Plenty of errors. It's late and I'll try to correct it later.

Nagihiko's P.O.V

'Wake up Nagi… wake up…'

It seemed as if I had closed my eyes for only a couple of seconds. I inhaled slowly as I gazed around my room. Everything was normal. Utau, Kairi and Ikuto were gone and so was the pain. I took another deep breath as relief spread over me.

'How do you feel?'

I raised my hand stiffly to my head and I groaned. I was only a little sore now and the craziest thing that remained to make my condition abnormal was that I was hearing a voice in my head. The last time I heard a voice, I got a twin brother, went insane and nearly died. Those were good times that I never want to repeat. Did I mention never? I rolled over in my bed and closed my eyes lazily.

'I save his life and he wants to sleep. Look at the thanks I get.'

"There really is a voice in my head," I mumbled.

'Nah… I'm just your favourite, gothic delivery guy.'

"Annoying, sarcastic and likes gothic stuff? Hi Tai."

'Hello Nagi. Isn't it good to be alive?'

"Yes it is. Thanks."

'Well I- don't bother. Get up now. Your friends should be coming to check on you soon. You have to fight Nadeshiko today.'

"I don't want to. All I want to do today is rest."

'I'm serious Nagihiko. I know that you might be tired from the rushed healing process but you have to get up and fight your sister. It's very important.'

"Tai-"

'Please Nagihiko… I don't know why you have to but you must prepare for your fight now. Fixing you up in such a short space of time took a lot of my energy. The connection between us right now is very weak so I won't be able to help you or even talk to you for much longer until I've recovered. Your body is healed but not to 100%. It's more like around 93% so please don't overexert yourself.'

"I'll keep that in mind," I thought and slowly sat up in bed.

'I need to tell you one more thing Nagihiko. I-'

"Tai? Tai?"

"I think I just ran out of minutes," I muttered.

I stretched a little and kicked my feet over the edge of my bed. I slowly rose to my feet and waited a little while for the dizziness to stop. If I fought Nadeshiko like this I would probably lose especially if the director had told her my weak points and trained her well. Maybe I could talk her out of fighting me but from what I remembered, Nadeshiko was a completely different person now and talking to her mightn't be very effective.

Just then the door opened and my friends were there with surprised looks on their faces. I guess they didn't expect to see me out of bed so soon.

"You're okay," Kairi said in disbelief.

"I can't believe that the weirdo kid actually fixed you up," Utau said with a smile.

"The 'weirdo kid' has a name and it weren't for him, you all would be burning my body right now."

"I'm sure that you can thank him on our behalf but right now, you need to be ready for your fight this morning," Ikuto said and pulled me away.

I took a shower and was force-fed breakfast as usual. I would eat by myself but making a fuss is a lot more fun. Ikuto and Utau helped me practice a few fighting moves while Kairi sat out and looked on with sad eyes. I couldn't blame him. He was more of a technical guy than a martial artist and Nadeshiko was probably on his mind more than ever. A punch landed on my cheek breaking my thoughts on Kairi. I fell to the floor and painfully rubbed my cheek.

"Stay focused Nagi! Nadeshiko is not going to go easy on you. Get up and try again," Utau said sharply.

"Hai," I replied and jumped to my feet where I was immediately greeted by Utau's fist again.

This time I blocked it and threw it aside and back flipped before she could kick me. I quickly ducked to the floor and sweeped my leg around anti-clockwise. Ikuto, who was behind me to attempt a sneak attack, jumped and kicked me, avoiding my attack and landing a decent blow to my arm. I stood up and dodged a flurry of attacks from Ikuto. I struggled to avoid every single one and this just reinforced the reason why Ikuto was leader of our team. I kept dodging until I found a small opening and shoved Ikuto into her sister. They both fell heavily to the floor and I panted and wiped some sweat off my brow.

"What's next?" I asked through heavy breathing.

"Your fight with your little sister," Kairi softly replied from behind me.

"Oh," I said slowly, trying to be sensitive to his feelings but I could have sworn that he whispered the following, strange sentence.

"Please don't win… for her sake."

