It was lunch time when I saw him again. His name is Toshiie Maeda and he is only the smartest and most talented guy in the school. He can do almost anything. He is perfect, but the only thing bad is he is very ignorant towards everyone but his friends and that is what makes girls swoon over him even more. So many girls are after him, including myself.
My 2 best friends, Ina Honda and Okuni Kayomi, and I were sitting down, eating our lunch, which was a slice of pizza and apple juice on a bench under an apple tree. I took a bite of my pizza and looked around. I then saw Toshiie come out of the school and went on the sidewalk and began walking. He is such a sweet person, he wouldn't even step on the grass for shortcut. I couldn't help but form a smile across my lips and I felt hot deep inside. I sucked in my bottom lip. I remember seeing him for the first time in preschool and now we're 6th graders. It was when I began to crush on him. My heart beat even faster than before. I was looking down, smiling to myself, when my friend Ina tapped me on the shoulders. I stopped smiling and looked at her.
"Hey, Naotora, if you like him so much, why don't you go express your feelings for him?" She told me. The thought of confessing to him scared me. What if he doesn't like me that way? What if I accidentally fall or something in front of him? I began feeling nervous. I shook my head fast.
"What? There's no way I will! Besides, so many girls are after him. It's not like I have a chance with him anyways," I replied, looking down in defeat as Okuni gave me a little nudge on the shoulders.
"Oh come on, Naotora. You never know what he'll reply back. What if he does like you too? Also, it's better to confess to him now than to never tell him and regret not saying anything at all. How's he gonna know you like him when you didn't even tell him?" Okuni told me, and I knew she was right. I sighed and leaned my head on her.
"I dunno, Okuni. I'm afraid to tell him. I might stutter an all. I don't want him to think I'm an idiot," I told her. Toshiie was beginning to closen up to us as he is walking on the sidewalk still. Ina was eyeing me to go to him and I shook my head in horror and Okuni was also urging me to go to him too. I felt so nervous deep inside. No! I'm not ready to tell him how I feel yet, I don't wanna confess to him! Ina and Okuni made me stand up and I was trying to not go, but they were taking me close to him. They were pulling my arms.
"No, you guys, I don't wanna do this!" I whisper loud enough for them to hear. Ina and Okuni were both smiling and snickering.
"You can thank us later, Naotora," Ina told me, as they pushed me to the sidewalk right in front of Toshiie. I got so shy of him when he stopped and turned to me. Oh, I can't believe I'm standing in front of him! He is so hot and handsome! His eyes were so intriguing and gorgeous. I smiled at him and laughed a little nervously.
"Can I help you?" he asked me. Oh my gosh, he just spoke to me! Eek, I think I'm gonna burst into fireworks. I then snapped out of thinking because he just asked me a question. I blinked twice and looked down.
"Um, I… Um… I… Really like you, Toshiie, more than just a friend!" I managed to tell him, as everyone turned to the both of us. I can't believe I told him! I just confessed to him! What do I do? Wait for an answer? I looked up at him, feeling so shy of him. He just tilted his head a bit to the right. He then formed a half smile. He's smiling! Smiles usually mean happiness, right?
"Naotora Ii, right?" he asked, as I nodded my head slowly. He knows my name! My heart is thumping so fast I could almost hear it. He stopped smiling and looked serious. "Let me tell you a few things, Naotora. One, I don't like people who stutter, especially if they're girls." He took a step closer to me. What? But he smiled! Could it have been fake only? "Two, I'm not interested in the likes of you." He takes another step and makes me back up. I look down in disappointment. "Three, you won't be able to live up to my standards." He makes me back up. "Four, I can only take so much staring from you before it becomes bothersome." He backed me all the way up to a tree. Everyone was watching and it was so embarrassing. He then leveled up to me, eye to eye and leaned towards me. "And last of all, Naotora. You may be school smart, but to me, you're just a stupid weak girl blinded by a love that won't ever happen. If there's anything I hate more than people staring, its stupid girls like you." His words really broke my heart and crushed my soul. He then walked off from me, leaving everyone to stare at me. I stood there, wondering what just happened, even though I knew what happened already. My legs felt super shaky and so were my arms. I was devastated and embarrassed in front of my fellow classmen. Ina and Okuni came running to me to see if I was okay.
"Naotora…," Ina said, feeling sorry for me. I sighed and looked down. Okuni gave me a hug and so did Ina. I hugged them back.
"I guess this is why people call it a crush, when you like someone and they don't like you back. It crushes your soul. It's okay though, at least I told him. I have no regrets," I told them and we went back to the bench we were sitting on. I guess I gotta stop liking him since he seems to hate me. It may take a while but I'm sure I can do it. We continued eating our food normally. I was pretty sad deep inside but I won't let it get to me but it definitely scarred my love life.
A week has passed by and I don't look at him or talk about him anymore. I just focus on my family, friends, and school. I was in class and we were switching seats today. Everyone had to get out of their seat and stand in the front. We were in our core class and our teacher was Mrs. Nohime, which is a mix of 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. There are about 28 students.
"Okay class, when I call your name, please come to the seat so I know you're here. Otherwise, you will be marked absent," Mrs. Nohime told us. I was with Ina and Okuni and I turned over to the door and saw Toshiie with his cousin and his friends Kiyomasa and Sakon. I still remember his words to me. I don't know if I'll ever forget them, since it cut me like a knife. I quickly turned away because I remembered he didn't like being looked at. Why can't I get over him? I need to get a hold of myself and face reality that he hates me. Mrs. Nohime walked to the first seat. "Zhuge Dan," Our classmate Zhuge Dan walked over and sat down on the seat. Some people say he looks like a dog because he always has such a serious face. She walked to the seat behind him. "Goemon Ishikawa," she continued going to the seat behind the previous one. "Zhu Ran, Da Ji, Ma Dai, Zhang He, Sun Wukong, Yoshimoto Imagawa, Kiyomasa Kato, Sakon Shima, Lu Lingqi, Himiko Orochi, Kaguya Watanabe, Ma Chao, Yoshitsune Minamoto," She was on the third row, second seat now. "Okuni Kayomi," Mrs. Nohime walked to the seat behind Okuni. "Naotora Li," I walked to go sit down where I needed to. I was happy I got to sit behind Okuni. "Okay, Toshiie Maeda, you're behind Naotora," What? He's sitting behind me? This is bad! Okuni turned over to me and I looked up at her, feeling a rush of embarrassment. Everyone knows that I was turned down by him and they all watched as he walked over, going past me. I felt pretty uneasy for a while. I heard him sit down on the chair and I looked down. Mrs. Nohime continued. "Lu Xun, Muneshige Tachibana, Zhou Yu," That was all the people in my row. She walked to the fourth row, first seat. "Zhang Bao, Ina Honda," Ina walked over to the seat next to Okuni on the right. I was glad she was sitting near me too. "Keiji Maeda," Oh no, why does Toshiie's cousin have to sit next to me out of anywhere else? Keiji walked over to the seat and slumped down in such a lazy way. "Ginchiyo Tachibana, Zhen Ji, Guan Xing, and lastly, Sanzang Fashi. I'm glad everyone's here. Today you will be working on a worksheet individually for a while." Mrs. Nohime walked to the front and began giving the worksheet to the first person in each row, which means we have to take a sheet and give it to the person behind us. In my case, I have to give it to Toshiie. Everyone was passing out papers and Okuni gave me the papers. I took one and took a deep breath. Okay, I'm just gonna give the papers to him, it's not like we're gonna be talking to each other anyways. Also, I won't make eye contact with him. Before I knew it, he spoke to me.
