ouo thank you guys for reading my fan-fiction…...and sorry for the latter update T^T I got a little bit….no scratch that, a large brain fart over the next scene….but I got a new theme for it so I am good! Anyways here is chapter 4 of Ayano Kannagi Returns, and please do one little thing for me~! REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW!

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Ayano's POV:

"Ayano, tell me what you're hiding from me," Kazuma says in a serious tone. My eyes widen the second those words fumbled out of his mouth. My heart begins to race quickly, and I take in a deep breath to help calm my nerves down a little. My hands grip each other ruthly, to where I can feel my nails slowly ripping into my soft ivory skin. They shake violently in my lap, but I hide them as best as I can with my droopy shirt. While slowly slipping my head down to avoid eye contact, Kazuma lets out a long sigh. I can tell that he is waiting for an answer, but what am I supposed to tell him? It's not like I am supposed to blurt out a top secret mission!

Okay Ayano, pull yourself together! All you need to do is give away a portion of the real mission, while adding in some unimportant details. That should get him to leave me alone. A groan runs itself out of my mouth, re-catching Kazuma's attention. He taps his foot and has his attention fully directed towards me. I loosen my grip on each of my hands, and I look up at him, nervously shaking.

"Well?" Kazuma asks while raising an eyebrow. I take a deep breath and I begin to mumble.

"I um… what do you mean h-hiding?" I ask if I didn't know what he meant. His eyes grow wider, but then they become narrow as if he was growing angry. His teeth make a grinding noise, and he lets out a small growl.

"You know what I mean!" he hisses. I gulp as a cold chill tingles down my back, causing goosebumps to crawl up my arms.

"N-no I don't!" I shout back. He then begins to glare at me, his eyes piercing into mine giving off a cold and evil aura. Without any words, he slams his hands down on the glass coffee table to where the glass actually cracked. I gasp while consistently ramming back into the soft, cushiony couch backing. He quickly stands up while storming towards me. My body then tenses up completely to the point of where I can't even move. Kazuma then reaches me, where he stands there, towering over my small, fragile body. His eyes gleaming a bright crimson red, instead of their usual crimson color. The intensity of this situation makes it to where I can't breath, as if somebody was slowly strangling me. As I get lost in the intense moment, Kazuma slams his arms toward me, but misses my shoulders by barely an inch, pinning me in to where I can't escape. His right knee rests itself on the fluffy cushion, while his other leg freely hangs over the edge of of couch, allowing it to slouch. He moves his face towards mine, and instantly I begin to blush. My heart beat begins to beat even faster to the point where Kazuma could probably hear it. Within a second his head glides past mine, but his cheek brushes against mine, causing my head to bob to the side a little.

"Tell me now," he demanded in a hushed tone. My breathing becomes heavier, and I look away quickly, while scanning for a way to possibly to escape…..But there wasn't one.

"I d-don't know what you mean," I retorted back. As I scan part of his face, I can see a small smirk slowly beginning to crawl its way up on Kazuma's face.

He quietly whispers into my ear, "If you don't answer me, then I'll do something to you to make you talk~" My face turns a bright pink, and I shove my hands forward, slamming his body off of me and onto the glass coffee table. His body smashes into it and the glass shatters on contact. My eyes widen more and my hands begin to shake more, as I unconsciously pull them up to my face, covering my mouth. W-what did I just do? What am I thinking? I-is he going to be okay? Did he get hurt really badly? Tears begin to form in my eyes, as my facial expression changes drastically into a regret filled one. He lays there, not moving a muscle while a puddle of blood slowly forms its way around Kazuma's abdomen. I gasp, and my stomach begins to turn. D-did I just kill him? A tear streams down my cheek, and I try to stop the other tears from coming down but they won't stop. I continuously wipe the tears from my eyes, but no matter what I do they don't stop. His body lays there motionlessly, but all I can do is stay still weeping, my body won't move at all, I just sit there helplessly crying.

