AN: Another new fic, this time in 3rd person perspective. I'm trying to update all of my current fics as well as starting more. I hope you enjoy this fic and it would mean so much to me if you were to review. Thank you.

Cheating Death

Chapter Zero – The Car Accident

Kyoko couldn't believe that she was already twenty-five years old and that her acting and modeling career was taking her all over the world. She also couldn't believe that she was married to her fairy prince and they had two twin girls both three years of age. Rose and Ariel. Because of her love of princesses she was thrilled when Kuon had agreed to those names, they were her two little princesses.

The family had recently gone to Kyoto for a winter trip and, despite having an American upbringing, they were happy that they got to spend time in the ryokan where Kyoko grew up and surprisingly Sho's parents had been welcoming to all of them even with Kuon's rivalry with Sho during the early part of their career.

Kyoko placed a hand over Kuon's wrist as they stopped in what appeared to be a snow storm on the road. She was concerned about an accident that could hurt her two little girls. She knew how skilled a driver Kuon was but the weather conditions were scaring her. "Maybe we should head back," she encouraged her husband.

"You wanted to see this town for your birthday, right?" he asked her. They were supposed to be spending the next two days there where they could celebrate both Christmas Eve and Kyoko's birthday. Instead of celebrating Christmas Day the family had decided to celebrate both events on different days. It had been Kuon's idea.

"It's not worth getting in an accident," Kyoko said as she looked at the blizzard. The roads were probably not safe anymore. "Let's just go back," she said and Kuon paused before nodding, he checked the road before safely getting onto the next turning point. Kyoko let out a sigh of relief.

That was when her eyes caught onto a motorcyclist. Was this guy a complete idiot? Even though he was bundled up warmly, he wasn't wearing a helmet and he was driving in unsafe weather conditions. Kyoko gasped as she saw the man lose control of his bike. There was a large ditch with some jagged rocks nearby and she could see Kuon's eyes widen.

As the biker tried desperately to make it through the snow, a large pile of it landed on the window and Kuon felt himself lose control of the car. He needed to shift it immediately. Kyoko felt her seat belt come loose with the force of the car and she grabbed the door instead, it opened as soon as she touched it and Kuon grabbed her hand noticing the danger that he was in. He managed to stop the car but he couldn't reach the door and with the snow in her face, Kyoko couldn't reach it either.

The next few moments seemed to happen so fast.

Kyoko heard the click of a seat belt. She could see that their car had stopped. Then she felt someone buckle her back in before something heavy landed on her chest through the snow. Something jolted the car, thrusting them back and she saw that the door on her side was closed now.

As soon as a car pushed theirs back, she heard the sound of the front window breaking and saw something fly out of the car. She turned across in horror. Kuon was gone. She grabbed hold of the wheel of the car before seeing the traffic come to a standstill.

"Girls," she said as her voice shook as she could barely see out of the car. "Whatever you do, don't get out of the car. I'll be right back," she tried to assure them before rushing to the body that was slumped on the road as if a deer or a dog. She saw red in the snow and looked at her husband as he lay there limp. She saw a couple of people run out to help and the traffic completely stopped.

"Kuon," she whispered. He had lost consciousness and she tried to place her hand on his throat to check his pulse. His heartbeat was weakening. She gently ran her hand through his blond hair before realizing something sticky was on her hand. He had hurt his head and if he was left in the cold for too long he would die. His breaths were weakening even now.

"I'm here, sweetheart, I'm right here," she said though she was sure that he wasn't able to hear her. Despite the cold, she took off her winter jacket and placed it around his head. She heard people say that they had called for medical support but the words didn't make sense to her. All that made sense to her was that she needed to keep him warm and she needed to keep the blood in his body.

"Please, Corn," she begged, "Fight baby, I'm right here. I'm staying with you," she said as tears filled her eyes. They cascaded down her cheeks and fell into the snow. She held him in her arms praying for a miracle to happen, she couldn't lose him.

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Although she had thrown money into a shrine, aside from fairies Kyoko wasn't religious but she had been praying every day that were a God to help her, he would keep Kuon strong. Two weeks after the accident it still appeared to be working, he was still with them despite being in a coma. His body would take a while to heal and the doctors were suspecting that his spine was damaged in the accident. Most people were worried about his head though.

Kyoko gently placed her hand over his. The girls were with their grandparents and all of them were wishing for Kuon to recover. If he hadn't undone his seat belt to help her, he would have been okay. Maybe she would have died but he would have been okay.

"K-Ko'ko" he said weakly and Kyoko gasped. She hadn't thought that she would hear his voice again. She saw his emerald eyes flutter open as he took her in. "H-h-hey," he said shakily and Kyoko sobbed loudly as she brought his hand to her lips.

"Hi, sweetheart," she cried and he looked at her confused. Was this the traumatic brain injury that the doctors had been suspecting?

"Wh-where?" he said as he tried to look around. "Yyou-ur'e birth—dday, we sh-should g-get g-g-going," he struggled and Kyoko shook her head, gently kissing him.

"It's all right. My birthday was a couple of weeks ago. You don't remember the accident?" she asked and Kuon blinked at her, shaking his head.

Kyoko kissed his forehead gently, "I am so glad that you survived," she told him as he looked at her confused. "You nearly died, the doctors were giving up hope, your heart even stopped for a moment," she told him and he stared at her. He didn't understand anything that she was saying. Was he in the hospital? All that he could remember was a bright light and then he was sucked into the darkness again.

"I d-don't," Kuon whispered and Kyoko just squeezed his hand again.

"It's all right now," she said as she kissed him, "I love you so much," she said as tears fell onto his chest. He blinked back again.

"Yeah," he said slowly, "Love you too," he told her. He felt strange as if he really wasn't there, however he was glad to have his wife at his side. If he could only understand what had happened.

End of Chapter Zero

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