Tortured Souls

AN1: Sorry I haven't updated in a bit, but now that Spring Break is finally here I can work on this! I had to deal with teachers trying to cram down any last minute info on everything before I go that I just want to scream!

First I print something. Forgot it needed to be double space. No problem, I reprint. I go to turn it in and he's talking to two of my friends and asking them "Did you proof read it?" They, terrible liars that they are, said "Yeah…totally…I just did…" He was like "Go through it and find five words to take out and replace with more fresh, professional vocabulary. –turns to me- You do the same! ^^" Me: "WHAT?" So I do that and I hit the print button. At the same time he comes up to me at my computer and he's like "DO you know what a semi colon is?" I was thinking, 'Are you really going to do this…?' He's like "I want you to put in 2 semi colons into it! Did you already print?" Me: "Yes…." "Ok just leave it out then." My mind was so badly wanting to scream, "YOU PUT IN 2 SEMI COLONS! I'M DONE! I DID 6 PROJECTS IN 2 WEEKS AND I HATE IT! NO MORE! NO. F'N. MORE!" So yeah, a bit stressful.

AN2: Yeah so you think things will calm down just a bit in this chapter right? They make it to the hospital, get fixed up and go on living on with their yaoi filled lives right? This is ME you're talking about people! I can't just have that happen! This is fluff! Hard ass fluff! They don't GET a happily ever after, they get eachother but are very traumotized in the process!

Wow I think I turned into Drosselmeyer from Princess Tutu somewhere during this story. (If you don't know who he is, he is a crazy old storyteller who gains plessure from writing tragedy's. However the tragedy happens in real life and Drosselmeyer is kind of dead. –cough-Not in my other story!-cough- Wow I should really see a doctor about that cough! ^^)

AN3: I own nothing except the idea of finding the circumfrance of the most epic sandwich in the world.

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Yao's POV:

As I exited the factory, Ivan with his arm wrapped around my shoulder and me carrying an unconscious Kiku, I was for some reason overcome with a great sadness. 'Why should I be sad? We got Kiku and Feliciano back, why am I on the verge of tears?' I thought to myself having tears escaping the tight grasp I had and sliding down my pale cheeks.

"Why are you crying Yao? Were you hurt in the battle da?" Ivan asked wiping that lone tear away.

"I…don't know why….but it feels like…I should have come earlier aru. Than maybe Kiku wouldn't have been…wouldn't have been…" I said, more tears escaping.

Ivan nodded understanding. "What's been done has been done da. The thing that you can do for Kiku now is to be there for him da."

I looked down at the sleeping Kiku who looked as he did when he was a kid being carried to bed after falling asleep on the couch at night. I smiled finally having him back. "You're right Ivan. I won't let him out of my sight for a while aru." I told him looking into his violet eyes.

He smiled innocently back at me and kissed my temple. "Perfectly understandable. I be there for him too da!" he said.

I smiled appreciately up at him. "Thank you aru." I said and we walked back to the cars silently.

Kiku's POV:

Dream:

I was once again standing in the middle of a dark room, no one around me. 'This feels a lot like my last dream I had before I was taken!' Just on cue Feliciano stood in front of me but this time he was on the ground. "Feliciano!" I cried and rushed over to him.

He was flat on his back, eyes closed, that once cheerful smile he always had on was replaced with a contempt face with a twist of pain. Suddenly out of nowhere a beeping was rattling my ears.

'It sounds like a heart monitor.' I thought. As if someone heard me a heart monitor was right next to Feliciano, displaying a very low heart rate.

"It doesn't look like he's going to make it." A voice said in the darkness.

'Who said that? Are they talking about Feliciano?' I thought looking everywhere but finding no live soul.

Suddenly the blackness around us changed into a white hospital setting. I stood next to Feliciano who was sleeping on a white bed, while everyone stood in the hospital room. There was Yao, Ivan, Lovino, Antonio, Elizabeta, Roderich, Alfred, and Arthur. In front of the group stood a doctor with a clipboard.

"What are you talking about you bastard? What do you mean he's not going to make it?" Lovino challanged at the doctor tears falling from his face.

"The tests results show that he has about a 7% chance of surviving the injuries that he has." The doctor said.

Elizabeta collapsed onto the floor crying with Roderich at her side. The rest of the nations stood in shock and Lovino stormed out of the room with Antonio chassing after him.

I looked back at Feliciano who was sleeping quietly. I placed a hand on his cheek and caressed it gently tears falling from my face. Suddenly everyone in the room vanished leaving only me and Feliciano and that damn heart monitor.

"I love you Feliciano." I whispered. A second later that heart monitor that was displaying a steady amount of beeps, turned itself into a long high pitched note as the tears I held in for so long released themselves.

