Disclaimer: I do not own Mai-HiME.
A/N: Hello again. It's been quite awhile since I last updated this story, eh? I've been doing some thinking, and I believe it is about time to tell some things about the past that are still unknown. That is what we will be covering in this chapter, though it will not be in three chapters as I claimed it would in the last chapter. I hope you enjoy it.
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Endless Darkness
Chapter 12 - Reverse the clock…
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-Ring, Ring- "Ah!" Nao jump from hearing the phone. Her grogginess was quickly replaced with shock.
Nao pulled herself off of her bed and picked up the phone. "Hello. Who is this?" Nao asked with an irritated tone. "Is this miss Yuuki Nao's residence?" A light, feminine voice asked over the phone. "Yeah, what about it?" Nao asked. "Yuuki-san, we have some bad news."…
"What is it?" Nao asked as her face posed a more serious look. "Your mother, Yukki Akemi, I'm afraid she was involved with an accident." The voice said over the phone. As soon as she said that, the atmosphere in the dorm room changed quickly. "W-What… Kind of accident?" Nao asked, trying to resist loosing her composer.
"A car accident. Yuuki-san, a car spun out on and your mother was walking along a crosswalk, in the direct pah of the vehicle. I'm sad to say that she has been critically injured."
The phone sliped out of Nao's hand and crashed onto the floor. Her eyes were wide open. Nao's knees almost buckled.
"Yuuki-san…? Yuuki-san, are you there?" Asked the voice over the phone. Nao then quickly dashed out of the dorm room, and headed for the train station.
The redhead arrived in the heart of Fuuka city. From the train station, she took a taxi to the only hospital in Fuuka.
"Mama…. Please, be okay…" Nao said to herself, holding back tears. Soon, the taxi arrived at the hospitals entrance. Nao leaped out of the taxi and ran into the hospital at full speed.
A lady sat at the reception desk. Nao ran up to her, causing the lady to jump a little. "Please! Yuuki, Akemi! Where is she!?" Nao asked frantically. "Hang on one minute, please." The lady replied.
"I don't have a minute! She had a terrible accident! I need to see her." Nao demanded as tears formed in her eyes. The receptionist looked at the girl, then sighed. "Okay, you win." Nao took a deep breathe.
After a few keystrokes on the computers keyboard, the lady gave Nao a distressed and disappointed look. "What? What is it!?" Nao asked.
"I'm sorry, but I have no Yukki, Akemi in this database. Sorry." The lady said looking back to her computer screen. "B-But… That can't be! I got a call… This is the only hospital in this city. She has to be here. Please, check again…!" Nao pleaded the lady as tears streamed down her cheeks.
"I'm sorry, but I can't help you. Her name was not logged into the-" The lady was interrupted when Nao slammed her fists on the desk. "You're lying!" Nao accused the lady.
By now, the commotion attracted a lot of attention from the people in the lobby. Many of them looked at the strange redhead with question. "Ma'am, I'm going to have to ask you to calm down, or I'll have to call security." The lady said as she slowly got out of her chair and reached for the phone at the side of her computer.
"I'm sorry, but please! You have to check again… Please…" Nao begged. "Hey, just check one more time." One of the people in the lobby said. Many of the other people agreed with the person.
"Alright…" The lady sat back down in her chair, and logged into the computer, and commenced a very clean-cut search. The lady hung her head in disappointment. "I'm sorry… She's not logged into the database."
It became hard for Nao to breathe. Nao wondered if that call was a prank… Some cruel bastard must be laughing their ass off by now. "Wait…" The receptionist said. "Here she is. Her info was just logged in. She's on the third floor, room D-9." The lady responded to the redhead. Nao then quickly dashed for the stairs. "You're welcome." The lady said to Nao's back.
Nao made haste, as she didn't want to waste any time getting there. "Mama… Please, stay alive." Nao thought as she made it to the third floor. After a minute of searching, Nao made it to room D-9. The girl heard a couple of voices beyond the door. "Who's that?" Nao thought as she quickly reached for the doorknob.
The girl practically knocked the door in, she rushed so quickly. Nao saw a doctor that looked to be in his sixties, and a nurse that looked to be in her twenties.
"Ah. You must be Yuuki Nao, no?" The doctor asked as he turned toward her. Her had gray hair along with a mustache. He also wore fine, thin glasses that rested on the end of his nose.
