A/N: I'm glad to say I updated after the long wait. Thanks to a friend named Julia I managed to write this entire chapter from one song.
Disclaimer: Sunrise owns Mai Hime... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Living Forever In You Chapter 25 Falling
Midori immediately flipped out her phone as she watched Duran disappear into the distance trailing in the very same direction as Haruka's car. Shizuru was something to fear right now as Midori and Mai stood on a grassy knoll sprinkled with bits of First District agent. Midori grimaced as she dialed Yukino's phone while staring at the bits that were close by. The green lawn was very much so destroyed thanks to the arrival of Kiyohime and then Duran. Mai was walking around the field not too far from Midori walking in and out of the giant gaps of earth. Midori had a calmed panicked expression as the breeze passed in front of her face.
Come on Yukino pick up the phone! Midori watched Mai cleverly distracting student from coming anywhere near by and Midori just nodded and smiled at the few students that did recognize as a teacher. The wait was really too much for Midori as she started to pace back and forth hearing the occasional moist sound under her feet. Damn it I stepped in more First District goo! The phone was ring and finally someone picked up.
"What the hell is it!" A loud obnoxious voice said almost blowing Midori's head off making the slightly older yet youthful professor back up.
"Woah! Mind the ear drums blondie." Midori griped while momentarily rubbing her ear. "Ah, now ask Yukino if she still has Diana out?"
Haruka dangerously looked over her shoulder and shouted at Yukino losing her focus on driving. Yukino was white as a sheet from holding a bleeding Natsuki Kuga against her body, but she made eye contact with Haruka nodding. The brainy girl was mainly white from all her energy to focus on keeping Diana with her because the Child sensed the presence of Shizuru Fujino and was very much afraid the Kyoto woman. However Yukino was just as equally afraid of such a woman. Haruka yelled back at into the phone absence mindedly and poor Midori took the entire yell.
Mai had just popped out of one the gouge marks to the lawn when she saw Midori finishing her phone call. Midori's body went ridged and her hair stood straight and even Mai could clearly here Haruka from where she stood. Mai pursed her lips together and knitted her brow as she an odd empathy for her former HiME and teacher. Midori face relaxed and she wobbled around a bit shaking her head telling Haruka and Yukino to watch out for Shizuru and Duran. Mai turned her head and glanced into the horizon to a spot once occupied by a star that haunted her and her fellow HiMEs. The star did not hang there, but the threat and doom was just as real this time. For a demon had been awoken revealing itself as a woman madly in love with another woman.
Else where Nao stood at the gates of Fuka Academy getting ready to leave and visit her mother. She had an arranged time everyday during school hours which she cleared with Fumi. The red head walked carefully to the bus stop to go the hospital looking at her cellphone images as she walked in. The images spoke many words as her heart welled upon seeing them. The first picture was the one of her mother finally regaining consciousness. Nao remembered she cried against her mother's lap telling her everything she had done to pay for her time there. Nao had confessed her sins of love for her mother. The punishment of her heart was always within herself. Nao's mother comforted her daughter telling her she had done what she had to. Nao snickered as she walked into the bus and sat at the back as she pressed the next button. Nao inhaled the air around her deeply and clenched her eyes shut. Her eyes opened again revealing those brilliant light jade orbs that were fixed with a pain of loneliness and bitter jealousy.
"Kuga…" Nao whispered out loud as she closed her phone. Only she would ever know what she had looked at and kept it to torture herself with. The constant reminder of what she could not have because she did not want to believe it.
Back in the car Haruka suddenly realized her private doctor was actually at the Fuka hospital that day and there was no avoiding it.
"DAMN THE ODDS!" Haruka shouted as she slammed her foot of the brake and swerved the car around without managing to hit any car she floored it all the way back. Yukino had braced herself and held tightly onto the bleeding Natsuki who was talking to herself still. The words could not be understood by those around but it was as if she could hear Natsuki's heart as she followed the vehicle in shroud of the cloaking of Diana.
"Shizuru! Where…where…we're always so close….Shizuru…what have I done to not have you…Shizuru…" The thoughts and mumbled words of Natsuki continued as her labored breathing did in the back of a car. Haruka saw the hospital and started blaring her car horn at the approaching bus. The Bus driver responded by shouting to his passengers to hold on. Nao looked up as she grabbed onto the seat in front of her seeing the driver of the other car. It's that loud mouth bitch! The bus halted as the car whipped into the parking lot and under the emergency drive way. The bus had opened its doors and Nao quickly stumbled out and stormed over to where Haruka was at. She could see the blonde arguing with hospital officials demanding to see her doctor only. As Nao got closer she watched Haruka turn and point to her back seat to someone inside who was injured. Nao slowly got closer as she watch the tech lean in. The tech backed out looking terrified shouting for a gurney. Nao gulped as she only stood several feet away seeing Yukino exit from the other door form the backside covered in blood, but she appeared to be fine. The injured person was being slowly removed. Nao's hand that was holding her phone dropped to her side becoming slack in it grip as the lime green eyes widen upon seeing the injured party.