The director sent a bunch of his men to direct me to where we would be fighting. Utau, Ikuto and Kairi naturally followed and the guards didn't seem at all bothered that they tagged along. I was glad for their accompaniment since no one in their right mind would want to be stuck in a room with the director and my recently reformed sister. Now that Nadeshiko had crossed my mind, I began to wonder about how she was feeling right about now. Was she doubtful of her strength and unwilling to battle me or was she completely confident and accepting of the director's wishes? Whatever the case may be, I hoped that it wasn't the latter. I didn't want that for her since the beginning. I had warned her… I had warned her…

"We're here."

The guards had opened a huge set of double doors that seemed very unfamiliar to me. I guess the director had kept this room secret for some special occasion. It was a large empty room with no windows and only one exit. The plain wasn't at all decorated but a few chairs were placed at the side. It looked like perfect place to kill someone. Oops… maybe I shouldn't talk like that. You know, just in case something like that really happens.

"Where are the idiot and your psychopath twin?" Utau asked me.

"I guess they are bringing in Nadeshiko's own personal cheer squad from Europe," I joked.

"That won't be necessary, Nagihiko."

I froze. It was my voice that I heard from the other side of the room but it was much colder and meaner. I turned around to face my sister dressed in boy's clothes with a lifeless expression on her face. Beside her was the director, smiling proudly at what he had created.

"Nadeshiko?"

"Do not call me that. I am no longer the weak and pitiful girl you knew as your sister," She replied.

"Then what I am to call you?" I questioned.

She paused and opened her mouth to speak but then shut it again, sustaining the silent. For a few moments, I could see pure regret and sorrow as looked to the floor. I was about to say something more to her but the director stepped in front of her. He stared me down with a harsh, intimidating glare that would have scared me a little if I wasn't concerned about Nadeshiko right now.

"We will commence the battle now," The director said.

He raised a finger in our direction and commanded Utau, Ikuto and Kairi to go to the sidelines. They moved after muttering a few words of encouragement. I nodded and watched them walk off. I also looked at the guards locking the doors. I scoffed on the inside. Did the director honestly believe that I would be cowardly enough to run away from my own little sister? Nonsense. She needed someone to knock some sense into her right now. She needed to escape this place and go to fight by her friends' sides and live a normal, happy life.

"Are you done staring? 'Cause I'm looking for a fight," Nadeshiko and charged at me suddenly.

I gasped in surprise and hurriedly blocked her incoming attack. She growled in frustration and applied more pressure to my blocking hand. I struggled to hold her back. How on Earth did she get so strong?

"Don't we have to wait for the rules or something?" I asked.

Nadeshiko threw back her head and laughed. "I thought you knew brother dear." She back flipped, kicking me in the face in the process. I grunted pain as she landed lightly on her feet. "There are no rules!" She yelled and ran at me again with a solid punch.

I sidestepped and countered with a kick to her back, knocking her painfully to the floor.

"You don't have to fight if you don't want to Nadeshiko," I said loud enough that only she could hear.

"I said to stop calling me that!" Nadeshiko shouted angrily as she pushed herself off of the ground.

She came at me with renewed strength and attacked me viciously. I didn't give me any time at all to block and dodging was simply out of the question. I could only leave myself wide open and take all of her attacks. I got a couple of punches to my face, even more in my stomach and then she judo threw me across the floor. I grunted in pain and held my side. Why did everything hurt so much? Even if Ikuto had done the same thing to me, I wouldn't be in this much pain.

'Your body is healed but not to 100%. It's more like around 93% so please don't overexert yourself.'

"Damn! Tai was right. I have to be careful," I muttered and watched Nadeshiko walk over to me.

"What's wrong Nagihiko? Tired?" Nadeshiko sneered mockingly.

"I'm far from it!" I shouted and kicked out a leg to trip her up.

Nadeshiko jumped back to avoid my kick and I used the time to get back to my feet. I had to end this quickly otherwise sister dear would have little trouble killing me in my weakened state. Nadeshiko charged at me but I carefully timed her movement in order to flip right over her head and take full advantage of her vulnerability. At lightning speed, I aimed a barrage of attacks at her back until she lay limp on the floor. Nadeshiko tried to get back up but her whole form shook unsteadily. In seconds, she was back on the ground, moaning in pain. I panted heavily. That last set of attacks wore out most of my energy. I was glad that it was over because I certainly couldn't take anymore.

