Chapter 10

"Marui! Watch out!" exclaimed Sanada. Marui felt as if he was falling for minutes not seconds, the felling of not touching anything, the feeling of nothingness. Lenali gasped and reached forward, memories suddenly poured out from the locked draw at the back of her mind.

"It's a pleasure to meet you," said a tall black haired male, he wore a thick and very warm looking black jacket over his school uniform and his curly black hair was a mess around his face, but there was no denying it, he was hot. He stood at the front of the classroom introducing himself and feeling like an idiot as almost everyone stared at him. 'I'm Kurama Yuu, nice to meet you."

"Since he's new here, I'll be pairing him with one of the students," said the teacher. "Any volunteer?" Many hands went up but it seemed as if they had other motives. "Yukimura-san," said the teacher to a girl staring blankly outside the window, she didn't turn around. "Yukimura-san…Yukimura-san." Finally a student poked her in the shoulder and she turned around. "Kurama-kun go sit next to Yukimura-san, she'll be your guide for the first few weeks okay." Kurama walked over and sat next to her.

"Hello," he greeted her; she looked at him blankly once and then looked at the board. She's…strange…

She didn't say a word during class, even during lunchtime she was flipping through a thick book, at first Kurama thought it was a novel but he looked over her shoulder to see it was a catalogue for a VERY expensive brand.

"Don't mind her," said a female classmate. "She's always like that, even during group projects, she tells you what she's doing then cuts herself away from the rest."

"That catalogue she's reading, window shopping or…?" he trailed.

"No, her father's going to Australia for business, promised her to buy anything she wanted so she's creating a list, had a Prada and Channel catalogue yesterday," replied another female.

"Can he dad really afford all that," he could see the list she had written up, it was a long and very pricey list.

"He's really rich apparently, I heard from my mom that her mom's a former prostitute but when they found out she was pregnant they couldn't let one of their seeds be raised in that sort of place and forced her to retire and marry him."

"But she sneaks out sometimes to dance at strip clubs," added another.

A stripper for a mom? Thought Kurama. Explains why she's so pretty.

"Why are you following me?" asked Lenali as she walked to the library.

"You're my partner, you're supposed to guide me," replied Kurama.

"Get one of the girls in class to guide you," she replied.

Kurama tilted his head to the side. "You're not a girl?" Lenali rolled her eyes and walked into the girl's toilet and never came out. Kurama walked around the back to see there was another door.

"Leave me alone!" said Lenali as Kurama appeared at the doorsteps of her home.

"Wow! What a large mansion!" remarked Kurama. "You really are a spoilt little princess." Lenali slammed the door in his face.

"You ungrateful wretch! I wish I never married you!" Lenali covered her eyes and hid on the balcony as her parents argued. A warm arm wrapped over her shoulder, she looked up through her tearful eyes to see Kurama smiling gently at her.

"Why are you here!?" demanded Lenali.

"I saw bruises on your arms, leg, neck and back," he explained. "You hide them well but not well enough for my eyes, I got worried when I saw a whole but of fresh ones so I decided to investigate."

"Stalker," replied Lenali.

"Only to you," said Kurama. "I think I've fallen in love." He leaned forward to kiss her on the lips but she turned her head to the side, he settled for her cheek. "Maybe in time," he grinned.

"Don't you come near my daughter!" shouted Lenali's father. "Stay away from her or I'll kill you!"

"I'll be back," promised Kurama as he fled. Lenali sighed.

I know, she thought to herself.

"Where to go?" asked Kurama holding Lenali's hand, she had snuck out from her prison of a home to meet him.

"Anywhere," she replied. The light turned green and Kurama took a step forward across the crossing when…

"WATCH OUT!" screamed a woman. The happen all too fast, a red car swirled past a red light and towards them, Kurama pushed her aside but in doing so he was hit by the car.

There was blood everywhere, everything was red. Kurama just laid on the tar, unmoving, she poked him gently.

"Yuu-tan," she said quietly her voice filled with fear. "Yuu, why aren't you blinking? Yuu, move already, Yuu please, don't go, don't leave me alone." Tear trickled down her cheeks, warm liquid flowed from Kurama's body covering the tar road, soaking his clothes and spilling on Lenali. She screamed.

"Bunta," Lenali reached for his hand and grabbed it, falling with him. Holding his hand tightly in hers she wrapped her arms around him.

* * *

"Lenali!" shouted her father.

"Marui! Lenali!" exclaimed Yukimura, Sanada turned and ran down the stairs; from the top the two looked asleep, asleep in a sea of red. It was almost as if Lenali lay asleep on the grass while Marui rested his head against her chest.

* * *

The emergency door pushed open, and two trolleys carrying two unconscious bodies were moving at an extremely fast pace.

"What happened?" asked a doctor.

"The two fell from the roof of a school building, patient one only suffered mild concussion, a few fractured and bruised ribs and a dislocated ankle," replied a nurse.

"Fell from a roof and only that much damage?! It's a miracle," remarked the doctor, but his face fell. "And the second?"

"The first patient's blow was softened by the second; the second patient wrapped their arms around the first and protected the first with the second's body. Several broken bones, two fractures to the skull, heavy blood loss, and also…"

* * *

"Can we see them?" asked Yukimura to the nurse.

"Not yet," she replied. "The patients are still receiving treatment; you'll be happy to know one has already regain consciousness and is complaining about the pain."

"Which one? The boy or the girl?" asked Sanada.

"Umm…aren't they both girls?" Yukimura raised an eyebrow as did Sanada. "I'm not sure actually…"

"That fool, if he was going to fall why did he drag my daughter down with him?!" muttered Lenali's father as he sat waiting. Almost two hours had passed, the rest of the regulars gathered in the hospital, Marui's parents and siblings were downstairs at the café waiting for news.

Niou grabbed him by the collar to many people's surprise. "If it weren't for Marui Lenali would probably be in the morgue right now, show some respect," he snarled at him. Yukimura Ren grabbed Niou's collar.

"Is this how you youngsters treat your seniors?" he asked.

"Stop it, both of you," said Yagyuu pulling Niou back while Sanada and Yukimura pulled the other one back.

"Everything will be alright, Senpai-tachi are sturdy, they'll be back on the court with a cha cha," remarked Kirihara, surprising to everyone, he was tearing.

"Marui has his sugar power," said Kuwahara.

"And Lenali her inhuman strength," added Niou, Yagyuu slapped the back of his head. "Hey! Why me?" A nurse exited the room.

"Can we go inside?" asked Sanada as quickly as she stepped out. She blushed and nodded.

"Sure, the patient's already awake," she replied. They pushed through the door into the room.

It was a private room; the patient was sitting up on the bed and looking out the window, bandaged all over, when noticing the commotion the patient turned to look at them.

"What's wrong?" asked the patient. "You won't get rid of me that easily." Kuwahara almost cried as he threw his arms around his doubles partner. "Hey!" he exclaimed alarmed. "I hit my head but it doesn't make me swing that way…"

A/N: Marui is alive, the end of the story. JK.