion.
Smiling at the blond, Illumi grabs his arm softly. "Let's save Kei."
Illumi immediately got to work, he inserted the l.V line into Baji's arm using some medical tape to keep it in place. He then tied a tourniquet around Draker's bicep. Taking care, Illumi poked around for a vein inserting the needle when located. By now Mikey abandoned his motive of killing Kazutora and instead hovered near his fallen friend and his desire trying everything to save him.
Once everything was set Illumi sucked in a deep breath. "Okay," he opened the valve of the I.V line and everyone watched with bated breath as the line of red entered Baji. Illumi counted under his breath, in a minute he'd be able to tell if there were any unwanted side effects to the blood transfer.
Away upon piles of scrapps two brothers watched with devilish eyes.
"You know Ran," The younger of the two said. "We were always on about getting a medic for the gang." He nodded his head down at Illumi. "He seems rather proficient plus if what I heard early has any truth to it, then he's not technically with Toman."
Lilac eyes watched hungrily. "Too right you are little brother. Let's pay a little visit at a later date."
Wee- woo Wee- woo Wee- woo
"It's the cops." Rindo tsked.
"Let's go guys." Ran said herding up his gang.
Illumi kept where he was watching Baji's condition. As the enforcers came closer he detached Draken and pushed the boy to follow the fleeing Toman.
"Get out of here," Illumi said, leaving no room to argue. "I have names I can drop if needed. I'll be fine, Ken. So go."
Reluctantly, Draken did so having to carry Mikey with him to whom the whole scene looked like a playback of Pah's arrest.
Illumi side-eyed Kazutora who came to sit by him.
EMTs swarmed the three like the police carting Baji away, taking Illumi with them in order to find out what happened and what medical action had been taken. Kazutora was taken in for questioning where he confessed to stabbing Baji and Illumi was trying to save his life.
The battle of 'Bloody Halloween' came out with both expected and unexpected results.
Two Weeks Later
A young blond entered the sterile environment frowning at the lack of personality. He pulled up a chair and gazed.
"Baij....it's just like when we first met." He looked down at his half eater Yakisoba. "I bought you some, just like I promised. Half's for you."
A tall figure walked silently into the room witnessing the blond's bowed head.
"Baji..." Chifuyu sobbed. "Saying 'thank you'...that's not fuckin' fair...what am I supposed to do from now on?!"
The other person got closer and ducked their head down.
"Live for him."