"Nadeshiko," I said again and knelt by her side.

Nadeshiko looked up at me with pain-filled, watery eyes and not the cold, angry ones that I had seen throughout the match. She held up a shaky hand to me and I slowly took it. Nadeshiko's facial expression immediately changed into the evil one from before. I gasped as she yanked me down beside her. Nadeshiko pinned me the floor and she drew a thin blade from her pocket. She pressed it to my neck and drops of blood seeped out from the flesh wound.

"I'm sorry Nagihiko but I have to win this. If I don't, a lot of bad things will happen so if you surrender now I'll let you go," She said.

I looked into her eyes carefully and studied her for a few long seconds. Finally, I had made my decision.

"No."

Nadeshiko's jaw clenched angrily and she raised the blade away from the side of my neck quickly as if she had decided to stab me instead. I stared into her eyes fearlessly as the blade descended rapidly. Time seemed to go in slow-motion. Halfway through her strike, something cracked inside of Nadeshiko and tears formed in her eyes. The second the first tear fell, Nadeshiko dropped the blade and fell onto my chest limp. The blade bounced away harmless an echoing clank.

"Nadeshiko? Nadeshiko?" I sat up quickly and cradled my little sister in my arms.

I shook her but she didn't move or even open her eyes. My blood ran deathly cold and I slowly looked over in the direction of my friends in terror. Utau stared in shock with her hands over mouth, Kairi had a similar shocked expression and his skin was pale. Ikuto sadly looked at me and his shifted over to the director. In the director's hand was a small, silver gun. He had shot my sister.

"H-How could you?" I stammered in fear. "She obeyed your every command-"

"Don't give me that. You saw it too Nagihiko. You knew that she wasn't going to kill you," He said.

"She… She…" I tried to bring myself to deny it but I couldn't. Nadeshiko had cried before she was shot and would have probably dropped the blade anyway.

"How could you just kill her?" Kairi cried angrily, grabbing the director by his collar.

"I'm sorry. Did you want to speak to her one last time? I could help you spend eternity with her," The director and pointed the gun at Kairi.

Ikuto pulled Kairi back just in case Kairi did something stupid to get us all killed. The director smirked and Kairi glared hatefully at him. The director then left the room and I checked Nadeshiko's pulse. It was weak but still present. I stood up and hurried over to the door.

"We have to get to the hospital now. She isn't dead yet," I said.

"I'll steal a car from the company. Take her a block away from here and I'll be there as soon as I can," Ikuto said and ran off down the hallways.

"Hold her Kairi and take her to the meeting point with Utau. I have to do something but I'll catch up with you later," I said before handing her over to Kairi.

He nodded and ran with Utau to the exit. I watched them until they had disappeared and held my side in pain. It had made more sense to give Nadeshiko over to them since they could get there faster than I could have in my injured state. I felt around in my pocket for my cell phone. This phone call was the second reason why I had stayed behind.

Rima's P.O.V

I lazily lay in my room and watched boring sitcoms on the television. I had nothing better to do anyway. There had been no calls and no further information on our mission. Nadeshiko was still with the Easter agents and all of us were still feeling kind of depressed on the inside. I wonder what was going on with them right now.

Just then, my cell phone rang and I felt too lazy to even pick it up. I let it ring for a while until I realized that the person was not putting down the phone or bothering to leave a message. I finally picked it up the third time the person called back.

"Hello?"

"Rima, how are you?"

"Nagihiko?" I questioned in confusion, "You sound really tired."

"I know… um… listen… I need to tell you something and you aren't going to take this news very well."

"What is it?"

"It's about Nadeshiko."

I took deep breath and rolled my eyes. "Nadeshiko isn't of our concern anymore Nagihiko. She's on your side now. Whatever problem she has she-"

"Nadeshiko was shot just now, Rima."

"S-She what?" I asked, nearly chocking on the words. "Oh my… Is she d-dead?"

"Not yet and we don't know if she'll make it. We're taking her to the hospital now if you want to co-"

"We'll be there in half an hour," I interjected and ended the call. "Amu! Kukai! We're going to the hospital!"

