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Chapter 25: Limbo

Ashton's POV

- Quick! I need an ambulance! Ashton please hold on don't die on me!

Pitch dark. That was all I could see. Suddenly and for a couple of moment I saw lights, very bright lights. I heard voices. Many familiar voices. I thought I saw Hunny's face and heard his voice. I saw my mother cry and Yasuchika hug her and cry as well. I saw Hunny suffer and I was guessing it was all my fault.

- I need 10 milligrams of….

Some voices were unfamiliar. I was looking at a ceiling and suddenly…Pitch black once more. It passed ten minutes like this and again I saw some light.

- Ashton hold on, baby! I need you to hold on- I heard Hunny say. His voice was becoming distant. I guess because I was being pulled away to some room or the fact that the anesthesia was pulling its effect on me. I saw some light but my eyes were pulling heavier and heavier by the minute. Again it was all dark.

I felt alone, I felt stranded, but most of all I felt afraid. I wasn't afraid of death, in fact I have been expecting it ever since I was in New York, since that man wanted to kill me. I didn't fear for my life, I feared for all the things I would leave behind. I would leave my mother, who had always been with me and always convinced me to do my best with every single thing I did. I would leave Stephanie, my crazy best friend who always supported me and I just got back. I would leave Haruhi, Tamaki, Kyoya, Hikaru, Kaoru, Mori, but more importantly, I would leave Hunny. The love of my life, the, man I was going to marry and love for the rest of my life. He was always there when I needed him, when I was in trouble or when I was in danger, he was there. I guess we can't have everything in life.

I would have loved to have been married to him, to have made love to him, to have children who would love cake and sweets just as we do. I would have loved to have made my entire life with him. To see my friends happy and having families of their own. Tamaki and Haruhi getting married and having children as well, Kyoya and Stephanie revealing their feelings for each other, Hikaru and Kaoru finding dates and Mori finding love and speaking more than one sentence. But I guess we can't have everything in life.

- Don't give up!-I heard a voice. How could I hear a voice if I was unconscious? Or at least I thought so. All I could see was pitch dark, all alone in my mind.

- Ashton Brooks don't you dare give up on living cause then I would be truly disappointed in you!

Ok now this is getting weird! I couldn't hear the same voice in my head two times in a row!

- Who is talking?- I asked, surprised by the fact that I was talking.

- I know it has been a long time but don't tell me you have forgotten me!

- I'm sorry but I can't even see you!- I replied, suddenly the darkness went away to be replaced by a soothing light that filled everywhere. It didn't look like the hospital. Where was I?

- Now you see me?- A man walked up to me and I couldn't help but let my jaw open.

- Dad? Is….is….that…really you?

- In the flesh! Or better yet in the soul- he chuckled.

He was just as I remembered. His face hasn't changed since the last time I saw him. His dark blue eyes sparkled with happiness as his white face was filled with his enormous smile and he still had those cute dimples he had when he smiled. He was dressed all white and was walking straight at me. He grabbed my hand and I just couldn't believe it!

- Dad, it's been so long!

- I know Bunny- he hugged me and I could feel his warmness.

- Dad, am I in heaven? Did I die?

- No Bunny, you're not in heaven. You are in Limbo.

- Limbo?- I asked confused. I knew that once a person dies he goes to heaven but if he hasn't he stays in earth with his body, but I didn't even see my own body or anyone of my friends or family for that matter.

- Limbo is a state where a person is suspended in a spiritual world, not in the mortal world of the living nor heaven. It's in between. A person goes to Limbo if he or she is in the edge of life or death. You are not dead, but at the same time you aren't in full conscience.

- And what are you here? Does this mean….

- No Bunny, I'm fully dead. I just went down from heaven when I heard you were here.

- Oh God! I have so much to say and so much to ask. I mean first of all, I have missed you so much! I suffered when you left us. Oh Dad!

- I know, and I missed you and your mother like crazy, but when your time comes there is nothing you can do. But what's important here is that THIS is not your time to die. Ash, I need to hold on to life and hold on to everything else, like that boy who seems to love you very much.

- Hunny?

Usangie's POV

Hunny was going like crazy! He would have given anything to be him the one who would be in the operating room. Amaya deserved to be killed or worse! He felt impotent and defenseless, something he hated most of all. Ashton was the best thing that ever came to his life. Most people thought he would stay single or marry a giant cake, which wasn't a bad idea.

It had been hours since Ashton went inside the operating room and his impatience was growing. Everyone was in the waiting room. All the hosts were there since they just gotten the news. Mori was sitting right next to him imploring him to be patient and to have faith. Evelyn was holding Yasuchika, both of them crying their eyes out. His mother and father were standing and waiting serious and silent for the result. The rest were sad yet silent sitting in the waiting room chairs.

- The family of Ashton Brooks?- A doctor was standing in the hallway looking at the crowd that was waiting in the waiting room.

- Yes I'm her mother- Evelyn got up and went to the doctor.

- And I'm her fiancée- Said Hunny.

- Ms. Brooks suffered a bullet shot that seems to have hit her stomach. The bullet hit her kidney and luckily we took it out successfully. But she lost a lot of blood on the way here and her blood pressure is descending fast. We need a blood donor and fast.

- I would be happy to give her blood- Hunny said immediately- I gave her my blood last time she got hurt.

- Ok sir, if you please come with me- the doctor took Hunny to a room where Ashton was being taken care of. He looked at her and he couldn't help a tear run through his cheek. His little warrior princess, always wanting to be the hero and doing the right thing. If she were to die, he would die for sure. Hunny stretched his hand and touched her cheek. He would give anything to have her back in his arms.

Ashton's POV

- He loves you a lot I can see it- Dad told me.

