Yamato's Girl

Disclaimer: Now, here and now I'm going to say that I do not own "Say I Love You." Do I wish I did? OF COURSE, but I don't. I'm only putting the disclaimer in the first chapter because I don't believe I need it in every single chapter.

I want to thank "Madelynn Rose" for suggesting this story idea.

Yamato's POV

Cold snow, fluttering down from the darkened sky, my cheeks earning a blush from the winters temperature against my skin. But I didn't mind the chilly night so much. Today was the day, we were going christmas shopping together for the third year in a row, we had been together for so long now, even after graduating high school last year, and it was nice. Every year we had always meet up by the fountain in the main shopping district of town, gone together to first have a christmas date, and towards the end we would do our christmas shopping. Afterwards I would usually walk her home, walk her to her door, help her bring her stuff in and then she would walk me out, giving me a loving kiss to say goodnight.

Tick, Tick, Tick, Tick... the hand on my watch slowly ticked by, almost torturously. Mei was supposed to meet me here for us to do christmas shopping together and as of now she was about fifteen minutes late. Nervously I tapped my right foot, putting my hands back into my pockets. I couldn't handle this anymore, she was never this late. I pulled my phone out of my pocket, calling her home. The dial tone had rang about four times before her mother picked up.

"Hello?"

"Hello ma'am. It's be Yamato. Mei was supposed to meet me here, is she still home?"

"Oh no, she left almost a half hour before your said time, she said that she wanted to try and be there early or on time. Since she was supposed to go spend the this christmas week with you, I decided to go visit my parents in Hokkaido for the week seeing as I have off of work ... why, is she not there?"

"No ma'am... I'm going to look for her."

"Okay, please call me and tell me if you find her, I'll wait here to see if she comes back home."

"I will!" I replied, hanging up the phone and running down the path from her house to his location. She most likely would have come this way... I was so worried. What if she had been hurt? What if she was kidnapped? I shook my head... no that couldn't be possible, at least I didn't want it to be. I was becoming panicked as time continued, despite people's looks of confusion to see me running in this weather, I kept going, in fact, I had began running even faster. Please... I need to find her.

"No! Please, don't touch me again..." Mei? I stopped and looked over, down a dark alley and in the very dim light I could see her body on the ground where a man in a dark coat was standing over her. I began to see red, why would someone hurt someone so sweet, my Mei? I ran down the alley, thrusting my fist back and bashing him in the back of his skull. I could almost hear and audible crack. This load groan echoed as he flew a couple feet away from the horrifying scene before my eyes.

Right before me, Mei was lying on the ground, naked and helpless, her face was tear-stained, her body had bruises and cuts on it. "Oh my god... Mei!" I cried, falling to my knees beside her. How could this happen? She looked so weak and frail. With haste, I removed my coat jacket and covered her with it to keep her warmer than she was. My blood was boiling, I was seeing red, I was quick in my actions and I grabbed the man up by the collar of his shirt and coat, slamming him against the wall. "You asshole! Have you no shame?!" I snarled, slamming him against the wall again. He looked familiar... who was he though? His facial features shot me to the past, he was the man who had been stalking Mei outside of her work and followed her to the convenience store, where I saved her and she changed my life. I growled and threw him against the ground. "You worthless piece of garbage." I walked away, wrapping my coat around her, tears falling for the woman I loved more than anything.

"Mei? Honey... can you hear me?" She opened her eyes weakly, looking at me through tear filled eyes.

"Ya-" she coughed. "Yamato?" She asked, weak. I nodded.

"I'm taking you to an emergency room." That was it... she was asleep and I called for an ambulance, who luckily got here within five minutes. As we waited, I held her to me, trying to warm her body so she wouldn't freeze to death. The tears wouldn't stop falling. She was hurt so badly that she whimpered every time her or my body moved in the slightest amount. I leaned down towards her, burying my face into her chest, running my hand very gently through her hair.

Upon the arrival of the ambulance, Mei was loaded onto a stretcher with my jacket still protecting and shielding her body. I followed, about to get into the ambulance with her. "I'm sorry sir, but I-"

"I'm getting on this ambulance! This girl is my girlfriend. I won't leave her side. Sir, I need to come with you!" In order to silence me and not draw a crowd he let me in, where I held her hand as they drove. Though, once we got to the hospital, I did have to wait outside... while here, I phoned her mom and told her about what happened. She freaked out, like any loving mother would, and told me that she was going to try and get the next train out when the snow was no longer blocking them from going anywhere. Until then, I ensured her mother that if she was let out of the hospital, I would take care of her until she could return.

After calling her mother, I called our friends Asami, Kenji, Kai, Aiko, and I called my parents to please bring Nagi to the hospital to see Mei. In these last three years, Nagi had grown very close with Mei, wanting to spend any chance she could with her when I wasn't around. It didn't even take five minutes for them all to show up.

"Oh my god Yamato, what happened?!" Asami asked, fear all over her face. The tears came again.

"I went searching for her when she was usually late for our date, I found her in a dark alley where she was being beaten by a man who used to stalk her..." I cried. "I hope she'll be alright." I felt a thick hand pat my shoulder, and I turned around, finding my father.

"Don't worry, you found her before it was too late... I'm sure she'll be okay." I nodded and continued pacing at the surgery door. The sounds of awes in sadness behind me were obvious, but it didn't stop me. I could only pray that she would be safe and that I could have more years with her. I couldn't stop pacing, no matter how much my legs begged me, I couldn't sit until I knew she was safe.

After another couple hours, a doctor came up, heading towards us. "Which one of you is Kurosawa, Yamato?" I looked at her.

"I am sir." She nodded, patting a gentle hand on my shoulder.

"You saved her life, you aware of that? You found her and brought her to us just in time. If you had waited any longer, Miss Tachibana would no longer be here. After we took her into surgery, we did a quick check on her body. Who ever did this to her... beat her and raped her, leaving her in that alley way. She has bruises in numerous places on her body, but those should heal with some little time. She's awake now and we've moved her to another room. Would you all like to see her?" Without hesitation, I nodded and followed the doctor. I needed to see Mei, I needed to show her how much I loved her.

I knew she didn't like it when I over expressed myself, but I needed to. She fought to stay with me and her friends and family, and I would show her how grateful I was for that.

To Be Continued...

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