"Can you hurry up and hand over the papers?" Toshiie said from behind. I turned around to him and we accidentally made eye contact! I quickly looked away and down at the papers in my hand. I then handed it over to him.
"I'm sorry," I told him, handing the papers to him as it poked his left eye as he covered it. I gasped and I hella wanted to laugh. It was a total accident only.
"Ow, what the hell, Naotora?" Toshiie yelled at me. Everyone turned to us.
"I am so sorry!" I told him, trying hard not to laugh. Toshiie opened his left eye slowly and it was a bit pink. I looked down, feeling bad. I looked up at him and he took the papers away from my hand. "I'm really sorry, Toshiie."
"Are you alright Toshiie?" Mrs. Nohime asked as he nodded his head. He told her that he was fine but I could tell he was hella pissed off at me. I looked down and I still felt like laughing but I was forcing myself not to laugh or smile. We all continued passing out the papers and began working on the worksheets.
The worksheet was pretty easy for me. It was just math we had to do and I'm pretty good with solving math problems. We all worked silently for about 20 minutes but I finished it in 15 minutes. I wonder if Toshiie's finished with the worksheet. Oh man, why am I thinking about him again? I really need to get over him, he's not interested in me. I took out a sheet of paper and began to doodle on it. I drew a few music symbols, a guitar, piano keyboards, and violin on it. I drew those because I loved music. I have always loved music my whole life and my mom helped me with music but my dad was a martial artist and he wants it to run in the family generation so I joined it too. I like to dance and sing very much too. I do it at my own will though.
I looked up at the front and noticed Mrs. Nohime looking at the class seats, thinking hard. Mrs. Nohime is very close to her students. She is like a big sister to me and I can just be completely honest with her. She knows I have an interest in Toshiie, because I told her. I think that's why she put Toshiie behind me. She turned to me and I smiled at her. I then continued to draw on the worksheet.
"Hmm… Toshiie and Keiji, can I have you 2 switch seats, please?" Mrs. Nohime asked, as I realized that Keiji was sitting next to me on the right, not to mention the fact that we always are partners with the ones to our right. Oh shoot, he's gonna be sitting next to me, which means he is gonna be my partner for everything except when she allows us to choose! What do I do? Keiji and Toshiie switched seats. Toshiie sat down on the seat and put his stuff down. I could feel Keiji's giantness behind me. I could feel myself getting shy all over again. I turned to Toshiie slowly and to my surprise, he was looking at me! Startled by that, I flinched and fell down. My head bumped into Sakon's desk and it tipped over and fell on my head. I was gonna scream but the moment I did, I only got to utter a tiny scream as the desk toppled on my head and I felt like I had a concussion…
Toshiie knew that Naotora was gonna turn to him. He thought that Naotora was one girl who had a lot of nerves to still look at him after poking his eye with the worksheet paper. He decided to look at her because he knew she would flinch and fall. Toshiie thinks Naotora was a pretty girl but usually having a pretty face isn't enough to prove that they can do anything. It takes a lot to impress him and he needs a girl who can withstand him, even all the ignorance.
Toshiie waited for her to turn and she finally did. Her cheeks were very pink and she turned to him slowly. Once she saw him looking at her already, she freaked out and flinched so bad, she fell down and bumped her head on his friend Sakon's desk. It also fell on her head too. He didn't mean for that to happen though. He only thought she was gonna flinch. Toshiie thought she really was a stupid girl…
"Naotora!" I heard Ina and Okuni say in unison. I heard much laughter and someone took the desk off my head. I looked up and it was Sakon who took it off me.
"Blah all blah?" I heard Sakon saying. I looked around and I saw a bunch of stars everywhere. Ina and Okuni's face came into sight. I blinked three times before sitting up.
"Naotora, blah blah alright? Blah blah hurt?" Ina asked me. I didn't know what was going on and why I was hearing them say those words.
"Um, I don't understand you guys. I mean like I do but some words, I hear you say 'blah' and I don't know why. I think the desk hit my head too hard but overall, I'm fine," I told them. Mrs. Nohime rushed over to me. The stars stopped appearing everywhere now. I began to feel better.
"Are you okay, Naotora? You're not hurt, are you?" Mrs. Nohime asked me. I managed to smile and shake my head. I told her that I was fine and that I wasn't hurt. Actually, I am hurt, still from the words Toshiie told me a week ago. Ina and Okuni helped me onto my seat again.
"You sure you're okay? Do you wanna go to the nurse?" Ina asked me and I told her I didn't need to go to the nurse.
In about 5 minutes after, Mrs. Nohime told us to share what we have with our partner to the right. I slowly turned to the person to my right and it was Toshiie. I sucked in my bottom lip because I was nervous. He must hate me so much right now. I looked down and blinked a couple times before looking back at Toshiie. He was looking at me again! This time, I didn't flip out or anything.
"How much more time are you going to freak out? If you're done, can we hurry up and share answers?" Toshiie asked me. My eyes widened and I looked down again and swallowed hard.
"Sorry and okay," I managed to say. What am I saying? I should no longer feel shy around him. It's not like he likes me or anything. I then snapped out of thinking and turned to him. "So what did you get for number one?"
"Twenty four," he replied, not even looking at me. Dang, hasn't he ever heard to make eye contact when he's speaking with someone? That is just plain rude but it doesn't matter. In this case, making eye contact will probably only make me shy of him. He then sighed and turned to me. "I'm just gonna read out the answers to you. Follow along because I'm not gonna repeat myself." I nodded my head. It makes everything easier. He began saying his answers as I followed along. We both had the same answers.
"Alright whatever you didn't finish becomes homework. Now, partners on the right, please scoot your desk to your left partner. You two will be working on somethingt together," Mrs. Nohime said to us all. Oh my goodness, I can't believe that he's gonna have to put his seat next to mines! Dang it, why am I being shy again? I should really just get over the fact that we won't be together anymore. The people sitting on the right of the one and two partners scooted their desks next to the ones on the left. I heard Toshiie scoot his desk to mines. When he put his desk next to mines, I smelled his body spray and it smelled really good.
"So, Mrs. Nohime, what are we gonna do now?" Keiji asked our teacher. Mrs. Nohime told us that we were gonna have to think of an animal for our partners to act out. We had to take a piece of paper and write it down and then fold it up and exchange it with our partners. Gee, to think that I get to choose which animal for him to act out. It'll be so funny! A smile formed on my face as we had to take out a sheet of paper. The left partners had to go first so the right partners had to close their eyes. I watched Toshiie close his eyes. Wow, this is the face he makes when he sleeps. It's actually really quite sexy. Okay, so what to make him do. I should make him do something funny! Oh, I know what I will make him do! I laughed deep inside and wrote down what animal Toshiie would have to act out…
Toshiie continued closing his eyes and then the teacher told them to swap so now it was his turn to choose one for her. He let his eyes open and turned to Naotora. He thought she wouldn't give him something bad, because she liked him and he knows it, even before she admitted to him. He looked at her closing her eyes and her eyelashes were long and beautiful. Her hands were on her chair and she seemed very nervous. He thought to himself that he would never fall in love with her, despite her beauty. He knew what animal to make her do and wrote it down on a piece of paper before folding it up…
"Okay, now that everyone is finished, exchange papers with your partner," Mrs. Nohime told us and I opened my eyes. I turned to Toshiie and he scooted his paper over to me. I then took my paper and gave it to him too. His hand took the paper but he never looked at me. "Okay, right partners don't open your papers yet. Left partners, open the paper." I grabbed the paper and carefully opened it. I am surprised what he wrote. He wrote down my name! Wow, he put me to act as myself. Who knew? I then felt kinda bad about what I put so I decided to change his. I tapped him gently and he turned to me.