Yukino's brows knit and her head turned suddenly as she heard the sound of something hitting the ground only to see Nao standing not to far away. However Yukino became terrified upon looking in that direction and even Nao sensed this as she looked at the girl adorned with the strange glasses. Nao felt arms wrap around her from behind. The hands snaked around her form in a very non threatening fashion but the terror in Yukino's eyes only meant one thing. The person now embracing Nao was none other than Shizuru Fujino. Nao breathing became unstable as she felt Shizuru lips near her ear.
"She's going to be fine Yuuki-san. She's going to be fine…" The voice sounded gone but still carried that strong Kyoto accent laced with psychotic love for Natsuki. Shizuru squeezed Nao a little tighter and then released the girl as she pushed on to the body on the gurney. Nao was pale just as Natsuki was, but slowly walked forward passed the commotion to see her mother momentarily. Nao paused and walked back grabbing her phone which had opened to reveal a picture of Natsuki and Shizuru on the day of her graduation lip locked. Nao shut the phone and walked into the building housing two people she bore great affection for, but just as much hate for. The one another person she came to see had her unconditional love, always.
The red head passed the commotion as the doctor shouted at Haruka for not coming to the hospital directly. Shizuru stood beside Natsuki who had not opened her eyes once. Natsuki was covered in a cold sweat and her body was cold from the blood lose. Shizuru eyes showed no person behind them. They allowed Shizuru to stay with Natsuki as they walked her into the emergency room. They asked Shizuru to wait off to the side which she obeyed even though she was fighting her need to stop anyone from touching Natsuki. The procedure to remove the bullet lodged in Natsuki's shoulder was a simple procedure. The nurses prepared Natsuki as they ripped open her shirt from the bullet hole exposing her discolored flesh revealing a black reddish hole leaking a rich dark deep blood from Natsuki body.
"Miss! What is this girl's blood type!?" One nurse said turning around witht heir latex gloves color in that rich red substances that had been absorbed into the fabric of the shirt.
"She's A type…." Shizuru said as loud as she could.
"And can you donate blood to her???" The nurse asked frantically.
"No…" Shizuru cursed her rare blood type. Natsuki could give her blood but she could not give Natsuki any drop of hers. The nurse walked out and shout for a packet of O type blood and told Shizuru not to worry. Shizuru was slowly coming back to her senses when one tech screamed out. Shizuru's eyes shot to the screaming tech to see a hand and finger tips gripping his wrist. Natsuki was fully conscious again. The doctor was in such a rush he had forgotten to anesthetize Natsuki.
"Finished what you're doing now you god damn doctor! SEW ME UP AND LET ME GO HOME!" Natsuki growled trhough the pain.
"Natsuki…." Shizuru whispered making Natsuki pained expression fade and Natsuki followed the beautiful haunting voice to its owner. Natsuki weakly smiled and was given a weak smile in return. Natsuki then fell back down and let the nursing finish up after she gave them a serious scare.
The waiting room was slowly occupied by Mai, Midori, and returning from another area of the hospital was Nao seeing the others waiting. Shizuru walked intot he waiting room right the same time aas Nao and she walked over to Nao instead of everyone else. Shizuru took the young high school girl into her arm and crushed her with a powerful hug. Shizuru whispered to Nao only or before telling one else as she rocked back and forth with the hug.
"Yuuki-san, Nao…Natsuki is okay. She's okay. Isn't that wonderful that the person you and I love is okay…it's okay. You have to come to terms with your affections…with both of us." Shizuru kissed Nao on the cheek quietly and turned to the others who did not see they kiss but just the hug. Nao stood there stupefied. As the Kyoto woman informed the other who let out a joint sigh. Then a loud slamming of doors was heard followed by yelling doctors and nurses.
"YOU CAN'T LEAVE!!!!!" Most of them pleaded.
"Fuck you!" Natsuki's voice growled.
"Your injury!" a nurse said.
"It will be gone after tonight…" Natsuki grumbled as she came into the waiting room. Mai laughed at her best friend's plight and Midori stood up.
"Now would be an excellent time to say! LET'S GO GET SMASHED!!!!!!" Midori triumphantly cheered. Everyone else let out an exasperated sigh at the thought of a drunk Midori.
Mini Feed:
Kara: -listening to "In the White(Urban Dub)"-
Natsuki: OI! Baka! -brushed of first distract bits-
Shizuru: -petting chibi duran-
Natsuki: -turns Kara around- Mou...HOLY SHIT!
Kara: -completely psycho- If mary want to go she would have dance tonight...
Shizuru: -responses- Then dancing all she would till day
Natsuki: -back up in a hurry- Crazy talk!
Isn't it nice...ONE WHOLE MONTH...and I only give you that. And if anyone says "its too rushed" -gets tackled by Natsuki-
Natsuki: BAKA! -pauses- Oh...hey...um..reader people. Kara isn't feeling well. Leave a nice review...I'd hate to have to take kara away.