- I know, he is so sweet with me and he is always there for me- I smiled remembering every thing Hunny has ever done for me.

- And he still is doing a lot for you- Dad smiled- In this moment, he is giving blood so you can live.

- Really?- I was amazed. Then I smiled tenderly and remembered the first time we were together and he had given me blood so I could live. I really loved him, and he loved me back - Oh dad, I wish you could meet him! He is so special to me!

- I have seen you two together- he said- I have been watching over you and your mother. I see that boy is worth gold for you and he truly acts like a gentleman for you. I'm not the jealous father but seeing my little Bunny hop off to her own life with her own couple gives me nostalgia.

- He will never replace the huge space you have in my heart- I smiled and hugged him once more. I loved it when he called me his little bunny. He has always called me that since he has a thing for rabbits, something about good luck. He said that when I was born, I was his little lucky Bunny that would give him luck and happiness for eternity. When he died, no one called me that anymore. Mom always called me Ash or Ashton. The only thing that reminded me of that was Bun-Bun, my little plush bunny.

- I know- he chuckled- Bunny cake, I need you to do some things for me.

- Anything Dad! You name it!

- First, I need you to live. I need you to come back to life and enjoy it every second next to your mother and that boy. Second, I need you to tell your mother that she needs to be happy. I have seen how she cries for me so many nights, I want her to continue her life and live happily, even when she could find another man. And last, I want you to be careful. I know you are brave and you can take care of yourself, but let others help you, especially with that bad guy who has been looking for you.

- Dad?

- Yes Bunny cake?

- Will I ever see you again?

- I'm sure that you will, and so will your mother. You will see me when you go to heaven.

- But what if I need you when I'm living? How will I see you then?

- Bunny, I am always with you. When you need me most just call me and I will find a way to come to you. Now you must go on living. And remember, don't give up!

- Wait Dad! Don't go yet! Dad! DAD!

My dad was leaving the room and still smiling as he yelled to remember what we had said. The room was darkening for a couple of seconds and suddenly a bright light blinded me. I felt like I was landing on something. As I had fallen down and landed on something soft. I opened my eyes very slowly. The light was a bit pale, very different to the light of where I was with my Father. As I opened my eyes I saw a pale green room. I seemed to be in a hospital room. Did I survive? How?

I looked beside me and I saw Hunny sleeping next to me. Dad had told me about the transfusion so it didn't surprise me to see him in a hospital robe. I smiled and grabbed his hand, so warm and gentle. He opened his eyes gently and when he saw me he almost jumped out of the chair, but I stopped him.

- Holy God! Ash! I'm so happy you are alive- he hugged me tight.

- Hunny…I cant….

- Sorry, habit!- he smiled and then he kissed me tenderly at first but then he grew passionate and desperate. I sensed it was because he wanted to show me how much he had missed me.

- Hunny I'm sorry for making you worry so much. I know I'm not powerful like you and I have to start thinking of the consequences of my actions.

- Ash, I know you always love to do the right thing, but next time, please don't jump in front of a maniacal woman who is holding a gun- he chuckled.

The Host Club, My Mother, and Stephanie came inside and smiled as they saw me awake.

- Ashton! I was so afraid- was all I could hear my Mom say since the tears were making it hard for me to hear her clearly.

- Ash! I'm so glad you are ok!- said Stephanie as she hugged me as well- Imagine my worry, I lost you once and I don't want to loose my BFF twice!

- We were all a little worried- said Haruhi.

- Yeah we even bought a lot of get well things- said Kaoru pointing to the huge amount of flowers and balloons that adorned my hospital room.

- Even the nurses were in shock- Hikaru smiled.

- Stephanie and I came here after the dance competition- said Kyoya pulling his glasses up.

- Wait, how long have I been asleep?- I asked puzzled.

- Three days!- said the twins in unison. My jaw dropped open! How in the heck was I asleep for three days if I just talked to my father for ten minutes! Well it felt like ten minutes.

- Impressive, did you know that you snore?- asked Hikaru.

- I SNORE?

- JK!- they both laughed.

I'm glad to see that some things haven't changed around here. I saw how Haruhi slapped the twins head and just shook her head and gave a sigh. Stephanie told me how she and Kyoya had won the competition and the fact that Ouran was going to have its own Dance Club. Is there a club for everything in that school or what? Well, the more the merrier! I could see how Kyoya and Stephanie had looked at each other and I knew their feelings were developing just as I suspected it would. I smiled and just looked at everyone else.

Things were going to have to come back to normal progressively. It always does. I was never going to forget what I had seen, heard, and lived throughout my time in and out of Limbo. But most importantly I wasn't going to forget what my Dad told me there.

"Never give up!"

And that was exactly what I was going to do! Now I had to rise from this experience and live my days with my family, my friends, and my boyfriend. Things were going to be great….I hope!

A.N. Uoit! I'm so glad you all were so worried for Ash! This means that you actually like her and the story! I'm sorry I had you waiting so I could end your agony with that cliffhanger, I always like to put cliffhangers so I can have you guys hooked on my stories. Pointing out, that I don't do them cause I'm mean!

I have good news! I PASSED MY ENTRANCE EXAM! WOOHOOO! Everyone do the chicken dance! *does chicken dance!* JK! This means I'm in college and I'm going to become a Language Arts teacher! Unfortunately for you guys, I'm going to be so busy with work and right now I'm on Vacations in my ranch so I won't update so soon. I'm also going to travel to McAllen, TX and San Luis Potosi (a state here in Mexico for those who don't know). I will tell every thing I lived through in the next chapter. Plus I'm going to put my Facebook page in my profile so you guys can look at the pictures I take! Got to book it! First stop is McAllen! Love yall!

Xoxo

Usangie