"Can I make a correction on mines?" I asked as he held the paper.
"No, you don't need a correction on yours. Besides, you already wrote something down so no need to change it," Toshiie replied to me. He would probably be unhappy about his and I don't want him hating me more than how much he already does.
"It won't take long, I promise," I replied and tried to take the paper but he moved it. I wonder why he wasn't letting me make a change to it. "You're not gonna like what you have to do and I changed my mind so can I change it, please?" I grabbed the end of the paper and pulled it but he pulled it back to him but I didn't let go.
"I'm curious to see what you put so you can't change it," he responded and we played tug a war with the paper. Neither of us were letting go and before we knew it, the paper ripped in half and since we were pulling hard, our hands came flying towards ourselves and hit our face. My own hands hit my mouth hard and I tasted blood right away. Toshiie's hand flew and hit his own nose and it began to bleed too.
"What is going on? Oh my gosh, Toshiie, your nose is bleeding!" Mrs. Nohime said in horror and Toshiie covered his nose. I felt bad for trying to take the paper because he got hurt again for the second time because of me. I wiped my mouth and saw blood too! Mrs. Nohime saw the blood on my hands too. "Oh my gosh, Naotora! You are bleeding too. Alright, both of you need to go to the nurse office right away."
Mrs. Nohime gave Toshiie a slip for the both of us to go to the nurse's office. We both got our stuff and headed out from the classroom. At this point, I was in the middle of feeling happy and feeling scared. He probably hates me so much right now, but I can't help but feel kinda happy I get to be with him right now. It's just the two of us walking together to the nurse's office. All of a sudden, I bumped my head on a pole and fell down. Toshiie stopped walking and turned to me. He shook his head when he realized I bumped into the pole and fell down.
"You're such a clumsy girl. Hurry up or I'll leave you behind," Toshiie told me. I didn't want him to leave me behind because I could get in trouble by the security at our school because I don't have a pass with me. I quickly got up and ran to catch up.
"Wait, don't leave me behind!" I yelled, catching up to him but then I lost my balance because I ran too fast. He turned and I crashed into him. He moved me away from him but then I almost fell down so he grabbed my hand and pulled me forward and our bodies touched. He used his right hand and hugged my body. Wow, this must be a dream come true! He's actually hugging my body with his strong biceps. It's almost too good to be true! He let go of me and fixed his shirt.
"Gosh, watch where you're going! You almost made me fall, stupid. Stay a few steps behind me," Toshiie scolded and I looked down.
"Sorry," I told him. He began walking off first and I waited 7 steps before walking. We were already close by the nurse's office when I was stopped by a security office. That was what I was afraid would happen if we weren't next to each other.
"Excuse me, ma'am, where's your pass?" he questioned. I got so scared. I saw Toshiie walking off and disappeared from view.
"Um, I don't have it. You see, I had to share a slip with a classmate and he just went off," I explained to the security. I knew he didn't believe me by the way he looked at me.
"Yeah, nice try. You need to come with me, young lady," he told me as I got so scared and didn't know what to do.
"But… I'm telling you the truth," I told him honestly. He shook his head and grabbed my arms and placed it behind me. "I'm not lying to you, I swear! And I don't even go to church."
"You have the rights to remain silent, young lady. This is for your own good in case you even think about trying to escape." He replied.
"But I'm a good person, I would never think about skipping class," I told him but he didn't believe me. He began taking me off and I wished Toshiie was here to help me out but I guess I was gonna have to deal with it on my own…
Toshiie was walking and he couldn't hear Naotora's loud footsteps anymore. He stopped and turned, expecting to see her behind him but she was nowhere in sight. He went back and checked but she still wasn't anywhere. He decided to go on ahead in the nurse's office, concluding she must have gone to the bathroom or something.
He went inside the office where Mrs. Zhu Rong worked as the nurse's office and gave him the slip. She took it and set it aside.
"Hi there, ooh, your nose is bleeding. It's okay, we'll get you cleaned up in no time," she told him cheerfully. He went to go sit down and she began cleaning his blood up. Mrs. Zhu Rong was right, she cleaned it up in no time. He was able to go back into the classroom. He wondered where Naotora was. They were supposed to leave together but she wasn't there yet. "You waiting for the bell to ring, son?" he turned to her and shook his head.
"No, I'm waiting for a classmate. She was supposed to be here with me but I think she might have gone to the bathroom. We had to share passes so I can't leave without her," he replied to her. She nodded her head, understanding.
"Oh, okay. Well, while you wait, why don't you go lay down on the bed for a while? I'm sure she'll come soon," she told him. He went on the comfy bed and layed down it. He wondered why the hell she was taking so long, not that he cared but because he wanted to go back in the class. Before he knew it, the bell rang for next period.
"Well, I'll get going since the bell already rang," Toshiie told Mrs. Zhu Rong. He went out of the office and to his next period class…
The security guard took me to the back and the office was in the front. I wondered why he was taking me there.
"Why are we over here? The office is the other side of here," I told him. He then pushed me to a dark corner where someone there grabbed me and I couldn't move. That was when more people came. A girl with blonde hair came out of a dark corner and clapped her hands.
"Bravo, Johnny. I can't believe this girl fell for it. What a stupid dummy," she told the security guard. I didn't understand. The security guard took off the outfit and I couldn't believe that he was a student too!
"She really is a stupid girl," Johnny said to everyone and they laughed at me.
"What's going on? Let me go this instant or you'll be in trouble!" I told them, as the person holding me put a stupid bag over my head and tied my hands together. "Stop it! Let me go right now! Someone, please help me!" I then felt something sharp go under my neck.
"If you don't want your mom to die, you better shut the fuck up!" the person holding me tells me. I got scared and stopped screaming. I couldn't see anything and they were taking me somewhere off campus, I could tell. They shoved me into a car and drove off somewhere.
"Where are you taking me? Please take me back, I promise I won't tell anyone about this," I said, trying to undo the rope tied on my hands. I felt a hard punch on my head as someone told me to shut up. I felt scared for my life and how they were probably going to kill me. They parked the car and took me out. I was led into what felt like a giant garage and then someone took the bag off my head. We were definitely inside a giant garage, but it had quite a few bad guys there. I saw the blonde girl again.
"You think you have a chance with Toshiie? Think again, stupid girl. He is too good for you and consider this a warning. You talk to him again, this is gonna happen to your parents," she told me and smacked my face with her bare hands and I felt the agonizing pain rush over my cheeks. She then began walking off as a big buff black guy came in front of me. He matched the name Latrell.
"Hey there, sugar momma, I like myself some Asian chicks. You ready for a ride?" he told me, backing me up to a car. He layed me down and untied my hands. Once he did, I tried to push him off me. "I love it when girls try to break free because it just turns me on so much."
"Get off me you sicko!" I screamed and the guys were laughing. I began hitting his head hard but it took no effect on him. I used my knuckles and pounded his chest really hard and it hurt my knuckles so much. He tried to kiss me but I moved away. I finally scratched his eyes hard and kneed his nuts as hard as I could.
