Hiro's eyes fluttered open, and the first thing he saw was Niko. "Hey, sleepyhead!" She said. "Hi…" Hiro muttered, sitting up. "How ya feelin'?" Niko asked. "I feel okay…" Hiro said. "Good…" Niko said.
Lemme catcha up to date, so they were runnin' to go get some food a few days before, aaand Hiro got sick. Sooo they took him to bed and he slept for a bit.
Ryu walked in. "Hey, dude!" he said. "Hi…" Hiro said. Ryu handed him a cup of…something. "Drink it, it'll help your stomach. Might not be the best of taste but it's good for you to be sure." Hiro took a sip and almost spit it out. "Augh, this is disgusting!" he said. Ryu nodded. "Wellll, medicine doesn't taste good most of the time." Hiro nodded. "You might wanna drink it all, though." Hiro looked into the cup. Thankfully, not much to go. He gulped it down. "I hate this stuff…." "I have some tea comin'. It'll wash the taste out." "Thanks…" "Don't thank me, thank Niko, she was the expert!" Ryu said. "Thanks…" He said, turning his head to Niko. "Haha, it helps to have a mom who's a surgeon." Niko said. "Ah…" Hiro said. "Do we need to go anywhere any time soon?" "I do, but you don't, cuz there's still a chance you might puke again." Niko said. "Okay…" Hiro said. He was shivering like mad. "Go back to sleep, you'll need it. I'll be back soon!" She said. She walked out. "She's gotten softer…" Ryu said. "Meh, she's a softy when people are sick. I once threw up in the warehouse, man did she get angry but then she got her mom and was nice for a week." "…Remind me to get sick soon." Ryu said. "Nah." Hiro said. They laughed. "Well, drink the tea and then take a nap. To help, it's chamomile." Hiro grinned. "Man I love chamomile…especially with sugar and cream!" "Well not too much sugar, and no cream, kay?" He said. "Okie." Hiro said. Ryu walked out.
Niko looking around to make sure she wasn't being followed. "It's boring without Hiro…" She said. She whimpered. "I'm scared…" she said. "You should be." Someone said.
Niko turned and backed away. Kiko was standing there, a sword in hand. Niko started shaking. "Y-You don't scare me!" she said. "Oh really? I could swear I can see you shaking in your boots! Don't have your daddy or your boyfriend to help you now, do you? Hm? Or are they in hiding?" She looked around. "I don't see them anywhere." She took a step closer. Niko took a step back. "You stay away!" she said. "Or what?" Kiko laughed. "Or you'll…oh I know…CRY?! PFFAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" "No! I'm not scared!" Niko said. "Surreee you aren't!" Kiko laughed, taking a few steps forward. "You're paralyzed in fear, you know what I can do so you're scared, you feel you're HELPLESS AGAINST ME!" Kiko laughed. "WELL EVEN IF YOUR BOYS ARE HIDING THEY CAN'T SAVE YOU NOW!" Kiko ran the sword through Niko.
Niko found everything is slow motion and black and white. As the speed and color slowly came back she fell to the ground. "Goodbye, Nariko Tategami." She said. She walked away.
Ryu was watching out. "She should be back by now…" Hiro was asleep. He grabbed his coat and walked out, walking around for a bit. He looked around. "Oh my gosh…" Ryu said, seeing Niko curled up on the ground. He ran to her and propped her up in his arms. "You okay?!" he asked. Niko was shivering. Ryu got up and carried her to the place they were staying at. "I'll phone your father." He said, lying her in her bed. Hiro woke up. "N-Niko!? NIKO!" he said, getting up and running to her bed. "Niko what happened!?" He asked, grabbing some bandages. He bandaged her and tucked her in bed as she shakily explained what had happened. "That…I'll kill her!" Hiro said. Ryu came in. "Kyoya's comin' along with Gingka and Reane." (ANOTHER REMINDER: REANE IS *NOT* GINGKA'S SISTER IN THIS! :D) "Thank goodness." Hiro said. Niko grabbed Hiro's arm. "G-Get back in bed…." She stammered. "Niko this is no time for rest for me, you're the one who needs the rest and I'm the one that needs to stay with you!" Hiro said. "Then…then lay next to me, then." She said. Hiro blushed. "Guhhuhhhhhh whaa?" he said. Niko scooted a little bit, making space for him to lie next to her. "Please…I don't want you getting sick a-ag-g-gain…" she shivered. Hiro looked away, then climbed up on the bed and lied next to her. He noticed she was shivering like mad…so he got under the covers himself and held her close to him. "…You're…so warm…" she said. Hiro smiled. "I'll stay as long as you need me to, okay?" he said. Niko nodded. (OHHH THIS IS GETTING KAWAIIIIII!) Hiro could tell Niko was miserable, but he was making her feel better by keeping her warm while she was so cold. Hiro tightened his hold on her and Niko adjusted. She groaned a small bit while she fell asleep. And then Hiro heard someone's voice scream, "WHERE'S MY DAUGHTER!?" Kyoya burst into the room and ran to her. "Is she okay?!" he asked. "I dunno but she's asleep." Hiro said. "Are you sure she's asleep!?" He asked. "Not anymore…" Niko mumbled. Kyoya hugged her tightly. Reane came in with Gingka. "OH thank goodness!" she said. She carried some kind of device and a box rattiling with metal. "Lie her flat and face up." She said. Niko, with help, obliged. Apparently the device was an X-Ray. She printed the pictured. "Whelp…we're gonna have to surgically remove a fragment of a sword…" she said. "Hiro, go to my toolbox and get a syringe, it contains a green liquid, and it's a local anesthetic. (I play and watch people play a lot of surgery flash games.) "I also need some disinfectant." Hiro handed her the needle while Gingka got the disinfectant. She injected the anesthetic onto the area and disinfected it. "Right, Kyoya, help me with this." She said. "Hiro, you go."
Reane and Kyoya walked out and sat down. "Well, we got it out successfully, thank goodness…." She said. Kyoya looked relieved and happy. "When can we see 'er?" Ryu asked. "Now, I suppose…" Reane said. "She's recovering and I suspect the anesthetic is wearing off. Be careful around her abdomen." She said. Hiro nodded. "Go on." Reane said. Hiro walked in. "…Hiro?" Niko said. He smiled. "Hi." He said. "…I'm cold…" she said. Hiro lied next to her and held her, being careful around her abdomen. Niko hugged him. Hiro sighed. "I'm glad you're mother's a surgeon…." "Yeah me too…" Niko said. They laughed a little bit, because Niko couldn't laugh too hard. Niko looked up at him and then kissed him on the cheek. Hiro blushed a bright pink. "Thas' for helping me…" she said. "Hehe, then you mind as well give Reane, Kyoya, Dad, and Ryu a kiss as well." Hiro said. "Nah…" She said, and cuddled up to him. "…Sleep well." He said.
NEXT TIME ON DRAGON EMPRESS:
_ I think it's time to eliminate a few people." _
_"May I ask who?"_
_"This…she's gotten out of control…I'm scared of the time she decides my job is done…"_
_. "Ooo, owowow! Ow, that hurt…." "Well be more careful, ya dork!"_
_"HIRO, JUMP RIGHT!"_
_"We're under attack!"_
"WHAT?! WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU RAN OUT OF BULLETS!?"
"I WILL CUT OFF YOU'RE HEAD!"
_"Stop."_
"And who are you to tell me to stop with my judgment?"
"I am…"
I THINK…THIS IS…THE CUTEST CHAPTER….EVER…ERMAHGERD. O_O