End dream:

I woke up gasping for air and clutching my chest. I looked around at my surroundings and realized I was on a plane with the other nations around me. Yao and Ivan sitting on opposite sides of me, Lovino, Antonio, and Feliciano opposite of me, Eliziabeta sitting on the left side of Lovino with Roderich next to her and Alfred and Arthur sitting on the right side of Antonio. Feliciano was being held by Lovino, who was also asleep.

"Are you alright aru?" Yao asked concerningly.

I looked over to him just thankful that it was all just a dream. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just a nightmare." I said.

"I hope so. It was a bit terrible watching you squirm and cower in fear da." Ivan said an evil auora errupting off of his body. I shivered in fear. He seemed to notice this because he patted my head a bit roughly and smiled. "Don't worry, I won't cause any more harm for a while."

It made me feel a little better but I was still a bit queesy. Yao on the other hand was smiling widly up at the taller nation.

Suddenly a small cough brough mine, and everyone elses attention over to Feliciano. Feliciano started to wake up but his coughing refused to cease. I got up and walked over to him "Feliciano san are you OK?" I asked gently.

His coughing didn't stop and in fact worsened into a horase outburst of coughs. He collapsed onto the floor of the plane coughing terribly.

"Feliciano!" I cried immediately at his side. The other nations huddled around to see what was wrong as I held him in my arms powerless. "What happened?" I asked.

He looked up at me with tears in his eyes. "Ki…ku…help me!" he whispered then proceeded to cough up blood then fall unconscious.

"Feliciano!" I cried. I shook him hoping to wake him up but it didn't work. Blood trickled from Feliciano's mouth and tears came to my eyes.

"Antonio, do something! Anything!" Lovino yelled panicking.

As soon as Antonio stood up I huddled over Feliciano, a glare forming in my eyes. "No!" I challenged up at the taller nation. In any other case he would have gladly stood in the background and let the others do their work. Now I was in the middle of it all, ready to challenge anyone who came near my Feliciano. Tears were now falling from my face and I snarled. Not from anger at the others for trying to get near but at myself for feeling so powerless.

'I need to do something! Anything! I feel so weak now!' I thought.

Suddenly a gentle touch on my shoulder brought my attention to behind me. As I turned my attention he managed to get next to me. "Let me help Kiku. I came prepared aru." Yao said reaching into his red with golden outlines bag. He reached in and pulled out a serrenge. I quickly grabbed his wrist remembering that one kidnapper had a serrenge and injected it into Feliciano. I don't trust those things anymore. Yao looked at me clear in the eyes, my raven eyes meeting his hazel brown. "I. Won't. Hurt. Him. I promise Kiku aru." He whispered. I could hear in his voice that he was telling the truth and I let go of his wrist.

Yao injected the medicine into Feliciano's neck and his face that was twisted before in pain, now seemed content and relaxed. I caressed his cheek having the leftover tears fall onto his face. Yao gently rubbed my back. I never told him that I had feelings for Feliciano, but in the past month, I haven't been hiding it that well. Now he knows everything just from my actions. I think I'm OK with him knowing.

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For the rest of the trip I held Feliciano in my arms making sure nothing could hurt him. When Lovino at first refused to let me just hand onto him, Yao threw a small tantrum and Arthur carefully explained. While explainging, Lovino looked over to me. When I felt his gaze on me, I kept my gaze on Feliciano. Lovino eventually sat back down with an exasperated sigh next to Antonio. About an hour later we landed and were quickly escorted to the nearby hospital. For the next 2 hours I was knocked unconscious while the doctors worked on me.

Yao's POV:

The next 2 hours were the most tensious moments ever. I waited in the lobby pacing back and forth waiting for the doctors to come out and give us a heads up on Kiku and Feliciano. After what seemed like an eternity a doctor came out with a clipboard and a tired look on his face. Everyone was on their feet within seconds.

"What's the news aru?" I asked.

"Well Kiku Honda will be just fine. He has sustained some broken bones and just some pulled muscles. We cleaned up the scratches and the bruises will heal on their own with just some rest and care." The doctor said.

I breathed a sigh of relief along with Arthur and Alfred.

"And what about Feliciano?" Lovino challenged standing next to me.

The doctor took a deep breath and looked down at his clipboard. "I'm just going to say it, we fear the worst. He has multiple broken ribs, an infection from a bad knife wound in his arm and…" the doctor started but looked a bit tensious.

To this delay Lovino grabbed the doctors shirt. "AND. WHAT?" he growled.

The doctor gulped and looked at him straight in the eyes. "We ran multiple tests, and we found a highly toxic chemical in his lung, most likely from an injection. We found out that the toxic chemical has worked its way into his lungs, most likely the cause for him coughing up blood. We gave him the proper medicine for it but we fear we might have been too late. He has about a 7% chance of living. If he doesn't wake up, he may die very soon." The doctor said calmly.

Lovino let go of the mans shirt and stumbled backwards and caught by Antonio.