"Ow you little slut!" he yelled, getting off me. I got back up and tried to run away but the guys there blocked the way.
"You wanna get out? I don't think so, little girl," a really hot guy said to me. Just then, someone grabs me and I kicked back at them hard and they let go. I turned around and poked his eyes and then kicked his head as he fell down. More of them came to me and I began beating them up, while getting hit too at the same time.
A guy rushed to me and I ran to him too. I high jump kicked him on the stomach and he kinda flew to another guy. As two guys approached, I grabbed their heads, conked it with each other three times, and socked their jaws. I felt a sharp pain on my back and I fell down, one leg up and the other down. I turned around and a guy was using a whip. I saw a chain up ahead so I somersaulted, got up and dashed to it as fast as I could. I grabbed it and turned back to the guy. I swung the chain at him as he swung the whip. They both got caught in the middle so I used the other end and smacked his face with it. I was doing a pretty good job beating them, and I was doing it myself.
"Damn, this is bullshit! Losing to some random girl? Hell naw! I ain't trynna have that," the leader said. He took out a gun and began shooting at me. I couldn't fight back with that so I had no choice but to run. I was dodging the bullets. I hid behind cars, tables, and chairs. Many of the guys were out cold because I took care of them. I was almost to the garage door when they began to shut it down. Oh no, if I don't get out, I won't be able to escape and I don't know how much more fighting I can take. I need to get out fast.
I ran out of hiding and headed for the garage door. They were shooting multiple bullets at me but I barely escaped the bullets. Finally, the door got so close to closing that I had no choice but to slide. I layed down and began sliding out the garage door. While sliding, I finally got hit by the bullet on my arms and one on my back. I got two on my right arm and one on my back. Right before the garage closed completely, another bullet hit my left thigh and I felt so much pain everywhere.
"Shoot!" I told myself quietly. I was breathing hard because the pain really hurt. I saw my bag on the ground. I reached for it and grabbed my bag. I forced myself to get up and I began running off from that place. While I was running, I heard the garage open and I thought to myself that I would get caught again if I don't hurry up. I ran even faster, blood coming out from my arm, back, and leg. I ran into the woods but I could hear them closening.
"Hurry, she can't be too far ahead! Follow the blood trail!" I heard someone say. I looked behind me and saw that I was leaving blood trails. I needed to stop the blood. I took out my thin shirt, ripped a part of it off, and tied it to my thigh where I got shot at and made it tight. It hurt so much when I did it. I ripped off another piece of the shirt and tied it tightly on my arm where I was wounded. I began running off really fast but this time, I didn't leave a blood trail. I couldn't believe I almost died today too. Who was that girl and who were those people?
I began to feel lightheaded and my vision was beginning to blur but I kept running. I concentrated hard and somehow I managed to get back to the area I recognized. I checked the time and it was already four in the afternoon. Was I really there for that long? Everything happened so fast, I couldn't keep up with time. It's already afterschool. Maybe I should just go home and take a nap after doing my homework. I began walking home and on the way, I saw a car that looked like Toshiie's mom's car driving. It went past me and it suddenly parked. I saw that there was a woman and a guy in the passenger seats. The guy's hair looks exactly like Toshiie's too. Could it be him? Maybe he is gonna confront me about not showing up at the nurse's office? I'm in bad shape right now and I can't let him see me like this. The car door opened and out popped Toshiie but his back was facing me. My eyes widened and I knew I couldn't be seen. I saw that we were on a bridge like road but there was cement on the bottom for people to cross through. I didn't have any other choice but to jump down, despite my wounds. I fell down and landed on my left leg, pressuring the wound to the max. It hurt a whole lot and I almost cried but I forced myself up and ran to the little tunnel to hide…
Toshiie's mom was driving Toshiie to the mall when he spotted a girl walking up ahead. She looked like Naotora and he remembers that outfit. He was pissed off at her because her two friends came up to him, accusing him of doing something to her because Naotora went missing and they couldn't get in contact with her. They yelled at him too. He wanted to confront her why she made it seem like he kidnapped her or something.
"Hey mom, can you stop the car for a second? I need to talk to someone really quick," Toshiie told his mom. She parked the car and turned to him.
"Who do you need to talk to?" she asked.
"Just someone, you don't know her," he replied and got out of the car. He closed it and turned around but there was no one! He made a confused face, wondering if he imagined it only. He peeked at the area where people pass through but saw no one. He shook his head and got back in the car. "Never mind, that person isn't there anymore."
"Oh, well okay then," she said and began driving off to the mall…
I was relieved when I heard him get back in the car and it drove off. Whew, that was a close call but damn, this pain is gonna kill me! My parents are gonna freak out and I'm afraid of hospitals, not to mention my parents don't have much money. Oh well, at least I had a good life while it lasted. I walked all the way home and cleaned my wounds by showering. I was too scared to take out the bullets so I just put a band around it tightly. I had a hard time doing my back but I managed to pull it off. I did my homework and I felt really dizzy. I forced myself to finish it first before knocking out.
My alarm rang and I opened my eyes, only to feel dizzy. The pain from yesterday felt like nothing compared to the pain I felt today. I could barely even stand up.
"Oh man, what do I do?" I told myself, walking carefully into the bathroom. I checked the time and I had an hour left before school begun. I quickly used the bathroom and saw that blood leaked through the bandage. I fixed it up again and headed out. My knuckles were all bruised and had dried blood on them. I didn't even notice that they had been bleeding. When I looked at myself on the mirror, I had a bruise on my forehead, my right cheek, and my left jaw. I washed my hands and went out of the bathroom. I put on a sweater and wore a pair of skinny jeans with a Nike's shoe. I was gonna wear a backpack but it hurt too much to try and put it on so I just wore one side of the backpack. I then began walking to school.
When I got to school, I was so tired already. I felt sleepy but I was afraid to sleep because I might not wake up anymore and I didn't want that. I saw my friends up ahead so I began walking to them. Along the way, Toshiie came up to me. Oh my gosh, why does he have to come now? I feel like I'm gonna faint already so he came at a bad time.
"Naotora, why the hell did you make it seem like I kidnapped you or something? Do you think this is funny? Where did you go yesterday, huh? You better go confirm it to your friends that I didn't do anything to you," Toshiie yelled at me. Ina and Okuni heard us and came running over.
"What the hell is going on? Don't yell at her, you selfless guy! How can you be so cruel to her? She has a heart with emotions too, you know!" Ina yelled back. I couldn't help but form tears in my eyes and it began dripping down my cheeks. I looked down.
"So? It's because of you guys I'm yelling at her! You guys are all accusing me of kidnapping her or something when I didn't," Toshiie replied. They continued arguing but then they stopped when they heard me sniff and wipe my tears away.
"Naotora, who cares about him? He doesn't deserve seeing your tears. Don't cry, okay?" Okuni told me. Honestly, I wasn't crying because of Toshiie. I wiped my tears away and laughed a bit and sniffed.
"I'm not crying because of him. I'm just crying because I'm afraid I'm not gonna see you guys anymore. I'm feeling sleepy but I don't wanna sleep because I'm afraid I won't wake up anymore," I began, feeling like I was gonna pass out. Ina looked down and saw how my knuckles were bruised. She gasped.
"Oh my god, Naotora, what happened to your knuckles? They're all bruised!" Ina shouted, getting worried about me. I finally couldn't take the pain anymore.
