The SoulTaker

Mom!

Wake up, Mom!

Mom!

Kyo...suke...

What`s going on...?!

I`ll get help!

Kyosuke!

Mom...?

Mom...

How could you...?!

Forgive me. Please forgive me, Kyosuke!

Huh?

Mom! No, don`t!

A dream?!

Did my mother actually stab me?

You`re finally awake, huh?

That was a close call.

You were buried alive back there.

Where am l?

You`re in my apartment.

Ow!

So? How do you feel?

I`m sorry.

Could you leave me alone for a while?

I still can`t believe it.

He had a dagger plunged deep into his heart...

Mom...

Mom...!

Go heavy on the mustard.

Uh, Miss...?

How did you know I was...?

Maya.

I`m Maya Misaki.

Nice to meet you.

Right...

Why did you come and save me?

How did you know I was alive?

Let`s just say it was a gut feeling I had.

A gut feeling, huh?

Is that weird?

Of course it is. It`s too strange.

I felt that you were definitely alive.

Call it a sixth sense or a premonition.

Once I was convinced, I couldn`t just walk away.

Make sense?

I know it sounds confusing.

Yeah...

Never mind that! You should call your family or someone!

And tell them that you`re actually alive.

No. Mom was the only one left.

I see.

Don`t worry. I`m a nurse.

Damned tooth...

It`s amazing how quickly he was able to recover.

To think a stab wound like that...

...would completely heal in just a week.

Why am I so giddy?

Mom...

Why`d you do it?

I`ve finally found you!

I`ve got you now, Kyosuke Date!

Now, where did you hide that precious patient of mine?

What patient?

Who do you think?

I`m talking about your cute, little sister.

What little sister?

I don`t have a little sister!

Little lies today will lead to a life of crime!

I get it. You`ve got a case of amnesia.

You`ll need the help of the good doctor!

Say hello to my scalpels!

My operations are real painful! Pain like you`ve never felt before!

The intense pain will make you regress to a past life!

Here we go again.

Making a flashy entrance like that isn`t my cup of tea.

Who are you?

Are you really that Kyosuke Date guy?

A kid like you?

Sorry to disappoint...

Hey, I know you.

It`s coming back to me.

You`re Shiro Mibu, aren`t you?

So, what if I am? You Hospital quack.

What do you mean, "Hospital"?

What are you wasting your time here for, Doctor?

Kirihara`s already beaten you to the girl!

They what?!

Hurry!

How did Kirihara sniff out the girl and snatch her up so fast?

Trust them to pull off a move like that.

Shiro, was it?

What`s going on here anyway?

What happened to Maya?

Isn`t it obvious already?

So, those Hospital people kidnapped her?

People?

That`s a stretch.

You heard what the nurse said. Kirihara beat them to the girl.

Kirihara? Who is this Kirihara person?

Kirihara, as in the Kirihara Group.

You mean the international conglomerate?

But why would they want to kidnap Maya?

Your little sister makes a pretty good sandwich.

My little sister?

Kirihara kidnapped her because she`s your sister.

What you`re talking about?!

Maya isn`t my little sister.

Besides, l`m sure she`s older than I am!

You really don`t know what`s going on, do you?

But you should be able to remember at least a few things.

No...

What`s this?

I knew it all along.

I knew it all along.

Must be a diary.

That l`m not the real me.

I`m just a fragment of someone else...

...a flicker of a soul.

What does she mean by that?

Sounds like Maya knew she was just a Flicker.

Flicker?

But I always thought someone would come and save me.

And take me away from this dreary, tedious life...

...and turn me into the whole person I ought to be.