Nao looked over to the ed that the nurse and doctor surrounded. "Mama… No…" Nao slowly approached the bed. Akemi was badly hurt. Both of her legs were in a cast, her right arm was as well. A bandage was around her head, and an oxygen mask was over her mouth. The women was also hooked up to a pulse monitor.
Akemi looked over to Nao and smiled. "Hey, sweetie… I'm sorry. I could get you favorite dinner made- *cough*" Akemi was cut off by a series of coughs.
"Mama… Why?" Nao asked as she stood at Akemi's bedside, tears streaming down her face. "I guess… I guess I just wasn't meant to see you grow into a beautiful women…"
Akemi reached up and wiped the tears from Naos left cheek, then rested her hand on it. "Nao… I'm sorry I couldn't have been there to see you grow."
"No, mama. Don't apologize. It's not your fault… You were just-…" Nao began whimpering as she grabbed Akemi's left hand which rested on her cheek. Tears began to collect in Akemi's eyes.
"Nao… Please. Don't cry for me. I was such a terrible mother. Not being able to spend enough time with you… Missing so many birthdays…"
"No… No you weren't. You were the best…. The best mom I could ever ask for. Please… Don't die on me. I can't go through that again…" Nao said, releasing a few sobs afterwards.
"Oh, Nao…" A fewtears streamed down Akemi's face. "Please, Nao. Listen." Akemi asked as she shakily took Nao's right hand. The women planted something in it.
Nao analyzed the object and saw that it was a heart shaped locket. The locket itself was gold, and there was a red gem in the center. "What is this?" Nao asked with look of confusion.
"That locket… Was given to me by your father… Please, Nao. Find him. Find him, for me, for you… *cough* *cough*"
Nao was stunned at what her mother had just said. "Wh-… What? What are you talking about, mama?" Nao asked as she hesitantly smiled. "Please… Find your father. Tell him… Tell him that I am sorry. And please… Protect this locket with your li-…"
Akemi let out one last breathe. Her hand which was gripped by Nao's, lost all it's strength. Her eye's dimmed as her pulse monitor flat-lined. "Mama? No… Mama! Please… Don't go! Mama!" Nao yelled as tears flowed down her cheeks. "Hurry! Get her to the O.R.!" The doctor yelled. "MAMAAAA!!!"
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Nao stood on the beach by the ocean, looking out onto the endless water. So many emotions were running through her. One thing in particular was on her mind. What her mother said before she died. "Find your father. Tell him I'm sorry."
"Tell him you're sorry? That bastard should be apologies to you… To us." Nao looked at the locket that laid in the palm of her hand. "He abandoned us when I was little. I can't even remember what he looks like. Yet, you still love him so much… Why!?" Nao collapsed to her knees and punched the sand with her right fist.
"That bastard made our lives so miserable! Making you work most of the time… Leaving you with raising me all by yourself. You were so lonely and sad, yet you held a smile around me. That bastard doesn't even deserve to live!" Nao's slowly rested her forehead on the cold, soft sand.
"Yet… Why?" Nao asked. "Why do you still love him?"
Nao remembers her mother talking about her father, how they were so in love, how he would always tell her that he would be there for her forever, and a lot of other romantic things.
"If he loved you so much… Why. Why did he leave you? Why did he leave me?" Nao steadily got back onto her feet. "Mama… I'm so sorry, but I can't fulfill your wish. I can't even stand to think about him… I'm sorry…" Nao sat down on the sand, resting her head into her arms that rested on her legs, and began to cry.
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Nao's eyes slowly flickered open. Moonlight cascaded across her face. It came from the large window at the side of the room. The looked up and saw Natsuki's sleeping face. Nao slowly chuckled as she realized that she was wrapped in the other girls arms. Her body was warm and so inviting. Nao rested her head back down onto her pillow.
"Mama… You must have been real strong. To be able to survive through all of this. I don't know Where this path will take me, but prey that someday, I'll be able to find my father, so I my take my revenge on making us so miserable." Nao took the locket that was around her neck and looked at it. The girl has tried multiple times before, yet has failed to open the thing.
Nao looked at Natsuki and smiled. She rested her head into Natsuki's chest and slowly fell back to sleep. "Mama… Thank you, for everything."
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What is contained inside this locket? Will it help Nao, or will it make everything worse for her? Find out in the next chapter of Endless Darkness.
A/N: Short but sweet. I hope you think the same as well. Sorry for the delay's on my stories. Though I just released a new one, I anticipated that it wouldn't receive a lot of attention due to it being a main character paired with an OC, but, meh. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I also hoped this cleared up something for you. Catch you on the flip side!