"Guys, I think I'm gonna…" I began when I felt a sharp pain rush through my body and everything blacked out on me…
Toshiie thought she was talking nonsense but then all of a sudden, she fell forward onto him and knocked out cold. He caught her before she fell to the cement.
"Naotora!" her friends Ina and Okuni shouted. He layed her on the ground. Her hood came off and light shone on her. They saw how she was bruised on her face too. He wondered where she went exactly.
"Did you do this to her?" Ina asked him angrily. He had no idea what the hell she was talking about. He couldn't have done it because the last time he saw her, she was walking with him to the nurse's office.
"No I didn't! I don't hit girls, just so you know and the last time I saw her, she was going to the nurse's office with me but then she disappeared and I thought she went to the bathroom," Toshiie explained to her.
"He's got a point there, Ina," Okuni replied, as they all saw blood leaking through her jeans from her thigh area. Toshiie wondered what was going on because he never expected something like that from her.
"What the heck is going on?" he managed to say and her two friends began freaking out like crazy.
"Oh my god, she's bleeding! Toshiie, take her to the nurse's office right now! We need to get her to the hospital!" Ina shouted, tugging on his shirt. He didn't understand why all of a sudden he's the one who's gonna have to carry her.
"Why me?" he bragged. They told him he is right there and because he can carry her more than them. He shook his head but he knew it was true. He picked up Naotora like a princess and they took her to the nurse's office.
Mrs. Zhu Rong turned to them and saw Toshiie carrying Naotora. Blood leaked through her thigh area of her jean. She quickly got up and told them to put her on the bed. Toshiie obeyed and put her on the bed. When he did, there was blood on his shirt too. He noticed there was blood through her arm of the sweater too.
"Is her arm bleeding too?" he asked, as the girls carefully took off her sweater and she was in her teen top. She had a bandage wrapped around her arm but the blood went through it. Mrs. Zhu Rong took it off and noticed it were 2 bullet holes there.
"Did someone shoot her?" Mrs. Zhu Rong asked them. They told her they didn't know. She explained to them it appeared that someone shot her arm. She called the ambulance and they came and took her away.
"I… I can't believe this is happening," Ina said, watching the ambulance take off their friend Naotora to the hospital. Tears formed in her eyes and she began crying. "Who could have done this? She doesn't deserve it!" Okuni tried to be calm and comfort her friend Ina but she couldn't help herself either.
"Oh, why her? I can't stand it when the ones I love are hurt," Okuni said, tears falling down from her eyes. She and Ina hugged each other as Toshiie watched them cry. He doesn't know why but he felt sorry for them. They have always gone to the same school and he knows that they are the best of friends. If it were one of his friends, he would have been the same. He turned around and began walking to his friends but Ina stopped him. He turned back to her. Her eyes were teary and enraged.
"If I find out it's you behind this, I swear I'll make you pay, this I promise you," she told him. Toshiie could tell she was dead serious about it he had nothing to worry about because it wasn't even him the one who did that to her, nor would he ever think about laying his hands on a girl.
"Go ahead, I really didn't do anything," Toshiie replied to her and she let go of him. He began walking off to his friends while Ina and Okuni were so sad…
I thought I had died but I woke up, being in the hospital. It was morning time and I saw Ina and Okuni looking out the window. I was so happy I get to live and see another day. I saw that I had bandages on my arm and legs and I can feel one on my back too. I sat up in bed and felt a bit of pain but it wasn't as painful anymore.
"Hey, you guys," I told them as they both gasped and turned to me. They rushed over and gave me a hug.
"Naotora!" they said in unison, hugging me. I hugged them back. They both began crying.
"We thought you weren't gonna wake up anymore!" Ina told me. I laughed a bit.
"Chill out, it's only been the next day since I passed out, right? It's not like I was out cold for a whole week… Right?" I asked them and they looked at each other. They shook their heads. Oh dang, I wonder how long I've been out.
"Naotora, you have been out for two weeks, and you never woke up once and we came here for the whole two weeks," Okuni explained to me. Two weeks? Goodness, that is long! It only felt like the next day since I passed out!
"Wow, really?" I asked and they nodded their heads, "Well, at least I'm awake now. No need to worry anymore. I'm sorry I worried you two. It won't happen again."
"What happened that day? Did Toshiie do this to you? Because if he did, you can tell me and I'll really make sure he pays for what he did to you," Ina told me. What? Did they think Toshiie did this to me? I'd better clear it up for them so they don't think it was him. I shook my head.
"No, he really didn't," I replied. I told them about what happened that day when they kidnapped me and how I fought for my life there and barely escaping. They couldn't believe someone would do that to me.
"Whoever did this to you, I hope karma gets them twice as hard," Ina said madly. They stayed with me for a while and there was a knock on the door. We turned to the door. "Come in." The door opened and to my surprise, it was Toshiie! My heart raced fast and I began to grow hot on the inside. Toshiie? Why is he here? I can't believe that he is actually here! Did Ina and Okuni tell him to come? Ina and Okuni seemed surprised too so I don't think they told him to come. Okay, never mind they didn't tell him to come. Did he come because he cares or because he felt sympathy for me?
"Um, I'm pretty sure you're hungry, Naotora. Me and Ina will go get you some food, okay?" Okuni told me, taking Ina's arm and they began going out the door. Just me and Toshiie alone in the room? I don't want them to leave and I'm not hungry either.
"But I'm not even…," I began as they left the room and closed it. It was just me and Toshiie in the room alone. I took a deep breath before speaking. "So, what brings you here? Let me guess, sympathy?" Toshiie came closer to me. I was getting nervous by the second.
"Well you can think that if you want. So tell me, what exactly did happen to you?" Toshiie asked me. I thought about it and I remembered the girl telling me that if I talked to him again, my family was gonna get hurt and I didn't want them being in any kind of danger because of me. I looked down. I shouldn't even be talking to him. It's not worth putting my family in danger. Even though I can't stop liking him, I'm just gonna have to force myself to.
"Why does it matter? It's not like you care or anything, right? You know, I've decided to give up on something," I told him and he got curious.
"And what's that?" he replied, listening to what I had to say.
"I've decided to give up liking you. You are right, I'm blinded by a love that'll never happen. It's time for me to face reality and accept that fact," I told him and he half smiled. Why is he half smiling? Maybe he's happy I'm gonna stop liking him. Yeah, that has to be it.
"Is that right? So I don't have to worry about you being a pain anymore?" Toshiie replied, seeming happy about it. It kinda hurt, seeing that he seemed happy about it. I tried to be strong, acting like it didn't hurt. I nod my head.
"That's right, you don't have to worry about me anymore, not that you ever were but I won't look at you anymore, I won't feel shy around you anymore, it will be like I don't know you anymore. I won't be bothersome around you anymore," I told him and I made myself believe that was what I was going to do. It really hurt my chest saying those words to him. I was pretty sure he didn't care about me saying that to him but it hurts me saying it directly to him.
"So you're gonna try to not like me anymore?" he questioned and I nodded my head strongly. He then came close to me, too close that it made me feel uncomfortable now. He began leaning down on me, making me begin to lie down on the bed.
"Um, what are you doing?" I managed to say. He kept coming close to me like he was gonna kiss me or something! What the heck is going on? Is he going to kiss me? What should I do? I blinked twice and my heart began racing super fast. My heartbeat was so loud that we can both hear it now. I was feeling super hot on the inside and I bet my cheeks were so pink. Our lips were on the verge of touching. I could feel his breathing and I didn't know what to do…
Toshiie's and Naotora's lips were so close to coming in contact and he can hear her heart beat really loud and fast. Her cheeks were very pink and she looked so vulnerable. It was actually only a test to see how she reacted towards him. If she turns away, she really doesn't care anymore. If she didn't, it meant that she was just saying that but didn't mean it. Their lips were about to touch and she seemed so frightened. He then half smiled and got back up, watching her reaction…
I was feeling so uneasy when he finally stopped. I was just blinking in shock. Toshiie totally teased me!
