章 5: My time has come...

"Leave it to your brother, Sakura." Saying this I started running and hit some people with the metallic bar in my hand.

"Hmm. I never imagined that a mangaka would be so skilled in martial arts." Said the boss.

"Please don't underestimate the power of a former president of the high school dojo club." I said as I crushed a leg of the boss with the bar. He screamed like crazy.

"How did you get here? You bastard?" he asked.

"Listen, college students like you are not a threat for me. I got worried without a reason. I overestimated you guys. My friend sent me a message regarding your group." I said as I knocked out all of them.

I went near Sakura and helped Takeshi to open the ropes tied around her.

"Man, you sure are sly. I saw from a distance that you were not unconscious. But these amateurs didn't even notice that." I told Takeshi.

"But how are you so good in this?" Takeshi asked me.

"Listen, you can't write a world class manga without two things." I said.

"What are those?"

"One is obviously creativity and another is experience. It brings a cool effect in the manga." I said.

"You are so cool, Haru-san. No wonder your manga is so good." He said.

Suddenly I heard a sound. When I looked back, I saw that the boss was gonna shoot Sakura. He was too far. I would not be able to stop him so I covered Sakura with my body. A gunshot was heard.

"Nii-chan!" Sakura shouted.

"Haha! How will you get out now?" said the boss. He got up with one of his broken leg. I was shot in my lungs.

"Take this. And this." He shot me in my stomach and chest. One bullet penetrated my heart and another penetrated my spinal cord.

Takeshi took the metallic bar from the ground and ran towards him. Takeshi directly hit the boss's face with the bar. A skull breaking sound could be heard in the whole room. I could hear the sound of police and ambulance coming closer.

Some people took me to the ambulance in a stretcher. In the ambulance, I could see that Sakura was crying holding my hands. Takeshi was also crying with a very sad face.

The memories of my life started to become visible before. After a few moments, I took off the oxygen mask from my mouth.

"What are you doing Haru-san?"

"Haru-nii! put on the mask." Sakura tried to make me wear the mask.

I held back her hand.

"Listen to me, Sakura." I said.

"No, you put on-"

"Listen to my last words. I know my body better than anyone else. I will not survive this." I laughed a little knowing that I am dying in the hands of a college dropout." Sakura and Takeshi were crying.

"Remember? You asked me a question. How am I able to complete the manuscript in such a short time?"

"Actually, I give you the manuscript from my secret room. I never told you about it. All the work of my life is there including all the manuscripts of the future chapters you would need. I invested a huge time on it." I puked out another liter of blood.

"Haru-nii!!" "Haru-san!!"

"Use all the manuscripts on the manga. You will be able to lead a fluent life with it. Take this key. It is the key to that room." Sakura took the key in her hand. I stopped and looked at Takeshi this time. I looked at his innocent face. Most of the people had a sharp look and lustful look when they looked at Sakura. But this kid, his look was very innocent. I knew that I could trust Sakura in his hands.

"Takeshi, I leave her in your hands. I can trust you, buddy." Takeshi cried when he heard this.

"Sakura…Takeshi…Both of you. Give me your hands." I said. Both of them listened to me.

I made them hold each other's hands and I kept my hands on top of their hands.

"Have a good life. My birthday is at 17th June. I want you two to marry on that day. Of course, it will be when Sakura graduates. If you do anything to her before, then I am gonna come back as a ghost and haunt you." I laughed at my own joke.

Suddenly my senses told me that my time has come.

"Listen, both of you my time has come…..I will have to go now. Take care. Bye." I could hear the cries of both of them. Everything around me became dark. And I passed on.