Note: Like I promised earlier, here is chapter 9. Thanks for the reviews and I hope you guys enjoy it...^0^

Disclaimer: No, I still don't own them...

CHAPTER 9

"I'm sorry, we've done everything we can to save her" stated Dr. Youko. Mai fell on the floor instantly and Mikoto reached for her to give some comfort. Nao just stared at the floor, her tears started falling silently. Aoi cried in Chie's arms and so did Chie although her cry was a little less silent than Aoi. Tomoe just stood there, not knowing what to do at the moment. And as for Shizuru, when she heard about the news, she felt her heart was being ripped apart into million pieces and a sudden pain emitted in her chest. She tried to ease the pain but the pain just won't go away. She felt her cheeks turned hot as tears began to fall from her crimson eyes.

"You've got to be kidding me! You can't be serious right?!" Midori said, her hands gripped on Dr. Youko's shoulder, she tried hard to hold her tears. Dr. Youko looked at Midori and then she turned her gaze to everyone in the hallway and she sighed.

"Yeah, I'm just kidding. I just wanted to know your reaction when I told you that and I'm really satisfied with the result I got. Don't worry, Natsuki is safe now although she has a few fracture bones here and there but it wasn't anything serious, not like the last time she submitted here" Dr. Youko smiled at everyone in the hallway, making them stopped their weeping.

"DR. YOUKO!!"

"YOUKO!!"

Everyone shouted at the doctor angrily but at the same time, they felt relieved at the fact that Natsuki was saved, especially Shizuru. She felt her pain had gone away and her body began to relax at the moment she heard the doctor.

"Calm down everyone. You wouldn't want to disturb the patient, would you?" Dr. Youko words instantly calmed everyone down. Shizuru was the first one that had composed herself at the sudden emotion twist and she walked toward Dr. Youko.

"When can we see her?" Shizuru asked with hope in her eyes. Everyone also seemed to wondered about the same thing as they also looked at Dr. Youko. Dr. Youko just smiled when she turned her gaze from Shizuru to everyone else.

"You can see her after we transfer Natsuki to her room but remember to behave yourself" Dr. Youko said as she patted Shizuru's shoulder and began walked away with Midori trailed behind her.

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"Arghh…my head hurts! Where am I?" Natsuki woke up, she looked at her surrounding that seemed to be unfamiliar to her. The surrounding was pitch black except for a room with dim light not so far ahead from her. She stood on her feet and began walking toward the room but as she walked closer to the room, the room seemed to be further away from her. After a long walk to unreachable destination, her feet began to ache and she cursed at it.

"GAH!! Stupid fucking room!!" Natsuki cursed as she sat on the floor to rested her arching feet.

"WHERE THE HELL IS THIS FUCKING PLACE?!!....and where is everyone?" Natsuki brought her leg closed to her chest and hugged it.

"…..it's so cold…." Natsuki laid her forehead on her knees and tightened her hug. As she lost to her own thought, suddenly she heard a faint sound calling her name.

'Nat…su…ki….' She shook her head, she thought maybe it was just her illusion.

'Nat…su…ki….' She heard it again, a bit louder this time and she began searched for the source.

'Nat…su…ki….' The sound became louder each time and Natsuki found out that the source was just above her. When she looked up, her eyes went wide as she saw a giant bottle of her favorite mayonnaise just above her, looking very tempting.

"WHAT?!! AM I DREAMING?!! Wait…I think I'm in a dream and in my dream, I dream again so that's mean I'm in my dream's dream?? GAH!! It's so confusing but what the hell, all I know is that I'm in heaven! MAYOOOOO……WAIT FOR ME, I'M COMIIIIIIIG!!" Natsuki tried to reach her beloved mayonnaise but it seemed that she couldn't because the desired object is just too high for her to reach.

"Mayo-chan (mayonnaise), come to mama (Natsuki)!" Natsuki stretched out her hands, hoping that the object above her will eventually came to her. After a few attempts to reach it failed, Natsuki felt annoyed and with several curses being blurted out, suddenly Natsuki's desired object moved away from Natsuki, making her startled.

"Wait! Mayo, where're you going?! COME BACK HERE!" Natsuki screamed at her soon-to-be-disappeared mayo. The object, however, didn't look like it was going to stop, moreover, it moved even faster and soon it had completely out of Natsuki's sight.

"NOOO!!! MY MAYOOOOO!!!!" Natsuki grabbed her head as she shouted at the top of her lungs at her disappeared precious thing. Then she sobbed quietly while thinking about her loss.

"….*sob*…mayo…*sob*…." She looked like she had just lost her precious one (well, I mean a person, not food). As she weep at her lost, there was a sound again calling Natsuki but it was different sound this time, the sound seemed familiar to Natsuki but Natsuki didn't recognized it. Natsuki stopped her weeping and looked in front of her. The room that was unreachable earlier now stood just in front of her but this time, the door was opened and it seemed that there's someone stood at the door and unfortunately for Natsuki that she couldn't see the face.

"Who're you?" Natsuki could guess that the person that stood at the door is a girl from her body's figure.

"Who're you?" Natsuki repeated her question as the person didn't answer her earlier question and this time also there was no answer came from the person, instead the person stretched out her hands out to Natsuki's direction, as if she wanted Natsuki to took her hand. But unfortunately for our dense little puppy, he seemed to not understand the action and so she growled at the person.

"WHO'RE YOU?! AND WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT?! GRRRR…." She gave the person her Kuga death glare but the person didn't even flinch at it.

"Natsuki…." The person called Natsuki and instantly Natsuki calmed down as if her voice sounded like a lullaby to Natsuki's ear.

'That voice sounds familiar but I couldn't remember from where and who it belongs' Natsuki's brows furrowed as she tried to figure it out but she failed.

"Natsuki…." The person called again and this time the voice seemed like a magnet to Natsuki as she unconsciously walked toward the person. Natsuki's hand reached out as she walked closer. As she get closer to the person, she noticed something very familiar to her, although she still couldn't see the face but she recognized the eyes.

"Natsuki…." The person called again and suddenly Natsuki felt pain in her chest and she felt a deep longing within herself to the crimson eyes that looked straight into her emerald one. Natsuki felt like her body had its own thinking when Natsuki's hand unconsciously and immediately reached the awaiting hands in front of her and when their fingers intertwined, a sudden bright light appeared out of nowhere and covered the whole space. Natsuki closed her eyes since the light was too bright for her eyes to handle and she felt her body being pulled into the room. Before she knew what would happen to her, she lost her consciousness.

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"Natsuki!"

Natsuki slowly opened her eyes and she met with a familiar crimson eyes.