Kairi's P.O.V

"Please be okay," I whispered and rested my hand on her cheek.

We were speeding towards the hospital now thanks to Ikuto's quick theft and crazy driving. Although the car was moving at a considerable pace and weaving through the traffic dangerously, it wasn't enough for me. I wanted to go faster and save her life now. She didn't deserve to die like this. I was surprised by the way she ruthlessly fought Nagihiko and almost killed him but Nadeshiko wasn't that kind of person.

"She'll be fine so you can stop looking at her like she's going to die," Utau said.

"Yeah," I said with a weak smile.

The car screeched to a stop and we moved quickly inside the building. Ikuto explained what the situation was to the front desk and a bunch of doctors and nurses appeared a minute later. I whispered a final goodbye to her as she was wheeled away.

Rima's P.O.V

"And that is how I will kill you Nagihiko, slowly and very painfully!"I shouted at him.

"It's wasn't my fault and did you forget the part of the story where she nearly killed me?" Nagihiko protested.

"Overrule!"Amu shouted.

"Since when did this become a court case?" Nagihiko asked.

"I'm driving this car and I say that we make the rules unless you want to become a roadside pancake," Kukai shouted to the three of us in the backseat.

"Whatever," Nagihiko mumbled and rolled his eyes.

Nagihiko had told us about Nadeshiko being in hospital but he had called me back immediately, asking for a ride. After a lot of arguing about how pathetic he was, how bratty I was and how much of an idiot he was for letting Nadeshiko get shot, we finally agreed to take him to the hospital with us hence our lovely situation.

"You can't say whatever in this car either," I said and folded my arms over my chest in triumph.

"What?" Nagihiko questioned angrily.

"You heard Kukai. We're making the rules."

"What may I say then, Queen Rima?" Nagihiko asked sarcastically.

"No sarcasm either," I grumbled.

"As you wish my dear."

"I said no…" I stopped in mid-sentence. "Why are you laughing Amu?"

"You two are a perfect match," Amu giggled.

"I hope that that was the joke," I said.

"Eh? Don't you think that he is cute?"

"You mean in the same way that you think that Ikuto's cute?" I argued with a red face.

"I wonder if Utau is going through this as well," Amu said quietly and equally red.

"Going through what?" I asked.

"You know… if she's in love with Kukai. I mean they-"

"We're still here you know!" Both boys yelled.

"Talk about boys when we're not here. It's awkward," Nagihiko muttered with a blush on his cheeks.

"I agree with the enemy," Kukai said, "We're here."

Nagihiko's P.O.V

All of us ran out of the car and scrambled into the hospital. The front desk said that a girl matching our description was taken into the emergency room a while ago. Obviously, we couldn't go in there so she directed us to the waiting room. Utau, Kairi and a sleeping Ikuto were there.

"You brought them?" Kairi asked quietly.

"Yes. They are her friends after all," I replied and took a seat.

Kairi nodded once and the others sat down as well. There was silence between us. It wasn't a heavy silence nor did it exist to express hatred, discrimination or antisocial behavior. All partial feelings were gone right now and all that mattered was the recovery of Nadeshiko.

We sat there for hours even when visiting hours were long gone. Nurses would pass us intermittently and stop for no longer than a couple of seconds. I knew that they were there to tell us that we had to go but I could also see, from their expressions, that they couldn't bring themselves to do so. Therefore, we stayed until we received the first set of news. The doctor asked us a bundle of questions like where are her parents, do we know how this happened, did we contact the authorities and blah blah blah. Of course, we said little, nothing or in extreme cases, we lied. What else could we do?

The doctor sighed, finally realizing that he couldn't squeeze much information out of us. Then he said the only three words that were worth listening to.

"She'll be okay."

"That's a relief…" I sighed and smiled a little.

Rima punched my head and mumbled, "It's still your fault."

"Anyway, I'm sure that your parents would want you to be out any longer so you can all go home now."

Kukai began, "But-"

"-whatever you say doctor. We should all go home right now," I said forcefully and dragged Rima out of her chair.

"It's getting late," Utau said and ran over to Kukai.

She pulled him to his feet and began to push him towards the exit. Ikuto simply threw Amu onto his shoulder and ignored her protests.