"Not gonna like me anymore, huh? Eight years of crushing on me, Naotora. It's gonna take longer than two weeks to stop liking me," Toshiie told me. I knew he was right but I'm gonna have to stop liking him.
"Hey, I said I was gonna stop liking you, meaning I am working on it. I haven't completely stopped yet," I told him and then I remembered something. What am I doing talking to him? I shouldn't be. I sighed and layed down on the bed. "I shouldn't be talking to you. I don't want my family in danger." I didn't mean to say it out loud but I said it. Oh no, what have I done? I didn't mean to blur it out! I closed my eyes tight, thinking to myself how much of an idiot I am accidentally spilling it out in front of him. He stopped half smiling and had a serious face.
"Danger? What kind of danger?" he asked and I stood quiet. I opened my eyes slowly and turned to him. I guess there really was no point of holding back. I might as well just tell him what really happened.
"Well, when we were going to the nurse's office, I was stopped by a security guard and he took me to the back where I got kidnapped to this garage place with bad guys. I fought them off and escaped them but I was shot during the process," I told him. He seemed confused.
"What does that have to do with me?" Toshiie asked, wondering. I sighed and looked up at the ceiling.
"A blonde girl had them do it. She told me to not talk to you anymore or she'll hurt my parents," I told him, getting scared and I began wondering why my parents weren't there. Oh no, what if she is having bad guys beat them up right now? I have to go help them! "Oh no, what if they are beating my parents up right now? I'm not gonna be there to protect them! I have to go help them!" I got up and my leg hurt. I wasn't fully healed yet.
"Don't get up Naotora, I'm sure they're fine," Toshiie assured me. I began freaking out and tears came down my cheeks. I was really worried about them now and I needed to see for myself. I began walking but on my third step, I fell down and Toshiie came to me. He helped me up.
"I need to see for myself," I told him as he carried me up like a princess and put me back on the bed. I got back up and he tried to make me lay down. "Stop! I need to go make sure they're okay!" I saw the needle thing on my hands and I pulled them off.
"Stop! You're not fully healed yet!" he yelled at me. I really didn't care what condition I was in right now. What was more important than my condition was making sure my parents were safe. I was struggling to get out of bed while Toshiie was stopping me…
Naotora was serious about leaving the hospital even though she wasn't healed yet. He thought she can be so stubborn and he didn't want her to leave, only because she wasn't healed yet. He was trying to stop her from leaving and she was really strong for a girl so he had to use more force than usual.
"Stop being so stubborn! You're not well enough to leave yet!" he told her but she paid no attention. She continued telling him to let her go. It was getting him angry because she wasn't listening.
"Let me go, Toshiie! I don't care about my well being! I only care that my parents are safe right now!" she told him. Tears were coming out from her eyes. He paid no attention and held her down. She was breathing hard and she finally stopped fighting him after three minutes of trying to break free. He thought she finally gave up. "You're hurting my arm." He looked at her arm and noticed he held it too tight that it began to bleed again.
"I'm sorry," he told her. Before he knew it, she got out of the bed and ran to the window, which scared him because he knew she was gonna jump down and they were five stories high. She might not make it because she was still injured. "Naotora, no!" It was too late. She jumped out the window and he rushed to it. He looked down and saw her on the ground. She landed on her injured leg. "God damn it, Naotora!" He ran to the door and opened it. There stood Ina and Okuni.
"What's going on?" Ina asked him when she saw that Naotora wasn't in the room anymore. She then made an angry face at him. "What did you do to Naotora?"
"Nothing, she jumped down the window. She thinks her parents are in danger," he told them and them both gasped. Ina and Okuni wanted to go with him to get her. They put the food down and went out of the hospital. When they reached outside, she was nowhere in sight.
"I'll go check her house," Okuni suggested. Toshiie called up his friends to help search for her because she ran away from the hospital when she was still healing. They split up and began searching for her…
Please be home, please be home! I was running to my house barefoot. I crossed many streets and turned from right to left. My leg was in so much pain. I had a piece of glass inside my thigh and it hurts so much. I kept running until I finally reached the house. The door was wide open and I went inside. A couch was flipped upside down.
"Mom? Dad?" I called out. I searched everywhere for them but they weren't there so I knew someone must have taken them. I quickly went into my room and switched my outfit into a regular purple t shirt. I sat on my bed and took a few deep breaths, getting ready to take out the glass. I then began pulling out the glass. The pain was vibrating all over my thigh and it was hurting a lot.
"Oh my god!" I yelled out loud and tears came out from my eyes. I continued pulling out the glass and I was yelling. I finally took out the entire piece and I was bleeding so much from my thighs. I quickly put on a pair of skinny jeans and an air Jordan's shoe. I used one of my belts and wrapped my leg wound tightly so stop the bleeding. I then ran out of the house and began heading to the garage place, since I remembered how to get there.
Once I reached there, the garage was closed and I can hear someone getting beat. It was my dad's voice. I ran over to it and I began banging on the garage as hard as I can. I was very enraged.
"Looks like she did come. You wanna get in little girl? You gotta find a way. There's not much time too," someone from inside told me. I kept banging it.
"No, Naotora, don't come in!" shouted my dad from inside and I heard a loud smack.
"Dad, no! you'll pay for this, I swear!" I shouted. I looked around for something to use to break it open. I found an axe and I began pounding the garage door with all my might using the axe. Please be okay. I finally broke a whole and came inside. Once I did, I began getting beat up. I saw my parents on the floor. My mom was knocked out cold and my dad's head was bleeding so much. My anger overcame me and I suddenly began beating them up.
I punched and kicked the guys. I high jump kicked a guy and he fell down. Many guys swung at me and I dodged them all and smacked them as hard as I could. They used weapons on me but I used my bare hands. Even though it hurt a lot, I continued to hit them with my knuckles and they were bleeding so much…
Toshiie, Ina, Okuni, Keiji, Kiyomasa, and Sakon met up again. They were panting a lot from running all around town. They were tired of running.
"So, any news of Naotora?" Ina asked and they shook their heads. They already tried asking people and were out of ideas. They were worried about her.
"She definitely went to her house from the hospital. From the looks of her house, something definitely doesn't seem right. Maybe her parents really are in danger. We have to go help her!" Okuni said, being so worried.
"Yeah, but how are we gonna find her? She can be anywhere by now," Keiji replied. They all thought about it for a while.
"She did say that she was taken into a garage, right? We can go check the garages," Ina suggested and they thought it was a great idea, but Sakon thought things more through than her.
"But there are too many garages to search for. It's probably not garages with houses. It's probably a place where bad guys always chill at," Sakon told them and they thought it was true. It couldn't have been a regular garage because it would make things too easy. They thought about where a garage could be at.
"Man, this is too hard to figure out! If only there was someone nearby who knows about what's going on too," Kiyomasa said in defeat, as they really did hear someone from close by speaking of it. It was two guys talking about it.