"May we see them?" Elizabeta asked.

"Yes, they're down that hallway , second door on the right. Kiku's is the second door. Feliciano's is the third." The doctor said pointing to the hallway.

Kiku's POV:

I was about half awake. I could wake up, and recognize everything I saw clearly as if I was seeing it perfectly. I woke up after being knocked out about 10 minutes ago. At first everything was spinning but once I got used to everything but while I could understand everything, I was far from fully awake. If I tried to get up, I would most likely fall over. I noticed that the door to my room was being opened and the other nations came piling in, Yao being the one close to me.

"Hey guys." I said half minded, my mind on autopilot.

"Hey Kiku, how are you feeling aru?" Yao asked pushing my hair back.

"Fine I guess, just a bit tired. And dizzy." I added starting to feel a little more awake now that I was talking.

"Dude you had us worried!" Alfred said patting my shoulder.

"It wasn't bad, honestly. I'm OK." I said a bit confused.

"Well we had no idea if you were gonna make it, unlike Feliciano-" Alfred started but then was shut up by a hard punch to the gut by Arthur.

However once he mentioned Feliciano, my mind foggyness was instantly cleared. "What do you mean?" I asked slowly not sure what to expect.

Everyone remained quiet and that's when I realized that they were near tears, and Lovino, Antonio, and Elizabeta were not here.

"Guys, can you let me speak to Kiku alone please aru?" Yao asked and they nodded and left.

I looked up at Yao with the upmost seriousness. "What happened?" I asked.

Yao took a breath and took my hand. "This isn't going to be easy aru. They found a toxic chemical in Feliciano's lungs, which is the cause for him coughing up blood aru. They gave him the medicine to kill it, but the rest is up to Feliciano aru. In the state he's in, they say he has only a 7% chance of surviving aru." He said looking into my eyes.

I was overcome with so many emtion: fear being the big one, sorrow, despair, lonliness, and grief. "This…this can't be happening….no!" I cried tears reaching the tips of my eyes.

"I'm sorry Kiku aru." Yao said.

"I need to see him, now." I said getting up and found I was already redressed. I forgot the fact that I still couldn't stand properly and I stumbled to the ground only to be caught by Yao.

"Easy now, I'll take you to him." He said and we walked out the door and into the room next door.

I walked towards the bed and the thoughts of my dream came back. Everyone was around his bed, Elizabeta crying and Lovino standing next to Feliciano. Feliciano had an annoying heart monitor plugged into him, and tubes running every which way. He on the other hand looked so peaceful.

"Come on everyone, lets leave them alone aru." Yao said leading everyone out.

Lovino statred to protest but Antonio gently guided him out, wiping away his tears as he left. Yao nodded to me and smiled gently before leaving and closing the door. I looked bac to Feliciano, tears threatening to fall. His mouth was partly open, his eyes closed gently, and he layed out flat. Ringing loudly in my ears was the sounds that herrald the end, beep…beep…beep…beep…

"It can't end like this, not after all we've been through." I whispered leaning in closer. I caressed his cheek and brushed his loose bangs from his face. I got no reaction. "Please…wake up!" I whispered but still nothing. "Please Feliciano…don't leave me alone…" I whispered caressing his lips with my fingers. "I love you."

I gently caressed my lips over his and slipped my hand behind his neck, my tears falling from my face and onto his. I backed off slowly licking off the taste of his bottom lip. I still got nothing. I collapsed sobbing onto his bed as the heart monitor continued its slow array of …beep…..beep….beep…..beep…..I got up and started tohead towards the door. I didn't even get that far before the heart monitor started beeping faster. …beep…beep…beep…I turned around back to Feliciano who was groaning and wanting to sit up, eyes still closed, but failing.

"Feliciano?" I asked rushing back over to him. Feliciano slumped back down in his bed and I gently slid my fingers through his hair.

Soon enough after I spoke, his eyes opened the tinniest bit. "Good…morning…" he gently whispered.

The tears in my eyes were so heavy now I couldn't contain them all. "Feliciano….thank God!" I cried and wrapped my arms tightly around him. I felt a very weak attempt by Feliciano to wrap his arms around me. I took his hand into mineand held it tightly. "Please…don't leave me…you promised you wouldn't."

Feliciano smile and took his other hand and wiped away the tears that were falling from my face. "I…won't…I love…you." He whispered.

I leaned in and kissed him passionately. After a minute I broke and cupped his face in my hand. "I love you too." I whispered.

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Finally! Sorry again it took so long, my life has been uber busy. Well I didn't think it'd be this long but you know me, once I get rolling there is no stopping me from going all the way! ^^ Well here you guys go, yes there will be another chapter after this explainging everything that hasn't been said or explained. I will also be adding a new feture into the chapter since it's the last chapter which is where I add all the names of the people that has reviewed my story. They are good people for reviewing! If you are a good person, you'll review this!