"Goodbye," I said with a smile and waved to the doctor as we quickly walked away.

"What the h*** are you doing Nagihiko?" Rima hissed angrily. "I didn't come here to sit in an uncomfortable chair next to you and eat disgusting hospital snacks. I'm not leaving here until I see her."

"Calm down and maybe I'll tell you that we will get to see her and for as long as we like too," I said in a hushed voice.

Rima grew quiet and then looked at me sourly. "How?"

"We're agents, aren't we? A good agent always has a plan."

"So according to their database, the twenty-four hour care rooms are just down this hallway," Kairi said and pressed a couple more buttons on his handheld computer.

"How you even know that she's here and even if she was, how would we know which room?" Rima asked.

"Seriously! Did you not learn anything from spy movies? Never question the super genius," Utau said.

"Sorry! I didn't think that those things applied in real life," Rima snapped.

"Seventy-two… seventy-three… seventy-four," Kairi mumbled and stopped at number seventy-four. "We're in luck. No one's inside so we just have to break in and lock anyone else outside."

"I've got it," Amu said and pulled out her electronic remote gadget thing. "Who wants to go inside first?"

Everyone looked at each other and then in one mad rush we all shoved the door open. Screaming and gasping, we all fell to the floor in one big heap.

"I can't move," Ikuto said.

"Ugh… your chin is in my shoulder Nagihiko," Amu groaned.

"Sorry," I mumbled.

"Get off me Kairi!" Kukai shouted.

"I would if Utau's hair wasn't in my face," Kairi muttered.

"I think it's getting tangled," Utau complained.

"Your hair is the last thing that I'd worry about! All of you are freaking heavy!" Rima screamed.

"Ha ha. Even when I'm at my worst, I can count on you all to cheer me up."

"Nadeshiko?"

"Hi," She said weakly.

Nadeshiko lay in her bed and smiled at us. She was a little pale and looked exhausted but at least my little sister was okay. We all rushed over to her bedside and shot random question at her. She simply listened and giggled.

"One at a time."

"Family first," Kairi said.

"Nah… you were the one who was worried sick about her. You should talk to her first," I said.

"I was not worried sick. I was just very concerned," Kairi mumbled with a very visible blush on his face.

"So you deny that cheesy 'please let her be okay' moment in the car?" Utau asked with a smirk.

"He couldn't sit still without worrying at the time. I think he even cried a little," Ikuto added.

"I-I did not. J-Just sh-shut up!" Kairi said in embarrassment.

Nadeshiko smiled. "I'm glad that you care about me so much Kairi. Thank you."

"S-Sure."

Nadeshiko continued to talk to us and answer our questions. She even explained the torture that the director put her through and apologized for almost killing me. Rima was about to say something in Nadeshiko's defense but Nadeshiko insisted that she was guilty and deserved all of the blame. Other than talking about Easter, we had a pretty decent conversation. Since Nadeshiko had been on both sides, she created the perfect link between us so there was no tension.

"It's good to have you back, Nadeshiko," Amu said.

"What do you mean? You never actually lost me," Nadeshiko replied.

"Of course we did. You went over to Easter and the director shot you so you'll obviously not be going back there," Kukai said with a little laugh.

Nadeshiko's smile faltered and she was stuck between a smile and a frown. "Kukai… I'm not… s-sure."

"What do you mean?" Kukai asked seriously.

"I-I kind of… I don't… want to fight anymore," Nadeshiko said quietly and avoided their gaze.

"You can't-"

"Don't you see? There should never be any link between enemy companies. It just creates a big mess. I'm not cut out for this life and I never was. If I was a true agent, I would have never been hesitant to fight my brother or get a boyfriend. I'm too kind, weak and unable to sacrifice those closest to me. I'm also scared to death of being shot again. I don't want to be an agent anymore. I'm sorry," Nadeshiko said.

"I-I see," Amu said softly.

"You're all mad at me," Nadeshiko whispered.

"No," Rima said bravely, "I think I'd be just like you if I went through what you did. We're still your friends."

Just then our cell phone began to ring. No doubt it was another report on a new gem.

"Go. I'll be here when you come back," Nadeshiko said sleepily.

And with that we left.