Whoo! Another chapter. I'm sorry if some words are bunched together, they aren't like that when I originally write them out! I promise! I changed the genre. I hope it's the right thing to do! Also, I have a question. When I visit my story, does it count as a hit? If it does, then, wow, that's sad. -- The story is a bunch of strawberry fluff and some bloody parts...but nothing that's bad. There's no cussing or anything.

I bet you're all scrolling down to the story and not reading this, right? 'Cause I'm keepin' ya in suspense? Yeah, I thought so. And you're not even reading this because you probably want to see WHAT the thing that made Nausicaä scream is. Well, I'm not tellin'. So, go and scroll down and read. kagome94, is that a good thing or a bad thing? Either way, I appreciate you writing, and I'm very touched that you thought my story was that good to put on your favorites! -throws kagome94's favorite character of Nausicaä: Of the Valley of the Wind at her-

Disclaimer: You know what this is about. It breaks my heart to say it, but I do not own Nausicaä: Of the Valley of the Wind.

Kaze no Megami-sama

Chapter 4:Into the Dark

As much as you would like to know what is happening to Nausicaä, Asbel was currently soaring overhead the Toxic Forest, wondering where she could possibly be. He was looking for something, any sign at all. He wouldn't go to the Valley without Nausicaä. He skimmed over the Toxic Forest again and again, not the whole thing, mind you, just part of it. Yet, nothing! He thought he would see her glider, or something, anything!

But nothing. After an hour, Asbel had really given up hope. It was beginning to get late, and he was really hungry, as he hadn't had any breakfast.

"Nausicaä! Where are you?" Asbel asked, looking out the window just one more time, and sighed. "Please, just stay safe." He said, let his head lean back on the seat, and started towards the Valley. He knew he should've explored the forest first, but he was really, really hungry. "I'll look for you after I eat, I promise."

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Nausicaä immediately clamped her hands over her mouth and gasped, sorry she had screamed. It was a big, incredibly, incredibly HUGE insect. Almost 10 times bigger than herself, as a fact. It was a big, dragonfly/bee. It had large wings, not to mention a stinger the size of the Princess herself.

"I've never seen an insect like this before." She said. Nausicaä looked at the insect. It looked so mad, it's eyes were red with rage. It looked mad beyond comprehension, but yet it was calm in her face. It had scared Nausicaä out of her mind, yes it was what she expected, but she had expected an Ohmu, not this big dragonfly-bee.

"It's ok. I won't hurt you." Nausicaä said, getting out her insect charm-Wait! She didn't have it! Nausicaä looked down. 'What? But it's always in my coat! It had to have fell out!'

"It's no use, Princess. I have your foolish insect charm." Said a man, atop of the big insect, her insect charm in his hands. She thought she had seen him before. But she couldn't exactly extract the memory, but she had a distinct dེjུ vous((A/N: How in the HECK do you spell that word?)) feeling.

"Can't you see you're hurting it?" Nausicaä asked angrily, as she looked up at the masked man. She couldn't see anything, but black hair and white bangs, and of course, his clothing.

"My Koko, hurt by me? Hmph. You foolish little girl! I can't believe I was worried about someone like you stopping me from destroying the world. My dear Koko just wants to kill you, that's all. Because of what you did to her!" The man said, glaring at Nausicaä. Nausicaä, of course, couldn't see the glare, but she felt something almost pierce her soul.

'This must be the evil Asbel was talking about! No wonder I screamed! I feel like I know him...but from where?' Nausicaä didn't have much time to think, however, as the man pointed at her.

"Now, Koko, attack and return to me, dear daughter!" He shouted. The insect, who the man had called 'Koko', charged at Nausicaä. As the stinger came towards her, she jumped up, trying to avoid it. However, Koko's stinger got her leg and it slammed her against the ground.

When Nausicaä had tried to get up and run towards her glider, which was not far from her current place, pain shot up through her leg. "I...can't move my leg..." She said, as her right leg, which had gotten 'injected' by the stinger, was all numb, and felt paralyzed.

"Of course you can't move it, dumb girl. Koko's stinger can paralyze at contact." The man said, grinning.

"Why? Why does...Koko..hate me so much?" Nausicaä said, grabbing her paralyzed leg and trying to sit up, but she had tried to vain.