"Yeah, that Naotora girl or whatever they said her name was really did show up. She's willing to come and help her parents out. That's sweet but such a tragedy because in the end, they'll all be burned alive. She was pretty too but we have orders from that chick. Serves her right for jacking her man," one of the guys said, as they all looked at each other, worried about Naotora.
"She probably has no idea what's coming for her. She really is a stupid girl. Too bad I couldn't get in her panties first," the other guy said and they both laughed. Ina was so angry and Okuni too. How can any human being be so cruel? Ina began walking to them both and stopped them from walking.
"You better tell me where Naotora and her parents are right now!" Ina yelled meanly, giving them lots of attitude. They looked at her and laughed their butts off. She got even madder because they were laughing at her.
"Aww, look at you. So cute and pretty, you trynna hook up babe?" the first guy said, smiling. She gave out a meaner look. She wondered why the guys weren't helping her. She turned to them with a mad face.
"Help a girl out? We're wasting time," Ina said to them and they went to her.
"Answer the girl and no one has to get hurt," Sakon told them and they tried to hit him but Keiji blocked them. They were only up to Keiji's chest.
"Listen up, you either do this the easy way or the hard way," Keiji told them hella mean and they got scared.
"What's the hard way?" the second guys asked, as Keiji grabbed his shirt, twisted it in his hands, lifted him off the ground, and got ready to punch them. He got so scared. "Okay, okay, we'll tell you! Just please don't hit my head!" Keiji smiled. The guy gulped down his spit before speaking. "I'm gonna get busted for telling you though." Keiji made the "tsk!" sound and he got scared again. "They're at the garage by the woods by the circle road."
"You two better take us there right now!" Keiji thundered, as the two guys had no choice but to take them there. They began walking and Kiyomasa stopped them.
"Give me your phones," Kiyomasa commanded as they obeyed. Sakon checked them to see it they had anything else but they didn't. They got in three taxis as it drove them to the garage place…
I could feel myself running out of energy but I couldn't stop fighting them. Then from behind, someone smacks my back really hard with a metal baseball bat and I fell down. The guy swung it at me again but I caught it and I didn't let go of it. He was trying to make me let go but he couldn't so he kicked my head and I finally let go of it. He began beating me up with the bat. I looked at my parents. They were completely vulnerable. Mom, dad, I'm sorry I couldn't protect you. I really tried but I failed. Before the guy was gonna swing at me again, I swung my leg up in the air as hard as I could and it smacked the guys eye really hard and he dropped the bat.
"Ow, you fucken bitch!" he yelled. I seriously felt like I couldn't fight anymore. I forced myself to get up, feeling very weak. My mouth was bleeding so much and so was my nose. The kick from that guy on my head made my skin bleed too. I wiped away the blood from my nose. It hurt my knuckle when I did so. I was breathing hard too. I took down a lot of them but there were about 5 more of them. The ones I took down got out of the garage too. One of them had a pocket knife and he ran to me. He swung it at me and I dodged. He slit my cheek and kicked me as I fell down. I got back up and he came to me again. I dodged his knife once more and I kicked his hands and he dropped the knife. He was about to pick up the knife again, but I kicked the knife away and karate chopped his head and it rolled a hundred eighty degrees before he fell down. Two guys dashed at me from opposite directions and I waited for them to get close before moving aside and they crashed their heads like angry bulls and they became too dizzy to fight. One of the two guys remaining grabbed a chain and tried to slap me with it but I moved in time. He swung it to me again and I held on to it and twisted it around my hand many times. Then I pulled it as hard as I could and he came running to me. When he came close, I sucker punched his face with my hand that had the chain on it. He fell down and he ran out of the garage. Now it was only me and the leader again.
"Bravo, little girl. For someone your size, you sure are mighty. We can use someone like you on our team. Together, we will be unstoppable. What do you say?" the leader asked me and I was so mad at him for asking such question.
"You can rot in hell," I told him and he laughed. I posed to fight him. "I'll take you on, just like I took on all your members!" He shook his head and laughed even more at me.
"Pathetic girl, you were so busy fighting that you didn't even notice my people setting up a trap everywhere. I will give you one more chance. Come with me, and I will spare your life," he told me. From the top, a rope came down and he held on to it. He put his hand out for me to take. I can't believe this guy would think I would leave my parents behind and join him. They are nothing but bad people.
"Slap yourself for thinking I would join your stupid gang. I would never leave the ones I love behind," I told him and then he shook his head.
"Foolish girl, well then you can stay here and wither away with your parents for all I care. Take me up," he said and they began pulling him up. I grabbed the metal bat and threw it at him as hard as I could. It hit him but it didn't take any affect on him. He laughed at me and got out of the garage. Pieces of flat metal came down and I realized he had those on him. No wonder he didn't seem to get hurt.
Pretty soon, I began to smell a fire burning up from the outside. I turned and there was a fire out there. Oh no, what to do? The garage door suddenly fell ablaze and smoke began filling the garage. I began coughing a lot. I rushed over to my parents and shook them.
"Mom, dad! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!" I yelled, shaking them many times. They didn't hear me because they were knocked out. The fire was getting bigger by the moment and there was no escape for us. I noticed the back hasn't been burned yet. I ran and grabbed the axe I used to get inside and went to the back. I began to try and break through the walls, while I could barely breathe because of the smoke…
When Toshiie and the others were in the taxis, they can see a black mushroom cloud fill the air. It had to be from the garage where the two guys said they were at. They needed to get there fast to rescue Naotora and her parents. Ina and Okuni were so worried.
"My friend's in that fire! Speed it up!" Ina shouted to the driver and he did. They got there in no time and got out of the car. Ina ran close by the fire. "Naotora! Can you hear me?" Sakon pulled her away from the fire. "Let go of me, Sakon. My friend's in there! I need to rescue her!" Ina began crying when Sakon wouldn't let her go.
"The fire's too high, Ina. You're gonna get burned!" Sakon yelled at her. Ina was crying her eyes out and tried to make Sakon let go again.
"Naotora's IN the fire! I need to help her!" Ina yelled back. Okuni ran to the fire but Keiji pulled her away. Okuni bit his finger and he let go.
"Ow, Okuni!" he shouted, grabbing her again. She was bawling out her eyes as well. She was really trying to escape his grip but he put her on his shoulders as she couldn't do anything anymore.
"Let me go, Keiji! Naotora's in the fire! I'm not gonna forgive you if you don't let me go!" Okuni shouted, biting his back and it hella freaking hurt. He quickly moved.
"Stop biting me, Okuni! I'm doing this for your own good!" Keiji said, putting her down and holding her hands tightly. She cried and cried and finally fell to the floor. Toshiie and Kiyomasa were trying to figure out a way to get inside but there was no way. The flames got more aggressive and forced them both to go back to them.
"I don't know if we can help them in time," Kiyomasa said, as the two girls began trying to break free like crazy. Ina tried so hard to make Sakon let go but she couldn't and she began screaming and crying. The same thing happened to Okuni too. Toshiie couldn't believe that this was actually happening. Three weeks ago, Naotora confessed her feeling to him and he turned her down hella bad and embarrassed her. He felt a sense of guilt towards that. He wished he could have apologized to her earlier. The guys all felt so sorry for them and prayed a miracle would happen…
I hit the wall once more and fell down, too weak to hit it. I crawled over to my parents and began crying. I can't believe I'm gonna die. I'm actually not living to see another day anymore. I just wished I could have lived longer and told my friends how much I loved them.
