Title: Eternal Wind
Series: Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
Rating: T
By: MewSsomsie
Beta-ed By: Argent-Allure
Summary: "Even after Maron helped Fin, her battles weren't over yet. The 'Final Battle at the Ice Castle' was only the beginning. The demons that were still on Earth are now coming after Maron with everything they've got. Maron must now be stronger than ever, or else everything she does will be in vain, and everyone she loves will be in danger."
AN: I will be updating this story weekly (Every Sunday / or close to it) .
Disclaimer: I don't own Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne. If I did, there would be a whole lot more than 44 episodes! I'm talking 100 or so! Sadly, I don't own a thing… :(
Chapter: 6 "Junior Doctor's Orders"
"Hnn?" I mumbled as I slowly opened my eyes.
How did I end up back home…? I thought.
I sat up slowly and looked around my bedroom. Chiaki was sitting in a chair fast asleep. Fin and Access were on the nightstand, also fast asleep.
I slowly moved my feet to the side of the bed. I looked at the clock, which read 6:30 am.
Well, I've got time, so I'll make breakfast for everyone. I thought as I stood up.
I then noticed that my throat hurt a little.
I subconsciously put my hand to my throat as the memories of the night before flooded my head.
"Maron! Are you alright?" I heard Fin ask..
"I'm...okay," I replied.
"Yeah right. You should have called for help. I didn't even know that he was strangling you!" Chiaki replied as he helped me up and gave me a glass of water along with the pain-reliever.
"Sorry. Wasn't… thinking," I said in broken sentences. It hurt to talk.
"I know you weren't thinking! I thought I had lost you for a little while!" Chiaki said as he hugged me.
"I was really worried!" He added.
"Sor...ry," I replied.
I wasn't aware that a slightly pained look had crossed my features as I subconsciously soothed my throat in recollection.
"Maron, are you alright?" I heard a concerned voice ask.
"Yeah," I replied, noticing that it didn't hurt as much to talk as it did the night before. The pain was still there, however.
"You should lay down," Chiaki, who was apparently the concerned voice from before, said gently.
"I'm going to school today," I said as I changed topics while looking at him straight in the eyes.
"I don't think that will be a good idea," Chiaki warned.
"I don't care. I'm going," I responded as I walked outside my bedroom.
"And you say I'm stubborn," Chiaki said.
"I never said that I wasn't stubborn," I replied as I went into the kitchen to get a glass of water.
"Are you sure that you can make it?" Chiaki asked.
"…No. But I'm still going to try," I replied as I looked at the floor.
"Well, let's get ready then," Chiaki responded with a light smile.
"Right," I responded back.
Chiaki went back into his apartment as soon as I headed back into my room.
I got dressed, ate the breakfast that I had prepared the night before, and ate in silence. Afterwards, I washed the dishes used and cleaned up any other messes that I had made.
It was about time for Miyako to start knocking the door down, so I went ahead and put my shoes on.
By the time I had stood up with my shoes on, the doorbell rang.
Grabbing my backpack, I opened the door to see Miyako and Chiaki waiting for me.
"What happened last night? You flaked out on me," Miyako vented.
"She was almost killed, that's what," Chiaki replied grumpily.
"What?" Miyako exclaimed as she looked at me with a worried face.
"It wasn't that bad," I tried.
"Maron, had I come in a minute later, you would have been dead," Chiaki replied as he looked into my eyes.
"I know," I said quietly.
The walk to school was unnerving. Miyako was worried, but was trying not to show it. And Chiaki was still slightly mad at me.
Once we arrived at school, I unpacked my backpack for the day. Soon after, class began.
Pakkamlamao-sensei was in the middle of explaining a history topic to the class, when a certain name came up. "And Jeanne d'Arc—,"
The name of my past self always seemed to catch my attention in class.
I looked up at my teacher and listened.
"—But in the end, she was killed. She could have been saved, but no one fought for the girl who had saved so many," Pakkamlamao-sensei said.
My eyes looked down as I continued listening.
One of my bigger, hidden, insecurities was that I was worried that no one would fight for me after the battles with the demons were finished. I worried that I too, would be left alone to die in bitterness, like my past self.
Chiaki must have seen a concerned look in my eyes because I soon noticed a hand lightly squeezing my own.
That's right. I'm not alone. Chiaki won't leave me. I thought with reassurance.
I listened to the lesson with renewed determination as Chiaki's hand secretly grasped my own beneath our desks.
As soon as the bell rang, Chiaki's hand dropped like it had never been on mine. I picked up my books and put them back into my backpack.
I waited for Miyako and Chiaki to finish packing before we headed to the cafeteria together.
I got a grill cheese and chicken-noodle soup, under Chiaki's advisement.
"So what exactly happened last night?" Miyako asked as we sat down.