"You truly don't remember, do you? Hmmm. Maybe you're not the blue-clad savior I heard about. Or, maybe you are, and you're just too ignorant to find out." The man said, rubbing his chin thoughtfully. As much as Nausicaä would like to destroy the man who couldn't say a sentence about her without calling her either 'stupid', 'foolish', 'ignorant', or some other insult, she couldn't, because Koko would kill her, and Nausicaä knew that.

"When he came, 1,000 years ago, to save the world, he did. But there were two people who had tried in vain to kill him before the world was saved: Finn and his daughter, Koko. Of course, he had sealed away them both in a giant mountain. It was said that when he came again, Finn's daughter, Koko, would turn into a powerful monstrous insect and break the seal surrounding them. Then they would try to kill him when he returned, and without him, the world would be theirs." The man said. According to the story, his name must be Finn.

Nausicaä stayed quiet. How come Obaba had never told her this? Maybe Obaba hadn't known this, either. Whatever the case, Nausicaä wished more than ever that Asbel was with her. Either that, or that she could stop him with her 'wind' powers Asbel said she had. Wait, that was it!

'What did I feel to create that hurricane?' Nausicaä thought to herself. She felt despair, and anger at herself for being useless. Nausicaä knew she couldn't make herself feel that way, but she felt despair. In fact, she felt more terrified that she was going to die than desperation.

"Goodbye, Princess. I doubt we will meet again. By the way, the paralysis should come over your whole body in a few minutes. Then you will be helpless, and no one will save you. The paralysis shouldn't wear off, but just in case," Finn pointed at Nausicaä's glider, and Koko struck it with her stinger, and it fell apart, "now, if the paralysis wears off, you will be stuck in the Toxic Forest forever, that is...if the insects don't eat you first. Ta-ta." Finn smiled evilly, and soared up into the air.

Nausicaä was left with only one thing to do now: Hope with all her might Asbel would come. 'Please, help me, Asbel...please. Please, please, please find me.' As her vision blacked out, she closed her eyes before she couldn't do anymore. Her whole body was numb, and she couldn't move. She tried, she tried to do anything, even open her eyes again, but, nothing.

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At that moment, Asbel had wondered why this giant insect like he had never seen before came out of the Toxic Forest and a man was riding atop it.

"Well, that's not really something you see everyday." Asbel said to himself. He had taken a double-not, triple-take of the Forest, he just felt like something bad was going to happen to Nausicaä while he was eating. It had happened before with Lastelle, except they were much younger than then now, so Asbel was feeling that dེjུ vous feeling. He just didn't feel safe, and it looked like he was right.

'...help me, Asbel...please, please find me.' He suddenly jerked, surprised. It sounded like Nausicaä's voice, but it couldn't possibly be! Why would he here her voice inside his head? But she called for him, and he had to go. He went to where he had insect come out of. First, he saw the glider destroyed.

"Don't give up hope, yet. She has to be alive." Asbel said to himself. He didn't see Nausicaä, well, not yet. But the rusty-haired girl slowly came into view. "Nausicaä!" Asbel yelled. He doubted he could hear her. I mean, after all, he was still in the gun-ship and Nausicaä was, well, she looked unconscious. He couldn't tell yet.

Nausicaä heard the very slight humming of the gun-ship. She could tell is was Asbel's gun-ship. It had to be. It could've been the Valley of the Wind's gun-ship, but, the wind told her that it was a bit bigger than the Valley's gun-ships, so it had to be him. She wanted to make sure, open her eyes, or something, but nothing would allow her to.

Asbel landed his ship, very careful not to land it anywhere near where the insects would get disturbed. He already had a worst-case scenario on that, but Nausicaä had saved him. Speaking of the Princess, Asbel looked over at her. He saw her closed eyes, and from where he was standing, he couldn't see her breathing.

"Nausicaä! I won't let you die!" Were the first words that came out of his mouth as he ran over to her.

'I'm not dead! How can I tell you? I'm still alive, Asbel!' Nausicaä thought. It didn't matter, if he truly cared, he would check her pulse, and of course she was alive. A fragment of that sentence stained her mind, for some reason.

If he truly cared...

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Another chapter, finished! Oh, and, she thought 'It didn't matter...' etc. It's kinda like their thoughts, but, like, indirectly, y'know? Well, if you don't, oh well. No cliffies this time! Sorry for people who love suspense! Next chapter's cliffhanger is going to be a shocker, I promise! I never break a promise!