"Wake up Kazuma!" I yell, but my voice cracks from all of the crying. No please don't be dead! I-I can't lose you! I promised myself that I wouldn't let anyone get close to me ever again! I won't let you just die like him! I won't lose you or anybody else, like I had with him, so wake up! Wake up Kazuma wake up! I stumble on the ground next to him, since my knees give out from beneath me. I forcefully pull my hand up to his neck, and I press it on the nape of his neck, slowly extending it up to get a reading on his pulse. Luckily it's there, but it's also very weak. Okay Ayano, you can do this!

I flip Kazuma slowly onto his stomach, revealing the large gash in his back. Glass shards poke outward, causing many serrated cuts. I take a deep breath, and I get to work. Slowly I pull almost all of the pieces of glass out, except for the largest piece. At the time now, my hands and soaked and smudged in Kazuma's blood, which makes me sink into even more nervousness. I slowly place my hand on the serrated piece of glass, and pull. It takes about 2 minutes for me to adjust it to where it won't cut his, but I finally get it pulled out, and I place it on top of all the other pieces of blood covered glass. A sigh of relief escapes from my lips, but I am still not done yet. His wounds need to be cleaned and healed as soon as possible.

I cause a spark of fire to ignite in my hand, and I watch as the color changes from a bloody red, to a pale green. I slowly and gently place my hand oh Kazuma's beaten up back and I allow the flames to take over. Kazuma lets out a long groan of pain, and I try to concentrate. He's in pain.

After the pale green flames die out on there own, I walk into the kitchen to wash my hands off, getting the scent of blood and the blood itself off of me. I grab a dark purple wash cloth, and I make my way into the room were Kazuma lays there unconscious. With the wash cloth, I press it onto his back, gently wiping up all of the blood. The places were Kazuma got cuts at all healed up, and there were no marks. I felt a huge weight being lifted off of my shoulders. I quickly pick Kazuma up my his arms and I drag him to the couch, placing him down on it. I sit there on my knees, with my head on the couch cushion. Kazuma lays there sleeping, and I manage to stand up and I walk back into the kitchen, where I grab a pen and pencil and I begin to write the letter.

Dear Kazuma,

You asked me what I am hiding. But to be honest, I am not allowed to utter a word about it. Even though I played dumb, you knew that I was lying straight to your face, so I'll tell you some. And only some details. Kazuma, you are being hunted down by many fire, water, and even wind clans for your power. Some are there to take you but most of them, well they want you to die. So Jugo hired me to hunt them down, before they hunt you down. I'm sorry Kazuma but that is all i'm allowed to tell you, and when you read this I want you to know that i'm sorry for hurting you.

Sincerely,

Ayano Kannagi

I fold the piece of paper up and I leave it next to Kazuma so that he can read it when he wakes up. I then turn off the lights and i walk out the the room, leaving my apartment. The rain is still hammering down, as the sky remains a dark mess. I walk outside of the hotel, where I immediately get pelted and soaked by rain. A small chuckle spills out of my mouth as I realize how stupid it was of me to just rush out of my apartment, but I continue to walk.

Kazuma's POV:

I wake up with a piercing pain in my head. My back feels like it has been ripped to shreds to. What the hell happened? I let out a low groan, while slowly picking myself up. As I look around I immediately realize where i'm at. Ayano's apartment…. As I get acquainted with my surroundings, I see a piece of paper folded up next to me so I pick it up, and I begin to read it. My eyes instantly widen and I rip the paper into shreds. Where is she? Anger rages throughout me, why would Jugo make her do this? I need to talk to her n-o-w, and in the mean time, I need to ask her what the hell caused these searing pains.I stand up slowly as I wake my way towards the apartments main door, I open it and I walk out, following Ayano's aura.

o3o I hope you liked this chappy, and yes….I was way too dramatic at that one scene IIoIIIoII but I hope you still liked it, oh and thank you a lot for reading~! And don't forget….. REVIEW!