Hey! Here is chapter 4 of Your Eternal Angel (I changed the title). It's been awhile since I updated but since it's finally summer break, I'll be working on this story a lot. Special thanks to lildevilish for reviewing my stories! I really appreciate it. So on with the story!
Disclaimer: I don't own Mai-HiME!
Chapter 4: Fight!
Two figures stepped through the doorway leading inside a bar. Many heads turned to look at the new-comers. Half because they looked hot and the other half because the two figures looked dangerous with their trench coats and cargo pants. Ignoring the stares, the two figures moved soundlessly through the crowds and came to a stop in front of the bar owner. He was a muscular man with too many tattoos to bother counting. He was clad in tan shorts and a black T-shirt with a blood-red skull logo printed on it.
"Tell me, where is room number 8?," a certain raven-haired girl asked. The owner ran a hand through his brown locks with cockiness before replying, "Why should I tell you?" The other, silver-haired girl, glared at him in annoyance.
"We have an appointment with someone in the room," Asuka replied in a bone-chilling voice. She showed him the pass that she got from the tracker. "Now take us to the room, bastard." The big guy narrowed intimidating hazel eyes at her. "You better watch your words, little girl," he spat out. "You're lucky I'm in a good mood today or else." With that said, he turned around and walked down a dark hallway with rooms littered along the side.
The two girls rolled their eyes at his arrogance before following him through the hall. He stopped at the end of the corridor and beckoned to a red door on the left side with a large black 8 painted on it. "Here it is," he said.
"Okay, you can leave now," Tsukiko announced. The brown-haired guy glared at them but left anyways. "What a bastard," Asuka muttered as he left. "Anyways, let's go inside." Tsukiko nodded and turned the doorknob.
The room was dark-looking. Red couches were placed around the room and the walls were painted black. Jet-black. Posters of nude couples and world destruction were posted on those walls. Cubes of light were placed in the four corners of the room and a skull chandelier hung itself from the roof in the middle of the room. Directly under the chandelier was an out-of-place white stool. But it wasn't the stool that caught the girl's attention, it was the lone figure that sat on the stool that caught their eyes.
The figure was a guy in his mid 40s. He had graying dirty blonde hair and electric green eyes. Clad in a tan business suit and black rimmed glasses, he looked quite handsome for his age. He sat crossed-leg on the stool with his hands placed on his lap. If it weren't for the evil looking smile on his face, he could pass for a kind looking grandfather.
"Nice room you got," Asuka commented. He nodded. "I see that you've decided to come after all. I hope it wasn't too much trouble for you to 'receive' the invitation," the man replied calmly. "You've also brought a friend. What a pleasant surprise." Asuka narrowed her eyes at him. "What's your name? I've never seen you before."
"That is not much of a surprise that you do not know me. I am a researcher for New World so I do not come out much," he said. "My name is Tokuno Katsu."
"What's a researcher doing out here?," Tsukiko asked. "We can kill you." Katsu let out a chuckle. "I am more than capable of protecting myself," he said. "I have come to simply ask if Asuka would like to switch sides."
The two girls stared disbelievingly at him. "Are you serious?!," Asuka exclaimed. "What the fuck is with you people trying to recruit me?" Katsu flash her a sickeningly sweet smile. "You are strong, dear Asuka. Not to mention that you are the first successful..... experiment." Asuka's eyes widened. "The hell are you talking about?!," she yelled.
"If you are so curious, why don't you join us?," Katsu suggested. "We have many secrets that can be revealed to you." Asuka didn't say anything in response. She looked lost in thoughts.
"Asuka, what are you doing?," Tsukiko exclaimed pulling Asuka out of her thoughts. "You can't join them! They're just tricking you. Don't listen to them!" The younger girl stared at her then at Katsu and then back at Tsukiko. "Fuck," she muttered. She turned back to look at Katsu again. "I'm not joining your little group. But I do want answers so and you will give them to me. Now."
Katsu shook his head. "Silly girl," he said. "You can't do anything to me. I am too strong for you." Both girls glared a million daggers at him. "Let's see about that," Asuka said. She lounged for him but he leaped off the stool and dodged to the side. He proceeded to take out a small knife from his suit and threw it at Tsukiko before she could react. She dodged it in time so the knife only gave her a small cut on her left arm.
Asuka engaged Katsu in a hand-to-hand combat. Tsukiko took out her gun and aimed it at Katsu. She pulled the trigger but Katsu had already jumped back. The bullet flew passed him and planted itself in the wall. Asuka jumped at Katsu again with her right leg swinging at his face. He leaned back to avoid the leg by a centimeter. He pulled out his own gun; a silver pistol.
Aiming the gun towards Asuka, he pulled the trigger. "Ahh," Asuka screamed while clutching her bleeding arm. The bullet had hit her right arm. Tsukiko rushed over to the wounded girl.
"Asuka! Are you going?," she asked. Asuka grumbled, "Fine. It just stings." She turned to glare at Katsu who smirked at her. "Damn you," she spat out.
"My, my. It looks like our little party is over, no?," Katsu cockily said. "I will see you around then, Viola-san. Oh and don't worry about the damage done here. I assure you that everything that happened in this room will stay in this room." He threw the girls another wicked grin before calmly walking out the door.
"Are you okay, Asuka?," Tsukiko asked after he left. "That was pretty reckless fighting for you." Asuka scowled. "I'm fine, 'kay? Now can I borrow your coat?," she asked. "Mine is.... tarnished." The older girl shook her head at Asuka's antics but handed over her coat anyways.
"Thanks," Asuka mumbled as she put on the coat and folded the old one. "We should go then." Asuka got up and walked out the door with her other coat in hand. Tsukiko followed shortly afterward.
