Memories

Chapter 4 - Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock

"Hurry will you!? Its just around this corner up ahead!"

Hub nodded even though he was driving quite fast. "I know Ui! I know! I have to abide by the law! I'm sorry I have to slow down...You know I can't- PUT YOUR SEAT BELT BACK ON! RIGHT NOW!"

"But..." Ui tried to resolve her rather stupid decision with reasoning regarding her sister.

"DO IT BEFORE YOU HURT YOURSELF! I know you're worried but-"

"But what about my sister..." Ui whispered. Even if she was in the passenger seat of the car (Which was going over 35 mph [miles per hour] in a 30 mph zone)

"YOU'LL BE IN MORE OF A SITUATION THEN YUI IS IF YOU DON'T PACK IT IN! Look, I don't like this any more then you do but, please...Wait...What-PUT YOUR FUCKING SEATBELT BACK ON!"

"OKAY! Okay..." Ui put her seatbelt back on and the car stopped. "Wha!?"

"See?" Hub smiled at her as he got out of the car. "Told you we wouldn't be long! Seems like we're the first ones here!"

Ui (almost) dived out of the car and straight up the drive, hammering on the door like some rabid animal, Hub walked up behind her and pulled her away. "Remember, be CAREFUL and GENTLE around her...She's hurt more then we realise..." He looks around. "Fucks sake Tory...Where ARE you!?" He mutters in frustration.

"Tory?"

Hub nods. "Yeah, he's in the paramedic corp with Ritsu...Let's just say they found more interest with two jobs"

Ui nodded and turned as a figure appeared at the door, Hub also turned to look as well.

As Azusa opened the door, Hub and Ui's eyes widened. The youngster was in tears with blood and such all the way down her clothes...Her hair was everywhere, her eyes red from the crying and she looked like she had, had a battle trying to help Yui and such.

In other terms? Azusa Nakano looked like a mess. Which meant that Yui would be in a worse mess...

Wasting no time, Ui looked at Azusa dead in the eye. "Where's Yui? Where is she?"

Azusa pointed inside and ushered in both of them. "I managed to get her to sleep, she's on the sofa in the living room. I've just about been attending to her using what I know of first aid...But she said something about there being no Paramedics on this time of-"

"What did I say kiddo? Eh?" Hub smiled warmly at her. "I called my mate, Tory, who's a paramedic. He'll get here soon"

Azusa nodded. "I hope so...I don't have any more first aid kits..."

The weather changed as Hub and Ui raced into the house, Azusa raced with them and shut the door in seconds.

"Alright, I'll..."

Hub looked to Azusa, figuring it would be best to be the co-ordinator for this emergency...Well...Until Tory could get there at any rate. "Alright everyone. Listen up-" He looked to Ui and Azusa who looked at him. "Until Tory and Ritsu get here, I'll have to organise things. Azusa, do your parents own an electric bath? You know the type that you use the kitchen switch with?" Azusa nodded. "Alright, get that hot, we'll let it cool down. Ui?"

Ui looked to Yui who was starting to struggle to breath. "I can't believe someone would do this to her..."

Hub nodded and placed a hand on Ui's shoulder. "I know...I need you to take her to the bath. I'll help you carry her."

Ui nodded slowly, already knowing what her husband had in mind. "'Kay..."

Azusa reappeared within moments and looked to Hub, "The bath's been activated. I pushed the switch in the kitchen"

Hub nodded again. "Good, good"

Azusa sighed and turned to where Yui was still asleep as Ui and Hub walked over to her. "Yui? Can you hear us?"

Azusa walked over to Yui's side and leaned towards her ear. "Yui-Senpai...Its me...Azu-nyan..." Azusa went bright red as she said it, still unsure of saying her nickname to her senpai but that started to wake her senpai up.

Yui winced in pain as she woke up slowly. "Owwch...Azu...nyan...That you?" Yui looked to Azusa who was looking at her with worry in her eyes, then to Ui and Hub. "Huh? Who are you?"

Ui almost paled as Hub chuckled. "She's just waking up-" Ui sighed in relief as Yui looked to Azusa. "What..." Yui felt her body on fire again as she bit down on her lower lip.

Hub nodded. "You look like you've been through the war alright...Who did this to you?"

Yui looked to Azusa and pulled in a very deep breath. Azusa turned to Ui and Hub in an instant. "COVER YOUR EARS! Ui/Hub and Azusa did so and Yui let out of the mother of all screams.

'She must be in extraordinary pain...' Azusa thought sadly to herself.

'Onee-chan...' Ui thought to herself.

Hub looked up to see Ambulance lights flashing through the window and he nodded. "Alright you two, stay here" He got up and raced to the front door. "Keep her awake!"

Ui nodded and Azusa kept her hand on Yui's, "Easier said then done"

Ui looked to Azusa, "We have to do our best! I don't want my sister...to-"

"DON'T YOU DARE FINISH THAT SENTENCE!"

Yui winced in pain and Azusa was apologising in seconds, Ui couldn't believe that Azusa almost blew just because she was going to mention something that COULD happen.

Ritsu, Tory and Hub raced back into the front room as the front door slammed shut.

"I was going to put her in the bath"

Ritsu thought on her feet (Completely like her), "Could be good, wash off the blood and find out how bad her scars are. It'll be better then transporting her in her current condition to the hospital. The problem is gonna-" She looked to Tory.

Tory nodded, "-Be if Yui can put up with the pain the water will cause" He finished off her sentence.

Hub looked to Ui who looked to Azusa who looked to Yui.

"Yui, listen to me very carefully." Azusa whispered to her older friend who seemed very close to her, not just in proximity but in what she was doing. "We are going to have to put you in the bath. Its gonna hurt-" Azusa almost yelped as Yui gripped her hand tightly.

"How much...?"

Azusa gulped and glanced at Tory who nodded. "It'll hurt like a thousand needles"

Yui half giggled. "Like the pinky promises...Promise me something Azusa? Ui?"

They both nodded. "Anything Onee-chan" Ui whispered.

"Promise me, you won't leave me. Either of you"

Azusa went bright red at knowing what this meant. "I'll...I'll..."

"Please Azu-nyan..."

Azusa nodded after being looked at by four others other then Yui. Besides the fact that Yui was looking directly at her with puppy dog eyes.

"Alright...Let me call my parents. It is their house after all" A hammering at the door had Ui looking around with worry on her face.

Tory went to answer the door which had Azusa confused, Ritsu smirked. "We already did. They know what's going on. They won't get the way, Azusa, I promise you"

Azusa nodded. "Alright..."

This was going to be a long night...

That was for sure.

End of Chapter 4,

Chapter 5 TBWS (To be written soon)