Hi there, I'm gonna try again!
Disclaimer: I do not own Negima
Summary: He still held her hand.
Rating: T
Genre: Romance/Tragedy
Pairings: Negi/Asuna, Slight Kono/Set
A/N: I'm going to see if I can write a better one… maybe.
Tighter
"Don't cry, Negi."
Cough.
He held her hand tighter.
"B-but, A-Asuna-s-san…"
"I'm… not worth… crying over…"
Cough.
Blood.
"Stay!"
Tighter.
"No… not… not this time Negi…"
---
"Magic archer, consecutive blasts, 17 arrows of thunder!"
"Straighten those legs."
"Magic archer, consecutive blasts, 17 arrows of thunder!"
"Keep those arms straight."
"Magic archer, consecutive blasts, 17 arrows of thunder!"
"Louder."
"Master!" Negi groaned putting down his arm, rolling his shoulder. "We've been doing this for a while! Can I go home?"
"No! Not until it's perfect!"
Negi groaned and put his arms back in position. "Magic archer, consecutive blasts, 17 arrows of thunder!"
"I said louder."
"Yes, master."
---
Cough.
Blood.
Pain.
---
"Asuna! Secchan and I are going to leave now!" Konoka yelled from the door.
"All right, you don't have to yell, I was right here." Asuna turned around in her chair away from the desk and faced Konoka.
"Well, I'm going to go now."
"Fine, fine, whatever."
"Are you ready Secchan?"
Setsuna bowed and the two walked out the door.
Asuna smiled as they shut the door and turned back to her work.
---
"Hold on!"
---
Asuna was bored.
It had been at least five minutes since Konoka had left, and yet Asuna was already bored to death.
She groaned leaning back in her chair and ended up toppling over. "Ow," she hissed as she landed on the floor.
"Dang chair." Asuna smacked the chair with her hand and ended up hissing in pain as she clutched her hurting hand. "I hate you." Asuna started to have a staring contest with the chair.
And lost.
She flopped back on the floor again, and sat up, scratching her head. "Dang! There's gotta be somethin' around here instead of staring contests with chairs!"
She sighed and got up from the ground, and grabbed her jacket.
Asuna walked out the door.
---
Cough.
Blood.
Pain.
---
Asuna shivered pulling her arms closer to her body. 'Crap! Why is it so cold!?' Asuna thought, shivering more.
"Kagurazaka Asuna."
"Wha-?" Asuna turned around, thinking she heard something.
Nothing. Only air.
She shrugged it off turning back to her thoughts.
---
She shook her head. "It… hurts…"---
Negi dragged his feet home. He was so tired. Evangeline was extra hard on him today.
He dragged his feet up the stairs, groaning the whole way. "It wasn't so bad, huh, Aniki?" Chamo popped up from Negi's pocket.
Negi groaned in pain again as his answer.
The ermine sighed, hiding back in the pocket again.
They reached the room.
---
"D-deal with the p-pain!"---
"Kagurazaka Asuna."
Asuna's eyes widened as she turned around again. "W-who's there?"
"Kagurazaka Asuna."
Asuna started to run, looking back occasionally for the man, she ran as fast as she could. Which was pretty fast.
But not fast enough.
Asuna fell, and twisted her ankle.
"Kagurazaka Asuna."
A figure stood over Asuna, pointing something.
"Asuna."
A gun was fired.
---
She laughed, her eyes dark, cloudy, not focused. "Deal," she said in a raspy voice, "with… the pain… what… kind words…"
---
"Asuna… we're back?" Konoka said as she and Setsuna entered the room. "Asuna?"
Just at that moment Negi entered, worn out.
"Negi-kun!" Konoka said as she raced over to him. "Have you seen Asuna?"
The boy looked up and shook his head 'no'. "Why?" he whispered.
"She's not here," Setsuna said, heading over to the two.
Konoka shook her head, and looked at the floor.
Negi looked at the two, forgetting all of his fatigue and pain, he said: "Let's go find her!"
The two nodded.
---
"Stay here!" He hugged her close. "Live forever! You have to!"---
"Asuna-san!"
Nothing.
"Asuna-san!"
Chamo popped up on Negi's shoulder. "Aniki look somewhere else, she's not here."
Negi nodded turning around to look somewhere else.
He walked around, looking everywhere calling out her name for minutes (for Negi it felt like hours) when he finally heard a response.
"Negi…" the voice groaned lightly.
Negi knew that voice anywhere. "Asuna-san!" He looked to his left where he saw her, she lay on the ground. In a pool of blood.
Her own.
"Asuna-san!"
Negi ran next to her and knelt down. "Asuna-san, are you alright?" He looked up and down her body, a bullet wound was implanted in her stomach, blood flowing out. She shook her head no, dazed.
"Does it look like I'm ok?"
Tears filled Negi's eyes.
Negi scooted closer to her, finding her blood-stained hand and grasping it in his.
She showed no sign of noticing.
Her eyes never changed.
She didn't even look at him, her focus was the sky.
"Don't cry, Negi."
Cough.
He held her hand tighter.
"B-but, A-Asuna-s-san…"
"I'm… not worth… crying over…"
Cough.
Blood.
"Stay!"
Tighter.
"No… not… not this time Negi…"
Cough.
Blood.
Pain.
"Hold on!"
Cough.
Blood.
Pain.
She shook her head. "It… hurts…"
"D-deal with the p-pain!"
She laughed, her eyes dark, cloudy, not focused. "Deal," she said in a raspy voice, "with… the pain… what… kind words…"
"Stay here!" He hugged her close. "Live forever! You have to!"
She shook her head. "You're so… clueless…" She laughed darkly.
"I said live forever!"
"Baka."
Cough.
Blood.
Pain.
Death.
"Asuna-san…! ASUNA-SAN!"
He held her hand tighter.
Tears finally spilled from his eyes.
Konoka and Setsuna ran up from behind Negi and stopped when they saw Asuna's dead body.
Konoka froze, and in one swift motion clung onto Setsuna for dear life, crying her eyes out.
Setsuna held onto Konoka, holding in her tears. But pain evident in her eyes.
"ASUNA-SAN!"
Negi landed on top of her, hugging her body close to him.
"Asuna-san…" he said his voice muffled.
"Aniki…" Chamo said, popping out from Negi's pocket and on his shoulder, staring at Asuna, whose eyes were now closed.
"Asuna-san!" Negi wailed his face implanted in Asuna's neck.
"WHY!?"
He still held her hand.
Tighter.
End
I know, it's really retarded, but I like it. I mean I don't think it's my best, but I like it. And I'm proud of it! (Tear)
Anyway, Song listened to while writing this!…
The Diary Of Jane-By: Breaking Benjamin
NO FLAMES!
Thank you!
-Emerald-Mask