"I snuck past the police, including you," I said, which got me a glare from Miyako. I then continued, "and got into Iinchou's room. He ambushed me and almost strangled me. Chiaki got in after a few minutes. After that, I fainted," I explained.
"I checkmated and got us outta there… After I broke a few of Iinchou's bones, that is," Chiaki responded as he ate a ham sandwich.
"Are you alright now?" Miyako asked.
"My throat still hurts, especially when I talk, but I'm okay," I reassured her.
"After school you're taking Advil, doing your homework, eating dinner, and then going to bed. Understood?" Chiaki asked.
"Yes sir," I responded.
"Okay… Wait a minute! You broke a few of Iinchou's bones?!" Miyako exclaimed.
"Could you say it any louder?" Chiaki asked with an annoyed tone.
"Sorry," Miyako muttered.
"Is he here today?" Chiaki asked as he ate a bite of his lunch.
"No…" Miyako responded.
"There's your answer. He's probably at the hospital," Chiaki replied.
We ate a few more minutes before it was time to head back to class.
Pakkamlamao-sensei lectured us for a while longer before school let out.
Chiaki, Miyako, and I walked home afterwards. Chiaki didn't allow any diversions from our destination, so we arrived fairly quickly.
I checked my mailbox, ignoring Chiaki's orders for a moment, and then headed into my apartment with Chiaki followed me in.
Chiaki did a rush job on homework, not taking any time to explain stuff like he had done the previous night.
After an hour and a half of homework, I was ordered to take Advil and lay down.
"I'll get something for dinner," Chiaki responded after I had argued that I needed to cook dinner instead of lying down.
"But I don't wanna be poisoned!" I argued playfully.
"Bed. Now." Chiaki commanded, completely ignoring my attempt at our usual small arguments.
I went and lay down as he told me to.
However, as soon as I heard Chiaki leave my apartment, I moved to get up. Suddenly, Access flew in front of me.
"Sorry Jeanne, but I'm under strict orders from Sinbad to keep you in bed. He said that if you wouldn't stay put, then I needed to get him," Access explained as he flew a foot or so in front of my face.
"But I'm thirsty!" I lied.
"We'll get you a bottle of water," Access replied as he and Fin flew off. A few minutes later they brought the water to me.
"Thanks," I replied.
I took a few sips and then lay back down.
"What did Chiaki use to threaten you into doing this?" I asked.
"Heh-heh. I'm not allowed to say," Access responded nervously.
"Hmm," I responded as I eyed the kuro-tenshi.
After about fifteen minutes, I heard my balcony door open.
Only seconds after that, Chiaki walked into my room with more chicken-noodle soup.
"But I ate soup for lunch!" I tried to argue.
"And you're gonna eat it for dinner too. It's the best thing for your throat," Chiaki argued back.
"Fine," I replied as I took the soup.
I ate in partial silence as I talked a little to Fin.
After dinner, Chiaki made me lay down again. Only this time, it was so that I would go to sleep.
"But I'm not tired!" I tried to argue once again.
"You're going to bed. If you get a good night's sleep and rest for a couple of days then you'll get better," Chiaki argued, and won, once again.
"Okay, doctor. Let me get ready for bed then," I said as I took a nightshirt and a pair of pants for bed and went into the bathroom.
I returned a few minutes later with my teeth brushed and in my nightclothes.
"Now go to sleep," Chiaki commanded.
"Okay, okay. I'm going already." I responded with a sigh.
As I was about to lie down, I noticed Chiaki going to the seat he had slept in the night before.
"Umm. Aren't you going back to your apartment?" I asked nervously.
"No. I'm going to make sure that you don't try anything tonight," Chiaki responded.
"But that can't be comfortable!" I argued.
"I'll be fine. Now quit trying to put off going to sleep and lay down, Maron," Chiaki ordered.
I then grabbed a blanket and pillow. Afterwards, I carried them to him.
"I don't need-" Chiaki tried to argue.
"I'm not going to bed until I know you're comfortable," I responded back.
"Fine," Chiaki responded with a small smile.
"Good," I responded back with a grin slightly larger than Chiaki's.
I then walked back into my bed and lay down with Chiaki watching me as I fell asleep.
I hope that I feel better tomorrow. Because we're going to drive each other insane if I don't get better. I thought, before my consciousness faded into my dreams.
So sorry guys (and girls…)! I know that this chapter is SHORT for this story. I didn't have a lot of time to write this week, and Argent-Allure didn't have a lot of proofing time, so this chapter isn't that long. (There are probably about two pages of this chapter that I wrote AFTER she proofed, so there will be more mistakes than usual in this chapter.)
I hope that you still enjoyed this chapter, and hopefully the next chapter will be longer to make up for it, nya!
Please continue to review, as everyone's thoughts are like food to me. It makes me wanna write a lot more!
I hope everyone's enjoyed "Eternal Wind" so far!
---Mew Mew Ssomsie