"I'm sorry I failed you guys," I told my parents even though I knew they weren't gonna hear me. My tears dropped on their faces. "I love you guys so much." Before I knew it, I heard voices. It sounded just like Ina and Okuni. I turned to the garage door. I forced myself up and walked close to it. I can definitely hear my name. I can hear crying too. Ina? Okuni? Why are they here? How did they know? I coughed a few times. What am I saying? There's still hope! As long as I'm still alive, I'll fight for our lives. I must try and break the garage door open. I knew it was gonna burn me but I backed up. Then, I ran and high jump kicked the garage door hard and it moved a bit. It's working! I'm gonna get us out of here! My legs got burned a bit but I didn't care. I backed up again, getting ready to charge once again…
Everyone was feeling like Naotora them weren't gonna make it when all of a sudden, the garage door banged once, making the garage door move. They couldn't believe it! A miracle was actually happening! Ina and Okuni gasped.
"Naotora!" they both yelled, as the garage door got banged once again. Sakon turned to them, seeming suspicious.
"What if it's an explosion coming?" Sakon said, as they all backed a few inches away from the garage door. Toshiie thought it couldn't be because the explosion would just explode and it already banged twice.
"That can't be, an explosion would just explode, it wouldn't bang more than once," Toshiie replied and they agreed. The bang happened again and they could tell the garage door was getting loose. "It'll break if it's banged once more. Move to an area where you won't get hit with the garage door." They all moved over to the side and waited for the final bang to happen. The door banged once more and the garage door flew out of place…
I banged on the garage door one last time and I broke off and flew. I fell to the floor and coughed so much. I saw Okuni, Ina, Toshiie, Kiyomasa, Keiji, and Sakon. Did they come rescue me? I forced myself to get up.
"Naotora!" Ina and Okuni said to me. I smiled weakly and waved to them. I went to my parents and tried to help them up but I was too weak.
"Can you guys please help me take my parents out of here?" I asked, as Keiji and Kiyomasa took them out of the garage. Sakon and Okuni were already out waiting for us. Keiji and Kiyomasa got my parents out. Next up was Ina. I was in front of Toshiie and he was gonna be the last to leave. I got out of the garage and Toshiie was walking out when the garage began to topple to the floor. I saw that Toshiie was gonna be trapped inside.
"Toshiie, look out!" I yelled and he looked up. The building was falling down to him. I ran back in, turned around, and the building fell down.
"Naotora! Toshiie!" I heard them yell before everything fell down. I was on top of Toshiie. My back was on Toshiie's body. The piece that fell on me had a piece of glass and it stabbed my leg again deeply. I yelled out in pain and began breathing hard…
Toshiie couldn't believe that Naotora saved him from getting injured. She yelled out in pain and he knew that something struck her hard.
"Naotora! Are you alright?" he asked, being worried. She was breathing so hard and tears were falling down. He tried to move but she yelled out in pain even more so he stopped.
"Don't move! It hurts a lot! I can't take the pain!" she told him. He wasn't sure of what to do at that moment because if he moved, it's gonna hurt her. He thought she was such a fool, coming in just to save him. It really made him have second thoughts about her. He has never met anyone who would save him, even though he's been mean the entire time. Naotora was definitely not an ordinary girl. He began thinking of what he should do…
The pain was too overwhelming for me. I begun feeling light headed again. Alright, even though it hurts, I'm gonna pull this out of my thigh. It's the only way we'll be able to get out. I took a very deep breath.
"I'm gonna have to take this out of my leg so we can get out," I told him, putting my hand on the glass and he put his hands over mines.
"No, don't take it out, we'll wait until the ambulance arrives," Toshiie told me. I shook my head and smiled weakly.
"No, it's okay. I'm feeling lightheaded too. I don't know if I'll make it out alive, but I have to make sure you get out safely," I told him and made him let go of my hand. I then began pulling it out as fast as I could. It felt like hell taking out the glass and I began yelling out in pain again while taking out the piece of glass…
It was really painful to see Naotora take out the glass. He didn't want her to feel any more pain. He wondered how she did it. Despite her injuries, she is still taking out the glass. He doesn't know if he could even do that. He couldn't take hearing her in pain.
"Naotora, stop, don't pull it anymore!" he told her but she pulled it even more. He felt her leg vibrate internally because of the pain and tears were coming out and she was breathing hard. "Don't pull, we'll just wait for the ambulance." She shook her head and pulled it up fast and the piece of glass came out. She then pushed the pieces of the garage away and rolled off him. He could tell she was really tired by the way she was breathing.
"I'm really tired… I think I'll take a nap…," Naotora told him. Toshiie was able to sit up but he couldn't get up. The triangle part of the roof was over them and the other pieces buried them. He turned her to him, worried she might not make it out alive.
"No, Naotora, don't go to sleep. Stay up with me!" he told her and she opened her eyes. She told him that she will try. "You seriously better not sleep, you hear me?" Her thighs were bleeding out badly.
"Hey, if I die, can you please tell Ina and Okuni they are my best friends forever? And tell my parents I love them so much?" she asked him, beginning to cry softly in such a sad way. He felt like he could cry too.
"No, listen, you are gonna make it. No one is gonna die today. Tell me why you saved me, you were already hurt but you still saved me from getting injured," Toshiie said, so she would stay up and answer him. She smiled weakly.
"I said I was gonna give up liking you, but it doesn't mean right now. I saved you because I don't wanna see someone I care about get hurt. I'd rather myself get hurt than someone I care about get hurt," she replied to him. For some reason, her words really touched him. Even though he was mean to her, she cares about him.
"Why do you care about me? I've always been rude to you," he questioned her.
"You've just been yourself, and I respect you for that. I'd rather you be honest with me than pretend," she told him. He turned to her and she was beginning to close her eyes again. He shook her awake.
"Hey, don't go to sleep! I still have a lot to talk to you about," Toshiie told her as she opened her eyes.
"I don't know how much more I can take, Toshiie," she told him. He knew she was lightheaded but he needed to make sure she stays up until the ambulance gets there.
"Stay up, Naotora," Toshiie told her again. She was trying to stay up with him but he knows she isn't gonna be able to take it much longer. She needed medical help ASAP or it'll be too late because she lost a lot of blood. He was gonna have to push his way through. "Do not close your eyes, Naotora. I'm gonna get us out of here."
"Okay, I'll help too," she said, forcing herself up. He layed her back down. "We'll be done faster if we work together." Even though he didn't let, she still helped him anyways. They pushed through the garage pieces and managed to get out. When they finally got out, she fell down on him and passed out. He picked her up like a princess and carried her out of the broken pieces. Ina and Okuni rushed to her and made sure her heart was still beating.
"She lost too much blood, I don't know if she'll make it," Toshiie told the both of them and they began crying again.
"Naotora didn't deserve this! It should have been me!" Okuni said sadly, as Ina comforted her. The ambulance was finally arriving and they took Naotora and her parents to the hospital while Ina they followed with the taxis.
They were rushed into the emergency room immediately and they watched Naotora get taken away. Ina and Okuni cried so much and the guys felt so bad for them.
"Please let them be okay," Ina said, crying sadly. Sakon comforted her and Keiji comforted Okuni. All Toshiie could think of was for them to be okay. He felt really guilty for treated her badly. She was a nice and sweet girl who puts her life on the line for the ones she cares about and it was just sad to see that happen to her.
They all stayed there until finally the doctor came out of the emergency room. They rushed over to him and asked if they were gonna be okay.
"The mother and father will be alright, and as for the girl…," the doctor began, as they wondered what he was gonna say to them…