-Shizuru's POV-
Instead of showing the blush that I felt inside, I gave Natsuki a smile instead for her comment. "That's sweet of you, Natsuki," I teased. I could see the beginning of a blush on her face and giggled. "What's so funny?," she grumbled out. I shook my head, "Nothing much."
She gave a 'humph' and turned back to look over the railings. I followed her example. There wasn't much to say between Natsuki and me anymore. Ever since the 'incident' we haven't been the said. Things said were more hesitant and there's this awkwardness whenever we were alone. The awkwardness happening right now. I guess I could blame myself for all this awkwardness. Blame myself for falling in love with my best friend. Blame myself for being this way.
I felt a pang at my heart. It hurts. It hurts to be with Natsuki and know that all she will be is my best friend. Sometimes I wonder why I bother to stay with her. Sometimes I want to go far away and have my feelings die down.
"Maybe we should head back in?," I suggested. I didn't need anymore of this silence. "Sure!," Natsuki replied quickly. She was probably glad to be away from the silence too. I walked towards the door but stopped suddenly. There was a sting in my right arm all of a sudden. It hurt. It hurt bad.
"Are you okay, Shizuru?, " I heard Natsuki ask. I didn't respond -no, I couldn't respond. My vision became disoriented and twisted. "Shizuru?," Natsuki asked me , clear concern seeping out of her voice. I know she said my name at least 5 more times and I could feel her hand gripping my shoulders but I couldn't respond. The last thing I saw was blood and alizarin red eyes glaring at me before I slipped out of consciousness.
It wasn't until reaching back to the hotel before Asuka started showing pain. The two girls were back at the hotel room looking over Asuka's wound.
"My head is pounding like crazy!," Asuka complained. It was bad enough that she got shot but having a huge migraine on top of that did not help. Tsukiko raised a slender brow. "Is that so? You don't often see people getting migraines after getting shot," she stated. "They usually faint." Sarcasm was think in her voice as she said this.
"Oh shut up," the younger girl mumbled before another jolt of pain ran through her head. She winced. Maybe fainting wasn't such a bad idea after all. "Well now, let me get that bullet out of your arm," Tsukiko said as she noticed the raven-haired girl winced. She went to dig through her suitcase for a first aid kit. She pulled out a scalper and a grabber (plaster instrument). Also grabbing a roll of bandages disinfecting wipes.
Tsukiko walked back over to the younger girl who looked dazed. "You okay?," she asked. Asuka nodded nonchalantly. "Yeah, just a little nauseous and dizzy," she replied. She pulled off her white T-shirt revealing a white sports bra and well toned abs.
"Okay. This is gonna hurt a bit but that's what you get if you don't want to cause a commotion at the hospital," Tsukiko commented. She rubbed the disinfecting wipes lightly on around the wound. Asuka winced at the sizzling feeling. Using the scalper to make a series of small cuts, she managed to use the plaster to grab the bullet out of the wound.
Asuka would've screamed if it weren't for the roll of towel stuffed in her mouth. What was meant to be a scream came out muffled and disoriented. Bead of sweats rolled off of the alizarin-eyed girl after the 'operation' finished.
"You still hanging on there, Suka-chan?," the 'doctor' asked. Asuka grunted and spat out the towel to reply. "That hurt damn much," she said. "Now can you please wrap it up?" Tsukiko nodded and complied.
"There ya go," she said after she finished wrapping. She wiped her forehead, "Only an hour's work." Asuka sighed. "I feel better now," she admitted. "Thanks." Tsukiko smiled at the girl. "No problem," she said. "Hows the headache coming?"
"The same," Asuka muttered quietly. She got up and went to get a new T-shirt. "I'll be fine after a while so don't worry about it," she said as she put on a plain white T-shirt. Tsukiko nodded.
"So, what are you going to do now?," Tsukiko asked. She received a shrug in return. "I don't know. It's only 4 o'clock," Asuka said. "I might go back-" She was cut off by the ringing of her phone.
Tsukiko shot her a questioning look as to who would be calling her. Asuka shrugged and looked at the caller I.D. "Shizuru," she said in surprise. They had exchanged numbers earlier but she didn't expect the older girl to call her much or any at all for that matter.
She pressed the answer button and put the phone to her ears. "Hello, this is Viola Asuka," she greeted. "Is there something I can do for you?"
Instead of the Kyoto-ben voice she was expecting, the voice of Kuga Natsuki came as the response. "Asuka! Shizuru fainted during class. I don't really know who to call so I checked her phone and your name came up." Asuka raised an eyebrow.
"Oh that's odd. Do you want me to pick her up?," Asuka asked. "Yeah, if you don't mind. I could take her home if your busy," Natsuki answered.
"No it's find," Asuka said. "I'll be there in a few minutes."
"Okay then, bye." Natsuki ended the call before Asuka could say anything more. "Odd. Why didn't Natsuki just bring Shizuru home? Somethings up between them......," the raven-haired girl thought.
"Hey, what was that call about?," Tsukiko asked, pulling Asuka out of her thoughts. "Shizuru fainted and I have to go pick her up." Tsukiko raised an eyebrow. "Really now? I guess I'll see you some other time. The funeral perhaps."
Asuka nodded. "Yeah, I'll see you then." She walked over to give the other girl a hug before heading out the door. "Thanks for fixing me up by the way," she said. Tsukiko shrugged and closed the door behind Asuka's back.
END
Okay so that's the chapter. It's shorter than the last two but I wanted to work on some other stories right now so I decided to end this story for now. Check my profile for sneak peeks at new the next chapter and at the other stories I will publish during April. So please review and tell me what you think! 'Till next time!